Bai Quinn had long noticed that Wes Anderson and Mira Sorvino had a story, and stepped on Wes Anderson's feet first, forcing him to hold back his "Yes".

Bai Quinn quickly said: "We need to discuss it. The prerequisite for everyone to work together is to have a suitable script..."

Weiss suddenly said: "I think your story about the police and gangs working together to catch a perverted murderer is very good."

When Harvey heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He had dealt with Wes Anderson before. This kid was indeed talented. He had not invested in him before, but he wanted to get a handle on him. When Wes went to beg him, he would recruit him under his command.

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This time, he was willing to offer a high price of 3 million for "Bonnie and Frank", and he also had the intention of recruiting Wes and Quinn.

Although Harvey looks silly when he smiles, like a fat-headed capitalist, he is actually a professional filmmaker who is extremely sensitive to the popular direction of the film market. The projects he presides over always receive high box office returns.

In 1996, he was particularly interested in action movies!

It just so happened that he didn't have a suitable action movie project on hand.

"The police and gangsters worked together to catch a perverted murderer? Tell me, what kind of story is it?" Harvey was particularly interested.

Bai Quinn covered his face with one hand and cursed his teammates in his heart.

It's not that Harvey's conditions are not attractive, but that Bai Quinn needs to sort out what cards he has in his hand and think about it before talking to Harvey, instead of being led by Harvey like now.

This story is one of the two Korean movies in the memory fragments obtained by Bai Quinn, called "The Evil Dead".

The last time he translated Thai, Bai Quinn was in a hurry and hurriedly found a woman from a Thai massage parlor to translate in person. Afterwards, he thought that his job was not perfect enough.

To translate this Korean movie, he took advantage of the post-production period of "Bonnie and Fraker" to find a tape recorder, record his own imitation of the Korean dialogue, and then went to New York University to find a Korean student to translate it.

One day, when Bai Quinn was watching the dialogue translated by the international students, he was bumped into by Weiss who stayed in Jersey to help with post-production. He could only explain that this was the material for his next script.

Wes immediately expressed interest and dragged Bai Quinn to know what kind of story it was. When he heard that it was a story about the police and gangs working together to catch a perverted murderer, Wes became even more excited.

Crime movies, I, Wes Anderson, made my debut in crime movies, and my goal is to make classic crime movies like "The Godfather" and "Goodfellas"!

After hearing the outline of Bai Quinn's story, Weiss felt relieved about the matter and insisted that Bai Quinn write the script and film it for him.

Quinn now regrets letting Wes know about the script at that time, but he has already exposed it. After all, Harvey is a big shot in the industry. He also has the intention of taking advantage of the opportunity to make movies. He wants to make "The Evil Dead" or "Infernal Affairs".

A budget of hundreds of thousands of dollars is simply not enough. It takes hundreds or even tens of millions of dollars to shoot.

And even if you raise money to shoot it yourself, you won't be able to distribute it without using the channels of a big company. In the end, you still have to cooperate with a big company.

Bai Quinn happened to use this excuse to tell the story of "The Legend of the Villain".

Everyone listened and ate, attracted by the interlocking plots narrated by Bai Quinn, without even asking what was in their mouths.

Finally, Bai Quinn said: "The two protagonists in this script are tailor-made for me and Randy. I play the young policeman, and Randy can play the gang boss. He dyed his hair black, and he plays the Italian gang boss.

No problem."

"There are no female characters in your script." Harvey pointed out the problem.

"My police partner can be written as a policewoman, but there won't be many scenes, and there is no need to add emotional scenes to this movie. Let it be a tough guy movie."

Harvey stuffed a piece of Money Belly into his mouth and said while chewing: "It's great! I'm looking forward to the completion of your script! ... By the way, what is this I'm eating?"

"Money belly is the stomach of a cow."

Harvey narrowed his eyes and extended his thumb: "It tastes really special!"

But Mira Sorvino next to him made a disgusted sound, "Hey... I actually ate a cow's stomach..."

She no longer needed a straw, picked up the cup and took a swig of milk tea.

Bai Quinn laughed out loud in an ungentlemanly manner.

The laughter stopped and back to the topic, Bai Quinn asked in detail about Harvey's payment method and how to proceed with the new cooperation.

Harvey may be in a good mood, or he may want to win over talents, and promised that once a letter of intent for a new movie is signed, the entire three million purchase price will be paid.

The letter of intent for cooperation will include the following main terms:

The tentative movie "The Bad Guys" will be directed by Wes Anderson, written by and starring Quinn, with Randy Robinson playing the gang boss and Mira Sorvino as the heroine alternative.

The investment budget will not exceed 10 million. Miramax will invest 60%, Widmark Pictures will invest at least 20%, Wes Anderson can join with capital, and the rest will be raised externally. The box office income will be distributed according to the investment ratio.

The copyright and long-term revenue will be shared between the two companies.

Miramax will be responsible for the distribution of the film, have final editing rights, and run appropriate film festival awards for the film based on the quality of the finished film.

The general framework has been negotiated, and the contract details will be finalized by lawyers from Miramax, Widmark Imaging and Wes Anderson.

After having enough tea and food, they each left.

In the car, Wes Anderson, who came to his senses, finally discovered the problem and expressed his doubts: "Hollywood ledger! We have forgotten this issue. We should not ask for profit sharing, we should just take the production fee.

, Buena Vista Pictures, which is also distributing Disney, and Miramax are wearing the same pants. They have a hundred ways to make the film unprofitable, cheat our investment, and make us work for them in vain!"

Bai Quinn, who was driving the car, smiled and didn't answer. Chris, the passenger driver, turned around and said to Wes: "No, they don't dare, and the remaining 20% ​​is actually our money. If you can trust us, on the surface,

Just don’t invest any money, I’ll leave you 3% of the 20% investment amount.”

"Whose money can stop the greedy hands of the Jews?" Wes did not believe that the Jewish man Harvey could not do anything.

Chris smiled and said: "The National Italian Civil Rights League, Harvey doesn't have the guts to take their money, and he also added an insurance policy to our money."

"National Italian Civil Rights League?" Wes Anderson, who grew up in an intellectual family, was not familiar with this organization.

Bai Quinn turned around and uttered one word: "Mafia!"

mafia!

It turns out that the brothers insisted on bringing in outside investment just now, not because Wedmark Imaging lacked funds, but because they had a hand here.
Chapter completed!