In the reception room of the Embassy Film Industry, Ronan met Ang Lee, a director who was once down in Hollywood, now has a high spirits and seems to have achieved his career in life.

Ronan asked, "I heard that director Ang Lee returned to the East some time ago?"

"I went back." Ang Lee returned home in glory and came to Hollywood again, and was in a very different mood: "There are all gone on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions, and the fans are so enthusiastic."

He seemed to be very emotional: "I also met some colleagues and discussed some movies."

Ronan nodded. He could fully understand Ang Lee's mood. With the general situation in this era, the treatment that Ang Lee could receive must be grand and grand.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one person in the Chinese film industry.

"Have you ever met Director Zhang?" Ronan said a name.

At the Oscars ceremony, Yu Jiaolong once conveyed it, and the other party seemed to want to meet him.

Ang Lee said, "I have met and talked for a while. It seems that he is also going to shoot a martial arts movie." He shook his head: "This is not good. He is a master of art films and shouldn't follow the trend."

Ronan said without comment: "In fact, the commercial film industry in the world is the same. A movie has been a success and follow-up works have flocked to it."

Ang Lee is already a completely Hollywood director. Of course, knowing this situation, he could only sigh lightly.

After hearing Ang Lee's words, Luo Nan gradually determined what might be behind Yu Jiaolong's relay. Perhaps Yu Jiaolong himself did not understand, but as a veteran, he naturally understood the Oscar plot of Master Zhang.

The era of big commercial in Oriental movies is finally about to begin.

No matter what the reputation or quality of the martial arts movie is, no matter what the original intention of Mr. Zhang is, it will ultimately play a huge role in promoting the rise of the Eastern film market.

It was also after this movie that the Oriental film industry and film market began to enter the fast lane of development.

Unfortunately, the share clause will not be re-signed until 2010, and the share ratio of the 13% share of the movies introduced is too low.

At the right time, can we unite Hollywood's power to promote the amendment of the agreement?

Ronan believes that it is very difficult, at least now, the share of Hollywood's movies there has never been a problem with the film industry, but part of the World Trade Agreement between the two sides, involving the political and economic game between the two countries, which can be said to have a single move.

A single person or even a certain group can play a very limited role in it.

I can only wait for the moment.

However, you can consider the masterpiece of Mr. Zhang. If you have time in the future, you can go there and inspect the market, and inspect overseas offices at the same time.

While thinking, Luo Nan had a chat with Ang Lee without saying a word, and the topic soon came to Ang Lee's new movie.

"I wonder if Director Lee has a new work plan?" Ronan asked directly: "I heard that Universal Pictures is in contact with Director Lee?"

These are all news from Hollywood and will not touch personal **.

Ang Lee smiled and said, "I plan to take a month off first." He did not deny his contact with Universal Pictures: "The people at Universal Pictures are indeed talking to me and want me to direct a big production."

Ronan asked curiously: "Can you know what topic or content it is?"

Universal Pictures did not require confidentiality, and the news was released to hype and preheat. Ang Lee said directly: "A comic adaptation movie, "The Hulk."

Hearing this name, Ronan felt that it was indeed the case and asked, "Are you going to take on this directorship job?"

Ang Lee thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with saying: "The big framework has been discussed almost all, and some details have not yet reached an agreement with Universal Pictures."

"A comic adapted movie..." Ronan originally wanted to remind him.

But thinking about the copyrights of the Marvel superheroes in hand and the plans for the future, I endured it again.

Ang Lee didn't talk much about his cooperation with Universal Pictures. He talked to Ronan about film topics and quickly said goodbye and left Embassy Pictures.

Ronan watched Ang Lee leave and sat on the sofa with question marks all over his head. He didn't know who Ang Lee and Universal Pictures had cheated on the Hulk project.

To put it in the literary point, it means that at the wrong time and in the wrong place, the two sides had a wrong encounter.

In the eyes of many Orientals, compared with Ang Lee's early "Wedding Banquet", "Pushing Hands", "Food and Female", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not an excellent work.

Therefore, everything that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has gained in North America has largely exceeded the imagination and expectations of the East. Perhaps "cultural differences" can be summed up in one sentence.

Perhaps it was the "cultural difference", or perhaps it was the Oscar halo that obscured the others, Universal Pictures decided to let an oriental art film director operate an American commercial comic film.

It is undeniable that Ang Lee has his own advantages, such as he can shape characters more delicately on the basis of retaining the Hollywood model, and at the same time bring some fresh perspectives to the movies that are different from Hollywood.

But Ang Lee was unable to accurately find a balance between business and personal style within the more commercial system in Hollywood.

In the last days of Ronan's previous life, how to shoot a comic-adapted superhero movie to explode, I'm afraid many ordinary movie fans can express some consensus.

For example, compact rhythm, exquisite special effects, and hot scenes, the continuous excitement and explosive points that make the audience excited.

And these are exactly contrary to Ang Lee's personal style.

Under heavy pressure, Ang Lee only preserved his personal style and was unable to take into account the others.

In his previous life, there is another saying: Ang Lee tricked Universal Pictures.

Universal Pictures gave Ang Lee full trust, huge power, and even the power that was infinitely close to the final editing right. As a result, Ang Lee created a popular commercial film with a strong personal style, made an author's movie, and then left it with a mess for Universal Pictures.

This statement is definitely unreliable. The director cherishes his reputation very much. Thinking about Ang Lee's situation after the failure of "The Hulk", he also knows that he cannot do it on purpose.

But Ang Lee did make "The Hulk" a writer's movie.

Long, serious, and without the large number of action scenes that people expect. They are uncomfortable after watching them, without the excitement of "superheroes saved us, and I am full of positive energy"

Perhaps Ang Lee doesn't want to film superheroes at all. He just wants to film how an unfortunate man is torn apart by his weird abilities and focus on expressing this absurdity.

As a result, Ang Lee fell very badly, and Universal Pictures was also quite bad. Marvel, who originally wanted to follow behind to play the autumn wind, once again doubted her life.

The adaptation of "Spider-Man" has been successful, and the adaptation is also very large. Marvel thinks that its hero is not inferior to Batman, and it is quite a market.

In the blink of an eye, "The Hulk" failed, Marvel was surprised and the hero was not very good in the film market.

Speaking of which, Marvel's senior executives can get up from countless blows, and finally put up almost all the chips to gamble on "Iron Man". Their nerves are really not ordinary tough.

From Ronan's point of view, the collaboration between Ang Lee and Universal Pictures can be summarized in one sentence: Ang Lee took the superhero of Hulk and made an artistic feature film.

If it was released in ten years at night, maybe some people would say that the angle was unique and would not be so miserable.

Ronan did not cooperate with Universal Pictures and Ang Lee, nor would he prevent Universal Pictures from contacting Ang Lee, nor did he have any reason to stop it.

Perhaps Ang Lee also needs a subject with a wider audience, and hit it off with Universal Pictures. In early April, he signed a formal director contract with Universal Pictures for "The Hulk".

Universal Pictures also took advantage of Ang Lee's Oscar effect to announce the release date of "The Hulk". This comic-adapted superhero movie is initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 2003.

More than two years have been left for Ang Lee to plan, shoot and post-production.

Ronan can only say that he is looking forward to the day when "Hulk" is released. After all, only then can he get the copyright of Hulk from Universal Pictures.

Even if it's like Marvel in his previous life, it's better to get some copyrights. At worst, it's not like shooting an independent Hulk movie.

Directors are relatively scarce resources in Hollywood, and Ronan's Shahai Entertainment has also confirmed a director candidate.

After experiencing some twists and turns in "Death Comes 2", it was confirmed that Guilmo del Toro, who completed "The Deadly Behind".

Because the film market will inevitably be impacted in the second half of the year, this sequel was postponed by Ronan until it was released next year.

In the distribution plan released by Embassy Pictures, with Ronan's invisible intervention, no film will be released after September.

Basically all screening plans were scheduled for the first half of the year.

In late April, "House of Death", "Shrek Monster" was released overseas in mid-May, "Spy Shadows" in June, "Deadly Curves" in July, and in early August, two small productions purchased by the film crew from overseas.

Starting from April, Embassy Film will release movies every month, most of which involve North American and overseas distributions.

It was also in early April that Ronan saw a memorable name "Summer of Jeans" on the New York Times bestseller list sent by his assistant Connie.

When Ronan saw the title of the book, he remembered the related videos, the famous work of the famous "Queen of S" Black Raffle.

I asked someone to check the copyright, and the film and television adaptation rights of the novel were still in the hands of the author. Ronan immediately notified Robert Lee and asked him to add the name "Summer of Jeans" to the copyright purchase list.

Since he has gained something, Ronan attaches more importance to the New York Times bestseller rankings. Maybe he will continue to see him on it in the future and ignore it, but he can see the name and remember the works of the movie.

The weekend is coming, and the work at hand is temporarily put aside. Ronan made an appointment with the real estate agent to go and see the house.

This is a self-occupied house, so you must not go overseas to buy it, otherwise it will be inconvenient to get off work. Moreover, Ronan has some funds, not to mention the income from producers and company positions, but only the script provided by the screenwriter will not only have buyout income, but also the subsequent copyright sharing income.
Chapter completed!