After carefully reading the draft of the movie "American Gangster History", Zhou Yang couldn't help but marvel at Zheng Jun's talent.
The original film of "American Gangster History" is a film with a very typical structure of time and space. The draft script will be written in three ways: flashback, interlude, and sequence. The events that happened in the United States from the 1920s to the 1960s of the twentieth century will be written through dialogue.
The story is vividly presented, especially the understanding of American culture during that period. It is so profound that Zhou Yang couldn't help but suspect that the author who wrote the draft script of "American Gangster History" is an authentic old American native scholar.
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However, the draft script of "American Gangster History" is not perfect. The narration of the events is very perfect, but the more perfect it is, the more cumbersome and lengthy the story is.
There is no problem in making a TV series, but if you really want to move this story to the big screen, you may not be able to finish it in twenty hours...
In addition to the narrative being more lengthy than that of "Once Upon a Time in America", the inconsequential subplots are also quite cumbersome. After watching "American Gangster History", Zhou Yang's first impression was that Zheng Jun paid too much attention to the so-called art and forgot about the film itself.
Although the choice is very down-to-earth, the theme of the entire movie is slightly lacking.
In two days.
Zhou Yang turned off his mobile phone and cut off all communication tools with the outside world. He locked himself in a small room at SKY Company, carefully read through various materials, and thought about the plot of "Once Upon a Time in America" deep in his memory...
Two years ago, Zhou Yang didn't know much about movies. After reading the commentary of "Once Upon a Time in America", he didn't care about some of the detailed shots in it.
But two years later, when Zhou Yang recalled the scenes of "Once Upon a Time in America", he felt more and more that this movie was a classic, and even regretted why he didn't watch the movie from beginning to end.
The draft script of "American Gangster History" was partially deleted by Zhou Yang, and the classic plot of "Once Upon a Time in America" was added to the memory, and blended childhood friendship, love, loss, greed, violence, the passage of time, the breakdown of relationships,
Themes include American criminal gangs in the past, and these themes are sublimated one by one through the plot.
"call!"
The early morning sunshine in Los Angeles shines on Zhou Yang's desk.
Zhou Yang, who had not yet adjusted to the jet lag, stayed up all night and did not feel tired, but felt extra energetic.
He carefully reviewed the draft of "History of American Gangsters" and his own revised draft again, printed it out on the printer, and even had more than a dozen pages of revised content.
He is not gifted. In fact, he made modifications on the basis of "Once Upon a Time in America". He carefully searched the memories in his mind. After confirming that he could no longer make any modifications or improvements, he
Then he breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had finished something, and he was extremely happy.
He stood up from the office chair, stretched, and after eating something, opened the door.
"Mr. Zhou!"
door...
Zheng Jun had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zhou Yang coming out, he immediately stood up excitedly and began to speak incoherently: "We exploded! Exploded, exploded!"
Walkway entrance.
Zheng Jun's voice was so loud that it made Zhou Yang's eardrums tremble continuously.
"What exploded?"
""The Departed" exploded! The box office was six million US dollars, which is higher than "Saw"! Mr. Zhou, I did it... Yes, I did it... Mr. Zhou, I can do it..."
Zheng Jun shouted excitedly, and then tremblingly handed a stack of box office data to Zhou Yang. He stared at Zhou Yang closely, his eyes full of expectation, vaguely, as if a flame was burning in it,
Emit a fiery light.
Debuted in his twenties!
He was so passionate about proving his proficiency in the film industry that he took his film to overseas exhibitions, but he violated a taboo and was banned.
His youth was gone, his dreams were shattered, and he was even impoverished for a time, struggling to survive by selling scripts.
But the setbacks in life did not knock down this enthusiastic filmmaker. The flame in his heart not only did not go out, but became brighter despite repeated blows.
He is so eager to succeed once!
Even if the success is extremely short-lived, even if it is just the dust in this great era, it will be the same if it is blown away at any time!
At the entrance of the aisle, half of his head was white and he was cheering for joy, like a child.
After receiving no response from Zhou Yang for a long time, his excited expression suddenly turned into a bit of fear, and the smile on his face gradually stiffened, and then he began to become embarrassed.
Immediately afterwards, the corridor began to become silent, and Zhou Yang just looked at him silently...
His heart suddenly began to sink a little, as if a wave of darkness swept through his body again, and finally he was swallowed up in the darkness and could not extricate himself.
An investment of ten million US dollars is not a small amount after all. Mr. Zhou himself does not have such a large investment. I am afraid...
Suddenly this idea appeared in my mind. When this idea appeared, I couldn't suppress it in an instant.
He lowered his head subconsciously.
"I've changed the script a little bit, see if it works..."
"If you think it works, shoot it like this. If you think it doesn't work, shoot it according to your idea..."
"Ten million dollars, you tell the finance department, and I'll give you a note about how much remuneration you should get for "The Departed," and there won't be a penny less!"
"..."
At this moment, Zhou Yang's voice came into his mind.
He was shocked, and then raised his head in disbelief, only to see Zhou Yang smiling.
His smile was exceptionally gentle, like a ray of warm sunshine in winter, making him very warm!
Later, Zhou Yang printed out the revised "History of American Gangsters" and handed it to him.
He immediately watched the revised version of "The History of American Gangsters". The more he watched, the more surprised and excited he became!
His script draft was just a concept and a story in the movie. Many details in it needed to be refined and analyzed over and over again and made choices. However, Zhou Yang refined the story and even sorted out the entire script.
Clearly, he has completely reached his ideal state...
Time passes little by little.
He carefully read the script from the beginning to the end...
After reading it, my pupils shrank suddenly, and then my eyes widened. I felt goosebumps rising up on my skin and my whole scalp was numb!
"this……"
"Mr. Zhou, if this movie is really shot like this, it will definitely become a classic American movie, as good as "New York 1920"!"
"Yes, absolutely!"
"I can guarantee..."
"Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect you to be so powerful. You have such a deep understanding of that era and the art of film..."
"I will definitely finish the filming. Give me some time and I will read the script carefully..."
Zheng Jun was breathing heavily, his voice trembling, echoing at the entrance of the corridor over and over again.
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"Superman 2" is in full swing.
Fifty-three million, this is a milestone for Chinese films and another peak in James Lee's career.
James Lee is naturally happy.
But it's just that I'm happy, not as excited as others imagined.
"More than a hundred years ago, my ancestors had their own colony in this area, and everyone knelt in front of us..."
"More than a hundred years later, I am just doing the same thing as my ancestors, but in a different field, that's all..."
When the assistant excitedly told James Lee the next day's box office data for "Superman 2," he sat on a chair in the presidential suite of the Yanjing Hotel, looked over the entire Yanjing, and then took out the information from the Chinese entertainment industry.
The directors showed a bit of smile on their faces due to the various praises they received for this "lecture".
This year……
Perhaps it’s because of Zhou Yang’s sudden emergence, or the operations of relevant Chinese departments, that the box office of Hollywood movies in China is not very satisfactory.
After the appearance of "The Grandmaster", there is a vague tendency to compete with Hollywood movies...
This made many Hollywood directors feel embarrassed. The director of "Interstellar", Robert Downey Jr., was even ridiculed by all his Hollywood colleagues. They felt that his movie was simply a smear for Hollywood, and the shame was brought to China.
Director Robert Jr. was even ridiculed for suffering from depression.
Initially, "Superman 2" was planned to be released in mid-September.
However, when I saw the sudden rise of the movie "Infernal Affairs", and the director of "Men in Black" Chelsea actually changed the schedule in order not to compete with "Infernal Affairs" at the box office, a lot of movies online ridiculed Chelsea,
Some people even took the lead and said that when Hollywood movies lost their supposed dominance in the Chinese region, James Lee instantly became unable to sit still. He thought of his ancestors and today's Chinese movies...
then!
He adjusted the schedule of "Superman 2" to August to compete with "Infernal Affairs".
In fact...
The effect is really good.
"Mr. James, we are almost going back to China..."
"Going back to China? I'm really reluctant to do so. Many directors in China have an almost crazy admiration for us people. When I stay in China, I feel like I was the slave owner... When I return to the United States, I may feel a sense of gap.
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in the room.
He sighed.
He really enjoyed the feeling of being superior to others in China.
No matter where they go, they are always cheered by, and they talk about movies casually. Even if they are useless, these directors can always find the most profound movie philosophy, and then they are sought after and regarded as classics...
The assistant laughed.
Before he could say anything else, he heard his phone vibrate, and then the assistant received a movie message from the United States.
After receiving the message, the assistant's expression was particularly wonderful.
"Mr. James, it seems that the box office of our "Superman 2" in the United States did not meet expectations..."
"Um?"
The smile on James Li's face gradually solidified, and then he glanced at the assistant doubtfully.
"And the online reputation of Tomato Movie was surpassed by "The Departed"..." The assistant turned on the computer and muttered to himself in disbelief: "Christian and the black Congressman Olson are working on this movie.