"Sorry, Director Tang, I don't accept anything about football."
In a coffee shop in Hong Kong, Jiang Yan handed the script of "Ambition" back to Tang Jili.
Tang Jili was not angry. Instead, he smiled and asked in a low voice: "Is it related to the review of "Shaolin Football"?"
Jiang Yan smiled and didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.
He was not surprised that Tang Jili knew about the censorship of "Shaolin Soccer". This guy was wild, and there were some media reports on the reshoots of Wu Jing and Jiang Yan in the Magic City a few days ago, so someone like Tang Jili could
It is normal to analyze the general situation.
When Tang Jili saw Jiang Yan's silent acquiescence, he smiled and said, "It's a pity, but it doesn't matter. We can still cooperate if we have the opportunity in the future."
"There's no need to do it next time. I insulted you the first time we met. I even felt embarrassed."
Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Well, just wait for a few minutes and I'll write the song for you."
With that said, Jiang Yan called the waiter and prepared to write the familiar theme song of the same name from "Ambition".
The first time he saw Tang Jili, Jiang Yan fell into one of his old habits.
After all, Tang Jili is a great guy. He successfully directed Long Ge's "Police Story 3". This film swept the global box office of 340 million Hong Kong dollars in 1992. This figure was not even achieved by Jiang Yan's "Infernal Affairs 1".
Broken.
Then the two continued to collaborate and directed "Red Zone". This film helped Long Ge open the door to Hollywood in one fell swoop.
He is currently working on an American TV series in the United States and is considered the number one figure.
As for Tang Jili, Brother Long's evaluation of him is: I hate him to death, but I will still look for him in the next movie. This is enough to show this person's ability.
Of course, what Jiang Yan ultimately wants is Tang Jili’s later works.
Jiang Yan admitted that he was interested in "The Myth", but not in the movie, but in the TV series.
But the copyright of the TV series "Myth" comes from the movie "Myth", and the movie "Myth" was produced by Tang Jili.
Although Jiang Yan could have filmed the "Myth" TV series in advance, he had not made such preparations before, because the "Myth" movie was still early, and there are already enough projects in Stars and Seas, so today he suddenly met Tang Jili himself
Only after meeting him did he remember this incident.
At this time, Jiang Yan was not sure whether Tang Jili had the inspiration for "The Myth", so taking advantage of this moment, Jiang Yan was wondering if there was a chance to get some.
Having said that, after Jiang Yan spent more than ten minutes thinking about "Ambition", Tang Jili looked at Jiang Yan a little differently.
"Is this good?" Tang Jili asked, holding the music score.
"Almost." Jiang Yan nodded calmly.
Tang Jili then looked at the score and tried to sing:
"No matter how bumpy the road may be, I have great ambitions and don't care if I fall on the road ~ Good lyrics, did I sing the melody correctly?"
"Yes, you can sing very well. Mr. Tang should consider making a debut."
"Haha, if I were 20 years younger, I would definitely follow you."
Then Jiang Yan introduced this song. Jiang Yan said that this song was originally prepared for the men's basketball team to compete in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but it was a bit controversial at that time and he did not release it. Later, he wanted to play it in Athens in 2004.
He took it out, but now that Brother Long introduced Tang Jili to him and he still refused, he simply took it out, at least not to let Tang Jili go to waste.
Tang Jili was naturally very happy after hearing this. Although Jiang Yan did not take the role, the value of a song is completely enough. After all, this is a song written by Jiang Yan, and it is also a gold medal song, which is of great significance.
Because of this, his sense of Jiang Yan was also heightened to the highest level. He felt that it really made sense that Jiang Yan could be given such a high evaluation by Brother Long, and that Jiang Yan could reach this point in just three years.
So after Tang Jili received the music score, he directly decided to pay him. If he didn't accept it, he would not give him face.
Jiang Yan liked this style of doing things, so he didn't refuse.
But there was another push and pull on the price, and finally it was settled on the auspicious number of 388,000.
This price is lower than the market price of Jiang Yan's songs, but it is also much higher than the prices quoted by other composers. Both parties are very satisfied with this.
In fact, this is how face is given to each other, so the subsequent chat between the two became more harmonious. Tang Jili wanted to make friends with Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan wanted to make money. At the same time, there was an aura of intimacy surrounding them. How could they not be harmonious?
So the two started chatting about various topics such as sports, Chinese and Western culture, music, economy, domestic and foreign film and television industries, etc.
When the premiere of "The Legend of Shushan" started, the two of them did not take any time off. They entered the theater, briefly attended to some social activities, and then sat on chairs in the theater to continue chatting.
The two of them are also big names in the industry, so the two of them chatted happily, while other bastards didn't dare to approach, which also made the chat atmosphere between the two always very good.
It wasn't until the movie "The Legend of Shushan" started that the two of them focused on the movie.
Soon, the film was halfway through, and now, regarding "The Legend of Shushan", to be honest, Jiang Yan actually didn't think this film was that bad. He felt that it still had many advantages. The special effects were one aspect, and the fairy tale charm was another.
One aspect, the world view is also one aspect.
But he also knew that this was the result of looking at it from the perspective of future generations.
For many viewers today, these concepts of cultivating immortality, to put it bluntly, many people do not understand very well, so it seems very tiring.
Apart from the concept of cultivating immortals, the plot is also a mess.
Mr. Xu condensed a novel of hundreds of thousands of words into a movie of just over 100 minutes, which is not easy for even the strongest film master to handle.
So when "The Legend of Shushan" was not halfway through, Tang Jili turned his head and asked Jiang Yan softly:
"A-Yan, I think this film will suffer."
Jiang Yan couldn't help but look sideways: "How do you say that?"
"It's too complicated." Tang Jili gave a simple answer.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As expected of a senior expert, he hit the nail on the head.
However, Jiang Yan saved face for Mr. Xu: "Actually, from the point of view of telling Chinese cultural stories, this film is quite good."
This is indeed true.
Although "The Legend of Shushan" is a blockbuster, at least it is a purely Chinese story.
There are no immortal heroes in other countries, and the story is not that Westernized in content. To say it failed, Jiang Yan felt that environmental problems accounted for a large part.
But this also made Jiang Yan once again want to make a similar movie.
Because he felt that it was entirely possible to use Western narrative models to quietly promote Chinese culture.
He feels that sometimes there is no need to forcefully push culture out.
To put it simply, I just make movies that the audience enjoys.
Take the example I gave to Mr. Xu before. Lao Mei later created a monster universe, and now we are going to create a mythical beast universe.
Anyway, the core of the story is a fight between a few giant mythical beasts. It's simple, don't make it too complicated, just like the 2014 "Godzilla: King of the Monsters".
As long as we capture the feeling of insignificance of human beings in front of giant creatures, and the powerful power unleashed by mythical beasts that humans can only kneel down to see, that's enough.
The rest of the plot is just embellishment. You can copy the setting of "changes in nuclear radiation lead to changes in the number of Titan monsters" in the Hollywood monster universe, or you can change your own new concepts, such as "the fusion of parallel time and space has led to many more mythical beasts on the earth" or "alien matter,
The resurgence of ancient matter leads to the return of living things to their ancestors," or simply a "revival of spiritual energy. First, the violent spiritual energy resurrects the ancient beasts, and finally the violent spiritual energy area is peaceful, and the era reappears" and so on.
In short, this is an introduction. It is important, but sometimes it is not so important.
As for what the mythical beast is, where it comes from, why its skills are what it is, what stories it had with humans in ancient times, etc., we can just briefly talk about it.
If the video is successful, it will naturally have a lot of fans digging into it.
Once the fan base is high, then continue with the second part to flesh out the universe.
Therefore, the key is whether the film can make the audience feel comfortable watching it.
Otherwise, it will be like the current "The Legend of Shushan", with blurred priorities, ambiguous characters, frowning plot, and a box office flop in the end.
In such a situation, if you want to open a second part, investors can't find it, let alone let fans spontaneously discover what Shushan is, what flying with a sword is, who is better than who, etc.
, who cares about this piece of shit?
So Jiang Yan thought that after finishing the current project, he would just start a movie.
On the way, he can also promote 3D and other projection technologies. He has been doing it morning and night. Anyway, he is not short of money. Even if he is short of money, he can also "shoot live", so there is nothing to worry about, just do it.
"The Legend of Shushan" ended more than an hour later, and the audience applauded as usual.
The main creator came on stage. Old Monster Xu's face remained calm, but Jiang Yan knew that in the original time and space, "The Legend of Shushan" was released with great fanfare and gongs. As a result, the box office in Xiangjiang was only 11.7 million, a loss.
And this also started Tsui Hark's ten-year trough period.
After "The Legend of Shushan" suffered heavy losses, Xu's four films including "Dark Man 2" and "Seven Swords" suffered losses all the way. It was not until 2010's "Detective Dee's Empire" that it was considered profitable at the box office.
In fact, it's more than ten years. Strictly speaking, Mr. Xu has been losing money since 1998, and has been losing money for 12 years. I really don't know what the leeks are thinking...
Of course, Mr. Xu is still worthy of respect. As long as he can film "The Legend of Shushan", Jiang Yan will not block him. But if he wants to invest in him, he has to think about it again, because Mr. Xu was in 2010.
Then the second spring will come, which is still eight or nine years away...
"Just now you said you should tell Chinese cultural stories well? Do you have an idea, Yan?"
After the premiere of "The Legend of Shushan", Jiang Yan and Tang Jili continued to chat.
It wasn't until they were about to leave that Tang Jili finally took the bait, so naturally Jiang Yan wouldn't let go of this opportunity.
"I have some ideas, but it's not a fairy tale, but something related to Qin Shihuang."
"Emperor Qin Shihuang?"
"Yes, a time-travel story, related to love."
"Can you tell me about it?"
"Just one day I dreamed..."
Jiang Yan briefly talked about the outline of "The Myth". Now that he and Tang Jili have been chatting for so long, he has also tested it many times. He probably knows that Tang Jili has not had the inspiration at this time, so he has no worries about it. Of course,
Even if he already has it now, Jiang Yan said it first, so it has to have something to do with him.
So after finishing speaking, Jiang Yan asked: "That's probably it, I haven't thought about the details yet."
"A very good story." Tang Jili nodded in approval.
"Are you interested? If you really want, I can give you some ideas."
"How can that be done? Besides, it's hard for me to pick it up if you send it to me. You haven't even thought about it completely."
"Then I will think about it completely and send it to you when the time comes."
"This won't work. I can't ask for it in vain."
"I didn't say we'd give them all away. How about you do the movie, I'll do the TV series, and we can discuss investments and stuff like that. How about that?"
"I think it will work, but I don't have time this year."
"It's okay. I didn't have time before 2003, so just take your time."
"good..."
With a few words, the wool of "Myth" was removed, and Jiang Yan was completely happy now.
The original movie "Myth" was very good, but its reputation was not very good at the beginning, and it suffered a big loss at the box office. The TV series "Myth" was not particularly good in the later period, but its ratings broke the record of 8 sets of Yangshi, and it was a huge profit, so this one
Bo, Jiang Yan is making money with blood.
And Tang Jili was very happy to have made a new boss friend who looked very pleasing to his eyes, so the cheating issue that Jiang Yan was worried about was impossible.
But having said that, Jiang Yan will still keep the eye that should be kept, so Jiang Yan decided to write out the script that night, and then ask Wu Yong to work on the TV series project tomorrow, and at the same time make a memorandum with Tang Jili about the movie.
Before leaving, Tang Jili felt that he still had more to say, so he sent an invitation to Jiang Yan: "A Yan, are you free tonight? I can call a few friends and let's continue chatting?"
"No." Jiang Yan refused, "My girlfriend is waiting at her house. She is going to be a guest at Mr. Jin Yong's house tomorrow. How about the day after tomorrow?"
"Okay, see you the day after tomorrow." Tang Jili smiled like a man.
"Okay, goodbye." Jiang Yan smiled slightly and got in the car directly.
After the train left, Jiang Yan remembered that Tang Jili's current girlfriend seemed to be Ziwei.
Shaking his head, it doesn't matter if she is Ziwei or a little swallow.
Even if they are both, how can they be as good as my Lizi and Sister Yu?
Half an hour later, Jiang Yan returned to Xiangjiang Villa.
As soon as she entered the door, Sister Yu hugged her with a look of distress: