"Mr. Quentin, Shengtang Company is now preparing to enter the film and television entertainment industry. I know your dream is to be a director, and I can fulfill your wish."
Liu Lang stated his purpose without any nonsense.
"This... is too...!"
Quentin Tarantino was shocked by Liu Lang's directness.
"Jimmy, how did you know I wanted to be a director?"
Quentin Tarantino is very curious, but he has never told the other party about his wish!
"Haha, I guessed it, it seems I guessed it right!"
Nonsense, you will be a world-famous director in the future. Don’t I know your wish?
Of course, this cannot be said.
"As for the money, I have some. Although it's not much, I still have a few million, but you have to have a good script. After all, we are not a charity!"
Liu Lang said.
"How many millions?"
Quentin Tarantino was shocked.
You must know that this is 1987, not the era of more than 20 years later. Twenty or thirty years later, the cost of a big-budget movie will be calculated in hundreds of millions of dollars. For example, which movie in the Marvel series is not a dollar or two?
Billion dollars?
In this era, even Hollywood blockbusters only cost a few million U.S. dollars. For example, the production cost of Star Wars, which sold 700 million U.S. dollars at the box office a few years ago, was only 6 million U.S. dollars, and it was later covered by additional costs.
Ten million, after all, there are too many special effects.
Quentin Tarantino is just a little-known person. In his opinion, if someone gives him five to six million dollars to make a movie, let alone millions of dollars, he will be thankful. He will give him millions of dollars.
?Never thought about it.
Of course Liu Lang wasn't joking with him. In his previous life, when Quentin Tarantino's movies didn't lose money, his famous work "Pulp Fiction" was released in 1994 with a total cost of US$6 million.
The total box office reached 250 million. The subsequent two movies of "Kill Bill" had a total cost of 40 million US dollars, and the box office exceeded
Over 300 million, "Dangerous Liaisons" cost 1.2 million US dollars and had a box office of 30 million. In addition, "Sin City" also had a profit rate of six times, and "Django Unchained",
This movie was shot in 2016, with the highest cost, reaching 100 million US dollars, and the highest global box office, with more than 400 million US dollars.
Although none of his movies has exceeded the billion dollar mark at the box office, the cost is also low! In terms of profitability, it is definitely a guarantee of box office.
Moreover, his films have won many awards, including the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion. There are not many directors who have both box office and artistic achievements.
"Jimmy, these millions are a bit too much. As long as one million... no, half a million is enough, I can make a hit movie and I guarantee you won't lose money!"
How dare Quentin Tarantino expect an investment of millions?
"Mr. Quentin, do you have a script now?"
Liu Lang asked back.
"script…………!"
Quentin Tarantino rubbed his head.
"I wrote four scripts in the past few years, but they were all sold to others. I no longer have the copyright... But in the past year, I have been writing a very good script with a name... I haven't decided on the name yet, but this story
Quite exciting!”
Quentin Tarantino was afraid of losing this opportunity, so he started talking hurriedly.
"A pair of thieves had an idea of robbing the restaurant while they were eating, and then they quickly pulled out their pistols and jumped on the table to start the robbery.
Then the camera turned to two gangsters. They came to find an enemy for the boss. This enemy was a boxer and took the gang boss's things, but the boxer was not at home at this time. After the two killers found the things, they returned them.
Killed boxer's friend.
However, these two killers accidentally broke out in the car and killed a young man. Then they dealt with the crime scene in the car and went to a restaurant to eat when they happened to be robbed by the two men in the film.
Later, one of the killers was ordered to accompany the boss's wife to relax, and then the killer was sent to the west by a boxer while performing the task...!"
Quentin Tarantino started talking eloquently, but Sun Mingren who was driving and Lin Guodong beside him were confused and did not understand what the other party was saying at all.
Liu Lang understood. This was the script of a pulp novel.
Liu Lang has watched this movie many times. It’s not that the story is great, but that the order of shooting is very clever. The movie is composed of six short stories. Each story seems independent, but it is connected from beginning to end, and the overall situation is not revealed until the end.
Show it in front of the audience.
This kind of shooting technique is a great test of the skills of the director and the script. Even if it is just written on paper, no one can understand it. The charm of the story can only be shown through the lens.
So when Quentin Tarantino said it, even Lin Guodong and Sun Mingren didn't understand it.
"Don't you understand? What a great story. If this story is filmed, I guarantee it will be a big hit!"
Quentin Tarantino looked at Sun and Lin with blank expressions, a little anxious.
"I understand what you mean. Isn't your story just connected from beginning to end, each one causing and causing the other, and finally the truth is revealed? This should be a new narrative technique!"
Liu Lang said.
"That's right, that's it!"
Quentin Tarantino kept nodding.
"A high IQ means a high IQ, you can understand it in just one click!"
However, Liu Lang also heard that this script was not fully mature and was still far from being finalized, so he would inevitably have to "prompt" the other party.
"Mr. Quentin, let's do it this way. I can sign a contract with you. You will be our company's contracted director from now on. I will invest in the production and you will be responsible for shooting the movie. As for your remuneration, we will share it based on the box office profit. How about this idea?
?”
"This is great, this is great, Mr. Liu, don't worry, I won't let you lose money!"
Quentin Tarantino was still thinking about how to persuade the other party, but the other party actually proposed it, which really flattered him.
"Everything is easy to talk about. Let's go to the company to talk!"
The car soon arrived at the location of Shengtang Company. The current Shengtang Company had long moved to the original factory of Industrial Light & Magic. Liu Lang bought Industrial Light & Magic for US$7 million, and of course the land was part of it.
"Are you director George Lucas?"
Quentin Tarantino almost knelt on the ground when he saw the famous director Lucas at Santa Claus. He had watched the movie Star Wars no less than ten times and could even memorize all the lines in it.
"George, let's have a meeting to discuss setting up a film and television recording business!"
George Lucas owns 10% of the shares of Shengtang Company, Lin Guodong owns 5% of the shares, domestic Mu Xiaohu owns 20%, plus Liu Lang, they are all the members of the board of directors.
However, Mu Xiaohu did not participate in the management. Everything was decided by the other three people, or in other words, only Liu Lang made the decision.