In recent months, the most popular thing about Shengtang Company is not Transformers, but the "Voice of America" national talent show organized by Shengtang Music. With the vigorous promotion of Shengtang Music and Los Angeles Today Entertainment, the popularity of the program has swept across the United States.
, the finals haven’t even started yet, and more than a dozen contestants have already become idols.
Most of these players are young people, but there are also four middle-aged people over forty years old. They are all carefully selected by Shengtang, and each of them has his or her own characteristics.
Some people have good voices, but not so good appearance. Liu Lang plans to build these singers into inspirational idols who can give people positive energy. Most of them are young people. Those actors who have good appearance and are very popular can perform
Focus on packaging.
This can form an idol group. In his previous life, the idol groups that impressed Liu Lang the most were the American "Backstreet Boys" and "Westlife Boys", as well as the "Spice Girls" group. They were popular all over the world in the 1990s, and their songs influenced a generation.
People, these songs are very popular, Liu Lang remembers them clearly, so of course he has to use them as a doctrine.
Of course, Shengtang music is very popular now, and it has started to cooperate with many songwriters and has already written two singles.
Everyone soon arrived at Santang Company, and Lucas and Quentin Tarantino were waiting at the door to greet them.
"Liu, the two of us have just returned from Hollywood. Our movie has been approved and will be released in a month. We need to promote it well during this period."
A few months ago, Lucas looked down on Quentin Tarantino, a young boy. But now it's different. He was deeply attracted after watching the sample film of "Pulp Fiction".
Lucas's movies are all big productions and big scenes, full of visual impact, and the audience won't care about the plot of the story itself. But now most Hollywood movies are still feature films, and the selling point is the star. As long as there are stars, they will attract the audience.
For example, veteran stars such as Marlon Brando, Hepburn, and Vivien Leigh, as well as new stars such as Brooke Shields. Only these actors can attract many movie fans.
There is also a kind of feature film that relies solely on scripts. The storyline is very attractive, but there are not many such scripts. "Pulp Fiction" is such a script, but Quentin Tarantino did not completely write it before.
After receiving the script, Liu Lang continued to write most of it. If Quentin Tarantino had written this story long ago, I'm afraid the script would have been bought by a certain company.
In Liu Lang's previous life, this story was not made into a movie until the mid-1990s, which is still several years ago. It may have been during these few years that Quentin completed the story, and Liu Lang's appearance directly erased the story.
It's been quiet for the past few years.
Lucas knew that most of the credit for the script of "Pulp Fiction" went to Liu Lang, but the script was a script, and it was another matter to shoot it well. Quentin Tarantino's shooting techniques were what Lucas valued.
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Lucas had already seen the dailies, and at just one glance he regarded Quentin as a god.
Almost all feature films in Hollywood are narrated in a single line. From the beginning to the end, the story line is clear and clear, and people can understand it. There are also people who film multiple lines in parallel, but the plot is still driven by time as the main line.
But "Pulp Fiction" completely breaks this method. It is neither a single-line narrative nor a multi-line narrative with a polyphonic structure. Instead, it is filmed in a seemingly scattered and fragmented manner. At first glance, it is a bit confusing and even unclear.
I don’t know what the result will be in the end. This is definitely a shooting technique that has never been seen before. If previous movies had a linear narrative structure, then "Pulp Fiction" has a circular structure that echoes from beginning to end.
There is no doubt that Quentin Tarantino is a genius. Lucas believes that this "Pulp Fiction" will definitely be a blockbuster and will not only achieve good box office but also have a very good reputation.
Of course, what Lucas values more is the box office. This is just a small-scale movie costing one million US dollars. The cost is absolutely no problem. The box office of five million US dollars should not be a big problem. His goal is to
For a box office of ten million US dollars, the minimum is eight million, and the profit rate is more than eight times.
If his debut film is a big success, Quentin Tarantino may become a famous director in Hollywood in the future.
This is the case in the United States. No matter what you did before, as long as you are successful and can bring wealth and money, you will be sought after. Lucas immediately became close friends with him.
Liu Lang got out of the car and a group of people gathered around him. Quentin Tarantino was also energetic now. The completion of the film's production gave him great confidence. He believed that he could succeed this time.
"Quentin, congratulations on the completion of your movie. Our Shengtang Company is going to make money again!"
Liu Lang congratulated him in advance.
"Boss, this is your credit. If I hadn't written the script, it would be impossible for the pulp novel to be made into a movie!"
Quentin Tarantino admires and is very grateful to this young boss. Back then, he was just a small person who presided over ceremonies. Without Liu Langhui’s discerning eye, how would he have had the chance to make a movie? Besides, "
More than half of the scripts for "Pulp Fiction" were written by others. In the movie subtitles, the two names are also signed in the script writing column. By the way, the producer column is also named Jimmy Liu.
The person with the most power in a movie is not the director, but the producer, because this is the financier, and whoever has the most money is the boss.
Everyone came to the conference room. Except for Ye Jinsheng who was recording a program in other places, all the middle and senior management of the company were there. There were eleven people in total, which can be said to be full of talents.
"Liu, I predict that this "Pulp Fiction" can reach a box office of up to 10 million US dollars. It seems that in addition to Shengtang Music, we should establish another Shengtang Film and Television Company."
Lucas said excitedly.
"George, your suggestion makes sense, how about you become the boss of Shengtang Film and Television?"
Liu Lang said.
"Okay! But you have to write some good scripts for me!"
Lucas answered immediately without hesitation.
He is the third largest shareholder of Shengtang Company and the person in charge of Industrial Light and Magic. However, Industrial Light and Magic is now different from when he founded it. The focus of work has long been tilted towards computer production.
Howard Catmull and Cheng Xian are mainly responsible. Catmull is the main person in charge of the "Finding Nemo" project, while Cheng Xian pays more attention to the development of computer special effects software. Both of them study computers and cooperate with each other.
He was very good and was known as the "Two Devils", but Lucas was a little embarrassed. He knew nothing about computers. His usual job was to lead his subordinates to make models and draw pictures. Others could also complete these tasks.
Liu Lang had long wanted him to work in his old field, but he had never had the opportunity before. Now that "Pulp Fiction" has been produced, and the other party offered to set up a film production branch, he went ahead and let Lucas be the person in charge.
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As for the script, it's very simple. In the 1990s, a number of excellent movies emerged in Hollywood, such as "Die Hard", "Schindler's List", "Forrest Gump", "Face", "A Time for Life and Death", "Reality"
"The Lie", "Mission: Impossible", etc., every movie can be called a classic. Naturally, Liu Lang cannot give these movies to others, and must use them all to be produced by his own company.