"Hello, I'm Wen Jinjiang." Wen Jinjiang is a veteran after all. He reacted quickly and then introduced the assistant next to him to Zhang Zhong, "This is my assistant Xiao Can."
Zhang Chong nodded to Xiao Can, "Nice to meet you."
Wen Jinjiang looked at Pengpeng, who was holding Zhang Zhong's trousers and hiding behind him, and said with a smile, "Is this little girl your daughter, Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Well, this is my daughter Zhang Pengpeng. Pengpeng wants to say hello to Grandpa Wen and Uncle Xiao."
Pengpeng still grabbed Zhang Zhong's trousers and timidly shouted twice.
After the mutual introductions were completed, everyone took their seats.
"It's better to meet than to be famous. Mr. Zhang is really surprising." Wen Jinjiang said with a smile as soon as he sat down.
"As long as Mr. Wen is not disappointed."
Wen Jinjiang shook his head gently, "There is no disappointment, only surprise. Please forgive me for my sudden visit. I really want to meet the author of "Ten Little Indian Boys". I have to travel far away after tomorrow, so I am in such a hurry.
come over."
Zhang Zhong waved his hand, "It's an honor to meet the literary director. You have to know that most people like me grew up watching your movies."
The two of them had a business chat, and when Wen Jinjiang was about to get to the point, Peng Peng grabbed Zhang Zhong's clothes and said, "Dad, I want to go to the bathroom."
Zhang Zhong saw Pengpeng clutching her belly and looking extremely anxious, so he had to say to Wen Jinjiang, "Director Wen, I'm really sorry. I'll take Pengpeng to the toilet first."
Wen Jinjiang said with a smile, "It's okay, let's go quickly."
Zhang Zhong held Pengpeng in his arms and walked out of the box.
There was a young woman standing outside the box, who seemed to be the lobby manager.
"Do you need anything?"
"where is the bathroom?"
"I'll take you there right now."
When they arrived at the door of the women's restroom, it was inconvenient for Zhang Zhong to go in, so he asked the woman to go in with Pengpeng.
After Pengpeng came back from using the toilet, Zhang Zhong was about to take her back to the box. The girl shook Zhang Zhong's arm again and said, "Dad, I want to eat snacks."
Zhang Zhong felt a little guilty, "Dad, I still have something to do. Can I take you to have snacks after I finish my work?"
"Oh." Pengpeng nodded, but couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes.
The lobby manager smiled and said, "If this little girl wants to eat snacks, I can take her to get some and wait until the husband finishes his work and picks her up."
Zhang Zhong looked at the woman's nameplate, then looked at Peng Peng's hopeful little face, thought for a while and then nodded and said, "That's okay, Peng Peng, you go with this
Sister, go eat, remember not to trouble others, you know?"
Pengpeng nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, I will be very good."
Zhang Zhong said to the woman, "Sorry to trouble you."
"You're welcome, sir, please go and do your work first."
Zhang Dian nodded and returned to the box. Seeing him coming back alone, Wen Jinjiang asked doubtfully, "Where is your little princess?"
"This girl is greedy, so I asked the hotel staff to take her to eat."
Wen Jinjiang smiled and said, "It's already past four o'clock. It's normal for children to be hungry quickly."
Zhang Zhong hummed and sat down, "Where were we talking about just now?"
One sentence brought the topic back again.
Wen Jinjiang said, "This time I came here actually for "Ten Little Indian Boys". To be honest, after reading this book, I had the urge to make it into a movie."
Zhang Zhong had previously guessed that he was here for his own book, and also guessed that it might be "Ten Little Indian Boys". After all, compared to "Jieyou Grocery Store", this book is more suitable for Wen Jinjiang's style.
In addition to literary films, Wen Jinjiang basically only makes suspense films and crime films.
However, Zhang Zhong still couldn't figure out why he was looking for him. With a little research, they would know that the priority for the film and television adaptation of this book was in the hands of Provoking Literature.
Seemingly sensing Zhang Zhong's doubts, Wen Jinjiang smiled and explained, "Before we came, the company was already in contact with Agitated Literature. Of course I didn't come here to discuss copyright matters with you, Mr. Zhang. The reason why I came here
, I want to meet you before traveling far away. Talking about the work with the original author will definitely be helpful to me when I shoot in the future."
So that's it. Zhang Zhong nodded secretly, somewhat admiring Wen Jinjiang's attitude towards doing things.
He didn't even get the rights to adapt it, but he was already thinking about exchanging scripts with himself.
But on the other hand, it also shows that Wen Jinjiang is very confident in himself, or in Huayi Entertainment. He definitely believes that Huayi will definitely get the adaptation rights this time.
In fact, Wen Jinjiang has every reason to be confident. As a leader in the industry, Huayi will usually not miss a script if he wants one.
Moreover, Wen Jinjiang is the one who wants to film this time, so Huayi Entertainment will of course get the script at all costs.
"Has Mr. Zhang ever thought that this book would be made into a movie?" Wen Jinjiang asked.
Zhang Dian nodded and said, "I have thought about it." He added in his mind, I have also watched TV series.
Wen Jinjiang said with great interest, "Oh? I wonder what Mr. Zhang has in mind?"
"Literary director, just call me by my name. You don't have to be so polite. As for the ideas, they are not very mature. In fact, my novel is going to be adapted into a script. There are not many things that need to be changed. Just follow the story.
"Zhang Zhongdao.
Wen Jinjiang nodded in agreement and said, "That's true. After reading this book, I also found that there is nothing that can be modified, because the plot is so intertwined that if one change is made, it may affect the whole body.
It’s beyond recognition. But the end of this book, Zhang... Do you think it should be treated the same as in the book?"
The end of the book should be the confession letter.
As a novel, the confession letter certainly gives people a sense of originality, but for a movie, this method of expression is not very easy to use.
Zhang Zhong looked at Wen Jinjiang. The director had his hands clasped together. It was obvious that he already had his own ideas about how to arrange the ending of the story.
"What do you think of the literary director?" Zhang Zhong asked.
Wen Jinjiang looked at Zhang Zhong and smiled playfully. He didn't expect that Zhang Zhong looked harmless to humans and animals, but his words were accurate.
"I started from the perspective of a filmmaker. The end of the book begins with the police going to Indian Island and making a reasoning. This reasoning probably raised all the questions and then used a confession letter.
The letter answers these questions one by one. But it is obviously not possible to do this in the movie. I think these two things can be omitted and the scene of the judge committing suicide can be directly shot."
Zhang Zhong sighed secretly, it seems that the filmmakers all have the same perspective.