Venice on the morning of September 11th.

It was already afternoon in China at this time.

Wang Meng was originally back to China today and handed over the matter to Zhang Lantian and Jia Zhangke.

However, Miller of the Lion Gate is very interested in the adaptation of "This Man from Earth".

So, Wang Meng stayed.

Last night, the script had been faxed. Today I discussed the script with Miller and the screening of the copy of "This Man from Earth".

"This Man from Earth" was screened in South Asia earlier. The English version does not require deliberate translation, it only needs to be screened once.

The agreed European publisher, Miller, Mark and others, came to the theater in the morning.

There is no need to introduce the film. It uses science fiction and reasoning and narrative to briefly introduce the history of human evolution and the changes in ancient China.

Europeans like this kind of movie, such brain-burning drama soft science fiction, very much.

Internationally, Europe has the most brain-burning film directors, and there is a reason.

After watching it, many people became more interested in this film. Not only is the history of China very charming, but the evolutionary history of human beings even more charming.

So, after reading it, everyone was very interested and expressed their willingness to cooperate.

Wang Meng trusted Zhang Lantian's ability to intersect, and left it to him to do it all.

And several requirements were made:

1: Retain the rights to continuity and production, and the publisher only has the right to hairstyle.

2: Making money is second, and the most important thing is to make friends, laying the foundation for the future release of your own movies in Europe.

3: DVD and other film and television peripheral rights can also be sold. Try to share the shares. If it really doesn’t work, buy out and pack it out.

4: All voluntary obligations except providing videos. Dreamworks does not participate. If you want to promote it yourself, you can low prices but not assume any obligations such as publicity. After all, you are not familiar with the place and you can’t cheat you. It’s better to pack it out at one time.

In this way, they make money and gain reputation, and they lose money and get a buyout pay, so they don’t suffer any losses.

...Wait, Wang Meng mentioned six or seven points, and Zhang Lantian said that he could do it.

The rest was left to him, and Wang Meng started discussing with Miller of the Lions Gate with the script.

After Miller got the script, he didn't care at the beginning, but he liked it the more he read it. He didn't expect that it was so suitable for Midi's national conditions, and it was almost more exciting than the original version.

Among them, the collision of faith is more powerful than the original Huangdi topic. The dialogue is almost written by an American screenwriter, and there is no sign of the Chinese screenwriter at all.

"Wang. First of all, I want to apologize. You know, I didn't care at first, but now I regret it. Your script was beyond my expectations. I think you are more suitable to go to Hollywood. This script can gain a great reputation for you." After reading it, Miller kept praising Wang Meng.

Wang Meng smiled and said to himself: Why don’t you know that the script is wonderful? It’s not exciting. You will get such a great reputation in your previous life. You used DVDs to shoot in the previous life, which led to the inability to be released. Now I have made it even more exciting, it would be strange if you are not satisfied.

But he said, "Maybe in the future, my focus is on China now."

"That's a pity."

Wang Meng smiled and said, "Mr. Miller seems to be very satisfied with the script, so that's easy to deal with."

Miller said: "Yes, I'm very satisfied. Would you have any other ideas, Wang?"

Wang Meng did have some ideas and said, "I can make some suggestions, of course it's just suggestions. As for the choice, it depends on your Lion Gate's decision."

"You said. I'd love to hear your opinion, after all, you have the greatest say."

"Thank you. Then I'll talk about it. I think this film is best produced in the same way as my version, with a low cost. It's not that I don't have confidence in the script. The drama you know does not have big scenes, which will block many fans from outside the cinema. In addition, this film is very brain-burning. After all, there are few who like this kind of plot, and the peripheral DVDs are the big ones. So I suggest a small cost."

Wang Meng is very similar to having a relationship with the Lion Gate, and hopes that his script will gain a certain popularity.

I'm afraid that the Lion Gate's big production will be fine if it makes money.

I am afraid that if I lose money, I will not become popular if I lose money. In that way, Hollywood press will try to eliminate myself in different ways, which will have a great impact on my reputation.

I still want to travel to Hollywood in the future. But I don’t want to be defined before I even arrived in Hollywood.

After hearing this, Miller thought about it and said, "You are talking about it, there is no need for a famous actor?"

"Yes, you see the scene and you hardly spend money. There is no place to spend money, so the only one who spends money is actors. I'm not saying that you can find all actors without reputation, I just hope that your company will be more cautious and just find one or two famous ones. There is no need to be too extravagant, so that it saves costs and reduces risks."

After hearing this, Miller felt it made sense and nodded in agreement.

Just as Wang Meng said, the scene is not good, it has been frozen, just one room is enough.

Apart from the scenes, there are actors. Hollywood actors are not like in China. Hollywood is truly of the same level. Whoever is popular in China uses whoever is not a fixed pay, even if you are an idol-level actor.

Hollywood actors' union will make reasonable judgments based on various aspects of research and price an actor.

No, you are a very popular singer and will immediately become a starring actor. This will be boycotted by the audience and the union. (There are also in Hollywood, only a few, and the one that will not be scolded in the future)

Only if you are a real actor, have experienced and have extraordinary acting skills will you be played. Otherwise, you will not be able to have a director if you become famous. You will find a role for you that does not require acting skills and is purely based on being handsome.

The summary is that - the competition is too great, there are too many good actors and famous people, which is a manifestation of the physique of a mature film.

In China, it’s not a slander, but it’s generally immature. As long as you are popular now, you can have roles to play. Acting skills are not important, so let’s talk about it after making money.

As for being scolded later, it was the consideration of fans. Of course, there are many "brainless fans" who are so popular. Who dares to say that you are not good at acting well? "brainless fans" can curse him to his paralysis.

In short, everything is the best for our idols. If you can’t say it’s your fault, you should ‘kneel and lick’ like us.

Otherwise it's your fault.

The reason for this difference is very simple. It is not that the Chinese people are stupid or that the Chinese people are irrational.

It's not time to settle down.

How many years of Hollywood's history, how many years of our movies have been, and Chinese movies have really started to change slowly after 1983.

It's half a century away from others, so it's still immature.

We are just chasing, don’t look at Hollywood now, they are all human.

In fact, Hollywood was even more powerful and dirty at the beginning. The title of capital has never been well reflected, including the movie investors who are rampant with capital.

The same thing is said: I have suffered losses, been deceived, fell into depravity, confused, experienced, so I have made progress.

It's just being experienced at home.

The conversation between the two lasted for more than three hours, and Wang Meng, who had been in a row, gave all the suggestions to Miller.

Miller said it was very important and would report it to the head office one by one and clearly explain Wang Meng's opinions to the decision-making level of the Lion Gate.

Finally, the script adaptation rights of $150,000, plus the script provision fee of Wang Meng's 100,000, totaling $250,000, Lions Gate bought out the North American adaptation rights.

However, the script ultimately has the power, belongs to DreamWorks, and Lionsgate has the rights to the North American version.

As for future sequels, it also requires the consent of DreamWorks, which has no more than 25% investment rights.

This is very troublesome and Zhang Lantian has found a lawyer to handle it. Wang Meng is still the same, just a few requests.

It is very important to hand over the profession to professionals, and it is a mentality.

It's useless to show off.

That afternoon, Wang Meng returned to China with his secretary and assistant, leaving Zhang Lantian and Jia Zhangke busy...

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