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Chapter 664 The Divine Beast Universe and "Mythology"

"Sorry Director Tang, I don't accept anything about football."

In a coffee shop in Xiangjiang, Jiang Yan handed back the script of "Ambition" to Tang Jili.

Tang Jili was not angry either, instead he smiled and asked in a low voice: "Is it related to the review of "Shaolin Soccer"?"

Jiang Yan showed a smile, didn't admit it, but didn't deny it either.

He was not surprised that Tang Jili knew about the review of "Shaolin Soccer". It is normal to analyze the situation.

Tang Jili, seeing Jiang Yan's silent acquiescence, 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 brushed off your face when we met for the first time. I feel embarrassed myself."

Jiang Yan said with a smile, "Well, wait for me for a few minutes, and I'll write the song for you."

As he said that, Jiang Yan called the waiter and prepared to write the familiar theme song of the same name in "Ambition and Ambition".

The first time he saw Tang Jili, Jiang Yan committed an old problem.

After all, Tang Jili is a great guy. He successfully performed Long Ge's "Police Story 3". broken.

Afterwards, the two continued to work together and worked on "Red Fan District". This film also helped Long Ge open the door to Hollywood in one fell swoop.

At present, he is doing American dramas in Laomei, and he can be regarded as the number one character.

As for Tang Jili, Brother Long's evaluation of him is: I hate him to death, but I will look for him in the next movie.This is enough to see the ability of this person.

Of course, what Jiang Yan ultimately wanted was Tang Jili's later works.

Jiang Yan admitted that he was interested in "Mythology", but not for the movie, but for the TV series.

But the copyright of the TV series "Mythology" comes from the movie "Mythology", and the movie "Mythology" comes from Tang Jili.

Although Jiang Yan could also shoot the "Mythology" TV series in advance, he was not prepared for this before, because the "Mythology" movie is still early, and now there are enough projects in the stars and seas, so until today I suddenly met with Tang Jili himself. After looking at him, he remembered this.

At this time, whether Tang Jili had the inspiration for "The Myth", Jiang Yan is actually not sure, so taking advantage of this time, Jiang Yan is wondering if there is a chance to grab it.

Having said that, after Jiang Yan spent more than ten minutes figuring out "Ambition and Ambition", Tang Jili looked at Jiang Yan in a different way.

"Is that all right?" Tang Jili asked while holding the score.

"Almost." Jiang Yan nodded calmly.

Tang Jili then looked at the score and tried to sing:
"No matter how rough the road is, I have great ambitions, and I don't care if I fall on the road~ Good lyrics, I sang the melody correctly, right?"

"That's right, she sang 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 Sydney Olympics in 00, but he didn't bring it up because of the controversy at that time. Later, he wanted to play it again in Athens in 04. He took it out, but now that Brother Long introduced Tang Jili to him and he refused, he would just take it out, at least not to let Tang Jili make a trip in vain.

Tang Jili was naturally very happy after hearing it. 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.

It is also because of this that his sense of Jiang Yan has been drawn to the highest level. He feels that Jiang Yan can be given such a high evaluation by Brother Long, and it is really reasonable for Jiang Yan to reach this point in just three years.

So after Tang Jili accepted the music score, he directly decided to give money, and if he didn't accept it, he would lose face.

Jiang Yan likes this way of doing things, so he didn't refuse.

It's just that there was another push and pull on the price, and it was finally set on the auspicious figure of 38.8.

This price is lower than the market price of Jiang Yan's song writing, but it is also much higher than the quotations of other composers. Both parties are very satisfied with this.

And face is actually given to each other in this way, so the next chat between the two will be more harmonious. Tang Jili wants to make friends with Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan wants to squeeze wool, and at the same time there is an aura of affinity, can they not be harmonious.

So the two chatted on various topics such as sports, Chinese and Western culture, music, economy, and domestic and foreign film and television industries.

When the premiere of "Legend of Shushan" started, the two of them didn't have any time to relax. They went into the theater, dealt with some entertainment briefly, and then sat on the chairs in the movie theater to continue chatting.

And the two of them are also bigwigs in the industry, so the two of them chatted vigorously, and other miscellaneous fish did not dare to approach, which also made the chat atmosphere between the two of them always very good.

It wasn't until the "Legend of Shu Mountain" movie started that the two of them turned their attention to the movie.

Soon, halfway through the film, and looking at it now, for "The Legend of Shu Mountain", to be honest, Jiang Yan didn't think this film was that bad. He felt that there were still many advantages. On the one hand, the worldview is on the other hand.

But he also knows that this is the result of looking at it from the perspective of future generations.

But for many audiences today, many people don't understand the concept of cultivating immortals, so it seems very tiring.

In addition to the concept of cultivating immortals, the plot is also a mess.

Old Freak Xu condensed a novel of hundreds of thousands of words into a movie of a little over a hundred minutes. Even the strongest movie master is not easy to handle.

So when "The Legend of Shushan" was not finished halfway, Tang Jili turned his head and asked Jiang Yan softly:
"Ah Yan, I think this film is going to suffer."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but look sideways: "How to say?"

"It's too complicated." Tang Jili gave a simple answer.

As expected of a senior boss, he hit the nail on the head.

However, Jiang Yan saved face for Old Freak Xu: "Actually, from the point of view of telling Chinese cultural stories, this film is not bad."

This is indeed true.

Although "The Legend of Shushan" hits the street, it is at least a purely Chinese story.

How can there be any fairy tales in other countries, and the connotation of the story is not so westernized. To say that it failed, Jiang Yan felt that the problem of the general environment accounted for a large part.

But this also made Jiang Yan want to make a similar movie again.

Because he felt that it was entirely possible to use the Western narrative mode to promote a wave of Chinese culture silently.

He feels that sometimes culture is not necessary to forcefully push it out.

To put it simply, I just make movies so that the audience enjoys watching them.

Take the example I mentioned with Mr. Xu before, Lao Mei created a monster universe behind, and now we will create a mythical beast universe.

Anyway, the core of the story is a fight between several giant mythical beasts, simple, don't make it too complicated, just like "Godzilla King of the Monsters" in 14.

As long as it captures the sense of insignificance of human beings in front of giants, and the powerful strength of human beings who can only kneel and watch when the beasts burst out, that's enough.

The rest of the plot is just embellishment. You can copy the setting of "changes in nuclear radiation leading 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 a lot of mythical beasts on the earth" or "alien matter, The revival of ancient matter leads to the return of creatures to their ancestors", or simply a "resurrection of spiritual energy, first the violent spiritual energy revives the ancient beasts, and finally the violent spiritual energy area is peaceful, and the era of gods and demons reappears" and so on.

In short, this is an introduction, important, but sometimes not too important.

As for what the beast is, where it came from, why its skills are like this, what stories did it have with the human race in ancient times, etc., just simply mention it.

If the film is successful, there will naturally be a bunch of fans to dig deeper.

If the fan base is high, then continue with the second part to enrich the universe.

So whether the film can make the audience feel comfortable is the key.

Otherwise, it will be the same as the current "Legend of Shushan", with blurred priorities, blurred characters, frowning plot, and finally smashed the box office.

In such a situation, if you want to open a second film, investors can’t find it, let alone let fans spontaneously discover what is Shushan, what is Yujian Flying, who is better than who, etc. It is simply too difficult for everyone to run. , who cares about this bad movie.

So Jiang Yan felt that after finishing his current project, he might as well start one.

By the way, I can also promote 3D and other projection technologies. I did it as early as last night. Anyway, I don’t need money. Even if I don’t need money, he can still shoot on the spot. So if you don’t worry about it, just do it.

. . . . . .

More than an hour later, "The Legend of Shushan" ended, and the applause rang out as usual.

When the main creator came on stage, Old Freak Xu's expression was still stable, but Jiang Yan knew that in the original time and space, when "Legend of Shushan" was released with great momentum, the box office in Xiangjiang was only 1170 million, which was a blood loss.

And this also allowed Tsui Hark to start a decade-long trough.

After "Legend of Shushan" lost blood, Mr. Xu's "Black Man 2" and "Seven Swords" and other four films lost money all the way. It was not until the release of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" in 2010 that they realized box office profits.

In fact, it's more than ten years. Strictly speaking, Mr. Xu has been losing money since 98, and he 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 shoot "The Legend of Shushan", Jiang Yan will not block him, but if he wants to invest in him, it has to be considered again, because Mr. Xu was in 2010. The second spring will be ushered in later, and there are still eight or nine years left. . .

"Just now you said to tell the story of Chinese culture well? Ah Yan, do you have an idea?"

After the premiere of "Legend of Shushan", Jiang Yan and Tang Jili continued to chat.

When Tang Jili finally took the bait when they were about to part, Jiang Yan naturally would not let this opportunity pass.

"It's a bit of an idea, but it's not about Xianxia, ​​it's about Qin Shihuang."

"Emperor Qin Shihuang?"

"Yes, a time-traveling story, related to love."

"Can you tell me about it?"

"It's just that one day I'm dreaming..."

Jiang Yan briefly talked about the outline of "Mythology". Now that he has talked with Tang Jili for so long, he has tried it many times, and he probably knows that Tang Jili has not yet come to this inspiration at this time, so he has no worries about it. Of course, Even if he already has it now, but Jiang Yan said it first, it has something to do with him anyway.

So after finishing speaking, Jiang Yan asked: "It's probably like this, I haven't figured out the details yet."

"A very good story." Tang Jili nodded in praise.

"Interested? If you really want to, I can give you the idea."

"Then how can I do it? Besides, I won't be able to pick you up if you send me off. You haven't even thought about it."

"Then I want to be complete in the future, and I will send you off when the time comes."

"That's not okay, I can't ask for nothing."

"I didn't say to give away all of them. So, you come for movies, I come for TV dramas, and we discuss investment, how about it?"

"I think it will work, but I don't have time this year."

"It's okay, I didn't have time before 03, so take your time."

"it is good..."

After a few words, the wool of "Mythology" was pulled down, and Jiang Yan was completely happy now.

The original space-time "Mythology" movie is very good, but the word of mouth was not very popular at the beginning, and the box office suffered a big loss. The later stage of the TV series "Mythology" was not particularly good, but the ratings broke the record of 8 sets of Yangshi. Bo, Jiang Yan is blood money.

And Tang Jili is also very happy to have made a new boss friend who looks very pleasing to the eye, so the cheating problem that Jiang Yan is worried about is impossible.

But that being said, Jiang Yan, who should be kept in mind, will still stay, so Jiang Yan decided to get out the script that night, and then ask Wu Yong to make a memorandum with Tang Jili on the TV drama project tomorrow.

Before leaving, Tang Jili felt that he couldn't get enough, so he sent an invitation to Jiang Yan: "Ah Yan, is it free tonight? Let me call some friends, let's continue talking?"

"No." Jiang Yan refused, "I'm waiting at my girlfriend's house. I'm going to be a guest at Mr. Jin Yong's house tomorrow. How about it the day after tomorrow?"

"That's fine, see you the day after tomorrow." Tang Jili showed a smile that any man could understand.

"Okay, goodbye." Jiang Yan smiled slightly and got into the car directly.

After the train left, Jiang Yan remembered that Tang Jili's current girlfriend seems to be Ziwei.

Shaking her head, it doesn't matter if she is Ziwei or Xiaoyanzi.

Even if they are both, how can my Lizi and Sister Yu be better?

Half an hour later, Jiang Yan returned to Xiangjiang Villa.

As soon as she entered the door, Sister Yu embraced her with a heartbroken face:
"Baby, why have you lost so much weight..."

(End of this chapter)