How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 343 George Lucas: Plagiarism, this is immoral plagiarism
Ye Quanzhen was a little surprised at first by Zhou Jiegun's visit.

Because generally speaking, the people who come to visit her are some female artists who think they have good looks, trying to get to Zhang Nan through her recommendation.

After all, not to mention the precedent of Jia Jingwen, Neon has developed a series of industrial chains based on this operation and achieved remarkable success.

For example, Neon’s new generation of female artist—Ishihara Satomi.

After an in-depth examination from Zhang Nan, in less than a year, she has become a top actress in Asia. The next step is to break out of Asia and go international.

But surprises are surprises.

Now that Zhou Jiegun has come to her for help, Ye Quan really can help, so he still doesn't mind helping.

"In mid-December, Anan will return to the mainland to attend the premiere of Zhou Xingxing's latest movie. I will introduce you to him then. It depends on you whether you can get Director Zhang's help."

Hearing Ye Quanzhen's reply, Zhou Jiegun was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

He originally thought that during this trip, he could at most get a few recommendations from mainland directors from Ye Quanzhen.

Unexpectedly, Ye Quanzhen actually introduced Zhang Nan to him directly.

Then Zhou Jiegun expressed his gratitude to Ye Quanzhen, and his words were very clear, without any ambiguity like when singing.

……

2004, April 12.

Warner Pictures was hesitant and ultimately did not reach a cooperation with Zhang Nan on the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] spin-off film.

However, New Line Cinema followed Zhang Nan's suggestion and put "The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron" on the Christmas schedule.

On the day of the premiere, the scene was very grand.

The presidents of Hollywood's most prestigious film and television companies are here.

Because although "The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron" is a film by New Line Cinema and has nothing to do with other film companies, the success of "The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron" involves a new direction of film shooting.

Which film and television company doesn’t have a few classic series IPs in its film library?
If not, they would not be able to start a family.

If [Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron] succeeds, then they can follow suit immediately.

However, many people came for [Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron], but even more people came for Zhang Nan's face.

Because there are only so many film and television companies in Hollywood, hundreds of them at most.

But there are tens of thousands of people engaged in the acting industry in Hollywood.

This year, Zhang Nan made a guest appearance in the new film "I, Robot" by Will Smith, who was already a little lonely, and in the new film "National Treasure" by Nicolas Cage, who had just experienced a major failure.

Many Hollywood actors put themselves in their shoes and felt that they couldn't do this kind of thing, condescending their status for the sake of friends, so they longed to have a friend like Zhang Nan.

After all, this kind of friend who can help you when you are lonely is really rare in Hollywood.

Of course, Zhang Nan has made a public statement regarding this kind of remarks.

Friendship is part of it, but the main thing is that the money is in place.

However, after Zhang Nan's statement was posted, it aroused "disdainful" replies from many artists: When Zhang Nan stars in a movie, the fixed salary alone is calculated in units of hundreds of millions. How can the salary of tens of millions of dollars be calculated?
Zhang Nan simply stopped paying attention to this situation, which was getting darker and darker.

……

Inside the theater.

The seats have been fully occupied by the guests.Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan took director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema president Alan Tobey to the stage for the final road show.

Logically speaking, this link should not be led by Zhang Nan, but by the director or the investor.

But in this [The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron], Zhang Nan is the core point.

It can be said that without Zhang Nan, there would not be this [Lord of the Rings-The Legend of Sauron].

Therefore, Zhang Nan was pushed to the front in this session.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan was already familiar with this kind of process. After giving a routine speech gracefully, he came down with Peter Jackson and Alan Toby.

Then the lights in the auditorium began to dim and the big screen began to light up.

Taking advantage of this gap, Alan Toby, who was sitting next to Zhang Nan, asked Zhang Nan in a nervous voice: "Zhang, will the movie be successful?"

Will it succeed?
You really asked the right person.

I have invested half a billion dollars in box office appeal, and counting the fan base of the "Lord of the Rings" series itself, there is no way it will fail no matter what.

But this kind of answer obviously cannot be told directly to Alan Toby, so Zhang Nan said tactfully: "I am very confident that the movie will be successful, but why are you so nervous? Didn't we sign a gambling agreement? The movie’s box office is less than one billion U.S. dollars. I will make up for the shortfall for you. Why are you panicking?"

"Am I short of the money you can make up? What New Line Cinema needs is a series that can continue the glory of [Lord of the Rings] to maintain its own stability." Alan Toby said righteously.

Zhang Nan was very unhappy after hearing this: "No shortage? Then after the premiere, let's cross out this clause in the contract?"

Alan Toby: "..." There is no way to talk today.

There is no shortage of money, but as a man born under the Stars and Stripes, how can he feel that he has too much money?
So Alan Toby shut his mouth.

……

[The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron] is not very long. The entire movie is only 120 minutes long. If you discard the opening and ending credits, the real content is only a little over 110 minutes.

The whole story imitates the style of "Lord of the Rings 1", creating a magical world view.

But the protagonist shifts from the dwarves to the demon king Sauron.

It's just that at this time, the Demon Lord Sauron is just an apprentice seeking magic, and his goal is completely opposite to that of the Demon Lord Sauron in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy - the Demon Lord Sauron's life goal is to maintain world peace.

When the plot first reached this point, even in the screening room at the premiere, there was a burst of laughter.

Without it, the contrast would be too great.

But as the plot slowly progressed, no one in the audience could laugh anymore.

Because Sauron shown in the movie is indeed the spokesperson of Wei Guangzheng, full of positive energy.

So the question naturally arises?

Because everyone who has never read or heard of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy knows that Sauron is the villain.

So how did such a Sauron become the devil?
Some answers are given in the movie plot.

That is, Sauron encountered many setbacks on his way to seek magic, and even encountered many sinister plots.

"Zhang, you are plagiarizing the plot of my darkening Skywalker. You are immoral." This was the joke George Lucas made to Zhang Nan after the premiere.

(End of this chapter)