Coquettish Rebirth

Nolan didn't make up his mind whether to sign or not. He was thinking how much investment would it be if Jia always asked him to make movies? 500? 1000 million? 2000?or higher?Well, according to his current level, it may be impossible to exceed 2000 million.But if it is less than 2000 million, what kind of film will he be asked to make?Is this film suitable or not?If it's not suitable, should he shoot it?

Nolan couldn't help but think a lot in his mind. It's not surprising that he thinks a lot. Which literary youth doesn't think a lot?What's more, he is still an Englishman, and he is relatively rigid-stereotype means that he is not lively, has a dull expression, and has a lot of things in his mind.At the end, Nolan couldn't help but ask Jia Hongjian directly after thinking about it for a few minutes, "Mr. Jia, please allow me to ask what kind of movie this is before signing? If the style is too different from mine If it's similar, I think your company's money for such a non-disclosure agreement may be a bit unfair..."

Whoops!At this moment, Jia Hongjian thought that Nolan could do it, and would help the employer save money?Sure enough, the British have a bit more of the "sights" of the Old World than the Americans, and they know how people are so sophisticated. "Specifically speaking, it is such a movie - a modern Hollywood blockbuster that transforms Chinese classical literature into a modern oriental mystery. It has a relatively magical style as a whole, but it is also compared with historical facts. The final ending of the movie should be Similar to your movie "Memory Fragments", there is a magical reversal ending like O'Henry, which immediately overturns the entire 90-minute or even longer plot. There must be an absolutely shocking effect. And the filming at the same time In the 90 minutes, we have to follow the standard routine of Hollywood blockbusters, using special effects and stunts to show the visual shock..."

Such a non-specific description by Jia Hongjian suddenly made Nolan feel a little wrong, he immediately interrupted Jia Hongjian and asked, "Mr. Jia, how much are you going to invest in such a film? I heard that there will be visual effects or something... the investment is not low?" Upon hearing this, Jia Hongjian immediately admired Nolan!He smiled proudly, "Yes, you have great vision! This time it is mainly a personal ambition of mine. I want to export the 5000-year-old culture in China, an ancient and mysterious country. To make this country Commercialize and industrialize the culture of the film. Therefore, my specific shooting investment for such a film is probably positioned at the level of 7000 million to [-] million U.S. dollars..."

"One hundred... one hundred million dollars?" An Englishman like Nolan couldn't help but turned his head and looked at his wife after hearing this, and then saw the astonishment in each other's eyes, and then such a rigid guy finally He even turned his head and looked at Jia Hongjian with an O-shaped mouth. "[-] million dollars? An investment as big as [-] million dollars? Mr. Jia, your investment is going to produce top Hollywood works?"

"Of course. Our DreamWorks has top directors like Spielberg. When did we invest in a film that is not a top film? In other words, even if it is a relatively low-cost film that we invest in, Matt Damon's "Good Will Hunting". In fact, the box office is also aiming at the [-] million dollar mark! We, DreamWorks, distribute some small-budget and small-produced movies, but we invest in big movies that have a good response and a market! Needless to say, the movie we are talking about is still my personal inspiration, or my personal outline, and even this movie has my ambitions behind it!" Jia Hongjian said so proudly at this time.But when it came to this point, he didn't realize at all that he had a misunderstanding with Nolan—he wanted Nolan to be the screenwriter, but he didn't say that he wanted Nolan to be the director.As for Nolan, he was a director. Although he has screenwriting skills, he has never been a pure screenwriter!In addition, when he asked DreamWorks to distribute it as an agent, Katzenberg and Spielberg who had seen the film praised him greatly!So it's no wonder that Nolan subconsciously felt that Jia Hongjian wanted to cooperate with him!

So this matter was not really caused by Jia Hongjian deliberately misleading others, it was really a misunderstanding caused by a few words between the two of them!At this time, Nolan certainly didn't realize that there might be a misunderstanding between the two parties. He was seriously considering whether to accept such an "invitation" from Jia Hongjian!Now he and his wife both feel that Jia Hongjian is inviting them to direct this movie, so Nolan and the others must consider whether they can support this matter!This kind of consideration of whether I can support myself does not mean that Nolan and the others must be very humble, it does not mean that they really want to be responsible for Jia Hongjian, but from another aspect, a person like him If a young director suddenly obtains the qualification to shoot such a top blockbuster, if the filming is not good, it will affect the reputation very much!If you fail the filming later, you won’t know when the next time you receive a filming!

This is not an exaggeration at all!For example, the protagonist of "Future Water World", Kevin Costner, this man had a smooth life in the first half of his life. He was a director and an actor at the same time. He starred in "Dances with Wolves", "Bodyguard", "Assassination of Kennedy", "Perfect World" and so on were all well-received, and then in 1990, the actor acted as director, producer and starred in the epic masterpiece "Dances with Wolves" for the first time, and won twelve Oscar nominations , and eventually won seven awards.As a director for the first time, he has already won the titles of Best Picture and Best Director!Is this enough?

As a result, when it came to "Future Water World", because the director ran away, he started to take over as the director alone, asking for a high cost to make the set, but the hurricane came and the set was completely destroyed, so he had to do it all over again, and then made it back then. The cost is as high as 1.75 million US dollars!But the crime of that era!As a result, the North American box office was only 8000 million US dollars, and the global box office was only 2.6 million US dollars. It can be said that it has made other publishers and investors lose money!Then, after the loss, this brother Costner, who had a smooth life in the first half of his life, will never have the chance to be a blockbuster director in the next few years, and he will not even be invited to make a blockbuster lead!

That's right!Hollywood is such a place!If an actor does a good job, but the film doesn’t make much money and is judged as box office poison, then maybe he can continue to make films—if it doesn’t work, he should go to independent films and literary films to hone his acting skills and make some new gimmicks. After you prove yourself, you can come out again.But being a director is different. If a chance to make a blockbuster is screwed up, it is really possible that there will be no chance to make a blockbuster in 5 or even 10 years!So for Nolan, what lies before him is such an attractive opportunity, such an amazing opportunity, but it is also a trap at the same time!It is a trap that may be lost if you fall into it!Is this promised or not?

"Sir...do you really trust me so much?" Nolan hadn't made up his mind whether to agree or reject at this time, but instead he asked Jia Hongjian such a question.For him, such a question is that Jia Hongjian is assured that the directing rights of such a top blockbuster with an investment of [-] million US dollars will be handed over to a rookie like him who has only made two films?However, from Jia Hongjian's point of view, the question was asking him whether he could trust Nolan with the right to write the script.This is of course reassuring!For Jia Hongjian, the script does not have to be written by Nolan!If Nolan's writing is not good, Jia Hongjian can ask someone else to revise it after paying him, or even ask someone to rewrite it!Anyway, writing a script is not making a movie, so what are you afraid of?

So this question sounds a bit ridiculous to Jia Hongjian. Although he thinks it is a bit strange, he is still more cautious in treating this matter as Nolan, "Well, of course, don't worry, although I haven't read your "Memory Fragments" Yes, but I have listened to the story Spielberg told me in detail, and I still appreciate your talent, and the structure of the big reversal at the end of yours is very similar to the structure of the story I want , so I think we can cooperate, don't you? Of course, you don't have to worry too much. I arranged a screenwriter in China. He will cooperate with you with the help of translation. He can help you check Materials, to help you explain the humanistic atmosphere of various Chinese classics, and to help you determine various details, so don’t worry that you won’t let me lose that oriental atmosphere, you just need to work hard to think about how to express those things in China. Let Westerners understand and understand, that would be great!"

"Okay, then I will sign the non-disclosure agreement first, but Mr. Jia, I can realize that if I still feel that I can't control such a subject in the end, don't blame me for launching it, after all, it is also responsible for your investment. "Nolan thought for a while and said this.Jia Hongjian nodded appreciatively, "Well, don't worry, I won't blame you, come and sign!"

Nolan took a look at the non-disclosure agreement and asked his wife to sign it.In fact, such a non-disclosure agreement did not write too many things in the agreement itself-it did not mention what position Nolan would do!To put it bluntly, such an agreement was just kept from Nolan!As for Katzenberg, for the sake of insurance, he covered as many actions as possible in the agreement—for example, after requiring Nolan to sign the agreement, he is not allowed to write or film any stories similar to this plot. , novels, TV series, games, movies, stage plays and a series of things.So in this way, Nolan couldn't see that he was being regarded as a screenwriter and had to sign the agreement after reading the agreement, okay?In his opinion, this stuff is signed as a director, and the terms are universal!

As a result, the misunderstanding became deeper and deeper... (To be continued...)