Coquettish Rebirth

"Mr. Jia, didn't you say you had an idea for a gangster movie before? How about I practice with this gangster movie first?" Nolan asked after thinking for a while, making up his mind.At this time, his eyes were very firm, and it seemed that he was not so easy to persuade.Such a Nolan is very rare. In Jia Hongjian's impression, Nolan has always been a person who is relatively easy to persuade, because he has never been very confident, so when he was filming, he would talk to him every morning. Actors discuss play.

When he discussed the play, he was different from ordinary directors.A general director already has a similar picture in his mind before giving a play, or at least has a feeling that he knows what he might want, but it is more difficult to express it.Therefore, when a general director talks about a play with an actor, he will try his best to pass on the things in his mind to the actor, so that the actor can act according to his ideas.It may be difficult to understand this way, but it is easier to understand if you use football as an analogy.

For example, a coach has a set of things in his head that he is good at. After receiving a new team, although he must teach students in accordance with their aptitude, he must organize his style of play according to the situation of this team.But no matter how you do it, it is a little bit in line with the reality of what the coach is good at. For example, the coach likes the winger as a winger, and he likes the British style of winger's ultra-fast bottom pass. If only this new ball If the team's winger has some speed, he will be asked by the coach to play like this, even if this winger can actually play as avant-garde or shadow forward.So this way.It is a bit of a waste of this winger's ability, but for the coach, this style of play can be quickly formed, as long as everyone acts as a screw and follows his instructions.Even if there are stars in the team, but his coach is the biggest name, no matter what others have to listen to him, he is so strong!

However, a director like Nolan may lack self-confidence. After joining a team, he sees that the team is full of players who have played in professional leagues for n years.There are even several stars.And he is a coach who has just debuted.Then he may not dare to let the stars be the screws. When it comes to specific play styles, he must consider what each player is good at, and then arrange the play style according to each player's good points.Just make the best use of it.Even when designing a style of play.We also need to discuss with the stars-do you think this will work?How do you think it should be designed...

nature.People like Nolan are of course easy to be persuaded.However, Nolan may not have enough confidence in movies, but now it seems that he is very confident in his own inability, so now he is quite determined to find a movie to practice his skills.You have to come and find your confidence!Regarding this, Jia Hongjian thought it was okay.Why can it?Because he didn't want to shoot Batman directly!He thought of the idea of ​​Infernal Affairs before, now that he thought of it, let's not plagiarize?

You must know that the historical "Infernal Affairs" was released at the end of 02. According to the speed of Hong Kong, it was usually filmed at the end of 02.In this way, we actually only have a year and a half to less than two years.Although it can be delayed, the longer the problem is delayed, the bigger the problem will be.Looking back, if the script is all written, and they have been looking for investment everywhere to prepare for the filming, it turns out that an idea from the United States has crashed, and all the details are similar. What do others think?It's such a coincidence that the car didn't crash?

According to Jia Hongjian's impression, the screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs" had already had the idea of ​​double undercover agents in the past two years, but it was just an idea.In the past, it was common for the police to undercover gangsters, but there was no such thing as a gangster undercovering a policeman.However, in the process of the continuous decline of the Hong Kong film industry, no film company boss is willing to fight for this brand-new attempt!As a result, around January 02, the screenwriter began to meet a partner, the idea was favored, and then he started writing the script!From this point of view, in fact, Jia Hongjian and the others had better make such a movie before January 1 and release it!Only in this way can it be said that heroes see the same thing, right?Even some details still need to be changed, otherwise it is easy to cause accidents-after all, even if the screenwriter is only creative, it is impossible to say that there are not a few plots in his head.But what if someone finds that the plot they think of is exactly the same as the plot in this creative crash movie... right?

"Okay, then after we buy the filming rights of Batman later, I'm going to talk to you about this police film." Jia Hongjian thought of this, and quickly agreed to Nolan's request, and then filmed Pat him on the shoulder for encouragement.

The copyright of Batman is going to be signed, and now it is a matter of course.In general, Jia Hongjian and the others spent a total of 4000 million US dollars to acquire the filming rights of a total of four Batman films within a maximum of 12 years.The negotiated price was originally around 3000 million, but Warner must review the script in advance, and they still have the right to veto the script!Can Jia Hongjian make outsiders so arrogant?Therefore, he would rather give the other party an extra 1000 million U.S. dollars. Jia Hongjian could not lose his power and humiliate the country, and he would also want to get his power back!

In such a contract, Warner still has a special additional clause to jump out of the contract.That is to say, if each film cannot obtain a profit equivalent to 20% of the investment, and this profit is still the part that is finally distributed to Jia Hongjian and his DreamWorks, Warner has the right to choose to terminate the contract and take back the copyright.In the United States, it is really risky to make false accounts - the IRS is not just for nothing, the IRS is the most powerful department in the United States!If you really falsely report the box office and profits, the tax bureau will not be afraid of trouble when checking this tax!Turns out the fraud was discovered, and Warner sued again, and had to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages!

Although it seems that such a contract seems very unfair, Warner even has to distribute it as an agent, and does not even give Jia Hongjian and the others the right to hairstyle.But Jia Hongjian felt that he could bear it, because the right to distribute not only represented the power to share accounts, but usually also represented intellectual property rights, or at least the intellectual property rights of such a product name!For example, if the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is invested by DreamWorks but released by Warner, then Warner will have the ownership of the series name "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the future, even if there is no Ang Lee in the future. And DreamWorks, Warner can shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2"!Similarly, the power to deal with the name of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is now on the side of DreamWorks!

Warner will definitely not give the name of the Batman series to others, otherwise, can others make a series of movies with the name of Batman?This is obviously a big trouble, so Warner will get the distribution rights if he dies!Of course, such a contract is not only good for Warner, but also stipulates that no matter what happens, when DreamWorks does not cause profits to fall, and when Warner has no right to jump out of the contract, Warner will automatically lose Up to 12 years of Batman movie rights!That’s right, it’s impossible for Jia Hongjian to allow himself to shoot a Batman movie, which got a lot of applause, and is planning to shoot the next Batman series, but Warner also rushed to shoot a Batman movie. !Isn't this a crash?So resolutely not allowed!With so many rules and regulations, it became such a contract in the end.

Warner is also very happy about this, at least they made a one-time profit of 4000 million US dollars in the first place-yes, the contract also requires that the fee must be paid within three months!So even if Warner sees that the first film shot by DreamWorks is not good and wants to jump out of the contract, they have earned enough of the 4000 million US dollars!However, Warner also made a small mistake. Jia Hongjian told the Warner group that he planned to use Ang Lee as the director, but Warner and the others forgot to specify in the contract that the first film must be filmed by Ang Lee!What does this mean?It means that Jia Hongjian can change generals just in time!Looking back, he can say that he didn't fully negotiate with Ang Lee, and then everyone had a time conflict, and Nolan was going to be replaced!

But now, after signing the contract, Jia Hongjian is not ready to announce that Nolan is the real director.Anyway, it's going to be a long time, let's finish "Infernal Affairs" first!At that time, let's wait for a while to say that Li An is not free!Isn't this a seamless fit that can be coordinated at once?

After Jia Hongjian and the others signed the contract, they had just rested for a day when Nolan came to the door. "Mr. Jia, can we talk about the gangster movie now? I won't bother you?" Seeing Nolan's enthusiasm for work, it's impossible for Jia Hongjian to attack him.So he took Nolan to sit down, and while drinking coffee, he slowly told such a story of infernal affairs.While Jia Hongjian was talking here, Nolan was recording on the coffee table with a pen and paper. "Double undercover structure? The police go undercover to the gangsters, and the gangsters go undercover to the police? Then... both sides realized that there was an undercover beside them, so they started to investigate the undercover at the same time? They even fought wits and courage. Both sides adopted the false intelligence strategy. Different people announce different false information, and see how the enemy reacts in the end? Hey! This idea is very good, very intense! Just thinking about it will make it look good!" Nolan couldn't help but said.

In fact, the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" does not have such a plot of false information warfare, at least Jia Hongjian doesn't remember it.On the contrary, there is such a plot in the relatively unattractive American version of "Infernal Affairs" he has seen, but the filming of this plot in the American version is not too thrilling—or to put it bluntly, it was filmed in the original Hong Kong version That kind of oppressive feeling and thrilling feeling basically disappeared in the US version. It is just full of swear words, and it is more "real" and less "beautiful"!But at least, there are still some new ideas in the US version, isn't it? (To be continued..)