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Chapter 209: Dealing with Nolan
On the morning of October 2001, 10, in a villa in Los Angeles, the United States, 6-year-old Nolan sat on the sofa, staring at the TV intently.

On the TV screen, the Norwegian film "Insomnia" is playing.

Nolan shot the movie "Day and Night" this year, which was adapted from "Insomnia".

Now that the filming of the movie is over, Nolan has completed the preliminary editing, but he always feels that something is missing.

So I took out "Insomnia" and watched it again, looking for inspiration.

Ding dong, ding dong!
The doorbell rang, pulling Nolan back to reality from the movie world.

He stood up and opened the door, and saw his brother Jonathan standing at the door with a script in his hand.

"Chris, my dear brother, long time no see!"

"Jonathan, my genius brother, you came at the wrong time."

"Really? Well, I'm sorry, but I have something extremely important to do and I have to come."

Hearing his brother say this, Nolan nodded, let him into the house, and paused the movie.

As a director, Nolan is world-renowned and has countless fans.

In comparison, his younger brother Jonathan is less famous.

In fact, Nolan’s success is also inseparable from the help of his younger brother.

His famous work last year, Memento, was adapted from Jonathan's short story.

Compared to Nolan who is obsessed with the art of light and shadow, Jonathan prefers to express stories with words.

After sitting on the sofa, Jonathan looked around and said, "Chris, it's rare that your house is so tidy. Did you ask someone to clean it?"

Nolan didn't say anything, and Jonathan didn't care. He handed the script in his hand to Nolan.

"Chris, this is the script I wrote - The Magic, which tells the story of the idea we talked about before, a duel between two great magicians!" Jonathan said nonstop: "To complete a magic trick, there are three steps: verification, transfer and deception, and the same is true for movies.

Let’s make a movie and pull off a great magic trick!”

Nolan and Jonathan both love magic.

The two brothers agreed very early on that they would write a script about magic and make the story into a movie and put it on the big screen.

After the success of "Memento", the Nolan brothers became a little famous in Hollywood.

Jonathan couldn't wait to make a magic movie and fulfill his dream.

Nolan shook his head and said calmly: "I can't shoot The Prestige right now, I have to focus on Day and Night.

Days and Night is crucial, if the film fails we have to go back to London.”

Today, Nolan has just established himself in Hollywood with "Memento", and Day and Night is his first commercial film.

Only if this movie is successful can he have a future in Hollywood.

In fact, it was precisely because of the good quality of Day and Night that it was distributed by Warner that Nolan got in touch with Warner and started the road to future success.

Jonathan calmed down after hearing his brother say this.

He sighed and said, "Okay, let's put this project on hold for now. I'll perfect the script."

Jonathan knew Nolan's habit of focusing only on the current work.

Nolan nodded and said, "I have an appointment today, let's talk another day."

Jonathan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Nolan's house was so clean and tidy. It was obvious that there was a distinguished guest.

He nodded, stood up and was about to leave, but heard the doorbell ring again.

Nolan opened the door and saw two beauties standing at the door.

One of them was an Asian woman, about thirty years old, with delicate features, fiery red lips, and wearing a red windbreaker. She was very beautiful.

The other is a typical white beauty, tall, long-legged and extraordinary. Although she is not very old, she has a strong aura.

Especially since there are two bodyguards behind the two beauties, it makes them even more imposing.

"Hello, Director Nolan, I'm Tina, the head of Western Wind Entertainment."

"I'm Amanda Hearst, publishing consultant for the Hearst Corporation."

These two people are Zhou Wenqiong and Amanda.

Tina is Zhou Wenqiong's English name, and Amanda came here to support Zhou Wenqiong.

As for Western Wind Entertainment, it is an entertainment company registered by Zheng Jing on behalf of Zhou Wenqiong. It is mainly responsible for the operation of Zheng Jing's novel copyright and tax planning.

Since Western Entertainment has been registered in the United States, Zheng Jing used the phrase "Western style".

"Welcome, please come in! This is my brother Jonathan."

Since he had seen them, Jonathan was a little curious and gossipy, so he didn't plan to leave.

The four of them exchanged a few words and sat down on the sofa.

Zhou Wenqiong took out a script from the file bag and said straight to the point: "I have already communicated with you on the phone before.

Our company is planning to cooperate with Columbia Pictures to shoot a movie called Cat and Mouse, which is adapted from Frank's autobiographical story. The total investment is estimated to be around 2000 to 3000 million Euros. We would like to invite you to be the director.

Here is the script, take a look at it first."

Jonathan was very surprised to hear Zhou Wenqiong's words. He thought that the two beauties coming to his house were his brother's affair.

It turns out there is a new film project.

This is not in line with Nolan's working habits. The post-production of Day and Night has not been completed yet, so Nolan will not touch the new movie.

But Nolan nodded, picked up the script and started reading.

Jonathan also came over and looked at the script. "Deception is a real art.

The greatest deception is truth.

Analysis, reconstruction, and integration: for a successful fraudster, it is enough to do these three steps well.

Leave everything else to real life.

Please remember that it is not me who deceives you, but real life."

Jonathan sat up straight immediately after reading the opening paragraph.

He thought this passage was so well-written that it touched his heart, and that it was similar to the three steps of the magician he had written.

The essence of magic is also deception.

But this passage is more insightful.

It connects false deception with reality and deconstructs deception from the perspective of philosophy and sociology.

If you believe this passage, does that mean the author has deceived you?
Jonathan wanted to continue reading, but found that Nolan had put the script away. He sighed: "As expected, he is the one who wrote "The Da Vinci Code". He wrote this script so well.

I can’t read any further, or my train of thought will be affected, and I still have to finish editing Day and Night .”

Hearing this, Jonathan exclaimed: “Really? This is the script written by Zheng?

I particularly like his The Da Vinci Code. In my mind, this is the only book he ever published.”

What this means is that "Twilight" was not written by Zheng Jing.

As a writer and screenwriter, Jonathan likes "The Da Vinci Code" very much and has some admiration for Zheng Jing, but he does not accept "Twilight".

He believes that Twilight was not written by Zheng Jing.

Jonathan's point of view is a bit ridiculous, but in North America, there are quite a few people who think this way.

The main reason is that the writing styles of the two books are too different.

After hearing what Jonathan said, Amanda said, “Twilight was written by my teacher.

He said that a truly good writer should be able to write classic works with rigorous logic and rich cultural connotations, and also be able to lower his status and write some entertaining works that are popular with the public. "

Although "Twilight" has controversial reputation, it is very popular, and has led to a surge in sales of "The Da Vinci Code".

This book contains illustrations of Zheng Jing as a vampire. Girls who read the book all imagine Zheng Jing as the male protagonist Edward.

Plus he is the author of the novel.

Therefore, "Twilight" brought Zheng Jing a large number of female fans, which greatly increased his fame in North America and even Europe.

This is something that cannot be achieved even if one writes a hundred copies of The Da Vinci Code.

After all, the market audience is different.

Jonathan disagreed with Amanda's words, but he did not refute it.

He couldn't afford to offend a woman named Hester.

Nolan thought about it and said, "I'd love to direct "Cat and Mouse Game", but the post-production of Day and Night is expected to take another month, so I have to finish this part first."

"That's no problem." Zhou Wenqiong said with a smile: "We plan to start shooting this film in mid-November, and the shooting period will be about 11 days, which is just the right time."

Spielberg filmed Cat and Mouse in just 50 days.

This movie has no special effects or big scenes, so it is relatively simple to shoot.

After finalizing the intention, Zhou Wenqiong chatted with Nolan for a while and then left with Amanda.

Nolan handed the script to Jonathan and said, “Take a look at the script first and contact Tina on my behalf.

I quickly finished the post-production of Day and Night Chase."

Jonathan took the script and immediately promised, "Just focus on handling Day and Night Chase. I'll take care of the preparations for the cat-and-mouse game!"

Soon, Zheng Jing, who was playing cards at home, received a call from Zhou Wenqiong.

"I helped you with this Nolan thing, how are you going to repay me?"

"Isn't my salary and bonus enough?"

"Of course it's not enough. When you come to the United States, I want a real bonus."

Zhou Wenqiong emphasized the word "bonus". Zheng Jing laughed and said, "No problem."

In the adapted cat-and-mouse game, telling a good story is important, and the first director Zheng Jing thought of was Nolan.

When it comes to non-linear narrative, Nolan is in a class of his own, and it is most appropriate for him to direct this cat-and-mouse game.

Seeing Zheng Jing hang up the phone, Lin Shiling made a 1 yuan note and asked casually, "You are going to the United States to film in November, so is Winter Sonata postponed?"

Zheng Jing drew the second bamboo, pushed down the cards in front of him, and said with a smile: "Win! Pair, pair, win.

There is a high probability that there will be no snow in Chang'an in November, so it is best to change the time to take photos in January.

You will shoot "My Sassy Girl" first. The filming location will be in Changsha. This was agreed with Mango TV. "

Lin Shiling is one of the judges in the final stage of "This is the Actor".

She flew to Yanjing quite often during this period, but Zheng Jing was busy filming and paid less attention to her.

After finishing filming Last Stand yesterday, Zheng Jing returned to Yanjing from the Populus euphratica forest.

A party was organized tonight, and Du Wei, Lin Shiling and Li Fuzhen were invited to play mahjong together.

(End of this chapter)