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Chapter 458 Negotiation and Communication

"Is it so difficult? This script was written by Zhang Tan, do you know him?" Li Lianjie asked suspiciously when Zhou Xia said that he couldn't modify the script.

"Oh, Zhang Tan? It sounds familiar." Zhou Xia said awkwardly.

He had indeed watched the movie "The Best Detective", but he didn't pay attention to who was the screenwriter, and he really didn't remember the name Zhang Tan.

"It's no wonder you don't know. Most movies are based on directors and stars. Not many people go to see other main creators. The status of screenwriters is indeed relatively low!"

Seeing that Zhou Xia didn't know this character, Li Lianjie sighed, and then said to him seriously: "But this Zhang Tan has many successful works. I have collaborated with him many times, and his works are many. "Under the Red Flag" , "One Sword and Allure", "Once Upon a Time in China 2 Men Should Be Self-Reliant", "Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong 3 The Lion King Fights for Hegemony", "The Deadly Lover Who Across the World", "Resurgence of the Undefeated in the East", "New Dragon Inn", "Iron "Monkey", "Holy War", including last year's "Legend of the White Snake", are all his works. You should know by now? By the way, he also participated in "The Promise", and he has also written many TV drama scripts. Such as "Lu Bu and Diao Chan", etc., I have worked with many big directors such as Chen Kai and Xu Laoguai."

"I know, these works are all his. It's a pity that the standard is not stable. To be precise, there are relatively few high-level works."

Zhou Xia sighed, but still recognized the screenwriter's strength, after all, the Huang Feihong series is also an extremely classic movie.

Of course, many films have more than one screenwriter, so it may not be written by Zhang Tan alone.

"There is no way to do this. If you have any ideas, tell me, and I will let him continue to make changes. Anyway, this project is not in a hurry. We will talk about it in detail after you finish what you are doing."

Li Lianjie opened his mouth and said, obviously he still attaches great importance to this work.

Zhou Xia frowned slightly, thinking carefully, in fact, this work is not impossible.

Nonsensical comedy kung fu movies are not impossible to make commercial movies with higher evaluations. As long as they avoid many of the original movie's pitfalls, at least the audience can give them a fair evaluation.

If the kung fu and comedy elements are well displayed and the combination is smooth and reasonable, then it is not impossible for the movie to get a high rating.

Seeing Zhou Xia pondering, Li Lianjie didn't urge him, but just waited quietly.

A few minutes later, Zhou Xia raised his head and looked at Li Lianjie, "Brother Jie, do you have a pen? I am now writing down some of my ideas, opinions, and revisions in this book. Please let screenwriter Zhang Tan change me." A few points that are needed, and the rest of the company's screenwriter and I will make changes. Let's take a look at the situation of the changes first.

I don't know how your schedule is. If everything goes well and my time is free, it will probably not be until July or August, when we can shoot this movie. "

"Me, my current work focus is not on making movies. I have many other things to do. You can arrange it properly. Then we can coordinate the time."

Seeing that Zhou Xia agreed, Li Lianjie smiled in relief.

In fact, he participated in this kind of movie with the attitude of supporting the younger generation. For him, after all, he can only be regarded as the second protagonist.

"Okay, let us Xia Hua do the investment and production of this movie. If you need anything, brother Jie, just say it." Zhou Xia also figured it out. This is the first time to do a kung fu comedy. If he plays, then take this opportunity to do a good job of this work, do your best, and pay the tuition for shooting a real kung fu movie.

After all, the 3D Xianxia he himself wanted to shoot still had a lot of special effects shots, so it couldn't be regarded as a Kung Fu movie.

But one of Zhou Xia's biggest worries is that Li Lianjie's salary is too high. The salary of about 1200 million US dollars is nearly [-] million soft sister coins. This will increase the cost of the film at once. It's a very risky thing, that's why he asked such a question.

"I, to tell you the truth, I am also humane for this book. Do you know that before I went to Hollywood in the early years, I opened my own film company in Xiangjiang and produced many films. I know how to make films in the entire industry. At that time, in order to find a director and screenwriter, I owed some favors."

"I see, I've heard of some." Zhou Xia nodded in response.

Li Lianjie was a smash hit in Xiangjiang back then, and he was a famous kung fu superstar!

But in the film industry, an actor must face many unfree moments. For example, a screenwriter, a director, and investment are required before a film can start.

And a star with box office appeal like him, of course, doesn't want to be controlled by others, he doesn't want to be restrained, and he wants to make a movie in his own mind.

Especially in Xiangjiang back then, good and evil were mixed, not to mention Li Lianjie, all actors were the same, no matter how famous and status they were, they still faced many constraints.

The only way to achieve your own absolute dominance is to be your own boss, find your own director, find your own screenwriter, shoot the stories you want to shoot, and occupy absolute dominance by yourself.

There are risks in this way, that is, if you are not familiar with this industry, it is easy to drive the company to death!
It was under such circumstances that Li Lianjie established his own Zhengdong Film Company, which successively produced films such as "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Jing Wu Heroes", "Fang Shiyu" series, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", etc., all of which were successful. Li Lianjie So also become a successful boss.

In order to make these films, he owed a lot of favors, of course, some favors were owed because of other things.

Li Lianjie participated in "Legend of the White Snake" last year because he owed Shi Nansheng's favor. At that time, Li Lianjie and Shi Nansheng both invited Zhou Xia to be a guest star, but he cleverly declined.

Li Lianjie saw that Zhou Xia was clear about his own affairs, so he didn't go into details, and continued: "The main reason why I came to pull you this time is that you haven't starred in any action movies. Knowing your screenwriting and filmmaking abilities, I also want to see if you can help make this movie a good one.

Originally, there were other investors in this film, and Optical Fiber was the most enthusiastic one, but if you asked Xia Hua to invest, then I would be more at ease, and you would also care more about this film.

In addition, don’t worry about the cost. I’ve been making films in China in the past few years. There are many ways of cooperation, especially for good works with sincerity. Then let's carry it together. If your company has any proposals in this regard, just talk to my agent. "

(End of this chapter)