What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

And Li Chungang's worry lies in this point. In case the book "The Da Vinci Code" is released globally in the future, there is no need to worry about it in China, but if it goes abroad, who knows if it will suddenly happen while walking on the street? Out of nowhere, a fanatical religious believer hugged him and was about to perish together to see God, his old man.

So he wanted to share this worry with He Miao.

puff-

"I'm sorry~ I couldn't hold back."

"???"

Li Chungang was baffled by He Miao's sudden cheerful laughter [beep——]. After listening to the worries in his heart, his normal reaction should not be to hug him and let himself feel the greatness of women between the charming twin peaks Brilliant, why does it seem like she took the wrong script and went to the wrong set.

"Okay, okay, I mean..." He Miao also knew that she was laughing a little too much, and gradually put away the smile on her face, coughed twice before regaining her composure, "You don't need to worry too much about lying. , such a thing cannot happen.”

"What about the truth?"

"The truth is that you think too highly of yourself. Although I haven't read the content of your new book, and I don't know the reason for your worry, I still want to say that you are a bit unfounded! A novel is a novel, and the content in the book It is just the content of the book, and the story that is told at the beginning of each picture is purely fictitious, and any similarity is purely coincidental. This sentence is not meaningless." He Miao began to analyze for Li Chungang:

"Besides, if it is true as you said, those people who have fanatical beliefs in so-called religions will shake their beliefs because of a fictional story written by a small writer like you? If so, then I I don't think it's crazy, in other words, if the other party is not, then what else do you have to worry about?"

"That sounds very reasonable." Li Chungang said thoughtfully.

"What does it mean to be like, be confident and remove the 'like'. You have been busy recording programs and signing books for a whole day today, and you have just arrived in Millikin before you have time to count down the difference. Universal Pictures met over there, so hurry up and go to bed and rest."

"Ah! Not good!"

Li Chungang heard the words and suddenly pressed his right hand on the position of the heart in the next second, and his face showed an expression of abnormal pain, "My insomnia syndrome suddenly fell ill, and I urgently need a beautiful woman to save my life."

He Miao rolled her eyes and glared at Li Chungang angrily, but her body cooperated and kissed Li Chungang lightly on the face.

But do you think that Li Chungang is such a simple person who can be easily satisfied?That would be too much to underestimate him, but don't underestimate the man who has been a master of love theory for 20 years in his life. Once he has the opportunity to "practice", this kind of man's growth rate and talent will be amazing.

I saw that the pained expression on his face not only didn't subside in the slightest, on the contrary, it was more than three points, and he couldn't help crying: "No, the disease is getting worse. The doctor said that he wants to treat this disease. Is there any pain on my face?" For use, it must be the kind where there is body fluid exchange between mouth to mouth."

Although the relationship between He Miao and Li Chungang is already a "negative" distance contact, most of the time it is still half-pushed and half-finished under Li Chungang's initiative. It is not as "sturdy" as it was the first time. There was still a slight blush on the bluntly teased cheeks.

But they are all old couples, and they have never experienced any big storms.

Soon, he closed his eyes and pursed his lips, and slowly approached in that direction.

It's just that when I was about to approach the past, my lips were stabilized by another pair of lips, and the next second, there was something wet rushing in for the first time...

The dry firewood touched a piece and ignited a raging fire.

Then it was a good night's sleep.

(The God of Panghai passed by, and the specific details will be supplemented by my own brain)

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California in Michigan has always been famous for its bright sunshine. When the warm sunshine shines on the balcony, the whole city comes alive at this moment.

Not far away, there are already many people active on Venice Beach. There are skateboarders, art graffiti, joggers, and dog walkers everywhere.

A brand new day starts with a cup of American black coffee, but Li Chungang can't drink it anymore after taking a sip. Although the refreshing effect is really good, the whole body is resisting this bitter thing deep in the soul from the cells , comparatively speaking, a cup of warm fresh milk in the morning is more in line with his rhythm of life.

"I don't know how these sweet-loving Americans get used to it. I still like hot milk."

Li Chungang went to the bathroom for a brief cleaning, then changed clothes and waited on the balcony for the hotel staff to deliver the elaborate breakfast. This is one of the benefits of living in a five-star hotel. You don’t need to eat anything Worry about it yourself, make a phone call to the front desk, and the service staff of the hotel will serve you in person.

For a five-star hotel, in addition to the necessary luxurious decoration, meticulous top-level caring service is also one of the most important standards.

While the two were enjoying the exquisite breakfast prepared by the chef of the Peninsula Hotel for them on the balcony of the room, Zhong Guo, who was neatly dressed and energetic, had already knocked on the door of the room to inform them that it was time to leave. The bearded white man Thompson I just called to let him know he was on his way.

Looking at the time, it was almost the same as what was agreed last night. If Thompson couldn't make it by [-]:[-], they would have to find a way to drive to Universal Pictures.

Who knows if that guy will have any affair after they parted yesterday, or will be squeezed dry by the Hollywood girls, if they can't get up, they can only rely on themselves.

But now it seems that Thompson should also belong to the type of silver wax head with foreign guns. I am afraid that he has reached the age when he has to go to middle age and soak goji berries in the thermos. .

The golden sun, the golden beach, and the girls who put on bikinis and played volleyball early on, occasionally a few seagulls fly by, the picture is very enjoyable.

"Ding Dong"

When the doorbell rang, Li Chungang had no choice but to look away from admiring the beautiful carcass.

When he opened the door, Thompson dressed himself decently, with his hair neatly combed, as if he was the protagonist invited by Universal Pictures.

"You didn't go out to wander yesterday?"

"Ahem~ Li, don't talk nonsense, I'm not that kind of person! If you're ready, we're going to hurry up now. Speaking of which, it's my first time to go to Universal Pictures, and I'm still a little young Exciting."

Li Chungang jokingly said: "Just give up, no matter how well you dress up, no film production company will find you, and Universal Pictures will not ask you to make a movie."

A group of four came to the parking area while chatting and laughing. The doorman of the hotel even trotted over to help open the door. The service was very thoughtful.

"This week's New York Times bestseller list is out again. Congratulations, you won the championship for another week!"

"It's good, it's really good." Li Chungang didn't have any extra expressions on his face. He had been crowned for so many weeks, and one more was just icing on the cake, not worth jumping up to celebrate.

"Lord of the Rings" itself should be selling at this level, and it can be expected that the duration of this consecutive bestseller list is far longer than that, and it will continue for a long time in the future, so there is nothing to be excited or surprised about. of.

As one of the largest film companies in Millikin, Universal Pictures has achieved gratifying results in recent years, second only to Disney, which is against the sky.

Needless to say, after integrating Marvel, Disney is basically invincible in Jianghu, just like Xu Zhu, who originally had an invincible internal force, has learned the weapons of the Tianshan School, and the annual gross box office is the highest among countless film and television companies in Hollywood!

The studios and offices of Universal Pictures are located at 100 Universal Plaza Avenue in Universal City, California. Universal City is different from Universal Studios.

Universal City is the studio established by the founder in 1914 and a venue for filming exteriors, while Universal Studios is an amusement park that reproduces the theme of the movie.

There are posters of movies produced by Universal Pictures every year on the wall, and the names of the last ten years can be barely named, and some early movies are not known at all.

The historical background can be seen from these places. It is not an upstart, but a Hollywood giant who has gone through ups and downs!

Evans, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Li Chungang and others getting out of the car, and took the initiative to hug Li Chungang, and shook hands with He Miao and other people only politely, not daring to go beyond, and finally joked with the owner He asked, "What do you think of our global office area?"

"It looks good, and there are many movies in it that I haven't seen."

"Then you can make up your homework in the future, and the works that can be recorded here are very good." As a producer, Evans has been in pain and happiness recently, although there are not many female characters in "Lord of the Rings", But there are still too many actresses who recommend themselves as pillow seats.

But at this critical juncture of the limelight, he would not dare to stand up to the wind and commit crimes even if he had the heart of a bear. Now his career is developing just right and cannot be ruined in the hands of women.

Are there still few examples of "Heroes saddened by beauty"?

After Li Chungang came to Evans' office, he took the initiative to ask: "I heard that the whole Hollywood knows about the "Lord of the Rings" project, what do you think about the filming location?"

"Exterior shooting locations... In this regard, the company has a dedicated location director who is looking for locations around the world. We estimate that we will choose places such as Iceland, Eagle Country, Western Europe, and Northern Europe. Do you want us to go to Huaguo to shoot scenes? The country is beautiful, maybe we can consider it.”

Like talking about stand-up comedy, Evans couldn't stop.

"No, didn't I travel in New Zealand before? The natural scenery there is wonderful, almost the same as the picture I imagined when I wrote the book." Li Chungang began to fool around shamelessly, pretending that he discovered this place by accident.

After all, he took out his mobile phone and found the picture taken at the DeWitt family ranch before, "Look at this picture I took, green mountains and green waters, without any modern architecture or modern technology, it looks exactly like Hobbiton, As long as you plant wheat on it and dig out the caves described in the book, it will be a real paradise!"

"You know, the choice of the location depends on the director. As producers, we only need to weigh the conditions in all aspects. If the director thinks it's not good, then it's definitely not good."

Evans still attaches great importance to the opinion of Li Chungang, the author of the original work, and did not veto it outright, but kept this idea in his heart first.

"That's what I proposed. Whether you accept it or not depends on the final result. How many directors were invited today?"

"After a long period of discussion and screening, there are only the last three, but the final candidate is still a little hesitant. This time they have prepared for nearly half a month, and they will talk to us about their filming. Ideas, such as what kind of movie you want to make, etc. This is the information of the three directors."

Now is the time to talk about it on paper. If you can't even talk about it, then you can hardly expect any amazing performance in the actual shooting.

Li Chungang took the list and looked at it, and found that it turned out to be a name that everyone outside the Hollywood circle thought he was familiar with!

"Zach Snyder has a unique style and is good at shooting action movies, and his performance in "300 Warriors" is very good. This kind of epic movie coincides with what we want on a certain level. But the problem is his work. The tone is too dark, like a deep oil painting, which is far from "Lord of the Rings", have you seen his film works?"

Evans was worried that Li Chungang didn't know him, so he analyzed in detail for him very intimately. Zac's advantages and disadvantages were equally obvious.

The other director is Alfonso Cuarón, one of the three Mexican directors who is the best director of the Oscars. He filmed "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and has control over high-cost magical movies. Very nice, especially in the use of special effects.

If a series of film projects with a total investment cost of more than [-] million US dollars does not find a reliable director, I am afraid that people in Universal Pictures will not be able to sleep soundly.

"The last one is Justin Lin, a Chinese independent director who graduated from UCLA Department of Drama, Television and Film. Maybe he is not among the big directors in Hollywood, maybe many people, including Chinese people, are It’s the first time I’ve heard of this name, but as long as you mention the "Fast and Furious" series of movies, I believe you should understand. The filming of the Fast and Furious series of movies has ended, so Justin Lin has also become our preferred director one."

Evans and the others really want to find Cameron, but Kashen’s efficiency, spending ability and dividend level can’t afford it. Maybe one movie can cost [-] million, and there is no need for three movies. .

Li Chungang saw that the name of Peter Jackson was not included in the list of the last three directors, and he felt a little strange in his heart, because the book "Lord of the Rings" has been missing for a long time in his own plane, so that the director did not Taking the successful experience of filming "The Lord of the Rings" as a springboard to success step by step.

It's just that now he's a little torn, whether he should refer to information from another dimension and recommend Peter Jackson as the director to Universal Pictures, but the achievements he can make now are... infinitely close to zero.

Compared with the last three directors left by Universal, it is nothing like cloud and mud.

Each of these three directors has a lot of fans. Although they are not so good as to become gods, they are solid among the proper directors.

Each has its pros and cons, making it difficult to choose!

Chapter 633

"Universal Pictures has paid a lot of money to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" series of films this time. These three directors are well-deserved ones of the big directors in Hollywood. They are usually begged by film production companies, but they may not agree. Kind of."

When Li Chungang took over the materials of the three directors and watched them in detail, He Miao and Thompson, who followed him to Universal Pictures, were not idle, and they watched together from left to right.

He Miao, who is a serious movie fan and only has a deep impression of certain characters in the movie, has almost zero knowledge of the behind-the-scenes production team of a movie. Just like you go to a Michelin restaurant to enjoy food, you only need to enjoy what the chef cooks. Delicious food is enough, as for what the chef who cooks these delicious food looks like, what achievements he has achieved, etc...

Who care! ? (who cares!?)

"Which of these three directors do you think is more suitable for directing our film?" Evans asked. The salaries of these directors are actually about the same. He would rather spend more on hiring directors than Pay big bucks for superstar actors.

New actors and unknown actors are more malleable, and the audience does not have a fixed image perception of them, and there will be no sense of disobedience.

A big-budget film naturally needs to be paired with full-fledged stars, but sometimes good actors are not the most expensive actors in the world, but the most suitable actors.

There are many examples in Hollywood where little actors who were originally unknown became popular because they starred in a series of movies and then gained a fixed image among the audience. Hermione, the bald guy from the "Fast and Furious" series, etc...

A bad movie may need good actors to achieve it, but for a good movie, it can in turn make a lot of actors!

The protagonist in "The Lord of the Rings" is Frodo the Hobbit, but characters such as Aragorn and Gandalf are very eye-catching, and if they are well acted, they can even steal the attention of the protagonist.

And in terms of the content of the whole book, the importance of these supporting roles is even more important than that of the protagonist in some plots and occasions, especially Gandalf, the originator of the "Battle Mage" genre. Learn other legendary characters with full melee combat ability.

Li Chungang looked at the quotations of the three directors below the list, and said in a low voice: "I personally prefer the latter two, Alfonso and Lin Yibin. The proficiency is excellent, and the salary of 1200 million US dollars is also reasonable, and there is no skyrocketing price; the advantage of the latter is that it has experience in filming a series of movies, and it has good control over the transition between big scenes and details. I have seen it Fans of the Fast and the Furious series will probably agree with that."

The salary of well-known commercial film directors is generally around 500 million. If it is a literary film, the big director will not take too much salary to increase the production cost in disguise.

Alfonso Cuaron's director ability and status are very high. The most important thing is that the director is a frequent visitor to Oscar. He won the 86th Oscar for Best Director for the first time with the science fiction film "Gravity". " won the 91st Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.

If it was the previous Academy Awards that paid more attention to the artistry, profundity, and thoughtfulness of literary films and films, Alfonso Cuarón might not become the first choice among the three directors, but with the gradual reform of the Oscars, it has also begun to pay attention to commercial blockbusters. After that, this award became more well-deserved, and Alfonso Cuaron, who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2019, is also very valuable.

Li Chungang is very optimistic about the director's ability, he has advantages in shooting sci-fi films and combining special effects with movies!

Many people's impression of him is that he is the director of Harry Potter, and his presence is not very strong. He is one of the rare directors whose works are more famous than himself.

As long as you are a movie lover, you should have seen or heard of his film works, but only a few people can tell who the film director is.

Alfonso Cuarón, the famous Oscar-winning director, only asked for $1200 million, but Zack Schneider, who didn’t know the number between A and C, dared to offer $1000 million, probably Warner Bros. What kind of illusion has been created by this guy's brokerage company with the consistent big money over there.

One of Zack Snyder's most acclaimed films, "300 Spartans", has been criticized by many film critics in the circle, saying that in many ways, he has borrowed from "Gladiator", and the achievements he has made are somewhat untrue. In addition, it can be said that among the three directors who are candidates, it can be said that the one who is the least good at combining technological special effects screens with movie screens.

You must know that "Gladiator", which was used as a reference by him, swept the awards season and box office charts, 11 Oscar nominations, and finally won the Best Actor and Best Picture, with a global box office of 4.6 million US dollars, gaining both fame and fortune!

"Besides these three directors, Evans, do you have any other director candidates you are optimistic about?"

To be honest, these three directors are not considered the best director candidates for the "Lord of the Rings" series in Li Chungang's mind. In fact, he wanted to find Peter Jackson to direct the filming himself.

Because he really wanted to find out whether there would be any difference between the two different planes, if the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" was filmed by the same person, would there be any difference between the two planes? The differences between people, or there will be some kind of unknown "correction power" in this world, which will subtly correct everything to be exactly the same as in my memory.

"If you don't ask, I don't want to talk about it. Don't say that I really have a better director candidate. I'm not afraid to tell you that I actually like the director Ridley Scott the most. His performance in epic movies Very strong, especially good at genre films, which is why Oscar doesn't like him, but what really worries me is...

Mr. Ridley Scott is too old. I am very worried about whether he can persist in filming the trilogy of the "Lord of the Rings" series. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, I still put him on the list. Go, change to a safer option! "

Evans accidentally told the truth that Ridley Scott had indeed appeared on the list of directors selected by Universal Pictures. Unfortunately, after considering various factors, he finally stopped at the final stage.In addition, for a major production project with an investment of more than [-] million US dollars, it is not incomprehensible for the company to want to be more stable.

Li Chungang: "Is Ridley Scott? Can you show me the old man's information?"

James Cameron may be the only one he has really known about so many well-known directors in Hollywood. Therefore, after Evans said the name of this great director, the expression on his face will be It's a little hesitant and puzzled like now, but from the tone of Evans' introduction, it can still be heard a little bit——

The status of this old man Ridley Scott is definitely not low!

It seems that Evans really likes this old man Ridley Scott, because when Li Chungang asked about the information, the former took out a document from his handy work bag. There is a feeling of being prepared, maybe even if Li Chungang doesn't take the initiative to choose other directors, this cunning guy can't help but find a way to bring up the topic after a while.

……

5 minutes.

Even with Li Chungang's current reading ability of ten lines at a glance, it took about 5 minutes to fully digest this information. The main reason is that this old man's "resume" is too strong. That's right, not to mention the many movies he has filmed, the achievements he has obtained are densely covered with the information.

The point that impressed him the most was the one highlighted by Evans: This Ridley Scott is not liked by the Oscars very much, and he is always nominated to accompany him, but fans love him He is crazy in love. If there is such a director to shoot "Lord of the Rings", book fans will feel relieved.

If even Ridley can't adapt this film, then there are not many great directors in Hollywood who can do it!

Originally, Li Chungang never thought that Ridley Scott, the father of aliens, would make "Lord of the Rings". My first reaction was to make "Lord of the Rings" horrific and bloody. In fact, this is a great misunderstanding.

There are agency companies behind the three directors. At this time, not only the directors need to work hard to let Universal Pictures see it, but the agency companies also have to work hard.