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Evan can't understand Chinese.What's more, his seat was still some distance from the seats of Lu Hengzhi and Tang Shi, so he couldn't hear the two people's conversation clearly.But judging from Lu Hengzhi's expression and movements, Evan felt a faint feeling of uneasiness.

When he thought of the boy's displeased and repulsive reaction just now, he immediately had the urge to step forward to persuade and defend.However, he still persuaded himself to be patient and calm down, because he had just noticed from Tang Shi's performance that Tang Shi himself was still very interested in this script.

Evan's girlfriend was sitting next to Evan, seeing Evan stretching his head and looking towards Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi, without even taking a bite of the hamburger and French fries on the table, she sighed slightly in her heart, and patted Evan hand, and began to persuade: "Evan, you should eat something. Relax, you should be able to see that they are very interested in your script. You have to believe in your own talent."

Evan turned around, looked at Judy, and said very moved, "Thank you, Judy."

On the other side, Tang Shi also looked at Lu Hengzhi with some hesitation.Then he looked at the script in his hand reluctantly.In fact, he is very interested in this movie, including the role of this Chinese boy.Tang Shi liked this character very much when he watched this movie in his previous life.Because this is one of the few bad fun movies with Chinese actors as the protagonists.

It's a pity that due to various reasons, in the end, the actor who was found to play the role of the Chinese boy in this movie was just a banana man with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes. He grew up in the Stars and Stripes Country. I don't understand, and I can't even speak Chinese.

However, due to the gap between the entire Eastern and Western cultures, and director Evan's lack of understanding of Eastern culture, the entire film did not add many cultural elements of Huaguo in the end.This makes the Chinese teenager who is the protagonist seem a bit weak in the conception of the whole film.After the film was broadcast, even sharp-tongued film critics believed that director Evan's arrangement was nothing more than sensationalism.Because he didn't see at all that if the actor of Chinese descent was replaced by a native blond young man, the whole movie would be different in terms of style or conception.

He even pointed out that when the Chinese teenager in the film was telling about his childhood with another actor, Jason, he mistook some habits of Dongying Country and Bang Country as the folk customs of Hua Country. The level of screenwriting is still not at home.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is ridiculous.

In the end, the title of "a beautiful love story in which Eastern and Western cultures clash and collide, and where Eastern restraint and Western enthusiasm are unrestrained" is nothing more than a gimmick slogan.Neither let Westerners understand the unique and long-standing charm contained in the history and culture of Huaguo.It also didn't let the ancient Chinese people have any sense of identity with the professionalism of the film when watching the film.

At the same time, because of the historical and cultural errors in this movie that cannot be ignored, and the sensitivity of the movie itself in terms of subject matter, the Huaguo side, which was slightly loose at the beginning of the movie's release, immediately changed. It is a pity that this film lost the opportunity to be released in China.

And a year later, the movie was uploaded on the Internet, allowing people all over the world to watch it.Also because of the wrong description of Huaguo culture, it attracted the indignation and abuse of all Huaguo movie fans.

This also makes Evan, who is fascinated by the mysterious oriental culture, very sorry.And learn lessons, in the creation of future film and television scripts, become very rigorous and textual research.But these are things for later, let's not mention them for now.

In fact, Tang Shi in his previous life tried to adapt this movie after he became a screenwriter, trying to add Eastern cultural elements in a way that Westerners can understand.However, Tang Shi did all these things in private. At most, he would get it on the official website of "Fantasy Journey" and discuss it with fans all over the world to fulfill his wish.

Now that Tang Shi is alive again, he can have the opportunity to create this movie again, and even participate in it himself. Tang Shi feels that, regardless of all external incentives, it is just to make up for the regrets of his previous life, and he should not miss it.

So he resolutely shook his head at Lu Hengzhi, put the script on the table into his arms, and said expectantly: "I like this script."

"No." Lu Hengzhi only felt that his intestines were green with regret.He scolded himself countless times in his heart, hating himself for not meddling in other people's business and making such a fuss.If not, he would not have faced the difficult situation in front of him——

Because Tang Shi started playing tricks.This is also his specialty, there is no need to brew it at all, it can be used directly by taking it out——

He lay down on the table, and began to hit the table with his forehead, until his fair and smooth forehead and high bridge of nose turned red, then raised his face, looked at Lu Hengzhi pitifully, sucked his nose, and turned away. She curled her lips and didn't speak, just staring straight at the person.

To be stared firmly by Tang Shi's dark eyes like dots of ink, so that only his own reflection appears in those black and white eyes, this feeling, in Lu Hengzhi's opinion, is very beautiful most of the time.In fact, there are not so good times - such as now.

Lu Hengzhi sighed helplessly, and said to Tang Shi: "You have to understand, after playing this role, what kind of consequences you will face will probably affect your future stardom... It is also very likely that you I can't get rid of this influence in my life."

Lu Hengzhi didn't say these words simply to scare Tang Shi.But such things have indeed happened in the entertainment industry.However, it was an Eagle Country actor who was troubled by these troubles at the time. He also played a gay character at the time. Had to leave the entertainment industry.What kind of things happened later, others don't know.

On Hong Kong Island in Huaguo, there was also an actor who had acted in a similar film, and later he simply announced to the outside world that he was out of the closet.So if you think about it carefully, the consequences of actors playing such roles are not very good.Therefore, Lu Hengzhi didn't want Tang Shi to step into this muddy water.

It's a pity that Tang Shi has already made up his mind.He really likes this role, even when he dreamed back at midnight in his previous life, he secretly thought about how he would write this script if he adapted it; if he played this role himself, how he would play it...

Now that this opportunity was right in front of him, and it was about to become a reality, how could he just watch the opportunity slip away like this.

"It's just playing a role, and it's not a real thing, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Knowing how much the film and television dramas of later generations have been affected by something called "rot culture", Tang Shi didn't care about it at all. I don't think Lu Hengzhi's worry is anything.Instead, he stuffed the script into Lu Hengzhi's hands with great interest, and kept pushing: "This script is really good, you should read it, you should read it first!"

Being entangled by Tang Shi helplessly, Lu Hengzhi could only lower his head and turn over the script.Taking advantage of this time, Tang Shi swished back to Evan's desk, reached out and knocked on the table to attract Evan's attention, and then said: "This script is good in many aspects and has great potential. It's just that I think there are some details that I think can be deliberated, do you mind if I talk about it?"

With a look of surprise and joy on his face, Evan nodded again and again: "Of course it's okay. Actually, I finished this script by myself. There are many things in it that I don't know much about. It would be great if someone is willing to help me perfect it. .”

Hearing this, Tang Shi was not polite to Evan, pointing to some passages in the script and said straight to the point: "Here, here, and here are not acceptable. We do not have such a custom in Huaguo. These are from Dongying and Bangguo. Yes. And I think, since you want a Chinese man to play the male lead, you must want to promote some Chinese culture in it. Otherwise, you don’t have to design such a male lead. What I mean is... ..."

As he said that, Tang Shi talked about the mistakes in the script in his previous life in detail, and then he talked about his own thoughts, and told Evan a few things that he thought Westerners could I understand the elements of Huaguo, and discuss with Evan how to integrate them into the film, so that these foreigners will not feel abrupt and inexplicable, and can show the charm of Huaguo culture just right...

In the middle of the discussion between the two, Lu Hengzhi, who had briefly read the script, also joined in.At this moment, he had to admire Tang Shi's vision and courage, because after reading the script, Lu Hengzhi also felt that this book was good, and if it was shot well, it would definitely arouse the interest and resonance of the audience.

Tang Shi was also happy to see that Lu Hengzhi no longer rejected and resisted.Suddenly an idea flashed into his mind, Tang Shi glanced at Lu Heng thoughtfully, and then said to Evan, "Do you think it's okay for me and Lu Hengzhi to act in this movie?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback.After a long time, Evan looked at Lu Heng with some scruples, and said falteringly: "Well... the setting of my script is to want a love story between an Eastern boy and a Western boy. You know, All the intentions of the film are based on these two protagonists. If all of them were replaced with faces of Chinese descent... I am afraid that the audience will not buy it."

This is also what Evan said from the bottom of his heart.After all, this is the current environment in Bad Fun. Everyone is only used to seeing white and black faces on the big screen. As for yellow people... Except for some kung fu movies, in other fields, everyone Still don't buy it.

Evan chose to use a Chinese face as the protagonist in this movie, which is already a great risk.If the other male protagonist is replaced with an Asian face——don’t even think about it, there is absolutely no need to look forward to the box office.At that time, let alone the 200 million dollars that broke everyone's glasses, it is estimated that whether the [-] million invested can be recovered is a problem.

Lu Hengzhi was born in a business family, so he can naturally understand the principle of controlling risk costs as much as possible in the process of making profits.In fact, when Tang Shi asked such a sentence, he had to admit that he had a momentary impulse, and even wanted to ignore Tang Shi's proposal.

But then, before Evan could say that, Lu Hengzhi calmed down.From Tang Shi's various words and actions, Lu Hengzhi can naturally see how much Tang Shi cares about this movie.Then in order to help Tang Shi fulfill his wish, Lu Hengzhi will naturally do his best.Under such circumstances, how could he endure being the most risky element.

So before Tang Shi could speak again, Lu Hengzhi said decisively, "Don't make trouble. Since we want to invest in this movie and make a movie, we have to take into account any factors that can affect the market. I don't want to sell everything After spending 200 million U.S. dollars, I lost everything in the end. Since you want to play this role, you should think about it carefully. Leave it to me to deal with the preparation of the crew.”

Evan looked at Lu Hengzhi in surprise, he didn't know that Lu Hengzhi had such energy and confidence.You must know that even though Bad Fun is known as the hotbed and paradise of world movies, not just anyone is qualified to fly freely in paradise.

Therefore, Evan became curious about the identities of Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi.Evan was even more surprised when he learned that the two were really actors, and that they had successfully played two characters with lines in Smith King's "Black Man 3".You must know that as a Chinese with yellow skin and black eyes, it is not easy to be able to shoot a movie in a place like Bad Funwood - even if it is just a role.

What's more, this movie is still a hot topic recently. It is said that even the initial investment of "Black Man" is more than 5000 million US dollars.

But even so, Evan still hesitated to Lu Hengzhi's words that he could help build the crew.Until Lu Hengzhi introduced him to Mr. Peek who had been waiting for a long time at another table, and Mr. Pique also agreed to help, Evan was still dizzy, a kind of dream come true, but I couldn’t believe it ecstasy.In the end, they just exchanged phone numbers with Tang Shi in a daze, and agreed on a time to meet the next day. After Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi returned to the hotel at night, they played games until midnight and waited to be with Yun Xiaoting Wei Feng came back from the set.

Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi mentioned to Wei Feng that they had accepted a script, which surprised Wei Feng very much.But after asking more carefully, and knowing that this script is just a three-no product with no investment, no big name, and no reputation, I didn't care about it.

As for Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi's question of how to share with Emperor Entertainment if they wanted to invest in the script, Wei Feng casually said after persuading the two to proceed cautiously, "According to your management agreement with Emperor Entertainment, 60.00% of your film remuneration belongs to Emperor Entertainment. As for the part of investing in the film... because it is paid out of your own pockets, you don’t need to share with Emperor after making profits. It’s like Xiao Ting’s restaurant in the capital. , because it was funded by him, the company will naturally not share the profits."

After some explanations, Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi were very satisfied.Repeatedly praised Emperor Entertainment as "a good company for the people", and this "non-exploitation, non-oppression business philosophy is really excellent."

In the early morning of the next day, Evan came to the hotel lobby with the script that he stayed up all night to change before seven o'clock.It wasn't until 08:30 that Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi came down talking and laughing, ready to go to the restaurant for breakfast.

Evan immediately went up to meet him, and jumped off Tang Shi and the two of them.Lu Hengzhi frowned and looked at Evan, who was in a wrinkled suit, and asked, "When did you come, have you had breakfast?"

Evan's answer, of course, was no.After discussing with Tang Shi yesterday, he immediately changed the script when he got home, and worked until after six o'clock this morning.Seeing that it was dawn outside, Evan couldn't bear it anymore and immediately went to the hotel with the script to continue waiting. He was not in the mood to have breakfast at all.

Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi were very helpless.But I still took Evan to the restaurant for breakfast.

At nine o'clock, the lawyer funded by Mr. Peake rushed to the hotel, and under the premise of friendly negotiation between the two parties, a film investment contract was drawn up, which clearly divided all the rights and obligations, as well as the ownership of the copyright of the film. , including after the film is completed, if it wins various awards, the attribution issue and so on.

Anyway, from Tang Shi's point of view, this contract has been detailed and complete to an outrageous level.Both parties signed the contract with great satisfaction.Afterwards, Tang Shi looked at the high-spirited Evan, and said to Lu Hengzhi on a whim: "I think we should set up a film and television studio in Huaiquwu. I believe our cooperation will be very pleasant, and after this cooperation, There will be more cooperation opportunities in the future.”

When Evan heard this, he immediately straightened his back with interest.

Lu Hengzhi glanced at Tang Shi silently, and said indifferently: "It's good to set up a studio, and it will be more convenient to do things in the future."

"Then what should be the name of this studio?" Tang Shi leaned forward and asked with great interest.

So Mr. Pick's personal lawyer sat aside, staring dumbfounded at the three poor and white guys who didn't know each other yesterday, but just signed a movie contract today, and were supposed to be working hard to raise money to make a movie. The topic of setting up a studio was vigorously discussed. I just feel that young people nowadays really dare to think and do. While making people feel emotional, they have to realize that they are getting old.

It's just that the three of them discussed there for a long time, but they didn't come up with a decent name.In the end, Tang Shi became impatient, and directly took the name "Sugar Juice" from the combination of him and Lu Hengzhi, and continued to use it as the name of the studio.

It not only represents Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi, but also hopes that after the establishment of the studio, their achievements will be as sweet as "sugar juice".

And as the first director signed by the studio—Evan Doyle, because he is one of the company's veteran founders, and because Tang Shi understands Evan's potential and talent, after discussing with Lu Hengzhi, he decided to Let Evan Doyle take a stake as a director, occupying [-]% of the studio's shares.

Although the current studio is still just an empty shell, as long as the three of them keep working hard, they will naturally be able to share as much money as they can earn in the future.This sense of belonging and pride is not something that people can have by working for others.

As Lu Hengzhi's elder and Lu's father's friend, Mr. Pick felt that he was obliged to take care of the life and work of his friend's son on the territory of the Stars and Stripes.Therefore, he invested 100 million US dollars in friendship and became the third largest shareholder of the company, occupying 20.00% of the shares.

And with the help of Mr. Pique, among other things, at least in the future work, Lu Hengzhi can definitely pull the banner of Mr. Pique as a tiger skin, and let the well-connected Mr. Pique finish filming in the studio. After that, help to contact distribution channels and theaters.And this is especially important for a newly established film and television studio.

And Mr. Pick did not expect that his act of playing with his old friend's son on a whim would become the most profitable "hen" in his own industry after a few years.

But these are things for later, so there is no need to say more now.It only said that the three of them had just confirmed the name of the studio, and before they had time to celebrate, Tang Shi's phone rang suddenly.

Looking at the very unfamiliar caller number on the screen, Tang Shi scratched his head suspiciously. After answering the call, he heard someone on the other end speak fluently in eagle language: "Hi, sweetheart, I'm Lucas. I heard that You are going to make a movie, do you need my help?"