The Best Entertainment Era

In Century City, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Ang Lee exited the Fox Building with a blank expression, came to a black car, opened the door and got on the co-pilot.

How is it? asked the middle-aged woman in the driver's seat.

Li An didn't speak, but shook his head slowly.

The middle-aged woman patted Li An's hand lightly: It's okay.

Ang Lee's expression was a little heavy: Hui Jia, when I accepted the filming of Hulk, why didn't I consider the consequences of failure?

Lin Huijia comforted: No one can guarantee the success of the movie. Who knows that the audience won't accept that movie? It's not your fault...

The audience? Li Ang shook his head, I'm not a film critic.

He changed the subject suddenly: Actually, before I accepted the invitation from Universal Pictures, I knew that this film might fail.

Hearing this, Lin Huijia looked at her husband in disbelief, even though he was as virtuous as her, there was surprise in his eyes.

Li An said softly: Before I accepted the filming, I asked Ronan for his opinion.

Lin Huijia asked: Ronan Anderson who worked with you?

Li An nodded slightly: It's him. Ronan analyzed it for me. This film may have a relatively high risk, but I didn't take it to heart. I still accepted this film. The result...a painful lesson.

It's over. Lin Huijia said softly, Don't think about it anymore.

How could Ang Lee not think too much about it? After ten years of dreaming about movies, he succeeded, failed again, succeeded again, and failed again.

Think about yourself, how bumpy the director's road is.

Ang Lee threw the script in his hand on the back seat, and said, Except for Universal Pictures, we have been to all six major companies, and no one is willing to cooperate with me again. New Line Pictures and Lionsgate Pictures have also rejected me. , I’ve become an unpopular director in Hollywood, and I’m probably on their blacklist.”

But Lin Huijia said: Is it as difficult as it was when we first started? Li An, let's start again! It's not like we haven't failed!

Li An suddenly smiled, grabbed his wife's hand, and said, Hui Jia, thank you for supporting me.

Don't worry, this difficulty will not defeat me!

Lin Huijia started the car and asked, Where are we going?

Li An took out his mobile phone: It seems that I have only one choice. He treated me very well, but I failed him. If...

Lin Huijia encouraged: Ronan Anderson, right? He believes in you, and I believe in you too. You can bring him more rewards.

Encouraged by his wife, Li An dialed a number, said a few words after connecting, then put away the phone and said, He didn't go to work today, he is at home. Let's go to the Future World Manor.

Lin Huijia lightly stepped on the accelerator, the car drove out of Century City, and soon turned onto Mulholland Drive.

While driving, she glanced at her husband and found that he was much more relaxed than before, as if all the previous failures were nothing.

Ronan Anderson, what kind of person is that? To be able to give her husband such a strong confidence.

It didn't take too long, only fifteen minutes later, Lin Huijia saw Ronan Anderson in a reception room, and it seemed nothing special.

Thin and tall, with short hair and vigorous clothes, the clothes are very ordinary, without any trademarks, but they are obviously high-end handmade clothes, and he is very kind and enthusiastic.

Beside him was a girl, not tall, very sexy, like a movie star.

Good morning, Ronan. Li An shook hands with Ronan: It's a bit presumptuous to come here.

Ronan smiled and said, It's okay, we are old friends, you are always welcome here.

Then, he shook hands with Lin Huijia: Good morning, Mrs. Li, welcome to the future world.

We are too presumptuous. Lin Huijia has the good cultivation of an oriental woman: Excuse me.

Ang Lee also shook hands with Scarlett Johansson. Although out of a man's psychology, I was a little curious about the relationship between Scarlett Johansson, a blond stunner, and Ronan, but thinking of certain rumors about Ronan, I couldn't help it. It's hard to guess.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, the topic between Ronan and Li An gradually turned to movies.

Lin Huijia is a very virtuous woman, knowing that the next topic is not suitable for her to participate in, she took the initiative to say: Mr. Anderson, can I visit your manor?

Ronan had a very good impression of Lin Huijia, and said to Scarlett Johansson, Take Mrs. Li around.

Scarlett Johansson was not stupid, so she immediately stood up and invited Lin Huijia, and the two women left the reception room one after another.

What movie project are you working on recently? Ronan asked directly: Have you thought about your next work?

Li An is very familiar with Ronan, and he didn't hide it, and said directly: I wrote a new script, and I want your help to read it.

Ronan nodded and said, Li, as I said, the door of relativity entertainment is always open to you.

Ang Lee took out the script and handed it to Ronan: This is a new script called The Last Knight.

Ronan took it and flipped through it. It looked like an action movie, but upon closer inspection, it was more like the type of family ethics that Ang Lee was good at.

The male protagonist was once a notorious Jiangyang thief. He was set up in a robbery. Not only did he miss and his wife was killed, but he surrendered himself to the police and was sentenced to a severe sentence.

Thirty years later, the released male protagonist drives his 1969 GTO back to the old place for revenge...

Ang Lee whispered next to him: The main plot of the script is adapted from real people and real events. The prototype of the male protagonist is a horse racing gambler. From the beginning, he was greedy for small profits and then fell into the abyss step by step. I want to pass this film, It focuses on the impact of his depravity on the whole family, and reflects some of the disadvantages in the current American society from the side.

After reading the script, Ronan didn't speak immediately, but fell into thinking.

There is no doubt that he has never seen a film with such content made by Ang Lee. He has not seen some of Ang Lee's earlier works, Ronan, but since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he has never seen any films directed by Ang Lee. I have seen it at that time, and I will be more or less impressed.

It is possible that Ang Lee once wrote such a script, but no one was willing to invest.

Thinking about this possibility, the disastrous failure of Hulk has put Ang Lee in an awkward position in Hollywood, and no company dares to invest in Ang Lee's film projects easily.

Perhaps the failure of The Incredible Hulk is not a fatal injury to a white director who has won an Oscar, but for Ang Lee, the situation is completely different.

Even if you turn a blind eye, some things in Hollywood are well known.

Ronan can even be said to be the only well-known producer in the Hollywood circle who treats Chinese-American directors equally. Currently, the more active Chinese-American directors in Hollywood are all created through cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

It is quite normal for Ang Lee to shelve the project at this stage.

On the other hand, Ronan feels that Ang Lee has not completely escaped from the shadow of Hulk. The content of the script is said to be of the type of family ethics, and it also has a commercial flavor of a typical action scene, but the commercial flavor is not considered concentrated……

It's a bit of a combination of family ethics and action, but it feels like the two parts of the play are independent.

Ronan put down the script and said directly: Li, this script is not complete enough.

Li An didn't realize his own problem, and asked: The script... I wrote it for almost half a year, and I feel...

Ronan reminded: Are you making an action commercial film, or a family ethics film?

This made Li An stunned for a moment. When other people rejected his project, they would not give any hints, nor would they patiently explain the problem to him like Ronan.

In fact, the problem with the script is relatively obvious, and it is often difficult for the original author to see it.

Just like an exam, external testers can often see that the answer is wrong at a glance, and the answerer himself checks it many times and still thinks there is no problem.

Ang Lee took his own script and quickly flipped through it.

Ronan reminded again: If you want to make a family ethics film, don't spend so much ink on the action scenes, and vice versa.

Li Ang roughly flipped through the script, then suddenly threw it on the coffee table, and said, There is something wrong with my mentality. I didn't notice such an obvious problem.

Ronan said calmly: Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Failure is nothing. I have also experienced failure. The company went bankrupt just a short step away.

I will stand up! Li An is indeed the kind of director who gets more and more courageous when he gets frustrated: Failure will never defeat me.

He picked up the script: Ronan, there is a problem with this project, I can't get you involved.

Ronan asked, Are you going to rewrite?

Li An shook his head slowly: The reason for my personal mentality may be that there was a problem with the preparation in the early stage. I will no longer consider this project in the short term.

That's fine. Ronan agreed wholeheartedly: The choice you make when your mentality is unbalanced may not necessarily be the right one.

Li An put away the script that had been decided to be scrapped, and said, Ronan, thank you for your reminder, otherwise I will make another big mistake.

Ronan smiled and said, Even if I don't remind you, you will find out soon.

Although Ang Lee is determined, the failure of Hulk has a certain impact on him after all.

There are many well-known directors and actors who have been depressed and gradually disappeared from Hollywood because of a similar serious failure.

Ronan thought for a while, and said, Li, let me give you a copy, maybe it can calm your mind.

Li An's heart moved: Okay.

Wait a minute. Ronan picked up the phone, dialed, and said, Nikia, go to the study and get the collection of Anne-Pullux.

Anne-Plux? Li An had a vague impression, as if he had read a short story written by her somewhere.

After thinking about it carefully, the more he thought about it, the more familiar it became. Li An was sure that he must have seen it, but he was not impressed enough to remember it clearly.

Soon, there was a knock on the door of the reception room, Nikia pushed the door in and handed Anne-Plux's collection to Ronan.

Some of them are well written. Ronan handed the hand to Li Ang: There is an article about gay love, and it is very beautifully written.

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