Great Power Reclamation

Chapter 2330 Journey to the West

Today's Yuanfang naturally has the confidence to say this. She is the CEO of one of the eight major Hollywood film and television companies. Although the current financial situation of Brother Film and Television is not optimistic, so what? Just do it again.

You must know the predecessor of Brother Entertainment. Its representative works include "Prison Break", "X-Men 3", "Die Hard 4", etc. It is still talked about and shown on a loop to this day.

There are also world-renowned blockbusters such as the "Star Wars" series, "Titanic", and "Dr. Dourid".

Fox Entertainment Group is one of the giants in the world's entertainment industry, and its main components include Fox Broadcasting Company.

As well as a television network composed of 29 affiliated TV stations; Fox Film Entertainment Company, and its affiliated 20th Century Fox Pictures.

Now that Yuanfang has not intervened in the news, everything else is already under her command, so she needs to take drastic measures at this time.

And Ye Mao and Laura's ideas suddenly matched her thoughts. She is originally Chinese and has some inherent resistance to various Western myths and legends, but the interest of domestic myths is naturally much better in her heart.

If this can be done, then she will become the first person in the history of Western films to completely present Eastern mythology and culture to Western audiences.

Thinking about this, Yuanfang was a little excited. As for whether he could succeed in the end, it didn't matter. It was an attempt in itself, similar to establishing a sect.

In addition, Yuanfang has great trust in this brother-in-law. Zhu Bajie was originally a film with nothing good, but it was modified by Ye Mao. As a result, the cost was so small, but it ushered in huge box office profits. What does this mean? This represents talent and his natural acumen for the market.

However, Yuanfang is still a little worried about the two children having to deal with it on their own. It's not that they don't trust the investment, but that they still lack experience and have to help them get on the horse and give them a ride.

The new signboard of Beijing Brothers Brothers Film and Television Company is still shining brightly. The company has been very busy these days with people coming and going.

The news that Yuanfang has joined Fox Film and Television has spread like wildfire, and with the increasing popularity of Camellia Love and Zhu Bajie in foreign markets, Oscar nomination has become a certainty.

What does this mean? Representative Brothers Film and Television has reached the top of the world's film and television industry, which is undoubtedly a boost for the Chinese film and television circle.

People from all walks of life came to visit one after another, especially people from the film and television circles in Beijing. Because they often interacted with each other, they were all familiar with each other, so they were naturally among the first wave of people to visit.

As the current head of Domestic Brothers Film and Television, Batu naturally had to come out to receive them. After all, these people are all well-known names in the domestic film and television circles.

In fact, the purpose of coming here is nothing more than to seek cooperation. They even want to put the name of Brothers Films on the movies they are currently filming and have them screened abroad.

There are 29 TV stations and countless theaters in Europe and the United States. For them, this is a temptation that they cannot refuse.

Batu was very polite to these people, but he did not agree to any of their requests. Although they gave very favorable terms.

In fact, Chinese people have one thing in common, that is, as long as they go out, they will win. As for the ratings and box office, they are not important.

When the time comes, once the publicity comes, a certain liar will be released abroad and sell well. This gimmick will be enough. As for how to sell it well? Anyway, the domestic audience doesn’t know.

Batu is disgusted with these people. In fact, he is even more stubborn than Yuanfang at heart. Doing business is doing business. Just make your films well. When the quality goes up, the reputation will naturally grow. You have to rely on bragging to increase your worth. , is that necessary?

But he was also helpless. With the deepening of the market economy, some speculators relied on this method to make a lot of money. Getting rich overnight was no longer a myth. Therefore, more and more people began to seek quick success.

In later generations, even the title "domestic product" became a business, and was trampled on, and even the underwear of many people was pulled out.

Batu is not such a person, but he can only ensure that he will not do such things. He can't control others.

If there are too many rejections, people will naturally have a lot of dissatisfaction, especially those companies with deep roots, which are backed by big trees, and they will have the idea of ​​​​showing off to him.

Lao Mouzi is a genius in the history of domestic film. After he became an instant hit in the first movie he starred in, he turned into a director and produced a series of film and television works with very high reputation.

He has two characteristics: one is his domineering personality, and the other is that he doesn't like to use stars. Most of the movies he makes choose suitable roles by himself. Even if this person has never been exposed to acting, as long as he thinks it will work, then he will do it. That's it.

Later generations had a name called "Mou Girl."

These are all actresses who have played roles in his movies, and any one of them will be famous in the film and television industry.

Batu still attaches great importance to his arrival, because this man has ideas and talents, and he doesn't even bother to promote himself. The key is that he does not belong to any company yet. If such a person can join, the brother company will be the icing on the cake.

Lao Mouzi was also straightforward, saying: "If I can go to Hollywood to make a movie, then I will sell these more than 100 kilograms to you. As for the price, it doesn't matter, as long as I don't starve to death."

How could Batu not like such a person? But he really couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he immediately called Yuanfang for instructions.

After the call was connected, Yuanfang just pondered for a moment and then made a condition, that is, Lao Mouzi must help Ye Mao and Laura film the new version of Journey to the West.

If this film achieves success, he may sign a contract with Brothers Films in Hollywood.

Lao Mouzi frowned and thought for a long time. He was born in 1950 and is already 58 years old this year. He is more than ten years older than Ye Yuze. Journey to the West is a masterpiece. It may take several years to film. He still has so many Time wasted?

Moreover, Yuanfang's intention was to make it clear that he was not the independent director. The director was an American boy who was still in school. Naturally, Lao Mouzi was very dissatisfied with this.

Talented people are basically a little conceited, otherwise they wouldn't have achieved so many results. This in itself is a kind of strong self-confidence.

Now that he, a famous director with great achievements, was working as an assistant to a little girl, he naturally felt uncomfortable.

But he is also a mentally determined person. Now that he has achieved both fame and fortune, he no longer does things for money. His biggest wish is to stand on the Oscar podium one day, with an oriental face, Receive his award.

After struggling for a while, he looked up at Batu:

"Is there no room for negotiation?"

Batu shook his head firmly: "You know Mr. Yuan's character. He always speaks the truth."

Lao Mouzi sighed, then slapped the table:

"Okay, let's sign the contract now."

Batu was surprised and happy. Isn't this pie in the sky? Although Brothers Film and Television has achieved great results in recent years, Batu understands that their weakness is still in directing.

The most popular films were basically directed by him and Yuan Fang personally, and they were all sentimental films. The only real commercial film was Zhu Bajie. Although it created huge economic value for them, it was still picked up. If Lao Mouzi can join, this will undoubtedly fill a shortcoming of the brother company, especially now that Yuanfang has gone to Hollywood, if Batu is allowed to direct a film alone, he would really feel guilty.

Lao Mouzi was very happy. When drafting the contract, Batu took good care of his emotions and tried to give him some preferential terms as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, he waved his hand and said: "We will only sign this one film. If it doesn't work well, I will get out. If it succeeds, just let me go to Hollywood to make a film."

Batu sighed in his heart, only such people can do great things. They never talk about conditions before doing things, and wait until everything is done.

In fact, it is the same with everything. Maintaining one's own worth is a sign of lack of confidence. If you are really good at it, are there any conditions you need to talk about? How can anyone dare to despise you?

Because Journey to the West is an Eastern myth, most of the exterior scenes were shot in China, so the filming naturally had to be shot in China.

After the contract was signed, Batu acted as the host and called Ye Mao and Laura over, asking them to meet and discuss in detail so that they could unify their views and then set up a crew.

Seeing Laura, Lao Mouzi was also shocked. He naturally knew Laura's identity and did not dare to look down upon her at all.

As for Ye Mao, Batu didn't hide anything and told the truth. Lao Mouzi immediately regained his balance. He was just playing house with the prince and princess. What's wrong with that? It would be more accurate to say that it is elevated.

At dinner in the evening, three people had a dispute, mainly Lao Mouzi and Laura.

Because Laura was from Disney, she advocated making Journey to the West into an animation. Lao Mouzi insists on live-action performances, mainly because he is really not familiar with animation!

The two of them had their own opinions, and neither one was willing to give in. In the end, Ye Mao intervened and decided that it would be better to perform with real people and use more stunts. Anyway, there was no shortage of money.

As for animation, our brother company has never been involved in it. If we shoot it rashly, many problems will naturally arise and the risks are too great.

If the live-action version becomes popular, just hire professionals to make it. Laura will definitely be responsible for it then.

The three people finally reached an agreement, the core team was formed, and the only thing left was to recruit troops.

Ye Mao knew that Lao Mouzi's strength was in selecting actors, so he simply let him do it.

However, Laura was worried and expressed that she wanted to learn from Lao Mouzi. Lao Mouzi knew it well and agreed.

Originally, Ye Mao had already chosen Liu Xiaolingtong for the role of Sun Wukong. After all, he had grown up watching the monkey he played.

But Lao Mouzi firmly denied it. It wasn't that he thought his acting was not good, but that he was already close to his fifties this year. Such a lively and active character who didn't like to follow the rules made it difficult for him at this age. If someone plays the role, there will probably be some flaws inherent in it.

Lao Mouzi is a person who pursues perfection, otherwise he would not have achieved what he has today, so he went to Emei, naturally taking Laura with him.

Ye Mao did not follow them because he had to rush to write the script. The 86 version of Journey to the West had a total of 52 episodes and some things were deleted.

But Ye Mao didn't want to delete it. After all, ninety-nine and eighty-one are difficult. With some prefixes and emotional scenes, Ye Mao felt that episode 99 was the most suitable.

After all, the number 99, to the Chinese, represents Dzogchen. Ninety-nine will return to one?

There are several characters in the original work that appear throughout the play, including Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Monk Sha, and White Dragon Horse.

Ye Mao was planning to add a few female pig feet, thinking that this would be the main problem he faced throughout the play.

Tang Seng has a daughter who can be arranged by the king of the country. Zhu Bajie’s most famous heroine, Miss Gao, is also familiar to her.

The most difficult thing now is the spouses of Sun Wukong and Sha Seng. In the original work, of these two guys, Sun Wukong is portrayed as a stone who basically doesn't know anything about men and women, and the other is a wooden person who only knows how to lower his head and do things, and doesn't think about anything else.

Such a character design obviously does not fit in with Western thinking habits. It must be changed, but actually it doesn't count as changing for others, Ye Mao himself doesn't like it.

In fact, Master Xing's Westward Journey has already chosen two female friends for Sun Wukong, and they love them to death. One is a fairy and the other is a demon.

Ye Mao quite liked this kind of plot, but he felt it was still weak. How can a guy who dares to call himself the Monkey King be worthy of a little fairy or goblin?

However, due to the influence of the times, Lao Wu did not give any woman a high status in the original work. Only the Queen Mother of Yaochi could be on an equal footing with the Jade Emperor.

We can't let Monkey Sun cuckold the Jade Emperor, right? That taste is a bit too strong.

With a sudden thought, Ye Mao slapped his thigh vigorously. Isn't this already available? The Seven Fairies appeared at the beginning.

Although it was later said that Lao Qi and Dong Yong had an affair, resulting in a perfect match, weren't there six others?

The Jade Emperor's daughter falls in love with an unruly monkey. There should be nothing wrong with this character. Done.

Naturally, there must be a description of the Seven Fairies at the beginning. It cannot just be a chance encounter in the Peach Garden and just pass it by.

Needless to say, the daughter of the Jade Emperor is beautiful. She has a somewhat overbearing personality, but she should still be kind.

At worst, it's not a waste of an episode. Let's just act out the life scenes in the Jade Emperor's Heavenly Palace. Seven fairies who are ignorant of the world live a carefree life except loneliness.

In fact, this is easy to express. Faced with an endless life, naturally there is nothing attractive except the love between a man and a woman.

Fairies are also intelligent creatures, and naturally have the attributes of creatures themselves, that is, men love and women love.

However, the male gods in the heaven are the kind of weirdos who only know how to practice and don't understand emotions. Therefore, whether they fall in love with a person or a fairy, this is a normal reaction.

After all, it's better to have healthy emotions and desires than to follow a fool who only knows how to sit in a cave and doesn't know how time has changed.

　I'm coming

　　

　

(End of this chapter)