Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 405

Yu Dong originally wondered why sting invested in the movie, but after meeting, he found out that his wife, Trudy Styler, was very interested in the script of the movie, so he had the intention to invest.

Trudy Taylor was originally an actor, and had also participated in film production before.

Sting's appearance gives people a very fierce feeling, but his speech is relatively gentle. On the contrary, his wife looks more dignified, but when she speaks, she speaks quickly and densely like a machine gun.

The director of the film, Guy Ritchie, is the same age as Yu Dong, but he looks much more mature than Yu Dong. The hairline of the British is hard to describe.

He sat beside him and didn't speak, and he couldn't see anything.

Trudy Styler didn't want to waste this opportunity to meet Yu Dong, so she started to say good things about the movie and Guy Ritchie from the moment they met, "YU, this movie is something I've never seen before, it's The innovation is unprecedented. Although I have watched it many times, I am still shocked every time I watch it. Of course, there may be situations where I don’t understand it when I watch it at the beginning, but as long as I watch it several times, I will definitely be impressed. It attracts. I believe that if you have seen the movie, you will know that I am not lying..."

Yu Dong stared at the eloquent Trudy Styler, and could feel her urgency.

However, the investment in this film is not high, it is said that it is only more than 100 million pounds, this money should not be a big deal to their couple.

Sting's song, the most Chinese people have heard is probably the theme song "shape of my heart" in "This Killer Is Not So Cold". The prelude of this song is very catchy and impressive.

"Shape of my heart" is a song composed by Sting after his solo career. In fact, before his solo career, the police band he was in had achieved great success in both the UK and the US, but most Chinese people have only heard of his song song.

From this point, it can be seen that movies can indeed greatly help the spread of songs.

Anyway, for such a star couple, more than 100 million pounds will not hurt them, and as far as Yu Dong knows, the film investors are not only one of them, but also other people. Investing is only part of it.

So Chudy is so active, probably because she wants to prove herself.After all, it takes money and effort, and I guess I bragged with other people before. If I lose all the money, the money will be gone, and the face will not be lost.

And any investment in the future will also be affected.

Chu Di was eager to let Yu Dong watch the movie, but Yu Dong was not in a hurry: "Let's watch the movie later, I want to ask, since you are very optimistic about this movie, what is your expectation for the box office of this movie? "

Speaking of the box office, Trudy Styler seemed not so confident: "YU, you should also understand that the box office is not everything, and the cost of this movie is really not high, and it can be easily earned back."

Hearing what she said, Yu Dong probably understood that even if she liked the movie very much, she didn't have confidence in the box office.

"Actually, there is no publishing business in deep space, you should understand this, right?"

"We understand, but as long as Deep Space is willing, it can release the film," Trudy said.

"Deep Space wants to help distribute, but also buy the movie first, and then find a distributor to cooperate with."

Trudy Styler said with a smile: "Actually, we don't care if we make money...Of course, I don't mean that this movie can't make money, but I value it more than making money. Such an excellent movie can make money." be seen by more people."

Yu Dong nodded, he didn't believe this at all.

He invited Mr. and Mrs. Sting to come today, and he was able to finalize the matter without preparation. The business negotiations had to be handled by Laikado and the others. He wanted to meet Guy and at the same time make sure that the movie was okay.

In the next hour or so, Yu Dong didn't talk much about the movie. Although Trudy Styler was in a hurry, she couldn't say much.

She was still a little disappointed in her heart. Before coming here, she had thought very well, and after meeting YU, they hit it off immediately, and immediately reached a consensus.

But now it seems that YU is not so enthusiastic.

After supper, Yu Dong finally said he wanted to watch a movie.

The entire movie lasted two hours, and the content was different from what Yu Dong had seen before. I don't know if it was because of the director's cut version or because of the butterfly effect.

But generally speaking, there is no big change, and it is still the excellent "Two Smoking Barrels".

While watching the movie, Trudy Styler kept silent. After the movie was over, she couldn't help but say, "YU, maybe you haven't had much contact with British culture, so inside..."

She was afraid that Yu Dong would not understand the local culture in the movie, so she tried to explain for Yu Dong.

In fact, her concerns are not unreasonable. Cultural differences will indeed cause Chinese people to encounter some incomprehensible situations when watching this movie, but ignoring these things, it is still an excellent movie.

After listening to her explanation, Yu Dong said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to explain so much. I like this movie very much. I will also convey my love for this movie to Shen Kong. As for whether they are willing to take this The movie may not be what I said."

Trudy Styler, who was still thinking about how to persuade Yu Dong, was stunned when she heard this.

Sting and Guy Ritchie were also taken aback.

Because when Yu Dong watched the movie just now, he didn't respond much. They couldn't tell whether he liked it or didn't like it. They thought Yu Dong didn't understand the movie. After all, Yu Dong was a foreigner and couldn't understand it. It is also understandable.

But now Yu Dong suddenly said that he likes this movie and agreed to help recommend it, which seemed a bit sudden.

Is this polite?None of the three of them have had much contact with Chinese people, and they don't know what kind of style Chinese people are.

Maybe all Chinese people are like this.

Seeing the confusion and surprise in their eyes, Yu Dong didn't explain much, just touched his chin and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, the bar owner in the movie is Sting?"

The three of them looked at each other, but they didn't expect Yu Dong to ask such an irrelevant question suddenly.

Sting smiled and said, "Yes, YU, you read that right, it is indeed me."

Yu Dong nodded, and he thought it was quite similar, but he didn't notice this when he saw this movie in his last life.If he had known this before, he would probably have understood why sting would recommend "Two Smoking Barrels".

……

That night, after the Stings returned home, they felt that today's meeting was completely useless, because YU didn't give any positive answer at all, and his attitude was unpredictable.

"Perhaps we have found the wrong person, YU can't influence the decision-making of deep space at all, even such a small plan... We have all overlooked a problem, that is, the current deep space is different from the previous deep space Yes. Now Deep Space has more and more authors under its banner, such as George Martin and Rowling. And I also heard that Deep Space has been buying copyrights in the past two years, such as the just finished "Black Clothes" People”. I think that deep space’s reliance on YU is not as strong as before, and it will become less and less in the future. The reason why he didn’t give an answer may be because he was embarrassed to refuse in person. Chinese people are not very reserved. Is it?"

Sting lay tired on the sofa and expressed his views.

Someone suggested to Trudy before that she should find a relationship with Tom Cruise. She was hesitating at first. After all, Tom Cruise is just an actor, and probably cannot affect the decision-making of those distribution companies.

At this time, they got the news that YU came to England, so they went to find YU first.

Now it seems that they still have to go to Tom Cruise to try.

Trudy sat down next to her husband and sighed: "It's okay, Gordon, even if this movie can't be released, it won't have much impact on us. And it's not impossible. I'll go find Tom Cruise later Let's talk, maybe he can help us."

She saw the tiredness on her husband's face, so she didn't want to put pressure on him anymore.

"Also, the dinner tonight is not useless." Trudy continued, "At least we had dinner with a great writer like YU, didn't we? I heard that after he came to London, Many people wanted to invite him, but he refused. Moreover, it can be heard that he still appreciates your music, and maybe we can cooperate on other projects in the future."

Facing his wife's gentle reassurance, Sting felt a little uncomfortable. He knew that this meant that his wife was about to lose her fighting spirit in this matter.

"Go to sleep, take a good rest, these two days are quite tired."

……

The next morning, Sting was woken up by the phone ringing. He got up and looked at the clock. It was already past one in the afternoon. They slept too late last night.

"Hello?"

Sting hugged the phone, opened the refrigerator and took a bottle of water for himself, and took a sip.

"Hi, is it Sting?"

"It's me, you?" Sting raised the bottle to take a second sip.

"I'm Jimmy from Deep Space Corporation."

Sting lowered his hand that raised the bottle, "Are you Jimmy James, the boss of Deep Space Corporation?"

"Yes." Jimmy on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "Since you know me, I won't make any more introductions. Sting, I heard from YU that you have a very good movie, and I did it for this to call you."

"So fast?" Sting muttered.

"What's so fast?" Jimmy asked.

Sting smiled: "I didn't expect to receive your call so soon, because we only met with YU last night."

"After you left, he called me and told me about it. So I just called you this morning when I got to work. I don't know if you have time to talk to me about the movie now. Things? Of course, I also like your music very much, in addition to movies, we can also carry out some cooperation in music."

Only then did Sting realize that there was a jet lag between himself and the other party, and it might still be morning at Jimmy's place, so he quickly said, "Of course."

"Well, let me just say briefly. I'm still in the United States, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get there in a short time. If you're not in a hurry, you can wait a few months. Then I have time to go to the UK and we can talk in detail. Of course, If you want to talk about it earlier, you can, but I have to trouble you to come to the United States to find me.” After a short pause, Jimmy added: “Although the cost of the film is small, YU likes it very much, so I also pay special attention to it. "

Sting opened his mouth, and suddenly remembered what he said last night. Now it seems that his deduction is completely wrong. The deep space company has paid more attention to YU than ordinary people imagined.

Just because of YU's words, Jimmy, the boss, would go out of his way for a movie that cost 100 million yuan.

After thinking about it, Sting replied: "If you have time, we can go to the United States to find you."

This is not a difficult task for Sting, who spends a lot of time in the United States every year.

"Okay, then we'll see you in the United States. If you have any other questions, you can call this number, or find our person in charge in the UK, Laikado."

"no problem."

"Okay, then I won't bother you."

After Sting hung up the phone, he sat on the sofa in a daze. He didn't expect that things would turn around like this after only one night.

At this moment, Trudy came out of the room rubbing her hair, muttering, "Who is calling so early in the morning?"

Sting couldn't help laughing, "It's already afternoon, Trudy."

"Is it afternoon?" Trudy looked out the window, "The weather in London is no different from morning to afternoon. By the way, who is calling?"

"It's Jimmy."

"Jimmy?" Trudy thought for a moment. "Which Jimmy is that? Your cousin? That little fat guy who lives in Scotland?"

"It's not him, it's the boss of Deep Space Corporation, Jimmy James."

"The boss of Deep Space Corporation?" Trudy's sleepy eyes suddenly opened, "What is he calling for?"

Before Sting could answer, she said excitedly to herself, "It must be about the movie, right? Are they willing to help distribute our movie?"

Sting said with a smile: "How could it be so fast, he called and said he was very interested in movies, but he couldn't come to the UK and asked if we would like to go to the US to talk to him."

"Of course we do. Aren't we planning to go to the United States in a few days? Have you answered him? Tell him we are willing to go?"

"Well, I told me we're going to America to find him."

"That's right." Trudy Styler rubbed her palms and walked back and forth, "It can't be a while, we have to prepare and go there right away, anyway, it doesn't matter if we go a few days earlier..."

……

"The weather in London is too rough. If it rains, just make sure it's raining. It's so uncomfortable."

In the hotel where Yu Dong and the others stayed, Yu Hua was looking out the window, complaining non-stop.

When they came last year, it was a good time, the weather was good and the sunshine was sufficient.This year, they didn't have such good luck. After they came here, they haven't seen the sun a few times.

The irony is that last year's weather was so good, Yu Hua and the others stayed in the hotel to play cards every day, but this year they wanted to go out to play, but it was "the good times are over".

(End of this chapter)