China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 227 Showdown, what is the purpose?
"He, your "Pacific Rim" was very good, so we are very confident in your "Edge of Tomorrow". The cooperation is very good, why do you come to cooperate with us at Warner?" Barry Meyer asked.

Zhang Qian actually answered this question, but Barry Meyer was obviously not satisfied with Zhang Qian's answer, so he asked again.

He Fang pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled wryly.

"From the perspective of the initial cooperation proficiency, it may actually be more reasonable for us to cooperate with Fox. Although the business does not involve other things, Murdoch, the boss behind Fox, may not be very friendly to us."

"So, we Chinese are used to not putting our eggs in one basket to share risks. We still maintain our cooperation with Fox, but we won't just cooperate with them. This is why we approached Warner."

He Fang explained.

"So you cut off our Warner's copyright, and then came to cooperate with us with the copyright you bought at a high price? Are you looking at the global release of ten movies a year?"

He Fang shrugged: "Yes, our goal is indeed for that."

Barry Meyer nodded with a smile, "Afraid that we will get stuck in the global distribution of your film? So give Warners benefits in exchange for benefits?"

"Otherwise? We don't believe that you treat Chinese films fairly. I have been in Hollywood for eight years. In American principles, if you don't take advantage of it, you don't do it with your heart, so I have to let you take advantage of it."

"Haha...haha..." Barry Meyer smiled happily, and then gave a thumbs up, "You are a smart person, very good, I like it very much. However, I will be resigning after two years, successor What will happen I don't know."

"It doesn't matter, as long as Warner's successor still acts according to the contract, we will be afraid. At least, Warner won't be a robber, right?" He Fang asked back.

Barry Meyer clicked his lips, said nothing, he neither denied nor admitted.

At his age, many things have been revealed, so what if he admits that he is a robber?
Whether it is powerful, civilized, or banditry, they are all means to achieve the goal.

If you don't have the strength, whether you give up profits or kneel and lick, it all depends on the mood of the strong.

"Well, at least you are an honest person, young man. It's a pity that you were not allowed to stay in the United States. People like you shouldn't go back to China." Barry Meyer said.

"No, no matter how successful I am in the United States, I will not be respected by you, because my skin is an exploited person in your eyes. Even if I can get out, it is a gift from you. Someday you feel uncomfortable. It can leave me with nothing."

"But it's different when I go back to China, because I am qualified to deal with you on an equal footing, and to cooperate with you as a cooperator, not as a beneficiary."

He Fang shrugged his shoulders.

"Although what you said is true, but..." Barry Meyer spread his hands, "Okay, then happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." He Fang shook hands with Barry Meyer.

"By the way, if we breach the contract, do you have countermeasures? Can you tell me what it is?" Barry Meyer suddenly asked.

"Ah? Of course... No, it's like the commander-in-chief of the United States asking the commander-in-chief of Russia what is your nuclear launch code." He Fang made a joke.

"Haha, yes, it makes sense, you are such an interesting person."

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Coming out of Warner Company, He Fang stood on the Avenue of Stars in Berkeban and looked up at the Sunset Hotel in the distance. He shook his head slightly, then watched Zhang Qian take out a cigarette and handed him a cigarette. Slowly tapped and took a deep breath.

"Dealing with the devil is an exchange of benefits. Old Zhang, don't be fooled by other people's sugar-coated bullets. If you turn around and put your life here, it will be over."

He Fang said leisurely.

"Don't worry, it won't be so easy to feed a tiger with your body, let's all remember it." Zhang Qian wiped his chin and smiled coldly.

"Well, let's go. You can go back the day after tomorrow. The company has a lot of things to do right now, and Lao Jiao's ability can barely maintain, and you still need to go back to take charge of the overall situation. The new director's project arrangement and follow-up, and Wang Jing's Cooperation, and the latest cooperation with Ali, and the preparation of "Edge of Tomorrow", other company chores, a lot of things."

He Fang patted Zhang Qian's arm.

"It's good to go back. I miss the delicious food on Taiping Street, and the crayfish at the roadside stalls with beer at night. After that, I can go to KTV for a night. In this ghost place, I dare not go anywhere at night. There are a lot of thieves and robbers, and there are gangs fighting. If it weren't for the parties every day, I would be suffocated here." Zhang Qian complained, puffing out his cigarette fiercely.

"Hey, okay, everyone says you're enjoying yourself in America, and you're still complaining."

"Enjoyment? Shit, come on, let the envious people come, I'm really willing to change..."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

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I don't have any terms to discuss with Fox, just chat with the screenwriter about script revision and chat with the producer about film preparation.

The script of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is a relatively good one. It fills in the pits of the previous "X-Men" and adds the usual routine: a catastrophic future - the protagonist travels through Go back and change key historical events - change the future.

Therefore, the whole story routine is relatively rigorous and beautiful.

In fact, this story is still buried in traditional Western religious values. Of course, whether it is the X-Men or other superhero stories, they are basically promoting Western religious values.

The protagonists in superheroes are all supermen or mutants. They are servants of gods and are above ordinary people.Does this identity resemble Jesus?Called the Son of God.

And their enemies and opponents are all engaged in science and technology, and these science and technology are on the opposite side of mutants and human beings, and have no morals at all.In fact, it alludes to the Scientology school in the seminary of the year.

But the reality is that since the Renaissance, religion has regarded people who engage in science as heretics.If we count from the ancient times, the opponent of religion is the alchemist and the witch.

Therefore, in the Western world, two lines of confrontation can be sorted out.

One line is that the servants of God are in charge of the operation of the world, maintaining moral standards, and teaching ordinary people how to believe in God to gain the light of life.

Another line is that the alchemists who are opposed to religion, later they bewitched the students of the seminary with knowledge and let these students learn alchemy. Since then, these students have changed their names, and they began to call themselves science.

Thus, for the next several hundred years, theology and science fought at each head.

Most of Marvel’s Superhero stories are mutants who have gained divine power and they fight against science fighters, and the villains of Marvel Super Miles are basically the science school or some mutants that were instigated by the science school.

Why are the mutant factions instigated?Because of the negative emotions that ordinary people may encounter such as greed, selfishness, and being framed, they have changed and become villains.

Just like Rocky, he became a villain because of jealousy.

And the villain's hatred is a product of technology.

For example, Iron Man is a technological superhero who has accepted religious morality. Isn't this meaning obvious?As long as you Scientists accept God's control, you will still be one of us.

Anyway, the overall idea is that the tech school has always been heinous, and those in their camp are either many evil characters they created, or he lured many mutants or protoss.

Of course, there is only one final outcome of these stories, that is, no matter how the School of Science acts as a demon, the servants of God are the winners in the end, maintaining the normal operation of the moral order of the world.

Another super-mile character design is very interesting. There are two kinds of super-mile characters, one is the protoss, like Thor, Mister Miracle, and Orion.One is mutants, like Superman and Wolverine, who are endowed with some kind of divine energy for various reasons.

But in fact, this kind of setting is not randomly set by the founders of Marvel and DC, it has cultural roots.

Not to mention the protoss, the characters in mythology, the representatives of heaven.

Mutants are ordinary mutants who have been given divine powers. They are bitten by something or injected with something to become a mutant, and then they belong to the gods.

It is worth mentioning that mutants have been praised all the time, because mutants are all mutated after being bitten by animals, or after being injected with some kind of drug, and have since gained superpowers.

And this is actually whitewashing the western aristocracy, because the western aristocrats have always had a custom of drinking human blood to make themselves young and immortal, or eating human fat to keep people beautiful.

This kind of vulgarity was not banned by Western laws on a large scale until before World War II, but in the 21st century, many nobles still believe that changing the blood of young people can make them young, and even body fat can beautify the skin.

There are many fat components in French perfumes and cosmetics, which also caused South America to have one of the largest black industrial chains - refining human oil.

The so-called whitewashing of Western nobles by Marvel and DC is to tell people that if you also want to gain divine power like mutants and maintain world peace, then accept and enjoy the nobles drinking your blood and eating your flesh.

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The routine is such a basic routine, so after mastering this basic routine, it will be easier to sort out when we look at each story separately.

The story of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is that the Scientists created a robot "Sentry" that can eliminate mutants. This "Sentry" is too powerful for mutants to beat, so the mutant Wolverine used a rogue technique- Go back to the past and change the future.

This method is really too hooligan, if you can't beat it, go back to the past and kill others, so why not let the villain also have this ability to go back to Wolverine when he was a child and kill Wolverine?
Moreover, this ability can only be possessed by the affirmative party of the mutants, not by the technical party. This is a privilege.

Oh, the story of the movie.As long as it conforms to the logical relationship in the movie context, there is no need to force it into reality.

It’s like writing a novel. In the novel, the protagonist does some supernatural things, but readers don’t drag this into reality, saying that reality is impossible, so the author cares about obscenity.This is not nonsense, how do you feel refreshed if you don't want to be obscene?

The three screenwriters are Simon Kinberg, Jane Goodman, and Matthew Vaughan. These three screenwriters are of the same age. They are all born in the early 70s, and they are all British.

Among them, Matthew Vaughan is also the screenwriter of Guy Ritchie, such as "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Stealing and Robbing" are all written by him.

Jane Goodman is a busty woman with...raw punch.

"Hey, three handsome men and beauties, I read your script, it's very good, almost perfect." He Fang's first words when they met were praises.

This is etiquette in the West, of course what he said is also true.

"Thank you, but you still proposed a 5% modification right." Simon shook hands with him and shrugged.

"Oh, Mr. Simon, I have this power but I may not be able to use it. It depends on whether the story needs it. Don't worry, I won't change it."

"That's great, the three of us can rest assured." Jane opened her arms and gave He Fang a big hug, and hit He Fang's ribs hard with her stuff like two big balloons, causing pain.

"Then you must have revised your opinion a little bit?" Matthew shook hands with He Fang.

"A little bit, just a little bit..."

"Oh..." Jane shook her head suddenly.

"Hey guys, it's not going to change a lot, just a few words."

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(End of this chapter)