China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 156 Get it Done, 2004

Lu Pingan finally spent money to recruit Nolan.

Warner has no opinion on this.

It's just Nolan, he left as soon as he left, and he could still earn 450 million US dollars in vain. This deal shouldn't be too cost-effective.

If Nolan continues to be the director of the trilogy, they will be more at ease.

After all, Nolan is not as good as Lu Pingan.

So the poaching negotiations were completed in only 15 minutes, which is fast enough.

Nolan's attitude towards Warner is even more chilling.

"I thought Warner was the best film company in the world, and now I feel a little silly."

After returning to the set, Nolan shook his head and laughed at himself.

After speaking, he expressed his sincere thanks to Lu Pingan.

He doesn't think his script idea is worth so much money, after all, it's just an idea that hasn't formed yet.

Strictly speaking, he has no idea how to implement this idea into a complete and high-quality script.

So at this moment, he naturally thinks that Lu Pingan's request for the script is just an excuse.

The actual purpose is to cherish talents.

"Lu, I don't know how to thank you."

"It's too troublesome to thank you, just do it well."

Lu Pingan waved his hands gracefully, not wanting to continue on this topic.

Nolan is not a pushy person either. He signed a contract with Summit, chatted for a few more words, and then turned around and got into work.

After Nolan left, Watts was a little puzzled: "Is he really worth the price?"

Lu Pingan replied casually: "There are not many people who can follow my train of thought. Wen Ziren is one, and he is the second."

After hearing this, Watts didn't ask any more questions, he believed in Lu Ping An.

The same is true for Hu Qingquan.

But he was more interested in the gift, which was Nolan's idea.

Hu Qingquan still knows Lu Pingan better than others.

So he has already discovered that Lu Pingan's real purpose may be this script.

But he didn't ask too much, he would naturally know when the script was actually completed by Lu Pingan.

After the matter was settled, Lu Pingan spent two days meeting the two protagonists in the film.

One is Christian Bale, this guy is still gaining muscle, there are still two months away from the goal, just right.

The other was Morgan Freeman, who was also the first actor who agreed to play.

The reaction of the two of them seeing Lu Pingan was not particularly great.

Because they already knew that the trilogy was conceived by Lu Pingan.

Hu Qingquan had already communicated with them.

It is said that the director has changed, but the rest of the script, salary, roles, schedule, etc. will remain the same and will not have any impact.

That's no problem for the actors.

The most is to chat with the new director Lu Pingan to see if it is reliable.

But now that I met him, chatted with him, and found that Lu Ping'an was even more reliable than expected, that's enough.

Of course, there is still something to worry about.

But generally speaking, compared to Nolan, they are actually more at ease with Lu Pingan, and the reason will not be mentioned. Anyway, Nolan would cover his face and be sad when he knew about it.

Next, the "Batman" project will proceed step by step, with Nolan and Hu Qingquan present, there is basically no need to worry.

During the preparation period, Lu Pingan also arranged for the filming of a documentary.

The "Batman" IP obtained by Lu Pingan only has the shooting rights and partial distribution rights.

Among them, the disc is not affected, and the derivative income of the trilogy itself will not be affected.

For example, props in movies can be auctioned, and movie documentaries, posters, etc. can be sold.

Good works, future documentaries can sell a lot of money.

The behind-the-scenes documentary of "The Lord of the Rings" is now on sale, and the disc is said to be selling well, so Lu Pingan will naturally follow suit.

While planning these derivative projects, it is actually a further step into the film industry.

So the domestic Wu Guohua team was called to Hollywood.

Now domestic "Wonderful Night" has not started to promote.

Lu Ping'an's goal is to strive to exceed "Source Code" and even "Heroes" in commercial profits after the movie is released, from promotion to release, from box office to peripheral products.

Relying on the box office alone is actually not very easy to count on in this period.

So you have to learn from Hollywood.

Linking all commercial elements that can be linked is what a successful commercial film should do.

Of course, the degree here still needs to be carefully grasped.

Can't be too much.

However, Lu Pingan feels that with Zhang Weiping who is very good at over-marketing in front of him, his pressure will be much less.

Two weeks later, the production progress of "Dead Silence" passed 7%.

In the afternoon, Lu Pingan and Hu Qingquan returned to China.

"Batman" is going to start the domestic setting link.

This time, the setting will use the mode of real scene plus special effects, instead of using Nolan's real shots.

In this way, a lot of money and time will be left over, and the disadvantage is that it will make Nolan feel uncomfortable.

But now that the director is Lu Pingan, Nolan can't help it.

But when he knew that the location shooting would be in XZ, that little regret was gone in an instant.

Nolan has long longed for it, but it is very difficult for foreigners to enter XZ.

So not only Nolan, but Bell was also very excited to be able to go there to shoot this time.

But Hu Qingquan also said in advance that whether he can go or not has to be discussed after communication.

The main task of Lu Ping'an returning to China is to focus on finishing the later stage of "Wonderful Night".

According to the current plan, "Batman" can be launched at the end of February this year.

It is now the beginning of January 04, two months is enough time to finish the later stage.

On January 1th, the two landed in the capital. They didn't call someone to pick them up, so they took a taxi and left.

In 04, all aspects of Beijing were much faster than before.

The Olympic City has entered a faster development track from the moment it successfully bid for the Olympic Games.

But the price is that the air quality is worse.

But for Hu Qingquan and the others, this is normal. Construction is going on everywhere, so the air will not be bad. In the year of the Olympics, the entire capital will be shut down, and then the blue sky and white clouds will return.

"The first snow in 2002 came later than before."

At this time, a call from DNA came on the radio.

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Dolan debuted!

Haven't listened to it for many years, and the memory of the dead cheated the corpse.

"This song is great!"

Hu Qingquan was caught on the spot, which aroused the sympathy of the taxi driver: "Right, this singer must be popular."

However, he added: "Young people may not like it very much."

These words were obviously meant for Lu Pingan, who was silent.

Lu Pingan smiled and said, "I think it sounds pretty good."

I really like, even more like "Punishment of Impulse" on this album.

"Good taste!"

The driver master was happy, and Hu Qingquan also came to chat.

The two old men who were about the same age quickly changed the topic from music to movies and politics, and it didn't end until the car arrived at China Film Group.

(End of this chapter)