1990: Starting from Baojia Street

"You're not losing weight, you're cultivating immortality. Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."

Wang Zuxian curled his lips, "What delicious food can be found here?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yan also laughed. The Rose Hotel is actually quite high-end, but there really isn't anything delicious in the restaurant, which means the steak is pretty good.

"At least bring you some meat."

……

In the end, the two of them ate some bread and steak in the restaurant. They had two steaks, Wang Zuxian ate half a piece, and Zhou Yan ate one and a half.

After eating, the two went for a walk outside the hotel to eat.

It was late at night and there was not much light around, so the two of them didn't go too far and just circled the hotel a few times.

After the walk, when the two returned to their room, they met Bregman in the corridor.

"Mr. Bregman, you haven't rested yet." Zhou Yan greeted with a smile.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Bregman's eyes lit up, "You guys came back just in time. I just went to your room to look for you, but I couldn't find you."

"We went for a walk just now. What do you want from me? Is there something wrong with the soundtrack?"

"I'm looking for you for something else that has nothing to do with Sense and Sensibility."

"Other things..." Zhou Yan was a little confused. What else could Bregman do with him?
"How about we go to our room to chat?"

Bregman glanced at Joey Wang, nodded and said, "Okay."

After arriving in the room, Zhou Yan poured a glass of water for Bregman, then sat down opposite him, "Mr. Bregman, what do you want from me?"

Bregman took the cup and put it aside. "It's related to your movie "The Sixth Sense". Are you interested in remaking this movie?"

"Remake?" Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, "You mean, I will be the director to remake "The Sixth Sense" into an English version?"

"Well, that's what I mean. Colombia is very interested in this movie, and it is also very interested in you. If you are willing to remake it, Colombia will invest in the movie."

Zhou Yan did not answer Bregman's question. Instead, he asked Bregman with great interest, "I wonder how much money Columbia is willing to invest in this movie?"

"Eight million dollars." Bregman quickly gave an answer.

Zhou Yan smiled secretly. Eight million was not much, and it seemed that Colombia was not very generous.

Eight million dollars is enough to make "The Sixth Sense", but you definitely won't be able to hire any famous movie stars.

In fact, Zhou Yan has no plans to remake "The Sixth Sense" himself. The reason why he asked this question was purely out of curiosity.

Now that he knew the answer, he smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Bregman, I will not shoot the same script twice."

Just kidding, there are so many good scripts that he doesn’t have time to shoot, so how can he waste time on the same script? Moreover, he doesn’t like the model of major Hollywood studios.

Zhou Yan first asked about the production cost, and then decisively refused, so Bregman thought that he thought the production cost was too low, so he smiled and said, "If you think the production cost is low, we can discuss it again."

"Mr. Bregman, please don't get me wrong. I have no intention of bargaining with you. As I just said, I will not film the same script a second time. And I think you really want to remake it." It would actually be better to turn it into an English version and hand it over to another director.”

Hearing Zhou Yan speak so firmly, Bregman felt that this matter might not be possible.

He picked up the water glass and took a sip of water, and then said, "In that case, are you willing to sell the remake rights of "The Sixth Sense" to Colombia?"

Letting Zhou Yan do the remake by himself was not a necessary option, so Bregman did not fight for it anymore, but settled for the next best thing and wanted to win the right to remake "The Sixth Sense".

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I welcome any company to cooperate with us, but I have left all these matters to Tomson Company. If you really want the right to remake "The Sixth Sense", you need to talk to them."

Of course Bregman knew that this matter had to be discussed with Tomson Company, but he also knew that Zhou Yan's attitude on this matter was very important.

And by talking to Zhou Yan first, perhaps I can find out more about the background of Tang Chen Company.

Zhang Youan and the others are all businessmen, each one smarter than the other, and it is unlikely that you will get a good deal from talking to them.

In Bregman's view, Zhou Yan is an artist after all, and he is young, so he should be able to easily formulate phrases.

"I will talk to Tomson Company, but our company respects your wishes very much. We also want to know what you think about the remake, such as production costs, actors, etc. In addition, this movie The soundtrack should eventually need you.”

"The soundtrack is simple. If the adaptation is not big, just make some adjustments on the original basis. As for the actors..."

As for the male protagonist, Zhou Yan has two people in his mind. One is Bruce Willis, the original male protagonist of "The Sixth Sense". Bruce Willis is quite suitable at this age.

The other one is Kevin Costner, the male protagonist of "The Bodyguard" and "Waterworld". Zhou Yan believes that he is also quite suitable for the male protagonist of "The Sixth Sense".

But both of these candidates are a bit unrealistic, because both Bruce Willis and Kevin Costner are already very famous, and there is a high probability that they will not star in movies that cost too little.

Bregman said that the production cost is 8 million. Although it can be increased, it should not be increased by much. With such a cost, it will be difficult to hire these two people, unless they particularly like the script and Columbia gives them Divide a little higher.

As for the young male protagonist, of course Zhou Yan still likes Haley Joel Osment the most. This little guy’s acting skills are so good. His performance in the original version was particularly brilliant.

However, Hailey is relatively young now and may not have very good acting skills.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and finally expressed his thoughts, "As for the male lead, I have two candidates in mind, one is Bruce Willis and the other is Kevin Costner."

Bregman secretly took a breath when he heard Zhou Yan mentioned these two actors.

Good guy, Y is really good at selecting people. Although these two are not top-notch, they are definitely not cheap.

With their budget, it would be quite difficult to hire these two people.

However, Bregman did not say it directly. He just nodded and said, "I will convey your thoughts to the company. Where are the other actors? What do you think?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "Not yet."

"Director, do you have any recommendations?" Zhou Yan shook his head again, "No."

He actually thought that this movie would be good if Spielberg directed it, but this idea was too unrealistic and much more outrageous than hiring those two actors, so Zhou Yan simply didn't say anything.

"Y, let me take the liberty of asking you another question. Have any other companies asked about the rights to remake this movie before us?"

"Well, there seems to be one, but I don't remember which one it is." Zhou Yan frowned and thought for a while, "Warner, Universal... I'm not very familiar with these Hollywood movie companies, probably one of them one."

Hearing Zhou Yan mention Warner and Universal, Bregman squinted his eyes. He wanted to read something from Zhou Yan's expression, but found that nothing could be read. Zhou Yan acted as if he was really interested in these companies. Don't understand.

Of course, this is also possible. After all, Zhou Yan has never had contact with an American film company before.

Moreover, Hollywood movies have never entered the Chinese market.

In the past two years, several of their companies have paid more attention to the Chinese market, because at the end of last year, the movie "The Fugitive" produced by Warner was released in China, setting a precedent.

Universal is also talking to China and wants to get previous movies to be released in China.

China now has a film approval system, and normal movies are sent over to be released and the share is very small, but no matter how small the share is, it is still money.

Movies are something that costs nothing to produce. The producers will definitely be happy if they have one more place to show them.

And in the current situation, what they focus on is not immediate interests. China has more than one billion people and is developing rapidly. This bank has great potential. If they can seize the opportunity, it will be very beneficial to future development.

In addition, movies can sell not only movie tickets, but also various peripheral products. When a movie is released, its impact is all-round.

Between Warner and Universal, Bregman believes that the former will contact Tomson because Warner pays special attention to the Chinese market. As the first major Hollywood studio to enter the Chinese market, Warner already has an advantage.

And as far as Bregman knows, Warner has now begun to deploy in China and will have more cooperation with China in the future.

If what Zhou Yan said is true, and Warner and Universal have really contacted Tomson in advance, then it may not be too smooth for them to get the rights to reshoot "The Sixth Sense" this time.

Maybe they will have to bid with other companies later.

"This movie is indeed excellent, and it is completely understandable that it can attract other peers. However, I am still very confident that our company will officially enter the Chinese market this year and will set up a representative office in Yanjing. When Yanjing After the establishment of the representative office in Beijing, I believe that our cooperation will be very smooth.”

Hearing the news, Zhou Yan nodded secretly. As soon as "The Fugitive" started, the attention of major Hollywood companies on the Chinese market soared. Colombia was also very efficient and even set up a representative office in Yanjing.

I don’t know what other major Hollywood studios are doing now.

"In this way, our future cooperation will indeed be much simpler." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Bregman picked up the cup again and took a sip of water. "In that case, I will contact Tomson Company as soon as possible to finalize this matter."

"I'm also looking forward to our next collaboration."

"I believe there will be."

After talking about the business, the two chatted for a while, and then Bregman stood up and left.

After Bregman left, Joey Wong said with a smile, "It seems that this producer knows his stuff and wants to remake "The Sixth Sense."

Zhou Yan smiled, "But he didn't even recognize you as the heroine of the movie yesterday."

Wang Zuxian shrugged, looking unconcerned, "I have very few roles in movies."

In fact, it’s not a matter of how many roles Joey Wong plays, but that Joey Wong’s usual outfit is very different from what he wears in the movie. In addition, maybe for Bregman and others, Asian faces are really hard to recognize.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian followed the crew to visit the Salteren mansion.

Inside the Salteren mansion, Zhou Yan saw many Chinese things, especially the wallpapers spliced ​​on the walls.

These wallpapers look good individually, but when put together, they are too messy and have no aesthetic value.

The historical director of the crew acted as a tour guide and explained to Zhou Yan and the others that the reason why there were so many paintings together was not because of money. On the contrary, it was precisely because of lack of money that they came up with this strategy.

"In the 18th century, Chinese wallpaper was very popular in Europe, and it was expensive and not affordable for ordinary nobles. It was actually very difficult to cover such a large wall with a wallpaper, so The previous owner would only buy some small paintings and stitch them together. In the eyes of many nobles at that time, these wallpapers were much more advanced than silk and embroidered wall decorations, so they were willing to buy them even if they were expensive. "

"The most popular wallpapers at that time were basically paintings of flowers, birds, fish and insects, but the previous owner of the Salrent House was particularly fond of human figures, so the wallpapers in the dressing room were all human figures."

"Are these all paper?" Zhou Yan asked.

The history guide shook his head, "Not necessarily. Many of them are made of taffeta. Even paper is made of bamboo fiber and other materials. If it is ordinary paper, it is very easy to be damaged."

Wang Zuxian whispered to Zhou Yan, "This looks a bit like the paintings we saw at the Hong Kong Art Museum last time."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, these paintings should be of the same origin as Gua Pai paintings."

These paintings are actually painted based on the preferences of foreigners. In China, this kind of wallpaper has never been popular, at least not nationwide.

Anyone who splices these paintings together and sticks them on the wall will most likely be laughed at.

Most people still prefer to hang calligraphy and paintings on the wall, but not too many. If you hang too many, you will be laughed at.

Seeing these wallpapers, Zhou Yan was also very moved. In the 18th and 19th centuries, perhaps many young ladies and gentlemen of European aristocrats would stand in front of these wallpapers, full of infinite daydreams about the distant eastern country.

It's just that time has changed and the situation now is very different from then. China is now far behind in the spread of culture, which is even more exaggerated than its economic backwardness.

The more we see the glory of the past, the easier it is to become disappointed with the current situation.

On the way back to the hotel, Zhou Yan was a little silent. Seeing that he was not in a high mood, Wang Zuxian could probably understand why. She smiled and comforted Zhou Yan, "Now there are many European and American people listening to your music and watching your movies. Isn't that good? "?"

Hearing Wang Zuxian comforting himself, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Let's live our own lives. It's useless to think too much." (End of Chapter)