1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan ate in the martial arts school cafeteria for lunch. The food at the school was definitely not comparable to the food at Zhou Yan's studio, but it was actually pretty good and there was quite a lot of meat.

Martial arts students have more demand for meat than ordinary students, so school leaders would rather save on other aspects than skimp on food.

During the meal, Zhou Yan also specifically asked about Wu Jing's situation. Wu Bin said that since participating in "Tai Chi Boy", Wu Jing has rarely returned to school, and every time he comes back, he does not stay for too long.

Although Chen Hong is the heroine of "Tai Chi Master", she has never seen Wu Jing in person these days.

"When the children are older, we don't want them to come back every day." Wu Bin said with a smile.

Chen Hong smiled and said, "I heard from Director Zhang that Wu Jing will go back to school next week. I, the heroine, haven't met the hero yet."

"Really, I didn't listen to what he said." Wu Bin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "This time Wu Jing participates in "Tai Chi Master", Miss Chen needs to take more care of him. After all, he is a newcomer. In terms of acting, Very little experience.”

"No, I have watched his performance in "Tai Chi Boy Breaks into Love" and his performance was quite good. But I am older and usually have to take care of my little brother."

Chen Hong is six years older than Wu Jing, so the age gap is quite large.

However, it is not easy to find an actress younger than Wu Jing. After all, Wu Jing has just turned 22 this year, and Wu Jing's previous co-star Christy Chung is also four years older than him.

Basically, when Wu Jing is acting now, his sister will always be the one he works with.

However, actors with good foundation, regardless of gender, look the same before the age of thirty. When Wu Jing and Chung Liti collaborated before, no one thought that Chung Liti was older than Wu Jing.

"Mr. Wu, don't worry too much. The role of Yang Yuqian is very suitable for Wu Jing. He just needs to show himself to the best of his ability. Moreover, there will be many seniors participating in this drama, and everyone can help him." Zhou Yan said.

Speaking of actors, Wu Bin asked curiously, "I heard that Wang Qun will also participate in the show?"

Wang Qun also went to Shichahai Martial Arts School. He is Jet Li's senior brother and Wu Bin's proud disciple, so Wu Bin asked about him.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it should have been negotiated, right? In addition to Wang Qun, there is also Teacher Yu Hai."

"Oh, Lao Yu is going too."

Wu Bin and Yu Hai are the head coach of the Yanjing Wushu Team and the other is the head coach of the Shandong Wushu Team. They have a lot of private exchanges and have a very good relationship.

Moreover, Yu Hai entered the film and television industry with the movie "Shaolin Temple" and has a close relationship with Jet Li. All in all, Yu Hai and Wu Bin are both Jet Li's mentors.

Wu Bin was not surprised to hear that Yu Hai was going. Yu Hai is now very famous in the film and television industry, and should be the most famous in his age group.

Yu Hai has worked with Wu Jing before in "The Kung Fu Kid", where he played Wu Jing's father, Tai Chi master Yang Chongwu. This time "Tai Chi Master" is also their second collaboration.

"The filming location is in Bazhou, not very far. Mr. Wu, you can go and have fun when you have time."

Facing Zhou Yan's invitation, Wu Bin nodded, "Okay, I will definitely go over and take a look when I have the chance."

Even if Zhou Yan doesn't say it, Wu Bin will definitely go. "Tai Chi Master" will not only have Wu Jing and Wang Qun, but also many supporting characters from Yanjing Martial Arts School.

By then, there will be at least a dozen students from Yanjing Martial Arts School in the "Tai Chi Master" crew. As the head coach, he will definitely go and see them.

Zhou Yan came over today. Although it was not a formal casting call, he also wanted to see which students were suitable for the group. However, Xu Jin was injured in an accident, so Zhou Yan did not mention the casting matter again.

After having lunch in the cafeteria, Wu Bin left first because he still had something to do. He asked Tian Yan and the others to accompany Zhou Yan around the school.

Chen Hong wanted to spend some time alone with Zhou Yan, but she couldn't find a chance. Tian Yan and the others kept following her.

When she was sending Zhou Yan off, she took the opportunity to whisper in Zhou Yan's ear, "I'll go find you tonight."

After saying that, she ran away.

After leaving the martial arts school, Zhou Yan did not go home, but went to the studio. He first went to Liu Hang and asked Liu Hang to go to the hospital where Xu Jin was staying to help Xu Jin make arrangements. Then he returned to his office and perfected what he had done before. The finished script.

There isn't much left in the script, so it can be completed in two or three days at most.

……

Five days later, Xu Feng was watching the video tape of "Feng Yue" at home, and someone from the company sent Zhou Yan's new script.

As long as Xu Feng has time, she will watch and study movies, especially the movies made by her company. She will watch them many times after each filming.

It is no exaggeration to say that she is more familiar with several of Zhou Yan's movies than Zhou Yan, because she has watched each movie no less than twenty times.

Especially "Spring of the Cowherd Class", although it is the latest movie, she would take it out and watch it when she had nothing to do, sometimes two or three times a day.

Xu Feng was not satisfied with the finished product of "Feng Yue". She didn't have much involvement in this movie, and Chen Kaige basically took the lead.

Not to mention that the entire shooting process was difficult, and the initial results were not satisfactory.

The film went to the Cannes Film Festival, but didn't win at all.

Although the movie was not as good as Xu Feng's expectations and did not win an award, she would still study it when she had nothing to do. Through the movie, she could also understand Chen Kaige better.

She wants to know more about the directors she works with so that she can make better movies.

Even if "Feng Yue" is not very successful this time, Xu Feng is still willing to continue to trust Chen Kaige. Anyway, now that Tomson is rich, he doesn't care much about this failure.

However, Chen Kaige was a little discouraged. During this period, they had several phone calls, and Xu Feng felt that the cooperation between them might be difficult to continue.

Seeing the script sent by someone from the company, Xu Feng turned off the TV and took the script.

On the title page of the script, there are three big words written - Shutter Island.

This should be the name of the movie. Looking at the name alone, it is a bit similar to the previous "The Sixth Sense". Is it another thriller?
With curiosity, Xu Feng opened the script.

At the beginning of the story, a boat slowly sailed out of the fog, and on the boat, a policeman was lying on the sink vomiting. From what he said to the mirror, we can learn that his name was Gan Wenshan, and the reason why he vomited was Because of fear of water.

Soon, a second character appeared, also a policeman named Zhang Yong.

Through the conversation between the two, Xu Feng roughly understood the background of the story.

The destination of the ship they are now on is Shutter Island, which has a prison specifically for mentally ill prisoners.

Some time ago, a prisoner disappeared mysteriously in the prison. Interpol Gan Wenshan was assigned to go to the Forbidden Island to investigate the matter with his new partner Zhang Yong.

In fact, Gan Wenshan came to Shutter Island this time, in addition to investigating the missing case, he also had another purpose, which was to find Liu Mourui, the murderer who caused his wife to die in the fire.

As Gan Wenshan's investigation deepened, he discovered that in addition to the 66 mentally ill criminals with files on the Shutter Island, there was also a prisoner No. 67. However, doctors, prison guards, and other prisoners all denied this. The existence of number sixty-seven.

Gan Wenshan believes that No. 67 is Liu Murui, the murderer of his wife, and that there must be a huge conspiracy hidden on the island.

The story becomes more and more confusing, and more and more mysteries emerge.

The more Xu Feng looked at it, the more her head hurt, but she couldn't help but keep reading. She wanted to see what the truth was, what hidden secrets there were on the Confinement Island, and what happened to Prisoner No. 67. Something happened.

The appearance of the female prisoner Qin Yu made Xu Feng feel that he was close to the truth. Perhaps as Qin Yu said, the secret of this prison was that they were doing some in vivo experiments.

In order to find out the truth, Gan Wenshan sneaked into the lighthouse, only to find that Fang Li, the doctor in charge of the island, had been waiting for his arrival.

Fang Li told him that in fact, the patient No. 67 that Gan Wenshan had been looking for, Liu Murui, the murderer of his wife, was Gan Wenshan himself.

Gan Wenshan's original name was Liu Murui. His wife was mentally ill and drowned their three daughters. Unable to accept all this, Liu Murui killed his wife.

Afterwards, Liu Murui could not face reality, so he imagined that he was a policeman investigating his wife's death.

The name Gan Wenshan was taken from his real name Liu Murui.

The ending of the story is a bit open. When Zhang Yong went to chat with Liu Murui, he found that Liu Murui still thought he was Gan Wenshan. It seemed that the treatment did not achieve the effect.

But Liu Murui's last words were intriguing. He seemed to have sobered up, but still chose to continue as Gan Wenshan.

After reading the whole story, Xu Feng breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although "Shutter Island" and "The Sixth Sense" are not the same type of story, the styles are somewhat similar, and the answer to the story is revealed in the end. In "The Sixth Sense", the audience didn't know until the end that the male protagonist was actually dead long ago.

In "Shutter Island", the audience didn't know until the end that all this was just a scene where doctors accompanied the male protagonist, just to treat the male protagonist's mental illness.

In fact, some information was given in the middle of the story, but Xu Feng didn't think about it at all.

For example, at the beginning, the male protagonist's partner Zhang Yong, as a criminal police officer, was not even very skilled in drawing a gun. This is a very noteworthy detail.

Of course Xu Feng also noticed this, but her thoughts completely followed the male protagonist's thoughts, thinking that Zhang Yong should be a bad guy and had some conspiracy.

In addition to this, there are many details in it, but because Xu Feng has been led by the rhythm of the story, he never thought of this.

This is the great thing about Zhou Yan. Although the story takes a big turn at the end, it doesn't make people feel stiff.

When they see the ending, some people will pat their thighs and say, "That's how it is." Others will be surprised, "Why didn't I think of that?"
Xu Feng is very satisfied with this script.

In fact, she felt that they could film this story. The cost would indeed be higher, but it would not be unaffordable.

But what Zhou Yan said is indeed correct. Even if the movie is barely made, the effect will not be particularly good.

The most basic thing is that they need to find an island and shoot on it.

Finding an island seems to be a very simple matter, and there are many islands in China. But the problem is that there are many difficulties that need to be overcome when shooting on the island. Supplies, communications, etc. all require more costs.

Zhou Yan said that the budget is 50 to 60 million yuan, which is indeed very conservative.

"Ah~"

Xu Feng sighed slightly, holding a good script in his hand but having no way to film it, this feeling was very uncomfortable.

"We can only take advantage of Warner."

Although he has not yet discussed it with Warner, Xu Feng firmly believes that Warner will not miss this script.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Feng picked up the phone and dialed Warner's office in Yanjing.

Chris, the head of the office, was very happy when he received a call from Xu Feng: "Mr. Xu, has your company agreed to sell us the remake rights of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class"?"

Xu Feng smiled and said, "Chris, don't even think about the remake rights of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class". It's impossible to sell them to you."

Chris asked doubtfully, "Are you not satisfied with the conditions? We can continue to talk."

"Chris, it's not that I don't want to talk to you, but Zhou Yan has already said that he is not going to sell the remake rights of The Chorus."

Chris on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment. He thought that the copyright of "Spring of the Cowherd Class" was in the hands of Tang Chen and Xu Feng should be able to decide this matter. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan turned it down in the end.

"Can I talk to Zhou Yan?" Chris still refused to give up.

The headquarters was very interested in "Spring of the Cowherd Class" and directly gave him authority. He could make full decisions on the price of less than 2.6 million US dollars.

Now that his cards have not been played out, this round is over, and of course he is not willing to do so.

This was more than two million US dollars. He didn't believe that Xu Feng and Zhou Yan could not be tempted. The key was that the two million US dollars were for free and did not require them to pay anything.

Xu Feng said resolutely, "Chris, don't worry about it. I know Zhou Yan. Since he said so, it is impossible to agree to it unless you offer a price that no one can refuse...for example, if you put the price Double it tenfold?”

Chris couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "Ten times...Mr. Xu, you really love to joke. We don't have that much budget for the whole movie."

"So, I asked you not to focus on "Spring of the Cowherd Class". However, I still have a business to discuss with you."

"What business?" Chris asked curiously.

"I can't sell you the remake rights of "Springtime of the Cowherd Class", but I can sell "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". If you want the remake rights of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly," I can make the decision for 1.5 million. Sold to you in U.S. dollars.”

"This...Mr. Xu, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is indeed a good movie, but it has already been remade once, and our company doesn't have much interest in this movie."

"Don't refuse in a hurry. I can lower the price for you. If you don't want one hundred and fifty US dollars, how about one million US dollars? If not, eight hundred thousand US dollars."

Chris wondered, "Mr. Xu, we are really not interested in this movie."

Not to mention 800,000 U.S. dollars, even 80,000 U.S. dollars, Chris couldn't take it, because after buying it, they wouldn't make it at all. Making a movie costs money, and they didn't want to do an unprofitable business.

Hearing what Chris said, Xu Feng was not disappointed at all. She said with a smile, "Actually, I still have a business to discuss with you."

"There is still one?"

"Well, didn't Zhou Yan reject your request to purchase the remake rights of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class"? He felt bad about it, so he wanted to make it up to you."

"Make up for us?" Chris was very surprised. "How does Zhou Yan want to make up for us?"

"In order to make up for you, he specially wrote a new script, which is tailor-made for you Warner."

New script?
Chris was even more surprised.

He was not surprised that Zhou Yan wrote the script. After all, he knew Zhou Yan quite well and knew that in addition to being a musician and director, Zhou Yan was also a writer and screenwriter.

The previous movie "Tree Hole" written by Zhou Yan also won the grand prize.

Moreover, Zhou Yan's movies are all written and directed by himself, so his screenwriting skills are definitely beyond words.

What really surprised Chris was that it had only been a few days since they offered to buy the rights to remake "Springtime of the Cowherd".

In such a short time, Zhou Yan can write a script?
"The script has been written?"

"Well, it's been written, and it's in my hands now."

"...Mr. Xu, did Zhou Yan really write this script specifically for us?"

"Of course, I don't need to lie to you about this."

"Then this is too fast."

Xu Feng sneered, "Hey, you underestimate Zhou Yan's talent. The speed at which he writes scripts is the same as the speed at which he composes music. They are both astonishingly fast."

Chris thought about it and stopped worrying about whether the script was written specifically for Warner, because that was not the point of the matter.

The key point is whether the script written by Zhou Yan is good or not. As long as the script is good, regardless of whether it was written specifically for them or not, Warner Bros. will definitely get it.

"When can I read this script?"

"It's simple. I'll have someone send a script to your office."

Warner's office is in Yanjing, and Zhou Yan is also in Yanjing. Xu Feng only needs to ask Zhou Yan to send someone to deliver a script.

"How about this? If it's convenient, I'll visit Zhou Yan and read the script directly at his place."

"That's okay. Then I'll call and ask Zhou Yan."

After Xu Feng hung up on Chris, he called Zhou Yan and told Zhou Yan about the matter. After getting Zhou Yan's consent, he called Chris back.

……

That afternoon, Chris arrived at Zhou Yan's office.

The reason why Chris wanted to come to Zhou Yan's office was that he wanted to see the script as soon as possible, and he also wanted to visit Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan has been in the limelight this year. The special jury award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Score have made him shine in the film industry. Coupled with the amazing box office performance of "The Sixth Sense", he has also become a Directors that are the focus of major Hollywood companies.

In addition, Warner originally intended to enter the Chinese market, so it naturally wanted to have a good relationship with Zhou Yan. (End of chapter)