Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 214 Damn Temptation

speak up.

In the previous life, a South Korean film won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012.

It's called "Sage".

Write these two words on paper.

By the way, Gu Ming recalled the plot and crossed it out with a swipe.

Not suitable!
It's so fucking inappropriate.

This film is a human thriller.

If you want to kill someone, kill his heart first. If he doesn't have one, give him one first.

The male protagonist is a loan shark killer who is extremely lacking in love and grew up alone. The female protagonist is the mother of the person who was forced to death by the male protagonist.

She found the male protagonist and began to take revenge.

But instead of killing anyone, she pretended to be the male protagonist's mother, gave the male protagonist maternal love and abnormal love, and then destroyed the hope in the male protagonist's heart, and the male protagonist finally chose to commit suicide.

This kind of film will never pass censorship in China, even if you want to turn a blind eye.

It really challenges everyone’s psychological limits.

Even if I become an underground director for a time and film it secretly, I will most likely end up like Li Eucalyptus in his previous life when he filmed "Lust, Caution". Everyone is looking for the source of the film to criticize the film, while scolding the director. What the hell is the film called? .

Well, let's leave it to South Korean directors to shoot. They basically have no review.

Not filming "Sorrow".

Gu Ming had no choice but to turn his attention to neon South Korean films that had won the Berlin Golden Bear or the Cannes Palme d'Or.

There are two more.

One is called "Shoplifters".

One is called "Parasite".

Write both names.

Well, the problem is coming.

"Which one looks like it can pass the review?"

"Why do you feel like any movie will be banned?"

After struggling for a while, Gu Ming simply stopped thinking about the problem.

What's the use of thinking so much?

Open the word document and click.

I can't help but talk about it later, but now I just have an idea, to take advantage of it.

After a while, the sound of typing on the keyboard was heard in the office.

In fact, regardless of whether they will be banned or not, these two movies are not suitable for filming in the mainland.

Therefore, Gu Ming changed the places where these two stories took place to Hong Kong Island.

The time was probably around 97 or 98.

At that time, there was a financial crisis in Southeast Asia.

Although the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar and Hong Kong stocks have been held up, they have not been reaped by hot money led by Soros like other countries.

But the economy is inherently integrated.

There is an economic crisis happening all around you. Can your economy recover?
A quick check shows that Hong Kong Island's GDP was US$97 billion in 1770, and last year, in 04, its GDP was US$1690 billion.

Seven years later, not only has it not risen, but it has fallen.

It is conceivable that Soros's wave also affected Hong Kong Island.

It was in line with the economic environment at that time.

Well, that's it.

……

Ten days passed in a flash.

Gu Ming also finished writing the first drafts of the two scripts and printed them out.

Holding the script in one hand and a pen in the other, I was revising it in the office.

"Dong dong dong..." There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"I haven't seen you since I came back. What have you been busy with these days?"

A somewhat hoarse voice sounded.

Gu Ming, who was reading the script at his desk, froze for a moment.

A wave of forgotten memories came to mind.

Isn't this Zhou Xun's voice in his previous life?

That's right, that's the flavor!

"I go……"

"Didn't I tell you to quit smoking?"

"Why did your throat become like this?"

Gu Ming was slightly angry and quickly raised his head.

Just in time to meet Zhou Xun's confused eyes and slightly red nose.

"You have a cold, can't your throat be hoarse?" Zhou Xun pointed to his throat and asked, "Why are you angry? Are you in a bad mood?"

"This……"

Gu Ming was embarrassed.

After adjusting his mood, he said, "I thought you were smoking and drinking again."

"So, you are mean to me?"

Zhou Xun looked like a little girl who was aggrieved, folded his arms in front of his chest, came to the chair in front of Gu Ming's desk and sat down.

After a while, he chuckled and explained.

"You also know very well about wine. I'm not in your position. If you want to drink boiled water, no one will say anything to you. I can't avoid it. There's nothing I can do about it."

"Cigarette! Ever since you asked me to quit smoking, I haven't had one."

"Be obedient?"

"If you don't believe me, just smell it."

Zhou Xun stood up, half-lying on his stomach, and breathed a sigh of relief at Gu Ming.

amount.

Freshens your breath, freshens you even more.

Minty.

"It tastes pretty good." Gu Ming smiled, "But there are vegetable leaves between your teeth."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible."

"really have."

"Really?" Zhou Xun turned around and left. He went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. He looked left and right, up and down, to make sure there were no so-called vegetable leaves. He curled his lips and gave Gu Ming a roll of his eyes, "You lied. I."

"Maybe it just fell off."

Gu Ming laughed, stood up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Zhou Xun, "Here, drink more hot water."

Zhou Xun held the cup with both hands and took the opportunity to warm his hands.

He glanced at Gu Ming and said, "Thank you." He said thank you.

Gu Ming felt a little emotional for a moment, thinking of the Internet in his previous life.

If you say drink more hot water, you will be labeled as a straight man and be criticized on Xiaohongshu and Weibo.

Fortunately now, there are not so many little fairies.

"what are you thinking about?"

Zhou Xun looked at Gu Ming, glanced at the script on Gu Ming's desk with his peripheral vision, and joked, "Ah, have you created a new script for me?"

"How did you know I wanted to cast you?" Gu Ming asked.

"Save the kid, I can't even find a movie to act in."

Zhou Xun showed off his acting skills and opened his big eyes.

It's like Xiao Wei played in her previous life.

That's a pitiful thing, I feel pity for him.

"Now there are not many companies in China that can afford my salary."

"I filmed "Taken 3" last year alone."

"Speaking of which, when "Taken 3" was released in early December, you didn't come to the premiere? I didn't see you in publicity either."

"I can't help it, I have to film! After filming, I still have to run for the Olympics. I'm as busy as a spinning top. It's already my third film. It's not the same with me. That film mainly depends on you guys. Starring.”

"When will it premiere in North America? Are you going to attend?" Zhou Xun asked again.

"I will definitely go. My appearance can also boost the box office."

"But when will it premiere in North America?"

"I really do not know!"

Yes, Gu Ming really doesn’t know when to premiere it in North America.

the reason is simple.

The release of "Taken 3" is coming to an end in China, and it is expected to only have a box office of [-] million, which is similar to the domestic box office of the previous two films.

But that's pretty much the biggest problem.

The number of screens has increased so much, and the box office is the same as before. Isn't this a sign of failure to advance or retreat?

In the previous life, the box office of "Taken 3" in North America was not as good as the previous two films. The North American box office did not even exceed 8000 million, only more than [-] million.

This shows that the plot is flawed and the audience is tired of it.

After all, most of today's action movies rely on handheld photography + fast editing, and "Taken" is no longer as stunning as when it first came out.

If you want it to still have a box office of over [-] million in North America in this life, you may not be able to just choose a less popular schedule.

You have to choose a similar schedule and then choose a soft persimmon for it.

It's better to be a soft persimmon whose jaw dropped.

Use the other party's poor reputation to set off "Rescue 3" to make it look less bad.

Only in this way can we hope to hit [-] million US dollars.
Otherwise, eighty percent of the achievements will fall into disrepair.

"I have to wait for the schedule of other movies to come out, so I can find opportunities."

"Taking advantage of every opportunity..." Zhou Xun didn't know what he was thinking and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"..."

Of course Gu Ming knew what she was laughing about.

But he could only pretend not to understand.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Remember something happy?"

"Ah, yes, yes." Zhou Xun nodded repeatedly, but still couldn't hide his smile. In the end, he could only choose to change the subject and click on the script on the table, "Can I take a look?"

"Look, look at this, the other one hasn't been modified yet." Gu Ming handed one over.

"Shoplifters."

"Are you talking about a thief?"

Zhou Xun muttered twice, picked up the script and read it, and soon fell into silence.

Gu Ming also started revising the script of "Parasite".

Two hours passed.

Gu Ming heard the gentle sobs.

Look up.

Zhou Xun was wiping tears.

One hand wiped away tears, and the other hand gently pressed the script.

After taking a few deep breaths he said.

"This script is written so that as warm as it is at the beginning, it will be heart-wrenching at the end. It is so heart-wrenching that it suddenly makes people feel like their heads are buzzing."

"what……"

"Too much stamina."

"By the way, why did you start writing this type of thing?"

"What kind of ones did I have before?" Gu Ming asked with a smile.

"Crime!" Zhou Xun said, "Aren't all your previous literary and artistic films related to crime? "Burning", "Fireworks in the Day", "Secret Sunshine", and even "17 Years Old Bicycle" have something to do with it. A crime, albeit a minor one.”

"Besides that, those films feel the emotion you want to express from the very beginning."

"This book, at first I thought it was a heartwarming healing film, but it turned out..."

Take a long breath.

Zhou Xun no longer wants to talk about "Shoplifters".

Pointing to the script in Gu Ming's hand.

"Can you show me that copy?"

"Let's see." Gu Ming did not refuse.

This time, Zhou Xun didn't speak for a long time after reading it.

After a while, he said, "This script is pretty good."

"But I always feel that it is not as literary as "Shoplifters". This one is more like a commercial drama that is more literary."

"Say, you wrote two scripts, which one are you going to film?" Zhou Xun asked.

"Of course I'll shoot them all! Write them first and submit them to see which one can pass the review. It's natural to have both of them pass. If you can only pass one, shoot the one that passes the review first."

"The other one is, when you have time, open a Hong Kong company to film the film. After filming, it will be sent directly to the three major majors. If it cannot be released in China, it cannot be released."

"Then if you film "Shoplifters" first, can you give me the role of mother? I really want to play it."

"Don't you want to do "Parasite"?"

"Isn't this asking you to do something?" Zhou Xun blinked his right eye, "If you are willing to give it to both heroines, of course I will be willing to play both, but that doesn't seem too greedy."

"If I could only choose one of the two, I would prefer Shoplifters."

"So?" Gu Ming Erlang crossed his legs and teased, "Is this your attitude when asking for help?"

"What do I gain by letting you choose the role?"

"How about I let you taste my lipstick?"

(End of this chapter)