The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 799 Football War
"Hey, Jonathan, do you have time? Come to the VIP box at Wembley Stadium and I'll introduce you to someone!"

Two days before the League Cup final, Ye Qiu called Jonathan Wilson. At that time, Jonathan Wilson was writing his own column, so he asked with a smile, "Are you Do you want me to say more good things for you in the column? You know, many people are not optimistic about you now!"

It is true that Tottenham Hotspur's state has not been very good in the past half month, but their fame and influence are there.

"Please, believe it or not, I'll take down your column and turn it into a third-page advertisement for girls!" Ye Qiu threatened over the phone.

It seems that it is not very difficult to win Jonathan Wilson's column, for example, buy the entire advertisement in the page he occupies.

"Okay, okay, you rich people like to mess around like this!" Jonathan Wilson admitted defeat with a smile.

"I'll introduce someone to you, and I'll introduce you to a part-time job!" Ye Qiu said with a smile on the phone.

Jonathan Wilson shook his head and said, "You know, I'm not short of money!"

This guy's income from the manuscript fee can make him a lot of money, so where is he short of money?
"Anyway, you'll know when you come, or you'll regret it!" After speaking, Ye Qiu hung up the phone.

As a result, there was no news after that. It was not until the day of the League Cup final that Ye Qiu asked the staff of the club to call Jonathan Wilson again, telling him the number of the box and asking him to go directly to the box. Peter? Kenyon and Ron Gurley would be waiting for him there.

This made Jonathan Wilson always curious about who he wanted to introduce to him, and he was accompanied by two powerful factions from Tottenham Hotspur. Of course, it may be more because of the League Cup final for the sake.

With such doubts in mind, Jonathan Wilson arrived at Wembley Stadium, touched the box familiarly, and after knocking on the door, it was Tottenham Hotspur News Director, old man Robert Milson who opened the door .

"Hey, Jonathan, you're late!" Milson smiled and pulled Jonathan Wilson in.

"Traffic jam!" Jonathan Wilson used an old-fashioned excuse that has never changed for thousands of years.

After walking into this box, Jonathan Wilson was a little surprised, because he thought that the box should be quite empty, but he didn't expect that the whole box was almost full of people, and many people were sitting in their seats, facing Facing the court, with his back to Jonathan Wilson who came in.

Except for Peter Kenyon and Ron Gourley, Jonathan Wilson didn't see who it was. He only saw a figure from the back, and even a head. Who knew who it was?
"Let me introduce you!" Robert Milson brought Jonathan Wilson to the seats, "Oliver Stone, a famous Hollywood director!"

In the sound of Robert Milson's introduction, Jonathan Wilson was surprised to find that the person who stood up and turned around was really the famous Oliver Stone in Hollywood. They are all extraordinary characters, how could they appear here?
Just when Jonathan Wilson was surprised, a person beside him stood up and said with a chuckle, "Oh, please, Jonathan, you were shocked when you saw Oliver, didn't you?"

Looking sideways, the person who said this is impressively talked about by all Tottenham Hotspur fans all over the world. The famous Hollywood movie star Jude Nuo is a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur. Tratford Stadium has its own special business seat, and he must go to every game. Even during filming, he has to find time to come back to watch it.

Also because of the relationship between Tottenham Hotspur and they all live in London, Jude Nuo is very familiar with Jonathan Wilson.

"Matt, this is the most famous football reporter in England, Jonathan Wilson!"

Under the introduction of Jude Nuo, Jonathan Wilson saw another Hollywood movie star, Matt Damon.

This time Jonathan Wilson was really confused. He couldn't understand what was going on. Isn't this a League Cup final?Why are there so many Hollywood stars here all of a sudden?

"Hello, Jonathan!" Oliver Stone took the initiative to shake hands with Jonathan Wilson. "Nice to meet you. I heard that you are a very good football reporter and an expert in football tactics analysis!"

"Thank you!" Jonathan Wilson responded politely.

"We're going to shoot a football movie about Tottenham Hotspur!" Oliver Stone said straight to the point.

filming?Hollywood?football?

Jonathan Wilson flashed these three words quickly throughout his mind, but he never felt that these three words could have a chance to be integrated, because in the past many, many years, football has always been taboo in Hollywood .

When it comes to football movies, the most famous one is [One Goal to Fame], but even this movie was actually filmed only after receiving strong sponsorship from Adidas. Not very good, so the third part didn't come out directly.

Arsenal has a very famous novelist fan called Nick Hornby, he wrote a novel about football called "Extreme Fanaticism", this novel is favored by many people, such as Johnny Depp, but in When it came time to make the movie, the team at [-]th Century Fox switched the sport from football to baseball.

Therefore, the Arsenal fans were very fond of talking about things, but in the end they were urged to find out that in this movie, football has become baseball, Arsenal has become the Boston Red Sox, and there is nothing about them at all. , I had a lot of fun.

Jonathan Wilson once mentioned this to Jude Nor, that's why football doesn't work in Hollywood.

Jude Nuo quoted the famous director Ken Roach. The latter is also a British fan, but he is a director in Hollywood. He thinks that the narrative methods and rhythms of the two are different.

In Hollywood, all movies pay attention to the star effect, especially to make a big box office movie, you need some big stars, but often the big stars don't have the foundation of football. In this case, how do you let these Do the big stars bring to life all kinds of skills on the football field in the movies?
In fact, in the United States, the number of fans is increasing. Even in Hollywood, there are many, many people who like football. Especially with the strong rise of Tottenham Hotspur in recent years, it has attracted countless Hollywood fans. Stars are sought after, for example, the famous Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron mentioned more than once that she likes Tottenham Hotspur and the head coach Ye Qiu very much.

There are also many film company executives, famous directors, and big-name actors. They are all fanatical football fans, but they just cannot create excellent football movies, and this has caused more and more filmmakers to stay away from football.

"You guys, plan to shoot a movie with the theme of Tottenham Hotspur?" Jonathan Wilson still couldn't believe it.

Oliver Stone chuckled, and Peter Kenyon on the side nodded and said, "Yes, Jonathan, this point has been basically confirmed, and Jude Nuo and Matt Damon are all willing to join this team." Adele is also willing to sing the theme song for this movie, re-interpreting Tottenham Hotspur's team anthem and fan song!"

Adele is a world-famous pop female singer, Grammy Best Pop Singer, born in North London, is an absolute diehard Tottenham Hotspur, almost every game can see her and The figure of Jude Nuo.

"This is how the incident was initiated!" Robert Milson introduced the incident to Jonathan Wilson.

Once, Ye Qiu played Oliver Stone's "Challenge Sunday" to encourage and stimulate the players. This incident was widely spread by the outside media. Later, after Oliver Stone learned about it, he also remembered it. The names of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu, especially in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur can be said to be in full swing in North America.

During the trip to China with Tottenham Hotspur this summer, Oliver Stone also happened to be in China. By chance, he met Ye Qiu. The two sides started talking, and Ye Qiu suggested with a smile, Maybe a movie should be made.

"Football is described as a battlefield without gunpowder. A football game is worth hundreds of millions, or even more than one billion euros, and attracts the attention of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Such a war can be said to be a war." World War!"

"Those people can't shoot football because they don't really understand football!"

Just this time, Oliver Stone was very interested in the football Ye Qiu described, so he began to have a concept, and often communicated with Ye Qiu on the Internet and emails. The more they talked, the more interested they became, especially the past In the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur's legendary journey, there are too many materials that can be shot, and even a movie cannot be summarized.

This time Oliver Stone came to London. In addition to personally experiencing the League Cup final, he also plans to watch the Tottenham Hotspur game live and start preparing the script.

"Shooting football in the way of war?" Jonathan Wilson was a little surprised.

War movies, in Hollywood movies, almost represent commercial blockbusters.

But Oliver Stone became famous by making war movies. His famous work is the movie "Field Platoon" describing the Vietnam War, and he himself is a veteran who has personally experienced the Vietnam War, so he always has a kind of war that others cannot understand. a feeling of.

This is fully reflected in his shooting of "Challenge Sunday". The emphasis on teamwork, the tacit understanding of putting life in the hands of each other, is actually the same as war?

"Football is a very subtle sport, with gorgeous individual performances, but at the same time it also places great emphasis on team combat, which is the same as war, but one of the important reasons why football is difficult to put on the big screen is that, The entire structure of a football game is simply impossible to adapt to the requirements of a movie, which is the biggest difference between it and war."

"So, the most important thing to shoot a football movie is a balance, to grasp the essence of football and its most charming features, to reflect the spirit and core of the sport, to emphasize the places where it is most similar to war, and then through this Emotional resonance, and entertaining stories, so that all viewers can understand why football is the greatest game on the planet!"

Oliver Stone expressed his feelings about football movies. These are actually after he and Ye Qiu had an in-depth conversation, combining Ye Qiu's football professionalism with Oliver Stone's own understanding of movies. Ability, a conclusion drawn at the end.

That is, if sports movies want to be successful, they should not be too obsessed with the sport itself, but should integrate it into the whole society, turning sports and games into a metaphorical way, and then arouse the emotional resonance of the audience.

In other words, this movie will interpret the charm of football in a new way and angle.

Oliver Stone has even thought about it. The film is taken from Ye Qiu's first season in charge of Tottenham Hotspur. However, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a tragic defeat and fell into the relegation zone. All the media, reporters and fans were frantically bombarding and accusing, and the team's situation was at stake.

Then cut back to just taking over the team half a year ago, and everything that happened after that, and then slowly pick up the beginning, and finally after a long period of preparation and brewing, in the second half of the movie, there will be another emotion, game And a big explosion of achievements.

This is also the model of a typical Hollywood commercial film. As long as it is handled well, the rhythm and narrative mode of commercial films can be completely eliminated.

After Oliver Stone said this, Jonathan Wilson was a little surprised, "Aren't you going to make a biographical movie about Tottenham Hotspur? Why does it feel like it's going to be a series?"

Oliver Stone and Peter Kenyon burst into laughter after hearing this, and the latter said: "If the first movie is a hit, then we will launch a sequel, at least two or three movies?"

Taking Tottenham Hotspur as the material in the past few years, it is indeed possible to shoot several films. The key depends on the director and screenwriter, the effect of the filming, and the box office results.

"Then...you come to me..." Jonathan Wilson was a little confused.

"We hope to invite you to serve as a technical director!" Oliver Stone said.

The so-called technical guidance is actually to give some professional advice on the details of some football matches or the tactical layout. Jonathan Wilson is an expert in tactical analysis. He has watched football for so many years and knows a lot about this sport. deep.

"Why didn't you invite Ye Qiu? He's more professional than me!" Jonathan Wilson asked strangely.

Oliver Stone and Peter Kenyon looked at each other, and both smiled helplessly. Originally, they both thought that Ye Qiu was the most suitable. After all, many ideas were discussed by Ye Qiu and Oliver Stone, but Ye Qiu I plan to travel around the world with my wife, and I don't have time to participate in this kind of thing, so I recommend Jonathan Wilson.

However, Ye Qiu is one of the investors in this movie. Huang Tian Group is already the largest owner of movie theaters in China. At the same time, it has also acquired AMC, the second largest movie theater in the United States. At the same time, it has also established a movie investment company. China is already one of the best film investors.

With such a background, plus the fact that the movie tells the story of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu, with Tottenham Hotspur’s current influence in North America and the world, plus Oliver Stone’s With the directing ability and the market appeal of Matt Damon, Jude North and Tottenham Hotspur stars, I believe this movie is still quite marketable.

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While Jonathan Wilson, Oliver Stone and others were enthusiastically exchanging details and ideas of the movie in the VIP box, the game on the court was not delayed because of their loss of concentration, and it was still counting in the audience. The cheers of thousands of fans began in full swing.

The first half of Tottenham Hotspur still did not show the tyrannical strength of the invincible Tottenham Hotspur in the past. The slightly weak Tottenham Hotspur used the passive scene to prove why the pre-match Some thought Tottenham would be crushed by Pellegrini's Manchester City.

Especially in the first 10 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur played very, very hard. Ye Qiu shouted almost every minute on the sidelines, constantly reminding the players to be careful of this and pay attention to that. Frequently, it can be seen that he is also very dissatisfied with the team's performance.

In the situation where the league is basically guaranteed to win, Ye Qiu obviously hopes to continue to make breakthroughs in the cups and the Champions League, especially the League Cup, which has reached the finals, there is no reason to let go of such a trophy, isn't it?
Yaya Toure and De Rossi, the two big men, joined forces to limit the midfield of Tottenham Hotspur. They played quite well after the opening, especially Yaya Toure, the energetic Cote d'Ivoire Man was very active in this game, Tottenham Hotspur paid the price for their downturn in the No.30 minute, Aguero received an assist from Yaya Toure and opened the opening for Manchester City record.

This makes everyone worried about Tottenham Hotspur, because from the perspective of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur continued the team's recent downturn. Underdogs, Tottenham Hotspur can still rely on the strength of the team to overwhelm the opponent, but now they are facing Manchester City.

In terms of the strength of the players and the thickness of the lineup, Manchester City did not lose to Tottenham Hotspur at all, and even surpassed Tottenham Hotspur. very promising.

And after being scored by Manchester City, Ye Qiu simply gave up walking around on the sidelines, pointing and directing. He simply stood there with his arms folded, looking coldly at the players on the field, Not a word was said.

Strange to say, after being scored by Manchester City, Tottenham's performance improved somewhat, especially after entering 10 minutes, Tottenham had a threatening attack, but Failed to break through Manchester City's goal, but this is already a very good start.

So Pellegrini became passionate, and he also walked to the sidelines to direct the game vigorously. Obviously, he also felt that the sleeping lion of Tottenham Hotspur had been awakened.

(End of this chapter)