217 [Moon, Star, Sun]
Xia Tian just thought about what movie to ask Madon McDonald to make, but his secretary came in to inform him that Mr. McDonald was visiting.
When Xia Tian heard this, he immediately laughed and invited McDonald to come in.
"Mr. Mai, welcome, please sit down. Coffee or tea?" Xia Tian stood up and greeted.
"No need to worry, I never like to drink drinks." Madon McDonald waved his hand and said straight to the point, "Mr. Xia, let's talk about the serious business."
Xia Tian was stunned and thought to himself that McDonald was really rude. No wonder no one was willing to cooperate with him. Just imagine that Xia Tian was the funder who wanted to invest in him. Even if he didn't kneel down, he would at least have to be respectful. But now, his performance is not like he came to ask for investment, as if he was a loan shark to collect debts. It was really weird.
"Okay, let's talk about serious things." Xia Tian smiled, "I want to work with Mr. Mai to make a movie."
"I'm here to talk about this today." McDonald's face turned stern, as if Xia Tian had said nonsense, "Do you use our studio scripts, or do you have the script yourself?"
"Does your studio have scripts? That's better, can I read it first?" Xia Tian smiled.
McDonald nodded, took out four scripts from his briefcase and handed them to Xia Tian.
I picked up the summer and saw "The Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers 2: Killing without mercy", "The Beautiful Girl 3: Midnight Beauty", "The Ghost Out of the Cage 3: The Ghost Mountain Tomb", "Modern Bold Girl"... Just by looking at the title of the movie, I feel a sense of hostility coming to my face.
After reading the title in summer, he didn't read the content anymore. Because he didn't have to read it, he knew that it must be the story of "thieves and prostitutes" that McDonald is good at. This kind of movie is not impossible to shoot, but unfortunately the box office will not be very high, and there is basically no hope of winning the award.
If you want to make money when making movies, you can shoot action movies or comedy movies. These two types of movies will never worry about the market. If you want to win awards, pay more attention to the bottom, dark side, and disadvantaged groups of society. For example, the mentally retarded in "Why have me", the mentally ill in "People's Heroes", the young and dandy in "Mong Kok Carmen", the poor masses in "Cage People", etc.
These four movies by Madon McDonald are out of the shore. They can't sell or win awards. To be honest, there is little interest in investing in summer.
"Mr. Mai will take these four scripts back first. I have another story to talk to you." Xia Tian smiled.
Seeing that he brought four scripts, but Xia Tian didn't choose any of them, he couldn't help but show an embarrassing expression on his face.
Among these four scripts, three are sequels to his proud works. In the future, he will be released under the signature of the previous work. Even if he can't make a lot of money, he can at least make a small profit. Therefore, he regards these three scripts as treasures at the bottom of his box and refuses to come up with others.
Unexpectedly, in order to gain investment, he specially took it out for Xia Tian to review, but he didn't even read the content and refused directly. It was obvious that he looked down on him, which made him feel very embarrassed and his face was full of excitement.
"Okay, Mr. Xia, you've agreed." Madon Xiong raised his eyebrows and said with some dissatisfaction.
Xia Tian heard that his tone was wrong, but he didn't want to pursue it with him. To do big things, he had to be tolerant and only talented. So what if McDonald's character is unruly? Isn't you sitting here obediently now?
"The story of my movie is called "Moon, Stars, and Sun." Xia Tian then said, "It tells the story of three dancers..."
"The dancer Jiji's husband embezzled public funds and was arrested and imprisoned. In order to save her husband, he did not hesitate to fall into trouble and raise funds to save his husband. In order to protect his chastity, he struggled with customers and was beaten and scolded. However, after her husband was released from prison, he actually despised her as a dancer and turned to fall in love with someone else, which made her heartbroken."
"Dance girl Amei grew up in a broken family and was forced by her stepfather to go into the sea to be a dancer. Although she finally met a foreign company manager and was about to talk about marriage, she was forced to break up because she could not stand the pressure of the world."
"Dance girl Bosh returned to Hong Kong from the United States and wanted to marry her. Bosh was extremely happy. The result was that her boyfriend hoped that she would go back to her old career in the United States, which shattered her hopes and made her dreams come true."
"Mom Sangma Jialie appears to be snobbish and greedy for money, but he is actually a warm-hearted person. He takes these three dancers in the joy field and sees all kinds of life and the world is in a cold state."
In summer, the story of "Moon, Stars, and Sun" was briefly introduced to McDonald.
When McDonald's ears started, he felt that it was just ordinary.
Because of filming dancers, there were many films in Hong Kong before, such as "The Queen of the Temple Street in Hong Kong" and "The Mother of Caizi and Famous Flower Star". There was almost nothing outstanding. In name, it was under the banner of sympathy for the dancers, but in fact it was just filming some scenes of dancers entertaining guests with a curious mentality to attract those salty and wet guys.
"It turns out that the 'twenty million screenwriters' is at this level, and it's really hard to match the reputation." He thought frivolously.
But if you continue listening, the disdainful expression on McDonald's face gradually disappeared, and instead he had a solemn expression on his face.
After a moment, Summer will finish the story.
McDonald applauded in admiration, "Okay, okay. Mr. Xia, your story is simply amazing." He couldn't help but praise, admiring Xia Tian's talent.
This story of summer can be called a "Happy Ukiyo-e", which fully displays the bitter tears of the dancer, which is shocking and touching.
The most rare thing is that he is young but can portray the world and human nature so meticulously, which is really a genius. Madon McDonald feels that he is more suitable for the title of "Staff Master of Screenwriter" than Xiao Ruoyuan.
"Thank you Mr. Mai for your praise. Since you think this story is good, then let's make this movie, okay?" Xia Tian saw that Mai Dangxiong was arrogant at first and respectful at the beginning, and looked respectful at him, and couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart and said with a smile.
"Okay, OK." McDonald's head nodded repeatedly.
"I heard that Mr. Mai has a Mr. Xiao Ruoyuan, known as the "Staff Master of Screenwriters". Then let him write the script, there is no problem, right?" Xia Tian suggested again. If he remembers correctly, the original script of this movie was completed by Xiao Ruoyuan.
"Of course there is no problem." McDonald's answer.
Xiao Ruo was originally known as the master of screenwriter, and writing scripts is a piece of cake for him. Now that summer has taken out all the stories and adapted them into scripts, it is even more effortless. It is obvious that people give themselves money and make more money. How could he have any objection?
"That's good. I'll leave the script to you. Let's finish it quickly, and let's start filming." Xia Tian smiled again, "Let's talk about the actors now."
"Yes, don't worry, the script will be completed as soon as possible." McDonald nodded repeatedly, but when he heard that Xia Tian was going to select an actor, he immediately turned dark and waved his hand and said, "Wait, Mr. Xia, we have made three rules in advance. The actor needs to be approved by me. You can't break your promise!"
"Don't worry, I'm not a fat person who breaks my promise. I just want to recommend two people for your reference. You can choose to disapprove it." Xia Tian smiled.
McDonald nodded, "Since that's the case, please tell me Mr. Xia."
"Okay. The first character is the dancer Jiji, I hope that Cherie Chung will be played by Chung." Xia Tian stretched out a finger and then stretched out his second finger, "The second character is the foreign company manager, I hope that Leung Jiahui will be played by Liang Jiahui."
After hearing this, Madon Xiong was stunned and nodded. In order to raise funds to save his husband, the dancer Jiji did not hesitate to fall into chaos, and played scenes and dealt with the guests. At the same time, in order to protect his chastity, he used all his skills and was often beaten and scolded by guests.
Such a dancer who has fallen into the dust but is not stained with mud is indeed suitable for Cherie Chung to play, because it is very similar to her personality. Although she has made many large-scale films, she has not heard of any unbearable news. She has never heard of her fishing for Xiaokai, or attending a rich dinner, and is considered a very principled sexy actress, just like Jiji in the movie.
"I agree that Ms. Zhong will play this role. But is Mr. Xia considering Liang Jiahui? He can be banned by Taiwan now." Madon Xiong reminded.
Although he was unruly and caused many troubles, he still knew what he could do and what he could never do. He would never dare to use artists like Liang Jiahui who were banned by Taiwan.
If you make the wrong movie, you can only lose money. But if you use the wrong actor, you may not have to film again in the future.
"Yes, I know this. But you don't have to worry. I believe he will be able to lift the ban soon." Xia Tian waved his hand and smiled.
Seeing that Xia Tian was so sure, Madon McDonald seemed confident and was stunned. "Can he have a relationship in Taiwan, otherwise how could he be so sure? It's really not easy for young people today." He thought to himself.
"Since Mr. Xia can be sure that he is fine, I'm relieved. I also believe that with Mr. Liang Jiahui's acting skills, he should be competent for this role." Madon McDonald said with a smile.
Liang Jiahui was a high-level football player tuned by director Li Hanxiang. He also won the Best Actor Award for the Film Awards last year. Of course, his acting skills are of course of great success.
"Okay, since Mr. Mai agrees, that's it. Mr. Mai has chosen other actors by himself, so I won't interfere anymore. But there is a principle, that is, if we can use the people from our company, please try to give as many opportunities as possible." Xia Tian said again.
When McDonald's ears heard this, he was relieved.
I originally thought that Xia Tian would recommend some actors who didn't know how to act or were not suitable for the role, but I didn't expect that the two he recommended were quite suitable, and did not make him embarrassed at all. Moreover, he no longer interfered with the remaining roles and completely delegated power, which made McDonald's heart happy and felt that working with such a boss was really pleasant.
Chapter completed!