Ten minutes later, Todd Phillips sat in Shen Huan's villa, accepting the looks of two oriental women.
The cultures of the East and the West are different. He didn't know who these two were from Shen Huan, so he didn't dare to say hello rashly.
However, to be able to enter Shen Huan's villa, Todd Phillips understood that his previous word "clown" must have played a role.
He was right.
It was the character of the Joker that "saved" him.
As one of fishing's favorite leisure and entertainment activities, Shen Huan still likes movies.
So it just so happened that he had seen this movie with the Joker as the main character.
It was the end of 2019, and a movie called "Joker" came out. It grossed more than 1 billion US dollars at the global box office, directly surpassing "Deadpool" and becoming the number one R-rated movie in history.
This is a movie starring DC's most notorious villain, Batman's rival, the Joker.
In fact, this story is not to promote evil, but to reflect on the story behind evil and why evil becomes evil.
Coupled with the director's sharp editing, the actors' perfect performances, and the audience's boredom with ordinary heroes with facial makeup...etc., this classic was created.
Shen Huan liked this "Joker" very much and was deeply impressed by it.
According to the normal trajectory, "Joker" will be released in 2019 and production should be completed in 2018, so the script must have appeared earlier, at least in 2017 or 2016.
This time is just right.
In other words, the script written by Todd Phillips is very likely to be the "Joker" that grossed US$1 billion at the box office.
If this is the case, then this movie is definitely worth Shen Huan's investment.
Shen Huan is not a person who hates money. Of course he likes it if he can make money openly.
Moreover, Shen Huan was even more proud of being able to make money without relying on a good man. He made a lot of money.
However, before talking about investment cooperation, it is still necessary to confirm whether the script is the one you saw.
So after inviting Todd Phillips to his home, Shen Huan took the script and read it.
Todd Phillips' script is very detailed, with dozens of pages of content introduction, as well as many sub-shots, makeup scenes, and characters that must be shown in various scenes.
But this script actually has nothing to do with the Joker in DC Comics.
To be precise, this should be called "The Prequel to the Joker". It tells the story of how the Joker became a mentally repressed person and turned into a crazy lunatic villain.
Some of the stories it tells have no prototypes or story references in the comics.
This is a fictional story.
But Shen Huan was very satisfied after seeing it.
Because the "Joker" he saw happened to be exactly like this in terms of storyline, but there were some differences in some contents.
This is also natural. It is almost impossible to completely present the content of the script in the movie.
Some were deleted and added by the director himself, others were deleted and added by the producer, and even more were deleted and added by the film company.
After such a series of continuous modifications, those that can maintain 80% of the original work can be regarded as highly restored, and many are even completely changed beyond recognition.
"Joker" was okay, not many changes were made. Perhaps this has something to do with its producer Martin Scorsese. The Oscar-winning director's style happened to be very suitable for the black humor and cruel style of "Joker", so he did not make any changes to it. How many.
I put down the script and half an hour had passed before I knew it.
Todd Phillips has finished his cup of black tea, but his expression is getting more and more relaxed.
Because the more carefully Shen Huan looked at it, it proved that he regarded the script as a serious matter in his heart.
If Shen Huan puts down the script in three to five minutes, then the possibility of deceiving Shen Huan into investing is basically zero.
"Mr. Phillips." Shen Huan asked him: "I don't understand why you wrote such a script. The Joker is a character in DC Comics. You wrote the script yourself without their consent. If others dare to invest, if Warner Bros. doesn’t agree to the production, so isn’t the money wasted?”
Todd Phillips nodded, "You know a lot. Regarding the issue of Joker's copyright, that is indeed the case. But you may not know that I have a good cooperation with Warner. The previous "Hangover" series, We have had good cooperation. This year, my "Armist" was also produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
So even if the story of "Joker" doesn't fit with theirs, they even have no plans to film it. As long as I can find the funds, shoot it, give it to them for distribution, and pay them enough royalties, then the film will be no problem at all. "
Shen Huan smiled and said, "It's not that simple, right? How did you and Warner discuss it specifically? What was difficult in the middle? You might as well tell me directly, or I can seriously consider it."
Todd Phillips was surprised and hesitated.
Shen Huan didn't rush him and drank his black tea slowly.
Wang Zhen and Zhang Yaya took the opportunity to sit over and quietly asked what was going on.
Although they can understand English, they don't know what they are talking about if they don't understand the ins and outs.
Shen Huan did not treat them as outsiders, so he told them the specific cause and effect relationship.
"Oh, this is not reliable!" Wang Zhen studied media and knew a lot about the film and television industry. "Yanhuang Pictures also made a lot of investments in the United States before, but most of them were scammed! As a last resort, , they just started to do theater business in the United States, and then the situation got a little better!
These people in Hollywood will do anything to defraud money! They were grandsons when they begged you, and they became uncles when you gave them money! "
"Yes, I read in the novel that people in Hollywood are very shameless. They dare to make false accounts. Even if they make money, they will make it unprofitable. Really!" Zhang Yaya said confidently.
Shen Huan nodded as he listened. The two women's suggestions were indeed useful.
In fact, people in Hollywood are more extreme than they say, and they have no bottom line at all.
The brooding young man assured them: "Don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to invest if it's unreliable. But this script is very good. If you have a chance, you can give it a try."
"You're not a professional, how do you know whether the script will work?" Wang Zhen persuaded again.
"But I have the most powerful writers and scriptwriters in the world as my advisors." Shen Huan laughed.
Before Wang Zhen could react, Zhang Yaya said in sudden realization: "Teacher Chu Liuxiang!"
"Oh, it's Teacher Chu!" Wang Zhen nodded repeatedly, so she had nothing to say.
In the hearts of Chinese people, Teacher Chu Liuxiang is the greatest contemporary writer.
Although such a title is a bit too strong, since "The Gift from Room No. 7" came out, even the old men of orthodox literature have praised this mysterious writer.
Even old men are like this, let alone ordinary people.
Especially young people who have some literary and artistic dreams in their hearts regard Teacher Chu Liuxiang as their spiritual totem.
Whether it was "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles", "Love Letter", "Gift from Room No. 7", or "Xiaoba's Story" which has ended its serialization, they were all fascinated by it.
The extremely popular popularity of these stories represents their admiration and respect for Teacher Chu Liuxiang.
Wang Zhen is naturally a young woman with literary dreams, and of course her admiration for Chu Liuxiang is sincere.
When he remembered that Shen Huan and teacher Chu Liuxiang could serve as consultants, the popular host no longer worried that Shen Huan would make a mistake in the story.