Chapter 546: Mentality problem

In Century City, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Ang Lee walked out of the Fox Building expressionlessly, came to a black car, pulled the door and got on the co-pilot.
"How is it?" the middle-aged woman in the driving seat asked.
Ang Lee did not speak, but shook his head slowly.
The middle-aged woman patted Li Ang's hand lightly: "It's okay."
An Li's expression was a bit heavy: "Hui Jia, when I took the filming of "The Hulk", why didn't I think about the consequences of failure?"
Lin Huijia comforted: "No one can guarantee the success of the movie. Who knows that the audience can't accept the movie? It's not to blame you..."
"That blames the audience?" Ang Lee shook his head: "I am not a film critic."
His conversation suddenly changed: "In fact, before I accepted the invitation from Universal Pictures, I knew that this film might fail."
Hearing this, Lin Huijia looked at her husband incredibly, even as virtuous as her, her eyes were surprised.
Ang Li said softly: "Before I took the filming, I asked Ronan for advice."
Lin Huijia asked: "Ronan Anderson who worked with you?"
Ang Li nodded slightly: "It's him. Ronan specially analyzed for me that this film may have a greater risk, but I didn't take it seriously, and I took this film. The result... the lesson was painful."
"It's over." Lin Huijia said softly, "Don't think about it anymore."
How could Li Ang not think much about it. After ten years of filming dreams, he succeeded, failed again, and then succeeded, failed again.
Think about yourself, how bumpy this director's road is.
Ang Lee threw the script in his hand on the back seat and said, "Except for Universal Pictures, we have all been to the six major companies. No one wants to work with me anymore. New Line Pictures and Lions Gate Pictures also rejected me. , I became an unpopular director in Hollywood, and I’m probably on their blacklist."
Lin Huijia said, "No matter how difficult it was when we first started? Li Ang, we have a big deal and start again! We have not failed!"
Ang Li suddenly smiled, grabbed his wife's hand, and said, "Hui Jia, thank you for supporting me. Don't worry, this difficulty can't defeat me!"
Lin Huijia started the car and asked, "Where are we going?"
Ang Li took out his mobile phone: "It seems that I have only one choice. He treated me very well, but I failed him. If..."
Lin Huijia encouraged: "Ronan Anderson, right? He believes in you, I also believe in you, you can bring him more rewards."
Encouraged by his wife, Ang Li pressed a number, said a few words after the call, then put away his cell phone and said: "He is not at work today, he is at home. Let's go to Future World Manor."
Lin Huijia stepped on the gas lightly, the car drove out of Century City and quickly turned onto Mulholland Road.
While driving, she glanced at her husband and found that her husband was a lot easier than before, as if all previous failures were nothing.
Ronan Anderson, what kind of person is that? Can give her husband such a strong confidence.
It didn't take too long, just fifteen minutes later, Lin Huijia met Ronan Anderson in a reception room, and it seemed nothing special.
The thin and tall figure, short hair with spirit, the clothing is very ordinary, without any trademark, but it is obviously high-end handmade clothing, the person is very kind, and quite enthusiastic.
There was a girl next to her, not tall, very sexy, like a movie star.
"Good morning, Ronan." Ang Lee shook hands with Ronan: "It was a bit presumptuous to come."
Ronan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, we are old friends. I welcome you here anytime."
Then he shook hands with Lin Huijia: "Good morning, Mrs. Li, welcome to the future world."
"We are too presumptuous." Lin Huijia has the good culture of an Oriental woman: "Excuse me."
Ang Lee also shook hands with Scarlett Johansson and greeted him. Although he was a little curious about the relationship between Scarlett Johansson and Ronan because of the mentality of a man, he did not think of some rumors about Ronan. It's hard to guess.
The two sides exchanged greetings for a while, and the topic between Ronan and Li An gradually turned to the film.
Lin Huijia is a very virtuous woman. Knowing that the next topic is not suitable for her to participate, she proactively said: "Mr. Anderson, can I visit your manor?"
Ronan had a very good impression of Lin Huijia, and said to Scarlett Johansson: "You show Mrs. Li around."
Scarlett Johansson was not stupid, and immediately stood up and invited Lin Huijia. The two women left the reception room one after another.
"What movie project are you working on recently?" Ronan asked directly: "Have you thought about the next work?"
Ang Lee and Ronan are very familiar with it, and without concealing it, he said directly: "I have written a new script, and I want you to help it."
Ronan nodded and said, "Li, I said that the door of relativity entertainment will always be open to you."
Ang Lee took out the script and handed it to Ronan: "This is a new script, called "The Last Knight"."
Ronan took it and flipped it through. It looked like an action movie, but if you look closely, it was more like the family ethics type that Ang Lee is good at.
The actor was once a notorious Jiang Yang thief. He was designed in a robbery, not only missed and killed his wife, but later surrendered to the police and was sentenced to severe punishment.
Thirty years later, the freed male protagonist returned to the old place in his 1969 GTO for revenge...
Ang Lee whispered beside him: "The main plot of the script is adapted from real people. The protagonist is based on a horse racing gambler. From the beginning, he was greedy for small profits and then fell into the abyss step by step. I want to pass this film, It focuses on the impact of his fall on the entire family, reflecting the current disadvantages in American society from the side."
After reading the script, Ronan did not speak immediately, but fell into thinking.
Undoubtedly, he has never seen a film with such content made by Ang Lee. Some of Ronan’s earlier works by Ang Lee have not been seen, but starting from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", all the films directed by Ang Lee have I've seen it at that time, and I have some impressions.
It is possible that Ang Lee once wrote such a script, but no one wants to invest.
Considering this possibility is very high, now the tragic failure of "The Hulk" makes Ang Lee's situation in Hollywood quite embarrassing. No company dares to invest in Ang Lee's film projects easily.
Perhaps the failure of "The Hulk" was placed on a white director who had won an Oscar. It was not too terrible damage, but for Ang Lee, the situation was completely different.
Even if you turn a blind eye, some things in Hollywood are well known.
Ronan can even be said to be the only well-known producer in the Hollywood circle who treats Chinese-American directors equally. Hollywood's currently more active Chinese-American directors also broke out through cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.
It is normal for Ang Li to run aground projects at this stage.
On the other hand, Ronan feels that Ang Lee has not completely escaped from the shadow of "The Hulk". The content of the script is said to be family ethics, and it also has a commercial taste of typical action scenes, but it is not a commercial taste. concentrated……
It is a bit of a combination of family ethics and action, but it seems that the two parts of the play are independent of each other.
Ronan put down the script and said directly: "Li, this script is not complete enough."
Ang Li didn't realize his own problem, and asked: "The script...I have been writing it for almost half a year, and it feels..."
Ronan reminded: "Are you making an action commercial movie or a family ethics movie?"
These words made Li An stunned for a moment. When others vetoed his project, they would not give any hints, nor would they be as patient as Ronan to explain the problem to him.
In fact, the script problem is more obvious, and it is often difficult for the original author to see it.
Just like an exam, the foreign scribes can often see that the answer is wrong at a glance, and the person who answered the question after checking it many times still thinks that there is no problem.
Ang Lee took his own script and quickly turned it over.
Ronan reminded again: "If you want to make family ethics movies, don't spend so much ink on action scenes, and vice versa."
Ang rummaged through the script, and suddenly threw it onto the coffee table, and said, "I have a mentality problem. I didn't even notice such an obvious problem."
Ronan said calmly: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Failure is nothing. I have also experienced failure. The company went bankrupt within a small step."
"I'll stand up!" Li An is indeed the kind of director who gets more frustrated and brave: "Failure, you can never defeat me."
He picked up the script: "Ronan, there is a problem with this project, I can't bother you."
Ronan asked, "Are you going to rewrite?"
Li An slowly shook his head: "The reason for my personal mentality is that there may be problems in the preliminary preparations. I will not consider this project in the short term."
"That's good." Ronan heartily agreed: "The choice made when the mentality is unbalanced may not be correct."
Ang Lee put away the script that had been decided to be invalidated and said, "Ronan, thank you for your reminder, otherwise I will make another big mistake."
Ronan smiled and said, "Even if I don't remind you, you will find out soon."
Although Li Ang was determined, the failure of "The Hulk" had an impact on him after all.
There are many well-known directors and actors, just because of a similar serious defeat ~EbookFREE.me~, since then, their will is depressed and gradually disappeared from Hollywood.
Ronan thought for a while and said, "Li, let me show you a copy, maybe it can calm your mind."
Li An's heart moved: "Okay."
"Wait a minute." Ronan picked up the phone and dialed, and said, "Nikia, you go to the study and get the Anne-Plux collection."
Annie Plux? Li An had a vague impression, as if he had read her short stories somewhere.
After thinking about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more familiar it becomes. Ang Li is sure that he must have seen it, but he is not impressed and cannot remember clearly.
Soon, the reception room door knocked, and Nikia pushed in and handed the Anne Plux collection to Ronan.
"Some of them are pretty good." Ronan handed Li Ang: "There is an article about love, which is very beautiful."
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