Chapter 85: Change it to a movie
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After the game against Newcastle, Chen Yingxiong became the focus of everyone's discussion because he had a very tortuous and bizarre journey home, caught up with the game at the last moment, and then scored two more goals in the game. This is really legendary.
The media reported on this matter extensively, and soon the whole world knew that Chen Yingxiong had such an experience.
Then Chen Yingxiong received a call.
It was his directorial friend Karim Medjani.
"Ahh, Karim, how are your filming going?"
"Hey, don't mention it, heroes, I can't find an investor. Many people think that the box office results will not be good when they read this script and story, and they are unwilling to invest... Now the investor is too eager for quick success and instant benefits!"
Chen Yingxiong laughed on the other end of the phone: "You can't complain that they are eager for quick success or instant benefits. Investors, they all hope that they can invest one dollar and get one hundred dollars back. If they don't make money and lose money, few people are willing to do it."
Medjani sighed: "I know too... forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Actually, hero, I called you this time and I am interested in your story."
"Um?"
"It's your experience from Frankfurt to Liverpool that you are particularly interested in. Don't you think this is an excellent story that can be adapted into a movie?"
Chen Yingxiong was stunned for a moment. As long as he talked about this in the past two days, the most feedback he heard was the exclamation that "it really looks like a movie plot."
Although he is indeed quite proud of his experience, he is not yet as good as a movie?
Medjani was very excited: "Jones and I talked about your experience together, and then I felt it was particularly suitable to adapt it into a movie script - a player who was forced to land thousands of miles away from his destination due to an unexpected situation, and there was a very important game two days later, and he could not miss..."
"Hey, the game against Newcastle is not very important..."
"That's reality. What I'm talking about now is a movie script, which allows for fictional and artistic processing! The plane cannot fly, and the train ticket cannot be bought, so the protagonist has to rent a car and plan to drive to the destination. However, in this case, there are many people driving, and the business of the car rental company is very popular. He looked at many car rental companies but there were no cars. He finally found a car with a car, but the condition was not very good, and it was even more deadly. The car had been booked in advance by a girl..."
"Huh?" Chen Yingxiong felt that this story was completely different from his experience, but he had to admit that this story was much more interesting than the love story that Medjani would have heard for him before. At least it was suspense. He wanted to know what was going on next. Did the protagonist successfully rent a car? "And what?" he asked.
"Hehe." Medjani laughed, a little proud. It seemed that Chen Yingxiong had been attracted, which shows that the script they discussed was a play!
"Stop laughing, what's going on?"
"Next? The protagonist is a football star, so he plans to use fame to suppress the other party, but the car rental store insists that the girl orders the car first, and they cannot give it to the protagonist. If the protagonist must use the car, he can negotiate with the girl to solve the problem. When the girl comes to pick up the car, the protagonist will use the same trick again. Unfortunately, the girl does not know him because she doesn't watch football at all, and she even has a disgust for football..."
"Hey, I'm not that kind of person, Karim!" Chen Yingxiong was unhappy - aren't you smearing me?
"Hey, I didn't say it must be you. Can't I make a fictional star?"
"Okay, you continue..."
"Then, the protagonist is like using money to suppress a girl, and proposes to buy a high rental car from the girl. But the girl is determined not to let her... Anyway, the two of them are on the verge of the time. The protagonist must rent this car and rush back to participate in important competitions. The girl is resolutely not to rent out of her disgust for the stars and the disgust of rich people bullying others."
"Then isn't this going to be done?"
"Don't worry... Later, the car rental shop came forward. At this time, the protagonist also found that the girl's destination was the same as he did... so he had to compromise and beg for the girl to go with her in a low voice... Perhaps because the protagonist's sudden attitude softened, the girl felt better about him... In short, the two of them set out together... Along the way, many stories happened, they encountered various difficulties, and the girl was guarded against the protagonist's initial rebellion, and then slowly was attracted by the cheerful and lively protagonist. They overcame many difficulties and even encountered some dangers, but they all survived with the concerted efforts of the two. Just as the victory was about to come, their car was not in good condition but broke down!"
"Wow, you know this?" Chen Yingxiong was surprised. He didn't say so much to the outside world.
"We guessed it, it seems we guessed it right?"
"Well, our car did break down after passing London, and then we stopped the car on the side of the road... It was still raining, you don't know how miserable it was at that time, Karim!"
Medjani laughed: "Isn't this more dramatic? Heroes, the audience just likes to watch such stories. When you think you are going to be desperate, the dawn suddenly comes... How did you arrive later?"
"We waited for a long time, but we waited for the car driven by three Liverpool fans. They recognized me and drove us to Liverpool... But when we were only a few kilometers away from Anfield, we were fucking traffic jams... It was simply unlucky! In the end, I had to run to the stadium with Cabrella. I rushed into the locker room, didn't even do warm-up, changed into the clothes, went straight to the court, and scored two goals! How about it? Is it amazing?" In the end, it turned into Chen Yingxiong's bragging.
Medjani was very happy: "This story is awesome! But I need to adapt it... Well, after the car broke down, the protagonist and the girl could only stop the car on the side of the road. They stopped a large truck, and the enthusiastic truck driver invited them to get on the bus, but they were not going to the same place, and the truck could only take them for a ride, and they had to part ways when they reached the next intersection. So in this way, they kept blocking the car, just like relay, sending them forward one stop at a time... Then they met three enthusiastic fans, just like the fans of the team the protagonist played for. They recognized the protagonist and sent them to the destination... No, it was a few kilometers away from the destination, and they encountered a big traffic jam! At this time, it was still ten minutes away from the start of the game! The anxious protagonist rushed out of the car directly, thanked the three enthusiastic fans hurriedly, and rushed to the stadium in the distance with their cheers!"
"Where is the girl?"
"Don't worry... The protagonist caught up with the game at the last moment, and then scored a winning goal in the game, which made everyone who questioned him shut up. Even the commentator who was still ridiculing him cheered for him. A reporter who always couldn't stand him had to express his conscience... Then the day after the game, the protagonist received a call from the girl: 'You have forgotten something.' The two agreed to meet, and the girl brought the luggage that the protagonist had forgotten in her. After the breakup, the protagonist called the girl and told him that he had forgotten something..."
"What is it?" Chen Yingxiong asked curiously.
Medjani imitated the protagonist's tone and said, "Hi, Jessica. I found that I forgot something again, and it's my heart for you...."
Chen Yingxiong whistled, which reminded him of the situation he was chasing Cabrella.
"good!"
"In the end, the protagonist and the girl ended the whole film in a kiss. What do you think?"
"very good!"
"I'm so happy that you said this! So, I want to ask you to discuss whether you are willing to sell the prototype of this story to us and then make it into a movie. We will definitely belong to your name... For example, at the opening of the movie, 'This is based on the real experience of the hero'..."
Chen Yingxiong shook his head and said, "No, I won't sell it, Karim."
Medjani was surprised. He was stunned for a long time, but he didn't know what to say. He originally thought that he had a good personal relationship with Chen Yingxiong, and it should not be difficult to adapt the story. Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong refused him.
Seeing that he was frightened by Medjani, Chen Yingxiong smiled and explained: "I won't sell it to you, I will give you the adaptation rights of this story, Karim."
Medjani's mood at this moment was like a roller coaster, falling from the peak to the bottom, and then quickly climbing to the top from the bottom. "Ah...this...this...haha, thank you so much, hero!"
He said he wanted to buy it, but in fact he didn't have much money. His savings were only a little bit, and he also divided part of it into the preparations for the romance film. As a result, the preparations were not successful and the money was wasted. The remaining money was really not enough, and if he wanted to buy it, he probably couldn't afford to pay any too high. What he was most worried about before was not that Chen Yingxiong would not sell it, but that Chen Yingxiong asked for too high a price, which he couldn't afford.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong didn’t want money and gave it to you for free!
"But I have the conditions, Karim."
"It's okay, you said!" I gave myself the right to adapt in vain. Is it still outrageous if there are any conditions?
"I want to be the male lead in this movie!"
"Eh?" Although he was mentally prepared to wait for Chen Yingxiong to offer a offer, Karim Medjani was still stunned when he heard the conditions Chen Yingxiong said.
"Don't worry, Karim, I promise I won't mess it up!" Acting is something that Chen Yingxiong likes. He plans to try it out. Now that there is such a good opportunity, how can he let it go?
"Uh..." Karim has worked with Chen Yingxiong to shoot advertisements twice. From these two collaboration experiences, he could see that Chen Yingxiong does have the talent for acting. Some things, as a director, can be understood by Chen Yingxiong. However, shooting advertisements and filming movies are different things. At least the advertisements can be filmed for less than a few months... Over time, many problems may be exposed. If Chen Yingxiong could not meet his requirements at that time, then if he had to change actors temporarily... wouldn't it be very troublesome?
He decided to make the protagonist of Chen Yingxiong this time because he found that this story is very suitable for him to perform. After all, it was adapted based on his own real experience. He had personal experience and was more handy in acting.
So in order to make Karim promise to play the leading role, he has a backup plan. "And, I won't ask you for a penny of the film, Karim, this will save you money, right? In addition, I personally invested five million euros as an investor."
It is obviously not enough to invest in a movie of five million euros, but it is better for someone to invest money than no one to invest money. The most important thing is that after someone has invested money, Karim can go to other investors and tell them - you see, someone has invested, which shows that my notebook has a promising future and is favored, so why are you hesitating?
For Chen Yingxiong, he earns more than 30 million euros a year, but five million euros are nothing. Moreover, with Durcula managing his finances, his money can make money. He is not like other stars, and he squanders a lot after becoming famous. In terms of material consumption, Chen Yingxiong is definitely not a "luxury" person. For example, many stars like high-end sports cars, and buy one at home when they have nothing to do. Seven or eight vehicles are standard for the stars. But Chen Yingxiong so far only has one Land Rover given to him by the Zenit Club in St. Petersburg.
So if Chen Yingxiong wants to get the five million euros, he can take it out now, just call Durcula.
Everyone talks about this, can Medjani refuse? What's more, the rich man is the old man now. Chen Yingxiong pays the money. As the largest investor in the crew at present, he is the well-deserved old man.
Karim Medjani is a very ideal director and has principles, but he is not ignorant of flexibility. He knows that it is very common to succumb to the will of investors in the context of commercialization. As long as it is not too outrageous, he can agree to it. To compromise, anyway, as long as he can make the movie in the end.
He is now a newcomer and lacks his own works, so having works is better than not. No matter how the quality of the work is, anyway, even if he has works, he will no longer be just an advertising director, but a glorious film director! The door to the world he dreamed of will open to him, and behind that door is a world of fame and fortune, the place he yearns for...
Using this film as a springboard, I climbed up step by step, kept shooting films, accumulated experience, and strive to make blockbusters that were popular all over the world as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!