In the office, Ning Hao has been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Qin Shou come back, the two continued to chat.
The script of No Man's Land is Ning Hao's transformation after the "Crazy" series.
Coincidentally, Ning Hao got the inspiration from watching a Western crime documentary at home by chance.
At that time, "China's first western film" "West Wind" had not yet been born in the mainland film industry.
After experiencing the great success of the "Crazy" series, Ning Hao still has the ambition to try writing No Man's Land, which is not a small ambition.
Of course, Ning Hao still depends on Qin Shou's opinion whether he really wants to shoot or even direct the film and show it in the cinema.
Qin Shou smiled, put the script on the table and looked at Ning Hao: "Your "No Man's Land" script seems to incorporate a lot of western elements."
Ning Hao was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Mr. Qin, I hope that no man's land can become the first western film in the history of the mainland!"
He is aware of Qin Shou's concerns, and he is talented in comedy movies.
But crime-themed movies are not popular in the mainland market, at least, I have never heard of blockbusters!
Qin Shou looked at Qin Shou, and said slowly: "I read this script, and I have to say, it's very well written.
The story at the very beginning of the No Man's Land script took place in the desert area of the northwest inland.
The huge profits from buying and selling falcons spawned a new criminal profession—the poacher, the falcon thief, and part of the hunt.
Xiao Huang was caught on the spot by the police during a hunting trip, but the policeman who vowed to put him in prison died on the spot in a car accident on the way to escort him. This was naturally not an accident, but the work of the "boss" of the criminal gang behind him.
To be honest, this script is soul-stirring and logical, but there is one bad thing, that is, it is too evil.
In the script, there are dark and gloomy environmental descriptions everywhere.
This brings readers a kind of majesty of the environment that is ready to come out, and they have never read the whole story.
First of all, you can feel the strong malice in Ning Hao's words!
The script turned to the courtroom.
Pan Xiao is an unscrupulous lawyer who is greedy for profit. With his smooth tongue, he attributed the case to an accident caused by the police drunk driving...and finally he was acquitted.
But things didn't end there.
Pan Xiao and the boss disagreed on the settlement method of lawyer fees, and finally decided to use the boss's car as a temporary mortgage, but they didn't know that the car driving to no man's land would change Pan Xiao's entire life in the future.
Seeing this, Qin Shou couldn't help admiring Pan Xiao's carelessness.
For the sake of money, this heartless lawyer really dare not do anything, and is not afraid of anything.
Sure enough, Pan Xiao encountered retaliation from the boss's subordinates afterwards.
Dare to pry money from the underworld, Pan Xiao, who has lived under the protection of the law since childhood, is still too naive.
Rules are formulated by a few people, and gangsters are just some dangerous people who walk on the edge of the law.
Pan Xiao thought he was Hai Rui from Daming, so he was so angry that even the emperor was scolded by him and almost died in the end?
In the first half of the script, Pan Xiao, who is in high spirits on the road, is in high spirits. Tomorrow, in the city, there will be a new book conference, and he seems to see a new life with fame and fortune is just around the corner.
At this time, the story just ushered in a reversal.
At this time, a truck full of dry firewood appeared on the road, and Pan Xiao, who failed to overtake, also got a mouthful of phlegm from the truck.
The truth of no man's land is no one listens.
The result of Pan Xiao's theory of blocking the car was the greater humiliation of being beaten and peeing on the car.
From then on, Pan Xiao not only confronted the tough truck driver, but also the eagle thief killer who sold falcons was waiting for him at the front of the road.
In the no-man's-land described by Ning Hao, on the deserted Gobi Desert, everyone strips off their social identities and becomes a group of savage animals whose only desire is money and survival.
Money and desire are not new since ancient times. People die for money and birds die for food. This is in compliance with the primitive and cruel natural law.
Ning Hao heard Qin Shou's overtones, and asked in surprise: "Mr. Qin, you mean that you have no objection."?"
Westerns are without a doubt the most prolific and enduring genre of Hollywood movies.
The horse hero galloping in the vast desert is regarded as the classic representative of the "American Dream".
But in "No Man's Land", the image of the hero is subverted, and the meaning of the environmental representation has also changed, but the central images of western films such as rolling yellow sand, open space and jagged rocky mountains are preserved.
The script revolves around two clues, one bright and one dark.
The bright line is that the protagonist Pan Xiao drove on the unmanned road home. He met all kinds of people on the way, and experienced the spiritual transformation from a social person to an animal and then to a hero.
In the end, the sublimation of the soul was completed in a big fire.
The dark thread is the fate of the two poached national rare birds in the eagle thief's cage--Alataiji.
These two birds worth one million symbolize the continuous flow of money and desire among various forces, and finally regain freedom in the hands of Pan Xiao.
Under these two clues, the endless Gobi is the premise of the whole story.
The word "no one" points out the fundamental characteristics of this space that is forgotten and divorced from society.
Provides a logical basis for "no man's land is full of bad guys".
And the "occupied land" in the no-man's land, the Liubaili Highway, the "Night Paris" gas station and Erdaoliangzi.
As the space support of the key plot points of the script.
Ning Hao endowed it with profound meaning, people without restraint are a group of uncivilized savage animals.
Pan Xiao encountered more and more people, and his conflicts became more and more complicated.
Burning cars, hitting people, being slaughtered, attempted murder, being hitchhiked by prostitutes, every time the space is changed, the relationship between the characters becomes more complicated, and the conflicts and entanglements rise to a higher level.
Accident after accident, sudden turn after sudden turn, the script finally ran wildly along the 600-mile highway in a direction out of control.
Qin Shou said with a faint smile: "Of course I don't object, because I also like the script this time.
He looked at Ning Hao, and asked another question, "It's just that investment is fine, but have you thought about how to pass the review?"
This is not Qin Shou's alarmist talk. Liangjian's ability to pass the trial is due to the large cuts in the ending of the second half of the original work and the strong support brought by the army as a group performance.
But in no man's land, the small crowd likes crime documentaries, can the army be used as a group performer?
It's not realistic either.
Of the two children, one mother loves the other, and the other can only be left to the father.
"President Qin, why don't we choose to go abroad to participate in the copyright review after the filming?"
Ning Hao put forward his own opinion.
For no man's land, Ning Hao has his own ambitions.
How romantic would a western movie that is completely Chinese have?
Even if the finished product of this film [doesn't have the joyful grievances and hatreds in Hollywood westerns.
It is a story about little people surviving and struggling in distress.
But at least, Ning Hao has the confidence to take a good picture of him!
Qin Shou looked indifferent: "I think it would be better for us to sell the movie rights to video sites.
"Video site?"
Ning Hao was a little puzzled.
In 2009, there was a preliminary understanding of the awareness of film copyright on the Internet. Some people are willing to pay for the genuine one.
Before 2004, who didn't have pirated DVDs?
See genuine?
How expensive is the original.
In the past, there was a saying that legitimate video discs were used by rich people to make fools.
Little common people, not fighting against the sky, just secretly having fun is enough.
It's like a wife and a mistress, whoever can make herself happy is a good woman in the eyes of men.
~President Qin, what is the investment cost of the No Man's Land movie?"
Ning Hao asked.
"The cost will definitely not be too high, and the budget should be kept below 10 million.
Qin Shou's answer was very simple.
In his opinion, almost all the villains appear in "No Man's Land".
This movie mainly tells about Pan Xiao's thrilling journey, and there are no action scenes with any big scenes.
It is nothing more than a journey of a money-grubbing lawyer who used loopholes in the law to help the leader of a poaching gang who killed a policeman get cleared of his charges, and returned to the city from the northwest desert.
It is not difficult to say that it is difficult, and it is not that simple to say that it is simple.
"Okay." Ning Hao agreed happily.
In his opinion, as long as Qin Shou agrees to invest, it will be considered a success!
After talking about the matter, Ning Hao was in a good mood, and he didn't bother Qin Shou anymore, and walked out of the office silently.
Qin Shou sat on the chair and tapped his fingers rhythmically.
Once a film like No Man's Land is shot, Tian will probably be labeled as a banned film.
After all, not every play has the luck of "Blind Mountain".
Many movies such as "No Man's Land" and "Blind (Zhao Li Zhao) Well" cannot be shown in theaters.
It's not that they are not good, it just means that they are so good that people think it is a real thing that happened.
Sometimes, people will imagine and beautify things that they have never seen.
Like stealing eagles and thieves, some people will not feel that they have done something wrong.
On the contrary, they are jealous of the huge profits that this industry can earn, and they take risks and embark on the road of crime.
Money can turn ghosts around, that's the reason. From a certain point of view, this kind of crime movie is strictly prohibited in the mainland.
Qin Shou turned on the computer, ready to search for the current video sites, to see who has the ability to eat "No Man's Land" in one go.
After 2009, the mainland video sites have entered a period of rapid development, and they are not afraid that there will be no audience who like "No Man's Land".
After all, no matter how big the forest is, there are also public towers and towers.
I invested 10 million, if no man's land is really banned, go back to the blood head office?
Don't look at Qin Shou as a coal boss, but he is really not stupid, and he doesn't spend money like this when he has money.
Give you investment, let you shoot the movie you want.
This is to pay attention to the word "return". Being able to promise you readily means trusting you.
If you can't get enough returns from it.
That's embarrassing, I can only ask you to turn around and go out to say goodbye. .
