Chapter 349 "Forrest Gump" is released

Using the topic of Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures, Zhang Yi's new film "Forrest Gump" was promoted to the extreme.

Zhang Yi's new film is already highly anticipated. After all the hard work, it is even more anticipated by movie fans, especially American fans. They are looking forward to the film's early release.

"Where's that guy Cameron?" Zhang Yi suddenly asked.

"I heard that I went to Egypt for archeology." Balidil smiled and said.

Zhang Yi's mouth twitched, then he shook his head and said, "This guy."

"You don't want to make "Titanic", do you?" Balidile looked at Zhang Yi in surprise and asked.

"It's not suitable to shoot now. The special effects technology can be improved, which can save a lot of costs." Zhang Yi said immediately, "I just asked out of curiosity."

"Don't you have any ideas again?" Bali Diller looked at Zhang Yi and asked suddenly. He knew that his boss could make up stories almost easily. He asked Cameron for no reason, so he probably had some thoughts.

What story do you want to make into a movie?

"What ideas can I have?" Zhang Yi smiled and asked.

"What type of movie are you going to make for your boss's next movie?" Balidile asked.

"I didn't think about it, maybe I won't make a movie within a year or two. After "Forrest Gump" is released, I will go back to Hong Kong. There are still many things waiting for me to deal with there." Zhang Yi shook his head and said immediately.

Balidile looked at Zhang Yi and then said: "Boss, it's not true that you will turn your energy from movies to music as the outside world says. Isn't it true?"

"Musically?" Zhang Yi looked at Bali Diller with some doubts, and then said with a wry smile, "It seems that there is really a lot of buzz outside. But it is not groundless. The record company I own has reached a bottleneck in Southeast Asia. I

I really want to give him a push and promote him internationally. However, it doesn’t take much energy. As for switching from movies to music, there is no way to talk about it. If there are movies that I dare to be interested in, I will make them.”

Bali Diller nodded. He knew that the reason why Zhang Yi rushed back to Hong Kong after the release of "Forrest Gump" was to attend the concert held by Rolling Death Records.

December 24, 1989, Christmas Eve. It was also the day when Zhang Yi’s new film "Forrest Gump" premiered.

This movie has created a lot of buzz, and its popularity and expectations are extremely high. Naturally, it will not be released quietly.

At the time of the premiere, Jiying Film Company invited many Hollywood filmmakers and film company executives. Of course, the executives of Columbia Pictures were also invited. However, the invitation was invited, and it was not a question of whether they would come or not.

That's another story.

"Mr. Zhang, we meet again." A voice said to Zhang Yi with a smile.

Zhang Yi looked back and smiled: "It turns out to be Mr. Spielberg. Is this Mr. Lucas?"

"Haha, look at me. I almost forgot to introduce you." Spielberg smiled and said, "He is Lucas."

"Hello."

"Hello!"

Zhang Yi shook hands with Lucas and said.

"I'm looking forward to Mr. Zhang's transformational work," Lucas said.

"Transformation?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then understood, looked at Lucas and smiled, "I don't think he will disappoint Mr. Lucas."

"Haha, there is no doubt about Mr. Zhang's directing ability." Lucas said with a smile, "I have seen many of your works, especially "The Myth" that you shot. It has a unique view of the mysterious China.

I am very curious and even want to visit China and shoot an adventure film about China!"

"Oh, really?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi suddenly became interested, looked at Lucas, and immediately invited, "If Mr. Lucas really has plans in this regard, we can work together."

"How to cooperate?" Lucas also seemed to come to the nature.

"I will provide the script and funds. How about Mr. Lucas's direction?" Zhang Yi narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to your script!" Lucas smiled and said.

He is looking forward to Zhang Yi's script, which is certainly not a lie. Zhang Yi's current script can be said to be the most expensive among Hollywood screenwriters. However, it is priceless.

Except for Jiying Film Company, no other film company in Hollywood has ever obtained Zhang Yi's script.

Zhang Yi's scripts are really expected, especially since every script he writes makes a lot of money. This is definitely an irresistible temptation for a film company.

Zhang Yi naturally understood the meaning of Lucas's words. He did not refuse or agree, but wanted to read Zhang Yi's script.

Shortly after Spielberg and Lucas entered the theater, Bali Diller seemed to have heard the news, and immediately came over and asked: "I heard that you are planning to make a film with Lucas?"

"He seems to want to make an adventure film about China, and I am undoubtedly the best candidate for screenwriting." Zhang Yi smiled and said.

"The copyright of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is not in his hands." Balidile thought for a while and then said.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is an adventure film co-produced by Spielberg and Lucas. Lucas wanted to make an adventure film about China, and Bali Diller naturally thought of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

He invited Zhang Yi to write a sequel to "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

"Why make a sequel to "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? Why not make a sequel to "The Mummy"? The copyright of "The Mummy" is in our hands," Zhang Yi said.

"Are there mummies in China?" Balidile asked doubtfully.

"China doesn't have mummies, but it does have terracotta warriors and horses!" Zhang Yi smiled and said.

The third part of "The Mummy" in the past life is a story about China, but the screenwriter of that story is obviously a person who has no understanding of Chinese culture, and the script written is extremely deceptive. And some scenes are leftovers from the second part. Word of mouth

It was so bad that it didn't do much at the box office.

Zhang Yi wrote it himself, so naturally he would not make such a low-level mistake. Moreover, he already had some ideas in mind, especially for big scenes. What kind of scene would it be like when the terracotta warriors and horses are resurrected and fight against the undead.

And this story does not revolve around Qin Shihuang, but another extremely famous figure in the Qin Dynasty: Bai Qi, the God of Death! And the incident is naturally the Battle of Changping.

Bai Qi led his troops to attack Zhao, and killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers. His resentment was soaring, and he turned into an undead after his death, causing all life around Changping to be devastated and the land was covered with blood for thousands of miles.

In order to put an end to the matter, Emperor Qin used Bai Qi's warriors who had fought hundreds of battles and built servants with ancient secrets to use their murderous aura to suppress the undead. The key to this was Bai Qi's sword, the Killing Sword.

The Killing God Sword can not only resurrect those pottery figurines, but can also command them.

This is naturally the origin of the story, and the development of the story is naturally much earlier than the third part of "The Mummy". It took place at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when warlords were fighting.

An ambitious warlord wants to resurrect the pottery figurines and use their power to dominate the warlords' melee. And our protagonist also got involved because he went to China for archeology and tourism.

Of course, the story is not that simple.

There is still a lot to be done to improve these, and Zhang Yi will also use this to better promote his movie theater to the world.

When Balidile heard this, he naturally understood and didn't say much. He was very confident in Zhang Yi's screenwriting ability. However, he didn't know how long the film would be delayed.

"People from Columbia Pictures are here?" Balidile looked outside and whispered to Zhang Yi.

"Yeah! There are old acquaintances here too!" Zhang Yi looked over and saw one of them, then smiled.

That person was naturally the boss of Sony, Akio Morita. There were two Japanese and one Westerner who came with him. He must be the current senior executive of Columbia Pictures.

"Mr. Morita Akio, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you still have the same style!" Zhang Yi said with a smile to the approaching Morita Akio and others.

"Haha, Mr. Zhang is even better than before. Not only is he a major influence in the world of film and martial arts, he is also overcoming obstacles in the business world. The speed of development is amazing." Akio Morita also said to Zhang Yi with a smile.
Chapter completed!