Sparse sunlight fell in the woods. Oppola, opposite the light barrier, carried a camera and went on to fight. After seeing Natalie and James Franco finished preparing, she shouted to start.

James Franco, who plays Gale, randomly picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the bushes not far away. Natalie tapped the bow and shot a soft arrow at the fastest speed...

Then, a huge hare ran out of the bushes in full view of the crowd and rushed into the depths of the woods like an arrow from the string.

“cut!”

Sofia Coppola handed the camera to her assistant and shouted angrily, "Damn it! It's a damn rabbit again!"

Since the crew moved to the farm, the biggest problem faced when filming in the wild is the hares that pop up from time to time. These rabbits who seem not afraid of humans have become the protagonists who steal the spotlight.

"Henry!" Sofia Coppola found the crew's security person, "Take people to search the nearby bushes, I don't want to see hares again!"

When she passed by Ryan, she cursed quietly, "I hate rabbits!"

This is how the shooting is. There will always be various accidents. The flood of hares in Australia has indeed caused some trouble to the crew, but it is not an unsolvable problem. From the next day, Gru joined the crew. Before shooting, as long as he put it around the outdoor location, he will basically not encounter hares stealing the spotlight again.

"You have to pay Gru!" Slapping Gru's head lying beside the chair, Taylor said to Ryan, who was sitting opposite the small round table, "One hundred dollars a day is enough."

"Then who will keep its salary?"

Natalie's eyes moved from the huge canopy of the eucalyptus above to Taylor, and Taylor said for granted, "Of course it's me. I saw the new Apple player a few days ago, but unfortunately..."

"It's a pity that all the pocket money was spent, right?" Ryan took off his sunglasses and said, "Dear, can you tell me what you bought?"

"Nothing." Taylor threw a piece of jerky to Gru and thought for a while, "I went to Brisbane and the Gold Coast with Hannah and Scars a few times, and then went to the Great Barrier Reef to buy you and Nat, and... well, everyone else, some gifts."

Dust rose on the road outside the woods. A Chevrolet off-road vehicle was parked from a distance and parked on the periphery of the shooting site. Two middle-aged men quickly walked into the temporary set. After being questioned by the security staff of the crew, they walked quickly towards this side under the guidance of an assistant.

"Is this the person Pat mentioned when he called yesterday?" Natalie asked as she looked at the two people getting closer and closer, "The one in front seems very familiar."

"It's them." Ryan nodded, "And Lee, that Chinese director."

Natalie waved her hand to the other side and asked her assistant to prepare black tea and coffee.

"Hello, Mr. Jenkins. Hello, Miss Portman."

"Hello, Mr. Li."

The two stood up and shook hands with Ang Lee one after another. Ryan signaled the two chairs opposite, "You're welcome, sit there casually."

Then he turned to look at Taylor. "Let Gru go to the woods."

"I'll go with it."

Perhaps seeing something important to talk about, Taylor politely greeted the guests and led Gru to the woods not far away. A bodyguard immediately followed him.

Ryan could roughly guess the purpose of Ang Lee coming here. After the crew's assistant delivered the coffee, he asked, "Mr. Li, I don't know if you are coming to Australia..."

After living in the West for so many years, Ang Lee has also become accustomed to this straightforward way of speaking. "Mr. Jenkins, I heard that the copyright of Brokeback Mountain is in your hands?"

"This is not a secret." Ryan looked at him with interest, "Mr. Li is interested in this script?"

"Yes." Ang Lee admitted directly, "I want to direct this movie."

Things took a circle and returned to the road of my previous life.

Ryan had long guessed about this. After all, although Ang Lee did not take on "The Hulk", he took on another commercial production "Mutual Dog". As a result, this movie that should not exist in his previous life was even more serious than the consequences of "The Hulk".

"The Hulk" has earned more than $200 million in box offices from the world with a production cost of $130 million, while this movie, which tells the battle between the human and the dog, only recovered more than $90 million in box offices with an investment of $100 million.

Things also prove that Ang Lee is indeed not suitable for a completely commercial film.

His current situation is very subtle. If an American director fails, he will probably lie in dormant for a while. A Chinese director suffered such serious setbacks in Hollywood. If he does not take the initiative to find a way to prove himself, he can only leave Hollywood and go.

So, he once again fell in love with the sensitive subject of "Brokeback Mountain".

Originally, Ryan wanted to hand it over to Natalie. Maybe she would be able to use it in the future, but Natalie didn't accept it.

Ryan overlooks a very important issue, Natalie's family and her father.

Although Natalie's relationship with her parents was not particularly good due to his reasons, it did not break down. She must be concerned about the impact of this sensitive subject on her family's thoughts.

Therefore, this script has been put in his hands. If it weren't for no choice, who would have taken the initiative to touch on this subject that was completely based on the perspective of gay men?

"Mr. Li, we worked very happily on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

That video did bring him a lot of profits, and if this movie is done well, it is no exception. Ryan raised his right hand and extended two momentums, "two conditions."

Ang Lee nodded and waited for Ryan to continue talking. After all, if there is a condition, there is something to talk about.

"First." Ryan put down his middle finger, "The film is entirely invested by Flower Pictures, and the production costs must be compressed to less than 15 million US dollars."

"I can give up all the director's pay," Ang Lee said without hesitation.

"No need." Ryan waved his hand, "I've studied the script, and $15 million is enough for this film."

He still disdains to do things like deducting the director's remuneration.

"Second." Ryan put down his index finger again, "You have to finish it as soon as possible, I want this movie to appear at the Cannes Film Festival next year."

"This..." Ang Lee frowned, "Time is a little tight."

"So that, Mr. Lee." Ryan looked at Natalie beside him, "This script was originally prepared for Miss Portman. I have investigated many situations in advance, including the location and the actors. These are noted in the script, and I believe they will provide you with some help."

By the same token, if it weren't for the rush to transform, how many male actors would be willing to play Jack and Ennis?

It doesn't matter to the actress. It seems that Hollywood has not yet called Anne Hathaway's movie star.

It is August now, and the Cannes Film Festival is in May. The film has been very tight for more than eight months from preparation to shooting to production, but Ang Lee still responded.

The script was at home in Los Angeles, and Ryan called Lisa to Ang Lee and asked him to contact the butler directly after returning to Los Angeles.

After talking about the main thing, Ang Lee didn't even drink coffee and left hurriedly.

"Why do you have to attend the Cannes Film Festival?"

Looking at the back that was leaving, Natalie asked curiously, "Don't you think time is too tight?"

"Forgot to tell you."

After drinking all the coffee in the cup, Ryan remembered the invitation he had received before coming to Los Angeles, "Cannes wants to invite me to serve as the chairman of the jury for next year's film festival."

"Did you agree?" Natalie looked at him with incredible eyes.

"No." Ryan shook his head, "I'm still thinking about it, but now there is an extra reason to agree."

"That's why you asked Drew's Flower Pictures to invest." Natalie immediately figured it out, "so that the movie doesn't seem to have a direct relationship with you, right?"

"Sure enough, Nat knows me."

Pulling Natalie's hand, Ryan gently kissed the back of his hand, "If Lee can shoot the effect I want, it is not impossible to get a Palme d'Or, so the box office of the movie will be more guaranteed."

"What did you expect?" Natalie turned her head and looked him up and down carefully. Ryan spread her hands and said, "Dear, didn't I say that this was originally a script for you, but I ignored your family factor."

"Compared to homosexuality," Natalie filled him with coffee, "I'm more interested in "The Dilemma of Life and Death."

"Then wait until you finish this movie."

That being the case, then you can invest yourself, "Let's go to Utah together."

Ang Lee's arrival is just a small episode in the filming. Although Ryan is one of the players who survived to the end of the Hunger Games, he has few scenes. Except for fighting with Natalie, he is basically a standard soy sauce vase for men.

Using her free time in the shooting, Sofia Coppola also took the photo of Taylor's first MV, Taylor, who was five feet and ten inches tall. After changing into her gauze skirt, she was as beautiful as a female elf walking out of Middle-earth.

In just two days, Sofia Coppola finished filming this MV, and then Ryan also left.

Although the film is still early before the filming is completed, he cannot stay in Australia for a long time, and August is about to end, and there is still a lot of work on the summer schedule that needs to be handled.
Chapter completed!