Chapter 20: A Talented Director

The sun was shining and cars were coming and going on the road.

James Wong carried a briefcase, glanced at the office building in front of him,

He saw the name of Sand Sea Entertainment from a dozen nameplates,

and made sure that he had made no mistakes, and quickly walked in.

He found the corresponding office and knocked on the door before entering.

A girl with freckles greeted him.

After he indicated his intention, the girl asked him to wait for a while and then went to inform the people in the other office.

Sitting on a chair, he looked at the few seven or eight people in the office,

James Wong was not surprised.

He has been working in the film and television industry with his friend Glenn Morgan since the 1980s.

He is considered to be knowledgeable and has seen a lot of these kinds of small production companies

The agent mentioned this company and project a few days ago,

and he also understood that the $11 million investment was just a big gimmick.

Regardless of his business, there are too many cases in Hollywood falsely reporting production costs, which involve many messy situations such as promotion and entanglement of interests.

This is not his only option.

People from Dimension Films have been in contact with him and wanted him to direct the spoof version of the movie "Scream"

He hadn't responded to it for the time being, because Dimension Pictures flatly rejected one of his conditions.

James Wong frowned when he thought of the script he had made with Glenn Morgan, is he going to give up that script?

He has been in the industry for more than ten years and has been a screenwriter for more than ten years.

He knows very well that his script was very good.

The problem is that there are too many good scripts in the industry,

And there are too many people waiting for their good scripts to become movies.

When will it be his turn?

As for selling the scripts or the story outlines separately, he has not even considered it.

From the mid-80s to 1993, he has been working as a screenwriter for nearly ten years.

After numerous rejections, he wrote a youth comedy book called "The Boy Next Door" and was finally bought by a production company.

He and his friend Glenn Morgan participated in the writing of commercial films and drama series such as "Space: Above and Beyond" and "21 jump street".

Sadly, even though he was a senior screenwriter, the screenwriting industry was not taken that seriously,

So it's income was even difficult to maintain his expenses,

So he could only find a way to transform.

Therefore, James Wong knows very well that his script can't be sold for a lot of money.

James Wong can only think of one way at this stage and that is to sell the script along with himself.

After all, he is not an unknown person.

He has served as the director and executive producer of "X-Files",

and has also worked as a co-producer for the "Wiseguy", "Millennium" projects, and "X-Files"

"Director Wong,"

The girl with freckles came over and informed: "Mr.Anderson, is waiting for you, please go inside"

James Wong nodded and followed the girl into an office where Agent Edward was already inside.

"James, this is Ronan Anderson, the president of Sand Sea Entertainment."

"Ronan, this is Director Wong, I mentioned to you."

Seeing black hair and yellow skin, Ronan immediately determined that this person should be of Chinese origin.

He shook his hands and greeted him, and asked, "Is Director Wong Chinese?"

James Wong replied: "I was born in Hong Kong"

Ronan turned to the topic, "Have you worked on the crew of "X-Files"?"

This was a very successful TV series on Fox TV.

After learning the name of the director, he specifically looked for it, he specifically looked for the episodes in which James Wong participated

From the perspective of the quality of the TV series, James Wong did a pretty good job.

"From the first season to the fourth season, I stayed on the "X-Files" crew."

James Wong said more plainly, "In the first and second seasons, I and Glenn Morgan mainly made outline adjustments and Correction work.

In the second half of the filming of the second season, I started to serve as the assistant director for Mr.Chris Carter.

In the third and fourth seasons, I directed several episodes separately..."

After James Wong just finished speaking, the agent Edward added,

"Many plots and content of "X-Files" involve the types of horror and mysteries. James is very familiar with this aspect."

Ronan nodded,

Among the directors who have been interviewed,

James Wong has the best resume, and he is also the only person who has participated in directing well-known projects.

More importantly, Ronan always felt that this person's name was a bit familiar as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He is not Google, and if he can remember a person's name then that person should not be an ordinary person

He must have made some considerable achievements.

The two sides discussed James Wong's resume.

Ronan took out the script and pushed it to James, "You read the script first, and we will talk after you read it."

James Wong took the script, it is not too thick, and it looks more than 80 pages,

The cover was labeled as "Human Removal Project", and the name of Ronan Anderson is written on the back of the script

He knew these before he came, and didn't pay much attention to them.

He opened the script and looked through it.

After reading it for a while, James Wong had a general judgment.

The background setting of the script was very good,

But it still has the American traditional horror movie elements, full of violence, killing, and blood, and can be classified into the category of plasma movies.

In terms of horror content alone, it's just so and so.

In his eyes, the kind that is invisible and intangible is truly scary.

James Wong subconsciously compared it with the horror script that he had written with Glenn,

And felt that his script was much better than this.

But thinking about it carefully, in addition to the elements of terror and violence,

this script also seems to have expressed some social realities

It is estimated that it will resonate with Americans.

Seeing from behind, James Wong scratched his head a bit.

But why did the Arabs become a hero?

Although there are corresponding foreshadowings about Arabs in the front, it does not conform to Hollywood's usual routine.

When did the Arabs have a positive image in Hollywood movies?

It seems that there are not many Arab audiences in American movies, right?

Written in this way, it is not as good as changing to a wider audience of the Chinese or Mexican people

It took a long time before James Wong finished reading the script.

Ronan saw James Wong close the script, poured him a glass of water, and asked, "Any thoughts?"

Because it is possible that he would take over the project, James Huang said directly,

"The role of Arabs is a bit problematic."

Ronan smiled and answered simply, "The investment came from Abu Dhabi."

James Huang has been in the circle for many years, how can he not understand the meaning of this?

The rich people are the uncles.

"The setting is good." He stopped mentioning Arabs, and slowly said,

"This story should resonate with many people living in the United States."

Ronan slightly leaned back behind the deal and said, "Talk about it."

James Wong has many personal experiences,

"I have been following the crew in recent years and spent some time in France and Canada.

When I look at the news reports on TV, I would feel very strange, because the news in these two countries is very different from ours.

In France, I saw all kinds of reports about Europe.

In Canada, the news is almost nothing serious, and it reports some trivial things.

Later, I returned to the United States and saw a lot of violence happening in the news every day"

He suddenly smiled and continued, "I am an outsider.

During the first few years here, my biggest feeling is that in the United States, I seem to be living in violence every day."

"Hmm." Ronan nodded slightly, "The law and order in the United States is really bad in some places"

Edward interrupted suddenly, "There are so many violent incidents every day, but why don't people feel disgusted by seeing violent movies?"

James Wong answered calmly, "Because an Anti-Violence movie must show violence!"

Hearing this Ronan admired James Wong's view a little bit.

He has to say that the directors are all people who like to think deeply.

"Director Wong." He simply asked,

"If you are the director, how would you like to make this film?"

"I will make it an anti-violence movie with many violent scenes."

After reading the script, James Wong's thoughts gradually became clear,

"You wrote a good story. Although the film takes place in the future, it is not a post-apocalyptic movie.

In post-apocalyptic movies, people will live well in the future, but violence will still be lingering in the shadows.

That is to say, violence not only exists in poverty but also exists in wealth.

This is something worth thinking about.

Everyone should feel that they are part of the violence."

This brain hole! Ronan was speechless.

After watching the series directed by James Wong, verifying his resume, and knowing his thoughts on the film,

Ronan gradually felt that Director James was a good choice.

He tentatively said, "Mr.Wong, join my project."

James Wong looked at Edward, and Edward smiled honestly,

"Before you came over, I discussed the salary with Ronan, and he agreed to pay 300,000 US dollars in two payments."

Ronan is satisfied with James Wong,

And Edward will also get a raise in his salary, everyone is happy

The negotiation of this kind of independent small project is not so particular at all.

As long as the two parties have no opinions, they don't care too much about some too rigid regulations in the industry.

"Hmm..." James Wong slightly pondered, and suddenly said,

"Edward, I want to talk to Ronan alone."

Edward immediately thought about Dimension Pictures, stood up, and said, "You want to..."

James Wong interrupted him, "I know what is good for me"

Edward shook his head and went straight out of the office....