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Leaving the cafe, Lehman returned to the rented hotel.

As if to hear the movement, not long after Lyman entered the room, there was a knock on the door outside.

Open the door, and Ryan is standing outside.

"Hehe, where did you go last night? That girl?" He smiled lustfully.

"It has nothing to do with you!" Lehman's very tough answer also allowed Ryan to further confirm his guess.

"Okay, when did you learn this? It hasn't happened before." Ryan looked very curious.

For his friend, when he was in college, he hadn't found any girl for four years, let alone stayed out all night.

"Do you like to inquire about my privacy so much?" Lyman said playfully while sitting on the sofa.

"I'm just curious, you know? I want to know why you suddenly opened up, and you can understand what it's like."

"Then do you understand?"

"Understood!" Then Ryan said again: "Okay, it's not poor, I have almost perfected the outline of the script you mentioned, except for a few scenes depicting war, I can't write it, consult my tutor, He doesn't have very good opinions, so you can only think of a solution yourself."

With that, he took out a manuscript and handed it to Lehman.

This is the script he commissioned Ryan to perfect the day before yesterday.

Lyman opened it and looked at it carefully.

To be honest, the structure of the story in "Furious" is fairly simple. It is still a group play. It can be roughly regarded as the five main character scenes, that is, the five soldiers driving the same tank.

In May 1945, World War II was drawing to a close, and Hitler's suicide was only one month away.

But the Allies did not know that the German army would surrender like that. In their eyes, they clamored to throw children and women into the battlefield even at the last minute. For the "all people as soldiers" demons, surrender this. The words seem to never appear.

The Allies crossed the Rhine and began to penetrate deep into the German hinterland.

** The German army has a strong sense of resistance, and the fighting has become more frantic.

The tank unit where the "Sergeant" was in had just experienced a head-on encounter. The watchman in his squad died unfortunately.

War is always going to kill people, and everyone has achieved such awareness.

It's just that when a person is dead, another one is needed to replace the duty.

The recruit "Norman" joined the battlefield in such a vague way, that is, on the order of the officer, and the five-man tank squad headed by the "sergeant" were "furious" with the five-man tank squadron-"fury" printed on the left side of the tank The English alphabet of, went to the front.

Their task is to brave the enemy's powerful firepower to tear open the eastern battlefield defense line for the army.

Four seasoned soldiers went to battle and dared to kill the enemy without hesitation, but Norman, a recruit, could hardly resist the pressure of fear and made frequent mistakes.

In the roar of blood and fire, Norman began to grow gradually, and the tank "furious" also moved forward smoothly.

But because of the defeat in the Eastern battlefield, the crazy police is determined to give firepower.

They transferred the tank ace troop-Tiger tank.

This is the Panzer VI heavy tank developed by the German army. It has a long tube of 88 mm and a wide track shoe that can support a huge body with a total weight of 57 tons.And different from the balanced development of the three indicators of mobility, protection, and firepower emphasized by the early German tanks, the Tiger tank was born for a sense of strike since the day it was developed.

Efforts to increase the thickness of the armor, the front vertical reached 102 mm, the firepower is outstanding, although the mobility is not strong, but the idea of ​​becoming a powerful fortress is successful.

Moreover, the Tiger type equipped with the 88mm KWK36L56 artillery, the powerful fire range and armor penetration can be completely 1000 meters away, and it can be used for burst headshots. It is also the land war ace of the German army, which often destroys a Tiger type. Tanks require the sacrifice of dozens of Allied tanks, which is also synonymous with fear in the eyes of the Allies.

In the end, well, the Allied forces won.

This is the content of the script that has been written now. As for the middle battles, because Ryan has not touched the relevant information, all are large blanks, but it is okay, at least the writing of the literary drama is very good. This is also what Ryan is best at.

The lines and language expressions of the characters always appear vivid.

And anyway, this script is written for actors or Europa Films, and the part of the battle only needs to be highlighted, and there is no need to write about how to fight. When the time comes, when shooting, I will ask relevant experts to help with the idea. .

Lyman put down the script and took a sip of water.

This is almost the final version of the script. Compared with the original, the general framework of the story hasn't changed much. But how to express the story and what rhythm to tell it, the changes will be big.

This is also to integrate his own shooting ideas.

In the next few days, Lehman began to write a sub-scene script for "Furious", occasionally taking time to meet with CAA.

They seem to be very interested in cooperating with him, and the tone and conditions of the conversation are much more relaxed than the first day.

It's just that it's still not up to the standard, and it's constantly spent in pulling and pulling.

During this period, it was not that other brokerage companies came to him.

Just like successful people never lack collaborators.

In the eyes of many brokerage companies, Lehman still feels a little fragrant.

However, most people hesitated about the two points that Lehman killed in response.

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Time: After dusk.Location: The ground is muddy, suitable for troop stationing.

Close-up shot: "Sergeant" secretly blamed himself for the death of the watcher.

Camera shift: "Machine" and "Bible" were found together.

Scene description: A campfire rises on the ground, ready to cook and repair.

Camera transition: Under the leadership of Shangguan, the recruit Norman walked to the team where the "sergeant" was.

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Lehman wrote this sub-shot script very slowly because he had to take into account his own style and the actual portrayal of the shot.

If you want the movie to have that kind of real war atmosphere, the idea of ​​each segment is equivalent to reorganizing the entire movie screen in your mind first. This is a very hard work and energy, but Lehman is not in a hurry. Anyway, the project review of the film will take a while, and the preparation work will also take a certain amount of time, as long as it can be completed before the official filming starts.

Just yesterday, he had already sent relevant information and the first version of the script into Europa Pictures’ review process.

Note that the production cost of at least US$50 million will inevitably make Europa Pictures treat it with caution.

Even though he has already had two successful film projects to make a base, a correct film company must conduct production and market risk assessments before setting up a new project. No one would rashly decide on such a huge amount. Investment.

"Hi, Kevin Hoween, okay, I'll be here right away."

Lehmann took the call from the front desk of the hotel, and Kevin Hoween invited him to meet again.

As early as many days ago, the two had met no less than three times, but they were still in the see-saw stage. The negotiation of various terms was really a matter of contention.

But in general, the situation is on the bright side.

......

Back in time to yesterday, there was also a conversation about Lehman at CAA's headquarters.

In one office, Kevin Hoween talked to Brian Lauder about Lyman.

"He has great abilities and his potential has yet to be developed, but this person's desire for control is too strong."

Kevin said in a bit of a grumbling, he was also annoyed by Lyman's unyielding attitude these days.

Brian Lauder with a bright bald head, he is also one of the five senior leaders of CAA.

"But his director business is exactly what we need." He looked at Kevin Hoween, "If there is a chance, we still have to hold it in our hands. As far as I know, there are several other agencies in the past few days. I found him."

"This is exactly where I am troubled. He wants too much. If he is Steven Spielberg, I can give him such conditions, even more favorable. But he... "

The words were not finished, but both of them knew that it was nothing more than that Lehman's potential value was not so prominent, otherwise what conditions could not be negotiated.

To put it bluntly, the exchange of interests between the two parties is still not in agreement.

"He wants freedom on the set, and we just give it to him." Brian Lauder said.

"But in this way, if we can't get in on the actors, signing him will be of little value."

"We have so many actors in CAA. He will always need them. Take your time, and he will recognize our strength."

"You said it is light, but his roots are in France, is there no actor market there? Besides, there is a Europa Films that has worked with him for so long in the middle, which is even more difficult."

"Sign him a moderate contract. The resources we invest can be reduced accordingly. This is not a difficult choice to think about. Anyway, he doesn't seem to care about it, does it?" Brian Lauder lightly Smiled.

Kevin Hoween thought for a while, and thought it would be fine. It is always better to draw a director talent to their camp first.

As for the future, let's talk about it later.

Having figured this out, Kevin Hoween is not entangled in the shooting of the set, as he said, Lehmann is a French director, it seems that he does not need CAA very much.

The industry resources they rely on to become famous are replaced in the eyes of others, and Europa Pictures is more trustworthy than them.

When they met again, Lehmann found that Kevin Hoween was much easier to talk.

Also promised not to interfere too much with Lyman's rights as a director on the set.

This point has been negotiated, and the rest will be easy to handle. The main point of difference is the freedom of shooting.

"Happy cooperation."

The two shook hands in a friendly manner and agreed to go to CAA's headquarters next time to sign a formal broker contract.

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