Chapter 1206 1205. Invitation and Response
"James, I'm glad you invited me to participate in the movie. Jeff and I need to think about it..."
Because Schwartz came to remind Liu Mang in advance, Liu Mang did not refuse directly. James Gartner left the script and left. He came and went in a hurry, and the Levia black tea was not even ready...
After James Gartner left, Schwartz said to Liu Mang: "Ace, you may not think that he is famous and sloppy, but he is very talented and is a very talented assistant director at Disney Pictures. , it’s just because he is a little neurotic and offended a lot of people that he is not appreciated. This is his first time making a movie as the chief director of Disney, and it will definitely be a great movie..."
Before Schwartz could finish speaking, Liu Mang interrupted: "Jeff, have you known each other before?"
"Ace, can you tell? Yes, we have known each other for many years. We were all unsuccessful people before. Only when a bunch of losers are together can we have something to talk about." Schwartz said with a bitter smile.
This... seemed to bring back Schwartz's sadness. Liu Mang quickly comforted him: "Jeff, you are not a waste. You are the second agent in the NBA. Wait for Dwyane, Andre, Josh and the others." With a big contract, you will be the most profitable agent in the NBA!”
"Thank you for your comfort, Ace. If it weren't for you, I might have changed my career to be a football agent, but what I love is basketball.
I really hope you can participate in the filming this time. This is James's 40 years of working at Disney before Disney agreed to let him shoot a movie independently. It is his lifetime achievement medal at Disney. He will have to finish the movie. Retired, without you, it would be difficult for this movie to be made, or even if it is made, it would be difficult to attract attention..." Schwartz made a rare request to Liu Mang and began to explain what Liu Mang thought this movie should be. The reason why earlier movies were difficult to produce.
Liu Mang probably understood after listening to Schwartz's words.
I don’t know why, but it may be because the NBA has taken away all the attention from the NCAA March Madness in the past three years due to Liu Mang’s influence. As a result, the filming of this movie has not been able to start smoothly, and it has been delayed until now. .
When Liu Mang heard the name "Path of Glory", he suddenly remembered the inspirational basketball movie he watched.
Because the Football World Cup is coming, the football inspirational movie "One Goal to Fame" has become popular as early as March.
And "Path of Glory," the famous basketball inspirational movie, has not yet appeared.
Liu Mang didn't expect that he would find himself here, and it might be because of him.
If the NCAA does not agree to give Disney a free trial of the image rights, the movie cannot be shot with the NCAA as the background, and the attention will obviously drop sharply. Although Disney is quite humane and is willing to fund James Gartner to make a movie, But the budget given was not much.
This kind of inspirational movie does not require any special effects, so it will be shot very quickly, and it will make a huge profit. The cost is very low, and the props are all ready-made. You can just use the NCAA arena to find some walk-in actors to shoot. The main thing is the storyline. .
But if you want to buy image rights with the NCAA, the price is different. The top executives of the NCAA...Adam Silva looks like a pure angel compared to them...
Previously, James Gartner wanted to contact the NCAA to make a movie, but the NCAA refused. They didn't want a bad old man to take advantage of them.
But if Liu Mang agrees to make this movie, everything will be easier to handle. Georgia Tech will definitely handle these things. Liu Mang is undoubtedly the best basketball player produced by Georgia Tech and the best basketball player produced by the NCAA in the new century. As a basketball player, the NCAA will definitely want to take advantage of Liu Mang's popularity to promote the NCAA, mainly to Chinese fans, and all problems will be solved.
And with Liu Mang participating, the budget given by Disney will definitely be higher.
James Gartner originally didn't want to find NBA players to make this movie, but Liu Mang's performance this year was so good. Liu Mang's "inspirational" story was widely publicized by the media. As a second-round pick, Liu Mang is now Every honor you get is a "record"!
Although Liu Mang's scoring average this season is a new low since he became a starter, his evaluation is higher than last year when he averaged 38 points per game.
Inspirational and selfless have become Liu Mang's labels. He is completely different from a certain Los Angeles player and has become a positive teaching material...
Schwartz wanted to expand Liu Mang's influence and further develop Liu Mang's influence, so he contacted this old friend, which could be regarded as helping this old friend fulfill his last dream before retirement.
Apart from basketball, Liu Mang is too low-key in other areas. James holds the title of Dance King of Paradise and has made millions in a few months. Liu Mang is the King of Dance who "created the first in the NBA", but he has never thought about it. Make money from this.
Liu Mang doesn't like to make money through dance, and Schwartz doesn't have any objections. There is still a big difference between pole dancing and dance developed around the Pure Land.
But Schwartz heard that his old friend wanted to complete one last dream before retiring, and Schwartz began to actively promote this matter.
James Gartner's script also changed a lot because Liu Mang might participate in the role. It was originally supposed to be a team story, but it has become a passionate dream basketball movie with the personal plot as the main focus and the team as the supplement.
Seeing Schwartz's serious look, and that he would not suffer any loss in this matter, Liu Mang responded: "Jeff, if I win the championship again this year, I will agree to make this movie. If I don't win three consecutive championships, forget it."
Liu Mang liked this simple but exciting script very much, but he didn't agree immediately. If he didn't win three consecutive championships, making this movie would be a joke!
The key is that after Liu Mang got the script, he saw that the plot was simple but exciting. The story didn't take a lot of time to shoot. A few days would be enough. After shooting his part, he could shoot other content and edit them together. He didn't need to do too much.
The main thing was that the content to be shot was very simple, playing basketball, interviews, training, locker room content, very simple things, not as troublesome as he imagined when he first heard about making a movie.
"Great, Ace, I'll go and discuss it with James right away..."
Seeing Schwartz leave as soon as he said he would, Liu Mang understood more why after more than a decade of major changes in NBA agents, only Schwartz, the old agent, remained standing and became the number one agent in the NBA.
Human touch... For a superstar, a caring and righteous agent is the most important thing, as long as the agent is competent enough.
However, Liu Mang did not expect that his goal in the NBA was to kill other people's dreams, but making a movie outside of the game was about selling dreams.