Chapter 707: "Manslaughter by Mistaken Accident"!

"A Murderer" is a famous movie in Wu Yuan's eyes!

The theme of the film is a bit like the movie "The Labyrinth of Heart", both of which tell the story of a family planning to protect a child who has made a mistake, but the father is more far-sighted and has more anti-detection means.

Although the ending of the movie is tragic, it is full of human nature and thought-provoking.

As one of the few Indian movies that can break the circle, "A Murderer" can be regarded as one of the few fine Indian movies that Wu Yuan knew in his previous life.

Of course, Wu Yuan also knows about "A Murderer" adapted from this Indian movie.

The film retains the essence of "A Murderer", but it is not completely copied, but new plots are added in many places to give the audience a fresh feeling.

The film was released in mainland China on December 13, 2019, and the total box office exceeded 1.1 billion yuan. It was re-screened again on July 20, 2020, but this re-screening was mainly due to the epidemic. There were no movies in the cinema, so the movie was re-screened.

In general, if we only talk about the box office, perhaps the box office performance of this movie is not so amazing.

But from the perspective of word of mouth, the word of mouth of this movie is undoubtedly very good, and it is not easy to be able to kill in the Lunar New Year period.

Especially the male lead Xiao Yang, who performed very well. As an actor who changed his career halfway, he left a very deep impression on Wu Yuan.

Before this movie, Wu Yuan's impression of Xiao Yang has always been a funny comedian. The classic scene is the famous line "He slandered me!" in "Detective Chinatown".

But after the release of "The Accidental Murderer", it can be said that Wu Yuan's view of Xiao Yang was refreshed, and he really recognized the performance of this actor for the first time.

"The Accidental Murderer is indeed a very good movie." Putting down the documents in his hand, Wu Yuan smiled and said to Li Xiaoping: "Does the company plan to buy the copyright for remake?"

"I think it's okay."

Hearing that Wu Yuan also approved, Li Xiaoping was obviously relieved a lot, and the corners of her mouth curled up, and she said with some pride: "It seems that my vision is also good."

Yes, this movie is what Li Xiaoping likes.

As the head of a film company based in China and looking to Asia, Li Xiaoping certainly will not limit her vision to the domestic market.

If there are excellent films in other countries, she will definitely find out about them as soon as possible.

She knew that a film was released in India last month and achieved very good results, so she paid close attention to this matter and found film materials and even original film materials.

After watching this movie, she felt that this Bollywood film, which is completely different from the mainstream Indian film style (basically no singing and dancing), is also very suitable for the Chinese film market.

Family, ethics, suspense, any of these three points will not be unacceptable!

After just watching it once, Li Xiaoping thought that this movie is worth remaking!

However, she rarely made decisions on the direction of filming in the company. Generally, Wu Yuan made the decision and gave the script, or the directors signed by the company came to the door with the script to attract investment.

Although Li Xiaoping has judged the scripts of the company's co-directors many times, it is indeed the first time for her to choose a script to do it herself. This made her a little unconfident, so she wanted to ask Wu Yuan for his opinion.

Now it seems that her vision is still good.

Wu Yuan also saw what Li Xiaoping was thinking, so although the proud expression on her face was obvious, Wu Yuan still sighed and said: "Mr. Li, in fact, your vision has always been very good. Since you joined the company, you have hardly made any wrong judgments. You can be more confident."

"As long as you like the movie and want to make it, just do it. Don't ask me. This is also the right you have as the general manager."

Well, Li Xiaoping did not make any wrong choices in the general direction of the company. The main thing is that whenever there is a sign, Wu Yuan will correct it behind the scenes to ensure that the company does not go astray.

But now it is 2015, Wu Yuan's ability to foresee and foresee is not much, and Li Xiaoping has been the helmsman for so many years, and she has already trained it, so Wu Yuan hopes that she can be more confident and more "domineering". There is no need to ask his opinion after reading the script herself.

If you want to shoot, just shoot.

Taking a step back, even if the final box office performance is not good, Guangying Times is a big family and can afford the loss!

"Yeah, I got it." Facing Wu Yuan's encouragement, Li Xiaoping nodded heavily. She was already in her early 40s, but she still looked a bit girlish. She said with vigor, "I will continue to work hard!"

"Good, very energetic." Wu Yuan clapped his hands and stood up. "Then I'll leave if there's nothing else. The post-production of "Ready Player One" is almost done, so I can save some polishing work. I still can't slack off on this last bit of work."

"Hey, wait." However, to Wu Yuan's surprise, Li Xiaoping was not willing to let her go at all, and hurriedly said, "What about the director?"

"After we buy the adaptation rights of this movie, which director should we find to shoot it?"

"Ask Leslie if he is interested." Wu Yuan sat back, crossed his legs and said, "Leslie has been slacking off since he finished filming "Along with the Gods", right?"

"The structure of "The Accidental Detective" is actually quite similar to Hong Kong movies, and it has the style of Hong Kong crime movies. Let him give it a try."

"If Leslie doesn't want to make the film, you can consider finding a Hong Kong director to make it. For this kind of crime and suspense-style movie, directors from Hong Kong are better at it."

It has to be said that due to censorship standards, mainland China is indeed short of directors who can make good crime-themed movies. There are almost no mainland directors who are good at making crime movies.

On Hong Kong Island, there are quite a few movies of this scale. There are a group of Hong Kong directors who are good at making movies on crime, police and robbers, and suspense themes. In the Chinese film market, these themes are basically shot on Hong Kong Island, and many of them are filmed on Hong Kong Island. It is adapted from a true story.

Wu Yuan didn't plan to find a mainland director to make this movie, there was no need.

Although he has objections to some of the directors from Hong Kong who have gone north, he is not going to beat them all to death. Some directors who are quite good themselves and do not discriminate against mainlanders, and who scold them while making money from them, can still work with them normally. of.

"That's right." Wu Yuan thought of another thing and asked again: "Even if you buy the remake rights, the story background of this movie must be changed. If it is placed in China, it will definitely not pass the review."

"After all, the powerful party in the movie is not just, and the drama of justice and revenge is also played up."

"Well, let's change the setting of the story to Southeast Asia. There are many Chinese people there and it's very chaotic." (End of Chapter)