Chapter 117: Cannes Palme d

When the film's casting was almost finalized, Cao Yang had also written the frameworks for several scripts. There was no need to write them in too much detail; as long as the general outline was written, he could go to the U. S. Copyright Office (USCO) for copyright registration.

What is the foundation of Hollywood?

Some think it's the complete film industrial system; others think it's the advanced concepts and execution; still others think it's the mature processes and guarantee systems.

There are also many industry insiders who believe that the script is the foundation of Hollywood. In its long-term practice, a mature development system has been formed around the script, which is the lifeblood of Hollywood films maintaining global competitiveness.

But regardless, the importance of the Hollywood script cannot be denied.

Without the ability to innovate, one is not far from decline.

In addition, Cao Yang believes that some big directors with unique characteristics are also one of the foundations of Hollywood.

Cao Yang just wanted to dig a little bit at this foundation.

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, at least it counted as venting some anger.

Maybe it could even bring many benefits.

It would be best to let Hollywood's comic book films and game/toy adaptation films run wildly on this "bright road" without looking back, happily earning effortless dollars.

Losing innovation means losing competitiveness.

This time, Cao Yang wanted to register five scripts: *Inception*, *Interstellar*, *2012*, *The Martian*, and *Gravity*.

First, register these scripts. When the time comes, try not to let the original directors shoot them, and see if those directors can be made to turn around and shoot superhero films.

Perhaps guiding them a bit then wouldn't be impossible.

Cao Yang had also thought that Hollywood film companies might not follow principles and would directly shoot similar films.

Actually, there's no need to worry about this. Before a film is shot, no one knows if the story will be successful.

What's more, Cao Yang isn't a nobody; he is also a world-renowned big director. For a story that isn't certain to succeed, offend Cao Yang and trigger global public opinion?

They also have to consider the impact of this on the company.

If it weren't for the fact that the "truck driver" had the idea of shooting *Avatar* as early as '97, Cao Yang would have wanted to register this "forced demolition" story and pit the truck driver.

Cao Yang suddenly felt that he had become a bit evil, and then shook his head to expel this thought. What evil or not evil? I'm just doing as the Romans do.

This day, Cao Yang was discussing shooting matters with Gu Changwei when Bei Er Man ran in, stumbling all the way, and couldn't stop using F-words to greet someone.

Cao Yang's heart skipped a beat. What bad thing had happened again?

Is this damn America cursing me?

"Cao, quick, quick, you quickly turn on the TV and tune to the damn Fox News channel. I can't believe this is true, F..."

Cao Yang hurriedly turned on the TV. What bad thing had happened again?

Tuning to the Fox News channel, he saw Sean Penn appearing on it.

"... These materials are all stored in the government's archives and are trustworthy. And these videos are also footage from news interviews from that year. The materials here are materials from news reports from that year, as well as interviews with Milk's friends..."

He saw Sean Penn showing them page by page, and he also played the audio of the interviews...

The content of the audio was a woman who said she was Milk's neighbor. Milk had pursued her that year, and she said many people nearby knew that Milk was a normal man and had had many girlfriends.

Then Sean Penn played another audio recording. This person claimed to be Milk's campaign assistant that year and also his lover. She had always known that Milk was a normal male, and Milk's so-called boyfriend was someone she had paid to hire...

Afterward, he played a videotape. Inside, Milk was young, holding a party with a group of beauties, the kind where they wore very little, and there were scenes of hugging and kissing... Another videotape was a news interview. At that time, Milk was a successful businessman, and the person accepting the interview with him was his girlfriend at the time.

There were many more materials, all shown by Sean Penn one by one. It could be seen that he must have spent a lot of effort for these materials.

Finally, Sean Penn concluded: "Milk was just a despicable politician. He used these poor gay groups to achieve his dirty goals..."

"The bills he wanted to promote after becoming a supervisor were all to deceive support..."

"He was a liar. Even his gay identity was a disguise. He was a thorough political fraudster!"

"It's over!"

Bei Er Man muttered to himself.

"It's all over now. What about our film? We had such a good script, and the preparation was almost done. It's all over now... Sean Penn, this damn bastard, is simply out of his mind. What the hell does he want to do?"

"Bei Er Man, Sean Penn's behavior can be considered as knocking down a flag raised by the left wing. Will those people just watch Milk fall?"

"He's a damn flag. We shoot him, and once it has an impact, those people will take advantage of the situation to make him a flag. Now he's nothing; he's just an opportunistic politician," Bei Er Man said through gritted teeth.

He caught his breath and then continued angrily: "He was indeed promoting those bills that year; otherwise, he wouldn't have been killed by conservatives. But that was thirty-some years ago. Who cares about these things?"

!

Cao Yang thought for a while and suggested: "I actually think it's not necessarily all bad. As long as this matter makes a bigger noise, we can take advantage of the situation and change the script to become 'despicable politician,' and satirize those conservatives."

Bei Er Man's eyes lit up, and he began to seriously weigh the pros and cons, thinking about whether there was anything that could be utilized.

He was also confused by concern. This was his first time being a producer, and his first time fully cooperating with Cao Yang. If he failed, he could forget about changing careers to be a producer for the rest of his life.

Hollywood is the base camp of the left wing. A film satirizing conservatives is definitely politically correct.

It's just that regardless of whether Milk was an opportunist or not, he clearly counted as a radical. Shooting him and satirizing him along with them is a bit politically incorrect.

"My dear director, how do you intend to handle Milk? He is clearly also a radical. We can't satirize the conservatives for being bad losers and then satirize the radicals as well. This is clearly a thankless task."

Every time Bei Er Man called Cao Yang "my dear director," it indicated that he was excited inside, very much agreed with Cao Yang's idea, and hoped Cao Yang could come up with another good idea.

"That's simple. The social atmosphere at that time was generally conservative, and San Francisco was the world of conservatives. As a successful businessman, Milk must have wanted to join the conservatives."

Cao Yang deliberated for a moment and then continued: "He must have hated and looked down on gays at the beginning, but several failed elections made him realize that he could use the power of these people to help himself win the election."

"In short, he was just an opportunist, and everything he did was for himself."

Who says bad things can't turn into good things?

As long as it's changed like this, it also conforms to Hollywood's political correctness.

More importantly, such a plot is what the European Big Three love to see most. They can't fight Hollywood, but they love watching the American empire's jokes most.

As long as it's operated properly, the highest award of the European Big Three might be something to covet again this time.

The Cannes Palme d'Or seems quite good too.

Start writing the script.

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