Chapter 811: Then I'll Have to Set Some Conditions

"Chaoshan beef hot pot is truly delicious." — Director Mark.

Director Mark, who specifically brought his family to fly from Meiguo to Huaxia, prioritized taking his family to taste the Huaxia delicacies he favored after failing to grab movie tickets on the First Day.

Yue Province was his first stop.

The next stop would be Sichuan Province.

Seeing that the box office for Infernal Affairs was so explosive, Director Mark even specifically checked its box office trend.

Looking at the box office curve, Director Mark clicked his tongue in wonder.

From this, one could roughly tell that the word-of-mouth for this movie must be excellent.

That was why the box office kept rising in the first few days of its release.

And only then did it begin to slowly decline.

On the second day, having learned to purchase tickets in advance, Director Mark finally sat in the Cinema as he had wished.

It was his first time coming to Huaxia during the Spring Festival, and he was thoroughly infected by the Huaxia New Year atmosphere.

In fact, quite a few audience members were a tiny bit surprised to see a foreigner watching a Huaxia-language film.

Fortunately, Director Mark was very famous, but many people did not recognize his face.

Besides, some foreigners are like two different people when they wash their hair versus when they don't. When they shave their beards versus when they don't, they are two different people again...

Once the movie started, he watched it with great interest.

Because he had smartly bought front-row seats, he could manage to watch the English subtitles even though they were very small.

Soon, the first thing that made him marvel was... Luo Mo's acting!

This man's eyes seemed to be able to speak!

Every inner emotion of his seemed to be expressible through a pair of eyes!

Oh! It was truly incredible!

The director with the highest box office in Huaxia was actually also an acting talent!

Watching further, he felt the rhythm of the movie was very good.

There was no sense of dragging; the Drama kept pushing forward, and it did so layer by layer.

Once both sides knew there was an Undercover in their midst, he also felt it become tense and exciting.

Moreover, this kind of tension and excitement was completely different from the kind he had created when filming gangster movies in the past.

In gangster movies, some plots tend to be startling.

You might be talking to someone properly one moment, and suddenly they erupt into violence.

Infernal Affairs also utilized a portion of this technique, such as in the shaping of Han Chen.

But more often, it was in the plot that made you feel excited!

When Director Mark saw the two Undercover agents join forces to kill Han Chen, he felt incredibly thrilled inside, feeling it was quite satisfying.

He had originally thought the movie would end about there.

Han Chen was dead.

One of the two male leads had successfully cleared his name, and the other was about to return to the police force.

Everyone was happy.

However, the incredibly classic rooftop scene appeared afterward!

Director Mark mentally improvised how he would film the rooftop scene if he were the one doing it.

He would film a gunfight, a physical confrontation, and bring out some male hormones!

The two Undercover agents should also have shown their strength.

Up to this point in the movie, there was still a bit too little aesthetic violence.

"Not violent enough!" this master of gangster films thought to himself.

As it turned out, on the rooftop, one thought-provoking line of dialogue after another appeared.

There was no direct fighting.

There was only a more stylish presentation.

On Earth, there is a saying that the original rooftop scene was also intended to have Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren fight it out.

Later, it was Andy Lau, who played Liu Jianming, who suggested not filming it that way.

Only then did it finally present one classic, god-tier scene after another.

As an excellent director, Director Mark could certainly understand and appreciate all these thought-provoking lines of dialogue.

But he still felt a bit of regret, feeling that this movie lacked a bit of close-quarters combat, a bit of gore, and a bit of profanity in its final scenes.

It was too sophisticated!

Yes, he felt regret precisely because it was too sophisticated.

"We Meiguo people are different from Huaxia people; we don't like this subtle approach."

"If such a plot were released in Meiguo, I'm afraid it wouldn't be very ideal," Director Mark thought to himself.

He didn't think this was a case of "a wild boar unable to appreciate fine bran."

Because as a big shot in gangster films himself, he naturally favored aesthetic violence more.

Director Mark felt that a piece inside him was still missing, one that had not yet been filled.

Until the elevator scene began, and Chen Yongren was shot in the head by a sudden bullet!

Without any warning, everything happened without any warning!

Inside the Cinema, all the audience members were either silent or let out gasps.

Many people felt super uncomfortable.

Chen Yongren actually got shot, damn it.

Then, many people heard an excited and satisfied: "Wow~!"

Well, this sound naturally came from the mouth of the foreigner, Mark.

"So satisfying! That shot was beautiful!"

After the movie ended, a thought sprouted in his heart.

"I want to buy the rights to this movie, and then remake it!" he said in his heart.

"The script definitely needs a major overhaul; it needs to be localized for Meiguo."

He pondered for a moment, and a rough outline formed in his mind.

But there were some areas that still needed to be carefully considered.

……..

……..

The next day, Luo Mo Studio received a "scam message."

"It's a scam, right? Director Mark? I'm Director Long!"

"Laughing to death, the scammers in the entertainment industry are just unprofessional."

"The movie hasn't even finished its theatrical run, and they're already running over to buy the rights?"

"You guys don't even have a place to watch this movie!"

Yes, the thoughts of these employees were also reasonable.

First of all, if you want to remake it, you definitely have to have seen the movie, right?

But *Infernal Affairs* is currently only showing domestically; it will only be released on major foreign platforms after it leaves theaters.

If you said you wanted to remake *The Wandering Earth*, that would be reasonable, but *Infernal Affairs* is a bit ridiculous.

However, after they really went to verify the identity, they unexpectedly discovered... it seemed to be real?

The other side really was the team of Hollywood's number one gangster movie director!

For a moment, the employees of Luo Mo Studio were dumbfounded.

It wasn't because of Mark's status; after all, their own boss was also quite an Ox.

It was mainly because this whole thing was just absurd!

They quickly informed Luo Mo, who was still out visiting relatives and friends, of the news.

"Mark?" Luo Mo was slightly stunned.

He had seen almost all of Director Mark's movies, and his favorite one was called *Razor*.

But that was the movie where Director Mark had the worst box office performance...

Luo Mo was not surprised that someone had taken a fancy to *Infernal Affairs*.

On Earth, this movie was remade by many countries, and after Hollywood took it to remake, it won multiple major awards at the Oscars; it could be said that it was killing it at all the major awards ceremonies that year!

*Infernal Affairs* is a god-tier script; that's no joke!

Luo Mo just didn't expect everything to happen so quickly.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Reply and say it can be discussed, but I have one condition: the script must be written by me alone, and no one is allowed to interfere."

"Okay," the employee said.

After receiving Luo Mo's reply, Mark couldn't help but frown.

"Oh, my God, look at what this young man from Huaxia is saying!"

"He wants to complete the Meiguo script adaptation independently and won't allow anyone to intervene?"

"Is this so that his name is the only one in the credits? Or is it for some other reason?"

Honestly, the condition Luo Mo put forward could be called a fantasy in Hollywood; it would make people think you're joking with them.

It's true that you are very impressive in Huaxia.

But why should we believe that you can localize it for our Hollywood?

If you just wanted to join the main creative team, that would be OK.

But if you want your name to be the only one in the credits and want to complete it independently, isn't that nonsense!

Don't just find a team that understands English and Meiguo culture, outsource this work cheaply, and then throw a pile of trash at us after it's adapted.

This suspicion is not without reason.

Logically speaking, based on his understanding of Huaxia people, they should all be overjoyed if their own script could break into Hollywood and develop in Hollywood.

You have to know, how many people are eagerly looking forward to such a good thing.

How many Huaxia directors, Huaxia screenwriters, and Huaxia actors are big shots domestically, only to come to Hollywood and be underlings.

But look at Luo Mo again?

His first reaction is—I want to negotiate terms!

Mark even suspected that if he agreed to this condition, he would then be able to negotiate for a share of the box office as the 【Sole Screenwriter】.

I am the screenwriter, so it's very reasonable for me to take a share of the box office!

On Blue Star in Hollywood, the status of screenwriters is very high.

This is equivalent to wanting a copyright fee, wanting screenwriter money, and wanting a box office share.

Money is another matter; the main thing is whether he can do this job well.

He was even struggling: "Is this person sincere!"

Just like that, Director Mark fell into hesitation and struggle.

(PS: I've been sick with the Sheep for so long, my fever just broke today. Every night it would burn up to over 39 degrees, repeatedly, it's really fucking speechless. I feel like I still have some brain fog, I'm done for.)

(End of this chapter)