1205.Invitation and answer
"James, I'm glad you can invite me to participate in the movie. Jeff and I need to think about it..."
Because Schwartz reminded 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 Levia's black tea was not even ready yet...
After James Gartner left, Schwartz said to Liu Mang: "Ace, don't look at him as 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 used to be unsuccessful people. Only when we were together as a bunch of losers, we had something to talk about." Schwartz said with a bitter smile.
This... seemed to arouse Schwartz's sadness. Liu Mang quickly comforted him: "Jeff, you are not useless. You are the second agent in the NBA. Wait for Dwyane, Andre, Josh and the others."
If you get 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, and Disney only agreed to let him shoot a movie independently. It is his lifetime achievement medal at Disney. He will have to finish this movie.
I'm retired. Without you, it would be difficult for this movie to be made, or even if it was 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.
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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 caused by him.
If the NCAA does not agree to give Disney free trial rights to the image, 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 is 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.
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But if you want to buy image rights with the NCAA, the price will be 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 rejected it. 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 his career, 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 to help him 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 of Paradise type.
But Schwartz heard that his old friend wanted to fulfill his 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 indeed 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 the third prize, I will make this movie."
If you win consecutive championships, forget it.”
Liu Mang liked this simple but irresistibly exciting script, 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 storyline was very simple but very passionate. The filming of the story did not take a lot of time, just a few days was enough. After filming his part, he could go on to other content.
, just edit them together in the end, and he doesn’t need to do much.
The main reason is that the content to be filmed is very simple, such as basketball playing, interviews, training, and locker room content. Some very simple things are not as troublesome as he imagined when he first heard that he was going to make a movie.
"Great, Ace, I'll go discuss it with James right away..."
Watching Schwartz leave immediately, Liu Mang understood better why after more than ten years of NBA agent changes, only Schwartz, a veteran agent, remained standing and became the number one agent in the NBA.
Human touch... For superstars, a caring and caring agent is the most important thing, as long as they are capable enough.
Chapter completed!