Chapter 475 (2/2)
”The novel is terrible and wonderful. The lover is gone, and everyone is pointing at it. The lover is back, and there is an abyss. This is a story that can't guess what will happen next from beginning to end. The narrative perspective changes, and the truth and lies are intertwined. The author is not only a gifted director in China, but also a gifted writer.”
”Liang Kun's novels in China are all best sellers, or a series of novels with the theme of tomb raiding adventure. If only there were an English version, who could translate and publish it?”
On the 30th, Spielberg called Liang Kun to his mansion.
This time, Spielberg's wife Kate Capshaw wanted to talk to Liang Kun about the novel. When the novel was just published, Liang Kun gave Spielberg a book as a gift. Kate liked it very much.
Kate said: ”When I first read your novel, I was almost blown up by the bastard man in the book. As a result, there was a sudden reversal in the middle of seeing it. You actually explained that the words of the female leader in front were made up by her. Everything was her plan, and she began to plan all this carefully more than a year ago. I got goose bumps. How did you come up with such a story?”
”It's the result of wishful thinking. My brain is a little confused. I wrote tomb raiding novels in China and a love novel about revenge, all of which have a lot of reversal plots.” Liang Kun explained: ”originally, I wanted to write this theme into a TV script. After I came to the United States, I knew Tao could be published, but now it's like this.”
Kate asked, ”what story did you think?”
Liang Kun opened his mouth and told a story.
”The original idea was to talk about a couple in the rich area of Yanjing. His wife was considerate and his husband failed in his career because he was not as good as his wife. The man opened a coffee shop with his wife's money and fell in love with the female employees of the coffee shop, who urged him to kill his wife. On the day when the plan was ready to be implemented, his wife was suspected of being kidnapped. The other party asked for a ransom of 20 million, otherwise Will kill the woman. The man is very happy, but all the evidence points to that he killed his wife... ”
He is talking about the Japanese drama my terrible wife, which can be filmed in China. The original screenwriter was Heiyan Mian, a Japanese drama launched in 2016. The plot is obviously adapted from the lost lover. He won the best screenwriter award of the 3rd Asian rainbow award.
Liang Kun briefly talked about the plot, which was more complicated than the lost lover. Finally, his wife cheated the insurance.
Spielberg said with a smile, ”your story is also wonderful, but I think your current novel is better. Making a film may hit the Oscar. Do you want to play the leading actor yourself? So Nick is younger than Amy.”
”Yes, if I can, I'd like to direct and act by myself to make this film.” Liang Kun nodded. ”But I've only made one film and have to practice. I'm not confident to make it well for the time being.”
Spielberg suggested: ”if you have an appreciative director, you can sell the adaptation right to DreamWorks, invite that director to shoot, and I'll be your producer.”
Spielberg said while observing Liang Kun. If ordinary young people hear such words, they will go crazy with joy. Liang Kun is still calm. Even if Spielberg likes the novel, he believes that the adapted film will be popular.
”I appreciate too many directors, but I don't want to find someone to direct, but I want to learn from each director, write, direct and act in this film.” Liang Kun smiled: ”I want to continue to make thrillers in the next play. The script has been written, and the film budget is still not high.”
”Oh? Tell me?” Spielberg was intrigued.
Liang Kun ate and began to talk about escape from the secret room again