As for "RoboMen", Ye Jin invited the well-known director Celjo Leone to direct it.

Sergio Leone was born in Rome and has directed the famous Detachment Trilogy - "Red Detectives", "Double Detectives at Dusk" and "The Golden Detectives".

In addition, he has directed two [Past] films of "The Past of the West" and "The Past of the Revolution", and won the Italian David Award for Best Director for "The Past of the Revolution".

The reason why Ye Jin invited Celjo Leone to direct "RoboMen" is mainly because the hero Murphy in "RoboMen" is like the hero in "RoboMen", who are both heroes who are heroes who stand up for justice, uphold justice, and punish evil, and their core is to figure it out.

Since Seerjo Leone was able to film a classic like the Doge Trilogy, he thought he could also successfully direct "Robots".

Therefore, Ye Jin sent an invitation letter to Seerjo Leone.

...

After receiving Ye Jin's invitation, Leone immediately flew from Rome to Hollywood.

"Mr. Leone, thank you very much for coming." Ye Jin smiled, "Thank you on the road."

"Mr. Ye, don't be polite." Leonne waved his hand, "Actually, I came here this time to see you."

"Do you have something to come to me?" Ye Jin was stunned, "Please tell me."

"That's right. I've been planning a movie over the past few years. It's called "The Past of the United States." Leone explained. "It was adapted from Harry Gray's autobiographical novel "The Hooligan". It tells the growth experience of several teenagers in New York during the 20s.

Ye Jin nodded.

Knowing the Prohibition Period refers to the period from 20 to 33rd. During this period, due to the Prohibition, all alcoholic beverages are not allowed to be manufactured, sold or transported.

However, the so-called "the more banned, the more fire it becomes", the promulgation of the alcohol ban has not truly banned alcohol.

Liquor cannot be sold openly, so underground taverns are prevalent, and alcohol smuggling becomes huge profits. Black sticks monopolize smuggling business, thereby gaining a lot of wealth, thus increasing their power and deteriorating social security.

At that time, a large number of famous black rod elements emerged, such as the famous Al Capone, Charles Luciano, Johnny Torrio, Meyer Lansky, etc.

The prototype of the godfather in the movie "The Godfather" is Charles Luciano. In that era, they used wisdom and violence to take advantage of the situation and went from street gangsters to a generation of black stick bosses, which can be regarded as a generation of heroes.

Their [Dark History of Struggle] also provided Hollywood with a lot of material. Since the 1920s, their stories have been adapted into movies and released. The public has also enjoyed such stories very much, and the "Godfather" series has been well received.

Ye Jin also knew that in his previous life, there were also black-stick crime films such as "Scarface", "Iron-Faceless", "Loyal and Treacherous", "Good Guy", and "Cast City Storm", which were all well received and popular.

In addition, there is an American drama "The Atlantic Empire" that reflects that era, which was once the top three popular series with hbo ratings.

Therefore, Ye Jin was quite interested in what Leone said about "The Past of the United States".

If it is a good story, it is indeed worth investing. After all, how much money the Godfather series is is obvious to all.

...

"Okay, if there is a script, I can take a look." Ye Jin nodded to Leone and said.

"Take it, take it." When Leonnet heard this, he was very excited and quickly took out his script.

When Ye Jin saw it, he was shocked and saw that the script was quite thick, just like a dictionary, with at least one or two thousand pages.

"Is that script?! Oh my god!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

Usually, Hollywood scripts are only about one hundred pages. Even scripts with more lines will not exceed one hundred and fifty pages. But this script by Leone is so thick that it is comparable to the size of seven or eight movies, which is a bit too exaggerated.

"Mr. Ye, I spent two years asking someone to write this script carefully. Please read it." Leone said seriously, and then handed the script to Ye Jin.

Ye Jin reached out to take it, and it was indeed very heavy.

"Okay, I'll watch it." He nodded, "Mr. Leone, this is the script of Robocop. Please read it."

"Okay." Leone nodded and took over the script of "Robots" and said.

The two sat opposite each other and each read the script.

...

The script of "The Past of the United States" begins with an introduction to the elderly noodle returning to New York to deal with the migration of his friend's grave. He visited his childhood friend Fatty, where he had fought before, and looked for his beloved girl and the black hand hiding in the dark.

The whole movie tells the story of the noodle experience and his memories of the past. Their growth, struggle, love and hate, betrayal, and death... is quite like Proust's "Remembrance of the Years".

But to be honest, the commercial elements of this movie are not enough.

Although it is said to be a black stick crime film, it does not have much violence. "The Past of the United States" is more of a recollection of the past, with mixed flavors, sweet and bitter and spicy, all of which are worth savoring.

Unlike the "Godfather" series, there are so many fighting and vendettas. Family internal struggles, gang struggles, alliances, intrigues, and intrigues, which make the story go ups and downs, and the climaxes are endless, which makes the audience excited.

Therefore, the box office of "The Past of the United States" may not be high.

But if it wants to shoot all the scripts with such a thick one, the investment will definitely not be small, and even 30 to 40 million US dollars may not be able to stop.

"Do you want to invest?" Ye Jin hesitated for a moment.

He is sure that if "The Past of the United States" is filmed, the review will definitely be good.

After all, this script looks very interesting, and Leonel has filmed the Iron Trilogy, the Past Two, and won the Italian David Award, and has a deep foundation.

In addition, he has written the script for two years and invested a lot of energy and effort. Ye Jin believes that he will definitely make this movie well.

But if you invest $30 to 40 million, you may not be able to make money in the end.

Therefore, it is difficult to decide whether to take risks or not.

After all, this year, a super sports car is only 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars, and the most expensive mansion in Beverly Hills is only 50,000 to 6 million... Thirty to 40 million US dollars are really not a small amount.

...

"Mr. Leone, I can't finish reading the script for a while. Can I take it back and read it?" Ye Jin then closed the script and asked Leone.

His Robocopter script only has one hundred and twenty pages, so Leonel quickly finished it.

"Of course, Mr. Ye, just take it back and see it." Leone agreed readily.

"Thank you. So, let's talk about "Robot Men" first. How about it? What do you think of this script?" Ye Jin asked with a smile.

Leone smiled and nodded, "Mr. Ye, your script is very well written, and I think there are very few places to modify."

"Then are you willing to direct this movie?" Ye Jin nodded and asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!