In Century City, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Ang Lee left the Focus Building with a expressionless face, came to a black sedan, opened the door and got into the passenger seat.

"How is it?" asked the middle-aged woman in the driving seat.

Ang Lee didn't say anything, but just shook his head slowly.

The middle-aged woman gently patted Ang Lee's hand: "It's okay."

Ang Lee's expression was a little heavy: "Hui Jia, why didn't I consider the consequences of failure when I took on "Hulk"?"

Lin Huijia comforted: "No one can guarantee that the movie will be successful. Who knows that the audience can't accept that movie? It's not your fault..."

"That strange audience?" Ang Lee shook his head: "I'm not a film critic."

His tone suddenly changed: "Actually, I knew that this film might fail before I received the invitation from Universal Pictures."

Hearing this, Lin Huijia looked at her husband incredibly, and even though she was as virtuous as her, her eyes were full of surprise.

Ang Lee whispered: "Before I took the photo, I went to ask Ronan for his advice."

Lin Huijia asked: "Ronan Anderson, whom you worked with?"

Ang Lee nodded slightly: "It's him. Ronan specifically analyzed for me that this video may have great risks, but I didn't take it to heart, so I took on this movie. The result... the lesson was painful."

"It's over." Lin Huijia said softly: "Don't think about it anymore."

How could Ang Lee not think about it? He had been dreaming of film for ten years, but he had succeeded, and failed again.

Think about myself, how bumpy the director’s road is.

Ang Lee threw the script in his hand into the back seat and said, "We have been to all six major companies except Universal Pictures, and no one is willing to cooperate with me again. Xinyi Pictures and Lionsgate Pictures also rejected me. I became an unpopular director in Hollywood and probably have been on their blacklist."

Lin Huijia said, "Is it difficult to be as difficult as we started at the beginning? Ang Lee, at worst we can start over! We have failed!"

Ang Lee suddenly smiled, grabbed his wife's hand, and said, "Huijia, thank you for supporting me. Don't worry, this difficulty can't defeat me!"

Lin Huijia started the car and asked, "Where are we going?"

Ang Lee took out his cell phone: "It seems that I have only one choice. He is very nice to me, but I let him down. If..."

Lin Huijia encouraged: "Ronan Anderson, right? He believes in you, and I believe in you, and you can bring him more rewards."

Encouraged by his wife, Ang Lee pressed a number, answered it, said a few words, then put away his cell phone, and said, "He is not at work today, and he is at home. Let's go to the Future World Manor."

Lin Huijia stepped on the accelerator lightly, drove out of Century City, and soon turned onto Mulholland Road.

While driving, she glanced at her husband a few times and found that her husband was much more relaxed than before, as if his previous failures were nothing.

Ronan Anderson, what kind of person is that? He can give her husband such strong confidence.

Not long after, just fifteen minutes later, Lin Huijia met Ronan Anderson in a reception room, and it seemed nothing special.

He has a tall and thin figure, with mental short hair, and his clothes are very ordinary and have no trademarks, but they are obviously high-end handmade clothes. He is particularly kind and quite enthusiastic.

There is also a girl who is not tall and extremely sexy, and she seems to be a movie star.

"Good morning, Ronan." Ang Lee shook hands with Ronan: "It's a bit presumptuous."

Ronan smiled and said, "It's okay, we are old friends, I welcome you at any time."

Then, he shook hands with Lin Huijia: "Good morning, Mrs. Li, welcome to the future world."

"We are too presumptuous." Lin Huijia has good cultivation of oriental women: "I'll disturb you."

Ang Lee also shook hands with Scarlett Johnson and said hello. Although he was a little curious about the relationship between Scarlett Johnson, the blonde beauty, and Ronan, it is not difficult to guess when thinking about some rumors about Ronan.

After a while of greetings between the two sides, the topic of Ronan and Ang Lee gradually turned to the movie.

Lin Huijia is a very virtuous woman. Knowing that the next topic is not suitable for her to participate in, she took the initiative to say, "Mr. Anderson, can I visit your manor?"

Ronan had a very good impression of Lin Huijia and said to Scarlett Johnson: "Take Mrs. Li everywhere."

Scarlett Johnson was not stupid either, so he immediately stood up and invited Lin Huijia. The two women left the reception room one after another.

"What movie project are you busy with recently?" Ronan asked directly: "Have you thought about your next work?"

Ang Lee and Ronan were very familiar with each other and did not hide it. They said directly: "I have written a new script and I want you to help me."

Ronan nodded and said, "Li, I said, the door to relativity entertainment will always be open to you."

Ang Lee took out the script and handed it to Ronan: "This is a new script called "The Last Knight."

Ronan took it and looked through it. It looked like an action movie, but when you look closely, it looked more like the family ethics type that Ang Lee is good at.

The male protagonist was once a notorious thief. He was designed in a robbery. Not only did he fail and implicate his wife and was killed. Later, he surrendered himself to the police and was sentenced to severe punishment.

Thirty years later, the released male protagonist drove his 1969 gto back to the old place for revenge...

Ang Lee whispered beside him: "The main plot of the script is based on real stories. The prototype of the male protagonist is a horse racing gambler, who has been greedying for small profits at the beginning to falling into the abyss step by step. I want to use this video to focus on the impact of his depravity on the entire family, and indirectly reflect some of the disadvantages in the current American society."

After browsing the script, Ronan did not speak immediately, but fell into thinking.

There is no doubt that he had never seen a film in which Ang Lee filmed such content. Some of Ang Lee's works in the early stages, but starting from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he had watched all the movies directed by Ang Lee at that time, and he would have some impressions.

It is possible that Ang Lee once wrote such a script, but no one is willing to invest.

Thinking about this possibility, the painful failure of "The Hulk" has made Ang Lee in a very embarrassing situation in Hollywood, and no company dares to invest in Ang Lee's film projects easily anymore.

Perhaps the failure of "The Hulk" is not a fatal injury to a white director who has won an Oscar, but for Ang Lee, the situation is completely different.

Even if you turn a blind eye, some situations in Hollywood are well known.

Ronan can even be said to be the only well-known producer in the Hollywood circle who treats Chinese directors equally. The most active Chinese directors in Hollywood have also made it through cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

It is normal for Ang Lee to be stranded at this stage.

On the other hand, Ronan feels that Ang Lee has not completely escaped from the shadow of "The Hulk". The content of the script is said to be a family ethics type, and it also has a commercial flavor of typical action scenes, but the commercial flavor is not strong...

It has a bit of the meaning of combining family ethics and actions, but it gives people the feeling that the two parts of the play are independent.

Ronan put down the script and said directly: "Li, this script is not completed enough."

Ang Lee didn't realize the problem and asked: "I've written the script for almost half a year, and I feel..."

Ronan reminded: "Are you making an action commercial film or a family ethics film?"

This made Ang Lee stunned for a moment. When others rejected his project, they would not give any prompts, nor would they be as patient as Ronan explained the problem to him.

In fact, the script problem is more obvious, and it is often difficult for the original author to see it.

Just like an exam, foreigners can often see at a glance that the answer is wrong. The person who answers the question checks many times and still thinks there is no problem.

Ang Lee took his own script and quickly turned it over.

Ronan reminded again: "If you want to shoot a family ethics film, don't spend so much effort on action scenes, and vice versa."

Ang Lee roughly read through the script, suddenly threw it on the coffee table, and said, "I have a problem with my mentality. I didn't notice such an obvious problem."

Ronan said calmly: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Failure is nothing. I have experienced failure, and the company goes bankrupt after a small step."

"I will turn over!" Ang Lee was indeed the kind of director who became more and more courageous: "Failure never can defeat me."

He picked up the script: "Ronan, there is something wrong with this project, I can't implicate you."

Ronan asked, “Are you going to rewrite it?”

Ang Lee slowly shook his head: "The reason for my personal mentality is that there may be problems with my early preparations. I will no longer consider this project in the short term."

"It's good." Ronan sincerely agreed: "The choices made when the mentality is unbalanced may not be correct."

Ang Lee put away the script that had already been decided to be invalid and said, "Ronan, thank you for your reminder, otherwise I will make another big mistake."

Ronan smiled and said, "Even if I don't remind you, you will find out soon."

Although Ang Lee is a man with a firm will, the failure of "The Hulk" will eventually have a certain impact on him.

Many well-known directors and actors have been depressed from their will because of a similar severe failure.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Li, I'll show you a book, maybe it can calm your mentality."

Ang Lee felt a little moved: "Okay."

"Wait," Ronan picked up the phone, dialed, and said, "Nicia, go to the study and bring Anne Plux's collection."

Anne Plux? Ang Lee had a vague impression of her, as if she had read the short stories she wrote somewhere.

After thinking about it carefully, the more I thought about it, the more familiar it became. Ang Lee was sure that he had read it, but he didn't have a deep impression and couldn't remember it clearly.

Soon, the reception room door knocked, and Nikia pushed the door in and handed Anne Plux's set to Ronan.

"Some of it is well written." Ronan handed it to Ang Lee: "There is an article about gay love, which is very beautiful."
Chapter completed!