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"There's something wrong with the way the company raises capital."

Kara Firth sits across from Murphy and Gal Gadot at a French restaurant in Burbank and talks about the new project, "Twentieth Century Fox and Weinstein are limited by the subject matter. The investment in production will not exceed $80 million."

Although this is a joint project between the two companies, because of Quentin Tarantino's accident, 20th Century Fox undoubtedly occupies the leading position.

"Ok……"

Murphy just nodded and didn't say much. This can be regarded as a temporary project. He is still sorting out the clues to complete the most basic script of the project. The specific amount of investment will have to wait for the script and project proposal to be finalized. Only then can there be an overall concept.

"Quentin's style..." Kara Firth seemed a little worried, "In the past, it was obvious that his style was sometimes too absurd and biased toward B-movies. This style will win the hearts of some movie fans, but it will drive away. More fans."

"Don't worry." Murphy smiled, "Quentin made a promise to me, and our agreement clearly stated that Quentin is a screenwriter who provides the outline and the main line of the story, and will not participate in other aspects. This is my Leading projects, my style is very similar to Quentin, but there are also big differences."

In addition to playing recklessly on "Planet Terror", although his films are also a typical noir style, they are different from Quentin's absurdity and tend to be more serious.

Of course, you can't expect a movie that directly kills Hitler to be too realistic, and there will inevitably be certain absurd elements in it, but these elements must be properly controlled and not unrestrained.

Moreover, the more serious the content and theme of the film itself, the stronger the effect of black humor in contrast.

Now that he has overcome this burden for Quentin, Murphy will naturally not completely follow Quentin's previous route, especially the large off-topic dialogues that non-Quentin film lovers cannot bear. limit.

In any case, it is necessary to make some appropriate changes and adjustments to the film according to his wishes.

After talking a little more about the as-yet-untitled project, Kara Firth and Gal Gadot turned to discuss fashion, from clothes and accessories to this year's Paris Fashion Week, and from fashion Zhou talked about some famous people in the fashion industry.

Women can never stop talking about fashion. Gal Gadot has experienced professional training as a model, and strictly speaking, she was once a member of the fashion circle. As for Kara Firth, look at her exquisite makeup and meticulous care every day. You can know her fashion sensitivity just by matching her clothes.

Murphy has completely become a listener.

Fortunately, the topic of Kara Firth and Gal Gadot turned around, and finally returned to the movie, but it was still related to fashion.

"Gail, have you read the book and the script?" Kara Firth asked suddenly, "How is it, are you interested?"

"I think..." Gal Gadot frowned slightly, "There seems to be something wrong with the heroine's thinking. Her perception of fashion and the world is very strange. I don't think I can play such a role."

She turned her head and glanced at Murphy, "I still have to learn how to be a qualified producer."

Kara Firth sighed softly, "The heroine does have some problems, but this character..."

Having said that, she shook her head again, "You should continue to be the producer, I'll find someone else."

"What are you talking about?" Murphy looked at Gal Gadot and then at Kara Firth, "Why can't I understand?"

"A movie," Gal Gadot replied succinctly, "and a character."

"Because of the competition between me and Dave Scola, I had an adaptation project on my hands for two years." Kara Firth said in detail, "I originally wanted to invite Gale to play the female lead, but I decided to forget it. , the heroine's thinking is peculiar, and it is not suitable for Gail.

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"Yeah." Murphy nodded.

Gal Gadot next to him said, "It's a project called The Devil Wears Prada, which is said to be based on the experience of Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue."

After she said this, Murphy remembered that he had never heard any news about the release of "The Devil Wears Prada". Combined with Kara Firth's words, this film was undoubtedly held by 20th Century Fox. Kara Firth, who has the power to produce, is in his hands.

This can be regarded as an indirect change brought about by him.

Seeing Murphy's expression was a bit strange, Gal Gadot asked, "Have you read that novel?"

"I've seen it a little bit." Actually, Murphy knew that Gal Gadot's current interest was not in actors at all, and he didn't say anything about letting her play in this film. Instead, he asked, "Why do you say that the heroine's thinking is a bit weird?"

He vaguely remembered that the former heroine Anne Hathaway had a very low sense of presence after being robbed by Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, and he didn't remember her acting strangely.

"I don't agree with the interpretation of Anna Wintour or Miranda in the original book."

As a former member of the fashion circle, Gal Gadot said without hesitation, "Fashion survives by being picky, but pickiness cannot be regarded as the original sin of fashion. The successful people in the fashion industry I know, those designers Magazine editors are very picky about details, sometimes to the point of unbearable, but this is a professional requirement, it is their professional requirement that they must do this.”

Maybe he used to be one of them, Gal Gadot obviously has a different understanding from the film in Murphy's memory, "Fashion is a very delicate and sensitive business, and it is inseparable from the excellence of details, in other words We often say that the details make the difference!"

Carla Firth on the opposite side also agreed with Gal Gadot's words, and said, "Gal is talking about the survival rules of fashion, and those fashion practitioners often bring this cutting-edge pursuit of career into daily life. He became a devil in the eyes of his subordinates."

Hearing that this is completely different from the theme of the previous film, Murphy didn't know what to say. His understanding of fashion is too limited, so he can only say that he has a different standpoint and a different perspective on things.

Gal Gadot laughed. She knew that Murphy didn't understand this, so she didn't say anything.

But Karla Firth said, "Let me give you the basics. Have you read the novel?"

Since he said what he had read just now, Murphy could only nod his head.

Seeing Murphy nodding, Kara Firth said again, "In the novel, when the heroine Andy's colleague took out two belts, and he said they were very different, Andy laughed, and she thought the two belts were no different. .”

"This is a typical layman! Although the two belts have the same color, their belt heads are different. They have different matching feelings, and they will have different effects when paired with the same clothes. To distinguish these differences, find out The best collocation, this is the subtlety of fashion details, these details that designers care about, although in the eyes of ordinary people, there is no difference at all, but in the eyes of designers, they are completely different , This is the difference between professional vision and non-professional vision industry.”

Kara Firth took a sip from the water glass, Gal Gadot thought about it and joined in.

"For example, if you picked that blue striped sweater, you thought you chose this dress seriously according to your intentions..." She said a dialogue in the novel, "And this sky blue , resulting in millions of dollars in profits, countless jobs, and an incalculable amount of effort..."

Gal Gadot said seriously, "I think this passage is a good portrayal of the fashion industry."

Hearing this, Kara Feith nodded in agreement, "Every industry has its own characteristics."

"How does fashion affect the world? How does fashion spread from its cutting-edge high fashion to everyone? How does the fashion industry affect the lives of ordinary people?"

Facing Gal Gadot's extremely serious and beautiful face, Murphy had no choice but to spread his hands. He is a real layman in this regard.

"Every season, designers will discover some new ideas, new ideas, and new colors, which are extracted from many inspirations and materials. For example, the sky blue just mentioned is from the color card. From nearly a hundred kinds of blue, it is selected from dozens of its similar colors."

Gal Gadot obviously understands a little because he has worked in this industry, "Then the designer makes clothes and promotes this color; if other designers notice, it will achieve a cutting-edge small-area popularity; and then, Media magazines will judge what may be popular in the works of countless conferences every season, and then this blue will be noticed by them.”

Now that she started, she said in detail, "The media conveys the message that blue is going to be popular to the public, and the message will spread quickly, and the big stores will follow up quickly. This will become a popular trend. If this Blue has been recognized by the public, which means that it has generated tens of millions of dollars or more in profits and countless job opportunities. Then, among the popular things of the season, some will continue to deepen. This blue After color becomes popular in fashion, it will develop in depth.”

Murphy nodded slightly, still not quite sure.

Gal Gadot rolled his eyes and said, "So, no one should think that he has nothing to do with fashion. Every choice he makes is a product of fashion; and all his choices are actually made in fashion. The choice is based on the choices offered by others. Often, the choice of a designer or the editor-in-chief of a magazine determines what kind of clothing ordinary people can wear."

"It's really complicated." Murphy muttered.

"Of course! Do you think dressing up is easy?"

Facing Kara Firth's question, Murphy could only shake his head. His dressing style tried to be concise, but it was definitely not the case for women.