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At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Duca drove to the company and found that Quentin hadn't arrived yet. He called him and Quentin said he would come right away.

After more than ten minutes, Quentin hurried to the company.

"Haha, I'm sorry Duka, I was so absorbed in reading the information that I forgot the time for a moment. If you hadn't called me, I might have seen you in the middle of the night."

Quentin said wiping his sweat.

"What information is so good?"

Duca poured him a cup of tea.

"Hey, if you don't believe it, it's information about a guy named Duca. That guy is also Mexican and a cold-blooded killer."

"Really? The killer with the same name as me? Is he also Mexican?"

Duka raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, that guy's name is Duca Díaz. According to the information, he killed hundreds of people in Mexico. It's simply terrifying."

Quentin sighed.

Duka's eyelids twitched and he smiled softly, "Have you brought the information? Let me take a look! I'm also quite curious about that guy."

"I brought it, look!"

Quentin took out the thick pile of information from his bag and turned to the first page.

"Duka, look, this guy is Duka Diaz. When I first saw this guy, I felt a bit like you when you were young. Do you feel this way?"

"It's a bit similar, but this pretty boy is not as handsome as me."

Duka looked at the people in the photo and nodded casually.

The photo is the ID photo of Ducadias, taken when he was about sixteen or seventeen years old. His face is delicate and childish, and a bit wretched. Compared with his current masculine and heroic temperament, it is very different.

"It's not that he's not handsome, he's too young. According to the information, he was only 18 years old when he committed the crime."

"How is it possible that an 18-year-old guy can kill hundreds of people? It's too exaggerated. It sounds like the media's fictitious data."

Duca shook his head.

"I didn't believe it when I first heard what Robert said. After I saw the witnesses and physical evidence, I finally had to believe that these were all true. If you don't believe me, read the information first."

Quentin took the teacup, tapped the information and said.

"Okay, let me take a look first."

Duca flipped through the files, which contained many newspaper clippings, photos, and copies of documents taken at the police station, which contained many eyewitness testimonies.

He flipped through it hastily, and found that the information on it was both true and false, half true and false. The records related to his experience were generally good, but the number of casualties and the number of enemies were very different from the facts.

According to the information, he was a murderous devil who was cold-blooded and ruthless. He shot one person at a time and killed hundreds of people. But in fact, he would never kill anyone unless necessary. Most of the time, he just slapped the wrist.

He never killed more than ten people with his own hands.

Many people here were killed by others. Due to the coincidence of time, it was all blamed on him, making him, the devil, take the blame.

It's really a good thing to be wronged.

"Duka, how are you? Isn't that guy very powerful? He feels much more powerful than those agent killers in the movies. If this person's story can be written out and made into a movie, it will be very exciting."

Quentin said enthusiastically.

"That's true, but the killer named Duca is Mexican, and the incident also happened in Mexico. Who should we film it for? American audiences don't have much interest in a Mexican killer."

Duka took a sip of tea and smiled.

"This is not necessarily true. As long as a movie set in Mexico is well made, American audiences will still buy it. Otherwise, we can learn from the framework of this story, change it to an American background, and use an American male protagonist. This way the movie will definitely do well at the box office.

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Quentin touched his chin and said.

Duca thought for a moment, "It's okay, but there are a few problems. For example, in the office of the Black Dahlia Bar at the beginning, the information said that the guy had a small pistol and killed more than thirty people with big guns.

Gangster gang, this is obviously impossible.

That guy is not Superman, how could he kill more than thirty people by himself? Are those gangsters fools, lining up to be shot by him? There are too many problems with this plot, and the audience will definitely not buy it after watching it."

"But this plot is true. Both the media and the police, and even Carlos, Duca's assistant who was caught, said that he did it alone. Isn't the plot of the movie not as bizarre as reality?"

Quentin frowned.

"Whether it's a movie plot or reality, the most important thing is to make people believe it. How are you going to design it so that the audience can believe that one person killed thirty-four people with a gun in a closed room?"

Duka chuckled.

Quentin frowned, "It's very difficult. It's rumored that the guy can do witchcraft, he can't be killed, and he didn't die even after being hit in the head with a gun. This is obviously nonsense, but if we don't write that he can do witchcraft, how should we write it?"

Do you want people to believe that he is powerful?"

Duka moved the corner of his mouth. Of course he couldn't tell the real situation. Those guys might not believe it if he told it. There was no point in talking about it.

"Otherwise it's not a gang crime, it means that Duca's girlfriend was arrested on purpose in order to sneak into the gang's lair and find out where the gang's treasury is."

"Hey, that sounds good, keep talking."

Quentin became interested and took a notebook to record.

Duka smiled and said, "Wait until the girl found out the location of the vault and then sent a signal to the other accomplices. The protagonist Duka made a brilliant appearance. He pretended to be alone to rescue his girlfriend and let the gang underestimate the enemy. In the end, he used a trick to step in

Bu led the gangsters into the encirclement they had prepared in advance. He and several accomplices took action and shot and killed more than thirty people indiscriminately.

In order to increase the enjoyment of gun battles, we can make the battle scenes more tragic, such as taking bullets for friends, fighting desperately with injuries, and finally trying our best to annihilate the enemy, but one companion died and two were injured.

Afterwards, they left the Black Dahlia Bar with the money, throwing millions of dollars into the air and distributing them to the poor in the city, while also blocking the pursuit of the police."

"Hey, this is good, this is good, keep talking."

Quentin nodded while holding the pen.

Duka smiled softly, "I just put forward an idea. The specific plot depends on you, the screenwriter, to design. I believe you can design it better."

"No matter how good the design is, it is not as good as the reality. It would be great if we could find the killer Duka and interview him face to face to see how he did it."

"That's true. I heard that if you catch him, you can get a reward of 1 million pesos. If I have a chance to catch him, I will first force him to tell the truth, and then hand him over to the Mexican police and let him plead guilty and serve the law."

"Hmph, Duka, I'm not looking down on you. Although you have served as a soldier and are good at marksmanship, compared to that kind of real killer, there is a big gap in practical experience between you and them. It is said that that kind of murderer has

He possesses a murderous aura, and ordinary people are too frightened to move when they see him, let alone take action to subdue him."

Quentin shook his head.

Duca smiled and said, "What you said makes sense, but I'm not bad either. By the way, where is that Robert Rodriguez? Aren't you going to introduce him to him?"

"Robert wrote a script called "The Elegy of a Killer", which was based on the killer Duca. This time he came to Hollywood to find someone to invest in his movie. At noon, a producer called

I need to talk to him on the phone. He has been working as a producer and wants me to take him to say sorry to you. This is his script. Why don’t you read it?"

Quentin took out a script and put it on the table.

Duca opened the script and read it. It tells the story of a killer who puts a gun in a guitar case and sneaks into a bar to kill his enemies.

The script is generally good, but he hasn't seen the movie, so it's hard to make an evaluation.

“What’s the budget for this movie?”

"The filming budget is not much, tens of thousands is enough, but post-production and publicity will require a lot of funds, estimated to be around 1 million."

Quentin said.

Duca nodded. Movie post-production is indeed very expensive. Just dubbing, subtitles, and sound effects are much more expensive than shooting.

"We'll wait until he comes. If the conversation goes well, it doesn't matter if we vote for another film."

He has some impression of director Robert Rodriguez. This director likes to make Mexican movies. His representative works are "Once Upon a Time in Mexico Trilogy", "Sin City Series", "Machete Kills" and so on. In "Machete Kills"

The scar-faced male protagonist is his cousin.

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Director Robert has collaborated with Quentin the most times among all directors.

From "Four Rooms", the two co-directed, to "Until Dawn", Quentin wrote and starred, assistant directed, and produced, with Robert Rodriguez as the director. Later, the two collaborated on "The Third"

"Step", "Sin City", "Grindhouse", etc.

These two are almost a good pair of friends.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Rodriguez arrived late and apologized profusely when he saw him.

"It's okay, please sit down!"

Duca poured the other party a cup of tea.

"Robert, how was your chat with the Castle Entertainment producer?"

Quentin asked.

"It's not good. They heard that I was a screenwriter but also a director, so they asked for an experienced director to be safer. They didn't believe that I could make this movie well."

"Haha, just like me, when I first raised investment for "Reservoir Dogs", many producers didn't believe in me. They wanted to change directors. They just didn't believe that a screenwriter could make a good movie. I just wanted to make a good movie.

What happened in the end? I won."

Quentin smiled proudly.

Although Miramax cut out scenes from "Reservoir Dogs" without warning, which made Quentin very unhappy, in the end the film received 7.6 million box office in North America, and the global box office has now accumulated more than 16 million and 1 million

A movie costing tens of thousands of dollars could sell 16 times the box office, which almost made Quentin Tiffany so happy.

"Mr. Jin, what do you think after reading the script?"

Rodriguez asked.

"It's not bad. I'm also Mexican, so I have more resonance with this story."

"Thank you. I wonder if you have any idea of ​​investing? I only need 20,000 for the pre-production. No, 10,000 is enough. I can be the director, screenwriter, special effects artist, and cameraman all by myself. Post-production will cost more.

, we save a little, about 300,000 is enough."

Rodriguez said.

Duka smiled and said, "You don't have to be too frugal when making a movie. As long as the crew needs it, it's okay for me to invest more. However, I have three conditions before investing."

"Mr. Jin, please speak!"

Rodriguez said seriously, but also a little nervous. Every time he negotiates with producers, those guys have to put forward some weirder conditions. He doesn't know what Ducati's requirements are.

"The first thing I need to do is assign a producer to the crew, who will be responsible for the overall arrangements of the crew."

"This is what it should be."

Rodriguez nodded.

"Second, I can give you US$100,000 in the first tranche, but the investment in post-production needs to be determined based on the degree of completion of the film. If the degree of film completion is high, it would be good for me to invest more."

"Okay, this is no problem."

Rodriguez breathed a sigh of relief.

"See, I've said it before, this guy Duka is a good partner."

Quentin grinned.

Rodriguez also smiled. He was indeed easier to talk to than expected.

"Third, I have a suitable candidate for the heroine Domino."

Upon hearing the third request, the smiles on their faces froze instantly. As directors, the thing they hate most is when the producer randomly places heroines on the crew.

"Hey, Duka, I just complimented you, why do you make such a request again?"

Quentin said dissatisfied.

"Don't be impatient. Wait until I finish speaking before you criticize me, okay?"

"Okay, who do you want to cast? Monica? Sharon Stone? Or Winona Ryder? Don't forget that all the characters in this play are Mexican, and they are not suitable."

Quentin knocked on the script and said.

Duca shook his head and was too lazy to say anything. He took out a piece of information from the cabinet and handed it to Rodriguez.

"See how she is?"

Rodriguez looked through the information and took a look.

The girl in the information is called Salma Hayek. She is a Mexican woman with beautiful appearance and sexy figure. She has acted in TV series in Mexico and won the Best Actress Award at the Mexican Novella Television Award.

There is no shortage of looks or acting skills.

There is no problem at all in playing a heroine under such conditions. On the contrary, he is a bit unqualified for a girl in a simple crew.

"Mr. Kim, Miss Salma Hayek is very suitable for the role of Domino. If she is willing to play, I will very much welcome it."

Rodriguez said seriously.

"Okay, I will notify her to come for the audition."

Duca smiled.

"Wait Duca, when did you meet a beautiful Mexican girl again?"

Quentin asked, looking at Salma's photo.

"I'm from Mexico and I know a Mexican actor. Any questions?"

Duca glanced at him.

"Okay, no problem, it's just that another good girl fell into your clutches. It feels quite sad."

Quentin said while sipping his tea.

Duca was too lazy to argue with him, so he called Lawrence Bender. This guy was fine recently and could be a producer for Rodriguez.

Laurence Band did not refuse. Being a producer and getting dividends is better than being idle in the company.

After finalizing the cooperation, Lawrence Band and several assistants began to make a budget, and Rodriguez also began preparatory work for the shooting.

This guy is an all-rounder, proficient in producing, directing, screenwriting, photography, art, editing, etc. He originally wanted to do it all by himself to save costs.

But he gave up under Lawrence Band's persuasion. Lawrence said that the company was not short of money and there was no need to save money for Duca. As long as the movie was better, it didn't matter if he spent more money.

During the preparation of the film, Duca also called Salma Hayek.

Director Rodriguez was very satisfied with her performance and said he was very surprised to meet such an outstanding Mexican actor like her in Hollywood.

When "The Killer's Elegy" was being prepared for filming, Duca also became busy.

August is here, and the Shooting World Cup, which is held every four years, is about to take place.

Under the arrangement of Coach Foster, he entered an intensive training period. He originally trained two days a week, but now trains four days a week, striving to get the best ranking in this shooting competition.

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