“This is Francis Coppola.”

“This is her daughter, Sophia.”

“He is Francis’ nephew, Nicholas…”

Just as Steven Spielberg was introducing them one by one, Nicolas Cage took the lead and interrupted rashly:
“Cage! Just call me ‘Cage’!”

“Hello.”

Fangyan shook hands with this famous “box office poison”, but thought to himself, why not just call you “Nicholas Zhao Si”?

Unlike his calm expression, Lin Qingxia was emotional and her eyes were flickering.

After all, the person standing in front of him is the international director of “The Godfather” series, who is also a Hollywood godfather-level director.

With Steven Spielberg’s mutual introduction, the distance between them gradually narrowed and the sense of strangeness began to dissipate.

“Fang, I really like the rich humanistic elements in your novels.”

Francis Coppola laughed, “Not just Artificial Intelligence, but also Farewell My Concubine and The Hunt…”

Fangyan said politely, “Thank you, it’s my honor to be liked by you.”

“But there is one thing I don’t understand. It seems that you haven’t written any novels with similar humanistic concerns in recent years.”

Francis Coppola frowned: “Why is that?”

So this is to catch up with the latest updates!
Fangyan raised his eyebrows and said, “I have too many things to do, so I have to slow down my creation in the field of pure literature.”

Jason Epstein stood up and testified for him. Never mind whether it was perjury or not. Perjury is not testimony!

“That’s really a shame.”

Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg and others were disappointed.

Fangyan couldn’t bear it, so he lowered his voice and revealed that he had previously focused his energy on writing the script for “Farewell My Concubine”.

When these words were spoken, most people present, including Jason Epstein, were shocked.

Steven Spielberg was surprised, “Farewell My Concubine is going to be made into a movie?”

“To be precise, it has been made into a movie.”

Fang Yan said that the filming of “Farewell My Concubine” was completed not long ago, and they should be busy with post-production editing and dubbing at present.

“Wow!”

Francis Coppola was surprised and delighted, and asked with great anticipation when “Farewell My Concubine” would be released.

“It has not been decided yet, but we plan to enter it in the Cannes Film Festival.”

Fangyan said: “If you want to see it, you can go to Cannes.”

“If I have the chance, I will definitely go to this year’s Cannes Film Festival.”

Francis Coppola chatted with him for a few more words, and in every few words he spoke, he strongly recommended his daughter and nephew.

Fangyan gave face to this godfather-level director and tacitly accepted the business card handed to him by Nicolas Cage. He also promised that if there were good plays or good roles, he would definitely consider Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage first.

Watching the three people leaving, Steven Spielberg sighed softly.

Fang Yan asked in confusion: “Why did you suddenly sigh?”

“Francis has not had much luck over the years.”

Steven Spielberg said meaningfully.

“Really?”

Seeing that he didn’t ask the next question as he expected, Steven Spielberg had to explain.

Although Francis Coppola gained fame and fortune with “The Godfather” series, his later “Apocalypse Now” was a box office failure. The huge investment of 3600 million US dollars was lost, and it almost won nothing at the Oscars that year.

This plunged Francis Coppola, who had already won numerous accolades, into a career crisis, so he attempted to make a comeback with “Sweetheart”.

The result was that this movie, which cost 3000 million U.S. dollars to make, only earned over 100 million at the box office, which was a complete flop.

However, the more this happened, the more Francis Coppola tried to prove himself, and he made films such as “The Godfather”, “Fighting Fish”, and “The Cotton Club”. However, most of them received mediocre reviews, with neither artistic achievements nor box office results.

As a result, he was burdened with a huge debt, amounting to 5000 million US dollars, and he had no choice but to mortgage his own property to repay the debt.

“Oh!”

Fang Yan’s eyes flashed with a shrewd light, “It seems that you brought him to see me just now, not just to make us get to know each other, right?”

Steven Spielberg openly admitted that as an old friend of Francis Coppola, he couldn’t bear to see him fall into despair.

Especially if he fails to make some famous films and prove himself again, he will probably be “eliminated” from the cruel Hollywood soon!

“If that’s the case, why don’t you help him?”

Fangyan looked puzzled.

“Of course I do! We all want to help him!”

Steven Spielberg said that apart from himself, Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Lucas and others all hope that Francis Coppola can cheer up. They can even find ways to deal with aspects such as filming funds, but they really can’t do anything about the script problem.

“Why do you say that?”

Fangyan asked.

“Although we have been friends for many years, each of us specializes in different genres.”

Steven Spielberg said: “For example, Cameron, Lucas and I are good at science fiction and fantasy, while Martin and Francis are good at gangster films and narrative films. Therefore, the scripts we choose or the films we supervise may not be to Francis’s liking.”

“So you want me to tailor a script for Francis?”

Fangyan suddenly understood.

“Maybe this is very difficult for others, but I know it is not difficult for you.”

Steven Spielberg nodded.

“That’s too much.”

Fangyan did not comment and was humble.

“No, I know exactly what you are capable of.”

Steven Spielberg said: “That’s why I’m so sure that no one is more suitable for this than you!”

Seeing his serious look, Lin Qingxia’s expression changed slightly, and there was a little more admiration and adoration in her eyes when she looked at Fang Yan.

“What do you think of The Hunt?”

Fangyan touched his chin and recalled the conversation with Francis Coppola just now. He seemed to like this kind of humanistic work very much.

Steven Spielberg hesitated for a moment. “The Hunt” is indeed artistic, but it is not easy to succeed in the commercial box office.

Fangyan rolled his eyes in annoyance. It was a film that was both commercial and artistic. Looking at the entire history of film, such films are hard to come by!
Steven Spielberg knew that he was asking too much, so he begged him to spend more time thinking and considering.

“All I can say is, I’ll do my best.”

Although Fangyan was 70% sure, he said that he couldn’t guarantee that he could come up with it in a short time. (End of this chapter)