Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 469 A Darker Dark Horse

Yu Dong took the students' homework to find Cui Xinqin and Zhang Xian.

"Two leaders, the students' homework has arrived, please have a look."

"It finally came out." Cui Xinqin took the homework with a smile and asked, "Have you read it yourself?"

"Not yet, I'm waiting for you to watch it first, and remember to rate it after reading it."

Zhang Xian took two assignments and flipped through them. The assignments handed in by the students were not short, and it would take a lot of time to read the nine assignments.

"You fiddled with this homework, and in the end the two of us have to work for you."

Yu Dong laughed and said, "Old Zhang, you have no conscience in what you said. I'll ask you to approve your homework once I see the teacher working so hard."

"Don't say that, isn't Lao Wu going to officially mention you as the deputy director of the department? If you don't devote yourself to the affairs of our drama department, who will?"

Yu Dong waved his hand, "It's not settled yet, that's fine, remember to rate after reading."

Wu Changxin really wanted to mention Yu Dong as the deputy director of the department, but it was just a casual job, not in charge of any major, different from Bi Feiyu and the others.

Although Zhang Xian complained, he really worked harder than anyone else on his homework. He and Cui Xinqin finished nine homework assignments that day.

When the homework was returned to Yu Dong, a form was attached, on which were the marks given by the two of them to the students.

Zhang Xian and Cui Xinqin graded nine assignments respectively, and thoughtfully calculated the average and total scores.

The grading standards of the two are not too different, and the scores given to most of the students are not much different, only a few have some differences.

Yu Dong first took out the homework of Liu Ye and his group, who had the most disagreement.

After reading it, he probably understood why Zhang Xian and Cui Xinqin had differences.

The scripts of Liu Ye and his group are more commercialized, a bit imitating Hollywood blockbusters.The protagonist has lived for 1 years, and has been living smoothly, but suddenly one day, the secret of his longevity was discovered by a special organization.

This special agency wants to capture him and then study the secret of his longevity.

The protagonist seems to have expected such a day long ago, so he has made a lot of preparations. For example, his family has a super invincible underground weapon arsenal, and he also cooperates with ancient gangs, and he has inexhaustible wealth.

And these were exposed when he was forced to flee.

To put it bluntly, this is a cool movie, longevity, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and the return of the king are all cool.

For such a script, Cui Xinqin didn't like it very much. She gave it [-] out of [-], which was a failure, but Zhang Xian gave it [-], which is above average.

Perhaps in Cui Xinqin's view, such a script is really meaningless, and it cannot reflect the skills of the actors.But in Zhang Xian's opinion, the rhythm of this script is relatively good, and all the techniques that should be used are used.

In terms of the characters alone, this script has already achieved the main points.

The protagonist is an ordinary person at the beginning, and then it is revealed that he is an undead person. This is the subversion of identity.Afterwards, the secret agency surrounded and intercepted the protagonist, setting up obstacles for the protagonist. This is a bit like playing a game to break through the level, which can arouse the audience's expectations, and while solving the obstacles, it will reveal step by step what the protagonist possessed after living for 1 years...

Combining all the above, Zhang Xiancai gave this assignment [-] points.

Yu Dong continued to look down. The performance of the students this time was obviously better than the last time. Leaving aside creativity, at least the script was well written.Unlike last time, Yu Dong got a headache seeing all the messy things piled up together.

But I can't say how good it is, there is nothing that makes people look bright.

"The Man From Earth" is actually not that powerful, but it is special and unexpected.

After packing up the students' homework, Yu Dong took a long breath. There was nothing he could use, but he was not disappointed, after all, he didn't expect the students to get the script out from the beginning.

The reason for assigning this homework was just a whim after seeing Zu Feng's homework.

Now it seems that the effect is still there, at least through this assignment, the students have expressed something of themselves.

Moreover, this is also the first cooperation between drama creators and performances. Cui Xinqin had been worried that this homework would waste the time of acting students.Now that the homework is finished, Cui Xinqin is silent, because she can also see that after this cooperation, the students in the performance have made some progress.

The reward that Yu Dong mentioned in the classroom before, no student can get it, but Yu Dong's sweet dates still have to be fed out.

Next year, Deep Space Company will have several TV series and movie plans, and Yu Dong plans to let these students participate and learn.

As for The Man From Earth, he had to write it himself.

……

While Yu Dong was concentrating on writing the script, "Sniper Phone Booth" was officially released in North America.

There are not many movies in the Christmas season. The best box office performer during this period is "Mr. Sweetheart", which has been released for two weeks.

"Evita" is a musical, and the box office will not be very good.

Another more competitive film may be "Scream" directed by horror master Wes Craven.

Doug Liman took part in a Deep Space movie package, and he sat with Jimmy during the screening.

He was very curious about the film, which took only eleven days to complete. His not-so-experience told him that it was difficult to complete a high-quality film in eleven days.

YU said that before filming "Butterfly Effect", he was asked to make a low-budget movie first, and his curiosity about that low-budget movie was transferred to "Sniper Phone Booth".

After the movie started, there was an introduction about mobile phones.

Now that mobile phones are becoming more and more common, phone booths are facing a crisis. With the development of the times, phone booths will disappear in places like New York sooner or later.

Seeing the mobile phone in the movie, Doug Liman turned to look at Jimmy.

Jimmy also noticed Doug Liman's eyes, he still stared at the screen, said with a smile: "This ad is not bad, Motorola paid a lot of money for it."

Doug Liman smiled. Jimmy's focus was always different from his.

But to be honest, this mobile phone advertisement is really good. When he saw it just now, he even had the urge to buy one, but when he looked back, it seemed that he already had one, and it was also from Motorola.

Motorola has developed better and better in the past few years, and the models it produces are also very popular. It is said that the exterior design of these models is mostly related to the Deep Space Company, and it is not known whether it is true or not.

However, Motorola's big sales must have something to do with Deep Space. When "Second World" broke the box office record, the mobile phone advertisements in it became a classic case.

Later, many mobile phone manufacturers wanted to replicate Motorola's success, but they all ended in failure.

Doug Liman continues to set his sights on the big screen.

Matthew McConaughey's main character, Stu, comes on quickly, and he's quick to antagonize the audience.

He was handsome, but an out-and-out jerk, lying to his assistant who worked for him, and without a shred of shame.

Soon, Stu walked into the phone booth, and the main storyline began.

The movie is very short, just over 80 minutes.

And for more than 80 minutes, Doug's attention has not been relaxed at all, and he has been following the storyline throughout the whole process.

Before watching the movie, Doug Liman thought it would be a wonderful sniper story, but in fact, after the whole movie, the sniper did not fire a few shots.

But the tension created by the film is not lacking at all.

"What is the film about? Redemption? Judgment? Don't lie?"

After calming down a bit, Doug Liman began to think about what the movie was about to express, but soon he laughed at himself. It doesn't really matter what the movie expresses.

The key is that it only uses a simple scene to attract the audience's attention. The rhythm and lines of this story have a lot to offer.

The surrounding audience began to applaud, and Doug Liman followed suit.

Then many people laughed and congratulated loudly.

Only then did Doug Liman realize that this was a field hired by the Deep Space Company. He turned his head to look at Jimmy, and said with a smile, "Jimmy, you're going to make money again."

Jimmy shrugged and said with a smile: "Isn't this already preordained, do you need to be so surprised?"

"whispering sound."

Doug Liman curled his lips, Jimmy is always so confident, but his confidence is always beyond reproach.

With a shooting cost of less than 1000 million, and such an answer sheet, Deep Space will definitely make a lot of money this time, just like the previous "Two Smoking Barrels", and maybe even more.

Jimmy was in a good mood and asked, "Doug, how much box office do you think this movie will get?"

Doug Liman thought about it seriously, and said: "According to the current schedule, it is estimated to be around 7000 million, and even if it is almost [-]-[-] million. No matter what, you must be making money. Sigh , When will I see you lose money once?"

Jimmy laughed: "It's not easy? When you make a movie for us, just use less snacks."

Doug Liman rolled his eyes, "Don't worry, even if Deep Space Company will lose money one day, it will definitely not lose money because of my movie."

Jimmy patted Doug Liman on the shoulder, "I like your confidence."

……

The box office performance of "Sniper Phone Booth" was even better than Doug Liman expected. The box office on the first day reached 850 million US dollars, plus the next two days, it won 200 million in the box office throughout the weekend. In the case of four days less, it overwhelmed "Scream" to win the box office championship next week.

In just three days, the film has been able to guarantee a return.

In fact, the performance of "Scream" is also very good. It was a bit weak at the beginning, but its reputation is getting better and better. It is also an R-rated film with a cost of only 500 million. It is expected to hit the North American box office with over [-] million. , is definitely a dark horse.

It's just that "Sniper Phone Booth" is darker, and it's a bit darker than Jimmy imagined.

At the movie theater that day, Doug Liman said that the box office of the movie should be around [-] million. Jimmy did not refute it. His opinion was similar to that of Doug Liman, and his expectation for the box office of the movie was also around [-] million US dollars.

However, according to the current data and market research, the final box office in North America is likely to exceed 5000 million.

This year's North American box office performance is mediocre. The highest box office is "Independence Day", with a total North American box office of 4000 million U.S. dollars, followed by Warner's "Tornado" with 3 million U.S. dollars. No.8000 is "Professional Secret Service" with [-] million.

No.4 is "Dalmatians", more than 3000 million.

In other words, if the box office of "Sniper Phone Booth" can exceed 5000 million, it is very likely to get No.4.

The reason why I say it is very likely and not certain is because there are two other movies that may exceed 5000 million. They are "Mr. Scream".

Especially the former, the box office has now exceeded [-] million.

……

There is another interesting thing. Although "Sniper Phone Booth" has a good box office and word of mouth, there are many people who criticize it.

And the scolding is basically "selling dog meat with sheep's tricks". The early stage of the movie said that YU participated in the performance, but many people didn't find YU at all after watching the movie.

Of course, there are sharp-eyed ones who caught YU in a passing shot.

YU plays a passerby in the movie, and there is only one long-range shot. If you don’t watch it frame by frame, it’s really not easy to find it.

However, it also aroused the interest of many people.

Some movie fans or book fans, just to find YU, even though they have already seen the movie, they still go to the cinema to watch it again, even twice or thrice.

Later, someone discovered that not only Yu Dong appeared in this movie, but also Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.

Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu have also gained some fame in the United States, and "Alive" and "Frantic Finger" are very popular among readers.

Although their faces have not been exposed much, many people have seen them when they signed the sale before.

So when they were looking for Yu Dong, they were also discovered.

……

The news that "Sniper Phone Booth" won the box office in North America quickly spread in China.

The headlines of the news are all big "National Box Office Champion".

But such a headline party is still within the tolerance of most people.

After all, it is already a great thing to win the box office champion for a week.

Of course, for Yu Dong's book lovers, this seems to be nothing new. After all, since "Groundhog Day", the number of weekly box office champions won by films adapted from Yu Dong's novels has been beyond count.

At that time, many people were chasing the box office of "Second World" on "Reference News". For a period of time, "Second World" won the box office champion for many consecutive weeks.

But this time is a little different, that is, "Sniping the Phone Booth" is not an adaptation of Yu Dong's novel, but a script written by Yu Dong himself.

When Yu Dong wrote the TV series "Don't Talk to Strangers" before, many people were quite surprised. This time "Sniper Phone Booth" received a good box office, which shocked many people's jaws.

Writing novels, movies, and TV dramas, is there anything Yu Dong can't write?

In the news this time, in addition to the reports on Dong and the others, it also specifically reported on Jin Yi's student Qin Yi's performance in "Sniping the Phone Booth".

In fact, Qin Yi didn't show much, just a few shots.

But after all, I took a trip to Hollywood and made a face.

Of course, the reason why the news specifically reported on Qin Yi was also guided by Deep Space Corporation, in order to stage a drama of "a thousand gold buys a horse bone".

When the actors see this news, they will realize how powerful the resources of Deep Space are, and they are more willing to sign a contract with Deep Space.

When students read this news, they will realize the benefits of going to Jinling Academy of Arts, and they will naturally prefer Jinling Arts when applying for the school.

"Sniping the Phone Booth" also contributed to another thing. Originally, Zhao Baogang was a little hesitant when faced with Deep Space's cooperation invitation, but after seeing the success of "Sniping the Phone Booth", he simply reached a cooperation with Deep Space.

Zhao Baogang also fully understands that this will be his chance, and if he misses it, it will be difficult to get it again.

He prides himself on having connections in the film and television industry, but no matter how wide his connections are, there is no such good channel as deep space.

He may still be useful to Shen Kong now, but he is not irreplaceable. When Shen Kong finds someone else, and after their stall is completely spread out, he may not have a chance to cooperate with Shen Kong.

……

Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu didn't expect that they would show their faces in the United States because of "Sniping the Phone Booth". They ran to Yu Dong's office with the newspaper and chatted about it.

"It's a pity that the movie won't be screened in China, otherwise I'd like to see how many of us are on camera."

Yu Dong looked at Yu Hua, and joked, "There's no reason why you, great writer Yu, can't be on camera. Haven't you noticed that you radiate a special light all over you, which is different from ordinary people."

Yu Hua twisted her body: "Really?"

Yu Dong nodded seriously and said: "Well, you have to get ready, maybe you will become famous in Hollywood this time, and in the future, those big directors in Hollywood will rush to find you to make movies. Shall I ask Mr. Cui to give you a supplementary performance? Lesson? I’m a bit prepared to go to Hollywood when the time comes. If you perform well, you can win an Oscar or something.”

Bi Feiyu continued, "He doesn't need to improve his acting skills. He is a born actor. I think what needs to be improved is English."

Yu Hua looked arrogant: "If I want to go to Hollywood to act, it shouldn't be me learning English, but the rest of them should learn Chinese, thinking about how to communicate with me."

Bi Feiyu and Yu Dong looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Look, this person can't boast, he trembles when he praises."

"He's not crazy, after all, he also understands how poor his learning ability is. I'm afraid it's easier for everyone else to learn Chinese than for him to learn English alone."

Being teased by Yu Dong, Yu Hua wasn't angry at all, but instead laughed, "Yu Yuanwai is the one who knows me!"

(End of this chapter)