Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 644 Is She Right? (first update)
Yu Dong didn't expect that Lena would ask such a question at the last moment.

Seeing the surprise on Dong's face, Rob Reiner said with a smile: "I think "Pounding Heart" is a very good story. It would be a pity if it is not written as a novel. I also understand that this movie will be released in theaters." Compared with those blockbusters with visual effects, it has no advantages, but it is different when written as a novel. Readers hold the book and can understand the story better in the middle of the text."

"But I..."

Just as Yu Dong was about to speak, Rob Reiner said, "YU, let me do the math. If you can write this story into a novel, the cost of this movie can be cut in half."

The cost is cut in half... The cost of "Pounding Heart" is about 800 million US dollars. If it is cut in half, it will be more than 400 million US dollars.The shooting cost of this movie is not high, more than 400 million can definitely be done, and the real money is indeed publicity.

Rob Reiner made a good calculation. If Yu Dong really writes "Pounding Heart" as a novel, then most of the publicity expenses can be saved, and the effect will definitely be better than the millions they spent on publicity. .

At that time, the cost will be saved, and the box office will also increase. This time, we can earn a lot of money.

And to do all of this, YU only needs to write and change the script into a novel, which is not difficult in Rob Reiner's opinion.

In fact, it is really not difficult, at least compared to writing other novels, it will definitely take much less time to turn "Pounding Heart" into a novel.

Yu Dong looked at Rob Reiner with interest, no wonder this guy came to see him in such a hurry, it turned out that it was for this reason, and the things he talked about earlier were secondary.

And listening to Rob Reiner's words... Yu Dong always felt familiar - Jimmy always used this kind of words to deal with him.

But what they said is true. There is a big gap between writing a novel and not writing a novel. The most important thing is that "Pounding Heartbeat" is indeed suitable for writing a novel, after all, it is also an adaptation of a novel.

The reason why Yu Dong didn't want to write a novel before was mainly because he felt that this kind of novel was not suitable for him to write.

Some people may find it strange that he can write the script of "Pounding Heart", why can't he write this novel?
This is because the genres of scripts and novels are quite different. When Yu Dong wrote the script, he only needed to write out the plot of the story and the dialogue of the characters.

But the novel is not good, it reveals more things, the same plot, the same dialogue, written in the form of a novel, different people feel different when writing, and Yu Dong's own style may not be suitable.

Since it might not be suitable, Yu Dong simply didn't try it. After all, he is not bad for this novel.

"Mr. Rainer, let's do this, I may not be able to promise you for the time being."

"Why?" Lena froze for a moment.

In Reiner's view, since the stories are out, why not write them as novels? After writing novels, they can earn royalties from physical sales, save the promotional costs of the movie, and the box office of the movie is likely to increase a lot.

These add up, not to mention too much, at least tens of millions of dollars.

Such a good thing, why don't you want to?

Yu Dong explained with a smile: "I haven't considered this matter for the time being, how about this, you let me think about it for a while, if you agree, I will contact you again."

Rob Reiner stared at Yu Dong for a while, and finally sighed slightly, "Okay, Yu, then I will wait for your good news. Actually, I think..."

In the latter part, Reiner stopped talking halfway through, and he probably felt that no matter how much he said now, he would not be able to convince YU.

In fact, Yu Dong's guess was right. Reiner had indeed discussed this matter with Jimmy before he came, and Jimmy did give Reiner a trick. It was Jimmy who taught Reiner the trick just now.

Reiner wants Yu Dong to write "Pounding Heartbeat" as a novel. In fact, the idea is very simple. He just wants to save publicity costs. He always feels that more than half of the production cost of a movie is spent on publicity, which is too exaggerated. .

Moreover, Reiner also gets a share of the movie's profits, and he really feels sorry for spending so much on publicity.

……

The two chatted briefly for a while, Reiner offered to leave, Yu Dong smiled and asked to stay, "Why are you in such a hurry to go, come all the way, at least have a meal together at noon, it's almost eleven o'clock now, it happens to be to eat."

Reiner looked at his watch and raised his eyebrows, "I didn't expect the time to pass so quickly, so let's have a meal together. I just know that there is a restaurant nearby that tastes good, and it only takes a few minutes to walk there."

"Yes." Yu Dong nodded and stood up, "Let's go."

……

Yu Dong didn't call Yu Hua and the others, he and Lena went to have a simple meal.

The restaurant is really not far from the bookstore, and the walk is not fast, and it doesn't take 5 minutes.

After eating, the two walked to the bookstore again. When they first arrived at the door, they heard a noise.

"Whose child is this?"

"Children, where are your parents?"

"Who brought you here?"

"Would you like to call the police?"

"Let's adjust the monitoring first."

Curious, the two walked into the bookstore, and saw a group of staff discussing anxiously around a little girl.

According to them, it should be that the little girl got lost with her parents.

The little girl was about six or seven years old, with long black hair, she looked a bit like a mixed race, and she was very beautiful.

She is quite courageous and not stage frightened, surrounded by so many people, she doesn't panic at all.

After the clerks chattered for a while, the little girl raised her head and said, "My dad has gone to the bathroom, let me help him line up here."

The people around were stunned, and one of the clerks asked, "Then why didn't you say that just now? Besides, your father has been away for too long."

"He ate hot pot last night. It was too spicy, so he had diarrhea today. Too many of you talked just now, and I couldn't get in."

"Oh, it's fine, it's fine."

The clerks were all relieved when they saw that there was nothing to do, and the other clerks went back to their posts one after another, leaving only one clerk beside the little girl, waiting for her father to come back from the toilet.

Yu Dong stared at the little girl for a while, then asked Reiner next to him, "What do you think of this little girl?"

Reiner raised his eyebrows, "You mean?"

"Well, let her play the smaller heroine."

Hearing what Yu Dong said, Reiner also took a serious look at the little girl in front of him, and about three or four minutes later, Reiner said: "Everything is good, but there is one thing, she played a smaller heroine, There will not be many actors for the older heroine in the future."

Reiner was right, this little girl was most likely to be of mixed race, with long black hair, and a pair of brown eyes that were neither too big nor too small. There were not many girls of this type.

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