Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 648 Surrealism

"Has our company had any contact with Depp?" Yu Dong asked.

Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "No, as you know, Winona's agent is in our company, because of her relationship with Depp, we can't get in touch. But don't worry, it's no big deal if you really want Depp to play of."

"Ah That's good."

Winona should now be regarded as their leading female star in deep space. Since she starred in the "Resident Evil" series, her commercial influence has increased all of a sudden, and now she is still making film appointments.

"Speaking of Winona, there is something else I want to tell you." Jimmy glanced at Mo Yan and the others, and continued: "It has been more than two years since we got the filming rights of Spider-Man. If there is no filming for more than two years, the copyright will be handed back."

In fact, I didn't talk about Winona today. Jimmy will also talk about this matter with Yu Dong in a few days.

Under the guidance of Yu Dong, Shenkong bought the copyrights of many comics, most of which were to rob Marvel.

The year before last, they spent 780 million U.S. dollars to win Spider-Man. According to the contract, if they don't shoot film and television dramas within five years, Deep Space's film and television filming rights will be voided.

The reason why there is such a clause is also because "Spider-Man" has received the attention of many companies including MGM, Columbia, etc., and Deep Space voluntarily made concessions in order to win it.

Moreover, Deep Space spent more than 780 million for "Spider-Man", including the movie script written by Cameron and others before, all of which cost more than 1000 million US dollars.

This expenditure was not shared by any other company, and it all came out of Deep Space's account. This is also the largest pure expenditure of Deep Space over the years.

Although Deep Space Corporation has made a lot of money in the past few years, it cannot be rich enough to ignore the expenditure of more than 1000 million US dollars.

A few days ago, Columbia has also been looking for Deep Space, hoping to cooperate with Deep Space to develop "Spider-Man". Although Jimmy did not directly agree, he also showed a hopeful attitude of cooperation.

In fact, Columbia was also able to win the filming rights of "Spider-Man" before.

At that time, MGM and Columbia were arguing about "Spiderman" and reached a stalemate. It was Deep Space who suddenly entered the scene and broke the deadlock.

Faced with the sudden entry of deep space, MGM and Columbia have completely different attitudes.

MGM hopes to unite with Columbia, first squeeze out deep space, and then return to the original track with Columbia to compete for "Spider-Man".

But Columbia doesn’t think so. Their goal from the very beginning is to prevent MGM and United Artists from filming “Spider-Man.” As long as MGM doesn’t get it, it won’t have a fatal impact if “Spider-Man” falls into other companies. .

The most important thing is that since the first film that Deep Space participated in, Deep Space has cooperated closely with Columbia. It is reasonable for Columbia to sell Deep Space a face in this matter.

Hearing Jimmy mention "Spiderman", Yu Dong also nodded. Of course, this kind of project that makes a lot of money cannot be wasted.

"Does the company have any plans?"

Jimmy smiled: "When we first got the copyright, we thought about letting James Cameron take the film. After all, he has also been in contact with this project before, but now you have also seen the situation. "Titanic He has no intention of making this film now. Of course, the director is secondary. We have to find a company to cooperate with. Columbia and MGM have both approached me. I prefer Columbia. Originally, in this matter, they Just helped."

"Why do you think of this because of Winona?" Yu Dong wondered.

"At first, I thought about letting her play the heroine, but now it's impossible."

"I don't think she's suitable either." Yu Dong thought for a while, and then asked, "Are there any other difficulties in promoting this plan?"

"Basically not, the only thing is that, shooting this basically offended MGM."

Yu Dong looked at Jimmy with a smile, "Do you think this is a difficulty?"

Being stared at by Yu Dong, Jimmy also laughed, "It really doesn't count. People are floating in the rivers and lakes, and who can not be stabbed. It is basically impossible to please all parties. Sometimes it is necessary to stand in line. MGM's style is too They are old and don’t know how to be flexible, which is completely contrary to our deep space development strategy. I don’t think their future is very good. And this time Columbia helped us, so we have to stand with Columbia.”

Yu Dong didn't know much about the future of MGM, but Jimmy was right. In today's booming special effects and animation technology, MGM's strategy really can't keep up with the times.

On the other hand, Deep Space Corporation has been paying attention to the development of this technology in recent years, otherwise it would not have reached a strategic cooperation with Lucas and DreamWorks, and even worked together on IMAX.

Yu Dong thought for a while, and finally said with a smile, "You can decide these things."

Regarding his answer, Jimmy showed no surprise on his face, as if he knew Yu Dong would say that.

But it's not surprising, Jimmy still complained, "You proposed to buy the copyright, and now you are making the final decision, and you are the shopkeeper again. It's easy for you, pity me, my young hair It's almost white."

After Jimmy finished speaking, Yu Dong curled his lips and was about to speak, but Yu Hua over there had already spoken first, "Jimmy, the four words "young" are bold enough, and it feels a bit surreal when you say them. "

Jimmy was not annoyed by Yu Hua's ridicule, and said with a smile: "Comrade Yu Hua, you can say the word surrealism, which is itself a surreal thing."

Yu Hua teases Jimmy for being thick-skinned and pretending to be tender, while Jimmy teases Yu Hua for being low-educated.

Hearing Jimmy's words, Yu Hua said with an exaggerated expression: "I forgot, you Mr. Ji is still a Bachelor of Arts from Rawa University, and you and Bai Xianyong are alumni."

Jimmy pointed at Yu Hua and picked Thumbs up: "With your English proficiency, not going to university is really a loss for all universities, including our Lawa University."

Mo Yan and the others, who were reading the script, also laughed when they heard the two quarreling.

After getting to know each other well, Jimmy was also infected by Yu Hua and the others, and liked to bicker with them.

Although Jimmy is a smart guy, he comes from a serious academic background.

The Lava University that Yu Hua mentioned was Iowa, and the writing of this school was at the forefront of the United States. Jimmy graduated from Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts, so it goes without saying that he has a professional level.

However, Jimmy's usual performance makes it difficult for people to connect him with the writing of the University of Iowa.

……

The next morning, Yu Dong and Jimmy went to Disney's headquarters.

CEO Eisner deliberately spared a whole morning in the office waiting for Yu Dong's visit.

Today's meeting with Yu Dong and Jimmy has two meanings for Eisner.

One, he will meet a super-bestselling author who is now hot around the world.

Second, what he wants to meet is the person in charge of the Deep Space Company, or a combination of people in charge, who has rapidly risen in Hollywood in recent years and has the potential to be a dark horse.

No matter from which aspect, Eisner must pay attention to it.In a way, although Disney is much larger than Deep Space, Yu Dong and Jimmy are the bosses, and Eisner is just a part-time worker.

It's hard to say, one day he can't get along in Disney, and he can go to deep space to beg for food.

The world is like this, tomorrow's things can't be told today.He did such a good job at Paramount before, who would have thought that he would leave so soon?
In order to entertain Yu Dong, Eisner specially found someone to get a box of high-quality tea in advance.

That small box was light in the hand, but it cost more than 800 US dollars, which directly refreshed Eisner's knowledge of tea, and the manager also told him that this box of tea is not the most expensive, There are more expensive ones, but you can't buy them if you want to.

He also tasted the tea in advance, but was very disappointed in the result, it was nothing special, it was not even as good as the tea bag he had drunk before, at least the tea bag would not be so troublesome to drink, and the tea would not stick to his lips and get stuck.

When Yu Dong and the others arrived at Eisner's office, it was already 09:30 in the morning.

Seeing Eisner himself, Yu Dong was quite surprised.

Eisner, who is in his 50s, is tall and straight, and he looks a bit like Jimmy.

If Eisner had been thinner, shorter, with a less receding hairline, he would have been more like Jimmy.

If Jimmy told Yu Dong that Eisner and him were brothers, Yu Dong would choose to believe it.

After a few greetings, Eisner invited Yu Dong and the others to sit down, and then asked someone to make a few cups of tea.

"I like Chinese tea very much. When I heard that YU was coming, I specially prepared some tea, but I don't know much about the quality of tea. I will help you identify it later. Jimmy, you often go to China, so you should be very familiar with tea. Do you understand?"

Jimmy smiled and waved his hands: "I drink tea rather rudely. I chew and eat it. I can't help you identify it."

Chewing?
Eisner was obviously stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that tea leaves could still be chewed.

Yu Dong said with a smile: "For me, tea is an important way for me to replenish water, so I seldom drink tea. However, I was very surprised and happy to see a cup of tea in the Disney president's office. I'll definitely have a good taste of this tea in a while."

While talking, the secretary came over with three cups of tea.

Seeing the tea leaves in the teacup, Yu Dong showed a strange smile.

Good guy, there is almost no water in this glass.From the bottom of the cup to the surface of the water, there are tea leaves floating, and the tea leaves have not yet dispersed at the moment, and after a while the tea leaves will become denser after they are dispersed.

Yu Dong took the teacup with a smile, took a sip of the hot air, then nodded and said: "The best Houkui, the quality is very good."

After receiving Yu Dong's praise, Eisner laughed, "Really, it seems that I bought the right tea this time."

Jimmy also took a sip from the cup, and then said with a smile: "It's a pity that this cup is too small, otherwise, the taste of the tea will be better. But seeing this cup of tea made me feel a little bit. The tea is A good thing, water is also a good thing, the two together can be good or bad. If you put too little tea, the taste is too light, not enjoyable enough, but if you put too much tea, it will become bitter and astringent, losing the taste The taste of tea also loses the taste of water. This is true for making tea, and it is also true for literary works.”

At this point, Jimmy took out a document.

This is not the entire "Pirates of the Caribbean" script, but a total of 41 pages of the screenplay proposal, which has a part of the script and a part of the synopsis.

"Here is the outline and part of the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" written by YU. You can read it first."

After handing over the script to Eisner, Jimmy continued: "In the past film and television works related to pirates, the image of pirates was too fixed, with one-eyed, tattoos, and hooked arms. This time, YU tried some changes. There are not only some traditional elements, but also some innovative changes, just like a cup of tea, the ratio of tea leaves to water is right, and it blends perfectly."

What Jimmy said was so obvious, of course Eisner could tell that there were too many tea leaves in this cup of tea, but right now he didn't have time to care about the strength of the tea, most of his attention was on The script that Jimmy handed over.

Eisner is known as a genius analyst in the film industry, which shows that his understanding of film is beyond ordinary people, and at the same time, his enthusiasm for film is also very comparable to others.

After receiving the document from Jimmy, Eisner began to look down without even saying anything to Yu Dong.

Jimmy wasn't surprised by Eisner's reaction.

During these years at Disney, Eisner was very successful in his work and single-handedly brought Disney into its second golden age.

But his way of doing things is not recognized by people. Many people have revealed that Eisner is a difficult person to get along with, so he is mentally prepared to meet Jimmy Eisner today.

To be honest, Eisner's ability to prepare tea for them has exceeded Jimmy's expectations.

Seeing Eisner seriously reading the script, Yu Dong also looked at Eisner's office boredly.

The style of this office is very consistent with Eisner's identity. There are things with Disney characteristics everywhere. There are not many books on the bookshelf behind the desk, but more Disney-related peripherals.

After he finished looking around, Jimmy poked him on the arm and said in a low voice in Mandarin: "Remember for a while, you only talk to him about the script and the specific cooperation, and I will talk to him later."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if you let me talk, I won't talk."

"I know you definitely don't want to talk, but he will definitely guide you to talk about it in a moment. This guy is very good at saving costs, and it's the same on this project. If he can spend less money, he will definitely spend less money. He There are many ways to save money, so don't accidentally follow his way."

Yu Dong glanced at Jimmy, "You have said this twice on the way here, have you reached menopause and become so verbose now?"

Jimmy laughed and said, "A few more words of advice are always right."

　Thank you [I think it's free] the big guy for the 500 reward
　　Thank you [Spoon 8321] for the 500 reward
　　Thank you [Simplified] Big Brother for the 1500 reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)