What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?
Chapter 190 New plan without cost
Chapter 190 New plan without cost
On September 9th, although the autumn has just entered, the temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, but there is a taste of autumn. Feihongxuan in Zhuanta Hutong welcomed a special guest.
Liu Cixin, a famous science fiction writer, is 54 years old this year. His representative works include the novels "Supernova Era", "Ball Lightning", and the "Three-Body" trilogy, etc., and the short stories "The Wandering Earth" and "Rural Teacher".
He is the most famous sci-fi writer in China, with a lot of works, especially the "Three-Body Problem" trilogy, which can be said to be a masterpiece of Chinese sci-fi. It just won the Hugo Award in April this year.
In recent years, there has been a good call for his works to be filmed. In 2012, China Film Group purchased the film and television copyright of "The Wandering Earth". In 2014, the film project was approved, and then Guo Fan was confirmed as the director of the film. The preparation work has already started, and it is planned to start next year.
In addition, the copyright of "Country Teacher" was also bought by Ning Hao. Together with Huang Bo and Shen Teng, it was adapted into the movie "Crazy Alien", which is currently being filmed, and Liu Cixin is the main screenwriter.
Today, Yang Shu invited Liu from the crew of "Crazy Alien" to Zhuanta Hutong for only one reason. He had already bought the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem".
As soon as Liu Cixin's car turned around the brick pagoda at the entrance of the alley, Yang Shu had already brought Liu Man to the gate to greet him, and even opened the car door himself.
This made Da Liu very embarrassed: "Director Yang is really too polite, such a big battle seems to be coming soon."
Indeed, the storm is coming, and the storm of "Three-Body Problem" is coming.
The windows of Feihongxuan are bright and clean, the dust is the same, and the guests and hosts are seated. Yang Shu first thanked Liu for supporting him in buying the film and television adaptation rights of "Three-Body Problem".
With a big Liu Guozi face, a square face, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and a typical engineer image, he seemed relieved, and he was very emotional: "The Three-Body Problem has been filmed and filmed for eight years, and now we finally see the dawn. Supporting you is the most important thing. The right choice."
Then he congratulated Yang Shu and Liu Man, the box office of the second part of "Warrior" broke 50 billion.
"It's simply amazing. The upper and lower parts of your "Warrior" have refreshed everyone's understanding of the film market. The box office of the first part was 52 billion, and the second part also broke 50 billion yesterday. You accounted for the three films with a box office of over 50 billion in film history. Two."
In the past few years, Liu has seldom written novels, and has been tossing about the film and television adaptation of "Three-Body Problem", and he has become familiar with everything in the film and television industry.
On September 9, that is, yesterday, the second part of "Warrior" broke through 19 billion in 19 days after its release.
It doesn't make much sense for the box office to exceed its own. At present, "Wolf Warrior 2" is still 6 million away, and it will undoubtedly exceed within half a month.
But Yang Shu didn't pay much attention to this time-scrambling game anymore, he was playing "Three-Body Problem" these days.
A few days ago, Luo Xue suggested to start filming "Changjin Lake". He was a little reluctant, so he has been planning what to shoot in the future, but has no idea.
Half a month ago, when he got up to brush his teeth in the morning, a news was broadcast on the bathroom screen: A company tried to buy the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem", but failed to negotiate the price.
This gave him a flash of inspiration, and he immediately called Mr. Hua and asked him to arrange capable people to start buying "Three-Body" immediately. He could negotiate any price, depending on the appetite of the other party.
Things went smoothly, and after several bargains, they finally won the film and television copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" for 7500 million yuan.
But I didn't buy it from Da Liu, but I got his support.
This price is very cost-effective. In Yang Shu’s memory, two years later, “The Wandering Earth” became a hit, and the final transaction price for the transfer of the adaptation rights of “Three-Body Problem” was 1.2 million.
Looking at the sky-high transfer fee, Da Liu felt like crying.
In 2009, shortly after Liu finished writing "The Wandering Earth", the economic situation was not good at that time, so he sold all the film and television adaptation rights of "The Three-Body Problem" at a not too high price.
How much is this not too high price? No one has announced it. It is said that it is 10. Liu is too embarrassed to admit it, but he just said that it is not that low. It seems to be only a few hundred thousand.
The copyright was purchased by a couple. The husband is Zhang Fanfan, a director who graduated from Nortel. He has made two lesser-known suspense and reasoning films. The wife is a screenwriter and has no well-known works.
It can be said that the biggest achievement of this couple is their good vision. They bought the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem" back then, including Liu Cixin himself, who did not realize that he would become a representative figure of Chinese science fiction in the future.
"Three-Body Problem" embarked on the road of film and television, but it was very unsuccessful.
Zhang Fanfan accepts all parties to cooperate and invest in "Three-Body Problem", but there is a premise that the director must be him, and the screenwriter must be his wife.
This was a bit difficult, so the film project was withdrawn, withdrawn and started again, until 2014, when the filming finally started.
Zhang Fanfan has great ambitions and announced that he will make "Three-Body Problem" into a series of movies, with an investment of 2 million yuan for each movie, and a total of 6 movies will be made.
However, the ambition and ability did not match, and the relevant preparations were not done well in the past few years. After several years of work, the project was finally approved and filmed in a hurry.
Filming started in 2015, starring Feng Shaofeng, Zhang Jingchu, Wu Gang, Tang Yan, Du Chun, Zhang Han, etc. This lineup looks a bit like a Mary Su idol drama.
A complex work like "The Three-Body Problem" was hatched impatiently, and the effect can be imagined. The rough cut version is not satisfactory, and it is basically impossible to cut a complete story, and the special effects are not good. , everything returns to zero.
Zhang Fanfan finally realized that he could not handle "The Three-Body Problem". Afterwards, many companies wanted to take over and approached him to negotiate the purchase of the adaptation rights, but they couldn't agree on the price and returned home.
Poplar had plenty of money, so he bought it with a wave of his hand.
Da Liu had a good impression of Yang Shu, and the two chatted sincerely. He said frankly: "Compared with "The Wandering Earth" and "Country Teacher", the film and television adaptation of "Three-Body Problem" is much more difficult. I think you should be thoughtful. Prepare."
"The Wandering Earth" is a relatively conceptual short story. In fact, the later movies only borrowed the framework and background of the novel, and almost created a brand new story. The relevant plot is only a paragraph in the novel.
As for "Crazy Aliens", which Liu co-wrote, has little in common with the original "Country Teacher" except that there are aliens visiting the earth.
Ning Hao just wanted to use his sci-fi skin to make a comedy movie.
"The Three-Body Problem" is different. The story itself is already hard-core, and it is very difficult to adapt it. It cannot be made up randomly, and readers will not agree.
Yang Shu also admitted: "It is indeed difficult. The story of "The Three-Body Problem" is actually not very suitable for directing to the screen. It is too wild and unconstrained, with too many dark and evil images. This is no problem in science fiction literature, but the movie is Popular art has to distinguish between good and evil, and must conform to mainstream values, which is not easy to deal with, and it takes a lot of effort to adapt."
He talked about his plan, the "Three-Body" trilogy "Three-Body Problem", "Three-Body Problem 2: Dark Forest", "Three-Body Problem 3: Death and Eternal Life", which will also be made into 6 movies.
"For such a masterpiece, we have the ability to match Hollywood's investment in creating our oriental science fiction world."
Yang Shu expressed his thoughts: "I would like to invite you to be the screenwriter, and within half a year, I will come up with the script of the first part. I will direct this series myself."
Liu Man added: "We will organize a screenwriting team to be responsible for adapting this masterpiece, but it is most suitable for you to preside over the work, because you know the spiritual core of this work best."
(End of this chapter)
On September 9th, although the autumn has just entered, the temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, but there is a taste of autumn. Feihongxuan in Zhuanta Hutong welcomed a special guest.
Liu Cixin, a famous science fiction writer, is 54 years old this year. His representative works include the novels "Supernova Era", "Ball Lightning", and the "Three-Body" trilogy, etc., and the short stories "The Wandering Earth" and "Rural Teacher".
He is the most famous sci-fi writer in China, with a lot of works, especially the "Three-Body Problem" trilogy, which can be said to be a masterpiece of Chinese sci-fi. It just won the Hugo Award in April this year.
In recent years, there has been a good call for his works to be filmed. In 2012, China Film Group purchased the film and television copyright of "The Wandering Earth". In 2014, the film project was approved, and then Guo Fan was confirmed as the director of the film. The preparation work has already started, and it is planned to start next year.
In addition, the copyright of "Country Teacher" was also bought by Ning Hao. Together with Huang Bo and Shen Teng, it was adapted into the movie "Crazy Alien", which is currently being filmed, and Liu Cixin is the main screenwriter.
Today, Yang Shu invited Liu from the crew of "Crazy Alien" to Zhuanta Hutong for only one reason. He had already bought the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem".
As soon as Liu Cixin's car turned around the brick pagoda at the entrance of the alley, Yang Shu had already brought Liu Man to the gate to greet him, and even opened the car door himself.
This made Da Liu very embarrassed: "Director Yang is really too polite, such a big battle seems to be coming soon."
Indeed, the storm is coming, and the storm of "Three-Body Problem" is coming.
The windows of Feihongxuan are bright and clean, the dust is the same, and the guests and hosts are seated. Yang Shu first thanked Liu for supporting him in buying the film and television adaptation rights of "Three-Body Problem".
With a big Liu Guozi face, a square face, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and a typical engineer image, he seemed relieved, and he was very emotional: "The Three-Body Problem has been filmed and filmed for eight years, and now we finally see the dawn. Supporting you is the most important thing. The right choice."
Then he congratulated Yang Shu and Liu Man, the box office of the second part of "Warrior" broke 50 billion.
"It's simply amazing. The upper and lower parts of your "Warrior" have refreshed everyone's understanding of the film market. The box office of the first part was 52 billion, and the second part also broke 50 billion yesterday. You accounted for the three films with a box office of over 50 billion in film history. Two."
In the past few years, Liu has seldom written novels, and has been tossing about the film and television adaptation of "Three-Body Problem", and he has become familiar with everything in the film and television industry.
On September 9, that is, yesterday, the second part of "Warrior" broke through 19 billion in 19 days after its release.
It doesn't make much sense for the box office to exceed its own. At present, "Wolf Warrior 2" is still 6 million away, and it will undoubtedly exceed within half a month.
But Yang Shu didn't pay much attention to this time-scrambling game anymore, he was playing "Three-Body Problem" these days.
A few days ago, Luo Xue suggested to start filming "Changjin Lake". He was a little reluctant, so he has been planning what to shoot in the future, but has no idea.
Half a month ago, when he got up to brush his teeth in the morning, a news was broadcast on the bathroom screen: A company tried to buy the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem", but failed to negotiate the price.
This gave him a flash of inspiration, and he immediately called Mr. Hua and asked him to arrange capable people to start buying "Three-Body" immediately. He could negotiate any price, depending on the appetite of the other party.
Things went smoothly, and after several bargains, they finally won the film and television copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" for 7500 million yuan.
But I didn't buy it from Da Liu, but I got his support.
This price is very cost-effective. In Yang Shu’s memory, two years later, “The Wandering Earth” became a hit, and the final transaction price for the transfer of the adaptation rights of “Three-Body Problem” was 1.2 million.
Looking at the sky-high transfer fee, Da Liu felt like crying.
In 2009, shortly after Liu finished writing "The Wandering Earth", the economic situation was not good at that time, so he sold all the film and television adaptation rights of "The Three-Body Problem" at a not too high price.
How much is this not too high price? No one has announced it. It is said that it is 10. Liu is too embarrassed to admit it, but he just said that it is not that low. It seems to be only a few hundred thousand.
The copyright was purchased by a couple. The husband is Zhang Fanfan, a director who graduated from Nortel. He has made two lesser-known suspense and reasoning films. The wife is a screenwriter and has no well-known works.
It can be said that the biggest achievement of this couple is their good vision. They bought the film and television copyright of "Three-Body Problem" back then, including Liu Cixin himself, who did not realize that he would become a representative figure of Chinese science fiction in the future.
"Three-Body Problem" embarked on the road of film and television, but it was very unsuccessful.
Zhang Fanfan accepts all parties to cooperate and invest in "Three-Body Problem", but there is a premise that the director must be him, and the screenwriter must be his wife.
This was a bit difficult, so the film project was withdrawn, withdrawn and started again, until 2014, when the filming finally started.
Zhang Fanfan has great ambitions and announced that he will make "Three-Body Problem" into a series of movies, with an investment of 2 million yuan for each movie, and a total of 6 movies will be made.
However, the ambition and ability did not match, and the relevant preparations were not done well in the past few years. After several years of work, the project was finally approved and filmed in a hurry.
Filming started in 2015, starring Feng Shaofeng, Zhang Jingchu, Wu Gang, Tang Yan, Du Chun, Zhang Han, etc. This lineup looks a bit like a Mary Su idol drama.
A complex work like "The Three-Body Problem" was hatched impatiently, and the effect can be imagined. The rough cut version is not satisfactory, and it is basically impossible to cut a complete story, and the special effects are not good. , everything returns to zero.
Zhang Fanfan finally realized that he could not handle "The Three-Body Problem". Afterwards, many companies wanted to take over and approached him to negotiate the purchase of the adaptation rights, but they couldn't agree on the price and returned home.
Poplar had plenty of money, so he bought it with a wave of his hand.
Da Liu had a good impression of Yang Shu, and the two chatted sincerely. He said frankly: "Compared with "The Wandering Earth" and "Country Teacher", the film and television adaptation of "Three-Body Problem" is much more difficult. I think you should be thoughtful. Prepare."
"The Wandering Earth" is a relatively conceptual short story. In fact, the later movies only borrowed the framework and background of the novel, and almost created a brand new story. The relevant plot is only a paragraph in the novel.
As for "Crazy Aliens", which Liu co-wrote, has little in common with the original "Country Teacher" except that there are aliens visiting the earth.
Ning Hao just wanted to use his sci-fi skin to make a comedy movie.
"The Three-Body Problem" is different. The story itself is already hard-core, and it is very difficult to adapt it. It cannot be made up randomly, and readers will not agree.
Yang Shu also admitted: "It is indeed difficult. The story of "The Three-Body Problem" is actually not very suitable for directing to the screen. It is too wild and unconstrained, with too many dark and evil images. This is no problem in science fiction literature, but the movie is Popular art has to distinguish between good and evil, and must conform to mainstream values, which is not easy to deal with, and it takes a lot of effort to adapt."
He talked about his plan, the "Three-Body" trilogy "Three-Body Problem", "Three-Body Problem 2: Dark Forest", "Three-Body Problem 3: Death and Eternal Life", which will also be made into 6 movies.
"For such a masterpiece, we have the ability to match Hollywood's investment in creating our oriental science fiction world."
Yang Shu expressed his thoughts: "I would like to invite you to be the screenwriter, and within half a year, I will come up with the script of the first part. I will direct this series myself."
Liu Man added: "We will organize a screenwriting team to be responsible for adapting this masterpiece, but it is most suitable for you to preside over the work, because you know the spiritual core of this work best."
(End of this chapter)
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