The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 67 The Trip to Hollywood

At eleven o'clock in the morning on February 2001, 2, Los Angeles was sunny and the weather was excellent.

In front of a dilapidated building on Jiuquhua Street, there stood a tall young East Asian man, who was none other than Li Shengyao.

This is a famous filming location in Hollywood, and there are many tourists and actors from Asia.

Li Shengyao is handsome and stylish, and soon someone came over, "Dude, do you need me to take you into the actor's guild?" (Government is equal to work)
"unnecessary."

"My friend is looking for Asian actors, you can give it a try."

"unnecessary."

In the Mainland, there are Beijing Piao, Shanghai Piao, and Hong Kong Piao. They have dreams and hope to soar into the sky.

In fact, there are many Chinese people in Hollywood. These people are called "Wu Piao", and the total number is about [-].

Many of them graduated from the three major domestic film and television academies, and they wanted to step into the world film center.

Hollywood naturally has a lot of people doing their business, introducing them into the actors guild, introducing movies.

In fact, they are all cheating money. There is no love for no reason in this world.

For example, for an unknown group performer, the fee to enter the actor's guild is generally 380 dollars, and the famous one is much more expensive. For Lu Yi, the fee to enter the actor's guild in the beautiful country is [-] to [-] dollars between.

And like the big brother, Li Lianjie and the others, the annual fee is higher, between [-] and [-] dollars.

Li Shengyao got off the plane yesterday. He has registered as a screenwriter of the Beautiful Country Screenwriters Association and paid the membership fee.

The screenwriter's membership fee in Beautiful Country is slightly lower than that of the actors, but it is also very expensive. Lee Shengyao has a work, and the annual membership fee is [-] knives.

In addition, he went to the Copyright Office of Hollywood to register the copyright of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

There is a basic information registration fee of $[-], a special information registration fee of $[-], and a long-term retention service fee of $[-].

It's all about money.

Pretty Country’s script story infringement definition is that there are [-] to [-]% similar works, even if they are problematic. It is nominally stipulated that all proceeds of the infringing works must be given to the original author.

But it doesn't actually give that much.

The story structure of "Red Dead Redemption" plagiarized Kurosawa's "Hard Heart".

Akira Kurosawa sued the producer of "Red Dead Redemption" in a lawsuit. In the end, Akira Kurosawa won the lawsuit and received 15.00% of the dividends from "Red Dead Redemption" and an additional compensation of [-] knives.

Of course this is Akira Kurosawa, the impact is huge.

If it were someone else, most of them would be miserable if they were infringed by a big company.

"The Lion King" plagiarized the island country animation "The Jungle King". The island country animation company insisted on suing at first, but later withdrew the lawsuit, saying that it couldn't afford it.

Some scenes in "Frozen" plagiarized the animated short film "Little Snowman". After a year of lawsuits, Disney and the author of "Little Snowman" "reconciled".

So it doesn't mean that if you register the copyright, people will not be able to shoot or dare to shoot.

But Lee Sing Yew believes that if Disney wants to make "Pirates of the Caribbean", they should approach him for negotiation.

After all, he is now a well-known director, and more importantly, Disney has always wanted the mainland market.

Don't look at the face of the monk, look at the face of the Buddha.

It is good to be in a big country. When the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" really makes money, Lee Sheng Yew will donate [-]% to charity and give back to the motherland.

Why register copyright and join the Screenwriters Guild?

Because the Screenwriters Guild of Pretty Country has certain ruling power, they have the right to judge whether the work is suspected of plagiarism.

The works of the members of the Screenwriters Guild are plagiarized, and theoretically the guild should come forward to uphold justice.

No matter if it works or not, there is one more choice.

In fact, whether it is registering the copyright or joining the Screenwriters Guild, as long as you pay the money, it is easy to say, and the efficiency is very high.

Li Shengyao finished his work long ago. He came here not to see the place where the guns were fired in his previous life. He wanted to meet two people.

These two people are Wen Ziren and Jia Woerner.

They are the producers of the famous "Chain Saw".

Wen Ziren and Jia Wallner are both students of the Australian Film and Television Academy, and the two became friends in Australia.

Wallner always believed that he was terminally ill, so he wanted to create a story about the terminally ill before his death. He wrote "Chain Saw".

Of course, the current script must not have been perfected later, but this guy has registered the copyright.

Li Shengyao can't copy it, but it doesn't matter, he can invest.

The production cost of "Chain Saw" was only 120 million dollars. In the end, the global box office was 4000 million dollars, the DVD market sold 5000 million dollars, and the net profit was around [-] million dollars.

Become a classic with a small and a big picture.

Now Wen Ziren and Werner have no money and live in this crappy house.

The first round and the second round of broadcasting rights of Gusu Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV have been transferred to Dafu Film and Television Company, and Li Shengyao received his dividend, which is 220 million after tax deduction.

Including his previous money, his account now has a total of 600 million.

Not long after, Li Shengyao found Wen Ziren and Werner in a messy room, both of them looked very embarrassed now.

They were actually in their early twenties, Wen Ziren was short and thin, and Werner had a beard.

Both of them looked puzzled, they didn't understand why the tall and handsome Li Shengyao wanted them.

The difference in temperament is too great, and they all feel a little inferior.

"Hi, hello, my name is Li Shengyao, I am a director, editor, and producer."

He introduced his identity, and then said directly: "I know one of your scripts, "Chain Saw", are you interested in selling it to me?"

Warner shook his head, "Of course not, I wrote this, and I will rely on him to become a first-class screenwriter in Hollywood."

Li Shengyao was just asking casually, he knew that these two people had been unwilling to sell "Chain Saw".

In fact, many film and television companies are very interested in "Chain Saw", but they can't trust the fledgling Wen Ziren and want to find another director. However, Wallner is very righteous and must ask Wen Ziren to be the director and himself to be the screenwriter. , and film and television companies are not allowed to change the script.

Geniuses are like that, they trust their instincts.

Later, Lionsgate took a big deal and invested 120 million in this movie.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Then do you need investment?"

Wen Ziren and Waller's eyes lit up when they heard the words. The two people are in a really bad situation now, and they even have the idea of ​​returning to Australia.

If someone is willing to invest in improving their current poor living conditions, they are willing to give up some of the benefits.

"Can you make a movie in Hollywood?"

This sentence is to ask Lee Sheng Yew if he has a theater relationship in Hollywood, and if he can help release the movie after it is made.

Li Shengyao shook his head, "I don't have any, I only have money."

He was able to invest in the first "Chain Saw", a low-budget horror film. Once the director and screenwriter became famous, countless people wanted to invest.

Li Shengyao has no contacts in Hollywood, it doesn't matter, he only has a few million, and it is not good to get started.

Wen Ziren and Woerner looked at each other, and they understood the value of Lee Shengyao. They couldn't let Lee Shengyao fully invest in this movie, otherwise no one would help them promote it.

To attract big film companies, they must give up enough benefits.

Then there is not much left for Li Shengyao, "20 dollars, after our movie is released, we will give you [-]% of the profits."

Li Shengyao shook his head, "The cost of your movie is pitifully low. If you shoot it now, 100 million yuan is enough."

"At least 20% of 15.00."

"Saw" didn't have any big scenes, and the cost was indeed low. Lionsgate didn't do much marketing back then, so it cleverly premiered this film at the Sundance Film Festival, and it became famous in one fell swoop.

The sum of all the money for production and marketing will not exceed 150 million.

Wen Ziren asked, "How much dividend do you want?"

"Ten percent, you guys are definitely taking advantage."

You are handsome and you are right.

Wen Ziren and Werner looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.

"Let's go, let's find a lawyer to sign the contract, and I'm a director, I have some ideas about your script, maybe we can talk about it."

(End of this chapter)