You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 18 Return to Los Angeles, "Twilight" in hand

The news about Oscar nominations and Paramount's 2000 million buyout of new directors' works theoretically belongs to the business of Sina News and has little to do with Sina Blog.

However, Mayo is an old man of Sina. He also worked as the editor-in-chief of Sina News at the beginning.

A young Chinese guy, when he was an exchange student in the United States, he not only directed a movie that was sold to a Hollywood tycoon at a sky-high price, he basically realized the freedom of wealth, and was also nominated for an Oscar for his screenwriting work!
This experience sounds like a dream, at least it can shock domestic entertainment for 20 years, if something happens with a few Hollywood actresses, it can be called a legend!

Mayo also made an appointment with Wang Quan for an exclusive interview in advance. Let’s warm up in China first. After a while, a reporter from Sina in the United States will contact him for an interview.

After hanging up with his cousin, Wang Quan sent text messages to his parents to report his safety. He was about to take a taxi back when he saw a BMW convertible drifting in front of him. A handsome girl with short blue hair took off her sunglasses, " Welcome Director Wang back to America!"

The girl had an obvious mixed face of East and West, and she was very good-looking, fair-skinned, and tall, which was a plus. Many girls coming and going stared at her.

Dorothy would have whistled at them long ago if the kingship hadn't been here.

Wang Quan went up and hooked Dorothy's neck, "Why did you pinch it, you bastard!"

"Oh, let go, I can't breathe~"

While the two good friends were fighting, a middle-aged man named Chen Guofu was pulling his suitcase and preparing to leave Los Angeles by plane.

He is from Wanwan and used to be a director. He joined Columbia Pictures six years ago and served as the director of the Asian production department of Sony Columbia Pictures. He was responsible for the development and production of Chinese films.

He is behind such films as "Big Wrist", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Kekexil", "A World Without Thieves", etc. During this period, he also directed the classic suspense thriller "Double Eyes", and in "Detective Chinatown 2" You can also see the style of this movie.

But now that he has officially resigned from Columbia, he came to Los Angeles this time to complete the formalities, and he has already found a place to go.

Huayi Brothers, this company has a lot of cooperation with Columbia in Asia. During this period, the two bosses of Huayi Wang invited Chen Guofu many times, and finally persuaded him.

This time, Chen Guofu did not return to his hometown, and flew directly to the capital. Huayi gave him the position of director of the company's film production, and delegated Huayi's film production power to him, which fully demonstrated his sincerity.

Like Wang Quan, Chen Guofu is optimistic about the potential of the mainland film market. The difference is that he thinks the time is ripe, while Wang Quan thinks, wait, wait, let the bullets fly for a while.

Taking a last look at Los Angeles, Chen Guofu couldn't help but gear up and prepare for a big fight!
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Unlike Beijing, which strives to build high-rise buildings and create an international style, most of the cars driving all the way see low-rise buildings, because Los Angeles is located in an earthquake zone, and it is not convenient to build high-rise buildings. Built according to strong earthquake standards, the cost is very high.

This results in a very large urban area of ​​Los Angeles, which would be very inconvenient without a car.

Moreover, the sunshine in Los Angeles is very good, which is very suitable for a sunny and cheerful boy like Wang Quan. If it is not for the deep affection for his hometown, this place is also a good choice.

On the way home with Dorothy, Wang Quan took out some newspapers and two magazines from the car, which Dorothy had prepared for him.

These are all about the sky-high sale of "Cryptor" and related reports about King David's Oscar shortlist.

The latter did not focus on him because there were too many celebrities nominated for the Oscars.

However, there is more space to write "The Basement". Oh, the movie has been officially renamed "10 Cloverfield Lane". Paramount is expected to officially launch the movie in the summer, and it has already started promoting it, so I ask the king for one Subsequent filming will be completed within a month.

Wang Quan quickly read a few reports, "Boss Tao, why are you talking about this producer? This is the navy you bought for yourself, right?"

Dorothy smiled and said, "After all, I was somewhat famous before. This is the first time I have transformed into a producer, and naturally it has aroused more topics than you."

Dorothy is two years older than Wang Quan. She used to be a well-known child star, but her star career did not go well. When she grew up, she was admitted to the Management Department of the School of Film and Television, University of Southern California, and determined to become an excellent producer. people.

She flipped through it, "Here, you are highlighted in this newspaper."

"Genius Chinese director David Wang Qitian earned 2000 million!Shock Hollywood! "

Well, this title looks very attractive. The information in the article was provided by Dorothy to the reporter. It is stated at the beginning that David King is an exchange student from Huaxia Capital Film Academy, who debuted for two and a half years.

"In the distant capital of China, King David's father owned a movie theater, so he was influenced by movies since he was a child, and spent day and night in the movie theater, so he aspired to become an excellent movie projectionist...Huh?"

Dorothy, "Projectionist? Did the reporter write that? That's not what I said."

Wang Quan read on, "As King David grew up, the easing of Sino-US relations gave him the opportunity to see excellent Hollywood movies, so he changed his ambitions and aspired to become a great actor like Spielberg and Cameron. director."

This paragraph is also slightly exaggerated. Wang Quan had this ambition before he was ten years old. At that time, there were no Hollywood blockbusters in China. However, Wang Quan really admired the achievements of these two great directors. , he can replace it.

Later in the article, it gradually became more reliable. It said that Wang Quan was admitted to the No. 1 film university in China with a No. [-] score, and a year and a half later he won the only exchange student opportunity at the University of Southern California.

"In order to wait for this opportunity, he began to study English hard in his youth. He was able to communicate without barriers and even write in English when he went abroad for the first time..."

This passage is basically true. Even if there is no cheating in the film and television library, it is not a problem for him to communicate and write in English.

However, the main reason why Wang Quan practiced English hard was to understand the original soundtrack of foreign movies. He was worried that inaccurate translation would greatly reduce the original excellence of the movie. During high school, he went abroad to study many times.

And this has also become an important weight for him to easily obtain the qualification of exchange students during his college years.

It is also mentioned later that after Wang Quan entered the University of Southern California, he met the like-minded senior sister Dorothy, and began to write English scripts for Hollywood. One of them has been released and he was nominated for an Oscar. The other has a strong lineup. Recently, It has just been completed, and another one has also entered the preparatory period.

"In addition, he also wrote a script that was snapped up by major film companies, but King David's requirements were too harsh, so it has not been sold yet, but several major Hollywood companies have been thinking about it.

"However, the three scripts have already brought him considerable income, so King David and Dorothy jointly funded the filming of "The Basement", which was later renamed "No. 10 Cloverfield Road". The cost of the film was 500 million. There are only three actors, and the filming was completed in just seven days. It is a suspenseful sci-fi movie, which attracted a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival, and was bought out by Paramount at a sky-high price of 2000 million..."

The cost of 500 million mentioned here is that kind of "so-called cost", which is an exaggerated figure deliberately in order to sell it at a good price.

However, Paramount is also aware of it, but it still publicizes according to this figure, and also feels that the cost of 200 million is too shabby, which will easily affect the perception of some potential audiences and give people a feeling of shoddy production.

Of course, if the cost is as low as $[-], it would be a publicity stunt.

Even if there is no original novel adaptation fee and script fee, the director is free, but wanting to reduce the cost from the original 500 million to 200 million without losing quality and even slightly improving the quality of the film, Wang Quan and Dorothy It also took a lot of thought.

In addition to King Quan's high-precision shooting with almost no wasted shots, and the finale that saved the last few minutes of spending money, it also benefited from Dorothy's dedication.

The farm used for filming belonged to her uncle’s family, and the shooting equipment was also obtained at a discounted price through relationships. During the filming, she was used by several people by herself, and she did a good job of logistics for Wang Quan. Dorothy also helped Wang Quan in the post-production. The contact team, after so many years in the entertainment industry, Dorothy does have some connections.

The last 200 million left over for a marketing pitch at the Sundance Film Festival.

Looking at this report, Wang Quan recalled many moments during the filming. Just as he was recalling bitterness and thinking about sweetness, the car stopped and arrived home.

To be precise, this apartment is Dorothy’s home, and she bought it with her childhood salary. It is very close to the University of Southern California, and it takes ten minutes to drive. She bought the sports car herself, and King Quan is just a free tenant, or Let's say it's cohabitation, one room per person.

It was half a year ago, in this living room, the two drank a little wine, when Wang Quan took out a thick stack of hand-painted storyboards detailing each shot, and said that he was going to make this movie when he graduated, Dorothy encouraged him, "Why wait until graduation, since you have already prepared so well, let's shoot now! If you hurry up, you can catch up with next year's Sundance Film Festival."

So there was the later "Basement", and their first pot of gold.

However, a large sum of money was spent before the first bucket of gold was obtained. Dorothy slapped a licensing contract on the table, "Ms. Stephanie Meyer has been settled by me, but I still want to say, this The novel is so bloody, it makes me want to vomit." (Note 1)

Wang Quan flipped through the contract and smiled, "Then you still sign it."

The novel that he asked to buy is called "Twilight", translated into Chinese as "Twilight". In just a few weeks after its publication last year, the sales volume of the book skyrocketed, rushing to the fifth place on the New York Times bestseller list , and has remained high.

This is the first book in a series of novels called The Twilight Saga!
　(Note 1: Do you know the authorized price of the Twilight Saga adaptation? Lao Fo really didn’t find any information, and even tried to check the evidence of the Hunger Games, but I couldn’t find it. I can only edit one in the next chapter. If you have For the exact source of the news, please reply here. Lao Buddha is very grateful. The role of this chapter is to make a novel more perfect together with the author and readers. ~)

　　
　
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