China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 140 He Comes Tonight, Drink Less Drink and Eat Vegetables More
In Hollywood, tens of thousands of screenplays are written every year.

Most of them will be a member of the unknown, unable to be put on the big screen.

Although the quality of most of them is not up to par, there are always good works that are missed.

In 2005, the "script blacklist" created by the pre-development manager of Universal Films improved the inefficiency of Hollywood's traditional project screening to a certain extent. Provides a nice way.

Later, in 2011, the official website of the blacklist was established.

The website implements a membership system, and as long as the membership fee of 25 US dollars is paid, authors can upload their own scripts on the website for more people in the industry to see.

If you pay a certain fee, the script can be commented and revised by industry insiders.

High-scoring scripts can be listed on the "blacklist", recommended by the website, and seen by more production companies.

But now it’s not 2005, and the way to find scripts is more traditional.

At present, there are two types of scripts in Hollywood. One is scripts adapted from comics and novels, and the other is scripts developed by screenwriters. After they are finished, they sell them to production companies through script brokers or other channels.

This kind of script is usually called "speculative script". It is called speculative because the probability of being selected is very low, but once passed, the rewards are quite generous.

The craze for speculative scripts began after the screenwriters' strike in 1988, and agents began to sell a large number of scripts to film companies.

Sales of speculative screenplays skyrocketed in the 90s, with million-dollar screenplays emerging.

But around 2000, due to the bursting of the information industry bubble in the United States, the speculative script market declined.

As an independent film company, Summit, like other independent film companies, receives script submissions and public relations from brokers almost every week.

So far, countless speculative scripts have accumulated in Zenith's database.

Lu Pingan's task this time is to find out if anyone looks familiar.

"There is very little gold in speculative scripts, Lu, I don't think you need to waste your efforts in vain."

Watts advised.

He has actually read all these scripts, but he doesn't think any of them are worth the effort.

"It's okay, I have nothing to do anyway, you can go busy with the crew."

"Okay, I'm sure there's only one single-family villa here for the movie, right?"

"Yes, larger ones, more traditional ones, and ones with more open surroundings."

"It's easy, I'll look for it first."

Watts said and left.

Lu Ping'an also quickly found a familiar one: "He Comes Tonight".

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

A few days ago, Lu Pingan asked Wattsberg if there was a script submission database, and Watts introduced it.

Summit is not a big company, and the scripts for marketing are not as good as other big production companies, but they are not much less.

So Lu Pingan wanted to take a look, but now he found one: "He Comes Tonight".

This script is said to be a superhero movie, but it is actually an original, not a comic book adaptation.

For an unfamiliar hero with no mass base, the cost of making a movie is not low, and the risk is naturally high.

Yuan Shikong, the script of "He Comes Tonight" has been tossed in Hollywood for more than 10 years.

The final film is called "National Superman Hancock".

Starring Will Smith, the investment was 1.5 million, and the global box office was more than 6 million.

This is a big production, and the current peak will not do it for the time being, but since it can be missed, it will naturally be picked up.

After accepting the script, he decided to ask Watts for a while, and if he could buy it, he would buy it.

Lu Pingan then searched for a while. Unfortunately, 99% of the scripts were not recognized by Golden Finger. That is to say, 99% of the scripts here will not be made into movies in the future, and the remaining 1% is also he did not listen to. If you pass, there is no value in picking up leaks.

Lu Pingan thinks that Summit Company is still a bit small, and the probability of missing a good script in a small company may be lower than that of a large company.

But it doesn't matter, it would be nice to have a "Hancock".

After picking up the leaks, Lu Pingan continued to sort out some copyrights that would need to be involved in the future.

For example, movies based on novels, both published and unpublished.

For those that have not yet been published, Lu Pingan can consider writing them himself, and freely choose whether to publish them anonymously.

The original ones should also be written out for future preparation.

In the afternoon, Lu Pingan and Wattsberg talked about it, Watts asked someone to consult, and then Lu Pingan went to Watts to find a few scheduled studios for "Latent", and chose one, which is After returning to the villa of shareholder Bob’s family, I returned to the company in the afternoon to continue writing plans.

In the evening, he returned to his temporary villa in Los Angeles.

Looking at the current villa and comparing it with Bob's, he immediately called Xiang Guoqiang and asked him to see if there was any suitable villa in Beverly Hills.

It doesn't need to be too expensive, mainly for identity and safety.

Now he still has a balance of more than one billion US dollars available in his hand. The money has to be used for the next land auction in the mainland, the Beijing city, Shanghai Metropolis, and Guangdong Province, as well as the subsequent construction and theater acquisitions. Maybe There will be some tension.

But fortunately, movies will soon bring him a lot of profits, but there are still some things that need to be saved.
From the next day, Lu Pingan was sorting out the plan while watching the preparations of the "Latent" crew.

"Latent" is a small production, and it is estimated that it will be completed within half a month. At that time, "The Day of Death" has not been removed from the shelves, so the efficiency is extremely high.

There was news from Xiang Guoqiang that Nolan's "Batman" was already halfway through the preparatory work, and Lu Pingan decided to go and see "Latent" after filming.

The style of "Batman Trilogy" is quite distinctive. Lu Pingan must communicate with Nolan Duoduo before filming starts, and once again, he must shape and strengthen the scenes created by the two together, so that it will be much more legitimate for him to take over the second part. .

Of course at night Jimmy Fallon called and said the talk show was going to start.

Jimmy Fallon's tone seemed to be more nervous than Lu Pingan's.

Lu Pingan expressed his understanding. He had been the substitute host of "David's Late Night Show" for a few episodes. This show was deeply imprinted by the original host. After changing the host, it is certain that the ratings will drop, but the drop The extent of it is much more than Jimmy Fallon expected.

And this is why a low-cost movie like "The Day of Death" can be promoted on this program.

If the show was the same as the original, Lu Pingan might not be able to get on it yet, and even if he could, he wouldn't be able to get stuck on such a good point, which meant that this time it was a good time.

As soon as Lu Pingan came up, the effect of the show became the best episode he hosted in Jimmy Fallon's mouth.

If the program is effective, the ratings will be high. For Jimmy Fallon, this means performance and a job problem.

So it's normal for him to be more nervous and excited than Lu Pingan.

"Lu, if the ratings of this program are good, I would like to invite you to come again."

"Of course, "The Day of Death" is doing well now, so we should continue to promote it."

"That's all right, I'll wait for you."

"OK."

"The TV is about to start, Lu, you must remember to watch it."

"okok"

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Lu Pingan turned on the TV and locked it on CBS. After a while, the talk show started.

The show looks okay.

His biggest feeling is that his abs look good on TV, but they are not as good as in reality.

He lifted up his clothes and patted his abdominal muscles, very satisfied.

Then the phone rang, and it was Rachel: "Lu, I saw you showing off your abs on TV."

"What a coincidence, are you watching the show too?"

"Yes, but the abs on TV are not as good-looking as they are in reality."

"of course."

"Lu, where are you?"

"Still in Los Angeles."

"I'm coming to find you."

"Look at the abs?"

"is it not OK?"

Lu Pingan didn't refuse. When he was out of the house, he drank less alcohol and ate more vegetables. Rachel was food, not wine, and had no stamina, so it was not a big problem to eat more.

After hanging up the phone, someone called again, it was the widow sister: "Hey Lu, guess what I saw?"

"Aren't you watching TV too?"

"Yeah, haha, I saw your abs!"

"Is CBS TV's ratings so high? Is my abs seen by the whole of America right now?"

"Of course not, I just happened to switch channels and saw it."

"I'm relieved, otherwise it's almost the same as streaking. By the way, have you watched my movie?"

"Since you have exposed your abs for publicity, I will definitely go tomorrow to see if it is as good as you said."

"Just don't regret it, you were my No.1 choice at the time."

"Then I will be your heroine next time as compensation."

"It still feels like I'm at a loss."

The two chatted for five or six minutes before hanging up.

The relationship with the widow sister is a simple friend, at least the current familiarity is far from the point of further development.

Lu Pingan could still feel this point, and he didn't think about how to develop it, it was almost enough to be friends.

And this phone call brought him the most emotion, in fact, it was the effect of the TV program.

Showing off her abs made the widow sister call directly, which probably can also be seen from the reaction of other TV viewers.

Sure enough, half an hour after the show ended, Jimmy Fallon called again: "Lu, haha, we made it."

The ratings of this issue of "David's Late Show" have returned to the level when the old host was there.

Overall, it seems that it is naturally not comparable to other high-profile programs, but it is much better than Jimmy Fallon's previous ratings.

In addition to Jimmy Fallon being overjoyed by this, the bonus to Lu Pingan himself will not be small.

For "The Day of Death", it must be more effective.

Lu Ping'an is looking forward to what will happen to the box office after tomorrow.

Then the phone rang, and it was Rachel: "I'm here."

After opening the door, Rachel entered the room. Lu Pingan asked curiously, "Where did you come from? It took more than an hour?"

"How long it took is not the point, the point is that I'm here."

Rachel hugged her.

Well, this dish is quite spicy
Rachel left early the next morning, and she said she was going to interview the crew.

The relationship between the two has come to an end for the time being, and the next meeting will be when the box office comes out in a week, and it will be time to go to Jimmy Fallon to record a show.

Lu Pingan left Rachel behind for the time being, and turned his attention to the yellow man who came to Summit Company to recommend himself
(End of this chapter)