Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 4 A scumbag builds his own university?This is genius!

Early the next morning, Wayne and Mia came to Hemera Studios in West Hollywood together.

Under Serra's introduction, and after a brief exchange with the staff present, Wayne followed her to meet the screenwriter she had found. He had short golden brown hair, black-rimmed glasses, and looked about 25 or [-] years old. Some thin young people.

"This is Bill Cratchit, who has worked with us twice before. He is good at writing humorous dialogues with a comedy color, and the focus is very fast. Cratchit, this is Wayne Anderson, the new director of Hemera Pictures Boss, I work for him now."

"Hello, Mr. Anderson, nice to meet you!" Bick took the initiative to say to Wayne, with unbearable shock on his face.

Wayne is too young and too handsome, and as one of the screenwriters who has long-term cooperation with Hemera Pictures, he knows very well how bad the financial situation of Hemera Pictures is!
"So handsome and so rich."

Bill was extremely envious and quickly corrected his position. After all, the status of screenwriters in Hollywood is really low.

"Hi Crutchie, let's sit down and talk!"

Wayne shook hands with him casually and then sat down.

In his previous life, he had carefully studied European and American film history and film and television theory, so he was very sure that he had never heard of the name Bill Cratchit in his previous life, so he didn't need to pay special attention to it.

"Okay Mr. Anderson."

Bill sat down cautiously, and then quickly took out Bihe's notebook from his backpack, preparing to record.

"That's what I think"

No time was wasted. After everyone sat down, Wayne immediately told the outline of the story he had 'thought'.

After some serious thinking last night, he did not choose a small-budget horror movie that could easily make a big difference, but chose the American campus inspirational comedy "Admission Notice".

This movie tells the story of Bartleby Gaines, who was about to graduate from high school after being rejected by eight universities in a row, but was forced into a dead end by the pressure from his parents to go to college.

He could no longer live his life in his unique glib tone.

This troubled student who lives in his own world all day long and has a lot of 'ideas' has always questioned whether America's education system and social laws are reasonable, but now he has to face the consequences of being 'alternative': there is no one. The university was willing to open its doors to him.

Such a terrible reality, coupled with the pressure from his parents, made this young man who had just turned one year old worried about his future.

He felt that he was a wretch abandoned by God and could only find a way to save himself.

"So he came up with a genius idea to create his own university! A university that anyone can attend!"

Before he finished speaking, everyone, including Bill, who was taking a pen to record, couldn't help but be stunned, especially Sierra. Her original formulaic smile changed slightly, and her ice-blue eyes couldn't help but light up. .

"Oh my God! Create your own university?! This is really a genius idea!" Mia couldn't help but exclaimed.

That's right, this movie was only released in 2006 in a parallel time and space, and the routines in it can be considered novel even in later Internet articles.

In addition, the story is easy for ordinary students and scumbags to get involved, so this production is very difficult and low-cost. Only a campus inspirational comedy starring no big-name stars can be so popular in America and across the ocean. , have achieved very good box office and reputation.

Although the students across the ocean are not as indulgent and have as much fun as the students here in America, the pressure to go to college is much greater than that of high school students in America.

"So with the help of a few of his buddies who were also bad students, they finally opened a 'South Harmony University of Technology', or 'SHIT' for short, in an abandoned mental hospital. .”

"puff--"

Mia, who had just picked up the coffee, burst into laughter this time.

As professionals, Sierra and Bill once again showed expressions of surprise.

"Abandoned mental hospital? And it also touches other universities?" "And the abbreviation. SHI God! This is such a genius idea!"

A university abbreviated as SHIT directly touched Bill's soul as a screenwriter.

Wayne smiled and continued: "With their ingenious thinking, this unreliable plan actually succeeded, and because of a small mistake when setting up the web page, they set the email to be automatic. RSVP, so anyone who submits an application can get their admissions notice in the mail!”

"So hundreds of poor people who had been rejected by other universities due to various problems, but were eager to go to university, successfully obtained the admission notice from this 'South Harmony University of Technology' and came here. "

"One student's experience is representative of almost everyone here - when he received the admission notice, his parents said to him for the first time, 'You are my pride.'"

Sera couldn't help but her eyes lit up again when she heard this.

Obviously this 'comedy' is not just a shitty movie, it also has a touching side!This undoubtedly once again elevated Serra's evaluation of this story.

The same goes for Bill, who is a screenwriter.

Wayne continued: "Seeing so many students coming from all over the country to apply, Bartleby, who originally felt overwhelmed and wanted to hold a meeting to tell everyone the truth and let everyone leave, was deeply moved."

"At the same time, something called responsibility suddenly appeared on him."

"He brought such a beautiful dream to these people, and he really couldn't bear to destroy it with his own hands."

"So, regardless of the opposition of other partners, he planned to make mistakes and really open this university."

"He began to examine the courses and structures of other universities, asked regular college students and students in their schools for their opinions, and opened a variety of distinctive professional courses, which gradually made the seemingly unreliable schools take the lead. It’s formal.”

"But as his actions became bigger and bigger, he finally attracted the attention of the genuine Harmon University of Technology."

"There is no doubt that what Bartleby and the others did constituted fraud and they are about to face jail time."

"Bartleby was hesitant and afraid about this, but looking at the school he built with his own hands and the hundreds of students who were filled with hope again, he also rekindled his fighting spirit."

"They began to actively prepare for the other party's lawsuit."

"After a lot of struggle, Bartleby fought it all on his own and gave a touching speech that moved the judge in the court and also moved the state legislators who came to watch."

"In the end, although Bart was arrested and imprisoned for fraud, he was only sentenced to one year in prison."

"The university they created has been preserved with the help of parliamentarians and transformed into a truly compliant university."

"At the end of the film, Bartleby, who was released from prison a year later, returned to the university he founded with his own hands, and became the president of the university again amid the applause and cheers of hundreds of old students and more new students. "

Wayne finished in one breath.

Sierra and Bill were already lost in thought, with shocked expressions still on their faces.

Mia, who had been completely conquered by Wayne from body to soul, looked at him infatuatedly and couldn't help but tighten her legs.

Is Hollywood short of good scripts?

There is no shortage.

But while the plot and story are good, the difficulty and cost of filming are so low that there are not many scripts with almost no risk of failure.

The most important thing is that this story is really new in 2000.

(End of this chapter)