Go abroad to become a director and overturn Hollywood at the box office

Chapter 38 Oral script and participate in project establishment meeting

Yasef took the script and read it in no hurry.

Tim Burton wondered: "Qin Feng, I don't understand, why don't you vote for Universal Pictures? Don't you work there?"

Qin Feng explained: "I didn't sign a long-term contract, and besides..."

"I just came out of there. To be honest with you, I'm a little selfish. I want to direct this film myself, but at the moment I don't meet Universal's conditions."

“So come out and take a look at the opportunity.”

"Oh." Tim Burton suddenly realized.

"Then..." Yasef asked, "How much do you estimate the production cost of this movie will be?"

"About 6000 to [-] million."

"Hehe, no wonder."

Yasef and Tim Burton looked at each other. The production cost of 6000 to 4000 million was not low. The type of movies they often made would usually cost [-] million.

High investment means high risk.

Of course, it also means high profits, such as "Jurassic Park."

In short, there are still great uncertainties.

Seeing that they were silent, Qin Feng continued: "You two, I am very confident about this script. There are many novel settings in it. As long as it is shot well, I am sure that it will definitely make money."

Yasef thought for a while and said, "Qin Feng, let's do this. I won't read the script for now. You can tell us about it first. Do you like it?"

Since you wrote the book and expressed it in words, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Tim Burton also looked at Qin Feng.

"Okay." Qin Feng put down his knife and fork and took a sip of red wine.

"The protagonist of the movie is Neo, and he is a cyber hacker."

"One day, he had a fantastic dream. In the dream, he received a series of messages from the computer, and based on the messages, he contacted a beautiful woman named Trinity..."

He didn't speak fast, trying to tell the story clearly.

The story of "The Matrix" has real world and virtual world; it has kung fu action and human philosophy.

There are not only fantastic ideas about the future world, but more importantly, discussions about the existence of the world and reflections on human existence.

After a while, Yasef and Tim Burton listened completely. They sat quietly and listened carefully, for fear of missing any detail.

They marveled at Qin Feng's imagination.

Marvel at how he built such a grand worldview in his mind!
Time passed little by little, and after 10 minutes, the story was finished.

Tim Burton crossed his hands, his eyes were bright, and he nodded frequently, "Wonderful! Wonderful! I haven't heard or seen such a wonderful movie script in a long time."

Yasef also praised: "I have to say, Qin Feng, you are really a genius."

"Switching back and forth between reality and virtuality, I felt a sense of fate in Neo."

Qin Feng took a sip of wine.

Yasef glanced at Tim Burton and said, "Tim, Qin Feng wants to direct this film himself, what do you think?"

"Well……"

Tim Burton glanced at him and thought to himself: You are the producer, why are you asking me this question?

But he still said: "Although Qin Feng is very young, his achievements are obvious to all, especially in the field of science fiction films. I think we can help him realize this dream."

Qin Feng's heart moved and he looked at Tim Burton gratefully.

Yasef nodded secretly, crossed his arms, and finally made up his mind.

"Qin Feng, it can be said that we, Warner Bros., voted for this project!"

"But... we need to have another meeting tomorrow to finalize it."

Qin Feng's eyes sparkled, "That's great, thank you to Manager Asif and Director Bolton."

"Don't worry about thanking me now. Let's wait for the final result... By the way, you have to send the full version of the script to my email." Yasef said with a smile.

"OK, no problem."

"Now." Tim Burton picked up the knife and fork and smiled, "Can we eat?"

Qin Feng's script was so exciting. They were so absorbed in listening to it that their food almost went cold.

Qin Feng laughed and picked up the knife and fork, "Director, please eat."

...The two movies "Jurassic Park" and "The Man from Earth" are in full swing, and the box office is still rising.

Qin Feng just looks at the box office data when he has time. He doesn't have to worry about these two movies.

The next afternoon.

Then I received a call from Yasef.

"Qin Feng, the script has been received. There are no problems with the company's senior management, and everyone has no objections to your directing."

"At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, please come to the headquarters. We will hold the first project meeting."

"That's great! Thank you, Manager Yasef."

"You're welcome."

……

The next day.

Warner Bros. headquarters.

The location is Burbank, a satellite city north of Los Angeles.

Warner Bros. was founded in 1918 and is the third oldest film company in the United States.

The company LOGO is like a shield that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with two clear English letters inside: WB.

Qin Feng drove here early in the morning and was led by the staff into a conference room.

After waiting for a while, he was led to a larger conference room.

There are already more than a dozen people sitting around here.

Sitting in the middle is the fat Yasef, and Tim Burton is not here.

Yasef motioned for him to sit down.

"Okay, everyone is here."

Yasef stroked his mustache and said with a smile, "Have you all read the script? Let me introduce it."

"This is Qin Feng, the screenwriter of this script, and he will be the director of this project from now on."

Qin Feng stood up and said, "Hello everyone, I am Qin Feng. Nice to meet you all."

Everyone applauded to express welcome, and there were also whispers below.

"Wow, he is Qin Feng!"

"I have watched both of his movies. They are so amazing, and they are still so young."

"I asked who wrote this script. It turned out to be the assistant director of Jurassic!"

"Not bad, young and promising."

"..."

Yasef then introduced Qin Feng:
"This is the film producer - Stov."

"This is the art director - Tumu."

"This is the assistant casting director - Loria."

"This is the director of photography - Pop."

"This is the editing director - Zach."

"This is the visual effects supervisor - Gueretta."

"This is the sound effects director - Ryze."

"..."

After the introductions were completed one by one, everyone greeted Qin Feng with a smile.

"Okay, all the important people in charge are here." Yasef said, "First of all, let's make it clear that the "Matrix" project will be officially launched starting today!"

"The script is already ready-made, I don't see any need to make changes."

"Secondly, our production cost cannot exceed 6000 million yuan, and it is best to control it within 5500 million. For a movie with such a grand world view, it should be said that it is still very challenging."

"Finally, science fiction movies are on the rise. I ask everyone to get into work as soon as possible and strive to complete filming as soon as possible."

"Director Qin Feng, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)