Chapter 431 Mr. Forrest, your movie needs to be rectified!
Ever since "The Man from Earth" became a hit, Walsin Brothers has gradually fallen into silence.
Fores worked conscientiously to help Lu Yuan manage the company, and would gather some of the company's recent status and arrangements every other week.
For more than half a year, the company has basically represented some well-known Chinese literary and artistic films, as well as some action films.
Although it didn't perform well at the box office, it was basically able to maintain a profitable level.
In half a year, this company brought Lu Yuan about more than two million US dollars in income.
More than two million US dollars, equivalent to more than 10 million yuan, is already a very good level.
After watching the company gradually become profitable and come back to life, Fores's mind suddenly became active.
The fire of directing has not been completely extinguished because of previous failures, but has become more active.
These days, he has been reflecting on the reasons for his failure, and at the same time, he has been observing the film market these days.
Hollywood blockbusters are emerging one after another, new ones are constantly emerging, and old ones are surging.
In fact, he felt eager to try again.
In the past few months, in addition to being an agent for Chinese films and screenings, he has been thinking about a horror script called "Photography Ghost".
American horror films were popular in the past few years, but after the explosion of science fiction blockbusters, the American horror film industry gradually stagnated. Although there were a few horror films released throughout the year, the box office was basically mediocre.
Even in the past two years, none of the horror films have been released in theaters, and even if they were released, they were canceled not long after they were released.
The box office was not ideal.
But Forrest doesn't think this is because of the market.
Forrest thinks this is entirely due to the horror movie itself.
Horror movies need a new approach, instead of pure blood and pure screams...
Therefore, with this idea in mind, he created a script for "Photography Ghost". After much refinement, he felt that if this film could be made, it would definitely not be too bad at the box office.
Although he was very satisfied with his script, Forrest still felt uneasy when he called his boss.
After all, I have a history of failure...
Will the boss give me this opportunity?
Forrest was very uneasy.
"Forrest... please pass the script over and I'll take a look."
"Oh, okay, boss, can I send it to your email?"
"Well, by the way, how much do you expect to invest?"
"Fifty... no, more than two hundred thousand!"
"An investment of more than two hundred thousand dollars?"
"yes."
More than 200,000 US dollars, equivalent to more than one million yuan.
After Lu Yuan did the math, he felt that the price was not expensive and acceptable.
However, after all, your own money is not brought by strong winds. No matter how small the investment is, you still have to read the script, right?
If the script was written in a mess, then Lu Yuan would definitely not be willing to invest in the filming.
After all, Hollywood companies have produced many box-office blockbusters, but also many bad films.
It's just the survivor effect that makes everyone think that Hollywood movies are just awesome and blockbuster movies.
Although Lu Yuan watched "Alien Killing" with gusto before, looking back now...
This movie is an absolute typical example of bad Hollywood movies.
"Okay, send me the script and I'll read it first."
"Okay, thank you boss!"
After hearing that his boss was not unhappy at all, and his voice was very gentle, Forrest immediately felt good. He quickly sent the tens of thousands of words of the script to his boss's mailbox. After sending it, he nervously waited for his boss's review.
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Lu Yuan opened his mailbox and read the script from the beginning silently after seeing the script called "Photography Ghost"...
Lu Yuan originally thought it was an English script, but Forrest was very careful and made a Chinese script for himself.
The Chinese script Lu Yuan seems to be smooth at that time.
But when he saw half of it, Lu Yuan was stunned!
This "Photography Ghost" is very similar to "The Ghost Story" that Lu Yuan watched a long time ago. Although the plot is slightly different, the techniques and creativity that will be used in it are not far different from "The Ghost Story".
Of course, although this script is good, in Lu Yuan's opinion there is still some gap between it and "The Ghost Story".
It seems to have a lot of flaws, and there are a lot of plot points that Lu Yuan seems to have no need for...
After reading it, Lu Yuan shook his head and downloaded the script to his computer and opened it in Word. At the same time, he modified it according to the description in "The Ghost Story".
I don't know why, Lu Yuan's eyes were dazzled when he read English before, but when Lu Yuan read the script and revised it, his brain worked particularly well and he didn't feel sleepy at the same time.
However, when he thought of some of the plots in "Record of Ghosts", Lu Yuan became terrified, especially in the middle of the night. From time to time, there were gusts of wind blowing from a distance, which was very similar to some scary scenes in the movie.
sound.
In this world, it should be...
There are no ghosts, right?
Lu Yuan shivered, and then when he revised the script, he found that he was feeling more and more.
At about three o'clock in the morning, Lu Yuan sent the revised script to Forrest via email.
After he finished speaking, he stretched.
Then he looked at the time.
Damn it...
Stayed up so late again?
Lu Yuan was so frightened that he lay down on the bed without saying a word.
However, when Lu Yuan lay on the bed, he found that as soon as he closed his eyes, the plot in the script was echoing in his mind.
Then……
He felt that he might have insomnia.
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It’s three o’clock in the morning China time and eleven o’clock noon in the United States time.
After lunch, Forrest read the script sent by Lu Yuan.
"This, this...oh my god, boss, you...have you changed all my scripts?"
When Forrest opened the script, he was stunned instantly.
The name of the script is still the same, but the content in the script was completely changed by my boss.
In addition to retaining some of the protagonists' names and some general locations in my script, the main story line has completely changed.
"What...what are these things?"
When he saw the things marked on both sides of the script, Forrest was confused.
He suddenly discovered that there were countless shooting techniques and precautions marked in the script. When it came to the key plot, his boss also specially marked some framing and other suggestions in the script.
After reading it, Forrest was so surprised that he was speechless.
Then when he looked back carefully, he found that the script he had written was compared with the script written by his boss...
Completely two concepts.
It's completely incomparable to the revised script.
He was suddenly struck by Lu Yuan.
I have worked hard for so long to write a script, and I think it is a good script.
But the boss...
The boss just made random changes and it turned into a completely different script.
this……
Am I really not suitable for writing screenplays?
Or even say that I am really not suitable to be a director?
This moment...
Forrest found himself suddenly at a loss.
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The next day, Lu Yuan really lost his energy.
After getting up, I basically yawned and walked towards the set.
He stayed up all night. After being attracted by the "Photography Ghost", the horror movies in Lu Yuan's mind poured out instantly like a tide...
For example, "The Shining", such as "The Corpse in the Mountain Village", such as "The Grudge Series"...
The psychological shadow of his childhood seemed to have completely exploded. On a hot day, Lu Yuan wrapped himself in a quilt and frightened himself.
When the morning sun rose, Lu Yuan felt a lot more comfortable.
He reminded himself that there were no ghosts in this world and there could be no ghosts.
Of course, because he scared himself last night, Lu Yuan would always make many low-level mistakes when filming, and even Lu Yuan himself couldn't stand it anymore.
Fortunately, the plot filmed today is not the highlight. The highlight is Qin Ya and Xu Lu.
Lu Yuan was able to steal a moment of free time and simply left all the work to Li Qi, while he went back to the house early to catch up on his sleep.
only……
Lu Yuan didn't catch up on his sleep for long before the phone rang again.
This time it was Fatty Wei who opened the phone.
Lu Yuan yawned and answered the phone.
"What's wrong?"
"Ayuan... Qian Zhong and I have finished the new movie script and sent it to your email. Please take a look..."
"Oh, okay..."
"Ayuan...can you take a look earlier? I want to take pictures soon."
"OK……"
Lu Yuan yawned drowsily and then looked at the script on the mailbox.
The name of this script is "Your Deskmate".
Lu Yuan was stunned.
What the hell?
"My Deskmate"?
Lu Yuan shook his head suddenly, wiped his eyes and took another look.
He thought he had made a mistake because he was too tired yesterday.
When he read it for the second time, Lu Yuan found that the title of the script was correct.
It's still "My Deskmate"...
Lu Yuan subconsciously clicked and read the script...
After reading this.
Lu Yuan was a little stunned...
It's not because this script is very similar to "My Deskmate" in my memory or for other reasons, but this script actually made Lu Yuan feel like he was back in his student days.
To be honest, Lu Yuan feels that this script is better than the original "My Deskmate"...
Lu Yuan was so amazed by this script!
It seems that Qian Zhong is really talented!
"Hello……"
"Ayuan, how are you?"
"Did you two come up with this script?"
"Yes, it was indeed the two of us who figured it out. What do you think?"
"Really?" Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"Ahem, cough... Actually it was Qian Zhong who thought it up. I... am only responsible for supervision... Well, yes, supervision... Um, okay... Qian Zhong thought about this script first, but I found it again
An Hui, the great screenwriter from Taiwan, revised it..." On the other end of the phone, Fatty Wei replied awkwardly, as if something had struck his heart.
"How much did the modification cost?"
"No money... After all, my title of best director is quite bluffing... Miss An Hui is happy to help us change the script..."
"Really?" Lu Yuan became more and more disbelieving as he listened.
"Okay...actually...I made some deals with Anhui for a signed photo of yours. Ayuan...Anhui is your fan..."
"..." Lu Yuan didn't know what to say.
Can my signed photo now be used as a trading tool?
"Ayuan, although the process is a bit tortuous, the script is still good..."
"Okay, okay, how much investment do you want?"
"Two million?" Fatty Wei asked tentatively.
"What? Two million!" Lu Yuan was stunned. Can two million be taken?
This isn't "This Man Is From Earth."
This random shooting might ruin the script.
"Cough, cough... Actually, if we tighten up, we can even shoot it for 1.5 million..." Fatty Wei on the other end of the phone was stunned, and then his voice was weak.
He thought Lu Yuan was unwilling.
After all, Lu Yuan's movies have always been low-budget and big at the box office.
Two million...
Make a youth movie.
seem……
Really a little higher?
"I'll give you four million!"
"What? Four million? Ah Yuan, the sun came out in the west today? This... Ah Yuan, the person you are so picky about is actually... cough, cough..." Fatty Wei was not surprised when he heard four million.
Instead, he was stupid.
"What do you mean?" Lu Yuan's originally good mood suddenly turned bad.
"No, it doesn't mean anything... By the way, apart from this, can I make a small request?"