You don't understand the happiness of the director

The news about Oscar nominations and Paramount’s sky-high price of 20 million to buy out the works of new directors is theoretically the business of Sina News and has little to do with Sina Blog.

However, Mayo is an old man from Sina. He was also the editor-in-chief of Sina News in the beginning. They are all related. It is not a big problem to help his cousin become famous. The key is that this news does have the potential to become a hot topic.

A young Chinese guy, while he was an exchange student in the United States, not only directed a movie and sold it to a Hollywood giant at a huge price, basically achieving financial freedom, but he was also nominated for an Oscar for his screenwriting work!

This experience sounds like a dream. It will shock the domestic entertainment industry for at least twenty years. If something happens with a few more Hollywood actresses, it can be called a legend!

Mayo also made an appointment with Wang Quan for an exclusive interview in advance. He will warm up domestically first. Sina reporters in the United States will contact him for an interview in a while.

After hanging up the phone with his cousin, Wang Quan sent text messages to his parents to report that he was safe. Just as he was about to take a taxi back, 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 the United States!"

The girl's face was clearly of mixed Eastern and Western descent, and she looked very good-looking. She had fair skin and was tall, which was a bonus. Many girls coming and going stared at her.

If the royal power hadn't been here, Dorothy would have whistled at them long ago.

Wang Quan went up and hooked Dorothy's neck, "Why are you pinching me, 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 take a flight to leave Los Angeles.

He comes from Wanwan and was 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-language films. He also switched from a full-time director to behind the scenes.

He has been behind films such as "Big Shot", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Kekexili", "A World Without Thieves", etc. During this period, he also personally directed the classic suspense thriller "Two Eyes", and in "Detective Chinatown 2" You can also see the style of this movie.

But now he has officially resigned from Colombia. This time he came to Los Angeles just to go through the formalities, and he had already found a place to go.

Huayi Brothers, this company has many cooperation with Colombia in Asia. During this period, the two bosses of Huayi invited Chen Guofu many times and finally convinced him.

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

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

Taking one 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 is striving to build high-rise buildings and create an international style, what cars see along the way are mostly low-rise buildings. Because Los Angeles is in an earthquake zone, it is inconvenient to build high-rise buildings. There are only a handful of high-rise buildings in the city center, and they are all Built to strong earthquake standards, the cost is very high.

This results in the city of Los Angeles being very large, and it 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 you don't have a deep love for your hometown, this place is also a good choice.

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

These are related reports about the sky-high price of "Basement" and King David's nomination for the Oscar.

In the latter, there were too many big names nominated for Oscars and he was not noticeable, so he didn't get much attention.

But there is more space to write about "Basement". Oh, the movie has officially been renamed "10 Cloverfield Lane". Paramount is expected to officially launch the movie in the summer, and the promotion has already started, so I ask for a royal The subsequent filming will be completed within the month.

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

Dorothy smiled and said, "After all, I used to be somewhat famous. This is my first time transitioning into a producer, so it will naturally cause more topics than you."

Dorothy is two years older than Wang Quan. She used to be a well-known child star, but her stardom later failed. When she grew up, she was admitted to the Management Department of the School of Film and Television of the University of Southern California, determined to become an excellent producer. people.

She flipped through it and said, "Here, you are mentioned in this newspaper."

"Genius director David Wang Qi Tianhao earns 20 million!" Shocking Hollywood! 》

Well, the title looks very attractive. The information in the article was provided to the reporter by Dorothy. The opening paragraph states that King David is an exchange student from the China Capital Film Academy and has been in the industry 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 determined to become an excellent movie projectionist... huh?"

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

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

This paragraph is also a bit 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 did admire the achievements of these two great directors and said it every day. This is how a man should be. , he can replace it.

Later in the article, it gradually became more reliable. It said that Wang Quan was admitted to the top film university in China with first place results, and a year and a half later, he got the only opportunity to be an exchange student at the University of Southern California.

"He began to study English hard as a boy in order to wait for this opportunity. He was able to communicate without any barriers and even write in English for the first time when he went abroad..."

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

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

This also became an important weight for him to easily obtain the qualification of exchange student during college.

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

"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 had already brought him considerable income, so King David and Dorothy jointly financed the filming of "The Basement" which was later renamed "10 Cloverfield Lane". The film cost 5 million. There were only three actors and the filming was completed in just seven days. It is a suspenseful science fiction film that attracted widespread attention at the Sundance Film Festival and was bought out by Paramount for a sky-high price of 20 million..."

The cost of 5 million mentioned here is the "so-called cost", a figure deliberately exaggerated in order to sell it at a higher price.

However, Paramount is aware of this, but they still promote it according to this number. They also feel that the cost of 2 million is too shabby, which can easily affect the perception of some potential viewers and give people the feeling of being shoddy.

Of course, if the cost is as low as $10,000, it can still be regarded as a publicity stunt.

Even if there is no adaptation fee and script fee for the original novel, the director is free, but if he wants to reduce the cost from the original 5 million to 2 million without losing the quality and even slightly improving the quality of the movie, 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 elimination of the expensive final few minutes, it also benefited from Dorothy's efforts.

The farm used for filming belonged to her uncle, and the filming equipment was obtained at a discount through connections. During the filming, she was used by several people by herself, and did a good job of logistics for Wang Quan. Dorothy also helped Wang Quan throughout the post-production process. After being in the entertainment industry for so many years, Dorothy did have some connections.

Some of the remaining $2 million was used for marketing at the Sundance Film Festival.

Reading this report, Wang Quan recalled a lot of moments during the filming. He was thinking about the bittersweet moments when the car stopped and he arrived home.

To be precise, this apartment is Dorothy's home. She bought it with her childhood salary. It is very close to the University of Southern California, a ten-minute drive away. She also bought the sports car herself, and Wang Quan is just a free tenant, or Let's call it cohabitation, one person per room.

Just half a year ago, in this living room, the two of them drank some wine. When Wang Quan took out a thick stack of hand-drawn storyboards detailing every shot, and said that he was going to make this movie when he graduated, Dorothy encouraged him, "Why wait until graduation? Since you are so well prepared, let's shoot now! If we hurry up, we can catch up with next year's Sundance Film Festival."

Thus came "Basement" and their first pot of gold.

However, a large sum of money was spent before the first pot of gold was obtained. Dorothy slapped a licensing contract on the table, "I have already taken care of Ms. Stephanie Meyer, but I still want to say, this The novel is so bloody that it made me want to vomit.” (Note 1)

Wang Quan turned over the contract and smiled, "Then you still sign it."

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

This is the first in a series of novels, and this series is called "Twilight"!

(Note 1: Does anyone know the licensing price for the adaptation of The Twilight Saga? I really couldn’t find the information. I even tried to check for evidence of The Hunger Games but couldn’t find it. I can only compile one for the next chapter. If you have The source of the information is accurate. Please reply here. I am very grateful. The function of this chapter is for the author and the readers to work together to make a novel more perfect. So everyone must not be stingy with your comments and post more about this chapter. ~)