King of Hollywood Chapter 4: Sheep theory

Standing in the vestibule of his villa and watching the four editor assistants hurried away, Adrian couldn't help but smile a little. Thinking about their shocked expression before leaving, he knew that his momentum was almost half successful.

　　 These scripts were selected after his thoughts and thoughts, especially the four types that were mailed out in front were different, with campus comedy, romantic love, and horror love And horror movies. And three of the four scripts belong to the kind that can make money with bright spots, but not much.

　　 Then when the other party sent someone to negotiate, he threw out two more potentially valuable scripts-"American Pie" and "Scream". Both of these movies are examples of low-cost and high-gross box office, and they have made countless sequels. It is impossible to see the professional quality of these people. Besides, he added some hints in the back.

　　 So, what will the major film companies react to next?

　　Adrian shook his head and ignored it anyway. Anyway, his goal had already reached half. As long as these four movies were filmed and made money, then the other half of the goal had almost been achieved.

　　 is just a little regretful and unwilling, because there was one of the four scripts in the beginning, the one that was sold to Warner’s assistant before, was originally supposed to be released two years later, starring Whitney Houston. ". If Adrian remembers correctly, the box office of this movie has reached 100 million US dollars in North America-this is 100 million US dollars in the early 1990s!

　　 It’s a pity that he didn’t invest himself, and the price of $35,000 was sold. He will inevitably feel a little depressed. Of course, this emotion was left behind by Adrian a few minutes later.

　　If you want to establish your reputation as soon as possible, it is impossible to sell all the small-profit scripts. It is still necessary to add a box office script to the first few. As long as the producer is a little more brain-powered, and the things that Adrian also wrote obscurely in the back, it will definitely make Warner profitable.

　　 Of course, the most important thing is that Adrian has a lot of money-making scripts, don't care about this one. In the past three months of madly writing scripts, he deliberately took the time to register with the screenwriter union, not because the union can provide help when necessary, he is interested in the union paying a fee to store and keep the script outline Features of two years.

　　Most screenwriters will hand over their outlines to the union for custody, and the film company will also frequently check the union for any noteworthy scripts or stories that may be similar to newly received scripts.

　　Adrian put the ten script outlines that have been busy in the past three months, and will continue to have outlines or complete scripts in the future. In this way, even if the idea of ​​"sameness" may appear, he can be invincible by virtue of the union's record keeping.

　　As for those "who" screenwriters may have caused some changes in their lives, sorry, that is not within the scope of Adrian. When he was Zhang Haoxuan, he once saw a theory in a science fiction novel, which made him impressed by the crowded and mixed life-the sheep theory!

　　 This herd theory is not the one to study the herd effect, the author hypothesizes such a picture: more than one billion sheep living in a world spread over the ice field, in order to survive to be arranged into an isosceles triangle type walking on the ice field together ; The sheep walking in front can be enjoyed whenever they encounter grass or water, while the sheep in the back can only eat grass roots and drink the remaining water.

　　 Without that sheep, you can leave the flock to survive alone, and you don’t know when you can see the next grassy place on the cold ice sheet, and when there is a snowstorm attack, you can only survive by walking together and supporting each other. .

　　The sheep standing behind the line, desperately squeezed forward in order to get the same rights as the sheep in front-nothing more than eating fresh grass and drinking clean water -. The sheep in front must first maintain their existing position to ensure that they will not be squeezed to the back, and then try their best to move forward.

　　 Some sheep cannot stand at the front of the team because they stand back and struggle all their lives. For other sheep, when they were just born, they naturally stood behind their parents, much higher than other sheep.

　　 There is no fairness in this world.

　　 Now he is born again, or he can be regarded as God or something else that can take him as his adopted son, put him in a higher place, and give him a pair of unusually hard horns, then he Why don't you keep pushing forward?

　　 Maybe he will set up a foundation in the future to help the downwriters. Maybe he may secretly support the screenwriters’ union to strike for their own rights. The 2008 strike was far-reaching, and there have been several times before. The strike plan was still dead, and he knew it all when he was Zhang Haoxuan-but it is impossible for him to give up plagiarism and plagiarism in exchange for funds and reputation.

Are you ashamed? Of course, never deny it. However, I don't care.

　　 "I want to go out, Mrs. Galen, don't have to wait for me at night." Adrian just walked out after a little tidying up, and he has an important appointment this afternoon.

　　 "Okay, but I will make two sandwiches and leave them in the refrigerator. You just need to put them in the microwave and turn them around to eat." Mrs. Galen, who arranged the living room, said kindly.

　　 "Thank you." Adrian nodded and went out to drive to the city.

　　The career of screenwriter is not as low as it used to be in modern times, but it’s not as high as it gets. Otherwise, how could there be a big strike in 2008? Good scripts, good directors, and good actors are the three main factors that make good movies, but when have you seen a screenwriter ask for dividends? Not even the screenwriters who have an annual income of 500,000.

　　Although the screenwriter allows him to easily enter the door of Hollywood, he will never stop there.

　　 "I didn't expect you to arrive earlier than me, Crow." Adrian sat down in front of Claude with a teasing expression, and then nodded to the male waiter who came over: "A cup of latte."

　　Wait for Claude to speak, he continued to tease and asked, "Are you having fun?"

　　Although he gave all his wealth to Crowder to operate, and he had been dumbly copying the script for the past three months, he would still take the time to look at the financial statements sent by the private accountant. Facing the ups and downs of the curve, Adrian has only one idea: Claude is addicted to playing!

　　 "Hey, how can you say that, anyway, the funds you gave me have been quadrupled." Claude looked innocent.

　　 "When you turn five times, you can obviously close your hand and wait for the fluctuations to pass before you start." Adrian said unkindly, "Don't forget our agreement, it depends on the situation."

　　In spite of this, Adrian is still a bit depressed. After all, this is a verbal agreement, and in his final words, even if Claude has played, he can only accept it. Fortunately, in order to leave the cost of turning over, the villa was not mortgaged, Adrian secretly sniffed.

　　 "Relax, I always put the agreement in my heart. You trust me so much, and I certainly cannot let you down." Claude smiled and raised his hands.

　　 "My accountant told me that there is a maximum of three months."

　　 "For me, there are at least four months or more." Claude said confidently, but also with a little arrogance, obviously benefited greatly in these three months.

　　 "Okay Ed, let's just say, what is the reason for asking me out." He took a sip of coffee.

　　 "It's very simple, I need to buy a film company and then direct a debut." Adrian's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

　　Claude almost spewed the coffee out of his mouth. He quickly put down the cup in his hand and looked at Adrian with a surprised look.

　　 "Warner, Universal, Fox and Disney bought a script from me and are still competing for the ownership of the two scripts, so you don’t have to be so surprised." Adrian said quietly.

　　 "I thought...I thought..." Claude made a few unconscious gestures.

　　 "Do you think I was just talking about playing? Please, Crow, I am very serious." Adrian raised an eyebrow. "When am I kidding you when I officially ask you for help?"

After a long breath, Claude shrugged: "I know, but...Ed, you changed a lot."

　　 "Everyone will change, I told you that I’m no longer mine from the day I got an electric shock~IndoMTL.com~ said here Adrian waved his hand, "Well, don’t say that , I originally planned to spend 500,000 to set up a new film company, but did not have so much time and energy to start from scratch, so I plan to buy one. It does not need to be too large, the price is around 3 million, and it is enough to have a complete department and basic relationship network. "

　　Claude stirred the coffee in the cup with a spoon, looked at Adrian for a while, and finally sighed: "It's really strange, Ed, although reason tells me that this idea is crazy, but intuitively tells I, you are likely to succeed."

　　 "When did you become mother-in-law, Crow?" Adrian could not help but frown.

　　 "Okay, okay," Claude raised his hands. "So, what do you want me to do? Open a new account and put the money directly on it? Or help you find a movie company to sell directly ?"

　　 "It's best if you can help me, but I need you to come up with 4 million." Adrian said after thinking about it, "In addition to acquiring a film company, I need to buy the adaptation rights and investment of several novels. My first movie."

　　 "If you do what you say, your first movie will only cost a few hundred thousand at most..." Claude's words were interrupted by Adrian: "Okay, Crow, I know you care about me, but trust me."

　　 "Okay," Claude nodded. "However, if you only leave me 20 million funds, I can't guarantee that you will finally make 60 million for you."

　　 "Then reduce it to 50 million, your remuneration cannot be counted." Adrian said immediately.

　　 "So that's it." Claude drank his coffee and stood up. "I will wait and see your miracle. This time it's the truth."