ghost on paper

Chapter 398 The Burned Script (Earth)
The "they" in Adam's mouth naturally refers to Disney, Time Warner and Universal.

Among the manufacturers currently in contact with Adam, these three companies have the most sufficient intentions. Obviously, they have taken a fancy to the broad box office prospects of the theme of "Korean War" in the mainland.

The cost of the upper and lower parts of "Changjin Lake" did not exceed US$2 million, but the box office in a single region in mainland China was as high as US$13 billion.

What a mind-blowing ROI.

"They don't mind if we shoot the mainland's fighting heroes and fight them invaders?" Ting Jun said bluntly.

After she finished speaking, she realized that the "they" in her mouth also included Adam in front of her.

Adam is also an American with roots.

Ting Jun covered his mouth to apologize.

But Adam didn't mind at all, but said: "So they hope that this movie will weaken the 'anti-aggression' attribute that the mainland has always claimed in terms of political stance. Pay the bill, he should be more like "Saving Private Ryan", focusing on individual heroism, the position of the country and the nation is just the background board of the times."

Speaking of this, Adam glanced at Truman, saw that Truman didn't express his opinion, and sat there like a dummy, and realized that Truman was not interested in these things.

In other words, Truman has no way to make such a long-term plan. For him, he has to make a movie to know what kind of movie it is, so he should first fool the investment of a certain person.

So Adam asked Truman: "CH, how much do you plan to spend on this movie?"

"I want to shoot all the scenes, and Feng Zikai thinks it needs 4 million US dollars." Truman said, "Is it too much?"

Adam said: "It's too much. It needs a global box office of 12 billion to recover the cost. However, as long as you can guarantee the release in the mainland, it is still possible to attract 'them' to invest."

The cost of "Avengers: Reign of Kang", the most expensive production in Hollywood last year, was only 3.2 million US dollars. Although the reputation was not good, the cost has been recovered.

It’s not that word-of-mouth is useless. After the broadcast of “Avengers: Dynasty of Kang”, surveying the audience market, more than 30% of the audience do not want to see the next “Avengers”, because these new superheroes seem to be "so terrible".

Even the old heroes represented by Juanfu can't afford new heroes like transgender Iron Man.

Universal was the first to drop out of the race after hearing from Adam that the as-yet-untitled war movie cost $4 million.

Universal is currently focusing on several animated derivative films, including "Super Mario", "Donkey Kong" and "Legend of Zelda", and indeed has no energy to invest such a huge amount of money.

And Time Warner and Disney, who have cooperated with Truman, are very aware of Truman's "magic power". For at least three years, the films produced by Truman have never lost money. Such a famous director like Steven Spielberg.

Of course, the number of samples of the films shot by Truman is only 4, which is still a little less.

Therefore, they will not blindly follow the vote, and still hope that Truman will clarify the budget, list the outline of the script, and then negotiate further.

Feng Zikai is starting to write the script. It is a basic ability for a director to be able to write a script. Adam suggested to him that no matter what kind of movie it is, first write the script so that the big factories will love it.

That is to say, get the investment first, otherwise the cost of 4 million U.S. dollars would not be enough to invest all the Chinese people earned in the three movies, and they would have to buy a house and sell land.

As for the post-production of the film, isn't the case of "Shang Qi 2" not clear enough?In Chinese, it means "the general will not accept the order of the army abroad", and to put it more clearly, "the one who owes the money is the uncle".

Anyway, Truman's movies can always make money. Based on this cognition, Adam went on the road of "harming" the big factories.

Throughout April, Truman worked with Feng Zikai to polish the script. As Adam said, according to Hollywood routines, whether it is "Saving Private Ryan" or "Hacksaw Ridge", they all have the obvious characteristics of Hollywood. Industrial routines and individual heroism are indelible themes in all movies.

But writing the script of this movie from this perspective always made Truman and Feng Zikai feel awkward. In one night, they agreed that this belittled the heroes of the predecessors, and then burned the rubbish in the trash can Burned to ashes.

So throughout April, they harvested a pile of ashes in the trash can.

This made Adam a little anxious.

When he came to see Truman’s creation progress at the end of April, he read the previous script from the computer—Truman burned the script to show his dissatisfaction with it, but he did not delete the source files in the computer. As far as the IQ of the door is concerned, it is really common.

Adam sighed after reading the script, "This script is great~"

As an agent, Adam can be regarded as an insider in the industry. The ultimate result of his management of stars must also be the management of movies. Therefore, after systematic training, he has the ability to understand the film industry and the ability to read scripts. In his opinion, this script great.

Of course, it's not enough just to have a great script, but if it is paired with Truman and Feng Zikai's directing ability, it has a great possibility of success.

By success I mean box office success and honors success, both of which are highly probable.

"It's not sincere enough."

Truman was sitting on the floor mat in his spacious big room at this time, watching the sun's light spot moving slowly on the floor.

Adam heard Mr. Ting say that Truman's biggest hobby is this. Sitting on the floor and looking at the traces of the sun, it seems that he is observing the passage of time through an ancient time measurement tool "sundial".

"Sincerely... what does that mean?" Adam didn't understand.

"What we need is not heroes one by one, but warriors one after another." Truman looked up at the sunset that had gradually set behind Beverly Hills, and he murmured: "The war has reached a new stage." No matter how powerful an individual is, it is impossible to surpass him..."

"Better than who?" Adam asked.

"Situs D. Chiyou Truman." Truman said.

Since Truman's voice was low, Adam could only hear the last two words clearly, Truman, and from this he came up with an idea that Truman's schizophrenia had occurred again.

In Adam's eyes, Truman has become much more normal recently, at least he does not claim to have several "himselfs" every day. Although he still insists on "communicating with God", the experts Adam has been consulting believe that if the "God" in Truman's eyes , and even form a religion, then with the help of many "patients" with a common vision, Truman's situation will improve.

But now, it seems serious again.

Truman began to regard himself as an "enemy".

"CH, are you free recently?" Adam said in a relaxed tone, "I'll take you to see a doctor."

ah?Truman looked at Adam suspiciously: "I'm talking about something very important."

"It's all important," Adam said.

(End of this chapter)