You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 137 Horror comedy sci-fi fantasy, the dragon raises its head and expands in an all-round way! (2, both order 3200)

King Quan's proposal moved Dorothy's heart. The key point was that he would not return to China for development in the short term. He was still the leader of the dragon!

But "The Twilight Saga" is a medium-sized production with an investment of tens of millions. Two or three films were shot back to back, and nearly [-] million was directly invested at one time. Although it is very cool, the company really does not have this strength now. Not the most important thing, the key is that the risk is huge, or you have to wait until the first finished product comes out before you can consider it.

However, she is still very confident about the first book. Now the two novels of "Twilight" are in the top ten of the best-seller list, and the first book has also begun to be translated into various languages ​​and go global. Book fans are crazy about it. The popularity was much higher than when they bought the copyright, and they dug up a big treasure.

Dorothy shared her concerns, and Wang Quan also expressed her understanding, "However, it is best to sign the follow-up contracts of the main actors before the first film is released, so as to save them from raising prices too high, or impromptu picks."

Of course, the salary must be increased for others, and the enthusiasm of the actors must be mobilized.

"Ah, how many copies do you sign?"

Kingship, "I discussed it with Mel, and she said that she could finish the story in four."

"Oh, then sign another three-part contract."

Wang Quan, "Let's sign four more movies. The last movie will be longer. I plan to split it into two movies."

Dorothy, "..."

She was shocked, how did you come up with such a shameless idea, I, I like it so much!

Wang Quan said, anyway, this series is just to make money, and by the way, check his box office data, he is not a human being.

Maybe in the future, when the audience sees the top and bottom of the Harry Potter finale, and the top and bottom of the Fast and Furious finale, they will still miss themselves as the initiator.

After talking about the key project of "Twilight", let's talk about the sequel of "Escape Room".

The original version of the second part of King Quan is basically disliked. There is indeed a reason for rushing to the street. Some plots can be retained, but the framework needs to be redone. When writing the first script, he actually had some ideas, but This is almost original, and the writing will not be too fast. Wang Quan promised to start the "Escape Room 07" project in 2, and it is expected to be released in 08.

"Don't worry, the rotten money from escape room games can last for a few more years." Wang Quan laughed.

When the original "Escape Room" was released in 19, the popularity of secret room games had already declined, so there was still 1.5 million dollars in the world. This IP should at least be able to make a trilogy, but he probably won't direct anymore. Just be a producer.

Dorothy continued to chat about "Latent" with Wang Quan.

The horror film "Latent" with an investment of 200 million, directed by Yu Rentai, is a surprise work that breaks away from the aesthetic taste of American plasma horror films and takes the line of psychological horror.

The lower cost of the original version should be due to the fact that the director and screenwriter chose to exchange the salary for dividends. Dorothy calculated left and right.

Wang Quan was a little worried about whether Yu Rentai, who was used to filming with medium costs, could produce the effect he wanted within a limited budget.

This is Wang Quan's first film as a producer, and the previous ones are not counted.

In Hollywood, the rights of the producer are usually higher than that of the director, and they must control the whole process of the film's income from other channels from project approval to release and even after the film is released.

But with Dorothy as a golden partner, Wang Quan only needs to control the content. She is also a little worried about the old Yu, and needs Wang Quan's assistance. Marketing can begin.

"Tomorrow I will go to the studio to attend the opening ceremony, but I have to take a leave of absence in a week to go to Wanwan."

"I heard from Su Te, okay, go and come back quickly, you still need to check the post-production of the film."

Dorothy needs movies very much now, and she also wanted to bring back some low-budget or foreign movies from the film festival before, but it was really not that easy.

First of all, if the quality is good, it will definitely be snatched by the big company first. If she wants to snatch it, she will have to pay more. How can the money-adding dragon look up to be the opponent of a big company.

So before the company is not that big, it still depends on her Brother Quan in the initial stage.

"Your 'The Hangover' script..."

Wang Quan, "The cost of 3000 million is about the same as "Twilight". If you can afford it, we can shoot it."

Dorothy calculated the existing profit and expected profit of "Escape Room". She can easily solve the funds for one "Twilight Saga". 》 The public relations funds for Chongao, this money must not be touched.

Of course, it’s still the same sentence, money is not a big problem, you can get money by borrowing, lending, swindling, cheating, or abducting, the key is manpower, and she has no strength at all.

"Director Wang, what do you think of us hiring a producer from outside to make this movie? I really can't do it by myself."

Wang Quan spread his hands, "Of course, but my favorite director is filming the "Due Date" I wrote, and there is no schedule."

Wang Quan felt that only Todd Phillips could shoot "The Hangover", including himself.

Dorothy, "It will be difficult for "The Hangover" to be released next year. If there are only two films, it will be very difficult to support our distribution team."

Only "Latent" and "Twilight" are confirmed to be released in 07.

Wang Quan asked, "How many do you think are enough?"

Dorothy, "at least five! Even if some of them don't earn back their capital, I can accept it." The distribution team that was brought out after so much difficulty cannot be abandoned.

Wang Quan thought for a while, "I have a script here, which I bought."

"Ah? Why didn't I know?"

"I bought it with my own money..."

"What, you have private money?!" Dorothy looked at Wang Quan like her mother looked at her father.

Wang Quan, "What's the matter with the man's private money? Who told you to always say that the company's funds are under pressure, so I have to use a small treasury, but don't worry, the copyrights I bought will only cooperate with the dragon, and will not earn your money. .”

"How much did you buy?"

"A few copies~" Wang Quan scratched his nose, seeing Dorothy's disbelieving eyes, "Okay, more than a dozen, but they are all small copyrights, worthless, and to get back to the point, the cost of this story is very small, maybe it will A dozen or 20."

"Ah, it's so small, can you still watch it?"

Wang Quan, "So, if you think it's really difficult to go to theaters after filming, it's better to release the DVD directly."

It is estimated that few people will spend money to buy tickets for this kind of movie where a few people sit together and chat, and releasing DVDs can also exercise the distribution team.

It is the fate of this movie to release DVD directly in Yuanshikong. It has never been shown in theaters, so naturally it has not won any awards. There's a little heat in the circle.

Of course, a film released directly to DVD does not necessarily have no box office potential. King Quan knows that there is a film with a cost of more than 1 yuan that was released on DVD first, and was later scooped up by Spielberg, re-edited, packaged, and invested a lot of money. After the publicity, it was released in theaters, with a global box office of [-] million dollars. As for whether "The Man From Earth" will be released in theaters in the end, it all depends on Dorothy.

When Wang Quan bought this story, he wanted it to be used as a practice for new directors. With less investment, less scenes, and fewer characters, there is no need for complicated camera scheduling. As long as the narrative rhythm is right, a movie will be released.

After listening to the outline of the story told by Wang Quan, Dorothy said, "It really doesn't cost much, who do you want to direct?"

Wang Quan said, "How about Ma Ling, after all, he followed me in two movies."

"Is she okay, a non-major student?"

Wang Quan, "I will be her producer. In addition, I know a friend who is studying film production. I can ask her to come over and help."

Dorothy thought, it's only about 20 yuan, so it's totally worth it to train Ma Ling, "Well, there are only three movies, and there are still two vacancies."

Wang Quan, "For "The Hangover", you can contact Todd Phillips, if "Due Date" can be filmed within this year, "The Hangover" should be able to wrap up in time around the summer, so it is estimated that it can catch up with the Christmas schedule. "

Dorothy, "Hiss, you are so brave, you dare to think about it after Christmas."

"The Christmas file is indeed a hard bone, but if you can chew it off, maybe next year's North American box office will be ranked among the top ten."

Dorothy almost didn't fall off the stool, the top ten, that's an exaggeration bro!
There are the Big Six in Hollywood, and there are many companies that are related to the Big Six but independently calculate the box office, such as MGM, DreamWorks, New Line, Miramax, etc.

In addition, there are powerful independent studios such as Lionsgate and Weinstein, and there are already more than a dozen of them.

But she changed her mind and thought that when comparing market share, it is usually calculated on the basis of the whole year, so "Juno" must be counted as the biggest box office in 07.

In 07, there were also "Twilight" and "The Hangover". These two movies add up to [-] million.

[-] million plus small films such as "Juno" and "Latent", as long as they can have a total box office of [-] million in North America, the top ten are really interesting!
Thinking of this, Dorothy was full of pride, "Since you said so, then shoot, let's gnaw at this bone in the Christmas season!"

"Boss Peach is magnificent!"

Dorothy laughed herself, with such a big battle, if a certain movie fails, it will be enough for them to drink a pot, but she is a rich second generation, her mother is not short of money, and Director Wang is not bad. So don't be afraid!

"But it's only four movies, you can give me one more movie, and make up a lineup of five movies."

Wang Quan said, "Okay, I will write a low-cost script when the time comes." It is best to make it into a series, and then find a professional screenwriter to develop it. It is not easy for Wang Quan to reproduce the script for the movie.

In fact, Wang Quan also wrote a script for Gadot, but the cost of that film is a little higher, at least starting with tens of millions, it is better to make some ultra-low-cost movies with dark horse potential first.

It was originally two movies, but it turned into five movies after chatting and chatting. Wang Quan himself felt a little excited, no, I have to find Gadot to calm down, right in her car!

Not seeing each other for half a month, Gadot turned all her longing for her boyfriend into notes of the car vibrating.

In the evening, they came to the unnamed beach where the two met for the first time. Gadot felt that her car was much better than her boyfriend's Mazda. It was spacious and easy to move around.

Wang Quan laughed, turned around, and reversed the situation, "Then I'll change cars later."

"Oh, I'm finally willing to change cars~"

"If we change to a sports car this time, we should have a sports car at home."

After an hour of fighting in a confined space, the two calmed down, and Gadot kicked King Quan, "Did you bring me a present when I went to Tokyo this time?"

Wang Quan, "What can I bring, Tokyo specialties, small movie discs?"

Gadot, "Ah, is there really?"

She and Wang Keying saw all European and American ones before, and she felt that they had no aesthetic feeling, but she had some expectations for neon.

"No!" Wang Quan said angrily, how embarrassing it is for me to bring that thing through the security check, "But I brought this."

Wang Quan took out an empty plastic bottle.

"Ah!" Gadot immediately recognized it, "It's a delicious and nutritious nutrition express!"

She directly said her advertising words at the time, and this was the first time she saw a physical package with her own face printed on it.

"There's more~" Wang Quan took out the empty bottles of three other flavors, "When passing through the security check, they are not allowed to bring liquids on the plane, so I just drank all the 2000ml Nutrition Express in front of the security check. gone."

Gadot threw herself into Wang Quan's arms, her moved eyes were moist.

Wang Quan stroked her long hair, "Silly girl, are you moved by four empty bottles?"

"Well, I'm satisfied, really!"

King Quan, "Then what if I have other gifts."

"what!"

Wang Quan took the computer bag from the front, took out the computer, and called up a document, "This script is written for you."

"Ah, really!"

Gadot was going crazy with joy even without watching the content, "Then when will it be filmed, this winter vacation?"

Wang Quan shook his head, "This script is about to be released. For your health and academic considerations, my suggestion is to shoot next summer."

"Well, okay, I listen to you, can I take a look first?"

"Of course~" Wang Quan smiled, "Sit on my lap and watch."

"Hate~" Gadot knew what bad intentions he had, but he still got his wish.

It is agreed to buy a car, but Wang Quan will join the team the next day, so the purchase of the car will be postponed. He entrusts Jiaduo to help him look at the car. It can be considered for around 100 million dollars. Just pick up the car.

The "Latent" crew, the two leading actors and three young actors have arrived, as have the director and all the staff.

Seeing Wang Quan's Mazda driving slowly, everyone applauded and welcomed, but the first to get off was a young girl with good looks.

This time Crown came with an assistant, Ana de Armas, who took care of his day-to-day life and took less important calls.

This is a villa found in a remote suburb of Los Angeles, which is the first scene in the movie.

The scene of this movie is also very simple, basically it happened in two or three villas.

The hero and heroine are still the same couple, now cheaper and easier to use. When they moved to a new home with their three children, strange things happened...

"Crack!" Wang Quan suggested to director Yu Rentai, "I suggest using a wide-angle lens to increase the documentary effect. What do you think of the director?"

"Alright producer!"

Unexpectedly, Lao Yu did not rely on his old age to sell his old age, but obeyed Wang Quan, a 21-year-old producer.

There is no way, he is not only the boss, but the box office of the first film is higher than his highest box office in history, in front of others, his age is really nothing to be ashamed of.

Next, Wang Quan delegated authority to let him take pictures. Wang Quan only watched the monitor and did not speak. Anna was responsible for serving tea and water for him.

Really clumsy, can't even do this well.

"Ah, I'm sorry boss!" Anna poured a cup of warm tea on Wang Quan's crotch impartially, knelt down to wipe it for him, and asked with big innocent eyes, "Do you want to go to the car for a new one? "

(End of this chapter)