I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 132 Copying the Script

"Director Wan, you just came in and already thought about the structure of a script!" Sun Yao put down the pen in his hand and looked at Wan Qingshan with respectful and disbelieving eyes.

"Well, well, that's right." Wan Qingshan said awkwardly.

Immediately, Wan Qingshan immediately changed the subject, "Okay, don't ask so many questions. You should hurry up and write the script according to the ideas and structure I just mentioned. I am eager to use it."

Just after he finished speaking, Wan Qingshan thought of something again and turned to look at Chen Honglan, "This time it's a comedy. Don't just write it smoothly!"

The two scripts "Loyalty to the Liver" and "The Heart of a Woman" made Wan Qingshan know that Chen Honglan was good at writing suspense. He was afraid that Chen Honglan would not be good at writing and wrote some suspense plots.

Chen Honglan's face turned red immediately, "Director Wan, I will pay attention!"

Seeing this, Sun Yao promised with a playful smile, "Director Wan, I'm here, don't worry, I will watch them write a comedy according to the script structure, and there will be no mistakes."

"Well, once you've written it, show it to me."

After Wan Qingshan finished speaking, he walked quickly back to the office.

After returning to the office, Wan Qingshan frowned slightly and thought in his mind, "Tian Yusheng has just graduated, so he shouldn't write "People on the Road" so early!
However, even if he had written it, it probably wouldn't have had a big impact. "Unfortunately" was borrowed from the foreign movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".

And this is my magically modified version of "On the Road," and even if it is dug out, it will be my copy of "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." "

Wan Qingshan suddenly took the risk to copy the script because Chen Yanfeng called him just now and told him that Wrinkles in Hong Kong wanted to sell. He and his daughter's shares in Golden Harvest Films. If you want Qingshan Cinema to develop rapidly, you can consider buying it. .

As for Jiahe Movies, Wan Qingshan has been eyeing it since he planned to open a theater chain.

He knew that Chengtian Entertainment would buy Wrinkle Huai and his daughter's shares in Jiahe Films in October 2007, becoming the largest shareholder of Jiahe.

Excluding the time for business negotiations, the time when Chengtian Entertainment and Wrinkle Huai came into contact regarding Jiahe shares should have been in early 2007.

Therefore, he planned to go to Juehu at the end of 2006, which gave him just enough time to raise funds.

I just didn't expect that at the end of 2005, news came out that Wrinkle Huaihuai was planning to sell Jiahe's shares.

Logically speaking, although I don’t know when Wuzhuhuai announced the sale of Jiahe, Chengtian Entertainment bought Jiahe in October 2007, so Wanqingshan still had time.

But later, Wan Qingshan suddenly remembered that Fan Bayi had opened the studio in advance!
This made him understand that things in the future may not be the same as in the original life. According to the original life, he would have to wait for [-] million yuan before opening a studio!
With him in the entertainment industry, many things will change due to the butterfly effect. He cannot wait until the end of 2006 to buy Wuxianhuai's shares, otherwise, someone might buy Jiahe first.

The original Chengtian Entertainment spent 5000 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the shares of Wuxianhuai and his daughter in Jiahe, while Wanqingshan only had more than [-] million in addition to the tens of millions prepared for the Qingshan Cinema Line in the early stage. This still includes the hospital. The line has not yet been called to share the accounts of "Loyalty Liver, Righteousness and Brave" and the remuneration for "The City Is Full of Golden Armor".

As for the stocks of Jiangxiang Technology and Penguin, when Wan Qingshan decided to open Qingshan Cinema Line, it was decided that the stocks could not be sold no matter what.

That was the capital that made him a rich man in the end. Even if Qingshan Film and Television Company and Qingshan Cinema Line went bankrupt, he would not sell it.

I was in urgent need of money, so I could only seize the time to make a movie, but since I couldn't write a script just because I wanted to, I had to copy it.

Wan Qingshan has no psychological barriers to copying scripts. In the past, it was because he had time to write scripts slowly to avoid copying becoming a habit. After decades of not having to copy anymore, he could only retire.

Also, it’s because it’s not easy to plagiarize scripts. There’s a risk in copying scripts from recent years, because someone else may have written them again.

And if you copy a movie made more than ten years ago, you will probably lose money.

Many of the movies that have achieved high box office for more than ten years are simply not suitable for release now.

High-grossing movies are often determined by social trends. Military action movies and science fiction movies, when the culture of advocating foreign affairs is so strong, if you copy them, the audience will only look at them with critical eyes and suspicion.

No movie can go against the social trend and achieve high box office. The loss of "Journey to the West" is against the social trend. At that time, the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was popular all over the country and was replayed every year. All the audiences loved it. Now here is the nonsensical "Journey to the West" , of course I can’t accept it.

There are also many small details in movies that are not suitable for today, such as WeChat communication and scan-code payment. They are too advanced and may not be acceptable to the audience.

The most important thing is that in a few years, WeChat and scan-code payment will be available, and then you will have these things in your movie a few years ago.Then, everyone will regard you as a genius among geniuses, and you will never want to make a movie in the future. As soon as the script is written, well - it will be studied by the country.

So Wan Qingshan listed down the high-grossing movies of later generations, crossed out all military action movies and "囧" which require smartphone functions to promote the plot, and then crossed out the movies in the past two years, and then crossed out the movies with strong personal style. Movies are also crossed out.

Among the remaining dozen movies, Wan Qingshan hesitated and chose "A Man on the Road".

Although among the dozen or so movies, "On the Road" is not the farthest from the present time, there is one thing that Wan Qingshan attaches great importance to, that is, "On the Road" draws on "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", as long as it If he changes "People on the Road", even if a lawsuit breaks out, the audience will still favor him.

Then Wan Qingshan brainstormed and came up with the magically modified "People on the Road".

After Wan Qingshan put down his worries, he still frowned.

He is worried about time, and time is still too tight. Even if he seizes the time to film "Awkward Spring Festival Transport" before starring in "The City of Gold".

With the promotion, release, and splitting of accounts, we will have to wait until at least June to make money.Half a year is too long!

"Oh, I have to find a way to cash out the money from "Awkward Spring Festival Transport" as soon as possible!"

After Wan Qingshan muttered something in his heart, his thoughts started to spin.

After a moment, Wan Qingshan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he murmured in his heart, "Later Generation Distribution Company, since it has a guaranteed distribution for distribution, can I let Enlight Pictures bet on the profits of "Awkward Spring Festival Transport"?"

So, Wan Qingshan immediately took a piece of white paper and calculated the difference between all his cash and [-] million, and then took another piece of white paper and wrote the general plot of "Awkward Spring Festival Transport".

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan took the white paper with the rough plot of "Awkward Spring Festival Transport" written on it, called Zhang Zhao, and hurried out.

"Director Wan, you just said on the phone that you want to sell the proceeds from your next movie to Enlight. I don't quite understand. Can you elaborate on that?"

As soon as Wan Qingshan came to Enlight Pictures, Zhang Zhao immediately asked.

On the phone just now, Wan Qingshan said too little, and Zhang Zhao failed to understand what Wan Qingshan meant.

"Mr. Zhang, we are so familiar and I won't beat around the bush with you. The thing is, I am in urgent need of money, so I want to sell my earnings from the next movie to Enlight for 8000 million.

This is the outline of the plot of my new movie. Mr. Zhang, you can check it out. "

Zhang Zhao, who had fully understood what Wan Qingshan meant, had a trace of surprise in his eyes, and his face turned cold at the same time.

"Director Wan, will you still invest in this movie? If you don't invest, you will use the proceeds from this movie to sell to Enlight Pictures. Then isn't it equivalent to Enlight Pictures spending 8000 million to hire you to make a movie? "

Zhang Zhao believes that as long as Wan Qingshan maintains normal standards for filming movies, 60% of the income will definitely exceed 8000 million.Wan Qingshan received far more than 8000 million for a movie called "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness".

This business can be done, and if it succeeds, you can make a lot of money.Even if it fails, with the name of Wanqingshan, we can recover a little bit of the cost without losing blood.

But for some things, we cannot simply rely on whether they are worth it or not. We must also consider the subsequent impact.

Spending 8000 million to hire Wan Qingshan to make a movie. If word spreads about it, not to mention that Enlight Pictures will become the public enemy of all film and television companies for disrupting the market.

Enlight Pictures' next development plan will be disrupted, and it will be difficult to recruit directors.

Word spread that Wan Qingshan was offered 8000 million to make a movie. Faced with Enlight Pictures' recruitment, many directors would come forward.But they will definitely follow suit. They don’t want 8000 million, but only a few million, and 1000 million comes with conditions.

Then Enlight Pictures will be in trouble. If they refuse, they will think that Enlight Pictures looks down on them.

If you don't refuse, then Guangguang will be taken advantage of. Except for those big directors, no director on the market can earn more than 500 million in directing fees.

Wan Qingshan, who knew what Zhang Zhao was worried about, smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, "Loyal Liver and Righteousness" was a hit at the box office, and people are saying that my director's fee for my next movie may skyrocket.

If the director's fee is increased, I will definitely increase it, but I don't think that my director's fee can reach the ridiculous sky-high price of 8000 million.This movie will still be the same as the one we collaborated on before, and I will still invest in it.

It’s just that I was in urgent need of money, so I sold the movie profits to Ray Light first.Of course, if Mr. Zhang is worried that you are not so concerned about something because I took the money first, then you can also use another method. I will use the profits of the next movie as collateral to borrow 8000 million from Enlight. "

"Haha, Director Wan, what are you talking about? Of course I believe that Director Wan, you are not the kind of person who doesn't care about the movie after taking the money."

Zhang Zhao, whose expression softened, laughed out loud, and then the doubts in his heart became more intense.

"He already shared nearly 5000 million in various copyright fees for "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness". The box office split is coming down soon. He can still get more than 5000 million, 8000 million, but it's not enough! There is still more! [-] million, what does he want to do with so much money?"

With doubts, Zhang Zhao picked up the white paper that Wan Qingshan pushed over from the table. After roughly reading the plot of "Awkward Spring Festival Transport", Zhang Zhao was silent and thought for a moment.

"Director Wan, your action movie "Loyal Liver and Righteousness" has a box office of 8000 million. I believe that your movie, Director Wan, will not have a low box office no matter what the subject matter is. What's more, it is a comedy film that Director Wan has experience in." , 60 million to buy a [-]% return, I think it is low."

Then, Zhang Zhao changed the subject, "It's only 8000 million, which is not a small amount for Enlight Pictures, so I have to ask Mr. Wang for his opinion."

"Of course, of course, we should discuss it with Mr. Wang."

Wan Qingshan replied with a smile on his face, but felt a little regretful in his heart.

Regretting that he was too impatient, Zhang Zhao looked a little abnormal. As soon as he made the call, Wang Changtian would definitely think of why he was in such a hurry for money, so the cooperation with Enlight Pictures, I'm afraid...
"Director Wan, please sit down for a moment and I'll make a call."

When Zhang Zhao disappeared from the door, Wan Qingshan sighed softly, thinking in his mind, what would Wang Changtian do if he guessed that he had bought Jiahe?
As for the possibility that Wang Changtian didn't know that Wrinkle Huai was going to sell Jiahe, Wan Qingshan had never thought of this idea.

Even Chen Yanfeng, who is not in the film and television industry, can know this. Wang Changtian, who also has extensive business connections and is still in the film and television industry, cannot not miss the news.

(End of this chapter)