Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 143 Meeting James Wan
"In fact, MGM is also optimistic about this script." As a qualified producer, raising the price of your own products is a basic operation.

Tang De suddenly realized, no wonder Jack Wilson was sitting so calmly. You must know that he was still very nervous when he came to the company to submit the script.

It seemed that the flapping of his butterfly wings had caused things to deviate from their original direction.

In the original history, only Lionsgate took a fancy to this script. Maybe it was because Jack Wilson had never pitched to MGM before?

But no matter what, Tang De couldn't let this duck fly, so he added a lot of contract details and increased some dividends.

Jack Wilson did not sign the contract with Tang De on the spot. He was a little hesitant now. After he returned to the car, he called James Wan.

"Wen, what are you doing?"

After the call was connected, Jack Wilson heard a noise, as if the other party was outside in a busy place.

He was right. Wen Ziren was handing out flyers for the pizza shop to those who passed by in the park. Next to him was a small saxophone band. They had just performed a wonderful song, which attracted everyone's applause.

After James Wan found a quiet place, Jack Wilson immediately told him the news that the script had been favored by two companies.

"Well, you guys come over and talk to Tang personally. Maybe you can make him change his ways."

Except for the beginning, there are no unpleasant elements in John Wick. The audience's adrenaline is soaring from beginning to end and they can't stop.

"Okay, then choose the Eye of Norton."

"OMG! Really? This is great!" Wen Ziren leaned against the tree, feeling that his hard wait had finally paid off.

"To be honest, I really want to direct this work because it's my idea and I know how to shoot it." James Wan doesn't care so much about anything else, but he is very concerned about the right to direct.

Jack Wilson paused for a moment and continued: "And he also said that if the film reaches a box office of tens of millions, the sequel can be completely left to you to direct."

A week later, Tang De looked at the scripts in front of him and said to Jimmy: "That's it, let's just decide the award."

"Okay, okay, everything you said is right, but what about this one?" Jimmy picked up the silver medal work: "What is this, Little Miss Sunshine? Don't you think this plot is too bland? A family of losers, What’s there to watch?”

"So? But he has a broken arm and a broken leg in the back!" Jimmy doesn't deny that this script was great before the middle stage, but after that, it was full of SHXT!

"Why? Why did this book "The Murderer" win the Bronze Award?" Jimmy looked at Tang De in disbelief. He didn't know if he was crazy or if he was crazy. This kind of plot would really be difficult to film. Will any audience buy it? Is it true that no one comes to the company with a gun and gives everyone a bullet to eat?
Tang De laughed: "I know your doubts. To be honest, the plot of this script is indeed too outrageous, but I think his setting is very good. A retired killer chooses to chase the murderer thousands of miles because of the death of a dog. Don't you think Is this cool?”

"Aren't you considering MGM?"

Wen Ziren thought about it and felt that after waiting for so many years, he would definitely not let it go when he finally got the opportunity. He could also be an assistant director. It was better than being unable to pay the rent and not being able to eat.

James Wan shrugged: "He didn't give as much money as Norton Eyes... Haha, okay, just kidding. I still hope the movie's budget can be bigger."

"But you are still a newcomer, Wen. MGM prefers to hire experienced horror film directors, while Norton Eyes is directed by Don himself, but he said that you will also serve as the cinematographer, so you need a An assistant director responsible for coordination, if you want, you can take this position."

Just opening the folder, he seemed to smell the stench.

Therefore, Tang De planned to purchase the entire copyright of this script and directly let professional screenwriters modify it to what he expected.

"No problem!" Wen Ziren hung up the phone and looked at the patches of shade above his head, and then at the red vest he was wearing from the pizza shop. After a moment of silence, he suddenly cheered and shook the flyer in his hand.

"But which of the two companies are you going to choose now?" Jack Wilson threw this question to him.

"Hahaha, so of course we can't film according to his original version." Tang De explained to Jimmy. In fact, the reason why he gave the bronze medal to this script was because it reminded him of the movie starring Keanu Reeves. The movie series "John Wick" has the same setting and the same killings.

Tang De approached and took the script from his hand. This was another surprise that the script competition brought him besides Chainsaw. He had seen this movie when he was a child, but he just couldn't remember the plot, but he was familiar with the scene in the movie. I still really like the life of a family of losers.

I didn’t expect its script to appear here.

It seems that this movie also went through extremely difficult times before its release.

"This script must be filmed before you can feel its charm." Tang De patted Jimmy on the shoulder: "Although the family has experienced various moments of shattered dreams, they will eventually reconcile in warmth. Family comedy looks like It's simple, but it's difficult to write it well. It requires extreme observation and strong writing skills." "Well... I still don't understand." Jimmy looked confused, not understanding how Tang De made his decision. Of the promising scripts, only Saw, which I didn’t take very seriously, won the gold medal, and the others didn’t even get a special award.

On the contrary, four of the 10 scripts that Greta was optimistic about won the award. The probability was indeed much higher than that of others.

"Okay, let's go and announce the final result. The creator of Saw will be here in the afternoon. By then our new movie will be in preparation."

"I didn't expect that we would start making movies so soon!" Jimmy grinned, feeling sincerely happy about this. After all, the original purpose of setting up the company was for movies, and now we finally have a chance.

Tang De instead shrugged: "Is it fast? It's obviously very slow. I guess the audience will be impatient."

"Hahaha, where did the audience come from before the movie was released?" Jimmy smiled and left the office, leaving Tang De alone in the office reading the script.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and Cindy walked in.

She recently dyed her hair red, and she looks somewhat similar to the future Scarlet Witch. She and Lilina were immediately sought after by many men after filming "Bikini Destination" and are now busy shooting for print magazines every day. .

Kaiden has officially entered the fashion industry and has become the darling of many clothing brands. Especially some clothing manufacturers that focus on body figures are rushing to invite Kaiden.

After Cindy walked in, she first filled Tang De's teapot with water, then walked around behind him and squeezed his shoulders.

"Boss, I feel like you're very busy lately."

"Yes." Tang De closed his eyes and enjoyed Cindy's gentle touch: "Right now, not only do I have plans to film this movie, I also want to shoot a MV for Beyoncé."

This is what he promised before, and of course he will continue to fulfill it now, but Tang De's purpose is of course not for awards or fame, but for money.

Tang De estimates that the budget of Saw is about three million, which is more than double the previous life and is more than six hundred thousand, because since Tang De knows that this movie will definitely be a hit, he will definitely want it to exceed the original upper limit. .

The original "Saw" had a box office of over 100 million U.S. dollars. This was still the result of not being released during the summer season when horror movies are crowded. As long as the look and feel are improved a little more and the supreme creativity is used to cooperate with the movie's advertising, the box office of this movie will surely be able to Explodes faster and higher.

After Supreme Creative settled the annual remuneration for each client, it made a total profit of three million U.S. dollars. After excluding Henry and Jimmy's dividends and the advertising expenses required for next year, Tang De only had about one million U.S. dollars left in his hands.

This money was also invested by Luo Lun's Black Umbrella Consulting Company, and he received back 600,000 yuan from his advertising fees.

Angel Declaration’s performance this year has been impressive. Photos have been selling well. With the emergence of Kaiden, Cindy, and Lilina, the company has achieved breakeven.

However, he still has to pay a lot of costs to maintain the idol training camp. It would be good if he didn't invest money in the Angel Declaration.

As for the newly established Norton Eyes, it is even more bottomless. It spent half a million yuan on advertising for the screenplay competition, not to mention subsequent film shooting plans.

Although Tang De makes money quickly, he spends it faster. Now he is in a state where he cannot make ends meet, and this is after he has controlled the size of the company.

But he has also made plans. He plans to borrow money from the bank. After all, there is no need to use his own money when doing business in the United States.

Luo Lun is already helping him with the relevant procedures. Tang De's expected goal is 20 million US dollars. His identity and several companies under his name should be able to help him complete the loan.

As long as he has this money, he can successfully shoot the movie and wait for the movie's box office dividends!

Just when I thought of this, there was a knock on the door. It was Karl. He came to remind the creative team of "Saw" that they were at the door.

"Let them come in." Tang De straightened his clothes, touched Cindy's little hand, and then looked at the door.

Two minutes later, a very familiar short-haired young man with obvious Chinese ancestry walked into the office under the leadership of Jack Wilson.

"Welcome to Norton Eye." Tang De stood up to welcome him, and Wen Ziren immediately smiled and extended his hand and responded: "Hello, my name is James Wan, just call me Wen."

The somewhat reserved brown-haired guy standing next to him also responded cautiously: "My name is Ray Whannell, I am... uh... the screenwriter of Chainsaw."

"We are all of the same age, so there is no need to be so restrained. Come on, sit down! Let's talk about the movie."

(End of this chapter)