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Chapter 282: Twilight Saga: A Strong Taste of Failure

He really wants to adapt the story of this movie world into a real script.

But two questions come to mind.

First, he knew that Zhongyuan Yidianhui could also write scripts, and had already sold several scripts, such as "A Man's Martial Arts", "Ong Bak", "Ip Man", "Pacific Rim", etc.

He even suspected that Zhongyuan Yidianhui had already written the script for "Twilight".

Of course, it’s also possible that the script hasn’t been written yet.

Therefore, he still wanted to try to contact Zhongyuan Yidianhui to see if he still had a chance to write this script?

Secondly, he had just entered the film and television industry for a few months and had only worked as a script supervisor for one movie. He did not have many connections. With his current status, it would be a bit difficult for him to find out the contact information of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

But he is not afraid of difficulties.

He feels that life is a process of finding goals one by one, and then overcoming all difficulties to achieve these goals one by one.

It's like the exams we took in school days.

Simple questions, easy to answer, but don’t score many points.

Questions that score high must not be easy to answer.

However, the more difficult the problem, the greater the sense of accomplishment after solving it.

Wu Weilun wanted to stand out in the Hong Kong film and television industry, which was full of talented people. How could he have any chance if he took the ordinary path? The easy and simple paths had already been taken by others. Only these difficult paths were his chances.

In the next few days, he tried every possible way to find out the contact information of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

It took him five days to finally find out.

That afternoon, he specially wrote a piece of lyrics and prepared himself mentally before dialing Cao Sheng's cell phone number.

The call was connected.

He looked down at the words on the manuscript in front of him, ready to read from the manuscript.

First say that you are a fan of the other person's books, so as to narrow the distance between you and the other person and make him/her feel embarrassed to hang up the phone immediately.

Then talk about how much you like the plot of the movie world of "Twilight".

Besides, I graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and specialized in scriptwriting.

……

He looked at the manuscript in front of him with his mouth slightly open, ready to read the manuscript as soon as Zhongyuan Yidianhui answered the phone.

What he didn't know was that Cao Sheng spent every afternoon and evening typing, and when he was typing, he would habitually turn off the sound of his phone.

He waited and waited until the call ended automatically, but Cao Sheng never answered.

He was a little surprised, thought about it, and called again.

Cao Sheng still didn't answer.

The third time, the result was still the same.

The fourth time, he wanted to call, but finally gave up.

Because he felt that three times is the limit, he called four times in a row. When Zhongyuan Yidianhui saw the call record, he might not have a good impression of him.

He laughed at himself and put his phone down temporarily.

In the evening, he tried to call Cao Sheng's number again.

Thinking about this time, Cao Sheng should be having dinner. Although it is not good to disturb him while eating, he should be able to hear the ringing of the phone at this time.

This time he succeeded.

Cao Sheng answered the phone.

Because when Cao Sheng went downstairs to eat, he saw the call records of this strange number calling three times this afternoon.

"Hello? Hello! Who is this?"

Cao Sheng asked while picking up some food.

"Hello! Are you Mr. Cao Sheng?"

Wu Weilun's voice came from the phone. Of course, this voice was completely unfamiliar to Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng hummed, "Excuse me, who are you?"

Wu Weilun: "Hello, Mr. Cao! I am a fan of your books, a real fan. My last name is Wu, you can just call me Xiao Wu. I have read every one of your books, really! Moreover, I am also half of your colleague. I graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and I specialized in scriptwriting..."

Cao Sheng frowned when he heard this, feeling that this person talked too much and it gave him a headache. He had been typing for an entire afternoon and was not in a very good mood at the moment. He felt a headache when he heard the other party talking like a machine gun on the phone.

I couldn't help but interrupt him, "Hello! What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Uh……"

Wu Weilun paused for a moment, looking at the manuscript he had written in advance in front of him, and there was still two-thirds of it that he hadn't read out!
After hesitating for a moment, he smiled and asked, "It's like this, Mr. Cao! I really like the movie world of "Twilight" and I want to ask about the script of this movie world. Have you written it? If you haven't written it yet, I..."

“I’ve already written it.”

Cao Sheng, who thought he talked too much, interrupted him again.

Wu Weilun: “…”

Cao Sheng put down his chopsticks and raised his hand to press his swollen temple. Last night, he wrote the outline of "Hong Huang Yan Yi". He lost track of time and finished it at almost 2 o'clock. In addition, he typed all afternoon this afternoon. At this time, his brain was numb. "You, you have already written it? I'm talking about the story of "Twilight"..."

Wu Weilun reluctantly opened his mouth to confirm.

Cao Sheng nodded.

Wu Weilun: “…”

After another silence, Wu Weilun asked curiously, "Have you submitted the script? I don't think I saw any news about the script being sold in the media."

Cao Sheng: "No! It hasn't been voted out yet."

Wu Weilun: "Why? Don't you want to sell it earlier?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

Wu Weilun: “???”

He wondered if he had heard it wrong? Cao Sheng actually hummed in response to this question? Did Cao Sheng really not want to sell this script as soon as possible?

He couldn't understand Cao Sheng's choice.

What screenwriter doesn’t want to sell his or her script as soon as possible?

Don’t want to make money?
If writing scripts doesn't make money, then what's the point of writing scripts?
"Why? Mr. Cao! Don't you really want to sell this script as soon as possible?"

Cao Sheng hummed again.

But he didn't say the reason.

Wu Weilun wanted to ask more, but he swallowed the words back when they reached his lips.

He realized that he might have been talking too much. He and Cao Sheng did not know each other, so it was normal that Cao Sheng did not want to answer his question.

And if he continued to ask, it would be impolite.

He said a few more polite words and then took the initiative to end the call.

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng put down his phone, picked up his chopsticks and continued eating.

Thinking about the phone call just now, I smiled slightly.

He certainly didn't pitch the Twilight script.

I want to wait a little longer.

After the scripts that I sold were made into movies and two more were released, and after the box office and word of mouth were good, I would submit the script for "Twilight".

purpose?

Of course, it was to have the leverage to ask for more script fees.

Although he has sold quite a few scripts, only one of them, "A Man's Martial Arts", has actually been made into a movie.

It doesn't quite prove the value of his script.

Of course, if he only wanted to sell "Twilight" to Hong Kong, he could have done so long ago.

But he doesn't think that the best results can be achieved in Hong Kong for this movie.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talking about special effects, the special effects of Hong Kong movies are far behind those of Hollywood.

Before he was reborn, he had watched the original version of "Twilight", so he hoped that the script he wrote would be noticed by a big Hollywood studio.

And, you can get more script fees.

Previously, when negotiating the script fee for "Pacific Rim" with Paramount, it was a bit difficult. The key point is that the script of "Twilight" is different from "Pacific Rim".

"Pacific Rim" is obviously a special effects blockbuster. If it can be filmed well, it will have good global box office expectations.

But "Twilight" subverts the traditional images of vampires and werewolves, which may make Hollywood filmmakers worry that the audience will not buy into such a subversive setting.

Secondly, at first glance, this script seems to be a story about vampires and werewolves, but a closer look reveals that it is just a love movie disguised as a vampire and werewolf movie.

It gives people a very unreliable feeling.

Audiences who like traditional vampire and werewolf movies may not be able to accept this subversive image of vampires and werewolves. Those who can accept this new image may not be able to accept that the subject matter of vampires and werewolves has been turned into an idol romance movie.

In short, this script is very likely to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

This is the strong smell of failure!
Therefore, although Cao Sheng had already written the script for this series of films a long time ago, he has not been in a hurry to invest in it.

He wanted to wait for the market to prove the value of his script.

Besides, it shouldn't take too long to wait.

"Ip Man" was filmed a long time ago and is currently in post-production. It should be released soon.

"Ong Bak" should be almost finished filming and should be released within this year.

Among them, "Ong Bak" is a co-production and should be able to be released in the United States. If the box office is good, it will be able to enter the vision of major Hollywood film studios.

By then, he can submit the "Twilight" script to them, and the negotiations should be easier.

(End of this chapter)