screenwriter mystery

Chapter 121 Copyright
"Long time no see, Alan."

Inside the Universal Pictures offices in Los Angeles.

Ron Meyer looked at the approaching Zhao Yuan, stepped forward to hug him, and greeted him in a long-lost tone.

Since the general strike of the screenwriters union.

At the request of the labor union, all members were prohibited from contacting the production company to discuss the content of the new script. As a result, although Ron Mayer and Zhao Yuan had made many phone calls during this period, they never saw each other. On the one hand, there was no discussion about any topic related to the script.

"You look a lot stronger than before?"

After looking up and down at Zhao Yuan in front of him, especially when he paused on his tense arm muscles, Ron Meyer immediately raised his eyebrows and said something.

"You know, during the strike, apart from participating in activities, I have a lot of time left, so..."

Shrugging his shoulders, he deliberately directed the topic to the content of the strike.

The effect of [Enhancement Potion] has improved Zhao Yuan's physical fitness in all aspects.

Moreover, this enhancement still hasn't come to an end, but along with his exercise and excavation, he is constantly approaching the limit of the human body.

"If I have time, I also hope to exercise like you."

His eyes fell on Zhao Yuan's strong body, and Ron Meyer looked down at his lower abdomen, which was still exposed even though it was covered by a suit, and couldn't help but shook his head.

"However, next, you may have to redistribute your time, at least you won't be as free as before."

Simply through a few private topics, I got closer to Zhao Yuan.

In the office, Ron Meyer changed the topic and turned the topic to work.

"At present, judging from the news, the provisional agreement between the Screenwriters Union and the Film and Television Producers Union has been basically finalized. Many ABC TV dramas have also announced the rerun news one after another. "Modern Family" is also on this date. It is on the list of approved broadcasts, so, I believe it will not take long before you will return to the busy screenwriting work again."

"In fact, I already have a complete idea of ​​the script for the first season of "Modern Family", and I can't wait to get back to work."

Not to mention the first season of "Modern Family", even if it is the plot of the next six or seven seasons, as long as Ron Meyer needs it, Zhao Yuan can come up with it.

However, he would naturally not do this kind of practice of drinking poison to quench thirst.

For Zhao Yuan, the drama "Modern Family" is a springboard for him to continuously accumulate fame.

With the ratings and the more awards won by TV dramas in the future, the greater the effect on his reputation in Hollywood will be.

At the same time, it can better conceal his another layer of identity.

Sometimes celebrity aura can hide a lot of problems, especially in Hollywood, where there are countless celebrities who have died of various eccentricities.

Is a celebrity still a celebrity if he is not unique?

"Of course, in addition to thinking about the plot story of "Modern Family", I also conceived a new script during the strike."

Hearing Zhao Yuan finally mentioned his new script, Ron Meyer leaned forward slightly, with an expression of listening.

"The new script continues the filming style of "The Blair Witch", and still uses the pseudo-documentary form as the main line..."

"If that's the case, why not just shoot the sequel movie of "The Blair Witch"?"

Hearing that the filming method of Zhao Yuan's new script was still in the form of pseudo-documentary, Ron Meyer immediately opened his mouth and put forward his own views.

For production companies, franchises tend to be the lowest-risk investment option.

Especially when the previous work "The Blair Witch" has already achieved such a huge box office, if it can be used as a basis to shoot a sequel, even if the box office is not as good as the previous witch, only half of the box office is still a fortune for Universal. Compensation business.

"The story of "The Blair Witch" is over for me in the first film. Of course, if Universal is willing to make a sequel, I am happy to sell the copyright of the film."

"The Blair Witch", as a film that completely relies on "fraud" marketing and has earned a lot of box office, is destined to be unable to leave a good reputation and become popular with the audience.

Audiences may be fooled by 'fraud' marketing once, but it is absolutely impossible to be fooled a second time easily, especially when the sequel of "The Blair Witch" is still in the works.

With an example as a reference, Zhao Yuan is well aware of the disastrous failure of the sequel of "The Blair Witch" in terms of box office reputation.

However, Ron Meyer obviously didn't know the story behind it.

The great success of "The Blair Witch" inevitably affected Ron Meyer's judgment on the sequel movie.

Therefore, after hearing Zhao Yuan's willingness to sell the copyright of "The Blair Witch", Ron Meyer immediately began to think about the possibility of operation, and at the same time tentatively asked Zhao Yuan in front of him.

"If Universal wants to win the copyright of "The Blair Witch", what is your psychological expectation?"

In this regard, Zhao Yuan 'kindly' reminded the other party.

"You should know, Ron, that The Blair Witch has grossed over $5000 million worldwide."

Although, from Zhao Yuan's point of view, it is clear that under the influence of bad word-of-mouth, the sequel of "The Blair Witch" will no longer have the possibility of successfully 'deceiving' the audience.

But if Universal wanted to give him money, then Zhao Yuan naturally had no reason to refuse.

"However, we all know that the word-of-mouth of "The Blair Witch" is not ideal due to the influence of previous marketing methods."

"However, 'The Blair Witch' grossed over $5000 million worldwide."

"This is just the box office of "The Blair Witch". No one can guarantee that the box office of the sequel can continue the glory of the previous one. For Universal, there is a big risk in buying the copyright."

"The Blair Witch has grossed more than $5000 million worldwide."

"Buying the copyright is only the first step for Universal. Subsequent scripts and filming will require a lot of manpower and capital."

"Two hundred and fifty million dollars."

Ron Meyer continued to find various reasons, from word-of-mouth of the film, anxiety about the box office of the sequel, and investment in filming to try to lower the cost of copyright.

However, Zhao Yuan was unmoved.

Only biting "The Blair Witch"'s box office revenue of more than 5000 million US dollars did not let go.

"Well, regarding the copyright of "The Blair Witch", Universal will give an answer as soon as possible. Now let's continue discussing the content of the new script."

Shaking his head, seeing Zhao Yuan's firm attitude, Ron Meyer could only give up the idea of ​​suppressing costs from copyright, and instead brought the topic back to the new script that Zhao Yuan proposed this time. superior.

From Ron Meyer's tone, Zhao Yuan already knew that the issue of the copyright of "The Blair Witch" has basically been finalized, and the follow-up negotiations will naturally be handled by lawyers. The lawyer is in charge of this, so Zhao Yuan doesn't need to worry about it.

"About the new script, although it is also filmed in the form of a pseudo-documentary, the overall framework is more inclined to the content of "Modern Family" than the previous "Blair Witch", interspersing the thrilling storyline with the daily..."

(End of this chapter)