screenwriter mystery

Chapter 3 Sequel
"Screenwriter Allen, I like your movie very much."

"Thank you, ma'am..."

"This is my personal phone number. If you have a new script, I'd be happy to play a role in it. Of course, I'm free even during normal times."

In the feast of the party, a blond woman with heavy make-up, with a coquettish smile on her face, handed the note that she had prepared in her hand to Zhao Yuan.

Letting go of her palm, her fingers gently hooked towards Zhao Yuan's fingers, and she made a seductive expression towards him, and then the woman swayed her bumpy body towards Zhao Yuan. The next target is closer to the past.

Holding the red wine glass in one hand, Zhao Yuan looked at the back of the woman leaving, and looked down at the note in his hand.

He raised some eyebrows, but didn't even have the thought of opening them to take a look. He crumpled them into a ball and threw them aside among the food scraps.

Hollywood party gatherings are more than just venues for celebratory drinking.

It is also a stage where women, like women, seek opportunities.

In fact, many Hollywood stars are far less glamorous or inspirational than they seem when they first become famous.

Therefore, after witnessing the blond woman leaving the party with an old white man who seemed to be twice his age on her arm, Zhao Yuan showed a meaningful smile.

In the Vanity Fair of Hollywood, Zhao Yuan is not trying to gain fame, but wants to stand alone.

I just simply know that the group of so-called Hollywood bigwigs who look good now will eventually pay the price for their reckless behavior in the near future.

And if he doesn't want to be swept away by that future storm.

You need to be vigilant so that you don't become a member of the list in the future.

At least, before he gained enough fame and status, he even became a giant.

What's more, according to Zhao Yuan's memory, he has no impression of the blond woman who offered to hand over the note.

In other words, the other party is destined to be the nameless eliminated among the many profit-seekers in Hollywood.

……

"Alan, let me introduce you..."

As the director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Wan Ziren is undoubtedly the most dazzling one in the whole party.

However, as an "old man" who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, Wen Ziren has not forgotten the helper Zhao Yuan who gave him this halo.

"This is Ray Whannell, my good friend and the writer of "Saw."

Although the story idea of ​​"Chain Saw" came from the common idea of ​​Wan Ziren and Ray Warner, the final script was completely created by Ray Warner alone, and he even played the leading role in the movie. job.

"And this is Ron Meyer, the vice president of Universal Pictures' film and television distribution department."

Following Wen Ziren's introduction, Zhao Yuan's eyes fell on a white man with glasses and silver hair.

"Mr. Allen, I really like your idea of ​​creating and adapting "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"."

Universal Pictures has changed owners three times in recent decades, and Ron Meyer naturally has his own way of changing to be able to maintain a stable position amidst such complex personnel changes.

For Ron Meyer, the Zhao Yuan in front of him may be a dispensable little character, but it does not prevent him from expressing a goodwill attitude.

Especially under the premise that "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" has successfully brought revenue to Universal, which is distributed and produced.

With a faint smile on his face, Ron Meyer stretched out his hand and said to Zhao Yuan with a smile.

"I wonder if you have the idea of ​​continuing to create a sequel to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"?"

Judging from the current box office trend of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", it is destined to be a blockbuster horror movie. The only difference lies in the next box office revenue.

Therefore, as a qualified film producer, Ron Meyer naturally began to care about the production of the sequel to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

The main reason why Hollywood is so keen on making sequels is to reduce the investment risk of the movie. Not all movies rely on as little as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "Chain Saw" shot by Wen Ziren. Capital, you get huge rewards.

The reason why counterattacks are called counterattacks is because such scenarios are rare, even in the history of Hollywood.

Normally, a Hollywood movie, even a medium-budget movie.

Among them, the remuneration of film actors occupies a large part, and once the box office is not satisfactory, all investment will be in vain. Therefore, in order to ensure the success rate of film investment, making sequels is a good guarantee to avoid risks.Although many people think that the first film is the classic, and it is usually difficult for the sequel to surpass the classic, many people still pay for the complex.

That's why, Lionsgate, the producer of "Saw", launched two sequels, "Saw 2" and "Saw 3" non-stop in the next two years, even in Zhao Yuan's original In the world, the chainsaw series has even reached 7.

It can be said that it has enough wool for the horror of the chainsaw.

Even if the potential of "Chain Saw" after the seventh part has been exhausted, it is still a steady investment for film producers.

In fact, it is precisely because of Lionsgate's attitude towards the continuous squeeze of the theme of "Saw" that Wen Ziren chose Universal Pictures instead of Lionsgate for the production of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". .

"Actually, I already have some ideas about the plot of the sequel..."

As for the subsequent series of plots of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", Zhao Yuan naturally knows it well.

This is also the capital he used to climb up.

"Universal Pictures is happy to continue working with you, Mr. Allen."

Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer, the smile on Ron Meyer's face became even wider.

……

mid-November.

As the festival bonus of the Halloween schedule gradually dissipated, the strong box office trend of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" also dropped sharply.

However, due to the background of the movies in the same period, even if the box office of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" has declined, it still performed well. It still continued to earn about 500 million in box office every week, and at the same time, the global box office began to rise.

After more than half a month of continuous release, the potential of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is coming to an end, and some theaters have also begun to withdraw the promotion of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and are intensively arranging the release of the new movie.

However, none of these actions can erase the topicality brought by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

The box office revenue of more than 3.6 million worldwide has proved that "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is the most lucrative horror movie in Hollywood in recent years.

And on the eve of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"'s global blockade of 3.6 million releases, Universal Pictures, the film's producer, announced.

The shooting plan for the sequel of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" has been put on the agenda. As for the director of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2", Universal still prefers the director of the previous film, James Wan, and the script of the sequel will still be written by Alan Zhao, the screenwriter who created the first part of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", finished.

……

In cheap apartments.

Received $2 for the first draft of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 20.

At this moment, Zhao Yuan was not excited at all.

All his attention was attracted by the garbled characters on the broken system panel in front of him that were gradually beginning to be repaired and converted.

　All kinds of requests for new books!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)