rising director

"Brother Lei, you drink too."

After a while of politeness, let's get to the point.

"Brother Lei, this is my recent script "Butterfly Effect". I am looking for investment. If Huayi Brothers is interested, I hope you can invest." Passing the script, Wan Xiaohu held the teacup and slowly Tasting tea.

Wang Zhonglei looked at it carefully, turning to the front from time to time to compare the front and back.

Half an hour later, Wang Zhonglei closed the script, closed his eyes, and seemed to be thinking.After a while, Wang Zhonglei said, "Brother, if you come to shoot, how much do you think the investment will be?"

Wan Xiaohu has already calculated these contents: "I have two plans. The first plan is a simple filming version. No stars are invited, and the picture is not pursued. With an investment of about 400 million, the film can be made. The second plan is It’s the normal filming version, hiring celebrities, doing special effects, and watching celebrities cost about 800 million yuan, and the movie can be shot.”

Wang Zhonglei summed it up and asked, "Do you think the filming of "Butterfly Effect" in two ways will affect the quality of the movie?"

"To be honest, the impact on the mainland market is not great. Nowadays, domestic films don't even know what special effects are. The picture is worse, but it doesn't affect the box office. As for whether there are stars, the impact may be greater, but "Butterfly Effect" relies on The plot wins, and the stars come second. But..."

"But what?"

Wan Xiaohu said with a smile: "I personally hope to shoot normally, because I still have a little extravagant hope. Theoretically, "Butterfly Effect" is a sci-fi movie. It is not popular in the mainland, but internationally, especially in the United States , the love for sci-fi movies is not one or two. If there is a chance to sell the movie, it is very likely to make a lot of money.”

Wang Zhonglei shook his head and laughed: "Overseas sales, this is too difficult."

"Indeed, but people always have to set ambitious goals for themselves." Wan Xiaohu also laughed a bit. There are too few cases of domestic films going abroad. Although they often win awards at the three major film festivals, it is a pity that they do not Profitable.

But Wan Xiaohu knows a secret, that is, the American joint venture film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li An has already been released in France, and will soon be released in the United States, and then won the Best Foreign Language Film at next year's Oscars, setting a new record in the United States. The sales of Chinese-language films were a miracle, earning a box office of more than [-] million U.S. dollars.

What's more, it has greatly sparked the upsurge of Chinese-language movies, making more American filmmakers come to China to find good movies.

Although this craze won't last for a few years due to lack of follow-up, it is not difficult for "Butterfly Effect" to catch this train.Wan Xiaohu thinks that his eloquence is not good enough to make a living out of the dead, and he can't tell others that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is going to be popular, and whether he can invest more depends on the courage of the other party.

These days, there are not many private companies that have the courage to invest in movies, and the big studios like to eat their own food, and they don't meet Wan Xiaohu's conditions for cooperation. His greatest hope is to cooperate with Huayi Brothers.

Wang Zhonglei bit his teeth and said, "Why don't you create a comedy movie script? Comedy movies are very popular now, and your "Waiting Alone" has sold very well recently."

If I don't shoot now, "The Butterfly Effect" will be shot by others soon.

Wan Xiaohu really wanted to tell the truth, "Butterfly Effect" was funded and approved in 2002. He couldn't bear to waste such a good work, so he could only launch it by force.

However, this kind of secret can only be kept in the bottom of my heart: "Comedy films and martial arts films are indeed the mainstream during this period, but the tastes of the audience are not fixed. As long as it is a good movie, they will like it. Brother Lei, you said " Is the book The Butterfly Effect very good?"

Wang Zhonglei nodded: "It's wonderful, and the concept is magical. If it wasn't very attractive, I wouldn't talk so much about a sci-fi movie. After all, domestic sci-fi movies are too mysterious."

"I know, before, it was because there were no good books for domestic science fiction, and the director didn't understand science. Now that there are good books, why can't you make a good movie? I have this confidence. Now it depends on whether you have the courage, Brother Lei. "

"Don't provoke me, I have to think about it carefully. Whether it is 800 million or 400 million, it is not a small amount. Our investment in Feng Xiaogang's "Endless" is only 500 million. You have to give me a period of time. .”

"Of course." Wan Xiaohu put away the script, "I still hope Brother Lei can give me an answer as soon as possible, I plan to start filming sooner, and the production can be completed by the end of the year."

"In such a hurry."

"Time doesn't wait for me." Pointing to his head, Wan Xiaohu said in a joking tone, "I have too many movies in my head, and they are pouring out all at once. The sooner I shoot them, the sooner I will be quiet."

0054【Bao Jianfeng】

After leaving Huayi Brothers, Wan Xiaohu did not go to other companies to solicit investment, but went to the park to bask in the sun.If Huayi Brothers didn't invest, Wan Xiaohu couldn't imagine who else would invest in "Butterfly Effect".Private capital does not have the courage, and studios like to shoot the main theme.

In the end, there was no investment. Wan Xiaohu desperately gave up "Legend 2" and made "Butterfly Effect". This movie is too classic. There are not many movies in the new century that can compare with "Butterfly Effect".

Under the shade of a tree, on a bench in the park, Wan Xiaohu opened the script and re-examined the plot he recreated to see if there were any omissions.

"Su is the employee brother of the photographic equipment factory. He grew up with the children in the factory, Yu Na, Yu Hao, and Li Jie..."

After reading the script, Wan Xiaohu felt as if he had watched a movie in his mind. He compared the original version of "The Butterfly Effect" with his own revised version of "The Butterfly Effect" to ensure the rhythm of the plot, the coherence of the content, the way of narration, and the harmony of the characters. In terms of portrayal, it cannot be weaker than the original version.

"There are two finales. The dark version is more shocking, but it fits the theme of the movie. Although the open version slightly weakens the depth of the movie in terms of implication, it has an impact that breaks fate. The future belongs to the unknown, whether it is good or bad. bad."

After the comparison, Wan Xiaohu felt satisfied. He still had some talent in screenwriting.

"I really don't know how I am so talented, how can my predecessors be so bad, this person, courage and opportunity are really indispensable."

The air in the capital is not good, so in the park, you can breathe the fragrance of soil and grass.

Seeing that it was getting late, Wan Xiaohu hurried back to the company.

Only Li Yumin and Wang Qianqian, a girl transferred from another souvenir shop, are in the company. They are currently in charge of the company's hygiene and logistics.

"Mr. Wan, are you back?" Wang Qianqian greeted warmly.

"Well. When you go to eat later, bring me a lunch box." Wan Xiaohu confessed with a smile, got into his study, turned on the computer and started surfing the Internet.

The Internet in 2000 has begun to show signs of prosperity.

**, Yahoo, Sohu, and NetEase have all begun to emerge and become portal-level websites in the mainland.Wan Xiaohu's imprint on this era had already been somewhat forgotten, but thanks to the help of the Internet, he became familiar with this era.Games and news on the Internet now seem too old-fashioned to Wan Xiaohu.

He surfs the Internet not for fun, but to dig out something he wants.

For example, pay attention to some popular websites in the future, find a suitable investment time period, such as buying and selling the copyright of some online novels, or even build a novel website by yourself.

Anyone who works in the film industry knows that film does not exist in isolation, it is related to novels, music, stage plays, myths, etc.Especially novels. There are countless movies adapted from novels in history. For example, "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", which have become popular all over the world in the past two years, were adapted from novels.

Many box office bombs in the future will be adapted from novels.

These are resources that Wan Xiaohu can pick.

It is true that he is a reborn person, but it does not mean that he can remember everything, more content, he just remembers a name.For example, like the "Twilight Saga" series of movies that will be popular in Hollywood in the future, Wan Xiaohu has unfortunately never seen it. If the author of the novel does not write it, he will have no way to make it.

Especially novels written by women like "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Scary Step by Step", he is an old man, and he is too embarrassed to touch them.

Therefore, paying attention to the Internet is an indispensable homework for Wan Xiaohu.

"I still know a lot about novels. My seniors were so down and out that I spent a lot of time on online novels." Thinking about it, Wan Xiaohu logged on to the Xilu Forum.

This is a gathering place for novel lovers. Every day, countless people who love to write novels gather here, either bragging, publishing novels, or discussing plots.

In the history of the development of Internet science in China, the period from 1991 to 1998 can be regarded as the "ideal era" of the Internet. During this period, the Internet has not yet become popular, and writing novels on the Internet has nothing to do with money, and is more for a Learn to dream and write.

In 1995, a small number of Internet cafes appeared in China. In 1996, Internet cafes developed rapidly. In 1998, the first most representative and influential novel in the history of State Internet, "The First Intimate Contact", was posted on the BBS. caused a huge sensation.In the same year, "Live Like a Human" was also published on Tianya.

Afterwards, Huang Yi's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and Mo Ren's "Star Wars Heroes" also became popular, and learning portals such as Golden Bookstore and various personal online bookstores sprang up one after another.

Since 1999, the Internet has entered the "golden age". Duolaimi.com has purchased 400 of the top 20 personal bookstores at a price of 16 million yuan, including the leading bookstore Golden Bookstore at that time.In the same year, Boku.com was established in Silicon Valley, USA, advocating free reading.

As a veteran reader, Wan Xiaohu did not go to Duolaimi.com or Boku.com, but took root in Xilu Forum.Because he knew that in the near future, a dot-com bubble that spread from NASDAQ in the United States would burst, which would affect the whole country, causing most of the free spaces to be closed, and a large number of novel lovers would enter the Westland Forum.

A little later, maybe next year (2001), when Boku closed down and Duolaimi focused on portals, Xilu became the last paradise of the Internet.Wan Xiaohu wants to do something big in the Internet industry, and now is the best stage of preparation, to build a good relationship with a group of Internet masters, especially those few great people who were established later.

Then, relying on these strengths, pull up the most coquettish novel website and expand the entertainment territory for yourself.

"The ideal era is getting old, and the golden age is just an appearance. Duolaimi and Boku will eventually become obsolete products of the era! The silver age of network science is coming, are you ready?"