Tom White talked about HP's development strategy and his appreciation for Lu Yanhe. Lu Yanhe quickly realized one thing. He is a very talkative person.
After chatting with Tom White for another half an hour, Lu Yanhe slowly figured out his purpose.
It turned out that he was interested in "Six People" and wanted to adapt "Six People" into an American TV series.
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
"Mr. White, although I am the screenwriter of "Six People", the copyright of "Six People" does not belong to me. If you want to buy "Six People", there is no use asking me. Its copyright is in Beijing and Taiwan. ——The TV station that broadcasts it." Lu Yanhe explained.
Tom White said: "I know, in fact, I also know that Maxine has bought the adaptation rights of "Six People"."
Lu Yanhe looked at him doubtfully, "Then you tell me about "Six People" What does copyright mean? "
HP has no way to adapt "Six".
Tom White said: "We want to cooperate with you and ask you to write another script like "Six"."
"Huh?"
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Tom White was looking for him for this purpose.
For such an invitation to cooperate, Lu Yanhe really didn't dare to agree easily.
"Mr. White, I have several scripts currently being written, and I don't have time to take on new scripts for the time being. Besides, I'm not good at writing scripts in English either," Lu Yanhe said.
Tom White said: "I know you are a very popular star in China and a very popular new screenwriter. However, you have also seen that the drama "Six People" is so well written. , the filming was also good, but because your Chinese TV series did not have any communication channels, it was just a big hit in China and is now on M Axine has not achieved the same influence as in China. You must know the reason for this. It is because you do not have a global platform that can be seen by global audiences, nor can you do global publicity. Channel.”
Lu Yanhe frowned when he heard Tom White say this.
Because he knew Tom White was right. Indeed, at present, these domestic video platforms have not even reached a certain scale of users in other Asian countries and regions, let alone on a global scale.
Without global channels, no matter how popular your work may be, it will never be seen.
Lu Yanhe said: "Mr. White, you are right about this. I admit it, but it is not enough to impress me."
Tom White said: "Make a full movie A drama loved by audiences around the world, doesn’t this goal impress you?”
"No, this goal touches me. However, I have already written "Six People" with such a theme. If you ask me to write another script with the same theme as "Six People", I will definitely not be able to write it better than "Six People". "Lu Yanhe said, "That's why I said this can't make my heart move."
Tom White sighed with some regret and said: "This story has room to continue to expand."
"But the characters are gone. The six protagonists have already written what I most want to write about this subject. I have written several character types, and if I write more, I can only write something similar to him They are very similar characters, not only to me, but also to the audience."
Hearing this, Tom White said, "Then you don't plan to write sitcoms with urban settings in the future? "
"Not in a short time," Lu Yanhe said bluntly.
Tom White sighed regretfully.
"Okay." Although he failed to reach a preliminary intention on cooperation, Tom White did not change his face towards Lu Yanhe, nor did he get up and leave. Instead, he continued to chat with him.
“In the past few years, I have been paying attention to the film and television market in mainland China. The magnitude and speed of its changes are very rare in the world.” Tom White said, "Compared with Hollywood movies, our streaming media has always been unable to enter."
Lu Yanhe: "Any country must have its own areas to defend, especially now. In this era, unexpected events are happening in almost every field Contradictions and conflicts. Just like several of our domestic platforms, after they became popular in the United States, your government and judicial system found some high-sounding reasons to ban them. "
Tom White. Nodding, "I don't mean to accuse or criticize. I know this very well. It's just that facing a huge market like mainland China, we are like seeing a gold mine but not being able to participate in the mining. You can definitely understand this feeling." .”
Lu Yanhe laughed.
Tom White's directness and frankness made Lu Yanhe feel a little better about him at this moment.
“Of course I understand, just like we also hope to let the whole world see Chinese film and television dramas.” Lu Yanhe said, “Actually, Mr. White——”
“Just call me Tom. . ” said Tom White.
Although she looks more than ten years older than him, this is the habit of foreigners, and Lu Yanhe knows it after watching so many movies and TV series.
"Okay, Tom." Lu Yanhe laughed, "Although we can't collaborate on a drama like "Six People", we may be able to find other projects that we can collaborate on."
Tom White looked at it with some surprise Lu Yanhe said, "Huh? Do you still have something in your hand?" Do you have any good stories? ”
“I have indeed written several stories that are currently being filmed or have been filmed, including the film "Rouge Button" directed by Wang Zhong and "The Road" starring Jia Long. Comedy "Unfortunately", in addition, there are two TV series We are preparing to shoot immediately. One is "Squid Game", which has a similar theme to "Seventeen Floors", and the other is our costume sitcom "Wulin Gaiden". These stories are not necessarily suitable for adaptation into English dramas, but these stories should be adapted in Asia. All countries and regions should be welcome ." Lu Yanhe said, "There is no talk of distribution outside mainland China for these projects. If HP pays attention to the Asian market and wants to get good works, maybe you can take a look at these."
Tom. ·White showed some incredible surprise.
"You have actually written so many scripts? If I remember correctly, you seemed to have only started working as a screenwriter two years ago."
Lu Yanhe took out his Tiger Balm and answered.
“I only started trying to be a screenwriter two years ago for "Six People", but I have actually been trying to write my own scripts for a long time. The story of "People on the Road" is me Written when I was in my senior year of high school.”
The look of shock on Tom White’s face lessened slightly, but he was still surprised.
"I have heard of Jia Long, he is a very famous comedy movie star in China." Tom White said, "It seems that I really need to take a closer look at what you are talking about. Project.”
Lu Yanhe kept smiling.
"Of course, you won't be disappointed, Tom, I think we really have the potential to make a good collaboration," he said.
Chinese-language film and television dramas have always been influential in Asia, unlike in Europe and the United States, where except for big directors, there is almost no voice.
HP just found Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe was not shy and directly introduced his projects to Tom White. It would be a good thing if it could really lead to cooperation between HP and these projects. One more channel, more choices.
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There will be more later today, so I will give a short update first. (End of this chapter)