Chapter 518 Summer Times Ending (6k)
Halfway through the filming, I met Legend Pictures and Blizzard people coming.
Chen Linfeng checked the shooting plan for the next time, it was not a very difficult shot.
"Xiao Guo."
"Hey, director, are you looking for me?"
"I have something to do now, you can take over the rest."
"Okay." Guo Fan rubbed his hands and responded excitedly.
Chen Linfeng arranged the work and then took several people to a nearby conference room.
This is where they discuss and check the shooting plans every day, and the equipment and other things are very complete.
It was midsummer at this time, and the air conditioner in the room turned on, and it became comfortable in an instant.
Chen Linfeng sat down leisurely and asked, "Jon, you came here suddenly today. Sorry, the hospitality was not good." "These are all small things," Jon waved his hand and didn't care, " It is a big deal that we can negotiate cooperation."
Chen Linfeng exchanged a few more greetings with Blizzard's visitors.
There are two main people in charge sent by Blizzard, one is John Hatter and the other is Chris Mason.
After Jon's introduction, Chen Linfeng also got some understanding of them.
John is Blizzard's vice president, mainly responsible for the game "World of Warcraft", and the movie is also under his control.
Chris Mason himself is a writer and game designer. The first worldview of "Warcraft" was designed by him, and the plot of the natural movie must also be connected with him.
After Chen Linfeng exchanged a little greeting with the two, he got to the point.
The topic will follow the last time.
Jon first said, "chen, the two conditions you asked for last time should be fine at the moment. After all, you are a big director. The matter in the movie should be handed over to someone like you, a professional. .”
"Well, what about the other one." Chen Linfeng didn't seem too happy. He could get this thing anywhere, so it was not worth thinking about it.
The script is the key, and as a writer and screenwriter, he cares more about this.
"In terms of script..." Jon hesitated to look at the Blizzard's people, then turned back and replied, "We still hope to discuss this."
" There is no problem with the discussion, the plot needs to be discussed," Chen Linfeng said with a smile, "But what if there are huge differences? The work must continue to advance."
"So, I need the decision of the script."
"chen, can you ask, are you considering the movie "Warcraft"? Where to start?"
Chris Ninjae He kept asking, as the first game designer and the main participant in the film plot, he also cared about the plot issues very much. "Start with the most well-known plot." Chen Linfeng blurted out. "There are too many classic plots in World of Warcraft. Which one are you referring to?" Chris said in a boasting tone.
In front of the great writer Chen, he was a little weak, but when he mentioned the story of the Warcraft, he became confident again. "And, as the beginning of the epic story, shouldn't we start from scratch?" Chris couldn't help but express his thoughts.
"Oh?" Chen Linfeng did not answer his previous question, but said curiously, "What did you say from the beginning?"
"Of course it was the opening of the door of darkness. .”
Chris began to tell his thoughts, and as he said that he took out a stack of information from his bag beside him.
He prepared these in advance.
Since he heard that he was coming to discuss the plot of the movie with great writers and screenwriter chen, he was inexplicably excited and prepared a lot of things.
Chen Linfeng listened carefully for a while, then reached out to take the information and read it.
The plot is slightly different from the movie in my previous life. It is not surprising that there are relatively big differences between the directors and screenwriters.
But it is basically the same event. I think the story choice of movies in previous life is indeed related to Blizzard.
Chris said excitedly for a while, and gradually became a little lack of confidence.
Because he saw that the other party had always looked uncommon. "chen, what do you think of this idea?" Chris asked carefully.
Chen Linfeng shook his head, "It's too messy. It's okay to read as a chronicle or fan novel, but as a movie, the storyline seems too complicated."
"If it were me, I would have chosen the rise of the Lich King as the opening story."
Chris was anxious. He didn't dare to tell the other party's denial point. More than one person told the story he wrote. It’s messy, and the boss in front of him said it again, nothing is wrong.
He just objected from another perspective.
"Frozen Throne? That's the story of Warcraft's opening story for many years. How can the audience understand the plot without beginning or end?"
"A tragic prince What can't be understood about the story of the fall? ”
Chen Linfeng didn’t understand, how much do you underestimate the audience’s understanding? "Starting here, there were too many famous heroes in the same period. Everyone is familiar with the stories and the audience likes them. Wouldn't they all be happy?" Chris was speechless for a moment.
"chen, the choice of a story is not only to tell the story from scratch, but also to consider other factors."
When John Hatter interrupted, seeing that his colleagues were not good,
"2014 is the 10th anniversary of World of Warcraft. At that time, the game will return to Warcraft 1 and return to the local theme event where the dream begins. It is almost the time to be on the movie, so..."
"What's up to me!" Chen Linfeng interrupted directly.
He said a little dissatisfied, "I don't know if the movie can succeed, but I just think that this is the movie."
"Do you think it's so easy to make a movie?"
"If the World of Warcraft movie project is just a promotional video or advertisement for the game, why do you need to come to me?"
How could I be the vassal of your game in the movie that I took over? Only you can cooperate with me.
The game is already on the decline, and the movie series should be the big one.
After so many years, Chen Linfeng has a sense of arrogance.
Besides, it has been proven in previous lives that you are a bad idea.
A few words in succession, John's face turned red in an instant.
As the head of the "Warcraft" project, I have never faced such treatment.
You are here to make our movie, how dare you treat me like this?
Aren't you afraid that we won't let you take pictures?
Oh, I'm not afraid. He immediately remembered that this trip seemed to be inviting someone to make a movie, and people might not agree.
It is still different from those directors in the past.
Therefore, John stopped being angry.
As a president, you must be tolerant.
Chen Linfeng looked at the vice president in surprise. The face turned from white to red, and from red to white, and there was something.
He did not have the interest to chase the soft persimmons all the time, and turned around to communicate with Chris.
"It is certainly a way to start from scratch, but what you need to tell you is that the story line of Warcraft is too long, and only a few players can fully understand most of the stories.
More Warcraft players, as well as viewers who have never played the game but have heard of it slightly, are the group with the largest number of people and the target we should strive for.
What these people know are mostly vivid characters, such as Alsace, Saar, Keirthas, Jaina, Illidan, and the three sisters of Wind Walker. "
Chen Linfeng is talking about the most common characters in a certain online fan in his previous life.
I believe these are also the most well-known heroes in the game "Warcraft". "The stories surrounding these heroes are also the most exciting and attracting the outside audience. ”
Chen Linfeng looked serious, "I think, you shouldn't just become a carnival for niche fans when you make this movie. It should be more about pushing the story of Warcraft to a wider group and making it a world pop culture. "
"As for the origin story you mentioned, if the previous few movies become popular, they can be shot in the form of a prequel, which will not affect itself, right?" >
Chen Linfeng gives an example of "The Hobbit".
In fact, there are more people who shoot prequels in later generations.
The most famous ones are the prequels of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", which made a lot of money.
But now there is only the Lord of the Rings prequel, and the example of "The Hobbit" is more convincing.
Although it was released at the end of this year, there are trailers now, and this information is known to both John and Chris.
Chen Linfeng's words made people feel a little silent.
No one has said these words, including within their company, there are such voices, but they were eventually overwhelmed by them.
However, the same words were surprisingly convincing when Chen Linfeng said it.
John and Chris looked at each other, and their hearts were a little shaken.
From the beginning, they were determined to shoot the story of the party, wanting to open the door of darkness.
It's awkward to make them change now.
But now after hearing Chen's thoughts, I feel that it seems that it's not bad?
After all, the person in front of you may be one of the most storytellers on this planet.
At this time, they were a little embarrassed. The door was raised a little high at the beginning. Now that they suddenly changed their minds, wouldn’t it seem a bit unstable enough?
Jon kept watching and saw some clues, and he hurried out to smooth things over.
"I think that's why Chen asked for the decision-making rights of the script. His ideas are always different, but the audience likes his ideas."
He looked at Blizzard II The group said, "Since I decided to give the script permissions to chen, why not follow his ideas?"
You are giving this step well.
John and Chris were overjoyed, they didn't know how to answer. "Well, since the decision-making power of the script has been handed over, we must act according to the agreement." John said seriously.
When did you hand it over? "I still stick to my ideas, but since the decision is not up to me, there is nothing I can do about it." Chris shook his head regretfully.
Why are you helpless?
Chen Linfeng was speechless. It seemed that these people had made a good decision.
The biggest contradiction was gone, and everything was easy to discuss.
Chen Linfeng just determined his intention to cooperate with the other party first, including how to calculate the copyright, how to calculate the investment amount, and after the final script has to be written, and after the revision and approval, etc., these will be discussed later. .
At that time, it’s Sister Mei’s turn to take action.
Immediately afterwards, we talked about schedule issues.
"I have another movie booked this year, which may be scheduled until the end of the year."
"In the first half of next year, we will film "Sherlock 3" and "Infinite World 2" afterwards."
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Chen Linfeng calculated with his fingers, and his face was not very good for everyone.
You are so busy. Indeed, Chen Linfeng has opened too many pitfalls, and now there are many sequels just to fill in.
This is not considered a novel, there is also a killer series of "Hurricane" + "Fast".
He thought to himself that the pit should be almost the same as it was dug to this level.
About ten years later, just by saving up sequels, there will be no shortage of filming.
There are some good original scripts that have been saved up, and you can persist until you are 50 in the future.
As for the future, don't worry too much.
At that time, it is easy to say whether it is based on the skills you learn by yourself or directly retire.
I believe that by then, my life goals should be achieved.
As a reborn person, Chen Linfeng has a hamster mentality and always wants to hold everything in his arms.
He just hugged a little more.
Of course, to achieve his position, it can be considered to have brought the time traveler group to a new level.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Chen Linfeng had just finished his calculations and was very happy. Every time he thought about it, he felt fulfilled.
Now he has added a series of "Warcraft", which makes him feel a little more sensible.
However, as soon as I looked up, I saw John with a bitter face.
After hesitating, John said, "chen, isn't it too late for this time?"
I originally thought it would be released in 2014, but he did not start filming until almost 2014. It might take 15 years to release, which is too late. "It's not too late. The plot of Warcraft is already complicated. It takes a lot of time to sort out the main story and determine the story flow of the entire series."
"Besides, it also There are various specific conditions that need to be confirmed. It would be great if you can finish these things next year. By the middle of next year, preparations will start and filming will start at the end of the year. The time should be about the same."
Chen Linfeng said that he planning.
Blizzard has a lot of personnel, and this is a joint cooperation between Blizzard, Legend Pictures and Tingfeng Entertainment. If another Hollywood giant is attracted to the distribution, it will be even more complicated.
Although Chen Linfeng's prestige and status have increased now, he does not have the confidence to quickly coordinate and handle the relationship between them.
This kind of big project can only slowly fix the time. "Okay, chen, you're right." John had to agree.
The project has been stranded for so many years, and he was just a little anxious. He really calmed down and thought about it, and he immediately understood the difficulties.
It's almost done when it comes to this. Everyone exchanged a few more greetings and had a meal together, and the show ended.
On the way back, Jon breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart and felt his whole body and mind relax.
As secretary, Anne asked strangely, "Boss, you've divided the cake with a large piece, why do you still look relaxed?"
"Of course it's relaxed, I was there. I was already desperate about this project, but fortunately Chen joined. "
At the beginning, Legend Pictures really attached great importance to the project "Warcraft" and was unwilling to interfere in the copyright.
This is also the reason why they found that they were not very famous directors in the industry at the beginning.
Big directors, including big stars, often demand copyright power.
It's like Tom Cruise to Mission: Impossible, Vin Diesel to Fast and Furious, Spielberg to Jurassic Park, etc.
These examples are too common in Hollywood.
Big bosses can always borrow the power in their hands and try every means to seize the copyright of the movie, at least part of the copyright, and it is difficult to have a good way to stop it.
But compared to sudden death in the project or a direct death in the womb, it is better to develop it with others.
Jon thought clearly about this.
He roughly told his secretary about the inside story.
"But, isn't chen a little too much copyright?" Annie counted with her fingers, "Infinite World" and "Hurricane Rescue" now have "World of Warcraft" again, and these are all very What about the famous IPs. "
Yes, why are there so many?
Jon followed the calculation and was a little scared.
He knows more, and the copyright of best-selling movies such as Twilight and The Hunger Games is also in Chen's hands. "When it comes to "The Hunger Games" is about to be released recently?" Jon suddenly remembered. "Yes, this month's 17th." Annie recalled and said.
She has a good memory and is able to become a secretary because of this.
"Oh? That's been a few days." Jon paid more attention to the movie.
In fact, there are not a few industry insiders who are paying attention to this movie.
As the best-selling book that Twilight has been lucky enough to "picked" after Trekking Entertainment.
Other companies in the industry are simply crazy about jealousy.
How can he always get a bargain?
To be honest, everyone is watching the film copyright of bestsellers. No one will easily let go of the novels on the rankings as long as there is some potential.
But "The Hunger Games" is completely different from other novels. This was bought by Dingfeng Entertainment just after the novel was released and had not yet shown much potential.
Booked it at a price far exceeding the level at that time.
But from the perspective of the future, this will not cost much.
Not only that, because it far exceeded the author's psychological threshold at the beginning, this respect even won the trust and friendship of the original author.
As a popular teenage novel in the United States today, "The Hunger Games" has no disputes between the original author and copyright company.
Even because of this, I deserve a lot of praise in the entire writer circle.
It is said that it is worthy of being the company of Chen, a great writer, that is, respecting the author.
Although there are many misunderstandings here, the result is indeed good.
The Hunger Games is a typical fan movie.
This is also a typical feature of teenagers' novels. The news that the movie is about to be released has been widely circulated among the fan groups.
The online discussion area, many expected posts, and the discussion is also very popular.
The important character Shi Xiaolong has also attracted much attention from fans because of "Inception".
He also began to have personal fans in Aimiken.
Many of them were paid attention to him because they knew that he was Chen's brother.
A more interesting thing, because of Xiaolong's baby face, many people say that he looks like his younger brother.
I was so angry that Xiaolong was very angry.
There have been talked about this topic in recent times. "They just interviewed and always said why do you do this? You're really full and have nothing to do." "Haha, it seems that the eyes of the beautiful people in the country are also bright. Xiaolong, you just want to Acknowledge it."
"Go and go, it's your brother one day, and you'll be your brother all your life. Don't think about it in this life."
Shi Xiaolong called, not just complaining.
He has already ended the promotion of Inception and is now on the crew of the Hunger Games to promote the new movie.
Because of his outstanding performance in "Inception", Shi Xiaolong, who is popular in North America, is now one of the few big names in new movies.
The heroine Jennifer Lawrence in the movie is so close that they even have a good relationship.
The more troublesome thing about Shi Xiaolong is that the screenwriter is also a director, and Gary Ross has some new ideas.
Because Xiaolong, the Asian character, is a temporary new addition, there is relatively no burden for the original work.
In the first part, the director did not write him to death.
In the plan for the second part, he wanted to add some plays and make some changes to the script.
I used the title of adding a show to Xiaolong and adding a show to the boss and brother. How dare you disagree?
This incident has not spread yet, but Shi Xiaolong has received the news.
"You said he was calculating? Maybe he would have an idea when filming the first part."
"It's normal for the director to have an idea about the story, especially himself It's also the screenwriter."
Chen Linfeng said after hearing this, "You don't have to worry about this, it depends on how his script is modified. It's okay to write it well, and it doesn't matter. If it's not good, it will definitely not be If you will pass, he has no final decision. "
This is how a normal director is. The producer is the boss. Even if you shoot it and cut it off for you, you will still lose your temper.
"Okay, I get it."
Time flies quickly and The Hunger Games is released.
Then, the movie came a big one.
North America's first-day box office was 68.25 million, and its first weekend was 155 million US dollars, which shocked the attention of many filmmakers.
This is a bigger bomb than "Twilight".
Since it was already the end of the summer season, it was really done.
The Spy 4, released a week ago, was humiliated and suppressed under his body. For two consecutive weeks, the box office champions were all from "The Hunger Games".
Tingfeng Entertainment once again relies on fan movies to make a lot of money.
Many beautiful national media are rushing to report and criticize.
Some newspapers also mentioned the boss behind the peak. This time, they did not give Chen Linfeng any face.
How did he praise him for his contribution to original movies before? Now he criticized him for setting a bad example.
Although it only took a month, Chen suddenly changed from a savior to a great devil.
Chen Linfeng doesn't care much about Aimeiken's public opinion game.
Anyway, the impact is not great, several small newspapers are talking about it.
Other media still give face to great writers (Warner) and directors (Disney),
At this time, the global box office of "Inception" was basically locked, with a global total box office of 1.266 billion US dollars.
The film history ranks 5th!
Disney uses it as the final battle of the 2012 summer season and promotes it extensively.
Previously, when the box office reached 1 billion, Chen Linfeng was invited, but he was busy filming and did not go. The protagonist was not there, and he was not able to accomplish it in the end.
Now, no matter how hard you are, you have to take time out.
It is necessary to hold a special meeting, and it is time to have a grand celebration banquet.
(This chapter ends)