Chapter 290: Establishing Rules
Just a few days ago, the Oscar nominations came out.
Chen Linfeng was successfully nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film.
He knew he had no chance of winning the prize, so he didn’t care too much.
But the outside world doesn’t see it that way, no matter whether you can win the award or not.
This is the second time Xiao Chen has been nominated for Best Screenplay, which means a lot.
It shows that Xiao Chen's success is not a flash in the pan. Hollywood really agrees with his scripts.
At the same time, it also shows that Xiao Chen really has a finger on the pulse of those Hollywood judges.
Fans are still shouting that Xiao Chen is going to win his second Oscar.
Chen Linfeng immediately poured cold water on them and suppressed the Champagne Party.
However, carnival among fans is unavoidable. For your own idol to win consecutive Oscars, even if he is nominated, it is not something that ordinary people can compare with.
For many major domestic directors, the meaning is different.
Only Xiao Chen can be nominated for an Oscar for screenwriting, not to mention that he has been nominated twice and won once.
Zhang Yimou called shortly after the media news came out.
"Xiao Chen, my preparations for the Olympics are coming to an end, and there should be nothing to do in the second half of the year. I want to make an appointment with you for a script. Can you read it?"
Chen Linfeng agreed directly without saying a word. He still remembered Zhang Yimou's previous favor.
"No problem, Director Zhang, do you have any requirements?"
"This...I can't say it hard, it's the kind of book with more depth. It's quite a big event this time in the Olympics. It's fun, I want to try it for something new."
"It's a literary film, is it? Director Zhang wants to win an award?"
Zhang Yimou said hesitantly, "Nothing specific. It’s easy to say, you have to see the book before making a decision. If possible, I might try it in Cannes.”
He still couldn't talk about Oscar, although it was still a knot in his mind.
However, after so many years, Zhang Yimou knows a little bit about Oscar’s urination. He has to rely on money and public relations, and it is useless to just have good works.
Cannes is another problem. Da Chen has become successful in Cannes, which makes him somewhat aggrieved.
So after deciding on Xiao Chen’s book, even if it doesn’t show national pain, it can still be recognized by Western judges.
Zhang Yimou was moved.
He didn't even discuss Zhang Weiping, he just took advantage of the impulse and made this call.
“Cannes is a good place to go.” Chen Linfeng said something meaningless, and he thought about the inventory in his head.
It still needs to be confirmed first.
"Director Zhang, I will give you the notebook, can you promise not to make any changes?"
"Hey, what you said, I have made changes to the notebook."
Chen Linfeng scoffed without politeness, "You have been told this problem many times by netizens. Not only you, but also director Chen Kaige, who disrespected screenwriters after he became famous."
"Ahem, Zhang Yimou cleared his throat in embarrassment at first, and then defended, "Can this be the same? The book you Xiao Chen gave me must be respected."
"Okay, I want this from you." , if you want to change it at that time, you must get my approval. Can you agree?"
"Yes!" Zhang Yimou gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, let me think about the subject first, and I will definitely show it to you before the Olympics is over."
At this point, it was actually time to hang up the phone, but Zhang Yimou said embarrassedly.
"Xiao Chen, do you want to invest a little bit?"
Chen Linfeng asked strangely, "Is Zhang Weiping willing?"
"Hey, I'm just worried that he won't I agree, so I’ll come to you first, and he’ll probably have to agree anyway.”
“Then he’ll probably be even more annoyed, because someone else took a piece of meat from his own bowl,” Chen Linfeng thought. Thinking.
But he wasn't too worried about Zhang Weiping's problems. Apart from his big mouth, Zhang Yimou's current success was all due to Zhang Yimou.
When the time comes, Zhang Weiping will say a few words of complaint at most, so what else can he do?
Thinking about all these, Chen Linfeng decisively agreed.
"Okay, this is easy to talk about. Let's talk about it together when the book comes out."
Zhang Yimou hung up the phone with relief.
At night.
Peter also called to celebrate.
"Love Clinic" received three nominations for Best Film, Best Actress, and Adapted Screenplay.
It is not a particularly big favorite at this Oscar, but it should not be underestimated. Just after receiving the nomination, the popularity of the media and public opinion has increased a lot, and the sales of video tapes have also surged.
Of course, Pitt’s main focus is the Best Picture Award. The Screenplay Award is because Chen Linfeng is competing for the second time, and he is too young, so his hope is too small.
As for Best Actress, getting nominated is all the result of Scarlett’s bleeding, so it’s impossible to win the award.
The discrimination against the acting skills of beautiful female stars by old white male judges is deep-rooted.
At the same time, Pete also mentioned one thing.
“The writers’ strike in Hollywood started at the end of last year and has not stopped yet.
I remember that you also joined the Writers Guild. When you were in Hollywood last year, didn’t you publish Declare support.”
"Well, yes, what's wrong?"
Chen Linfeng not only joined the Writers Guild, but also the Directors and Actors Guild. If he wants to get involved in Hollywood, this is inevitable.
“Are you interested in coming over and joining in the fun? I want to say that it may be beneficial to the final vote.”
“Forget it, I don’t think it will be useful, and I am working on it here. He has to rush to write "Infinite World 3", there is no way to leave, you know, March-April~"
Actually, the main reason is that it is almost the Spring Festival, and he will definitely not be affected by the Hollywood writers' strike. The reunion of one's own family.
"Oh, okay, forget that.
"Infinite World" is more important, I can't wait to watch it." Pete said nothing more.
The two chatted for a few more words and hung up the phone.
In fact, it’s not a lie.
During the Spring Festival these days, Chen Linfeng really has to catch up on homework at home.
The new book is expected to be released in March or April, which was decided at the end of last year.
Whether it is domestic or overseas, publicity has already begun.
"Infinite World 3" is the final chapter. For fans who have been waiting for a long time, they have long been waiting for it.
It has been nearly 6 years since "Infinite World 1" was first released in the first half of 2002, and now in 2008.
The two books in the entire series have sold more than 35 million copies. They have been reprinted more than 30 times in the United States alone and translated into more than 20 languages.
In the global book bestseller list, it is in the first echelon except for some famous books that have been sold for decades or hundreds of years, as well as top bestsellers around the world such as "Harry Potter" and "The Da Vinci Code". Even "Twilight", before it was adapted into a movie, sales were often suppressed.
It can only be said that a global cultural company like Disney is indeed a good booster for the work.
"Book of Life and Death" and "Destiny", as the main works promoted by Kodansha, have significantly lower sales than "Infinity".
The sales geographical gap is too big.
The most important thing is that the sales of the first two have begun to fail to keep up. "Destiny" is better. Games and animations have helped a lot. East Asia still has potential due to adaptations.
The comic version of "Book of Life and Death" was relatively early, but now, sales have gradually stagnated.
At the end of last year, Kodansha was considering starting the animation process, and Chen Linfeng had agreed that KyoAni would still produce it.
Although KyoAni is turning to its own copyright development due to strategic issues in company development.
However, since Chen Linfeng has set up corresponding incentives and adapted it for him, as long as he has good grades, he will earn a lot more, so it does not have any impact.
Speaking of novels, the "Infinite" series still has great stamina because it is promoted by companies like Disney, with millions of sales every year.
The influence is even increasing year by year, with no sign of decline at all.
A new book in this series of novels, and it is suspected to be the final one, is a big event for book lovers all over the world.
Originally, Chen Linfeng attaches great importance to works of this level.
It really took the right time, place and people to create this book.
Therefore, he was very cautious when considering the follow-up plot. The reason for delaying writing until now was not only because he wanted to be the protagonist.
He has been writing for a few months last year.
When he was on the set, he would conceive of plots outside of his own roles, and would usually write for a while at night.
At present, about 3/4 of the game has been completed, with the last two mission worlds left to finish.
The content of the last book is almost equivalent to the previous two books combined, and the plot has also changed a lot from the original work in the previous life.
First of all, in terms of the mission world, the world of "Lord of the Rings" has been replaced by the world of "Avengers 3".
The difficulty of obtaining copyright is an important reason. Marvel is not that valuable now and the difficulty is much lower.
And when "Endgame" is released, if the timing is good, it may be released at the same time as "Infinite 3" and it can create a big wave of popularity.
Chen Linfeng made full use of the world of "Endgame" and launched the plot twice in a row, including a scene where he faced Thanos head-on.
The world of "Transformers" has been replaced by "EVA";
"Independence Day" was replaced by "Cyberpunk 2077" wrapped in "The Matrix" (that is, the cyber world is a virtual world created by the matrix, and the world view needs to be cracked to break the game).
This cyberpunk story will be written by Chen Linfeng in the near future. The main plot is based on "Edge Walker" and the plot in the game.
Later "Dragon Knight" is replaced by "DND";
"Perfect Storm" is the second "Endgame";
The final world becomes For the world of "Journey to the West".
It can be seen from the types of worlds he changed that they are basically relatively inexpensive films.
Because it is more difficult and expensive to obtain the copyrights of these movies, Chen Linfeng will give Disney more benefits in the later period.
This cannot be solved with his own money. In many cases, even if he has money, he cannot buy it.
Just like Marvel's "Avengers".
In addition to this, one principle that must be followed is that the more grand the world, the higher the upper limit of the worldview, the better.
This is the room he left for himself.
These mission worlds are obviously not something that can be cleared in one exploration.
The ending ends with Zheng Zha defeating the clone Zheng Zha. If you want to write a follow-up plot, you only need to continue to introduce these worlds, and the difficulty of writing a sequel will be much reduced.
At the same time, for these worlds with high combat power settings, Chen Linfeng deliberately imitated the writing style of Tutu, without raising the combat power of the fourth-level gene lock too high. There is still room for exploration, and the crisis is better shape.
In his previous life, a certain Z could no longer handle the last plot. This was something he had prepared for a long time ago and tried his best to avoid.
It is precisely because of this that in this book, Chen Linfeng is almost entirely original, and the number of words is large.
It took more than three months for him to write this.
In the process of writing a novel, the annual summary meeting is also indispensable.
Of course there is a lot to talk about, but the path ahead for the two brothers in the next year is basically clear, and we will mainly talk about Long Lin's situation.
To put it simply, the first one, "Detective Di Renjie 3" and "Insidious" have been produced and reviewed, and will be broadcast after the Chinese New Year this year.
The fourth part of the "Detective Dee" series is confirmed to be released because of Long Lin's steady support.
In fact, as long as Qian Yanqiu can write, Long Lin can support him to continue filming.
However, judging from the current situation, Qian Yanqiu’s inspiration for the fourth film is almost there.
It is still early and we can consider this issue in another two years.
The second one is the focus of this year’s work.
Dramas such as "Sword and Sword 3" and "Walking to the West Exit" attract the majority of investment.
The "Righteous Path in the World Is Vicissitudes of Life" and "The Great Qin Empire" series will be the focus of this year's production.
The former cooperates with CCTV. Needless to say, it is the scale of an annual drama.
"The Great Qin Empire" is the copyright that Chen Shantong bought a few years ago. This will be another long-term meal ticket for Long Lin.
It can also be paired with the expansion of the film and television city, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Not only that, some online articles and high-quality published novels have been collected by Long Lin.
Novel copyrights are really cheap nowadays.
The most typical one is "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, which only sold 100,000 in his previous life.
In January this year, "The Three-Body Problem" was officially published, and Chen Linfeng bought the copyright early.
Previously, "The Wandering Earth", "Country Teacher", etc. were basically packaged and not a single one was spared.
The price is neither too low nor too high.
But what makes Chen Linfeng more conscientious is that he and Liu Cixin signed a later copyright sharing agreement.
It can enjoy dividends through various channels such as film and television.
This is also a measure to establish rules, which is to set an example for those film and television companies in the IP era in a few years.
The most damaging thing is that when Chen Linfeng bought the copyright for Qilin Cup, he gave a copy of the corresponding contract template to many Internet article authors, and also published the same version online.
It's almost like setting a standard. Those who don't have such conditions are regarded as cheating.
It is not obvious now, but in a few years when Internet companies want to buy copyrights, they will know the power.
As a serious person in the film and television industry, Chen Linfeng had to think of ways to resist the erosion of Internet capital.
Whether it is useful or not, if you can add a little more cost to them, you will achieve your goal.
Anyway, Chen Linfeng himself does not pursue extreme profits, so he will never be short of money in this life.
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(End of this chapter)