1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 542
The time has entered March, and there is an incident related to Lin Weimin abroad. The "Untouchable" directed by Spielberg is officially released in the United States.

There is a saying that there are schedules for the release of films in later generations. At this time in China, there is no such emphasis, but Lao Mi does.

每年的1到4月有春季档，5月到9月是暑期档，秋冬档是从9月到11月，12月则到了颁奖季。

This time point in March is obviously a very deserted schedule in the spring schedule. After all, Valentine's Day has just passed, but it is just right for a feature film like "Untouchable".

Spielberg, as a major director in Hollywood today, naturally has a line-up. Cooperating with Columbia Hollywood's top publicity and distribution capabilities, "Untouchable" opened in 1169 venues, and won the first weekend in three days. 1370 million dollars, ranking No.2 on the box office rankings for the week.

If this box office result is placed on some big-budget sci-fi films in Hollywood, it will not be competitive, but "Untouchable" is a feature film, and the first week's box office results are already very good.

With the good results in the first week, Columbia immediately expanded the number of screenings to 2385 in the second week.

The box office results of the new week did not disappoint the expectations of investors, producers, and distributors. "Untouchable" topped the box office list for the week with a score of 4959 million.

Michael Phillips and Lin Weimin called to describe the box office results of "Untouchable", and you can feel his high spirits just by listening to his tone.

"According to the current box office trend, it is difficult for "Untouchable" to break through 8000 million at the box office, but [-] million is not a problem. The box office in the United States alone is enough to recover the cost and make a lot of money. Starting this week, "Touch" "Unreachable" will also be screened in many countries around the world..."

Lin Weimin joked, "Michael, you have to consider my mood."

Michael Phillips laughed and said, "Come on, Lin, don't pretend to be a copyright rich man in front of me. Do you think I don't know? How much money did you earn from just one "Phantom of the Opera"?"

"No one thinks too much money, right?" Lin Weimin joked.

The big sale of "Untouchable" has little to do with Lin Weimin. His film adaptation rights have already been sold, and the fee is a one-time payment.

He is not even the screenwriter of the film version of "Untouchable". Although the play is also a script, the film is already a secondary processing. The film party also satisfied his demands.

But it is not accurate to say that the big movie sales are not good for Lin Weimin. Before "Untouchable", Lin Weimin's novels and dramas have already gained considerable popularity in the United States, but in terms of movies, he still has only one "The Last Emperor". The qualifications are not strong enough.

Well now, "Untouchable" is a big hit at the box office. According to Columbia's speculation, it is not a problem for this movie to break through 2 million meters at the global box office. For a movie that is known for its plot, this is already an excellent result. , enough to rank among the forefront of the box office rankings of feature films.

Winning awards and box office, in the foreseeable future, Lin Weimin's works will definitely become popular in Hollywood.

"Lin, don't forget my old friend when the time comes!" Michael Phillips joked.

"Mike, you have priority." Lin Weimin said lightly.

The two chatted for a while. According to Michael Phillips, Spielberg plans to take "Untouchable" to the Cannes Film Festival in May for a round. It is best to win an award. If he can't win an award, It is time to focus on the awards season at the end of the year.

The film quality of "Untouchable" is outstanding, and it is not difficult to win the award. What is uncertain is whether it can win the award.

Michael Phillips also invited Lin Weimin to the Cannes Film Festival in May, Lin Weimin said: "Come on, I'm not used to that kind of Vanity Fair."

A few days later, as Michael Phillips guessed, people from major Hollywood studios began to contact Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin opened his mouth wide open, and immediately shouted out the sky-high price of 500 million yuan for the adaptation rights, which immediately frightened everyone. The 500 million script adaptation fee would need at least 500 million yuan at the box office to pay back.

In other words, just an unwritten script is worth 500 million dollars.

crazy!

This is the first reaction of everyone in the Hollywood studio after contacting Lin Weimin. Lin Weimin is calm about this. It has only been half a month since "Untouchable" was released, and the group of people who are eager to contact him are almost speculative. Psychologically, he will naturally not be polite.

Besides asking for a lot of money and paying back the money when it lands, since our script can win awards and get a high box office, isn't it normal to ask for a high price?

Hollywood is a naked jungle society, everything is false, only the box office and awards are the real deal, and only these two are the magic weapons to run rampant in Hollywood.

Lin Weimin is not interested in wasting time with speculative people. Sincere people will naturally come to talk to him in detail, and even if they can't pay a high price, they will try to persuade him. upper hand.

why not?

After answering several calls in a row, no sincere collaborator appeared, and Lin Weimin was not in a hurry. He didn't make money from film adaptations, so he was hanging on!
In mid-March, the sample booklets of the Chinese versions of "Road to Revolution" and "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" were released, and Lin Weimin sent two copies to Richard Yates as a souvenir.

Two days later, Ma Dudu brought several people to Lin Weimin's house.

"Mr. Lin, I found someone for you."

The few young people that Ma Dudu brought today are all veterans and scouts.

"These people were all introduced by my father's friends. They know the basics and have good personalities." Ma Dudu and Lin Weimin whispered.

To be able to serve as a soldier, needless to say, his family background, he must have a good root and a clean net worth, so he can use it with confidence.

Lin Weimin took a brief look. The six young men were tall and straight, with sharp eyes. He nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, stay here."

Ma Dudu was a little surprised, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Lin, don't you want to look at it any more?"

"Do you think I'm Monkey King's sharp eyes? When you come, do it first. If you do well, you will get a raise and if you don't do well, you will see off customers. It's as simple as that."

Ma Dudu gave a thumbs up, "You're out of luck!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I will leave the matter of moving to you." Lin Weimin said.

The "moving" that Lin Weimin mentioned was to move his antiques, calligraphy and paintings scattered in several houses. Now that the Baylor Mansion has been remodeled, these things finally have a place to put them.

And these veterans brought by Ma Dudu are the defense force that Lin Weimin recruited for Baylor Mansion.

Such a big mansion, so many antique calligraphy and paintings, if no one is looking at it, no one will know if it was evacuated in the middle of the night.

With these protection forces, Lin Weimin can feel at ease.

Ma Dudu asked: "Mr. Lin, you really don't plan to build the museum?"

This matter was brought up by Ma Dudu a few days ago after he visited Baylor Mansion. Over the years, he has collected at least four to five thousand pieces of antique calligraphy and paintings for Lin Weimin, among which there are many fine works of various dynasties.

Now that there is such a high-end and grand place as Baylor House, in his opinion, opening a museum here would be unique and unique.

Ma Dudu persuaded: "You have such a big mansion, so many cultural relics, idle is idle, it is a waste to just appreciate it."

Lin Weimin shook his head, "I thought about it well at the beginning, but now it seems that it takes too much energy. I don't have the time."

When Guo Daiheng was invited to renovate the Baylor House, Lin Weimin wanted to transform it into a private museum that not only has a historical style but also conforms to the concept of modern life.

It's a pity that after the Baylor Mansion was rebuilt, he realized that he was thinking too much. Just taking over the Baylor Mansion would be enough for him to be busy for a while, and then thinking that opening a museum must be a bunch of chores. After thinking about it, he should not give it to himself. Looking for trouble.

"If you really find it troublesome, you can leave this matter to me!" Ma Dudu recommended himself.

"You?" Lin Weimin looked at Ma Dudu, "You kid is only thinking about making money now, do you have time to do this?"

Since becoming an editor, Ma Dudu has completely plunged into the wave of reform and opening up, and has become a waver.

What to do to make money, after almost two years of tossing, it really made him a lot of money.

Facing Lin Weimin's question, Ma Dudu hesitated for a moment.

"You are not a public museum. I don't want a salary, so you can't control my commute?" Ma Dudu said.

"No salary? What are you planning?" Lin Weimin asked.

Ma Dudu squinted his small eyes and said with a smile, "I'll just have fun!"

Lin Weimin teased: "Scholars have been impressed for three days! What's the matter, are you planning to get rid of low-level interests now?"

"That can't be done. I'm not at the level of you and Master Shuo. I'm just happy to see you. It makes me sad to see so many of your household things idle!"

Lin Weimin asked again: "Then tell me, how should this museum be set up? Although my Baylor Mansion has been remodeled, the architectural layout is different from those museums outside."

Ma Dudu said with a smile: "Since we are going to be a private museum, we must not be the same as those public museums. The building frames and bays of your mansion are not the way of a museum. We will make it small and exquisite, focusing on customers Experience it.

If someone wants to come in and visit, you have to make an appointment in advance, and the ticket price is not expensive, 200 yuan per person.Don’t think it’s too expensive. Our museum is only open once a week. Each opening is limited to 20 people. We will find 10 tour guides who are flight attendants. "

Lin Weimin was amused by Ma Dudu's words, and asked with great interest, "Tell me, why is there a limit on the number of people?"

"Didn't I just say that? Pay attention to customer experience. Besides, haven't you heard that sentence? A wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief!"

Lin Weimin's admiring eyes turned to contempt. After all, he was also an editor, so can't we change the metaphor?
vulgar!

(End of this chapter)