Chicago 1990

The trip to the west coast continued, and Gulfstream 4 flew to Silicon Valley.

Song Ya did not release the scrolls, and soon discovered that it was very interesting to read through these scripts for a novel that spanned more than ten years. It is not difficult to understand the mentality of each adaptation right owner and screenwriter. Get a glimpse of the direction of the adaptation.

For example, the first owner, Johnny Carson, was at the peak of his personal talk show hosting career when he bought the right to adapt the novel in 80 years. The same is true for his self-confidence and arrogance. When a casino in Vegas was cut off by a local wealthy man, he immediately made up insults in front of the national audience in the show without swearing. This kind of personality is also very good in the cat and mouse game script of the 80-82 years. The embodiment.

He learned about the existence of the novel'Have the ability to catch me always' when the novel author Abagnell participated in his own program. At that time, he had not suffered a personal investment failure, and he generously won the right to adapt at a high premium. Then immediately started building scripts with the two screenwriters and producers. He is an excellent screenwriter and has a high creative passion. He can see his personal mark everywhere in the first version of the script. He seems to have substituted himself into the legendary liar, so he focused on portraying the protagonist’s first half of his life. This is a scene of exciting life and fraud, and a lot of plots that are not in the original work have been added. The protagonist's character has been changed to a personable and charming'elegant thief' who goes to high-end social occasions.

But soon, he himself also found that he seemed to have deviated from the direction. It seemed not very good to make a film touting the scammer who was too "perfect", so he began to revise it back to increase the plot of the scammer after he was in prison. .

In the two editions in 1981, it is obvious that his passion has faded, and the specific work is handed over to the other two. However, he has a strong desire to control and often expresses dissatisfaction with other people's modifications. Even Song Ya also found a few sections. At the end of the paragraph, there are his spit words aimed at his companions, handwritten, such as'The protagonist won't do this, won't say that! This is not what a cautious liar should do! ! ’Or ‘Where is the rationality after this modification? Ok? Movie audiences will laugh at the screenwriter when they see this, that is, me, not the unknown you! ’

In 1982, the situation changed again. The DMC automobile company he invested in went bankrupt and his personal financial crisis was in financial crisis. The scripts were obviously forgotten. After the last rough rewrite version, these scripts were packaged and sold to the next Colombian. Film industry.

Columbia Pictures didn’t pay much attention to this kind of script, but it still spent some resources to continue adapting it. After going through a version that leans towards the police thriller, it felt that the risk of shooting was too great, and it was nothing to lose in their huge script library. Regardless, it was bought by an in-house producer.

The producer named Bartlett is the most attentive to the script. He hired a screenwriter to revise it stealthily, providing the most historical versions. The last version in his hands is also the most complete and the closest to the original Apocalypse. Yes, began to enhance the status of the protagonist's opposing police officer, enriching the plot of the police and bandit fighting wisdom.

It's a pity that Bartlett passed away before the film was approved. His heirs didn't dare to be interested in this kind of thing. The script seemed to have been used to cushion the table for a while, and there were still a lot of wine stains on the cover. Adaptation rights After passing through Disney and finally falling into the hands of Hollywood Pictures.

The main job of Hollywood Films is to reduce the cost of Bartlett's version. For this reason, it has deleted the very rich characters and background descriptions in the original script, and rationalized the plot on this premise.

After reading the repeated entanglement experience of more than ten years of predecessors, and having the original version of Apocalypse in hand, Song Ya's heart is very bright now.

There are three charms of this film. One is naturally the super acting dedicated by several leading actors. If you want to reproduce it perfectly in the current era, the investment of the actors' pay will not be small.

The second is the golden age of the great economic development of the United States, the panoramic depiction of the 1950s and 1960s, which can please those film critics and film award judges. The old men are very addicted and miss that era, and may be second only to the golden age of Hollywood. Ten years.

The third is the ups and downs of the plot, the protagonist's wonderful tricks, super high IQ and ability to respond to occasions. Of course, his various styles of beautiful white girls also add a lot to the whole film.

So how much money would it cost to make a movie of the same quality with actors, background, and beautiful faces? Twenty million is absolutely unstoppable. Not to mention that the original film is more than two hours long. Without the appeal of super directors and big companies, it would be impossible to pass the stage of filming on the theater line.

Moreover, the dramas of the 1960s were basically insulated from blacks. At that time, racial discrimination was still very serious. This must be an all-white movie.

budget? Maybe the scenery in the 1950s and 1960s can save some money than the original film ten years later...

Super director? Now that there are only a few people in Hollywood, the A+ film studios that have just voted for a movie and focus on low-cost movies, the Hollywood film industry, which has repeatedly failed, is not attractive to big directors.

In terms of starring, it seems that the protagonist Xiao Lizi must be irreplaceable. His father, Christopher Walken, male third, and male second Tom Hanks can be replaced with cheap old drama bones.

Pretty white girls are rich in resources, but good acting skills are scarce resources in Hollywood.

"boss."

While he was in deep thought, the plane was already stable at San Jose Airport, and Jimmy and Dile who came to pick him up did not wait for him to get off and ran into the cabin.

"Oh, I'll be fine soon."

Song Ya asked Linda to put away the script on the table, "Let Yeremov find this person." He pointed to the script closest to the original film, which was the last version of the producer Bartlett. The screenwriter he hired is on the cover of the script.

"Kunes? Then?" Linda asked.

"Hire him to continue to be the screenwriter of the cat and mouse game project, I am too lazy to find a shooter."

If you want to use it, use the most suitable person. Since that person exists, Song Ya doesn't want to take a long way. "In short, we will get the script out as soon as possible, and then negotiate with the Hollywood film industry." If the script is alive, this is fresh. His life will continue in his own hands.

Follow Jimmy, Dile and others to the 3DFX company's office in San Jose, "So small? Are you making chips here?" He asked the other three founders.

"Chips are handed over to large companies for production." The lead founder Ross replied: "We are only responsible for design."

"Ok."

Previously, Jimmy had negotiated the venture capital conditions with the other party with the help of Dile. Five million dollars can only get 20% of the equity. It is still difficult to grab in the battle of various "heroes". , Jimmy also used gray methods for this, of course, what Song Ya does not intend to ask.

Although the unpleasant excitement and cunning gaze of the three founders hidden under the glasses made him feel uncomfortable, since Apocalypse revealed the direction of the industry, Song Ya did not mind these details, and was very happy with each other. Signed a venture capital agreement.

"Wish your products go on the market as soon as possible." He shook hands with each other.

"Don't worry, Mr. APLUS, we won't let you down."

Leaving San Jose in a hurry, he rushed to the nearby Sunnyvale. Mosaic browser has been on the market for ten days. Although only the Beta version of 0.9 was taken out, the response from the outside world was very enthusiastic. He went there and met with Jim Clark and Accompanied by Mark Anderson for the actual experience.

Enter the domain name of Amerika Music in the URL bar ~www.ltnovel.com~ A music website with detailed content and basically composed of full text appeared in front of several people.

"Classical music website?" Jim Clark couldn't help laughing after seeing it, "How many visits?"

"Very few, basically no one pays attention."

Song Ya tried the browser, and the operation was very smooth and handy, much better than the original version of UIUC before, and his heart fell. Click to open a piece of news. Regarding the Chicago Orchestra’s recent concert, the article commenting function in charge of Yan Hong has been launched. He pulled it to the end of the article. There were more than a dozen comments in the comment area. No registration is required. The commenters are anonymous. Only the IP address is displayed.

Followers of classical music like to write long articles. More than a dozen comments are longer than the body of the article. Two different IPs debated the artistic route of the two conductors and music directors of the Chicago Orchestra, Solti and Barenboi. The content is very professional and advanced.

‘Barenboi! Is it you! ? ’

With the last message, the quarrel came to an abrupt end.

"The website has a high degree of completion." Mark Anderson casually praised him, but his expression betrayed him. This kind of technology man would definitely not look down on the small website that Dile created to stock up.

"I heard you were sued by UIUC?" Song Ya closed the page and told the true purpose of his trip.

"Yes, but don't worry."

Jim Clark smiled confidently: "When we have absorbed the first batch of users with the name of the Mosaic Browser, we will change the company and browser names, and then reconcile with each other. I have already written the script."

"Can this work?" Song Ya asked.

"We didn't use any other party's original code. Don't worry about APLUS. We will change it next month."

"What's the new name?"

"Netscape, Netscape."