What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

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There are two flowers on each table.

Malibu Beach, on the other side of the ocean, is one of the two wealthy gathering places in the city of Los Angeles. The number of stars here can even be compared to Beverly Hills, the most famous wealthy area in the United States.

This is a good place for leisure and vacation that is the closest to several large-scale filming studios in Hollywood, but is backed by the mountains and faces the sea. Gather here, either rich or expensive!

The first 500-square-meter mansion owned by Evans in his life is located on the edge of Malibu Beach, where every day when you open your eyes, you can see the beauty of the sunrise and sunset, and the open mind of the American people is People all over the world know that almost every day there are pretty girls who are naked on the beach. Not only will they not be shy when they are watched by others, but they will turn their heads and invite you to discuss the mystery of life.

He walked out of the room wearing a sky blue silk nightgown. The sun was just rising on the roof terrace in front of him, and the iPad in his hand was showing Zhou Kangcai's recent reply to the email.

"Yes! The other party finally agreed, and then it depends on our preparations."

It was actually very risky to choose to submit the project of "The Lord of the Rings" to Charles Ashley, president of Universal Pictures. It has only been a week since it was released, and the entire book has not been read yet. It would be so reckless to judge that it would be a work of great value only on the basis of its staggering sales and critically acclaimed reviews.

At first, Evans' thoughts tended to be more steady and steady, but the time is no—

Later, news reports from the "Lord of the Rings" Shanghai signing event spread around the world. From some gossip, it was reported that their old rivals in Universal Pictures, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Disney, etc. all wanted to get "Magic" After the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings", Evans was more convinced that there was no problem with his vision, and at the same time, his sense of urgency to win the copyright of the film and television adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" also soared.

And according to a person familiar with the matter: Paramount seems to have started contacting Li Chungang, the author of "The Lord of the Rings" in advance, and the result is still unknown.

It is difficult to find a leak among so many competitors. Only with sufficient preparation, strength and sincerity can it impress the young writer far away in the eastern country.

Therefore, under the guidance of Charles Ashley, Evans invited two screenwriters who had worked with Universal Pictures for many years and knew the bottom line to "scratch" the script.

In order to show their strength and sincerity, these two screenwriters are not the kind of scumbags that were randomly found on the screenwriters' union. They are both industry leaders who have actually won the Oscar nomination for best screenplay. If it weren't for Universal The film industry has a good reputation, and other Hollywood film and television companies came to the door to ask people to adapt a script for a novel in a hurry, and they didn't even glance at you.

However, it is impossible for these two screenwriters who have won the Oscar nomination for best screenplay to create a script out of nothing.

Under the condition of limited time, only some main frameworks have been sorted out from the book at present, and the rest is to slowly fill this large framework with various contents by reading and understanding the content of this novel. .....

For example, the world and setting of the story, the main five to eight people in the story (including the villains), their respective background stories, and the reason and process of their encounter.

Next are the five most important things audiences need to know about the protagonist.

What is the core conflict of the story, the reason and process of this conflict, where are the scenes with the most visual information, and what are the ten most critical lines that can promote the development of the plot and shape the characters?

It is a lot of hard work to turn an imaginary world constructed from words into an audio-visual world that the audience can see and hear. Their work these days is only to capture the "Lord of the Rings" The complete narrative context!

Normally a screenwriter wants to carve a story into a script, and it takes a year or two to achieve the perfection. It is already highly productive in the screenwriting industry. After all, no one can follow the "systematic" adaptation genre like Li Chungang.

Now it is equivalent to saying that the top experts in the two industries are working together, and they are barely able to take out the "things" within these four or five days.

"Corbett, I'm going to China in two days. Before that, please be sure to hand over the script to me. Without that story, I can't convince a writer who knows Hollywood and is wary!"

Evans roared at the phone, fortunately there were no neighbors around, otherwise it would be a little troublesome, and he would be told to disturb the people every minute.

On the other end of the phone, Colbert ripped through the little hair on the top of his head and yawned. He hadn't closed his eyes for more than 30 hours, and now he's powered by a sip of coffee.

After hearing Evans' angry voice, Corbett also wanted to vent his dissatisfaction: "Hey, the time you guys gave me is so short! I shouldn't have taken this job at all! God, you bastard. Have you really read "The Lord of the Rings"? I haven't really read this book. I can't imagine how huge the content of this novel is. I don't even know what the author who wrote it has in his head. What is it? It’s very difficult for a story like this to be filmed, I have to take another five days, no, if possible, ten days is better, otherwise you will only be given a pile of garbage!”

It's not easy to be a screenwriter, and the script is often changed.

This time, the deadline was directly set, and I didn't read the book carefully, and I couldn't understand the content and emotions of the story. How can I write a suitable script?

If the writing is wrong, then it will be handed over to the writer who is going to negotiate. Wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?

At the beginning, I heard the job content proposed by Universal Pictures: let myself adapt a work from a writer from Eastern China into a script.

At that time, Corbett was completely disapproving when he heard that the works written by Chinese writers were written, thinking about the value of the works written by Chinese writers being adapted into scripts?

The well-known screenwriter who has won the Oscar nomination for the best screenplay actually adapted a script for a Chinese writer's work. If this news spreads to the circle, it will be ridiculed by his peers. If it weren't for the fame and generous remuneration in Universal Pictures, and the sharp decline in property after divorce from his second wife some time ago, he would not have taken this job.

Day 1: Watch The Lord of the Rings;

Day 2: Watch "The Lord of the Rings";

Day 3: Still watching The Lord of the Rings;

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In the five days, the first three days were spent reading the book "The Lord of the Rings". This is still a reading method like swallowing the jujube. If you really want to study it carefully, let alone five days, even if it is for Colbert I may not be able to complete it in fifty days, but I have also signed the contract to take over this job. If this is not completed, not only will I not be able to get this generous reward, but I will also have to pay a painful liquidated damages. , which is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, for two or three days in a row, Colbert didn't even dare to go to sleep, and devoted himself to the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings".

Only this time he completely let go of his arrogant heart at first.

Evans also realized that something was wrong at this moment. Colbert was usually a good-natured man, but today he actually yelled at him for the first time. He paused, lowered his voice and asked, "Hi, old man. , I just received an email from there to set up a meeting time. I'm not afraid to tell you frankly, I really, really need it, and only you can help me! By the way, why didn't I hear Rossetti's voice, where did he go? ?"

Colbert took the phone in his hand and placed it next to the nose of the person next to him, and a loud snoring came to Evans' ears, "You heard it! He was sleeping soundly on the workbench, I'm the only one who's still streamlining the content. I'm so sleepy, I'll take a nap in the studio later."

Generally, the volume of novel works is much larger than that of the script, so streamlining the content has become one of the necessary actions for film adaptation. It's just that no matter how much or how much you delete, you will offend readers and writers. It's not easy to do!

Being urged for a long time, the time is tight and the content is so rich, the good man Colbert's temper will explode.

Evans also knows that his requirements are difficult for a strong man. These days, he is not idle, but is making simple shooting plans and funding arrangements, and various budget plans must be easily prepared.

Although the actual shooting plan is definitely not the same as it is now, the more formal and detailed things are, the more sincerity can be seen.

Obviously he was the one who got angry, but now he has to hold back his anger and start to appease Colbert, who has entered the irritable period: "Listen to me, listen to me, now you keep the things in your hands, and then go to sleep. I would rather your progress be slower than give me some semi-finished products, which will ruin the whole project. After I arrive in Yanjing, China, that is the real deadline. You can refer to the opinions of those readers on the Internet, if this What do they want to see if this novel is to be made into a movie?"

The screenwriter's time is limited, so let the assistant collect these contents for reference, and maybe it will have miraculous effects.

To be honest, Colbert doesn't want to miss this project either. He has been a screenwriter for a long time, has been nominated for Oscar many times, and is considered a little famous in the industry.

Now I am stumped by a new book by a Chinese author, and of course I want to overcome it and take it down.

That sense of accomplishment aside, let’s just say that the compensation given by Universal Pictures is the reason why you really don’t want to give up!

The screenwriters themselves don’t earn much, and the screenwriters’ union has the weakest position in the entire film segment. Every time they want to increase their remuneration, they have to go through a fierce struggle. Now the second ex-wife divorced and took away a large part of her property. To make matters worse, her daughter is going to a top Ivy League university, and the tuition fees are not small numbers.

The "Lord of the Rings" project has not been won yet, but Evans has promised to pay the two screenwriters $500,000 each regardless of whether they get the copyright or not.

For the sake of so many green Franklins, Colbert could only endure and work hard to polish the script.

Evans is a must-win for "The Lord of the Rings". He has paid so much to get this copyright, but he is not willing to make wedding dresses for others!

There is also a lot of competition within Universal Pictures. How did this mansion come about right now?

He earned it because of the big sales of the series "The Mummy" he once led. The entire series cost only more than 50 million US dollars, but the cumulative global box office is as high as 5.4 billion US dollars, and the net profit is more than the top blockbuster. .

Now Evans doesn't expect "The Lord of the Rings" to have such a high profit rate, but he also hopes that it can at least bring enough benefits to give himself enough weight in the company's internal voice!

Seeing that the other old rivals are all working on the movie universe, the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe are famous all over the world, and Universal is also working on the Dark Universe itself, but unfortunately Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf These screen monsters are classic, but the audience But didn't buy it.

Even Paramount, which is not as good as one year, still has a Cybertron universe that does not live up to its name. No matter how bad the word of mouth is, this Transformers is not shot when it should be shot, and the box office is not earned when it should be earned.

While the rest of the movie universe is in full swing, Universal's side can only stand still.

Evans regards this series of Li Chungang as an important opportunity. At present, from the perspective of the content of the novel, the series is at least about to be made into three or more series, and there are still many outstanding characters in it that can be picked out individually. made into an independent film.

So does it have a chance to develop into a cinematic universe and become the new pillar of Universal Pictures as it enters the 21st century?

Li Chungang's strength is unquestionable, and the story is exciting enough, but it is still a little thin to support the entire universe with only a series of stories.

He intends to wait to pull Li Chungang into the ship of Universal Pictures, and then bind him firmly. After the film starts to be produced, he will try to persuade the young writer to focus on Middle-earth as much as possible. UU Reading www.uukanshu .com creates a different story.

Isn't this a brand new movie universe?

Everyone, including Universal President Charles Ashley, thought that Evans just wanted to make the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies. I didn't expect this producer to be so ambitious. He wanted to create it without saying a word. A cinematic universe to come.

Evans also doesn't know whether his idea is right or wrong, pinning all his hopes on a young man, can he bear this burden?

"Even if it can't form a movie universe, it can at least become a classic enough series of movies!"

Anyway, it's not a loss. The big deal is that it fails like the restart version of "The Mummy". Anyway, the money for the film is paid by the company. As a producer, the damage is less, and the loss is only fame and status.

As long as it doesn't fail all the time, Evans can now afford a major failure.

If you want to create a movie universe without a little pressure, apart from Disney, which of the other movie companies is not trembling?

Warner's DC Universe has failed so many movies, that is, a "Wonder Woman" to save some face.

Legendary's monster movie universe is slightly better, with "Godzilla" mediocre, "Kong: Skull Island" a big hit, last year's "Godzilla 2" and "Godzilla vs. Kong".

The question that Evans needs to consider now is how to tie Li Chungang to Universal Pictures and complete this action before other competitors join the competition sequence.

"It's hard, it's too hard!"

The early morning sea breeze made Evans a little cold. He wrapped his nightgown tightly and looked at the coast from afar, but his mind had already flown to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.