After John took care of the bet, he sat quietly in his study to prepare the script.

As for the first film to be made, John has been thinking about it.

He doesn't have much money in his pocket now, and the old Morgan has long cut off his economy, not to mention that even one percent of the shares are now mortgaged to Morgan Bank, and the money obtained by the mortgage, he has an agreement with the old Morgan, and it cannot be used to shoot movies.

So he can only use his own money, and at the moment he only has more than $8 million in his bank card, which is still the pocket money that Mrs. Morgan secretly gave him.

8 million seems like a lot, but for those movies that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, this amount of money is not enough to pay for copying, at most they can only make some small-budget movies, and they can't invite those big names who pay tens of millions.

As for why John didn't write the script and go to the film company to invest in filming?

John is obviously not to the level of a novice, even if he takes the script of "Titanic" or "Avatar" to the film company, the film company will not invest, and even if he invests, he will not agree to let him, a rookie, be the director.

Although the seven major film companies have money, they are very strict and conservative in the review of films, these companies invest in shooting more than 40 movies a year, but remove the share of those well-known films, series of films, famous directors, famous screenwriters, and famous writers, and there are not many films invested in a year, not to mention that they have a very complete review system.

In Hollywood film companies, there are generally 8 vice presidents, that is, 8 VPs, 7 of whom have budgets for several plays, but they have no right to find scripts, all scripts are in the hands of the 8th VP, who is responsible for reviewing the scripts, and there are several professional review departments under him.

The first department is dedicated to reviewing the film time, a commercial film, the standard time is 110-130 minutes, not too long, not too short, and handed over to the next department after the review.

The second department is dedicated to reviewing the arrival time of the male and female protagonists of the movie, and the male and female protagonists cannot be less than 75 scenes, and they do not shoot less than 75 scenes for ordinary Hollywood celebrities. After passing the review, it will be handed over to the next department.

The third department is dedicated to reviewing genres and looking for box office data for that genre over a three-year period.

The fourth department reviews the twists of the film, and the twists of the plot content should be within 40-60 things.

The script has been approved, and the director and actors must be reviewed, and the total box office of the film within three years of the director and actors will be found, and the weekly box office of the single fast screen will be found.

Finally, we will hold a meeting with game and peripheral product companies to discuss the value of film and game adaptations and peripheral products. Hollywood movies really make money not at the box office, but on merchandise, records, games, and third-party licensing.

After all the reviews are passed, you can't invest in filming, you must pre-sell first, and the pre-sale must reach 30%, then find a bank loan of 20%, and the remaining 50% is the film company's investment in filming.

For such a complicated review process, John, a rookie director who has just graduated, can't pass it at all.

As for finding small film companies, millions of dollars of investment is a big-budget film for these companies, and they will not hand it over to a newcomer to shoot.

So John didn't want to waste that effort, so he simply invested in filming himself, and then commissioned a film distribution company to distribute it.

John slowly recalled in his mind that there were successful small-budget movies in his previous life, such as "Blair the Witch", "Chainsaw", and "Buried Alive", which were all movies that were small and big, and achieved high box office.

For example, "Blair the Witch" used 300,000 euros and achieved a box office result of more than 300 million US dollars, but the film has a bad reputation, and the box office of 300 million US dollars is all hyped up by more than 20 million US dollars, and if John has more than 20 million US dollars in his hand, will he still consider this movie?

Although "Chainsaw" has a good reputation and box office results, John can't shoot it, Chainsaw is a 2004 film, and now it's only 1990, 14 years ahead of schedule, John can't guarantee success, now the audience's taste is different from the taste of the post-14 audience, a movie can be 2 to 3 years in advance, but it must not be too early, the movie is also affected by time and environment.

As for "Buried Alive", it can't be filmed, this movie is set against the background of the Iraq War, and now the United States and Iran have not yet started a war, so how can John shoot it.

Just as John was immersed in his thoughts, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

"That's right......!"

"I can make that movie......!"

In John's mind, he remembered a classic movie released in 1993, with a production cost of about $10 million, a box office performance of $70 million, and a good reputation, which made the movie a double harvest at the box office.

"That's it...... this movie. ”

John excitedly used the Parker pen in his hand to write the name of the movie "Stealing Love" on paper.

Some people may not be familiar with this name, but there is another name for this movie that everyone must be very familiar with, called "Groundhog Day".

This movie is known as a classic movie, and it has a very good reputation in later generations, and it is ranked 71st on the top 100 movie list, but the box office results of the film are very average, and the main reason for this problem is because of the name of this movie.

When this movie was released in North America, the name "Groundhog Day" was used, and many people who walked into the cinema saw this name and mistakenly thought it was an animal documentary, so they naturally had no interest in watching it, so the box office of this movie was very average.

But then Columbia Pictures learned the lessons of its North American experience and changed the name of the film when it was released overseas, "Stealing Love." That's why this movie has two names.

So in this life, in order to avoid the box office tragedy in his previous life, John directly named the movie "Stealing Love".

John believes that after changing the name, "Stealing Love" will definitely get the box office results it deserves in this life.

It's not that John is arrogant, it's that the film is really good, and it's also very creative, creating an infinite loop that has influenced many films in later generations, such as "Edge of Tomorrow" starring Tom Cruise and "Source Code" starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

So as soon as John thought of the name of this movie, he decided in his heart that it would be the first film in his own life in this life.