In the United States, there is a very strict limit on the working hours of employees, 8 hours a day, which is not only deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but also strictly enforced by law.

However, senior talents who really have pursuits and goals are not bound by such conditions at all.

For example, Elon Musk, the head of PayPal, is a workaholic, working more than 18 hours a day! Sleeping in the office every night, taking a sleeping bag and throwing it on the ground, the next day after the employee goes to work, directly kicks him awake, and then continues to work;

For example, Steve Jobs, the person in charge of Apple, is a vegetarian, but he insists on getting up at 4 o'clock every day, exercising, checking emails, and starting a day's work, and many times, he has to work overtime until late at night;

For example, Bill McNick, the president of Down Pictures, also works more than 14 hours a day, especially after the company added the STA TV network business, his work is even busier, and he has to have a conference call when he takes a shower;

Even Disney's Michael Eisner has no private life at all, putting all his energy into work, except for sleeping, and then work......

The more successful people are, the harder they often work, and such people work not for overtime pay, but often for an obsession and a pursuit in their hearts.

However, Donn is an exception, his daily working hours are strictly limited to 8 hours, and in these 8 hours, he often does some brainless things.

For example, sending an ambiguous email to a certain female celebrity, making an intimate call to a certain beautiful girl, or even calling a certain beauty directly to the office to warm up for a while......

Tang is nominally the company's CEO, but in reality, he is more like the chairman of Tang Pictures, only responsible for some strategic directions.

Of course, it also includes some of the core business that Don focuses on - content production.

Whether it is a movie or an American drama, the last stage of content production is the final decision of Don En, the big boss.

Recently, the starring role of "Ghost Rider" has finally been confirmed, it is British actor Cliff Owen, he is tall, strong, and has gray eyes, which seems to exude an evil atmosphere, which is very in line with the image of "Ghost Rider".

Of course, Nicolas Cage also has a bit of "evil" taste, but from the perspective of physical condition, Cliff Owen is better.

The original "Ghost Rider", produced by Sony Pictures, has the only selling point of Nicolas Cage's demonic transformation, but the budget is too low, resulting in a plot that is not full enough and the picture production is not beautiful enough, which is complained by film critics.

Even so, "Ghost Rider 1" also got $230 million at the global box office.

"Ghost Rider", which Donn supervised, certainly can't repeat the same mistakes, and the budget is sufficient, reaching $150 million.

The production of the script is even more exciting!

In order to write this script, Donn set up a "project management committee", which is responsible for experienced producer Frank Marshall, and gathers Dunn Pictures' production department, screenwriting department, market analysis department, Marvel Entertainment creative department, Marvel Studios screenwriting department and many other departments to brainstorm and create classics!

The screenwriters selected by Tang En through the "sunglasses system" all have incredible screenwriting abilities, but the problem is that the content they write does not necessarily conform to the market trend, and classics are not equal to being liked by fans.

This requires the coordination and unification of many departments such as the production department and the market analysis department.

Just yesterday, Frank Marshall directly rejected a version of the script of "Ghost Rider", and then, with the consent of Donn, invited another screenwriter to join in to help him lead the "project management committee", this person is named Frank Darabont.

Who is Frank Darabont?

He is the producer, director and screenwriter of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Miracle in the Green Mile"!

Tang En paid close attention to this, wrote a note and handed it to the project management committee, telling them that the core concept of the script could refer to Buddhist philosophy, and summarize it in one sentence: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?"

Entertainment movies such as "Spider-Man" and "Ant-Man" have very simple scripts, just a simple adaptation of the comics, mainly adding some humorous elements;

It is very difficult for such a serious dark style script as "Daredevil" and "Ghost Rider" to be popular with the market and have enough depth of thought and philosophical thinking.

The script for Daredevil was written by the Nolan brothers, and Don had a lot of confidence in them.

The script for Ghost Rider is much more difficult.

However, what worries Donn even more is not the script of "Ghost Rider", but a popular American drama that can make the STA TV network continue to climb!

"Band of Brothers" has made STA infinitely beautiful and has become the most famous professional cable network in the United States!

But with the broadcast of "Band of Brothers", the audience of STA seemed to be unsatisfied all of a sudden.

Compared with "Band of Brothers", other American dramas ...... It's always a little bit of a bad taste.

Of course, Tang En knows this truth, but the question is what theme should be filmed around and make a hit TV series?

On this day, J· J. Abrams came to visit and expressed his willingness to work with Down Pictures to make a big-budget TV series.

In other words, he gave up the TV project "Lost" with ABC.

Donn is in a good mood, weakening Disney's strength is one thing, and more importantly, it is to win over Abrams, a sci-fi wizard with unlimited potential.

Sure enough, when Abrams heard that Don hadn't decided what type of big-budget American drama he was going to make, he immediately said, "I heard that Down Pictures bought the TV series rights to Stephen King's classic "The Dark Tower", is it true?"

Tang En smiled dumbly and nodded, "It's true, but it's ...... I don't think The Dark Tower has the potential to be adapted, at least not for now. ”

"The Dark Tower is very famous, and Stephen King has hundreds of millions of fans, which is very much in line with the additional film value in the hit theory you said. Abrams looked confused.

Tang En said: "It is true that "The Dark Tower" has a certain added value, but it is not enough! Especially what is the hottest theme at the moment? It is an epic fantasy drama! The screenwriter direction of "Ghost Rider" is also moving closer to this direction...... Forget it, don't talk about this. I mean, with the popularity of "The Chronicles of Narnia", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", the genre of magic and fantasy will become the biggest hit at the moment. ”

"Harry Potter?"

Abrams was slightly stunned.

Don smiled, "The first movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which will be released this year's Christmas file, will definitely be a box office hit." ”

Abrams nodded, Donne's executive produced film, box office ...... It's never been a problem.

It's just that what he's best at is the sci-fi genre, not the fantasy genre, which makes him a little embarrassed.

What kind of idea should you look for?

It's not enough to be creative, according to Donne's theory, if you want to create a hit, you must have additional film value, that is, it is adapted from relevant, real events, historical stories, games, and toys (i.e., IP attributes).

Abrams raised his eyebrows, "I watched a movie the other day, by the way, the producer is still you, it's "Resident Evil" directed by Zack Snyder." I think it's very interesting and has a lot of adaptation value. Last year's "Tomb Raider" and this year's "Resident Evil", I think the game adaptation is also a major direction. ”

Tang En said: "Yes, "Resident Evil" is indeed a good theme, losing the genre, there is a lot of room for expansion. ”

In fact, in the past few days, Don En has also thought about filming "The Walking Dead" and focusing on it.

This is the master work of the AMC TV network, and its influence in North America is no less than that of "Game of Thrones", and the director happens to be Frank Darabont!

But if you think about it, no.

The Walking Dead, filmed by the AMC television network, is actually based on the 2003 comic of the same name, which was remade into a TV series after seven years of popularity in the United States.

In other words, the success of "The Walking Dead" is also a product of IP adaptation.

In 2002, this was an original theme, and it was difficult to produce a hit effect like in the previous life.

However, Donn also thought that "The Walking Dead" should be filmed as soon as possible, and when Frank Darabont was busy with the screenwriting of "Ghost Rider", he was invited to direct "The Walking Dead"!

This is a very apocalyptic feeling, full of human torture connotation drama, the focus of the drama is not to create suspense, stimulate the senses, but in the shaping and excavation of human nature, thoughtful, deep, very conducive to helping STA TV network to build a brand.

But "The Walking Dead" is just an auxiliary American drama, and STA TV Network needs a real ace!

"Actually, my original plan was to adapt "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" into a TV series, but the "Lord of the Rings" movie is currently being released, and the timeline is not right. ”

Abrams seemed to be still immersed in the topic just now, "Fantasy epics have popularity, game adaptations have also popularity, and if you can combine the two, maybe there will be a chemical reaction." ”

"What?"

Tang Enhuo changed and his eyes widened suddenly.

Abrams was a little stunned, "What's wrong?" I said...... I said chemistry, it's a metaphor......"

"No!

Abrams said: "The previous sentence...... I said I could combine a fantasy epic with a game adaptation. ”

"That's right, that's it!"

Don slapped his thigh excitedly.

Abrams also understood something, and was a little excited, "Mr. Walker, you...... Did you think of something?"

"Haha. Donn laughed a few times, "Jeff, have you ever played a game?"

"What game?"

"Warcraft" ()

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