The film adaptation rights of "Life of Pi" were sold to Warner, so Zhang Chu was quite surprised when he heard the news.

"What are they looking for me? Now it's time to find a director, a screenwriter, an actor, and my job is basically over. ”

Zhou Kang smiled proudly: "It is precisely because they were stumped in script development that they asked you for help and wanted you to be the script consultant of the movie!"

"The huge Hollywood can't find a person who can be adapted?" Zhang Chu knew that this movie was difficult in the process of film and television, but he never expected it to be so difficult.

Warner is said to have approached several first-class directors, but they all refused after reading the synopsis and the specifics. You know, this is not an ordinary commercial film, a literary film with an investment of more than $100 million. If the film is smashed, not only may it not be able to receive commercial films in the future, but even in the field of literary films, its reputation will be lost. ”

According to Warner's idea, "Life of Pi" will definitely be made into a 3D movie, because this type of movie is easier to make money and has a big gimmick.

But every 3D movie is an adventure on thin ice, and if you want to have an eye-catching 3D effect, you have to spend more money on the producer first!

Due to the large upfront investment, Hollywood studios are very cautious about the establishment of 3D films, and even Oscar-level directors have very tight production budgets, which shows the degree of money burning for this type of movie.

The story of a young boy and a Bengal tiger drifting at sea is too thin from the main storyline, and not everyone can support a film like "Desert Island" by himself like Tom Hanks.

Zhang Chu's version of "Life of Pi" is actually a combination of Ang Lee's version of the film and Jan Martel's, combining the advantages of the two.

In fact, this is relatively easy to adapt, but each director and screenwriter has different styles and thinking, and the right direction of adaptation is of course different.

"Since it's asking for help, what about their sincerity?" Zhang Chu asked curiously, the script doesn't really cost too much, but the problem is that even if he takes out the script of his previous life intact, as long as the director comes, he will definitely revise it.

Now the film director has not been decided, and it is useless to hastily determine the script, and more importantly, the role of screenwriter is not very important in Hollywood, but the work is very tedious.

An 8-10 page outline of the script must be given first, followed by a more specific, 40-60 page split script, and finally a complete draft of the script of about 100 pages and an indefinite number of subsequent revisions until it is finalized.

This means that if the producer and director are not satisfied, the script will be revised endlessly!

However, some screenwriters are unemployed, and some screenwriters make a lot of money, not only can they get millions of dollars in scripts, but they can also share in various revenues of the film.

Compared with writing, it is very difficult and troublesome to be a screenwriter and write a script, Zhang Chu is now a mess of things that he has not completed, and he doesn't want to take over this hot potato.

Zhou Kang understood what Zhang Chu meant, but he still had to convey the meaning of Warner Bros., "The price they offered you was $500,000 per draft. It means that you only need to write the initial script, and then they will find another screenwriter to revise it, and they will still give you a signature when the time comes. ”

This type of blockbuster can't use a screenwriter, it will definitely be a team of screenwriters to complete together, different screenwriters are responsible for different sections of content, from details to professionalism, from every sentence of the protagonist to the background and world view, not one person can complete it!

However, Zhang Chu was a little contemptuous, this Warner brothers were too petty, and they sent emails all the way to ask for help, but they only gave this money.

Of course, $500,000 would definitely be a windfall for a rookie screenwriter, and even some veteran screenwriters couldn't get that much without writing only one draft.

But writers are different, screenwriting is not their job, writers are actually more famous than screenwriters, just like everyone knows who the author of "Harry Potter" is, but they don't know who the screenwriter of the "Harry Potter" movie is.

Now that Mr. Zhang's books are selling well in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, $500,000 is a small amount to him.

If it was during the summer vacation, maybe he would be willing to do Warner Bros. this little favor, but there are too many things to do at the moment.

"You can just find a reason to help me refuse, just say that I have no experience, or a heavy learning task, or something, anyway, it doesn't affect the surface harmony. ”

Zhou Kang couldn't help but complain when he heard this: "They know that you are the screenwriter of "Sherlock", so it is better to wait for the director to confirm it and then discuss it with the director." Always give Warner some face, you still expect them to pay your global box office dividends, don't find an excuse to delay it for three or five years. ”

"Okay, okay, Uncle Zhou, you can do it, I don't care anyway. ”

Zhang Chu wanted to recommend the director, but he didn't have the power.

……

Beverly Hills looks quiet late at night, with villas lit up under the shade of trees.

And the coolly dressed female stars and female models walked down from the car one by one and walked into the villa gate in a variety of styles, which was a party held by Hollywood bigwigs, and they had a chance to come in after squeezing their heads.

Not to mention a big guy on the list, even if it's familiar, I can't wait to strip myself naked and send it to these big guys.

Every year, countless handsome men and women join Hollywood, but very few have made a name for themselves, and showing off their hot bodies at parties is also a resource.

However, David Nate fell into melancholy, and he went to great lengths to grab the film adaptation rights of "Life of Pi" from Lionsgate, and Warner Bros. has approved the project internally, and plans to invest $120 million in filming.

But for such a big project, I couldn't find a suitable director, and even the script didn't come out, and the progress was really worrying.

Originally, David was more optimistic about the Indian-American director Nate Shyamalan, at least this Indian-American director is more in line with the cultural atmosphere of "Life of Pi" and understands Indian culture better.

It's just that Knight Shyamalan, who is known as the unicorn of the director's industry, has experienced many works in a row and is no longer trusted by producers.

Hollywood only has short-term memories, and studios don't care what you achieved ten years ago, and as long as your last three films don't hit the market, then don't expect to get the numbers you want.

Knight Shyamalan once won the Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for the horror movie "The Sixth Sense", but recently he has made bad movies that have not recovered their costs.

"The Last Child of the Wind", "Doomsday", and "Return to Earth" are all bloody, and David Nate didn't dare to hand over his movie to him.

"Damn, why can't you find the right person?"

A foul word suddenly came out of David's mouth, the popularity of "Life of Pi" is gradually increasing, and he has no other projects under his command for the time being, and he wants to promote this project as soon as possible.

There are a lot of directors in the party, like Spielberg, George Lucas, and Martin Sr., who will definitely not appear, but many young and middle-aged powerful directors have appeared.

"Alfonso Cuarón should be good, he can make commercial films and literary films, but his price seems to be a little too expensive. Moten-Tedum's first commercial film has not yet been released, and I don't know what the ability is. Duncan Jones could have spent ten dollars for a hundred thousand dollars, and Matthew Vaughn. God, give me a proper name!"

David Nate wanted to go crazy, when he suddenly saw a somewhat reserved Oriental man at the party, which made his heart move slightly.

……

While the United States was covered in darkness, Britain across the Atlantic Ocean was bathed in the setting sun.

The old city of London always exudes an inexplicable gentlemanly atmosphere, and the sun shines on the rising mist, which looks a little hazy.

On BBC TV, the staff of the news department were sorting out the breaking news from around the world at this time, when suddenly a young man in a crumpled shirt said: "Catherine, the results of the Booker Prize are out, do you need to broadcast it?"

He waved the message printed out of his hand and waited anxiously for the results outside the live broadcast hall.

Catherine, who was the director of the news show, took off her headphones and quickly asked, "Which book won the award?"

"That book about the boy and the tiger, Life of Pi!"

"Jefferson, I'll give you five minutes to prepare the introduction of Life of Pi and the related video commentary, and if I can get it out in five minutes, I'll plug it in. ”

"Got it!" the young man hurriedly ran back to the work hall, "Hey, I need someone to edit a video, it's only five minutes!Jane, can you help me find material for Life of Pi?Brian, I need your help to google what the major book reviews and magazines are saying about this book, and how well it sells in the UK and the rest of the world. Let's get moving, okay?"

Racing against time, the staff members who were named immediately turned their eyes on the computer screen and began to look for relevant information.

This kind of breaking news is not uncommon, it happens almost every day, and what used to be all kinds of political news or major social news is now just a cultural one.

Jefferson stared at the computer screen, and all he had to do was write a press release, which could be imported into the teleprompter in the live broadcast room later, so that the news anchor could accompany the video material for the news broadcast.

"Come on, baby, let me show off my talents!"