Chapter 676: Don't Keep Staring at the Nobel Prize
Zhang Chu's goal is not to write books for the rest of his life, it is just the stage of his current life.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the talent to be a director, and he doesn't want to be on the set all day long to deal with machines and actors, so he chose to set his sights on the producer.
Not to mention being a producer for the rest of the films, at least if the works you write are to be adapted into movies and TV series, having the identity of a producer can affect the quality of the film to a certain extent.
There are many types of producers, one is the planner who is responsible for the entire film, who is responsible for the production of the film, and the other is also the financial financier.
There is also a professional and technical person who is responsible for the entire film, including executive producer, production director, production producer, on-site producer, and external producer.
This is the master of the entire crew, the supreme power, who has the right to decide what kind of members to hire, and the right to fire them.
From the formation of the film to its release, it is the core that runs through the whole film.
Most of the domestic producers are the owners or investors of film and television companies, and they are actually director-centric!
Hollywood, on the other hand, is centered on producers, with power in their hands and controlling everything.
Whether it's Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, MGM and other studios, movies are like a product on the assembly line of a factory.
The producer is the executor of the company's policy, the director's control over the entire film is weakened, and the producer is the chief steward, controlling the work from the selection of the theme, the setting of the scene, the crew to the editing in the later stage.
The vast majority of directors do not have the right to make final cuts, and the power lies with the producers!
Now what Zhang Chu has to do is to figure out the production process of Hollywood movies and prepare for the future.
Large companies are more organized in the production process, so that if his works are adapted into movies in the future, then the quality can be controlled by Zhang Chu himself.
Disney handed Zhang Chu such an olive branch to help him cross this threshold.
It's very difficult to become a producer, and even those top stars can only become producers when they are at their most popular, and they must only star in the film.
Many people start as producers of small productions, and there will never be such a good opportunity as Zhang Chu, a top blockbuster produced by Disney, and it is Jerry Bruckheimer who takes the lead!
You may be a little unfamiliar with this name, but when you mention the films he led the production, you will be very familiar with them, and those works are all famous.
For example, Tom's "Top Gun", Bang Bei's "Brave Island" and "Pearl Harbor", the abrupt "Black Hawk Down" and the most famous "Pirates of the Caribbean" series have topped the Hollywood power list, and they are even more powerful than gold medal producers!
Zhang Chuneng learned a lot of relevant knowledge within the industry from this kind of character, but the only pity is that he is now in China, and now is the time when the crew of "The Da Vinci Code" is preparing, and he should have participated in it, not across the Pacific Ocean.
Fortunately, the filming of a movie is not over in a short time, Zhang Chu's winter vacation has been arranged, and he will go to the filming locations of his four movies.
If there is a problem, try to find out during the filming and production, and don't wait until the end of the filming to prepare for the release of the film to find out that something is wrong!
The filming location of "Farewell My Concubine" is in Yanjing, and he can go over on weekends, but "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" may be more troublesome, because the exquisite ancient city involves quite a lot of scenes.
For example, they plan to go to the desert and plateau for on-the-spot shooting, and at the same time, they will build a real nine-story demon tower, the ruins of the exquisite ancient city and the underground ruins of the Kwantung Army in Yida Park.
These buildings will try their best to restore the scene, and after the shooting, they will be opened to all visitors as tourist attractions in Yida Park!
According to the news obtained by Zhang Chu, now Yida Group is already under construction, and the film crew is filming some other scenes, which will be filmed together.
He only hopes that the crew of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" won't really go to the desert during the winter vacation, but it seems impossible to think about it, how cold the Northwest Desert was at that time!
"Maybe one day, I can raise my own money to be a producer to shoot the ones that I wrote. Zhang Chu thought happily in his mind.
Not a director, but you can ask a director to shoot, presumably most directors will not miss this kind of good opportunity.
The copyright fee for his works is often tens of millions, and it is calculated in US dollars, and being able to direct a film of this level is definitely the most dazzling one on his resume.
After Zhang Chu put down his mobile phone, he took out the textbook in his backpack and flipped to the after-class question, he couldn't start writing at this time, he had to write his homework first.
The only advantage of the Chinese department is that you don't have to learn all kinds of mathematics and you can't build any models, but this is not a good thing for Zhang Chu.
He would rather take a pen and calculate advanced mathematics or advanced algebra than briefly describe the labor theory on the question of the origin of art, and what aesthetic ideological attributes can kill a series of brain cells!
Of course, things that have standard answers to memorize are actually the best ones to memorize, and those things that are written in a review are not only cumbersome but also time-consuming.
Every time at this time, Zhang Chu couldn't help but think, why did he choose this major?
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It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when I finished my homework, and the bell rang softly in the room.
Needless to say, Zhang Chu also knew that matcha came back after a long day outside, and this guy only remembered to go home when he was eating and resting.
Zhang Chu didn't get up to look for it, Matcha consciously trotted all the way to the study, and then looked curiously at the power aperture in front of the computer host, and wanted to press it with his paws.
The cat is already very interested in these glowing things, and it often accidentally presses the power button, causing Zhang Chu's computer to accidentally shut down.
So Zhang Chu had to use the cloud save function in this case, and he could automatically save a word by writing a word, saving the computer from suddenly shutting down and causing thousands of words to disappear!
The little guy was lying at Zhang Chu's feet, and he used his tongue to smooth the hair on his body, and the flexibility of his body was terrifying.
At this time, Zhang Chu was working on the outline of "Norwegian Wood", as well as the setting of the background and characters, which determined what it would become.
The whole film mainly expresses the kind of loneliness and loneliness, and it is about how people get along with the world and how to reconcile with themselves, and the overall story is not strong.
Readers of different ages will have different experiences when reading this book, and it is very rich in content.
is obviously a film about love in youth, but in the end it became a literary classic, relying on the realism in it, which is very down-to-earth!
There may be many people who will say that "Norwegian Wood" is full of hypocrisy, and there are suicides in it at every turn, where does the reality come from.
But the psychological activities of the characters in it can touch the reader, and there is a sense of empathy, belonging to the loss of adolescence, what is the love of adolescence.
We will meet many people in our lives, friends from our youth, people we liked when we first fell in love, funny roommates from college, people we loved, and people who loved us.
The protagonist in it is at a loss, and maybe the readers are also a little dazed after reading it.
Many people like to ask people what they are reading and what stories the book tells, but it is estimated that most people don't know how to summarize "Norwegian Wood" for a while, because it does not belong to any one specific genre.
Talking about love, youth, growth, and individualism are all included.
If you look at it normally, in fact, this book is not outstanding, there is not too much suspense and plot twists, and there is not enough bumpy process and emotional rendering.
But why is it so well known?
Zhang Chu felt that this might be because of resonance, and many of the emotions hidden in his heart could be traced inside.
For this Zhang Chu is working hard to sinicize it.,Today, it's estimated that the whole story can be written.,And the style of writing will keep the narrative of Haruki Murakami unchanged.。
A long time ago, he had drawn a beginner Japanese proficiency in the lottery link, and at that time, Zhang Chu thought that this might be to prepare for himself to watch anime or a small movie with a plot, but now it seems that it finally has a place to use!
Previously, he had read all the domestic translations, and although the translations were good, they were not the original texts.
If you want to understand a part, it is best to look at the author's original text, because translation is also a kind of re-creation, bringing the translator's own understanding.
Zhang Chu stood up from the computer chair after stretching, and he jokingly said, "I hope Haruki Murakami's luck doesn't pass on to me." ”
Another 10,000-year-old runner Xiao Lizi has won the Little Golden Man, but Haruki Murakami is estimated to have to endure if he wants to win the Nobel Prize!
The night breeze on the windowsill was a little cold, and after Zhang Chu put on his coat, he lay on the balcony and moved his eyeballs, saving himself from looking at the computer screen for a long time to make his eyes short-sighted.
Matcha also climbed to the top of the railing with ease, the hair on its back fluttering in the cold wind, and its whole body curled up together, blowing the wind with the shoveler.
Zhang Chu touched its back with his hand, and then held it in his arms, enjoying a rare silence for one person and one cat.
The community is brightly lit, but the leaves of those green trees have basically fallen clean, and winter is not far away!
Closing the floor-to-ceiling window, Zhang Chu was about to go to the closet to find clothes and go to the bathroom to take a shower and sleep, but who would have expected that at this time, most of the group messages on the mobile phone > were blocked, and he only accepted the message and did not remind him, and someone would look for him in the middle of the night.
"Blair's voice?"
Since he became proficient in WeChat, Blair rarely typed on WeChat, and used voice, which was very convenient for him.
Zhang Chu clicked on the voice and put the mobile phone to his ear, and then heard a familiar voice coming.
"Congratulations, my dear friend, your book The Da Vinci Code has made it to the last train of the National Book Award and has been included in the list of nominees!"
His eyes couldn't help but light up after hearing this, he thought that this film might not be awarded because of its commercial success, but he didn't expect the National Book Award to give this surprise.
You must know that when the world suspense and thriller writers met a few days ago, it was ignored gorgeously as a serious suspense!
So Zhang Chu pressed the phone screen and replied: "Thank you, there must be your credit for this." I hope to win an award, so that I can win a literary prize in both the UK and the US. ”
However, Blair began to pour cold water: "This is not the same as the format of the Booker Prize, and you are already the luckiest thing to get a nomination." Because the award is sponsored by the Publishers Association, they need a best-selling book to raise awareness in it! Over the years, this type of work has only been nominated, plus you're not an American, and it doesn't tell an American story. ”
"You seem to have told me the same thing last time, but didn't you give me the Booker Prize in the end?" Zhang Chu said jokingly, "I can conquer even the most critical English, let alone Americans." ”
Even he laughed after saying this, in fact, the last time was already full of luck, and this time it was very difficult to replicate the original result.
In fact, the result is already very clear, Americans want to use "The Da Vinci Code" as a sedan chair to carry their country's award-winning work!
Stepping on such a popular bestseller and winning an award is certainly much stronger than beating obscure works.
Blair couldn't hear the banter in Zhang Chu's words, he replied: "That's what I said, if you don't win the award, at least be mentally prepared." Next year's Poe Awards are definitely for you, and this mystery detective genre is the most appropriate for "The Da Vinci Code". ”
The so-called National Book Award is the most important award in the American literary world, and it is also a grand festival in the publishing world, which is mainly divided into four different genres, namely, non-literature, poetry, and young adult literature.
It was established by the Association of American Publishers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Book Manufacturers Association, and the five best works from each genre were selected for the final selection.
The Nobel Prize is just one of the many ways to meet new books, and this award has evolved a lot from the previous emphasis on the work of well-known writers on hot topics to the current focus on obscure and realistic themes.
"The Da Vinci Code" was chosen because of its best-selling attributes, and if the paper is academic, it is actually not as good as the rest of the works.
Zhang Chu is actually looking forward to this award, but he feels that "Norwegian Wood" seems to have more advantages in this regard.
But at that time, whether American booksellers and book reviewers can overcome the influence of cultural differences, and pay attention to the oriental emotions in it will become a suspense!