"Stephanie, I think the fascinating thing about Bella and Edward's story is that it expresses the emotions and restlessness of adolescent girls, as well as their shared fantasies deep down. ”

The night shrouds Los Angeles, the bright and chic restaurant is quite quiet, the snow-white tablecloth is spotless, the lights shine on the table, the clean knives and forks and other cutlery are illuminated, and the guests laugh and talk softly, the waiters with drinks and dishes are walking around, and there is a leisurely background music, the atmosphere is quite emotional, and a neighboring window with a bright night view outside, Wang Yang and his wife are having dinner with the Meyer couple.

Since it was confirmed that it would buy the film rights of the "Twilight" series, Flame Films has not hidden its love for this one, and of course it has not deliberately made a big splash. It's just that the news that FF is actively negotiating with Meyer inevitably spreads in the circle, and it is said that Magical Young attaches great importance to it! Magical Young attaches great importance to Paramount and other companies, although "Twilight" is currently selling well, and no one will think about anything like "new Harry Potter", but it is attractive enough to do "The Demon Wears Prada", but with this story...... Really OK?

The answer to the Lone Wanderer movie is "YES", and MTV Studios thinks it has the most right to speak, and it seems that the answer is "NO" if there is no magic Yang factor, which is also the answer of many studios, but it is worth fighting for the magic of Yang alone! Although his injured brain doesn't know if it's good or not, although his first failure doesn't know when it will suddenly come.

For a time, Paramount, Universal, Summit, Lionsgate, New Line and other large and small companies joined the competition, and the flames were not afraid at all.

FF has fully proven that it has the absolute ability to produce and distribute films of any cost level, and its financial situation is both healthy and strong, and it is no problem to run "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", "Twilight" will not suffer with FF, not to mention the biggest difference between these wall-top grass vendors and FF "attitude", they are because of Wang Yang to come to compete, FF is the first suitor of the initiative, determined to be invincible, can match any contract of the opponent! When the conditions are more or less the same, FF believes that the choice to impress Meyer is attitude, she seems to be just a housewife, but in fact she is a highly educated woman.

Wang Yang naturally attaches great importance to "Twilight", and he personally communicated with Meyer and Little Brown Publishing on the phone, and invited Meyer and his wife to dinner, and after getting acquainted with each other, he further discussed the plan to adapt the film.

"The addition of vampire culture is like the unique agitation metaphor of adolescence, 'I want you, but I can't have you,' and this dramatic contradiction of taboos and touching taboos and breaking taboos to express the feelings of teenagers makes for a very novel and wonderful point of view, which makes people feel great. ”

Speaking of which, in the field of Hollywood, Meyer has a particularly high impression of the good man Wang Yang, which is one of the reasons why she is willing to be invited. At this time, listening to Wang Yang's words, Stephanie Meyer, who was wearing a red sweater, smiled, and Christian Meyer, who was sitting next to her, also smiled happily for the compliment, the two are really childhood sweethearts, they met each other when they were 4 years old in Arizona, and they have been married since the age of 21 in 1994, and have three children, Gaby, Seth, and Eli.

"I think a lot of women have had similar emotional experiences, good boys and bad boys. Well, you're dating a good boy, and your parents and your friends are very happy and praising him, but then there's a very mysterious boy, or a dangerous bad boy, but for such a person, you can't help but have a desire to get close and understand, to know his heart, to know his secrets, to understand this person, maybe that's the charm of a bad boy. ”

After that, Wang Yang glanced at Jessica beside him, she was cutting the steak, and her first reaction was a little dazed: "I only have you, I don't know much...... Yes! Yes!" She scolded her stupidity, but immediately smiled brightly, looked at him, and then at Stephanie opposite, nodded and smiled while thinking: "I think so, Jan gave me that feeling, obviously he was a good boy, but you know that he was once expelled from college for being wronged, and the truth didn't come out at that time, my dad didn't like me being so close to Jan, but the more he objected, the more I wanted, hehe! Of course, I believed him 100 percent." ”

"And he's quite mysterious......" Jessica was saying, Wang Yang interjected: "Maybe it's the alien style." Everyone chuckled, and Jessica laughed again, "I don't think I know him fully yet, his ex-girlfriends are five at a time, seven at a time, haha! It's fun, I mean these mutual understandings." Jessica looked at Wang Yang, who bowed his head and couldn't help laughing, and praised with a little affection: "My dear, I have always said that, you are a good boy and a bad boy." Wang Yang smiled: "Thank you." ”

This couple is really sweet and funny, Stephanie is also laughing, looking at her husband Christian, in fact, she has not experienced much emotion, but she thinks that Wang Yang is very reasonable, and said: "Yes, especially seventeen or eighteen years old is not an age that can think completely independently, their ability to resist temptation will decrease, or ...... They don't think about it that much at all, they just make choices based on their feelings. ”

"Yes!" Wang Yang nodded in agreement, and since the Mormon Meyers did not drink alcohol, and there were only juice drinks on the table, he picked up his cup and took a sip, and continued: "Edward is a combination of good boys and bad boys, and he has all the conditions to be charming, so Bella and many, many female readers are attracted to him. But when Bella knew he was a vampire, she found that she couldn't leave Edward, so no matter what it was, she could only keep going, by feeling. He paused and said, "What I like most about 'Twilight' is that it is a portrayal of a young girl's heart." ”

There is a lot of controversy about both "Twilight" and the movie, including the feminists who believe that Meyer is an anti-feminist writer, because Bella has been revolving around Edward all her life, she has never controlled her life, and absolutely relies on Edward's abilities to protect her all.

The film has received even more criticism, Wang Yang has never liked to look at something with prejudice, and "Twilight" is not perfect, but it is undoubtedly excellent. The market is the truest reflection of the fact that the series has been able to create a commercial miracle on a global scale is precisely because it has touched the hearts of countless readers and viewers mainly young girls, and has psychologically satisfied their adolescent needs.

Counting "Twilight" is the "love and hatred" in the 36 drama modes proposed by George Prodi, in other words, forbidden love, stimulation comes from taboo, when Romeo and Juliet add vampires, werewolves and other surreal magical elements, and then use the background of high school students to carry out this sad love, this is a very brilliant combination of elements, under the delicate and romantic interpretation, it has become a popular phenomenon.

The huge popularity of the series directly brings a regular fan base to the film, and new audiences who have never heard of Twilight will be drawn to the story of the film and will have the same resonance and reaction, just as those who were initially fascinated.

This is what "Twilight" and the film must have in common, it must put the adolescent mind of a girl in the first place, but the adaptation of the film will inevitably change, for example, there will be a lot of action scenes for the visual senses, which requires a dangerous world full of threats and the corresponding plot to cooperate, and when all this is done by a teenage vampire, it will bring a completely different feeling, I believe that no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, everyone has an urge to take risks when they go through puberty.

"I think sometimes, women have imagined themselves as Juliet, and even though she's just a fictional tragic character, she's got so much recognition, and Juliet has a very obvious identity. ”

Wang Yang took another sip of water, looked at the beautiful night scene outside the window, looked at the Meyer couple who were listening carefully, and smiled: "Maybe sometimes, we will suddenly have a similar sense of loneliness, feeling that we are very, very incompatible with the environment we are in, and there is a desire to leave and change." Therefore, women prefer to be able to meet their Romeo, and then talk about a vigorous love, like "Titanic", like "Twilight". ”

"yes. After listening to him quietly, Jessica nodded in agreement, in fact, she had also read "Twilight" in the past few days, but she hadn't thought about it so much, she just thought that Edward's 104-year-old setting was a bit too old...... "Thank you." Stephanie Meyer thanked Wang Yang for his compliment, and was really happy in her heart, and she felt excited because she was happy to meet her confidant. Since its publication at the beginning of the month, she has received more and more praise, but few have understood it as thoroughly as Marvel Young, and after a long conversation, it is clear that Marvel Young has read her carefully, and really loves it, and is sure that Flame will turn it from words to film well, which is exciting.

"I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of Twilight. Wang Yang said with interest, although he had watched the series of movies in his mind, but he had not read the original book, he had not become a fan or anything like that, but it was a good book worth reading, he smiled and asked: "Stephanie, a small request, can I read it in advance?" Stephanie Meyer immediately smiled and nodded: "Of course, no problem." Jessica also expressed her joy: "That's great, I can know first-hand if Bella has become a vampire." ”

The conversation at the dinner table changed to Stephanie talking about the creation of "Twilight", and everyone laughed and talked while eating, and after a while, they began to talk about film rights again.

"The Flame Movie is really obsessed with Twilight, and we believe that this series will become a literary phenomenon around the world, and almost everyone will love it, especially teenagers! You know, we pay the most attention to the direction of teenagers' love, if we can't find the name of the Flame movie in the nominees for the Teen Choice Awards and MTV Movie Awards this year, we won't forgive ourselves, we can't forgive! This is the creed of Flame. ”

Wang Yang stopped the beef cutting work in his hand, looked at Stephanie, and looked very serious: "We believe that the "Twilight" series can become a popular film like "Harry Potter", don't think that I am just saying good and obedient, this is true! We have the ability to make it a film like that." ”

"Thank you. Stephanie Meyer thanked her again, how could she not be a little moved? Remembering the attitude of MTV Studios, and then the 14 agents refused to contact the publisher for "Twilight", she couldn't help but feel even more emotional, if she had found a flame a few years ago, maybe "Twilight" would have been a movie. Meyer also believes that the flames have the power to make it work well, and which film is not popular with teenagers, such as "Youth Musical", "Dance My Life", "The Hangover" series, etc., but she doesn't like "The Hangover", which is Magic Young's worst movie, followed by "MIT-21-TEAM".

It can be said that this is her concern that she cares, Stephanie thought for a moment and said: "Young, I'm not worried about this, but I'm worried about the difference caused by the adaptation, we all know how many movies have completely ruined the original book, so I really have concerns, I hope to be able to get some protection." ”

"Yes, of course!" Wang Yang agreed without hesitation. Seeing his resolute attitude, either coaxing or real, of course, Stephanie leaned towards the latter, she couldn't help but smile: "Actually, my conditions are all some basic aspects, such as...... 'You can't let any character who didn't die in the movie die', and 'All members of the Karen family must appear in the film under their original names.'" I feel like these are the foundational parts of the whole story, and they need to be preserved. She said seriously: "I need you to promise me that the adaptation of the flame will be as faithful as possible to the original, otherwise I will not hand over the publishing rights." ”

"Haha, Stephanie, if that's all you're worried about, then you can rest assured. Under the eyes of everyone, Wang Yang laughed, but there was no disrespect, he looked at the smiling faces of the Meyer couple, and said: "It is our pursuit to be loyal to the original work, whether it is the story or the details of these stories, of course, we must use the original name of the Karen family! When you see these details that you have read in the book on the screen, you will be very excited, and for many girls, the original book is sacrosanct, so we dare not offend the audience, so we will definitely do our best to make all the content present in the original way." ”

Listening to his words, Stephanie's smile became brighter and brighter, and her heart felt more and more that the whole world was moving in a better direction.

"We understand your concerns very well, but you also have to understand our work, a movie is only two or three hours at most, and the details of a book cannot be fully displayed, we can only try our best to restore and be true to its soul!" Wang Yang smiled, without thinking too much, and continued: "And in the future adaptation work, we must have your participation and cooperation, at least we will show you the finished script, get your ideas and opinions, and then we will find a way to implement them, as long as those are good suggestions that can improve the level of the film." ”

"Stephanie, the reason why we like 'Twilight' is because it really has the potential to be adapted into a movie, and the promise you want, now I'm going to give you the answer. Wang Yang looked at her eyes with a serious face, and said: "The answer is, obviously, of course! I promise it will, I promise!"

Jessica looked at him deeply, and the baby started kicking again...... Listening to his subdued voice and looking at his deep eyes, Stephanie Meyer gradually felt that her mood became excited, is there anything else to worry about? Christian Meyer can't help but think that Wonder Young's private charm is higher than that on the screen and the screen, but I have to say that the attitude of Jan and the flame movie is really hard to refuse! He glanced at his wife and gave his opinion with his eyes: "Agree?"

"Okay, thank you!" I want to ......" Stephanie nodded heavily, her calm face smiling again, "I'll give you lots and lots of advice." ”

"Haha!" There was a burst of happy chuckles at the table, and Meyer agreed to give Twilight to the flames!

Now that the matter has been negotiated, the crowd did not continue to talk about the details of the conditions, leaving these to the conference table, at which point the table moved on to other topics of life. It was a very pleasant dinner, although the people at the table had different religious beliefs, but the love for family, children and life was the same, as the parents of three children, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer had a lot of parenting experience and interesting facts to tell the parents-to-be Wang Yang, and the atmosphere was happy.

Little Brown has negotiated with Stephanie Mayer to release one new book in the Twilight series each year, with a publication date clearly written in the contract, each book with a thickness of more than 500 pages, and by the summer of 2008, all four books will be published.

And although "Twilight" is only selling well at present, no one knows how the popularity of the series will develop, and what "cultural phenomenon" is indeed like a polite remark, but smart people will not sell the film rights so early, but the contract provided by Flame Films fully takes this into account, the contract has very perfect terms and high prices, in addition to the corresponding increase in sales of buyout costs, box office dividends are not sloppy, so this is a trigger contract, when "Twilight" Meyer will not suffer a loss if he achieves the corresponding achievements, and of course the flame enjoys a certain "investment eye profit".

Although production of "Twilight" can start at any time, it is clear that the influence of the book is far from being formed, and it is not the time to release the film, so the "Twilight" film will give the book promotional support, but the release of the first film is scheduled for the end of 2008 after the end of the series.

Stephanie Meyer was very satisfied with these arrangements, not only getting a good pay, but also getting the sincerity she valued the most, and in this way, "Twilight" officially settled in the flame movie.

(To be continued)