Chapter 420: The Almighty Forced Out
Well, Kim Yu-beom admits that there is a little bit of affection for Twentieth Century Fox now......
The reason is very simple, that is, Twentieth Century Fox has been calling Jin Yufan for the past few days, hoping that Jin Yufan can come to the United States as much as possible to prepare for the formation and filming of the crew of "Twilight".
In the end, Jin Yufan was really annoyed by the phone call from Twentieth Century Fox, and had no choice but to fly to the United States again.
In this regard, Jin Yufan's resentment is very big, you must know that it will not be long before the Spring Festival. Nima, you foreigners will be over after Christmas, and you don't think about and understand Asians, we have a Spring Festival tradition, and we celebrate the Spring Festival.
Of course, what makes Jin Yufan even more resentful is that Twentieth Century Fox is so anxious to urge himself to prepare for the filming of "Twilight", not because Twentieth Century Fox attaches great importance to "Twilight", but because Twentieth Century Fox wants to rush to start filming the "Percy Jackson" movie series.
Because of the contract and Jin Yufan's repeated emphasis and insistence, although Twentieth Century Fox won the film adaptation rights of the "Percy Jackson" series, before the filming of "Percy Jackson" began, "Twilight" must be filmed first, and it must wait until "Twilight" is released, and it can only start filming after the global release is over.
Americans attach great importance to contracts, so Twentieth Century Fox did not use any small tricks, nor did it have to be. This is the twentieth century, and Fox has always remembered to urge Jin Yufan to come to the United States to prepare for the filming of "Twilight".
Because only after Kim Yu-fan came to the United States to start filming "Twilight", Twentieth Century Fox had the right to start filming "Percy Jackson" at any time.
Of course, Jin Yufan came to the United States and was ready to start filming the first film of "Twilight", and he had also agreed with Twentieth Century Fox that it would be during the Spring Festival. Jin Yufan must be given a three-day private vacation and go home for the Spring Festival.
After all, this Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival after Jin Yufan has been discharged from the army for three years, and both grandma and Shirley are looking forward to and paying attention to it. Jin Yufan also didn't want to be unable to accompany his grandmother and Shirley on such an important festival because of work, and let his only two relatives down.
When she thought of the Spring Festival, only her grandmother and Shirley were preparing for the festival and eating at home, and Jin Yufan felt extremely lonely and bitter. Therefore, this time during the Spring Festival, Jin Yufan has to go home no matter what, and spend it with her grandmother and Shirley.
If Twentieth Century Fox wouldn't allow it. Then Kim Yu-beom could even give up "Twilight" and even allow Twentieth Century Fox to start filming "Percy Jackson" first.
In Jin Yufan's mind, in this world, there is nothing more important than his family. Although "Twilight" will bring huge popularity and influence to Jin Yufan, and can make Jin Yufan's career achieve a qualitative improvement, in the final analysis, the current artist career is only Jin Yufan's personal interest, not a means of making a living.
If it's about money. Jin Yufan can say very sè that buddy is really not bad for money now. There's Facebook in there. At the insistence of the mad genius of Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Yu-fan was finally given a 5o% stake in Facebook.
According to Mark Zuckerberg's words, Jin Yufan is actually very familiar with and understands this aspect, and even more familiar and understanding of many places than himself, plus all the funds are borne by Jin Yufan alone, in fact, he can create it himself. But Jin Yufan also pulled himself and gave himself absolute rights and so many shares, if Jin Yufan didn't take 5o% of the shares, Mark Zuckerberg himself couldn't help it, and even willing to give up Facebook.
All right. Kim Yu-fan admits that Mark Zuckerberg is not as bad as he imagined, on the contrary, he is cute. At the insistence of Mark Zuckerberg, and after Kim Yu-beom couldn't find a reason to refuse, Kim Yu-fan finally held a 5o% stake in Facebook.
Microsoft's acquisition of Facebook's shares a few months ago has made Facebook valued at $1.5o, which is still a conservative estimate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Facebook is worth $2oo dollars.
Kim Yu-beom owns half of Facebook's shares, which also means that Kim Yu-beom's worth has now reached 10 billion US dollars, and if it is counted as South Korean won, Nimana will be multiplied by a thousand times, which is 10 trillion won.
Let's ask, in the face of this value, in the case of really treating money as a bunch of numbers, does Jin Yufan still have to rely on his career as an artist to make a living.
When he came to the United States, Jin Yufan finally saw the efficiency of Americans, and it seems that in Americans, he can really understand a sentence, that is, time is money.
Early the next morning, at 8 o'clock in the morning, he was sent by Twentieth Century Fox to the Twentieth Century Fox headquarters to have a brief conversation with Simon and other Twentieth Century Fox executives about the filming of the movie "Twilight".
On the third day, the casting began, and the crew began to be assembled, and another suitable filming location was found.
When on the fifth day, before the actors were decided, Simon suddenly appeared and told Jin Yufan one thing, that is, he was ready and ready, the funds were in place, and the filming location was selected to be three scenes that were very suitable for the description of the novel, just waiting for Jin Yufan to finally make a decision, as long as the actor confirmed that he had signed the contract, he could go directly to the scene to start filming.
Well, Jin Yufan admitted that Americans are really very efficient in their work, and this degree really shocked Jin Yufan. However, those powerful trade unions in the United States made Jin Yufan a little painful, working for eight hours, saying that he would leave work after work, and decisively left to rest, and there was no possibility of overtime at all.
If it is in Asia, in Southeast Asian countries, that artist and staff dare to do this, they don't want to do their best, they look for opportunities to take the initiative to work overtime, and they want to show themselves in front of the directors and editors, as well as the leaders, even if it is very good, who dares to slack off.
But on the American side, it really doesn't work. Jin Yufan has experienced it himself, and when the eight hours arrived, the people who were still seriously discussing the selection of actors for movie roles with him didn't say a word, and got up and left under Jin Yufan's gaze.
Neither Twentieth Century Fox nor Simon reacted to this situation. On the contrary, Simon also smiled and invited Jin Yufan to have a drink.
When Jin Yufan asked stupidly, don't you pay attention to efficiency, why can't you wait a little longer, select the last role, and then go to the scene to start filming tomorrow when it's over, wouldn't it be more time-saving.
For Kim Yu-beom's inquiry. Simon couldn't help laughing, patted Jin Yufan and didn't say anything, just reminded Jin Yufan that he could ask James Steve, then shook his head and left with a smile.
And when Jin Yufan went back and asked James Steve the reason, under the other party's smile and explanation, Jin Yufan figured out the reason.
The reason is very simple, that is, the American trade unions are powerful, whether it is the actors' union or the director's union, including the screenwriters' union and so on. It's all very powerful.
The stipulated working time is only eight hours, that is, eight hours, and when the eight hours arrive, even if it is being filmed, even if it is the most important shot, even if it is for this shot, maybe because of many blasting scenes, a lot of money has been invested. But the actor can pat his ass and leave, and he will not hesitate at all.
And for this case. Whether it is a director or a producer, they can't be silent, and they don't dare to say anything.
As long as anyone is silent a little, then the union behind these people will be happy to come to the door. Take you to court, and then make you infamous, and by the way, advertise the capabilities of your union.
If you have to work overtime, you have to say hello an hour in advance, and not only will your salary be tripled. And you have to pretend that your grandson is careful to say good things and ask others to work overtime, even if it is a trick and a passerby.
People are not happy, you can't do anything about others, you are a boss and an investor, you fire the other party in a fit of anger, okay, just see what union the other party belongs to, and then wait for that union to come to the door.
Even if you are very awesome and powerful, forcing the actors to work overtime, you don't dare to talk about it. But the union is like the air everywhere, it will learn about it in a short time, and after the investigation is confirmed, it will continue to come to the door and fight you.
It seems that trade unions in the United States have such a major characteristic, that is, they like to take the initiative to come forward and defend the rights of their union members.
After listening to James Steve's explanation, Jin Yufan finally understood what was going on, and while lamenting the great ability of the American Union, Jin Yufan didn't say a word, and went directly to the American Screen Actors Guild to register.
Uh~~~ Because Jin Yufan only thinks about movies, this actor's union is naturally looking for SAG. In the United States, there are two actors' unions, one is the SAG American Screen Actors Guild, whose members are all film actors, and to put it bluntly, they are workers engaged in the big screen, whether they are big names or second- or third-rate, and even Longtai and stand-ins are among them.
The other screen actor union is AFTRA, the full name of the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors, from this name alone, you can see what the nature of AFTRA is, mainly for small screen workers.
Of course, the American union is happy to welcome anyone, as long as you are willing and willing, as long as you have the mind and can spend money, you can register all the unions in the United States, after all, the union welcomes anyone to join, and you will not be rejected just because you have registered another union.
Therefore, after learning about this matter, accompanied by James Steve, Jin Yufan registered in the actor, director, and screenwriter unions in one breath.
Kim Yu-beom is registered with the SAG Actors Guild, which is no problem, because Jin Yu-beom will also mix in Hollywood in the United States in the future, and he is registered with the SAG Actors' Guild, so he will naturally be covered by SAG in the future.
As for the Writers Guild, that's because at the behest of Twentieth Century Fox, Kim Yu-beom eventually became the screenwriter for the film adaptation of the novels "Twilight" and "Percy Jackson."
According to Twentieth Century Fox, Jin Yufan is the author of these two novels, and he must know the most about the novel and the storyline, including the picture, and Jin Yufan is also worried that Twentieth Century Fox will mess up "Twilight", so he nodded and agreed.
In this way, Jin Yufan has also become a screenwriter, since he is a screenwriter, of course, he must register with the screenwriters' union, so as not to have conflicts with Twentieth Century Fox or other film companies, and there will be no one to cover him.
As for the registration of the directors' union. Jin Yufan said that he really didn't have this idea at the beginning, he just wanted to make a good movie, and in order to make a good movie, he could even assume the identity of a screenwriter, but the director's words. Jin Yufan really has no experience, and he hasn't thought about it.
It's a pity that Twentieth Century Fox finally used various ways to persuade Jin Yufan, what are you the most suitable person, what pictures and scenes, what Cheng dù to shoot, what you know and understand best, etc., Jin Yufan is quite annoyed.
It's not just Kim Yufan who is annoyed, but Twentieth Century Fox is also annoyed. In the end, he said very simply, it's okay if you don't serve as a director, let's look for it, but if the pictures and shots shot by the director you find don't meet your requirements, then don't say anything, the funds are rich, and it's not allowed to waste time and money by shooting non-stop.
All right. For such an irresponsible hooligan attitude of Twentieth Century Fox, Jin Yufan can't help it. can only admit it, and in desperation, he shouldered the responsibility of the director.
As a result, "Twilight" has not officially started filming, and Jin Yufan has three positions as a director, screenwriter and actor. It can be said that at this moment, Jin Yufan has become an all-round talent in terms of actors, although Jin Yufan is not a real all-rounder. And he was forced, but he did nod his head and resist these three positions.
In Jin Yufan's view, this is completely Twentieth Century Fox's lack of attention to "Twilight", at least Jin Yufan doesn't believe that if he is not filming "Twilight" now. In the case of "Percy Jackson," Twentieth Century Fox would have done the same.
Jin Yufan was also very unhappy that Twentieth Century Fox did not pay attention to "Twilight", and decided to work hard and give Twentieth Century Fox executives a few slaps with the box office.
For the "Twilight" movie series, Jin Yufan is still very confident, that crazy female fans, that terrifying global box office, will definitely slap all the top executives of Twentieth Century Fox in the face.
However, Kim Yu-beom has no directing experience after all, and his only experience is the shooting of some songs and MVs that entertained himself before. So, Jin Yufan strongly asked to find an assistant director for himself, especially a female assistant director.
After all, Jin Yufan still has the identity of the leading actor, and once he goes to film, he must have an assistant director to take charge of the film. As for asking for a female director, it is because Jin Yufan knows that "Twilight" is, to put it bluntly, a movie for women to watch their dreams, and a female director will know better the stories and scenes that women like to watch.
Regarding Jin Yufan's request, Twentieth Century Fox was very happy this time, and nodded and agreed without any hesitation.
No matter how Twentieth Century Fox doesn't pay attention to "Twilight", but after all, tens of millions of dollars of investment are smashed into it, Twentieth Century Fox doesn't want to lose money, no matter how rich he is, he can't burn it like this, let alone Twentieth Century Fox is not too rich.
So, Twentieth Century Fox gave Jin Yufan a list of several female directors, and Jin Yufan directly chose Catherine Hardwick, who was supposed to be the director of "Twilight", as his assistant director.
As for the main actors of the movie, Jin Yufan chose the original characters as much as possible, but slightly processed the image of the werewolf guy Jacob.
If you don't know the image of the werewolf Jacob in the first part of "Twilight", Nima looks a little obscene, and it doesn't reflect the strength and toughness that a werewolf should have, but feels more like a member of a beggar gang.
In the next few sequels, Jacob's short image is very good, so although Jacob is long in the novel, the whole person feels very strong, but in the movie, it's better to play short and cool brother obediently.
When the cast was ready, and when the crew was assembled, everyone on the "Twilight" crew rushed directly to the main filming location of the film, to the small town of Fox in Portland, Oregon.
In the future, the entire crew of "Twilight" will spend a few months in this primitive, mysterious and quiet Fox town.
"Kim, as a director, is all about being in control, not just one shot. All you need to do is control your shot, but also pay attention to the fact that the lead actor seems to be grabbing the shot, and that the shot seems to be perfect, perhaps achieving the desired effect. ”
When the "Twilight" crew entered Fox Town the day after, filming had already begun. The first to shoot is of course the heroine played by Kristen Stupitt, which also means that Jin Yufan, the male lead, has nothing to do for the time being.
So, holding on to the fact that it is still time, Kim Yufan is always following behind the assistant director Catherine, humbly asking for leave and learning how to be a director and shoot.
When Catherine knew that Kim Yu-beom had no directing experience and only had a little experience in shooting song MVs, she called God and incredible, and when she was sure that it was not Kim Yu-beom joking, she called out the crazy decision of Twentieth Century Fox, which made Kim Yu-beom very embarrassed.
However, after reacting, Catherine, a rebellious female director with a tongue ring and a straightforward personality, is still happy to explain to Jin Yufan how to become a director, if she is in charge of the camera for shooting, and she is still very attentive.
The two were not very familiar, and Catherine's enthusiasm made Jin Yufan very puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask. And Catherine's answer made Jin Yufan cry and laugh, just because Jin Yufan created the novel series "Twilight", which she couldn't put down.
Now, filming the scene of Isabella just coming to Fox Town, Catherine is in charge of the camera while carefully explaining to Jin Yufan.
Although there is no shot, Jin Yufan still knows that he is not ashamed to ask, coupled with Catherine's attentive teaching, with his terrifying IQ, Jin Yufan's directing level is crazy to improve, which makes Catherine call it incredible, and has been asking Jin Yufan if he really has no experience in filming movies before. (To be continued......)
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