"I thought it would take at least 20 days!" Zhang Jiandong was taken aback when he heard that Zhang Ran had finished writing the script for "Before Dawn".

"There's no way around it, take a look, if there's any problem raised, I'll revise it. Zhang Ran opened the notebook with a smile, clicked out the script, and pushed it in front of Zhang Jiandong.

A week ago, Zhang Ran received a call from Yue Tao, who told Zhang Ran that the second trial of "Time Prisoner" had been passed, and the third trial would be organized soon.

As soon as the third review of the movie channel is over, all the work of the film will be put on the agenda, and there will be no time to write the script at that time, so Zhang Ran went all out to drive out the script of "Before Dawn". He only slept two or three hours a day this week, and he was already so tired that he was about to die.

Zhang Jiandong picked up the mouse and said with a smile: "Then I'll take a look first, and we'll talk after reading!"

At the same time, in a conference room of the movie channel, the leaders of several departments such as the film and television department, the editor-in-chief office, the purchase and sales department, the international department, and the advertising department, as well as the three directors of the movie channel, gathered together to conduct the third review of the script of "Time Prisoner", that is, the final review.

Sitting at the head of the conference room was Yan Yueming, the director of the movie channel, who glanced at Yue Tao and gestured: "Yue Tao, you come to introduce the situation to everyone!"

"That's right, the script is called 'Prisoner of Time', and it's a science fiction story. The script was written by Mr. Zhang Ran from Nortel, and it was a project of Qingying Studio, and he was going to work with us jointly. After reading the script, we in the film and television department came to the conclusion that this is the best script we have received in more than two years. Yue Tao raised the manuscript in his hand, and then motioned to his assistant to distribute the stack of scripts in front of him to everyone, "You may not believe me when I say this, but I believe that after reading it, you will come to the same conclusion as us." ”

The white manuscript paper flew into everyone's hands like snowflakes, and the conference room fell silent as everyone began to read the script.

The beginning of the story is Cao Lin's death, which is full of suspense, and everyone is attracted by the story at once. As the story develops, everyone is caught up in the plot, and their expressions keep changing with the development of the story, sometimes smiling, sometimes contemplative, sometimes frowning.

After reading the story, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, the story was not complicated, but everyone was thrilled.

"A person is imprisoned in time because of a crime, and he can only live in this day forever, everything around him remains the same, only his own continuous aging, the story is quite cruel! But the ending is very warm, thought-provoking, and very good!" Liu Ming of the editor-in-chief's office couldn't help nodding, this story exceeded his expectations.

"Yue Tao, I started to think you were bragging, but I didn't expect it to be true! This story is really exciting!" Chen Zhiqiang from the film purchase and sales department looked at Yue Tao and said with some emotion.

"I think this story is a double rescue, Cao Lin killed his wife and daughter while driving drunk, and killed a car of children, and he can't be punished too much. But in the end, Cao Lin sacrificed himself to save the little girl in the car accident and help others, but he didn't expect that this not only saved himself, but also washed away all his sins. ”

"I think it's a bit of a shame that this story was made into a TV movie, and it should be made into a movie and released in theaters. Domestic science fiction theme, the story is so exciting, the box office should be good!"

"Who dares to pack tickets in the film market? Last year, Shanghai Film Studio launched "Emergency Landing", with popular stars such as Xu Fan and Shao Bing, as well as a large number of special effects, and the story is also exciting. Science fiction is a theme that no one has ever touched, which production company dares to invest in it?"

"Speaking of special effects, I have a question," Huang Sen, the deputy director of the movie channel, has been frowning and pondering, and at this moment he raised his own question, "There are several scenes in this movie that require special effects, the first is the scene where the time machine is taken to the present, the second is the scene where the little girl is hit by a car, this must be filmed on the street, you have to use vehicles, and you have to hire special stuntmen; the third is the scene forty years later, the heroine drives a flying car to the hotel, how to shoot this? How much does it cost to do special effects?"

Everyone else felt that it made sense, and they all chimed in: "Director Huang is right, although there are not many special effects shots, there are still some, and the special effects cost a lot of money, so you can't get it without four or five million, right?"

"Our standard for urban themes is 1 million, even if we consider increasing the cost as appropriate, it will increase by two or three hundred thousand, what effect can be achieved with such a little money?"

Yue Tao had been prepared for this question for a long time, and immediately said: "Director Huang's words are very reasonable, I also asked the same question when I read the script once, but Zhang Ran told me that he only needs 1.2 million to be able to shoot "Time Prisoner", and everyone does not need to worry about the cost. ”

"Just kidding, 1.2 million?"

"yes, how is that possible? You can't hear me wrong, can you?"

Yue Tao smiled and said confidently: "It's 1.2 million, when I called Zhang Ran last week to inform him that he passed the second trial, he told me that he went to the United States on National Day and bought all the software for making special effects." It seems to be called AE, I don't know anything about special effects, and I don't know if it's the name. However, Zhang Ran also said that if necessary, he can show us the production process of special effects. ”

Huang Sen was a little curious: "Oh, Zhang Ran is not Nortel's teacher, it sounds like he is proficient in special effects?"

Yue Tao explained: "Zhang Ran is a master's degree in directing at the University of California, Los Angeles, and returned to China to teach this year. It is precisely because he is proficient in special effects that he can make the best use of everything and keep the cost to a minimum. Secondly, this film is in cooperation with Qingying Studio, and the equipment, equipment, and personnel of Qingying Studio are ready-made, which reduces the cost. If this film is handed over to other directors, it may not be possible to do it without three or four million, and it only takes 1.2 million to hand it over to Zhang Ran!"

"Has Zhang Ran ever made a movie before?"

"I have not directed independently, if "Time Prisoner" is approved, they will ask Mr. Zheng Dongdong to be the producer, and the quality of the film will definitely be guaranteed. ”

The people of the movie channel are very familiar with Zheng Dongdong, he is not only a Nortel teacher, a well-known director, but also a member of the film review committee of the General Administration, and the movie channel often invites him to do programs.

"With Mr. Zheng as the producer, the quality should be fine. Seriously, I think this film should be filmed, the TV movies launched by our channel are mainly rural and costume themes, and there are few urban themes, which leads to young people not liking to watch our channel's programs. We should appropriately launch movies that young people like to see and expand their influence among young people, and the young people who launched "Can't Help It" last year liked it very much, and the reputation is also very good!"

"I agree with Director Chen's statement, I have received cooperation projects for most of the past six months, and ninety percent of them are rural and costume themes, which are too simple. If it goes on like this, I'm worried that people won't send other themes to our movie channel in the future. Yue Tao shook his head as he spoke. Before the words were finished, the people in the other departments also nodded their heads and thought so.

"That's right, when I was chatting with people on the Internet, many people said that your movie channel always shows old movies, as well as rural films, why don't you put some people like to watch?"

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Yan Yueming coughed and stopped everyone from pulling the topic away, and the script review meeting was about to turn into a complaining conference: "Everyone is still talking about the problem of the script, can "Time Prisoner" be filmed?"

Yue Taoshu first expressed his attitude: "I think it should be filmed, this script story is very moving, and it is a rare science fiction theme." Our movie channel has been committed to the cultivation of new directors and the development of new genres, no matter from which aspect, "Time Prisoner" should be filmed!"

""Time Prisoner" is very good in terms of ideology and story, and the theme is full of positive energy.

"I support shooting!"

"I think it's time too!"

Seeing that everyone supported the filming, Yan Yueming began to talk about his opinions: "Everyone spoke very well, let me tell you my opinion." ”

Hearing the boss speak, everyone immediately shut up and focused their eyes on the past.

"The urban themes of our channel are generally not as high as the ratings of rural, costume, funny and other themes, and the TV movies launched are also mainly rural and costume themes. But we can't just look at the present, throw young viewers to other channels, and losing young viewers is equivalent to losing the future of our channel. While ensuring ratings, we should try more and launch a batch of movies that young audiences like. I think as long as the film is good, young audiences are still willing to watch it, and young people like to watch Hollywood movies, the key is the quality of the movie!"

There was silence in the conference room, and everyone nodded thoughtfully, not that young people don't like to watch movies on the movie channel, but that there are too few good movies, too few movies that meet their appetites.

Yan Yueming paused for a moment and continued: "My opinion is that "Time Prisoner" should be filmed, and it should be filmed well, strive to make it high-quality, and make it a high-quality movie!"

Yan Yueming is the number one of the movie channels and has the final decision, since he said so, the project of "Time Prisoner" has been decided.

Yan Yueming glanced at Yue Tao and ordered: "Yue Tao, you contact Zhang Ran as soon as possible and ask him to come to the movie channel, we want to hear his thoughts on special effects." In addition, you should submit the script to the General Administration as soon as possible, and strive to establish the project as soon as possible, and the filming permit should also be implemented as soon as possible. ”

"Understood. Yue Tao agreed.

"That's it, adjournment!"

As soon as Zhang Ran came out of Zhang Jiandong's office, his mobile phone rang, and when he picked up the phone that saw that it was Yue Tao, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he hurriedly connected: "Director Yue, has the third trial passed?"

Yue Tao laughed and said, "Yes, our Director Yan wants to make an appointment with you, I don't know when you will be free?"

Zhang Ran immediately said, "Tomorrow afternoon!"

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