Ten minutes later, in Simon's anticipation, Jin Yufan ended Catherine's conversation and walked over.

"I just communicated with Catherine and calculated that according to the current process, all the filming can be finished in a week at most, or even less, which will be necessary, but this requires your help, and you need to tell the crew that it should take a week, and it is still a little urgent, and you still need to work overtime to catch up. ”

"Overtime!" Simon couldn't help frowning, in the era of labor unions in the United States, more than eight hours of work, if you have to work overtime, even if you pay overtime, others will not bird you.

Thinking of this, Simon couldn't help frowning and said: "Yu Fan, you should know, this is very difficult, everyone is used to eight hours of working time, and if you ask for overtime now, it is estimated that the crew will be reluctant and resistant." ”

"I can understand that, but what does it matter. Jin Yufan looked at Simon in surprise: "Don't sue me, when you make a movie in Hollywood, there hasn't been a single overtime incident, it's impossible." ”

"Yes, there have been cases where the crew has worked overtime, but basically the overtime is when the weather needs to be captured, and after that, there will be no overtime, maybe some shooting at night. Of course, those who work overtime in the real sense, that is, the crews of those big directors, the big directors rely on their own status and influence, and the crew is willing to work overtime when they are ordered, but it is obvious that at present, our "Twilight: Crescent" crew, Jin You are not up to the top Hollywood director Cheng Dù. ”

"Of course, that's why I said that I had to ask you to help talk about overtime. Shrugging his shoulders, Jin Yufan smiled and said lightly: "If I can do it alone, I won't ask you for help." ”

"Oh, what do you need me to do. ”

"Overtime is naturally to be paid overtime. This fee you let Twentieth Century Fox out. ”

"Kim, you still don't know us Americans, you have to know that overtime pay is due, but even if overtime is paid, many people are not willing to work overtime. For many people, that amount of overtime pay doesn't go there. It's better to call it a day earlier and go back to rest, maybe it's the bubble bar. ”

"Of course, it's hard to impress everyone with overtime pay, but if it's two, three or even five times the overtime pay, I think I still know a little bit about Americans, as long as enough benefits are given, no one will refuse, right!"

"What, five times the fee. This can't be, it's too expensive!" Simon quickly shook his head and refused.

Simon's reaction Jin Yufan was not surprised, if he really agreed so happily, it is estimated that Jin Yufan would still wonder what was wrong, as for Simon's refusal, it was completely within Jin Yufan's expectations.

"No way, it's the only way, if Twentieth Century Fox really wants to get Twilight: Crescent in the Christmas schedule. From now on, then, it is necessary to speed up. You will have to work overtime from today. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that the film will be finished at Christmas. If you don't work overtime, at the current rate, the movie alone will need to be shot for more than half a month, and then post-processing, including soundtrack and publicity, etc. There's really not enough time, at least if "Twilight: Crescent" is scheduled to be released on the Christmas schedule. ”

Simon was also entangled, what Jin Yufan said Simon didn't understand, and he also knew that what Jin Yufan said was the truth. But when it comes to the thought of having to pay for overtime several times overtime, Simon thinks it's unlikely.

"No, everyone is too big, such a large crew, if you want to give several times the overtime pay, the cost is too big, and the company will not agree. Simon thought about it, but shook his head and said.

"This is the only way!" Jin Yufan said seriously: "There are a lot of crew members, which is normal, but compared to those large-scale crews, the crew of our "Twilight Zone: New Moon" is relatively small. What's more, if you want "Twilight: Crescent" to be released in time for Christmas, this is the only way to go. The total investment in "Twilight: New Moon" is only 40 million US dollars, so it is not too much to give some overtime pay now, it is better than those big productions that invest hundreds of millions of dollars. What's more, it's only a week at most, even if you give several times the overtime pay, how much can you have? ”

"Man, if you think about the first movie we worked on, the global box office was $500 million, a full $500 million! What was the investment at that time, including the publicity costs, it only added up to $50 million, and Twentieth Century Fox also made a lot of money because of the last movie. Now the total investment of "Twilight New Moon" is only 40 million US dollars, and the publicity cost of the garlic is estimated to be about 10 million US dollars at most, and the total investment is only more than 50 million US dollars, which is not a big investment, but you have to be clear, our "Twilight New Moon" movie is likely to continue to bring hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, so after calculation, it is not unacceptable to take out a little money as overtime pay now. ”

Under the persuasion of Jin Yufan, Simon thought about it and felt that it made sense, although there were many people in the crew, it was not a large-scale crew, and no matter how much there was, there would be no more there. What's more, in a week at most, the movie can be completed, and the overtime pay is only for one week, although it is a lot, but it is not much to go anywhere, and even strictly calculated to be less than a million dollars, which is not money at all for the wealthy Twentieth Century Fox.

Twentieth Century Fox invests in making a movie at every turn, and the investment is casually tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, which is not the case with last year's "Avatar", the production fee alone exceeded 200 million US dollars, and then there was 150 million US dollars in publicity expenses, and it is even said that there was also the previous production zuò, which added up to more than 500 million US dollars.

Nima, a $500 million movie, is really not ordinarily expensive, fortunately "Avatar" brought terrible box office results, otherwise, once the loss will definitely hurt the vitality of Twentieth Century Fox, and even the status and reputation of director James Cameron will be greatly affected.

As far as Hollywood is concerned, generally speaking, the cost of producing any movie, including the promotion fee, is more than $100 million for a film with more than nine floors. It even reached 200 million US dollars, in short, the film plan of Twentieth Century Fox in recent years, whether it is released or being filmed, or the next film production, this is the case.

In this way, the production cost of "Twilight: New Moon" is only 40 million US dollars. Including the promotional cost, it is only capped at one or two million US dollars, and in this case, "Twilight: New Moon" is likely to bring hundreds of millions of dollars at the global box office, which is a really high return on investment.

Thinking of this, Simon hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "OK, okay, I'll contact the company now, and you can continue shooting." At that time, whether the company agrees or not, I will give you the news as soon as possible. ”

Kim Yu-beom nodded, didn't say anything more, but found Catherine and began to discuss and discuss the next shooting. And Simon was not idle at this time, and directly took out the phone and walked to the side to ask for the company's meaning.

The top management of Twentieth Century Fox is not stupid, such a simple account will of course be calculated, not to mention that it really does not require much money. Compared to grabbing more box office during the Christmas schedule, let alone a million dollars. Even 10 million dollars Twentieth Century Fox didn't blink, and readily agreed to Jin Yufan's request.

Therefore, the next thing is Simon's solo show, and after getting the consent of Twentieth Century Fox, he said a word to Kim Yu-beom, and then he took on the role of producer. began to persuade the crew, hoping to work overtime in the last week, and the overtime pay would definitely not be less than everyone, and it would be doubled.

Although Americans do not like to work overtime, but in front of interests. still gave up his principles very happily, was bought by money, and nodded his head to express his willingness to work overtime, so Jin Yufan didn't think much about it, since everyone is willing, then hurry up and shoot.

During the day, I shot at a normal pace and at the pace of the script, and at night I took out some of the remaining night scenes and seized the time to shoot. With the concerted efforts of the entire crew, it didn't take a week in the end, and on the fifth day, Jin Yufan officially announced the completion of "Twilight: New Moon", which caused cheers from everyone in the crew.

Originally, Jin Yufan didn't want to go, and wanted to hurry up to cut the movie and finish the post-processing work, but he couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the crew, so he still dispelled the idea of flying to Los Angeles that day, and stayed to celebrate with everyone.

"Hehe, if you want to fill me, you really think I'm so good!" The next day, Jin Yufan and Simon, including assistant director Catherine, and the three of them took the flight to Los Angeles directly, thinking that everyone was very enthusiastic about themselves yesterday, especially Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart, who wanted to pour themselves, but in the end they were poured down by themselves, Jin Yufan couldn't help laughing.

Simon put away his luggage, then sat down next to Jin Yufan, and said with a stern face: "Jin, you have to pay attention when the time comes, it is estimated that you will encounter a lot of trouble when you get off the plane." You should know that the company wants to release "Twilight New Moon" on the Christmas schedule, and now there is not much time left before Christmas, except for the pre-cut soundtrack and post-processing, in fact, the publicity has already begun on the day "Twilight New Moon" is finished. ”

"It stands to reason that "Twilight City: New Moon" originally had a lot of publicity, such as the scandal between you and Christine, which I believe everyone is very curious about and will be very concerned about. But now, New Moon is only two months away from the Christmas schedule, and we don't have time to continue playing with gossip and other hype, so we decided to focus the hype on you. ”

"My body. Jin Yufan couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at Simon with some confusion, not understanding what Simon meant. But I don't know why, Jin Yufan always feels that this doesn't seem to be a good thing.

"That's right, it's you. Simon nodded sternly and said: "In fact, you can imagine that movies like "Twilight City: New Moon", especially the previous "Twilight City: Twilight", which has a global box office of 500 million US dollars, and is known as the favorite and most anticipated movie of female fans, has attracted a lot of attention. At this time, we will hype everyone's attention to you, and let everyone know that you are a writer, actor and director in the crew of "Twilight City: New Moon", and I believe that it will definitely attract special attention at that time. ”

Well~~~ Simon's words are very correct, and if you do so, it will definitely be a good hype topic. It's just that Jin Yufan is not stupid. Of course, I know that if we do, Twentieth Century Fox will force the hype of "Twilight City: Crescent Moon" on its head, and yes, it will indeed benefit from it, if nothing else, at least in terms of popularity and popularity. It's definitely going to be a crazy multiplication.

But this is only a benefit, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantage is that Jin Yufan has become the focus of attack by many people, even the vast majority of people. The reason is very simple, who made Kim Yu-beom a newcomer, and more importantly, who made Kim Yu-beom not an American, but a yellow-skinned Asian.

Hollywood is notoriously xenophobic, and even white people can find it very difficult to get into Hollywood. Not to mention that Jin Yufan is not a white person recognized by Hollywood, but a yellow race, and in the movie "Twilight City: New Moon", he combines three professions of writing, acting and directing. Jin Yufan didn't even have to think about how much of a sensation this incident would cause if it was loved by Twentieth Century Fox.

You know, Hollywood also has its own rules and rules, especially the clear positioning of the profession, which means very simple. Unless you're really a big-name actor in the 20 million club of Tiancheng dù and can also enjoy a share of the box office. Otherwise, you should be honest with me and do what an actor should do.

An actor is an actor, don't play director if you have nothing to do, and play screenwriter, let's not talk about professionalism or not. This is not good, it is not good, do you want to prove that you are awesome, to prove that you are very powerful, this is definitely to attract public anger.

In particular, the actor and director both work part-time. It has touched the sensitive nerves of Hollywood, and the average actor is only a part-time screenwriter at most, and the impact is not very great, but when an actor is not close to the starring role, or the director, the situation is completely different.

For this situation, in the eyes of Hollywood, it is arrogant, why do you dare to be both a starring actor and a director, I really think you are very awesome, and I think you can walk sideways in Hollywood.

That's right, Hollywood does have a great man who integrates writing, acting and directing, and that's a real cow, but even so, there are very few such people, of course, independent films and small-budget movies don't count, that's no way, you can only do everything yourself without money, and you're forced.

Jin Yufan, a young man and an Asian, dares to play the three-in-one style of writing and directing in Hollywood, which will definitely anger the nerves of many people in Hollywood, and it will also make many actors, producers, and even film companies, as well as directors and screenwriters in Hollywood, look at Jin Yufan very unpleasantly.

The three-in-one of choreography, acting and directing is a comprehensive proof of honor and strength, but it is also a dangerous bomb, and if you are not careful, you will blow yourself to pieces.

Jin Yufan quickly figured this out, and couldn't help but be stunned, Nima, what kind of rhythm is this, is this a rhythm to repeat yourself.

At this moment, Jin Yufan naturally thought that when he first debuted in South Korea, he was almost unhappy and hated by all his predecessors, and even bullied himself when he had nothing to do.

And now, it seems that I have to go through it again, and compared with the last time, this time the situation is obviously more difficult, the scene is bigger, and the place has also escalated, from Korea to Hollywood, and the simple predecessors have also become Hollywood's film companies, screenwriters, directors, actors, and producers are all unhappy and hateful to themselves.

If the difficulty coefficient was 5 when he first debuted in South Korea, then this time the difficulty coefficient definitely reached 9.5, or even higher. Because this is Hollywood, as long as Jin Yufan grits his teeth and persists, succeeds in Hollywood, and is recognized by Hollywood, then at that time, Jin Yufan has stood at the highest point in the world's entertainment field and has become one of the most dazzling people in the world's entertainment field.

Thinking of this, Jin Yufan was also a little excited, this kind of 1-on-X thing, Jin Yufan likes to do it the most, as long as it is done, it is a thing that can go down in history, you must know that this is Hollywood.

As for failure, Jin Yufan didn't think about it, if he failed, he would fail, it didn't matter, anyway, he was still young, although it was very difficult, and he couldn't stick to Hollywood's recognition at all, but what did it matter, it was because of the difficulty that he was excited and willing to try.

It doesn't matter if you fail, it's a big deal that Kim Yu-fan won't play in Hollywood, go back to South Korea directly, and continue to sit firmly on the throne of Asia's No. 1 superstar, there is absolutely no problem.

Besides, even if you fail, you don't have to return to Asia, it's a big deal that you don't play the three-in-one, and for the time being, you will be a dedicated actor first, I believe that with your acting skills, plus there are still many good scripts in your head, Jin Yufan doesn't believe that Hollywood really closes the door, leaving no gaps, so that he can only stand outside the door and sigh and regret?

Thinking of this, Jin Yufan's eyes couldn't help but narrow, the whole person exuded a strong momentum, looked at Simon and nodded: "OK, I personally have no problem, but you have to grasp the specific situation of Twentieth Century Fox, don't make me really angry, I have to flee Hollywood." ”

I don't know how many years, Jin Yufan hasn't been excited again for a long time, this time when he encountered such a big challenge, Jin Yufan admitted that he was completely moved and excited, and even now he is a little impatient, looking forward to the first collision with the American media when he gets off the plane. (To be continued......)