I got out of the company and got in the car.

Mai Le in the driver's seat turned around and said, "Aaron, Zhao Rong called me and asked you to give him one back!"

"Oh?"

Jiang Lun took out his mobile phone and turned it on, found a lot of text messages, filtered those that were not important, and found Zhao Rong's text messages, only two words: call back!

I called it, and it didn't ring twice.

Zhao Rong picked it up and said, "Hey, Aaron, are you done?"

"En!" Jiang Lun said, "How is the script reading?"

"After reading it, a few of us studied it for a day!"

Zhao Rong yawned, "You're not here either, we don't know much about some of the points in it, we'll study it when you come back!"

"Crazy Stone" is a comedy full of dark humor, and there are many things in it that you can't understand the deep meaning of it after watching it once.

The reason why Jiang Lun preferred this movie instead of Stephen Chow's is because the satire of social chaos in this drama and the thinking about the good and evil of human nature are completely in line with the national conditions of this world.

Zhao Rong They can't understand it, because they are still in the humor of "Wulin Gaiden", "Wulin" You can say that it borrows from the past to satirize the present, or you can say that it is just pure nonsense and funny, but compared with "Stone", the satire of "Wulin" is still too simple and popular, at least ordinary people can understand the meaning at a glance after watching it, because this is a TV series.

Movies and TV series are different, the concepts they convey are not just as simple as being easy to entertain and funny, and they must have certain social and humanistic values.

When he arrived at the studio, Jiang Lun went straight to Zhao Rong's office as soon as he entered the door.

As soon as the door was pushed, a strong smell of smoke came, the curtains were drawn inside the room, and the script was presented on the wall through a projector.

In addition to Zhao Rong and Li Xing, there were three other people in the house.

The identities of these three are also screenwriters. I have been following the crew of "Huo Yuanjia" some time ago, and I was temporarily called back by Zhao Rong at this time.

"Aaron!" Zhao Rong got up and pulled a chair for him, "Sit here!"

"Hmm!" Jiang Lun walked over, "What's the problem?"

"There are some places where I don't understand your thoughts!" Zhao Rong said distressedly, "But I can see the value of this book, I underestimated it before." ”

"Let's look at them one by one!"

Jiang Lun said. When he started this script, he didn't just copy it, but also read a lot of materials and film reviews, including some interview quotations from Ning Hao himself.

He watched the original movie over and over again more than a hundred times, and every detail, the expressions and movements of the characters in every shot, had to be carefully pondered.

Although it is copied, it is impossible for Jiang Lun to compare the original and the remade movie frame by frame. After all, movies are edited, and sometimes the most valuable parts of a movie are those that are cut out, by seeing the clips, thinking about the content that was edited out according to the before and after content, and then stringing the story together, you will find a lot of interesting things in it.

It is precisely because of the painstaking preparation in the early stage that Jiang Lun was able to talk to them about the script here.

If you just watch the movie, you can talk about it. That's impossible, it's a professional film critic. A movie will have a different idea every time you watch it.

"The tragedy hidden behind the absurdity, the social phenomenon reflected in the little people, and the materialism in the laughter, this is the inner expression of "Crazy Stone"!"

After Jiang Lun finished speaking, several people present suddenly opened their mouths.

Zhao Rong graduated from the directing department, and the most important thing in making movies is how to master his soul. After listening to Jiang Lun's explanation, countless pictures appeared in his mind, and these pictures brought him endless excitement.

Li Xing studied art, and listened to Jiang Lun's description of how to design the picture and how to match the color system. What kind of style can be used to express what kind of emotions, which made his previous confusion disappear in an instant, as if a door had opened in front of him and he saw more of the world.

The other three screenwriters, while listening to it, recorded it on paper, they each had a division of labor, a script, which required them to be transformed into a director's shooting script, a separate script for each actor, etc.

The difference between movies and TV series is that they also need to use lens language design.

How to design the lens language?

It is not by imagination, but by the description in the script that the lens language is constructed.

At this moment, they all looked at Jiang Lun's face, and there was a feeling of "listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years".

"Finished?"

After listening to Jiang Lun's statement, Zhao Rong woke up like a dream.

"It's over!" Jiang Lun nodded, "If there's anything you don't understand, you can bring it up!"

"Hehe, I need to digest it slowly. Zhao Rong smiled, "It's really unsatisfying." ”

Jiang Lun nodded, "The shooting plan has to be done quickly, I'll look for the actors, if you have any good proposals, the manager said, I won't talk about other details, as for the distribution, I'll contact Liu Xiahui, Yida has wide resources, and has its own screen, and strive to get a package price." ”

The hardest thing about the movie is the shooting, and the most headache is the box office share.

The final box office is subject to 3.3% tax and 5% film plan fund.

Of the remaining box office, theaters take 50%, theaters take 7%, and the remaining 43% goes to distributors and producers, with distributors typically charging agency fees ranging from 5% to 15%.

Therefore, in the end, when this movie was made, Jiang Lun Studio, as the producer, could only get more than 20%.

Don't look at the box office of tens of millions of dollars at every turn, the producer really doesn't get much.

The reason why I talked to Yida is because Yida has its own distribution and theater chain, and there are more than 3,000 screens in the country.

Two days later in the morning.

Jiang Lun appeared in Liu Xiahui's office.

Seeing his home, Liu Xiahui smiled, "I know that you are also coming to me!"

"Hehe!" Jiang Lun put the script and plan directly in front of Liu Xiahui and sat down on the sofa, "Mr. Liu is really clever!"

"Okay, don't slap my ass!" Liu Xiahui waved his hand, "You kid can, it's all rumored in the circle, so you came to me." ”

Jiang Lun spread his hands, "It seems that I decided to make a movie until now, and it has only been less than a week, and it has been spreading?"

"You!" Liu Xiahui tapped Jiang Lun with his finger, "I really don't know how heavy my weight is now, I heard that you are going to make a movie, how many people in the circle are contacting, Lao Wu's phone is about to burst, I was not optimistic about your "Wulin Gaiden" at the beginning, but the result was something I never dreamed of, the advertising fee alone made me earn hundreds of millions, and I also became a popular newcomer!"

"How many of those actors have you signed?" Jiang Lun said with a smile.

"I ......" Liu Xiahui paused, couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "You see what you said, your own studio didn't sign them, so you left the two most potential, and the rest of them, don't let me choose?"

"Okay, let's not talk about martial arts, let's talk about my movie!" Jiang Lun waved his hand and pointed to the script and plan on Liu Xiahui's desk.

This will Liu Xiahui be generous, not as restrained as last time, he didn't even read the script, so he asked, "Say, how much investment do you want?"

"I don't want to invest!" Jiang Lun smiled, "Mr. Liu, let's talk about the later stage!"

"Don't invest?" Liu Xiahui was stunned for a moment, looked at Jiang Lun for a long time, and then smiled again, "I can see it, you are now making money in the studio, and you have a big ambition in your family, so you went to make a movie, so you came to me for theaters and distribution?"

"That's right!" Jiang Lun nodded and said with a smile, "You can give a package price!"

Liu Xiahui stood up, walked back and forth twice with his pocket, walked to the sofa beside Jiang Lun and sat down, "If you package the price, I'll take 55%, after all, it's your first movie, it can be regarded as a support for you, but others can't get this price!"

Jiang Lun smiled, "Mr. Liu, can you give me more?"

"Do you still think I want too much?" Liu Xiahui said speechlessly, "How much money do you invest in this movie?"

"More than 50 million!" Jiang Lun reported a number, in fact, this is ten times the actual cost!

In the face of a businessman like Liu Xiahui, the money can't be said to be low, otherwise he won't pay attention to this movie.

"That's not small!" Liu Xiahui pondered, "The proportion can't be lowered anymore, after all, there are so many theaters across the country to turnover, and the cost of making a movie is not less than making a movie, and in the first week of release, all the theaters under Yida can give you more than 40% of the film schedule, this condition is not bad, right?"

"Yes!" Jiang Lun nodded and said with a smile, "Then it's decided, happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!" Liu Xiahui smiled bitterly, "What about the third-party theater chain?"

"It's up to you!" Jiang Lun said, "as long as it is not lower than the market price!"

"Alas!" Liu Xiahui sighed, but smiled, "I'm cutting meat to play with you!

"Of course!" Jiang Lun smiled, "And I will also participate in a role!"

"Do you play it yourself?" Liu Xiahui Yile, just now I was worried that Jiang Lun was going to use a newcomer again, and I was still worried in my heart, although there are successful cases of "Wulin Gaiden", no one can guarantee that Jiang Lun's movies can also follow the rules of "Wulin Gaiden".

Now that he heard that Jiang Lun wanted to participate in the performance by himself, Liu Xiahui was relieved, it seems that this concession is very correct.

If according to the market price, excluding 57% of the hospital, just the issuance of Yida has to take at least 10%, generally the packaging price of Yida is not lower than 60, after all, let a point is likely to be hundreds of thousands or even millions, the price code for Jiang Lun today is indeed too much.

However, Yida will not lose, as a hospital, they have a variety of ways to ensure that they make a steady profit, and there are many unspoken rules in the film industry.

Jiang Lun and Liu Xiahui signed the contract on the spot, and each article was clearly written, including the amount of filming. (To be continued.) )