Chapter 105: "The Sword and the Spaceship" and the salary
When the news of Xiang Laowei's new play came out on the news, Yang Qi had already got the script of this play, and Yang Qi knew the name of Xiang Laowei's new play earlier than others. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
- "The Sword and the Spaceship".
This is the name of Xiang Laowei's new play, at first glance it looks ordinary and nothing special, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is something special hidden in these four words.
The sword is a cold weapon, which will remind people of ancient wars, legendary sword dances, and all kinds of magical swordsmanship in martial arts novels, etc.
But the spaceship must be related to the future science fiction world, and in the future science fiction world, can the ancient cold weapon of the sword still shine?
If Yang Qi hadn't heard Xiang Laowei talk about the idea of his new play, when he saw the name, Yang Qi might associate these four words with a future science fiction world, a new martial art combining technology and martial arts, and a wonderful story derived from it.
But Yang Qi heard Xiang Lao Wei talk about his creativity for this new play, so when he saw these four words, Yang Qi would automatically see "sword" and "spaceship" as symbols of the two worlds.
The "sword" symbolizes a magical world of Xianxia.
And the "spaceship" symbolizes the sci-fi world of the future.
"Sword and spaceship" represents the collision of two originally unrelated worlds, and there may be fierce wars, and the collision of civilizations and civilizations.
After getting the script, Yang Qi naturally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and began to read the script written by Xiang Laowei himself that night.
The script is not very long, less than 10,000 words, which also contains a lot of settings, and the rest is not so much a script as a plot synopsis, Xiang Laowei wrote a plot summary, no character dialogue, no scenery and other details described, but even so, it is enough for Yang Qi to understand a lot of information.
After reading it, Yang Qi felt unfinished.
It feels like this script is like the first film in a series, and there is still a lot of imagination to play behind.
In addition, Yang Qi has another feeling - admiration!
Admire Xiang Laowei's ability to write a script, under normal circumstances, like this, the collision between two worlds and two civilizations, such a background setting, if someone else writes it, it may write a very large and magnificent scene, almost from beginning to end, just like a Hollywood commercial blockbuster.
If you write it like that, it will be wonderful, but correspondingly, the total investment of this movie will double and rise, and as for how many times it will be doubled, it is impossible to say.
But the script written by Xiang Laowei, or the plot synopsis, also has big scenes in it, but there are not many of them, only a few key places have big scenes that require huge costs.
For example, the huge spaceship that appeared in the sky above the Qingyun Sword Sect at the beginning of the movie, and the shocking scene of the huge spaceship fleet all over the sky in the later part of the script.
In addition, according to the synopsis of the script written by Xiang Laowei, there is no place in this movie where the spaceship needs to appear.
The plot written by Xiang Lao Wei focuses on more details, a little bit of detail in the magical Xianxia world, the shaping of the characters, the advancement of the plot conflict, starting from the subtleties, advancing the plot layer by layer, and finally with the arrival of the huge spaceship fleet in the future world, the fierce confrontation between the spaceship fleet and the Xianxia world suddenly broke out.
"This script ......"
In the bedroom of the rental house late at night, Yang Qi leaned on the bedside and closed the script in his hand, muttering to himself thoughtfully, this script reminded him of the original world's "Avatar" that once swept the global film market.
In terms of subject matter, "Sword and Spaceship" and "Avatar" have the same flavor, both of which are stories of the invasion of the future technological world against a primitive world.
But there are also differences, and the details are almost completely different!
The protagonist of "Avatar" is carefully analyzed, it can be said that he is a traitor, the protagonist was originally a soldier on the invader's side, but after he came into contact with the aborigines of the alien planet, he gradually rebelled to the aborigines, and finally even led the aborigines to defeat the army he originally belonged to.
If the person who betrayed our nation during the Anti-Japanese War was called a "traitor", then the hero of "Avatar" betrayed the entire human race, and it should be accurate to say that he was a "traitor".
Compared with "Avatar", "Sword and Spaceship" is completely different in terms of the identity of the male protagonist, the setting given by Xiang Laowei, the male protagonist was originally an ordinary disciple of the Qingyun Sword School in the Xianxia World, and the Caucasian who came in the spaceship was completely set as the aggressor.
The other details are completely different from "Avatar".
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Yang Qi's interest lies in the script written by Xiang Laowei himself, but in fact, the company has negotiated the terms with the investor for him, and the contract has been officially signed this afternoon.
This time, Xiang Laowei's new play, there are a total of seven investors, and all of them are not small.
For example, Zuo Li Right Yellow Film and Television Group, Star Pictures, Cellular Cinema and Giant Film and Television Group, etc.
Among them, Zuo Li, Right Huang and Starry Sky Pictures are both investors in "Dragon City Battle", and this time they invested in Xiang Laowei's "Sword and Spaceship".
The cellular cinema line is another cinema giant in China, and it is a cinema giant on the same level as the iron art group.
Giant Film and Television is also not a second- or third-rate small company, when Yang Qi went to the company to sign a contract with the investor representative this afternoon, he heard Zhao Lili say that Xiang Lao Wei is now nominally the gold medal director of Giant Film and Television.
Seven investors have invested a total of 500 million in "Sword and Spaceship", and it is said that if it is not enough, additional investment can be made.
This kind of thing is rare, under normal circumstances, the general investor will strictly control the expenses of the crew, and the most feared and disgusted thing by the investor is that the crew and director ask for additional investment.
But this time, "Sword and Spaceship" has not yet started filming, and most of the actors are still in the selection stage, but the investor has released such words, what is the reason?
In the final analysis, it's because the director of this play is Xiang Yingxiang's old monster!
Xiang Laowei's past report card is too eye-catching! Every movie he directed has never lost money, which has reassured the investor, not to mention, Xiang Laowei's temper, if he says that the investment is not enough, and asks for additional investment, which investor refuses him to try?
Unless you don't even think about investing in Xiang Laowei's movies in the future, otherwise, Xiang Laowei's nickname "Old Monster" is not for fun.
As the leading actor of the movie "Sword and Spaceship", the salary that the company won for him this time also broke his own previous record - 6.6 million salary!
Zhao Lili still wants to help Yang Qi get a little box office share, but unfortunately, Yang Qi's qualifications are still shallow, even if he is the leading actor handpicked by Xiang Laowei, he is still not qualified to get a box office share.
You must know that his only participating movie "Dragon City" that has been released has failed at the box office, even if his personal performance in "Dragon City" has been unanimously praised inside and outside the circle, his qualifications are still shallow.
It is already rare to be able to help win a salary of 6.6 million, if he is not the actor that Xiang Laowei personally fancies, if the total investment of "Sword and Spaceship" is not as high as 500 million, if he changes to a movie, even if he can receive the role of the actor, the salary will not reach this height.