On the plane from Yanjing to Los Angeles, Lin Han was holding a pen and recording something in his notebook, and this trip was the time for him to fulfill the content of the contract, and went to cut the ribbon for the opening of the Los Angeles branch of Xinhua Bookstore. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The toiletry bag, quilt, and pajamas in the first-class cabin were all ready, and Chen Jiaxuan watched him write non-stop on the chair next to Lin Han, so he asked curiously: "What are you writing, it doesn't look like a novel?"

There weren't many guests in the first class, Lin Han turned his head and smiled at her, explaining: "I'm going to make a science fiction movie, I've been writing a novel for so long, change my mind." ”

"You're finally going to make a movie?"

Chen Jiaxuan was very pleasantly surprised, she thought that Lin Han would never come out in the field of literature, but she didn't expect that she had secretly made a plan.

"Don't be too happy, I'm just making an experimental science fiction movie, with an estimated total investment of 100,000 yuan, to practice. ”

This is out of Chen Jiaxuan's expectations, according to his income of 72 million US dollars last year, how to invest will not invest such a small amount of money, "What kind of movie can be made for 100,000 yuan, you may not even be able to afford cameras and actors, costumes, lighting, science fiction movies have such a small amount of money, at least a few million dollars!"

"So I'm thinking about how to make a careful budget for this money, the costumes can be brought by the actors, and the photographers can ask Wang Hao for their support. The more Lin Han said, the more excited he became, the sci-fi film he expected did not rely on traditional routines such as lasers, metal, and special effects, so the cost requirements were relatively low.

Since it's to exercise yourself, it's not interesting to open up and take money, you have to make a plan at the beginning, otherwise it's very likely that the money will run out when filming, but only half of the things will be filmed, these are all things that new directors have to overcome!

Lin Han does have money, but this money is not for his first movie, but for his later works, a real sci-fi blockbuster.

"Wait, you haven't said what your movie is called!" Chen Jiaxuan then remembered the most critical question, and said that it was in vain to say that for a long time.

"The tentative name is 'This Man Comes from Earth', and the script is already in my head, and I'll write it into a novel after the film is finished. ”

This movie was a huge success in Lin Han's original time and space, with a total investment of only 10,000 US dollars, and then 10,000 US dollars in publicity costs, a total of 20,000 US dollars, which also created a legend of a low-budget science fiction movie!

Chen Jiaxuan repeated the title of the book, "What is the main story of "This Man from Earth"? Could it be that this has already gone to other planets, so he is from Earth?"

Lin Han took a deep breath, he closed his notebook, and explained: "If someone tells you that he has lived for 14,000 years, he is a person in the cave period, he once communicated with Confucius and discussed with Lao Tzu, once went to the West with Zheng He, helped Columbus travel around the world, once caressed Guangling and looked at the Boyazi period, he communicated with the painting saint Wu Daozi, painted with Van Gogh, listened to the teachings of Sakyamuni, and also saw a monk named Xuanzang going to the west, and even he was the prototype of Jesus. ”

"One day you suddenly find out that this person is a friend of yours, and you have been with him for ten years, what do you think? Do you believe him, or question him with countless questions about whether he is lying, whether he is insane?"

Chen Jiaxuan was taken aback by Lin Han's brain hole, she bit her lip and said with a smile: "I definitely won't believe it, it's impossible at all!"

Lin Han snapped his fingers, "That's what you want." It's because you don't believe it, so you keep watching until you believe it. ”

In fact, this movie was also once a novel by science fiction writer Jeromy Besby, which sparked widespread discussion after being adapted into a movie, and even a play of the same name was born!

This is almost a Jedi counterattack for a film with a $20,000 investment cost, and the 2007 movie is often dragged out and discussed in 2017, after all, it relies on pure dialogue to drive the story forward, without any special effects.

To put it simply, a group of people are idle, sitting in the room and chatting, so Lin Han thinks that it should be feasible to put the budget within 100,000 yuan!

This is a simple modified version of Lin Han, he made the protagonist Chinese, and the sea and land Silk Road was opened under his guidance, so he connected to the European part along the way, combined China and the West, and completed the big change of the plot!

"This Man is from Earth", the original main plot is very simple, 35-year-old Harvard history professor John suddenly chose to resign after ten years of work, and his colleagues came to see him off and expressed their puzzlement, and the curtain of the story was opened.

Van Gogh's paintings, medieval bows and arrows, and 4,000 stone axes adorn the seemingly humble house, and these colleagues come to see off the protagonist, expressing their doubts about John's departure and urging him to explain.

To the surprise of the Harvard professors, John claimed to be immortal, had lived on Earth for 14,000 years, and could not stay in one place for more than 10 years, or his secret would be discovered.

In the face of John's rhetoric, these historians, religious scholars, biologists, and psychologists began to engage John in a subversive academic debate......

It's just that the original novel or script is full of a lot of Western religious history, geography, archaeology, philosophy, and psychology knowledge, which are what makes the movie particularly brain-burning and attractive.

Since after replacing the plot, Lin Han also wants to rationalize the plot, this is a big project, his accumulation is not enough, so he can't start writing for a long time, and now he is still learning, digesting and absorbing!

"When are you going to write the script?" Chen Jiaxuan began to worry about Lin Han's creative skills, just listening to these things made his brain explode, he had to write these things, and it would be even more difficult to find out the bugs in them!

Although this is just an ultra-low-cost movie script with an investment of 100,000 yuan, it does not mean that it is shoddy, Lin Han also plans to restore this into a novel and build it into a classic in the history of soft science fiction.

So he replied: "I started writing after I returned from the United States, and I happened to be at Peking University, so if you don't understand anything, you can consult the professors there." After writing the script, we can start preparing for the shooting. ”

If you don't consider the picture quality, you can even shoot it with a sofa and a mobile phone, you don't need to chase movie special effects, you just need to implement the imagination and creativity of the script!

This movie shows not the actors, not the director, but the ability of the screenwriter, and there are no scenes that can show off their skills for the director to play, which is perfect for a "beginner" like Lin Han, and it can even be said to be tailor-made.

Coupled with his status at Peking University, he has the opportunity to really seek advice from biologists, religious scientists, anthropologists, historians, archaeologists, and psychologists, which is such a unique condition that other writers will not have!

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Han couldn't wait to start writing quickly, and he could see that his improved version of the script of "This Man is from Earth" was released.

What he had in his head was just a rough version, and how to polish it in detail was something to consider after the return trip.

"It should be a good story, but you have to tell it well. Chen Jiaxuan found it very attractive, "Regardless of the movie for the time being, I will definitely watch it when the novel is released, and I want to see how you brag about not paying taxes!"

"My dear, the novel should be done at the same time as the script, but the release should wait until after the release of the movie. I don't know if this movie has a chance to be shown in the cinema. ”

What director doesn't want to see his film on the big screen?

Of course, the investment of 100,000 yuan does not expect it to earn tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan back, but at least it has to meet the audience.

Chen Jiaxuan stretched out her hand and patted the back of Lin Han's hand, she nodded and said: "It will definitely be released in the cinema, believe me, our company is not a decoration! It's just that with such a small investment cost and the shooting restrictions you mentioned, it is estimated that it is impossible to release it on a large scale, but at least there will be a place to see it in every city." ”

If you don't even have this confidence, what kind of company do you want to open!

The two held hands and looked at each other and smiled, and then leaned out and kissed together, fortunately, the first-class cabin was more secretive and did not spill too much dog food.

Lin Han silently kept this story in his heart, and came back after staying in Los Angeles for three days this time, presumably this novel and the script will be born soon, and readers will have to wait a few more days when the time comes!

The vast ocean outside the window was glowing with moonlight, and the sparkling appearance looked very beautiful, although most of the time it was a black shadow, but Lin Han, who was in a good mood, was enough to make up for it.

The long-haul flight of more than ten hours was very annoying, when dawn came, Los Angeles was already close in front of him, Lin Han was awakened by the aroma of beef noodles, he stood up to wash up, Chen Jiaxuan was woken up by the flight attendant, and the whole person dozed off in a daze.

As first-class guests, they got off the plane at the front, and there were already people waiting at the Los Angeles airport, which was specially arranged by the overseas branch of Xinhua Bookstore, after all, Lin Han came to cut the ribbon for their opening, and they had to be responsible for the pick-up service!

As soon as they arrived in Los Angeles, the star-studded city of angels surprised them, it turned out that Leonardo, who had just been on vacation in Hawaii, returned with his new Victoria's Secret model girlfriend!

The reporters had already blocked that side, and Lin Han saw Leonardo wearing sunglasses and walking out with a tall blonde beauty in his hand, he began to hesitate, whether he could go up to say hello or not, after all, he was an acquaintance!