Chapter 41: Set sail
Qin Maoyan is a veteran agent who has been in the entertainment industry for so long, and has his own set of understanding of knowing and seeing people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
First of all, in terms of ability, this Gu Wenwu is indeed extraordinary, able to write ten songs, the first classic. But the reason why Qin Maoyan sighed that he was not simple was not his ability to write songs, but his attitude in the face of snow.
A young director in his twenties was so calm and calm in the face of a big wrist like Bai Xue, and firmly took the initiative of words in his own hands. This self-confidence is either stunned or powerful.
And Qin Maoyan believes that Gu Wenwu is definitely not the former.
"Since you want him to help you write songs, you have to be sincere, I think this person is gentle on the outside, but in fact he is arrogant and hidden, if you show no sincerity, I'm afraid he won't pay attention to you." Qin Maoyan said.
When Bai Xue heard this, she remembered her performance just now, and she had nothing to say for a while.
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Back home, Gu Wenwu didn't think about this white snow anymore. He continued to write his own scripts.
Today's encounter, Gu Wenwu still feels a lot of emotion. So many future great directors are on the same running line as themselves, if they don't work hard, wouldn't it be very faceless if they were left behind.
For his first work, Gu Wenwu's most basic requirement is to be able to make money. If you can make money, you can have a follow-up. Only when you have money can you be afraid of whatever you want to shoot, and you will not be restricted by others. This also means that he wants to make a commercial film.
In Gu Wenwu's view, film is a form of storytelling, and there is no need to divide it into commercial films and art films. As long as the audience likes it, it's a good movie. And now what Gu Wenwu needs is to make a movie that can make money. So, it doesn't matter if it's art or not.
There are many movies that can make money, but with Gu Wenwu's limited funds, it is naturally impossible to make any blockbusters. In addition, with his directing skills, if he really wants to make any blockbusters, he may not be able to control it. So those sci-fi action movies with huge scenes were excluded by Gu Wenwu. There are not many genres left, Gu Wenwu thought about it again and again, and set his goal on comedy movies.
The audience enters the cinema for a very simple purpose, that is, to watch a movie to relax and have fun after intense work. So comedy is undoubtedly a great option. This can be seen from the fact that future comedy movies will box office billions at every turn.
And the biggest advantage of shooting comedy movies is that the cost is lower than other types of movies. After all, comedy movies rely on plot to win, and they can be filmed in life. If you make a movie to build a palace of the King of Qin like "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin", even if the sales of "Story" break through the sky, Gu Wenwu may not be able to make a movie.
Gu Wenwu thought back to the comedy movies that became popular in the next few years, and the first thing Gu Wenwu thought of was the classic low-budget comedy movie "Crazy Stone". This Ning Hao's work has a good reputation at the box office after its release, and it is a good choice.
But this movie was released in 2005, and now it's 03 years, maybe Ning Hao already has the idea of this movie, or maybe even the script has begun to be written. So in order to avoid a crash, Gu Wenwu gave up this idea.
Famous comedy movies such as "Night Club", "Crazy Racing", "Yangtze River No. 7", "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" flashed in Gu Wenwu's mind one by one, but they were all vetoed by Gu Wenwu one by one. In the end, Gu Wenwu set his sights on foreign countries, and finally determined his goal.
He decided to adapt "The Hangover".
"The Hangover" is a movie that Gu Wenwu likes very much. Gu Wenwu has seen the "Hangover" trilogy and is deeply impressed. This is also the confidence of Gu Wenwu's adaptation.
"The Hangover" is a comedy film released in the United States in 2009, which grossed $45 million in one week of release, becoming the box office champion of the week. In the end, "The Hangover" won a record 277 million at the box office in North America, becoming the all-time box office champion of restricted comedy. In short, it's a movie that makes money, and it makes a lot of money.
However, how to adapt it into a movie that is suitable for the present and for Daxia is the problem. "The Hangover" is a restrictive comedy movie, and there are a lot of inappropriate content in the movie, if it is put in Daxia, it will not pass the review properly. Therefore, Gu Wenwu wants to modify the plot of the movie to a certain extent.
However, there are some places that don't seem so funny if they are modified. Therefore, Gu Wenwu needs to weigh it again and again before he can write. This also greatly slowed down his progress in writing the script, otherwise at his speed, it would have been finished long ago.
Maybe it's the reason why he won the award today, Gu Wenwu's whole person is in very good condition, his thoughts are like springs, and he writes quickly, and before he knows it, Gu Wenwu wrote until one o'clock in the morning.
It wasn't until a sudden burst of sleepiness that Gu Wenwu realized that it was not too early. Even the computer was not turned off, Gu Wenwu simply took a shower and went to bed.
The next day, Gu Wenwu was woken up by the ringtone of his mobile phone. Gu Wenwu picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table in a daze, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and connected the phone.
"Hey, who?"
"Mr. Gu, I'm He Qing, did I disturb you?" On the other side of the phone, hearing Gu Wenwu's slightly dissatisfied tone, He Qingleng paused.
As soon as he heard that it was He Qing, Gu Wenwu immediately sobered up. He Qing won't be okay to call him, could it be that the matter last time had been settled.
"Manager He, it's you, I'm sorry I didn't hear it just now, is there anything good about you calling today?" Gu Wenwu said.
"Haha, I haven't said congratulations to Mr. Gu for winning the most popular award yesterday, isn't that a good thing?" He Qing laughed and said.
"It's just a small award, and it's not the best director, I think Manager He should have something better than this." Gu Wenwu said with a smile.
"Haha, I know that I can't hide it from Mr. Gu, yesterday our company has received the first payment from dealers across the country, I asked the people in the finance department to work overtime, and Mr. Gu's first share is counted, and now it has been transferred to Mr. Gu's bank card." He Qingdao.
Gu Wenwu was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't expect the efficiency of Wanda Records to be so fast, and it was really refreshing to cooperate with such a company.
"Haha, then I'll thank Manager He, I don't know how much this money is." Gu Wenwu asked.
"The first week of sales of "Story" was good, reaching 480,000 copies, according to 15%, in the end, Mr. Gu, your share is 720,000." He Qingdao.
Since the album has not yet sold more than one million copies, the share ratio is calculated at 15%. Gu Wenwu gets 15% of the net profit, that is, for every record sold, the net profit is ten yuan, and Gu Wenwu can get five yuan.
Seven hundred and twenty thousand, although Gu Wenwu was already prepared, he was still shocked by this number. This is the first payment, excluding thirty percent of the money given to Huang Bo, that is to say, there will be 500,000 yuan in his hands in the end.
In other words, he is now half a millionaire. It's exciting to think about. In 2003, 500,000 was not a small amount, and it was definitely a lot to do. And among those things that can be done, including making a small-budget movie.
"Mr. Gu, how is it, are you still satisfied with this number?" Gu Wenwu didn't speak for a long time, and He Qing thought that he was not satisfied with this share.
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Gu Wenwu hurriedly said.
"It's good to be satisfied, if Mr. Gu has nothing else to do, I'll go and get busy first." He Qingdao.
"Well, it's okay, thank you Manager He, and you called me to inform me, why don't we make an appointment, I invite you to have a meal together, how about expressing my gratitude."
"That's not good, if you want to invite you, I will invite you, Mr. Gu can't fight with me."
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After ending the call with He Qing, Gu Wenwu secretly said yes. The funds are in place, which means that his dream has officially set sail.