Chapter 239: Writing the Script
Although no specific agreement has been reached yet, Zeng Xiaoxian believes that Fox will give in, after all, Zeng Xiaoxian promised that Zeng Xiaoxian would only pay less dividends than expected, and this dividend is actually a lot, much higher than the total box office of many movies, but if you don't agree, then the problem is very simple, that is, you can't get a penny. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hollywood is so interested in "Twilight" that there are countless of them, but it really can't be done, Zeng Xiaoxian can also be handed over to Lion Pictures to be responsible for filming, so Zeng Xiaoxian is not in a hurry at all.
And as far as Zeng Xiaoxian knows, Ji Fox has begun to recruit troops, just for the start of filming of "New Moon", what does this mean, it shows that Fox Company still can't let go of the huge temptation of "New Moon" in the end, but there are still some details that can't be negotiated, as long as Zeng Xiaoxian insists on not letting go, they will definitely let go in the end.
However, Fox is not a vegetarian, and it immediately caught a sore foot of Zeng Xiaoxian, that is, Zeng Xiaoxian said that it is calculated separately, that is, the share as an actor cannot be confused with the share as a copyright, the film copyright dividend is 15% of the box office, and as an actor, 5% of the actor, according to the consistent rules, 5% of the actor's profit is 5% of the box office profit, so it can't be counted as 20%, and it is only about 17% when converted. In short, it is also better than giving twenty percent all at once.
Zeng Xiaoxian can't help it, it's true that everyone is like this, and he can't ask for any specialization, and if he lets it out, he can't take it back and don't admit it.
So although Zeng Xiaoxian and the people at Fox have not fully negotiated, the filming of "New Moon" can be said to be a certainty.
There is also Zeng Xiaoxian acquired Lion Pictures, but Lion Pictures was only a medium-sized company in the previous life, and there were no particularly famous works, the only "King of Kung Fu", or because the starring role is Chinese, Zeng Xiaoxian can not care, but now Zeng Xiaoxian can not care, now Zeng Xiaoxian is very busy, naturally can not help the company to help grow by starring in its works like before.
However, Zeng Xiaoxian has his own way, that is, to hand over some works that are destined to be popular and not difficult to shoot to Lion Pictures to be responsible, the first one is "Prison Break".
People who pay attention to American dramas do not know that this American drama that has caused a frenzy of ratings in the United States is definitely a classic among the classics, each episode can attract nearly 10 million viewers to watch, the American "Entertainment Weekly" has conducted a big inventory of the TV season, "Prison Break" was elected the first place in the new drama of the year with a charismatic actor, excellent creativity and a tight and compact story, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama TV Series and Best Drama Actor.
The mainstream media have described the show as a revolutionary breakthrough, and famous New York drama critics have praised "'Prison Break' is an American drama that is so good that your heart will stop beating"
"Prison Break" was a hit in the United States and soon spread to China, becoming the most watched American drama in China. More and more "more and more fans" support this TV series on their blogs and related websites, and their madness is definitely no less than that of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
In his previous life, although Zeng Xiaoxian was not particularly obsessed with American dramas, he still watched this popular "Prison Break" all over the world.
Prison escape Michael Scorfield is in a hopeless predicament, and his older brother, Lincoln Barros, is convicted of murder and thrown on death row in prison. Although all the evidence points to Lincoln as the murderer, Michael is convinced that his brother is innocent.
Lincoln's execution day draws nearer, and with no other option, Michael breaks into a bank at gunpoint, is arrested and imprisoned and comes to Lincoln's side.
Michael, a construction engineer, was involved in the renovation of the prison and knew it well, designing the most perfect escape plan ever created, and went to prison for the sole purpose of saving and restoring Lincoln's innocence. While Michael struggles to prepare his escape plan in prison, unexpected people and events appear one after another on the road to freedom.
The high ratings created by the first season of "Prison Break" led to the launch of a second season on the proposed TV station, and soon because of the excellent performance of the first part of "Prison Break", Fox finally decided to release the second part.
In the second season, eight escaped first-degree felons become the target of national police hunts, and embark on a new round of outlaws, in the process of escaping they face various situations, so the story continues, and because Lincoln is framed in connection with a government conspiracy, from the beginning of the second season, Michael and Lincoln focus on the investigation, hoping to uncover the dark truth behind the conspiracy.
The inmates who managed to escape from prison escaped from the central United States, and some of them were re-arrested and some died on the way to escape.
Zeng Xiaoxian feels that there are three reasons why the show has become a hit drama, first, the plot is tense and gripping.
"Prison Break" subverts the traditional audience structure of TV dramas, and includes many exciting points and shots into the viewership. The body collision between prisoners and jailers, the intrigue between prisoners, the perseverance and courage to break through the cage, and the broken toe of the maze tattoo scissors weave into one thrilling adventure after another.
Second, use "death" to increase ratings.
Some people say that whenever the ratings of "Prison Break" start to decline, the screenwriter will let one of them die. Producer Michelle explained: "Actually, it's not entirely like this, every drama will have times when the ratings go up and down, and the writers will definitely use this as a reference to adjust the tension of the plot." ”
Third, the actors' acting skills are great. The key to the success of "Prison Break" is also the high overall strength of the story, emotions and characters, in addition, the acting skills of all the actors in the play are commendable.
Of course, the first two seasons of Na Jue Liu are classics among the classics, but the next two seasons can basically be said to be anticlimactic, and the trick of the prison escape has already made the audience too addicted in the first season, and the repetitive performances have gradually made the audience lose confidence.
Zeng Xiaoxian has learned from the past, so naturally he will not make the same mistakes, and the last two seasons basically exist to collect money, and they were cut by Zeng Xiaoxian without hesitation.
The filming of "Prison Break" is because Zeng Xiaoxian is too busy now, so he may not be able to join in, so when writing the script, he did not follow Zeng Xiaoxian's consistent habits to sinicize, and it is rare to maintain the flavor of the original version, so he can only hang a screenwriter's gimmick, but it feels really good to be the screenwriter of a TV series that is destined to be a hit.
There is another one that is "Youth Singing and Dance", and there should be few people who don't know about "Youth Singing and Dance" in their previous life, right? "High School Musical" is an American Emmy Award-winning television movie and is the most successful original film on the Disney Channel.
"Youth Musical" is one of the most internationally awarded youth TV movies, and has won three awards so far: Emmy nominations, Emmys, and the National Teen Vote. Its soundtrack became the overall sales champion of the annual album in the United States last year. The critically acclaimed Disney Original TV movie broke the ratings record on the day it aired in the U.S., rewriting the channel's highest ratings for an original TV movie since its inception with a record of 70 million viewers in the United States.
After being broadcast in the United States, the film has continued to create new ratings in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Southeast Asia, China and other countries, and has attracted tens of thousands of viewers around the world.
Zeng Xiaoxian didn't like musical and dance dramas in his previous life, but he has to admit that "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" is really very good, even he, who doesn't like musical and dance dramas very much, has watched it several times.
The key to the show's popularity and success lies in the fresh and refined images of the male and female protagonists, their emotional singing and dancing performances, and healthy and uplifting values, the positive and educational themes that encourage teenagers to pursue their dreams, and the catchy youth pop rock music, which makes this original film memorable.
The reason why Zeng Xiaoxian is in a hurry to write two works is because Lion Pictures really doesn't have any works that are too good, so Zeng Xiaoxian decided to do it. Zeng Xiaoxian believes that with these two works as signboards, Lion Pictures should also be able to show it.
Of course, Zeng Xiaoxian also wrote a script for the company, in fact, Zeng Xiaoxian had this idea a long time ago, from the time when he promoted "Myth" before, and the selected script was "My Girl", which was popular in his previous life.
"My Girl" is a Mizuki drama produced and broadcast by South Korea's Tian TV, with surprising adaptability and cheeky acting skills, the Banzai tourist guide Joo Youlin and Chaebol II Xue Gongchan, the two meet by chance, and have a series of stories of rushing left and right.
In general, it is basically a typical idol drama, the story between a poor girl and a rich son, the rich son is sunny and handsome and capable, but the poor girl is a little girl who loves to lie, which is a little different.
Although the ratings at the beginning of the broadcast in Korea were not ideal, it later gained good ratings with excellent production and became the champion of the ratings in the same period.
Zeng Xiaoxian also watched "My Girl" in his previous life, which is indeed very good, plus he felt that the role was very suitable for Hu Yifei, Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly remembered, anyway, now the company can also be said to be familiar with such idol dramas, so Zeng Xiaoxian doesn't have to worry about the company making it a bad movie, of course, there is one that has to be done, which is to sinicize it.
In fact, I have had this idea for a long time, so I have been writing it for a long time, but the main energy is on "Prison Break" and "Youth Musical", and it was not until recently after the end of "Prison Break" and "Youth Musical" that I finally had time to start writing this script wholeheartedly.
Zeng Xiaoxian plans to go to the United States to hand over the scripts of "Prison Break" and "Youth Musical" to Lion Pictures when the time comes to shoot "New Moon", anyway, as long as the filming starts within next year, it will definitely be in time, and as for "My Girl", it will be the same, within the first half of next year.
Zeng Xiaoxian has also received a lot of script invitations since this time, Zeng Xiaoxian is no longer the fledgling hairy man of the year, with Zeng Xiaoxian's identity and status now, although there are still a lot of scripts received, Zeng Xiaoxian can obviously feel that the quality is much higher, after selection, there are two Zeng Xiaoxian who are still hesitating, some will answer, some will not answer. It's going to happen,
It is the company's annual drama next year, "Flying Immortals", the story of "Flying Immortals" is adapted from folk tales, describing the emotional story of a mortal and a fairy.
Every year, the company's annual drama is the work that the company prepares with the most heart, although the filming of "Flying Immortals" is still more than half a year away, but now it has begun to prepare for this, and everything will be fully prepared after the filming of "Sword and Fairy" is over.
"Flying Immortals", not to mention that Zeng Xiaoxian also watched a "Flying Immortals" in his previous life, it is said that when Zeng Xiaoxian saw this script at that time, he felt that this was really the company's style, and it was also a costume idol drama, although the company also filmed fashion dramas, and the ratings were quite good, but it was the costume idol drama that really made the company occupy a place in the entertainment industry.
Ye Youyue seems to have a natural preference for costume idol dramas, I don't know why.
According to the usual practice, although filming has not yet started, and even the preparations are still in the early stage of preparation, but Tang Ren still sent the script for Zeng Xiaoxian to choose, because of the experience of "Sword and Fairy", Tang Company knew that Zeng Xiaoxian would not necessarily choose to star in the leading role, so he did not say which role Zeng Xiaoxian would consider, but directly sent the script over, and Zeng Xiaoxian chose whichever role he wanted.
Zeng Xiaoxian thought about it for a long time, but still didn't make a choice, the protagonist Zeng Xiao didn't choose, the reason is similar to the previous "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", he didn't want to rob Lu Ziqiao of the opportunity, and he didn't have to play the leading role again, and other people wanted to play the leading role for nothing more than two reasons, one is for money, after all, as the protagonist, you can naturally make more money in theory, and the other is to pursue greater fame and breakthroughs in acting skills.
Zeng Xiaoxian's acting skills are not superb, no worse than acting skills such as actors, and money, Zeng Xiaoxian is really not short of money now, basically his current money is enough for him to live luxuriously in this life, the next life, the next life, the next life, the next life, so the money pile is just a number for him, and money is just the driving force for his dreams.
Speaking of fame, the younger generation has something to say, comparable to Zeng Xiaoxian, even the older generation, there are few people who can compare with Zeng Xiaoxian, Zeng Xiaoxian lacks nothing, so Zeng Xiaoxian's choice of plays is just based on his own preferences. (To be continued.) )