Chapter 63: Do You Need Help?
Kang Hu woke up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and used the bedside phone to inform the front desk, asking them to find a taxi for themselves, and they would go down in 5 minutes.
Kang Hu came downstairs and got into a taxi under the leadership of the waiter, of course, a tip of $5 is indispensable, and the locals follow the customs!
After talking to the driver and driving to the editorial association, Kang Hu appreciated the cultural scenery of the United States, counting the original time and space plus the present, this is Kang Hu's first time abroad.
Visiting aliens and the universe can't be considered a trip!
The driver is very familiar with the road, and Kang Hu did not meet the legendary road oil, did not take himself around, but went directly to the Screenwriters Association, for which Kang Hu paid double the extra tip, that is, 20%, when he got out of the car.
Walking into the office building where the Screenwriters Guild is located, it is said that this building looks old enough from the outside, but it is normal to think about the time when the association was established.
As early as 1912, a group of writers and writers in the United States, in order to get the respect they deserved, organized and decided to improve the situation, and then established the American Writers Union, which is the predecessor of the association, so the American Writers Guild has a history of 68 years.
While walking in, Kang Hu complained in his heart, saying that Hong Kong did not establish the Hong Kong Film Writers Association until 1991, nearly 80 years later than the United States, and the mainland was even more exaggerated until 2013, when there was a China International Screenwriters Association, 100 years late, and with the word international, it was very loud and practical......
Kang Hu shook his head and walked to the front desk, showed his association membership card to the staff, and then explained his intentions, and finally Kang Hu was led to an office with a director sign on the door, and he was greeted by a chubby old man in his 50s.
"Welcome to you young people, our association needs young people like you to replenish fresh blood, my name is Lyndon Johnson, you just call me Old John." Johnson gave him a warm welcome.
Kang Hu smiled respectfully and reasonably: "Hello Mr. Johnson, my name is Hu Kang, you can call me Kang, and I am very grateful to be able to join the association." ”
"Young man, you have the humility of an Oriental, and an old friend of mine was like this back then haha!" Johnson laughed.
"This is our Chinese heritage, respecting the elders and loving the young, as it should be."
The two chatted for a while, and Johnson returned to the topic.
"Alright! Young Mr. Kang, I don't know what you need? Johnson gestured with a hand.
Kang Hu took out a stack of scripts from the bag he was carrying, and then pushed forward, "I want to register these scripts." ”
Johnson was a little surprised, this stack was a lot, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Kang, you have a lot." ”
After Johnson finished speaking, he took out the form for Kang Hu to fill out, he couldn't read it until the registration was completed, and he could only read it after the registration was completed.
Kang Hu sat down to prepare before he came, so he quickly filled out the form, and then put together another outline of each script and handed it to Johnson.
The film company has people who come to check the script, and these people can't read the script completely, so they all read the outline first, select the potential or good theme, and then read the complete script, and finally bring the screened script back to their respective companies, and if the company agrees to shoot, they will negotiate the price through the association or directly contact the author.
Johnson read a few scripts after Kang Hu registered, and praised Kang Hu after reading it, the script written by Kang Hu is completely Hollywood model is very detailed, and Kang Hu's storyboard is completely renderings, just follow the construction.
Generally, the director's renderings are stick figures, or even things that they can only understand by themselves, after all, not every director is a qualified painter.
When Kang Hu walked out of Johnson's office, the old man sent Kang Hu all the way to the door, and was very optimistic about Kang Hu, the rookie screenwriter Johnson, and even offered to do some recommendation work for his scripts, Kang Hu expressed his gratitude for this, but Kang Hu had already made arrangements for these scripts, so he politely excused himself.
Kang Hu's registered scripts include "First Blood", "Terminator", "Home Alone", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Bodyguard", "Back to the Future" and so on, especially the blockbuster movies and award-winning movies in recent years, and Kang Hu also buried a big pit, a pit buried for a big director!
Kang Hu walked out of the Screenwriters Guild and was about to stop a taxi on the side of the road, but the conversation between the two people next to him attracted Kang Hu to it.
"Hingis, you know what our budget is, you also invited Jane Fonda, you must know that she just won the Oscar for Best Actress last year, even if he and she reduce the salary, it will be 2 million, plus the salary of other actors, now the salary of the actor alone will be 3 million, not counting the commissions and production fees of other staff, where do you let me go to get money? Fox has already said that there is so much investment, will you let me rob it? The only thing I can thank God now is that you don't have any big scenes in this damn 9 to 5! ”
A middle-aged man in his 40s, slightly chubby, with a typical middle-class American appearance, was saying loudly to a middle-aged man who was also in his 40s and a little bald, and he called Hingis.
Kang Hu didn't stop until he heard "9 to 5", if he remembered correctly, the second place in the North American box office list in 1980 was "9 to 5", looking at these two people, Kang Hu's brain turned quickly.
Hingis stretched out his hands to signal the middle-aged man who shouted to calm down, and then soothed: "Bert calm down, calm down, I believe there will be a way, and there is not much money now, you just said, we don't have any big scenes in this play, and the requirements for the scene are very small, and we only need to find hundreds of thousands more now." ”
"Hingis, are you kidding? Several hundred thousand! That's more than 800,000, okay? If you can convince Jane Fonda to lower her salary......"
"Don't think about that, Bert, Jane? It is no longer possible for Fonda to reduce his salary. Hingis interrupted Bert.
While the two were still discussing, Kang Hu walked over.
"Hi there! My name is Hu Kang, you can call me Kang, I don't mean to listen to you. At this point, Kang Hu paused and made a loud motion, and then continued, "But you seem to be in trouble. ”
Hingis waved his hand and said absently: "Yes, we did encounter ** annoyance." ”
"So, would you mind talking to me?" Kang Hu laughed.
Without waiting for Hingis to speak, Bert rushed with some disdain: "What's the use of telling you, we are going to make a movie now, but the budget is still nearly 900,000 short." ”
"Don't mind, Bert is just a little anxious, in fact, because I invited last year's Oscar winner, our budget is a little overrun." Hingis said apologetically.
"So from the new self-introduction, I am Hu Kang, a screenwriter and a film investor, and I have invested in two films." Kang Hu smiled absently, and at the same time stretched out two hands and commanded.
Hingis didn't care when he heard the front, this was the door of the Screenwriters Guild, and nine out of ten people who came in and out were screenwriters, but when he heard the back, he was excited.
Hingis said excitedly: "Hello Mr. Kang, I'm Colin Hingis, I'm a director, you can just call me Hingis." ”
Bert also calmed down at this time, but still said with some disbelief: "My name is Bruce Gilbert, I am the producer, you can call me Bert, sue me for taking the liberty, what are the two movies you invested in?" ”
"I'm Chinese, and I've invested in two films in Hong Kong, namely "Crazy Boss" and "Salted Fish Reborn", the latter of which has just been released in Hong Kong."
"Hong Kong, I know, the movies there seem to be good, but it seems that the film investment there is not large, right?" Bert somewhat believed Kang Hu's words, but he still had doubts about Kang Hu's strength, but he had heard from a friend that this Hong Kong $1 million would be considered a big production.
"Yes, there is still a gap between Hong Kong movies and Hollywood, but I believe that may change in the near future." Kang Hu said confidently, paused and quipped: "Can you talk about your situation now, although my money may not be enough to invest in a movie alone, but it may be enough to make up for your shortcomings, of course, the premise is that you have to tell me the main content of your movie." ”
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