Chapter 16: Columbia and Lionsgate
Spent an afternoon at Leonardo's place, originally with the mentality of asking for help, but who knew that in the end it was exchanged for a bad news, which made Xiansen very depressed, and at the same time expressed strong contempt for Leonardo's guard, but there was no way, many times women just like to post such a gentleman upside down, Xiansen felt that this was a means for women to challenge their charm.
"It costs money to rent equipment, it costs money to film, it costs money to spend money on post-production, it costs money to publicize, and the salaries of the actors, the costs during the filming process, my God, why do you need money to solve everything?"
Back in the hospital room, Xiansen crossed his fingers and counted the accounts little by little, from equipment to publicity plus other expenses, if you want to shoot a movie of about 90 minutes, it is roughly estimated that it will cost at least more than one million US dollars.
More than a million? What is this concept? This is equivalent to the sum of the value of seven restaurants, equivalent to the total savings of the average Wall Street elite white-collar worker for ten years without eating or drinking, and equivalent to 1,000 times the funds in Xiansen's current bank account.
However, in the film industry, one million is only one-fifth of Leonardo's current worth, only one-thirtieth of Tom Hanks's salary, and only one-twenty-fortieth of the investment in "Titanic" ("Titanic" invested $240 million).
For Xiansen, he can only hope for one million, but in the film industry, it is not even a dime, this huge contrast is really disappointing.
"Who should I ask for investment?"
He took out a Parker pen from his body, which he had bought on the way back to the hospital, and Xiansen wrote it on the snow-white sheets with great immorality.
Warner Bros.? No, I'm definitely not qualified, they may be able to read the script but they will never let me be the director.
Xiansen was the first to deny Warner Bros. Entertainment, although this is the world's largest film and television entertainment production company, but this kind of large company values experience and qualifications more, and it can't look at small movies, and it definitely doesn't want to let itself direct if the investment is higher, so it doesn't have to think about it, and Xiansen used a black parka pen to draw a big cross.
MGM? I heard that there will be a blockbuster like "Hannibal" on Valentine's Day next year, and if I want to release it on this schedule, I will definitely not give it to it. Although the movie has not yet started filming, Xiansen has already determined the release schedule he needs, that is, the Valentine's Day file in February.
The reason is that his first film will be a romantic comedy.
After completing the quest [The Heart Knot of the Noble Son], he was given a chance to draw a lottery, and luckily, he drew a four-star script, and Xiansen sometimes really wanted to thank this system that was almost forgotten by him.
Because this four-star script is so exquisite, Xiansen feels that even if he gives himself three years, it is impossible to write such a creative story.
The script is a romantic comedy, and the bottom line of investment is only one million, so in Xiansen's view, this kind of low-cost romance film can only be successful if it is released in a good time period. And he, only recognizes success.
Later, there was a small-budget romantic comedy film in China that achieved a miraculous box office by imitating Xiansen's theory, and that movie was called "33 Days of Broken Love".
Of course, the current Xiansen has no idea his impact on the future, he only knows that MGM can be crossed a big cross.
Just like the book of life and death in the hands of the judge in Chinese mythology, Xiansen's name is listed on the bed sheet one by one.
DreamWorks? No, the type doesn't match; New line? No, you can try a low-budget horror movie here; Universal, come on, this arrogant thing, I guess we won't be able to get in; 20th Century Fox? Ahem, the light road fee is enough to choke; Miramax? It's a great place to go for weird movies; Paramount? Forget it, it's rumored to be an ally of the Kennedys; Bo Wei? Emperor's Gate? If you don't make literary films, don't think about it.
In the end, there were only two film companies left on the messy sheets.
"Columbia Pictures Ltd. and Lionsgate?"
Columbia Pictures, Inc. is an American film and television production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. This film production company can be said to be quite old-fashioned, and at the same time, there are many genre movies produced every year, the most important thing is that this company still attaches great importance to the Asian market, and Xiansen feels that his Chinese identity may be able to add some chips to the investment.
In fact, there is another main reason for leaving Columbia Pictures Co., Ltd., that is, Columbia likes to release and produce some small and fresh love movies, such as "Love You No Cost" this year, "Call and Love" and so on.
Columbia Pictures was the first choice, and Lionsgate was the second choice.
Although Lionsgate is a film company that has only been in existence for two or three years, founder Frank Gusta has always had the idea of a banker who fights big with small money, and this special penchant for small-budget films has prompted Xiansen to keep his name on the sheets.
"I still don't believe it, an illegitimate daughter of your Kennedy family is really sure that she can cover the sky in Hollywood."
Putting the Parker pen back in his pocket, Xiansen suddenly felt relaxed, and he was about to take the first step after the operation, and he was even a little excited when he thought of this.
"Script card!"
With a silent thought in his heart, a silver-white card appeared in front of his eyes, and he held the card in his hand, this feeling of being real and illusory was really amazing.
When drawing this card, according to the prompts of the system, Xiansen knew that the script card was used automatically, and once it was determined that the shooting began, the script card would disappear, and at the same time, the complete and detailed storyboard plot would appear in the user's brain, because Xiansen's movie had not yet started, so he could only preview a rough storyline, but just this storyline had already deeply moved him.
"Sen, what are you doing?"
The door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and the frightened Xiansen was in a hurry to stuff the script card into the quilt, he forgot that no one could see the card in his hand except himself.
"Rachel, why haven't you been back so late?"
After silently disappearing the card in his heart, Xiansen asked with some puzzlement.
"I'll stay here for the night!"
As if declaring sovereignty, Rachel clenched his little fist, waved his hand fiercely, and continued, "My parents agreed. ”
"Your parents agreed?"
Xiansen was even more confused, are this girl's parents the legendary bear parents? Otherwise, how could he agree to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in the same room with a young man with strong blood, even if this room was just a hospital ward.
Seeing Xiansen's confusion, Rachel stuck out his tongue and explained, "I told them you were my sister's boyfriend. I fainted that day outside my yard to help my sister pick up something. ”
"Your sister? When did you pop up with a sister again? ”
Hearing this reason, Xiansen couldn't help laughing, this girl's ability to lie is really a set.
"You and I are neighbors, so you should know my sister?"
Rachel glanced at Xiansen, and then said, "It's Bella, the waiter at the 24-hour express store." ”
Hearing this name, Xiansen's facial muscles twitched involuntarily, of course he knew who Bella was, and it was said that the chubby waitress seemed to have been divorced three times! Do I look so old? Xiansen glared at Rachel fiercely, this girl was simply ruining her reputation
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