172 "The Love of Ghosts"
Half an hour ago, Zhang Jin received a call from the United States, and as soon as he heard the English spoken by the other party, he hurriedly invited the little secretary over, and then went to the third floor to call Chen Shaohua for help.
When the two came back, the little secretary said that the call was from the Hollywood Writers Guild, and the other party informed us that Paramount Pictures had taken a fancy to one of Zhang Jin's scripts and wanted to buy it for $1 million.
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Jin hurriedly asked Chen Shaohua to answer the phone.
Chen Shaohua talked to the other party for a long time, and then translated for Zhang Jin.
After tossing and turning like this five or six times, Zhang Jin finally completely figured out the reason for the matter.
Probably the same meaning as the little secretary said, Paramount bought the script of "Ghost Love" registered by Zhang Jin for 1 million US dollars, and planned to start investing in filming within half a year, and asked Zhang Jin if he had any objections to this price.
There's a yarn objection!
Zhang Jin agreed on the spot, and a good thing like spending 1 million to buy a script can only happen in Hollywood, who makes the film and television system quite perfect.
Chen Shaohua translated the past as promised, and the other party promised that the agency contract would be faxed later, but they didn't sell scripts for nothing, and they had to charge 10% of the agency fee.
Removing 10% of the agency fee and deducting various taxes, Zhang Jin will receive more than 700,000 US dollars, equivalent to about 6.2 million Hong Kong dollars.
This business is suitable, it took less than a day to pick up seven or eight scripts, and the money was almost picked up for nothing, so easy and freehand.
If the Screenwriters Guild knew that these scripts were mass-produced by Zhang Jin, I don't know what the reaction would be.
After hanging up the phone, the little secretary immediately announced the news to the building, and all the employees were surprised when they heard it.
"Hold the grass, the boss is really fierce!"
"1 million, still dollars! The first counterattack in the history of Hong Kong screenwriters! ”
"The boss broke through the sky powerfully, no. I'll have to burn incense and worship when I go back! ”
"The most correct decision in my life is to jump to Jinlong!" Zhu Zijian, who had just come to work, thought so.
The new chief photographer Shen Yue was a little stunned when he heard the news, although he was a fashion magazine, but he still had a lot of research on the world film industry, and the boss of Jinlong did not have such a talent.
You must know that Hollywood is extremely picky about scripts, and the boss in his early twenties can sell scripts to Hollywood. is still 1 million US dollars at the level of second-tier screenwriters, and it can only be said that the boss's script is too strong and too good!
"What can't be achieved in "ELLE", maybe it can be achieved in Jinlong, I'm going to do it!"
Everyone didn't know that the boss they admired extremely was being squeezed and stimulated by Chen Shaohua at this time.
In the office, Chen Shaohua and Zhang Jin sat facing each other.
Zhang Jin's face was bitter and helpless, while Chen Shaohua was holding back a smile with his mouth covered.
Zhang Jin said: "Okay, just laugh if you want to." Don't hold back. ”
"Hahaha~~" Chen Shaohua finally laughed, leaning forward and back, unscrupulously, and banging the sofa.
"You said you ...... Let me say what's okay...... Yes...... I asked you to learn English a long time ago, but you're still too troublesome, and now the American Writers Guild is calling...... As a result, I was dumbfounded, hahaha~~~"
Zhang Jin rubbed his face vigorously and pulled his hair for a while.
Depressed to depressed. Zhang Jin didn't get angry, what Shaohua Mei said was too right. In my previous life, English was a plus item when looking for a job, not to mention the Great Xiangjiang in the British colony, you can just pull out a new generation of Hong Kong residents to ask, which English is not Balabaladi.
Of course, it is not necessary to say that Hong Kong residents speak English, but the more upper-class society pays attention to this thing. Sir Shao and Zou Daheng are also fluent in English, and even the Seven Little Fortunes, who have never gone to school, are scared to death with English later.
"Enroll in night school!" Zhang Jin gritted his teeth and said.
"Or to put it a little simpler, you need an English teacher who can teach you on a regular basis and can also be a private translator on an emergency basis," Chen said. ”
"Okay. Publish job postings in the "King Weekly" the day after tomorrow. ”
Zhang Jin is also ruthless, he finally tossed such a big stall after crossing over, and he can't stop the pace of progress because of the problem of English, isn't it just English, forcing Lao Tzu to take out the momentum of the college entrance examination that year!
After the matter of learning English was agreed, Chen Shaohua curiously inquired about the plot of "People and Ghosts", after all, everyone was curious about what the hell was a script that could sell 1 million.
"The story is about a couple of men and women who are about to enter the marriage hall Sam and Melly, before marriage suddenly encountered a gangster robbery, and then Sam was shot and killed, Melly was very sad and painful, at this time Sam's friend Carl came forward to comfort Melly, but Sam turned into a soul, and found that the mastermind behind the scenes was Carl, and he was going to steal a huge sum of money from Carl's bank...... With the help of the psychic master, Carl not only punished Carl and his men, but also appeared to Melly before heading to heaven, and the two hugged each other tightly before ...... Play with mud together. ”
"Poof!" Chen Shaohua smiled, "Such a romantic ending is what you say...... Play with mud! ”
"Uh, well, that's called handmade pottery." Zhang Jin added: "I'm just here to make you understand. ”
Chen Shaohua glanced at him and said, "This story...... To put it bluntly, it's a foreigner's version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", you just changed your social background and replaced Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian with foreigners, and they were able to sell it for $1 million, and it is estimated that Xu Ke and they will vomit blood when they hear it. ”
"Guan Xu Keniao, if you want to vomit blood, you have to Pu Songling, you are the author!" Zhang Jin scoffed.
If you think about it carefully, isn't "A Chinese Ghost Story" the Hollywood version of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Ay! If it weren't for the excavation and reprocessing that foreigners know, no matter how bullish "A Chinese Ghost Story" is, it will only have a little influence in Asia, and people will change the story and background, reinterpret the core, and immediately sell it to the world!
Gap!
It seems that there will be an Asian version of "People and Ghosts Are Not Gone", what is it called "Star Wish", starring Zhang Baizhi and Ren Xianqi, both word-of-mouth and box office performance are good, since the copyright of the script is in our hands, why not concoct it while it is hot.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jin showed unprecedented enthusiasm, sat next to Chen Shaohua, grabbed his sister's hand and said, "Shaohua, why don't we also shoot a modern version of "A Chinese Ghost Story"?" ”
"Modern?" Chen Shaohua frowned and said, "How are you going to shoot?" ”
"Just shoot a deaf and dumb orphan, when he grows up, he has a crush on a nurse friend, one day the orphan dies in an accident, and the messenger who received his reincarnation was moved by his life experience, and specially allowed him to return to the world for five days to understand the fate of the earth...... Then the two reluctantly parted in the meteor shower, and made a wish to the meteor to fall in love again in the next life. (To be continued......)
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