Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen are an old duo who have worked together as producers on a number of films, but in May 2007 they were mostly films of the caliber of "Deadly Pursuit" and "Behind Enemy Lines".

If anyone is not familiar with the names of these two people, then, in addition to the movie "Twilight", there is another movie that is also played by Wick Godfrey, and that movie is called "Moving Labyrinth".

It was "Twilight" that picked up the position of Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen in Fox, and it was precisely because of this series of movies that Wick Godfrey dared to make a big effort to make "Moving Labyrinth" after the end of the entire series, but the appearance of Shao Hero not only stole the first part of the original book of "Twilight", but also stole the box office and honor that should have belonged to the two of them.

"Wick, come and see this."

Marty Bowen entered Wick Godfrey's office with a script in his hand, and the name of the script happened to be written in the words "Twilight".

Wick put the script aside, and in his suit, of course he understood what his old partner was thinking: "Isn't this a new film that Columbia is making?" I've already read the script, and the perspective is really special, but I'm afraid it's difficult for us to compete with Colombia, and the film has already been filmed. ”

"Nope." Marty Bowen shook his head and said, "You misunderstood me. ”

After sitting across from Vic Godfrey, Marty Bowen continued: "You still don't know enough about this movie...... It was not Colombian investment. ”

"What?" Vic Godfrey, who hadn't paid much attention, looked up at Marty Bowen. A look of disbelief.

"It's true." "As far as I know, the film was invested by a company in the East, and they signed a contract with Colombia. After injecting the money into Colombia, the money was remotely controlled, and the contract stipulated that the funds could only be used for the filming of "Twilight". The rest is simple, Colombia charged a very substantial fee from Hero Huayi, promising them to find a schedule. Although it may seem like Columbia is busy, I can guarantee that when the film is released, there will be a hero Hua Yi in the opening credits behind the Columbia company. ”

Wick smiled, "This is an opportunity. ”

Marty Bowen shrugged, "So what are we waiting for?" Everyone can see the value of the script of "Twilight". It's just that the discoverer is not us, this is a movie that is likely to exceed 100 million at the box office. Judging from the production method, this guy should know the whole movie very well. even has a good idea of how to use movies to catch the audience's attention, otherwise it would be impossible to hire Meghan Fox as the heroine, which is obviously to take advantage of "Transformers". We can ......."

"What are you waiting for?"

Wick Godfrey looked at Marty Bowen and said, "Now let's go to the chairman and then go to Stephanie Mayer." ”

Shao Yingying wants to make a quick buck with "Twilight". Helpless. Now he can't get his hand into Hollywood.

After Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen met Fox's chairman, they drove to Stephanie Mayer's home, where they seemed to see countless bills waving at them.

When Stephanie Mayer saw two men representing Hollywood Fox Films appear at her doorstep, she was already stunned, and it was enough to surprise her that an Oriental company would find her home to buy an unpublished script, but now not only Oriental Company and Columbia are involved, but even Fox is involved.

"Ms. Stephanie. I'm Wick Godfrey and he's Marty Bowen. It's a pleasure to meet you. Wick Godfrey faked a polite call, then looked at the woman in front of him and said, "The purpose of our visit is for "Twilight". ”

Stephanie Mayer was a little ...... when she faced Vic Godfrey on the couch at home in her pajamas At a loss, she still knows the fact that she has sold the rights to "Twilight": "I'm sorry, "Twilight" has been sold by me, although the price is not high, but my first novel can be made into a movie, and it is still about $40 million...... I'm already satisfied, and if I continue to promise you anything, it's against the law. ”

"How so." Marty Bowen laughed and said, "How could we let Ms. Stephanie break the law? We are not criminals. ”

Wick Godfrey hurriedly accosted: "Of course not, not only will we not let you have any legal troubles, but we will also help you make a lot of money." Truth be told, "Twilight" only sells for $80,000, and you're losing too much. Even if "Twilight" is a big hit, when the sequel is launched, how much money can that Oriental company give? Wick Godfrey continued to seduce: "Maybe you don't understand the rules of Hollywood, after a writer's novel is adapted into a screenplay, if the price is too low at that time, then, even if a sequel to the same series is released, the base price will only be used as the base price to increase the adaptation fee." There is only one copy of "Harry Potter", which is certainly not to underestimate "Twilight", and even if the cost of the next sequel is increased tenfold, you can only get 800,000. ”

Marty Bowen looked into Stephanie Mayer's eyes and said, "We're bringing you a million-dollar business, a whole million." ”

At this time, there was a pause in the conversation between them, and the pause was very timely, and Stephanie, a woman who had not yet walked in the troubled waters, needed time to think, otherwise she would not be able to digest the intentions of the two.

"What are you going me to do?"

After Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen said this, they looked at each other and smiled: "It's very simple, clearly reply to the company in Columbia and Orient, saying that you think the ending of "Twilight" is perfect, and you don't plan to release a sequel, and put the news out." Then, write a similar book for us, and the script must be related to "Twilight", but it must not be the same story. ”

"Do you still need to think about it? Ms. Stephanie Mayer? If they can invest 40 million in "Twilight," we can invest 50 million in your new novel, and if the box office will satisfy everyone, 100 million dollars in a sequel is not a big deal. Marty Bowen kept looking at Stephanie Mayer's expression: "If you have any concerns about the cast, or if you have any concerns about the production team, you can also say that the director we are looking for cannot be at the level of Catherine Hardwick, this is a very good opportunity, if you miss it, in case "Twilight" loses at the box office, with Hollywood's disgust with failure, do you think we will still be here?" ”

Stephanie Mayer faltered, and her vacillation was caused by a lack of confidence in Twilight. A novel that has been rejected three times has been adapted into a movie, so will the box office of this movie be expected? If it really doesn't hit the box office, it is impossible for either Colombia or that Oriental company to continue to invest. When the time comes, not to mention the adaptation cost of the sequel, even the million-dollar dollar that can be obtained at any time in front of you will be gone.

The future is used to gamble, this is the character of the people of the United States, otherwise how could they use a large number of credit cards and spend money in the future?

"I ......," she said, saying she needed time to think about it.

"$80,000 and $1,000,000 apart, Ms. Stephanie, if, I mean, if we don't get a positive answer from you, and then we find a script that is enough to replace, even if you chase the company to us, we will never give you this contract again, sometimes, there is only one chance." For an old fritter like Wick Godfrey, he has long been used to poaching, especially when such a potential script was preempted by an Oriental company.

Stephanie gets an ultimatum that it takes a lot of courage to make her decision right away......

"Okay!"

For a million dollars, Stephanie fights, one is a movie that doesn't know the future, and the other is a million dollars that can be seen immediately, how to choose, Stephanie can understand the scales.

"It's a pleasure to work with." Vic Godfrey held out his hand.

In Hollywood, there are many good scripts, but there are many scripts that can make people see the way to money at a glance, but there are few of them, "Twilight" is one of the scripts of this kind, especially the current filming techniques of the crew, which specializes in selecting handsome men and beautiful women to assemble and produce the youth storm and vampire seduction, which can attract the attention of almost all boys and girls. For a mature Hollywood producer, Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen can see all the eye-catching layouts, not to mention the fact that this is the movie that should have been launched by them in history.

When the two hands are held together, Shao Yingying is really pitted, if Stephanie refuses to write a sequel to "Twilight" for the hero Hua Yi, they have no way at all, even if Shao Yingying can write the sequel script, the name of "Twilight" can no longer be hung, this is not like "007", a movie made directly from the script, and when the original author Stephanie's "Twilight Sequel" appears in a new script form, even if it is with the original cast, How much box office it can bring in is probably still unknown.

Hollywood is indeed full of gold, but there are far more sinister people here than gold, and who can make a name for himself in Hollywood, who hasn't crawled out of various traps after several lives and deaths? If there is a single phenomenon that has not experienced this qiē, it can only be said that his luck is too rebellious.

……

In China, in the hotel, when Shao Yingying received a call from Chris, the head of Columbia's Asian region, he learned that Stephanie thought that the first part of "Twilight" had a very happy ending and decided not to write any sequels...... The money-absorbing machine that could have become a series has become a hammer deal, and this hammer deal can only solve the urgent need of the hero Huayi, so that he can smoothly clear the debts of the hero Huayi and really own the whole company, in addition, he has to think of other ways. (To be continued......)