Chapter 514: Work hard, make millions a day
"Jurassic Park? Well, that novel is very imaginative, it is indeed a good novel, and if it weren't for Schindler's List, I would probably have bought it and made it. Ming, I'm here today to ask you for something. ”
Sun Ziming punched the air, his heart was extremely awkward, and he squeezed out a smile and said, "You say, as long as it's within my ability." ”
Steven Spielberg took out a novel from his briefcase, handed it over, and said in a deep voice, "OK, have you read the novel "Amistad"? ”
Sun Ziming took it suspiciously, and roughly flipped through the content introduction, isn't this the novel version of "Broken Lock Fury"?
"I was approached by a producer named Debbie Allen, Morgan Freeman, who wanted to make this non-fiction novel. At first, I refused, but when I made Schindler's List in Poland, I was shocked by the suffering of our nation and sympathized with the plight of black people, so I tried to write a screenplay. ”
Hearing this, Sun Ziming felt that something good might have happened to him. As expected, Steven Spielberg took out a stack of manuscripts from his leather bag and handed them over, and said sincerely: "Ming, I watched your "Lame Hao" and felt that it was more appropriate for you to make this movie. To be honest, I haven't wanted to touch this kind of subject matter again in the past few years. ”
Sun Ziming almost grabbed the script, flipped through it hungrily, and then compared his 'memory', "Steven, this is a good book, but it needs to be adapted, such as the scene where the slave ship encounters a storm." When danger comes, people react more extremely and do uglier things than you wrote in your script......"
The two discussed for more than an hour, almost Sun Ziming was talking, Steven Spielberg was listening, occasionally putting forward his own opinions, and Sun Ziming was quickly convinced.
"God, you're a genius!"
Sun Ziming blushed rarely, and said embarrassedly: "Ke Tiwen, it's always easier to find a mistake than to create a zào." ”
"NO, you're not finding fault, it's better. OK, this script is for you, let your agent and my agent discuss the cooperation plan. ”
That's for sure, in addition to being big directors, the two are also quite good businessmen. Sun Ziming gave Claudia the script and the novel, and instructed: "You go talk to Steven's agent, Alexander, you find me a few experts in this area, and re-examine the script." ”
“OK(OK)”
After finishing the work, Sun Ziming asked Steven Spielberg curiously, "Steven, what kind of movie are you going to make to relieve the pain caused by Schindler's List?" Can you let me know? ”
Speaking of this, Steven Spielberg was a little distressed: "I wanted to make a sequel to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', but George Lucas was only obsessed with his 'Star Wars' and didn't have time to write a script for me. ”
Sun Zi Minggang wanted to recommend himself, but he accidentally saw the cunning in Schlewen's eyes, and then he suddenly realized. No wonder he was so kind to give himself a script, it turned out that he wanted to get a maybe better script from himself.
After pretending to be difficult for a while, Sun Ziming gritted his teeth and said: "Steven, if you can convince George Lucas to be stubborn and let me invest in my own script, I can write this script for you, and the quality will not be lower than "Rush Hour" and "Sniper Phone Booth". ”
Steven's eyes lit up, and the reason why Lucas didn't want to write was because he couldn't write for a while. Isn't it the idea to beat this kid when you come here by yourself? This kid is a famous screenwriter, except for "Sniper Phone Booth", which has a lower box office, no movie has a North American box office of less than $200 million. In fact, "Sniper Phone Booth" is not so stubborn and insists on using Asian actors, but white actors, and the box office may not be less than 200 million.
"You're 1/4, OK?"
Sun Ziming's face was not red, and he refused directly: "No, I want to take at least half of it!" Steven, this script is ready-made, I'm just giving you a favor, OK? ”
"NO, NO, George won't agree!"
This is a business of hundreds of millions of dollars, but it is not a thousand dollars to win over Michael, Sun Ziming did not back down: "No, that old stubborn just lent us the name of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and used it, and he could get tens of millions of dollars in income, why didn't he do it?" If he doesn't agree, we'll be half of us. ”
Tens of millions of dollars in earnings? Steven pondered for a few minutes, and his old friend's name crossed out of the list of partners, "OK, we'll be half of each other, and my salary will be converted into an investment." ”
“NO!”
“Why?”
Millions are also money, not to mention the work that he can complete in just one day, Sun Ziming shook his head and refused: "Steven, I even drew the shots, and you get paid again, which is not fair to me!" ”
Well? That's really a bit unfair, just with the level of this kid, he drew a script for the sub-shots, and as long as he found a good director, he could shoot the film.
"Deal, where's the script?"
It's still in my head, but Sun Ziming said in his mouth, "Claudia, when you talk to Steven's agent, we will draft a cooperation agreement for us according to the conditions just now, OK?" ”
“OK”
Steven Spielberg looked at the time, got up and said goodbye: "Ming, I'll leave first, today is the crew's rest time, and I still have to accompany my family." ”
Sun Ziming also got up, "OK, I'll send you." ”
"No, the door must be full of reporters, do you have a back door or something?"
What line is this? Sun Ziming was not kind at all, and flatly denied it: "No, there are usually no reporters to interview me, so I didn't prepare for other paths." It's okay, you drive my car away, and I'll help you attract reporters. ”
"Forget it, let's go meet the reporter together."
Spielberg isn't stupid either, he's not there, who knows what this kid will say?
After the two of them went to the door to deal with the reporters, Sun Ziming returned to the house, turned around and went to the study to earn the millions of dollars in screenwriting fees, which made Xu Qing stop, "Director Sun, I called from China and said that "The Family of Gold Powder" is going to start filming after the New Year, and I am ready to go back." ”
Great, this girl is gone, and she is completely free. This girl has been here, and Sun Ziming is a little suspicious, she is the eyeliner of Juanzi or Jiaming. Fortunately, others don't eat the grass on the edge of the nest, but they eat Claudia's grass on the edge of the nest.
"Oh, I know", just arrived at the escalator entrance, Sun Ziming remembered something again, "When are you leaving?" ”
Xu Qing saw that Sun Ziming didn't care, and said a little lost: "Tomorrow"
"Why don't you leave in two days? I want to buy some gifts for my friends, can you help me bring them back to Beiping? ”
"Oh"