Giving the initiative to Chukol today was actually the idea of Stolko and Etinny. Because Zhou Nan pays the most attention to reputation, not profit, he is actually at a disadvantage in front of Frank.

Even if Frank gives in, it will have some impact on Zhou Nan's reputation. But if it is handed over to Chukor to negotiate, no matter what the negotiation is, it will not have an impact on Zhou Nan.

As long as Chukor insists on adapting the movie from Zhou Nan's manuscript, Frank's voice is actually not much.

But when Chukor put the $20,000 he temporarily borrowed from Hilton in front of Frank, Zhou Nan wondered if he had done something wrong.

The profit-oriented vulgarity of the businessman made Zhou Nan think that Chukor would mess up the matter. But he underestimated Chukor to be the owner of the world's largest film company, and Chukor had more than just the simple means of bullying people on the surface.

In just one paragraph, he completely broke Frank's mental defenses, making him no longer dare to believe in his "correctness", and when his mental defenses were loosened, the initiative in negotiations was already in Chukol's hands.

Subsequently, Chukor deliberately used some professional film terminology to analyze the charm and role of the film, as well as the charm of the characters that are easier to show during the filming process.

In just five minutes, Chukor had already convinced Frank to approve of Zhou Nan's written manuscript.

A thing that was difficult to do in Zhou Nan's eyes was easily solved in front of Chukol. It also made Zhou Nan feel that he was now restricted by the shackles of various fame and fortune, and became the person who made Nord expect him to become.

But there is no way to do it, after all, he is not a businessman who only cares about profits. His fame comes from his scholarship and analysis, and his image is the basis on which he can expand his influence.

No one can harm his foundation, even himself, and he must always remember to maintain his image.

After a short meeting, Chukor and his assistant took the hotel boat to the train station to catch the train. At present, Switzerland does not have a direct route to the United States, and only London and Paris are currently available in Europe, so he has to go to Paris first and then change planes.

However, according to Switzerland's national development plan, Geneva will start flights to New York via Iceland in May, and the connection between the two places will be much easier.

Zhou Nan and the others revised the script on the European side, while Chukor will set up a shooting team to carry out the preliminary preparations.

Originally, Zhou Nan thought that the most troublesome thing in making a movie was the filming process, but after talking to screenwriter Howard, he learned that the most troublesome thing in making a movie was not shooting, not post-production, but pre-preparation.

What kind of style to shoot a movie, what kind of producer to find, what kind of director, what kind of actor, all need to be carefully analyzed and studied.

The most troublesome thing is to find the shooting location, and every shot, in what kind of environment you want to shoot, you need to find the corresponding position.

It can take months to shoot a movie and a few months to make it, but it can take years to find the right location and decide on each shot in the early stage.

The filming of "The Diary of Anne Frank" is relatively simple, the first half of the film is mainly concentrated in a house in Amsterdam, and the street scene can also be shot in Amsterdam. The second half is also mainly about finding a concentration camp in Europe, which takes some time to set up.

But all this will not start until the script is completed.

Therefore, the tasks on Zhou Nan and Howard are relatively tight. Because in this movie, it will take two years, that is to say, there will be spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Anne hides in a closed attic, looking out through a window, and the change of seasons brings about a change in her mindset, which is very important.

They had to find a suitable location in the spring to shoot some shots of the trees sprouting first. Although the filming of the whole film may not start until the summer, some work needs to be prepared now.

Before that, another very important thing is that Zhou Nan signed a copyright cooperation agreement with Frank, and the two of them established an Anne Frank Foundation and placed copyright under the name of this foundation.

The foundation is responsible for donating to some vulnerable children. Otto Frank is not as comfortable as Zhou Nan, and he is also responsible for the operation of the foundation, so he will get a stake in the foundation.

But this entitlement is limited, and when he is still a man, he can receive an income from the foundation that is not more than twice the average income in Switzerland. In the future, if a family is formed, it will be possible to earn no more than four times the Swiss average income.

And this period will be the same as the copyright of the work, that is, until fifty years after Zhou Nan's death.

In other words, if Otto has a family and children in the future, after he dies, his children will still have this right.

This method is also a popular method in Europe, and it is mainly used for foundations whose rights and interests do not fully belong to them. If it is like some family funds, then it goes without saying that the rights and interests have always belonged to their own family.

The foundation runs entirely on the promotion of Anne Frank's copyright income, including all her diaries, story copyrights, copyrights.

Otto is also a little worried that the foundation does not accept donations from the community, and it may be difficult to maintain it. But Zhou Nan was not worried, because he knew very well that "The Diary of Anne Frank" had sold 35 million copies without his participation in the previous life, and now with him, it will only sell more.

If it weren't for such impressive sales results, how could an ordinary girl become one of the 100 people who influenced the world in the twentieth century!

The adaptation of the script, Zhou Nan is actually very easy, because the main job is Howard's daring, he just needs to check the results of his adaptation every day and give his own opinions.

In addition to contacting the publishing house, he was going to start publishing this book, and then spent most of his energy on helping Audrey lose weight.

Mrs. Hemstra went to Paris to work, and Audrey was left alone, and she wanted to lose weight, leaving Kelly alone.

In Kelly's opinion, Audrey, who is 1.7 meters tall and weighs less than 100 pounds, is already too thin, but now she has to lose weight, which is a joke.

But after she looked at Anne's picture, Anne was smaller than Audrey, but because of long-term malnutrition, her thin eyes were sunken.

Looking at Audrey's face again, because she was well nourished, although she could not be called fat, her complexion was ruddy and her contours were well-proportioned, so she could only let out a long sigh.

Of course, Audrey's weight loss is not a simple diet, in order to lose weight for her, Zhou Nan also specially invited a nutrition expert from a biological research institute in Montreux in the canton of Vaud to help Audrey design a new recipe and exercise plan.

As a result, Audrey lost weight alone, and the whole family suffered.

Audrey should go on a diet and control the amount of nutrients she consumes every day. For fear of her gluttony, the dinner table is much lighter every day, and even a glass of milk per person every day is gone.

Zhou Nan could bear it, but within three days, Kelly and Glewin couldn't stand it. The two of them cooked for Zhou Nan and them alone, and they went to another room to eat big fish and meat.

Then there is exercise, don't look at Audrey's interest in losing weight is very high, but as soon as she gets exercised, she gets tired from exercising, and she starts to be coquettish. As a result, Zhou Nan also accompanied her to exercise, even more than she practiced.

When the pre-production staff sent by Paramount came to Switzerland and saw their preparations, they couldn't help but laugh.

The teacher who taught Audrey to act laughed, "Don't you know about makeup?" It only takes a simple retouching by a makeup artist to make Audrey look yellow and thin......"

Zhou Nan and Audrey were both dumbfounded, and they couldn't help but laugh when they looked at each other for a long time.

Zhou Nanxiao's stomach almost hurt, he always thinks about how backward he is now and the future, but many things, this era and future generations are actually about the same.

Televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, hair dryers, airplanes, trains, etc., are all in this era, but they are only slightly inferior in function.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the present and the future is that there are no computers and no Internet. The development of home computers did not begin until the 80s, and the Internet did not develop until the 90s. But apart from this, there is not much difference in other aspects!

Audrey first had the idea of losing weight, because Zhou Nan saw Anne's photo and said that she was a little fat, and now the responsibility is on him.

She was a little annoyed and angry, and her small fist pounded Zhou Nan's chest. "I don't care, I want to eat the kung pao chicken you made, and I want to drink the pork rib soup you made......"

"Do...... Make ......, I'll cook whatever you want to eat. ”

This oolong also made Etinny and them breathe a sigh of relief, originally they could often mix a delicious meal at Zhou Nan's house, and drink a few glasses of fruit wine or rice wine by the way.

When Zhou Nan eats vegetarian food every day at home, these carnivores can't stand it, they can't mix rice, and they can't mix wine.

Kelly was even happier, making it more uncomfortable for her not to eat meat than to kill her. But they eat meat every day, and seeing Zhou Nan and Audrey eating vegetarian food every day, she feels guilty, and now she doesn't have to feel guilty.

Of course, Zhou Nan did not stay on the farm every day and did nothing, and during this time, he also went to Bern to attend three regular meetings. In every meeting, he played his role perfectly.

No matter what international issues, economic issues, or people's livelihood issues, he can come up with reasonable suggestions. Moreover, his proposals are often very feasible and in line with Switzerland's national conditions, which also gives him more and more power in the Federal Council.