Taking the microphone handed over by the host, Lin Mu still considered it in his heart, he knew that he couldn't talk too much now, "Robert. Mr. Romiski is a talented director with a unique point of view, while Tom Brown. Hanks was my idol for many years, and I couldn't find any reason to doubt their faith. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info I want to tell you that Forrest Gump is the best of all my adapted screenplays, both now and in the future, whether this film can reach the end of Robert Gump. Mr. Romiski's expectations, I will always stick to what I say today! ”

"I remember three months ago, you were also the screenwriter of the film "Jurassic Park" at the launch conference in Hawaii, what do you think is the biggest difference between this film and "Jurassic Park"? The question was asked by a reporter from American Weekend.

"I think the biggest difference between the two films is the positioning of the film, "Jurassic Park" is an entertaining commercial blockbuster, and its purpose is to cater to the audience's taste to the greatest extent; And "Forrest Gump" is a literary film, it has its own thoughts! ”

"Can you tell us what you think of Friends?" Another reporter stood up and asked.

"I'm sorry this is the press conference of Forrest Gump, your question seems a little out of place on this occasion." Lin Mu rejected the question.

After hitting a nail, the reporter didn't intend to give up, "Do you have any new creative plans in the near future?" ”

"Of course there is, but it definitely won't be Friends!" In the face of his roundabout questioning, Lin Mu had learned from other reporters before.

However, this incident gave him a reminder that people's excessive attention to "Friends" may not be entirely good news for Lin Mu, who has been so popular while Lin Mu's other works have been forgotten in the corner. Now when his name is mentioned, people only think of "Friends". If a work leaves too deep a mark on an author's body, the author is likely to never be able to get out of the shadow of the work for the rest of his life. Of course, Lin Mu didn't want his future development to be confined to the small scope of "Friends".

It was time to write a new script to distract people from "Friends", and Lin Mu felt that he needed to talk to Kueller first.

After the meeting, Lin Mu found Kuler, and he told Kuler his thoughts.

"What? You're not going to continue writing reviews of Friends, do you know how many people are waiting to see what you write every day? Don't you feel sorry for those who support and love you? Kuller's reaction was already expected by Lin Mu.

"I can't do anything but write those damn comments every day, I'm tired of living like this! And do you think it's interesting to write about it over and over again? You keep saying that this is to live up to those who care about and love me, do you have to wait until I can't write anything and watch them leave in despair one by one, so that you can live up to them? Kuhler, I hope you can understand that we can't live on Friends for the rest of our lives! One day it will come to an end, and then we can still hope to sustain this glory by writing meaningless comments? ”

Lin Mu's words made Kuler fall into deep thought, he is not a short-sighted person, but based on the limitations of experience and times, he can't see as long as Lin Mu, but this doesn't mean that he can't understand the stakes.

"So you already have a new plan?" Kuhler asked.

"I just figured out a little clue, and I don't have a specific idea yet!" Lin Mu said frankly.

"Then I'll announce to the public that you're working on a new script, and the feature review will be stopped for the time being." Kuhler thought for a moment and said.

"I don't have to stop everything, I can write three articles a month, as long as it doesn't affect my normal writing!" Lin Mu proposed a more compromise approach.

"That's all there is to it!" Kuhler nodded.

Lin Mu's abrupt cessation of feature contributions caused dissatisfaction in some media outlets, but with the start of the second season of "Friends", the public's attention was quickly attracted to the plot, which largely weakened the negative impact caused by this interruption.

But there are also a few unwilling media who hit Kueller with the idea, since Lin Mu is unwilling to write, as his agent, Kuller's own evaluation of "Friends" should also attract the public's attention. After learning the news, Lin Mu still thought about it seriously, and he thought that this was another way to solve the problem. Anyway, the final byline is Kuhler, which is well written and can increase the popularity and influence of "Friends"; If the writing is not good, Lin Mu can also blame all the problems on Kuller. Lin Mu asks for fame, Kule profits, and the two take what they need.

Kuller's personal feature was born in this way, but the level of his comments was not flattering, and after the feature was published, he continued to make bad comments. Lin Mu thought that such a special feature would disappear from the newspaper page after a few issues. But the more the scolding, the more people paid attention to the topic, and gradually everyone knew the name of Thomas Kuller, although his comments were rated by the major media as the worst quality topic, but the public attention of this topic continued to rise, this result surprised Lin Mu.

However, the turmoil caused by the special review has finally subsided, and Lin Mu can calm down and start thinking about a new script.

On Christmas Eve, a sensational news caught Lin Mu's attention that two California prison felons had been planning for 12 years to take advantage of an oversight in prison management to escape from a heavily guarded prison. The prison is reportedly equipped with a state-of-the-art prevention and control system, and entry and exit from the prison are subject to 12 checks, including three fingerprint checks and one pupil scan. How the two criminals escaped has not yet been clarified, and no reasonable explanation has been given by the authorities, and the case is still under further investigation. There are many rumors about this prison break, and there is even gossip that the FBI has been involved in the investigation, and all kinds of speculation are filled with the pages of various newspapers.

This news reminded Lin Mu of a very famous TV series "Prison Break" in later generations, which was released in 2005 and quickly set off a global ratings frenzy. Whether it is in terms of plot setting or logical conception, this TV series can be called a classic. If this TV series appeared 10 years ago and now, what would it be like? There is no doubt that Prison Break will be the strongest opponent of Friends. This is very much in line with Lin Mu's original intention of creating a new script.

On the eve of the crossing, the 4-year hit of "Prison Break" has just come to an end, and Lin Mu is still deeply impressed by most of the plots of this TV series, and even some classic dialogues, he can still be catchy. So this script is very easy to write, Lin Mu just sorts out the memories slightly, and it can be written directly. The first season has a total of 22 episodes, and it took him less than half a month to complete it successfully. After the script was written, who to sell it to became a headache for Lin Mu.

In the previous life, the TV series "Prison Break" was co-produced by several large film and television companies, including the 20th Century Fox Film Company, which Lin Mu is very familiar with, but the problem is that Lin Mu has only cooperated with Paramount, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, and among the Hollywood Big Eight, except for DreamWorks, which has not yet been established at this time, Columbia, MGM, Disney and 20th Century Fox have not had direct cooperation with him.

Kuhler suggested that the script be sent to these companies and the price should be used to select the buyer, which is also the usual practice of ordinary screenwriters, and Lin Mu, who could not make up his mind, finally accepted the offer.

The first to come to the door was a representative of Columbia Pictures, and Cooler raised the price to $150,000 per episode, which he said was unacceptable, and the negotiations reached an impasse. And representatives of 20th century Fox and MGM arrived at the same time. Negotiations with MGM in the morning did not make substantial progress, and MGM's representatives wavered about the price proposed by Kuller, but did not refuse. Negotiations with 20th Century Fox in the afternoon also failed to reach any substantive agreement.

The next day, however, the situation took a turn for the worse, and representatives of both companies called Cooler at the same time and said that they would accept the negotiated price, which made Cooler a little embarrassed. He informed representatives of both sides of the situation, and in the end, MGM increased the price of each episode by $10,000, winning the rights to the first season of "Prison Break" and the right of first refusal to buy the sequel. In the end, 20th Century Fox still did not win the bid, which made Lin Mu somewhat regretful, and he had changed history.

The first season of "Prison Break" earned Lin Mu another $3.5 million. The sky-high price of $160,000 per episode has set a new record for the highest price of a TV drama script. In six months, Microsoft's stock price has risen by more than 50 percent, and at the current stock price, Lin Mu now has nearly $10 million in assets.

The writing of the script came to an end for the time being, and as the end of the semester approached, Lin Mu's life began to get busy again, but the sudden visit of an uninvited guest disrupted all his plans.

"Mr. Mark, why are you here?" Lin Mu looked at the middle-aged man standing at the door, he was surprised to meet this old acquaintance outside the door of his apartment.

"It's been a long time!" Ever since that conversation on the island, Mark has been passionate about the woods.

"It's been almost four months!" Lin Mu welcomed him into the living room and poured him a cup of coffee by the way, "Mr. Mark won't come to me this time to catch up, right?" ”

"You're still so direct!" Mark didn't have too much politeness, and directly expressed his intention, "Actually, I came to you this time mainly for the matter of "Jurassic Park". ”

"Something went wrong with the post-compositing?" Lin Mu's first reaction was to think of Lucas's digital synthesis technology, because this is the key to the success or failure of the film.

"No, no, no" Mark shook his head, Lin Mu obviously misunderstood him, "The production of the film is going well, all the digital processing has been completed, and now all that is left is editing, I mean the post-production work of the film." ”

"Post-work?" Lin Mu still didn't understand.

"You know we at Universal have invested heavily in this film, but the directors are still a little worried." Mark looked like he wanted to say something.

"Worried?" Lin Mu is very puzzled by the attitude of the global executives, the box office revenue of "Jurassic Park" in history is as much as 900 million US dollars, even if many big-budget films have emerged later, in addition to "Titanic", only the Lord of the Rings series and Harry Potter series can compete with the box office revenue. "You should suggest those directors go to the studio and watch this film, I think all their doubts will be torn apart by those dinosaurs!"

"Not everyone is as optimistic about the prospects of this film as you are!" Mark said with a wry smile.

Lin Mu regretted his hands, "I'm just the screenwriter of the film, and I can't do anything about the problems outside the film." ”

Remember what I said to you on the island? Even though I know you're a very successful screenwriter, do you really intend to be just a screenwriter for the rest of your life? I think your talent in business is not inferior to your ability to write scripts! ”

Seeing that Lin Mu was silent, Mark decided to strike while the iron was hot, "I reported to the board of directors afterwards on your plan last time, and you also participated in the launch conference of the film last time, and most of the directors appreciate your plan." This time, the board of directors is ready to work the promotion and planning of the film, and I thought of you first! ”

"Me?" Lin Mu was stunned, "Although I studied investment, I'm still only a sophomore!" ”

"But I really can't find a more suitable person than you, you are the screenwriter of this film, and you personally participated in the location shooting of the film, except for the director, no one knows this film better than you! I can't imagine what would have happened to someone who didn't know anything about the film to do the planning! In order to convince Lin Mu, Mark did not hesitate to praise his words.

"I wonder how much this film costs to make?"

"$70 million!"

"What about the promotional budget for the film?"

"$20 million, including your pay!" Mark threw out what he thought was the most tempting condition.

Lin Mu's heart was actually not as calm as he appeared, Mark's words touched him a lot, he had never been in contact with the promotion planning of the film, so he decided to give it a try, "What do I need to do?" ”

"Sell those dinosaurs to the world!"

A few weeks later, New York --

"Mom, I saw a scary dinosaur on TV!" Susan was preparing breakfast for the family in the kitchen when her youngest son, Jesse, ran into the kitchen and told her the news. (To be continued.) )