"However, I'm going to recommend you a novel, it's great, you must read it!"

At noon on September 13th, Ye Wei received a call from Emma, and her voice was full of excitement about having just read a good book: "The new book "Another Realm" that has just been published, I bought it in the bookstore yesterday, and I just finished reading it, it is great, it is already my favorite novel." I don't want spoilers, but it's awesome, you read it and we'll talk about it. ”

Emma was so excited, Ye Wei was immediately interested, the two would often recommend books to each other and do reading exchanges, because their perspectives were many different, Ye Wei was more mature, Emma was more youthful, and they could gain from each other every time.

A few days ago, there were a few on-set driving scenes with poor recording quality to do ADR (automatic dialogue replacement), and Ye Wei was also required to check the actors' emotions in the recording studio, but now the mixing link is not needed, and he can't help, so he goes to school these days.

After school in the afternoon, Ye Wei went to the bookstore of Lev's house to buy a copy of "Elsewhere", which took 16, published on September 9, not too thick, 275 pages, the writing is light and interesting, like a warm breeze, he didn't need to read it in one night, and called Emma at ten o'clock.

"Elsewhere" tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, Liz, who dies in a car accident and arrives in a place called "Another Realm", which is not heaven, just like the earth, but where everyone will regrow and reincarnate until she becomes a baby and is reincarnated as a human being.

On the Nile cruise ship to another world, Liz still doesn't believe that she is dead, but she is told that she has met her grandmother (a young woman) she has never seen since she was born, and for some time afterward, she can't cheer up, nostalgia for the world, and every day she goes to the observation deck to look at her family and friends with a kind of telescope that can see the world.

Later, she finally cheered up, got a job as an animal guide (all as a hobby), met Owen (now two years older), fell in love with him, went through trials, and was still together, and after 15 years she turned back into a baby, forgot about it, and returned to the world.

"I've finished reading "The Other World", let's have a book club. ”

"How's it going?" said Emma, expectantly.

The night was dark outside the window, in the boy's bedroom, in front of the desk, Ye Wei looked at the back of the girl sitting on the beach facing the sea on the cover of the novel, and smiled at the mobile phone: "Very good, you know that this kind of story is easy to go to the sad and heavy side, but it is difficult to go to the cute, warm and interesting side, Gabriel Zevin did it." ”

Zevin is the author of the novel, a 28-year-old woman who graduated from Harvard, her father is a Russian-Jewish American, and her mother is Korean, so she is also Asian.

"Yes, yes, cute! I love those dogs, they talk, it's funny. ”

"I have a question, why only pets that people used to have could go to another world, what about other animals, and why some people get sick when they go to another world, Emily was allergic to dogs, it's not cool, it's what I don't like about it. ”

"No!" Emma liked the book so much that she wanted him to list it as her favorite, but she was a little speechless when she tried to convince her, "Uh, hmm...... Other animals, maybe they live in other places, not with humans, but the other world is very large...... Emily...... Do we have to focus on these aspects? Tell me the story, which character do you like? Owen?"

Ye Wei laughed, "I don't like him, I think he's a little mean, Emily loves him deeply, but he ...... He's such a bastard and I don't like him. ”

Owen and Emily are childhood sweethearts, love each other deeply, have been married for many years, he died in a fire when he was 26 years old, he is a firefighter, he has never let go of Emily in the other world, and Emily in the world is too, although she later remarried briefly but loved Owen deeply.

Things change after Liz appears, he doesn't know that Emily will soon die of the flu and falls in love with Liz. When Emily came, he did not hesitate to return to Emily, but he was not happy and felt different. Emily could see that she took the initiative to break up with him and encourage him to pursue what he loved, and then he and Liz were together.

"No!" Emma was a little annoyed, frowning a little "but you're ruining a good book!Owen and Liz! He and Emily only met earlier, they had been in love, but he and Liz are now." No matter how despicable it was, when he fell in love with Liz, he didn't know that Emily would die so soon, he only had 17 years and couldn't wait for her. ”

"How can I say it......" Ye Wei leaned on the back of the chair, his fingers caressed the cover of the book, and suddenly sighed: "I understand, in fact, this is the charm of "Another World", you know that our lives are always affected by responsibility, worldly vision, material status, etc., and love is the same.

But when we die, we go to another world, and we live a life without responsibilities and worldliness, and you are all dead and waiting to be reincarnated, what does it matter? In this case, we can better understand ourselves, what we want to do, who we want to love, how we want to spend the rest of our lives, all of them, we can really be ourselves.

The longer you live in the other world, the more transparent and innocent you will become, both outwardly and inwardly. When a person dies, he is truly alive. So, can't say I don't love this book, I love it. Here's how I think about it. ”

"Oh my!" Emma's exclamation came out of her phone, her anger was gone, and her voice was soft, "That's how I feel, I just can't say it." Then why don't you like Owen?"

"Because...... I can understand him, I even support him, but I can't like him. Ye Wei laughed at himself a little on his face, ""Love Story, have you seen it?" Think about Oliver suddenly died, he went to the other world and found that Jennifer was with someone else. I just don't like it, for no reason. ”

"I like it, I feel like I'm Liz and you're Owen...... Ha ha. Emma laughed narcissistically.

"Please, you're here again. I'm not as jerky as Owen, and you know why I think he's mean? He lets Emily make decisions, which isn't what a man is supposed to do. ”

"Looks like he should learn from you, and after making Liz fall in love with him, he pushed her away again. Emma turned from laughing to muttering.

"Emma, I'm going to sleep, so ......" Ye Wei was about to end the call, and every time things were going to get weird, he was going to close the line.

"Wait, I'm joking! Do you think "The Other World" can be made into a movie?" Emma was full of anticipation, "Don't you want to shoot the theme of young girls, shoot this and shoot this!"

Ye Wei flipped through the book and thought about it seriously, and suddenly thought of a lot of shot compositions in his heart, the Nile was sailing on the sea, of course, the panoramic view...... Liz looks at the world with a telescope, which can be used to separate the picture and the world......

It's just that. He pondered: "I'm not sure, its fun and moral are very much supported by Zewen's words, as far as the storyline is concerned, the beginning will be suspenseful and interesting, but soon, it will be relatively thin, scattered, and without suspense." As for the movie, it is not very commercial, and the literary and artistic nature is not too special, I think it will be more suitable to be made into a sitcom. ”

"You have a way to adapt it, right? You're viy, you're a genius. Emma was coquettish, and she really wanted him to do this, "Think about the dogs? Sadie Jean?"

"Haha. Ye Wei laughed, and didn't tell her that in fact, if he decided to shoot the dog now, "Stray Dog Home" would be a better choice. He laughed: "Emma, it's not just a matter of what I think, I'm going to have to take into account a lot of ideas for my next project, and it's unlikely that they'll let me do 'The Other World'." ”

"Why? such an interesting story!" said Emma, anxious.

Although she couldn't see it, Ye Wei made a grimace, why? Your aunt was the first to say that it was not good.

"Liz" is very suitable for Emma to play, but this novel has average sales for the time being, and it will definitely not be popular, this is not magic science fiction, it involves the religious proposition of "where to go when you die", and in the Western world, heaven is the right way.

For the "other world", a world with strong oriental religious colors, it can be seen and appreciated, but the politics are incorrect. Will the general audience be interested? Will the various awards be commended? The box office and the future of the awards are too uncertain, how can Julia Roberts know how many plays she has rejected because of "eccentric".

Emma Roberts is different, she loves weird things, no, she's just fascinated, supernatural, ghostly, mysterious, divination, the afterlife...... These are to her taste. Hey, when she traveled to Michigan a few days ago, she proudly said that she had met a psychic, saying that she was Carol Lombard, a famous actress in the 30s, and the beloved wife of Clark Gable.

However, because of her image positioning, she has to become famous as a youthful, sweet, fresh and cute little girl next door. Maybe that's why she loves "The Other World" so much.

She wanted to rebel, but the most rebellious way she could think of was...... "When I become famous in the future, I must act in a lot of thriller horror movies." ”

Why don't you want to be famous as a horror movie? Because her mind has been fixed, she grew up in this environment, and she can only think about things with the mind that she has cultivated in this environment. She wanted to resist, but deep down, she should think that her aunt was mature and right.

This made Ye Wei feel a lot, not just Emma, not just Lily, everyone is firmly controlled by their own growth environment, it is difficult to get rid of it, it is difficult to surpass. As he writes in another novel, Winter's-Bone, which he is a candidate for.

Thinking about it, he replied, "It's a commercial problem, it's hard to make money. By the way, I also recommend you a novel, "Winter's Bones", which is really good. ”

"Where can I buy new and old books?" Emma was very interested, and responded to the topic of "The Other World": "Make money? Isn't your interest important?"

"Oh, it's not published yet, I'm looking at the internal version, and if you want to see it, I'll tell the author Woodrill and I'll give you a copy, and don't leak it out. ”

If the producers have a relationship with the publisher, they can read a lot of novels before they are published, and the publisher also likes to let everyone see if there is a possibility of adapting the film or television, and if a book is not published yet, there is an intention to adapt it, which is very helpful for promotion and sales.

Of course, whether or not they can get the right to adapt is another matter, and it is not surprising that the producers spent years in order to get the author's consent.

The author agreed, and there are many ways to buy, usually with a $1 upfront payment and only when the project is actually put into auction, but it also means that the author can reclaim the copyright at any time. Even if the purchase fee is given at the beginning, the producer has a limit on the number of years, and if there is no shooting within the contract period, the adaptation rights will automatically return to the author.

Ye Wei read "Bones of Winter" has nothing to do with the publishing house, before he emailed many people to ask if they have any recommendations for novels or scripts about girls, and Ang Lee recommended this book. Daniel Woodrell, a 52-year-old author, has a novel that has been made into a movie, "Riding with the Devil" produced by Joy Qì and directed by Ang Lee.

After obtaining Woodrier's consent, he was still talking about the internal version of the publisher's "Winter Bones" (Woodrill had worked with Henry-Holt for a long time, and recently collaborated with Putnam) to Ye Wei, and ordinary readers will probably not see it until next year.

After Ye Wei read it, his biggest feeling was: It's a good book! Rui, a strong girl!

"Emma, seriously, I'm more interested in 'Winter's Bones', I've got the intention, I'll try to adapt it into a screenplay, although it's quite difficult. ”

"You don't want spoilers!" Exclaimed Emma.

"I wasn't going to do that. Ye Wei smiled, looked at the manuscript on the side of the desk, but said: "Among the projects I am in contact with now, there is a remake of "Carrie the Witch", are you interested in competing for Carrie?"

"Carrie!?" exclaimed Emma, as if she had heard Godzilla, "interest......ed!

"But your aunt certainly disagrees. Ye Wei said it for her. Emma immediately said angrily: "She can't control me, if you really want to shoot, I'll compete." ”

"Not much, I don't have a lot of motivation for horror movies for the time being, and 'Exorcism Video' has brought my 'scary' skills into CD time. ”

"It's the other world!" the other world!" Emma encouraged and hoped, "how funny, think about Lucy? ”

"Toto just wants to be a director. Girl, I promise you I'll try. Ye Wei was a little reluctant to her, but also a little interested, "I will seriously consider the possibility of adapting it, and if it works, I will consider other issues." ”

Emma immediately cheered excitedly, happy: "I knew you had a way!"

"Hey, I didn't make any promises, don't expect too much. ”

That's it, the adaptation of "Another World" has become one of the candidate projects, and Emma's personal favorite project is looking forward to Ye Wei's good news.

Ye Wei didn't contact Zewen immediately, until the LMS was completed two days later, he was still thinking about how to adapt, and he wanted to make the script for the new project by himself.

"The Other World" is a project initiated by himself, while "Carrie the Witch" is not.

Carrie is Stephen King's debut novel, one of the masterpieces, Carrie is a superpowered high school girl, because she was strictly controlled by her religiously fanatical mother, introverted and cowardly, usually bullied at school, and finally after being drenched in pig blood at the prom, she fell into madness and slaughtered her classmates.

This is a horror story about an explosion of religious repression and school bullying. In 1976, a movie was made, which was a super classic, and in 2002, a TV movie was made, and the response was mediocre, and the screen remake has been done, but it has never been made. This time Stephen King takes the lead, Lionsgate wants a remake, a budget of tens of millions, provided that "Yonick Kuller" is willing to take over, and it is best for Nina Dubrev to play Carrie.

No need to ask Roberts, Ye Wei knows that Emma can't play Carrie, and as soon as Nina acts, she will become a new generation of horror queen if she has good grades, and she will be a terrifying meteor if she has bad grades, which is inseparable from horror movies. He was still thinking about her, and his own situation was more complicated and not very interested, so it was only in the contact stage.

Speaking of interest, Ye Wei didn't lie to Emma, "Winter's Bones" is the top project in his heart.

It should be said that he has a preference for this story, because he likes the protagonist "Rui" so much that he is eager to transform her from text to real life himself.

Seriously, no matter whether Roberts knows Guò or not, he feels that Emma can't play Rui, her appearance and temperament don't match her acting style, Rui has nothing to do with being sweet and cute, she is a very strong and stubborn girl like a stinky stone.

Rui Dolly lives in a remote and backward mountainous area, and her family is one of the long-standing local families whose members are engaged in ice and drug trafficking. Her mother has been crazy for many years, her two younger brothers are still young, and her father has been missing for many years.

Suddenly, one day a sheriff came to her door to sue her that her father Jesup had been arrested and mortgaged his house in order to bail out, but now he was about to appear in court but disappeared, and if he did not appear in court on time, or how to prove that he was dead, the court would take away the Rui family's house. Rui had to embark on a journey to find her father.

Except for his friend Gail, who has dropped out of school due to pregnancy and marriage with a baby, none of his relatives and friends will help Rui, and his biological uncle Tears is also a drug dealer and drug addict, he warned Rui not to cause trouble, he tried to trick Rui into making ice and burning to death, in fact, he had already guessed the truth, Jesup had been killed by the family, maybe because he leaked the secret to the police, maybe because he was afraid that he would leak the secret. Tears knew that if they continued to track down, he and Rui would have to die.

Rui can also guess that her father is dead, but she must find his bones to save her house, and her perseverance angers the family bigwigs, and she is beaten to death by a group of women. This made the tears begin to support her, perhaps because of this, the women suddenly wanted to take Rui to her father, rafted to the lake, picked up her father's body sunk at the bottom of the lake, sawed off a hand and let her take it, and the house was saved.

At the end of the story, Uncle Tears says "I know who it is", he can't know who killed Jesup, and when he knows, he will take revenge and he will also die.

Rui hugged him and cried.

The tears were gone, and Rui and her two younger brothers sat on the porch steps of the house, watching the night come.

If he likes "Another Realm", Ye Wei loves "Winter Bones", the kind of cold wind blowing on his face, freezing cold, desolate and gray, all moved him too much.

What else, in the winter, Rui always wears the only beautiful dress for some reason; Rui is afraid that her two younger brothers will become "Dolly", and she is even afraid of them, but her survival education for them will make them become "Dolly"; Rui wants to escape from this qiē and wants to live the life of a girl in the city, but the best way she can think of is to join the army.

Rui hates trapped in her cage, but she can't jump out, and she can't jump out of her thinking in life. Just like Gail can't jump, "marriage is different", but he doesn't understand why he got married so early, and her husband cheats all day long;

Everyone in the story is wearing heavy shackles, and everyone is very confused.

It's a very moving story, a story that is both feminist and non-feminine. Rui is a girl who is forced by life to be strong, she wants to wear a skirt, she wants to fall in love, but she doesn't have a chance, she has to support her family.

Women always have this trait, they can be very gentle, but when the weight comes down on them, they can be very strong.

Life, always struggling to move forward.

Ye Wei wants to shoot this story and want "Rui" to appear on the screen, but it is not easy to adapt, and this is a pure literary story, and it will only be good if it is made into a pure literary movie, which means that the box office cannot be high, he doesn't care, many people have.

It's not time to get real about what you want to do, and this project is in the same state as "The Other World" at this stage, try to adapt the script yourself and see if it works.

Speaking of bones, speaking of the early death of a girl, "The-Lovely-Bones" (The-Lovely-Bones), this is a long-standing project, a project that will make DreamWorks and Roberts smile, and it is a project that he climbs high, because his competitors are:

Peter Jackson.