"Hey, Jon, I have three projects I'd like to work with, would you like to talk about it?"

On Monday night, Jon Philheimer received a text message from Ye Wei, followed by a call, what a great Christmas gift! Of course I am interested, and I flattered Ye Wei in every way for this call. Jon smiled and said, "However, we have been looking forward to working with you. ”

He knew what the situation was now, VIY and all the six major talks collapsed, because he wanted to end the right to cut. It's great for Lionsgate, and it doesn't get any better.

However, when he listened to Ye Wei's crazy plan, Jon couldn't laugh a little, as if he had just been struck by lightning and was stunned.

Three projects?Now the script is only a framework and a draft, and it will be completed in a year!?

"You're not kidding?" Jon had to make sure.

"Jon, I'm very, very serious. If it doesn't go well, "Winter's Bones" will be postponed, but SS and TLB, I will definitely make it next year, and I hope they will be released within the next year. I mainly want to talk to Lionsgate about Soul Surfer. ”

Listening to Ye Wei's words, Jon thought about the pros and cons.

Thinking about it from the most pessimistic point of view, Ye Wei is really crazy, success has blinded his mind, this genius is temporarily in a state of extreme expansion, thinking that he can do one thing, like making three good movies in a year. I don't know what "Winter's Bones" is, but the first two won't be exploitation films.

Although Ye Wei's plan sounds executive, it is as difficult to do as it is for him to land on the moon within a year.

One year, 365 days, there are too many changes, let's just say that Ye Wei himself, such a high work density, the first part may be okay, but in the second part, will he be tired? Will he be bored? Don't want to continue? Sloppy treatment? Creativity is hollowed out?

Basically, there are two worst and most likely outcomes, one is that Ye Wei gradually came to his senses, postponed "Winter Bones", and made two movies in a year, with medium to high quality.

The second is that he insisted on making three movies, but all of them were mediocre works of poor quality.

He's sure he'll be able to shoot it. Ye Wei is a smart person after all, too smart, his tone seems to have settled on Lionsgate, and he is not afraid that Lionsgate will not invest...... That's exactly what it is.

Jon knew that he had no choice, Ye Wei was not talking to Lionsgate about which one, it was "Soul Surfer", the next production and release project he promised. This means that even if it is a big bad movie, as long as it is distributed within its means, it will be difficult to lose money.

Because VIY's various controversies have not affected the reputation of the high quality of his films, the prodigy has not lost the popularity of the market and the trust of the audience.

This trust will only become more and more superstitious, think of him becoming the youngest nominee for Best Director at the Academy Awards...... Before one or two failures, "Director: Ye Wei" was a huge fiery signboard.

So the "Soul Surfer" with a budget of 10 million is not a problem to collect 50 million or 60 million North American box office, but what about overseas box office? What about TV copyrights?

There is also "Lovely Bones", it is also difficult to lose money, the popularity of Ye Wei and the book itself, most of the 50 million budget will lose money, and the 25 million budget is really not high.

Only "Winter's Bone" is a difficult bone to gnaw, because it will be finally produced and released, it is likely to be postponed, the book has not yet been published, Ye Wei said that "the commerciality is not high", if SS and TLB are bad movies, the audience is no longer superstitious about VIY, and this movie is a waste of money for distribution.

But Ye Wei is too smart, he is only ready to spend 3 million on this project, saying that he wants to be wholly owned, and others can't lose if they want to.

Lionsgate wants to make money, but if Ye Wei loses money, Lionsgate can accept a quota, even if all three projects are eaten, it will cost less than 40 million. Lionsgate is determined to invest in a "Punisher" and even more determined to invest in a genius.

The Big Six don't need Ye Wei, and they can be very good, but Lionsgate needs to run and go further, and they all need the friendship of these geniuses.

Ye Wei is the biggest genius now, and the next Steven Spielberg. Even if he dies for a year or two, he will be 19 or 20 years old.

Jon has no confidence in other people, maybe he will collapse after a failure, but he has confidence in Ye Wei, he is too different, even the expansion is so different, others may be lost in Vanity Fair, addicted to fun, stained with drugs, and go to shoot commercial blockbusters......

Ye Wei wants to make three movies a year, and the work density he said is definitely to put himself to death. Such a person will get up if he falls.

There is a three-strike-out rule in the film industry, because people always fail, especially in the elusive creative industry. And good creators learn from their failures, and this time they fail, maybe the next time they succeed. So creators who have not become famous will no longer have a chance because of a failure, with Ye Wei's age and capital, although he will not get the final cutting right to a big studio, but these three projects have all failed, he will still not disappear, but to the edge.

What's more, Ye Wei is proficient in everything he does, and he can give himself a chance. By then he was only 19 years old, he was sober, mature, and his mind was better.

It's like M. Knight Shyamalan's failure in "A Basket of Imps" followed by "The Psychic Sixth Sense," and just like Ang Lee followed by "Brokeback" after the failure of "Hulk," Brokeback Mountain......

What about Ye Wei?

His exploitation film, "Video, The Exorcism," is the highest-grossing and grossing film in Lionsgate history, making more money than "Fahrenheit 911."

When the time comes, Lionsgate will be favored by geniuses, just as Universal was favored by Spielberg back then, then Lionsgate will be different.

Not to mention that the investment in SS and TLB or even the issuance of the loss can't be lost, even if all the losses are lost, in the long run, 40 million, Lionsgate can afford to lose.

So it is very likely that Ye Wei is crazy for the time being, and these three movies are very likely to be bad movies, but Ye Wei really ate Lionsgate, because he is Ye Wei.

"Well, we're all interested!" Jon smiled, "How fast do you want to sign a contract of intent tomorrow!"

......

Tom Hanks received a text message from Ye Wei, which was soon a phone call, and he was shocked to hear, "Three projects a year!? ”

"Life is a damn box of chocolates, and I want to eat three at a time. Tom, Lionsgate has joined, in fact, Lionsgate and I can come up with 40 million together, it's just not cool, I want to continue working with Pretong, are you interested? Throw a few million to me? SS and TLB, you can choose. ”

Hanks thought for a moment and asked, "I have gained a lot from "Little Sunshine Beauty", and it is no problem for me to invest in you again." The question is, are you sure? Are you sure you're going to do this?

"I'm sure I can do it, I'm not sure it's all good movies, I'm just confident and I'm going to do my best too. ”

"I'm not talking about movies, it's about your life. Hanks felt the need to advise, "With your plan, do you know how busy you will be? Six days a week, from morning till night, even eating and talking on the phone?"

"Seriously, I don't promise I like that, who would? But I promise I don't like to spend all day lying on the beach and basking in the sun. I want to try, and don't I have one more day off every week? I'm also going to hire a few more assistants to improve my productivity. ”

......

Katherine Kennedy received a text message from Ye Wei and soon talked about the phone.

"Catherine, I was expelled from school today, my parents also agreed that I would not go to school anymore, I had a lot more time, haha, I have a crazy plan. ”

She said OK, listened, and gradually became surprised.

1993 was a great year for Amperin Entertainment and Spielberg.

"Jurassic Park" was released in June, and "Schindler's List" was released in December, the former swept the global film market and became the first film to break $1 billion at the global box office, and the latter was heartfelt, with a global box office of 300 million, shortlisted for 12 Oscars, and won 7 awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

But they were not filmed in the same year, the former was filmed from September to December 1992, and the latter was filmed from March to June 1993, both over a period of three months. And they spend more time on the pre-production zuò.

Although none of Ye Wei's three projects are blockbusters, and it doesn't take so much time to make zuò in the regular process, it's still crazy.

If Ye Wei's plan is to make three movies in the next two years, it is acceptable, one year! The three projects don't even have scripts, what does he want to do, and what kind of movie is he making?

Woody Allen only kept one a year, and when he was younger, he seemed to have tried two a year, which was very high.

Roger Koeman's 25 days to make a "Fantastic Four" (1994) was done by Roger Koeman, because he bet that he could make a movie in 2 days, and asked Charles Griffith to write the script immediately, and then spent 2 days to revise the script, 2 and a half days to shoot, and spent $30,000 to shoot "Little Flower of Horror" (1960), and sold another 30 million box office, which was also done by Roger Koman.

It took 18 days to use 450,000 to produce "Exorcism Video", and then sold 200 million global box office, which Ye Wei did.

Overall, in terms of exploitation, Ye Wei is still far from a master, but he does have what it takes to become a new generation of Roger Koeman.

Roger Coman was a great man, the guru of independent cinema, the godfather of B-movies, the founder of the New Hollywood movement, and the four major directors of the 80s had to respect him. He gave Coppola a chance, Coppola brought out Lucas, he gave Scorsese a chance...... The reason why Hollywood is what it is today is inseparable from the promotion of Roger Coman.

Ye Wei said how to change one month into two months, this is the founding of Roger Koeman, in fact, it is "illegal filming", employing non-union personnel, ignoring labor laws, and working overtime...... A qiē fast fast, exploitation exploit exploitation, save money, save time, save effort.

So when Roger Coman was young, three movies a year was nothing, four, five, six movies were his style, but how many "Little Flowers of Horror" were there?

Catherine Kennedy knew that Ye Wei really wanted to do this, and he could really do it, of course.

But no one's expectation of Ye Wei is "just" Roger Coman. At least she isn't, Ye Wei is a more talented and malleable wizard than Shyamalan, and he has the potential to reach the level of the four major directors. Now Ye Wei is going in the direction of Roger Koeman, three independent films a year.

"Weige, you're not Roger Corman. Catherine couldn't help but sigh, and still wanted to persuade him to direct "Fantasy Elf Incident Book", "You should think about it carefully." ”

"I'm not Roger Coman, but I'm really overloaded right now!"

Hearing Ye Wei's laughter, Catherine smiled helplessly, she knew and knew Roger Corman, which was the hallmark of his exploited filmmakers: "I'm overloaded right now, my life is a little out of control, but as long as it takes another week, or a month, I'll let all of them be in control again." ”

He always said that, and he did, that Koeman rarely had a film that lasted more than a month, and that represented an era.

She persuaded: "This is not that era, the old Hollywood is gone, many years ago. Now the big studios are just like banks, there is no need to hate it, and there is no need to exploit it, you are not a newcomer, you are busy making three movies a year, but it is probably not comparable to the income you made from directing "Fantasy Elf Incident Book". ”

Ye Wei's serious voice came from the mobile phone:

"yes, it's not that era anymore. I think if Roger Coman was active today, with digital technology, he could make ten films a year.

None of my projects are B-grade films, how can a B-grade film have such a high budget? Catherine, I'm not going to make a Roger Koeman-esque movie, I'm going to make a high-quality movie. Although it is only one year, the real work time and effort I put in will never be less than a project that spends a lot of time on, negotiation, and multi-party fighting.

I'm not referring specifically to the Fantasy Elf Event Book, but two systems. I love what Roger Corman said: 'The reason why I want to eat the bowl of film is not to have the opportunity to do intrigue and bargaining, I want to do it as quickly as possible, and then I can focus on all of it.'" ’

Me too, I don't enjoy that at all, I just want to enjoy making movies.

I don't always want to be busy, but I really want to overload it once. ”

......

Under the stars at night, Brentwood, Ye's house.

Ye Wei made a lot of phone calls, and no one was not surprised, and happily, the initial intention was to thank Lionsgate.

I called Julia Roberts again to talk to her about the new situation, and he thought he would just say on the phone, "Emma can't play Susie", or talk about it tomorrow at the interview. Roberts will definitely be furious, what can be done, Emma really just doesn't fit.

It doesn't matter how you coax Roberts, that girl does.

Lying flat on the bed in the bedroom, Ye Wei took his mobile phone to send text messages to Nina, from yesterday to now, he has sent text messages from time to time, and he can also read text messages to sort out his mood, right.

To: Nina

"Hey, anyone? Harrow!"

"Did you sleep?"

"I was expelled from school, don't you say something?"

"Forgive me, I love you. ”

"Give me a chance, let me love you alone with all my heart from now on, I don't even love Duoduo anymore, I only love you. ”

"No one can ruin our relationship unless we give it up ourselves, but I won't. ”

"I'm going to overload next year and make three movies a year, but if you say you don't like me doing this, I won't. ”

"Anyway, my schedule for August is...... TRAVEL WITH YOU, NANANANA. ”

"I'm going to move out and rent a place to live on my own, my parents agreed, you start the plan to move to Los Angeles to study and develop, how about we live together?"

"Miss you!!"

After pressing send, Ye Wei was about to continue to write the next text message, Ding Dong, Nina replied! He bounced up from the bed and looked at Nina's reply on the mobile phone screen: "Why should I believe you?" He couldn't help but shout happily and excitedly: "YEAH !!" kissed the phone fiercely, and it was okay if he was willing to reply.

Hurriedly pressed the mobile phone to write a text message to send: "Don't-trust-me, try-me." ”

“Not-funny。 Ding-dong, Nina replied.

"Can I call you? I want to hear your voice. ”

After a while, Nina didn't reply, Ye Wei leaned on the head of the bed and called directly, looking forward to the nervous mood, listening to a long beep for more than a minute...... The sound of the sudden connection, the cold snort of the girl was faintly heard, he closed his eyes and smiled, thank God!

"Nina, you're so nice. ”

"You're a bastard. Her voice was a little hoarse, like crying, which made him feel very distressed for a moment, and she said, "Didn't I sue you, we're finished." ”

Ye Weiwen said: "We are finished, because we have a new beginning." ”

"VIY, don't ...... like that"

"Seriously, VIY, call me Yonick. If you have to call me VIY, call me Ivan, or Na Wei, Nina's Wei, you know, it's meant to be. ”

This is a meme he often uses to coax Nina, whose middle name is IVAN, and in reverse it is NAVI, NA, and VI.

"You're such a scoundrel!" Nina was angry and angry, "You know you're a rascal?"

"I know. Ye Wei said with a smile, and suddenly thought of a new stalk, "But if you are a rogue, you will become Vogue." Hooligans and fashion, in fact, are the same, you say what is the difference between those fashionable people and hooligans, just wear a little bit, it's just a gang of naked parties, or they don't have money to buy clothes. ”

“...... It's not funny. Nina whispered.

"Yes, you don't forgive me, I'm not bored, I'm making myself a workaholic, as if that would be better, no, Nina......"

"I don't believe you, I'm going to sleep, don't call me again!" Nina suddenly interrupted him loudly, and hung up the call as soon as she finished speaking.

Ye Wei shrugged with a smile and sent another text message: "Good night, I'll call you tomorrow." "Eyes smile, thank goodness!

"Nina, you're so nice. ”

"You're a bastard. Her voice was a little hoarse, like crying, which made him feel very distressed for a moment, and she said, "Didn't I sue you, we're finished." ”

Ye Weiwen said: "We are finished, because we have a new beginning." ”

"VIY, don't ...... like that"

"Seriously, VIY, call me Yonick. If you have to call me VIY, call me Ivan, or Na Wei, Nina's Wei, you know, it's meant to be. ”

This is a meme he often uses to coax Nina, whose middle name is IVAN, and in reverse it is NAVI, NA, and VI.

"You're such a scoundrel!" Nina was angry and angry, "You know you're a rascal?"

"I know. Ye Wei said with a smile, and suddenly thought of a new stalk, "But if you are a rogue, you will become Vogue." Hooligans and fashion, in fact, are the same, you say what is the difference between those fashionable people and hooligans, just wear a little bit, it's just a gang of naked parties, or they don't have money to buy clothes. ”

“...... It's not funny. Nina whispered.

"Yes, you don't forgive me, I'm not bored, I'm making myself a workaholic, as if that would be better, no, Nina......"

"I don't believe you, I'm going to sleep, don't call me again!" Nina suddenly interrupted him loudly, and hung up the call as soon as she finished speaking.

Ye Wei shrugged with a smile and sent another text message: "Good night, I'll call you tomorrow." ”