After Alex made it clear that he was going to shoot the movie "The Sound of Music", he was ready to do everything he could. For example, the money and personnel for filming, and the songs and scripts.

Especially the songs, he didn't know when the songs in the original version of "The Sound of Music" came into existence. At the beginning, I was still a little worried, for fear that there would be problems with the cottage, and when Li Ghost met Li Kui, it would be fun.

He knew that long before the filming of the movie "The Sound of Music", there was already a musical of "The Sound of Music". The film is based on this musical, and Maria's autobiography only provides the background for the story.

He also thought about using the songs of later generations directly, but after looking around, he found that changing any song would destroy the integrity of the movie's story. The songs in the movie "The Sound of Music" are narrative in nature, closely related to the story, and once changed, the whole story must be changed accordingly.

He wanted to rewrite the songs in it, but found that he didn't have that much ability after all. A lot of the tunes in it, if you change it, it's no different from making a new movie. Besides, the shooting may not necessarily be better than the original.

Alex was ruthless, so he simply took the original song and used it. I can't talk about moving it over as it is, but it's almost all copied.

Actually, this is because he is too cautious. In 1954, the musical and film of The Sound of Music had not yet been born, and before that, there was a film based on Maria's book.

In 1956, Maria was approached by a German filmmaker who wanted to buy the rights to the book for $10,000.

Maria asked her lawyer, who told her that she should take a cut and not sell it all at once. However, the German producer told Maria that German law did not allow German companies to pay a commission to foreigners, and that Maria was already an American citizen at the time. Maria believed him, and she sold the rights to the book "The Singers of the Von Trapp Family".

The German producer not only deceived her with non-existent laws, but also went down the ground when Maria needed money the most. He said that if Mary was willing to accept nine thousand dollars, he could give her the money immediately. Maria had no choice but to agree.

In 1956 the film was released under the title "The Story of Mary - The Story of the Von Trapp's Family". It was so successful that in 1958, a sequel was made in Germany.

The second film is called "The Von Trapp Family in America" (DieTrappFamilyinAmerika). These two films became the most successful films in Germany after World War II.

In 1956, Hollywood's Paramount Pictures bought the American film rights to "Maria's Tale – The Story of the Von Trapp Family."

A Broadway producer saw the film and thought that the story could make a great musical, so he signed a contract with the German producer, and he offered to give Maria a 0.006% cut, which Maria did not expect, and she gladly accepted.

The Broadway producer is Richard Hallerday, his wife, who was the first Mary Martin to play Maria on Broadway.

They had originally planned to use a song sung by the von Trapp family, but wanted to add a solo from Maria, so they found the best beats in American musical theatre at the time, such as Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

However, Rogers and Hammerstein decided that the Austrian folk songs sung by the von Trapp family were not in line with their style, and they preferred to be co-producers and then set about writing all the songs.

It wasn't until 1959 that The Sound of Music was first performed in New York. It took a few years before it was made into a movie. In other words, in 1954, none of these songs have appeared. Alex is worrying about it for nothing.

The direct use of the original song has brought about an effect that people are more and more impressed with Alex's creative talent

More than once Pike said to him, "Alex, I now see what a genius you are!" ”

Then Morris would be next to him, touch his nose and say, "I'm already numb to his amazing behavior." ”

As Bergman and Hepburn slowly learned something, the way they looked at Alex changed. Women always like to be around smart men, even if the man is too young to be their partner. This may be a natural instinct for women to want to be in the company of the smartest and strongest of the opposite sex.

During the filming, Alex also had to take time off to take care of some corporate matters. Before he left, he handed over the company to someone else to take care of, but there were still some things that he had to decide. Originally, he had planned to let Bart or Angel manage it temporarily, but they were also too busy to find time to help.

When he asked Bart, he said, "My research work is at a critical juncture, and I even eat in the lab, so how can I have time to manage another company?" It's a film company, in particular, and it's completely unfamiliar territory. You'd better find someone else to take care of it. ”

So he went to find Angel, and before he could finish speaking, Angel interrupted him: "Alex, do you know that the stocks and futures invested in the family have fallen again?" I have to keep an eye on the stock market fluctuations every day, where can I have time to take care of the company's affairs. ”

"Huh? Fell again? How much did you lose? Alex was a little surprised, after all, he had advised his parents which stocks to buy. If he had lost his family's money because he had listened to him, he would have died of shame.

Angel immediately said in a loud voice: "Bah, bah! Really, with me staring at it, how can you lose? It's just not as much as I expected. You can rest assured that the family's money will not be lost. ”

"That's good, then I'd better get someone else to help."

At this time, Alex felt that no one under his command could help him. Originally, he wanted to find Chuck, but this guy didn't know anything about these things, how could he hand it over with confidence. After thinking about it, I found my good brother Little Richard, but at this time, Little Richard was thriving in the music industry, and the record was selling like crazy. He was also embarrassed to ask the other party to delay his career to help him.

In desperation, he could only temporarily let the people below resist it, and only needed to wait for him to finish filming the movie before he could come back to deal with things.

Alex scratched his head and asked the nanny director next to him, "Morris, what are you going to do after you help me make this movie?" ”

Morris shrugged his shoulders and said, "It depends, maybe I'll go to Europe to make a few films that I made on my own." The young people in France are really very thoughtful, and you should go and check it out. Their talents are no worse than yours, they just lack opportunities. ”

Alex was a little incredulous, and he thought to himself, "How can I, a time-traveling group with complete memory and future knowledge, be on the same level as those young Frenchmen you said." If I had been a few years older, maybe one person would have been able to take those people down. ”

Although he didn't think so, he was still stirred up by Morris's words, and he asked, "What kind of powerful people are there over there?" ”

Morris thought for a moment and said, "There are too many powerful young people, but the most powerful ones should be Rivet, Godard, Chabrol, Truffaut and Miel. Their ideas are wild and whimsical. The filming period is very flexible, and there is a lot of humor in it. ”

Under Morris's constant persuasion, Alex agreed: "Okay, I will definitely go to France with you if I have the chance." But haven't you ever thought about managing a film company? ”

"Film company?" Morris was a little surprised, he really didn't want to go to the film company, after all, being a solo producer is free and can travel everywhere.

"yes, how about my dream factory let you take care of it?" Alex finally reveals his purpose.

"DreamWorks? Didn't you get Bart to get it yourself? Why do you want someone else to manage it so quickly? ”

Morris knows a lot about the Carpenter family, and he also knows why Bart is giving Alex so much freedom, and he also thinks that DreamWorks is a tool for Alex to try to achieve his ideals.

"I found that if I got involved in the company, I wouldn't be able to realize my creative desires."

Alex is completely fooling people by saying this, he is actually trying to be lazy. It's too boring to feel like you're running a company by yourself, and it's better to leave it to someone you trust. This way he has more time to do what he wants to do, and even if he doesn't have anything to do, he can hang out and play.

Morris listened to it but felt that this was normal, if a person spends time on the daily work of the company every day, how can he still have time to work on his own creations. He admires Alex's creative talent very much. He sometimes wondered if Alex was an alien. However, when he learned that Alex's IQ was as high as 220, he was relieved. After all, it is as high an IQ as Leonardo da Vinci, and it is natural to be so powerful.

"Well, when you're managing the company, you can also make movies on your own or something. As long as it doesn't cost more than $100,000 a year, whatever you want. Alex threw the bait to get the other man to take the bait.

Originally, he could have promoted people in the company, or found people outside. However, he thinks that the company's current personnel are not capable, otherwise a company would not be made into such a bad shape. As for the talent outside, he didn't know much about the film talent in this time period, and many of them were introduced to him by Morris.

The Carpenter family and Morris are also world friends, everyone knows the roots, they have worked together for so long, and they all know each other's abilities. Morris's cinematic talent is indeed unquestionable, and he also has a set of management. Alex handed over the film company to him to take care of, and it was the best choice.

"$100,000 is not enough, at least $500,000 a year." Once Morris has made up his mind, he will be straightforward in his request. He continued: "I also want a 5% stake in DreamWorks! ”

Alex almost jumped up when he heard it, 5% of the shares, which is a lot. Especially after the release of "The Sound of Music", the box office alone can reach hundreds of millions, not to mention that he will make some high-grossing movies in the future. He wanted to develop DreamWorks into a big company like Paramount.

"5% of the shares are fine, but they can be given to you in the form of options. However, you can't ask for $500,000 if you take the shares. Alex said that he certainly wouldn't hand over the shares as soon as he came up, and that would be a big fool.

Morris understands the option share system practiced by the Carpenter family company, and it was Alex who suggested that Bart do so. They were the first company to engage in options, and in this way they attracted and tied up many talented people to work for them. He knew that this would be good for the company and himself, so he quickly replied: "It's good!" I promise you! ”

Alex smiled and said, "Then you should join DreamWorks as soon as possible." I have a lot of things to take care of here. ”

With someone like Morris on board, Alex can sit back and relax. As long as he grasps the general direction of the company's development, he will leave the details to Morris, so that he is convinced that DreamWorks will be able to stand side by side with the other five major film companies in less than 10 years.