Chapter 139. 【Vast Sky】
James Wing is definitely the truly talented Chinese-American director of the future of Hollywood. Like himself, this guy's film path is not smooth, as a Chinese, he is also discriminated against by many white peers, and even after he created the ultra-classic horror film "Chainsaw", some people say that he copied "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Hitchcock's suspense movie to make a work, and the creativity of this series of movies does not belong to him.
Later, James Wynne filmed the more distinctive horror movie "Dead Silence", which was loved by horror fans all over Europe and the United States, and those mainstream media said that this "Dead Silence" was not James Win's original, and the prototype of the story came from the first "Indian Chief" in the early horror movie "Dead Dead" series of stories.
In any case, James Wing has worked hard to build his own horror film brand, but he has been questioned, reprimanded, ridiculed and satirized by some people again and again, and he can be regarded as a genius director who has gone through many hardships and is recognized only after the last.
If you remember correctly, this "Chainsaw" should have only been released in 2004, and now it is 1999, because of an omission by Yi Feiyang, which caused the drama to return to James Win's hands and appear five years early.
Yi Feiyang has never believed in reincarnation, but this time it is really "reincarnated", and the works that originally belonged to James Win slipped away from his own hands and fell into the hands of the original author.
In the face of this "reincarnation", Yi Feiyang had no choice but to act generously, not to pursue James Win's "plagiarism", and showed all the demeanor that a noble person should have.
"Dear Yi, now we have figured out the truth of the matter. So the next question is...... What can be done to resolve this situation? Gusta wasted no time in asking.
"How to fix it?" Yi Feiyang looked at Gusta. Rhetorical question. "What do you say?"
"Hehe," Gusta smiled, "I like this drama very much, yes, I like it very much, and when I read the script, I immediately decided to invest in it...... I'm going to crash with you halfway through. Hehe, this is also fate. ”
Test, the fate of bullshit, don't want this kind of fate. Yi Feiyang said.
"Let's be practical," Yi Feiyang said with a smile, "I already understand what you mean, and I don't need to say so many polite words." ”
"Ha, I just like the hearty character of dear Yi You." Gusta laughed, "I heard you've been working on a horror movie with Paramount lately, so it's better to do that." We also have an in-depth cooperation. ”
"Cooperation?" Yi Fei raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, this script is like we created it together. Of course, we have to choose the best story to shoot, someone on my side has funds, you have talent on your side, as long as we work together, we will definitely make this drama an absolute classic horror film! ”
I have to say that Gusta's suggestion is very tempting, cooperation, risk and benefit are evenly shared, the most important thing is that Lionsgate has a good reputation for horror films, and Yi Feiyang himself is a super horror director.
In Gusta's opinion, this suggestion he put forward would definitely make Yi Feiyang agree immediately, but he was wrong.
Yi Feiyang was not overjoyed or gladly accepted as he had conceived, but said very calmly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gusta, although I value this play very much, but ...... Let you shoot it, I abstain! ”
"What? Abstention?! Gusta was stunned by Yi Feiyang's rebellious reaction.
This time, he really couldn't see through this Chinese talent. If Gusta was more or less confident that he could master Yi Feiyang's every move, then from this moment on, Yi Feiyang already belongs to that kind of elusive character for him.
"Dear Yi, I hope you can think about it carefully, yes, think about it, our two companies working together is definitely good for you and me."
"I understand what you mean, Mr. Gusta, and I thank you for your kindness, but what this play wants to build is a brand, if this play is really popular, do you say that this brand is yours or mine?"
Yi Feiyang's question immediately made it a little difficult for Gusta to answer.
It is important to know that many large Hollywood film companies regard successful series as treasures that can lay golden eggs, such as Paramount's "Transformers" series, Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and Columbia's "Spider-Man" series, etc., these large companies have firmly grasped the copyright of these stories in their hands and will not easily sell them to others.
This is what Yi Feiyang is talking about now, if "Chainsaw" is popular, who does the filming copyright belong to? Who's the owner of the follow-up episodes?!
Faced with this question, Gusta smiled, and then kept silent.
Of course, Yi Feiyang understood what he meant, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "So, let you shoot this drama, I will shoot other new dramas." ”
Yi Feiyang's courtesy made Gusta, who had always been unchangeable, a little moved, "Yi, you are too disadvantaged to do this." ”
"Yes, Mr. Yi, this play should have belonged to you, and I despicably stole your outline." James exclaimed.
"Don't say that," Yi Feiyang smiled, "as long as you admit that you are Chinese, then it doesn't matter who shoots this drama." ”
James suddenly understood something, the Chinese, he had never been proud of it, but now he vaguely felt that as a Chinese, he had obtained the most precious thing.
"Of course," Yi Feiyang suddenly changed his tone, if you really feel uncomfortable, then, give me some manuscript fees, I should have sold you the right to outline the script! ”
Faint!
Gusta, who had secretly praised Yi Feiyang just now, had a noble character and had no desires, and immediately fainted.
"Ahem, how much do you think is appropriate?" Gusta asked cautiously.
"Well...... It's 550,000! ”
Poof, next to James Wing almost slipped off his chair.
You must know that this is just a script outline, and Yi Feiyang actually asked for 550,000 yuan!
But what James Wynne didn't expect was that Gusta actually agreed. "550,000 is 550,000!"
Poof. James Wing slipped again.
"But I have one condition...... "Gusta said." The screenwriter of this play must have your name on it, that is, you wrote the story with James Win! ”
The old fox deserves to be the old fox!
Yi Feiyang praised, you must know that although his reputation in Hollywood is not first-class, his reputation for making horror movies is very loud. This Gusta is very good at using his own brand.
Nodding helplessly, "Okay, I promise you this proposal, you can use my name, after all, I wrote this outline, but that's all." There are still 550,000 yuan, I want to get it immediately, but I don't want to wait until after the official release of your drama......"
"Hehe, this is no problem, I will ask my personal lawyer to transfer you 550,000 right away...... And last time. Hehe, I'm sorry. Originally, it was possible to transfer money, but ...... You should understand ......"
"The matter has passed, needless to say, now that the script crash has been resolved, then I should also go, good luck to you, this drama will definitely have a good future." Yi Feiyang waved goodbye very chicly.
Seeing Yi Feiyang leaving, Gusta touched his mustache and couldn't help but admire: "Sometimes I really can't understand, how can an outlier like China Yi appear in this mercenary film circle?" ”
James said: "I originally thought that he was humble and simple, but in fact, he must be corrected, and we can't reach such an unpredictable realm." After saying this, I vaguely had another plan in my heart.
……
Yi Feiyang, who walked straight out of Lionsgate, sneezed and sneezed loudly.
"Kao, who said me again?! Alas, it's so hard to be a good person! Give them the outline for nothing, and I'm afraid that they will be embarrassed to accept it, so I ask for 550,000 yuan, which can be regarded as closing the money for buying a house by myself......" Yi Feiyang muttered while looking up at the sun in the sky, feeling dazzling and dazzling......
Is it right to do it yourself?
Lost a chance to become famous again, but created a new Chinese director, is this gain or loss, is it right or wrong?!
……
That night, it was overcast.
Inside Dream Pictures.
The fat man Gao Jiabao, as well as the rabbit Bill and others heard that Yi Feiyang had generously let the script out, and suddenly the chickens and dogs jumped, shouting one by one: "What is the truth?" Why should I give it to them? Could it be that the company is great? Bully people, go to court and sue them! ”
"Plagiarism, this is pure plagiarism! The United States is a country of law, and we need justice! ”
"You can't be a good person, these grandchildren are all full of food and forget the goods of their benefactor, we have to fight back!"
……
"Shut up, y'all!" Yi Feiyang let out a loud roar, directly shocking these guys.
"I know why you're angry about it, but things have come to this point, if you really go to court, then who will suffer? The answer is, there is no good one on both sides! It will only cheapen those paparazzi reporters who don't have news breaks! Also, Lionsgate's script was written earlier than we did, so what if they don't admit to plagiarism? In the end, instead of entangled with them in a lawsuit, why not take a step back and appear to be generous? ”
"However, it is a bit too disadvantageous to do so." Gao Jiabao muttered, "That's the idea you spent a lot of effort to write, and it was snatched away by that kid who didn't have any hair, I'm really not convinced, fat man!" ”
Yi Feiyang said in his heart, fat man, you don't know what to do, in fact, that kid is the real author, but he can only comfort the fat man and say: "Okay, isn't it just a play, take a step back and open the sky, why are you tense?" Speaking of being unhappy, in fact, I am the most unhappy, but in order to be able to inject more Chinese elements into Hollywood, so that everyone knows that in addition to me Yi Feiyang, there are many outstanding talents in our Chinese, not those white people who are geniuses......"
When Yi Feiyang said this, it was sonorous and powerful, and it came from the bottom of his heart, and the fat man Gao Jiabao's heart was hot when he heard it, and the others even closed their mouths.
"Don't worry, I will write a new script as quickly as possible, and then we will be able to raise our eyebrows again in Dream Entertainment!" Yi Feiyang patted the fat man on the shoulder and encouraged. (To be continued......)