Sitting back in the boss's chair, Yi Feiyang lit a cigarette and took a rare leisurely puff, and then began to watch the release plan of Gore's new play.

Gore's "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is scheduled to be released this summer, Yi Feiyang calculated, if the schedule is enough, it can be released in mid-June, and July and August belong to the golden period of summer vacation.

However, if "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is postponed to the summer vacation, the "Hunger Games" that he is planning to shoot must be moved back in order to free up enough theaters.

Then his own drama will be released in October, Yi Feiyang calculated. According to their own shooting speed, it is no problem to shoot in a month, although October is not a peak season, nor is it a good schedule, but there are not many blockbusters, and the competitors are weak, for themselves, there is room to give full play to the box office advantage.

Go back and take a look at the script presented by the great director Tim Burton.

I don't know if I don't know the road, and I was shocked when I saw it.

Oh my God, it turned out to be ...... Cartoon "Zombie Bride"!

If remembered correctly, this animated film noir is one of Tim Burton's animated masterpieces. Compared to live-action films, this type of animation actually best illustrates Burton's concept of noir.

There used to be a popular saying in Hollywood: People who like Tim Burton's movies are people who like loneliness, because Tim Burton is a withdrawn person by nature, and he has pursued weird, edgy, and dark realms all his life. But judging from previous years' films, he is still weird and avant-garde. But not dark, in the overall dark tones, he always manages to make people see the shiny edges of the figures. But this scary-sounding "Zombie Bride" makes people scream again and again, and it is full of jokes.

Yi Feiyang remembers clearly that the reason why he liked to watch this drama in his previous life was completely attracted by the name. It seems that a similar movie was made in Hong Kong in the 80s, but it was a Hong Kong-made zombie. Instead of this Western zombie, the starring role is Lin Zhengying's old-timer, and his apprentice Qian Xiaohao rides a bicycle halfway home carrying a ghost bride. I can't remember what the title is. The interlude inside is very good.

Looking back, let's look at this animated version of "Zombie Bride", in addition to the shooting angle is more black humorous and full of evil fun. The box office of this drama is as great as word of mouth. Although he was not a box office hegemon in his previous life. But it is also the second best film. It is said that it got $20.1 million in the first week, which is almost one-third of the production cost of the play, and most importantly. This figure was unexpected by the big bosses who invested in Burton, and they "shivered with surprise".

Now that the script of this play is in front of me, what should I do?

Nonsense! Of course, the approval passed!

However, the investment of more than 60 million US dollars is not a small amount, not to mention that it is still an animation with a restricted theme!

Note that there are two elements, "Restricted" and "Cartoon".

"Restricted" shows that this drama has horror elements, which is an inappropriate theme for children, and will not be fully released in the United States like "Speed Snail", at least teenagers at a certain stage cannot watch it.

"Cartoons" also made many viewers who think they are mentally mature and don't like to watch cartoons very much, wave their hands and refuse to go into the movie to watch, because in their opinion, the people who watch cartoons are some naïve groups.

In this way, the audience of "Zombie Bride" is even narrower, at least such a prediction will make the financial chief Gao Fat, who holds his money bag tightly, directly vote against it. In the words of the tall fat man, "Now our family has a big business, and we must be cautious in everything we do!" Prudence is a necessary rule for defending the city! ”

On the other hand, in addition to the tall and fat man, not everyone will support the drama "Zombie Bride", in addition to the unique theme and dark perspective, the risk is too high is the main reason. Although Dream Entertainment has a successful animation case of "Speed Snail", and is rushing to shoot "Despicable Me" written by Yi Feiyang, these two cartoons are in the "family carnival" mode, which is as extreme as "Zombie Bride".

Sure enough, during the meeting that night, Tim Burton was shot dead in the animated script he presented.

The fat man Gao Jiabao resolutely objected, believing that the danger factor was too great, especially since Fantasy Entertainment was engaged in the development of online games, and there could be no mistakes in terms of funds.

Others also stood up against it, especially Bill Rabbit and Fat Jack, who rarely agreed this time, both of them believed that the investment budget for this cartoon was too high, and as a company with steady development, there was no need to risk any "experimental films......

They define this black humor animation directly as an experimental film, which shows how rare this type of film is in Hollywood. The last two people concluded that the experiment was okay, but there was no need to pull the company into the water.

The meaning is obvious, you can film, but you can't play personal style, you can play personal style, but don't use the company's money to play.

Alex, the head of investment who has always dared to go the wrong way, didn't say much, but he also thought the animation was a bit too risky, in his words, "We could shoot a super high-tech sci-fi blockbuster for more than 60 million dollars, like Burton's own "Planet of the Apes" or the Wachowski brothers' "The Matrix"!" There's no need to spend too much time and effort on a noir cartoon, even though the art content of the play will be high......"

This is said tactfully and firmly, and it can be summed up in three words - "I am against"!

Yi Feiyang was very depressed, when he found that he was too dictatorial, he divided the power of the company out of the company, and now he realized that a large number of people does not necessarily have a large amount of power, and there is also a lot of resistance. Do you have to tell these guys that you can see the future, Burton's drama is very good, and the word-of-mouth box office is praised?!

After the meeting, Yi Feiyang privately found Tim Burton and comforted him: "Man, I'm optimistic about your play, since the company has decided not to invest, then I will invest out of my own pocket!" ”

"Ah, boss, how can this be? 60 million is not a small number, you don't have to be like this! ”

"Oh, don't worry, Tim, I'm not doing anything stupid, I just think this script is very good, yes, very good, it would be a shame if it didn't start filming!"

"Is that really the case? Do you really think so? ”

"Of course, man! The money in my personal pocket is not blown by the wind, how can it be wasted! Yi Feiyang smiled, in his opinion, whether it is out of his own private pocket or the company to take over the shooting, this cartoon must be released, yes, under his name Yi Feiyang, it will be released under the banner of fantasy entertainment!

Just when Yi Feiyang was worried about the filming of the cartoon "Zombie Bride", everyone in the Oscar Academy chairman jury was also worried about the Oscar judging results.

As we all know, the judging body of the Oscars is not complicated in general, and it is divided into a two-tier pyramid form, with the highest level being the academy president's jury, and the academy branch jury under it. The selection of the Academy Awards goes through two rounds of voting, the first round is the nomination voting, the first by the departments under the academy responsible for the nomination (by registered method), the nominated films, will be screened in turn in the academy headquarters, after the viewing of all members of the academy and then the second round of voting (by secret ballot), the final to the number of votes to determine the award of the film.

The list of winners is highly confidential. After the members of the college voted, all the votes were handed over to the Price-Waterhouse accounting firm in the United States for counting. Ballots are placed in safes, guarded day and night by heavily armed guards. After the statistics, all the paper used is burned and kept absolutely confidential. The list of winners will be packed into sealed envelopes until the day of the award, and the master of ceremonies will open the envelope and announce it in public.

Now that it's time for the final vote, as the chairman of the jury, facing Dream Entertainment's "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and Colombia's "Boxing King Ali", they are in a difficult situation.

"Gentlemen, I hope you will not be misled and influenced by the words of Mr. Abbas, the president of the Film Association. That's right, that director Yi Feiyang is Chinese, we are here in the United States, but please don't forget that the Oscar is not the Oscar of the United States, but the Oscar of the world! I don't know if you will receive the benefits of Abbas, I only know that for the sake of fairness and justice, I hope you can cast a sacred vote, not a selfish vote with a clear conscience! Horace, the chairman of the jury, known as the "old antique", said indignantly.

The other judges look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak.

Horace said, "Why don't you speak?" Do you want to cover up your selfish motives with silence? Ha Luha, I know that Abbas is not a good thing, and the North American Film Association will see what has become under his leadership? Tools in the hands of politicians! Do you want Oscar to be like that? Being treated as a noble plaything, taken out to play with when they are too idle to do, as an ornament, to whitewash their façade? “

"Don't say that, Horace." Someone finally spoke, it was Qiao Sen, a veteran figure in the Oscar chairman's review.

"It is true that we all listened to Abbas, but we are not necessarily influenced by him. You're right, we're a little biased against that Chinese, just like last time, it's good to be able to award the Oscar for Best Screenplay to him. But you have to admit that this is a difficult fact to solve, discrimination, and jealousy will always exist in the brilliant Oscars. Also, now that we are strapped for the Oscars, it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain, and although there are continuous grants from the academy and the sale of take-out broadcast rights, it is also an inevitable fact that we cannot make ends meet. And Abbas at least promised that the North American Film Association would help us in the future. Yes, a great help! We need this help, if you don't want to see the Oscars go unworked......"

"No, of course I hope that the Oscars will get better and better, but I hope it will be the Oscars of fairness and justice!" When Horace finished speaking, he sat down, "All right, I won't say anything, just vote according to your conscience!" ”

Everyone, once again, was silent. (To be continued......)