In Hollywood, tens of thousands of movie scripts are created every year.

The vast majority of them will be one of the people who have sunk in the sea and cannot be put on the big screen.

Although most of them are not of high quality, there are still some masterpieces that are missed.

In 2005, the "script blacklist" created by Universal's pre-development manager improved the traditional inefficiency of Hollywood's project selection to a certain extent, and also provided a good way for those who aspired to develop in the film and television industry but had no way out.

Later, in 2011, the official website of the blacklist was established.

The website implements a membership system, and as long as you pay a $25 membership fee, the author can upload his own script on the website for more people in the industry to see.

If you pay a certain fee, the script can be commented on and revised by industry insiders.

High-scoring scripts can be on the "blacklist", recommended by websites, and seen by more production companies.

But it's not 2005, and the way to get scripts is more traditional.

At present, there are two types of scripts in Hollywood, one is adapted from comics, and the other is the script developed by screenwriters on their own initiative, and after they have created it, they sell it to production companies through script brokerage or other channels.

This kind of script is often referred to as a "speculative script", which is called speculation because the probability of being selected is low, but once passed, the reward is quite large.

The craze for speculative scripts began in the wake of the 1988 writers' strike, when agents began to sell large numbers of scripts to studios.

In the '90s, sales of speculative scripts were on the rise, with scripts selling for more than a million dollars.

However, around 2000, due to the bursting of the bubble in the US information industry, the speculative script market declined.

As an independent film company, Peak, like other independent film companies, receives script submissions and broker PR almost every week.

So far, the Peak's database has piled up countless speculative scripts.

Lu Ping'an's task this time is to find out if there is anything familiar.

"Speculative scripts rarely have gold, Lu, I don't think you have to work in vain."

Watts persuaded.

He had actually read all of these scripts, but he didn't think any of them were worth the effort.

"It's okay, I don't have anything to do anyway, you go and get busy with the crew."

"Okay, the movie is sure that it's only a single-family villa, right?"

"Yes, bigger, more traditional, more open."

"It's easy, I'll look for it first."

Watts said and left.

Lu Ping'an's side also quickly turned to a familiar one: "He Came Tonight".

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

A few days ago, Lu Ping'an asked Watzberg if there was a script submission database in the company, and Watts introduced it.

The peak company is not big, and the scripts that come to market are not as good as other big production companies, but they will not be much less.

Lu Ping'an wanted to take a look, but now he really found one: "He Came Tonight".

The script says it's a superhero movie, but it's actually original, not a comic book adaptation.

A strange hero with no mass base, the cost of making a movie will not be small, and the risk is naturally very large.

The original time and space, the script of "He Came Tonight" had been in Hollywood for more than 10 years, and it was not until finally that it was recognized and finally filmed.

The final film is called "Superman Hancock".

Starring Will Smith, with an investment of 150 million, the global box office is more than 600 million.

This is a big production, and the current peak will not be done for the time being, but since it can be picked up, it is natural to pick it up.

After accepting the script, he decided to ask Watts for a while, and if he could, he would buy it.

Lu Ping'an then looked for a while, unfortunately, 99%

has not been recognized by the golden finger, that is to say, 99% of the scripts here have not been made into movies in the future, and the remaining 1% are also unheard of by him, which is not worth picking up leaks.

Lu Ping'an felt that the peak company was still a little smaller, and the probability of a small company missing a good script might be smaller than that of a large company.

But it doesn't matter, it's nice to have a "Hancock".

After picking up the leaks, Lu Ping'an continued to sort out some copyrights that need to be involved in the future.

For example, film adaptations, both published and unpublished.

For those that have not yet been published, Lu Ping'an can consider writing them himself, and freely choose whether to publish them anonymously.

The original ones should also be written out to prepare for later.

In the afternoon, Lu Ping'an told Watzberg about it, and Watts asked him to consult, and then Lu Ping'an went to Watts to find several scheduled sets of "Latent", and chose one, which is the villa of the shareholder Bob's family, and returned to the company in the afternoon to continue writing the plan.

In the evening, he returned to his temporary villa in Los Angeles.

Looking at the current villa, and comparing Bob's, he immediately called Xiang Guoqiang and asked him to show him if there was a suitable villa in Beverly Hills.

It doesn't have to be too expensive, the main thing is to get an identity and security.

Now he has more than 100 million US dollars in the available balance in his hand, and this money has to deal with the next land auction in the mainland, the capital city, the magic capital, and Guangdong Province, and the subsequent construction and cinema acquisition, which may be a little nervous.

But fortunately, the movie will soon bring him a lot of profits, but there are some things that should be saved...

Starting the next day, Lu Ping'an was sorting out the plan while staring at the preparation of the crew of "Latent".

"Latent" is a small production, and it is expected to be completed within half a month, and at that time, "Death Day" has not been taken off the shelves, and the efficiency is extremely high.

There was news from Xiang Guoqiang's side that Nolan's "Batman" was halfway through the preliminary preparations, and Lu Ping'an decided to go and see it after the filming of "Latent".

The style of "Batman Trilogy" is more distinctive, Lu Ping'an must communicate with Nolando before filming starts, and once again he must shape and strengthen the scenes created by the two together, so that he will be much more justified when he takes over the second part.

Of course, in the evening Jimmy *** called and said that the talk show was about to start.

Jimmy***'s tone sounded a little more nervous than Lu Ping'an's.

Lu Ping'an expressed his understanding, he has been the substitute host of "David Late Night Show" for a few episodes, and this show has engraved a deep imprint of the original host, and the host has changed all of a sudden, and the ratings have declined for sure, but the degree of decline is much more than Jimmy *** expected.

And this is also the reason why a low-budget movie like "Death Day" can be promoted on this show.

If the show is the same as the original, Lu Ping'an may not be able to go up, and even if he can, he will not be able to get stuck at such a good point, which means that this time it is a good time to step on it.

As soon as Lu Ping'an came up, the effect of the show became the best episode he hosted in Jimmy***'s mouth.

If the program is good, the ratings will be high, which is a performance and a job problem for Jimmy***.

So it's normal for him to be more nervous and excited than Lu Ping'an.

"Lu, if the ratings of this show are good, I would like to invite you to come again."

"Of course you can, "Death Day" is doing well now, and it was supposed to continue to be promoted."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

「OK。」

"TV is about to start, Lu, you must remember to watch it."

「okok...」

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Lu Ping'an turned on the TV and locked on CBS TV, and after a while, the talk show began.

The effect of the show looks okay.

His biggest feeling is that his abs are really good on TV, but they are not as good as reality.

He lifted his clothes and patted his abs, very satisfied.

Then the phone rang and it was Rachel: "Lu, I see you on TV

Show off your abs."

"What a coincidence, you're also watching the show?"

"yes, but the abs on TV aren't as good as they are in reality."

"Of course."

"Lu, where are you?"

"Still in Los Angeles."

"I'm coming for you."

"Look at the abs?"

"Can't you?"

Lu Ping'an didn't refuse, when he went out, he drank less and ate more vegetables, Rachel is a dish, not wine, and has no stamina, so it is not a big problem to eat more.

hung up the phone, and then someone called in, it was the widow sister: "Hey lu, guess what I saw?"

"Aren't you watching TV too?"

"yes, haha, I see your abs!"

"Are CBS TV ratings so high? Is my abs all over the country seeing my abs now?"

"Of course not, I just happened to see it on a different channel."

"I'm relieved about this, otherwise it's almost the same as running naked, by the way, have you watched my movie?"

"Since you've advertised your abs, I'm sure I'm going to see if it's as good as you say tomorrow."

"Don't regret it, you were my first choice at the time."

"Then next time I'll be your heroine as compensation."

"How do you feel like I'm losing..."

The two chatted for five or six minutes before hanging up.

The relationship with the widow sister is simply a friend, at least the current familiarity is far from the point of further development.

Lu Ping'an can still feel this, and he doesn't think about how to develop, it's almost like a friend.

And the most emotion brought to him by this phone call is actually in the effect of the TV program.

showed her abdominal muscles, and the widow sister called directly, which probably can also see the reaction of the rest of the TV audience.

Sure enough, half an hour after the show ended, Jimmy*** called again: "Lu, haha, we succeeded..."

The ratings of this episode of "The Late Show of David" returned to the level of the old host at that time.

Overall, it doesn't look as good as other high-profile programs, but it's much better than Jimmy***'s previous ratings.

In addition to Jimmy***'s happiness, the bonus to Lu Ping'an himself will not be small.

For "Death Day", it must be more effective.

Lu Ping'an is looking forward to what will happen at the box office after tomorrow.

Then the phone rang, it was Rachel, "I'm here."

After opening the door, Rachel entered the house, and Lu Ping'an was curious: "Where did you come from, it actually took more than an hour?"

"How long it took isn't the point, it's that I'm here."

Rachel hugged her.

Well, this dish is still quite spicy...

Rachel left early the next morning, and she said she was going to interview the crew.

The relationship between the two has ended here for the time being, and the next time they meet is to wait for the box office to come out in a week, and then go to Jimmy *** to record the show.

Lu Ping'an temporarily left Rachel behind, and instead focused on the yellow man who came to Dingfeng Company to recommend himself...