"Uninvited", that is, the American version of "Rose Red Lotus", is really low-cost in terms of production costs!

$4 million, even if it is placed in the country, is not a large amount of money ...

"The King of Kung Fu", the salaries of other actors are more than that-Jet Li and Cheng Long are investors, and they do not account for the salary...

$4 million, still thinking about letting someone else invest and then collect the issuance fee yourself?

It's shameless.

Shameless!

Hegemonism!

American-style cooperation!

It's clear that he just wants to take advantage of it, and he doesn't want to contribute...

Shen Mengxi doesn't care, anyway, the $1 million adaptation fee has already arrived, and it stands to reason that Xijie Media should be the same...

Anyway, "Rose Red Lotus" has already made a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, the people on Xijie's side actually agreed!

And in the conversation, there is actually a sense of honor...

People are taking advantage of you......

Served!

......

Xijie agreed, how could Shen Mengxi have any opinions?

He's just a 'creator'.

The next day, I made an appointment with the American version of the screenwriter Doug Minog.

Shen Mengxi knows him, and in the future he will be the screenwriter of "Narcos"...

"Narcos", a Netflix drama, supported Netflix's high style after 2015.

Doug Minog has also become a Hollywood first-line screenwriter!

Of course, he's just a little screenwriter writing scripts for DreamWorks now...

Shen Mengxi gave his own advice: "The scale can be enlarged a little, and it doesn't need to be like the Korean version, we directly revealed the truth from the beginning: Anna killed her mother and sister..."

Doug Minogue shook his head: "... No, it's my sister, Anna killed her because she was subconsciously jealous of her sister's boyfriend, she had a father-love plot, so, killed her stepmother..."

Shen Mengxi swallowed his saliva...

You're playing so big?

Still in love with my father?

may be worried that the original author will be angry, Doug also got acquainted: "With an investment of 4 million, it is difficult to get a high box office without adding a little stimulation shot!"

“... You have a point..."

"Also, Anna is a psychopathic murderer in her subconscious, she not only killed her family, but also the nurse and doctor in the hospital..."

Hearing this, Shen Mengxi couldn't accept it: "Then it's a simple murderous maniac story!"

"No, all of this is something she imagined, a product of a split personality, and we don't need to shoot specific footage of Anna's murder..."

"Fatal ID?"

"Yes, we're going to lead in the direction of suspense..."

Shen Mengxi was also interested: "What about Anna's final personality?"

"Killed by her father!"

“... What a wonderful story!"

Hearing this, Shen Mengxi had nothing to say...

Tsk, a good psychological suspense film, has been changed into a bloody horror film with multiple personalities...

Maybe this is the taste of Lao Mei.

Many horror films that are highly regarded in Asia, once changed to the American version, the essence is immediately gone, and it becomes a mass-produced, fast-food instant product...

American horror films, compared with Asian films, most of them just want simple sensory stimulation, and they don't want to think about it.

Therefore, the original movies of "The Grudge" and "Midnight Bell" that only appeared in the ghost for an hour sold very poorly in the United States, but after the remake, they all sold well!

"Rose Red Lotus" is the same, maybe in Doug Minlow's opinion, the plot pace is slow, and there are no exciting scenes, not attractive enough...

"Rose Red Lotus" was also released in the United States, and it was released on a small scale and had a poor box office.

If he changes it like this, maybe it will sell well!

However, can this thing still be called the American version of "Rose Red Lotus"?

Forget it, the name has been changed to "Uninvited", and it is estimated that it will be more if you change it to another person, and it is possible to change it directly to the adult version!

......

Shen Mengxi didn't have any opinion on the script, but when the character was set, he thought about it and asked Doug to set the nurse as Asian...

Then suggest that Hee-jae invite Song Hye Kyo...

Don't get me wrong, he's just thinking about the box office - asking the original heroine to star is also a kind of feedback to the audience!

Private matters are just private matters!

No matter how upset Shen Mengxi is with Qiao Mei, she must admit that if she is willing to make a cameo appearance, it will be very beneficial to the Asian release of "Uninvited".

DreamWorks still has global distribution capabilities...

By the way, Shen Mengxi also participated in "Uninvited", one million dollars, accounting for 25% of the investment...

I've seen reports before, that is, after the release of "Ghost in the Shell", someone summarized the box office statistics of the American remake...

Among them is the American version of "Rose Red Lotus", the original time and space, the US box office of "Uninvited" seems to be $12 million, and the global box office has exceeded $50 million...

It is a project that is guaranteed to make money.

Shen Mengxi is not stupid, of course he participates in the business that can make money!

Even if he can't get the follow-up copyright account, he can earn at least twice as much.

By the way, he invested in the name of Mengxi studio.

Mengxi studio, Dream Creek Studio, registered in New York, specifically in a desk in an office building on Queen Street - the annual rent is $40,000, and the office has a total of four desks, and the other three are also independent film investors and producers similar to Dream Creek Studio...

The American film industry is not only Hollywood, according to statistics, there are at least 20,000 registered film companies!

Harvey Weinstein's Miramax came out of the New York independent film scene.

He didn't look for Wen Ziren, an absolute supporting role in American entertainment, and there is no need to contact him for the time being, Wen Ziren has just experienced the huge success of "Chainsaw", his heart is higher than the sky, and he signed a contract with Sony for five movies...

However, he got in touch with David Webb of DreamWorks, and he recommended a woodpecker publishing house that helped publish Moving Maze...

The staff of Hollywood studios are very familiar with publishing houses, and many works are released with the help of books, and then spend resources to hype and publicize, hype up the IP, and then announce the adaptation of film and television works.

"Moving Labyrinth", escape from persecution - discover the truth - revenge counteroffensive, a typical dystopian setting!

The so-called utopia is not the heartbreak utopia in "Struggle", which literally means paradise, and dystopia is a place of ugliness and misfortune, where material civilization is rampant and higher than spiritual civilization, and the spirit is dependent on matter, and the spirit is controlled by matter and has not attained real freedom.

The plot setting is a reference to "Battle Royale", "The Hunger Games"...

It's a bunch of teenagers who get into a moving maze and a bunch of things happen...

It should be said that the existing dystopian films all have the shadow of Shinji Fukasaku's work "Battle Royale", which is the pioneer: every year, a class of students randomly selected from schools across the country go to a desert island to challenge the limits of survival, and the teacher gives students maps, food, and various weapons, so that they can kill each other until the last one survives, and they can not leave the desert island.

Why didn't you write The Hunger Games first?

The reason is very simple, it is not yet the time for the rise of women's rights, and pure heroine movies are not welcomed by the market...

It's useless to shiver and be cold, that's how the times develop!

Staying in the United States until the end of October, things are almost settled, and he returns home...