What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

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Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.

Malibu Beach, far across the ocean, is one of the two richest gathering places in the city of Los Angeles. The number of stars here can even be compared with Beverly Hills, the most famous wealthy area in the United States.

This is the closest to several large-scale filming studios in Hollywood, but it is backed by mountains and facing the sea. It is a good place for leisure and vacation. It is a luxury house in China called "near the mountains and rivers, and you can see the invincible sea view when you open the balcony". If you gather here, you are either rich or expensive!

The first 500-square-meter mansion that Evans owned in his life is located on the edge of Malibu Beach, where he can see the beautiful scenery of sunrise and sunset every day when he opens his eyes, and the open mind of the American people is People all over the world know that there are pretty girls who are naked on the beach almost every day. Not only will they not be shy when they are stared at by others, but they will also invite you to discuss the mysteries of life together.

He walked out of the room wearing a sky-blue silk nightgown, and the sun had just risen on the roof terrace in front of him. The ipad in his hand displayed the email that Zhou Kang had just replied to.

"Yes! The other party finally agreed, and the next step is to look at our preparations."

It was actually quite risky to hand over the project of "The Lord of the Rings" film and television adaptation to Charles Ashley, President of Universal Pictures. It has only been on sale for a week, and the entire book has not been read yet. It is so reckless to judge that it will be a work of great value based on its amazing sales and unanimous praise from book critics.

At the beginning, Evans' thoughts tended to be more steady and steady, but time was running out——

Later, news reports from the "Lord of the Rings" Shanghai signing event spread around the world. From some gossip, it came out that their old rivals of Universal Pictures, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Disney, etc. wanted to get "Lord of the Rings" After obtaining the copyright of The Lord of the Rings, Evans became more convinced that there was nothing wrong with his vision, and at the same time, his sense of urgency to win the copyright of the film and television adaptation of The Lord of the Rings also soared.

And according to an insider, Paramount seems to have contacted Li Chungang, the author of The Lord of the Rings, in advance, and the result is still unknown.

It is very difficult to pick out the leaks from so many competitors. Only with sufficient preparation, strength and sincerity can it be possible to impress the young writer far away in the eastern country.

Therefore, under the guidance of Charles Ashley, Evans invited two screenwriters who had worked with Universal Pictures for many years and knew everything about it to "create" the script.

In order to show their strength and sincerity, these two screenwriters are not the kind of shams that are casually found in the screenwriters union. The name of the film industry is good, but if other Hollywood film and television companies come to your door to ask someone to adapt a script for a novel in a hurry, they will not even look at you sideways.

However, it is impossible for these two screenwriters who have won the Oscar nomination for the best screenplay to conjure up a script out of nothing.

Under the condition of limited time, at present, only some main frameworks have been sorted out from the book, and the rest is to slowly fill in various contents into this big framework through reading and understanding the content of this novel. .....

For example, the world and scene where the story is located, the five to eight main people in the story (including decent villains), their respective background stories, and the reason and process of their encounter.

Then there are the five most important things the audience needs to know about the main character.

What is the core conflict of the story, the reason and process of this conflict, where is the scene with the richest visual information, and what are the ten most critical lines that can promote the development of the plot and shape the characters.

It is a difficult task to turn an imaginary world constructed by words into an audio-visual world that audiences can see and hear.

Their work in the past few days has only grasped the complete narrative context of "Lord of the Rings"!

For a normal screenwriter, if he wants to carve a story into a script, it is common for him to spend a year or two in order to achieve perfection. It can be regarded as a high-yield screenwriter in the screenwriting industry. After all, no one can follow the "systematic" adaptation genre like Li Chungang.

Now it is equivalent to the cooperation of the top experts in the two industries, and they can barely sell the "things" within these four or five days.

"Corbert, I'm going to China in two days. Before that, please give me the story of the script. Without that story, I can't convince a writer who knows Hollywood well and is wary!"

Evans yelled into the phone. Fortunately, there were no neighbors around, otherwise it would be a little troublesome, and he would be called a nuisance every minute.

Corbett on the other end of the phone brushed the few remaining hairs on the top of his head with his hands, and then yawned. He hadn't closed his eyes for more than 30 hours, and now his energy was only supported by a sip of coffee.

After hearing Evans' angry voice, Corbett also wanted to vent his dissatisfaction: "Hey, the time you Universal gave is too short! I shouldn't take this job at all! God, you guy Have you really read "The Lord of the Rings"? If you haven't really read this book, you can't imagine how huge the content of this novel is. What is it? It is very difficult for such a story to be filmed, I have to spend another five days, no, ten days is better if possible, otherwise what I will show you will only be a pile of rubbish!"

It is not easy to be a screenwriter, and the script is often changed.

This time, I was directly sent to the deadline. I didn't read the book carefully, and I didn't understand the content and emotion of the story. How can I write a suitable script?

If the writing is biased, then handing it over to the writer who is about to negotiate, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

At the beginning, I heard the job content proposed by Universal Pictures: to let myself adapt a work from a writer from the Eastern Huaguo into a script.

At that time, Corbett was completely disapproving when he heard that the works written by Hua Guo writers, thinking about the value of adapting the works written by Hua Guo writers into scripts?

A well-known screenwriter who has been nominated for an Oscar for the best screenplay has actually adapted a script for a work by a Chinese writer. If this news spreads to the circle, it will be ridiculed by colleagues. If it weren't for Universal Pictures' reputation and generous remuneration, plus the sharp decline in property after divorcing his second wife some time ago, he wouldn't have accepted this job.

Day 1: Watch The Lord of the Rings;

Day 2: Watch The Lord of the Rings;

Day 3: Still watching The Lord of the Rings;

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In the five days, the first three days were spent reading the book "Lord of the Rings". Fifty days may not be able to complete it, but I have also signed the contract for this job. If it is not completed, not only will I not be able to get the generous remuneration, but I will also have to pay a painful liquidated damages , this is absolutely not acceptable.

Therefore, for two or three days in a row, Corbett didn't even dare to go to sleep, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings".

It's just that this time he completely let go of his original arrogant heart.

Evans also realized something was wrong at this moment. Usually, Corbett was a submissive old man, but today he yelled at himself for the first time, paused, and asked in a low voice: "Hi, old man. I was in a bad mood just now. , just received the email over there and made an appointment to meet. I'm not afraid to tell you frankly, I really, really need it, and only you can help me! By the way, why didn't I hear Rossetti's voice, where did he go ?”

Corbett took the mobile phone in his hand and placed it next to the nose of the person next to him, and a loud snoring sound reached Evans' ears, "Did you hear that! He was sleeping soundly on the workbench, I'm the only one left who is still streamlining the content. I'm already so sleepy, I'll take a nap here in the studio later."

The volume of general novels is much larger than the script, so streamlining the content has become one of the necessary actions for film adaptation. It's just that no matter how much or how much you delete, you will offend readers and writers, which is not easy to do!

Being urged for a long time, the time is tight and the content is so rich at the same time, the temper of the good old Corbett will explode.

Evans also knew that his request was a bit overwhelming. These days, he was not idle, but was making simple shooting plans and funding arrangements, and all kinds of budget plans had to be prepared in a simple way.

Although the actual shooting plan is definitely different from the current one, the more formal and detailed the thing, the more sincerity can be seen.

Obviously he was the one who got angry, but now he has to hold back his anger and start to comfort Corbett who has entered the irritable period: "Listen to me, listen to me, now you keep what you have in hand, and then go to sleep. I would rather you slow down the progress, and don’t give me some semi-finished products, which will ruin the whole project. After I arrive in Yanjing, Huaguo, that is the real deadline. You can refer to the opinions of those readers on the Internet, if this If this novel is going to be made into a movie, what do they want to see."

The screenwriter has limited time, so let the assistant collect these contents as a reference, maybe it will be miraculous.

To be honest, Corbett didn't want to miss this project either. He has been a screenwriter for a long time and has been nominated for Oscars many times, so he is quite well-known in the industry.

Now I am stumped by a new book by a Chinese author, of course I want to overcome it and get it down.

Leaving aside that sense of accomplishment, let's just say that the compensation given by Universal Pictures is the real reason why he doesn't want to give up!

The screenwriters themselves don't earn much, and the status of the screenwriters' union is the weakest in the entire film industry. Every time they want to increase their remuneration, they have to go through a fierce struggle. Now the second ex-wife divorced and took away a large part of his property. To make matters worse, his daughter is going to a top Ivy League university, and the tuition fees are not small figures.

The "Lord of the Rings" project has not yet been won, but Evans has promised that no matter whether he finally gets the copyright or not, he will give the two screenwriters a remuneration of US$500,000 each.

For the sake of so many green Franklins, Corbett could only endure and work hard to polish the script.

It can be said that Evans is bound to win "The Lord of the Rings". He has paid so much to get the copyright, but he is not willing to make a wedding dress for others!

There is also great competition within Universal Pictures. How did this mansion come about?

It was earned because of the huge sales of the movie series "The Mummy" he once directed. The cost of the entire series is only more than 50 million US dollars, but the cumulative global box office is as high as 5.4 billion US dollars, and the net profit is much higher than that of the top blockbusters. .

Now Evans doesn't expect "The Lord of the Rings" to have such a high profit rate, but he also hopes that it can at least bring enough profits to give himself enough weight in the company's right to speak!

Seeing that the rest of the old rivals are making movie universes one by one, the Marvel universe and DC universe are famous all over the world, and Universal itself is also making dark universes, but it's a pity that although the screen monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and Werewolf are classics, the audience But he didn't buy it.

Even Paramount, which is not as good as it is every year, still has a cybertron universe that does not live up to its name. No matter how bad the word-of-mouth is, this Transformers will be filmed as soon as it should be filmed, and this box office will be earned as it should be.

While the rest of the movie universe is in full swing, Universal can only stand still.

Evans regards Li Chungang's series as an important opportunity. At present, judging from the content of the novel, the series is about to be made into at least three series, and there are still many outstanding characters in it that can be singled out made into an independent film.

So does it have a chance to develop into a movie universe and become the new pillar of Universal Pictures after entering the 21st century?

There is no doubt about Li Chungang's strength, and the story is exciting enough, but it is still relatively weak to have only a series of stories to support the entire universe.

He intends to wait for Li Chungang to be pulled into the ship of Universal Pictures, and then tie it up firmly. After the film starts to be produced, he will try to persuade the young writer to create a different story centered on Middle-earth. Come.

Isn't this a brand new movie universe?

Everyone, including Universal President Charles Ashley, thought that Evans just wanted to make the "Lord of the Rings" series of films. Unexpectedly, the producer's ambitions were so big, and he wanted to create a movie without saying a word. A cinematic universe to come.

Evans didn't know whether his idea was right or wrong. Can he bear the burden of pinning all his hopes on a young man?

"Even if it can't form a movie universe, it can at least become a classic series of movies!"

Anyway, it’s not a loss, at worst it would be a failure like the restarted version of "The Mummy". Anyway, the company paid for the film, and he, the producer, did less damage, and the loss was only fame and status.

As long as it doesn't fail all the time, Evans can afford a major failure now.

Want to create a movie universe without any pressure, apart from Disney, which of the other movie companies is not trembling?

Warner's DC universe has failed so many movies, that is, a "Wonder Woman" to save a little face.

Legendary's monster universe was a little better, with "Godzilla" doing mediocre, "Kong: Skull Island" was a hit, and last year's "Godzilla 2" and "Godzilla vs. Kong."

Now the question that Evans needs to consider is how to tie Li Chungang with Universal Pictures and complete this action before other competitors join the competition sequence.

"Difficult, too difficult!"

The sea breeze in the morning made Evans a little cold. He wrapped his nightgown tightly and looked far into the distance, but his thoughts had already flown to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.