If Doug Liman had already filmed "The Bourne Supremacy" at this time, then Yu Dong must have believed in his ability to film "The Butterfly Effect".
But now Doug Liman is still young and has few works to his credit, so it is not certain whether he is qualified for Yu Dong.
Thinking of this, Yu Dong asked, "Are you sure he has the ability to shoot "The Butterfly Effect"? It's not just because his father is a big shot?"
Jimmy smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this. Even though he is young, he is very talented and can definitely do the job. By the way, his movie "Swing Man" will be released in two days. This movie was invested by his father.
Yes, the cost is only 200,000 US dollars. I have watched this movie in advance. It is very well shot and the narrative technology is quite mature. Although I want to establish a relationship with Arthur Liman through him, I don’t want to do it just for the sake of it.
This ruins the movie, after all, I used to be an excellent screenwriter."
Now that Jimmy said this, Yu Dong didn't say anything more. Jimmy couldn't deceive him about this kind of thing. Moreover, Yu Dong knew Jimmy's style of doing things, and he always liked to take advantage of the situation.
"What do you need me to do?"
"The screenwriter, based on "The Days of Chaos", writes a script with the United States as the background."
"Are you urgent?"
"There's no rush..."
"Since there's no rush, I'll give it to you within two months." Yu Dong said.
Jimmy on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing, "My goodness, your efficiency is really high. What I'm curious about now is, if I say it's urgent, how long will it take for you to give me the script?"
Yu Dong thought for a while and said, "Within two weeks."
"Two weeks... It seems I have to give you more tasks." Jimmy tutted: "Your "Prison No. 7" has not been developed yet. I have to help you push it to see if I can find a suitable one.
The company will take the photo."
"You should rest first. Don't look for work for me this year. Leave whatever work you have to next year. I've been working too much during this period and I'm starting to feel a little tired."
Hearing that Yu Dong said that he was a little tired, Jimmy quickly said: "Then you have to take a rest as soon as possible. If that doesn't work, put your school work aside and take Teacher Cheng to find a place to play and relax."
"It's not that exaggerated. School work still cannot be delayed." After a pause, Yu Dong asked again: "Who currently holds the film and television adaptation rights for "The Bourne Identity"?"
"Bourne's identity? Why did you suddenly mention this?" Jimmy asked doubtfully.
"I saw the news about spies in the past two days and suddenly thought of this book."
"Oh, that's right. The film and television adaptation rights are probably in the hands of Roger Young. He made a TV movie "The Bourne Identity" a few years ago. The audience reviews were pretty good, but it didn't do well without ratings. I guess he
The adaptation rights in your hand are about to expire. If you are interested, you can wait until it expires and contact the author directly."
"Of course." Jimmy continued, "I don't recommend buying it. Although the novel is very popular, but with Roger Young's experience, if it is made into a movie, the box office may not be very good."
"We haven't reached that stage yet. You should first ask someone to check where the film and television adaptation rights of this book are, just in case."
"That's no problem. Let's ask first. If the price is not high, we will buy it directly. Anyway, the sales volume of this book is very good. There is no shortage of market, so there should be no loss."
"Okay, I'll hang up first."
Yu Dong was still thinking about the information in his hand. After this period of research on semiotics, he felt that he had entered the state.
Jimmy did not let him go, "Don't worry, there is one more thing."
"Didn't you say just two things?"
"I want to ask you about your plan for the screenwriting team. I heard from Yuliang that you have made appointments with several screenwriters? This means that you already have specific plans. There are many things that you have not told Yuliang, so I
Come and ask."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It's not that I didn't tell him, it's because there are really no specific details yet. I have a few ideas in my mind now, but I don't have time, so I can only hope to work with those screenwriters."
"Your idea is very good. Whether or not you can produce a work is secondary. The main thing is that we can attract domestic screenwriters to our hands. After staying in China for such a long time, I discovered a problem, which is the emphasis on screenwriters in China.
The level is obviously not enough."
At this point, the phone signal was not very good. After waiting for a while and the signal getting better, Jimmy continued: "For a work, the screenwriting team is very important. The script is the cornerstone of a work, although many people
We know this, but in actual practice, most people still don’t pay much attention to screenwriting, mainly because most people lack understanding of the screenwriting industry.”
"But I believe that as time goes by, people will gradually understand the importance of screenwriters. We have taken the first step to attract those powerful screenwriters, which is considered to be an advance plan. So this time when you contact these screenwriters, you can also
We need to do more research to see which screenwriters have strength and potential."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "You just said you would give me a vacation, and now you have given me another task."
"You are the boss, who dares to give you tasks?"
"I think you are quite brave, and I often feel like I am working for you and being exploited by you."
"A good working relationship means that the boss makes money for his employees. If the boss cannot make money for his employees, how can he attract employees? If the boss does not exploit his employees, he is definitely not a good boss."
"Okay, okay, stop pouring ecstasy soup into me. What else do you have to do? I'm going to hang up if you don't."
"There is no time now. I will contact you if anything happens."
"good."
After hanging up the phone from Jimmy, Yu Dong continued to study Dan Brown's information
The information is very detailed, and since Yu Dong has read "The Da Vinci Code", it shouldn't take him too long if he wants to write this novel.
But now there is a problem. "The Da Vinci Code" used the ideas in "Holy Blood and Holy Grail". Later, the author of "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" took Dan Brown to court, accusing him of plagiarism.
Later, the court ruled in favor of Dan Brown and held that "The Da Vinci Code" did not involve plagiarism.
"The Da Vinci Code" does use some content from "Holy Blood and Holy Grail", but on the one hand the amount is not large, on the other hand these contents are only shallow extractions and do not involve the core story of "The Da Vinci Code"
, so it does not constitute plagiarism.
Although the court ruled this way, Yu Dong still didn't want to get into trouble. When he was going to write the follow-up "The Da Vinci Code", he went to the author of "Holy Blood Holy Grail" to ask for authorization.
Chapter completed!