On the morning of January 2nd, not long after Yu Dong got up, he received a call from Jimmy. After the call was connected, Jimmy's first words were: "Men in Black may no longer be able to keep its top spot at the North American box office."
Yu Dong had expected this a long time ago, so he was not surprised. Instead, he laughed, "Are you frustrated? Is it because you think you have made a mistake?"
"It's not a setback, but I really didn't expect that the movie "Titanic" would have such momentum. Although the box office in the first week was less than half of "Men in Black", in the next two weeks, it
However, the single-day box office of "Titanic" has been very strong, and it has the momentum of becoming a hit. Maybe "Titanic" can accomplish what "Men in Black" failed to accomplish, and beat "Jurassic Park 2" at the global box office.
"Jimmy said.
"What do you think of the movie?" Yu Dong asked with a smile.
"Of course it's very good. It's very good in every aspect. I won't comment on the plot. The special effects, actors, persuasion, and music of the entire movie are all very well done. It has all the necessary elements for a popular movie.
." Jimmy gave the movie a high rating, and then he smiled and said: "But don't worry, my dear, we will definitely be able to make a better movie than it in the future."
Yu Dong smiled. Which is the best movie in the world? Many people have different answers. In Yu Dong's mind, "Cinema Paradiso" must be better than "Titanic". He can watch it many times.
"Cinema Paradiso", but "Titanic" has only been watched twice, and once someone forced him to watch it.
There must be a set of public standards for whether a movie is good or not, but it is very different for everyone.
But there is only one most popular movie in the world, at least for the next thirty years, and that is "Titanic".
There are many reasons why "Titanic" can cause such a sensation. In addition to its own quality, it must also have something to do with the times. Of course, this statement is applicable to any popular work.
"You calculated the time difference and called me this early in the morning just to talk about this?"
"Of course not. In fact, there is a director who wants to make an appointment with you for a script."
"Appointment for a script? Which director?"
There were too many directors looking for Yu Dongyue's script, so in his opinion, if Jimmy could call specifically to say that the other party was not an ordinary person.
"Ron Howard." Jimmy said a name.
Yu Dong frowned: "I have no impression of this name. What works has he done?"
"The most famous one is probably "Apollo 13."
Yu Dong has seen this movie, but I have no impression of the director's name.
"What's so special about him? You went out of your way to tell me."
Jimmy smiled and said: "He quoted a very high price."
Yu Dong curled his lips: "How high can it be?"
"Starting at four million."
"Dollars?"
"Yeah, dollars."
Hearing that Jimmy was sure it was US dollars, Yu Dong's eyelids twitched. Four million US dollars was certainly not a lot for his net worth, but so much money was just to buy him a script, and he was just starting out. This was enough.
It's surprising.
This amount of money is completely enough to make a low-cost movie. Until now, Yu Dong has never heard of anyone who can get four million US dollars simply by selling a script.
"Does he have any requirements for the script? Or is it about any subject?" Yu Dong asked.
Jimmy laughed: "You are also shaken by the four million US dollars."
"Ahem, I became interested purely because the other party admired my work so much."
"Understand, understand, the script he wants must have two elements, love and time and space."
"What he wants is the "Old Book"?"
When Yu Dong heard it, he thought this was "Old Book". "Old Book" tells a love story between two time and space.
"Oh, no, the time and space he is talking about is the kind of time travel similar to "Closed Loop", which is a bit fantasy. When talking to him on the phone, I can feel that he particularly likes the novel "Closed Loop", and he wants to
The reason why I want to add the element of love is probably because you wrote "Old Book" this time."
Yu Dong nodded: "I understand time travel, love, science fiction love movies, or fantasy love movies. Are there any other requirements?"
"Do you have any other requirements?" Jimmy imitated Yu Dong's tone, "Haha, it seems that these four hundred US dollars are really tempting."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "Then I won't write, okay, I don't lack the four million. You can find someone else to write, whoever you love will write."
"No, no, no, no, no, no, I surrender, I surrender, okay, you can take over this job, write it down better, I will ask Howard for more points later, and try to get five or six million."
Yu Dong thought for a while and then said, "Jimmy, I always write about love. Isn't that a bit much?"
"Not much, not at all. If it's well written, ten thousand is not enough. If it's badly written, even one is too many."
"Okay, let me look for it."
"Looking for it?"
"I said I was looking for inspiration."
"Okay, then hurry up. I'm going to answer him first. I'm afraid he will regret it if you wait a little longer."
Jimmy hung up the phone in a hurry. After Yu Dong put down the phone, he began to search for movies related to time, space and love in his mind.
When he said "look for it" just now, he wasn't looking for inspiration at all, but looking for any movie he had watched in his mind to see which one was more suitable.
After a while, he remembered two movies.
One is "The Time Traveler's Wife" and the other is "The Time Traveler".
After thinking about it for a while, Yu Dong decided to choose "The Time Traveler" because the story of "The Time Traveler's Wife" was relatively weak, and he always felt a little sorry for the four million US dollars in screenwriting fees.
"Time Traveler" is so good. It travels through time and space, has family ties, love, and occasionally discusses the philosophy of life.
As soon as he said it, Yu Dong found his notebook and pen, lay down on the table and started writing.
Cheng Yanqiu went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and came back. He was a little surprised when he saw Yu Dong immersed in writing in the study, "Why did you start writing so early today? Didn't you say you need to rest these two days?"
Yu Dong said without even raising his head: "I can't help it, they gave me too much."
"Too much is given...what are you writing?"
"Writing a script, the draft was commissioned by others."
"How much is it?"
"Well, it's enough to build a hundred primary schools."
Cheng Yanqiu exclaimed: "So many!"
"right."
"Then write quickly."
After saying that, Cheng Yanqiu ran to pour a cup of hot water for her husband, and warmly lit the brazier and placed it next to Yu Dong.
Chapter completed!