Exploiting Hollywood 1980

David Simkins, Ronald's script assistant, has been very busy in the past two weeks. Hundreds of scripts have been mailed to his office.

"The Evil Husband" produced by boss Ronald has successfully become a box office dark horse. With weak marketing and few theaters showing, the box office in the second weekend was higher than the first weekend, and it rushed to the second place in the list.

This result attracted many people to mail in independent non-commissioned scripts. (Not the scripts that the studio signed a contract to ask the screenwriter to write, but the scripts that the screenwriter wrote himself and tried his luck everywhere).

"If there is no statement to waive the copyright of the script, don't read it at all. Return it in its original packaging after stamping it." David Simkins is teaching several assistants to handle scripts.

The copyright of this kind of non-commissioned script belongs to the author. If you read it rashly, and there is a similar part in the movie you daydream about in the future that is similar to the one they sent, someone will go to court to sue.

So if you don't declare to give up at the beginning, it means that you are either the latest novice who doesn't know any rules, or you are deliberately trying to make trouble, and all of them will be returned in their original packaging.

Even so, Simkins is still very busy after handling more than half of the scripts. In the past two days, apart from being in the office, eating at home, feeding the baby, and before going to bed at night, I have been reading scripts non-stop.

"Can't you ask your boss to hire more script assistants?" The wife was a little dissatisfied. After coaxing the child to sleep, she saw that her husband still didn't turn off the lights and began to complain.

"It will be fine after a while. I will mention it to the boss. During this period, his ability as a producer has been widely spread in Hollywood. The number of scripts sent to the office has increased tenfold, but it will stabilize after a period of time. I will hire more people then, so I have to do it in the short term."

Seeing this, the wife turned over and hugged David, "Then are you going to be promoted? How much salary increase can you get?"

"I think it will be good. Ronald is quite generous to his subordinates." Simkins flipped through a script called "Annequ" and summarized what selling points should be highlighted in tomorrow's report. "

"What about your script? I know you took this job in the hope that one day your script can be filmed as a script."

"I think there are still many childish places in my script... It needs to be revised..."

"But I think the script you wrote is better than others. "As a housewife, my wife also read the scripts Simkins brought back when she was free at home.

"That's because you love me, really? I'll try too?"

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"Is this the script you picked out?"

The next day, Ronald frowned and read through several scripts recommended by David Simkins. He was not very satisfied.

"The scripts that have suddenly increased in recent times are mostly non-commissioned scripts written by fledgling screenwriters. I read a lot of scripts in the film company's film library in the past few months, and picked out two that I think have great potential and have submitted them to you."

"The script is not the only factor that determines the quality of a movie, but these scripts don't make me feel anything. They are more like plays shown in children's theaters, rather than scripts that can be made into movies. "

Ronald touched his head. His daydream was about a small studio. Simkins had searched the film libraries of many large studios before he found two highly literary scripts, "Dirty Dancing" and "Moonlight".

Most of the scripts that were mailed in the past two weeks were from novice screenwriters. Being able to find these few was the result of working overtime day and night.

"I just can't figure out who would watch this "Cocky" if someone made it into a movie."

Ronald took out the "Cocky", which was the best quality script among the scripts Simkins picked out.

"This follows the most popular production trend now, which is a teen movie." Simkins reads a lot of scripts now, and he understands the latest trends.

"Look at the plot setting of this movie. An ancient Egyptian princess turned into a wooden beauty and wandered in the long river of time, waiting for an American youth who had accomplished nothing to decorate the window in a department store.

Every night, the princess turned into a real person and met him, and in the morning, she turned back into a wooden model. In the end, the two defeated their opponents, freed the princess with true love, and turned into a real person. "

"High school students now like to watch this? Why do I feel like it's a fairy tale?" Ronald was a little confused about the preferences of recent teenagers.

"That's it. Since the President took office five or six years ago, the economy has developed very well. Most teenagers living in suburbs and small towns have a good income and enough pocket money as long as they are willing to work.

They are not like our generation. They were very distressed in middle school. They had to compete for the jobs of delivering newspapers and milk in the morning. "

"Okay, I'll learn more about it. "Ronald thought about the recent movies. It is true that the life of teenagers in them is not as difficult as in the 1970s. They need to face the internal competition and the life of having only a few coins in their pockets and being unable to pick up girls.

Most young men, no matter how they look, seem to have a girlfriend. Love is more about the compatibility of personality and hobbies, and the pursuit of more beautiful and handsome people to become a celebrity in school.

In the "Fast Pace" shot by Ronald that year, the excellent nerd worked hard and was kind-hearted, and finally won the admiration of beautiful female classmates.

In this "Spiritual" movie, the male protagonist has become a loser who will be fired from any job, and he also has a girlfriend who is a supervisor. In the end, I just dumped him because he didn't make progress.

Perhaps in recent years, due to population decline and economic development, the values ​​of young people have indeed undergone some subtle changes. With the spread of education and the increase in opportunities, more people no longer struggle for possessions, but instead care more about quality.

Like Coppola's "The Kid", a story about dozens of teenagers who are all bachelors and can only get together to play poker on the ground for fun, it appears less and less in movies. No matter how bad your life is, you can still go to McDonald's.

Ronald was hesitant because he didn't like the script, but what Simkins said was reasonable.

"I'll take the script back and think about it...oops." Ronald accidentally spilled the coffee on the cover of the script and quickly cleaned it up.

"Let me help you." David Simkins put the script away and pulled some napkins over to wipe it.

"What is this? Did you write it?"

After the stack of scripts was removed from the table, Ronald found a copy lying on the cover with the title "Adventures of a Babysitter"

babysittg)", the author is obviously Simkins.

"Yeah, I've been writing a screenplay for a long time."

"As I said, if you have a script you can give it to me, I will give it priority."

"I originally wanted to improve it, but there are still some plot flaws in this script."

Simkins wanted to say more, but Ronald raised his hand to stop him. He read the beginning and was attracted by the plot.

"A girl who was waiting for her girlfriend to invite her to the prom was rejected by her boyfriend and had to work as a nanny for a family with three children. Her friend had a problem at the airport and asked her to pick him up. The girl took the child with her and drove to the airport. , but got a flat tire on the road and accidentally entered a car repair shop owned by a gangster..."

"It's very well written. I was fascinated by it. I have to say, the plot of this one is very good, much better than that one of 'The Show'."

Ronald spent a short time skimming through Simkins' script.

It is true that as he said, this script still has many problems with details, some plots are too bizarre, and there are many coincidences. Finally, a lot of cartoon-like plots were added to the movie, which was a bit nondescript.

But the theme story of the script is very good, and it arouses people's appetite from the beginning. Starting from daily life, the protagonist suddenly faces force majeure and is pushed into a huge crisis.

This is a very orthodox way of writing a three-act play. Simkins has read many scripts, and his own writing is also very charming.

"What do you know? I will take these two scripts home and read them carefully. If they feel good, I will be the producer myself and help you find a suitable distributor."

"Boss, are you serious? My wife encouraged me to show you the script."

"It does give me a good feeling, but it still depends on the publisher's idea. Only if they nod can I start the project.

Your screenwriting skills are very good. What kind of job do you want to do in Hollywood in the future? "Ronald thought Simkins was a talent and wanted to keep him in the pipe dream for a long time.

"I'm actually interested in the process of film and television production."

"Then you want to be a producer? No problem. You can start recruiting people now, just like yourself, and find someone who can replace you. I will let you participate in more film production links, If you're lucky, you can start with your movie script."

In addition to promotions and salary increases, employees must also be able to pursue their dream jobs. Anyway, there are many opportunities in the film industry, and Ronald just needs more production talents.

"Thank you, boss."

"Good job."