Legendary Hollywood Producer

It was sunny on April 23, 2003.

It has been a week since Roman came here, and he has slowly adapted to his life in the United States. As usual, after waking up for a cup of coffee, Roman was about to drive to the company.

The script has been established a few days ago. Although the actors have several goals, they have not yet confirmed who the role is. And, today, Roman went to see the director. After passing off several directors, the front desk of the company received a call from an economic man named Scotter, saying that he had a suitable candidate here, so Roman asked them to meet at Manhai Entertainment today.

The director is called Joe Det Durbar. When he hears this name, Roman has a vague sense of familiarity, but this name is still too unfamiliar to him. Forget it, let’s see what he thinks of this movie. . Anyway, the idea is suitable, and if the conditions are not harsh, the position of the director will not matter to him. Anyway, the editing rights will not be released. This is also a consistent practice in Hollywood.

The sun is shining brightly, and cars go back and forth on the road. Joe Det Durbar and his agent Scott drove to Manhai Entertainment together. After arriving downstairs and finding the floor where Manhai belonged, Joe Det Durbar followed his agent to the third floor.

After entering, a person at the front desk came over and asked them what they were coming from. After he explained, the lady greeted them into an office.

There are already 5 people in the office, and Joe Det Durbar is not surprised. After all, he is familiar with this kind of scene. He has been in contact with this small production company since he was a crew member. Well-informed. Two days ago, when the broker told him that he was looking for a director for a film project, he also learned that it was an investment of 5 million U.S. dollars, which is not a small amount. But he doesn't care, Hollywood is like that. His idea is very simple. If he wins the director and directs a movie independently, he can be considered as achieving his goal. Joe Det Durbar himself knows that although he graduated from the University of Southern California, he hasn't had any chance to show up until now. He has been playing around in the crew, doing on-the-spot duties, and even taking a guest role in the role. The only advantage is that. The thing is that he has the qualifications of directing TV series, although that TV series has many directors.

After he walked in, the economic man Scotter began to introduce him.

"Joe Det Durbar, this is Roman Dolph, the president of Manhai Entertainment."

Joe Det Durbar kept his eyes on the young president, and saw that he was smiling and nodding.

"Mr. Dolph, this is the right person I recommend to you."

Roman looked at the chubby middle-aged man, recalling the information he had just read in his mind.

Joe Det Durbar, graduated from the University of Southern California in 1988, has been working on the crew since then, and has also shot several episodes separately in a TV series. Although he has not formally filmed a film independently, he has also acted as a joint venture for several films. The producer is very qualified.

After the two parties talked again, Roman took out the script and handed it to Joe Detduba, "You look at the script first, and we will talk after you read it."

Joe Det Durbar took the script, which is not too thick. It looks more than 40 pages. The cover is labeled "Small Town Zombie". The writer wrote the name of Roman Dolph. Well, after the screenwriters finished the script, he paid the salary and signed himself by the way, and took it for copyright protection. From then on, the proceeds of the script belonged to him. Seriously, the American screenwriter. The status is really low. Basically, even if you create it, you can't get the right to sign, let alone this kind of co-creation.

After watching it for a while, Joe Det Durbar had a general judgment. The setting of the script was pretty good. It borrowed a little from "Dawn of the Living Dead", but the core is still the traditional American culture of **** violence, which is full of a lot of **** scenes. . Looking at it this way, it seems a bit messy. But why is there an Asian in the main character in the script, and the role is less than the protagonist, but this flaw does not hurt the elegance, after all, the audience of Asians is also quite wide.

Joe Det Durbar looked at the script carefully, and it took a long time before he was finished. He closed the script and looked at Roman Dolph, "I already have an idea."

Roman quietly listened to Joe Det Durbar's words, and asked, "What are your thoughts, you can say it and listen."

Joe Det Durbar sorted out his thoughts, and then said, "The settings for infecting humans are very good, and the battle between humans and infected bodies is also very interesting. I will focus on expressing this kind of thought... .."

Romain listened to the words of the chubby middle-aged man, and the more he listened, the more he realized that he would be a suitable director.

While Joe Det Durbar stopped to clarify his thoughts, he said directly, "Mr. Joe Det Durbar, would you like to join this project?"

Joe Det Durbar did not answer, but looked at the agent Scotter, who smiled: "We have discussed it before we come here. If Joe joins, his salary will be 400,000 US dollars. A sum of not less than 50,000 US dollars must be given first, and the rest must be settled quickly after the movie is released, and there is also a share of the movie’s box office..."

After hearing him say so much, Roman knew that most of these people had the same idea. Those people in front also had better qualifications than Joe, but they asked for a higher price, so they were passed away. Roman was not willing to pay that much money at all. Not to mention the box office share.

Roman had to interrupt Scotter's words, "Impossible, your terms are too exaggerated. You have never directed a movie independently, and the price is a bit unrealistic."

Scotter was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "So, Mr. Dolph, what are your conditions?"

"200,000, paid in full twice, the first 50,000, and the second I can pay directly after the filming is completed. As for the box office split, this has nothing to do with Joe at all."

"Mr. Roman, your conditions are too low. You just have to know that Joe just doesn't have the chance. He is a very good director, and he is worth the price."

"But he hasn't proven himself yet, so he is only worth the price I said."

"No, no, it's too low..."

After a round of consultations, Joe's salary became 350,000 US dollars, which was paid off twice. As for the box office share, that was the bargaining chip Scott used to negotiate the price. He himself never thought about participating. Joe Det Durbar looked at the document after signing the agreement and smiled on his face. He could finally direct independently.