Rebirth in America

After being busy for a while recently, I suddenly felt free.

After dealing with the bank acquisition and then dealing with Hoover, Alex was running out of things to do. He spends the whole day with his family or Brigitte. Sometimes he writes songs with Richard and Karen, and sometimes he goes shopping with Brigitte.

The recent movies released by DreamWorks seem to be quite good, and the box office figures have always been very high. In particular, the popularity of the Apes series of movies not only created a group of ape fans, but also led the trend of science fiction films by Hollywood film companies.

It can be said that DreamWorks has given Hollywood movies a new way out with these two expensive films "Ben-Hur" and "Planet of the Apes".

Many major film companies have followed the trend and made historical blockbusters. As for investment in science fiction films, they are still very cautious in their choices. Hollywood film companies produced many science fiction films during this period, but they still maintained small and medium-cost investments.

After all, science fiction movies are different from epic movies, and most people don’t have a lot of confidence in them. This also led to insufficient investment in science fiction films, and the science fiction films released at the same time were all overshadowed by the Apes series.

When science fiction films produced by other film companies are released, people will find out as soon as they walk into the cinema: "The scenery is crude, the pictures are rough, and the logic is confusing. They simply cannot be compared with the Planet of the Apes series of movies!"

Audiences whose appreciation level has been improved by DreamWorks' science fiction films will definitely not want to continue to see such shoddy science fiction films. This has led to the fact that except for the extremely high box office of the Apes series, other science fiction films have all been pitifully low. Those film companies are even more afraid to invest more money in science fiction films.

This influence caused Gene Roddenberry's script to be unable to be marketed. He had always wanted to write a science fiction film, and he had already had a first draft before the Planet of the Apes movies were released. He took this script with him to visit major film companies, hoping to make it into a movie or TV series.

At first, the script he wrote was too long. So he mainly wanted to make it into a TV series. Only in this way can he fully express his ideas. However, because the plot of his TV series is about the future world and space travel, compared with the style of other TV series of this era, it is like a duck mixed in with the chickens, and it seems out of place.

No one wanted to acquire his script, let alone turn it into a TV series or movie.

At this time, the Planet of the Apes series happened to be released, making science fiction movies very popular.

Gene's script also attracted more attention from film companies, and they called one after another to inquire about making the script into a movie.

"But I want to make this script into a TV series. There is no way to fully show it to the audience in a movie of only one or two hours!" Gene said to the film companies on the phone.

"What? It can only be made into a movie?" Gene said into the microphone: "That's okay. But it must be made into a series of movies. Just like the Planet of the Apes series..."

Before he finished speaking, the other party had already rejected it. No film company was willing to guarantee that they could decide to make five or six movies in the same series without knowing the market conditions.

On this point, Gene did not give in at all. He was determined not to let those studios condense his script into a movie, in his opinion. Only dozens of episodes of TV series can fully express his vision.

Finally, he decided to talk to DreamWorks again, which he had done once before. As a result, DreamWorks rejected his script at the time. Because his script is too long, it is not suitable for being turned into a movie.

Now there’s the Apes movie series. Maybe the other party's idea has changed! Jean thought so.

He took his script with him and came to the headquarters building of DreamWorks. In Hollywood today, DreamWorks is the film company with the strongest momentum, the most complete facilities, and the best studio system. This year, DreamWorks almost acquired MGM, a veteran film company, although it was stopped at the last quarter of an hour. But for some reason, those mysterious investors dismembered MGM and sold it after they succeeded.

The one who had the last laugh was DreamWorks. They swallowed up all MGM's film sources and expanded their own film library. Not only that, it also attracted some of MGM's elite talents, including directors, cinematographers, makeup artists, special effects artists, etc.

Others were confused about what happened and had no idea what was going on. Only Alex and others truly understood that the pressure surrounding the Carpenter family had been removed. They used this method to tell Alex: "The entertainment industry is the sphere of influence of the Carpenter family, and we will not Any conflict with you!"

Seizing this opportunity, DreamWorks' headquarters has been expanded repeatedly, and the number of employees it employs has become the largest and largest film company in Hollywood and even the world.

Gene also considered looking for a TV station, but in fact, most of the TV dramas in this era were filmed by film companies and then broadcasted by TV stations or sold.

The person who received Gene was a DreamWorks employee. After reading Gene's script, he thought it was quite interesting. However, if this TV series or movie is shot, it will definitely cost a lot, and this is no longer within his control.

"Why don't I let the people above take a look first? Maybe they will be interested too!" the DreamWorks employee said to Gene.

A few days later, Gene was notified that the boss of DreamWorks was very interested in the script and wanted to make an appointment with him.

"real?"

Gene was very happy, and he wanted to sell the script to a film giant like DreamWorks. Because DreamWorks not only has a strong influence in the film field, but also has an unrivaled advantage in television. That is, both the TV station and DreamWorks have the same owner. The two companies cooperate and influence each other, and they play a decisive role in the entertainment industry.

What he didn't know was that according to the original history. This script was sold for three or four years but failed to sell. In the end, he reluctantly sold it to Deslu Studios, a small film company. After several years of negotiations, he decided to take a gamble.

Now, of course, he doesn't have to take the risk and take a gamble. With the manpower and material resources of DreamWorks, we will definitely be able to make this film perfect.

What really surprised him was what came next. When he saw a familiar face, he could hardly believe his eyes: "Alex! I, I didn't expect you to come and talk to me in person..."

Yes, Alex was down below when he handed in this script. He had already decided to personally intervene. He talked with Morris, and after reaching a consensus, he asked the people below to inform Gene.

Today, two heavyweights, Alex and Morris, attended together, not only to show their importance to the script, but also to let Morris and others understand his intentions.

"Please sit down! Mr. Jean!" Alex smiled slightly and asked the other party to sit down.

Immediately afterwards, he got straight to the point and said: "I like this script very much. I don't know what its name is..."

Since the matter has not yet been determined, Gene's script only has a rough name. The name is "Star Trek Is xxx". Now faced with Alex's question, Gene immediately gave the answer: "I think it is better to call it "Star Trek: The Original Series". I still have many ideas that have not been written out. This is just the first series. If allowed , I also want to shoot several more series!”

Indeed it is! In this case, that's correct.

Alex nodded. When he first saw the script, he had basically determined that this script was the famous "Star Trek" in later generations, or the script of the TV series translated as "Star Trek". I’m asking specifically today. Just wanted to confirm.

However, this is not his ultimate goal. He wanted to have some influence on the script and let Gene transform it according to his ideas.

"That's it, Mr. Jean! After I read this script, I have an idea. I want you to first list out its story framework and chronological history. Then we will write the script based on this framework and chronological history. ." Alex stood up when he said this. Pick up a piece of chalk and write on the blackboard in the conference room.

"You see, if we really want to turn it into a real and believable world, we have to shoot a lot of TV series or movies. So there is a problem, how to ensure that every TV series or movie can If you don’t break away from the background of this world, there won’t be any big logical errors!”

Having said this, Gene and others looked at the timeline and notes on key nodes drawn by Alex on the blackboard, and they all understood what he meant.

Alex continued to explain without waiting for their answer: "You see, with such a timeline, which is chronological history, plus the story frame we set from the beginning. Then when the people behind us are filming , if you strictly abide by these settings, there will be no big mistakes."

It was Gene who spoke, and he said: "Please, please, do you want me to rewrite the story frame and chronological history of the script?"

Alex waved his hand and said: "Don't be anxious first. What I want to make clear to you is that you have to take a long-term view. It is not just as simple as making a few TV series or movies. What we are talking about is to Produce hundreds or even thousands of episodes of TV series and dozens of movies.”

Hundreds or thousands of TV episodes and dozens of movies? How long will it take to shoot and how much money will it cost?

Gene originally thought that his idea was big enough, but what he didn't expect was that Alex's idea was dozens of times bigger than his! At the same time, he also realized how difficult the challenge was. This is no longer a problem of several TV series! There must be a very rigorous story frame and chronological history to carry these contents down.

Among the DreamWorks employees present, Morris was the only one who had heard Alex's idea and understood it. Other employees were stunned by Alex's idea. They had no idea that they would be involved in something of such a large scale.

There were no objections, but Alex refuted them one by one.

funding problem? You don’t need to invest all at once, just make dozens of TV series and one movie every year.

Too much complexity and you might screw it up? We need to solve this problem now, but if we get cold feet before we even start, that won’t work!

Staffing? As the main creative staff, Gene established a screenwriting department specifically responsible for the script transformation and review of this series.

In fact, none of the above is a problem. The biggest question is: "Will it be popular with the audience? Will everyone like it?"

This is how Alex responded to such questions. He said: "We are now in an era of rapid development of space technology. I believe that we can see the day when humans set foot on the moon in our lifetime! Technology is an important engine for human progress, and imagination is the engine of this engine. Needed fuel!”

"This movie not only conforms to the development direction of human society, but also caters to people's fantasy needs for the future!"

"We can imagine, after such a TV or movie is filmed, will you like it?"

Alex’s remarks, UU Reading www. uukanｓhu.net quickly dispelled the concerns of the people present. His vision was huge, but in fact the initial investment was not much more than the Apes movie series. Alex also promised that if the first part is not well received, he may consider cutting back on subsequent filming plans.

After unifying everyone's opinions, Alex finally expressed his true thoughts: "Gene, look! If we want to improve this series, we can't set the story frame so simply. I want to add some settings, such as Jedi Knights, Sith Emperors, the war between the Empire and the Federation, etc., what do you think?"

Gene quickly asked what Alex was talking about. After clarifying some concepts, he said excitedly: "It sounds good, I think it can be added! However, it may have to be postponed to the time The latter part of the axis is gone.”

"Yeah, yeah! I think so too. Your story should be set in the middle and early stages of human exploration of the universe! At that time, the universe was both vast and mysterious to humans! After developing to a certain level, humans will inevitably It will gradually form a unified country, and then it will divide and unite due to various interests!"

Alex told Gene what he knew about the "Star Wars" series, another great film series that once created a historical record for science fiction movies.