Reborn as King [Entertainment]

"This Mike Smith is a farmer. He said that he always wanted to be a director. He worked in various Hollywood production groups for a while, but he returned to his hometown to inherit his parents' farm before he made it out. But he has always been unwilling. Anyway, he has a movie dream. This script was written by himself, and the theme is a low-cost romantic comedy, so he plans to invest in it himself. As for why the protagonist is a Chinese, he said that it is because there is a Chinese farmer near his home, and his relationship with their family has always been Very good, so... But I think the main reason is that you have a certain reputation in Europe and the United States. This year, "The Wilderness" will end again. If there is news that you will participate in the movie of M country, it will definitely attract attention. Plus It’s your first time to act in a foreign film, and the salary will definitely not be too high, and he will give you a carrot of the box office share, so I’m not afraid that you won’t be hooked.” Ding Zan said while taking out the printed script from his handbag and handing it to Feiran .

Fei Ran took the script and muttered: "Who said that the foreigner is straight, I think it's quite good... So he didn't just meet me at the film festival by chance, but came prepared!"

Ding Zan smiled: "After all, going to country D is closer than coming to China, and the air tickets are also cheaper."

Fei Ran flipped through the script and was a little worried: "I can speak and hear English well, but reading it is a bit..."

"I roughly read the script, and it's not bad. If you think it looks too difficult, you might as well ask Li Yue to check it out for you. However, you should study hard in English reading. There will only be more scripts like this in the future."

Fei Ran nodded, put the script aside and asked, "Have you still not found a suitable script for Yi Ming?"

Ding Zan sighed with a headache: "In the past few years, the IP boom has finished filming novels with better quality, and the original script cannot find a few good ones due to the shortage of screenwriters. Looking back now, when you debut, you will meet In "The Beginning of Man", I haven't broken a good book in the next few years, it's really lucky, you deserve your popularity."

After Yi Ming decided to sign a contract to film after graduation, Ding Zan has been looking for good scripts for him to keep.And because Yi Ming still has an unwashed stigma, in terms of nationality and popularity, TV dramas are the first choice.I originally thought that this should not be a difficult task. After all, the IP craze has not subsided. Isn’t there everything that one expects to find in good novels?It turns out that's not the case.

Just like what is hot in the film and television industry, everyone in the novel circle writes whatever is popular. The market is homogeneous and the quality is uneven.The copyrights of better novels have already been bought by major film and television companies, or they have already started filming, or they are waiting for the opportunity at the bottom of the box.After choosing for more than half a year, Ding Zan didn't choose one that caught his eye.

"If it doesn't work, let's just go to the movies. Anyway, sooner or later, we will go this way. Although watching nationalism is not as good as TV dramas, it is better than waiting." Feiran said.

Ding Zan shook his head: "I really think so, but the film has to pay for the box office. Even if we release evidence to clear Yi Ming now, no director is willing to use him before he has no actual performance."

"I think Yi Ming won't mind even if it's a supporting role."

"The question is not whether he cares, but whether it's worth it or not," Ding Zan said helplessly, "Do you think it's easy to find such outstanding supporting roles as Zhao Yihang and Feng Bao? It's useless to play supporting roles that are not good. Yi Ming's comeback work, if the momentum is low, all kinds of bad words will come out soon, after all, he is the best actor in Cannes."

Fei Ran had no choice but to say: "I'll let Li Yue also pay attention to the scripts he received. If there are suitable ones, give Yi Ming priority."

"It can only be this way."

After Li Yue came home, Fei Ran told him about the matter, and Boss Li nodded, "I see, I will pay attention to it. But this kind of opportunity also depends on luck. Look how many movies and TV shows I invest in a year." One knows the drama, and a good script is indeed rare.”

In the past five years, Li Yue has invested in film and television dramas that can be counted on five fingers, and the scripts voted for him are at least five or six a year, and there are many of them that were shot by him and then transferred to others, and finally sold well at the box office.And the reason why Li Yue is so picky when he knows that some scripts will definitely make money is mainly because this is his hobby, and making profits is just incidental, so Boss Li willful and reckless, and the scripts he likes are worth hundreds of millions. You can vote without blinking your eyes; if you don't like it, you can make money as if you didn't see it.

"After the success of "Prehistoric", I have been paying attention to good novels or TV drama scripts, and I want to continue to shoot this kind of seasonal dramas, but I have never seen ones that pass the quality standard. I can only rely on luck."

While talking, Li Yue sat on the sofa and opened the script that Fei Ran gave him. After reading it for a while, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What movie did Ding Zan tell you this is?"

"Romantic comedy, what's wrong?" Fei Ran asked in confusion.

"This is not an ordinary romantic comedy. This guy named Mike Smith is either a genius or an idiot." Li Yue patted the script with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Fei Ran hurriedly asked: "How do you say?"

Li Yue thought for a while, and then said: "You know the theory of causality and fatalism, right?"

Fei Ran nodded, "I know, 'The Butterfly Effect' is causality, and 'Interstellar' is fatalism."

"This script is to use a romantic comedy to discuss causality and fatalism, and if I'm not wrong, the chronological sequence of the final edit of the whole movie is exactly the opposite of the script. In the early stage, a kind of cause and effect is created. The comedy has a happy ending, but at the end I will tell you that everything is already doomed." Li Yue opened the script and pointed to the lines of one of the characters, "This seemingly inconspicuous supporting role is actually a time traveler. He wants to prevent the hero and the heroine from falling in love and getting married, but every step he takes is just a match for the two. From the perspective of the hero and heroine, their acquaintance, love, and even marriage are all because of themselves at every critical point The choice made above, but in the male supporting role, if it were not for his intervention, the two would not be together. History is fatalism, including his time travel, which is also predestined."

Feiran's eyes sparkled when he heard it: "Sounds so interesting..."

Li Yue also agreed: "If the director has enough skills, this movie will definitely be popular. Moreover, the director has a certain understanding of Chinese culture, and some jokes caused by the cultural differences between the East and the West are appropriately added in the play. Anyone can get a laugh, and it is a good script that combines business and art. But it is precisely because of this that this script has extremely high requirements for directors and editing, and it will turn into a bad movie if you are not careful. So, do you want to take it?"

Fei Ran resolutely said: "Yes! I'll call Brother Ding right away!"

Seeing Feiran jumping up and down to get the phone, Li Yue thought for a while, then took out the phone and made a call.After Feiran and Ding Zan finished talking about accepting the show, Li Yue waved to Feiran, took his mobile phone and said to Ding Zan: "When you talk to Mike Smith, ask him who the producer is. From his Look directly at Fei Ran. Maybe he wants to be a producer himself. This is not impossible, but it may cause problems in financing, distribution, and even film post-production. After all, he is a new director, even if he has worked in the crew, for M If he doesn't have a producer, I can introduce an independent producer from M country and even finance his film. But if he insists on messing around by himself, he would rather not Take this game."

Unlike Hua Guo's director-centered system, M Country is a producer-centered system.The producer not only controls the production cost of the film, but is also responsible for everything from project approval, production, post-production, and distribution. The editing rights that many directors in M ​​country do not have are also firmly in the hands of the producer.It is not uncommon for a director to be a producer at the same time, but one is the long-renowned international directors. They are familiar with all aspects of film production and have a lot of network resources in their hands. They don't worry about funding or distribution. Begging them to make a movie with money; the other is the situation where a new director is also a producer, but most of them will end up on the street. Even if someone can become famous, the probability is extremely small. Rotten results.

Although Ding Zan has never brought an artist to the M country, he still has some understanding of the rules and regulations of the industrialization of the M country's film industry. Hearing this, he immediately responded: "Okay, I will contact him immediately."

Feiran hung up the phone and asked curiously: "Are you going to invest in this movie?"

"Well, the script is good. If a professional producer is in charge, it shouldn't break down," Li Yue said proudly, "And I'm thinking, since you can't stop netizens from matching you with random partners, why don't you simply contract all the investment in future film and television dramas? , so that every film title you will star in in the future will have my name on it."

Feiran let out a laugh: "Isn't this too obscure? And are you going to put your name directly on the credits?"

"That's too straightforward, just write it down, producer: LEE," Li Yue said while stretching out his hand and making a stamping gesture, "So, how about taking an oath of sovereignty?"

Fei Ran purposefully raised the bar: "According to my current development trend, I may break out of Huaguo and go to the world soon. If the five major film companies ask me to make movies in the future, where will you stamp it?"

Li Yue took him into his arms, lightly pecked Fei Ran's lips and said, "Then I can only stamp here... how about it?"

Fei Ran nodded solemnly: "This position is well found." After speaking, he took the initiative to deepen the kiss.

On March 2023, 3, Fei Ran went to country M to shoot his first Hollywood movie - the romantic comedy "Tomorrow".