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Such a person will always know what is best for him under the balance of interests, and he doesn't have to worry about her getting rid of him after gaining enough strength.In terms of ability and means, Kevin has enough confidence to beat his competitors, as long as the stars fall into his hands, they will not leave again!

Thinking of this, Kevin showed his trademark sincere smile, "You just said that you have an idea for a plot, am I lucky enough to hear the content of this story?"

As a best-selling novelist, no matter how poor his screenwriting skills are, his literary skills are beyond doubt.From this perspective, Kevin believes that even though Diana is a novice, at least there is no problem with the logic of the story.

It doesn't matter even if she really doesn't have much screenwriting talent and talent, he can completely rely on the other party's story outline to find another screenwriter to complete the story, as long as he plays the first book by the author of "Secret Garden" The film is testing the waters, and there will certainly be no shortage of people who are willing to invest in this project.

And he believed that with Diana's IQ, she would not make her first work, such unreliable things as ignorance of big productions, so in this regard, he is still very at ease, small-budget movies, packaged operation It is still very easy.Even if it cannot be shown in cinemas, it can still be profitable if it is made into a video tape movie. Now that the video tape market is so hot, this is not a big problem.

"Content?" Diana's eyes were slightly strange.

Can she say that there is only a rough outline now?But since people have said it, and we are partners again, it doesn't matter if we say it.

Just let professionals test whether this story can withstand the test of the market. It would be too embarrassing if there is no audience at all and no investors can be found.

"The story is simple, Nick is a chef and a chef who is beaten by his rivals. His life is a mess. His wife left him because he only knew work and had no time to take care of his family. He also took their daughter. , he himself was constantly depressed because of his opponents, and finally lost his sense of taste due to long-term mental pressure, and made a serious mistake in a game. Nick, whose life and career have been hit, does not want to stay in New York This is a sad place, so I returned to my hometown, a small town, where I met the big star Keira who wanted to avoid the scandal." Diana paused, and then continued.

"Kayla is a popular star, but she is depressed because of being involved in a love triangle. This town is her hometown, so in order to avoid those crazy reporters, she secretly ran back. During this period , her greatest joy is going to an old movie theater in the small town to watch those nostalgic movies every day. Nick has the same hobby as her, and the two met by chance in the movie theater. The vaguely familiar faces made them realize that the other party was their first love Lover." Having said that, Diana gritted her teeth in pain.

In order for this story to successfully catch the audience's attention, how much blood did she put into it!

"The two chose to break up and leave their hometown in order to pursue their dreams and future, and now they returned to their hometown due to some reasons. Getting closer, it seems that I have returned to the passionate love period of my youth, and with the help of Keira, Nick has gradually regained his confidence." After closing her eyes forcefully, Diana continued to talk about her bloody plot.

"But at this time, Keira's boyfriend came to the town following her footsteps, and he finally chose Keira. At the same time, Nick also left the town to pick up his daughter because of the sudden death of his ex-wife in a car accident... ..." Miss Morgan felt that if this film could really be put on the screen, she would definitely be crowned as a bloody screenwriter.

This plot is really embarrassing to watch!But she not only wanted to write it out, but also said it out, and maybe even filmed it in the future!

Kevin: "..."

He doesn't know what to say now.

Should it be said that she is a literary girl with a hint of melancholy?Even the things written are so sad?This plot, just listening to it, makes me think it's abusive. Wouldn't it be even more abusive if it was filmed?

However, from a market point of view, this is indeed a good story, with twists and turns, inspiration, and inspiration, which is very in line with the tastes of the American people, but......

"What's the ending of the story? Keira is with her boyfriend? Where's Nick?" He couldn't help asking.

Such a bloody story, if there is another tragic ending...

"The ending is that after returning to New York, Nick started again. Because of his daughter's continuous efforts, he succeeded in getting his career back on track. At this time, he remembered the old movie he watched with Keira in the cinema. , so he came to the Empire State Building after a banquet, and he remembered that Keira once said that the two of them would watch the sunrise together on the top floor of the Empire State Building." Diana said quietly.

The American people are really nostalgic, which can be seen from the constant tributes to old movies, so she paid tribute unceremoniously, anyway, the two people she thought of when she conceived this story were indeed It fits this temperament very well.

"So the two of them are watching "Jin Yu Meng"?" Kevin blurted out.

This classic movie has a brilliant record in American film history. Even now, it is often shown in some nostalgic movie theaters that specialize in showing old movies. There are even countless people who are interested in the roof of the Empire State Building because of this movie. People from all over the world come here for pilgrimage, and the plots in it have also been paid tribute to by countless works.

So now that Diana said that, he immediately said the name.

"That's right, it's "Golden Jade League." Diana tilted her head, nodded and admitted.

"It's just that my heroine's leg isn't limping," she added.

"By the way, you haven't told the final ending yet." Kevin also remembered this matter.

It's not that he doesn't care about his clients, it's that "Jin Yumeng" is too powerful.This film is not a romantic comedy film in the traditional sense, and the heroes and heroines of the film are not young men and women in their prime - Deborah Kerr was 37 years old when she filmed this film, and the leading actor Cary Grant was 53 At an advanced age, he still touched countless American people.Among them, there are not only a large number of female audiences, but also a large number of male audiences. It is known as one of the greatest romance films in American history.

Basically, there is a natural gimmick when this film is involved, not to mention that Diana's story is similar to "Jin Yu Meng". Movies that were stuck in the idea stage suddenly became fascinating.

"The ending is that Kayla didn't change her mind because of her boyfriend chasing her. They broke up in the end. Kayla, who has reached the peak of her career, is lonely. She misses the days without reporters and spotlights, and the small town. stray cats and dogs, and Nick is the one she can’t forget the most. So she often runs to the top floor of the Empire State Building alone at night, because this building has a constant stream of tourists during the day and follows her at night. Just as lonely..."

"Then she met Nick who also came to the Empire State Building?" Kevin couldn't help but ask again.

"Yeah, what a coincidence, isn't it?" Diana curled her lips.

If you follow the development of the storyline of the novel, the twists and turns in the middle will have to be tossed for several years, and even in the end, it is the correct development to let one of the protagonists have something like the disability of the heroine in "Jin Yumeng", but Now it is going to be made into a movie, so abuse should be moderate.Because of this, Diana decisively abandoned the idea of ​​turning one of the protagonists into a vegetable.

This kind of operation is risky, and it is better to be cautious.She is not a famous big director who has fans paying for it, and this untitled movie is not "Titanic". Things like dying are really not suitable for her!

Kevin: "..."

He was silent again.

What a coincidence, it's obviously a bloody plot created by you, the screenwriter, can you stop throwing the blame on God?

However, considering that movies are like this, coincidence is a necessity for the development of film production. The audience just like to watch this kind of tangled and sweet story. Without the twists and turns of the storyline, this kind of love movie has no selling point at all, so he has nothing to say can be said.After all, this kind of thing is used in every movie, but some movies use it more logically, and some use it not so seamlessly.

But judging from his years of working in Hollywood, if this unformed movie is well executed and the right actors are chosen, it may not be possible to make another blockbuster movie.After all, it has all the factors that the audience is interested in. As long as there are no unexpected situations, it can be regarded as a work on the baseline.

Thinking of this, he said again, "Did you consider the male and female protagonists of the movie when you conceived this story?"

Sometimes a screenwriter often refers to a person's image as a prototype when writing a script, which will make the screenwriter more substituting.He wondered if it was the same with Diana.

If she has a reference prototype when conceiving the story, he can also send it to the star through the company's internal channels after the script is completed.Of course, the premise is that her reference prototype is a customer of CAA, in this case, it will be easier to operate.

"Uh—" Diana flinched, considering who to say.

In fact, the original male protagonist of this story was conceived by Mr. Cruise, and the female protagonist was Ms. Kidman.But after observing the state between the two for a period of time, she remembered the famous law of couples in Hollywood.

Movies with couples or stable couples playing the male and female protagonists generally don’t do very well at the box office—because the series of movies that promise love are exceptions, it seems that North American audiences are not very interested in couples.Especially for the movies of Mr. Cruise and Ms. Kidman, as long as they cooperate with each other, the box office will be bad. Not this husband and wife combination.

Then after considering Mr. Cruise's salary, the flame of this idea became more subtle, and finally it was eliminated directly.

So this unnamed movie was changed just after the idea was conceived, the hero's original engineer was replaced by a chef, and the heroine's soprano singer was replaced by a big star.In this way, Diana's reference prototype has changed again, becoming Bruce Willis and Cameron Diaz.

Needless to say, the latter, another American sweetheart, is almost a guarantee of the box office. She once received nearly 2000 million yuan in salary. In the 90s and the first decade of the 21st century, she and Julia Roberts can play best.Not to mention Meg Ryan, who fell directly to the altar because of the scandal with Russell Crowe, even Sandra Bullock, who later earned more than 7000 million yuan in a movie, was also Not as good as hers.Moreover, her own image fits very well with the persona of this kind of big star, so it is definitely suitable for her to act.

Bruce Willis is an actor who changed a lot after Diana watched "The Sixth Sense". This big star can not only fight, but also does not lose to others in acting skills. The vicissitudes of life are definitely some bad faces There is no way to perform it.

It's a pity that Cameron Diaz doesn't know where to be her little model now, let alone "Ghost in Mask" that made her famous in one fell swoop, I'm afraid even the one that made her almost become The second hardcore movie of Paris Hilton's "She's Not an Angel" didn't come out!Where would she go to find this man?

Bruce Willis is even worse. This big star had already earned 500 million yuan when he starred in "Die Hard", and judging from the gossip she heard recently, this year's filming The movie salary has reached tens of millions.Such an action star who is at the peak of her career will play her in this low-budget film?

So after considering the possibility of a realistic operation, Diana replaced this candidate with Nicolas Cage.

But Nicolas Cage's problem is not small. This gentleman can be regarded as a popular star now. Even if he is not as good as Mr. Cruise and Bruce Willis in terms of pay, Diana feels that her The appeal of a small script is really not so great that after watching it, a big star will not hesitate to reduce the salary to star in it.

"Is there a problem?" Kevin asked concerned.

As an agent known for his meticulousness, Kevin has always paid attention to the needs of clients. Now that he has become a partner, he will of course care about Diana.

Especially after considering that packaging a work will bring him a lot of benefits, he is even more concerned.

"No, the prototypes are Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan." Diana, who couldn't find anyone after temporarily pulling the top tank, read out two names.

No way, she knows more about things that will happen ten or twenty years later. In this era, she really doesn't know much. Only the salaries of these male stars are her gossip from the crew. Yes, it is really not easy to find a good and cheap actor.

"Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan?" Kevin froze for a moment, and then realized the wonderfulness of this casting.

Nicolas Cage is an actor, although he can't be among the handsome guys in terms of appearance, but his acting skills are beyond doubt. Film critics believe that this actor will get the supreme statuette sooner or later, and this time is still not too far.

Judging from Diana's story, this person really fits the image of the hero, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the melancholy and decadent atmosphere is tailor-made.And Meg Ryan, the actress became Hollywood's new sweetheart because of "When Harry Met Sally" released last year, with shiny blonde hair and a sweet and non-aggressive temperament , is exactly the type that the American people love.

And she is also very good at the role of Keira, which is not much different from Sally in essence.

The most important thing is that these two people are well-known to a certain extent, and their nationalities are not too low. Choosing them as the hero and heroine is good for the film itself, at least in terms of publicity.

But sometimes it is not the screenwriter who wants to be the protagonist who can be the protagonist. This involves many issues, such as salary, such as schedule, such as whether the actors are not interested in the script and so on.Besides, there is also the director of the movie, and the other party's meaning also needs to be referred to.

So Kevin can't guarantee that Diana will be able to give Diana a movie member who is the perfect combination in her mind.

"In this way, we will prepare the scriptwriting team first, perfect the scripts, and then send these scripts to Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan for their opinions." Kevin is indeed a professional agent, After being stunned for a moment, he quickly reacted and gave a feasible solution.

Everyone is a client of CAA, and it is easier to communicate than with William Morris' agent.

Moreover, Nicolas Cage is a literary youth who cares more about the quality of the script than the salary. Meg Ryan is only just becoming popular now and needs another blockbuster movie to consolidate her position. If it works well, it may not be These two people can't be in the same movie.

"Good idea." Diana pursed her lips and nodded in agreement.

She has no money now, so she can do what others say?Even if you want to raise money from the outside world, you have to make a name for yourself!It's a shell company, or the kind of operator that is shared with others. It's no wonder that the investors have confidence. It's not bad if they don't treat her as a liar.

As for the actors, she never expected to cast Nicolas Cage and Meghan Ryan. The combined salary of these two people is more than 1000 million. Can her movie with an unfinished script have this amount of investment? It's hard to say, so don't just dream about it.It's too tortured to think about this kind of thing if it can't be realized. She doesn't have the hobby of self-torture.

"Don't worry, this is a very touching story. What we need to do is to finish the script and send it to the director and actors smoothly." Kevin looked at Diana's serious face and smiled stand up.

Although he is gay, it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to appreciate beauties.In fact, it is precisely because he is gay that he can appreciate the beauty of women from an impartial perspective. The way straight men look at a woman is more often affected by hormones, and there are too many off-court factors.

While admiring the beauties, Kevin also had his own little idea in his heart.

As he said, this is a very moving story, as long as the screenwriter is good, it may not become an excellent script.Because of this, he actually wished that Meg Ryan would refuse the job, because it just so happened that he also had an actress in his hand who was very suitable for this script.

The other party followed the same route as Meg Ryan, both America’s Sweethearts. Ryan had a movie hit last year, and his client had a movie hit this year. Both are in a period of rapid career growth. period.Moreover, the competition for resources is also fierce because of the route. From his point of view, he certainly hopes that his customers can overwhelm Meg Ryan's limelight, especially in this critical period of consolidating his career. Whoever works better will have an advantage.

So instead of using this script to capitalize on the enemy, it is better to give this script to your customers.It's just that considering that the author's own creative prototype is Meg Ryan, this matter is a bit difficult to handle.

But Kevin is a smart guy, he has enough Hollywood wisdom, so he quickly figured out a way.

"Is there anything else to do this afternoon?" he asked Diana.

The contract between the two has been completed under the witness of a lawyer. Now that they are a family, it is time to slowly build a good relationship.

"Available so far," Diana answered him, wondering how the gentleman had thought of asking that question.

Today is the weekend and there is no homework.In order to sign the contract, she didn't go to the crew for an internship, so of course she had free time.

"Why don't we go to a movie? I have a client whose movie is still in theaters, and she's a great actress, and from my point of view, she actually fits the character better than Meg Ryan." , Ryan's temperament is a bit soft, and it may not be appropriate to play a big star." Kevin did not try to deceive the shrewd girl in front of him, but directly stated his purpose.

Sometimes when dealing with smart people, it's better not to engage in too many small actions, because each other can always find clues from each other's actions, which is not good for their cooperation.

"You mean?" Diana raised her eyebrows and asked a question.