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    Andrew Grand and Heck Potko really couldn't believe it, a mysterious buyer wanted to buy "Cotton"

    "Both of them are graduates of the New York University Film School. They are in their thirties, but they have no significant achievements.  Although they are still relatively young in the film industry, they are really uncomfortable. Even if they ignore monsters like Ye Wei, compared with their classmate Todd Phillips, they are

    Phillips is really a comedy genius. I didn¡¯t realize it when I was studying, and Grande didn¡¯t realize it when he worked with him on the two documentaries "Sorority" and "Hotel Sweetbitter". Phillips, who has been writing and directing for 26 years,  "The Road" was a watershed moment. After the film's success, Phillips soared into the sky like a rocket.

    "The Singles Club" with Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell was a success, and "Boy" with Ben Tiller and Owen Wilson was a success. At 34, he is only one year older than them.  I have already made movies with comedy superstars, so I don¡¯t have to worry about the microphone and my future is bright.

    And they are not even small figures, they are just nameless figures.

    It¡¯s not that they haven¡¯t had opportunities. They both also write scripts. Filmmakers who can write scripts always have more opportunities than those who can¡¯t.  The small-budget comedy "Puzzle" written and directed by Grande was launched in 2018. It was not released in theaters and only had TV broadcasts and DVD markets. The distributor seemed to be right, because it did not create any revenue.

    Then this year, another low-budget comedy "Mail Order Bride" co-written and directed by the two finally got a chance to be released. They had been looking forward to it for a long time. Grande starred in it herself, and invited Eugenia-Yuan (original Li Qi)  ) partner, not many people know who she is, but it is different when it comes to her mother Zheng Peipei, the blue-eyed fox in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

    As a result, with the maximum screening scale of 4 theaters, the film only received more than 60,000 box office before being cancelled. The opportunity turned into a nightmare, and the two people's careers fell to a dark bottom.

    The two also admitted that their talents are not as high as Phillips', but how can I put it, they used to be good brothers, but now they are different. Phillips is very busy and hasn't gotten together for a long time. What can they do if they get together? He talks about working with celebrities  They talk about the happiness and troubles of not being able to invest, but can they talk about it together?

    Not only did the two of them feel ashamed of themselves, but they also held back their energy, so they did not seek help from Phillips and wanted to catch up on their own. They were also NYHR graduates.

    Let¡¯s face it, if we don¡¯t have a plan for our next project, what else can we do?  Independent producers, take their scripts and look for investment. I don¡¯t know how long it will take to find new opportunities. They have failed twice, maybe a few months, maybe several years.

    On this day, an incredible situation suddenly occurred. Someone wanted to buy "Coton"

    The two of them were so surprised, how could it be "Coton"?  This script was inspired by "The Blair Witch Project" and also borrowed elements and stories from some classic horror movies such as "The Exorcist". However, it has been four years since it was written, and they don't know how many times it has been submitted.  I went to many places, but no one was interested. Those who could get replies said it was ordinary, too imitative, and lacked commercial characteristics.

    They know that these reviews are not wrong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it exploits "Blair Witch", but "Blair Witch" ate the whole cake itself, "Blair Witch 2" has no achievements, and this year's "The Exorcist Prequel"  It's also bad, "Cotton" is a script that has no chance.  So they didn't even bother to modify it and just used it as a table leg.

    Unexpectedly, this happened. The assistant of CA reporter Brian Sable, who was the middleman in charge of the sale, did not disclose who the buyer was. He only said that it was a new independent production company "Cliff Films" that wanted to buy it and intended to make it into a movie.  A low-budget exploitation film.

    Of course, the two of them were very surprised by this, especially Cliff Films also offered a relatively high price. For "Coton", -10,000 US dollars is an opportunity price, 60,000 US dollars is a fair price, and 60,000 and 70,000 US dollars are  Kind price, B10,000 is the free price.

    They were not stupid enough to think that CAA would be a loss-making business. The other party made it clear why Cliff Films bought the script with sincerity. The mysterious man respected the screenwriter's labor and was willing to do business at a price that both parties were happy with.

    They also said that after the script is bought back, it will be significantly revised. The second act will be completely different from the middle part onwards. They don¡¯t have to do it. If they don¡¯t agree, the new screenwriter won¡¯t sign it.  The new screenwriter is the buyer, and will also be the producer and director. He does not like to show his face and will keep his identity confidential during the buying and selling process.

    The two knew that once the script was sold, it would no longer be theirs, and it would be no big deal if they had to modify it. But now they not only wanted to get a windfall, but also wanted to get an opportunity. Even if they didn't have a director's microphone, could they participate in the production?  When it comes to film work, there are always second and third producers, right?

    CAaf said that the only thing Cliff Films is sure about now is to buy the script, and it is very urgent. The time given to them to consider is only the night of the 3rd, and they will have to reply tomorrow morning whether to sell it or not. The mysterious man is looking for the script and wants to film it immediately. If they  If it doesn¡¯t sell, he will buy something else to auction

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The CAA that can¡¯t be faked is put up for auction immediately and will be released later, which means there is a chance to succeed and become famous

    What should Grande and Porter consider? Why not sell such a script that is a foothold on the table?

    But they sincerely hope that they can get a job on the crew of "Cotton" and get an opportunity.

    February l, a new month, the last month of 204.

    "Bought it"

    In the morning, in the boys' room, Ye Wei smiled happily at the P camera and said: "Everything goes well. The contract of intent can be signed today. Our company has not been registered yet. We will sign the formal contract after it is done. But we  The work of revising the script can begin. I will complete the first draft of the new version today, and then make fine revisions at any time during the preparation and filming process, LPT'GO"

    Because Brian has done the investigation, there is no need to worry about the two screenwriters going back on the story. They have no reason to do that. VIY will appear if necessary, and they will sell it better.

    Ye Wei sat down in front of the computer desk. He had obtained the electronic version of the script and started busy immediately.

    First of all, there are a few points that need to be made clear: demons exist, Maggie is indeed possessed by demons, exorcisms also exist, and exorcists need to truly believe in God to be powerful.

    The first act completes the story background and character introduction more quickly, allowing Cotton and his team to arrive at the Switzer farm faster and enter the main story faster.  This requires deleting some unimportant scenes, such as these church scenes. By pressing the BEPT button, there are many simple and time-saving ways to show that Cotton does not believe in God, and there will be no discussion of religion in future stories.  meaning, so the previous foreshadowing and rendering must be eliminated.

    The new focus is on Cotton¡¯s identity as the descendant of the exorcist family and the mysterious aura of exorcism, adding new renderings and necessary foreshadowing.

    The second act should also be shortened, not so long. The main body of the first half should be retained. From the second half, the BEPT key should be drastically changed to delete some unnecessary elements and suspense. Delete the cult, delete the dark priest Manley, and  The story focuses on the farm, with a sense of isolation and confinement, rather than spreading to the entire town.

    Keep the suspense of Maggie's pregnancy, the answer is simply the growth of the devil; add the suspense of Maggie's mother's death and the suspense of Devil's mother, the answer is actually the devil disguising, provoking, and deceiving; add more visual horror scenes and more dynamics  Thrills and more exorcism confrontations.

    Improve the rendering of family warmth, strengthen the portrayal of the inner emotions of Cotton, Maggie, and Switzer, highlight the conflicting confrontation between demons and family affection, and clarify the exorcist's sense of responsibility.

    The new second turning point, the new third act, all have to be rewritten, because the first and second acts are shortened, the length of the third act is increased, Cotton's faith is reshaped, and the Switzer family is helpless.  The pain and the terror of the devil must all explode, leading to a powerful ending, striving to frighten and shock the soul at the same time.

    A story that is terrifying, exciting, realistic, and makes people sigh, pity, and heartache, and is unforgettable. This is it.

    During the day, the clicking sound of the keyboard kept ringing in the room. It stopped for a while at noon, and then started ringing again soon.

    During this period, there was also a conversation on the mobile phone:

    "It's great that the signing was completed faster than I expected. Oh tell them that if they want to join, they must sign a confidentiality agreement first. This is a special project."

    "It will take two days to go back. I have a big surprise for you. Yes, I said surprise, but it will definitely surprise you. Just wait, haha."

    "I'm still in Los Angeles tonight? I won't be going out. I'm very, very busy. I can't tell you the specifics, but it's related to the movie. What, again, the girl's name is Summer Betsy-Roberts-Moda, and the boy's name is Binnis.  - Walter Roberts Moda, a good name, it tests your memory. "

    "Who are you talking about? Michael Angarano really?"

    Ye Wei couldn't help but stare and turned his seat. He was really shocked by the news from the LM casting team. Michael Angarano actually wanted to audition for "DeWine".

    What does he want to do?  Apart from the fight that night, they had no other contact, not even a single text message. I don't know how he could bear the gossip Lev mentioned before, that Angarano and Stewart were getting back together.  Whatever, Ye Wei doesn't regard Angarano as an enemy at all, nor is he just a friend.

    But what¡¯s going on now, is it good or bad?

    Ignoring this for now, Ye Wei allowed himself to look at it from a purely professional perspective, could Angarano play DeWine?  Although the age is suitable, he will appear a bit young when it comes to acting. Devine is melancholic, eccentric, introverted and quiet, but seems to be hysterical at any time, while Angarano's temperament is neighborly, sunny, friendly and honest.  , not very suitable either.

    Whether it will work or not will only be known through the audition. Rejecting the star¡¯s active participation at the audition stage will damage the project and his personal reputation, so it is unnecessary.

    ? ???I just hope that Angarano will not complain to the media after he loses that there is a shady story. With his reputation, doing so would be a loss of status. Moreover, with the current LM, he would be stupid and want to cause damage, and his agent would not be stupid together.  Angarano should really want to audition. It's a kind of reconciliation. VIY is awesome and it's better to be friends than enemies. Or perhaps Angarano is not so utilitarian and is just fascinated by VIY. He really wants to cooperate and learn something by the way.  Kung Fu or something, haha.

    "If he wants to audition, let him audition. I'll wait and see how he performs." With Angarano's appearance and acting skills, there is no problem in making it to the final selection.

    That¡¯s it. After putting down the phone, Ye Wei continued to look at the computer screen and wrote a scene from the third act:

    Maggie: Dad, kill me. Kill me while I¡¯m still conscious.

    Cotton (stepping in front of the gun): No, no, there must be other ways

    Switzer: Is God watching?  Does God see my daughter¡¯s pain?  Where is God?

    After completing the draft and doing some preliminary polishing, Ye Wei typed TUFND. It was already in the evening. He had revised and rewritten nearly 40 pages in one day. Although there was still a lot of refinement work to do, the result was sufficient.  It makes people happy and excited.

    "The first draft of "Yami's Exorcism Video" is completed. I love the ending, love it, love it, love it. I can't wait to film it, hahaha."

    Ye Wei danced away from the computer desk, opened the locked door and went out. Duoduo had come to knock on the door several times before. He went to the backyard of the house and played football for a while with Duoduo and Toto, who were cheering, until he found that  There was a text message on the phone on the porch chair. It was from Lily.

    "Everyone, Orian gave birth to the baby successfully. I have another brother. My father named him Matthew. I think he is a girl, ^-^"

    "Wow, congratulations." Ye Wei couldn't help but smile with congratulations. Although it was a group text message, he immediately sent different congratulatory text messages to her and Phil Collins.

    He suddenly remembered this year¡¯s spring outing, that trip to Hawaii. At that time, Lily said that she wanted a younger sister, but she just needed one

    He said those ten days were like a happy love movie. She said they were the happiest ten days in her life. They both suffered from the phobia of the end of the trip, but they both believed that they would travel around the world together in the future. In fact, it was only March.  He even clearly remembered the laughter and sweetness every day, but why did it feel like it had been so long?

    ????????????????? What were those ten days actually to her?  Ye Weisheng came up with this idea. He was quite curious. He purely thought about love and accumulated it whenever he made love movies.  Does she think about this occasionally?  Will she feel empty in her heart, as if she has nothing, weak, flustered, anxious, as if she doesn't want to lose it?

    This seems to be called lovelorn syndrome. The strange thing is that even though he has fallen in love again, there are still some.

    Where is she?  Ye Wei shook his head, probably not, she was so strong, she was so independent, to her, those ten days were rubbish that prevented her from moving forward quickly, so she had to throw away the garbage.

    Did she cry?  No, I really don¡¯t know what would make her cry?

    Girls are different, he thought, all equally difficult to understand. Nina is easier to understand because she can't keep her words to herself.

    He suddenly had a deeper understanding of "Annie Hall". The hateful intellectual, he was suddenly shocked. Isn't what he is doing now like what Ivy Singer did to Annie Hall?  Na watched "The Road", read "War and Peace", talked about Shakespeare, oh no forget it, I still don't recommend her to read "The Poems of Byron".

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    The script was in hand, the money was in hand, and then it was time to build the crew. Ye Wei needed a production team, one more person and two hands, which would of course make the work faster. He had originally intended to contact Darum, an old acquaintance from the University of Southern California, and the others.  We collaborated again, but the brothers were busy working on their graduation project and had no time.  There will be opportunities for collaboration after they graduate.

    Andrew Grande and Heck Pottko, two top NYH academic students, have done many projects. Although their creative abilities are not great, they should have production and execution skills. He feels that he can give them a  By chance, they also signed a confidentiality agreement and were just having nothing to do in Los Angeles, so he agreed to meet them that night.

    To maintain confidentiality, we need to meet in a secret place, Brian's studio.

    When Ye Wei walked into Jian Ya's reception room carrying a briefcase and wearing a Sun Wukong mask, he saw two people who had arrived earlier than him sitting on the sofa. One was tall and thin, wearing glasses, already bald but with a long hair.  The one with the beard was Potko, and the other shorter one with thick black hair was Grande. They looked a little surprised when they saw him.

    "Hey, I'm Gu You, nice to meet you." Ye Wei walked towards them, took off his mask, and showed a smiling face.

    "You, you are" Grande and Potko were even more surprised. They stood up in shock, wondering what was going on. Isn't this young man Ye Wei?  It¡¯s Ye Weiyao??Their script?  This is Ye Wei

    They laughed at each other's humor, and their faces were flushed with excitement for this opportunity. Y wanted to film their script, but wasn't Ye Wei busy with "Little Miss Sunshine"?

    What's going on?

    "Gentlemen, please sit down and let me explain why my name is Unique Gu."

    Ye Wei shook hands with the two of them, sat down on the small sofa, and briefly explained to them. He did not reveal the internal disputes of "Little Miss Sunshine", but said that the preparations were ahead of schedule and that he had time, and then wanted to cajole them.  My girlfriend is happy, so she has this exploitative project that needs to be kept secret.

    Grande and Potko looked at each other with a bit of a wry smile. It turned out that their luck was due to Ye Wei trying to make his girlfriend happy, but it was also an opportunity

    "No matter what, I will not be careless about the movie. If you are willing to co-produce, I will invite you. Let's agree in advance that the next month will be super busy, and it is impossible not to suffer. We must race against time, and  It¡¯s confidential. In addition, its release has not yet been determined. It may be very long or very soon. What I can promise is that it will be released and it will not be just a personal film.¡±

    Ye Wei paused and asked seriously: "So, do you want to join?"

    "Let's join." Both of them nodded happily. With their own situation, do they still need to think about it?  When you see this talented young man, you know what to do. You can give him the script for free and shoot it.

    No matter how secretive it is, it is only temporary. People will always know that VI made "Cotton", whether it is released before or after Little Miss Sunshine is released. If LM is successful, they will be lucky and will be successful as long as it is released.  Chances are, what if "Cotton" becomes a huge success in its own right?  Regardless of Gu You or Ye Wei, they are both producers and screenwriters, why not?  It's like pie in the sky

    "Okay." Ye Weiyi smiled and took out two newly printed copies of the new script from the briefcase he brought, and said, "I have revised the first draft of the new version today. Take a look." He sent it to them,  He added: "The ratio I modified is about 40, mainly the second act and the third act. You decide whether you can sign it."

    So fast?  Grande and Potko were both frightened. Looking at the title "Exorcist Video" on the cover, a different sense of mystery came over them.

    They looked through it silently. Even though it was a stepping table script, it was written by themselves. They read it several times since receiving the news last night. They flipped through the pages of the script paper. They knew very well where they had made changes and where they were.  The new scene seems to be different, the theme, atmosphere, focus, emotion

    "The two of them never thought that their version was bad, and they still think that it is a clearer and more commercial force when reading this version.  Although there are fewer elements, the characteristics are stronger, and the emotional conflicts of the characters When they saw the ending, both of them couldn't help but be moved.

    This is a great story, Ye Wei gave it a new soul, "Coton" is theirs, and "Exorcism Video" is his.

    The two looked at each other and nodded in approval. Grande added: "Weige, no, Yunick, of course you have to sign it. Nearly half of it was written by you. It is a new script."

    "OK, let's sign it, Gu You." Ye Wei smiled and continued to talk about the matter without being wordy, "You know that the production will be completed within this month, to be precise, within 2 days after the official launch.  If we need to be highly mobile enough to shoot a mockumentary, an intensive crew will be enough.

    The copywriting work of budget, shooting schedule and so on has also been simplified. There are fewer scene changes, the shooting cycle is short, and the spin-off script must be done well. There is no need to make other things complicated. These are left to you.

    Then, I have already decided on our shooting location, Toronto. Everything is cheap and convenient for me. It is very cold in winter, but winter has a kind of dilapidated and cold horror atmosphere, which is not bad.  Then there are the actors. My girlfriend will play Maggie, and for the others, I plan to use unknown non-union actors. Each one will be an unfamiliar face. This will make it more pseudo-documentary, and there will be no union restrictions. At least we can enjoy it as much as we want.  Work overtime enough"

    Grande and Potko nodded repeatedly. The biggest feeling at this time was that they were geniuses.
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