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- Life is like a box of chocolates. A few days ago, Ye Wei would not have known about the contradiction at this time.
The behind-the-scenes team, Julia Roberts, and DreamWorks all hope that he will make early contact with Paramount. Hanks also said that the opportunity is rare and he should seize it.
A fantasy family film project with a budget of $100 million.
If it is false to say that he is not attracted, fame and wealth are on the one hand, and on the other hand, Ye Wei really likes this kind of huge challenge. Who doesn¡¯t want to make a blockbuster? Maybe Terrence Malick doesn't want to, but he does, science fiction, fantasy, special effects, imagination he loves these.
But the thing is not that Paramount and other film studios gave him 100 million and a project, and then waited to receive the goods. He couldn't even join the production team. He was at best a planner. Unlike "Carrie", he was the kind of person who said nothing but said nothing. Just a director for hire!
Although he has not tried it, some situations have been verified time and time again.
Talented newcomers + commercial blockbusters, this is the consistent style of Hollywood. After "The Great Escape", the 28-year-old Spielberg was invited to direct the first "Superman" (1978), but Warner wanted to wait until "Jaws" was released. After looking at the results before making a final decision, Spielberg went to work with Columbia on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
In recent years, a young director who became famous for making independent films has been recruited by a major studio. This is almost an inevitable development.
The 34-year-old Lin Yibin (Justin Lin) has achieved success in "Good Luck Tomorrow" (2002, production fee of 250,000, box office of 3.8 million, 81% freshness, 79% popularity, distributed by Paramount) After his debut, he first filmed "Annapolis" for Disney (production fee of 26 million), which will be released in January next year; now he is filming "Fast and Furious 3" (budget of 85 million) for Universal, which is scheduled to be released in June next year. January 16th.
This is called work as power. Ye Wei knows that his opportunity is not as exaggerated as the "lifetime" that Roberts said. If he is 27 years old, "Wedding Day" can win him a project like "Fast and Furious 3", plus tet and lms? It's just that because he is only 17 years old, a budget of 100 million is particularly precious.
Why are young talented directors so popular? Because it is cheap, passionate, responsible, understands the needs of the main customers of blockbusters, "young audiences", and is easy to control.
If you take this job, you need to be mentally prepared.
This project is tentatively scheduled to be released in December 2007, which is two years from now. Until it is completed, there is no need to expect to do other projects.
Alice Sebold will of course hand over the adaptation rights to tlb to Peter Jackson; ss should still be able to hold it, but that¡¯s not necessarily the case; w¡¯sb is also not certain.
Think about creative differences again. In a big studio project, the person who has the most say is not any one person, but a huge production team, a lot of incredibly sophisticated, often nothing. The data is used in addition to saving the jobs of relevant personnel.
Directors and major studios view movies so differently, especially young directors who don¡¯t like to compromise. This is doomed to endless disagreements.
Script, preparation, casting, filming, editing
Like Murphy¡¯s Law, problems that will happen will always happen. After repeated conflicts and disagreements, it¡¯s hard to say what kind of movie will come out in the end.
It depends on how well the director and the producer get along, some are good and some are bad.
Ye Wei knows his character, or his attitude when making movies. If he says yes to Paramount, the most likely outcome will not be that he makes a bad movie, but that he has not yet started preparations and is in the script development stage. He quit because of "different creative ideas."
And he wasted half a year and lost the right to adapt tlb.
There is no regret medicine in the world. Once he announces his intention to join this project, he will lose tlb. No matter what changes happen in the future, tlb will never belong to him.
So, why not consider it? Why not be inclined to refuse?
But Ye Wei didn't refuse it flatly, because the adaptation rights of tlb are not necessarily his. This is indeed a rare opportunity and a huge challenge. Even though there are so many inevitable and possible problems, there is still a voice in my heart that encourages:
"They can do it because they think they can! But, if you are someone who is intimidated by difficult challenges, you haven't even finished "Dance of the Angels" yet! Many young directors who make big studio blockbusters are successful in the end. Make a good movie, why can't it be you?
Unless you plan not to film for the Big Six for the rest of your life, this will definitely happen once. Are you sure? What do you want? "
The louder the sound, the more confused he became, like standing in front of a crossroads but not knowing which direction he wanted to go.
When people are caught in this whirlpool, they will naturally?Find someone to talk to and ask for advice.
Ye Wei asked his parents, but they didn't give any advice, only one request: "Just be happy and don't delay your studies!" He asked Duoduo, and she said "Skiing!" He asked Toto, and Toto was like a Zen master, Although he didn't understand it, it definitely meant something, maybe "Choose the one with the dog!"
He asked Nina, and Nina's first reaction was to exclaim: "It won't be filming next summer, right?" How is it possible? If everything goes well, filming will start next autumn, but if he takes it, the plan to travel around the world will be shortened. One month. Nina smiled bitterly after hearing this: "My opinion is affected by our plan. I don't know, Yunik. All I can do is support you."
Ye Wei really wanted to talk to Lily, and vaguely felt that the answer lay with her. The last time he saw her was before the Thanksgiving holiday, and he hadn't run into her for a while.
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Tuesday, Harvard-Westlake High School, almost 2 p.m., 5 minutes of activity time before the last class, because students usually choose this class as physical education or art, just like school has been dismissed early, and various activities have to start Now, large numbers of students are leaving academic buildings.
Three thin junior students were laughing and chatting about something. One of them was dancing a little. As soon as he walked out of the corridor and turned a corner, he bumped into someone and almost bounced out. The three of them immediately panicked when they saw a tall boy wearing a sports jacket of the school football team, a legend in the school.
The little man stuttered and apologized: "I'm sorry, viy, I didn't mean to"
The three of them were very nervous and a little scared. They were not junior high school students, but high school students from other schools. I have heard from Ye Wei a lot and seen him from a distance. It was so scary to bump into each other like this
"Wei, are they messing with you?", "Kill them!" Some of the students passing by laughed and shouted, some girls smiled at them, and a few boys wearing football team sports jackets came over fiercely, "You guys are dead. It¡¯s settled!¡±, ¡°Look down on soccer?¡± The three students, who looked like idiots, became increasingly uneasy.
"You fools!" Ye Wei's sudden curse startled them, but when they saw him kicking the football team boys, it turned out he was not scolding them!
"Go to the court to warm up. I'll be right back." Viy laughed and scolded the boys away. The three of them saw him turn around and looked back. He smiled and said, "What can I do to you? I'm not a school bully. I told you A thousand times, why do some people think I¡¯m the school bully? Guys, let¡¯s go.¡±
Under the stares of those football boys, the three of them walked away with a smile. After walking for a while and leaving the building, they all looked back and saw viy laughing and chatting with a group of beautiful girls.
¡°Hey girls, you¡¯re the cheerleaders, right?¡±
"Yes!", "We are!" The four girls were very excited when they were approached by Ye Wei. They looked at each other, and they all felt that he was here for them to go on a date! "I'm free tonight!"
"Are you free later? Our football team's first game of the season is at 2:30, against Palisades Charter High School." Ye Wei smiled, "Are you interested in coming to cheer us on?" There was no one standing behind him yet. The football boys walking away burst into laughter.
The girls couldn¡¯t agree, looking troubled, ¡°The basketball team has a game at 4:30, and we have to prepare.¡±
"The basketball team also has a game today?" Ye Wei frowned and looked at his teammates. They either shrugged or nodded. He said helplessly: "A bunch of freaks with mutated pituitary glands were busy stuffing a ball into an iron circle. What¡¯s so attractive about it?¡±
Everyone laughed loudly, and the students passing by looked at him curiously. They were not surprised when they saw viy.
"'Annie Hall', because this is physical work, and physical work is never duplicitous." Ye Wei smiled and shook his head, "I just don't understand, what can be better than another bunch of freaks working hard to turn a ball into a ball?" Kicking into a doorframe to attract people? Girls, that's it, sing our song!"
He swung his two steps and trotted outside, singing: "we-don¡¯t-want-no-cheerleading!pion! (We don¡¯t want any cheerleaders! We just want our champion!)"
The football boys also trotted out, singing in unison: "They'll-s-our-g-guns! But-they-can't-touch-anyone! (They'll see our big guys!) ! But they can¡¯t touch any of them!)¡±
¡°Why-football-boys-so-*ing-cool?becae-we-are-*ing-opponents! (Why are football boys so cool? Because we are fucking our opponents!)
¡°Yes, we-are. (Yes, it¡¯s us.)¡±
¡°Not-the-pigskin-or-the-basketball-team. (Not the football team or the basketball team.)¡±
¡°They-are-the-losers. (They are losers.)¡±
¡°we-are-the-heroes. (We are heroes.)¡±
¡°one-day-people-will-*ing-know, we-are-playing-football-totally-so! (One day people will know that what we play is football!)
They ran out singing, and the students laughed and whistled and cheered along the way. This song has already spread throughout the school. It was composed and sung by viy when he led the team in training before. It is said that it was adapted from the military song in the movie "Full Metal Jacket". Because of this song, viy was severely criticized by the school and was banned from singing in school again.
The girls couldn¡¯t see Ye Wei anymore, so they looked away, and suddenly they all cheered excitedly, jumping up and down!
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The game between Harvard-Westlake and Palisade Charter High School ended in 2:1, hw got off to a good start with a small victory. Ye Wei, who represented the school team for the first time, lived up to expectations and scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute of the second half. After the game, he was selected as the MVP of the game.
But Ye Wei¡¯s mood was not very high and he was a little disappointed. Whenever there was a break during the game, he paid attention to the audience on the sidelines, but he never saw a figure appearing at Ted Slavin Stadium.
She is a member of the cheerleading team and has to prepare for the basketball game. It¡¯s just that this game is of great significance, can¡¯t you sneak over and watch it for a while? The basketball team doesn't start until 4:30. It's two hours later, so it's okay to watch the whole game. Best friend, he feels like he can't let go
Ye Wei didn¡¯t know what happened to him. After leaving the locker room, he didn¡¯t go to watch the basketball game, nor did he go home with his parents who came to watch the game. I went to the library to read until after six o'clock, then drove out of the school and drove back to Brentwood, heading towards Lily's house.
In the winter evening, the sky was already dark. This section of the road was very quiet. On both sides were vast mansions that seemed so quiet that no one lived in them. He drove outside Lily's house, parked on the side of the road, and looked at the castle-like house in the distance.
The trees were a little withered, and there was water on the wide lawn from today's rain. It was the only rain in Los Angeles in winter. He was almost covered in mud before.
Well, another reasons for the cheering team to cheer for the football team.
Ye Wei got out of the car and was about to call Lily with his mobile phone. When he saw a Maserati approaching, he immediately smiled and waved! Soon, through the windshield of the car, Lily's face was full of surprise. She stopped the car, lowered the window, looked over and asked, "Wei, what are you doing here?"
"I have something to tell you." Ye Wei smiled, "Did you have fun during the holiday?"
"It's okay. Wait, let me park the car first." Lily continued to drive the car back to the parking space in the front yard.
Ye Wei followed and walked over. Lily got out of the car, pulled up her hair, and asked: "What happened?" He smiled: "We won the game and took a big step towards the championship. I scored a goal, a long shot from the edge of the penalty area, Entering the net from the right, others say it¡¯s very cool.¡±
"I heard." Lily smiled and nodded, "I lost the basketball game, by more than 20 yuanis that all?"
"It's not just that." Before Ye Wei could say anything, he couldn't help but sigh with regret: "You know DreamWorks was sold to Paramount."
"Yes, I know." Lily looked around, with a bunch of keys dangling in her hand.
It's always different to talk to her. Naturally, he has no reservations. Ye Wei started talking: "Paramount asked me to talk about directing a big project "The Book of Elves", which is an adaptation of the fantasy novel, with a budget of 100 million US dollars. ¡±
"Wow!" Lily exclaimed, slapping the car a few times in excitement, "Let's talk about it after we enter the house. The budget is 100 million US dollars? It's incredible!"
"I'm still thinking about it. I don't know how to make a decision." Ye Wei said as he followed Lily into the house.
Coming to the spacious living room, Ye Wei sat down on the sofa, and Lily sat on the secondary sofa. Madeline, the domestic assistant who was cooking dinner, served tea. He first introduced the project.
"Fantasy Elf Book" is a set of children's books co-authored by Tony Dietrich and Holly Black. The main series has five books. It tells the story of the three children of the Grace family, the twin brothers Simon, Jared and The fantastic adventures of their sister Mallory.
This set of books is very popular among children, and because of the popularity of children's novels adapted from "Harry Potter" in recent years, such as "The Chronicles of Narnia", "The Golden Compass", etc., "The Book of Elves" has been Taking a fancy to it, Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies took the lead in purchasing the rights to produce a movie, and also prepared to cooperate with game developers to launch PC games at the same time.
"Paramount is planning to make the first of the five original films. If the results are good, they will work with the original author to make a sequel. Their goal is a trilogy series. Its story and character settings are compared to "Harry Potter" ", "The Chronicles of Narnia" are much weaker, more like "Game of the Jumanji 2", a sister and two brothers, surrounding a manor"
Ye Wei was so engrossed in what he said, but Lily seemed to be distracted, and was suddenly startled: "What?"??The sequel to "Jumanji"? "
"It's not "Book of Fantasy Elf Events."" Ye Weixian was startled, then suddenly understood, and couldn't help but laugh: "You are so mean, haha! There will definitely be no sequel to "Game of the Brave", and it is owned by Sony. , not from Paramount, it couldn¡¯t be more dead.¡±
"Haha." Lily also smiled, frowned, raised the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Continue?"
Ye Wei then continued: "The story is a bit thin. It revolves around a manor, bad guys come to cause trouble, and they and the elves defeat the bad guys, like this. But it also has great potential, and it cannot be as grand as "Harry Potter". A good family fantasy is enough, the key lies in how to adapt it. For me, the main problem is not these"
He took a sip of tea and talked about some pros and cons, "You know, Lily, "Little Miss Sunshine" has been completed. I feel like I have reached a fork in the road. Should I go left or right next? Which way should my movie dream go?" How to go on? I am confused This is a good opportunity and a big challenge, but if I say yes, I will lose a lot and I will become Hollywood"
"I don't like Hollywood, I really don't like it." He leaned back on the sofa, looking up with longing, and said sincerely: "I want to be like George Lucas and be an independent filmmaker forever. Movies are becoming more and more complex. I was burdened with a lot when I was filming, but I am finally a lot more relaxed now. I hope that making movies will become more and more pure, and I hope that I can get more and more pure happiness from it"
He noticed something, turned his eyes, and Lily picked up the phone on the coffee table and pressed it. He gradually stopped talking. She looked at the phone and smiled as she pressed it, as if she was communicating with a text message. After pressing it for a while, she suddenly looked at it in surprise, "What? You said?"
"I said I hope that making movies can be more pure." Ye Weizheng continued, but when he saw Lily looking at her phone again, she couldn't help but feel confused and helpless, and whistled: "Hello! Can you concentrate, I Talking to you seriously."
"Why do you want to talk to me!?" Lily suddenly shouted angrily, grabbing the phone and standing up, "What can I tell you? Why don't you talk to others, what are you talking to me about!?"
Ye Wei was stunned. He had never seen her get so angry suddenly, "We are good friends sharing our careers"
"Wei." Lily took a few steps back and forth beside the sofa, scratched her hair, and suddenly shouted to him: "I don't have time to care about you, so don't bother me!"
The situation was so weird that Ye Wei was at a loss and felt something was wrong with her, "Lily, are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Lily glared at him, took a deep breath, and lowered her voice slightly: "I just don't want to pay attention to you. Is it funny to suddenly run to someone else's door? Are you talking about a movie project? What does it have to do with me? You Take pictures if you want, if you don¡¯t want to take pictures, don¡¯t, who cares, I¡¯m busy too, I don¡¯t have time to chat with you, so don¡¯t bother me!¡±
"Oh" Ye Wei didn't know what he was feeling in his heart, and it was a bit embarrassing to smile again, "Sorry, I was presumptuous. I know, I'll leave now." He stood up, took a long breath, and she scolded Yes, she is not his counselor. It is his fault that he often annoys her with his own problems.
"Thanks for the hospitality, great tea." He smiled at Madeline who came over there after hearing the sound, and said "see you later" to Lily, and walked out of the house.
Lily frowned, panic flashing on her face.
"Miss." Madeleine looked at her doubtfully, "I must tell the lady about your recent situation"
"I'm fine, I'm fine" Lily suddenly ran after him, "Wait, Wei!"
She ran all the way out of the house, ran across the lawn, and stopped Ye Wei who was getting in the car to leave. She quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I was rude just now. What I meant was" She hesitated and said: "We all have Regarding our matter, you should call me first, because I really"
"No time? Have a date? Then I understand." Ye Wei smiled relievedly and looked away from her face, "I was the rude one, I should have called firstI will do it next time, we are fine . So have fun, bye!" He nodded to her, got into the car, closed the door, fastened the seat belt, turned on the engine, and stepped on the accelerator.
Lily watched the Volkswagen driving away in the dark night. She couldn't say what she wanted to say. She stamped her feet in a daze, turned around and ran towards the house, "Don't do this!" The recent situation is really not good. It's especially serious when facing him. I can't control my concentration and emotions at all. Don't be like this
Running all the way to her room on the second floor, Lily rummaged around, opening desk drawers one after another, looking for Ritalin, damn Ritalin, where is it!
¡°Damn!! I just need one, one!!!¡±Frustrated, she couldn't help kicking the desk, but she clearly remembered that two years ago, not long after she and Wei started dating, she threw away all the medicines she needed for emergencies
"It's unbelievable! You are really inexplicable sometimes!"
"Eugene Levy."
"You pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. The purity of this batch of goods is very high."
"Can you concentrate?"
He knows? Lily looked pale and walked around the room. Some of his words kept ringing: Can you concentrate? Can you concentrate? Can you concentrate? Can you concentrate?
You madman! You psycho! You freak with a retarded brain!
"We can't let Wei know No, we can't let my mother know that I have relapsed. She will tell him, she must not His Lily is not like this, she must not"
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1993, London, England.
There was silence in the doctor's consulting room, and Tawarman looked nervously at the serious doctor behind the doctor's desk.
"Ms. Towerman, I'm sorry to tell you that Lily does suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She is a mixed type patient. She hits people, is impulsive, distracted, and hyperactive These are all related to the condition. But don't be too nervous. , ADHD is a common disease. As long as you take medicine and treatment for a long time, it will not affect your normal life.
There is no cure for ADHD yet. The operation of the brain is too complex, and the medical community has not yet truly understood its cause. I would first prescribe Ritalin to Lily, which is the most therapeutic drug available and needs to be taken every day. Generally speaking, the treatment cannot be interrupted until she reaches adulthood, and we will wait and see if the medication can be stopped when she is a teenager. Ritalin has side effects and will affect physical development. We can only hope that she can stop taking it by then.
Madam, considering the tense situation in your family, which is one of the main causes of the disease, I suggest that Lily receive psychological treatment in addition to medication.
¡°Lily is a very smart child, and she feels perhaps more than we think, and she says she hates you and Mr. Collins. This is not without reason. Lily needs a quiet and regular environment to grow up. She is not suitable to bear too much pressure too early. I think your conflicts have caused psychological trauma to her.
If we are optimistic, her symptoms will gradually disappear and will not persist until adulthood Madam, don't worry too much. ADHD is a common disease, but we can't take it lightly. " - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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