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- "Hey Jon! I have three projects that I'm looking for someone to work on, are you interested in talking about them?"
On Monday night, Jon Fehrheimer received a text message from Ye Wei, and then a call. What a great Christmas gift! Of course I was interested, and I tried every means to please Ye Wei just for this phone call. Jon smiled broadly and said cheerfully: "Wei, we have been looking forward to cooperating with you."
He knows what is going on now. Talks between viy and the six major universities have collapsed because they want to eventually lose power. This is great for Lionsgate, it doesn't get any better.
But when he heard Ye Wei¡¯s crazy plan, Jon couldn¡¯t help laughing, as if he had just been struck by lightning and was stunned.
Three projects? Now the scripts are only skeletons and drafts, and they are completed within a year! ?
"Are you kidding?" Jon had to be sure.
"Jon, I am very, very serious. If the progress does not go well, the production of "Winter's Bone" will be delayed, but I will definitely produce SS and TLB next year, and I also hope they can be released within next year. I Mainly I want to talk to Lionsgate about Soul Surfer.¡±
Listening to Ye Wei's words, Qiaoen was thinking about the pros and cons.
Thinking about it from the most pessimistic point of view, Ye Weizhen is crazy. Success has blinded his mind. This genius is temporarily in a state of extreme expansion, thinking that he can do everything, like making three good movies a year. I don¡¯t know what ¡°Winter¡¯s Bone¡± is, but the first two movies won¡¯t be exploitation films.
Although Ye Wei¡¯s plan sounds feasible, it is as difficult as his plan to land on the moon within a year.
There are too many changes in a year, 365 days. Let¡¯s talk about Ye Wei himself. With such a high work intensity, the first part may be okay, but will he be exhausted by the second part? Will you get bored? Don't want to continue? Careless treatment? Creativity drained?
Basically, there are two worst and most likely outcomes. One is that Ye Wei gradually wakes up, postpones "Winter's Bone", and made two movies in one year, with average quality.
Second, he insisted on making three movies, but all of them were mediocre films of poor quality.
He really can definitely take the photo. After all, Ye Wei is a smart man, too smart. His tone seems to be determined by Lions Gate, and he is not afraid that Lions Gate will not invest That is indeed the case.
Jon knew he had no choice. What Ye Wei was talking to Lionsgate about was not "Soul Surfer", the next production and release project he promised. This means that even if it is a bad movie, as long as it distributes it within its capacity, it will be difficult for it to lose money.
Because viy¡¯s various controversies have not affected the high-quality reputation of his films, Prodigy has not lost the market¡¯s popularity and the audience¡¯s trust.
This trust will only become more and more superstitious. Think about him becoming the youngest Oscar nominee for Best Director and attending the Oscars Before failing once or twice, "Director: Ye Wei" was a huge success. Fiery sign.
So he said that "Soul Surfer" with a budget of 10 million would not be a problem if it received 50 million or 60 million at the North American box office. What about the overseas box office? What about TV rights? What about DVDs?
There is also "The Lovely Bones". It is also difficult to lose money. Given the popularity of Ye Wei and the book itself, a budget of 50 million will probably lose money, but a budget of 25 million is really not high.
Only "Winter's Bone" is a hard nut to crack, because it will be finalized and released, and is likely to be delayed. The book has not yet been published. Ye Wei said that "the commercial degree is not high." If SS and TLB are both It's a bad movie. Audiences are no longer superstitious about viy. The release of this movie is a waste of money.
But Ye Wei was too smart. He was only prepared to spend 3 million on this project, saying that he wanted to invest it entirely himself, and no one else could lose even if they wanted to.
Lionsgate wants to make money, but if it loses money with Ye Wei, Lionsgate can accept a quota. Even if all three projects are taken up, the cost will be less than 40 million. Lionsgate is determined to invest in a "Punisher" and even more determined to invest in a genius.
The Sixth Group can be very good even if it doesn¡¯t need Ye Wei; but Lions Gate does. To continue operating and to run further, we need the friendship of these geniuses.
Ye Wei is the biggest genius now, the next Steven Spielberg. Even if he declines for a year or two, he will still be 19 or 20 years old.
Jon had no confidence in other people, and he might be devastated after one failure, but he had confidence in Ye Wei. He was so different, even his swell was so different. Others might have lost themselves in vanity fair, indulged in fun, got involved in drugs, Go to shoot a big commercial production
Ye Wei wants to make three movies a year, and the work intensity he said is definitely going to kill himself. Such people will still get up after falling.
The film industry has a three-strike rule because people fail, especially in the elusive creative industry. And good creators will learn from failures. This time they failed.If you fail, maybe you will succeed next time. Therefore, creators who have not become famous will no longer have opportunities because of one failure. With Ye Wei's age and capital, although he could not get the final editing rights from a major studio, these three projects all failed, and he still could not Will disappear, just to the edge.
What¡¯s more, Ye Wei is proficient in everything as a director and editor, so he can give himself a chance. By then he was only 19, he was sober, he was mature, he was in a better head.
Just like M-Night Shyamalan¡¯s failure in ¡°A Bastard¡± was followed by ¡°The Sixth Sense¡±, just like Ang Lee¡¯s failure in ¡°The Incredible Hulk¡± was followed by ¡°Brokeback Mountain¡±¡
Where is Ye Wei?
¡°The Exorcism Video,¡± one of his exploitation films, is the highest-grossing and profitable film in Lionsgate history, making more money than ¡°Fahrenheit 9/11.¡±
By then, Lionsgate will be favored by geniuses, just like Universal was favored by Spielberg, then Lionsgate will be different.
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So it is very possible that Ye Wei is temporarily crazy, and these three movies will most likely be bad movies, but Ye Wei is really determined to choose Lions Gate, because he is Ye Wei.
"Wei, we are all interested!" Jon smiled, "How fast do you want it? I can sign the contract of intent tomorrow!"
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Tom Hanks received a text message from Ye Wei, and soon a phone call. He was shocked when he heard, "Three projects a year!? Wei, I really don't know what you are thinking."
"Life is a box of damn chocolates, and I want to eat three at a time. Tom, Lionsgate has joined. In fact, Lionsgate and I can jointly come up with $40 million. It's just not cool. I want to continue with Platoon." Are you interested in cooperation? Give me a few million, you can choose."
Hanks thought for a moment and asked: "I gained a lot from "Little Miss Sunshine", and I have no problem investing in you again. The question is, are you sure? Are you sure you want to do this? Make three movies in a year?"
"I'm sure I can complete it. I'm not sure it will all be a good movie. I just have confidence and I will try my best to do my best."
"I'm not talking about movies, it's about your life." Hanks felt that he needed to advise. "With your plan, do you know how busy you will be? Six days a week, from morning to night? You will even eat while eating. Talk on the phone?"
"To be honest, I don't guarantee that I like that. Who would? But I guarantee that I don't like to spend the whole day lying on the beach in the sun. I want to try, and doesn't there be one day off every week? ? That¡¯s enough. I¡¯m also going to hire a few more assistants to improve my work efficiency.¡±
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Katherine Kennedy received a text message from Ye Wei and soon talked on the phone.
"Catherine, I was kicked out of school today, and my parents agreed that I won't go to school anymore. I have a lot more time, haha, I have a crazy plan."
She said OK and listened, gradually becoming surprised.
1993 was a great year for Amblin Entertainment and Spielberg.
"Jurassic Park" was released in June, and "Schindler's List" was released in December. The former swept the global movie market and became the first movie to have a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars; the latter is deeply touching, with a global box office of 300 million, and was nominated for 12 awards. Oscar, and won 7 awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
But they were not taken in the same year. The former was taken from September to December 1992, and the latter was taken from March to June 1993. They were both taken for 3 months. And they spend more time in pre-production.
Although none of Ye Wei¡¯s three projects are blockbusters, and they don¡¯t take that much time to produce with regular production processes, it¡¯s still crazy.
??If Ye Wei¡¯s plan is to make three movies in the next two years, it¡¯s acceptable, one year! The exact exact year. Three projects don¡¯t even have scripts yet, what does he want to do? What movie were you filming?
? Like Woody Allen? Woody Allen can only maintain one movie a year. When he was younger, he seemed to have tried two movies a year, which was already very fast.
Like Roger Koeman? It was Roger Corman who made "Fantastic Four" (1994) in 25 days; because he bet that he could shoot a movie in 2 days, he asked Charles Griffith to write the script immediately, and it took 2 days. After revising the script and shooting for two and a half days, he spent $30,000 to make "Little Flowers of Horror" (1960), which sold another $30 million at the box office. This was also done by Roger Corman.
It took 18 days and 450,000 yuan to produce "Exorcism Video" and sold another 200 million global box office. This was done by Ye Wei.
Generally speaking, in terms of exploitation, Ye Wei is still far from a master, but he does have the qualifications to become a new generation of Roger Koeman.
Roger CoeMann is a great figure, the master of independent film, the godfather of B-movies, and the founder of the New Hollywood movement. The four major directors of the 1980s all respect him. He gave Coppola a chance, Coppola brought out Lucas, and he gave Scorsese a chanceThe reason why Hollywood is what it is today is inseparable from Roger Corman's promotion.
Ye Wei was talking about how one month became two months. This was the creation of Roger Corman. In fact, it was "illegal filming", hiring non-union workers, ignoring labor laws, working overtime everything was done quickly, exploited and exploited. Exploit, save money, save time, save effort.
So when Roger Corman was young, three movies a year was nothing. Four, five, or six movies were his style. But how many "Little Flowers of Horror" were there?
"Kathleen Kennedy knew that if Ye Weizhen wanted to do this, he could really do it, of course.
But no one expects "just" Roger Koeman from Ye Wei. At least she is not. Ye Wei is a more talented and malleable wizard than Shyamalan. He has the potential to reach the level of the four major directors. Now Ye Wei is heading in the direction of Roger Corman, making three independent films a year.
"Weige, you are not Roger Corman." Catherine couldn't help but sigh, but still wanted to persuade him to direct "The Fantastic Beasts", "You should think more carefully."
"I'm not Roger Koeman, but I'm really overloaded right now!"
Hearing Ye Wei's laughter, Catherine had no choice but to smile. She knew and knew Roger Corman very well. This was his iconic saying sung by exploited filmmakers: "I am in a state of overload right now, and my life is a bit beyond my reach." "Control, but just another week, or a month, and I'll get everything back under control."
He always said this, and he did. Corman rarely made a film that took more than a month. This represents an era.
She persuaded: "This is not that era anymore. Old Hollywood has passed, it passed many years ago. Now the big studios are just like banks. There is no need to hate them or exploit them anymore. You are not a newcomer. You have been busy making three movies in a year, but it is probably not as good as your income from directing "The Fantastic Elf"."
Ye Wei¡¯s serious words came from the mobile phone:
"Yeah, it's not that era anymore. I think if Roger Corman was active today, using digital technology, he could make ten movies a year.
None of my three projects are B-level movies. How can any B-level movie have such a high budget? Catherine, I'm not trying to make a Roger Corman movie, I'm trying to make a masterpiece. Although it was only one year, the real work time and effort I put into it would never be less than a project that spent a lot of time on bullshit, negotiation, and multi-party fighting.
I am not specifically referring to the "Fantasy Elf Event Book", but two systems. I love what Roger Corman said: 'The reason why I want to make a living in movies is not because I have the opportunity to do things like intrigue and bargaining. I want to get it done as quickly as possible, and then I can focus all my attention on creation. ¡¯
Me too, I don¡¯t enjoy that at all, I just want to enjoy making movies.
I don¡¯t always want to be busy, but I really want to be overloaded. "
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??Under the starry sky at night, Brentwood, Ye¡¯s house.
Ye Wei made a lot of phone calls, and everyone was surprised. Happily, everything went well with the initial intention. I really want to thank Lions Gate.
He called Julia Roberts again and told her the new situation. He originally wanted to just say on the phone, "Emma can't play Susie", but let's talk about it in the interview tomorrow. Roberts will definitely be furious, there is no way, Emma is really not suitable.
How you coax Roberts is not important, the girl is.
Lying flat on the bed in the bedroom, Ye Wei took his mobile phone to send text messages to Nina. From yesterday to now, he has been sending text messages from time to time. He can also read the text messages to sort out his mood, right?
Recipient: Nina
"Hey, is anyone there? Hello!"
"Are you asleep?"
"I was expelled from school, didn't you say something? I deserved it?"
"Forgive me, I love you."
¡°Give me a chance, let me love only you with all my heart from now on. I don¡¯t even love Duoduo anymore, I only love you.¡±
"No one can destroy our relationship unless we give up ourselves, but I won't."
"I plan to overload next year and make three movies a year, but as long as you say you don't like what I do, I won't."
"Anyway, my plan for August is traveling! With you, nanananana."
"I'm going to move out and rent a place to live by myself. My parents have agreed. You can start moving to Los Angeles to study and develop."??'s plan, how about we live together? "
"Miss you!!!"
After pressing send, Ye Wei was about to continue writing the next text message. Ding dong, Nina replied! He jumped up from the bed and looked at Nina's reply on the phone screen: "Why should I believe you?" He couldn't help shouting happily and excitedly: "Yeah!!!" He kissed the phone hard and was willing to reply. fine.
??Hurryly press the phone to write a text message and send it: "don't-trt-me, try-me."
¡°Not-funny.¡± Ding dong, Nina replied.
"Can I call you? I want to hear your voice."
After a while, Nina didn't reply. Ye Wei leaned against the bed and called directly. In the nervous mood of anticipation, he listened to long beeps for more than a minutethe sound of a sudden connection came vaguely. When the girl snorted, he closed his eyes and smiled, thank God!
"Nina, you are so kind."
"You are a bastard." Her voice was hoarse, like crying, which made him feel very distressed for a moment. She said, "Didn't I tell you, we are finished."
Ye Wei said warmly: "We are finished because we have a new beginning."
"viy, don't be like this"
"Seriously? Viy? Call me Yunik. If you insist on calling me Viy, just call me Ivan, or Na Wei, Nina's Wei, you know, this is destined."
This is a joke he often uses to tease Nina. His middle name is ivan, which is navi, na and vi when reversed.
"You are really a gangster!" Nina was angry and angry. "You are a gangster, do you know?"
"I know." Ye Wei said with a smile, and immediately thought of a new meme, "Wei is a rogue, and he has become a vogue. Rogues and fashion are actually the same. You said that fashion people and rogues have something to do with each other? The difference is, just wear a little bit of clothing, it¡¯s like a bunch of gangsters, or you don¡¯t have money to buy clothes.¡±
"It's not funny." Nina said softly.
"Yes, if you don't forgive me, everything is boring. I am making myself a workaholic, as if that would make me feel better. No, Nina"
¡°I don¡¯t believe you, I¡¯m going to bed, don¡¯t call me again!¡± Nina suddenly interrupted him loudly, and hung up the call as soon as she finished her sentence.
Ye Wei shrugged with a smile and sent another text message: "Good night, I'll call you tomorrow." - 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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