After the activity was over, Wang Jun ran up to Yu Dong and sincerely praised, "Teacher Yu Dong, your speech was really good."
Yu Dong smiled and replied, "Thank you for the compliment. You can contact my assistant Jiang Jie about the interview. I'll leave you with your contact information later."
Wang Jun said in surprise, "Thank you, thank you, then I won't disturb you."
After Wang Jun left, Yu Dong followed Tian Weizhang to his house. This time Tian Weizhang wanted to stay with Yu Dong to eat. Since it was hard to refuse such kindness, Yu Dong readily agreed.
After dinner, Yu Dong and the others did not go home. Instead, they went to Shangxi to pick up Ruan Xiaohu and embarked on the road to Jinling.
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Just after Jimmy saw off Scorsese, who came to talk about the movie "Fatal Identity", he received a call from another director, Joe Schumacher.
What Jimmy didn't expect was that Joe Schumacher called and asked about the film adaptation rights of "Fatal Identity".
Jimmy could only say regretfully, "Mr. Schumacher, you are a step late. We have handed over the film and television adaptation rights of "Fatal Identity" to Universal Pictures. Warner should have got the news, haven't you heard?"
"Oh, I didn't ask Warner. I wanted to make this movie myself." Schumacher was also a little disappointed.
This year, "Batman Forever" directed by him was released and performed well, taking in 180 million in box office in North America and 340 million in global box office.
Of course, compared with the "Resident Evil" released later, this box office was not good enough.
It was also because of this that Joe Schumacher became interested in YU's novels. After reading around YU's novels, Schumacher finally focused on "Fatal Identity".
After thinking about it, Joe Schumacher was still a little unwilling and asked again: "Jimmy, I wonder if YU has any other similar novels or scripts?"
"No, YU rarely writes scripts."
Joe Schumacher raised his eyebrows, "Very few, which means he can also write scripts? Can I ask him to help write a script for me?"
"This...does it require his help in adapting it? Or does it need to be original? What is the subject? Do you have an idea?" Jimmy asked.
"Suspense and thriller type, there is no requirement for anything else, as long as it is written by him."
Jimmy pondered for a while and said, "Let me ask you."
"Okay, thank you, Jimmy."
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On the way back to Jinling, Yu Dong received a call from Yuliu saying that Joe Schumacher asked him to write a thriller and suspense movie script. He immediately wanted Yuliu to reject it for him. During this time, he was writing another script, and it was about to be written soon.
At the end of the term, there were also some things to be busy with at school, so he didn't have time to write other scripts.
But after thinking about it, he still said to Yu Liang: "Tell the other party that I will think about it."
"Okay, I know."
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yanqiu asked curiously, "Someone invited you to write a script? Aren't you about to write a suspenseful thriller recently? Isn't it just for the other party?"
Yu Dong laughed and said: "The script I am writing now is for the school's short film competition and cannot be given to others. Moreover, the short film I wrote is not suitable for Joe Schumacher."
"Then why don't you just reject the other party?"
"Because I thought of another story, maybe Joe Schumacher would like it. After I finish the short film on hand, I will see if I can write another story." Yu Dong said with a smile.
In fact, it was when he heard the name Joe Schumacher that he suddenly thought of another story. Yu Dong had not seen many Joe Schumacher movies, except for "Phantom of the Opera" and that one was "The Phone Booth".
The other story Yu Dong mentioned is "Sniper Phone Booth". The story of this movie is actually very simple, even a little confusing, but it is gripping and makes people maintain a high sense of tension while watching the movie.
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The protagonist is a publicist who lies three times and is very eloquent. When he went to the phone booth to call his lover, he suddenly received a call from a stranger.
The protagonist knows nothing about this stranger, but the stranger seems to know everything about him, including his name, where he lives, who his wife is, and even who his lover is.
And the stranger told him that he would kill him as soon as he hung up the phone.
The male protagonist didn't believe it, so the gunman first shot a robot near the phone booth, and later even killed a chicken head.
The purpose of this gunman was to make the male protagonist confess all the lies he had told before, and in the end the male protagonist did confess.
However, from the beginning to the end, the movie never explains who the gunman is and why he does what he does. It is as if the gunman is a knight who is doing justice to God. He is dissatisfied with the male protagonist who often deceives others, so he punishes him.
The general plot is like this, very simple, but the little episodes that happen in the middle can arouse the audience's emotions step by step.
Yu Dong wants to wait until the script he is currently preparing is finished and then try to write "Sniper Phone Booth". If he can write it, he will ask Jimmy to give it to Joe Schumacher.
As for the script he has on hand now, it is a French short film he has watched.
A few days ago, the piano at home needed to be tuned, and a professional tuner was hired, who was still blind. When Yu Dong saw the blind tuner, he remembered the French short film "The Tuner"
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It happened that Shenkong was going to fund a short film competition in Jinyi, so Yu Dong decided to write "The Tuner" and let Jia Zhangke shoot it.
The story of "The Tuner" is also very simple. A talented pianist failed in the piano competition and was very frustrated. Later, after a period of adjustment, he started to make money as a tuner, and he was also a blind tuner.
The reason why he pretends to be blind is because the client believes that blind people have sharper hearing, and he can also gain sympathy and some extra income.
Until one day, he went to a client's house. After entering, he found that the male owner of the house was dead, and the female owner was the murderer.
Although he was scared inside, he still tried to pretend to be blind so that the murderer could let him go.
Later, when he was playing the piano without feeling at ease, the hostess stood behind him and pointed a rivet gun at the back of his head. As for whether she killed him or not, the film did not explain.
Generally speaking, "The Tuner" and "Sniper Phone Booth" have two similarities.
The first one is an open ending. "Sniper Phone Booth" does not explain who the gunman is, why he did it, and what he will do next; "The Tuner" does not explain whether the hostess killed the tuner.
The second is that both stories are related to lies. In "Sniper Phone Booth", the male protagonist got into trouble with the gunman because of his lies, which led to a series of subsequent stories; in "The Tuner", the male protagonist was pretending to be blind.
Chapter completed!