While the publicity work for the commemorative autograph signing was in full swing in the United States, Yu Dong and his party had already arrived in Chengdu.
Every year the Galaxy Awards is more lively than in previous years, and this year is no exception. On the way from the airport to the hotel, far away in the east, they can see a huge banner hanging outside the Jinjiang Hotel, welcoming people from all walks of life to Chengdu.
Attend the Galaxy Awards Ceremony.
The guests attending the Galaxy Awards Ceremony this year are very international, including many European and American science fiction writers, directors and actors.
As soon as Yu Dong finished checking in, he met Harold and White, the head of the Disney Film Company's distribution department, in the aisle.
"Her Eyes" was just released last year. It performed very well at the box office and broke the box office record of Chinese movies. This year's Galaxy Awards should give Harold an award, plus there are many collaborations with Deep Space.
, so Harold came to participate in the Galaxy Awards very actively.
As for Disney, they have been cooperating with Deep Space, so they sent White here this time to give Deep Space face.
Seeing Yu Dong, Harold smiled and said, "YU, what a coincidence, we were just talking about you."
"Really? I am not the protagonist of this year's award ceremony."
Harold waved his hand: "We're not talking about the Galaxy Awards. Just now White told me that their company has a movie project and they are worrying about the script."
White nodded and explained: "Yes, YU, we do have a movie plan. The company has been preparing it for several years and has also found a screenwriter, but there is still no satisfying story. We have just rejected one in the past two days.
This is a script, so I mentioned this when I was chatting with Harold just now. Harold joked that he could ask you to help, but we all know that YU you are very busy now and may not be willing to write a script for us.
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Hearing White's words, Yu Dong smiled secretly. If he could write it, he must first have enough money. When it came to writing scripts, Yu Dong was very philistine.
"Whitey, it's an honor for me to write a script for Disney, but as you can see, I just arrived at the hotel and I haven't even gone to the room yet."
White quickly got out of the way, "I'm sorry, YU, I shouldn't have told you this."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Let me rest for a while and we can find a place to talk about your project. I'll see if this plan is not complicated. Do I have time to take it on?"
"Really?" After hearing Yu Dong's interest, White said pleasantly: "This project is very interesting, and it will definitely not be complicated for you."
Yu Dong nodded: "Okay, which room do you want to stay in? I will go find you then."
"312."
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They were quite tired from running all the way. As soon as Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu went to the room, they lay on the bed and didn't want to move.
It wasn't until evening that Yu Dong got up and rushed to White's room.
As soon as Yu Dong rang the doorbell, the door opened. This surprised him. Was this guy White always guarding the door?
"YU, you're here, please come in and sit down."
Before Dong could sit down, White took out another piece of manuscript paper, with a bunch of English written on it densely.
"These are some things I compiled temporarily, all related to our plan." White handed the paper to Yu Dong and continued: "The head office has always wanted to make a film related to a pirate theme park. At the beginning,
In fact, I wanted to make a cartoon, but I changed my mind a few years ago and wanted to make it into a movie. After our film company received this project, we began to prepare the script. In the past few years, we have read seven scripts one after another.
There are eight books, but none of them are satisfactory. In the past few years, there was nothing, but now the head office has started to rush us, so we are also under a lot of pressure."
Yu Dong listened to White's words and read what White wrote for him in his hand.
In fact, none of the things White wrote are important, they are just the theme of the plan.
When he heard White mention the word "pirate" just now, Yu Dong knew what they wanted to do.
"Pirates of the Caribbean", the theme park movie of the same name.
It is said that this movie is a commercial for Disney to promote the theme park and attract more tourists. It was not intended to make money at the beginning, but it was unexpected that it would later become a super big IP.
Yu Dong did not raise his head to look at White. He stared at the paper in his hand and really wanted to laugh.
In the past, he always asked Jimmy to look for various small IPs, trying to find some mistakes, and he did find some mistakes.
But I never expected that today, I would show off my long legs and take the initiative to run in front of him.
The so-called name of a person, the shadow of a tree, is precisely because of the reputation he has accumulated over the years, so when encountering such a situation, White will think of him. People and things that are originally unrelated will come together by chance.
Seeing that Yu Dong was silent, White thought that his explanation was not sufficient, so he continued: "Although this movie is based on a theme park, it has a high degree of freedom, as long as it is related to pirates, so there is not much creativity
restrictions on."
In White's view, a top-notch writer and playwright like YU should hate others limiting his scope, so White emphasized the freedom of this project so that YU can relax and create.
At this time, Yu Dongcai looked up at White and said with a smile: "White, your company is really spending a lot of money. Pirates are a very risky subject and it is basically difficult to make money."
White nodded: "It's true. Pirate themes are too difficult to make, and there's no way to make money. But if the head office wants it, then we can only do our best. In fact, the head office's requirements are also very simple. Make the story
It has to be more distinctive, and the box office won’t be too bad, and it doesn’t matter even if it makes a loss.”
"It seems that you are mentally prepared."
"Of course." White nodded, but then he reacted and said quickly: "YU, I don't want you to have too much pressure when I say this, but I absolutely believe in your ability. As long as you take action, this will
There will definitely be no problem with the movie's box office and reputation. Moreover, after the movie is launched, our company will do its best to promote it and will not let the movie lose money."
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! After finishing speaking, White took a deep breath. He was careless just now. For a writer of YU's level, money should no longer be important to him. What matters most to him is
It should be the reputation, and if the movie ends up losing money, he will definitely feel embarrassed.
White pursed his lips. He was not in a good state today and was a little too nervous.
The main reason is that White has been following this plan for a long time, and he naturally knows how unpopular the pirate theme is, so YU agreed to talk to him about the movie, which was such a surprise to him.
Yu Dong looked at White with a smile, "Well, I'll give it a try, but I've been busy these two days, so I may need to wait for a while."
White opened his eyes wide and said with surprise: "It's okay, it's okay, we can wait."
Of course they can wait. They have been waiting for several years and they don't care if they wait any longer. Even if the head office presses them again in the future, there will be no pressure on him. After all, they have found YU.
If YU can really write this script for them, then this matter will be half successful.
There are so many fans of YU books. I heard that the number of "Old Books" has just exceeded 40 million recently, and it has only been less than a year since this book was released. It is conceivable that the sales volume of this book will be even higher in the future.
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Not to mention that YU also has a series of best-selling books such as "Second World", "Resident Evil", and "Deep Space". I heard that the total sales of all YU's novels have exceeded 200 million, which is the highest sales volume among living writers.
, I don’t know if it’s true or false.
However, in White's impression, there is indeed no better-selling author than YU in recent years.
The other two fantasy writers under Deep Space, Rowling and George R.R. Martin, are also very good, but they still cannot compare with YU. In addition to the sales of single books, YU's output is also terrifyingly high. YU maintains this continuous output,
As a result, they can always hear YU's name.
Seeing White's excited look, Yu Dong smiled and stood up with what White had written, "Well, White, I'll leave first. Let's meet in the restaurant during dinner later."
White also stood up: "Okay, see you in the restaurant later."
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After coming out of White's room, Yu Dong called Jimmy directly. Jimmy also said that he would arrive in Chengdu today, but he didn't know if he would arrive by now.
When the call was connected, Yu Dong knew that Jimmy had arrived, so he smiled and said, "Which room is it in? I'll go find you."
Jimmy's voice sounded a little tired: "Is something wrong? I just arrived at the hotel and I'm so sleepy that I'm about to take a nap for a while. I don't even want to eat dinner."
Hearing how tired he was, Yu Dong nodded, "Okay, then you can go to sleep. It's not an important matter anyway. I'll talk to you later."
Jimmy didn't hang up the phone, "Don't say anything halfway, just tell me something first. As for whether it's important or not, let me decide for myself."
Yu Dong couldn't help it, so he said, "Disney wants to make a movie based on their pirate theme park. I think it's pretty good, so I want to give it a try."
"Suna." Jimmy suddenly became energetic and his voice rose high, "It's not important for you to tell me about such an important matter. I'm in 516. Come over quickly and talk in detail."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes. Jimmy's Yanjing accent has changed a lot now, and has gradually begun to develop into a Shanghai accent. Yu Dong himself doesn't usually say "Cena", but his father Yu Hansheng often puts this word on his lips.
Jimmy learned it through his eyes and ears, and now he often talks about it.
"Okay, I'll go there."
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Jimmy was indeed ready for bed. When he opened the door for Yu Dong, he was wearing a vest and shorts.
As soon as he saw Yu Dong, Jimmy asked anxiously: "Tell me, what's the situation at Disney?"
Yu Dong handed Jimmy the piece of paper White wrote for him: "Read it for yourself."
Jimmy took the piece of paper and read it carefully, and then said: "There is nothing on it. It just says that we are going to make a pirate-themed movie."
Yu Dong shrugged: "That's all."
"They didn't say anything about the cooperation model or screenwriting fees?" Jimmy asked.
"Not yet, just a preliminary chat, he didn't mention it, and I didn't mention it either."
Jimmy nodded: "You're right not to mention it. I'll talk to them about these things later. But... this pirate theme is a bit difficult. In fact, I know a little bit about Disney's plan to do pirate themes. Many years ago
They have an idea. Besides movies, they also want to make cartoons."
"I heard from White that before they were going to make cartoons, but now they're going to make movies," Yu Dong said.
Jimmy waved his hand, "Whitey didn't tell you the truth, or he only told you half the truth. Disney originally planned to make a pirate-themed cartoon, and later it did make a movie, but the plan for the cartoon
It has not stopped, and has even started. In fact, it is nothing new. They are going to remake "Treasure Island" into an animated film, and the investment is very high, probably more than 100 million US dollars. And the reason why I know
This matter is because Disney asked IMAX about this matter if we could make an IMAX version of this animated film. The answer we gave at the time was that it was not possible for the time being, but there is still hope after the animated film is actually released.
of."
Yu Dong had no impression of Disney's pirate cartoon at all. On the one hand, it may be because the cartoon did not become popular, and on the other hand, Yu Dong paid less attention to cartoons.
"I heard from White that Disney is very willing to invest, and their expectations are not high."
"Yes, their intention is very obvious, that is to make a commercial. So I said it's difficult. They themselves are not optimistic about the box office, so we can't interfere."
What Jimmy said about stepping in was to cooperate with Disney, invest in the movie, and get a share of the pie.
But this kind of pirate theme is too risky. If Disney loses money, it will lose money. At least it will be an advertisement for the amusement park. But if they get involved in Deep Space, they will really lose money. They may not make any money even if they shout out.
Yu Dong smiled and said, "How about we wait until my script is written?"
Jimmy raised his eyes and looked at Yu Dong, "Tsk, why do I feel that you are very interested in this pirate theme? Don't you know that there is no market for pirate-themed movies?"
"I know, but I want to try it, maybe it's not bad." Yu Dong smiled.
Jimmy is a good person, and he can tell by the tone of Yu Dong's words that Yu Dong has confidence. Although Jimmy doesn't know where Yu Dong's confidence comes from, as long as Yu Dong has confidence, he can support him unconditionally.
"OK!"
Jimmy slapped his thigh: "In that case, I'll go talk to Disney. Anyway, we still have some money on hand, which is enough for us to squander."
"Whether you want to spend money or not, just wait until I finish writing the script."
Yu Dong smiled. In fact, Disney is not optimistic about movies with this theme. In his opinion, it is a good thing. In this way, if Deep Space proposes investment, Disney will definitely welcome it. When the time comes, they will not talk about cooperation.
Chapter completed!