Yu Dong didn't expect that Reiner would ask such a question at the end.
Seeing the surprise on Yu Dong's face, Rob Reiner smiled and said: "I think "Heartbeat" is a very good story. It would be a pity if it was not written into a novel. I also understand that if this movie is released in theaters
Compared with those visual effects blockbusters, it has no advantages, but it is different when it is written as a novel. Readers can better understand the story in the text while holding the book."
"But I..."
Just when Yu Dong was about to speak, Rob Reiner said again, "YU, I did some calculations. If you can write this story into a novel, the cost of this movie can be reduced by half."
The cost is reduced by half... The cost of "Pumping Heart" is about more than 8 million US dollars. If it is reduced by half, it will be more than 4 million US dollars. The cost of shooting this movie is not high, more than 4 million can definitely be done.
Yes, the real place to spend money is indeed publicity.
Rob Reiner made a good calculation. If Yu Dong really writes "Pumping Heart" into a novel, then most of the publicity costs can definitely be saved, and the effect will definitely be better than the millions they spent on publicity.
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By then, the cost will be saved, and the box office will also increase, so you can make a lot of money every time.
To do all this, YU only needs to put pen to paper and change the script into a novel. This is not difficult in Rob Reiner's view.
In fact, it is not difficult. At least compared to writing other novels, it will definitely take much less time to change "Pumping Heartbeat" into a novel.
Yu Dong looked at Rob Reiner with interest. No wonder this guy was so anxious to see him. It turned out to be for this, and what he had discussed with him earlier was secondary.
And listening to Rob Reiner's words... Yu Dong always felt familiar - Jimmy always used this kind of words to deal with him.
But what they said is indeed true. There is a huge gap between those who have written novels and those who have not. The most important thing is that "Pumping Heart" is indeed suitable for being written into a novel. After all, it was originally adapted from a novel.
The reason why Yu Dong didn't want to write a novel before was mainly because he felt that this type of novel was not suitable for him to write.
Some people may find it strange that he can write the script of "Pumping Heart", why can't he write this novel?
This is because there is a big gap between the genres of scripts and novels. When Yu Dong wrote the script, he only had to write out the storyline and dialogue between the characters.
But novels are not good, they reveal more things, the same plot, the same dialogue, written in the way of a novel, different people will have different feelings when writing it, and Yu Dong's own style may not be suitable.
Since it might not be suitable, Yu Dong simply didn't give it a try. After all, he wasn't short of this novel.
"Mr. Reiner, let's face it, I may not be able to agree to it for the time being."
"Why?" Reiner was stunned for a moment.
In Reiner's view, since the story has been published, why not write it into a novel? After writing the novel, you can not only earn royalties from physical sales, but also save the cost of promoting the movie, and the movie box office will probably increase a lot.
All of this adds up to at least tens of millions of dollars, not to mention too much.
Why wouldn't you want to do such a good thing?
Yu Dong smiled and explained: "I haven't considered this matter for the time being. Let me think about it for a while. If you agree, I will contact you again."
Rob Reiner stared at Yu Dong for a while, and finally sighed slightly, "Okay, YU, then I'll wait for your good news. Actually, I think..."
For the rest of the story, Reiner stopped talking in the middle of his sentence. He probably felt that no matter how much he said now, he would not be able to convince YU.
In fact, Yu Dong's guess was correct. Reiner had indeed discussed this matter with Jimmy before he came, and Jimmy did give Reiner some advice. The set of words just now was taught to Reiner by Jimmy.
Reiner wanted Yu Dong to write "Pumping Heart" into a novel. In fact, the idea was very simple. He just wanted to save publicity costs. He always felt that more than half of the production cost of a movie was spent on publicity, which was too exaggerated.
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Moreover, Reiner also got a share of the proceeds from this movie. He felt really sad for spending so much on publicity and distribution.
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The two chatted briefly for a while, and Liner said goodbye. Yu Dong smiled and asked to stay, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Come all the way here, at least have a meal together at noon. It's almost eleven o'clock now, so it's time to go."
Went to eat."
Reiner looked at his watch and raised his eyebrows, "I didn't expect time to fly by so fast, so let's have a meal together. I happen to know a restaurant nearby that tastes pretty good, and it only takes a few minutes to walk there."
"Okay." Yu Dong nodded, stood up, "Let's go."
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Yu Dong didn't call Yu Hua or the others, he and Liner went to have a simple meal.
The restaurant is indeed not far from the bookstore. It doesn't take me even five minutes to walk there, even if I don't walk quickly.
After eating, the two of them walked to the bookstore again. When they arrived at the door, they heard a noise.
"Whose child is this?"
"Kid, where are your parents?"
"Who brought you here?"
"Should I call the police?"
"Let's adjust the monitoring first and take a look."
Out of curiosity, the two walked into the bookstore and saw a group of staff surrounding a little girl, discussing anxiously.
From what they said, the little girl must have gotten lost with her parents.
The little girl is about six or seven years old. She has long black hair. She looks a bit like a mixed race. She is very beautiful.
She is very courageous and has no stage fright. She was surrounded by so many people and did not panic at all.
After the clerks chattered for a while, the little girl raised her head and said, "My dad has gone to the toilet, and he asked me to help him queue up here."
Everyone around was stunned, and one of the clerks asked: "Then why didn't you say anything just now? Besides, your father has been away for too long."
"He ate hot pot last night. It was too spicy, so he had diarrhea today. There were too many of you talking just now, and I couldn't even get a word in."
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay."
The clerks were relieved when they saw that nothing happened. The other clerks went back to their posts, leaving only one clerk next to the little girl, waiting for her father to come back from the toilet.
Yu Dong stared at the little girl for a while and asked Reiner next to him: "What do you think of this little girl?"
Reiner raised his eyebrows, "You mean?"
"Well, let her play the younger heroine."
After hearing what Yu Dong said, Reiner also took a serious look at the little girl in front of him. About three or four minutes later, Reiner said: "Everything is good, but one thing is that she played a smaller heroine.
There won’t be many actors available for the older heroines later on.”
Chapter completed!