Yu Dong and the others did not enter the theme building, but went to his office.
As soon as the couple entered the office, they saw three pandas, which shocked them.
When he saw the appearance of the three pandas clearly, Yu Dong couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Why are you three here?"
The ones who came were none other than Zhang Yimou, Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.
"It's okay. Isn't it the theme of today's film and television drama? I'll bring them two over to have a look." Zhang Yimou said.
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Played cards very late last night?"
Yu Hua yawned, "It just ended an hour ago. I wanted to go back to sleep, but this old man caught me. He lost more than a hundred yuan last night, and he felt unbalanced."
Cheng Yanqiu saw the three of them and smiled, "I'm going to ask someone to bring some tea over. I'll go find Da Jing and the others later and let you guys chat."
After Cheng Yanqiu left, Yu Dong asked again, "Did you walk on the red carpet when you came?"
Yu Hua pointed at his face, "Outside the officials, do you think we can go to the red carpet in this state? There is a large group of reporters outside. If they see us staring at the dark circles under our eyes, they may not know what to do to us.
Compile news.”
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Don't worry about that. If a reporter asks you why you have dark circles under your eyes, just say that they had a long conversation last night to discuss literature, and it got out of hand. Maybe there will be a paragraph
Good story."
Bi Feiyu gave a thumbs up: "This is a good idea, I think it works."
Yu Dong looked at the three of them and said, "You came here so early in the morning. Do you really have nothing else to do?"
"Really not." Yu Hua stood up and walked to the upper level of the office, "I'm going to find a place to relax for a while."
Yu Dong's office is large and fully functional, and of course there is a place to rest.
After Yu Hua entered, Bi Feiyu also stood up and ran to occupy the rocking chair and sofa behind the bookshelf, "I'll sleep here."
After they both went to bed, Yu Dong looked at Zhang Yimou, "Do you want to go to bed?"
Zhang Yimou shook his head, "If I don't sleep, I can carry it better."
Yu Dong nodded, Zhang Yimou could indeed carry it. He rarely slept, so staying up late was common for him.
"Then you sit down for a while while I look at the information."
He hasn't finished sorting out the remaining information on "Pirates of the Caribbean" that was given to him yesterday. Jimmy is coming over in the afternoon and he plans to finish it in the morning.
"Well, go ahead and I'll find a book to read. You don't have to ignore me."
Yu Dong nodded and ran to read the information. However, less than half an hour after reading, he heard slight snoring coming from the sofa - Zhang Yimou also fell asleep.
After a while, two more snores sounded in the office, and one was louder than the other, one after another.
The cooperation between the three of them was perfect, and there was never any silence in the office for a second.
Yu Dong rubbed his temples, picked up the phone and called the secretarial department, "Send me a walkman and a pair of headphones."
As the Deep Space Company grew in size, a secretarial department was also established. The secretarial department now has eight or nine secretaries, each of whom is responsible for coordinating the work of one or more department heads or above.
Yu Dong doesn't come often, and he has a special assistant, but if something happens, the entire secretarial office is at his disposal.
When they heard that their boss wanted a walkman and headphones, the secretaries in the secretarial department didn't dare to neglect, and quickly contacted Deep Space Music to arrange for the latest and best equipment to be delivered to Yu Dong's office.
Xiao Li, who was in charge of delivering the Walkman and headphones, was still wondering why her boss suddenly wanted these things. When she knocked on the door and heard the loud shouts inside, she immediately understood that this was not an office. It looked like a lumberyard.
Yu Dong put on his headphones, but the music was not playing yet. There was only the sound of the tape spinning, but he showed a satisfied smile. Compared to the snoring of Zhang Yimou and the three of them, the sound of the tape spinning was like fairy music.
Put on headphones and your work efficiency will instantly increase.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" information provided by Yiliang includes the appearance of props, costumes, character shapes and some symbols.
In the previous "Pirates of the Caribbean" script written by Yu Dong, there were descriptions of these contents, and they were quite detailed. The current information is also some sketches and explanations made by the production staff based on those descriptions.
Because it is based on text descriptions, there are generally no errors, but some details are still not perfect. What Yu Dong has to do is to circle these imperfections. It is best if he can give some more details.
Specific suggestions are provided to facilitate staff modification.
The basis for Yu Dong's circle notes is not only his memory of watching movies in his previous life, but also the results he obtained after studying the data.
Although I have seen the movie and remember the plot of the movie, I actually only have a general impression of the actors' images, costumes, and props, and most people will not remember these things after watching the movie.
…
It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that Yu Dong finished processing the information.
Zhang Yimou woke up at about eleven o'clock. The two had lunch together, and then Zhang Yimou went to the theme museum. As for Bi Feiyu and Yu Hua, they were still fast asleep.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Spielberg entered Yu Dong's office and heard snoring one after another. His eyebrows stood up, "What is this sound?"
"This is the cry of literature."
Yu Dong made a joke, and then asked Spielberg to sit down, "Sit down for a while, and I'll cut off these two literary cries."
Immediately, Yu Dong ran to the back, woke up Bi Feiyu and the others, and pushed them into the back of the office.
After returning, Yu Dong smiled and explained, "Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu rested here for a while."
Spielberg nodded to express his understanding, "It seems that these two writers have been very tired recently. Do they have any new works to show you?"
"Maybe." Yu Dong laughed, and then said to Spielberg, "Today is the special day for film and television dramas. In fact, I shouldn't ask you to come up, but while you are here, Jimmy is coming over today, so I thought
Let’s talk about it now. If we talk about it early, we can continue to move forward in the next few days.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What happened?" Spielberg asked doubtfully. He remembered that he and Yu Dong did not talk about anything specific the night before.
Yu Dong got straight to the point: "It's related to "Shrek"."
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When Jimmy arrived at Yu Dong's office, Spielberg was drinking his third cup of tea. Yu Dong, who was sitting opposite him, was also holding a teacup and looking at him quietly.
After glancing at Spielberg, who was looking thoughtful, Jimmy looked at Yu Dong again, mouthing and asking, "What's going on?"
Yu Dong shrugged his shoulders, and then motioned for Jimmy to sit down. Jimmy nodded and sat down next to Yu Dong.
When Jimmy sat down, Spielberg seemed to realize that Jimmy was coming and said with a smile, "There you are, Jimmy."
"Well, I'm here. How was your talk with YU?"
"We just started talking." Spielberg smiled, "He said he hopes to co-produce "Shrek" with me. Why didn't you mention this before?"
Jimmy smiled and said: "There was no problem with your plan before, so we can't interfere."
These words made Spielberg raise his eyebrows. There was indeed a problem with the production plan of "Shrek", and it was more serious than what he told Jimmy before. The entire plan has been basically shelved.
The copyright for "Shrek" was purchased by Spielberg in 1991. At that time, Spielberg's own company originally wanted to shoot it and even made hand-drawn drawings, but in the end it was not done.
It was not until October 1996 that this plan was restarted at DreamWorks. However, after the restart, it encountered a lot of troubles. It was only a small trouble before, but recently it has encountered a big trouble.
From the beginning, DreamWorks planned to make "Shrek" into a motion capture animation, and it has always been done this way, but halfway through, it was discovered that the effect was not very good.
At this time, we are faced with a question: Should we endure this discomfort and continue to do it, or should we throw away the previous ones and make them into CG special effects animations again?
At this time, there were differences of opinion within the company.
What Spielberg means is that although the cost of making CG special effects animation will increase, the effect will be better, but other people have some opinions on this. They think that motion capture is not that bad, and there is no need to waste money.
Moreover, the company's budget for this animated film is not large, with a total budget of less than 50 million US dollars.
Seeing Spielberg's hesitation, Jimmy smiled and said: "Steven, I know what you are thinking. Now that the plan for "Shrek" has been launched, you don't have the final say alone, right?
"
Spielberg nodded.
If it were before, when all "Shrek" was in his hands, he could of course make the decision directly. But it's different now. Now that DreamWorks has put its efforts into this plan, Spielberg has no right to directly transfer this IP.
Give it to Deep Space.
"Your worries are unnecessary. As far as I know, this plan has been stalled now. No one knows whether it will be launched in the future. If it is shelved all the time, then DreamWorks' previous efforts will be completely in vain.
It would be better to package this plan and the things previously produced by DreamWorks and sell them to me, Deep Space, and let us take over. In this way, the plan can continue to be launched and DreamWorks can recover its funds."
Jimmy's proposal made Spielberg a little excited, "How much are you prepared to pay? If the money is not enough, they may not let it go."
"How much we will pay depends on how much work you have done. I can guarantee you that it will not be less than 10 million US dollars. If you have done more work, it is possible to pay 20 to 30 million US dollars."
of."
Twenty to thirty million US dollars...
Spielberg roughly calculated in his mind that the total cost of purchasing the copyright and the preliminary work should be only 8 million to 15 million US dollars, and this included both cash and non-cash.
If they can sell it for 20 to 30 million, their company will make a lot of money.
If you make 10 million US dollars in the end, you may make more money than the movie box office, and there are risks in releasing the movie, but selling it directly is very safe, and you can get money in advance.
Thinking of this, Spielberg nodded, "I think you can try to talk to DreamWorks. I will express my attitude to the company on this matter and fully support it."
"No problem. When the annual meeting is over, I will go back to the United States to discuss this with your company." Jimmy smiled, "Actually, our company does not expect this movie to make money. The main reason is that we want to set up an animation branch. If
If we can really negotiate for this cartoon, we are ready to negotiate for PDI."
The PDI mentioned by Jimmy is a well-known visual effects company. It started out as an advertising company, and later broke into film production and gained quite a reputation in the field of special effects. The previous "Ants" produced by DreamWorks was similar to
Cooperate with this company.
Originally, Jimmy had been staring at Pixar, but after Dudong mentioned "Shrek", he turned his attention to PDI.
Relatively speaking, the difficulty of acquiring PDI is much lower. If we can win "Shrek" this time, then it shouldn't take much effort to acquire PDI. Jimmy knows the current situation of PDI very well. Their management over the years
They are all in pretty good condition and are of the steady and steady type.
However, because they were too steady and steady, their development encountered a bottleneck. The company's founder, Carl Rosendahl, recently intended to expand their business, so it was a very good time for Deep Space to intervene at this time.
The reason why Jimmy told Spielberg this was because he wanted to tell Spielberg that he did not buy this animated film because he thought it was very profitable. This would prevent DreamWorks from raising the price crazily or not selling it at all.
Keep it for yourself.
Spielberg is a smart man, and of course he understood what Jimmy meant. He smiled and said: "Don't worry, no matter whether you think this movie will do well at the box office or not, as long as you are really willing to pay, the company will definitely sell it.
There is a very good saying in China, a hundred birds in the woods are worth less than one bird in the hand. Even if there is hope of earning 30 million or more, Katzenberg and others would definitely prefer to start with
Earn 10 million."
Jimmy nodded in agreement. In fact, he would be willing to do it if it were him. After all, there are many uncertainties in making a movie. Whether it can be shot well, whether it can be released, whether it can have a good box office, there are uncertainties in every aspect, as long as
If there is an error in one link, the cost paid before may not be recovered.
When the matter reached this point, Spielberg felt much more relaxed. He picked up the teacup and suddenly smiled and said, "You have two cooperation plans with Disney, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Mythology Universe. If you take down PDI,
, will the production still turn to Pixar or Disney?”
Chapter completed!