In fact, the financial pressure for deep space is still behind. Whether it is the mobile phone that Jimmy wants to build, or the personal computer that I want to build, as long as one of them is actually launched, the funds required must be very huge.
"How is Harry Potter now?" Yu Dong asked.
The filming plan for the "Harry Potter" movie started last year, but Yu Dong has not heard any news during this time.
If the "Harry Potter" IP can develop smoothly, it can bring considerable cash to Deep Space. Although the meat will have to be divided with Warner and Rowling herself, it will not end up in the hands of Deep Space.
few.
"I'm really not sure." Jimmy shook his head. "About two months ago, I asked about the progress. It seemed that it was still in the stage of selecting actors and it was not going well. Rowling requested to use British actors, and we respected it.
Her choice, but this also brings difficulty to the casting, the scope is too small."
Hearing that casting was still ongoing, Yu Dong raised his eyebrows. In fact, he was more curious about whether the previous batch of actors would be selected for this casting.
I have to say that the casting of "Harry Potter" is quite good, but Yu Dong does not think those actors are indispensable.
In Yu Dong's concept, only the "story" itself is irreplaceable. Others, whether directors or actors, are not irreplaceable. The so-called irreplaceable is just a later marketing term.
"After the casting is completed, remember to tell me."
Jimmy smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. You don't have to wait until the casting is completed. As long as there are preliminary candidates, they will submit them. You may be asked to give your reference. Chris is your loyal reader."
"Chris Columbus?"
"Of course, who else could it be?"
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows. Chris Columbus is the director of "Harry Potter". In addition to the "Harry Potter" series, he also has many out-of-the-box movies, such as "Home Alone" and "The Museum".
Wonderful Night" etc.
The last time he met Spielberg, Spielberg also mentioned Chris Columbus, and the two had co-written "The Goonies".
"Was he directed "Robot Butler," which was released last month?" Yu Dong asked.
"You're still paying attention to this movie." Jimmy smiled, "He is indeed the director. This movie is very good, but to be honest, I am not optimistic about the box office of this movie."
Yu Dong is not surprised. Although "Robot Butler" is a science fiction movie, it is not a movie that can attract the audience's attention in terms of graphics.
The film lasts for more than two hours, and the pace is very slow. As a robot movie, the robots in it don't look particularly sci-fi, and the special effects are certainly not particularly good.
This kind of soft science fiction ethics movie is unlikely to be a big hit in any region. The final result may be that it has a good reputation and a mediocre box office.
The reason why Yu Dong pays attention to this movie is that it is adapted from Asimov's novel of the same name. The foreign name is "bicentennial man", which literally translates to "The Two Hundred Years Old Man", or "The Two Hundred Years Old Man".
Hundreds of people".
Many of Asimov's novels are related to robots. Before the movie was released, "Two Hundred" was not well-known among readers, at least not as good as "Ring Dance" and other novels.
But Asimov himself said that of all the robot stories he wrote, his favorite was "The Two Hundred."
"Do you know where the copyright of Asimov's collection of short stories "I, Robot" is?" Yu Dong suddenly asked.
Jimmy raised his eyebrows in surprise, then shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, are you interested in it?"
"Kinda." Yu Dong smiled, "What science fiction fan is not interested in it?"
"Haha, you know what I mean, you want to make it into a movie?"
"Just a little idea."
Jimmy pondered: "What I'm curious about is, what kind of movie should this collection of novels be adapted into? Which one of them are you interested in?"
"I, Robot" is a collection of novels that contains a total of nine short stories, and these nine short stories were basically written by Asimov in the 1940s.
Yu Dong shook his head, "I'm not interested in the plot, I'm just interested in the three laws of robots."
Jimmy thought for a moment, then nodded with a smile and said, "I roughly understand what you mean. Let's do this. I'll ask later who owns the copyright and what the price is. If the price is okay, we'll buy it.
Come on. Not to mention the three laws, the name "I, Robot" alone is worth buying."
"Well, let's buy it first."
"Okay." Jimmy nodded and suddenly laughed again, "You are so interested in robots, why don't you write an article? Did you know that during this time, your science fiction readers are calling you on the Deep Space Tribe to continue writing science fiction?
Even the top brass of the YU Umbrella Association participated."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy with a smile, "You were not involved in this matter?"
Jimmy chuckled and said, "Those who know me are my friends! In fact, it doesn't mean participation. Those science fiction readers really want to see you continue writing science fiction novels, but I just gave you a little help from behind."
"Hey, the YU Umbrella Association has always been sponsored by our company. It is basically an organization under our company's name. Without your approval, can these senior leaders take the lead in doing things?"
"That's true."
Of course Jimmy did this to keep Yu Dong popular... It stands to reason that Yu Dong's current fame does not require this method to keep popular. He can always appear in the news headlines in various ways.
But Jimmy had different considerations. Yu Dong started his career in science fiction, and he had been the number one person in the science fiction industry for the past few years.
In the past few years, Yu Dong has not written much science fiction. In addition, there are more and more rising stars in the science fiction world. Yu Dong's popularity in the science fiction world is naturally not as good as before. In order for Yu Dong to maintain his status in the science fiction world, Jimmy often has to
Take readers to reminisce about the grand scenes of previous years.
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As soon as Yu Dong was halfway through his words, Jimmy grabbed Yu Dong's arm excitedly: "Are you going to write science fiction?"
"Don't move your hands or feet." Yu Dong shook his arm in disgust and shook Jimmy's hand away.
Jimmy chuckled and said, "I'm out of control, I'm out of my mind, go on, are you going to write science fiction?"
"It's just some ideas. I don't know whether I'll write it or not. I've been quite busy recently. The movie "Pumping Heart" that I promised before hasn't been released yet. If I want to write it, I have to wait until "Pumping Heart" is finished."
Jimmy curled his lips and said: "I have already written the script for "Heartbeat". Writing a novel is not a matter of minutes. I believe you can write the novel in a week at most. I don't think you should think about ""
Regarding the novel "Pumping Heart", I should first think about the science fiction novel, and then write "Pumping Heart" after the science fiction novel is finished. Anyway, it will take some time for the movie "Pumping Heart" to be released. By then
When the novel is published and the movie is released, it will be the most popular time and it will also boost the box office performance, right?"
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "Director Reiner has urged me many times overtly and covertly. He is very concerned about this matter. He will come in a few days, and he will definitely come to ask about it then. I won't always deal with him.
Very good.”
"Of course he cares. After all, this directly affects the box office of the movie. Tell me what you think... You suddenly mentioned "I, Robot" certainly not for nothing. Is your new idea related to Robot?
Does it matter? Robots are good. Although robots are traditional, many people like to see them and they will last forever."
Yu Dong did not deny it: "It is indeed related to robots."
In fact, the idea came up temporarily. We just talked about "Robot Butler", and the first movie that came to Yu Dong's mind was "Mechanical Enemy", and then he thought of the original novel "I, Robot".
After thinking of "I, Robot", he then thought of a cartoon called "Wall-E".
Yu Dong doesn't watch many animated movies, but "Wall-E" is definitely at the top of his list. Maybe he can write "Wall-E".
To be honest, when I first saw the name "Wall-E", Yu Dong didn't want to read it, because the name didn't seem to be anything special, just like "Finding Nemo" or "Toy Story".
Of course, this is not to say that "Finding Nemo" or "Toy Story" are bad, but in Yu Dong's opinion, no matter what kind of "Finding Nemo" they are, they are all ordinary, at best good cartoons suitable for all ages.
But the performance of "Wall-E" was very beyond Yu Dong's expectations. This movie with basically no lines has the power to touch people's hearts. However, the name of the movie is actually a fault of translation, although Yu Dong understood that he had considered it when translating the name.
Although he saw the brand power of the "Wall-E" series, he still felt that a literal translation of "Wall-E" would be better.
At this time, the entire conference room was deserted, leaving only Yu Dong and Jimmy. The staff member responsible for turning off the lights was originally going to stay and turn off the lights, but when he saw the two bosses talking about something, he wisely
left.
Looking at the empty conference room, Jimmy said, "Let's go and sit in Yuliang's office. This is not a place to talk."
Yu Dong nodded: "Okay."
The reason why I go to Yuliang Office is because only Yuliang Office has good tea.
In the past, Yu Dong and Jimmy always had good tea in their offices. Not only was it good tea, but all kinds of drinks were well-equipped and changed regularly.
Later, Yu Dong thought it was a waste, so he told them not to prepare any more. If necessary, they could just pick it up temporarily. Normally, they would just clean his and Jimmy's offices.
Because the World Electronic Game Competition will start tomorrow, followed by the week-long Deep Space Annual Conference, during this time every employee of the company is busier than the other. Although it is almost nine o'clock, most of the offices are lit. No.
Many employees work continuously. They don't get any rest in the first week, and they don't get any rest in the next week either.
If you work at Deep Space Company, you will receive generous overtime wages for overtime work. However, you cannot work overtime if you want. If employees want to work overtime, they need to submit an overtime application to their direct boss and wait until the boss approves it before they can work overtime.
When Yu Dong and Jimmy arrived at Yuliang's office, Yuliang was immersed in processing documents. When he heard footsteps, he thought he was an assistant and said without raising his head: "Help me prepare the information for "Flowers and Grass Lovers" in a moment.
I want to see."
Jimmy pinched his nose and said in a very strange tone: "Okay, Mr. Yu, I will prepare it for you now."
Hearing this voice, Yu Liang frowned, "Your throat..."
As soon as he looked up, Yu Liang saw Jimmy and Yu Dong, and immediately laughed, "I'm just telling you, when did Xiao Wu become a eunuch?"
With that said, he got up and went to pour tea for Yu Dong and others.
But as soon as he stood up, he was stopped by Jimmy, "Just don't move. We'll pour whatever we drink. If you want anything to drink, I'll pour it for you."
Yu Liang smiled and said: "How can a boss serve tea to his employees?"
Yu Dong said with a smile, "You are wrong about what you said. You are working overtime to create benefits for the company. It is not too late to be happy as the boss. How can you stop working to pour us tea? We not only want to give you
I pour you the strongest tea even when I pour it, so you can’t sleep at night and have to work overtime.”
Jimmy, who was pouring tea, gave a thumbs up, "Look, this is the face of capitalists."
Although Yu Dong said that, Jimmy didn't make green tea at night, but made some black tea.
Yuliang also stopped what he was doing. The three of them each held a cup of black tea in their hands and sat around the coffee table. Yuliang rubbed his brows and asked, "What are the orders from the two bosses who came here at this time?"
"
Jimmy waved his hand, "No, we came from the conference room. Didn't I just get here, so I called him to come and sit down. Compared to our two offices, your office is a little more popular."
"How was the reading meeting? I didn't go to see it either."
"It's a normal reading, nothing special happened. The main thing is the opening ceremony and debut ceremony tomorrow morning, when the audience and reporters will be there."
"Speaking of the opening ceremony, how are Zhang Yimou's preparations going? Have you gone to see it?" Jimmy asked.
Yu Dong shook his head and said he was not sure. He had only read Zhang Yimou's plan. As for the rehearsal, he had never read it once.
"It's pretty good. I went to see it twice during the rehearsal. Although the time was tight, the whole rehearsal process was orderly and Director Zhang didn't seem to be particularly anxious."
"This kind of small opening ceremony is not difficult for him... Does he still have rehearsals tonight?"
"Yes. Didn't you hear any movement at the conference venue when you came here?"
Yu Dong and Jimmy both shook their heads. The small conference room was actually not far from the conference venue, but they did not hear any movement there.
Chapter completed!