screenwriter mystery

Chapter 328 Evolution of a New Script

Ron Mayer's 'defamation' of Jeff Robinoff is understandable.

Several major film production companies in Hollywood are themselves in competition with each other. Last year, several films released in succession achieved huge gains in the box office market.

Universal's share in the film market has been expanding smoothly, catching up quickly, and even surpassing Paramount and Warner, which have been pressing on top in the past.

And the biggest contributor to all this is naturally Zhao Yuan who is beside Ron.

Last year, several of Universal's most profitable film projects in the film market were all without the presence of Zhao Yuan.

This is also why, knowing that "Heroes Out of Control" is not popular at the Oscars, Universal still does its best to fight for the Oscars with public relations.

The purpose is to win over and maintain a fairly harmonious cooperative relationship between the two parties through Oscar.

Unfortunately, Universal miscalculated a bit.

That is, Zhao Yuan didn't value Oscar as much as he imagined.

Hollywood is just a means for him to conceal his identity, and the mastermind behind the scenes is his main business.

Although, he, the man behind the scenes, had just returned from his vacation in Hawaii not long ago, so he didn't feel the slightest sense of urgency.

"I don't have much interest in superhero movies."

Expressed his attitude towards Ron Mayer.

This is not Zhao Yuan's casual perfunctory, but his true inner thoughts. After all, under the evolution of the script, he can arbitrarily manifest extraordinary power in the real world.

Compared with the evolved script, superheroes are only virtual movie products after all, and the scenes created through green screen and special effects are not as exciting as reality.

Of course, no matter what.

The attitude expressed by Zhao Yuan is at least a kind of comfort to Ron Meyer.

"The sequel to "The Blair Witch" has already entered preparation, and the new script has been completed..."

As soon as the topic changed, Ron brought the topic to the production of the sequel of the movie "The Blair Witch".

Universal spent a lot of money to buy the film's sequel copyright from Zhao Yuan, so naturally it didn't mean that it would be left in the dust, even though Zhao Yuan had made it clear that he would not write and direct the film's sequel.

However, Universal still used its financial ability to persuade Zhao Yuan to be the producer of the film.

He doesn't need to do anything, just hang a title on this sequel, proving that this movie is indeed a legitimate sequel.

Naturally, Zhao Yuan had no reason to refuse this kind of request to send money without doing anything.

It is very common for Hollywood directors to hang up with producers.

Through this approach, it can not only play a certain role in publicity, but when the box office of the movie is not ideal, the director who is the producer can also make excuses, after all, he is not a director or screenwriter.

Nodding his head, for Universal's sequel to "The Blair Witch", Zhao Yuan, as in the past, did not have any expectations.

The previous movie offended too many audiences for publicity.

It is not that simple to repeat the previous routine and make a fortune.

The box office of "The Blair Witch 2" is likely to be cold.

However, this has nothing to do with Zhao Yuan anymore. Anyway, he has already obtained the copyright fee from Universal.

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The next day, Oscar's influence continued to ferment.

"The Hurt Locker" became the biggest winner of this Oscar night, and this result was quickly reflected in the DVD market.

According to media statistics, during the two days after "The Hurt Locker" won the award, the movie's DVD sales increased by [-]%, and this rate is still rising.

Compared with the explosive response in the DVD market, the awards for "The Hurt Locker" on the Internet are showing a polarized trend.

After all, no matter how great the aura of the Oscars is, it cannot conceal the fact that "The Hurt Locker" was beaten by "Avatar" at the box office. As a world-renowned director, Cameron himself has a large number of supporters on the Internet, and The 3D movie technology brought by "Avatar" has pushed it to a higher position.

It just so happens that such an "Avatar" won very little Oscar.

This kind of contrast naturally makes it difficult for movie fans to accept, thinking that the Oscar judges are old-fashioned and backward, and cannot accept new technologies at all.

On the Internet, there is endless debate about Oscar, "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar".

Even Zhao Yuan's "Hero Out of Control" was pulled into it later.

……

However, what about the disputes on the Internet.

In fact, the impact on reality and Hollywood is not as great as imagined.

As an awards ceremony that distributes cakes all year round, the Oscars have long been used to various controversies and routines.

Or it should be, which Oscar can satisfy everyone.

As for Cameron, the box office gains of "Avatar" are what he values ​​most.

As for Zhao Yuan, he didn't care about an awards ceremony that ended a few days ago.

San Marino, inside 'Clockwork Space'.

Pile [Materials] on the table formed by clockwork, Zhao Yuan looked up at the contents on the system panel.

Script 12: Divination

Plot Summary: Washington, D.C., BSI Headquarters.

An eccentric man shows up at BSI headquarters in Washington DC, claiming to be a fortune teller, with a dire future ahead of him.The man was talking about the future he saw in BSI. In his mouth, the future world was extremely terrifying.

The appearance of the man has aroused the attention of BSI.

At the same time, at the door of the bar, an unexpected figure appeared there...

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After a vacation in Hawaii and the Oscars ceremony, Zhao Yuan finally remembered his identity as the mastermind behind the scenes.

Put the location of the script back from Japan to the United States, and at the same time organize the main plot line that has been prepared before.

With so much experience in script evolution, Zhao Yuan can be said to be very familiar with this job.

After proofreading the content on the system script, he immediately began to put [materials] into it.

[Material 1]: Shotgun - 50000 [Story value]

[Material 2]: Notes——30000 [Story value]

[Material 3]: hair——100000 [story value]

[Material 4]: Crystal Ball——35000 [Story Value]

[Material 5]: Voodoo doll——15000 [Story value]

Pick up the "voodoo doll" running around in "Clockwork Space" and put it into the script as the material for this evolution.

Zhao Yuan stroked the furry little round head of [Voodoo Doll], and then put the last material he had prepared into the script.

Make sure to use [Blank Character Card], although the use of this item will replace the crystal ball in the system [Material] panel, and at the same time, the [-] [Story Value] that is prompted will also be offset.

That's right, after Zhao Yuan thought about it, he finally decided to put the [Blank Character Card] he drew before into the script.

(End of this chapter)