Chapter 7: Script
After Herak's meeting, employees of the United States Film Company heard that their new owners would not lay off employees, and would implement a reward and punishment system for various departments to increase their salary and relax their tone when they mentioned it.
Jin Jianfu and senior executives from various departments quickly carried out the tasks assigned to them by Herac.
When the editor-in-chief of the United States Film Department heard that the chairman needed to read the scripts submitted by this issue, he quickly sorted out the scripts submitted by the screenwriter. After Herac met several of his personal teachers, he sent them to his office on the fourth day.
Looking at the thirty-eight submission scripts sent by the editorial department, Herac browsed each script with a cautious expression. The eight major Hollywood film companies can receive more than a dozen submissions every day, and choose scripts with good subject matter with a picky eye.
After reading the scripts one by one, Herac did not see a script that made him feel satisfied. There were several familiar scripts that belonged to the kind of movies that failed after being shot, so he was thrown aside by Herac, and the script that had no highlights was directly abandoned. It was not until he picked up the last script that made his eyes lit up.
The name of the script of this film is "Guess Who Comes to Have Dinner", and the script has a very ironic and profound name.
When I read the script, I am afraid that many people will be deeply shocked and frightened by the articles in it. The screenwriter directly and boldly satirized the script that racial intermarriage in various states in the United States that had an impact and influence on family members. This is a very sensitive issue. No wonder it was placed at the bottom of the screenwriter's department.
In 1965, racial intermarriage was illegal in most states in the United States, and there were still 17 states in the country, including the vast majority of southern states, as well as large-scale states such as Texas and Florida.
Once the script of this film is filmed, it will cause great social fluctuations. Even the Supreme Federal Court will be alarmed. Only some people dare to shoot under pressure, but this has no impact on Herac. He is the chairman of United American Film Company. For him, starting this script only has advantages and disadvantages, not that it cannot be completed.
After reading this script, Herac discovered many Xutou that can be used for publicity, which expresses the current issue of whites discrimination against black people and the pursuit of liberalism.
Is this the beginning of political correctness in Hollywood in the 21st century before his previous life?
Herac thought about the political correctness of black actors in his previous life, and thought that in addition to submission to Lianmei, the other seven major film companies would also have this script. In order to avoid anyone who dared to sign the script like him, he picked up the phone and called the screenwriter's department and production department to inform them that the script "Guess Who Comes to Have Dinner" was passed, and the screenwriter William Ross, who came to sign the contract, and immediately asked the assistant to investigate the problems of both white and black people, so as to discuss the promotional model of "Guess Who Comes to Have Dinner" with the distribution department.
When Herak heard that "Guess Who Comes to Have Dinner" passed the review, the editorial staff was slightly surprised and quickly contacted screenwriter William Ross.
In the office, Herac asked his assistant to take the other scripts back to the screenwriter's office, then left the desk, sat in front of the typewriter, looked up and saw a script on the desktop, with scattered fonts on the script, and there were many incomplete parts. It can be seen that the owner of the script did not intend to finish the script immediately.
Put your hands on the printer and press them quickly on the button. Herac continued the articles at the back of the script, and the articles they typed were the same as those in the previous ones, with pits inside.
"Chairman, Mr. Albert R. Broccoli came with Mr. Bruce Geller."
It was not until the assistant's voice came into the office that Herac stopped typing, sorted out the half-formed script and placed it on the desk, so that the people outside the door came in.
Looking at a middle-aged white man wearing glasses walking in with Albert R. Brocury, holding a black leather bag in his hand, which made his eyes flash. The other party did not invite him empty-handedly, indicating that the script he valued had not been taken away by other film companies. Herac stood up and greeted the other party in the curious eyes, and welcomed him to sit on the sofa and drink coffee. The three of them chatted.
"Chairman, Mr. Bruce Geller, I'm going to follow up on "007's Thunderbolt" and "007's Thunder Valley". Let's talk first."
Albert R. Brockell saw that Herak's focus was on Bruce Geller, and chatted with them for a while. Seeing that Heraker had already started chatting with Bruce Geller, he stood up and said goodbye.
Watching Albert R. Broccoli leave the office, Herak was not talking about other topics with Bruce Geller. He looked at the black leather bag next to the other party quietly and asked directly:
"Mr. Bruce Geller, I heard from the screenwriters' union that you created a script similar to the agent of "007", can you have an investor?"
Seeing that he finally said the point, Bruce Geller sat up a little, shook his head and said, "Not yet, I'm planning to submit the article." Then he took out a script from his black leather bag and put it in front of Herac, "This is the script I wrote "The Tiger's Dare", you can read it."
Herac was happy and picked up the script of "The Legend of the Concept" to read. The story in it is a bit similar to "007", but it is very different. The protagonist Ethan Hunter, like 007 Bond, is an agent, and the plot lines of the two are different.
Bruce Geller looked at Herac who was looking through the script. His young face was serious. When he looked through the script, he suddenly became nervous.
When he received the invitation from Herac, Bruce Geller had the intention to contribute his first script. Although he was not sure how Herac found out about his script from the screenwriters' union, it did not prevent him from coming and giving it a try.
After reading this script, Herac pondered for a while, his eyes turned and suggested, "The name of "The Tiger's Dare" is good, Mr. Bruce Geller, what do you think of the name "Mission: Impossible"?"
Bruce Geller's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "This name fits the plot of this script."
Seeing this, Herak couldn't help but curl up his lips, put down the script in his hand, and said, "Mr. Bruce Geller, I plan to buy all the copyrights of this TV movie for $26,400, and I want to hire you to work in the screenwriter department of our company. I don't know if you want it."
Since he wanted to buy the copyright of Mission: Impossible, Herac naturally reads Bruce Geller's information and knows that the other party does not have a stable job at the moment. As long as he agrees to join the company, he can squeeze the value of him and Mission: Impossible.
Upon hearing this, Bruce Geller calmed down his excitement about the new name. Herac's purchase of copyright made him hesitate slightly. He also had a stable job location that he needed most at the moment. Although there are some benefits to joining the screenwriter union, if he, a newcomer, wants to get the $26,400 reward from Herac, this is a price that he would not even think about in the screenwriter union. He can only enter the United States Screenwriter Department, but in the screenwriter union, only those top screenwriters can get a pay of more than $20,000.
Looking at the hesitation in Bruce Geller's eyes, Herac said with a normal expression: "This is your first script. Think about the inequality of the screenwriter's union." After saying this, Herac didn't say anything, waiting for his decision.
Bruce Geller naturally knew that the first script meant that he was a new screenwriter. He struggled in his heart and finally lost to a generous salary of $26,400 and a stable workplace, and agreed to Herac's buyout copyright and invitation.
Herak soon signed two contracts with Bruce Geller the next day, a buyout copyright that has been renamed the Mission: Impossible script and Bruce Geller's entry contract.
Looking at Herak's smile, Bruce Geller always felt like he was being sold to him. Then he shook his head and said to himself: "I've really been influenced by the script. It's obvious that everyone is an agent."
Herak didn't care about Bruce Geller's idea. He joined the United States Film Company with his scripts, so he naturally could not break the contract.
Chapter completed!