98. Chapter 98, Match 98, 007's Reward
"Really?" Xu Zhen looked at Li Xiaole not far away strangely. He thought it was normal and said, "This... what's the point~ Even if you don't make a movie, who doesn't expect to improve your life by winning the lottery, always...
…It’s better than swatting flies here every day~”
"That's right. I'll kill my flies. You laymen can just dream. You have to use translation software to type in English. The rich woman Barbara Broccoli was so blind that she could choose you..." Cui Dongxun exclaimed.
In the entire movie market, I am afraid that there is no series of movies that is as popular as the "007" series, which has lasted for decades and is popular all over the world. Even people who don't watch movies often have no way of not knowing about James Bond.
name, and every 007 series movie appears, it will surely sweep the global box office and become a hot topic around the world.
It is natural that every time the 007 movie is being prepared, all the film companies in the world will hope to obtain the distribution rights of this movie. Whether it is a Hollywood newcomer in his prime or an already successful actor, everyone's heart is
I have a dream, that is, I will play the role of James Bond, the legendary agent, once in my life.
Bond girl, director of Bond movies, and all related positions are what every filmmaker dreams of.
And all this power is in the hands of a British family - the Broccoli family.
The Broccoli family are those bag-dropping film enthusiasts who get together to talk about one of the hottest topics. If you haven't even heard of the name Broccoli, you will be collectively despised by others.
Since Coby Broccoli Sr. acquired the rights to the 007 series from novelist Ian Fleming in 1961, starting with the first "Dr. No" that cost $1 million, the series has earned nearly $4 billion worldwide.
At the box office, plus DVD rentals, TV rights, and game adaptations, the family's accumulated wealth has already exceeded tens of billions of dollars.
For all screenwriters, only by participating in a Bond movie will they feel that they have reached the commercial peak of the industry.
The reason is that although Barbara Broccoli, the always generous head of the Broccoli family, controls Ion Film Company, she is not responsible for the filming of the 007 movie. Ion Company needs to do the preparations for the production of the film.
The Broccoli family usually only decides on the script, actors, and directors in advance, and then negotiates with Hollywood's major producers with the prepared plans and contracts, and the other party is responsible for producing the movie.
The invincible 007 series of branded films in the hands of the Broccoli family is a zero-risk project that all film companies around the world have long dreamed of. They are even willing to pay for all production and promotion costs, whether it is filming and production fees, or the directors and actors' remuneration.
They are responsible and will give 7-80% of the overall profit of the movie to the Broccoli family.
Because even under such circumstances, the company that can produce 007 movies as an agent is bound to get a lot of income.
Therefore, for the Broccoli family, which owns the 007 copyright and has deep pockets, the only thing they need to spend money on is the script. Each 007 series script alone requires 3 to 5 years of preparation to complete. Currently, filming is underway
The film "Die Another Day" hired an unprecedented 21 screenwriters to conceive the plot for chief editor Neil Purvis.
And these 21 screenwriters who cannot get subtitles are definitely among the top screenwriters in the world's film industry. Each person's commission is as high as 750,000 US dollars! You must know that even a screenwriter in Hollywood can win an Oscar.
On average, you can only get 700,000 US dollars...
The screenwriting fee alone is as high as 15 million US dollars for a movie. It is the only 007 series in the world.
Whenever preparations for a 007 movie begin, it is like the World Cup competition in the world of screenwriting begins. Every screenwriter is proud to be invited by the Broccoli family. Only those who can write brilliantly in the 007 series are invited.
Recognized as a leader in the industry, this honor is far more important in the minds of many than any other film awards.
Of course, those screenwriters favored by the Broccoli family are only a small number at the top of the pyramid, and what really excites all the screenwriters is that as preparations for the 007 movie begin, they will get an opportunity to challenge authority and become famous overnight.
Ever since Barbara Broccoli, who studied film in 1996 and became the head of the family, whenever a 007 movie is about to enter negotiations with Hollywood producers, she will ask Neil Purvis, the chief editor of the series,
Post a public reward in his own name on the West Coast Screenwriters Association website, disclosing three story scripts from their writing team, with the themes of "love", "struggle" and "transcend yourself", with a revision fee of US$50,000 per film.
, offering a reward for revised manuscripts.
Everyone in the global screenwriting community knows that these three so-called "scripts" are actually the reorganization of the latest 007 series stories after they were broken up. In order to keep the scripts secret, rewards were offered in this strange way.
You must know that these three stories add up to less than one page, but they are three years of hard work by the world's top screenwriter. Every line, and even every adjective has been revised and revised countless times by inspiration, logic, and emotion.
Complete.
If on this basis, there is a screenwriter who can make improvements to improve the quality of the script, then this screenwriter's strength will be enough to stand out among the others.
Through the bounties for editing the 007 series, some outstanding new screenwriters often emerge. Neil Purvis writes this paragraph in the bounty announcement issued every year:
"Our writing team has the most luxurious lineup of screenwriters in the world. They have worked tirelessly for these three stories over the past few years, but inspiration is not something that the mind can control. My experience tells me that any screenwriter at his peak will
, the source of inspiration is never himself, but more like God holding his hand and writing the script. Now my writing team needs the help of God's hand, so I ask for your help to improve our script.
script……"
Taking its name from this sentence, this 007 editing bounty is also called the "Hand of God" bounty in the industry.
Most of those who have received this honor have risen from obscurity to become front-line screenwriters, and many have also joined the top screenwriting team of 007. With three story scripts, who can become the three "Hands of God"
"Well, everyone is waiting for the day when the West Coast Screenwriters Association announces the results.
And when that night comes, all the people in the screenwriting industry sit quietly in front of the screen, hoping that they will be chosen, just like ordinary people who buy lottery tickets and dream of winning a five-million-dollar jackpot, all hope that a miracle will happen.
Of course, it also includes all the young people engaged in this industry. More than ten elites with the best grades from the Directing and Screenwriting Department of the Central Film Academy University in London all sat on the grass. In the middle was a slide projector that emitted white light and turned on the computer.
The picture on the screen shines on the open-air curtain.
As the most promising young director, the blond-haired Kelly Scott wearing a white dress looked like a goddess in Greek mythology in profile under the light, extremely charming, sitting there quietly, surrounded by people
With the same young and bright smiles, all the young elites from the Central Film School in London who have participated in film and television production collectively wrote three revised manuscripts to participate in this "Hand of God" reward.
Among the mentors of these students, three have been working on the 007 screenwriting team all year round. For them, every "Hand of God" bounty is like an assessment paper and an opportunity to challenge their mentors. The last time they were lucky enough
The second job for students who received this honor was to participate in the screenwriting work of "Saving Private Ryan".
Unlike other students who were full of confidence and expected results, Kelly Scott's eyes were full of persistence and she was muttering: "H... you bastard, let's see if you are real today."
"Kelly, why do you look so serious?" Carey Mulligan, a sweet white girl with short hair next to her, smiled and patted her shoulder, trying to relax the mood of this talented best friend who came from a film family.
"Today I'm going to beat that bastard Korean boy..." Kelly Scott bit her lip gently and said. The shame of being humiliated online half a year ago has always been shrouded in her like a nightmare.
In her heart, she lost the face of the movie god, her father, Ratley Scott, and she must get this face back!
"Kelly, why do you think h is Korean? Is he still a student?" Carey Mulligan felt that her persistence was a bit extreme, and laughed and explained: "Even if he is really a Korean student, he may not come.
Participate in the revision and selection of the 007 script."
"I can confirm that that Korean boy likes to be in the limelight. Watching him establish the Republic of Screenwriters, I can guess that he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to become famous." Kelly Scott's dark blue eyes contained unwillingness.
, gritted his teeth and said.
After she was humiliated last time, she asked her uncle, who was an online screenwriter at the West Coast Screenwriters Association, to help her look up h information. There was a Korean student who wrote a paper with the same content as "Save the Cat", and this Korean student also won the
He has the qualifications to make an independent film, and h actually gives away the essence of his lifelong research to others? This is absolutely impossible.
Besides, she didn't think that a film master would be so bored that he would argue with her on the association's website all night. This was obviously something that only young people like herself could do!! Maybe there was someone named Coppola behind h.
The screenwriter master is supporting him, but she can be sure that the person who controls this h screen name must be a young man like her!!
Of course, h was not Ha Ji-won, the author of the paper. This person had poor grades in school and had problems graduating. Her intuition told herself that the most likely person was Li Xiaole, the director of the movie for which h was the screenwriter.
She was about the same age as her, but her level of film theory knowledge far exceeded that of a talented woman recognized by the London Film Academy. This made her feel very hurt. At the same time, she felt a trace of admiration in her heart. That kind of admiration and unconvinced mentality made her
It was very uncomfortable. She must defeat this illusory h and regain her original self-confidence.
"Then why don't you give your one-semester scholarship to your father and ask him to anonymously write a manuscript for you to participate in the reward for editing the manuscript?" Carey Mulligan sighed with envy and confusion. Legendary director Ratley...
Chapter completed!