In the spacious hotel suite living room, Wayne sat on the sofa and looked at Nina beside him. Obviously, the assistant lady also remembered what happened back then. Both of them had a flash of surprise. No one expected that the girl of that year would actually meet in the East.

No, I should say that I didn't expect that Cecilia g would come from Xiangjiang.

Wayne reached out to grab the cigarette on the coffee table and asked casually: "Are you an actor now?"

"That's right."

Cecilia g nodded, and her ponytail shaking with her movements. If she looks at her appearance, she does have the talent to become an actor. At least her face is perfectly competent for the role of the vase in the movie.

"I just want to say thank you to you this time."

Many years have passed since the incident. If this girl hadn't come to the door, Wayne would have forgotten the little thing that happened back then.

He observed the girl carefully again and had to sigh at the wonder of fate. One of the girls back then was actually a star in the Hong Kong movie, and the one that made him feel the most special. As soon as he thought of the girl's future fate, he shook his head secretly in his heart.

In fact, if those bad things are put in Hollywood, they are not considered unforgivable and well-guided by public opinion, it is very likely that they will portray her as a sympathetic victim.

"Nina, give her a business card."

Wave to the assistant lady, Wayne whispered a command. After saying that, he looked at the girl sitting opposite him dressed up and said with a smile: "It's rare. To use the words here, since you still remember what happened back then, it means that even if we have fate, if you have any difficulties, you can call this phone."

Cecilia g took the business card curiously and looked through it. This business card is very different from her perception. It has no titles, no introductions, and it is even simpler. It is just an English name written on a white card and a string of simple numbers.

"Or you can also call me next time you go to Los Angeles, and I'll treat you to dinner at that time."

Looking at the girl who was curious about fiddling with her business card, although she knew that the girl was very difficult, he still said, "Please put it away, but don't send this phone number out. This is my private phone number, OK?"

"Yes, I won't spread it."

Cecilia g held back the secret joy in his heart and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. She knew it was getting late, so she stood up and said goodbye. "If you have time, can I treat you to a meal?"

"Next time."

Wayne also stood up and shook hands with the girl again. "I have a very tight schedule here and will leave for up to three days."

Looking at the girl's back as she left the hotel suite, he was also spinning his mind hard, recalling the photos he had seen, constantly comparing with the current deity who was less than 20 years old.

I have to say that this girl is a typical oriental woman with a Western personality inside. As for whether the other party will take out a business card to call after leaving, he has no doubt about this at all. Since she can come from Xiangjiang for thousands of miles, her natural purpose will not be just to thank her.

As Wayne guessed, the first thing Cecilia g did when he returned to his residence was to take out the business card with only the name and number, and watch it repeatedly with a smile on his face.

After that, I picked up the phone and dialed it out. "I saw him, yes, things went smoother than we thought. I got his private business card..."

Perhaps Wayne and Warner Bros. value more the DC series of movies, and even the mass base of movies produced by Warner Bros. There is one thing that can be guaranteed, that is, they actually don’t have the intention to make a lot of money now for the box office of "The Flash".

As long as people are conscious of the size of the commercial market here, they are still in the earliest stage of development. They actually value future potential more. After all, this is a market with more than one billion potential audiences, and they are willing to wait patiently.

But if you want to find someone who cares more about the box office numbers of "The Flash" in the East, it is undoubtedly the giant and the head of China Film Academy, which was established in the past two years.

The day after the premiere of "The Flash", Zuo Shandai came to the office early. As the publisher, Zhongchao wanted to hold a reception party according to the other party's habits after the premiere, but due to some special reasons, the reception was still stranded.

With the release experience of "Batman: The Dark Knight" the previous year, coupled with the record-breaking movie viewing craze of "Titanic", his expectations for "The Flash" this year are undoubtedly higher.

For Zaoshan, his first priority is to develop his own film market. If you want to develop the market, the premise is to let the audience enter the theater willingly, so that all related industries can be stimulated to make progress.

When he made a customized plan, he thought it was the best development route. On the one hand, he vigorously introduced Hollywood commercial films to stimulate his enthusiasm for watching movies in the market, and on the other hand, he found a way to shoot commercial films of his own. To put it bluntly, it was actually "borrowing chickens to lay eggs."

Warner Bros. is undoubtedly the best partner. This Hollywood film giant not only opened a branch in Beijing many years ago, but also got along very well with it.

What's even more rare is that this company understands the human nature here very well and is willing to vigorously push its ace movie series before the market develops, which is something other Hollywood film companies have never had.

For example, this time, "The Flash" was released on a large scale. Apart from Wayne Greenberg, no other Hollywood filmmaker of the same level has ever been here. A world-class movie master like this is willing to fly over to participate in the event again and again, and there is no semicolon.

After the previous year's "Batman: The Dark Knight", the effect of commercial movies was initially verified, especially the following "Party A and Party B", which can be said to be released by him. Although the box office results achieved are not comparable to those of Hollywood blockbusters, it also proves the correctness of his development plan.

The frequent introduction of Hollywood large-scale commercial films actually brought him a lot of pressure. The biggest criticism was that some local film directors came from.

Today's film directors basically belong to their respective film studios. Whether it is the Magic City Studio, the Chunchang Studio, or even the Beijing Film Studio, there has been no criticism of his approach to introducing Hollywood blockbusters.

But Zaofeng understands more than anyone else that if you want to develop the local film industry, you will definitely not be able to rely solely on those movies that "can win awards". The reason is very simple. Those "artistic" movies can indeed win awards internationally, but they cannot attract audiences to the theater.

Not to mention, most of the so-called "winning awards" movies are taken out to participate in the exhibition privately. If the content of the filming is strictly investigated, 90% of them can be included in the category of banned films, let alone large-scale releases.

Since he took this position, he has never been afraid of criticism at all. The way out is not lacking. He strongly supports Feng Kuzi in filming "Party A and Party B", and even goes to the scene to help attract investment in order to show a local example.

"Party A and Party B" are also very successful. With a production cost of just 4 million rmb, it won more than 36 million rmb box office in this newly sprouted market-oriented land.

This is just a data that can be found on the surface. Everyone knows that the theater market is in chaos now, with many mountains in various provinces. What is the operation of concealing box office, cheating box office, etc., and even not issuing tickets to watch movies are all conventional means of cinemas. The actual box office figures of "Party A and Party B" must be much more than those on the surface.

However, seeing that a year has passed, most local film directors did not realize the way out for commercial films. Commercial films that are still shooting "banned films" on their own and stimulate the development of the entire market are still in their eyes, which makes him feel a little depressed.

"Leader, probably his statistics are out."

Just as Zuoshan Bud held a teacup and looked out the office window, the office door was knocked, and the secretary walked in respectfully and put down a few sheets of printing paper on the desk.

The Oriental Market has just started for a while, and the box office statistics are reported by theaters at all levels, and then they are collected by special people. Fortunately, it finally came. He put down the big tea jar and looked down at the statistics. The moment he saw the statistics, he began to pick up the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

"4.55 million rmb! It sold 4.55 million in one night, very good..."

Although this number must be biased, it is already high enough for this market. After the theaters screening "The Flash" were reported layer by layer, the final statistics were that the premiere last night began to end, and the total box office of "The Flash" in the country was about 4.55 million rmb.

Moreover, the statistical report also marked a very noteworthy point, that is, the attendance rate of "The Flash" last night was more than 80% in each game!

"Starting this morning, all the theaters in Beijing that were screening "The Flash" have already been queued up to buy tickets early. The theaters are also making emergency adjustments. The latest news is that all the theaters in Beijing that were screening "The Flash" have increased the screening rate of this film to more than 85%!"

Seeing that the leader was in a good mood, the secretary whispered to report the information he learned. "If we look at the current trend, the screening rate of "The Flash" in all theaters across the country would exceed the initial expectations."

"very good."

Zuo Shantou nodded with satisfaction. Just as the secretary thought the report was over and turned around and left, the leader's instructions sounded again behind him. "I heard that Wayne Greenberg's itinerary was very tight this time. Please make an appointment with him for a while. Before he left, I want to talk to him."

"OK."

In fact, Wayne doesn't want to get in touch with these executives because, in conversations with these people, whether it is so-called chat or not, it is difficult to bypass the sensitive area of ​​politics.

However, when the busy two days passed, before boarding the plane, he sat in the private room of the Capital Hotel with Zaoshan. After a simple greeting, the topic between the two inevitably talked about the movie.

"Mr. Greenberg."

Zuoshan Gou held a wine glass and asked in an attempt tone: "Without considering the film industry system, what are the big differences between Hollywood movies and Oriental's current movies?"

In fact, Zuo Shanbing himself can give countless answers to this question. Even if he asks domestic filmmakers, they will say countless 1234 without hesitation. However, he wants to hear opinions from outside, especially the one around him, who is definitely one of the Hollywood filmmakers who is most qualified to talk about this topic.

Hearing this question, Wayne subconsciously narrowed his eyes and did not speak. First, he slowly pulled out a cigarette and lit it. With this skill, he was considering what to say.

"Like you said, putting aside the film industry foundation, I personally think that the essence of a movie is to tell stories."

He did not talk about the production method and the capital operation process of Hollywood movies. Instead, he chose a direction that would not be criticized or made mistakes. "Since you want to tell a good story, you need a script that is logical and rigorous and attractive."

In addition to Zuoshan Go and Secretary, there was also a manager of the Warner Bros. Branch and Wayne's personal assistant Nina. No one on the scene expected that he would actually talk about the script.

"To give a typical example, whether in a movie or a TV series, if you want to reflect a person's financial conditions, the screenwriter usually arranges a scene, which is to make the person have no money in his pocket when he checks out, or has money but not enough. No matter what he wants to buy, the final result is that he is unable to pay."

With Wayne's narration, several people on the table nodded secretly at the same time, and similar scenes flashed through their heads. It seems that this is true. Whether it is TV or TV series, such scenes are indispensable.

Of course, to put it bluntly, the screenwriter hopes to show the protagonist's poverty through similar scene arrangements. This is the most commonly used and worst-case method, which is normal.

"Is there anything wrong?"

The Chinese manager of Warner Bros. branch asked with confusion: "Director Greenberg, isn't this a very common practice?"

“Yes, it’s very common.”

Wayne spitted out a large ball of cigarettes, crossed his hands and placed them on the table in front of him, and turned to look at his personal assistant. "Nina, what kind of person will he be who can not know how much money he has? Or, what kind of person can go out without money, and he has to wait until the checkout to realize that he has no money?"

"A billionaire like you."

The assistant lady was not polite and said directly: "You are a billionaire who doesn't know how much money you have, so you don't bring money when you go out, because you don't need to understand the price of the goods at all, and that means nothing to you!"

The woman's words made the other three men in the private room suddenly stunned. There was no stupid thing here, and then they all reacted. The screenwriter wrote such a plot just to make up.

"Only rich people who are so rich that they can't count them, they don't know how much money they have." Nina continued, with a hint of indescribable teasing in her tone.

"For example, my credit card limit is only 5,000 US dollars, and the cash in my bag is not more than 50 yuan. So, I will never go into a luxury store to ask about things I can't afford to consume, and to embarrass myself..."

That's how it is. The screenwriter who can write such scenes is completely self-righteous. However, in order to show the protagonist's poverty, many movies and TV series in the East have the first choice to use this most common scene.

"These are just my personal opinions." Wayne knocked the table with a cigarette in his fingers. After attracting everyone's attention, he shrugged and continued: "There are many differences between Oriental movies and Hollywood movies, so many that they can't finish talking overnight. However, in my opinion, the first thing we need to know is the difference between the screenwriters on both sides.

I don’t need to say much about how important scripts are to a movie. From my perspective, we can talk about the process of creating movie scripts in Hollywood. Generally speaking, there are no single-player scripts in Hollywood. Even if they are creative ideas produced by a single person, they will eventually be created by professional teams.

The benefits and disadvantages of doing this are obvious. A whole screenwriter team creates it means that each individual screenwriter can handle what they are best at. Some are good at writing emotions, some are good at writing conspiracies, some are good at writing conflicts, etc.

This is the mainstream script creation model for Hollywood commercialization. Of course, the process must be more complicated than what I said. Many people call this assembly line and believe that it has completely lost its pursuit of film art. It is not wrong to say this, because since the screenwriter team created the script, it has inevitably become part of the Hollywood movie assembly line and has nothing to do with art at all.

The advantage is that the script that is repeatedly polished by teamwork can definitely effectively reduce the flaws I just gave. The logic will be very rigorous. From a normal perspective, it will be difficult for the audience to pick out any problems. Because every plot of the script has been polished countless times, otherwise you will not be able to get the investment from the film company at all."

Just talking about scripts, this may be the biggest difference between Eastern and Western films and TV shows. Not to mention now, even if you have more than ten or twenty years, the difference in this area is still very huge.

For example, Wayne was always wondering why the stories written by domestic screenwriters were either in love or in love. Medical dramas were doctors in love, legal dramas were lawyers in love, and in the end, even youth campus dramas were students playing ambiguous.

The mountain was thoughtful and took a sip of the wine in the glass. "I noticed that in the column of screenwriters, you will always be the only one with your name..."

"Don't doubt it." Wayne spread his hands and looked at the leader of Oriental film reform. "I will first write out the overall framework of the story, and then hand it over to the screenwriter department specially established by Warner Bros. for the DC series. After repeated polishing by the screenwriter team of this department, the script will be handed over to my behind-the-scenes creative team for consideration.

This is the most common screenwriter mode in Hollywood. Just like this "The Flash", the final script basically has nothing to do with what I wrote at the beginning. This is not bad, at least no matter how the script is modified, it is still under my theme framework. Many producers actually only provide a creativity, and the rest depends on the screenwriter team."

These words seemed just common sense in Hollywood, but they shocked the mountain. Especially Wayne's words before leaving made him stay in the private room and think alone for a long time.

"Warner Bros. has established a screenwriter department for DC series. From the beginning, I set the standard for recruiting screenwriters. I don't want anything that graduates from prestigious schools, and I don't want anything that has achieved a little. Yes, screenwriters who graduate from prestigious schools or have certain achievements are born with ideas and creativity.

However, what I need is the kind of middle and low-level screenwriters in Hollywood, who can feel at ease with their job by giving them money. Just be able to collaborate on writing the script I want, and they don’t need to have any creativity at all. They are economical and practical, and they can use ready-made models. This is the screenwriter team I really need.

As early as the establishment of the DC screenwriter department, I had publicly told the first group of members. This is a assembly line factory, and each of you is a very small part of it. Don’t have the idea that no one can do it if you lack it. If anyone feels that your self-esteem is hurt, or working here goes against the original intention of your dream of a screenwriter, you can leave at any time!"

Dinner time was very short, and Wayne did not dare to try the famous liquor on the table in the end. In this exchange, he actually preferred to see this mountain withering. After all, in his own impression, this person has always been the most mysterious film industry boss in the East.

Another point is that the other party will sit in this boss position for many years. Warner Brothers and his own videos are destined to be introduced less in the future. What kind of schedule and publicity scale can the film be obtained? In the end, it is not the other party's words?

Face is given to each other. As a fake foreigner whose oriental soul lives in his head, Wayne certainly understands the worldly ways and often plays a huge role in this land.

After eating this unique Chinese meal, he said goodbye to Miss Li Zao early the next morning. After the two made an appointment to meet in Los Angeles again, they boarded a charter flight to New Zealand with Nina and Sergei.

That's right, Wayne is not too concerned about the specific box office of "The Flash" in the East. He didn't expect much hope before at least two thousand and a few years ago. Now everything he and Warner Bros. are actually laying the foundation for the future.

So before flying back to North America, he had to go to New Zealand to check the preparations for "The Lord of the Rings" there. This was destined to be a work calculated over the years, but if nothing unexpected happens, the recruitment of actors will also start as soon as possible in the next stage, because there are three to six months of action training waiting for the main actors.

"Boss, Nami asks you when you will rush back to Los Angeles."

After the plane arrived in New Zealand successfully, when Wayne and his group had just walked out of the airport and had not seen Peter Jackson and others picking up the plane, Nina received a urging call from Los Angeles.
Chapter completed!