"Looking for a Gun" is a short story of just over 20,000 words. Its author, Fan Yiping, is still a little-known writer. However, Shen Kong offered 100,000 for the film and television adaptation rights of this novel, which is a bit of a big deal.
mean.
But if you think about it carefully, it can be understood. After all, Huayi and Shen Kong have a competitive relationship, and Xu Zheng's departure is inseparable from their Huayi. It is normal for Shen Kong to want to kill their Huayi.
After pondering for a while, Wang Zhongjun looked up at his assistant and asked, "Who is calling?"
"It's Zhu Fuxian, deputy director of the External Cooperation Department of Deep Space Books."
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Wang Zhongjun said, "Give him a call back and tell him we agree to this price."
The assistant was immediately stunned, "Mr. Wang, do you really agree to them? This is one hundred thousand."
Wang Zhongjun glanced at the assistant and said, "Then what good idea do you have?"
The assistant quickly said, "I'm going to call you back now."
After the assistant left, Wang Zhongjun sighed slightly.
Of course he would be happy if the price could be negotiated down, but the current situation may be more difficult.
Huayi approached Shenzong to purchase the film and television rights and did not seek any connections, but followed the most common process.
They first called the commercial cooperation hotline of the Deep Space Group. After the other party learned that they wanted to purchase the film and television adaptation rights of the book, they transferred the call to the external cooperation department of Deep Space Books.
The person at the Foreign Cooperation Department who first received them was an ordinary salesman. After probably confirming the information about their people, the head of the Foreign Cooperation Department personally contacted Wang Zhongjun's assistant.
But now the contact person suddenly changed from the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Cooperation to the deputy minister. Wang Zhongjun knew what deep space meant. He just told them not to bargain anymore. If they bargained again, the person who received them later would be someone with a lower position.
Salesperson.
The most important thing is that Wang Zhongjun was very optimistic about the movie "Looking for a Gun" and deliberately increased the budget of the movie from two million to seven million.
Since it had to be filmed, the 100,000 film and television modification fee had to be paid.
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The assistant came back soon. They agreed to a price of 100,000 yuan. Naturally, Deep Space had no objections. Both parties were planning to sign the contract within a few days.
After hearing that the matter was confirmed, Wang Zhongjun asked again, "Also, what do you think about Ning Jing's participation in the role? What do they think about it? Do they also have to pay a high price?"
The assistant shook his head, "I just called Deep Space Entertainment and they said Ning Jing's schedule was unavailable."
Wang Zhongjun frowned and said, "The shooting time of our movie has not been determined, so why don't they just confirm the schedule?"
"Well, they said that Ning Jing's schedule for the next five years will be full. If we want to invite Ning Jing to participate in the show, we can consider making a reservation for the schedule five years later."
"Five years later..." Wang Zhongjun couldn't help but twitch his lips. If he waited until five years later, the day lily would be cold.
Besides, Ning Jing is almost thirty years old this year.
As for actresses, it's hard to say what will happen after they hit their thirties. Even though Ning Jing is quite famous and popular with the audience now, who knows what will happen to her in five years?
Moreover, the role that Ning Jing is invited to take part in cannot be played by an older person. The current Ning Jing can act well, but if she is older, it will not be right.
"Just give up on Ning Jing. The main thing is to confirm Jiang Wen."
"There should be no problem with Teacher Jiang Wen. He is quite interested in this script, but he heard that we haven't obtained the film and television adaptation rights yet, so he hasn't agreed yet."
Wang Zhongjun nodded, "In that case, let's wait until we get the film and television adaptation rights and then talk to Teacher Jiang Wen about the copyright."
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The copyright transaction was very fast. Both parties were experienced in the industry. The details were briefly reviewed and the contract was signed.
Here, Huayi Brothers transferred 100,000 yuan to the account of Shen Kong Books, Shen Kong Company gave a receipt, and the contract between the two parties came into effect.
But when Huayi approached Jiang Min with the copyright contract, Jiang Min told them with great regret that his schedule was not available and that in the next year, he would serve as the producer of "Curse".
Huayi was dumbfounded when he heard that Jiang Min was going to be the producer of "Curse". Wang Zhongjun called and chatted with Jiang Min for a long time, but to no avail.
It is naturally impossible for Jiang Min to give up "The Curse" and act in "The Gun".
The script of "Gun Hunt" is good, but "The Curse" is even better. Besides, Deep Space Company pays a lot of money, and you are a bastard who doesn't make money.
Wang Zhongjun also understood that Deep Space Company must be behind this matter. They first sold them the film and television adaptation rights of "The Gun Hunt" at a high price, and then poached Jiang Wen away.
Wang Zhongjun doesn't care at all without Ning Jing, but he can't do without Jiang Wen.
In Wang Zhongjun's view, "Looking for a Gun" is a script tailor-made for Jiang Min, and Jiang Min has directing talents. If he is on the scene, he can also help Lu Chuan.
Although Wang Zhongjun appreciates Lu Chuan's talent, he also thinks that Lu Chuan is still a bit young and has many shortcomings. If a veteran like Jiang Wen can keep an eye on it, the quality of this movie will definitely be improved a lot.
Now that Jiang Min can't come, the hope of this movie has been reduced a lot.
But even if he knew that Deep Space Company was behind the scenes, Wang Zhongjun had nothing to do. Now that the contract was signed, the 100,000 yuan could not be refunded.
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"There are so many people."
Looking at the bustling pedestrians in the arrivals hall, Tom Hanks held up his hat and couldn't help but sigh.
He had been to Jinling once before. At that time, Jinling was not so lively and there were not so many foreign tourists at the airport.
He knew that most of these people came for the Deep Space Annual Conference. After several years of development, the Deep Space Annual Conference has become a lively festival. By this time, people from all over the world are heading towards the city of Jinling.
Come.
"Has the person who picked us up arrived?"
Standing next to Tom Hanks was a tall and thin boy, wearing a hat and scarf, with only a pair of blue eyes showing on his face.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Tom Hanks looked forward and saw that there were many people picking up the plane. Many of them were holding signs with various words on them.
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It took Tom Hanks a while to find the sign picking them up, which read in English "Welcome Mr. T and Mr. L to Aurous Hill". T and L were their code names.
"There." Tom Hanks pointed in the direction of the sign.
The tall and lanky boy looked over and said, "Tom, let's get there quickly. There are too many people at the airport."
Tom Hanks joked, "Aren't you used to this kind of environment? If you wait a few days, the airport will be more lively, or if you take the scarf off your face, people will flock over.
"
The tall and lanky boy looked at Tom Hanks' face and said, "You didn't cover your face, but they didn't seem to recognize you."
Tom Hanks shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "No one will remember an ordinary face, they would rather remember a beautiful face like yours, and Chinese people have watched relatively few of my movies."
, unlike you, all Chinese movie fans know you."
"I think it's because Chinese people all see our faces the same. Just like when I see Chinese people's faces, except for a few people I can recognize at a glance, everyone else seems to look similar."
Tom Hanks curled his lips and smiled and said, "Maybe we can make a bet."
"What bet?"
"Take off your scarf and see if the people around you recognize you."
The tall and lanky boy thought for a while and then asked, "What are you betting on?"
"If no one knows you, I will give you the pottery figurine in my house."
When he heard about the pottery figurines, the tall and thin boy's eyes lit up. He liked the pottery figurines from Tom Hanks' house very much.
It was a colorful pottery figurine only ten centimeters high. It was not an antique, but a modern handicraft. However, the craftsmanship of the pottery figurine was very high and he liked it very much.
He has expressed his love for pottery figurines in front of Tom Hanks more than once, but Tom Hanks has always turned a blind eye.
"What will I have to pay if I lose?"
Tom Hanks thought for a while and said, "If you lose, help me get a set of YU's signed books."
Hearing the bet, the tall and lanky boy smiled easily, "What's so difficult about this?"
Tom Hanks waved his hand, "It's not that simple. The set of signed books I'm talking about refers to the first editions of all his books. Many people are collecting these now."
"First edition book?" The tall and thin boy raised his eyebrows, indicating that he had never heard of it.
"Anyway, you just need to know that it is very difficult to obtain."
The tall and lanky boy frowned and thought for a while, then finally nodded and said, "No problem, if I lose, I will get you a set of YU's signed books."
"First edition."
"Yeah, the first edition."
Tom Hanks smiled and said: "Then let's start. You just take off the scarf, and then we walk to the person who picks us up at normal speed. During this period, if more than three people recognize you, you will be recognized."
Lose, otherwise, I will lose."
"Okay." The tall and thin boy nodded, then reached out to pick off the scarf.
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Deep Space Company wanted to hire two Hollywood actors, and Chen Tao volunteered to take over the job because he liked Tom Hanks very much.
As soon as Tom Hanks and the others came out, Chen Tao recognized him and tried his best to hold up the sign and wave it at them.
Just as he was waiting for the two people to come over, he saw the two whispering for a while, and Leonardo DeCap, who was next to Tom Hanks, suddenly took off the scarf wrapped around his face.
Seeing this scene, Chen Tao's eyes widened and he took a breath.
Chen Tao stretched out his hand, trying to stop Leonardo DiCaprio's movements, but it was already too late. Before he could make a sound, Leonardo DiCaprio's scarf had already been taken off.
Chen Tao did not expect that his series of actions would attract the attention of Tom Hanks and the people in front of him.
When a girl saw Chen Tao's action, she thought it was directed at her at first. Then she realized that it was not directed at her, so she looked behind her and saw two foreign men.
It is not unusual to see foreigners at Jinling Airport, but... that tall and lanky boy looks like that...
The girl tilted her head and looked at it a few more times, then she remembered that this person looked like Jack!
Yes, it was Jack, the Jack who jumped into the water and died for Rose. The girl had shed a lot of tears for Jack, so she was very familiar with this appearance.
The girl didn't dare to recognize him because some of them were unreal, but she still mustered up the courage to ask, "Jack?"
When Leonardo heard the girl's words, his expression suddenly turned bad, and he even speeded up his pace unconsciously.
When she saw him quickening his pace, the girl was ecstatic, "You are really Jack."
If it weren't for Jack, why would he run?
The girl's reaction attracted the attention of others, and many people looked over.
Leonardo's face is so famous that he was immediately recognized by more people.
"It's Jack, Jack has come to Jinling." someone shouted.
Unfortunately, although his face is very famous in China, not many people can remember his real name. They only know that he is called Jack.
"Leonardo."
Someone called his name in English. He turned around and saw that he was indeed a foreigner.
"You lost." Tom Hanks next to him said with a smile.
Leonardo twitched his lips. Although he was not convinced, he could only admit defeat, "I will get you the signed book."
"Haha, thank you very much." Tom Hanks laughed.
However, he was not happy for long, because someone also recognized him.
"Forrest Gump, he is Forrest Gump."
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It took a lot of effort for Leonardo DeCap and Tom Hanks to walk under the leadership of Chen Tao and get into the car that picked them up.
After getting on the bus, Chen Tao couldn't help complaining, "You two, didn't you agree that you should be careful about your disguise? We almost couldn't get out today."
Tom Hanks smiled and apologized, "Sorry, we accidentally caused you trouble."
Chen Tao waved his hand, "I don't have any trouble, but it's not safe for you. There are too many people at the airport, and there will be a stampede if you're not careful. Fortunately, in order to welcome the Deep Space Annual Conference, the security force of Jinling Airport has been greatly improved, and order is very good.
It will soon be maintained.”
Leonardo Dicap flipped his hair and changed the subject: "Mr. Chen, do you know YU's complete set of signed books?"
Chen Tao nodded: "You should be talking about a complete set of first edition signed books, right?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Of course I know this. Many people on the Internet are collecting them now, but there are also several grades of the complete set of first edition books."
"grade?"
"Well, the concept of first edition is quite vague. For example, "Old Book" is sold simultaneously in many countries. Does that mean that the first editions sold in these countries are all first editions?"
"That should be it, right?"
"Some people think it is, but some people think that only the Chinese version is called the first edition, because the Chinese version is the first to be released. With such differences, there are levels, and the highest level is the one that is only sold in China.
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