Life is like a box of chocolates. A few days ago, Ye Wei would not know the contradiction at this time.

The team behind the scenes, Julia Roberts, DreamWorks, people from all walks of life hope that he will have an initial contact with Paramount. Hanks also said that the opportunity is rare and he should seize it.

A fantasy family film project with a budget of $100 million.

If it is fake to say that it is not attracted, fame and fortune are on the one hand, and on the other hand, Ye Wei does like this huge challenge. Who doesn’t want to make a blockbuster movie? Maybe Terrence Malik doesn’t want it, but he wants it, science fiction, fantasy, special effects, imagination... he loves these.

But the matter is not that Paramount and other filmmakers gave him 100 million and a project, and then waited for the receipt. He couldn't even get in the production team, and at most he was a planner. Unlike "The Witch Carrie", what he said was the same as the kind that he didn't say. He was just a hired director!

Although he hasn't tried it, some situations have been verified again and again.

Talented newcomer + commercial blockbuster, this is the usual style of Hollywood. Spielberg, 28, was invited to direct the first "Superman" (1978), but Warner wanted to wait for "Jaws" to be released to see the results before making the final decision. Spielberg collaborated with Colombia to "The Third Category of Contact".

In recent years, a young director who became famous for filming independent films was recruited by a large studio, which is almost an inevitable development.

After the successful debut of "Good Luck Tomorrow" (2002, 250,000 production fee, 3.8 million box office, 81% freshness, 79% favorite, Paramount release), Lin Yibin (34-year-old) filmed "Annapolis" (26 million production fee) for Disney, which will be released in January next year; now he is playing "Fast and Furious 3" (85 million budget) for Universal, which is scheduled to be scheduled for June 16 next year.

This is called work is power. Ye Wei knows that his opportunity is not as exaggerated as Roberts said. If he was 27 years old, "The Wedding Time is Coming" would win him a project like "Fast Spur 3", plus tet and LMS? It's just that because he is only 17 years old, his budget is particularly precious.

Why are young talented directors popular? Because they are cheap, passionate, responsible, and understand the needs of the main customers of blockbusters, and are also easy to control.

If you take on this job, you must be mentally prepared.

This project is tentatively scheduled to be released in December 2007. It will take two years from now. Until the completion of the project, there is no need to expect to do other projects.

Alice Sibird will of course hand over the adaptation rights of TLB to Peter Jackson; SS should still be able to hold it, not necessarily; W’sb is also not necessarily the same.

Think about the differences in creation. In a large studio project, the one who has the most say is not anyone, but a huge production team, a lot of incredibly precise, and often it is useless, except for keeping the data on the jobs of relevant personnel.

The way directors and large studios view movies is so different, especially the young directors who dislike compromise the most, which is destined to have endless differences.

script, preparation, casting, shooting, editing...

Like Murphy's Law, problems that will happen will always occur. After repeated contradictions and differences, it is hard to say what kind of movie it will eventually come out.

It depends on how the director and the producer get along, whether it is good or bad.

Ye Wei knew his personality or attitude when making a movie. If he told Paramount Yes, the most likely ending was not that he made a bad movie, but that he had not started preparing for it. During the script development stage, he withdrew because of "inconsistent creative ideas."

He also wasted half a year and lost the TLB adaptation rights.

There is no medicine for regret in the world. Once he announces his intention to join this project, he will lose TLB. No matter what changes happen in the future, TLB will never belong to him.

So, why not consider it? Why not tend to refuse?

But Ye Wei did not refuse at all, because the tlb adaptation rights may not be his, which is indeed a rare opportunity and a huge challenge. Despite so many inevitable and possible problems, there was still a voice in my heart that encouraged me:

"They can be because they think they can! But if you are a person who will be scared by difficulties and challenges, you have not even handled "Dance of Angels" yet! Many young directors have successfully made a good movie in big studio blockbusters. Why can't it be you?

Unless you plan to not shoot the six major films in your life, there will definitely be this one. Are you sure? What do you want?"

The louder the sound, the more confused he was, as if he was standing in front of an intersection, but he didn't know which direction he wanted to go.

When a person is trapped in this whirlpool, he will naturally want to ask someone to talk to and ask for advice.

Ye Wei asked his parents, but they didn't give any advice, only one request, "Just be happy, don't delay your studies!" He asked Duoduo, and she said, "Ski!" He asked Toto, who was like a Zen master. Although he didn't understand, it was definitely conveying a certain meaning, maybe "Choose a dog!"

He asked Nina, and Nina's first reaction was to exclaim: "Isn't it filming next summer vacation?" How could it be? Everything went well and it would be started next fall, but if he took it, the plan to travel around the world would be reduced for a month. Nina smiled bitterly after hearing this: "I was influenced by our plan. I don't know, Yunik, all I can do is support you."

Ye Wei wanted to talk to Lily, but vaguely felt that the answer was with her. The last time I saw it was before the Thanksgiving holiday, I didn’t meet her by chance for a while.

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On Tuesday, Harvard-West Lake High School, it was almost 2pm, and the 5-minute activity time before the last class, because students usually choose this class as sports or art, just like school is over early, and various activities are about to begin, and a large number of students are leaving the academic building.

Three thin low-grade students were laughing and talking about something. One of them was a little dancing. As soon as he walked out of the corridor, he hit someone's body and almost bounced out. When the three of them saw it, they were panicked. A tall boy wearing a sports jacket for the school football team, a legendary figure in the school.

The little man stuttered and apologized: "I'm sorry, viy, I didn't mean it..."

The three of them were very nervous and a little scared. They were not students who were promoted to junior high school, but from high school students who entered from other schools. Ye Wei heard a lot and had seen them from a distance. He bumped into him like this... It was really scary...

"But, did they mess with you?", "Kill them!" Some of the students passing by were laughing, some girls smiled, and a few boys wearing football team sports jackets came over fiercely, "You are dead!", "Looking down on soccer?" The three students who were fools became more and more uneasy when they saw that they were fools.

"You fools!" Ye Wei's sudden curses scared them, but saw him kicking at the group of boys in the football team. It turned out that they were not scolding them!

"Get out to the stadium to warm up, I'll come right away." Viy laughed and scolded the boys. When the three of them saw him turn to look, he smiled and said, "What can I do to you? I'm not a school bully. I've said it a thousand times, why do some people think I'm a school bully? Guys, let's go."

Under the stare of those football boys, the three of them hurriedly walked with a smile. After walking a while to leave the building, they all looked back and saw Viy laughing with a group of beautiful girls.

"Hey girls, you guys are cheerleaders, aren't you?"

"Yes!", "We are!" The four girls were very excited when Ye Wei approached each other and looked at each other. They all felt that he was coming for him and a date! "I have time tonight!"

"Will there be free? Our football team's first game of the season at 2:30, against Palisade Charter High School." Ye Wei smiled, "Are you interested in cheering us?" The football boys who were standing behind him were laughing loudly.

The girls couldn't agree, looking distressed, "The basketball team has a game at 4:30, and we have to prepare."

"The basketball team also has a game today?" Ye Wei frowned and looked at his teammates. They shrugged or nodded. He said helplessly: "What's the appeal of a bunch of pituitary mutant monsters busy stuffing a ball into an iron circle?"

Everyone laughed loudly, and the students passing by were curious and looked at it. It was not surprising that they saw Viy there.

"Anne Hall, because it's physical work, physical work never speaks of right or wrong." Ye Wei smiled and shook his head, "I just don't understand, what's more attractive than another group of freaks who kick a ball into a door frame? Girls, that's it, brothers, sing our song!"

He swung his feet and ran out, singing, "we-don't-want-no-cheerleading!pion! (We don't want cheerleading teams! We just want our champions!)"

The football boys also ran out and sang in unison: "They'll-sex e-our-pity g-guns! but-they-can't-touch-anyone! (They will see our big guys! But they can't touch any of them!"

“Why-football-Woys-so-*ing-cool?becae-we-are-*ing-opponents! (Why are the football boys so cold? Because we are fucking opponents!)

“yes, we-are.(Yes, we are.)”

“not-the-pigskin-or-the-basketball-team. (not a rugby team or basketball team.)”

“they-are-the-lo rs. (They are losers.)”

“we-are-the-heroes.(We are heroes.)”

"one-day-people-will-*ing-know,we-are-playing-football-totally-so! (One day people will know that the thing we play is football!)

They ran out singing loudly, and the students along the way laughed, and whistles and cheers sounded. This song had already spread throughout the school. It was compiled and sung by Viy when he was leading the team to train. It is said that it was adapted from the military song of the movie "All Metal Case". Because of this song, Viy was severely criticized by the school and forbidden from singing it again in the school.

The girls could not see Ye Wei, so they looked away, and suddenly cheered excitedly, jumping and jumping!

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The game between Harvard West Lake and Palisade Charter High School ended with 2:1, with a small win of HW winning a good start. Ye Wei, who represented the school team for the first time, lived up to expectations and scored a winning goal in the 72nd minute of the second half. He was selected as the MVP after the game.

But Ye Wei was not very emotional and was a little disappointed. Whenever there was a gap in the game, he would pay attention to the audience on the sidelines, but he never saw a figure appearing at Ted Slevin Stadium.

She is a cheerleader and needs to prepare for the basketball game. But this game is of great significance, can't you slip over and watch it for a while? The basketball team started at 4:30, and after two hours, even if you watch the entire game. Best friend, he couldn't let go...

Ye Wei didn't know what was wrong with him. After leaving the locker room, he didn't go to watch the basketball game, nor did he go home with his parents who came to watch the game. He went to the library to read books until after six o'clock, drove away from school, drove back to Brentwood, and drove to Lily's house.

In the winter evening, the sky was already dark, and the road was quiet, with vast land on both sides as quiet as uninhabited mansions. He drove to Lily's house, parked on the side of the road, and looked at the castle-like house in the distance.

The trees were a little withered, and the wide lawn was filled with water left by today's rain. It was raining in Los Angeles in winter. He was almost covered in mud before.

Well, another reason why cheerleaders don't cheer on the football team.

Ye Wei got out of the car and was about to call Lily with his cell phone. When he saw a Maserati coming, he immediately smiled and waved his hand! Soon, through the windshield of the car, Lily was full of surprise. She stopped the car, lowered the window, looked over and asked, "Wei, what are you doing here?"

"I have something I want to tell you." Ye Wei smiled, "Do you have fun during the holiday?"

"It's okay. Wait, I'll park the car first." Lily continued to drive back to the parking space in the front yard.

Ye Wei followed him. Lily got out of the car, tied her hair, and asked, "What's the matter?" He smiled and said, "We won the game and took a big step towards the championship. I scored a goal, and the long shot from the edge of the penalty area entered the net from the right. Others said it was very handsome."

"I heard it." Lily nodded with a smile, "I lost the basketball game, lost more than 20...Is that just the matter?"

"Not just." Ye Wei couldn't help but sigh with regret before he said that: "You know that DreamWorks sold to Paramount."

"Yes, I know." Lily looked around and shook a bunch of keys in her hand.

It is always different to talk to her, so naturally without reservation. Ye Wei said: "Paramon asked me to talk about directing a big project "Fantasy Elf Event Book", which is an adaptation of that set of fantasy novels with a budget of 100 million US dollars."

"Wow!" Lily exclaimed and slapped the car a few times with excitement, "Let's talk about it when you enter the house, a budget of 100 million US dollars? It's incredible!"

"I'm still thinking about it, I don't know how to make a decision." Ye Wei said, following Lily into the house.

When he arrived at the spacious living room, Ye Wei sat down on the sofa, Lily sat on the side sofa, and Madeline, the family assistant who was making dinner, served tea. He first introduced the project.

"The Fantasy Elf Event Book" is a children's book co-authored by Tony Dietretz and Holly Black. It has five books on the main series, telling the fantasy adventure stories of the three children of the Grace family, twin brothers Simon, Jared and their sister Marlorie.

This set of books is very popular among children. Because of the popularity of children's novels adapted from "Harry Potter" in recent years, such as "The Legend of Narnia", "The Golden Compass", etc., "The Fantasy Elf Event Book" has been spotted. Paramount and Nick Channel Movies took the lead in purchasing copyrighted movies, and are also preparing to join game providers to launch PC games at the same time.

"Paramount is preparing to make the five body of the original body into the first part. If the grades are good, he will work with the original author to sequel. Their goal is a trilogy series. Its story and character settings are much weaker than Harry Potter and "Legend of Narnia", which is more like "The Brave Game 2", with an older sister and two younger brothers surrounding a manor..."

Ye Wei was devoted to speaking, but Lily seemed to be distracted and suddenly became shocked: "What? The sequel to "The Brave Game"?"

"No... "Fantasy Elf Event Book"." Ye Wei was stunned for a moment, suddenly understood and couldn't help laughing: "You are so mean, haha! There must be no sequels in "The Brave Game". Also, it's Sony's, not Paramount's, it can't die anymore."

"Haha." Lily also smiled, frowned, raised her teacup and drank a big sip of tea, "Continue?"

Ye Wei continued: "This story is a bit thin, and it revolves around a manor. Bad guys come to make trouble. They and the elves defeat bad guys, like this. But they also have great potential. They can't film the grandeur of "Harry Potter". A good family fantasy is enough. The key lies in how to adapt. For me, the main problem is not these..."

He took a sip of tea and said some pros and cons, "You know, Lily, "The Little Sunshine Beauty" has been completed. I feel like I have reached a fork in the road, and then to the left or right. How should I go on with my movie dream? I am very confused... This is a good opportunity, a big challenge, but once I say yes, I will lose a lot, and I will become Hollywood..."

"I don't like Hollywood, I really don't like it." He leaned against the sofa, looked up at the eyes and said to himself: "I want to be an independent filmmaker like George Lucas, and I don't want to make filming more and more complicated. I carried a lot of things in lms, and I finally felt much more relaxed now. I hope that filming is becoming more and more pure, and I hope that I can get more and more pure happiness from it..."

He noticed something, and his eyes turned, Lily picked up the phone on the coffee table and pressed it. He gradually stopped talking. She looked at her phone and smiled, as if she was composing a text message. After a while, she suddenly looked in shock, "What? You said?"

"I said...I hope that filming can be more pure." Ye Weizheng continued, but when he saw Lily looking at her phone again, he couldn't help but feel confused and helpless, and whistled: "Hello! Can you concentrate? I'm talking to you seriously."

"Why do you want to talk to me?" Lily suddenly shouted angrily, grabbed her cell phone and stood up, "What can I tell you? Why don't you ask others to tell me what are you asking me for??"
To be continued...