Chapter 4: Herd theory

Standing in the forecourt of his villa, watching four hurrying editor assistants, Adrian's mouth could not help but smile. Thinking of their shocked expressions before they left, he knew that his build was almost half successful.
These screenplays were selected after careful consideration and careful consideration, especially the four genres that were mailed out earlier are different, there are campus comedies, romantic love, thriller love, and Horror film. And three of these four scripts belong to the kind that has the highlights to make money, but not much.
Then when the other party sent over to negotiate, he threw out two more potentially valuable scripts-"American Pie" and "Scream of Shock". These two films are examples of low-cost and high-grossing box offices, and they have made countless sequels. It is impossible to see these people's professional qualities. Besides, he added some reminder notes later.
Then, how will the major movie companies react?
Adrien shook his head and stopped paying attention. Anyway, his purpose has already reached half. As long as these four films are shot and made money, the other half of the purpose is almost achieved.
I was just a little regretful and unwilling, because one of the first four scripts, the one previously sold to Warner's assistant, was "Bodyguard" which should have been released two years later and starring Whitney Houston. If Adrian remembers it right, the box office of this movie reached $ 100 million in North America-it was $ 100 million in the early 1990s!
It's a pity that he didn't invest it himself, and sold it for the price of 35,000 US dollars, he will inevitably feel a little depressed. Of course, this mood was left behind by Adrian in a few minutes.
If you want to establish your own popularity as soon as possible, it is impossible to sell all the scripts that make a small profit. It is still necessary to add a box office script among the first few. As long as the producers use their brains a little, and those things that Adrian also writes in the back, it will definitely make Warner a lot of money.
Of course, the main thing is because Adrian has a lot of money making scripts, don't care about this one. He had deliberately set aside time during the three months of writing the script to register with the screenwriter union, not because the union can provide help when necessary. What he liked was that the union can save and keep the script outline for a fee. Features of two years.
Most screenwriters leave their outlines to the union for custody, and movie companies also often check with the union for any notable scripts or stories that may be the same as newly received scripts.
Adrian has put in the ten script outlines that have been busy in the past three months, and in the future, there will be more outlines or complete scripts. In this way, even if the idea of ​​"similarity" may arise, he can still be invincible by virtue of the union's record keeping.
As for those "former" screenwriters that might make their lives change, sorry, that's not considered by Adrian. When he was Zhang Haoxuan, he had seen a theory in a science fiction novel, which impressed him quite a bit because of crowding out-the herd theory!
This herd theory is not the one that studies the herd effect. The author hypothesized a picture: one billion sheep living in a world spread across the ice field. In order to survive, they were arranged in an isosceles triangle to walk on the ice field. The sheep in the front can enjoy it whenever they encounter grass or water, but the sheep in the back can only eat grass roots and drink leftover water.
No sheep can live alone without herds. I do n’t know when I can see the next grassy place on the cold ice field and when a snowstorm strikes. I can only survive if I walk together and support each other.
的 The sheep standing behind the team, in order to get the same rights as the sheep in front-nothing more than eating fresh grass and drinking clean water-and squeezing forward desperately. The sheep in front must first maintain their current position to ensure that they will not be pushed to the back, and then try their best to move forward as far as possible.
羊 Some sheep can't appear in the front of the team for a lifetime because they stand back. Other sheep, right after birth, stand right behind their parents and are far ahead of other sheep.
没有 There is no fairness in this world.
Now he is born again, or can be regarded as God or some other power that adopted him as an adoptive son, placed him in a higher place, and gave him a pair of extremely hard horns, so why not Continue to squeeze forward?
Maybe in the future, he will set up a foundation to help those writers who have fallen down. Maybe he may secretly support the writers' union to strike for their own rights. The 2008 strike has far-reaching effects, and there have been several strike plans before that. In the stillbirth, he knew everything when he was still Zhang Haoxuan-but it is impossible for him to give up plagiarism and plagiarism in exchange for funds and fame.
Shameless? Of course, never deny it. But I don't care.
"I'm going out, Mrs. Galen, you don't have to wait for me at night." Adrian just packed away and went out. He had another important appointment this afternoon.
"Okay, but I will make two sandwiches and leave them in the refrigerator. You only need to put them in the microwave and turn them around," said Mrs. Galen, who was finishing the living room.
"Thank you." Adrian nodded, and then drove out to the city.
Although the profession of screenwriter is not so low in modern times as before, it doesn't have to be high. Where can I get it? Otherwise, why would there be a big strike in 2008? A good script, a good director, and a good actor are the three main factors that make a good movie. When have you seen a screenwriter asking for dividends? Even the screenwriters' screenwriters who have an annual income of 500,000 have never been through it.
Although the screenwriter made it easy for him to step into the door of Hollywood, he would never stop there.
"I didn't expect you to arrive earlier than me, Crow." Adrian sat down in front of Claude with a sloppy expression, then nodded to the male waiter who came over: "A cup of latte."
He didn't wait for Claude to speak, and he continued to ask in his tone: "Are you happy?"
Although he handed over all of his net worth to Claude, and he kept dumbly copying the script for the past three months, he still took the time to look at the financial statements sent by the private accountant. Facing the ups and downs of the graph, Adrian had only one idea: Claude was addicted to play!
"Hey, how can you say that, anyway, the funds you gave me have been quadrupled." Crowder was innocent.
"You can clear your hand when you turn five or five times, and then wait for the volatility to pass." Adrian said politely, "don't forget our agreement, play depends on the situation."
He said that Adrian was still a little depressed, after all, this was an oral agreement, and in his last words, even if Claude had run out, he could only accept it. Fortunately, in order to leave the cost of turning over the villa did not mortgage out, Adrian secretly twitched.
"Rest assured, I always take the agreement to heart, you trust me so much, of course I can't let you down." Claude raised his hands with a smile.
"My accountant told me that there are at most three months left."
"For me there are at least four months or more." Claude said confidently, and with a little pride, obviously benefited greatly in these three months.
"Okay, let's just talk about it, and ask me to come out for something." He took a sip of coffee.
"It's simple. I need to buy a movie company and then direct a debut." Adrian tapped his finger gently on the table.
Claude almost squirted the coffee out of his mouth, and he quickly lowered the cup in his hand and looked at Adrian with surprise.
"Warner, Universal, Fox, and Disney each bought a script for me and are still competing for ownership of the two scripts, so you should not be so surprised." Adrian said calmly.
"I thought ... I thought ..." Claude made a few gestures unconsciously.
"You thought I was just talking about fun? Come on, Crow, I'm very serious." Adrian raised an eyebrow. "When will I officially ask you for help while joking."
After a long breath, Claude shrugged. "I know, but ... Ed, you changed a lot."
"Everyone will change. I told you that I will not be the same as I was since the day I got an electric shock. UU Reading Www.uukanshu.com" said here Adrian waved his hand, "Well, Not to mention that, I originally planned to spend 500,000 to set up a new film company, but I did n’t have that much time and energy to start from scratch, so I planned to buy one. It does n’t need to be too big, the price is around 3 million, with a complete department and basic A network of relationships will do. "
Claude stirred the coffee in the cup with a spoon, looked at Adrian Adrian for a while, and finally sighed, "It's really strange, Ed, although the reason tells me that this idea is crazy, but intuitively tells I am most likely to succeed. "
"When did you become mother-in-law, Crow?" Adrian frowned.
"Okay, okay," Claude raised his hands. "So, what do you want me to do? Open a new account and transfer the money directly to it? Or help you find a movie company for sale?"
"You can help me that is the best, but I need you to come up with 4 million." Adrian said after thinking about it, "In addition to the acquisition of the film company, I need to buy adaptation rights for several novels and invest in myself First movie. "
"If you do as you say, your investment in the first movie is only a few hundred thousand at most ..." Claude was interrupted by Adrian after he said: "Okay, Crow, I I know you care about me, but believe me. "
"Well," Crowd nodded, "but if you only leave me 20 million funds, I can't guarantee that I will make 60 million for you in the end."
"Then reduce it to 50 million, your compensation cannot be counted." Adrian said immediately.
那么 "That's it." Crowder drank the coffee and stood up. "I'll wait and see for your miracle, but this is the truth."