Chapter 310 Why Not Sell Them a Script?

The box office performance of "The Sixth Sense" was so good that Hollywood also set its sights on Zhou Yan's other films.

Zhou Yan has made three feature films in total, and "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" has also been remade, so many companies have set their sights on "The Chorus" which has just won an award.

Warner was not the first company to contact Tomson to buy the remake rights of "The Chorus", but among the many companies that contacted Tomson, Warner was the largest and most sincere.

They hope to get the remake rights of "The Chorus" for two million US dollars.

Two million US dollars only gets the remake rights for five years. This price is of course very tempting, and it is 450,000 US dollars higher than the remake fee Columbia paid for "The Sixth Sense".

And this is only the first offer from Warner, and it should be able to go up after further discussion.

Warner went directly to Xu Feng to contact her. Xu Feng was also quite satisfied with Warner's sincerity, and the price she had in mind was probably between 2.2 million and 2.6 million US dollars.

I believe that as long as I talk to Warner again, I can raise the price to her psychological price.

However, Xu Feng did not talk to Warner in depth. Instead, he called Zhou Yan as soon as he contacted Warner.

When Zhou Yan received Xu Feng's call, he was on his way to Shichahai Sports School. Chen Hong had been studying at Shichahai Martial Arts School recently. He happened to have nothing to do today, so he went to visit her.

Now Zhou Yan carries a mobile phone with him, which makes it much more convenient to contact her.

After the call was connected, Xu Feng's voice came from the phone, "Are you busy?"

"In the car, is there anything, Sister Feng?"

"Warner came to me and said that they wanted to buy the remake rights of "The Chorus". I came to ask you what you think."

Zhou Yan didn't even ask the price, and said directly, "Forget about this movie, don't sell the remake rights."

Hearing Zhou Yan's refusal so decisively, Xu Feng didn't say anything, "Okay, then I will refuse directly. Anyway, we have also bought out the copyright of "A Cage of Nightingales."

This is why Zhou Yan likes to cooperate with Xu Feng. No matter what, Xu Feng will stand by him. Such a good boss is really hard to find in the world.

Although Zhou Yan didn't know how much Warner offered, it would definitely not be less than the 1.55 million US dollars of "The Sixth Sense". He estimated that it might exceed 2 million US dollars.

This money is not a small amount even for Xu Feng.

But now because of Zhou Yan's words, she decisively gave up the money, which ordinary people can't do at all.

Moreover, if Tomson wanted to sell the remake rights of "The Chorus", Xu Feng could make the decision directly without asking Zhou Yan, but she still called Zhou Yan to ask for his opinion as soon as possible, which shows that she really values ​​Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan thought about it and said, "Why not sell them the remake rights of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly"?"

Xu Feng smiled and said, "I do want to sell it, but Warner may not be willing to take it. After all, this movie has been remade, and the box office of "The Flying Piano Boy" is not bad, and there is not much commercial potential."

Zhou Yan nodded. Xu Feng was right. The commerciality of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is much worse than that of "The Sixth Sense". In addition, it has already been remade once, so Warner is unlikely to be interested in the remake rights of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".

After a moment of silence, he said, "Ask them first. If they are not interested, then ask them if they want a script."

When Xu Feng heard that Zhou Yan had a new script, he became interested. "You wrote a new script? Why didn't you tell me? I'm still worrying about your next movie every day, but you didn't even tell me that you had a script. Since you have a new script, why don't you shoot it yourself? Why give it to others?"

Hearing Xu Feng say this, Zhou Yan smiled. It seems that she is really concerned about her next movie.

"Originally, I wanted to shoot it myself, but our technology is not good enough and the cost is too high. I thought about it and decided to give up." Zhou Yan explained.

"How high can the cost be?" Xu Feng asked.

"If we shoot it ourselves, the budget will be at least 50 or 60 million yuan."

Xu Feng immediately said, "This is not too much. As long as you think the script is good, we will pay 50 or 60 million yuan ourselves. There is no need to give it to others."

A budget of 50 or 60 million yuan may be more for other producers, but it is nothing for Xu Feng. In recent years, Tomson has made a lot of money, so he has the capital, and Xu Feng is willing to invest in movies.

When Tomson was just starting out, she dared to raise a budget of several million US dollars for "Farewell My Concubine". Now it is nothing to invest 50 or 60 million RMB in Zhou Yan to make a movie.

"50 or 60 million is just a conservative estimate. The actual cost will be more. And the cost is one aspect, the key is technology. There are many things in it that we can't complete. The current domestic production level is still relatively backward."

The few movies Zhou Yan has shot have low costs and no technical difficulties. Domestic production teams can complete them.

However, if you want to shoot a "blockbuster", the current domestic production team cannot complete it. Not to mention the special effects, the props team is far behind.

Zhou Yan has been in the crew of "Sense and Sensibility" for a while, and he felt very clearly that the production level of Hollywood is indeed very high.

Moreover, "Sense and Sensibility" was not a blockbuster in the first place, and it was already a movie with relatively low technical requirements.

"Titanic" will be filmed this year, and Zhou Yan will definitely go to see it then. He must experience the most advanced film production level in the world today.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Xu Feng sighed slightly. She was well aware of the gap between domestic film production levels and Hollywood.

Some things are difficult to make up for in a short time.

In fact, Zhou Yan's production team is already very powerful in China. The equipment they use when shooting movies is also the most advanced in the country, and they are richer than most crews.

Moreover, Zhou Yan will regularly hold training classes for Jiang Mengfei and others to expose them to the most advanced film knowledge.

But even so, Zhou Yan's team cannot compare with the Hollywood team, and will be crushed in every aspect from the inside out.

"How about you show me the script first?" Xu Feng said.

"I've written more than half of the script, and there are still some things that haven't been completed. I'll give it to you after I take the time to finish it in the past two days."

Zhou Yan impulsively wrote this script before, originally intending to shoot it himself, but the more he wrote it, the more he felt that it couldn't be done because it was too difficult to shoot.

In the process of writing the script, he must think about how to shoot it, but there are many things that they cannot complete at this stage. Even if they can barely complete it, the effect will be slightly inferior. The most important thing is that the cost is too high.

Zhou Yan said that the budget is 50 to 60 million, which is indeed conservative. If the control is not good, the budget may exceed 100 million.

With such a high budget, the risk is too high, and Zhou Yan doesn't want to lose money and make a profit.

Therefore, Zhou Yan stopped writing before the script was finished.

It was this time when Xu Feng mentioned that Warner Bros. wanted to buy the rights to remake "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" that Zhou Yan thought of simply selling the script, which was not a waste.

…

Not long after hanging up Xu Feng's phone, Zhou Yan arrived at Shichahai Martial Arts School.

Because he had greeted the school leaders in advance, Zhou Yan's car drove directly into the school.

It's nine o'clock in the morning, and many students are practicing on the playground.

There are many students in Shichahai, of all ages, but most of them are under the age of twenty.

The school attaches great importance to Zhou Yan's arrival, and head coach Wu Bin personally came to pick him up.

Wu Bin has a high reputation in the Chinese martial arts world, but he himself looks inconspicuous. He is only over 1.6 meters tall, like an ordinary little old man.

However, although he was small, his hands were very generous. When Zhou Yan shook hands with him, the feeling was very obvious.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Wu Bin was very happy and said with a smile, "Yesterday I learned that Teacher Zhou was coming. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. Our school is full of rough guys. It's our honor for you to come."

Zhou Yan said with a smile: "Mr. Wu is too humble. Your school has achieved fruitful results and made important contributions to the development of Chinese martial arts. It is an honor for all the Chinese people. It is also an honor for me to have the opportunity to visit your school. ”

"Haha, that's too much praise, that's too much praise. Chen Hong should be practicing Tai Chi with Tian Yan and the others in the backyard right now. Should I take you to find her?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No rush, I came here this time not only to see her study progress, but also to observe the teaching at your school. We will be filming "Tai Chi Master" later, and we will definitely need a lot of martial arts actors. As one of the investors, I One, you should be concerned.”

"No problem, then I'll call a few students over to give you a demonstration?"

"Isn't it troublesome?"

"Hey, what's the trouble? Just wait."

Wu Bin was very efficient. He called twenty or thirty students over in just two or three minutes. The youngest of these students was about five or six years old and the oldest was in his twenties. Most of them were boys and there were only three girls.

After calling the people over, Wu Bin smiled and introduced Zhou Yan to them: "This is Director Zhou Yan, please show me what you have learned recently."

Zhou Yan has many identities, but Wu Bin chose the identity of director to introduce him because he knew that the identity of director is the most attractive to these students in the martial arts school.

These students in the martial arts school don't know much about music and other things. Most of them have never even heard of Zhou Yan's name, but when they heard that Zhou Yan was the director, they were all very excited.

After all, the martial arts school has role models like Jet Li in front of them, and many students in the martial arts school also want to pursue the path of acting.

Usually, martial arts schools often have film crews coming to select actors. At this time, students will actively perform in the hope that they will be selected.

Different from the expectations of the students, coaches like Wu Bin had mixed feelings about the arrival of the crew.

They open martial arts schools and train students with the purpose of promoting Chinese martial arts and bringing glory to the country. If the students are elected away, there may be many stars in the film and television industry, but there will be one less good talent in the martial arts industry.

But Wu Bin and the others also knew that practicing martial arts was hard and their future was unpredictable.

There are so many students in the school, but only a few can finally go out and win medals, while the rest will face various problems.

With the development of the times, there are fewer and fewer ways to learn martial arts.

Those outstanding students who have won awards may not necessarily have a good future, let alone ordinary students.

Therefore, it would be great if you can really take the path of a film and television star. On the one hand, it can protect students' own lives, and on the other hand, it can promote Chinese martial arts.

Wu Bin's idea is that it would be best if the directors could remove all the ordinary students in the school and keep the really good ones, but there is no such good thing in the world, and those directors also want good students.

Students in martial arts schools are very disciplined. Wu Bin does not need to arrange them one by one. These students spontaneously start to show what they have learned.

Some people are displayed alone, while others are displayed in groups of two or three.

Zhou Yan doesn't know much about martial arts, and he learned a little bit when he went to play "Green Snake" before. However, these students basically performed martial arts routines, which were quite interesting to watch.

When the students were performing, Wu Bin was also explaining to Zhou Yan. After his explanation, Zhou Yan found it much more interesting.

Most boys have a martial arts dream, and Zhou Yan is no exception, so after listening to Wu Bin's explanation, he would occasionally make gestures along with it.

While the two were chatting and laughing about martial arts, the student who was performing did a very difficult move. When he landed, he didn't adjust his movements properly and fell directly to the ground.

The force of the fall was so strong that Zhou Yan heard a "bang".

Before Zhou Yan could react, Wu Bin next to him had already rushed over.

The boy who fell was about fourteen or fifteen years old. When Wu Bin arrived, the boy was sweating profusely and his cheeks were tense. It was obvious that he was in pain, but he had to hold back and keep silent.

"It's probably a broken bone."

When Zhou Yan arrived, he happened to hear Wu Bin say this.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan was stunned. Is this a broken bone?

Wu Bin seemed to be used to this scene. He waved and said, "Liang Xu, Hong Fang, take Xu Jin to the infirmary."

The two boys immediately came over, used the chair support method to lift Xu Jin up, and walked towards the infirmary. They were very skilled in their movements and must have been taught them.

After they left, Wu Bin turned to Zhou Yan and said, "It's okay, it's a minor injury. Let's continue."

Zhou Yan's eyelids twitched. Is a broken bone considered a minor injury? Are the usual training risks in martial arts schools so high?

Wu Bin said he wanted to continue, but Zhou Yan didn't dare anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Let's forget it for today. Let's go to the infirmary to have a look. This incident also happened because of me."

"This has nothing to do with you. It's normal for a martial arts student to get injured."

But Zhou Yan insisted, "Mr. Wu, no matter what you say today, I have to go and have a look, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

In fact, Zhou Yan could also guess why Xu Jin was injured. He probably heard that a director was coming and was eager to perform, so he did some actions that he didn't usually do well, which caused the mistake.

If he doesn't come today, this matter won't happen.

He wanted to see it both emotionally and rationally.

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Wu Bin didn't insist anymore and nodded, "Okay, I'll take you there."

…

As soon as the two of them arrived outside the infirmary, they heard a pig-like cry coming from inside: "Ouch, it hurts me so much!"

"Old Feng, please be gentle."

Hearing this shout, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. When he was in the playground just now, Xu Jin was silent and acted like a tough guy. He didn't expect that he would break his skills when he came to the infirmary.

Wu Bin also rolled his eyes, walked into the medical room first, and then coughed lightly, "Ahem, Xiao Feng, how are Xu Jin's legs?"

Xu Jin originally wanted to scream, but when he saw Wu Bin and Zhou Yan coming in, he held it back.

Doctor Feng Kai glanced at Zhou Yan and then said, "It's not a big problem. I just have a fractured tibia. I'll take care of it briefly and send him to the hospital right away for a plaster cast."

"Well, please drive me there later."

Zhou Yan glanced at the infirmary. He originally thought that since people in the martial arts school were often injured, the conditions in the infirmary should be better. However, he did not expect that the infirmary would be so simple. There was only one bed in the entire infirmary and there were no decent equipment. , there seems to be only one doctor.

Wu Bin walked up to Xu Jin and said, "Don't worry too much. It's just a minor injury. It will only take a few months to recover. You are lucky. Director Zhou saw that you were injured and came over to see you."

"Thank you, Director Zhou."

Xu Jin tried hard to endure the pain, but his voice was still trembling when he spoke.

Zhou Yan walked over and consoled him, "No one wants to get hurt, but since you are injured, you should take good care of yourself. When the injury is healed, you will be a good man again."

Then Zhou Yan said to Wu Bin, "Mr. Wu, I will pay for all the expenses for the child's hospital visit."

"this……"

Just as Wu Bin was about to speak, Zhou Yan interrupted him, "Mr. Wu, please don't refuse. Today's incident happened because of me. If you refuse me, then I will be really uneasy. I will send someone to the hospital in a while and try my best to help." Xu Jin needs to arrange it better, the fracture is not a big or small matter."

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Wu Bin was no longer polite. He rolled his eyes at Xu Jin and said, "Why don't you thank Director Zhou?"

"Thank you, Director Zhou."

After Zhou Yan expressed his condolences, Dr. Feng and the others took Xu Jin to the hospital.

After leaving the infirmary, Wu Bin sighed slightly, "Teacher Zhou, such an accident happened today, which disturbed your enjoyment."

"Mr. Wu, please don't say that. What happened today also made me see how difficult it is to learn martial arts. It's not easy for the students, and it's even harder for you teachers."

"Nothing is easy. Let's go. I'll take you to find Chen Hong."

…

When Zhou Yan and the others went to the backyard, Chen Hong was doing Tai Chi, and there were two girls practicing beside him.

Looking at Chen Hong's movements, Wu Bin smiled and said, "Chen Hong is quite talented. She has just learned it for a few days and she is already good at it."

Zhou Yan smiled, Wu Bin's words were obviously polite.

Chen Hong's movements were very stiff, and she didn't look like she had any talent, but Zhou Yan was pleased that Chen Hong was very serious about learning.

Talent is important, but as long as you are serious, you can always make some achievements.

Moreover, Chen Hong came to the martial arts school not to become a martial arts master, as long as she could learn some routines and look a little bit good, and be able to cope with the filming of a TV series.

As long as she studied hard, she would definitely learn something in three months.

Zhou Yan and the others did not disturb Chen Hong's practice, and they waited until Chen Hong rested before they went over.

At this moment, Chen Hong was already sweating profusely, and when she saw Zhou Yan, she showed joy on her face.

"Zhou Yan."

If Wu Bin and the others were not beside her, Chen Hong would have jumped on Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I came to see if you were lazy."

"I'm studying very hard. If you don't believe me, ask Tian Yan and the others."

The girl next to him smiled and said, "Sister Hong is really serious. She has the same schedule as us every day and she doesn't complain of being tired."

"This is just the beginning. It's amazing if you can stick to it until the end."

Chen Hong pouted and said, "Don't underestimate me. When I'm good at it, be careful that you are not my opponent."

"Then I'll wait and see. I'll definitely learn from Miss Chen's skills when I have the chance." Zhou Yan smiled and said to Tian Yan and the others, "During this period, Chen Hong will trouble you."

"Director Zhou, don't worry. We will teach you everything we know."

Zhou Yan originally wanted to tell Chen Hong to be careful. After all, he just witnessed a student's fracture, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it in front of Wu Bin and the others.

Besides, the school shouldn't let Chen Hong do anything too dangerous when she comes to study. (End of this chapter)