Spielberg came earlier than Yin Jun thought. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At noon, Yin Jun hadn't returned to the hotel, and the front desk of the hotel here said that a gentleman named Spielberg had come to him according to the number left by Yin Jun, and whether he wanted to answer the phone.

The front desk of the hotel must have known Spielberg, but the Americans are very disciplined many times, and they generally do not give away the privacy of guests when they are not sure whether he knows Yin Jun.

It's not like Huaguo in the future, when you see an idol, you don't know anything about your surname, and you dare to say any news.

The current China is more disciplined and secretive than the United States.

Yin Jun naturally asked Spielberg to answer the phone, and then told him his location, and not long after, the dusty Spielberg sat next to Yin Jun.

He first said hello to Huo Jianning, and then concentrated on dealing with Yin Jun.

"Joon, I'm going to start planning for "E.T." in June at the latest, look, can we talk about the contract now?" Spielberg asked straight to the point.

"Good. ”

Yin Jun didn't shirk either, "Stephen, what do you want?"

The script is Yin Jun's, so he naturally occupies the initiative.

Spielberg was not surprised by Yin Jun's question, and nodded: "First, I want to have full authority on the set, second, I hope that I can be present to provide advice when the final editing is made, and third, I want George's special effects studio to do the special effects." The rest of my work contract will be negotiated with you by my agent. ”

Americans are upright in doing things, and they don't know that negotiating prices like this will hurt the hearts of the Chinese people.

Chinese people generally want to bow down when they see them, saying that they don't want to be paid, and they just want to work for themselves.

Yin Jun heard this, "There is no problem with the first two, and the work contract will definitely satisfy you." The third special effects studio, I'd like you to leave it to Stan Winston's studio. ”

Stan Winston started working on special effects in Hollywood in the late '60s, but the special effects were still very shallow.

After more than ten years of hard work, Stan Weston and his Stan Weston digital studio have become well-known in the industry.

It's not as famous as Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic, but many movies also like to find this special effects master to do some special effects.

Spielberg knew Stan Winston, and even five years ago, he wanted to ask Stan Weston to make the model of the great white shark that made him famous all over the world, so he knew exactly what Stan Winston was capable of.

Hearing that Yin Jun and Stan Winston also knew each other, Spielberg sighed unconsciously, "I didn't expect you to know Hollywood so deeply." If Stan Winston were to do it, I don't think I would have any other opinion. ”

The most important thing has been negotiated, and Spielberg is much more down-to-earth.

His most important purpose today is, of course, the power of that final cut.

Spielberg was smart enough not to demand that he have the power to the final cut alone, but instead chose to have the right to participate in it, which usually doesn't cause resentment from investment firms.

Speaking of this final edit, it is actually edited into a finished film, and then taken to the master film copied by the film copy factory.

To put it simply, it's the version that the audience sees.

The reason why production companies usually don't let the directors who know the most about the shooting and the ins and outs of the film go back decades to the beginning of the development of films.

At that time, the production company chose to let the director do the final edit, because how to shoot, which shots were the most classic, and what was the main line...... Wait, the director is the one who knows best, and if they don't let them edit, how can they afford to spend so much filming money?

As a result, the film edited by the directors was shown in the cinema and immediately brought immediate results - the number of audiences was directly reduced by more than half!

The film company is dumbfounded.

Nima, what's the situation!?

They hurriedly went to do a questionnaire, only to know that the movies edited by the directors are rarely understood by normal people!

Because what directors pursue is not the happy feeling of watching a movie, but the art in their hearts, the deepest pursuit of movie stories.

Think about it.

How many people can understand art?

So the movie naturally hit the streets.

For this reason, several major Hollywood movie giants have decided that how to shoot is your director's business, but how to edit, how to make a finished film, and meet the audience, then you don't care, our film company directly organizes a group of people to do it, and edit it according to the audience's preferences.

In this way, although the directors were extremely unhappy, a miracle still happened, the audience returned in large numbers, and the movie became more and more beautiful, which made the studios ecstatic, and the directors had nothing to say.

Of course, there are no exceptions, and there are many examples of hitting the street because the final editing is not good.

The film directors thought, look, I didn't edit it, but in the end, it was blamed on me, how wronged I am! No, I have to do it myself!

And even now, the competition between directors and film companies for the final editing rights has not stopped.

When the truck driver shot his first movie, wasn't it that after the filming was finished, the film company did not allow him to make the final edit, and in the end, the truck driver did not hesitate to match his own key, secretly entered the editing room, and edited it himself?

Then when he sold the copyright to the owner of the film company, which was later his first wife, he made it clear that I don't want remuneration, I don't want script fees, I only have one request, that is, let me control everything, I want to have the final editing rights.

In the end, Cameron's future wife agreed, and then opened the road of the truck driver Niu Bi coaxed the god of commercial movies!

In the same way, Spielberg is also a person who has a strong sense of control, and he wants to control everything about filmmaking.

And Spielberg has this capital, "Jaws" with an investment of 9 million US dollars, the global box office has exceeded 400 million US dollars, and it is still an era of low prices and low currency like 1975!

With such a high input-output ratio, he suddenly became a world-famous director, and he had a lot of autonomy in Universal, but Universal still did not give him the final editing rights.

In his previous life, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Paramount, who paid for it, did not give him the final editing rights.

It will not be until this "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is successful again, and the next "E.T." will begin, and Spielberg will have the final editing rights at Universal.

And when "E.T." succeeds again, no one will dare to say that Spielberg will not be given the final editing rights - if you don't give that power, you will pay more, and people will not look at you directly.

The current Spielberg is not yet the top three super directors in the world in the future, although a "Jaws" made him famous, but it is far from enough to consolidate his position.

Therefore, he just tried to talk to Yin Jun, but he didn't expect Yin Jun to readily agree, which made him feel good for a while.

Then he asked another important question, "E.T., do we take the script to major companies, or do you go to find investment, or what?"

"We don't have to look for anyone else to make a film, we do it ourselves. Yin Jun said in a good time: "I'll give you 15 million US dollars for the production cost first, and if you need to add it, you can up to 25 million in total." ”

"Good!"

Spielberg nodded in satisfaction.

He originally expected that the filming fund of 10 million US dollars could be coped with, but he didn't expect Yin Jun to give up to 25 million US dollars, so that he could make movies more excellently.

All directors are very satisfied with the generous boss, and Spielberg suddenly had the idea of working with Yin Jun often, which seems to be good.

As everyone knows, in fact, now, the happiest person should be said to be Yin Juncai.

Who from the afterlife doesn't know the ROI ratio of E.T.'s super scary?

The original version of "E.T." cost $12 million to shoot and $5 million to promote and market, but the global box office was $792.91 million!!

A full 46.6 times the input-output ratio!!

Even after all the distribution, theatrical fees, etc., the box office profit of "E.T." exceeded 300 million US dollars.

And that's not even counting E.T.'s many peripheral derivative gains.

For example, the game rights that almost brought down the world's largest game company, Atari, sold for $25 million!

But this one is enough to deduct all the production costs.

And then the income from toys, books, videotapes, etc., accumulated for decades, 300 million US dollars is absolutely indispensable!

Even in 2002, the United States, Germany, Argentina, Italy and other countries released the remastered "E.T." again, and the DVD sold again.

In this way, in about 30 years, the net profit of "E.T." will not be less than 800 million US dollars!!

The original "E.T." is a bit imperfect in many ways, which is why Yin Jun is willing to invest more money in it.

Spielberg's ability, coupled with a large amount of shooting and production costs, post-production work, etc., "E.T." in this life can definitely shine more brilliantly than in the previous life!

And this movie, which is destined to go down in film history, has become a good start for Yin Jun to establish a film company!

You don't have to wait for a decade or two of cumulative income, and when it comes out, everyone will go crazy about it!

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