Chapter 454: The Right to Adapt

At the back, Stephen King became more comfortable the more he looked at the two of them.

Great writers are also human beings.

He even wrote in a magazine column in his 40s that he wanted to be a Mark Twain-esque writer, not a so-called horror writer.

He actively embraced the film and television circle, at first because of making more money, and later because of enjoyment, enjoying the praise of the audience when his novel was adapted into a film and television drama.

He has also seen a lot of directors, who are box office hits, arrogant, and polite...

But not like Lyman.

how to say.

Respectful speech, decent attitude, and respect for themselves.

What he actually disliked was that some directors were obviously here to ask for the right to adapt the movie, but they seemed to be giving him face, or just meeting to get money.

He is not short of wealth, and he does not like luxury.

He wants fame more than wealth. This is also where many older people think the same way.

After earning enough money, I want to pursue "remaining a name".

Coincidentally, Lehman also guessed these.

After a proper response, Stephen King's attitude was too good, and he agreed with more than half of Lyman's desire to get the film adaptation copyright of "The Mist".

With a smile, he raised his glasses and nodded to Lehman: "I will greet them. Do you want to settle it in two days?"

Lehman's tone was a little excited, "Thank you sir, I will shoot "The Mist" well."

Stephen King became more and more pleasing to Layman's eyes, his eyes narrowed with a smile, "If you have any questions, you can also talk to me. This is my personal phone number."

He took out a business card from the drawer on the side of the small table. It was very simple, with only a series of numbers and nothing else.

Lehman respectfully took it and thanked him twice.

At this time, Tabitha came over again.

Seeing this, Laiman also took the initiative to retire and said: "When I met Mr. and I wanted to chat more, but it was not too early, and it was inconvenient to chat. If I have free time in the future, I will come and ask for advice in person."

At this time, the top has woken up from the state of being a fan. After watching the two of you basically negotiated the film adaptation rights of the novel, he already understood that Lehman got what he wanted.

Although he doesn't have the ability to talk nonsense like Lyman, he is not lacking in manners.

Immediately, he followed the courtesy and exited the villa.

As soon as he came out, he said with some sense: "When will I be able to adapt Mr. Stephen's works."

"You can come and talk if you want."

"But I don't know what to shoot, and I don't have a clue." The spinning top was a little lost.

After filming "Hellboy", he entered a window period again, and in his spare time, he was also thinking about which direction the new work should develop.

"Haha, then you'd better finish The Walking Dead first, and think about the rest slowly."

"What's so difficult about the TV series, you have written the script." Top said disdainfully.

Like any other film director,

I don't really like the creation of TV shows.

Well, Lyman doesn't like it either.

If it weren't for making money, he would definitely not have the idea of ​​making a drama.

"Just be confident, don't forget, the investment in TV dramas also has a share of your studio."

The initial investment of "The Walking Dead" is 10 million, and the total investment in the first season will probably not exceed 60 million. Among them, Gyro and his studio accounted for a total of 12 million, and investors such as Constantine Pictures accounted for about 18 million. , and the rest is funded by Firefly Pictures.

However, the distribution ratio is not entirely in accordance with the investment ratio.

It is mainly Firefly Pictures and the TV station that obtained the broadcasting rights to share most of the income. The remaining investors and the main creative team can eat meat, and the young actors and some behind-the-scenes shooting teams can drink soup.

In addition, the show itself is very influential, and there is no shortage of publicity hotspots. Lyman has two requirements for the cast:

One, the image is appropriate.

Second, the pay is cheap.

To sum up, there is strength but the salary can not be high, and the cost of shooting can be reduced.

The casting work has been spread out through various economic companies. The first threshold is the internal selection of these brokerage companies, and then the matching degree of the roles is determined based on various conditions.

In the end, it was Lyman and the top that led Jonathan, Ryan and others to decide the final round. Pay more attention to the salary requirements of the actors, so that it does not exceed the actor budget for the shooting.

As the two walked, they chatted about the preparations for the next crew.

After obtaining Stephen King's approval, Lyman only needs to sign a formal contract with the cultural company he founded and go through the procedure; on the top side, some of the filming team of the crew are from his studio, and some are from Firefly. The production department of the film industry has chosen, the preparatory work for the sets and props has already begun, and the actors are waiting for their positions.

Drive home, first take the top back to his studio - his studio is rented on the 7th floor of a commercial building across the street from Firefly Pictures.

Several other co-directors are also similar, and usually do not stay in the Firefly Studios building.

As for the administrative expenses and staff salaries of the studio, they are also responsible for their own responsibility.

Let’s put it this way, if there is a cooperative project, Lehman will take the lead, undertake a part of the production business, and help find channels for distribution and market profit; these studios will contribute money, assist in filming, and get the project income according to the signed contract. .

There are six subsidiaries, such as Fox Searchlight and Focus Pictures, that cooperate with the label, and the business model is the same.

The only difference is that they are larger, while Lyman et al. are smaller.

But the same thing is that they all maintain a certain degree of independence. For example, after DreamWorks joined Paramount, the senior positions have basically remained unchanged. How to manage or how to manage.

After Lehman arrived home, it was already 36 minutes past 8:00.

He and Eva got together in the room again to settle accounts, and also arranged for Eva's time allocation between the "Walking Dead" crew and the "Mist" crew.

The filming of the TV series is definitely as the top said, and the crew production will be established as soon as possible.

As for "The Fog", it may take a day or two to get the copyright. After that, the pre-production of the movie will be done. It is estimated that it will be able to start up in February next year.

Therefore, as long as Eva's role in the scene is concentrated a little bit, and she gets her lunch earlier, she will definitely catch up with the announcement.

Well, tool man Eva.

And the meaning of reckoning is that Eva's statistics on her assets this year show that she almost has an income of more than 43 million and an expenditure of more than 27 million - the female star is indeed spending too much, and CAA's economic commission is actually not very high.

Among them, advertising endorsements and commercial performances accounted for 30%, actor salary and box office incentives accounted for 60%, and the remaining 10% was the income from the rational investment of her assets by the brokerage team arranged for her by CAA.

After happily reporting to Lehman, Eva was still relatively happy.

He also took Lehmann out for shopping, saying he wanted to buy clothes for him...

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