Chapter 982: Crafting the Script

United States.

Columbia Entertainment, President's Office.

As the president of the company, Robin Donahue is very busy every day. He is now sitting in front of the computer processing the company's documents.

Dressed in formal suits and with shiny hair, this is his requirement for himself. Whether he is working in the company or attending an event, he basically wears a suit with leather shoes.

Columbia Entertainment has a history of 20 years. Robin Donahue, who is now 49 years old, has been in the position of president for seven years.

In the seven years since he took over the management of the company, Columbia Entertainment has been developing steadily and soon became a second-rate international entertainment company.

Robin Donahue's goal is to develop the company into a first-class international entertainment company, so he has been making various attempts in the film industry and has invested a lot of energy and time in this regard.

He is a person with strong execution ability and is very confident that he can achieve the goals he has set.

'Dongdongdong, Dongdongdong. '

"Come in." Robin Donahue put down his work.

"President, Director Ruth sent me a clip of Black Fire. Please take a look."

Robin Donahue took the tablet from his secretary and watched it carefully.

This is his requirement for the director of Black Fire. He must send a clip every day so that he can always understand the progress of the filming.

The movie Black Fire is also the work of Robin Donahue.

The Truman Show and Forrest Gump have made Tan Yue's name known to more and more people in the foreign entertainment circle. Because he is a Chinese director, he doesn't know much about Tan Yue, so he started to check Tan Yue's relevant information on the Internet.

You don't know until you check, and you'll be shocked when you check.

Tan Yue's achievements in the film industry made him, as a president for many years, sigh a little. It is not easy for any director to guarantee the box office performance of every play.

Robin Donahue got all the movies that Tan Yue had shot before through his friends in China.

There are cultural differences. The movie he appreciates most among all movies is Infernal Affairs, and it is the kind of movie that makes him unable to calm down for a long time after watching it.

This kind of movie is his favorite type of movie.

To be precise, he likes gangster movies, which later changed to police and gangster movies after the development of the times.

Robin Donahue did not expect that a Chinese could make a police and gangster movie so well, so he had the idea of ​​"Infernal Affairs" in his mind.

At the beginning, he also thought about remaking it by purchasing the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", but he thought that the other party was just an entertainment company in China and not much was known in the international entertainment circle. Moreover, "Infernal Affairs" was only known to Chinese people, and he made some changes on it, and did not copy it completely. For the audience like them, it was a brand new movie.

Therefore, "Black Fire" was created.

He gathered several screenwriters who were among the best in the company in terms of screenwriting ability, and personally participated in the creation of the script of this movie.

After watching the video on the tablet, Robin Donahue frowned. The content shot today did not achieve the effect he expected.

Compared with "Infernal Affairs", the excitement was much worse.

Robin Donahue picked up the phone beside him and called the director of "Black Fire".

The phone was connected after two beeps.

"The clips you sent today are not very good. Discuss with the screenwriters and see how to adjust this part."

In order to make the movie well, Robin Donahue specially asked the screenwriter to wait on the scene and deal with problems at any time.

"Okay, I will have a meeting now and adjust the shooting content."

Robin Donahue reminded: "Remember to watch "Infernal Affairs" several times and learn how this movie tells the story. The configuration of the crew is so much higher than that of the Chinese company. If it is not well shot, don't blame me."

"Yes, yes." Director Ruth's voice trembled a little.

Robin Donahue put down the phone, looked out the window, and showed a trace of thought on his face. He thought to himself: Although you shot it first, it must be "Black Fire" that can be popular all over the world.

He firmly believed that as long as "Black Fire" became a big hit, no one would care whether it was plagiarized or not. Besides, many plot segments had been changed, so strictly speaking, it was not plagiarism.

Beijing.

Brilliant Entertainment Company, President's Office.

After Chen Ye took the documents away, Tan Yue did not rest, but quickly took out the character biographies and started writing.

The character biographies of several main characters can be completed today, and the remaining characters can be supplemented slowly, without having to pick out time to write character biographies like now.

The plot of the movie went through his mind again and again, hoping that there would be no omissions when writing the character biographies.

After writing for more than an hour, Tan Yue got up and poured himself a glass of water to make sure that there were no mistakes in the content.

He stood on the balcony with a glass of water and took a short rest, and then he started writing character biographies without stopping.

Not long after, Chen Ziyu came in with cut fruits.

"Ziyu, wait for me for a few minutes, I'll finish this part."

Chen Ziyu said "hmm" and sat on the sofa to taste the fruit.

It is necessary to eat more fruits in summer. She bought some online every now and then.

After Tan Yue finished writing the introduction of a character, he did not continue writing. He stood up and sat next to Chen Ziyu, picked up a piece of dragon fruit and tasted it.

"What are you busy with? Work?"

Tan Yue explained: "Do you still remember the new movie I mentioned to you? I am currently writing a biography."

Chen Ziyu picked up a piece of small apple and put it into Tan Yue's mouth: "No wonder he is so busy."

She didn't find it strange that the new movie was progressing so fast. It was like this every time anyway and she was already used to it.

"I'm so busy every time that I don't know how to rest." Chen Ziyu pretended to be angry, but she felt helpless in her heart.

Compared with before, she felt that Tan Yue was extra busy this time.

After usually finishing his busy work, Tan Yue would go shopping and sit down for a cup of tea. After getting home in the evening, he would also sit in the study for some time. What made Chen Ziyu even more distressed was that Tan Yue canceled his lunch break to use it to write scripts.

"More than ten minutes before you came in, I had already rested while standing on the balcony." Tan Yue smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. As long as I'm tired, I will definitely take a rest even if you don't tell me. of."

"Come on, open your mouth and taste this dragon fruit."

Seeing Tan Yue's feeding, Chen Ziyu nodded. After finishing chewing, he asked: "Why do I feel that you are particularly busy writing the script this time?"

"Is there any?" Tan Yue felt that it was better not to tell Chen Ziyu about "Black Fire" for the time being. It was enough for him to worry about this kind of thing alone.

Chen Ziyu nodded and said "Yeah".

"You know that script writing is very important about an inspiration. This time I feel very good about it, so I should seize the time and write it out quickly. If I forget it, I will lose a lot."

"But."

Tan Yue interrupted: "I promise that I will take time to rest in the future."

"Okay." Chen Ziyu had no choice but to give up and did not continue to ask further questions.

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Ziyu's secretary came in: "Mr. Chen, the video conference will start in ten minutes. Some adjustments have been made to the meeting content. Please take a look."

"Send it to my office."

Tan Yue was still busy with the script, and Chen Ziyu didn't want to waste his time too much.

"OK."

"The meeting is about to start, I'll go and prepare first."

"Get to work quickly."

Chen Ziyu walked to the door, suddenly turned his head and warned: "Don't forget to eat the fruit."

Tan Yue returned to the computer with the fruit and continued writing biographies.

After writing a character, Tan Yue opened the script file and started thinking about it.

It is definitely not possible to film according to the original version of "The Godfather". Some content needs to be modified and translated into Chinese. Just like "The Truman Show" and "Forrest Gump", the most important thing is the identity of the protagonist.

If it were shot according to the original version, there would definitely be netizens who would come up with complaints.

Tan Yue first sorted out the plot, thought about it seriously, and decided to make the protagonist an immigrant.

In this way, other parts of the movie only need to be slightly modified, rather than having to make major changes.

It is better if the movie is original. If there are too many modifications, it is better not to film it.

After making this decision, Tan Yue recorded some things in another document for easy use when writing the script.

Now that we have the story, we need to think about the actors.

The leading actor Mike Corleone is also a candidate for the new generation of godfather. Tan Yue’s first thought was Ma Guoliang.

Of course, there is nothing to say about his acting skills. It is recognized by everyone that he is "superb". No matter what occasion he attends, he has to be called "Teacher Ma" by everyone.

In addition, after experiencing "The Truman Show" and "Forrest Gump", Ma Guoliang is now somewhat famous abroad, which is more helpful for the promotion of the movie.

It can be said that Ma Guoliang's status in the industry has reached a new level. He can become popular in the world atmosphere, which few domestic stars can do.

Of course, the age is also more appropriate.

When making a movie, Tan Yue still hopes that the actors can fit in with the characters in the play as much as possible and interpret the characters more well.

Although Ma Guoliang's appearance is not very good, movies like "The Godfather" mainly interpret the character's personality charm. Mike Corleone went from being a person who didn't care about family affairs to becoming the boss in the end. The actor's inner charm is very needed. Tan Yue still has great confidence in him in this regard.

He played Chen Yongren in "Infernal Affairs".

Tan Yue thought about giving Ma Guoliang a makeover in terms of appearance, so as to give the audience a refreshing feeling when the film is released.

The two movies, especially "Forrest Gump", which ranked first at the box office at the time, will definitely leave a deep impression on the audience.

A change is still necessary in the movie "The Godfather".

This can be regarded as letting audiences around the world know Ma Guoliang's plasticity and what he looks like in any role.

After many considerations, Tan Yue decided to let Ma Guoliang play Mike Corleone in the movie.

Then there is another important role, which is also the protagonist's role, the older generation godfather Vito Corleone, who is also the father of Mike Corleone.

At this moment, Tan Yue was in trouble.

Needless to say, the charm of Vito Corleone is even more obvious. He fled to the United States when he was a boy and founded the Mafia Empire with his own hands. As the boss of the underworld, he needs a certain temperament.

When selecting actors, you need the actors themselves to have a stance, preferably one that keeps them at a distance and makes people feel scared inside.

But at the same time, the whole person must have the aura of awe without anger.

Tan Yue rubbed his temples and thought about the right person.

It is really difficult to choose an actor who has good acting skills and aura.

After thinking for a few minutes, Tan Yue decided to give up for the time being and think about it carefully when the script is in the later stage.

Writing a script is also a process of understanding the role. If you think more about it, the actor you want may appear in your mind.

The most important task at the moment is to hurry up and get the script and character biography out, and proceed to the next task as soon as possible.

If the script is released one day later, the shooting time will be postponed one day. The shooting of "Black Fire" has reached the later stage, and it may be completed and released at any time.

Tan Yue picked up the cup and drank a sip of water, ready to start writing the script.

At this time, someone was knocking on the door.

"Come in."

"Mr. Tan." Chen Ye came in and said, "This is a document sent by the new media department, please take a look."

Tan Yue opened the file, and the content was exactly the large-scale live broadcast event planned by the new media department.

The time is set for next month, Saturday and Sunday, and the live broadcast content highlights a feature of "living".

If you want to attract traffic to other anchors of the company, it is difficult to do it without some skills to attract fans.

In terms of skills, the company has tailored them according to the personal conditions of more than ten anchors, hoping to cultivate more big anchors through this event.

Although they are all in the same company, it is not easy to organize such an event at ordinary times, so the new media department also attaches great importance to it.

Tan Yue looked at each content carefully, then took out a pen from the pen holder and began to make some modifications on it.

The main thing is to mark out some unreasonable places.

Especially in the area of ​​talent, "living" is indispensable, but you still have to have real skills, that is, what to rely on to attract fans.

A planning proposal has more than 20 sheets, and each process is very detailed.

More than ten minutes later, Tan Yue put down his pen and said, "Xiao Ye, send the plan back to the new media department. I have marked the places that need to be modified. You can tell them to discuss these places carefully. If they can't solve them, come to me directly."

"In addition, let them contact the public relations department directly for the promotion of this event, and send me the specific implementation plan when it is ready."

"Okay."

Chen Ye took the document with both hands, closed the door and left, taking the elevator to the new media department.