LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 523 Writing a Script
Today is the second day after returning from Cannes. Yu Dongqing got up at 6:30 as usual, put on sweatpants, went out for a run along the path along the Qianhai Lake for half an hour, and then went home to take a shower. After getting dressed, I had breakfast with my wife, children and nanny.
Breakfast is also very simple, with millet porridge, steamed buns or steamed buns and pickles, and an egg. Meili likes to eat bread and lettuce salad with her son, along with a glass of milk.
But Yu Dongqing is not interested in bread salad.
The family was eating in the restaurant when they heard someone ringing the doorbell of the courtyard gate.
"I'll go take a look." Little nanny Xiaxia hurriedly left the restaurant.
"Uncle Li, so early?"
When Yu Dongqing heard the nanny's greeting, she knew it was Li Wan who was here.
There are not many guests who come to Yu Dongqing's courtyard. Apart from Liu Yimin and the others, Li Wan is the one with the most guests.
Sure enough, Li Wan hurried in with his briefcase under his arm.
"Brother Li, have you eaten? Let's have breakfast together?" Mingliang greeted warmly.
"Don't tell me that you left early in the morning and didn't come back to eat." Li Wan said with a smile.
You're welcome when you're familiar with someone.
"Come, sit down, sit down, Xiaxia, go get the milk and porridge." Yu Dongqing ordered.
"I don't like milk. Scoop me a bowl of porridge. I think your millet porridge is pretty good."
The nanny brought a bowl of porridge, and after Li Wan washed his hands, he ate the steamed buns.
Li Wan was obviously busy, but Yu Dongqing didn't like to talk about work while eating. The two chatted while eating. After dinner, they came to the study, and Yu Dongqing asked. "Li Wan, come here so early, is there something urgent?"
Li Wan looked a little mysterious and lowered his voice: "Dongqing, when you went to Shanghai last month, did you invest a sum of money in Wei Wenming's RAYS Technology Company, and the amount was not small?"
"You know all this?" Yu Dongqing was very surprised.
When he invested in RAYS Company, Yu Dongqing did not tell any outsiders except for the two partners Wei Wenming and Yang Liang, as well as a few people in his own studio, not even his three best buddies.
How did he know?
Looking at Yu Dongqing's surprised eyes, Li Wan smiled: "What a coincidence, it has something to do with my son."
Li Wan told the whole story.
It turns out that Li Wan's son graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a master's degree in computer science this summer. He originally planned not to come back and stayed in the United States. He had already contacted a company in Silicon Valley, but was invited by Wei Wenming to work in his company.
It is said that my company has received a huge investment, and it needs talents like you to expand its scale. If you perform well, you will be rewarded with company shares.
Besides, China is a blue ocean for video special effects production, and the future is bright.
"My son was a little tempted when he heard it, and asked if you were the one investing in their company, and he came back with his luggage!"
Yu Dongqing laughed loudly after hearing this:
"Isn't it great? You only have this precious son. If he stays in the United States, you will have to travel across the ocean to visit him when you are old. The high-speed train from Yanjing to Shanghai only takes 4 or 5 hours. How convenient! Hurry up! I’m buying an apartment in Shanghai for my son and getting ready to get a wife!”
"I have an apartment in Minhang, Shanghai that is still vacant, and it is relatively close to the company. If he wants to live there, he can live there. The question is, Dongqing, are you really optimistic about this industry?"
This is the real reason why Li Wan is looking for Yu Dongqing today.
"Of course, you think I invested huge sums of money in Rays just to make "The Wandering Earth"?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Look at Hollywood, how popular those awesome special effects companies are!"
"But our country's film and television industry is not Hollywood after all."
"That's because you producers would rather give a lot of money to those so-called traffic stars than invest in special effects companies to do special effects seriously!" Yu Dongqing said sarcastically.
"The era of just trying to fool the audience with 50-cent special effects will eventually pass. Look at this year's Spring Festival "Yanjing Fortress" as the most typical example! Was it scolded by the fans?"
"There's no way. The movie budget is only that big, and actors' salaries account for the majority. How much money can be left over?" Li Wan cried.
"Don't worry, the country will not sit idly by and ignore the abnormally high salaries of film and television stars. It will definitely suppress and limit salaries." Yu Dongqing said.
"Okay, I don't think so much anymore. The child can do whatever he wants. Dongqing, do you really want to film "The Wandering Earth"?" Li Wan said.
"You've already said it, how can you still regret it?" Yu Dongqing asked.
"Okay, I'll be the one to produce it. You write the script quickly and I'll make the budget when it's finished."
"Why are you so anxious? I just came back from Cannes and haven't had a good rest yet." Yu Dongqing said.
"When you come to Cannes, you just go sightseeing. You think I don't know?" Li Wan said bluntly: "Look at Liang Xiyan and Ye Xiaomin, they post about their travels and delicious food in their WeChat Moments every day!"
Damn it!
Yu Dongqing felt that she couldn't refute.
"Start writing as soon as possible. According to what you said, I estimate that the cost of this film will be astronomical. Finding investment will be a big problem!" Li Wan stood up after speaking.
"Okay, you're busy, I'm leaving first."
Yu Dongqing sent Li Wan to the gate of the yard and watched him drive away, shaking his head involuntarily.
This guy is so fast and furious in everything he does, he doesn't look like someone who is almost 50 years old.
But you have to listen to Li Wan.
Therefore, Yu Dongqing temporarily gave up the idea of fishing, drinking tea, and drinking beer with his friends, and stayed alone in his study to write out the script first.
The script of "The Wandering Earth" is not complicated, and the lines are not as strict as those in Wong Kar-Wai's "Ashes of Time" and are relatively colloquial.
that is
Yu Dongqing felt that Han Duoduo's last paragraph in "The Wandering Earth 1" was a bit too sensational and rushed in that time and space.
Change it slightly.
Yu Dongqing kept writing in the study. After taking a week to write, the first reader was of course his daughter-in-law Mingliang.
"Come, let's take a look."
Curious, Mingmei lay beside the computer and looked carefully.
Yu Dongqing sat on the edge and drank tea slowly.
"Wow! It's almost as I imagined. It should highlight the unity of mankind, overcome difficulties, and focus on family ties and theory!" Meiliang said after watching it: "The audience will definitely like to watch it if it is shot like this."
yes
The audience likes to watch it, but it's a pity that the spiritual core of Liu's original work has been replaced.
It's a pity, but it has to be done.
"The Wandering Earth" was originally a commercial blockbuster, and he didn't want to make it like "2001: A Space Odyssey."
It's so awesome that ordinary people can't understand it.
Since Mei Mingli said there was no big problem, Yu Dongqing revised some details, and then directly sent a WeChat message to Li Wan to apply for the project, make a budget and attract investment, and a series of things were waiting for him.
On June 8, Yu Dongqing Studio officially announced on its official Weibo that it was preparing to film "The Wandering Earth". This news immediately became a hot search topic after it was released.
And on this day, the Hollywood science fiction blockbuster "Empire 5" was released simultaneously around the world.
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