Chapter 487： This legendary movie!

Spielberg came earlier than Yin Jun imagined.

At noon, Yin Jun did not return to the hotel. Here the hotel receptionist said that according to the number left by Yin Jun, a gentleman named Spielberg came to him and wanted to answer the phone.

The hotel front desk certainly knows Spielberg, but Americans are very strict about rules, and if they are not sure whether he knows Yin Jun, they generally will not reveal the privacy of the guests.

Unlike in the future China, when I saw an idol, I almost didn't know anything about my surname, so I dared to say anything.

The current state of China is more regulated and more confidential than the United States.

Yin Jun naturally asked Spielberg to answer the phone, and then told him where he was. Soon afterwards, Spielberg, who was a servant, sat beside Yin Jun.

He first greeted Huo Jianning and then dealt with Yin Jun intently.

"Jun, I'm planning to start planning for" E.T. "at the latest in June. You see, can we talk about the contract now?" Spielberg asked straight away.

"it is good."

Yin Jun did not shy away, "Stephen, what do you want?"

The script is Yin Jun, so he naturally takes the initiative.

Regarding Yin Jun ’s question, Spielberg was not surprised, and nodded: “First, I hope to have full authority on the set; second, I hope that I will be able to provide advice when the final editing is done; I want to let George ’s special effects studio do the special effects. The rest of my work contract, let my agent talk to you. "

Americans are honest in doing things, and they don't know that talking about prices like this will hurt the hearts of the Chinese.

People in China generally want to pay their respects when they see them, saying that they do n’t need to pay anything, just want to work for themselves.

Yin Jun said, "The first two are no problem, and the work contract will certainly satisfy you. In the third special effects studio, I hope you will hand it to Stan Winston's studio."

Stan Winston began to do various special effects in Hollywood in the late 1960s, but the special effects at that time were still very shallow.

After so many decades of efforts, Stan Weston and his Stan Weston digital studio have become well-known in the industry.

Not as famous as Lucas ’industrial light and magic, but many movies also like to find this special effects master for special effects.

Spielberg knew Stan Winston. Even 5 years ago, he wanted to find Stan Weston to make the model of the great white shark that made him famous. Dunton's ability is also clearly known.

I heard that Yin Jun and Stan Winston also knew, Spielberg sighed, "I can't think of your understanding of Hollywood, so profound. If Stan Winston came to do it, I think I have no other opinions. "

The most important thing was settled, and Spielberg felt more at ease.

His most important purpose today is naturally the power of final editing.

Spielberg is very smart. He does not require himself to own the power of final editing, but chooses to own the right to participate, which usually does not arouse investment company disgust.

Speaking of this final editing, it is actually editing into a film, and then taking the master film copied by the film copy factory.

Simply put, it is the version that the audience sees.

Why the production company usually does not let the director who knows the filming and content of the film to edit, in fact, this goes back to the beginning of decades of film development.

At that time, the production company chose to let the director do the final editing, because how to shoot, which shots are the most classic, what is the main line ... wait, the director is the most clear person, if they are not allowed to edit, how can it be worthy of the flower? So much shooting cost?

As a result, this is all right, and the movies edited by the directors are immediately released in the cinema, which immediately brings an immediate effect-the number of audiences is directly reduced by more than half!

The film company was dumbfounded.

Nima, what is the situation! ?

They quickly went through a questionnaire survey, only to find out that the movies edited by the directors are rarely understood by normal people!

Because the director's pursuit is not the happy feeling of watching movies, but the art in their hearts, the deepest pursuit of movie stories.

Think about it.

How many people can understand art?

So the film naturally fluttered on the street.

To this end, several major movie giants in Hollywood decided how to shoot is your job, but how to edit, how to make a film, and meet with the audience, then you do n’t care, our film company directly organizes a group of people to do , Edited according to the audience's preferences.

In this way, although the directors were extremely unhappy, a miracle happened. The audience returned a lot, and the movie became more and more beautiful. This made the film companies ecstatic, and the directors had nothing to say. .

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

Film directors think, look, this is not my editing, but in the end it still blamed me, how wronged I am! No, I have to come by myself!

And even now, the competition between the directors and the film company for the final editing rights has never stopped.

When the truck driver filmed his first movie, it was not after the filming was finished that the film company did not allow him to finally edit it. In the end, the truck driver did not hesitate to equip himself with the key and secretly entered the editing room. Did he edit himself?

Then his famous work-"Terminator", when he sold the copyright to the boss of the film company, which was his first wife later, made it clear that I don't want to pay, no 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 avenue of the truck driver Niu Bi's coaxing commercial movie god!

In the same way, Spielberg is also a person who has strong control of x and hopes. He wants to control everything about filming himself.

And Spielberg has this capital, the "Great White Shark" invested by 9 million US dollars, the global box office broke 400 million US dollars, or the era of low prices and low currency in 1975!

Such a high input-output ratio made him a famous director all over the world, and he had a lot of autonomy in Universal. However, Universal still did not give him the final editing rights.

In the previous life, "The Treasure Hunt", Paramount, who paid for it, did not give him the final editing rights.

It is not until this "Avatar" is successful again that Spielberg will have the final editing rights in the world at the beginning of the next "E.T.".

But when "E.T." is successful again, no one will dare to say that Spielberg will not be given the final editing right-if you don't give this right, you will be paid more and people will not look at you.

Now Spielberg is not the top three super directors in the world. Although a "Great White Shark" has made him famous, it is far from enough to consolidate his position.

Therefore, he just tried to talk to Yin Jun, but he did not expect Yin Jun to agree readily, and he was in a good mood for a while.

Then he asked another important question by the way, "Are we going to show the script of" E.T. "to major companies, or are you looking for investment, or what?"

"There is no need to find other people in the film production, let's do it ourselves." Yin Jun said, "I will give you the production cost of 15 million US dollars first. If you need to add it, it can be up to 25 million."

"it is good!"

Spielberg nodded in satisfaction.

He originally expected the shooting capital of 10 million US dollars to be able to cope with it. Unexpectedly, Yin Jun can give a maximum of 25 million US dollars. In this way, he can make movies with more excellence.

All the directors are very satisfied with the generous and generous boss. Spielberg once gave birth to working with Yin Jun often, and it seems to be a good idea.

As everyone knows, in fact, the most happy person is Yin Jun.

People from later generations, who doesn't know the super horrible ROI of "E.T."?

The original version ~ www.novelhall.com ~ shooting cost is 12 million US dollars, publicity and marketing costs are about 5 million US dollars, but the global box office harvested is 792,929 million US dollars! !

46.6 times the input-output ratio! !

Even after removing all the issuance, theater fees, etc., "E.T." box office profits exceeded 300 million US dollars.

This does not include the numerous peripheral derivative income of "E.T."

For example, the game copyright that almost broke Atari, the world's largest game company, sold for $ 25 million!

But this sum is enough to deduct all production costs.

Then, the income from toys, books, video tapes, etc. has accumulated for several decades, and the amount of 300 million US dollars is absolutely indispensable!

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

After 30 years of total calculation, the net profit of "E.T." will not be less than 800 million US dollars! !

The original version of "E.T." appears to be imperfect in many ways, which is why Yin Jun is willing to invest more in it.

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

And this movie destined to be famous for the history of the film has become the starting point for Yin Jun to set up a film company!

You do n’t have to wait for a cumulative income for a decade or two, and when it is released, everyone will be crazy!

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