Screenwriter Mystery

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New York, Universal Pictures.

The writers' union responsible for this negotiation nodded to Zhao Yuan after repeatedly confirming the various details of the contract.

"Well then, nice cooperation, Mr. Ron."

After receiving the lawyer's gesture, Zhao Yuan grinned and smiled. Ron Mayer stretched out his hand with a smile to the vice president of Universal Pictures' film and television distribution department in front of him.

"It's a pleasure working together, Zhao."

He glanced at the lawyer from Universal, and after confirming that it was correct, Ron Mayer also put on a hypocritical smile and shook Zhao Yuan's hands tightly.

After a period of intense negotiations between you and me, Universal was finally willing to pay 4.8 million US dollars to win the shooting rights and overseas distribution rights of the sequel to "Blair Witch", compared with the first film of 150,000 The investment cost of the second film is undoubtedly expensive, but compared with the $250 million box office revenue of the previous film, Universal even has an illusion of making a profit.

Of course, this idea of ​​taking advantage will last at most until "Blair Witch" is released.

At that time, the global side will know what blood loss is.

"Universal, when are you planning to shoot the sequel to The Witch?"

In the lawyer's guidance, after signing his name with him, Zhao Yuan casually asked Ron Mayer in front of him.

"After the resumption of work, Universal has been looking for suitable screenwriters to create a sequel to the film..."

Reaching out his hand to accept the contract handed over by Zhao Yuan, Ron Mayer also signed his name on it, and at the same time looked at Zhao Yuan and sent an invitation again: "Zhao, do you really have no plans to create a sequel to The Witch? "

In theory, a sequel to a movie is often best created by the screenwriter of the previous work, because it will be closer to the previous work in terms of plot, and there will not be too many changes.

"Never mind."

Shaking his head, he rejected Ron Mayer's proposal again.

Zhao Yuan gave the reasons that he had said before: "The story of "Blair Witch" has ended for me when the first one, and now the new movie is about to be released..."

Hearing Zhao Yuan mentioning the new movie, the expression on Ron Mayer's face also changed slightly.

If you were a general screenwriter and filmed a low-budget movie like "Smart: Ghost Story", Universal wouldn't take it too seriously.

However, it was different when it was Zhao Yuan.

After all, whether it is "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "Blair Witch", they have never broken through the siege of low-budget movies and become the dark horse of the horror movie box office. If this kind of thing only happens once, then it can also be used as an accident. Or luck to explain, but two consecutive top-grossing films are more than just luck.

In particular, the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was released not long ago. Although the word of mouth fell slightly, the box office was in line with global expectations. It was released in a week of 60 million US dollars, becoming the weekend box office champion in North America, even in the off-season. Enough to excite the world.

In fact, this is also the reason why Universal suddenly changed the original delay in negotiating the copyright of the sequel to "Blair Witch" and accelerated the purchase.

It has vaguely known that some filmmakers have begun to contact Zhao Yuan, intending to buy the filming rights of the sequel to "Blair Witch". Among them, Lionsgate has been the most active, revealing that it intends to spend 4 million to buy the copyright of the sequel in Zhao Yuan's hands. , and invested 25 million, wanting to replicate the box office miracle of "Blair Witch".

"The promotion of "Smart: Ghost Recording" has officially started, but there is still a certain degree of disagreement within Universal on specific promotion issues..."

After completing the signing of the copyright contract for the sequel to "Blair Witch", the lawyer left the office tacitly and gave the space to Zhao Yuan and Ron.

Looking back from the figures of the two lawyers leaving, Ron Mayer immediately told Zhao Yuan the current hesitation in Universal.

"Originally, we planned to directly copy the witch's propaganda method and use viral marketing as a means. However, some people think that such a propaganda method is enough once, and if you do it again, the audience will obviously not buy it easily."

Viral marketing, such a publicity method is innovative, but it is also impossible to replicate. You cannot use the same routine to trick the audience into the cinema again.

Having said that, the expression on Ron Mayer's face could not help showing regret.

If he can, he certainly hopes this viral marketing tactic will continue to work, because in that case, it will leave a lot of trouble for the film production company.

"While we can't replicate witches, that doesn't mean we can't use the same technique to draw audiences into theaters again."

If Zhao Yuan remembers correctly, there is nothing novel about the propaganda method of "Smart: Ghost Recording".

This, since he chose an unknown actor to play the leading role, has already determined the direction of the movie's promotion.

"you sure?"

Facing Zhao Yuan's opinion, Ron Mayer hesitated.

He still believes that it is impossible for the audience to be deceived by the same "pseudo-documentary" propaganda a second time.

However, it turns out.

Audiences are not only deceived twice, they are even willingly deceived multiple times afterward.

This can be proved from the subsequent films that were also successful in the name of "pseudo-documentary".

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After the host David Letterman read a long line, he suddenly showed a confused expression on his face and looked at the camera position below the stage.

"Kate, you secretly changed your lines again. Don't rely on you being the screenwriter of the show to praise yourself as you like."

After speaking, David Letterman looked at the audience at the show and suddenly spoke again.

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Laughter erupted as David Letterman explained.

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