"One day you suddenly find out that this person is a friend of yours who you have been with for ten years. What would you think? Should you believe what he said, or should you question whether he is lying or insane with countless questions? "
"This should be a good story, but you have to tell it well." Chen Jiaxuan found it very attractive. "Ignore the movie for now, I will definitely watch the novel when it is released. I want to see how you can brag about not paying taxes! "
"Don't be too happy too early. I'm just making an experimental science fiction movie. I estimate the total investment will be 100,000 yuan, just for practice."
In fact, this movie was once a novel by the science fiction writer Jerome Besby. After being adapted into a movie, it triggered widespread discussions and even a play of the same name was born!
This was beyond Chen Jiaxuan's expectation. It was said that he earned US$72 million last year, so he would never have invested such a small amount of money. "What kind of movie can you make with 100,000 yuan? Maybe even the camera, actors, costumes, lighting, etc." I can’t even afford it. For such a small amount of money for a science fiction movie, it would cost at least several million dollars!”
Coupled with his status at Peking University, he has the opportunity to actually seek advice from biologists, religious scientists, anthropologists, historians, archaeologists, and psychologists. Such a unique advantage is that no other writer can Possessed!
As first-class guests, they got off the plane at the front. There were already people waiting at the Los Angeles Airport. This was specially arranged by the overseas branch of Xinhua Bookstore. After all, Lin Han came to cut the ribbon for their opening, so they had to be responsible for the pick-up and drop-off service. !
So he replied: "I started writing after I returned from the United States. I happened to be at Peking University. If I don't understand anything, I can consult the professors there. After I finish writing the script, I will start preparing for filming. .”
The reason John proposed greatly surprised these Harvard professors. John claimed that he had immortality, had lived on the earth for 14,000 years, and could not stay in one place for more than 10 years, otherwise his Secrets will be discovered.
The long-distance flight of more than ten hours was very annoying. When dawn came, Los Angeles was already in sight. Lin Han was awakened by the smell of beef noodles. After he stood up and washed up, Chen Jiaxuan was woken up by the flight attendant. Dozing off in a daze.
Chen Jiaxuan was extremely pleasantly surprised. She thought Lin Han would stay in the literary field forever, but she didn't expect that she had already made plans secretly.
Lin Han does have money, but the money is not for his first movie, but for subsequent works, true science fiction blockbusters.
To put it simply, a group of people had nothing to do, just sitting in the room chatting, so Lin Han felt that it would be feasible to budget within 100,000 yuan!
"Are you finally going to make a movie?"
On the plane from Beijing to Los Angeles, Lin Han was writing something in a notebook with a pen. This trip was the time for him to fulfill the contract and cut the ribbon for the opening of the Los Angeles branch of Xinhua Bookstore.
Faced with John's rhetoric, these historians, religious scientists, biologists, and psychologists began to have a heated academic debate with John that subverted tradition...
Of course, with an investment of 100,000 yuan, you don’t expect to earn tens or hundreds of millions of yuan back, but you must at least meet the audience.
If you don’t even have this confidence, why start a company
The two held hands and looked at each other with a smile, and then leaned out and kissed each other. Fortunately, the first class cabin had better privacy and didn't spill too much dog food.
In the first-class cabin, the toiletry bags, quilts, and pajamas were all ready. Chen Jiaxuan was sitting on the chair next to Lin Han, watching him write non-stop, so she curiously asked: "What are you writing? It doesn't look like a novel?" "
Chen Jiaxuan reached out and patted the back of Lin Han's hand. She nodded and said: "It will definitely be shown in the cinema. Believe me, our company is not a decoration! It's just such a small investment cost, and the shooting restrictions you mentioned, it is estimated to be big." It’s impossible to release it on a large scale, but there will at least be a place in every city where you can watch it.”
Inside the seemingly simple house, decorated with Van Gogh's paintings, medieval bows and arrows, and four thousand stone axes, these colleagues came to see the protagonist off, expressing doubts about John's departure and urging him to explain.
What director doesn't want to see his film on the big screen
The thing in his mind is just a rough version. How to polish it in detail is something to consider after returning.
For a movie with an investment cost of 20,000 US dollars, this is almost the completion of Counterattack. The 2007 movie was often dragged out and discussed in 2017. After all, it relies on pure dialogue to promote the development of the story, without any special effects.
Lin Han silently kept this story in his heart. This time he stayed in Los Angeles for three days and came back. Presumably the novel and the script will be released soon, and readers will have to wait a few more days!
Now that the plot has been changed, Lin Han also has to rationalize the plot. This is a big project. He has not accumulated enough, so he has been unable to write. He is still learning and digesting!
Lin Han took a deep breath, closed his notebook, and explained: "If someone tells you that he has lived for 14,000 years, was a person from the cave period, and once communicated with Confucius and discussed Taoism with Laozi, He once sailed to the West with Zheng He, helped Columbus travel around the world, once caressed Guangling and looked at Boya Ziqi, communicated with the painter Wu Daozi, painted with Van Gogh, listened to the teachings of Sakyamuni, and also A monk named Xuanzang was seen heading west, and he was even the prototype of Jesus.”
Reporters had already blocked the place. Lin Han saw Leonardo wearing sunglasses and holding a tall blonde beauty walking out from a distance. He began to hesitate whether he should go up and say hello. , they are considered acquaintances after all!
Lin Han snapped his fingers, "What I want is your thoughts. Just because you don't believe it, you will keep reading until you believe it."
"The tentative title is "This Man Came from Earth". The script is already in my mind. After the film is finished, I will write it into a novel."
Chen Jiaxuan repeated the title of the book, "What is the main story of "This Man Came from the Earth"? Could it be that he has already gone to other planets, so he is said to be from the Earth?"
"My dear, the novel should be finished at the same time as the script, but the release should wait until the movie is released. I don't know if this movie will have a chance to be screened in cinemas."
This is a simply modified version by Lin Han. He made the protagonist a Chinese. It was under his guidance that the Maritime and Overland Silk Roads were opened, so he connected it with the European part and combined the Chinese and Western parts to complete the major change of the plot. !
It’s just that the original novel or script is filled with a lot of knowledge about Western religious history, geography, archaeology, philosophy, and psychology. These are what make the movie particularly brain-burning and attractive.
The moonlight was shining on the vast ocean outside the window, and the sparkling light looked very beautiful. Although it was mostly black shadows, Lin Han, who was in a good mood, was enough to make up for it.
Since you are training yourself, there is no point in asking for money. You have to make a plan from the beginning. Otherwise, you may run out of money and only half of the film will be shot. These are things that new directors have to overcome!
Although this is just an ultra-low-cost movie script with an investment of 100,000 yuan, it does not mean that it is shoddy. Lin Han also plans to restore this into a novel and make it a classic in the history of soft science fiction.
There were not many first-class guests. Lin Han turned to smile at her and explained, "I'm going to make a science fiction movie. I've been writing novels for so long, so I can change my mind."
This movie was a huge success in Lin Han's original time and space. Its total investment was only 10,000 US dollars. Including the 10,000 US dollars in promotional expenses, the total cost was 20,000 US dollars. This also created a low-cost science fiction film. Movie legend!
Chen Jiaxuan was startled by Lin Han's imagination. She bit her lip and said with a smile: "I definitely won't believe it. This is simply impossible!"
"So I'm thinking about how to spend the money carefully. The actors can bring their own costumes, and the photographers can ask Wang Hao and others for support." Lin Han became more and more excited as he talked. He expected that this science fiction film would not rely on lasers, metal , special effects and other traditional routines, so the cost requirements are relatively low.
As soon as they arrived in Los Angeles, the star-studded City of Angels gave them a surprise. It turned out that Leonardo, who had just vacationed in Hawaii, returned with his new Victoria's Secret model girlfriend!
"Wait a minute, you haven't said what the name of your movie is yet!" Chen Jiaxuan then remembered the most critical question. The long-term relationship was in vain.
The main plot of "The Man from Earth" was originally very simple. John, a 35-year-old Harvard history professor, suddenly chose to resign after working for ten years. His colleagues came to see him off and expressed their confusion, and the curtain of the story began.
"When are you going to write the script?" Chen Jiaxuan began to worry about Lin Han's creative skills. Just listening to these things made his brain explode. He wanted to write these things out and find out the bugs in them. It’s difficult!
When he thought of this, Lin Han couldn't wait to start writing quickly so that he could see his improved version of the script of "This Man is from Earth" released.
What this movie shows is not the actors or the director, but the ability of the screenwriter. There are no scenes where the director can show off his skills. It is perfect for a "beginner" like Lin Han, and it can even be said that It's tailor-made.
If you don't consider the picture quality, you can even shoot it with a sofa and a mobile phone. You don't need to chase movie special effects, you just need to implement the imagination and creativity of the script!