After the success of "This Man From Earth", Huaxin Brothers Company gradually fell into silence.

Forrest diligently helps Lu Yuan run the company, and reports on the company's recent developments and arrangements every week.

Over the past six months, the company has basically been representing some of China's well-received art films, as well as some action films.

Although it did not perform well at the box office, it was basically able to maintain a profitable level.

In half a year, the company brought Lu Yuan more than two million US dollars in revenue.

More than two million US dollars, equivalent to more than ten million RMB, is already a very good level.

After watching the company gradually become profitable and revive, Forrest's mind suddenly became active.

The fire of being a director was not completely extinguished by the previous failure, but became even more active.

These days, he has been reflecting on the reasons for his failure and at the same time has been observing the film market these days.

Hollywood blockbusters emerge in endlessly, with new stars rising and old stars surging.

In fact, he felt eager to try again.

In the past few months, in addition to being the agent for Chinese films and their screenings, he has been working on a horror script called "Photographic Ghost".

American horror films were popular a few years ago, but after the explosion of science fiction blockbusters, the American horror film industry gradually stagnated. Although there are several horror films released throughout the year, the box office is generally mediocre.

In the past two years, not a single horror film has been released in theaters, and even if one was released, it would be taken off the screen not long after.

The box office was not ideal.

But Forrest doesn't think this is due to market reasons.

Forrest thinks it's all about the horror movie itself.

Horror movies need a new approach, not just blood and screams...

So, with this idea in mind, he created a script called "Photographic Ghost". After much polishing, he felt that if this film could really be made, the box office would definitely not be too bad.

Although he was satisfied with his script, Forrest still felt uneasy when he called his boss.

After all, I have a history of failure...

Will the boss give me this opportunity?

Forrest was very nervous.

"Forrest...please send me the script so I can take a look."

"Oh, OK, Boss, shall I send it to your email?"

"Oh, by the way, how much do you expect to invest?"

"Fifty... no, more than two hundred thousand!"

"Over two hundred thousand dollars of investment?"

"yes."

More than 200,000 US dollars is equivalent to more than one million RMB.

After Lu Yuan did the math, he felt that the price was not expensive and acceptable.

However, your money doesn't come from the wind after all. No matter how small the investment is, you still have to read the script, right?

If the script was poorly written, Lu Yuan would definitely not be willing to invest in filming it.

After all, Hollywood companies produce many box office hits, but also many bad ones.

It’s just that the survivor effect makes everyone think that Hollywood movies are all awesome.

Although Lu Yuan had enjoyed watching "Killing Alien" before, looking back now...

This movie is definitely a typical Hollywood bad movie.

"Okay, send me the script and I'll take a look at it first."

"Okay, thank you, boss!"

When Forrest heard that his boss was not unhappy at all and his voice was very gentle, he immediately felt in a good mood. He quickly sent the script of tens of thousands of words to his boss's email. After sending it, he nervously waited for his boss' review.

Lu Yuan opened his mailbox and saw the script titled "Photographic Ghost" and silently read it from the beginning...

Lu Yuan originally thought it was an English script, but Forrest was quite thoughtful and got himself a Chinese script.

It seems that Lu Yuan will have no problem with the Chinese script.

But when he saw half of it, Lu Yuan was stunned!

This "Photographic Ghost" is very similar to the "Paranormal Activity" that Lu Yuan watched a long time ago. Although the plot is slightly different, the techniques and creativity that will be used in it are surprisingly not far from those in "Paranormal Activity".

Of course, although the script is good, in Lu Yuan's opinion, it is still somewhat different from "Paranormal Activity".

It seems to have a lot of flaws, and there are many plots that Lu Yuan seems to have no need for...

After reading it, Lu Yuan shook his head and downloaded the script to his computer, opened it in WORD, and began to modify it according to the description in "Paranormal Activity".

I don’t know why, but Lu Yuan’s eyes were blurry when he was reading English before, but when Lu Yuan was looking at the script revisions, his brain worked particularly well and he was no longer sleepy.

However, when Lu Yuan thought of some of the plots in "Paranormal Activity", he felt scared, especially in the middle of the night. From time to time, gusts of wind blew from afar, which sounded very much like some terrifying sounds in the movie.

In this world, there should be...

No ghosts, right?

Lu Yuan shuddered, and as he revised the script, he found that he felt more and more excited.

At about three o'clock in the morning, Lu Yuan sent the revised script to Forrest via email.

After sending it, he stretched.

Then he looked at the time.

Holy shit…

Staying up late again?

Lu Yuan was so scared that he lay down on the bed without saying a word.

However, when Lu Yuan lay in bed, he found that as soon as he closed his eyes, the plot of the script would replay in his mind.

Then……

He felt like he might suffer from insomnia.

…

Three o'clock in the morning China time, eleven o'clock in the morning US time.

After lunch, Forrest looked at the script sent by Lu Yuan.

"This, this... Oh my God, Boss, you... did you change all my scripts?"

When Forrest opened the script, he was stunned.

The name of the script is still the same, but the content of the script has been changed completely by its boss.

Apart from retaining some of the names of the main characters and some approximate locations in his own script, the main storyline and everything else has been completely changed.

"What...what are these things?"

When he saw the markings on both sides of the script, Forrest was stunned.

He suddenly discovered that the script contained countless shooting techniques and precautions. When it came to the crucial scenes, his boss even specially marked some suggestions on framing in the script.

After reading it, Forrest was so surprised that he was speechless.

Then, after a careful review, he found that when he compared the script he had written with his boss's script...

They are two completely different concepts.

It is completely incomparable with the revised script.

He was suddenly hit by Lu Yuan.

I spent so much time and effort to write a script, and I thought it was a great script.

But the boss...

The boss just made a casual modification and it turned into a completely different script.

this……

Am I really not suitable for writing scripts?

Or even say that I'm really not suitable to be a director?

This moment...

Forrest found himself suddenly at a loss.

…

The next day, Lu Yuan was indeed out of spirits.

After getting up, I basically walked towards the crew yawning.

He didn't sleep the whole night. After being attracted by the movie "Photographic Ghost", the horror movies in Lu Yuan's mind poured out like a tide...

For example, "The Shining", "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", "The Grudge Series"...

It seemed as if the psychological trauma from his childhood had completely erupted, and Lu Yuan wrapped himself in a quilt and scared himself on such a hot day.

When the sun rose, Lu Yuan felt a lot more comfortable.

He reminded himself that there were no ghosts in this world and that ghosts could not exist.

Of course, because he scared himself last night, Lu Yuan always made many low-level mistakes when filming, and even Lu Yuan himself couldn't stand it anymore.

But fortunately, the plot filmed today is not the highlight. The highlight is Qin Ya and Xu Lu.

Lu Yuan was able to steal a moment of leisure and threw all the work to Li Qi, and went back to his room early to catch up on some sleep.

only……

Lu Yuan hadn't been catching up on his sleep for long when the phone rang again.

This time it was Fatty Wei who answered the call.

Lu Yuan yawned and answered the phone.

"What's wrong?"

"Ayuan... Qian Zhong and I have finished writing the script for our new movie and have sent it to your email. Please take a look..."

"Oh, okay..."

"Ayuan...can you take a look earlier? I want to take the photo sooner."

"OK……"

Lu Yuan yawned drowsily and looked at the script in the mailbox.

The name of this script is "You, My Deskmate".

Lu Yuan was stunned.

What the hell?

"You, My Deskmate"?

Lu Yuan shook his head suddenly, wiped his eyes and looked again.

He thought he had seen it wrongly because he was too tired yesterday.

When he read it for the second time, Lu Yuan found that the name of the script was correct.

It's still "My Deskmate"...

Lu Yuan subconsciously clicked on it and read the script...

After reading it.

Lu Yuan was a little stunned.

It was not because the script was very similar to the "You, My Deskmate" in his memory nor was it because of any other reason, but because this script actually made Lu Yuan feel like he was back in his student days.

To be honest, Lu Yuan felt that this script was even better than the original world's "My Deskmate"...

This script amazed Lu Yuan so much!

It seems that Qian Zhong is really a talented person!

"Hello……"

"Ayuan, how is it?"

"Did you two come up with this script?"

"Yeah, it's indeed what we two figured out. What do you think?"

"Really?" Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Ahem... Actually, it was Qian Zhong who came up with it, and I... was only responsible for supervision... um, yes, supervision... uh, well... Qian Zhong came up with the script first, but I asked the famous screenwriter An Hui from Taiwan to revise it..." On the other end of the phone, Fatty Wei answered awkwardly as if his secrets had been touched upon.

“How much did the modification cost?”

"It's free... After all, my title of best director is quite impressive... Miss An Hui is happy to help us revise the script..."

"Is this true?" The more Lu Yuan listened, the more he doubted it.

"Well... Actually... I made some deals with An Hui for one of your autographed photos. A Yuan... An Hui is your fan..."

"..." Lu Yuan didn't know what to say.

Can my autographed photo now be used as a trading tool?

"Ayuan, although the process is a bit tortuous, the script is still good..."

"Okay, okay, how much investment do you want?"

"Two million?" Fatty Wei asked tentatively.

"What? Two million!" Lu Yuan was stunned. How could it be sold for two million?

This isn't The Man From Earth.

This blind shooting might ruin the script.

“Ahem… Actually, if we’re in a hurry, we can get it for 1.5 million…” Fatty Wei on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, then his voice became weak.

He thought Lu Yuan was unwilling.

After all, Lu Yuan's movies have always been low-budget and high-box office.

Two million...

Make a youth movie.

seem……

Is it indeed a bit high?

"I'll give you four million!"

"What? Four million? A Yuan, did the sun rise from the west today? This... A Yuan, you are such a stingy person, but actually... cough, cough..." Fatty Wei was not surprised when he heard the four million, but was dumbfounded.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yuan's originally good mood suddenly turned bad.

"No, it's nothing... By the way, besides this, can I make a small request?"

"What do you want?"

"Well... write a song for the movie..."

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