There are several ways for Hollywood scripts to enter film and television companies.

Young screenwriters sign up with agencies, which recommend scripts to Hollywood companies. If the scripts are bought by the film company, they will receive a certain share of the script.

Famous playwrights sell it themselves, or sign contracts with film companies, and must write a few plays in N years, or they have enough connections and directly send outlines to film companies, and some people will snatch them up.

Hollywood companies will also find people to write their own scripts, or they will hire screenwriters to write scripts. For directors, if there is a suitable subject, they will write it themselves or find someone who appreciates it.

But for Ye Fan, what ultimately matters is that Hollywood companies generally have their own script library.

They will acquire many potential good scripts, sign a contract with the playwright, and buy the copyright within n years. If it is not adapted after n years, the company may renew the contract. If not, the playwright can find a new buyer on his own.

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Of course, the Writers Guild of America also has a script database. Ye Fan asked Cao Xin to help check it, and she did find the back-up script outline for "The X-Files" "The God of Death".

But unfortunately, this synopsis has been bought by [New Line Company], and [New Line Company] is also a film company under [Time Warner]. It is a subsidiary of [Time Warner] with [Warner Brothers], only

But the autonomy is higher.

This made Ye Fan unsure whether the script for "Death Is Coming" had started, so he could only try his luck through Warner to see if he could buy out the story outline.

As for the other "Fast and Furious" movie, although it was released in 2001, it is estimated that the original screenwriter already had the idea of ​​​​this story theme.

Although "Fast and Furious" was produced by Universal, Ye Fan wanted to bet that the screenwriter had also submitted an outline to Warner. Even if Warner didn't have it, it would still have channels to find scripts from other companies.

He is going to the United States later, and Ye Fan doesn't want to take the risk of writing the scripts for these two movies at such a close time. It would be best if he could win these two movies through Warner. If not, he would have to give up first.

After Warner CEO Barry learned about the situation, he discussed it with COO Horn and other senior executives and agreed to Ye Fan's plan.

Because there are so many B-level projects in Hollywood, you can make a lot of money on a small scale. If you can make a big profit, it's like finding gold, and there are even more people who are jumping on the street.

Let Ye Fan choose two B-level movies, which will reduce his share of investment in A-level movies. Generally speaking, Warner will definitely make money.

Even if Ye Fan makes a small profit through B-level projects, he will definitely not make money from A-level movies. It would be better if it is blocked and Warner will make nothing.

If the movie can make a lot of money, it will prove that Ye Fan's vision is also applicable to Hollywood. Warner can deepen its cooperation with Ye Fan and use him to make money. They will not suffer any loss.

After hearing the result, Ye Fan felt relieved. His goal had been achieved. If he could win the copyrights of "Death" and "Fast and Furious", then it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a step back on "Harry Potter".

If you can't find these two movies, you can only pick two at random, otherwise you have to give in some benefits, because Warner can't help in vain, and it can't let Ye Fan read their script library in vain.

Sure enough, [Warner Bros.] could not fax the script to the country due to confidentiality reasons, and only let Ye Fan select it himself.

But Ye Fan doesn't have time now. He is going to the United States when Jet Li gets married in September, but Ye Fan doesn't want to delay it until then.

So Ye Fan called Cao Xin and asked her to focus on horror thrillers and gangster racing stories, and then write down the general plot and tell him, and Ye Fan would tell her which two scripts to choose.

Lin Wei heard that Ye Fan didn't have time to go to the United States and asked someone to help him choose the script, so he didn't stay any longer and returned to the United States.

After all, if Ye Fan didn't get what he wanted, he wouldn't sign a contract with Warner. Lin Wei could only go back to the United States to help Ye Fan handle this matter.

Because if the script Ye Fan wants already has an owner, then he and Warner Bros. need to get it done...

After temporarily settling the matter with Warner Bros., Ye Fan returned to the crew of "The Young Master" to continue filming. There are still a few days left before all the scenes of "The Young Master" can be completed.

Ye Fan also asked Wang Jinghua to contact [Xiantao Digital] in advance to prepare for the later special effects production.

The filming of "The Young Master" has cost more than 11 million so far. Ye Fan estimates that the most he can spend on filming the entire scene is 12 million, which is good. The remaining 8 million will be more than enough to produce special effects.

When filming "The Young Master" in the Mainland, the biggest expenses were the costumes and props and the remuneration of all parties involved. Ye Fan did not receive any remuneration, while Wu Jing and Hu Jing received higher remuneration.

Moreover, Wu Jing signed a hot-money contract in "The Master of Tai Chi". Ye Fan took care of him and only gave him 20,000 per episode when filming "The Young Master". Hu Jing was a bit higher than him...

When Mr. Han heard that Ye Fan had gone back to filming, he came up to ask about Ye Fan and Hollywood.

However, Ye Fan didn't say much. He only said that there was a Hollywood movie that made a lot of money that he could invest in, but there were some things that needed to be resolved. When the results came out, he would naturally notify Mr. Han.

Mr. Han was itching to hear this, but seeing that Ye Fan didn't want to say more, he calmed down and waited for Ye Fan's notification. He also had big things to do over there...

Sales of Zeng Li's "She Said" in the second month were also calculated, with a total of 1.275 million copies sold, 244,000 more than the first month.

"Savage Girl" was definitely a big hit in East Asia. Not only did domestic sales pick up, but "She Said" also sold 213,000 copies overseas!

The increase in overseas album sales has also led to higher sales of "She Said".

Excluding some overseas expenses, "She Said" brought the company 33.902 million yuan in after-tax income in the second month.

Zeng Li's endorsement is still being negotiated, but she will receive 10.17 million directly this time. Even after personal tax is deducted, if the two album shares are added together, she will definitely become a multi-millionaire in 1999.

When Zeng Li came home and learned the news, she was stunned for a moment, then excitedly jumped on Ye Fan, and kissed Ye Fan violently.

"Okay... um... don't be so excited. Ten million is just the beginning. You can make more in the future. If fans see you like this, your image will be shattered to pieces."

"Break it, break it. I'm in a good mood. What's wrong with being happy? Don't worry about me, just kiss me again..."

Ye Fan couldn't help but satisfy Zeng Li's request, so he simply took her back to the room to help her vent...

After the passion, Zeng Li finally regained her composure and lay in Ye Fan's arms, listening to his strong heartbeat.

"Sister Hua mentioned to me again that she wanted to sign me, and asked me to ask your opinion."

"I can sign you, but can she be busy? She has to take so many people?"

"I think Sister Hua's time arrangement is pretty good, so there should be no problem. She told me to sign a short-term contract with me. If it doesn't work, she will make adjustments later."

Ye Fan thought about it for a moment and said, "That's okay. If she can negotiate endorsements for you, the price can be higher. If not, just open your own studio."

Zeng Li showed her face and said: "Okay, I will listen to you, MUA~"

Zeng Li was happy, Ye Fan helped him solve everything, but Ye Fan was not satisfied yet. Her move undoubtedly started the "war" again...

Wang Jinghua was so happy when she learned that Ye Fan agreed to her signing Zeng Li.

In order to help Zeng Li make more money, Ye Fan didn't assign her an agent in the early stage. He helped Zeng Li handle a lot of things himself. It can be said that he had good intentions.

Ye Fan wanted to give Zeng Li money directly, but she refused. Zeng Li's character still wanted to make money on his own.

Now Wang Jinghua helps Zeng Li talk about endorsements with more enthusiasm, because female celebrities can talk about endorsement brands.

Ye Fan is an exception. He has more brands to endorse than some first-line female celebrities. However, Ye Fan cherishes reputation and agrees to endorse very few brands.

But Zeng Li is different. In addition to jewelry, clothing and other luxury products, she can endorse not only many products, but the prices are also high.

Not to mention that Zeng Li just won the [Golden Melody Award], and her net worth is different. She can now be said to be more popular than Hu Jing, and her net worth is even higher!

Although the endorsements that Hu Jing has negotiated before are relatively large and complex, the total endorsement fees are 12 million in one year, and a total of 24 million in two years.

The endorsement fee that Zeng Li can get now will not be lower than that of Hu Jing, of course they only get 40%.

Wang Jinghua uses the resources of the economic company to find endorsements for them, and can share 20%, and [Chaoyang Company] will get the remaining 40%.

This is because Ye Fan is more humane and takes care of the company's artists. For a general agent or film and television company, the share ratio between the agent and the artist is 6:2:2.

They can get 40% because their current fame triggers the share ratio that can only be achieved by the A-list star clause. Artists who are not as famous and status as them will get a lower share.

If not for this, how could there be so many artists in the Mainland wanting to join [Chaoyang Company]? Ye Fan's humane treatment was definitely a benchmark in the industry in 1999!

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On January 28, Zhao Yu'er, played by Hu Jing, was "killed", Zhao Yu'er was officially offline, and the filming of all Hu Jing's scenes was completed.

Qiong Yao did not agree to film "Return of the Pearl 2" later this year. After she and Ye Fan negotiated the music copyright fees, they started filming other scenes of "Return of the Pearl 2".

This also means that Hu Jing has to rush to Qiong Yao's side again to start filming the scenes of "Returning the Pearl 2".

Under Hu Jing's reluctant eyes, Ye Fan also started filming Yi Jifeng's last scene...

On February 3rd, "Shao San" was finally completed, and the main creators such as Wang Xinmin and Wu Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Ye Fan had to take time off frequently, so his scenes were left until the end of filming, and the filming was intermittent, which affected the rhythm too much.

But Ye Fan is the big boss, this work still belongs to him, and his reason for taking leave is legitimate, so it’s hard for everyone to say anything.

Ye Fan also knew that he was in the wrong, so he spent his own money to arrange a wedding banquet that day, and also prepared a red envelope for everyone as a token of gratitude and apology.

Seeing Ye Fan's gestures, what can the crew say? Regardless of Ye Fan's status as an elder, they should be considerate of him for the sake of the red envelope!

So the guests and hosts enjoyed a final feast...

The next day, Wang Xinmin led his team to start editing "Shao San", striving to edit the film as soon as possible and then take it to Hong Kong Island for special effects.

Ye Fan shuttled back and forth between Spring Festival Gala rehearsals and the crew of "Da Ming Palace Ci", and also took time to take part in the school's final exam.

In addition, he also had to record new songs and make an album, so Ye Fan had no time to spare.

And Cao Xin, who is far away in the United States, is also very tired. It takes more than 7 hours to drive from Stanford to Hollywood. Even if Ye Fan sponsors her a car, she will have to go to help Ye Fan read the script on the weekend.

As a result, Cao Xin read the script very slowly, and Ye Fan was not in a hurry, but this made Barry and Lin Wei anxious.

They originally wanted to use this little trick to kill Ye Fan's majesty, but they didn't know that Ye Fan was so calm, so they couldn't sit still.

However, when they asked Cao Xin what type of script she wanted to choose, Cao Xin remembered Ye Fan's advice and said that she would first read scripts from the past two years, but said nothing else.

They were also asked to find some scripts from the past two years through other channels, which made Barry and Lin Wei very helpless and could only work according to Cao Xin's requirements.

So New Line's scripts were given priority by Warner Bros. Fortunately, it was a sister company and it didn't cost much.

Cao Xin's eyes lit up when she saw this, because there were many contents in these scripts that met Ye Fan's requirements.

So on February 6, Ye Fan received a call from Cao Xin. From her description, she finally discovered the content of "The God of Death", and this movie was being adapted into a script by Huang Yiyu.

But Ye Fan didn't care about that. He asked Cao Xin to tell Warner Bros. that he wanted the outline or script of "Death Comes". If he didn't have a script, he could write it himself, but he must win the copyright!

As for how Warner gets [New Line] to get the copyright, that's their business.
To be continued...