Chapter 538 536, Bribery

“Pah…”

A bottle of expensive Romanee-Conti was opened, and the scarlet liquid entered the decanter, bright and eye-catching.

“Pah…”

A black bank card was placed on the small dining table in front of Sun Hao, and the dark and translucent card body was obviously noble in the sun.

“Hehe…”

Not caring about the dirt on the ground, seeing Yu Dong still making his specialty, tomato stewed beef brisket, Han Shanye sat down next to Sun Hao happily.

“Boss Han, what does this mean?”

Sun Hao picked up the bank card, turned it twice, and pushed it back to Han Shanye.

After all, the principle of “no merit, no reward” is still very well understood by buddies!

“At present, the box office of The Martian has exceeded one billion US dollars. In addition to the share you deserve, Lao Yang, Yu Dong and I have deposited some money into this card, which is considered as our bonus for you!”

“Hehe, I’m so sorry.”

Although he said so, Sun Hao still put the bank card in his pocket.

If you don't accept the red envelopes given by investors, it would be too hurtful!

Well..., we have such a good relationship, we can't hurt them over such a "small" thing.

"Sun Hao, for you, this money may not be too much, only 1 million US dollars, but it is a little thought from us."

Although he saw Sun Hao's [money-obsessed] appearance, Han Shanye did not complain about him as usual.

"Huh..."

This abnormality made Sun Hao uncomfortable. He rolled his eyes and smiled: "Mr. Han, how about you tell me the business first?"

"What business?" Han Shanye's old face was stern, pretending to be angry.

"Sun Hao, we have been working together for such a long time, and we have been full of affection for a long time. If we give you a bonus just because you ask for help, you..., you underestimate us too much?"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"Last chance, President Han, if you don't tell me, I really think you are fine?"

Seeing Sun Hao stand up from the ground, pat his butt, and make a move to leave, Han Shanye finally couldn't help it.

"Well..., Sun Hao, do you have something to say?

There is still a little bit!

It's the movie script written by director Chen Kaige. Sun Hao, tell the truth, in your opinion, what is the level of "The Promise"? "

Eh...

Sun Hao sighed secretly, then took out the bank card from his pocket and put it back on the small dining table in front of him.

The ancients were right, there is no free lunch in this world, even if this [lunch] is what you deserve, when the capitalist gives it to you, they still want to scrape another two taels of meat from you.

"Uh..., Sun Hao, what do you mean?"

"Boss Han, do you still not understand what Director Sun Hao means?" At this time, Yang Shucheng, who had been strolling nearby, pushed his glasses on his nose with his hand.

"Director Sun Hao would rather not accept the $1 million red envelope than wade into the muddy water of Director Chen Kaige. This shows from the side how bad his script is?!"

Uh...

Is that what I mean? Sun Hao's eyes widened.

Old Yang, are you over-interpreting?

Hearing this, Han Shanye narrowed his eyes directly.

"Sun Hao, is that true?

Is The Promise really that bad?

Also, rest assured, Sun Hao, we are dealing with the bonus and The Promise separately, and we have nothing to do with each other."

"Hmm..."

Faced with the follow-up question, Sun Hao glanced at the bank card on the small dining table, thought for a moment, and then analyzed seriously:

"Mr. Han, do you know what the first step in Hollywood script review is?

It's the number of scenes!

Someone is responsible for calculating the dramatic conflict events in the movie script. Only scripts with 45-60 scenes are expected to pass. They use this method to avoid the movie being too dull and lengthy..."

"Dongzi..."

Before Sun Hao finished speaking, Han Shanye shouted to Yu Dong: "Dongzi, how many scenes are there in the movie script The Promise directed by Kaige? Have you counted them?"

"I counted them, and it seems to be 85!"

"85 scenes..., it seems a bit lengthy?" This sentence sounded like talking to himself, and it also seemed to be asking Sun Hao's opinion.

But Sun Hao did not make any relevant comments, but continued to chat.

"Based on the analysis of successful Hollywood cases, good commercial films pay the most attention to structure."

"Structure?"

"Yes!"

"Hollywood commercial films are basically three-act structures, generally following a suspense every ten minutes or so, and the opening thirty minutes or so is usually the beginning of a story.

A movie is 120 minutes long, so its structure is 3:6:3. The narrative rhythm of most popular Hollywood movies will not differ much from this pattern.

The three-part structure is easy to understand.

What I am going to say next may be a bit complicated. When Hollywood movie scripts are created, there is a fixed format for what events should appear at what time.

And this thing is also called a plot point.

At the end of the first act, there must be a plot point. It is tightly woven into the story and turns the story in another direction;

At the end of the second act, there must also be a plot point to lead the story to the ending. There are about fifteen such plot points..."

In the process of narrating, Sun Hao cited a lot of references, involving photography, composition, performance, and even a large number of new technologies, which stunned Han Shanye and Yu Dong, who were systematically exposed to such theories for the first time.

I thought that Sun Hao had come up with a music creation formula on a variety show in Taiwan, just to cheat money from the people around him; I didn't expect that there is such a theory in Hollywood.

There is no pretense, and there is no so-called face-slapping; the reason why Sun Hao brought out this theory is to let the head of the Chinese film industry open his eyes to the world, instead of hiding at home and staring at the people at home making things behind closed doors.

It's like in the past life, even when the box office of Chinese movies exploded, everyone was still hiding at home to entertain themselves. The box office of "Some Wolf" with a box office of 5.6 billion yuan was only tens of thousands of US dollars abroad. Who dares to believe this? !

"Sun Hao..., since you just glanced over the script of The Promise, can you use it as an example to tell us how to adjust the shortcomings if you want to make this story a good one?"

"Hehe..., sorry, Mr. Han, lunch is ready and I should eat.

The crew officially started filming at 1:30 pm. As a film director, I dare not delay this."

Uh...

Looking at the beef brisket stewed with tomatoes still in the pot and the watch on his wrist, Han Shanye pondered for a moment and finally gave up the idea of ​​asking further questions.

…………

Afternoon

On the Pikes Peak Highway, Sun Hao was in a meeting, holding a dozen car models in his hands. While demonstrating, he said to everyone:

"Hamdan, your car is in the front and has enough horsepower, but don't step on the accelerator of the car at the beginning of the filming.

You should leave the opportunity for the cars behind to hit you. When they line up and hit you hard, you can accelerate at this time to shock the audience!"

"Well, good!"

Hamdan, who rejected Sun Hao's suggestion to use a stand-in in this scene several times, nodded very seriously.

"However, director, you'd better set the speed so that I don't have to wait for them deliberately."

"Well..., okay."

Sun Hao thought about it and accepted his proposal.

"Jiang Wu..."

"Yes!"

"Deng Chao..."

"Yes!"

"Ma Yanli..."

"Yes, Director!"

"All of you should keep your speed at 60, and Prince Hamdan should keep his speed at 55."

"Okay!"

The chapter number is wrong, it should be 538, just know it, it can't be changed