Chapter 939: Excited Again
More than ten minutes later, under Simon's expectation, Kim Yu-fan ended Catherine's conversation and walked over.
"Just just now, I communicated with Katherine and calculated that according to the current process, all shooting can be completed in one week or even less. This will be necessary, but this requires your help and you need to tell the crew that it should be a week, and it is still a bit urgent, and you still need to work overtime to hurry up."
"Working overtime!" Simon couldn't help but frown. In the era when American trade unions were rampant, it took more than eight hours of working hours and had to work overtime, even if you pay overtime, others wouldn't miss you.
Thinking of this, Simon couldn't help but frown and said, "Yufan, you probably know it. This is very difficult. Everyone is used to the eight-hour working hours. If you ask for overtime now, the crew will probably be reluctant and resist."
"I can understand, but what does it matter." Kim Yu-fan looked at Simon in surprise: "Don't tell me that there has never been an overtime job in Hollywood, and this is impossible."
"Yes, there have been cases where crews work overtime, but basically overtime is the need to capture the weather. After that, there is no more, then overtime will be done. Perhaps it is some shooting at night. Of course, the real overtime is the crew of those big directors. The big directors rely on their own status and influence to call the crew to work overtime with a willingness, but it is obvious that at present, our crew of "Twilight? Crescent" is not yet at the level of being the top Hollywood director."
"Of course, so I said that you must ask you to help me when working overtime." Shrugged, Kim Yu-fan said lightly with a smile: "If I could handle it alone, I wouldn't ask you to help."
"Oh, what do I need to do."
"Of course, you have to pay overtime. You can get this fee to Twentieth Century Fox."
"Kin, you still don't know us Americans. You have to know that overtime pay is what you should pay overtime. But even if you pay overtime, many people are unwilling to work overtime. For many people, the overtime pay is not there. It's better to finish work earlier and go back to rest. Perhaps it's because of the bubble bar."
"Of course, it's hard to impress everyone, but if it's twice, triple or even five times the overtime pay, I think I'd still know a little about Americans. As long as you give enough benefits, no one will refuse, right?"
"What. Five times the cost, this is impossible, this is too expensive!" Simon quickly shook his head and refused.
Simon's reaction was not surprised by Kim Yu-fan. If he really agreed so readily, Kim Yu-fan would probably wonder what was going on. As for Simon's rejection, it was completely within Kim Yu-fan's expectations.
"There is no way, this is the only way. If Twentieth Century Fox really wants to release "Twilight? Crescent Moon" on the Christmas schedule, then from now on, you have to speed up. You have to work overtime from today. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that the movie can be shot in the Christmas schedule. If you don't work overtime, at the current speed, the movie alone will need to be filmed for about half a month, and then post-processing, including soundtracks and promotions, etc. Time is really not enough. At least if you arrange "Twilight? Crescent Moon" to be released in the Christmas schedule, it is really not enough."
Simon was also in a state of confusion. Simon didn't understand what Kim Yu-fan said. He also knew that what Kim Yu-fan said was the truth, but when he thought of overtime, he had to pay several times the overtime fee, Simon felt that this was unlikely.
"No, everyone is too big. If such a large crew has to pay several times the overtime pay, the expense is too high, and the company will not agree." Simon thought for a while, shook his head and said.
"This is the only way!" Kim Yu-fan said seriously: "There are many crew members, which is normal, but compared to those big-produced crews, our "Twilight? Crescent" has fewer crew members. More importantly, it is necessary and the only way to release "Twilight? Crescent" on Christmas time. Our total investment in "Twilight? Crescent" is only 40 million US dollars. It is not too much to give some overtime pay now, it is better than those big-produced one hundred million US dollars. What's more, at most one week, even if you give several times the overtime pay, how much can you get."
"Man, think about the first movie we collaborated on, the global box office was 500 million US dollars, a full 500 million US dollars! How much was the investment at that time? Including the promotional expenses, it was only 50 million US dollars. Twentieth Century Fox also made a big profit from the previous movie. Now, the total investment in "Twilight? Crescent" is only 40 million US dollars. The promotional expenses after the garlic are estimated to be around 10 million US dollars at most, and the total investment is only 50 million US dollars. It is not a big investment, but you have to be clear that our "Twilight? Crescent" movie is likely to continue to bring hundreds of millions of US dollars in box office. In this way, it is not unacceptable to spend some money as overtime pay."
After Kim Yu-fan's persuasion, Simon thought it was very reasonable. Although there were many crew members, they were not a big production crew, and no matter how many there were, they would not be more there. More importantly, the movie could be completed in just one week at most, and the overtime pay was only one week. Although it was quite a lot, it was not much more, and it was even strictly less than one million dollars. This amount of money was not considered money at all for the wealthy 20th Century Fox.
Twentieth Century Fox often invests in filming a movie, with investments of tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Isn’t this the case of "Avatar" last year? The production fee alone exceeded 200 million US dollars, followed by a promotional fee of 150 million US dollars, and it is even said that there are previous productions, which even exceeded 500 million US dollars.
Damn, the movie produced by $500 million is really not very expensive. Fortunately, "Avatar" has brought terrifying box office results. Otherwise, if the loss is done, it will definitely hurt the 20th Century Fox, and even the status and reputation of director James Cameron will be greatly affected.
As far as the current situation in Hollywood is concerned, generally speaking, the production cost of any movie. If the promotional fee is included, the cost of movies above nine levels exceeds 100 million US dollars, or even reaches 200 million US dollars. In short, the film plan of 20th Century Fox in recent years, whether it is released or being filmed, or the subsequent film production, is the case.
In this way, the production cost of "Twilight? Crescent" is only 40 million US dollars, and the promotion cost is only 10 to 20 million US dollars. In this case, "Twilight? Crescent" is likely to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in global box office results. The return on investment is really high.
Thinking of this, Simon hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll contact the company now. You can continue shooting. At that time, no matter whether the company agrees or not, I will send you a message as soon as possible."
Kim Yu-fan nodded, and did not say anything else. Instead, he found Catherine and began to discuss and discuss the next shooting. Simon was not idle at this time, so he took out the phone and walked aside to ask for instructions on the company.
The senior executives of 20th Century Fox are not fools. Such a simple account can certainly be settled. What's more, it doesn't cost much. Compared to being able to grab more box offices during the Christmas period, let alone one million dollars. Even 10 million dollars, the 20th Century Fox won't blink, and readily agreed to Kim Yu-fan's request.
Therefore, the next one was Simon's solo show. After receiving the consent of 20th Century Fox, he told Kim Yu-fan, and then began to persuade the crew as a producer, hoping to work overtime in the last week. The overtime pay will definitely not be less than everyone and doubled.
Although Americans don’t like to work overtime, they still gave up their principles in the face of interests and were bribed by money, nodding to express their willingness to work overtime. Therefore, Kim Yu-fan didn’t think much about it. Since everyone was willing, then hurry up and shoot.
During the day, he filmed at the normal speed and at the script progress, and took out some of the remaining evening scenes at night and seized the time to shoot. With the concerted efforts of the entire crew, it took no one week in the end. On just the fifth day, Kim Yu-fan officially announced the completion of "Twilight? Crescent Moon", which aroused cheers from everyone in the crew.
Of course, it is inevitable to have a big meal. Kim Yu-hwan didn't want to go there, so she wanted to seize the time to cut the movie and finish the post-processing work, but it couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the crew, so she still gave up the idea of flying to Los Angeles that day and stayed to celebrate with everyone.
"Haha, I really think I'm so easy to get it!" The next day, Kim Yu-fan and Simon, including deputy director Catherine, and the three of them took the flight to Los Angeles directly. Thinking that everyone was very enthusiastic about themselves yesterday, especially Taylor Lotner and Kristen Stewart, who wanted to get it, but in the end they were fed down by themselves, Kim Yu-fan couldn't help laughing.
Simon put his luggage down, then sat next to Kim Yu-fan, and said with a serious look: "Kim, you should pay attention to it at that time. You probably will encounter a lot of trouble after getting off the plane. You should know that the company means that you want "Twilight City? Crescent Moon" to be released on the Christmas schedule. Now it is not long before Christmas. In addition to the pre-cut soundtrack and post-processing, in fact, the promotion has already begun on the day the filming of "Twilight City? Crescent Moon" has been completed."
"In theory, "Twilight City? Crescent" has a lot of publicity, such as the scandal between you and Christine. I believe everyone is curious and pays attention to it. But now, "Twilight City? Crescent" has only two months left before the Christmas period. The time is too short, and we don't have time to continue playing hype like scandals, so we decided to focus the hype on you."
"My body." Kim Yu-fan couldn't help but be surprised and looked at Simon with some confusion, not understanding what Simon meant. But for some reason, Kim Yu-fan always felt that this seemed not a good thing.
"That's right, it's you." Simon nodded with a serious face and said, "In fact, you can imagine that movies like "Twilight City? Crescent Moon", especially the box office of "Twilight City? Twilight" before, has a global box office of 500 million US dollars. It is known as the favorite and most anticipated movie for female movie fans. It has attracted much attention. At this time, we will hype everyone's attention on you and let everyone know that you are in the crew of "Twilight City? Crescent Moon". I believe that it will definitely attract special attention at that time."
Well~~Simon's words are very correct. If you do this, it is definitely a good hype topic. However, Kim Yu-fan is not stupid either. Of course, he knows that if he really does this, Twentieth Century Fox forced the hype topic of "Twilight City? Crescent Moon" to himself. Yes, I will indeed benefit from it. Not to mention anything else, at least in terms of popularity and popularity, it will definitely be a crazy doubler.
But this is just a benefit. There are benefits and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that Kim Yu-hwan has become the focus of many people. Most people even attack. The reason is very simple. Who makes Kim Yu-hwan a newcomer, and more importantly, who makes Kim Yu-hwan not an American, but a yellow-skinned Asian.
Hollywood is famous for xenophobia. Even white people want to enter Hollywood, which is very difficult for them, not to mention that Kim Yu-fan is not a white person recognized by Hollywood, but a yellow man. In the movie "Twilight City? Crescent Moon", the three professions of editor, director are integrated into one. Kim Yu-fan doesn't even have to think about how much sensation this matter will be caused by the 20th Century Fox.
You should know that in Hollywood, you also have your own rules and rules, especially the clear positioning of your career. The meaning is very simple, unless you are really a club with a huge 20 million yuan and can also enjoy the box office share. Otherwise, you should be honest and do what actors should do.
An actor is an actor. Don’t just play director or screenwriter. Don’t talk about whether it’s professional or not. This is not good, it’s not good. Do you want to prove that you are awesome or prove that you are very powerful? This is definitely angering to the public.
Especially the part-time jobs of actors and directors have touched Hollywood's sensitive nerves. Generally, actors are only part-time jobs as screenwriters, and the impact is not very big. However, if an actor is not close to the starring actor or director, the situation is completely different.
In Hollywood's view, that is, it is arrogant. Why do you dare to be the starring actor and the director? I really think you are awesome and think you can walk sideways in Hollywood.
That's right, Hollywood does have great people who combine editors, directors and directors. They are real great people, but even so, there are very few such people. Of course, independent movies and low-cost movies are not counted. There is no way. If you don't have money, you can only do everything yourself and be forced to do it.
Kim Yu-fan is a young man and an Asian man who dares to play the three-in-one style of editors, directors and directors in Hollywood. It will definitely anger many people in Hollywood, and it will also make many Hollywood actors, producers, even film companies, directors and screenwriters dislike Kim Yu-fan.
The editor, director and director are a comprehensive proof of honor and strength, but they are also a dangerous bomb that will break yourself to pieces if you accidentally.
Kim Yu-fan quickly figured out this point and couldn't help but be stunned. Damn, what kind of rhythm is this? Is this the rhythm that I want to repeat.
At this moment, Kim Yu-fan naturally thought that when he first debuted in Korea, he was almost dissatisfied and hated by all his predecessors, and even bullied him when he had nothing to do.
Now, it seems that I have to experience it again. Compared to the last time, the situation this time is obviously more difficult, the scene is bigger, and the place has been upgraded. From South Korea to Hollywood, the simple senior has also become Hollywood film companies, screenwriters, directors, actors, and producers all have dissatisfaction and hatred for themselves.
If the difficulty coefficient was 5 when he first debuted in South Korea, then the difficulty coefficient this time would definitely reach 9.5, or even higher. Because this is Hollywood, as long as Kim Yu-fan gritted his teeth and persevered, he was successful in Hollywood and recognized by Hollywood. At that time, Kim Yu-fan had already stood at the highest point in the entertainment field in the world and had become one of the most dazzling people in the entertainment field in the world.
Thinking of this, Kim Yu-fan became a little excited. Kim Yu-fan liked to do this kind of thing that was picky on x the most. As long as he did it, it would be something that could be kept in history. You should know that this is Hollywood.
As for failure, Kim Yu-fan has thought about it. If you fail, you will fail. It doesn’t matter. Anyway, he is still young. Although it is very difficult, he cannot stick to the recognition of Hollywood at all, but what does that matter? It is because it is difficult that he is excited and willing to try it.
It doesn't matter if you fail. At worst, Kim Yu-hwan will no longer play in Hollywood, and will go back to South Korea directly and continue to firmly sit in the throne of the number one superstar in Asia. That's absolutely no problem.
Besides, even if you fail, you don’t have to go back to Asia. At worst, you can’t just stop playing three-in-one. You can be a focused actor for the time being. I believe that with your acting skills and there are many good scripts in your mind, Kim Yu-fan doesn’t believe that Hollywood really shuts the door without leaving a gap, so that he can only stand outside the door and sigh and regret?
Thinking of this, Kim Yu-fan's eyes couldn't help but narrow, and his whole body exuded a strong momentum. He looked at Simon and nodded, "Okay, I have no problem personally, but you 20th Century Fox must still grasp the specific situation. Don't make me really angry and resentful, and you have to escape from Hollywood."
Chapter completed!