Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

When I saw Rowling again, she was no longer the down-and-out single mother in a small cafe in Edinburgh. Now Rowling is known as "a woman richer than the Queen of England."And most importantly, she has found love again, and this love seems to be the true love of her life.Rowling, who was not short of money and love, naturally looked very good. She specially invited Jed and John to a private club she liked very much to share the most authentic and delicious English afternoon tea.

When Rowling saw Jed again, she was still very excited.Of course, she didn't forget who helped her when she was at her worst, and the important thing is that Jed gave her a 5% dividend of the total proceeds of the "Harry Potter series" very honestly.You know, according to Hollywood rules, screenwriters and directors are the only two people in the crew who can participate in dividends.Even so, they can only get a maximum of 3% of the box office revenue.Moreover, the so-called box office income is only limited to the North American box office. Other overseas box office, DVD income, TV network broadcasting, etc. have nothing to do with the screenwriter and director.But Rowling is neither a screenwriter nor a director, but sits on a 5% dividend of the film's total income, which makes Rowling often feel panic.But Jed comforted her. Although she is not a screenwriter, how would there be Harry Potter without her?So when Rowling saw Jed, she got up early and greeted him, "I'm so happy to see you again! I watched a lot of your movies this summer."

"Really?" After the two parties sat down, Jed smiled and greeted Rowling. "Rowling, I came to you this time about the adaptation of the last two Harry Potter novels." Jed expressed some of his thoughts, and as Jed expected, Rowling frowned deeply frown.For Rowling, Harry Potter is her gift to her children, but now this gift is going to become a story of the adult world, which makes Rowling somewhat unacceptable.But Rowling also knows that Jed is one of the best film screenwriters, directors and producers on the planet. His idea is not only to succumb to the market and box office, but also to the film itself.

Rowling took a deep breath and asked, "Jed, I need a reason. Why do you want to adapt it like this?"

"Because Harry has grown up." Jed said the reason lightly.

Although Jed is unwilling to admit it, even Rowling believes that Jed is the most important person in shaping Harry's image.Even Rowling felt that Jed can indeed be regarded as the father of Harry Potter when talking to fans, because when Jed chatted with Rowling, he actually gave a lot of key suggestions on Harry's character shaping .So when filming the last two Harry Potter novels, Rowling and Jed had two different perceptions.Like all mothers, Rowling naturally hopes that Harry will always be the child snuggled up to her mother, so Rowling instinctively rejects any element of growth in the script, and is also dissatisfied with Harry's world becoming more and more adult and fear.

But Jed, like all fathers, encourages his children to explore the adult world.In fact, many fans believe that when dealing with the character of Harry, there is already a clear difference between the movie and the original book.Some veteran fans think that Harry in the movie seems to be more powerful, more like a rebellious boy in late adolescence.He wanted to be a mature man, but at the same time he couldn't escape the reality of being a boy.And in the novel, Harry is still that little boy.Therefore, fans have their own choices for these two methods of handling, but basically, most fans can accept it.

After Jed and Rowling chatted for an afternoon, Rowling reluctantly accepted Jed's script idea, but Rowling asked Jed to promise that he would not do this in the TV script.Jed also agreed. Originally, the movie version should be somewhat different from the TV version. The depth and breadth of the movie far surpassed the TV version. If the TV version and the movie version were the same, wouldn't it be an insult to him as a film director?

After solving the problem that caused both Jed and Rowling a headache, the topics of the two sides suddenly became more relaxed, especially the mother Rowling and the dad Jed John had a lot of common topics.Especially when she learned that Jed John was still worrying about preschool education, Rowling, a senior mother, immediately turned into a dad tutor, leading two little white dads to the best department store in the UK, and rushed straight to school age In the pre-term children's education area, it began to guide Xiaobai Daddy on how to purchase toys that entertain and teach, and how to provide certain education for babies during parent-child time.Of course, shortly after the celebrity couple Rowling and Jed showed up, British paparazzi rushed to the department store, yelling.Fortunately, this department store is a high-end department store that specializes in the upper class. After seeing celebrities, they immediately emptied the area they visited.Don't say that Ms. Rowling is their most senior guest, Jed's status alone is enough for them to do so.And Jed and John didn't let the manager who has been busy all the time waste his time. The total consumption of the two actually caught up with the income of the entire department store in a normal day.Of course, big customers don't need to carry big bags and small bags home. The department store promises to pack these toys and send them to Los Angeles.So Rowling and Jedjohn waved their hands in the crowd of flashlights and walked away gracefully.

After returning to Los Angeles, Jed naturally co-ordinated the adaptation of the scripts of the last two Harry Potter novels.The film still has three episodes to be filmed in the end, and Jed handed over the outline and some settings of the three-episode script to his assistants.This is the cruel point of Hollywood. In fact, the entire script is completed by these assistants, but they cannot sign the script. They can only receive their own remuneration from the screenwriter's dividend.If it's a TV script, it's okay, generally better screenwriters are still willing to support the younger generations, and let their assistants sign in each episode in turn.But movies are not good. The screenwriters union clearly stipulates that only those who contribute more than one-third of the script can be signed as screenwriters.This is why the vast majority of Hollywood movies have at most three screenwriters, because each contributes exactly one-third.

Of course, the assistants are not all for nothing.In fact, the writing skills of the screenwriter are second, and the most important thing is the ability to "write stories".There is no way to teach this kind of ability, only to learn through continuous practice, and then if you can work as an assistant under the big screenwriter, if you encounter a script that the big screenwriter doesn't want to write but has to write, you can be a screenwriter yourself opportunity.It takes at least five to ten years for a screenwriter in Hollywood to succeed. The average screenwriter’s assistant’s income is only a few hundred to more than $1000 per script. If you get to the level of a screenwriter, a script is only [-] to [-]. It is the income, the film screenwriter will be slightly higher, but it is almost impossible to earn a million dollars at every turn.Jed knew very well that before the screenwriter strike, there were only two screenwriters in the United States with an annual income of more than one million.Of course, after the screenwriters' strike, the income of screenwriters has increased significantly due to the increase in DVD income, but most of the pure screenwriters are still hard-working codeword men.

Of course, being Jed's assistant or an ordinary screenwriter's assistant is much happier. Most of the screenwriter's assistants have a fixed salary, and then give other salaries according to the working hours.But before he became a screenwriter, there was no bonus, and Jed didn't dare to fight against the entire screenwriters union alone.However, there are too many examples of Jed's assistant becoming a great screenwriter, especially David Shore who wrote "Doctor House" and David Kelly who wrote "The True Colors of a Lawyer" have successfully entered the category of million screenwriters. Is the only TV screenwriter in this club; Aaron Sorkin, who is slightly inferior, has successfully won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Screenplay for seven consecutive years, and also has five Golden Globe Awards for Best TV Screenplay, and I heard that he is about to Promoted to be a film screenwriter... Since there is such a legend among Jed's assistants, who can guarantee that he will not be the next legend?Therefore, countless fledgling screenwriters have taken becoming Jed's screenwriter assistant as a shortcut to success. Unfortunately, Jed is very picky about his assistants, and often only one person wins the lottery in a year or two.

"Jed, I heard that you have already found a successor for 'Harry Potter'?" Just as Jed was struggling with the script of the last three episodes of Harry Potter, Redstone really called to ask about the problem.Jed bought the copyright of "The Twilight Saga" a long time ago, and this novel did not exceed Jed's expectations. Once it was released, it became popular all over the United States and became an idol book popular among American boys and girls.But when the film companies extended an olive branch to the original author, they suddenly discovered that Jed Sherman had bought all the adaptation rights as early as three years ago.With such vicious eyes, even Lei Shidong couldn't help calling to complain.Immediately after Harry Potter became popular, Twilight was used as a backup. After the transition of Twilight is over, superhero movies can already support half of the country.

"Haha, it's just thanks to everyone's support." Jed was not polite, and Lei Shidong was so angry that he wanted to jump up and hit someone.But then Jed added, "Mr. Redstone, winter is here, and it's time to flee the assets in the investment bank."

Jed's warning was not without purpose. His future generations naturally know that the subprime mortgage crisis forced most of the investment banks in the United States to go bankrupt, and even giants like Goldman Sachs and Morgan had to accept government trusteeship to survive.In this life, Goldman Sachs and other investment banks have naturally been affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, but they still insist on not showing it.So Jed was going to be the straw that broke the camel's back, especially since he didn't mind poaching the money Sony owed him from these vampires.Although Goldman Sachs can threaten him not to deal with Sony again, Goldman Sachs must not threaten Jed not to make money from him.Because some business rules cannot be touched, otherwise Goldman Sachs will not only face Jed Sherman alone.So as long as Jed uses the investment rules rationally to make Goldman Sachs bankrupt, Goldman Sachs has no other choice but to smash its teeth and swallow blood.After Jed made up his mind, he prepared a backup plan during the summer vacation. Jed and his investment assistants named the plan "Dragon Slaying Plan", and in order to keep it secret, they called each other "Warriors of the Round Table", and Jed was naturally King Arthur.All investors regard Goldman Sachs and Morgan as the pinnacle of their careers, but Americans' natural rebellious spirit makes them naturally think that killing Goldman Sachs is the greatest respect for Goldman Sachs, so everyone participated in the massacre with full enthusiasm. Dragon plan.But Jed didn't want to affect the innocent, so he reminded Lei Shidong while on the phone.With Lei Shidong's old fox attributes, he would know what to do with a little reminder.