Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 68 John Denver
"Let's do this for now." Laila thought for a moment and asked, "Is Louise in the company?"

"Yes, Miss Louise is in the office."

"Let her come up, I have something to discuss with her."

"Yes, Miss Laila. I'll inform her right away." Demi quickly responded, "Do you have anything else that I need to take care of?"

"No more, go get busy."

"Okay." Demi walked out with a thick stack of folders in her arms.

She walked so much easier than when she first came in that Laila couldn't help laughing.Her boss seems to be quite successful. At least a boss who can make his subordinates fear him must have more prestige than a boss who fears his subordinates, right?
"Laila, are you looking for me?" Louise quickly came to the office.

"Yes." Laila came out from behind the desk and invited her to sit on the sofa beside her: "I have seen the budget, is 2500 million okay?"

"No problem. The witch's box office is getting back one after another, and the CD will start selling soon, and we will make a lot of money by then." Louise knew what she was worried about, and even she was a little worried.That's 2500 million. How many B-grade movies would it take to earn back the capital?

The first part was 10, the second part was 200 million, and the third part was directly 2500 million. The cost tripled, and even she felt that her heart was a little overwhelmed.

And 2500 million is just the production cost. Since I am responsible for the distribution, the cost of the publicity part also falls on me.According to Hollywood's practice, 50% of the production cost will be used for publicity, which is about 1200 million... Thinking of this, her head began to dizzy again.

It's just that she can't say the words of frustration. She has also read the script. If she were replaced by an excellent director, she should be able to make a good movie.It's not that she doesn't believe in the strength of her little boss and director, it's because a witch and a SAW that hasn't been released yet and I don't know what it will be like can't make her feel relieved.

If she could, she hoped that this script could be handed over to a director with a good reputation, but unfortunately, this wish could only be kept in her heart. Who said that the boss and the director are the same person?
"I asked you to come to talk to you about the soundtrack of this movie." Laila took out a magazine from the table and put it in front of her: "Does John Denver know?"

Louise took a look at the magazine in her hand: "Of course, he is the best country folk singer in America, and I like his songs very much."

"Yes, I hope to buy the copyright of some of his songs for this movie..." Lila was stunned when she said this.

The John Denver song was played in "Death Comes" on purpose, not only because his song is very good, but more importantly because he himself died in an air crash.Thinking about it, after hearing the song about people who died in plane crashes, and then having a dream so horribly real, I'm sure anyone would get nervous.

However, Laila realized that she had miscalculated in one thing, and that was that she was filming Reaper several years in advance.John Denver is still alive and well at this time, not dead at all, which means that the weird atmosphere brought by the music cannot be created.So does she need to go and put the Denver song in the movie again?

Change to songs by other singers who died in plane crashes?

Glenn Miller?Steve Ray Vaughan?Or Ricky Nelson?
Counting carefully, there are quite a few famous singers who died in air crashes.There is really no way but to change the music.

Louise suddenly sighed when she saw that Lila was speaking halfway, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Is there any problem? If you just buy the copyright of a few songs, there will be no problem."

"It's okay, I just thought of something. Let's put this aside for now, and I'll think about it again." Laila pinched her swollen forehead: "I've already discussed with Digital Domain about the special effects shots, you can find someone Get in touch with them and sign the contract by the way."

"Digital domain? Shouldn't they be working on the special effects of the shipwreck now?" Louise's news was as well informed as ever.

"That's right, we don't need many shots, just wait until they're done and then do ours."

"Understood, I will send someone over to talk." Louise nodded sharply.

After she left, Lila went back to her desk and wrote John Denver's name with a pen. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that changing it might have an incalculable effect on the atmosphere of the movie.

Although it is said that the earth will continue to function without anyone, and without a John Denver, there may be many other singers who can be replaced, but Laila's self-confidence is severely lacking, and she is still unable to accept uncalculated conversions.

How important the soundtrack is, it is understandable to think that it has a place on Osk.Just imagine, if a sad scene is replaced with an absurd and cheerful electronic sound, can it still be sad?The biggest possibility is that it will be regarded as a spoof and make the audience laugh.

In other words, if country-style music is replaced by rock, can it still create the atmosphere required by the movie?Lyra was afraid to try, and would not try.In the director, she is just a novice, relying on the memory of the future to live smoothly until now.If something unexpected happened, she really didn't dare to imagine what would happen then.

It's not that she can't afford to lose so much money, but her self-esteem doesn't allow her to make that kind of mistake.

"What should we do?" Laila ran her hands through her hair and sighed faintly.You can't just curse the singer to die just because of the needs of your movie, right?
She remembered that John Denver went to her old oriental country for a concert a few years ago, and he was also a good person who was enthusiastic about charity and environmental protection.How could she expect such a person to die just because of her wish?

"Wait!" She sat up straight suddenly, feeling as if she had overlooked something.

If she remembered correctly, John Denver should have died in an air crash in the second half of this year.At that time, the movie should not have been scheduled for release.

If when the movie is released, the audience finds out that the singer of the background music has just died in an air crash, will it be more terrifying than before?

The original movie used the song made by the singer who died in the plane crash as a gimmick, but she did the opposite, using the singer's death to set off the weirdness of the movie.Wouldn't that create a more eerie atmosphere?
I used to hear that many incredible things happened during the filming of some horror films, so how many people should pay attention to the fact that the singer who played the voice in her film died in the same plane crash as the film?If these attentions are converted into box office, how much revenue can be increased?
"That's right! That's it!" Laila made a decision without hesitation.As for thinking that the other party is a good person just now, the words that you can't curse others for your own selfish desires have long been forgotten.

In a capitalist society, in order to make money, is there anything that cannot be used?

She is doing as the Romans do!

(End of this chapter)