Hollywood legendary director

In this Christmas stall, when people's attention is attracted by the hot film market, Bertolman is running around, hoping to connect Stephen King and Random House's new book publishing agreement.

As the world's largest English-language business international publishing house, Random House, under the leadership of the Jewish Bennett Cerf, merged with the Bantam Group in 1998, and gained momentum and almost controlled 75% of the US market. The above publishing business.

However, even if Bertolman is backed by such a large group, he still has to negotiate with these great writers and call for papers every day.Because this is his job.

And Stephen King, as a "modern horror master" in the literary and art world, his works have always been sought after by book fans, and he is also his focus.

Of course, compared with those little writers, these rich literary and artistic tycoons, who are no longer restricted by money, have the least material needs for writing because they do not have the pressure of life-in other words, they are lazy and lack motivation.

For example, this new book has been written for almost three years.When I was younger, I had to write a few articles to "Playboy" every day after I finished the manuscript.

Getting out of the car, Bertolman walked for a while with his briefcase, and finally came to a country house that seemed inconspicuous.

It was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and Bertolman walked to the door proficiently and rang the doorbell. The one who opened the door was an old woman with a faint smile and meek brows.

Bertolman greeted with a smile: "You look great today."

It was Stephen King’s second wife, Tabitha Sbruce, who opened the door. When the two were in love, Mr. Stephen hadn't made it out. The first meeting was at the school's literary salon.

Entering the villa, Bertolman chatted with Tabitha, and she enthusiastically went to make coffee.

Don't think Stephen King is very rich, but he doesn't like to hire a servant, and only occasionally asks the cleaning company to come and take care of hygiene.

And the old man's children don't live with him, so they will come here on holidays.

"Sit down for a while, he is still in the study, and it may take some time before he comes out." Tabitha brought a cup of coffee and explained a little.

"Thank you." Bertolman took the coffee and smiled at Tabitha.

Stephen King often locks himself in the study, or reads books, or writes ideas. Bertolman is used to waiting. The reason why he chooses this time is because the old man will come out of the study until the evening. .

The two sat opposite each other, chatting casually.

Most of the time it was Bertolman who found some topics to talk about.

Before long, there was a sound from the stairs, and Stephen King walked down the stairs slowly.

He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, his hair is mostly white, and he is dressed casually. When he sees Bertolmann coming, he beckoned and said hello.

Bertolman stood up, leaned over to the old gentleman, made a few polite words, and started talking about business.

"...Is "Son of Colorado" finished?"

He was afraid that the old man would drag on, and added: "Our publisher wants to confirm the sample issue first..."

Stephen King is 57 years old, drank a glass of water, and replied: "I still need to tidy up. You can pick it up in two days."

"Row."

Bertolman was helpless.

But then I thought about it, at least this time I got the exact time, it's better than if there was no news before running every day.

Coming out of Stephen King's house, he walked outside and was blown by the cold wind. Bertolman was about to leave, but saw another car approaching and parked in the empty space in front of the villa.

Then two men got out of the car and looked at their direction...

Bertolman thought: Why at this time, someone visits Stephen King.

What will it be?

Although he was curious, he ran back without following.

Random House has worked with Stephen King for many years, and he doesn't worry about his work being poached by other publishers.

After all, the strength of Random House is the strongest in the industry...

"You want to adapt a novel written by Mr. Stephen?"

"what happened?"

"Which one is it?"

""The Mist."

......

Lehman walked in through the big iron gate in the south with the spinning top, and walked along the lawn paths on both sides to the front villa.

After he got interested in shooting a new work yesterday, he checked a little and found that the same subject matter had already been published-it was Stephen King's novella "The Mist" produced in 1984.

As for putting on tops, it is because this guy is Stephen King’s iron fan. He belongs to the kind of man whose childhood was surrounded by Stephen King’s novels.He has read every work, and some classics are even more admired.Such as "The Shining", "Dark Night Without Stars", "Miracle in the Green"...

It has to be said that Gyro's obsession with these scary horror novels in his childhood is also an inner perversion.

The spinning top asked Lehman as he walked: "You want to remake "The Mist"? Can I make a start on the crew? Although I think this story is not attractive enough, I still want to know what will happen if I put it on the big screen. Effect."

Lehman said in a huff: "Aren't you still filming "The Walking Dead"? Where did you come from to team up."

What's more, in front of a director who wants to adapt it into a new work, if a work is not attractive enough, it can be said by a person with a brain like a top.

Well, it’s not a day or two since this guy has no EQ. He can have conflicts with so many production companies. Where can his EQ be so high?

Gyro continued: "I only filmed the first 5 episodes. Soon, maybe you didn't even decide on the crew at that time. How about being an assistant director?"

Lehman chuckled, "Then wait until you finish filming the first five episodes. I can only promise to reserve a position as an assistant director."

The top happily agreed.

......

This year, Stephen King's novels were put on the big screen is not very news worthy of report.

When it comes to influence, the old man has been well-known in the literary and film circles since the 1980s.

When he was a screenwriter of TV series and movies, he was not young or old, let alone remakes and adaptations.

Moreover, most of these works are very profitable-well, except for the occasional ones such as "Shawshank's Redemption".

As for the "Mist" set by Lehman, the film rights have not yet been sold-the rights to TV dramas have been sold, and even several American dramas have appeared in some scenes.

However, the original film of the previous life was not very good, and the audience polarization was more serious.

The reason is that the investment was lower, and a soft science fiction thriller was made. The atmosphere is good, but the setting and special effects highlight the word "poor".

Seeing it, it feels like a drama.