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 tell her now." Demi responded quickly: "Do you have any other things that I need to deal with?"

"No more, go ahead."

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

She stepped a lot easier than when she first came in, making Laila couldn't help laughing. She seems to be quite successful as a boss. At least a boss who can make his subordinates afraid is more prestigious than a boss who is fearful of his assistants, right?

"Lila, are you looking for me?" Louise came to the office quickly.

"Yes." Laila walked out from behind the desk and invited her to sit down on the sofa beside her: "I have seen the budget. $25 million is okay, right?"

"No problem. The Blaire witch's box office is getting back one after another. CDs will be on sale soon, and we will have a lot of money at that time." Louise knew what she was worried about. Even she was a little nervous. That's 25 million. How many b-level movies do you need to make before you can make money back?

The first part is $100,000, the second is $2 million, and the third is $25 million. The cost is such a triple jump. Even she feels that the heart can't be overloaded.

Moreover, 25 million is only the production cost, because it is the distribution that is borne by itself, the publicity part also falls on itself. According to Hollywood practice, the general publicity fee will spend 50% of the production fee, about 12 million… Thinking of this, her head started to dizzy again.

It's just that she can't say what she is dejected, and she has also seen the script. If she changes to a good director, she should be able to make a good film. It's not that she doesn't believe in the strength of her little boss and director, "The Blaire witch" and a "saw" that hasn't been released yet, and I don't know what will happen, yet she can't rest assured.

If possible, she hopes that the script can be handed over to a well-known director, but it is a pity that this wish can only be suppressed in her heart. Who made the boss and the director are the same?

"I asked you to come here to talk to you about the soundtrack of this movie." Laila pulled out a magazine from the table and placed it in front of her: "Do you know John Denver?"

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

"Yes, I hope I can buy the copyrights of some of his songs for this movie…" Laila said this, suddenly stunned.

The playing of John Denver's song in "Final Destination" is of ulterior motives. Not only is his song charming, but the more important reason is that he died in an air crash. Think about it. After hearing the song of the person who died in the plane crash, I had another terrible dream that was so real. I believe anyone will feel nervous.

However, Laila found out that she had calculated one thing wrong, and that was that she was coming to shoot the "Final Destination" a few years in advance. John Denver is still alive at this time, not dead, which means that the weird atmosphere brought by music cannot be created. So does she need to put Denver's songs in the movie again?

Replace with the songs of other singers who died in the plane crash?

Glenn Miller? Steve Ray Vaughan? Or Ricky Nelson?

After careful calculation, many famous singers died in the air crash. There is no other way but to change the music.

Louise suddenly sighed when she saw Laila talking halfway and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is there any problem? If you buy the copyright of a few songs, there will be no problem."

"It's okay. I just thought of something. Put this aside beforehand. I'll think about it again." Laila squeezed a slightly swollen forehead: "I have already talked to the digital field about the special effects lens. You can find someone. Get in touch with them and sign the contract, by the way."

"Digital Domain? Shouldn't they be doing special effects for that shipwreck now?" Louise's news was as clear as ever.

"Yes, we don't need many shots, so we can do ours after they finish it."

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

After she left, Laila returned to her desk and wrote John Denver's name with a pen. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that if she changed it, it might have an immeasurable effect on the atmosphere of the whole movie.

Although it is said that the earth will still function without anyone, and there may be many other singers that can be found without John Denver. Still, Laila's self-confidence is seriously lacking, and she cannot accept conversion outside of calculation.

How important the soundtrack is, you can understand how important it is on Oscar. Imagine if the sad scene is replaced with absurd and cheerful electronic sounds. Can it still be painful? The most likely thing is to be treated as a spoof and make the audience laugh.

In other words, if country-style music is replaced with rock, can it still create the atmosphere needed for a movie? Laila didn't dare to try and didn't want to try. In the director, she is just a novice, relying on the memory of the future to survive smoothly until now. If there is an accident, she really can't imagine what it will be like.

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

"What should I do?" Laila sighed faintly, plucking her hair with her hands. You can't curse that singer to die because of your own movie needs.

She remembered that John Denver went to her old oriental country to give a concert a few years ago, and was a good person who was enthusiastic about charity and environmental protection. How could such a person die because of her wish?

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

If she remembers correctly, John Denver should have died in an air crash in the second half of this year. At that time, the movie probably hadn't been scheduled to be released yet.

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

The original movie used the singer's song, who died in the air crash, as a gimmick, but she was just the opposite, using the singer's death to set off the weirdness of the movie. Wouldn't it show a weird atmosphere even more?

I used to hear that many unbelievable things happened during the shooting of some horror films. Then the singer who made her voice in her movie died in the same plane crash as the movie. How many people should pay attention to this? If these attentions are changed to the box office, how much revenue can they increase?

"Yes! That's it!" Laila decided without hesitation. As for just thinking that the other person is a good person and can't curse others for their selfish desires, it has long been forgotten.

In a capitalist society, to make money, what can't be used?

Chapter end