I really don't want high ratings for my documentaries!

Huang Yu never expected that he had already officially announced to direct "Emerald", but the company's announcement of investment results was much worse than he expected.

Obviously "Emerald" is a relatively well-known work among Liu Sanxian's works, but the investment promotion effect of the announcement of film and television is worse than that of the previous two novels.

"Director Huang, I see that the investment promotion of "Emerald" is better than your previous works, isn't it?"

The little assistant glanced at Huang Yu quietly and said doubtfully.

Compared with Huang Yu's previous two works, "Emerald" has the best investment effect, but compared with Liu Sanxian's previous two film and television works "Emerald", it is the worst one.

This kind of result, not knowing whether it was good or bad, made Huang Yu extremely depressed.

If he complains too much, others will say that he is acting like a good boy.

So at this moment, hearing what the little assistant said, Huang Yu said angrily.

"If my other works can have this investment promotion, then I don't have a single extra word."

"But this is not another work, this is "Emerald"! Its popularity means that this kind of investment promotion is a failure!"

Huang Yu's voice was very impolite, and the little assistant who was listening immediately lowered his head, not daring to ask any more questions.

The next second, he remembered something again, raised his head and said.

"That. I seem to have heard that Director Xu's works are particularly good at attracting investment. Did they rob us?"

"What's the point of grabbing this kind of thing? In the final analysis, "Emerald" is not as attractive as Xu Wen. I understand that compared with IP, personal brand value is the greatest!"

Huang Yu said slightly sourly.

After finally getting the right to direct "Emerald", I turned around and found that the effect of "Emerald" was not as strong as others who did nothing.

This made Huang Yu's excitement of directing "Jade" greatly weakened.

"So what do we do now, do we want the company to increase its budget?"

The little assistant asked curiously.

In the final analysis, complaining all the time is just complaining, and only a solution can turn the complaint into something else.

Huang Yu took a deep breath and shook his head slowly.

"No! In fact, the current budget can already start shooting normally. Letting the company increase the budget means increasing the expectation. Compete for quality! As long as my "Emerald" is shot, everyone will know that Huang Yu's work is not bad!"

At this moment, Huang Yu's tone revealed an unprecedented firmness, and the little assistant beside him also became excited.

"Director Huang! I believe you will be able to do it! You are the next golden signboard for contentment!"

"Do you have confidence in me?"

"Have!"

"Then would you like to help me?"

"willing!"

"Okay, then go and help me with something important."

"whats the matter?"

"Go downstairs and help me get the milk tea from the takeaway."

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"At present, we initially plan to set the shooting cities in the four cities of Shancheng, Xiacheng, Kuncheng and Guicheng. These four cities have more old town buildings, which are also suitable for the scenes presented in the script."

Satisfied in Changle company.

Xu Wen is having a meeting with his team.

The script was sent to the team members along with the non-disclosure agreement earlier in the morning.

The photographers of the team and colleagues in the art group visited some cities in a week after seeing them.

Then I selected four cities that met Xu Wen's requirements, took a lot of photos and videos and brought them back.

At this time, the members of the team were no longer taboo, and expressed their opinions one after another.

"I think Guicheng is better, because many of the old towns in Guicheng have a sense of age."

"It's still a mountain city. The geographical structure of the mountain city makes these buildings look ups and downs."

"Shancheng has appeared in too many film and television dramas."

"Not to mention anything else, I personally prefer Xiamen City, which has both southern Fujian characteristics and the sea."

"Kuncheng also has the characteristics of the Dai people, and the climate is relatively good."

At this time, Xu Wen, who was sitting at the front, didn't say a word.

Fingers rubbed the green stubble on his chin, and his eyes fell on the photo on the screen.

I looked at each group of photos carefully, and waited until the voices of the crowd weakened before speaking.

"Let's put the address in the mountain city. I have been to the mountain city several times when I was shooting a documentary before. I still think this city is more in line with my imagination when I wrote the script."

Xu Wen's words were quite decisive.

After Xu Wen spoke, the direction of discussion changed from which city to which street in the mountain city.

"Ding Ding Ding ~"

The phone rings.

Xu Wen signaled the team members to continue the discussion, while he got up and left the meeting room with his mobile phone.

When I came to the tea room, I turned on the phone.

"Hey?"

"Director Xu, it's me, can you hear the voice?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was a little hoarse, with a feeling of over-smoking.

Xu Wen frowned and asked uncertainly.

"Boss Zhou?"

"Hahahaha, it's me. I must be very busy these days. Your new work has just started, and you probably have a lot to worry about."

Zhou Tuo said with a smile.

Xu Wen smiled.

"It's okay, I have had a few experiences, and it's much better than before. By the way, Mr. Zhou, you don't know why you are looking for me?"

Xu Wen didn't seem surprised by Zhou Tuo's phone call.

Before Xu Wen went to the theater, Zhou Tuo came to Xu Wen and said that he wanted to work together.

But after "Wulin Biography", because of the public opinion that Zhao Chen was involved in, Xu Wen directly fled the theater.

The cooperation between the two fell through.

After Xu Wen returned with "The Hidden Corner", Zhou Tuo once expressed that he would continue to cooperate with Xu Wen.

It's just that Xu Wen was too busy at that time, so he put this matter behind him.

Zhou Tuo said with a smile.

"That's right. I also know that you, Director Xu, have a lot of things to do now that you are a celebrity. Let me make a long story short. I called you to ask for your help."

"Ask me for help?"

"Yes, I have a project in hand, which I spent a lot of time preparing for. At present, the director and actors have already been set up, and I'm just waiting to start the project."

"I'm just waiting to turn it on, why do you still need my help?"

Xu Wen interrupted Zhou Tuo, dumbfounded.

He thought Zhou Tuo called him to ask him to be the director.

I didn't expect people to have no idea about this at all.

Zhou Tuo said with a smile.

"I am very confident in the team I have formed, but I have no confidence in the joint investment platform. They think that the director I am looking for is a newcomer with little experience, and they want me to change."

"I think changing directors is really troublesome, so I would like to invite you to act as the producer. Of course, you don't have to really contribute, you just need to have a name. How about the seven-digit number starting with 1?"

Hearing this, Xu Wen suddenly realized.

What Zhou Tuo played was the rest of Xu Wen's film crews in his previous life.

Find a well-known director to name the producer, or find famous actors to make guest appearances, but focus on the names of these people in the promotion, so that many audiences will mistakenly think that they are actually starring or directing.

It's just that Xu Wen was a little puzzled, why didn't Zhou Tuo just change the director after spending so much time and effort?

When Xu Wen expressed this confusion, Zhou Tuo smiled.

"Xu Wen, as I said at the beginning, I think the director I'm looking for is pretty good. It's just that the management doesn't agree, so I can only pull a tiger's skin."

"Which director? Do I know him? Make you so confident?"

Xu Wen asked curiously.

Zhou Tuo chuckled.

"You definitely don't know him. If you know the director, then the management probably won't distrust him. He is a newcomer who has just graduated from film for less than two years."

"Find a newcomer to be the director, you can really do it."

"Hahaha, you have courage to make a lot of money, isn't it? How about it, is Director Xu willing to help me with this?"

"Mr. Zhou, it's not that I don't want to help you. In case, what I'm talking about is in case the effect of your work is not satisfactory, and the audience will scold me."

Xu Wen naturally understood that the more than 100 million yuan must not be so easy to get.

If you take the money, you must be prepared to take responsibility accordingly.

If you shoot well, people will praise you, and if you shoot badly, people will scold you.

This thing is the same as the fund.

Risks coexist.

Zhou Tuo patted his chest.

"You can rest assured about this. Let me tell you that I am currently planning this movie, not to mention making a lot of money, but [-]% will not lose money."

"To be honest, this script is enough to be ranked in the top ten of the scripts I have seen. To put it an exaggeration, it is no worse than Director Xu's script."

"Otherwise, why do you think I need a new director to direct the movie?"

This time Xu Wen was even more curious.

Funuo is not one to exaggerate.

He even praised this newcomer to the sky.

It made Xu Wen want to get rid of this layer of mystery even more.

"What's the name of this newcomer? You make him so amazing."

"It's called Kong Sheng, have you heard it?"

"Is this a homophonic stalk?"

"What homonym?"

Zhou Tuo was stunned for a moment, obviously he was a person who didn't watch talk shows much.

Xu Wen shook his head.

"It's nothing, but I don't know what Kong Sheng you are talking about. Of course, I am not interested in the name you mentioned, so I declined."

"Really? Think again, it's just a name, it's very easy, why don't you just treat it as a favor to your friend?"

Zhou Tuo said hastily.

Xu Wen still shook his head.

"Mr. Zhou, I can help you promote your work, but let's forget about the title thing. I'm not really interested in this."

Zhou Tuo stayed a few more words, but no matter what Zhou Tuo said, Xu Wen just bit him to death and didn't let go.

Helpless, Zhou Tuo had no choice but to hang up the phone resentfully.

Magic City.

Futaku, who put away his phone, sighed.

Randomly turned to look at the young man sitting at the table and staring at the phone and said.

"Kong Sheng, Xu Wen didn't agree. I said at the beginning that it was too risky to find Xu Wen. It's better to find another director. You still insist that I find Xu Wen."

"Did Xu Wen not agree? This is a strange thing."

Kong Sheng muttered something.

But his eyes were fixed on the "Langya Bang" playing on the mobile phone.

Through the reflection on the screen of the mobile phone, one can see this young man named Kong Sheng, with short hair blown out, a square face and slightly long eyelids, giving him a sense of lethargy.

Zhou Tuo didn't pay attention to Kong Sheng's words, but picked up the phone again and started searching for other people's names.

"Hey, Director Liu, I'm Zhou Tuo"

After answering the phone, Zhou Tuo walked outside while calling.

Kong Sheng was left alone in the meeting room.

After stretching, Kong Sheng stood up.

Walking slowly to the front of the glass window, looking at the busy traffic downstairs, the city can't be seen at a glance.

Kong Sheng smiled and murmured inexplicably.

"This world is really interesting."

Zhou Tuo's phone call was like an episode.

There are no ripples in Xu Wen's life.

In the following days, Xu Wen was still busy with the preparatory meetings for "Crazy Stone".

Now that the city for shooting has been decided, the next step is the selection of actors.

Unlike Ning Hao's previous version of "Crazy Stone", there are basically few famous actors selected.

This time Xu Wen intends to lock the starring role on famous entertainers.

When Xu Wen was preparing for this film, many famous artists took the initiative to show favor and were willing to lower their prices, just to get a role in Xu Wen's work.

Artists are so humble in the dust, Xu Wen naturally couldn't ignore their request.

Of course, mainly because it is too cheap.

The cheap Xu Wen was embarrassed.

It can be seen that the entertainment industry is also too introverted.

Now that there are such cheap actors, Xu Wen is not in vain.

Zhang Min has a good control over the investment promotion of "Crazy Stone".

At present, it has absorbed Penguin and another Internet company as the capital of "Crazy Stone".

Although there are only two employers, the budget of "Crazy Stone" is already hundreds of millions.

But the movie is not as good as the TV series.

TV series look at popularity, while movies look at real-time box office.

Don't look at Xu Wen's current budget of hundreds of millions, but if the box office of "Crazy Stone" can't be presented in front of the capital with a base of more than three times.

Then it is a loss of money.

So these hundreds of millions are not something that Xu Wen can use up as he wants.

He also needs to consider the influence of the capital and the follow-up market.

The original version of "Crazy Stone" invested 300 million yuan and earned 3800 million yuan at the box office.

But it doesn't mean that Xu Wen has increased his investment, and its box office can also double.

So Xu Wen thought about this very clearly.

After discussion, it was decided to invite almost a dozen artists to audition.

This time, there were too many artists who showed their favor, Xu Wen couldn't give every one of them a chance to audition.

Even Xu Wen didn't plan to have an open audition for the main role.

Because he is in addition to some good actors.

Also handle requests from well-connected artists.

Just like Hemei and Liu Changge.

When I heard that Xu Wen had a new work to shoot, I called more than once to ask for a role.

It was Xu Wen's good talk that made them dispel this idea.