What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 10 Jiang Shiyu's Spider Web

Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu are unfamiliar with the name Guo Minkai, but they have both heard of "Love on Lushan Mountain" and know that it is a very famous old love movie.

Liu Man had a little impression of Guo Minkai's face: "This actor looks familiar, as if I've seen it in some TV series."

If it wasn't for Bowen Qiangji's reading of film history, Yang Shu wouldn't know about this person, so he quickly looked up the information.

The data shows that Guo Minkai has not been idle for more than 30 years, and he is not like many contemporary stars who have gone abroad and have always been in the domestic film and television industry.

He has participated in many movies and TV series, but basically played supporting roles, and also worked as a director. His works have no influence, and he seems to have drifted away from the edge of acting work.

The latest news is an appointment three months ago, he served as deputy head of the China Coal Mine Art Troupe.

Jiang Shiyu was a little surprised: "It turned out to be a leader?"

Liu Man was also curious: "What level is this deputy head?"

Yang Shu didn't know, Jiang Shiyu was worthy of growing up under the roots of the imperial city, so he knew about these things quite well: "The Coal Mine Art Troupe is under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the deputy head should be at the deputy department level."

"Department-level cadres?" Liu Man was a little discouraged: "Department officials are not very big here, but they are high-ranking officials in my hometown. It doesn't matter if Deputy Head Guo is suitable. How can we hire them?"

It seems that Guo Minkai has not focused on acting these years, Yang Shu is more optimistic about it: "It is easier for the leaders in our circle to come out to act and discuss, to a certain extent it is business to business, let's go visit and invite tomorrow. "

Liu Man is still not optimistic: "We have a total of tens of thousands of actors' salary. He is famous all over China, and officials have to pay for acting. Do you have the ability to morally kidnap people to serve the people?"

Actors in the system can come out to accept plays even if they are in leadership positions, but a considerable part of the salary has to be handed over to the unit, so even if they don’t receive money personally, they can’t be free. Tens of thousands of yuan is definitely not enough to invite Guo Minkai.

Yang Shu had no choice but to suggest: "If his price is around [-] yuan, we can still afford it, and we can cut other costs, such as using free resources to compress expenses such as music, arrangement, band, editing, etc., and then use the squeezed out funds to subsidize the film salary. .”

He had already considered that "The Lover at the Table" does not need a complicated soundtrack. If it is not possible, he used piano, violin music or some concerto light music whose copyright period has expired to make up the number. Regular way.

Liu Man also said: "This time I invited classmates and friends. I can do many things by myself, such as turning on the lighting and moving the props by myself, which can also save some money."

These ideas are expected to solve the salary problem, so the role of the elderly has a specific and feasible goal.

However, Jiang Shiyu disagreed with direct door-to-door invitations: "It's best to follow the rules when you come to Beijing to do business. We have to find an acquaintance to introduce us first. Just knock on the office door like this. If we are rejected, there is no room for maneuver."

This is right, Yang Shu can't do anything according to the rules: "You two are the only acquaintances in Xiajing, so please ask the two adults to help Xiaguan make up his mind."

In fact, he is too salty to worry about. Contacting and hiring actors should be done by the director and producer, not the responsibility of the screenwriter, but he has always held himself to the strict standards of self-writing and directing.

Jiang Shiyu took over the matter of contacting: "I'm here to run this matter. Although I don't know the Coal Mine Art Troupe, but although the capital city is big, there is not much art circle in the Beijing circle. The relationship is like a spider web. As long as you find a knot point can reach any point on the network.”

She is also a member of the Beijing circle, mobilizing her classmates and friends and her seven aunts and eight aunts, believing that she will always find someone who can talk to the coal mine art troupe by beating around the bush.

The main remaining problem is to choose the heroine and her boyfriend.

The heroine's boyfriend is easy to handle, and can also be chosen among classmates, and it doesn't cost much.

The heroine is different, almost from the beginning to the end, it is difficult to decide what kind of person to pay and how much.

Jiang Shiyu expressed her position early in the morning: "This role is not suitable for me, otherwise I will be willing to help out without hesitation, and I am afraid I will not be able to save this money."

She knew that Liu Man didn't want to act and didn't mention it at all. Since it's hard to make a decision at the moment, let's not make a decision, and finally reached a consensus: "Let's settle the role of the old man first, and then decide on other things according to the funding situation."

The various arrangements have been made a big step forward, Jiang Shiyu continued to cook, while Liu Man and Yang Shu confirmed the necessary production staff such as photographers and makeup artists.

They have discussed these many times, and the people they use are basically Liu Man's alumni. They have cooperated in various assignments before, and they are cheap and easy to use. Now they are making a final list, and they will be notified of the enrollment time one by one.

Not long after, Jiang Shiyu came out of the kitchen and offered another suggestion to save money: "Come over for dinner, you two can continue to live in my house, which can save a lot of accommodation expenses for the crew."

In order to save money as much as possible, neither Liu Man nor Yang Shuren refused.

Jiang Shiyu's dinners these past few days have been very sumptuous, and the colors are particularly bright, with yellow, green and red colors like signal lights. Today is a plate of scrambled eggs with oil-free green onions, a plate of clear water baby vegetables, and a plate of tomatoes mixed with sugar. What's more is zero-calorie erythritol, and you will definitely not gain weight if you eat it.

Yang Shu admired the ingenuity of the girls in order to lose weight. Erythritol is a synthetic sweetener, its taste and properties are more like white sugar than xylitol, and it basically has no calories.

The life of an actress is really hard, but Yang Shu is not picky at all. He lives and eats with this beautiful woman, so there is nothing to pick.

During the meal, Liu Man still couldn’t help but sigh with emotion: “It’s too difficult to accomplish one thing, and the 30 yuan fund is still stretched. When we graduated, the teacher told us that when you enter the society, you will miss the time in school every minute. Now look at it. Come on, that’s really what happened.”

Jiang Shiyu didn't take it seriously: "It's not that difficult. I've been on countless production crews since graduation. In fact, there are many roles that are suitable for me. However, either the director or the producer will always make unreasonable demands in exchange, and tell me which one. Female celebrities only become popular after sleeping with big bosses in the Beijing circle, it really disgusts me to death."

She spread her hands: "It's because I don't want to work like this, so I have been staying at home."

This is a very helpless thing. Although not all directors and producers are like this, it basically reflects the ecology of the entertainment industry. Who would praise actresses who lack background and no funds for no reason?
And it is still highly praised after paying an attractive remuneration. This is the underlying logic of the unspoken rules.

Yang Shu laughed: "These animals, you don't call them sent to work, they are sent to the sea."

Liu Man frowned and looked at Yang Shu: "What are you laughing at? Is this kind of thing funny?"

Yang Shu put away his smile: "I was laughed at by these beasts, and they ruined the atmosphere in the circle."

Jiang Shiyu was also quite naive, leaned over and asked him with great interest: "Yang Shu, if one day you become a big screenwriter, will you use tailor-made scripts as an unspoken actress?"

Young people are easy to get acquainted with, and Yang Shu doesn't let her continue to be called Yang Bian, so it's not easy to think wrong when calling her by her name directly.

Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu stopped their chopsticks and looked at him.

Yang Shu laughed: "If I say no, you don't believe me, if I say yes, I don't believe it myself."

Liu Man smiled and shook his head: "This person is very cunning, so he didn't say anything."

From the next day, Jiang Shiyu began to ask people to look for a relationship with Guo Minkai. Two days later, she really got a clue, so she and Liu Man started running about it.

Yang Shu couldn't help, so he stayed at home and continued to write the script on his laptop with an engine.

Eating and living for free is not good, so he took the initiative to take over the responsibility of buying vegetables and cooking, bearing some catering expenses, and cooking a few dishes with clear soup, little water, no technical content and no calories before the two beauties came back.

Soon Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu met the deputy team leader Guo Minkai. Maybe it was because of the kindness of Tuo, or maybe the script really moved him. In short, the price was greatly reduced in the end, and they agreed to take the film for 12 yuan.

This price is already very favorable, and most of it has to be handed over to the unit, and now there are more actors doing variety shows on the [-]th line than this.

Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu were very excited. They called Yang Shu to report the good news and didn't go home. Immediately afterwards, they went to Ruhe Film and Television to meet Director Ke, asking for an increase of [-] in production costs to sign Guo Minkai.

Although there was a plan to reduce other expenses, but it was too hard, Liu Man decided to ask for money.

At present, the actor's spending quota is [-] yuan, as long as it is increased by [-] yuan, everything will be resolved. With Guo Minkai joining "Lovers at the Table", the lineup will be decent.

Director Ke met with the two very politely, but refused: "We have to control the investment risk, this is not something I can decide on my own."

But it also pointed out a clear path: "You should persuade Yang Shu to sell the script, he can make more money, and we can also re-plan the layout, everyone is happy."

Liu Man was born with tiger teeth, and he was not sophisticated enough, so he rejected Director Ke on the spot.

When they got home, both of them were annoyed: "I invested 30 yuan, and I added [-] yuan to hire a famous actor who refused to say anything. This is a great thing. It's hard to understand that Director Ke is competing with his own investment."

Director Ke is not going to compete, it is impossible to ruin his company just because he doesn't like Yang Shu's attitude, this is unreasonable.

Ruhe is obviously optimistic about the script, so he proposes to buy it. In fact, according to Yang Shu's guess, Director Ke has no confidence in Liu Man's directing ability, just like he rejected the storyboard script written by her.

If Ru He bought the script, in addition to the signature of a famous screenwriter, he would probably really increase his investment, and then ask a mature director to actually write the work, and then let Liu Man get the name.

Although it is a guess, this is the safest way. All aspects of the work will be guaranteed, and making money is not a problem.

If you can't buy the script and you can't stand up to Liu Man, then you can only invest 30 to let her mess around, and you will lose if you lose. It is considered an investment in Liu Tao's long-term cooperative relationship.

Only in this case will it evolve into the current embarrassing situation, and other possibilities are unreasonable.

I don't know if Liu Man's analysis has come to this point, but anyway, she was very upset and became cruel: "Let's rely on ourselves, just like Yang Shu said before, delete all unnecessary positions, and find a way to get the 12 yuan out. "

(End of this chapter)