What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 7 Everyone is used to it

Liu Man previously studied at the Oriental Academy of Art, which is located in the capital Haidian. After graduation, he returned to his hometown Nanchang to stay for a few months, and then joined the crew of "Langya Bang" with his sister. Today is the first time he has returned to Beijing in a year.

Jiang Shiyu is her alumnus, from the acting department in the same class, and one of her best girlfriends. She specially went to the train station to meet her, and she will stay at her house tonight.

On the high-speed rail, Liu Man said: "Although my sister's house is in Xicheng, and it is vacant now, I dare not bring outsiders to live there without permission. Jiang Shiyu's parents are experts in the study of warships, and they are currently working on projects in Nanjing." , we happen to have a place at home, we'd better save some money and don't stay in a hotel."

You don't even need to think about taking your male partner to stay at a relative's house. In fact, there is no need to explain.

It stands to reason that the accommodation expenses for this trip can be included in the production cost of "Lovers at the Table", but the project has not yet been signed, and Ruhe has not taken the initiative to arrange it, so it is best to take it easy.

Don't look at Liu Man's celebrity sister, who will be sent in a luxury car for this trip, but it's just an excuse. Helping her sister with children is not considered a formal job, but it is actually a jobless status.

Jiang Shiyu has an unusually beautiful appearance, with a tall and graceful figure and big eyes. Her silky and moist shawl hair flutters as she walks. It belongs to the style of Kim Tae-hee in South Korea, and she really looks alike.

She was wearing a loose white dress, which was very conspicuous in the night. She flew over like a butterfly from a distance and hugged Liu Man yelling, "Welcome Director Liu to Beijing, I miss you so much!"

"The longer the dead girl, the more beautiful she is, I love you so much!"

After the two had finished their affectionate jumping, Jiang Shiyu was obviously taken aback when he saw the smiling Yang Shu, his eyes were fixed on his face for two seconds, and then he warmly shook hands and said hello: "Isn't it Yang Shu, welcome, I have read your It’s a work, it’s really touching, these days Liu Man often mentions you, for fear of poor reception, he must let me drive to pick you up.”

Jingyin is very nice, but the name sheep whip is too aphrodisiac, right?

Yang Shu thanked with a smile: "I'm sorry for your trouble."

She drove a 2013 new red Wrangler Jeep, a graduation gift from her parents. It looked a bit like a fire truck, tough and heroic.

Laughing and laughing all the way, Liu Man sat in the co-pilot seat chatting happily with his old classmate, and Yang Shu received her WeChat at the same time in the back row: "What do you think of Shiyu?"

This is obviously not to introduce a girlfriend, but to ask if it is suitable to star in "The Lover at the Table".

Yang Shu didn't beat around the bush, and directly denied: "Not suitable, the heroine we need is the kind of gentle and restrained, who looks like a married man who lives at home, your classmate looks sunny and strong, and the image is not like that A girl who can bear the burden of humiliation and silently wait for her boyfriend to propose is not bad as a heroine."

"Your vision is quite poisonous. In fact, I don't think it's suitable for you, but you want to take good care of your friends."

"Let's talk about it when I have a chance in the future. She is pretty enough, and her appearance can afford "Beauty Tax". That drama has a bit of a comedy color, and sunny beauties are more likely to produce effects."

Although the filming of "Lovers at the Table" has not yet started, Yang Shu is also a little anxious, but he does not doubt that he will eventually embark on the road to success, and sometimes he naturally exudes a certain confidence.

When Liu Man replied, she added a smiley expression: "You think she is very beautiful?"

After three years among the beauties at the Film Academy, Yang Shu's EQ is still very good: "Isn't that nonsense, you are all beauties, and I'm not blind."

Jiang Shiyu's house is quite big, and the decoration reveals the master's taste. It is low-key and comfortable but still elegant. The distribution of the four-bedroom and two-living room is rather strange. There are two bedrooms and two study rooms. Her parents obviously attach great importance to the working environment at home.

It’s past eleven o’clock when I got home. I ate a few coarse-grain biscuits on the high-speed rail, and that’s dinner. Don’t wish to have a midnight snack when you hang out with art girls, so everyone packs up and takes a shower to get ready to rest.

Liu Man shared a room with Jiang Shiyu, and Yang Shu politely refused to sleep on the big bed in the master room, and insisted on laying the floor in the study to be free.

One of the most important points in interpersonal relationships is to keep a sense of proportion. You can’t overwhelm others when staying overnight, otherwise you will easily be annoying, even among relatives, let alone outsiders.

Jiang's father's study room is really full of books, and they are technical books with titles that he can't understand. There are also several scaled warship models that are one meter long on the shelves. Type 056 frigate and Type 054D guided missile destroyer.

Jiang Shiyu spread a mat on the wooden floor, which was her yoga mat, and covered with snow-white sheets, which will be Yang Shu's bed in the next few days.

Seeing that Yang Shu was interested in the model, she specially came over to introduce it, and then pointed to the vertical launching system of the ship's bow and said, "My parents are studying this. They built missiles into warships and launched them vertically."

She looked at the poplar tree and made gestures, as if teasing a child: "咻~~"

It's good to see a beautiful girl showing cuteness, and the vertical launch is especially sexy when it comes out of her mouth.

Yang Shu quite cooperated: "It's almost the same as Er Tijiao, hey~ bang!"

At this moment, Liu Man came in with a towel and pillow in his arms. Seeing that they were having fun, he snorted, "Be careful not to reveal military secrets. Let him sleep in the bedroom instead of the study, like a secret agent."

The laughter of the two girls came from the next room from time to time, and the special agent Yang Shu lay on the mat and couldn't fall asleep for a while.

The fate of life is really unpredictable. In the morning, he was still carrying a gun in the rain from the fire hydrant in the film and television city, listening to the young marshal's lecture. At night, he was already lying in the study of the warship expert in the capital, staring at the ceiling lamp in a daze.

What is unpredictable is the interview tomorrow. I hope there will be no surprises.

He felt like a football player, and he was a little nervous when he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and missed the goal.

The laughter of the two girls next to his ears was on and off, and he couldn't hear what they were talking about. He turned around and fell asleep.

Everyone got up early the next day. Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu chatted last night until the second half of the night and didn't sleep well, but Yang Shu saw that they were full of energy and didn't look tired at all.

The office of Ruhe Film and Television is located in Building No. [-] of the Airport Logistics Base in Shunyi District, about an hour's drive away.

We can’t have illusions about the morning traffic in the capital, so the Wrangler set off at 07:30 after breakfast, making sure to arrive before nine o’clock.

Jiang Shiyu was really generous: "I'll be your special car driver next time, let me know who is going, and show you the deep friendship of my good sister and the freedom of time for a jobless vagrant."

After graduating, Jiang Shiyu tried hard to find a job, contacted many production crews but never received a suitable play, and has been hanging around at home for a year.

It is a common phenomenon for students from second- and third-rate colleges to be unemployed after graduation, and it is the same for most majors, which is fair.

However, an actress who is as beautiful as Jiang Shiyu can't find a job, which seems a bit unfair.

Although "The Lover at the Table" hasn't been signed yet, she has already agreed to join the group to help out. As for what to do, she hasn't talked about it in detail, anyway, she is helping Liu Man.

Everyone has the experience of mixing crews and understands the harsh requirements of the producers. Along the way, the three of them imagined possible problems and made some plans. There is only one purpose: "First get the project in hand, even if there Accept any excessive demands as much as possible, and don't offend anyone."

Before the trip, Liu Tao also specially confessed to Liu Man, "Don't offend anyone." She wanted to come to this project. If the young people mess things up, she will be blamed along with her.

Ruhe Film and Television started out in TV commercials and book publishing. It was not until the last two years that it made efforts in film and television production. At the same time, it also engaged in artist training and equipment leasing, which required a lot of office space, so it chose the Shunyi Airport Logistics Base. It's a cheap place, and there are many branded car stores around.

The boss of the company is surnamed Ke, and Director Ke of the production department is his younger brother. It can be regarded as a joint venture between the two brothers.

Director Ke didn't meet the three of them immediately, but the person who came forward to meet them actually knew him, and it was Nie Wen.

Nie Wen was very enthusiastic: "I am very happy to be filming with everyone again. I am the executive producer of "Lovers at the Table"."

For Yang Shu, Nie Wen is not acquaintance, he recognizes the other party but the other party does not recognize him.

The last time he asked Director An for a role that required lines, she pointed at Nie Wen and rejected him: "His name is Nie Wen, and the deputy commander of the imperial army who played in "Langya Bang" didn't have a few lines, but you know he turned out to be What are you doing? He was one of the producers of "Parents Love" last year and "All Quiet in Peking" last year."

The two have never met, but Yang Shu saw Nie Wen and many other actors around Liu Man during the filming, so maybe they will be more familiar.

It can be seen that Liu Man is also a little surprised. He should remember that he ignored him back then, and he was a little embarrassed: "This... This is great, I didn't expect to work together again."

Nie Wen is not tall, around 30 years old, white and fat, wearing a pair of exaggerated white wood-rimmed glasses, from head to toe are colorful designer clothes, but fortunately, his temperament can be suppressed, otherwise he would really be singing Errenzhuan.

He was very warm to Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu. As soon as he sat down in the reception room, he yelled and drank six people to bring drinks, and then greeted Yang Shu in a very special way: "You, the golden armored warrior in front of Qin Shihuang's palace, Yang Gu The county's No. [-] Street Liuzi has grown from a sideshow to a great screenwriter, which is really inspirational."

It sounds a bit yin and yang, but Yang Shu's understanding is different. Being able to investigate his background shows that the other party has put his heart into it, so it should be regarded as a compliment. Besides, what he said is right, it is indeed inspirational.

The mixed film and television industry is the most sensitive and vulnerable industry. This is a fame and fortune industry. Class discrimination is much heavier than other industries. Unscrupulous bullying is commonplace, and everyone is used to it.

A character who can make up stories is like a brick-moving worker on a construction site with some knowledge of construction. Before he really changes his identity, he should not have any extravagant hopes. Yang Shu smiled with a crooked mouth: "Producer Nie is really humorous."

In fact, Nie Wen is also the grassroots under the name of the producer. In principle, the producer of the film and television works of Ruhe is the director of the company Ke or the director of the production department.

There are several executive producers in the production department, and he is one of them. He is responsible for coordinating the various tasks of the film crew, including signing contracts for cast and crew, securing filming equipment, and solving shooting locations. In addition, he is responsible for calculating filming costs and reviewing finances. Spending is also a major job.

Because it represents the producer, the executive producer has considerable decision-making power in the crew. For example, the director’s promise to give a certain actor a salary of [-] may not count. Steward of things.

Therefore, there are many husband and wife teams in the domestic film and television industry. When filming in their own company, the husband is the director and the wife is the producer. It is the same as living at home. Zhang Guoli, Chen Kai and others are all like this.

Nie Wen enthusiastically chatted with Liu Man about the whereabouts of some acquaintances in the crew of "Langya Bang". It is 30, and in principle it cannot be exceeded.”

Liu Man didn't hold his breath, and Jiang Shiyu's participation was very high. The two asked almost in unison: "30?!"

30 yuan for a movie is a bit low, Jiang Shiyu's red Wrangler was more than 30 yuan, not to mention Liu Tao's salary for a TV series.

Nie Wen is used to the crew complaining about the lack of money, so he nodded and continued to introduce: "The 30 yuan includes the director's remuneration of 24 yuan, and the production fee, copyright fee and post-production fee total 35 yuan. It seems a bit tight, but our company has a full set of filming equipment. , this part of the rental fee can be waived, which is actually equivalent to the [-] production fee outside."

Even if the company provided a full set of shooting equipment, 30 yuan was still too little. Giving a novice director like Liu Man [-] yuan was a bit of face, but it also squeezed out the production cost.

At present, the investment in online dramas is indeed relatively low. Liu Man and Yang Shu's initial expectation based on the market is 50, and it is basically enough if they do not invite famous actors.

"When Director Liu contacted our Director Ke in the early stage, he repeatedly asked for as much copyright fees as possible to the screenwriter." Nie Wen turned to Yang Shu, and the enthusiasm in his eyes was obviously extinguished: "The work of the utility is very hard. It's not easy to get out of climbing and rolling, but Director Ke is very considerate."

Liu Man said before that he would ask the producer for more copyright fees, and it seems that what he said is really serious.

"According to the current market situation, a mature screenwriter's nine 10-minute movie scripts are about 2 yuan," Nie Wen cleared his throat: "Our Ruhe has a more complete set of evaluation standards for script operations, and we are very supportive of the development of newcomers. A short play like Table Lovers is about the same capacity as an episode of a TV series, and usually the manuscript fee ranges from 8000 to [-] yuan."

(End of this chapter)