This actor doesn't look like a good guy

Chapter 285 Navigator

After the military training, it was time to shoot.

Jiang Bai only appeared on the day of the opening ceremony, and then left the next day after watching Wang Baoqiang's performance without any problems.

The estimated shooting time for "Soldier Assault" is about three months, but Jiang Bai's appearance will not be until the mid-to-late period, so he has been staying here and has nothing to do.

So he went to the Magic City.

However, after arriving at the Volkswagen 333 convoy in Shanghai, he suddenly received two notifications.

The first is that his navigator quit the team due to personal reasons, which means that the navigator who worked closely with Jiang Bai before will no longer be able to serve as his navigator.

But if it's just like this, it doesn't matter. Although the navigator is the eyes of the racing driver, there is no need for a navigator in a formula racing car.

The second thing is that they have asked before. Although they all understand the regulations, if you want to participate in formula competition, you must have a super driver's license. The condition for obtaining a super driver's license is that you must comply with the regulations of the FIA. , that is, you only have an international A-class competition license and a valid road car driving license issued by the country.

Jiang Bai has both of these, but the second to last item requires participating in two full seasons in the list in a competition recognized by the FIA ​​organization, and completing at least 2% in each season to be eligible.

"There is really no way around this. I have asked everything I can for you, but you only participated in one season last year. Although you all won the championship and you must have enough points, it is also a hard rule for two seasons.

So if you want to participate in the formula, you must complete at least 80% of the schedule for another season.

And we have to win at least one championship this season, and the rest can’t be too far behind. "

Jiang Bai couldn't help scratching his head after listening to the team manager's words. In the past period of time, he was really busy, so he never paid attention to this aspect. The team was also helping him communicate actively, but rules are rules. , even if they want to take the favor and spend money, they still can't do it.

Because the competitions that the racing drivers participated in were completely transparent. If the FIA ​​itself violated the regulations and issued an exception to Jiang Bai's super license, then other teams would definitely be unhappy.

If you report it directly, the team will be fined, the driver will be banned, and someone from the FIA ​​will be investigated, so no one is willing to take this risk.

"Oh, well, then I will participate in another season this year, just as the navigator..."

The team manager also spoke: "Actually, there are quite a lot of navigators that can be found now, but those good navigators have to be poached from other teams. After all, you won the overall speed of the national rally last year.

Ordinary navigators are no longer worthy of you, but right now, many teams are trying their best to get rankings, so they are very careful about their own people. I asked a few for you before, but once At first they all promised to do well, but then they all reneged. "

Jiang Bai nodded. In fact, he understood this truth. Just like the stars in the entertainment industry now, everyone has their own companies. Even if there is no company, he will negotiate with some companies behind the scenes of opening his own studio. cooperate.

And even if my own company has produced two crazy series of movies and a movie like Jiang Hu that has broken the national film and television box office record, it is still very difficult to poach those stars.

"But don't worry, it's still just the training stage. Don't you have a job there? I won't participate in the competition in the first half of the year. The focus will still be on the national rally in the second half of the year. If I can win two consecutive championships, I can get a super driver's license next year. , that’s a sure thing.

If you are wrong, you won’t need to take the test next year. You will probably be able to take the test after participating in this competition this year. The test should not be difficult for you. Although formula cars and rally cars are not the same, we also have professional coaches here, and we also have Racing cars are here for you to practice on.

Therefore, both our team and our company attach great importance to you, and we will try our best to find excellent navigators for you, but if you have suitable candidates, we can also bring them over directly. "

"Alas, this is all we can do now." Jiang Bai said.

In the next week, Jiang Bai first drove a formula car in the team, but this could only be a preliminary familiarity, because he did not have a driver's license yet, and now he could only drive it in a closed environment to have fun.

The rest of his time was spent driving rally cars.

However, I will receive a call a week later. The people from the auction house said that they have arrived at BJ and they need him to go back and sign for it.

Jiang Bai then remembered that when he was in the beautiful country last year, Paul took a photo of the Mona Lisa, his racing car in the movie, and gave it to him.

So he had no choice but to ask for leave from the team and then flew back to Yanjing overnight.

After meeting with people from the auction house and paying the balance and signing the formalities, the Mazda RX7 named Mona Lisa completely belonged to him.

After getting the car, Jiang Bai couldn't wait to go out and drive it for two laps.

But the steering wheel of this racing car is still on the right side, and it has not been registered since I got it back, so there is no way to run it on the road.

If you want to run on the road, you must go through modifications and then register.

So Jiang Bai contacted a well-known domestic modification factory and asked them to modify the interior of the car.

In addition to changing the right-hand drive to the left-hand drive, Jiang Bai also added a lot of configurations to the car.

Of course, he only needs to pay for the whole process, and the modification company will naturally take care of the rest.

But since he returned to Yanjing, Jiang Bai had to go back to the company to take a look.

After returning to the company, Zhao Zhe seemed very excited and directly pulled Jiang Bai into the conference room.

"Jiang Bai Jiang Hu has been completely aired, and all the data for this movie have been compiled."

"How many?"

"I'm telling you, we were so calm before, but our world is so awesome. From now on, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang have all been left behind by us!"

"I'm telling you, since this movie came out, we've broken all the records that can be broken!"

"In terms of first-day box office, first-week box office, record of fastest breaking 1 million box office, and total box office, we are now number one!"

"Jiang Bai, do you know what it means to be number one in everything?"

“I can’t say it’s unprecedented, but it’s definitely unprecedented!”

Looking at Lao Zhao who was constantly spitting in excitement, Jiang Bai not only rubbed his temples: "Then what is the final box office of this movie?"

Zhao Zhe also stopped his excited explanation after hearing this.

He made a gesture directly with his hands.

"Six? Six hundred million?"

"That's right, Jianghu finally took home 6.2 million yuan in box office!"

"We only spent 8 million!"

"Net profit of 5.4 million!"

Jiang Bai was also a little moved after hearing this number.

Because it has far exceeded his previous predictions.

"6.4 million, we got about 3 million!" "That's right! Now not only has the capital been recovered, the company has also made a net profit of 000 million, and you personally have made even more, directly receiving 1 million !”

"Jiang Bai, you are also a billionaire now!"

Zhao Zhe looked particularly excited.

It is impossible for Jiang Bai to be unhappy when he hears the word billionaire.

At the beginning, I spent 6 million in real money, and now my income has doubled.

"However, Jiang Bai, don't be too happy now. The 6 million is just the box office in the mainland. In Xiangjiang, our movie also earned 3 million.

In addition, the film will have to be screened in other countries and evaluated for awards, so the money we can earn is far more than that, because there will also be peripheral income, copyright income from various TV stations, etc.

Not counting the foreign box office, these copyrights alone are expected to sell for tens of millions in the future. In addition, they can be released as DVDs. This needs to be auctioned. Although there are many pirated discs for sale now, if the movie is good, it can still sell for Ten million. "

Listening to Zhao Zhe introducing these dazzling incomes, Jiang Bai analyzed them one by one, and finally he came to the conclusion that the movie Jianghu alone could earn at least more than 7 million in domestic revenue.

In addition, the share of DVD, peripherals and copyright fees are different. Anyway, I can at least earn more than [-] million in China through this movie.

"Okay, Lao Zhao, if you need anything overseas, just call me directly. I'll find someone, and the film must be put on the schedule to be reviewed.

If we want to release the film abroad, the best way is to present it for awards. This is not only good publicity, but also if it is released abroad, if it is favored by those big foreign publishers, we can save a lot. effort.

Nowadays, the reason why domestic movies do well at the domestic box office but fail outside is mainly due to the reasons of promotion and theater chains.

"Most of our country's films are not suitable for North America and Europe in terms of style and content, and other supporting facilities cannot keep up. There is not enough publicity, and they can only be released in some small theaters."

Jiang Bai learned these things while chatting with Lin Yibin while filming in Beautiful Country.

"Yeah, but you're doing pretty well outside now, and you're going to Hollywood soon. Even if you're just filming a cartoon, you can still break into their company."

"Brother Zhao, come on, let's try to make this movie achieve good results abroad!"

After talking like this, Jiang Bai also left the company and returned home.

However, I haven't seen Dong Hyun in some days. The last time I met was at the annual meeting.

So I also called him and asked him if he had anything going on recently.

If you have nothing to do, you can go out and sit together.

Dong Hyun also recently finished filming a TV series and has just returned home.

She has graduated, so she now lives outside.

Much freer than before.

So Jiang Bai went directly to the hotel that day, and Dong Hyun came over in the evening.

After all, the paparazzi are following you more and more closely now, so you have to be careful in everything.

that's it.

After staying here for two days, Jiang Bai returned home.

He couldn't be idle during this time. Kung Fu Panda still had to design the moves, so Jiang Bai had to prepare them in advance and send them there for review.

Then the people over there would adjust the model based on the movements designed by Jiang Bai.

However, after thinking about this movie, Jiang Bai realized that the only animated films in the company were dumplings, and the domestic animation and animation market had just begun to develop rapidly.

But it started slowly, coupled with environmental factors, so it still can't keep up with the outside world. Even if the plots and designs of some works are outstanding, the technology is still far behind others.

So in his spare time, Jiang Bai went back to the company to chat with Dumplings.

"I'm going to go to Paramount to shoot an animated film in a few months. My idea is that you can come with me and be my assistant for the time being, and then you can learn a lot there. "

After hearing this, Diaozi jumped up from the sofa in surprise: "Really? That's great. Thank you Brother Jiang! This opportunity is so rare. In fact, I have wanted to study there for a long time. , but on the one hand, there are many things on hand, and on the other hand, there is no suitable way.”

Jiang Bai smiled: "That's okay, when the company signs up for the list over there, you will also be signed up. How much you can learn depends on your ability. In addition, your work here can be handed over to you for the time being. Someone else takes charge.

Although you also became a monk halfway, your skills have been recognized by the market. The short film last year won many awards, and it is time to consider major movies in the future. "

"Yeah, brother Jiang, I will definitely study hard this time I go there!"

"Row."

After chatting, Jiang Bai went to talk to Zhao Zhe about the list at that time. After all, the crew had to count the people first before they could send job invitations to the embassy here.

Just sitting in the boss's chair, Jiang Bai was thinking about participating in the rally next.

"Without a navigator, that's a big problem."

"And it's not appropriate to pair it with just one. If the other person wants to leave again while working, then I have to replace him, so this time it's best to make the navigator one of my own, and it's best to cooperate with my time. "

At this moment, someone knocked on the door: "Come in."

Soon Yin Zheng walked in from outside.

Zhi saw Yin Zheng rubbing his hands with a smile on his face: "Brother Jiang, I have been in the company for a while. Although I am in the music department in name and work with Brother Li, I usually do a lot of post-production work. But after working hard, I feel that none of these are what I want, so while you are back, I want to ask this time if I can apply to be transferred to the actor department?
It doesn't matter if you play some supporting roles or something like that, even if it's an extra. "

Looking at Yin Zheng, Jiang Bai didn't have any other ideas about the other party's application. If he wanted to try it, he would give it a try.

But besides being an actor, he suddenly thought that Yin Zheng also seemed to like racing.

So he said: "Your application has been approved. Just tell Mr. Zhao later. But there is another thing. I remember you said at that time that you liked racing cars?"

"Yeah, I prefer motorcycles."

"Motorcycles, have you ever had any experience with cars?"

"A car? Is it a rally car? I've been to a race before, and I actually want to ride in a rally car, but it's too expensive. Why don't I have the conditions now?"

Jiang Bai nodded: "Because I will participate in the national rally this year, but I am missing a navigator..."

(End of this chapter)