I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 239 Pre-IPO Preparations
"Wan Dao!"

After Feng Linlin saw Wan Qingshan, she was so excited that she almost pounced on him.

Although she was still Wan Qingshan's agent after Wan Qingshan went to the United States for development, she had no chance to intervene in the affairs of the United States. She could only be responsible for domestic affairs.

But in China, Wan Qingshan has nothing to do. Except for Armani's previous contract renewal, she has nothing to do in the past few years.

She felt like she was going bad when she was idle every day. If Wan Qingshan hadn't been a famous international director, she wouldn't have wanted to be an agent. She was too idle and didn't feel like she was rushing forward.

Now Wan Qingshan called her, indicating that she had something to do. How could she not be excited?

"Linlin, you are responsible for outsiders' contact with me during this period. If someone asks me about a movie role, just say that I am considering it."

Just as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, his cell phone rang again. Seeing that it was Chen Kun, he quickly handed the phone to Feng Linlin, "You answer it!"

Feng Linlin was still a little confused. She didn't know that Wan Qingshan was going to make a Chinese movie.

But after being confused for a moment, she understood what Wan Qingshan meant, quickly took the phone and answered the call.

With Feng Linlin by his side to answer the phone, Wan Qingshan finally felt a little more relaxed, and then he started looking for actors.

Although there were external interviews, they were interviews for supporting roles. He already had a candidate in mind for the leading role.

After Feng Linlin answered the phone for a long time, the phone finally stopped, and then Wan Qingshan picked up the phone and called Qin Hao.

As soon as the call was connected, Qin Hao's teasing voice sounded on the phone, "Great director, there are rumors in the circle that you are planning to make a Chinese movie.

At this time, if you call me, you are probably looking for me to act in a drama. "

"You are not suitable for this role. You are old. If you were five years younger, I would definitely find you."

"Oh, if I had known this, I should have gone to the police station to change my age and report it to be five years younger."

"What a nonsense. You understated your age by five, and you look like a middle-aged man."

"No, I am only in my early thirties, how can I become a middle-aged man.

Also, if I am middle-aged, then you are almost middle-aged too, and you are not a few years younger than me. "

"Yes, so I am very self-aware. I admit that I am about to enter middle age, but you, older than me, still want to pretend to be young."

"Okay, you admit that you will soon be middle-aged, I can't say anything else.

I won't talk to you anymore, tell me, why don't you call me? "

"I want to ask you, when you were filming "Green Red", there was an actor on the crew who looked so arrogant, do you have his contact information?"

""Blue Red", is it a ruffian? No, it's been 6.7 years. How can I still remember it? Just tell me the person's name and see if I can remember it."

"I don't remember his full name either. I just watched "Green Red" and thought he did a pretty good job. I just remember his surname is Zhang."

After waiting for a while, Qin Hao's voice came from the mobile phone, "My surname is Zhang, I remembered, you mean Zhang Xin, at that time, he was the only actor on the crew of "Qinghong" whose surname was Zhang.

You look for him, I don't have any contact information here. At that time, I went to play "Green Red" and I was only focused on acting and didn't have many interactions with the people on the same crew.

But I still have contact information for the producer of "Green Red". He should have Zhang Xin's contact information. I can help you contact him. "

"Okay, please."

"There's no question about this, but, great director, you are so eclectic in hiring people.

If you can make the call in person, then Zhang Xin will have to play an important role in your movie. He is not famous at all, so just let him play an important role. "

“Literary films are not commercial films and rely on stars to sell box office.

Besides, in my movies, it doesn’t matter whether the actors are well-known or not! "

"Haha, a great director is a great director, his words are different and domineering.

Then I will contact you first, and when I find the number, I will send it to you. "

"Okay, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan hesitated and said to Feng Linlin, "Go to the People's Art Theater to find Teacher Feng Yuanzheng and Teacher Pu Cunxin. Remember, Teacher Feng Yuanzheng, I asked him to play the role of a teacher, and Teacher Pu Cunxin, I asked him to play the role of a teacher." As for the father, don’t get confused, bring the script with you when you go.”

Feng Linlin was stunned for a moment and quickly replied, "Okay."

In fact, when Wan Qingshan was thinking about the role of the teacher in "The Explosive Drummer", Jiang Wen instantly came to mind. Jiang Wen's temperament was perfect for playing the teacher, but he and Jiang Wen didn't have a good relationship, so After thinking about it, I chose Feng Yuanzheng as my No. 1 choice.

Because he was going to Hollywood to shoot a movie in July, he was pressed for time. After giving instructions to Feng Linlin, Wan Qingshan immediately asked Hou Rang, who was sent by Han Sanping to assist, to find a jazz band and several jazz experts to create the soundtrack for "The Burst Drummer" , which are all adaptations of classic jazz, would not have been possible without these experts.

The next day, Wan Qingshan started the interview at a hotel near China Film Group.

Supporting roles may even only have a single appearance, but there are still many celebrities who come to interview.

After all, Wan Qingshan's movies are guaranteed to be released worldwide, even if they miss the mark, it's just like the many little flowers in the original world rushing to appear in Hollywood movies.

There are many plots of bands playing in "Exploding Drummer", and the supporting role Wan Qingshan was looking for was the person who plays the band.

This is said to be a supporting role, but it is no different from a supporting role. Many characters do not even have a line, but just miss the mark.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan did not consider acting skills, and only used one criterion, which was that he only needed to know a little bit of jazz, so that the filming would be decent.

But based on this standard, Wan Qingshan didn't find anyone suitable for one day of interviews.

This is normal. They are actors. Anyone who has nothing to do is to learn jazz. If you want to learn, you must also learn dance to exercise your body.

It's okay to let them dance, but it's not okay to let them play the saxophone or drums.

Wan Qingshan simply didn't bother to look for it, so he could just go to the music school to find some professional students to appear in the scene.

Now that the supporting role was settled, Wan Qingshan turned to Feng Linlin, who had returned early and asked, "Tell me what's going on?"

Halfway through the interview, Feng Linlin came back and asked for a film appointment. Pu Cunxin accepted the appointment, but Feng Yuanzheng did not.

At that time, Wan Qingshan was interviewing for supporting roles, so he put the matter aside.

Feng Linlin quickly stood up and replied, "Director Wan, Teacher Feng said that he has a play to arrange during this period. In addition to performing, he also has to train new people. He really doesn't have time."

Wan Qingshan frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Go find Teacher Li Youbin, and take the script with you when you go.

Also, I will send you a phone number. You call this number to contact the other party and tell him that I am looking for him to make a movie and ask him to come over as soon as possible. "

Qin Hao had already sent Zhang Xin, that is, Zhang Yu's number, but Wan Qingshan did not have time to contact him in person and planned to ask Feng Linlin to contact him.

The next day, Feng Linlin came back, and Li Youbin picked up. She had contacted Zhang Yu and would be here in a few days.

Wan Qingshan felt relieved. If Li Youbin didn't have time, then he really didn't know who to look for.

The actors were almost ready, and Wan Qingshan felt a little more relaxed. Then he called Liu Yifei and asked her to make a guest appearance.

The leading female role in "The Exploding Drummer" is very small, and Wan Qingshan didn't bother to find actors seriously, so he directly found someone to make a guest appearance.

Liu Yifei immediately agreed to the cameo role. Even before "Fire" became a hit, she already had her tail raised to the sky.

Within a few days, Hourang found a jazz band and several jazz experts.

Wan Qingshan asked these experts to adapt classic jazz, requiring it to be both traditional and avant-garde, and then he ignored it.

He also doesn’t understand jazz and what’s good and what’s bad, so he just leaves it to the experts.

As for whether the experts will get it right, Wan Qingshan is too lazy to worry.

He originally had no intention of filming "Crackling Drummer" himself. It would be a waste of money to let someone like him, who doesn't understand jazz, make a jazz movie like this.

When he found out that the script was not available on the Hollywood Writers Guild website, he copied it with the intention of selling the script at a high price in the future to make money.

He was forced by Tang Jianli to make "Cracking Drummer", so he had to do his best to make it live up to the script and the director's fee of 500 million US dollars.

Try your best, but he can't guarantee whether it will be a good shot or not!
Then, Wan Qingshan threw Zhang Yu, who had arrived yesterday, over to learn jazz drumming from the experts.

Within two days, Li Youbin, who had signed the contract, also learned from these experts.

The role of a teacher also needs to know jazz, at least in a decent way!
Everything has been arranged here, and Wan Qingshan heads to the Central Theater.

The main filming location for "The Exploding Drummer" is the school. I don't know what Yan Dong was thinking. I searched around and finally found Zhongxi.

Wan Qingshan was a little resistant to filming at China National Theater. It wasn't that the layout of the buildings in China Theater was inappropriate. The layout of buildings in every school was similar. The plot didn't require any special buildings in the school. He didn't have any requirements for school buildings.

He resisted filming in China Theater because China Theater is a drama school.

Among peers, no matter what they look like on the surface, in their hearts they are like, if you don’t obey me, I won’t obey you.

Especially in an industry like movies where there are no standards, unless you are a deceased person, there will always be people who are a little dissatisfied no matter who you are.The students who have not been beaten by society are arrogant and arrogant, and there will be more of them than those who are dissatisfied in society.

Unconvinced and arrogant, Wan Qingshan was very afraid that some students would cause something to happen when filming started.

Arriving outside the gate of Zhongxi Opera, Wan Qingshan whispered to Yan Dong who was waiting for him at the door,

"How could you imagine that we chose China Theater Company? We are Nortel graduates and we are filming at China Theater Company. What will the outside world think?"

Wan Qingshan couldn't say that he was worried that the students would cause trouble, so he could only find this excuse.

Yan Dong was stunned for a moment, and his expression became very strange.

He looked at Wan Qingshan and said in surprise, "As for your relationship with Nortel, everyone in the industry knows that if you are filming in China Theater, they will definitely not find it strange. But if you are filming in Nortel, they will find it strange." .

Alas, when did you start thinking about Nortel? You should be happy when Nortel is embarrassed. "

Wan Qingshan choked on his words. He changed his mind and asked quickly, "Tell me, what is it about the Chinese Opera that attracts you and makes you want to put the venue here?"

"Yes, I have talked with the people at the China Theater Company. If you film at the China Theater Company, they will coordinate everything. Also, they can be responsible for arranging students to act as extras.

If a Chinese opera student works as an extra, it will be easier for you to shoot. You don’t have to worry about the positioning of the extras. "

"No, I can't let Chinese opera students come to act as extras in my movie!"

Wanqingshan's reflexive refusal immediately surprised Yandong.

Before Yan Dong wanted to ask, Wan Qingshan said solemnly, "I can't tell you that I can't. Think about what happened when we were filming "Selection" in Beidian.

Colleagues, who are also students, are most likely to get into trouble.

If you still don’t understand, let me ask you, when you were still studying, have you ever thought that Bao Dexi’s photography skills are just like that, if you let them do it, you will definitely take better photos! "

Yan Dong looked stunned and said apologetically, "I didn't think well, so I'll start looking again right away. Don't worry, I will find it within a few days and it won't delay the shooting time."

"Although I'm pressed for time, I'm not in such a hurry that I don't have time to find a venue. Just take your time and find it well."

After Wan Qingshan finished speaking, something suddenly occurred to him and he continued, "Go to the music school to see the venue. Movies use a lot of musical instruments. If you shoot in a music school, the musical instruments can be easily dealt with.

In addition, I also need some supporting roles to play band members, and I can just find professional students from music schools. "

"Music school, okay, no problem."

Yan Dong went to various music schools to check out, while Wan Qingshan turned around and went home. As soon as he got home, his cell phone rang. It was Jiang Zhiqiang.

After chatting for a few words, Wan Qingshan hung up the phone and called Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo respectively.

In the afternoon, the three flew to Los Angeles together.

At the Los Angeles Airport, Jiang Zhiqiang personally came to pick him up. After getting in the car, Jiang Zhiqiang said to the three of them, "Director Wan, Mr. Wang, Mr. Wu, I'm talking about US$[-] million with Colombia, but we really can't negotiate."

In the previous phone call, Jiang Zhiqiang had talked to Wan Qingshan about US$[-] million. Wan Qingshan also agreed with the price, so he rushed over immediately.

With US$[-] million, both Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo were somewhat dissatisfied.

It should be said that they are not satisfied with selling the audio and video rights and peripherals of "Fire". They want to get long-term revenue sharing.

So unless the price is sky-high, they will not be satisfied.

But the two of them are not fools. Wan Qingshan can call them over, which means that Wan Qingshan has no objection to the price.

Wan Qingshan has no objection. If they have an opinion, they can't say it.

It's useless to say it, after all, movies have always been dominated by Wan Qingshan. On the contrary, saying this will probably prevent them from continuing to invest in Wan Qingshan's movies in the future.

They didn't dare to raise their opinions, so they decided on it.

Later, the four of them and the lawyer Jiang Zhiqiang found went to Colombia to sign a contract. Once the contract was signed, Jiang Zhiqiang and Wang Zhongjun returned to China first.

Wan Qingshan waited for a few days for Colombia to transfer the money, and after he found a law firm to apply for legal tax avoidance, he flew back to China to watch "Exploding Drummer".

With everyone watching and urging everyone in Wanqingshan, the preliminary preparations for "Exploding Drummer" were very fast, and everything was ready in mid-April.

Then, Wan Qingshan didn't hold any press conference and started filming directly at the Modern Conservatory of Music.

Li Youbin and Zhang Yu have only learned jazz for more than a month. Although they still know nothing about it, they look similar.

As for the acting skills of the two, Li Youbin and Wan Qingshan think they have nothing to say. Although Zhang Yu lacks a bit of practice now and is still a little bit behind, the early polishing of the scenes is about the same.

Both of them are good at acting, but Wan Qingshan doesn't know much about jazz. If the experts say it's okay, he can do it.

In this case, the shooting speed was very fast, and it was completed in more than a month.

After the filming was finalized, Wan Qingshan didn't bother to work on the post-production process immediately, because there were a lot of things waiting for him to do before Qingshan Media Company went public.

"Mr. Zhang, the company is about to go public, and it's time to raise equity rewards. I will use 5% as equity rewards. As for who to reward, it's up to you. Just give me a list when the time comes."

In Qingshan Media Office, Wan Qingshan was looking through the company's recent reports while talking to Zhang Zhao.

"Director Wan, I will prepare a list for you to review as soon as possible." Zhang Zhao, who was staring at Wan Qingshan, replied quickly.

"I don't plan to release a lot of listed tradable shares, just 15%."

Wan Qingshan paused while flipping through the report, then put down the report, looked at Zhang Zhao, and continued,
"My budget for the shares raised before the listing is 20%. Penguin, I plan to let him hold 10%, my wife will buy 5% of the shares, and the other 5%, I plan to let the light in.

Mr. Zhang, do you have any comments? "

Zhang Zhao thought for a while, shook his head slightly and said, "No objection!"

"Well, you can find some professional investment appraisal companies to evaluate the company and set a market value, so I can talk to Penguin and the others."

"Director Wan, I have hired someone to evaluate the company's market value before."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he stood up and took out a document from the cabinet at the back.

"I won't read it. Just tell me the valuation!"

Zhang Zhao retracted the hand he just extended, "Three companies estimated the company at 150 billion, and two others estimated it at 200 billion!"

Wan Qingshan frowned and said, "Then I will talk to Penguin and Guangguang first based on 200 billion. If they agree with this valuation, then we will use 150 billion. If they don't agree, then we can only lower it.

The valuation in the front is not important, what is important is the back.Mr. Zhang, when you talk to the securities companies that underwrite the company’s listing later, I hope you can get the securities companies to set the total value of the company’s listing at at least 250 billion. "

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Director Wan, it is okay to do this, but will it not have a good reputation? After all, the company's annual profit is only 200 million, and [-] billion is already very high. .

If it is higher, investors will think that the company is trying to make money. Also, if it does this, the brokerage will charge a lot more fees. "

"Haha, make money. If it wasn't for making money, why would the company go public? We are not short of funds!
As for stock investors, since they enter the capital market of stocks, they must understand that the capital market is a market where individuals cannibalize others.

We are reasonable and legal, there is nothing to worry about!
As for the extra money to be given to securities companies, it is only a drop in the bucket compared to the increase in market value of the company's listing. "

Zhang Zhao had nothing to say and could only nod.

"Mr. Zhang, I said before that if you want it, I will give you 10% of the shares at a [-]% discount on the market price.

But now I plan to let the brokerage set a high market value for the company, and you will lose even if it is 6% off.

Let's do this, I will directly give up 100% of the shares according to the company's market value of 10 billion. If you want, I will give you an answer in the next few days. "

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Zhang Zhao said with some urgency, "Director Wan, I can give you an answer right now. I want the shares!"

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, if you have money, I can transfer the shares to you now.

If the funds are not enough now, I will keep it for you. When you have enough funds later, I will transfer it to you, and the price will remain unchanged. "

Zhang Zhao suddenly revealed a relaxed smile. He really wanted the shares, but he really didn't have the money. Now that Wan Qingshan can keep them for him, that would be even better.

"Director Wan, thank you, thank you!"

Wan Qingshan smiled and thought about it for a while. There was nothing missing. This thought really made him think a little bit more.

"Mr. Zhang, when you have time, talk to Cheng Er and Wu Ershan and tell them that the company is about to go public. As one of our own, we can let them buy 500 million shares at a low price. Well, the price is two yuan per share. !

If they want it, they can first give them 15 million shares from 1000% of the outstanding shares. "

Zhang Zhao's eyes lit up and he quickly replied, "Yes, Director Wan, I'll talk to them soon."

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan thought about it again and found that nothing happened, so he took the two documents valuing Qingshan Media Company at 200 billion and left the company.

(End of this chapter)