This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

Chapter 404 Am I the protagonist again?

"Boss, I tell you that the male-oriented movies are really not that good right now, and they all have the same repetitive formulas. You can support the female-oriented movies. Have you seen any successful novels adapted from male-oriented movies in recent years? But there are many popular dramas adapted from female-oriented movies."

"Also, I've read a lot of novels recently. Most of these novels have heroines as the main characters. Let me recommend some to you."

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Good guy.

Lin Xing really didn't know that Wei Fei was also an online literature fanatic.

Five minutes later, Wei Fei finally calmed down. She and Liang Yuan added each other as friends, and said that they would talk about the online article later.

Seriously.

"Axing, I almost finished reading this script on the way here."

Wei Fei tactfully advised Lin Xing, "Ah Xing, this script is too niche, and the market for this kind of warm and artistic film is not big now. I don't agree with investing because I think there is a 90% chance of losing money."

Before Lin Xing finished speaking, Xin Hui said, "Sister Fei, do you think I care about losses? As long as Lao Lin likes it, I am willing to invest."

Not only Xin Hui, but Liang Yuan also said: "Yes, Sister Fei, I really think the loss is nothing, it's nothing more than a loss of tens of millions. I heard Qi Ning say that the production cost of this drama is at most 70 or 80 million..."

“It won’t take that much.”

Wei Fei is a professional producer after all, and she also has a thorough understanding of the crew, so she directly said: "The shooting scenes here are all small scenes, so there is no need to build many scenes. If the shooting progress is faster, it can be completed in 2 months, which can save millions of crew expenses..."

What is a major? ?
This is professionalism.

Lin Xing glanced at the time and said, "Brother Ning will be here soon. Sister Fei, you can talk to him later to see how much the production cost is. Then we can come up with a plan."

"Row."

Wei Fei nodded lightly.

In less than 20 minutes, Qi Ning arrived in a hurry.

"Sister Fei..."

Qi Ning was also a little surprised when he saw Wei Fei.

"Xiao Ning, you have made it big now. You are even planning to become a director..."

Wei Fei teased Qi Ning with a smile.

Qi Ning said helplessly: "Sister Fei, others may not know me, but you know me. With my temper, I can only talk to Brother Zhou, and I can't get along with other people at all. If I don't become a director, I will really be unemployed..."

Wei Fei waved her hand slightly: "I heard about it, but you too, you clearly knew Ouyang Qing's character, but you still wanted to attack him."

"I just can't stand him pretending to be a master every day. It's obvious that he became a leading director thanks to his father, but now Ouyang Qing is pretending to be a master in all kinds of ways. He even always wants to be both a director and a screenwriter. Obviously, his scriptwriting ability is his weak point, he should just be a director honestly, but he just doesn't..."

Qi Ning said helplessly: "I just want to criticize him while I still have some pursuit, otherwise I might have to flatter Ouyang Qing after my knees are bent."

Lin Xing really didn't know about this, because it happened last year. At that time, Lin Xing was oblivious to what was happening outside, so he didn't know about it.

The new movie "A Woman at Thirty" directed by Ouyang Qing held its premiere, and invited a number of directors, screenwriters, actors, film critics and others in the industry to attend.

Wei Fei was filming in another place and didn't have time to go.

At that time, countless people at the scene praised "A Woman of Thirty" in every possible way, and many people even thought that this movie would break the record.

Ouyang Qing has this kind of personality. He can only listen to compliments and cannot listen to criticism.

The movie "Charge" he shot that year was a complete failure in many ways. The box office was okay because there were many stars, but the word of mouth was extremely bad.

The results of it? ?

Some film critics were originally slightly fair and even a little bit hateful, saying: "Ouyang Qing can't rely on his past achievements anymore. He always says that he doesn't rely on his father, but can he prove it? These few dramas? The scripts are all shit."

Just because the film critics made such sharp comments, Ouyang Qing even sued some of the film critics.

In this regard, compared to other directors who listen to opinions and even just make fun of themselves when faced with ridicule, Ouyang Qing is really known for being petty.

And he is not only narrow-minded, but also stubborn and won't listen to advice.

Anyway, his qualifications are there, so he has no shortage of roles to play. He is even a capital himself and a leading figure in the director world. Many stars are vying to star in his films.

Just like "A Woman at 30", there are many well-known actors in the industry.

As a result, Qi Ning felt really embarrassed when watching the movie.

In Qi Ning's opinion, this is not as good as the TV series "A Woman at Forty". Although that one is also a bit bloody, at least it has a story.

But in this film "A Woman at Thirty", Qi Ning could understand what Ouyang Qing wanted to do. He just wanted to make a romance film and please the young audience.

But to be honest it's too old.

You, Ouyang Qing, are already 70 years old, so stop pursuing the so-called youth.

It can't be called youth either. According to the idea in this movie, if a woman is not married or has no partner after she is over 30, she will age very quickly and become a loser.

Qi Ning really wanted to ask Ouyang Qing, "Don't you pay attention to public opinion?"
You just don't pay attention to public opinion. Don't you also look at the current marriage rate and birth rate?
Nowadays, any drama that understands the market is basically designed to please women, and then say that women who don’t get married or have children are beautiful and unique, and that they should be strong women and independent women.

As a result, Ouyang Qing insisted on playing a female role like that of 20 or 30 years ago, who devoted herself silently, wanted to get married, and then met all kinds of men on blind dates.

You said this script is outdated or something?

After all, Qi Ning was thinking that Ouyang Qing was his senior no matter what, so he didn't say anything too extreme. He just spoke a few words in a more tactful way.

As a result, Ouyang Qing became jealous of him.

"You don't understand movies. How did you manage to be a screenwriter all these years? No wonder you haven't been able to make it all these years..."

Ouyang Qing launched a series of attacks right after Qi Ning spoke.

It really doesn't give any face at all.

Even facing many reporters, Ouyang Qing didn't care, or it could be said that Ouyang Qing never cared about these things.

Just like in the entertainment industry, those who cheat will be banned invisibly, but Ouyang Qing’s son cheated on his wife, but he still continued to be an actor.

It all depends on the capital, and oftentimes even on the resources behind it.

Originally, Qi Ning still had some respect for Ouyang Qing, but in recent years he was really disappointed with Ouyang Qing, and this movie made Qi Ning think that Ouyang Qing was not as good as several other directors.

But Qi Ning still underestimated Ouyang Qing's influence. He didn't even need him to ban Qi Ning. All of Qi Ning's scripts were rejected.

Not only that, Qi Ning was originally working as a screenwriter on a film crew, but he was also fired.

Then the industry dared not to use him anymore.

Because Ouyang Qing directly gave a bad review to Qi Ning, and this bad review was said by an authoritative director in the industry, and it was almost like pointing at Qi Ning's nose. No, to be exact, he was already pointing at Qi Ning's nose.

Such words from a big boss in the industry carry a lot of weight.

If this had happened twenty or thirty years ago, Qi Ning would have no chance to be honest, because at that time these big guys could ban anyone they wanted.

But things are different now.

Again, times have changed.

The rapid development of the Internet has greatly disrupted the control of these big guys. Coupled with the open and covert struggles in various circles, who can really ban them at this time?

Even Ouyang Qing couldn't do it.

But it did bring some difficulties to Qi Ning, and it was because of this that Qi Ning prepared to be a director himself.

But how easy is it? ?
When writing a screenwriter, Qi Ning doesn't need to think about so many things. He just needs to think about writing a good script.

As a result, when Qi Ning was preparing to direct the project this time, he felt that he had no idea where to start.

He asked his good friend Bai Yan to join him. After all, Qi Ning still has a group of good friends over the years.

This time he planned to use these to build up his team.

But now Qi Ning feels that everything is unnecessary.

"You are indeed lucky."

Wei Fei smiled and said to Qi Ning: "Now you have Ah Xing to help you solve all urgent problems. Next, you just need to polish the script and leave the rest to me."

"Row."

Qi Ning still wanted to write scripts, and he even felt that it would be enough for him to be a director.

Now, Qi Ning found that he was not sure he could do this project well.

So, why bother negotiating with Lin Xing about the pay?
I might as well talk to Lin Xing myself about the investment and the director and screenwriter's remuneration.

Qi Ning didn't think too much about this matter. He had only one idea about the work "Going to Heaven", that as long as he could control the script and the crew, it would be fine.

Lin Xing had almost no hesitation about this.

"Okay, if you have anything to discuss, go and talk to Sister Fei. If you need anything else, go and talk to my agent Ding Chunling..."

Lin Xing waved his hand slightly and said, "I will continue to relax next. At the same time, I plan to experience the funeral industry..."

For Lin Xing, if he wants to make a movie, especially to play a role, then he must experience life well.

This is what Lin Xing has always done.

In this way, for the next month, Lin Xing was still in Jiangcheng. At the same time, according to some situations in the script, Lin Xing had a more thorough understanding.

Not only that, Lin Xing also met a body makeup artist and followed him to experience it.

Of course, it wasn’t really an experience, because Lin Xing was also learning how to put makeup on corpses.

The first time, Lin Xing was really not used to it. Looking at the rotten head, he couldn't control himself and vomited violently.

Later, Lin Xing continued to vomit.

"Brother Xing, you actually saw this job..."

The corpse makeup artist was a young person. She smiled bitterly at Lin Xing and said, "After all, our work is not recognized by everyone. I dare not tell my parents that I do this because this industry is taboo about life and death..."

The body makeup artist is called Feng Yun. Lin Xing found her on a forum in Jiangcheng because there are really not many young people working in this field.

When Feng Yun was first found by Lin Xing, she thought she had met a scammer, because she really couldn't understand why someone would want to make such a film? ?
But she knew Lin Xing. After all, although Feng Yun dealt with dead people every day, she was still a girl born after 95. She occasionally watched TV series and was a member of the appearance association.

So after hearing that Lin Xing wanted to experience life with her, Feng Yun disagreed.

After all, this kind of life experience is really unnecessary. After all, what Feng Yun does is not something high-end. She even often deals with dead people, which is taboo for many people.

She had a boyfriend before, but when she went with her boyfriend to meet his parents, she happened to help repair the body of one of her boyfriend's uncle's children.

So it is conceivable that although the other party is very grateful to her, he does not want to have any relationship with her.

Later on, some of Feng Yun’s classmates were no longer willing to invite her to gatherings.

"Although everyone has received higher education, the more so, the more superstitious they are..."

Feng Yun said with some distress.

Lin Xing has been following Feng Yun's experience for almost half a month. From the initial vomiting and discomfort, he has gradually become able to face some tragic situations.

For Feng Yun, Lin Xing was already very good.

You should know that Jiangcheng's Funeral Industry Association often organizes training for body plastic surgeons, and Feng Yun is the instructor. Because she is the highest level plastic surgeon, but she has seen some people who are already at level five but still have resistance to corpses.

After all, many times plastic surgeons don’t just deal with bodies of normal deaths, they also have to deal with bodies of abnormal deaths.

Just like the broken bodies that Lin Xing saw for the first time when he followed Feng Yun, and even the abnormal bodies behind them that were bloody, swollen, rotten, and even covered with crawling insects, it would be really difficult for a normal person to remain calm if he or she is not under a lot of psychological pressure.

What plastic surgeons have to do is not only beauty treatment, but also plastic surgery. To restore a person who has been completely disfigured to the original appearance to the greatest extent possible, it requires not only courage but also excellent skills.

At such times, the plastic surgeon will complete the body step by step based on the photos of the deceased provided by the family, and then apply makeup.

In just over half a month, Lin Xing was able to remember some techniques, and especially to be able to perform them quite well, which was already very impressive.

"It's not enough."

Lin Xing said to Feng Yun: "If I want to take the fifth-level certificate, is it difficult?"

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(End of this chapter)