Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 758 But I have the confidence

When it was almost time for lunch, Wu Tianmin and his group came back. They were the same people as last time, except that Du Yuan and Tao Jing were missing.

Du Yuan is the editor and Tao Jing is the sound engineer. Editing and recording are both part of post-production, and they will come over after the film is completed.

Everyone went out to a nearby McDonald's and chatted while eating hot dogs.

"I met Liu Xiaoli." Fang Minghua briefly recounted what happened when he met Liu Xiaoli and her daughter in the morning. Of course, he did not mention that he helped to change their names.

"What do you think of her daughter?" Wu Tianmin asked.

"You are the director, you are the experts, I am just an outsider." Fang Minghua said: "But the first impression I got from this girl is quite good."

"Yi Mou and I have seen her on-the-spot performance. Although she has not received professional training, the girl is very spiritual. Moreover, I have a feeling that she is popular with the public, which means that the audience likes her. This is very important, especially in commercial films," Wu Tianmin concluded.

"Yeah, I think so too." Fang Minghua took a sip of Coke and nodded: "I'm going to work at Warner Bros. in the afternoon."

"Minghua, you have to be mentally prepared. Spielberg is not easy to talk to." Zhang Yimou interrupted.

"I'm not looking for him, nor for Michael Barnason. I'm looking for Nick, the vice president of their company!" Fang Minghua said with a faint smile.

At two o'clock after dinner, Fang Minghua came to the Warner Bros. headquarters and met Nick.

This was the first time the two met. Fang Minghua came to Warner Bros. before the Spring Festival, and Nick went to New York so they didn't meet.

In Nick's office, the two sat on the sofa and exchanged a few pleasantries before getting straight to the point.

There was no need to beat around the bush when dealing with Americans, so Fang Minghua directly stated her purpose, hoping that they would consider letting Xixi play the role of Ruifang.

"Vice President Wu Tianmin and Director Zhang Yimou both think that this girl is very suitable for this role. Mr. Nick, you also know that these two are very outstanding directors in our country, especially Zhang Yimou. I think their vision is not wrong." Fang Minghua finally said.

"Oh, Mr. Fang, I understand your feelings, but I also have to respect Spielberg's opinion. He is also a famous Hollywood director. I heard that he also filmed your novel "Solar Disaster"? "

"Spielberg is indeed an excellent director, but I think there are more excellent directors in Hollywood than just him." Fang Minghua smiled faintly, and suddenly changed the subject: "Mr. Nick, if you shoot the second Harry Potter movie, will you still ask Mr. Spielberg to be the director?"

"If this movie does well and has good box office, of course our company will be happy to continue to invite him." Nick said and suddenly realized something: "Mr. Fang, what do you mean by this?"

"If Spielberg insists on replacing the role of Ruifang with a European or American girl," Fang Minghua said as she took a sip of coffee and looked at Nick:

"I'm sorry I won't be working with your company again."

Nick was stunned.

I didn't expect Fang Minghua's attitude to be so tough.

But they have the confidence.

The second novel in the Harry Potter series became a hot-selling book on the market immediately after its publication, and climbed onto the New York Times bestseller list in just one week!

According to the author, there will be a third and fourth film to come, which is a gold mine. Other Hollywood film companies are eager to get involved. How can he easily give up the possibility of cooperation?

After a moment of silence, Nick finally said, "Okay, Mr. Fang, I will listen to your and the Chinese director's opinions. I will tell Mr. Spielberg."

"That's good, Mr. Nick, please convey a message to Michael Barnason and Mr. Steven Spielberg." Fang Minghua said.

"What?"

"This little Chinese girl will give them a surprise. In addition, the Chinese mainland film market will also give them a surprise." After saying that, Fang Minghua stood up.

The two said goodbye. As for how Nick convinced the two, that was not Fang Minghua's concern.

Sure enough, just one day later, Fang Minghua got the news from Wu Tianmin: the US side officially agreed to let the little girl Sissi play the role of Ruifang, and she and other children immediately began the preliminary training for the movie role.

Liu Xiaoli was overjoyed when she heard this. She brought her daughter to Fang Minghua's room and, in addition to thanking him, insisted on treating him to a meal, but Fang Minghua politely declined.

"No need to eat. Don't be so polite. You are my wife's comrade-in-arms." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Liu Xiaoli felt a little embarrassed.

Although she admitted that she was an imposter, Fang Minghua did not expose this in front of Wu Tianmin and others.

Fang Minghua looked at Liu Yifei again and said softly:
"Xixi, your Uncle Wu and Uncle Zhang, as well as that bearded Uncle Spielberg, are all top directors in China and the United States. You should learn from them. Such opportunities don't come often."

"Uncle Fang, I will definitely study hard." The little girl said immediately.

"Mr. Fang, for Xixi's filming, I decided to follow the crew. On the one hand, I want to take care of her, and on the other hand, I want to hire a tutor to teach her cultural courses. She is still young and I don't want to be uneducated in the future." Liu Xiaoli said.

Fang Minghua nodded and said.

"Well, that's good. When I'm free, I'll ask Mr. Wu if the crew needs any help. Also, can't you dance? Do you need any extras? That way I can get some compensation."

"Mr. Fang, thank you so much!" Liu Xiaoli was so moved that she cried with joy.

Although my daughter was chosen to play the leading female role, her salary was not high, only 20 US dollars, which is several times less than that of the leading male actor, Haley Joel Osment, who was paid 100 million US dollars!
Of course, 20 US dollars is not a small amount, but now I have no job and no income. The crew will not cover all the expenses for accompanying my daughter, so I have to pay for it myself, not to mention that I have to hire a tutor to teach my daughter culturally.

This all costs money!

If you become a staff member of a crew, not only will you be paid, but the crew will also take care of your food, drink and accommodation, which saves a lot of money.

As for being an extra, it’s not important.

Seeing tears quietly flowing down Liu Xiaoli's eyes, Fang Minghua thought of a word.

Pear blossoms bring rain.

"Okay, okay, don't cry anymore. Xixi, wipe your mother's tears." Fang Minghua said again.

After finally stopping Liu Xiaoli from crying and sending the mother and daughter out of the room, Fang Minghua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If someone who doesn't know the truth sees this, they would think I'm bullying them.

During lunch in the afternoon, Fang Minghua found an opportunity to tell Wu Tianmin his thoughts.

The other party agreed readily.

"No problem. I'll take care of it. She's Mr. Song's comrade-in-arms after all, so we can't treat her unfairly."

"Okay, there's nothing to do here, so I'm going back to San Francisco," said Fang Minghua.

"Don't worry. A friend heard that Yimou and I were filming in Los Angeles, so he came all the way from New York to visit us. You know him too." Wu Tianmin said with a smile.

"Who?"

"Jiang Wen"

(End of this chapter)