Entertaining Children

   Chapter 929

At the time of Xiao Yao’s accident at New York Fashion Week at the end of the previous year, both Zhao Rui and Zhou Zhihao accompanied Xiao Yao’s parents to New York. After Zhou Jingyi learned the news, he also went to New York. They met Zhao Rui and Zhou Zhihao. , Is also acquainted. Because Mu Ying was in the crew at the time, and Xiao Yao called him as soon as he was relieved to report his safety, so he did not go to New York at that time. However, because of the preparation of parkour movies, Mu Ying and Zhao Rui have also contacted many times through online video, and the two are relatively familiar.

  In the past two days, the members of the "Immortals" band have become acquainted with the people from China. Among this group of people, most of them are relatively new to Mu Ying, and the other is that Zhou Jingyi and Lin Qisan have not met yet. Xiao Yao first introduced Mu Ying to everyone, and then introduced Zhou Jingyi and Lin Qisan to each other.

  Xiao Yao’s team won, and I won the MVP of the game. According to Dean and others, I wanted to find a place to celebrate. But tonight’s day is special. In addition, Zhu Zitong and Nina Aiguli did not watch the game and were still waiting for their boyfriends in the hotel, so Xiao Yao rejected Dean’s proposal and changed the party day to the next day.

  As the landlord, the task of preparing for the party has naturally been handed over to Dean. Although several members of the "Immortals" band are still in college, they are already stars after all. They have bought real estate in Los Angeles, and the meeting place was finally decided at Dean's residence.

  Since they are both young people, Xiao Yao and Dean did not invite the Keith Craig family. In addition, Xiao Yao and his party have seven Chinese people, four in the band, plus Mu Ying and Zhou Jingyi, there are already more than a dozen people, and of course they are no longer called outsiders.

   At the party that started in the afternoon the next day, a group of young people celebrated first.

   "I have found someone to make a cost budget for our movie project, can I start the next step?" After a while, Mu Ying pulled Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui and talked about parkour movies.

   "What? A movie project? Do you want to invest in making a movie?" Dean, who passed by, couldn't help but cried out in surprise.

   When Xiao Yao told Zhao Rui and Xu Fei that they were preparing for a parkour movie, Zhu Zitong was there. Knowing this, Sun Tingting had also heard about it from Xiao Yao. In addition, when Zhou Jingyi was learning to perform with Mu Ying, she saw Mu Ying writing a script and asked curiously. Mu Ying did not hide her from her, so Zhou Jingyi also knew about it. Except for the three of them, no one else knows yet. At this time, when Dean shouted about the movie project, everyone came around curiously.

  "You want to invest in making movies?" Lin Qisan asked.

   "Well, we are preparing a movie, and the script has only recently been completed!" Xiao Yao saw that everyone was very curious, so let's tell everyone about the preparation of the movie.

   "Young, you don't play music anymore, you want to change your job as an actor and director?" Dean first spoke.

"It's not a career change. I was originally an actor. Before I came to the United States as an exchange student, I had already acted in a TV series in China. I remember that I told you." Xiao Yao smiled and said to Dean, "In terms of music, I I will not give up and will continue."

   "Oh! Great!" Dean breathed a sigh of relief and said with a thumbs up to Xiao Yao.

  The four members of the "Immortals" band performed well after listening to it, but they were surprised. After all, they are playing music and have not yet set foot in film and television performances. The performance of Zhou Zhihao, the boxer, was okay, but Lin Qisan felt a little upset after listening.

   "Why didn't you tell me about the movie preparation with Shitou?" Lin Qisan asked directly, "Also, Duoer and Zitong seem to know it too, but I and Nina don't know?"

   "I don't know either!" Zhou Zhihao interjected with a smile.

   "Go, you are not an actor!" Lin Qisan said in an angry voice.

"The protagonists currently set are me, Shitou and Xu Fei, the director is Mu Ying and me, and Chen Xiaoting is one of the producers. The script is made by the five of us, and the main producer is also the five of us." Xiao Yao said to Lin Qisan, "This is a film about parkour. The main creative team is our parkour team YRF plus director Mu Ying. Neither Zi Tong nor Duoer are members of the main creative team and did not participate in the preparation of this movie."

"This is an action movie. The protagonist must be a real parkour master. We don't have the protagonist's role for you, so we didn't tell you." Zhao Rui continued, "Zi Tong and Duoer just know, we There is no role for them yet."

"When I knew it, I also said that I wanted to participate in this movie, but they didn't let me be the main creator!" Zhu Zitong also said to appease Lin Qisan, "I said that I can give money and work, but they said I can't be a producer if I pay. , I can only give the money to the stone, and count it under the name of the stone. In the case of acting, there is definitely no me in the protagonist. The supporting role has to wait until the script is completed to see if there is something suitable for me."

   "Me too!" Sun Tingting also said, "I want to pay, and it can only be counted in the name of Bayi."

"Moreover, we have just completed the script and the preliminary budget. We haven't even started the formation of the crew. Now I tell you it's the same?" Xiao Yao laughed at last, "If you want to pay, we will not fail. Close. As for the role, except for the protagonist. If you don’t mind me and Shishi, you can only play a supporting role. We don’t refuse, but you have to participate in the audition just like everyone else."

"You..." Lin Qisan was told by these people in turn, and lost his temper. He could only lower his head and said, "What is the budget for the production of the movie, and how much are you short of? When will the movie start? When will the role audition begin? Can I read the script now?"

   "I don't know how to act, but I have some savings on my hands." Samien suddenly asked, "Can I invest money?"

   "So are we!" Dean and others also said.

"Xiao Yao," Mu Ying said to Xiao Yao, "I asked someone to make a preliminary budget. The production cost of our film is estimated to be about 8 million US dollars. Now 13 of us here are willing to contribute. Together with Chen Xiaoting and Xu Fei, there are already fifteen investors. I think we don’t need crowdfunding anymore?"

  When I want to come to Muying, it always feels a bit awkward to crowdfund a movie. He knew something about everyone around Xiao Yao. The 13 people present, plus China’s Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting, are not ordinary amateurs. They are either celebrities or second-generation stars. Either they have money in their hands, or they have money at home. 15 people make up 8 million. The dollar is not difficult at all. Even if Xiao Yao wants to make an independent film and does not want to be swayed by others, he can still seek commercial sponsorship based on the content of the script.

   "Crowdfunding? Do you want to crowdfunding?" Lin Qisan and other people who didn't know the preparation of the movie in advance were surprised again, and all turned to look at Xiao Yao.

   "What are you doing? Haven't heard of crowdfunding to make a movie?" Xiao Yao smiled.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yao still shook his head to Mu Ying and said, "Crowdfunding is still going to be done! Other than that, at least crowdfunding itself is a publicity for the movie. Of course, publicity is not the most important purpose. The main reason is that if I can make money after the movie is released, I still have a plan. Part of the production fee for this movie must come from crowdfunding, which is very important for the plan behind me. So, we can reduce crowdfunding Proportion, but it must have."

   "That's good according to the original, five people are the main producers, and the crowdfunding list is the last?" Mu Ying asked.

   "Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"There is another question," Zhao Rui pointed to the group of people around. "According to what you said, the investment of our relatives and friends will either be recorded under the names of the five of us or put on the crowdfunding thank you list at the end of the film. .Zitong’s for me, Dor’s for you, these are okay, if Dean and the others don’t want to participate in the crowdfunding, they must be counted in your name. What about San’er and Nina’s share? Is yours still mine?"

"I didn't think about this well." Xiao Yao said, "Zitong's for you, Duoer's for me, these are definitely okay, but Dean and the others, it is inappropriate for Dean and the others to pay the money but have no name. Crowdfunding is aimed at ordinary people. It is not appropriate for them to raise capital through crowdfunding, and I don’t want the difference between ordinary fans and parkour enthusiasts to contribute too much, and I am planning to set a single crowdfunding upper limit. This limit The same is not suitable for them."

  "What should I do?" Zhao Rui and Mu Ying asked together.

"Let’s do it," Xiao Yao thought for a while and looked up, "There can only be one more co-producer besides the main producer. All the friends who invest in it will be put in the co-producer. If the production budget is 8 million, Five of us account for 4 million shares, other co-producers 2 million, and crowdfunding 2 million. We basically invest according to this ratio, and crowdfunding 2 million is fixed. The first two can be based on their own circumstances. Make some adjustments."

   "You just said that crowdfunding has to set an upper limit, how much is the upper limit?" Mu Ying asked again.

"Crowdfunding can be up to 10,000 U.S. dollars, and the minimum is 100 U.S. dollars. If it reaches 10,000 U.S. dollars, we will put the name at the end of the movie. Of course, the premise is that he is willing to let his name appear on the subtitles at the end of the movie." Xiao Yao Tao.

   "That is probably two hundred names." Mu Ying smiled, "This may make the ending subtitles of our movie very long."

   "It doesn't matter, if it's longer, let it be longer." Xiao Yao said.

"This also means that there is no chance for less than 10,000 to appear on the end captions." Zhao Rui considered another question and asked, "Is this unfair to people who did not get 10,000 dollars in crowdfunding? Everyone pays to support us in making movies, the ones who publish more have names, the ones who publish less have no names, is this inappropriate?"

"No way," Xiao Yao said, "Crowdfunding two million, at least one hundred in a single pen, there may be thousands or even tens of thousands of names, the subtitles at the end of the movie can't be put down! After our crowdfunding starts, we will do it. An official website for a movie. As long as the participants of the crowdfunding program, no matter how much they contribute, they will put their names on the relevant pages of the movie's official website. You should know that many crowdfunding projects will not announce the names of the crowdfunders at all. We Just use this method to make up for it."

   "Okay!" Mu Ying nodded, "What about the specific operation?"

"Since the unit is in U.S. dollars, it must be done on a crowdfunding website in the United States." Xiao Yao said, "Crowdfunding websites have a review system for crowdfunding projects. I trouble you to be responsible for this. Let's do this. The biggest reliance on crowdfunding parkour movies is the reputation of YRF, the parkour team. After the crowdfunding website is approved, we will cooperate with PV's YRF channel to make some explanations and publicity."

"Two months should be enough for the crowdfunding time. I think it is possible to achieve the crowdfunding goal in advance." Xiao Yao said again, "Once the crowdfunding money is received, we will start to build the crew immediately. During this period of time, you can start looking for some candidates for the crew and selection of the scene. In terms of casting and audition, if you think it’s okay, you can also do some preliminary selections and prepare some alternatives. We will decide according to the situation. Check and decide every time."

   "Did you ask me to do the casting director?" Mu Ying laughed.

"You are one of the directors, there is nothing wrong with being a casting director." Xiao Yao said, "If you feel that you are too busy, you can also hire a casting director to help you. Our filming location is in the United States. Most of the crew and actors must be found in the United States. Are you more familiar with the United States than I am? If you don't leave it to you, do you want me to stay in the United States and do this?"

   "Wait, this movie was shot in the United States?" Lin Qisan cut off Xiao Yao's words.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Parkour is a worldwide sport. This movie is planned to be screened globally. It is more suitable to be shot in Europe and America. We have Mu Ying, a high-achieving student from Southern California, and of course it is in the United States. Shooting is more convenient than shooting in Europe."

   "As the director's first feature film is planned to be released globally?" Lin Qisan smiled, "Your ambition is really big!"

"If you want to play, of course you have to be big." Xiao Yao smiled, "My ambition is not small, but this movie is now in the preparatory stage. Even the funds are not yet in place, and there is still a long way to go before shooting and release. For a long time. This is not the first feature film I directed, and it may not be the first feature film released globally."

"What do you mean? You have also directed a feature film, and it is also planned to be released globally?" This time it is not just Lin Qisan, even Zhao Rui was surprised, "Not to mention that we have never heard of you as a director and filmmaker. The news of the film! Judging from your two-year itinerary, it is impossible to have time to finish a feature film!"

   "Don't look at me, I don't know." Sun Tingting looked at Lin Qisan's look to her, and shook her head with a smile.

   "Well, you will know after returning to China!" Xiao Yao smiled and blinked.

   "I'm going! How many secrets do you enchanting villain have?" Lin Qisan called.

  (End of this chapter)