I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 590 588. Scripts get together

  October 4th.

  The National Day holiday has begun to enter the final stage.

  The news about where traffic jams and crowds of people are overwhelming on the Internet is flooding the Internet.

  Xu Xin has arrived in Xi'an in a low-key manner.

   To be honest, he feels that he is very busy this year.

  The non-stop kind...

  But I was so busy that I didn't figure out what I was busy with.

   made a movie.

  The filming started at the beginning of the year, but it was not released until the end of the year.

   Made a documentary, but all the people under him went to make a film, leaving him as the chief director for a day.

   Organized a film festival, but no one was retained, and everything had to start from scratch.

   Got a good voice, but he started broadcasting from the good voice, he was so busy that he hit the back of his head, and he didn't watch a few episodes at all.

   Then I took a wedding photo, but the time to take the photo was not as long as the time to go back and forth.

   Originally planned to make a movie a year and work together.

   As a result, he was **** in the car by a group of people, threatened to strip his pants, and forced to arrange a second movie.

  But the second movie hasn’t been shot yet, so I went to Shenyang and brought back another movie…

  Think about the past and look at the present.

  He comes and goes.

  I feel that this year has been very busy...but I don't know what I am busy with every day.

  The only thing I'm lucky about is the growth of the two little guys...

  The child is indeed getting older every day.

   This is what he feels the most.

  But apart from these... there seems to be nothing else?

  Thinking of this, looking at the scenery flying along the road, he couldn't help asking Su Meng:

   "Mengmeng. What do you think of this year?"

"…ah?"

  Su Meng looked bewildered, not understanding why Brother Xu suddenly asked this.

   After thinking about it...

   "It's pretty good. Every day is busy and fulfilling..."

   "Then here comes the question, what are you busy with every day?"

   "..."

  Su Meng's face became strange.

  Xin said you are really embarrassed to ask.

  What am I busy with... I am busy with you! What else can I do?

   But after thinking about it along this line of thought, she suddenly realized that... she didn't seem to be busy with anything.

  The thing I do the most every day is run around behind Brother Xu's ass, and nothing else matters.

   But I dare not say that.

  Her monthly salary is less than 10,000 yuan.

   This is not counting the red envelopes or benefits that Brother Xu usually gives...

   And Xu Xin didn't expect her to answer anything.

   After asking Su Meng, he muttered to himself:

   "I won't be so fussy about saying anything next year. I'm too tired..."

  …

   Man, that's it.

   No matter how tired you are, you have to hold on.

   Arriving at Xiying Studio, he got off the car, sent Su Meng away, and went straight to Qi Lei's office.

  The other party has already boiled water and made tea, waiting for him.

  Seeing Xu Xin enter the room, Qi Lei smiled and waved:

   "Here we come."

   As he spoke, he began to fiddle with the tea set in his office.

   Then Xu Xin, who was sitting on the sofa, let out a long, long cry.

  Qi Lei was puzzled for a while:

   "What's the matter? You look tired. You didn't go home, you came directly from Shenyang?"

   "I'm back, I rested at home for a day."

  Xu Xin lit a cigarette on his own, threw the cigarette case on the table, and leaned on the sofa with a limp look:

   "I feel that this year has been particularly tossing. I feel that I am busy every day, but it is October 1st, and it seems that I have not achieved anything."

   "Haha~"

   Qi Lei is delighted:

"Not to mention anything else, the best director in Venice is enough for many people to eat for a lifetime. You should be tired from tossing and tossing during this period... It just so happens that there is nothing to do these days, so take a good rest here for a few days .”

"Um…"

  Xu Xin responded and asked directly:

   "Have you read "The Piano of Steel"?"

   "Look, it's pretty good."

   Qi Lei directly gave his own evaluation.

"I watched it with Mr. Tian and other people. After all, when you said that the movie was good, everyone became interested. However, the movie became obviously rough in the later stage. Not to mention, the soundtrack alone, It seems very monotonous. If it can be changed, it may be better."

   "Just an investment of five million yuan, a total of five million yuan. It is already very good to be able to achieve this."

   "That's true. That's why I plan to talk like this when he comes this time. We will pay for the publicity fee, and if he is not satisfied with the later stage, we can also pay for the repair. It will be regarded as an investment, what do you think?"

"Okay."

  Xu Xin responded:

   "When the time comes, the salary will be calculated proportionally. What about Qin Hailu and Wang Qianyuan? Have you found out clearly?"

"Um."

  Qi Lei got up and brought two documents from the desk.

"Wang Qianyuan is actually nothing. Little actor, let's not talk about his acting skills, let's just say that he is in the circle... He is actually similar to a transparent person. But he is indeed made by acting. I asked the people who worked with him yesterday , the evaluation of him is very good. The trouble is her..."

  After pushing Qin Hailu's information to Xu Xin, Qi Lei said:

   "Durian fluttering, have you seen it?"

   "I saw it when I was a child, but I didn't like it."

   "..."

   Qi Lei's mouth twitched.

   A movie that can get the Golden Lion of Venice, but you who got the Silver Lion rated it as "dislike"...

  It's really powerful.

   And Xu Xin was quite straightforward, seeing Qi Lei's speechless expression, he said:

"I was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time, and it was the time when I was young and ignorant. When I saw this video, I saw that it was a prostitute film about the gold panning in Xiangjiang in the Northeast... I thought it was a pornographic film... I was full of **** feelings. After watching the whole movie, I didn’t see the scene I wanted to see, so you think my evaluation of it can be good?”

   "..."

well said!

  I was speechless.

   Qi Lei stared at Xu Xin who shrugged his shoulders dumbfounded. After a while, he choked out a sentence:

"All right…"

   "What's wrong with her? Difficult?"

  Looking at Qin Hailu's information, especially those awards, Xu Xin asked.

  Qi Lei shook his head:

   "That's not true. What's difficult about her is that she still has a high status among the Hong Kong and Taiwan literary film directors. So...she doesn't have to worry about not having a movie. Besides, look at her contract company..."

  Xu Xin's eyes fell on the column of the contracted company:

  "Yanjing Chunqiuhong Culture and Entertainment"

   "People from Beijing circle?"

"No, this company only has one artist, that's her. And Chunqiuhong's status in the advertising industry is still quite high, such as LV, Shell and other big companies are its partners. After the boss Liu Yan entered the entertainment industry, the first One signed artist is Qin Hailu. These two are boyfriend and girlfriend, and it is said that they have reached the point where they are talking about marriage."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin understood:

   "It means a prospective rich wife?"

"Yes. So we probably won't be able to win her words. But there should be no problem in maintaining good cooperation. Her audience in the mainland has never been high, and now that the Hong Kong circle is declining, she must find other ways out. The premise is that she I don't want to be a husband and a child, but I still want to continue acting as a prerequisite..."

  Understanding what Qi Lei meant, Xu Xin nodded:

   "That's fine."

  In fact, he also knows that what he is doing now is quite contradictory.

   In other words, the way Xiying Film Studio is currently trying to win actors and directors is no different from that in the Beijing circle.

  Everyone divides the circle and plays by themselves.

  Although the Northwest Circle feels that they do not pursue money completely in making movies, they pay more attention to art and promoting the development of Chinese movies...

   But in essence, you can’t play without money.

  So no one is nobler than anyone else.

  But there is no way, they have no choice.

   If you don’t fight for it, even if the Northwest Circle doesn’t mind if the person who won it is taken away by others, it’s still a matter of whether the people in other circles mind it or not.

   To put it bluntly, this is an arms race.

   You can ignore it, but you can't have it.

   Qin Hailu's background is Xu Xin's favorite.

  Has acting skills, strength, and background.

   No need to bow to anyone.

  If everyone can do this, then the competitive atmosphere in this circle will become very good.

pity…

   This is a fantasy after all.

  As long as there are people, no matter where it is, it is a world.

  There will be disputes.

   "Then ask Wang Qianyuan what he means. If he is willing to join, I can consider him in my next film. I think there are several roles in "Sunspot" that are quite suitable for him."

  Qi Lei's eyes lit up:

   "Already decided? When do you plan to start? This year?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

   "Brother, summing up what I said just now, you old man didn't take it seriously? I've already opened two movies this year, why don't you let me go?"

   "Hahaha, the factory is counting on you to generate income!"

   Qi Lei made a joke.

   Xu Xin was speechless.

   Then, Qi Lei lit a cigarette, held a teacup and said:

"It's just the right time for you to come back this time. There are a few good books in the screenwriter club at the Yichuang Center. You can just go and read them. If you want to direct, you can keep it. If you don't want to direct, you can find other people. The main thing is to read it. Choose from those few notebooks, so we can start filming."

   "How many people have gathered now?"

"As for the screenwriters... there are more than 80 official members alone. There are still many who have reached cooperation... Similarly, our price is also high. It is normal for them to have a lot of people, and each screenwriter has two or three books , Three or five notebooks are submitted here.

  Let’s not talk about it… these books that may not have been passed on by other directors and investors, in my opinion, still have some bright spots. Many stories are very interesting, you can take a good look at them later. It's fine for Zhang Meng to talk with me here. If the negotiation goes well, you can take the title of producer, and then you can promote it to the outside world. "

"good."

  The producer is purely trying to borrow his own name.

   After seeing the quality of the film, he was happy.

   He drank a few pots of tea like this, and after filling his stomach with water, his phone rang at almost 10:30.

  Zhang Meng has arrived at the entrance of Xiying Studio.

  …

   "Director Zhang, this is Qi Lei and Mr. Qi. They are the person in charge of our factory's distribution company. You can discuss the specific matters. I still have something to do in the Art Creation Center, so I won't be with you for now."

  As an intermediary, after building a bridge between Zhang Meng and Qi Lei, he left Qi Lei's office directly, and walked directly to the half building specially opened for the Yichuang Center in Xiying Studio.

  It is said to be a half building because it has its own area in the large office building.

  In the early years, the Xiying Film Factory stood out from the crowd, with a large factory area and a lot of warehouses and buildings.

  After being desolate, the use area of ​​these office buildings began to shrink due to the decline of talents.

  After the new buildings were built with funds from the state, many old buildings were no longer in use.

  But now it has a second spring, and the properties left by the predecessors have reappeared in use value.

  The Yichuang Center has been transformed into an office area composed of offices of various sizes.

  Although screenwriters and directors are not often here, the collected scripts, or the filming pre-plan procedures submitted by the director, etc., are all handled here.

no way.

  The place is big.

   is self-willed.

  Not to mention anything else, just the position of contract worker and clerk who is being edited, and you can't get in without a graduate degree.

  This is the advantage of state-owned enterprises.

  Going all the way into the office building, he found the office with the sign of "Screenwriter's Home" on the second floor. He knocked on the door and walked in.

  Just entering, a little cleaning girl turned her head:

"Hello…"

   Before the words fell, another shout sounded in the office:

   "Director Xu?!"

  Xu Xin turned her head...

  A 40-year-old eldest sister walked over enthusiastically.

  Xu Xin feels familiar...

   This person seems to be surnamed Ma, but he forgot his name.

   But this is also easy to do:

   "Sister Ma."

  Xu Xin's address made the eldest sister smile even more.

   "Director Qi asked me to take a look at the scripts that have been screened by the Screenwriter's House recently."

"sure, no problem."

  The lady Ma hurriedly responded and said:

   "Where do you want to watch Director Xu? The director's home? Or your own office?"

   "How much?"

   "There are quite a lot of scripts that have passed the third review, and even more scripts that have passed the first review. There must be more than 50 scripts~"

   Screenwriter's House's review is a three-trial system.

  After the script is submitted to the office, the primary review is mainly to check whether it conforms to the mainstream values, and whether the story can pass the review and be released, and make sure there is no "mainstream" review such as bad guidance.

  The second trial stage is to consider the size of the investment amount, the type of subject matter, the rate of return, and the like.

   And the third trial is the story that the factory thinks can be filmed.

  Whether it is investment, subject matter, or other aspects, it is within the scope of the factory's responsibility. As long as you find a suitable director and actor, you can start preparing for the crew.

   "Then bring them all to me. I'll go back to the office and have a look."

   "Then I'll send it to Director Xu."

"also."

   Seeing the clerks around him eager to show off, Xu Xin nodded:

   "Then I'm going to trouble Miss Ma, let someone send it to my office directly."

   "Well... In the future, for such trivial matters, Director Xu can just make a phone call. The newly updated internal phone number in the factory has been sent to every office. Director Xu should also have one."

"good."

  He responded with a smile, greeted Sister Ma and left.

   Go straight to the studio.

   I don’t know if those clerks who want to show themselves in front of them will be disappointed when they find that they are not there after sending the materials.

   Coming out of the half building all the way, he went straight to studio No. 5 in the factory.

  The plan for "33 Days" has been finalized.

   Behind Studio No. 5 is a piece of green grass, just suitable for some outdoor shooting.

   When he got to the studio, he saw Xue Yong wearing a helmet.

   "Brother Yong."

   Shouted, Xue Yong walked this way immediately after seeing him.

   After walking over, he first handed over the helmet on his head.

  Xu Xin waved his hand.

  His place is at the entrance of the studio.

  My home is a coal mine, and it is instinctive to wear a safety helmet when entering the construction zone. But Xue Yong's behavior of giving him a helmet and not wearing it himself...Xu Xin still couldn't accept it.

  So just don't pass it.

  Just standing at the door, looking at the construction workers, watching them transport and install the background walls made of pieces of plywood, and asked:

"how's it going?"

   "Today all the back panels are finished, and tomorrow the furniture will enter the venue, and the lighting will be adjusted at the same time. It is estimated that it will be completed in three days."

   "Well. Counting the adjustments... how about the 10th? How about the 10th, let's start the machine here?"

"no problem."

  Xue Yong directly agreed:

   "At that moment I started to contact the crew?"

"Yeah. I'll stay here for two days, and then I'll go back to spend time with Yang Mi and the child. She's about to join the crew too. I'll come over on the morning of the 9th and arrange the crew's meeting in the morning. In the afternoon, it's the actor's meeting. Then count the scenes shot here, let the actors come over on the 8th, and give them two days to prepare."

"OK."

   Xue Yong responded and thought for a while, then tentatively said:

   "Director Xu, the placement of advertisements... Do you consider it?"

"How to say?"

"Currently four websites are looking for me. Jiayuan.com, Zhenai.com, Baihe.com, and Hongniang.com. Because in the original book, Huang Xiaoxian and his marriage and love company will regularly organize marriage and love introductions... They are eyeing this one. There are also several chain weddings. The master of ceremonies also hopes to sponsor us...the price is not low."

   "How much?"

"The wedding company can provide more than 300 sets of wedding dresses, as well as venues across the country... But this is of little significance to us. But the lowest price is 3 million for the implantation fee. The highest is 7 million, which requires Huang Xiaoxian Then the marriage and love introduction activities are even higher. Century Jiayuan is 10 million, Zhenai.com provides a blind date venue in Sanya, and 8 million, and the prices of Baihe and Matchmaker.com are similar... "

  Xu Xin raised his eyebrows...

"so tall?"

  Xue Yong smiled and nodded:

   "After figuring out the subject matter, these dating sites are going crazy. They go to the factory every day before the eleventh."

   "Calculated according to 10 million. 10 million website titles, plus wedding titles... Ha. We don't count it as publicity, and the movie with a total investment of only a few million has directly paid back the cost?"

"Who made Director Xu's appeal strong? This is not counting other brand placements...We also have wedding dress brands, including some mainstream drinks, cars, etc. advertising placements are not counted. If they are all accepted, I guess Let’s say at least two thousand.”

  Hearing this, Xu Xin smiled and said:

   "Does it have anything to do with someone looking for Brother Yong?"

  Xue Yong was taken aback...

   Then he laughed:

   "Not really."

   "Ha~"

  Xu Xin nodded, looked at the busy workers and thought about it, then said:

   "You can give one quota for dating websites, and one quota for drinks. As for the others... just forget it. It's not good for others to say that our eating looks too ugly."

   Xue Yong's eyes lit up.

   "Then...the one with the highest price wins?"

   "Well, the highest price wins."

   Thinking about his own scene design, he said:

"A dating website can guarantee a positive shot for a website's promotion, and a few lines can be given by the host of the event. For drinks... Huang Xiaoxian has a few party scenes, and can give a few fixed shots. That's all. For the price... Let the factory discuss it. Brother Yong, you shouldn’t get involved in this kind of thing, it’s inappropriate.”

  Xue Yong was taken aback...

   Immediately he seemed to understand something, nodded:

"good."

"Um."

  Xu Xin didn't say much.

  Speaking of which, that's all.

   It doesn't make much sense to go on.

  He does not reject commercialization. It is not a big deal to give one or two things like placing advertisements without affecting the rhythm of the film.

  It is too easy for a noble person to be kidnapped by morality and dragged all the way to the saint's road, gone forever.

   Then if something goes wrong, it is especially easy to lose your reputation.

  So, conformity is a science.

  He dare not say that he has fully understood, but at least he knows where his direction is.

   Xue Yong said that it doesn't matter whether the advertiser has any interest in him or not.

  The important thing is that this matter must be done by the hands of the factory.

  The factory comes to do it. If he knows it in advance, then he agrees to open the mouth and it will generate income.

  If you didn't know in advance, you will become an informed person this time, and you should become a link in the chain of interests.

   In this way, neither side will offend.

  Both sides are also easy to talk to.

  As long as it is done in the factory, no matter what, the fact that it has already paid off is here, and he is a "hero".

   Credit this thing...

  Whoever sees it has a share.

   After watching the workers busy for a while, he nodded:

   "Okay, let's put it this way, I'm back to the office. Brother Yong, you've worked hard."

   "It's okay, leave it to me."

   Xue Yong said with a smile.

   Waved his hand and left the studio, Xu Xin returned to his office all the way.

  As soon as he went upstairs, he saw a young man standing in front of his office with a thick stack of documents in his hand.

  Hearing the movement, seeing that it was Director Xu who came back, the young man hurriedly stepped forward:

   "Hi Director Xu, my name is Ma Shuangming, and I'm here to send you the script."

  Xu Xin nodded with a smile:

   "Well, thank you for your hard work."

   As he spoke, he unscrewed the unlocked door of the office and walked in first.

   "Just put it on the table."

   "Eh, good."

   Ma Shuangming responded, put the script on Xu Xin's desk, glanced at the empty cup on the table, and at the water dispenser, and said:

   "Shall I make you a cup of tea?"

   "No, the water is good for a month or two."

   "Then I'll change a bucket for you..."

  The young man quickly pulled out the bucket and walked out with it.

   Xu Xin, who saw everything in his eyes, shook his head funny.

  His surname is also Ma.

   I don't know if it's a coincidence...

   However, it doesn't matter.

  He focused on the stack of scripts and saw a name:

   "The Golden Heist"

  He didn't care, took the script in his hand, and glanced at the name of the next script.

   "To Our Perishing Youth""

  A taste of a love movie hits my face.

  He took it away with some disgust and saw the third script.

""partner""…

   "Tsk."

  He smacked his lips, and flipped through the thick stack of scripts again.

  He said in his heart that he was busy in the afternoon.

  (end of this chapter)