Not only did Zhang Jingchu respond at the latest, but the highest requirement was also the highest, with a pay of 1.5 million. In addition, you can also choose to participate in the subsequent movie promotion activities. You can use a stand-in for passionate scenes, independent dressing rooms, etc., and don’t look at the latter ones for the later ones. He Mu cannot accept the pay alone. The price is almost equivalent to asking for help.

Is Zhang Jingchu comparable to Bai Bingbing? She definitely can't compare. She just has a certain popularity in the movie industry and has worked with some big-name directors. However, in the eyes of ordinary audiences, she is no different from second-rate stars. This is a big problem for celebrities who have not accumulated popularity through TV series and become popular directly through movies. If it really costs 1.5 million, He Mu might as well really hire Bai Bingbing. Her acting skills are a bit bad, but this is not an art film, and she doesn't expect to win awards. How many topics and news pages can be added to Zhang Jingchu?

The price is too harsh. The agent's explanation is attached later, saying that the new director of a partner is very risky to Zhang Jingchu. Zhang Jingchu has accumulated a good reputation in the industry with so many excellent works before. Taking over this "Glass Heart" is using his many years of artistic achievements to give it a try, so it should naturally be higher than the market price.

Seeing He Mu a little unhappy, Tao Quduo, who was standing aside, smiled self-deprecatingly, "This Zhang Jingchu should be used to working with a big-name director. She is not very at ease with newcomers like us. Indeed, she would make many mistakes without the experience of directing feature films before."

"Which director didn't come from the first part? Isn't Gu Changwei also the first part of "Peacock". She didn't become famous at that time, why didn't she say anything?"

Tao Quduo thought, can that be compared? Gu Changwei was Zhang Yimou's imperial photographer at that time, and his reputation was no worse than that of some directors.

He Mu said again, "Forget it, choose from the next two, which one do you think is more suitable?" He Mu solicited opinions from Tao Quduo, and Zhang Jingchu was no longer among his considerations.

"I have the final say?" Tao Quduo smiled.

"You have no choice of the hero, so of course the chance to choose the heroine will be left to you." He Mu said for granted.

"Then let Zhang Yuqi. First of all, she will have schedules and can cooperate with us in filming. Moreover, Zhang Yuqi is not very old. She is one year younger than you and is more convincing to play a couple. The most important thing is that she has a low pay, so that she can spend more money on increasing the quality of the movie." Tao Quduo made the decision and listed the three benefits of using Zhang Yuqi.

He Mu smiled. "Even if you find a heroine who pays 2 million, I won't be short of production fees. But it's okay to be able to invest immediately. I hope this movie will be released before the National Day holiday. Unfortunately, I can't cooperate with Mr. Yuan Quan, who I have loved since childhood."

"Why are you going to be so rushing before the National Day holiday?" Tao Qu asked many times.

"Because there will be a super blockbuster "The Founding of a Country" released during the National Day holiday, this originally pretty good schedule has become a minefield. If it is not before it, it is better to wait until November. The New Year holiday is too lively. We won't join in the fun this year."

"The Founding of a Country" is so terrible? Can't other movies in the same period survive?" Tao Quduo thought He Mu was a little exaggerated.

He Mu nodded seriously, "I used to think this was a movie that piled up stars. It might be of sloppy quality, but after filming a scene, I found that the directors were still very serious and the actors performed very high-level performances, not the thunder film I imagined. This movie may create history, and don't forget its political significance. Even if the market doesn't like it, the policy will give it a very high schedule. I think the month after it will be dangerous."

He Mu said so seriously that Tao Quduo could only be regarded as real. It is early April. If the filming starts in mid-April, it can be finished in late May or early June, then he will have three months of post-production and promotion time left, which is enough for an urban romance film that has no special effects.

"Okay, let's try to be in September. If you can't catch up, then wait for November." Tao Quduo said.

"It's better to be early," He Mu took a sip of tea. "Breakfast is released. If you have good grades and you become famous in the battle, I can let you make another horror movie while it's hot, the kind he likes."

"Really? What horror movie? Is it a script written or an adapted script?" Tao Quduo asked several questions in a row, and it seemed that he was really interested.

He Mu curled his lips, "I can't reveal the specific content to you. I'm afraid you will be distracted. I'll tell you when the movie is completed. But I have to say that "Glass Heart" must make money before I can invest money for you. If the movie loses, you can do it for three years."

Tao Quduo became serious at this time. Indeed, although he had a good relationship with He Mu, Shuimu Forest Lin was a film company with the purpose of making money. As a director, he should take it as his responsibility to make money. If he loses money for the company, he will not have the confidence to regain the director in a short period of time. Therefore, he must devote himself to the shooting and production of "Glass Heart", strive to be the most perfect, and release all his accumulation over the years. This is not only responsible for the company, but also for his own directorial career.

After Tao Quduo left, He Mu picked up the notice issued by the Ministry of Finance sent from Hulang. It was a notice on supporting the development of cultural enterprises. The notice mentioned that film copy revenue obtained by film companies engaged in film production, distribution, screening, film studios and other film companies, film copyright income, film distribution income, and film screening income obtained in rural areas are exempt from value-added tax and business tax.

From the notice, we can see that the country's support for the cultural industry, especially the film industry, is increasing. In the future, the company and theater transactions, copyrights and movie distribution can save money. Although it is small, it is also considerable to accumulate a small amount of money. Of course, what He Mu most hopes is to cancel the 5% of the film development fund. This policy is only for Chinese-language films. Every year, Chinese-language films nationwide have paid so many development funds, but I have not seen the money spent to be practical, so I feel a little uncomfortable to pay this money.

In fact, when He Mu saw this notice from the Ministry of Finance, he was a little moved. This touched him. He knew that he generally would not look at such policy things, so he immediately sent it to him after seeing it, making him feel confident that the relationship between the two did not have any cracks as the separation of tigers, wolfs, water and wood. He Mu was even invited by Xiao Fang to his house many times. Now they are pure friends, and their friendship has gone further and is even more indestructible.

Finally, "Glass Heart" confirmed the heroine Zhang Yuqi. He Mu personally called Yuan Quan and expressed his apology. "Because the movie is about to start and it is not very affordable, I chose someone else. If I have the opportunity, I still hope to cooperate with Teacher Yuan."

"It's okay, I hope you can make a movie that touches everyone." After finishing He Mu's call, Yuan Quan picked up another script "Ru Meng", without "Glass Heart" and "Ru Meng", without He Mu, Wu Yanzu is also very good, and this movie is willing to wait for her.

Although Star Girl is confirmed as the heroine of the film, neither Shuimu nor Xinghui made any statement. He Mu and Zhang Yuqi were nominated at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. The two will join hands to attend the award ceremony that night. At that time, the speculation about the heroine of "Glass Heart" will naturally be clear. Therefore, during this period, the gossip media has spread a lot of rumors about He Mu's heroine's new film. Many people tend to invite Liu Shishi, and there were several times when the two had dinner together as evidence. However, Shishi claimed at an event that she did not receive an invitation to break the rumor, and as a result, more rumors spread, Yang Mi and Sun Li became the target of the guess.

Before the filming of the movie started, He Mu and Tao Quduo had met Zhang Yuqi several times. The first impression was that they had a good figure, especially their plump breasts were about to come out, which made people unable to pay attention. If they were in contact with them, they would feel that this woman was generous and a very standard Shandong girl. Even when facing a character like He Mu who is both a star and a boss, she was still calm. Perhaps after having been in contact with Zhou Xingchi for a long time, He Mu looked nothing in her opinion. No matter how powerful he is, he can be better than Zhou Xingchi.

During the few times he had come into contact with Zhang Yuqi, Tao Quduo was mainly discussing with her the character Xiaomei in the film. He hoped that Zhang Yuqi would show up in the play. Sometimes He Mu would also make a fuss. Once, Zhang Yuqi was really curious and asked, "Brother Mu, you have a thorough understanding of the script. Even the heroine's inner drama has been studied?"

Tao Quduo He Mu explained, "He wrote the script, so he certainly studied it."

Only then did Zhang Yuqi notice that there were a line of small characters written at the end of the script that could not be read clearly without careful reading. Screenwriters: He Mu, Bei Sihan, Tao Quduo, Li Wenhua.

Shuimu Forest's film script involves screenwriters with such rules. Whoever contributes more to the script will have the best name. The script was first proposed by He Mu, and most of it was written by him, so his name ranks first. Because this drama focuses on love, Bethan provided a lot of creativity and ideas for the script, enriching the content and texture of the script. Romance, touching, and love-hate entanglement are her main contributions. Tao Quduo ranked third because he was the original author, and he also adapted the He Mu version of the script to a certain extent, adding his own style and understanding. As for Li Wenhua, he made the least contribution, so he ranked last.

Zhang Yuqi looked at He Mu again. It was amazing. Now he is almost qualified to compare with the amazing Stephen Chow.

In order to keep the information about the heroine confidential, the movie does not intend to hold a start-up ceremony, but starts filming directly. It is also planned to start with indoor scenes first, and then shoot the more difficult outdoor part after the indoor scenes.

However, before filming, He Mu had to go to Japan because "Red Cliff Two" was about to be released in Japan. As the main actor in the film, He Mu was obliged to show up for the promotion of the film.

…(To be continued..ps:ps:Chapter 1~Chapter 2 Comes soon~
Chapter completed!