Guo Siyuan and Wang Nan held hands and shook the road. Guo Siyuan first suggested, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Xiaonan nodded, "I want to eat Japanese food!"

Guo Siyuan sighed, "I think Western food is good too. If you were a little thicker just now, we would just be able to make Lin Ruo poor."

"But I want to eat Japanese cuisine now." Xiaonan still has resentment about not eating it just now.

"Okay, okay," Guo Siyuan looked left and right, then pointed to the front, "I know there is a good Japanese cuisine there, let's try it."

Xiao Nan agreed well, but after getting close, he regretted it. Isn’t this the place where my uncle and the others eat? She went out to lure Guo Siyuan away and prevent Guo Siyuan from discovering that his uncle met Xu Jinglei, but unexpectedly, he finally got around here. "I suddenly don’t want to eat Japanese food, so let’s find a restaurant casually." Xiao Nan pulled Guo Siyuan and wanted to turn around.

Guo Siyuan thought Xiaonan was afraid that he would spend money, and he felt warm in his heart. He pulled Xiaonan back, "No, I have to eat Japanese cuisine today. If you don't want to eat, I still want to eat, so I should accommodate me. Let's go, by the way, is the boss lady inside called Mom Sang?" Guo Siyuan finally felt silent.

At the narrow Japanese cuisine table, the three of them had already started in-depth negotiations.

Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai wanted to buy the copyright in He Mu at first. Zhang Yibai introduced this novel to Xu Jinglei. Zhang Yibai was worried that Xu Jinglei despised his appreciation level at first. After all, this book has no artistic content. From the perspective of novels, he wrote it more amateurly. Unexpectedly, Lao Xu liked it very much. After watching it, he became interested in adapting it into a movie. Although the three movies she directed before were well-known, she also won the Best Director Award for San Sebastian International Film Festival, one of the 11th International Film Festival for her second work "Letter from a Stranger Woman", which broke the monopoly of domestic male directors in international awards. However, without exception, Lao Xu's three director works were not very successful in commercial terms. Her third work "Dreams into Reality" had a box office of only 300,000 yuan in mainland China. Even though this is a low-cost film with only two actors, it is a failure.

Xu Jinglei's previous director works have more or less part of her investments. She also lost money because she didn't want to lose money this time. She hoped to prove her commercial value through a commercial movie. When she first saw "Du Lala's Promotion" she took a fancy to this workplace novel with a very high reputation among the white-collar workers. She expected that she and Zhang Yibai would participate in the investment and then add some investments. This time she would operate the film completely according to the process of a commercial movie. As a well-known talented woman, her vision is also very good. She believes that "Du Lala" can bring her considerable benefits.

However, Xu Jinglei could see that He Mu would not be able to see that the reason why he spent a lot of money to buy the adaptation rights of "Du Lala" that he didn't admire was for the word "profit". He was very clear about Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai's intention to buy. He just smiled and exposed it.

"Xiao He, what do you want? We are very sincere in drawing out a few things." Zhang Yibai asked carelessly.

He Mu spread his hands, "My request is very simple. Shuimu Forest Lin invited Sister Jinglei to direct this film and hire Director Zhang to be the producer of this film. According to the market conditions, the other two can also invest in this film, but the total investment share of the two cannot exceed 20% of the total investment." Although the movies directed by Xu Jinglei are basically lost, He Mu believes that if she really sacrifices her ability to make a commercial film that meets the taste of the public, she will still have a certain appeal. At least her directorial level and talent are still very popular.

Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai looked at each other. To be honest, they had a rough estimate of the investment in this movie before. If they wanted to make the movie fashionable and elegant, it would be impossible without 20 million. With the financial resources of the two of them, they were too risky and almost bet on all their wealth. It would be fine if they made a big profit. If they failed, the savings of the two of them would probably be completed in an instant, so it was inevitable to win over other investors. What they wanted was to get the right to adapt the novel and take other companies as the leader to join the company, so that they could make the smallest investment and get the greatest return.

But now, it is probably impossible to get the adaptation rights. He Mu is not that easy to talk to. Although he expressed his respect for Director Zhang and Director Xu when he first came. He has read the works of both of them many times and is their little fans. However, when it comes to business, he has no fan awareness at all. Mr. He's spirit is undoubtedly revealed. Everything should be based on the interests of Shuimu Forest as the highest code of conduct. However, since He Mu promised to allow them to participate in part of the investment, this is actually similar to what Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai expected, but they think it is a bit less than 20%.

Zhang Yibai felt that he should put some pressure on He Mu and had achieved a situation that was more beneficial to them. "Xiao He, actually Lao Xu and I just want to make a workplace movie with commercialization and urban white-collar workers as the main target group. We are not that we can't make it without "Du Lala". Lao Xu himself will write the script by himself. Whether it is her own original or a novel of the same type is easy to find a comparable quality to "Du Lala". What do you think?"

He Mu smiled, "I thought it was not difficult to find a novel with the same quality as "Dulala". What was difficult is that there is no workplace novel in the book market today that has the influence of "Dulala". White-collar workplace movies are rare in China, and successful examples are even scarce. Even in Hollywood, we can learn from a few films such as "The Devil Who Wears Prada". It is very difficult to create a market for this theme in the mainland, without enough influence. In my opinion, only "Dulala Promotion" is now qualified to be the pioneering monster of such films in the mainland."

Zhang Yibai's meaning is nothing more than that they cannot make movies without "Du Lala". He Mu refuted them that without "Du Lala", you really can't make this movie. As long as you want to make a workplace movie, "Du Lala" is definitely the best choice. Now I have the right to adapt "Du Lala". Without you two, I can find someone else to direct, but without my adaptation rights, what do you use to shoot?

Xu Jinglei kept watching the confrontation between He Mu and Zhang Yibai. In fact, she didn't say much tonight, mainly Zhang Yibai was helping him arrange it. At this time, she finally spoke again, "Even if you said, the video is invested by your company, Director Zhang and I can invest part of it. Then I want to know, as directors and producers, what authority do we have?"

He Mu asked, "What permissions do you want?"

Xu Jinglei said: "We have the final say in the choice of actors, the candidates for script adaptation, and the team behind the scenes."

He Mu shook his head, "Shuimu Forest has a complete and rigorous risk assessment system. If the cast and behind-the-scenes team cannot pass the assessment and there is a greater risk of recovering costs, then Shuimu Forest, as the main investor, still has the right to make some changes. As for the candidate for the script adaptation, I agree that it is up to you, but I hope that the script adaptation can be better combined with the implanted advertising. The advertising departments of these companies will assist the screenwriters." Since it is a workplace commercial film, there is no need to hide it. This type of work is the most convenient to insert advertising. We must first talk to Xu Jinglei. He is afraid that if the literary youth is sick, he will be resistant to the advertising.

"Of course, the more advertisements I am, the more face I am as a director." Unexpectedly, Xu Jinglei was not as resistant to the implanted advertisement as He Mu thought.

Zhang Yibai touched Xu Jinglei, meaning that he should not agree so quickly. It would not be too late to discuss and make a decision after they go back. He always felt that if he agreed, he felt a bit like why Mu was a wedding dress. What he relied on was the right to adapt a novel, so why could he occupy the majority of the profits of the movie?

He Mu knew Zhang Yibai's little movements and said generously, "You two can consider my proposal after you go back. In short, I am very sincere in working with Sister Jinglei and Director Zhang. Now we can not talk about work, but only talk about the beauty, but only talk about food." He Mu pointed to the few dishes on the table.

Lin Ruo followed Guo Siyuan and Xiaonan's footsteps to this Japanese restaurant. She knew that Guo Siyuan's tracking ability was very strong, so her counter-tracking ability was definitely not weak. In order not to be discovered, Lin Ruo was far away from them, when she entered the Japanese restaurant, she could no longer see anyone. In order to find out the truth of the matter, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet to decide to have a meal here, and at the same time inquire about what Guo Siyuan and the others were doing.

In her private room, after the dishes were served, Lin Ruo tiptoed out. There were only a dozen private rooms in the whole store, and they were not very soundproof. She believed that she could find Guo Siyuan and overheard something. Although she felt that she might be a bit bored, the woman's gossip nature and entertainment journalist professional habits made her unable to help but follow her.

Just as Lin Ruo was lying outside a door and eavesdropping on whether it was Guo Siyuan and the others inside, the door opened and she immediately turned into a passing appearance. The one who opened the door was a slightly fat man with a beard. Lin Ruo glanced at him and looked at him again. He vaguely recognized the famous director Zhang Yibai. He seemed to be answering the phone, and he went to the bathroom to answer the phone. Lin Ruo became suspicious and did not look at who else was having dinner with Zhang Yibai in the private room, but followed him first.

…(To be continued...)

ps:  【ps: The first update, I came back in the evening, the second update may be after the early morning, and now I owe 11 chapters~]
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