Chapter 297 Meetings and trailers are online
"Mr. Li, the preparations for forming the crew have been completed. The funds have been transferred and can be used now. I will sort out the project plan later and hand it over to you in an hour. What is still missing is the crew.
It has not yet been established, the casting work has not been completed, and the outsourced special effects company has not signed a contract. The filming funds are about 400 million to 450 million, and the publicity expenses are expected to be no less than 50 million. With the management of all parties, the total
The investment amount is around 550 million, so there won’t be much deviation.”
Feng Changhao put his pen on the document and finished describing all the current situations. After listening, Li Shanjun frowned and looked at Lu Ze with a smile.
"Lu Ze, you are in charge of the script. Do you have any other needs for the script?"
Lu Ze thought for a while and shook his head. Now the script is very mature. Lu Ze can't find any faults. There is really nothing that needs improvement. Compared with the previous script, Lu Ze thought it was too hard.
It was much stronger, and Lu Ze was quite satisfied with it.
Moreover, Lu Ze is already in charge of the script, so if there is any problem, it should be negotiated between Lu Ze and Bai Xiqun. There is no need to give feedback to Li Shanjun. Besides, Lu Ze knows that Li Shanjun is asking this question, so he will not care about any problems with the script.
As for the news that Lu Ze is responsible for the script, will it cause Lu Ze's reputation to become bad, and will he be said to be a big name or something? Lu Ze is not worried about this. You know, during the filming process, the actors were
If the script is revised and spread out, it will not sound good, and that will be a big deal. After all, if you think the script is not good, why did you sign the contract in the first place?
But Lu Ze is different. He was appointed by the company to be in charge of the script from the beginning. Although this kind of example is very rare, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. It can't be said about who else. It can only be said that Qian Sega is very fond of Lu Ze.
Because of his trust, he was willing to hand over a movie script with an investment of more than 500 million to Lu Zelai.
In fact, this matter still needs to be judged based on the results. If the box office of the movie is very high and it achieves brilliant results, then the public can only say that Qian Shijia has a good eye and made the right choice with Lu Ze, and everyone will be happy.
And if the movie fails, then the outside world will criticize Lu Ze. It is normal for the actor to just act, and the script is not something that the actor can interfere with.
This is a gamble, but Lu Ze feels that he has a good chance of winning. The soul of a movie is the script. As long as there is a good script and a talented director with solid professional skills, the risk can be reduced to a minimum.
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There are two risks that Lu Ze is still unsure about. One is Bai Xiqun's camera skills. Lu Ze had previously checked Bai Xiqun's director career. He had previously made two movies and a TV series with mediocre response in a small film company.
Among the movies, one lost money and one barely recovered its cost. However, the TV series performed fairly well and made some money.
Lu Ze couldn't directly judge Bai Xiqun's ability. After all, how good a film a director can make depends on opportunity. If he encounters a good script that happens to be the subject and type he is good at, it is not impossible to skyrocket from there.
On the contrary, like Zhuang Yu, there are too few examples of one movie taking off. Most directors still have to settle down in the early stages of filming.
Another decisive factor is the actor. This factor is no less important to a movie than the director in any aspect. After all, it is the actor who really enters the audience's field of vision, and this movie is destined to It is to train new people for Qian Sega.
Then it is obvious that Lu Ze's job has changed from just filming it by himself, to Lu Ze leading a group of young people with poor basic actor skills to securely win the film.
Is it possible to let a group of artists who can sing and dance to make a good performance? It is indeed possible. After all, acting is easy to get started with. As long as you can remember the lines and say wow wow wow without looking at the camera, it is also because of this. As long as you have a good teacher and study hard on your own, your progress will normally be rapid in the early stages.
But this way, Lu Ze would have to take care of his "students" while filming, and also discuss filming issues with Bai Xiqun. The filming of this movie was destined to be very tiring for Lu Ze.
But there is no way, it’s a movie invested by my own company, right?
After asking Lu Ze, Li Shanjun looked at Bai Xiqun and He Guohui for the first time, took a sip of water from the table, and asked.
"Now that the script has changed, there are more roles needed, right? The artists within the company shouldn't be able to fill such a large vacancy, right? Director Bai, how do you decide to find actors?"
"That's right, the roles will definitely be based on my own artists. I will arrange the roles for the company's artists as soon as possible. I already know who will play whom. Currently, one-third of the roles are vacant. I plan to give them to artists from other companies. Make film appointments and conduct auditions."
"How many people are there between the main characters now?"
"Fourteen short."
Without Bai Xiqun opening his mouth, He Guohui reported the number of people. Now the division of labor among the five people, Lu Ze, seemed complicated, but in fact it was very clear. Bai Xiqun was responsible for the control and filming of the crew, Lu Ze was responsible for the planning of the crew, and Meng Nixin was responsible for filming. He Guohui is responsible for the transfer of artists within the company, and Feng Changhao is responsible for the operation of funds and film supervision.
"Okay, I understand the specific situation. Minister Meng, hurry up and complete the procedures and contracts required for filming. Director Bai, you also prepare the crew as soon as possible. As for the interview, Director Bai, Minister Feng, Minister He, and Lu Ze, The four of you will be more burdened, the audition will be jointly handled by the four of you. As for the position of assistant director, Lu Ze, if you can, do more work, how about doing it?"
Li Shanjun mentioned the position of assistant director. Lu Ze thought about it and shook his head and refused. He already had a lot of work. If he wanted to be an assistant director, even though Lu Ze knew how to do it, he was really powerless.
"I'm afraid, Mr. Baggage, my time is really tight at the moment. The job of assistant director is actually quite busy. I am responsible for mobilizing the crew, so I probably don't have time to do it."
"Okay, then let Han Chen be the assistant director. He will not be involved in the actual shooting, but will be responsible for scheduling the crew. I believe he can still do the job."
After that, the people present carefully discussed the details before the shooting started, and took pens to record it. This is the current arrangement.
It took more than two hours. After all the details were arranged, Li Shanjun announced the end of today's meeting, but stopped Lu Ze before leaving.
"Is this drama to your liking now? If you think it's okay, when will you sign the contract?"
Lu Ze put his bag on his back and glanced at Li Shanjun. He did not expect that the company would give him such great rights. To be honest, Lu Ze was very satisfied with the existing rights and would naturally not refuse.
"Any time."
The temperature today was a bit ridiculously high. Just walking from the company and walking from the paid parking lot to home, just two short distances, made Lu Ze break into a sweat.
After taking a cold shower, I stood at the door of the refrigerator and hesitated for a while, then took out a bottle of beer and opened it. I drank half of the bottle in one go, and then let out a long sigh of relief.
I simply cooked two vegetables and finished eating, then I carried Lame and put it on the sofa. They sat on the sofa with one person and one cat watching TV until 7:30 in the evening, when Splendid Media’s official Weibo announced the first episode of "Finding You"
After Lu Ze forwarded and commented on a promotional video, he clicked on the minute-and-a-half-long promotional video.
This is really the first time he has seen it
Jinxiu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Huaxia Film Studio.
Co-producers: Cao Hanliang, Bi Qiang, Ge Wenfang.
Director: He Ruikuan, Wang Yizhuo, Liu Ying.
Starring: Lu Ze, Tang Renxuan, Ge Yunzheng, Zheng Yubing, Ren Dingran, Song Guiyuan.
"Find You"
"Do you know what Wulao means? Lao Rong is a thief, Lao Chai is a policeman, Lao Yue is a con man, and Lao He is an escort in an ancient escort bureau."
"Aren't there only four?"
"There is also an old scumbag who is a human trafficker. The scumbag we use now is the scumbag of an old scumbag. These five industries, plus eight side branches, are our current idioms. They are all kinds of.
By the way, I don’t know your name yet, my name is Wang Hanlin, nice to meet you."
"My name is Du Xuemei, nice to meet you too."
This girl met a handsome guy who could talk. She looked a little shy. She pulled her hair slightly, looked at her toes, and listened to his constant search for topics until she got out of the subway. They got off at the same station. The girl looked a little a little bit.
Happy, for her, this may be fate
"Honey, come home with me quickly! Stop making trouble! Come home with me quickly! I know I was wrong!"
"Let go! I don't know you! Help! I don't know him! Help!"
"Du Xuemei! Can you fucking survive? But just fucking leave! You need a bag and clothes, and you need clothes to buy clothes! I just borrowed this month's salary from my buddy, so I don't have money to buy you lipstick! As for you, what's the matter with you?
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The two were fighting on the street, and passers-by did not come to stop them. They just stood aside, watching the show, and whispering. An old woman kindly stepped forward to mediate the conflict between the "young couple".
"Son, you can't spend money like this. I think this young man is a very nice person, but his life is not like that. Listen to my aunt and go home. It's too embarrassing to make noises outside. Go home and coax your wife. Don't argue all day.
The quarrels have caused the relationship to fade away. You are such a good wife, but when people really don’t want you anymore, you will regret it."
"I understand, aunt, thank you. My obedient daughter-in-law, Dapeng is here to pick us up. Hello? Grandson, where are you? Pay me back my salary quickly. The family is almost separated. How can I still think of lending you money?"
Soon, a car drove up to the two of them. In the eyes of everyone, the man pulled the girl into the car and left the street.
In an old dilapidated house, the group of passers-by and the man just gathered around a table to eat. The old lady, carrying a kerosene lamp and a few mouthfuls of food, opened the cellar door and walked down.
The old lady's face illuminated by the dim light was a bit strange. She threw the rice on the table in the cellar and said something coldly to a naked girl covered only by a black quilt and a few children who looked less than four or five years old.
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"Have a meal"
The snow was falling heavily, but it had obviously just fallen, and there was only a thin layer of snowflakes on the ground. A man wearing an orange sanitation worker uniform ran over from a distance with abnormal steps.
He let out a breath, looked around, licked his chapped and bleeding lips, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of his cotton-padded jacket, and yelled two words at the top of his lungs.
“Double happiness!!!”
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound that shocked the audience, and a line of large blood-red characters appeared on the screen.
""Find You" will be released nationwide on August 13, 2021"
Chapter completed!