Looking at the wealthy coal boss in front of him, who looked like a rich man, Wu Dong felt dumbfounded.
By the way, isn't the coal boss more interested in the film and television industry at this time? How could he fall in love with him, an amateur who makes short films?
"The short film you shot is quite exciting!"
Boss Zhang took the initiative to come to the door and said very directly: "I just like the exciting fights in your short film with fists and fists!"
Unexpectedly, I met an action movie lover.
If you think about it, you can understand that the guy in front of you is only thirty or forty years old, which is exactly the age when he was greatly influenced by the golden age of Hong Kong movies.
"What does Boss Zhang want?"
"It doesn't matter if the plot is simple, as long as it's exciting!"
Boss Zhang said very proudly: "It depends on what you think. I only have one request. Let my girlfriend be the protagonist and make a short film. I will give you 300,000!"
What a wealthy person!
Wu Dong said with a smile: "Making an action movie?"
"nature!"
Boss Zhang said directly: "I just like the fighting and killing scenes in action movies!"
"I'm afraid your girlfriend won't suffer!"
Wu Dong reminded: "After all, I am just an amateur player. If Boss Zhang and your girlfriend don't cooperate, then I can't do anything, right?"
"You don't have to worry about this!"
Boss Zhang said proudly: "My girlfriend was also an actor before, but she didn't have much chance to become famous. She is still very professional!"
"I hope so!"
Wu Dong was noncommittal and asked: "Three hundred thousand to make a short film is enough to hire a professional director from the film school!"
"Forget it, those directing students in the university are all arrogant and always want to make some literary films!"
Boss Zhang said with disdain: "Although I have money, I won't throw it to them casually, for fear that it won't even make a splash in the end!"
"You know, many of my friends have been cheated. Do you really think I don't know how those guys in the film and television industry describe us coal bosses?"
"That's it..."
Wu Dong understood in his heart and chuckled: "Boss Zhang, can you stay in the city for one more day? I will come up with the preliminary script tomorrow!"
"So fast?"
This time, it was Boss Zhang's turn to hesitate.
"It's just a simple plot short film, how complicated can it be?"
Wu Dong chuckled and said: "It's only ten minutes at most. Boss Zhang may not know that I'm still an online novel writer!"
"Some plots can be easily made up. If you don't believe it, Boss Zhang can find out by reading the novel I wrote!"
"Well, I hope you won't disappoint me!"
Full of doubts, Boss Zhang called his so-called girlfriend who stayed outside the office and left the general store in a car together.
"Boss, do you have another short film to shoot?"
Before Wu Dong could start writing the script, the younger brother walked in with a smile and asked.
"Yeah, I didn't even think of it myself!"
Wu Dong chuckled and said: "When I meet a coal boss who likes action movies, he gives me 300,000 yuan for filming. How can I not give him face?"
"Then what are you going to take pictures of?"
The younger brother said curiously: "Looking at the attitude of the coal boss, he obviously wants to flatter his female companion, but it's not easy to do that!"
"Haha, the script is quite simple. I just wonder if the coal boss's female companion can bear the hardships?"
Wu Dong smiled softly and tapped the keyboard with both hands. A line of large characters soon appeared on the computer screen - "Kung Fu Miracle Doctor in the City"!
That's right, the short film he planned to shoot was the miracle doctor genre that became very popular in the online novel industry.
The plot of pretending to be a slap in the face, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger is really not too fun.
It just so happens that the plot of a novel like this is basically one short story after another, which is very suitable for filming into a short film or TV series.
At this time, his last novel was about to be finished, so this novel just topped it off.
Of course, the pig's feet in the novel are male, so I borrowed the setting and changed it to a female to make a short film. It's very simple.
After all, it is a short film. It has less driving content and more positive plots about acting bravely and resisting the bad social trends. Wouldn’t it be great?
In other words, the income of top online novel writers is really high.
Although it is still in the pioneering stage of online novels, income can only be obtained from subscriptions and monthly ticket rewards, as well as publishing physical books.
But a popular online novel could make Wu Dong earn almost 1.5 million in less than a year and a half.
In this period of 2006, 1.5 million yuan was definitely not a small amount.
Because the plot of the novel is so exciting, the sales volume of both traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese publishing are quite good. It is conservatively estimated that it will bring him almost one million in income in the future.
If I can ride on the mobile reading trend in the future, it will not be a problem to make hundreds of thousands or millions a year.
It is a film and television adaptation, because the novel is based on the Tang Dynasty's Shuanglong world as a template for Western aristocrats and lords, so it does not need to spend too much on the architectural environment.
A popular online novel has made him a fortune comparable to his first pot of gold, so naturally he will not give up such a source of money easily.
The second novel is "Kung Fu Miracle Doctor in the City"!
It just so happened that the coal boss named Zhang wanted to flatter his female companion, so he took this photo.
The story of the first part is very simple. It is about a girl from a mountain village who came to the city and was harassed by gangsters because of her beauty. Then she showed her excellent martial arts strength.
Knocked all the gangsters to the ground, taught them a lesson and walked away.
When taking a long-distance bus, some female passengers sitting next to me ridiculed her because she was too plainly dressed. The reason was that she attracted all the eyes of her fellow female passengers.
But in the blink of an eye, the male companion of the female passenger suddenly fell ill. Just when the female passenger was panicking and even thought of abandoning her male companion, the heroine came forward and cured him easily.
The content is neither large nor complicated, but the heroine's kung fu and medical skills are thoroughly demonstrated, and it's a lot of fun to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.
Of course, it is difficult to see the essence from the script, so Wu Dong simply presented the story completely in separate shots, which is very much in the martial arts style.
The next day, when Boss Zhang saw the plot and the comic strips, he immediately slapped his thigh and shouted: "Okay, okay, just shoot this, just shoot this!"
After saying that, he looked at Wu Dong eagerly and asked directly: "Is three hundred thousand enough? If it is not enough, can you add more?"
He didn't expect Wu Dong to be so talented. Not only did he come up with the script in one day, he even drew the storyboards.
This looks much more reliable than those arrogant directing graduates from film and television schools.
Those guys swindle filming funds all by talking.
Unlike Wu Dong, he was very satisfied with the way he read comics, and he had so many ideas and was able to catch up with them happily.
This is the feeling you want!
Since Wu Dong is so powerful, naturally he, a rich man, cannot be stingy.
"Add another 200,000, and it will be more than enough to make up 500,000!"
Wu Dong was not polite either, and of course he didn't open his mouth like a lion.
Although the script has a simple plot, it still costs a lot of money to shoot more than ten minutes of footage, and this time he doesn't plan to do it all by one person.
Although doing that could improve his shooting skills, the efficiency was too low and he didn't want to work so hard.
In order to avoid trouble in the future, when Wu Dong signed the contract with the coal boss named Zhang, he used the name of the newly registered studio.
After signing the contract, the coal boss named Zhang left gracefully, leaving behind a somewhat unsatisfied female companion to participate in the filming of the short film.
It can be seen that this woman with a beautiful face, plump figure and a bit of a celebrity is not very satisfied with the result.
In other words, she doesn't like so-called short films.
Wu Dong was too lazy to talk nonsense and expressed his attitude directly. First, he asked the other party to go to the college's physical education department or the gym to exercise for a week. There was no room for negotiation between the two options.
The other party obviously chose the latter. Is the coal boss rich anyway?
When the heroine entered the gym to exercise, Wu Dong found a friend he had just met from the city TV station and expressed his intention to come.
"A coal boss asked you to make a short film?"
A regular staff member of the city TV station or a junior leader was quite surprised.
"Yes, so I would like to ask the available assistants here at the TV station to help. Of course, there is no need to worry about the salary. It will be based on the price of filming a TV series or movie!"
Wu Dong smiled softly and waved his hand in an "inhumane" manner.
"Okay then, let me ask for you!"
The city TV station staff readily agreed, and this opportunity to make extra money was not to be missed.
Within two days, a group of young people from the city TV station, all with assistant titles, came to the general store to report to Wu Dong and signed a formal contract.
Wu Dong also didn't forget about the photography club that had just been established in the college. He called the club members to work as free handymen, and everyone was so happy that they couldn't help but smile.
Although the plot of the script was simple and difficult to catch the eyes of the assistant manager at the city TV station, for Dayang's sake he didn't say much.
A small crew was quickly organized, and filming started soon after the heroine had gone through a week of gym workouts.
When the classmates at the college heard that he was shooting a new short film and needed some supporting roles and extras, they were all excited and almost crossed the threshold of the general store.
It attracted passers-by's side glances, and they couldn't help but enter the store to take a look. What is it that attracts so many people?
Then, the two Sanda sports students who had previously shot the commercial short film for the Auto Parts City got the roles of two young gangsters. They were the street gangsters who played the central role in the plot, but the heroine was beaten until her teeth were everywhere.
The progress of the filming was not fast at all. Although Wu Dong gave him a lot of money, the assistants from the city TV station always had their own ideas. They felt that Wu Dong was a wild man and didn't know how to shoot at all, so he caused all kinds of troubles.
It took almost three days just to deal with these messy things. I replaced half of the assistants in one breath before they stopped their own ideas and the shooting slowly got back on track...