Don’t forget, our original investment is small, and the pressure to repay the capital is even smaller. Selling copyrights is a sum of money, and distributing audio and video products is another sum of money. As long as the reputation is good enough, there will be flowers inside and outside the wall, and it is not
impossible.
Therefore, at that time, Lao Zhang never worried about the issue of repaying his capital, and his investors would not embarrass him.
Everyone has a basic expectation for Lao Zhang's movies, that is, it is true and normal that they do not make money.
We invested in Lao Zhang's movies, and we had no intention of making money through Lao Zhang's movies. We all wanted to gain a good reputation, you know, that arty feeling.
Many bosses are really obsessed with that kind of artistic feeling.
However, what to do now?
The investment in San Yan Er's filming has been five times that of previous films. Although there is no final conclusion on how much it will cost, a rough calculation should be this scale.
How can such a huge investment be recovered?
It is absolutely impossible to meet the demand by relying on the original channels, and box office has become the top priority.
If you want to pursue box office success, you must first produce qualified works. However, if Ranmasanti withdraws its investment halfway, it can be imagined that it will definitely do a huge harm to the quality of the film.
Reputation?
Do you still expect that kind of thing?
Probably not.
Therefore, if the same movie is abandoned halfway, it will be a huge sunk cost loss for Wu Di and Wu Di's biological mother, Ms. Lanmasanti. The same is true for the famous director Lao Zhang.
Lao Zhang cannot afford to lose this time either.
"All right."
"You have already mentioned this, and it would be inappropriate for me not to give you any more face."
"However, there is something I want to say first."
Wu Di nodded easily. He had already prepared that Lao Zhang would not agree to everything so easily. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.
"The movie hasn't been officially shot yet, so I can't give you a guarantee. We'll have to discuss everything in detail when you have your ideas."
Lao Zhang and Wu Di each took a step back. Even if they reached an agreement, although it was only verbal, Wu Di did not embarrass him.
The old man is very old, so it's hard not to give him face.
Besides, Wu Di still has a little understanding of Lao Zhang's character. He is a person who takes face very seriously.
If he doesn't want to compromise, then he will never agree and has made it difficult for you to pass the first hurdle. Now that he has relented, at least we can have something to talk about.
That's fine. In fact, Wu Di personally doesn't have high expectations for Sanyan Erpai. He does all this just to help Lan Masanti reduce losses, and at the same time, it also helps him maintain the reputation he has finally built up.
live.
What?
He doesn’t want to become the little prince of bad movies!
As for his higher pursuit, Lao Zhang actually thought too much, and he didn't expect to get it through this absurd and bizarre movie.
box office?
Naturally, it won't be low. There are many celebrities joining the show, and there is also Lao Zhang as a living sign. Moreover, Lao Zhang was still a thief in the early publicity, which fully shows that this time he used his brains in his publicity work.
.
He has long publicized the fact that Director Xia is responsible for the comedy part. Director Xia is very attractive in comedy TV series. In particular, his appeal is rooted in today's young people.
among.
Then, among young people, Sanyan Erpai, which uses comedy as its selling point, will be more popular.
This is also a change of times. Lao Zhang has indeed won numerous awards and is one of the best in the industry, but to be honest, his all-powerful era is already a bit far away from today.
In recent years, Lao Zhang has not continued to win in international competitions, so his achievements are a bit too far away for the current generation of young people.
It’s all old almanac.
If you want to attract new movie fans, you need to introduce fresh elements, and Xiaoxia is one of them. This is why Lao Zhang specially invited him to participate in the filming of San Yan Er Pai.
So, at least in the first week of release, the box office performance should not be bad, but Wu Di is not looking forward to its overall box office.
After all, even if he can help a little bit and keep his bottom line a little, he can't turn around the entire out-of-control script. In the end, it's not easy to get a result with only three words and two shots.
Maybe, even if you work hard for a long time, you can just change it from a super bad movie to a mediocre bad movie. Therefore, the box office improvement is not strong enough.
So, get a prize?
Even if San Yan Er Pai has this ability, Wu Di doesn't count on it. He still has a maze? That small cost can make a big difference. If it is successful, wouldn't it be more delicious?
However, precisely because of the maze in front of him, Wu Di could not completely break up with Lao Zhang. At least, a good relationship still had to be maintained.
Otherwise, who will help with the recommendation?
Rely on Xiao Qi himself?
Of course, it's not necessarily impossible, but Wu Di can't rely on him alone. Although Xiao Qi's personal ability is indeed sufficient.
Wu Di is counting on Maze to win the grand prize!
This is the most basic thing. Although when he tricked Xiao Qi into signing up, Wu Di said that as long as he could qualify as a finalist, it would be fine. But in fact, the system requirement is that he must win an award.
Therefore, without strong recommenders, the possibility of Xiao Qi’s first work winning an award is still not high. If it is really just a finalist, wouldn’t that throw Wu Di into the mix?
His task would not be completed, and at this time, it would be absolutely too late to shoot other potentially award-winning works.
I have no choice but to keep adding more money in the maze!
Soon, Director Zhang will understand that Xiao Didi’s ideals are lofty!
Same hotel, different plans.
In a suite on the same floor, assistant Han Jingjing is writing and drawing in a notebook. Now Boss Wu is extraordinary. He has a lot of business and a full schedule.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As an assistant, Han Jingjing's workload has also doubled. She has to answer countless calls every day and talk non-stop.
Help Wu Di coordinate his work, and when necessary, summarize his recent work and detail his timetable.
Since the filming of San Yan Er Film started, Han Jingjing has been much more relaxed. She then discovered that for an artist's assistant, it is much easier for the artist who serves him to join the group than for him to wander outside.
The life of an actor on the crew is relatively simple. In addition to filming, there is still filming, and the leisure time is relatively short. Moreover, most of the daily life is actually arranged by the crew, and there is no need for assistants to worry about it.
For example, a man like Wu Di is generally not that picky. The crew can handle at least two meals for three meals. As an assistant, Han Jingjing only needs to wait at the designated location to help Wu Di grab his.
That one portion is enough.
She didn't need to help Wu Di order food, because it was all arranged by the crew from the beginning. Han Jingjing only needed to pass it on in the middle. She didn't need to worry about what kind of food to arrange for Wu Di, nor did she have to go to a far-away restaurant to get it for him.
meal.
Very convenient.
There are also many chores that originally belonged to Han Jingjing, but the crew will do it for them when they arrive on the set. The parts that require Han Jingjing's personal responsibility have been reduced a lot.
Moreover, the range of activities of the crew is relatively narrow, which saves a lot of trouble for assistants like Han Jingjing who need to keep up with the boss.
However, Han Jingjing's work attitude has also improved a lot recently. Although she is very free with the team, she also thinks about the things that should be done by her and tries to finish them in advance.
This was completely unimaginable for her who had always been lazy.
I took five more calls today and rearranged Lao Wu’s work. Originally, Jingjing had already said hello to many of the advertisers and program teams that we had previously cooperated with. Recently, Boss Wu was joining the team for retreat.
At least two months, then the business at this stage can only be postponed or canceled.
This is a regular crew, the requirements are very strict, and the director is very famous. It is absolutely impossible for Wu Di to come out and take on other tasks during the filming break.
So, all the big bosses, please see, this is the situation. If you are willing to continue to cooperate, you can only wait until our movie is completed. If you can't afford to wait, you can also hire Gao Ming. Originally, Han Jingjing thought that everyone had been notified.
But I didn't expect that there were actually a lot of people who slipped through the net. There were also people who were not well-informed and didn't see that Wu Di had joined the crew of San Yan Er. They thought Wu Di was still hanging around outside and wanted to invite him to shoot a commercial.
, these manufacturers were naturally persuaded to quit one by one by Han Jingjing.
However, as an assistant, these businesses are hard-won. If the movie is finished, they still intend to cooperate, so of course they can't let it go.
Recording their contact information and the specific content of the invitation is what Han Jingjing is doing now.
But at this time, the night was already very late, and the cell phone suddenly rang again. It was a private cell phone number, and it was an unknown number.
"Is it the big boss again?"
"It's really free for me to call you at this time."
"Jingjing, I am Zhang Feng!"
"What?"
"Director Zhang?"
Han Jingjing looked at the number displayed on her phone again. No, she had never seen it before.
"Director Zhang, why did you use someone else's mobile phone to call me? I obviously have your mobile phone number!"
"Nonsense, of course I don't want Wu Di to know about it. You can't even see it. If you don't think straight, can you be a good assistant to Wu Di?"
A sense of natural arrogance, this is Zhang Feng, the taste is so authentic!
"Director Zhang, what do you want to say? Don't you want Boss Wu to know?"
Although Zhang Feng's call came out of nowhere, and at the same time, his tone was still not kind enough, and it always sounded like a command. However, Han Jingjing didn't care. Her spirit of gossip had long overshadowed her little bit of pettyness.
A little angry.
"It is true that I have something to do with you. You may find it a bit confusing, but I think you can understand me to a certain extent. Therefore, I gave you this call after much thought."
It's a long story, can you please get down to the serious stuff quickly? Han Jingjing complained secretly while still saying words of encouragement to Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng didn't care so much and said directly: "Jingjing, you also liked Wu Di before. You know, he is quite popular with women. As for me, I am also busy with my own career. One day
It's a busy day, so I would like to ask you to help me supervise the crew and not let Wu Di get too close to other women."
"If there is anything unusual, can you tell me?"
I have to say that Zhang Feng's tone finally softened when he said this, which was very helpful to Han Jingjing, although she did feel that Zhang Feng's request was strange.
She did not agree immediately: "Director Zhang, why is this?"
"I have always thought that you are a very independent and sensible woman. To be honest, I admire you very much. Why do you want to do this kind of behind-the-scenes surveillance again?"
"Don't you have confidence in yourself? Or is there some other reason?" Even if Zhang Feng said it himself, Han Jingjing still didn't believe it. The main reason was that this was too different from Zhang Feng's previous behavior in front of others.
Already.
In the past, Zhang Feng was strong and confident, but he was not a suspicious person.
It's not impossible, it's really hard to believe.
In this regard, Han Jingjing is still a very cautious person. This is someone else's housework. Experience tells her that as an outsider, it is best to have less involvement in housework, or even not to get involved.
Zhang Feng coughed a few times, and it could be heard that she was also covering up her embarrassment.
"It's not that I'm worried, I just want to stay well-informed. You understand what I mean. I'm not doubting that Wu Di will cheat. In fact, according to my observation, he is probably not that kind of person. But, after all, he will have to cheat in the future."
As someone who has filmed many movies and TV series, there will be more and more actors to work with.”
"So, you know why you can't always walk by the river without getting your shoes wet. As for me, I don't want to do anything, I just don't want to be a fool."
"So, you see, you are his assistant and you have to be by his side all the time. I thought, if there is something going on with him, you could tell me so that I can be prepared in advance."
Prepare?
What Zhang Feng said sounded nice, but Han Jingjing was not deceived. If she did this, what benefits would she get?
Now her external boss, Han Jingjing, is still Wu Di. In other words, in fact, Han Jingjing is still Wu Di's person.
As for Zhang Feng, she is just the boss's wife.
Between the boss and the boss's wife, wise subordinates all know which boss to choose. This is an obvious thing.
"So, Director Zhang, you want me to be your double agent?"
"What is Double Sided?"
"In terms of reporting the situation, you only serve me. How can you be two-sided?" Zhang Feng is still very clear about this aspect.
That's absolutely right.
Han Jingjing couldn't help but burst into laughter. Director Zhang was really a talent. He had already done this, and he still didn't forget to distinguish clearly the first, second, and third.
Who is the boss?
Of course it's Wu Di.
Who is Zhang Feng?
The boss’s soon-to-be-married wife.
Who does the boss listen to?
Of course it's my wife's.
So, as a worker, should you listen to the boss or the boss’s wife?
Can someone as smart as Han Jingjing still understand this account?
