Just when Xu Ji was thinking carefully about his training plan for his future team, his cell phone rang.
It’s a video call from Sha Yetong.
Only then did Xu Ji remember that today should be the end of the performance.
"Xiao Xuzi, why don't you take the initiative to contact me?"
After connecting to the video, Xu Ji suddenly discovered that Sha Yetong did not tell him the result of the performance as happily as before.
"It's been a bit busy during this period."
"Did the performance go well?"
Xu Ji asked.
Sha Yetong did not answer directly, but said:
"I've thought about it, when I return to Chengdu, how about we open a store together?"
Xu Ji always felt that Sha Yetong was a little weird today.
"Why did you suddenly think of opening a store?"
Xu Ji quickly reacted and asked:
"Did the performance not go well?"
A trace of sadness still flashed across Sha Yetong's face, but she quickly returned to normal.
"Everyone else in our team has been eliminated, and I have the qualification to advance to the semi-finals."
"So I stayed."
Then he said with a nonchalant expression: "It's a bit difficult to be a singer, but when our store opens, the store can play my songs every day."
Xu Ji very keenly captured the changes in expression on Sha Yetong's face.
He knew very well that Sha Yetong’s dream had always been to be a singer.
Although Sha Yetong now looks like he has looked away.
But it’s impossible not to really care.
"I have a suggestion."
"How about I sign you up if you think about it before I open a company?"
Sha Yetong was stunned for a moment after hearing Xu Ji's words, and then couldn't help laughing.
"It depends on my mood~"
"If you can really open an entertainment company, it's not impossible to work for you."
Sha Yetong actually didn't take Xu Ji's words to heart.
After all, she was given a lot of performance fees by the production team of the Girls of Creation Camp this time, and Xu Ji is now poorer than herself, so starting a company sounds like a fantasy.
Xu Ji was a little helpless.
He also saw that Sha Yetong did not believe in him.
Sha Yetong did not take Xu Ji's words seriously, but began to struggle with whether to open a milk tea shop or a fruit shop. Later, she even thought about how to distribute the equity when she and Xu Ji form a chain of stores in the future. p>
Xu Ji listened to Sha Yetong's rambling planning for more than two hours.
Although Sha Yetong kept asking him to listen carefully, Xu Ji finally couldn't hold on and fell asleep after yawning countless times.
.....
In the next few days, Xu Ji ignored Youman's weird looks every day and directly expanded the crew that was originally just the two of them to an exaggerated figure of more than a hundred people.
Of course, not all of them are students, there are also many experienced people in the industry.
But in Youman's eyes, those people are still at an inferior level.
"Do we need so many people as a web drama crew?"
Youman finally couldn't help but ask.
But Xu Ji directly answered, "There is strength in numbers!"
Youman didn't know how to complain at this time.
The more bullshit people there are, the more powerful they are.
When these people start filming, most of the people Xu Jizhao recruited will be good enough if they don't make trouble or make mistakes in Youman's eyes.
In a place like this, the more people there are, the better.
The key is that she asked her boss Chi Jiang for instructions, but the other person directly said that all of this would be at Xu Ji's arrangement without waiting for her to finish.
Chi Jiang has such a character. Now that he has decided to cooperate, he should not hesitate to hire people and let the director do it freely.
Including other new directors who signed contracts with Station G this time, he is also like this.
Xu Ji ignored the sulking Youman.
Instead, he looked at the list in his hand once again, and after making sure that nothing was missing, he said:
"There should be enough people on the crew."
"The next step is to find a job as an actor."
Youman asked a little pretentiously: "Then we will go to your school today?"
But this time Xu Ji shook his head.
"No, please help me try to contact these two actors through G station channels."
"Let's see if we have a chance to meet."
Xu Ji took out his mobile phone and showed the other party two photos.
Youman looked carefully at the photo Xu Ji handed over.
"Ji Zhou and Ji Yiyang?"
Xu Ji nodded.
This is the male lead candidate he decided after screening during this period.
Although the two of them can only be regarded as second-tier male stars, their pay is not cheap, right?
Youman was a little surprised when Du Xu Ji chose the two male protagonists.
Although Youman is not particularly clear about the specific salary quotations of these two people.
But it is estimated that the other party will not consider a salary of less than 5 million.
This is still the lowest case.
"Are you going to use the money saved by the crew to pay the actors?"
Youman frowned and asked.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of contempt for Xu Ji.
Even before, when Xu Ji was so foolhardy in setting up the crew, Youman didn't look down on Xu Ji as much as he does now.
Because in her opinion, many bad movies nowadays operate in this way.
The bulk of the investment was spent on the actors' salaries, and some popular stars were invited.
As a result, the entire drama is of low quality from plot to production.
It just so happens that there are so many idiot fans paying for this kind of drama.
In the end, the cost can be recovered, and even a big profit can be made.
The current environment for film and television dramas is ruined by these people.
Youman hated this deeply.
Xu Ji said: "You don't have to worry about this, just make an appointment with them."
Youman couldn't stop Xu Ji's decision, so he could only say angrily:
"I can make an appointment for you."
“But let me remind you, it’s weird if something shot like this is really popular!”
Xu Ji asked a little funny: "What if it really becomes popular?"
Youman glanced around the small restaurant where he and Xu Ji were eating, then pointed at the folding table in front of him and said:
"If it can be popular, I will eat this table."
Hearing these familiar words, Xu Ji looked at Youman with a strange look.
......
In fact, the two actors Ji Zhou and Ji Yiyang were not chosen randomly by Xu Ji.
First of all, we need the best youthful feeling of our male protagonist Yu Huai, and secondly, we need the other party to have a certain popularity among the audience, rather than a pure traffic idol.
Finally, we settled on these two actors that Xu Ji felt were more suitable.
It has to be said that Youman's efficiency was very fast, and he made an appointment with the two people in the name of Station G the next day.
Coincidentally, both of them seemed to be auditioning for the same role at this time, so they were both in the capital.
There is no need to waste time meeting each other.
After that, Xu Ji and Youman flew directly to the capital and found a hotel to stay.
Waiting for the meeting time scheduled by the two agents.
Although Xu Ji is a director, he is a pure newcomer after all, and his investment is small.
Naturally, we can't directly invite people to audition like other directors.
I can only take the initiative to come over in a low profile, read the script to the other party, and then discuss it.
Youman reminded:
"You have to be prepared to fail first."
"Unless we give out all the remuneration, we have no absolute certainty that we can invite people to join us."
Xu Ji nodded.
He also knows this very well.
Therefore, we prepared an alternative plan after both of them rejected it.