This is the first time he has had insomnia since he debuted again.
The stars in the sky are bright, and the moon rarely hides shyly in the clouds. Instead, it hangs high in the sky, shining on the mountains, rivers and land, covering the whole world with a silver veil, making it look so beautiful.
Of course, he was not the only one who had insomnia that night, Li Youqing and Jiang Bei also suffered from insomnia.
Arcadia neighborhood.
Jiang Bei stood at the door and knocked helplessly: "Honey, can you open the door and let me explain?"
Unfortunately, there was no response, but a voice suddenly came from the living room: Call the landlord.
Um.
The gambling king of Anseong is sitting cross-legged on the sofa, working hard to build his career as a gambling king.
Li Youqing was angry.
Zhang Ye suddenly stopped acting, which already brought her great pressure. Then she was caught that the person behind the scenes was from a domestic film and television company, and her husband directly chose to confront the other party in public, which made the little girl extremely stressed.
Nizi couldn't hold back at all and burst out. She locked herself in the room and cried secretly. No matter what the old man said, she refused to open the door.
Is Jiangbei feeling distressed?
That must be heartbreaking.
But the consequences would be more serious if he didn't do this. As a man of two generations, Jiangbei has the balance and rationality that young people don't have.
To put it simply, it is a matter of choosing between crying once and the entire plan.
Obviously, the old man chose the latter.
But you still have to coax, because who wants to make his wife cry?
"Youyou, can you open the door?"
"Baby, can you open the door?"
"Little cutie?"
The old man was indeed a bit thick-skinned, and he even started to say some witty words in front of Zhang Jiuliang. Liangliang couldn't help but make a vomiting expression, and then continued to concentrate on fighting the landlord.
However, Li Youqing couldn't accept it. He opened the door directly and glanced at Zhang Jiuliang on the sofa. Then he glared at the old man with beautiful eyes and said, "Are you ashamed of your age?"
"Hehe..." Jiang Bei didn't refute, and stretched out his hand against the door to prevent Li Youqing from closing the door again.
As for the word shy, it does not exist in his dictionary. His two lives have long given him a face that cannot be fried, so why would he care about it?
In fact, Li Youqing was not really angry. She just felt that the pressure was a bit high and she was acting like this because she was thinking about Jiangbei. Now that she was teased like this, she naturally lost her temper and simply wiped away her tears and left.
He came out and complained: "Normally you are very steady in everything you do, why are you so impulsive in this matter? We can obviously have a better solution!"
Is Zhang Ye's strike a big deal? It was a big deal at first, because Zhang Ye's strike caused the entire filming of the movie to be wasted, resulting in huge losses.
But even though these losses seemed huge before, they were nothing compared to offending Columbus Films and gambling on his own director career.
Just because I want to fight for a while and be tough with the other party.
The price paid is too great.
"I think this solution is quite good. It is straightforward and can defeat all conspiracies and conspiracies with strength." Jiang Bei first went to the refrigerator and took out a row of AD calcium milk, and explained as he walked to the sofa and sat down.
When my wife is angry, she needs to be coaxed, and she also needs to find something she likes to eat and drink on weekdays, so as to effectively soothe her grumpy heart.
But what he said made Li Youqing a little unhappy, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Jiangbei, even if you think you are capable and the scripts you write are of high quality, you can't underestimate everyone. One mountain is higher than the other, just like
No one can be the best in the world."
What he said is very pertinent.
The meaning is also very simple. I hope Jiangbei will not be arrogant and be humble.
Jiang Bei naturally nodded obediently, handed her the AD calcium milk with the straw inserted, and said, "My wife is teaching you to be humble and low-key in the future."
"snort!"
Li Youqing was so stupefied by this sentence that he didn't know what to say. He could only snort angrily, took the AD calcium milk, bit the straw and drank it angrily.
"萐流~"
In just five seconds, she finished a bottle of AD calcium milk, put the empty bottle directly on the coffee table, turned around and asked, "Then can you tell me what you think next?"
Now that the matter has become a foregone conclusion, there is no point in saying more. How to deal with the next matter is the focus.
"Find a new leading actor and reshoot." Jiang Bei replied, holding his own AD calcium milk in his mouth.
There is really nothing to think about in this matter. The purpose of delaying the filming process has been achieved. Next, we only need to find an actor with very average acting skills to play the leading role, and then film according to the previous filming method.
Li Youqing nodded thoughtfully, thought for a while and suggested: "I heard a few days ago that the best actor of Chinese Film Awards, Zhang Chao, doesn't have any films yet. We can contact him and try to see if he is willing to join us."
"The Best Actor of China Film Group has joined? Isn't the budget exceeded?" Jiang Bei asked with a frown.
This "Before Dawn" is a low-cost movie, and the actors' remuneration is naturally not very high, so basically some new actors and even trainees are invited to participate.
Actors like Zhang Chao who have already become best actors are generally worth a lot of money. At least based on Jiang Bei's understanding of the worth of artists in the Chinese entertainment industry, hiring Zhang Chao to film a movie would cost at least about five million.
The salary of 5 million is more than the budget of the movie itself.
"I'm going to talk to Manager Li about the budget. I would rather expand the budget by tens of millions, but also improve the quality of the film as much as possible, so as to increase the probability of winning." Li Youqing analyzed seriously with a small face.
Now that the challenge has been accepted, there is bound to be a winner between "Love Before Dawn" and "Love in Dilemma", so the winning conditions are naturally box office and word-of-mouth.
"Uh... I don't think that's necessary, right? It's good if the quality of the movie is good. If the movie isn't good, it doesn't matter if the movie star is not good." Jiang Bei hesitated and advised.
He definitely doesn't want to hire a movie star to be the leading actor, because if an actor like this has a certain status, he will quarrel with the director if he encounters a problem, and his own understanding of the role is much deeper than that of a new actor.
In this way, the results will be on the right track.
"Of course it is necessary. This is a key film that affects whether you can be a director in the future. We must make it foolproof." Li Youqing spoke very seriously, which can make people deeply feel her inner firmness and determination.
So Jiang Bei opened his mouth and then closed it again, but his eyes were darting around, thinking about how to stop the actor from participating in the movie.
"If you don't object, then it's decided. Tomorrow I will go to Manager Li to talk about this matter, and then contact Zhang Chao."
Li Youqing always pays attention to efficiency when doing things. The next day after finishing talking, he went to Li Shushu to discuss increasing the investment budget for the film.
Nowadays, Li Shushuang has completely directed his direction towards Li Youqing, so Jiangbei did not send him any instructions that he did not agree with. And because the last movie was a hit, Jiangbei is now the darling of investors, and he is taken everywhere.
Investors who come to your doorstep with money are unlikely to be short of funds.
The issue of additional budget was solved very well, but there was an obstacle in inviting the best actor Zhang Chao to be the leading actor in the movie.
Because Zhang Chao refused to be the leading actor in "Love Before Dawn".
"At the beginning, Mr. Zhang Chao was very interested in joining and said that the salary could be negotiated. However, the next day he called to apologize and said that he could not participate in the film. No matter how much I asked him, he refused to tell the reason." continued.
After Zhang Chao declined the news, Li Youqing expressed his confusion and frowned in distress.
"What other reasons could there be? It's just that I don't want to offend Columbus (China) Film and Television, or be bribed by them." Jiang Bei replied nonchalantly.
My teammates are very helpful, and the hater said he feels very comfortable, so comfortable that he can control the situation without having to do anything.
This feeling is really very good.
Of course, this also proves from the side that the decision to abandon Anseong Gambling King is correct.
Li Youqing stopped talking.
Silently lowered his head.
Jiang Bei felt strange and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Nizi hesitated and raised her head, then whispered: "Then can we also bribe him? Spend some money or something?"
"this......"
Jiang Bei was a little confused when he heard this at first, but then his whole mood suddenly changed.
The reason is that this sentence coming from Li Youqing's mouth is so surprising.
In Jiangbei's impression, Li Youqing is a money-crazed person, and he is also a person with extremely upright views. He would never think of taking advantage of others or obtaining some income through bribery, otherwise he would not have been a part-timer for three consecutive years.
Even after she became famous all over the country because of "Don't Stop the Camera", she still maintained her original intentions towards herself and others.
But now, Xiao Nizi actually wants to give others excessive benefits to achieve the goals she wants to achieve.
And all this is so that he can make this movie well and win this silent war.
"Okay, okay, I'd better look for another male actor." Seeing Jiang Bei's silence, Li Youqing thought he was dissatisfied with her proposal, and quickly waved his hand to reject the proposal he just made.
It's just that Li Youqing's idea is more or less naive. Although there are many famous actors with acting skills in the entertainment industry, not everyone has the schedule to participate directly.
In addition, this matter is now well known in the entertainment industry, and many people do not want to participate in the struggle between the two families. Therefore, after finding five or six suitable male actors in succession but all were rejected, Li Youqing discovered
She has found nothing to look for!
At this time, six days had passed since Zhang Ye went on strike. The crew, which originally only took three days off, was forced to take another three days off, almost to the point where it could no longer continue.
The crew is about to restart filming, but the cast's schedules cannot be matched, and bystanders don't want to get involved in the feud between the two parties. Even public opinions began to appear on the Internet, saying that the crew of "Before Dawn" failed to find the leading actor.
Stop photography.
Under multiple pressures, it is naturally impossible to spend time slowly looking for a new leading actor.
"If that doesn't work, just use a male artist within Yihe." Jiang Bei suggested when he saw that the time was almost up.
"But I always feel that they are still a little undercooked." Li Youqing bit her lip and said.
These days, in addition to looking for a suitable male protagonist, she also screened qualified male artists within Yihe, but the results did not satisfy her.
"Then there is nothing we can do about it. If we delay it any longer, public opinion on the Internet will make it difficult for our movie to be produced." Jiang Bei sighed and said helplessly.
The pressure from public opinion is too great now, and the crew must give an answer as soon as possible. After all, the competition has already begun, so there is no reason to delay.
"Why don't you go up by yourself, Beibei?" Suddenly, Li Youqing suggested.
When Jiang Bei heard this, his eyelids twitched subconsciously, and he said: "Me? No, no, no, I definitely can't do it."
"Why not if you don't try?" Li Youqing advised.
"There's no need to try this. I've never acted before, so how can I do it?" Jiang Bei shook his head and refused directly.
Li Youqing wants to say more.
At this time, the door was opened from the outside, making a "creak~" sound, and then the figure of Anseong's gambling king was revealed.
"Oh! Are you all at home? It just so happens. Xiao Xu, come in quickly. My brother and sister-in-law are both at home!" Liang Liang said and stepped aside, and a broad figure soon appeared outside the house.