Chapter 187 What if it can be sold for several million?
"What, you want me to play this monk?"
When Ning Hao shyly said what he wanted to say, He Xin couldn't help but be startled. He shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, it's not that I don't want to help, but that I simply don't have the time!"
Now the filming dates for several dramas have been set. "Chinese Divorce" will start filming on November 1st, and the filming period will be 90 days. Basically, it will be filmed until the end of January next year, because February 1st next year is the Spring Festival. Then February 4th
On March 14th, "Landscape of Love" will start shooting; on March 14th, "Painting Soul" will also start shooting in Dongshan, Suzhou. Fortunately, Tian Shouxin, who he plays, will not have a role in Dongshan and will not join the cast until early April. This will give "Love of Love"
"Landscape" allows time for shooting.
In addition, the debut film "Peacock" directed by Jiang Wenli's husband Gu Changwei will also start shooting in March next year, during which he will have a week to make a guest appearance.
After filming "Painting Soul", he still has to rush back to take the junior college-to-undergraduate examination at the end of June next year.
Yes, Hao Rong arranged this for him, and his girlfriend also fully agreed. After all, in order to complete the role change from a wild boy to a professional actor, a college degree is obviously a lower level than a bachelor's degree.
What's more, it is easier to upgrade from junior college to bachelor's degree than to take the college entrance examination, especially in art colleges like China National Theater Academy, which pay more attention to professional achievements. In this regard, He Xin is still very reliable.
If nothing else goes wrong, next year he will become an honorable member of the 01 undergraduate class of the Department of Chinese Opera and Performance, and become classmates with Xiao Zhang and others.
Therefore, from November this year until summer vacation next year, he can't find time at all.
He told Ning Hao about his situation, looking helpless.
Ning Hao frowned after hearing this. He came to the door shamelessly today because he was fully mentally prepared.
He has his own Xiao Jiujiu. After a period of deliberate friendship, he feels that he has been able to talk to He Xin. If his new script can persuade He Xin to act, on the one hand, he will not be afraid that the other party will not contribute when he participates in exhibitions in the future.
More importantly, he still wants to take advantage of the other party's popularity overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Maybe he will win an award or something and become popular, and he can sell it at a good price.
Ning Hao is different from those so-called sixth-generation directors. Many of those sixth-generation directors were purely for art.
For example, when Wang Xiaoshuai just graduated from the film school, he was very ambitious. They thought that making a movie meant laying dozens of meters of track and elevators, and then having to keep up with dozens of people behind him, and
I also had to take photos of city night scenes which were confusing.
It was with this mentality that one of their classmates made a joke and asked the photographer to completely light up an overpass when taking pictures of their graduation project.
The ideal is often very full, but the reality is very skinny. When Wang Xiaoshuai was assigned to Hu Jian Film Studio, his leader ordered him to work as an assistant director for others, but he refused and went to the capital alone to look for opportunities.
But movies are a luxurious art. When he was young, he was very confident and wanted to find a rich girl so that he could easily make money. Of course, this idea did not succeed.
Finally, with the help of several classmates, he found some black-and-white film that no one wanted, and spent half a year on every weekend to photograph two of his former classmates in the High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Now they have just graduated from college.
His debut novel - "The Story of Winter and Spring" was born from the real life conditions of a pair of lovers who stayed at the school to teach.
At that time, Wang Xiaoshuai spent all his money and owed a large amount of foreign debt to make this movie. But what will happen after the filming is completed? I don’t know!
In the end, Lou Ye, who has a relatively broad network, helped his film to be sent overseas to participate in a series of film festivals including the Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada, the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, and the Berlin Film Festival Youth Forum through connections, and it was only then that he became famous.
Of course Ning Hao also advocates art, but he has a clearer purpose in doing things. He just wants to follow the successful examples of Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, and Section Chief Jia. He wants to become famous. In his words, only by becoming famous can he become famous.
There will be more opportunities.
The reason why he came to the door in a hurry today was partly because he was worried about He Xin's schedule and wanted to finalize it first, but he didn't expect that they still didn't have time.
He Xin's impression was that Ning Hao only became famous after filming "The Stone". The script for "Incense" seems a bit nonsense. And even if he has time, can he afford the salary? And what he said just now
, seems to still want to help myself.
Thinking of this, He Xin felt a little unhappy. Even if you, Ning Hao, will be a great director in the future, you can't think of yourself as being taken advantage of. And based on the current relationship between the two of them, it seems that they are not at the level where they can help you for free.
"Haozi, I'm really sorry..."
As soon as he picked up the wine glass and wanted to comfort the other party, he saw Ning Hao's big head like a silver carp leaning over and said with a smile: "If you have time, would you like to help me with this?"
"Well……"
Before he could speak, Ning Hao said: "That's what I think. Now you don't have too many roles in our TV series. If you adjust it, two months is enough, so you can just spare some time."
Come a month."
"What about you? You are the assistant director of the crew!" He Xin said blankly.
"This is no problem. I told Brother Shen about this. He is still very supportive of me and can help me contact some resources. Besides, even if I am not here, there is Xiao He on the crew, so it will not affect the filming."
I have to say that Ning Hao is very cunning and knows how to take advantage of opportunities. While filming "Chinese Divorce", he can mobilize some filming resources. At the same time, he also hinted to He Xin, you see Director Shen Yan is so supportive of me.
Can't you do me a favor?
One more thing, the Xiao He mentioned by Ning Hao is a director at the Shanghai Drama Center who graduated from the Shanghai Theater Department. His name is He Nian. He is from the same company as Xu Guangtou, who made the move during the Spring Festival without authorization. He and Ning
Hao Du is the little brother who shot commercials with Shen Yan.
This also reflects from the side that although Shen Yan is trying to direct a feature film for the first time, as a director, he still wants to control the crew independently, otherwise he can find some experienced assistant directors.
It's a pity that the actors are too good, and Director Shen Yan is very helpless!
After hearing Ning Hao's little plan, He Xin was still very reluctant. He was a little disgusted with Ning Hao's method of forcibly kidnapping, but to be honest, he was a thin-skinned person and could not say such decisive words.
I had to find an excuse and said tactfully: "But I still feel that I am not suitable. You see, the monk in your book must speak Shanxi dialect, but I can't!"
Ning Hao was willing to go all out today and was so shameless that he hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, I can teach you! We still have two months on the crew, which is enough. Besides, this Shanxi dialect means,
Just put on an accent, those movies made by Chief Jia, and the Shanxi dialect spoken by Wang Hongwei, a native of Henan, are really weird!"
Looking at Ning Hao's eager and expectant eyes, He Xin didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only say vaguely and perfunctorily: "This... let's talk about it then. I don't know if the filming can be completed in two hours?"
"Sure it can!"
Ning Hao slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao He, let me tell you the truth, I definitely can't afford your salary, and of course I can't let your help go to waste. In this way, after my film is produced, if it can be sold
If we go out, the future profits will be half for each of us, what do you think?"
"Ah? This is not... Well, I have to discuss this with my agent. What do you think?"
"Okay, then I'll wait for your reply."
Although He Xin did not agree directly, Ning Hao was very happy that he did not refuse in person. He quickly picked up the cup and said: "Here, Xiao He, I want to toast you."
After the conversation started, the wine tasted really good. By the way, Lao Feng’s roasted mutton was not only delicious, but the haggis was also quite good. For example, the plate of white-cut lamb tripe tasted both crispy and juicy.
Chewy.
Ning Hao was a man who spoke humorously and drank boldly. If he hadn't called himself a fool behind his back, He Xin would have thought that he was a pretty good person.
He Xin also heard him complain about the crew. It was just that the director Shen Yan was aggrieved, and that Wang Jinghua looked ugly when she was eating.
He Xin recalled it hard, and it seemed that there were no actors currently signed under Wang Jinghua's banner in Ning Hao's movies in later generations. This reason may have been planted now.
However, he also learned from Ning Hao that Shen Yan actually had something to do with Uncle Dao Ming. Uncle Dao Ming's advertisement for Lilang Clothing was directed by Shen Yan.
In fact, He Xin was curious about something else and couldn't help but ask: "Did anyone invest in your filming?"
"How could it be possible? Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to offer you half of the income just now." Ning Hao couldn't help but laugh.
"Didn't you already win the Best Director award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival?"
"This is useless."
Ning Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "I don't go out to work hard anyway. I might as well ponder the script if I have the time. I can't help it this time, thinking about the Hong Kong International Film Festival Asian DV you mentioned to me last time.
It would be a shame to miss out on the film competition."
As he spoke, he smiled happily and said, "Fortunately, my dad gave me a sum of money to buy a house this time, otherwise I would not have dared to think of this idea."
"You just use the money you spent to buy a house to make a movie?" He Xin said in surprise.
"I don't have to pay it all, otherwise my girlfriend won't agree. Originally, I planned to pay in full, but now I can only take out a loan, and I will pay it back slowly every month in the future!"
Although Ning Hao was very purposeful in doing things, He Xin still admired his courage to take risks.
Being able to be generous is probably a quality that a successful person must possess!
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"What, you're going to make a DV movie with that assistant director?" Chang Jihong said with a look of disbelief.
Perhaps he was moved by Ning Hao's persistent attitude, but he didn't take the so-called half of the future income promised by Ning Hao to heart. He thought that if he could really free up a month's time, he would help Ning Hao.
It's okay, after all, he will be a great director in the future, so it's just a good relationship.
And it was just a good relationship. He didn't think he would play any role in Ning Hao's movies in the future, because he never thought he could act in a comedy.
And this "Incense" is at best a borderline film with a bit of black humor, so it's not a bad idea to give it a try.
"People have come to my house, what can I do? But the book is good, so I just treat it as a play!"
Ever since the last time He Xin rejected the Haiyan drama "What can I do to save you, my love" directed by Da Gangzi and went to play "Conquer" by Uncle Gao Qun, Sister Hong knew that this guy was a weirdo and didn't act according to common sense.
.At the same time, he also knew that once he made up his mind, he would definitely not be able to pull him back.
After all, Ning Hao can be regarded as the best director at the Beijing University Student Film Festival. He has made films before and is now the assistant director of "Chinese Divorce".
Speaking of which, Sister Hong still values the last title more.
She could only say: "How do you do this? Please tell me the specific situation!"
He Xin told Chang Jihong the general situation. It wasn't until Ning Hao was willing to give half of the proceeds as He Xin's salary that Sister Hong looked slightly moved.
She pondered: "Give me his phone number and sign a contract with him later."
"Do you need to sign a contract?" He Xin thought he was just doing a favor.
Sister Hong sighed: "Although I'm not optimistic that this film will be sold in the future, since the other party has promised it, it is necessary to secure it with a contract."
As she said this, Sister Hong couldn't help but smile and said: "What if you are lucky and this film not only wins an award, but also sells for millions?"