This matter is related to the name of the company. There is a problem with the prop car provided. Toyota's general manager cannot bear this responsibility.
When you can only do this, Toyota's general manager expresses the need, and after specific inspections, he will give a response to help.
At this time, there was a financial supervisor sent by Universal, named Robert.
He is a person with a very good background, and the financial supervision is in Global, and he also has a backer.
Of course, Robert will not interfere with the filming after getting married. As long as Ye Ming's expenses are reasonable and the procedures comply with financial regulations, then at this time, especially if he does not interfere too much with Ye Ming's filming work.
Moreover, as for Robert, he does as the locals do, knowing that when filming movies in countries like China, Japan, South Korea, etc., there will be a facilitation fee.
Or you can call it public relations expenses, etc. Anyway, no invoice will be issued for this money, but as long as the shooting is in Southeast Asia, there will be such a sum of money.
In fact, when filming in European and American countries, there was also such a sum of money, but it was said that such a sum of money was spent more secretly.
Among the crew of Fast and Furious Part 3, there was also such a public relations expense.
The cost is about 10 million, which means that if the cost does not exceed 10 million, Robert will not have any possibility of intervention.
After all, some things will always be unexpected, and no movie can truly be shot smoothly.
This is also written in the contract.
In terms of public relations and public relations, you can't ask the person who collects the money to issue you an invoice.
These are the rules of public relations, and if you win an Oscar, do you think it’s really just about saying the film is of good quality?
Isn't The Shawshank Redemption a good movie?
In fact, everyone knows whether the Oscars have public relations or not.
Even for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it's not just about the good shooting of the film, the early stage public relations are also very important.
Therefore, in fact, in any country and in any entertainment industry, this kind of public relations expenses exist, it’s just that the names are different.
Of course, such a public relations fee actually sometimes includes some public relations fees for later publicity work, but no matter what, this money exists.
As long as Ye Ming gives a reasonable reason, he can use the 10 million at any time. Don't underestimate the public relations expenses. If there are no public relations expenses, it will not be easy to shoot this movie.
In other words, if you want to shoot smoothly, it will not be easy at this time.
Therefore, Robert understood relatively well that although the money could not be seen on the books, it must be spent.
If you want the movie to be successfully shot, then under such a situation, this amount of money is indispensable. Anyway, within the range of 10 million, this public expense is reasonable.
This can also be seen as a benefit for the director. Ye Ming has the greatest control rights. Producers, assistant directors, etc. also have some small rights to use the money, but the main thing is the director's nod.
Of course, if there is a surplus, then at this time, Yan Ming will be given a random Qiao Li name, and the money can be spent. Anyway, as long as it does not exceed 10 million, the rest
Everything was done according to Ye Ming's ideas.
There are some problems with the countdown. This matter is not under the financial supervision and management, but the financial supervision and management is about the progress of the film. If there are any big problems by then, will it happen at this time?
Delayed training?
If the filming is delayed, how much will it cost to eat one thing every day? These are actually things that the financial supervision needs to manage, although the financial supervision will not interfere too much with the filming.
However, if something happens that delays the filming, the financial supervisor must understand the situation at this time, and then handle the matter according to the situation.
This time it was actually the same. Robert saw that Ye Ming pointed out some problems in the prop car provided by Toyota, which made Robert very curious. Robert grew up in a country on car wheels anyway.
Cars are very important in the United States.
Basically every boy will first think of having a car of his own when he becomes an adult, or even a second-hand car of his own. This is also a must.
In fact, a second-hand car she bought in the United States could cost anywhere from 50,000 to 62,000 to 30,000, depending on your financial resources.
Therefore, there are very few boys in the United States who don't like cars. It can even be said that there are very few boys who don't like cars. Robert is the kind who is more obsessed with cars.
So, actually, the general manager of Toyota Motor came over and introduced the good features of the prop car. For example, the safety factor is 10, which is safer than American school buses.
It's two levels higher, which really shows that Toyota has really spent a lot of money on its cars.
This made Robert feel very curious. Cars with a safety factor of 10 are relatively rare. Basically, except for military vehicles and armored vehicles, there are very few cars that have a real safety factor of 10.
Therefore, Robert actually likes this kind of car very much. The safety factor is so high. This kind of prop car is not common on the market. Therefore, Toyota's prop car also aroused Robert's great interest.
However, when Robert had just mentioned that he wanted to know the performance of the car himself, Ye Ming had already directly said that there was something wrong with the car, which made Robert feel very curious.
Because the one sent by Toyota must have gone through multiple tests, so it stands to reason that there will be no problems.
However, in fact, in such a situation, accidents are always possible no matter what. Accidents are everywhere, and even Robert cannot exclude this.
So in such a situation, Robert was also very curious and said: "This question is a bit incredible. I never thought that this kind of problem would arise. Mr. Ye, you are a little arbitrary, right?"
As for this car, you just said you took a look at it, but you didn't go up to try it out or drive it for a spin. In this case, you said there was something wrong with the car. Do you think you did it right?
A bit arbitrary?
Could it be that the people at Toyota are out of their minds and are giving us back a defective product with relatively poor data? If this is really the case, then just wait to receive a letter from our lawyer.
I believe that a company as big as Toyota will not do such boring things. Otherwise, if we keep hitting them, we will suffer heavy losses, because this matter can be ruled as murder in court.
Attempt.
If something went wrong because of reversing, it would be called real murder. Therefore, such a crime is still very serious. Are you really sure that there is something wrong with what they said?"
At this time, everyone was still a little doubtful about Ye Ming. Ye Ming said very definitely: "There is definitely no problem with this. There must be a problem with the special car. I don't have to look for trouble, right?
Since I am the director of this movie, I have to be responsible for everyone. Even the stuntmen and stuntmen who drive the props meticulously, I have to be responsible for their lives. Nothing is more precious than life.
Therefore, some irregularities may occur on the set, such as making a small amount of money, etc. I know that I hate this kind of thing, but I know that this matter cannot be solved all.
Therefore, as long as it does not affect the movie and is within the scope of my tolerance, I don't really care about getting a small kickback or something. I don't know, don't stare. This is just the way it is in Southeast Asia.
That's it.
This is not true. It may not be like this in the United States, but in Japan, South Korea, China and other regions, this is basically the case when making movies. Over here, sometimes we pay more attention to human relationships.
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Therefore, in such a situation, we should pay more attention to building relationships and do as the Romans do, right? However, you cannot affect the filming or the progress of the filming, otherwise, I will settle the old and new accounts together."
At this time, Robert was a little relaxed and said, if you say so, then there will be no big problem. I thought that because of the historical reasons of your country and Japan, you would be against Japanese automobile companies.
, what are your opinions? Then, deliberately make things difficult for them.
This kind of thing doesn’t happen once or twice in the entertainment industry.”
At this time, Ye Ming said righteously: "History cannot be tampered with, and it is impossible for some people to tamper with the real history.
The Second World War is over, and the verdict is final. Those who should admit their mistakes must admit their mistakes, otherwise it will be self-deception. We will not discuss this issue. We are now making a movie, and everything we do is to make the movie.
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Therefore, everything I do is for the film to be shot smoothly. I will not deliberately target any company or person, as long as he can shoot the movie well, as long as he is right
The movie he made helped me, and I would not deliberately embarrass him.
On the contrary, if there is a problem with an American car, I will definitely point it out mercilessly.
Don't worry about this. We are just filming in Japan. I won't be arrogant. The premise is that they don't mess with me and make the movie honestly.
I have already looked at the Toyota cars. I just looked at the first one and there was a problem. I also looked at the second one a little bit. There must be something wrong with it. There is no doubt about it. If they had a tester, they would have found it.
The cars delivered may all have defects, big or small.
This is something that a professional automotive engineer can easily detect, and you will know the result after a while."
Sure enough, not long after, about 20 minutes, the general manager of Toyota Motor came over dejectedly.
Although Robert is not an actor, he can see the test results from this guy's face. It may be the same as what Ye Ming said. There is really something wrong with the car, and now the matter is really serious.
According to Robert's words, such a thing can be big or small. If it is big, it is attempted murder. If we really investigate it, we may not find anything.
At this time, the general manager of Toyota Motor was also very ashamed. He came over and bowed and said: "I'm sorry Mr. Ye, we did not strictly control the car, which caused some problems with the car.
Regarding this matter, on behalf of our company, our board of directors, and the Fast and Furious crew, I have made a deep apology.
Fortunately, Mr. Ye discovered some mistakes in time. In this case, the mistakes can still be made up. However, this cannot deny that our weak sense of responsibility and lax control caused such mistakes.
Therefore, our Toyota company will bear the responsibility to the end. I have reported this matter to the board of directors, and the board of directors has issued an order. This matter must be thoroughly investigated and what exactly is going on must be found out.
Being able to bypass our factory to final inspection personnel and then tamper with the car is definitely not something that can be done by two people behind the scenes. Moderator, please give us three days, Mr. Ye.
We will definitely investigate this matter within three days and give an explanation to your crew."
When Robert heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and something happened to his eyes.
He was simply unbelievable. Sure enough, there really was a problem. This guy Yiming was so awesome. He just took one look at the car and then concluded that there was something wrong with the car. This was not something that ordinary people who knew about cars could do.
Arrived.
Even for those engineers, sometimes they would hear some problems with the car after the car started running. However, the props delivered at that time were pulled by cars and did not start at all.
However, Ye Ming just opened the hood and took a look and discovered that there was something wrong with the car. This became really serious.
Such technology is definitely not something that ordinary enterprise engineers can achieve.
But the problem with that person is that he is not a car company. Ye Ming is a star, a singer, an entrepreneur, etc., but he is not an automotive engineer.
Xiao Yeming was watching directly. If he won, he would be able to tell that there was actually a problem. Ordinary car company engineers may not have this ability.