Director Li’s eyes widened in surprise at this time. He looked at Ye Ming, and suddenly said with an incredulous look: "Are you a student from Harvard or Yale? Why are you going to the film school again? I heard just now
You said you are the one who wants to go to film school. You have graduated from Harvard and Yale. Why do you want to come back and go to film school?
Also, how old are you? What kind of level of study can you achieve to graduate from both Harvard and Yale at this age? This is simply incredible."
I originally thought that Ye Ming was a bronze student from the countryside, but I didn’t expect that he was an academic dominator at one of the world’s top universities.
Ye Ming immediately explained at this time: "If I come back to study for the third year of high school, it is actually to take the film school exam. I like acting in movies and the feeling of being under the spotlight, so I came back.
This can be regarded as one of my hobbies. I think a person who can treat his hobby as a job is very happy. There are not many people in the world who can treat their hobby as a job. I happen to be able to do one of them.
Why not do one?
As for my graduation from Harvard University and Yale University, basically it took me two years to complete their undergraduate studies. Harvard took two years and business took two years. Basically, it was two universities this time.
, I have already graduated from university, and I no longer have the desire to continue taking PhD exams online.
Such some wishes, it is difficult to buy me, right? Is it right?
So I don’t want to come back after studying abroad. It doesn’t really matter. As long as I like it, everything else is fine.
Well, then, as you are now, I am preparing to take the film school entrance examination. I like this quietly, but I am not happy. Before the age of 18, I have already spent all my blood on my grades. I have good grades in the exam so that my family can
If you are satisfied, that’s OK,
I have the final say on what I should do after I turn 18. For example, if I invest the money, I will make the decision myself. If I make the profit, I will make the decision myself. If I lose the money, I will have to bear it. OK
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This amount of money is not particularly important to me, but for our crew, it should be able to solve an urgent need, so there should be no big problem for me to bring myself into the crew."
Hearing this, Director Li thought for a moment and then said: "It's okay. Since you said so, we can cooperate. You are in the capital team, but I have to make it clear first. This investment
If the external copyrights cannot be sold, we will really be wasting water this time.
But if you can participate in a film festival or something and win an award, and then sell some of the film's copyright, then you can at least guarantee the bottom line.
But if it doesn’t work, it’s hard to say.
Oh. So, if you invest in this matter, you may get nothing. Of course, you may make money, but the possibility of making money is not very high, so don't have too much hope.
We raise money to shoot movies for the sake of art, but you are not doing it for art, or at least not to the extent that you are doing it for art now. If you can help, it is already good.
So, I will definitely tell you some of the things in this, so that you can avoid walking into the trap."
Ye Ming, as for Ye Ming, said with certainty: “It’s okay, I’ve learned about this, and I invested in it because I thought the movie could be made. I really don’t have any other ideas.
Of course, it would be better to win an award. If you don’t win an award, even if you contribute to art, you will also get the experience of making a movie, right? For me, this is not a disadvantage.”
Speaking of this, of course the cooperation can continue. This time it is of course more formal, because it is considered an investment after all.
So, of course I have signed a contract here. I carry my myopia glasses with me. The contracts are all ready-made. As long as you sign your name, it’s OK. This is the first official contract for the crew.
Of course, this contract also explains the proportion of Ye Ming, how to divide it after standing up, and how to bear the risks after compensation. These contracts are all reflected in it, and it can be regarded as a relatively standardized film and television contract.
After the money matter was settled, Director Li said happily: "Okay, let's leave as soon as possible. We can start shooting early, and then we can finish it early. Anyway, I have watched the second one more than once."
Yes, there must be no problem. We are more welcome there.
They even made it clear that if we go there, based on their scale, they will find at least 200 people to come and watch our performance, and they will also be able to do free group performances.
So it doesn’t matter, if there is nothing special necessary, we should have known better and arranged the place early, and then we can start shooting.
There are also some shots of private coal mines, black gold, no, it’s a black mine, this was shot on location.
I have also contacted the local people about this. I think we will have a more precise answer after we arrive.
I think it is better for us to create a gimmick first. Of course, because we are an underground film and have not obtained a license, it is destined that this film will not be promoted in the domestic media.
There may be reporters who are curious and want to inquire about our specific news, but it is absolutely impossible for us to spend our own money to promote such a large-scale thing. We just rush to shoot the movie and then see if it is right.
Being able to sell an overseas copyright is one of the motivations for me to persevere.
If you don’t have this motivation, it will be difficult to say when the time comes. Okay, you prepare the specific time for departure and then I will inform you. By the way, as for the clothes and sentences I mentioned, you can prepare them yourself.
Don't shave every day, that's fine.
When you are ready, you can follow us to shoot.”
As an old actor, Ye Ming certainly knows what to prove before shooting. Especially when going to a remote county to shoot something, how to prepare some personal equipment and items is based on experience.
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If someone doesn’t have much performance experience, it’s really impossible to make it more tidy.
Two large boxes full of some things.
Ye Ming also believes that if he prepares well at this time, he can avoid unnecessary troubles when he encounters something at the shooting location. Therefore, he never thinks that it is important to prepare something for shooting at this time.
It's not necessary, these are just words of experience.
At this time when he arrived at the train station, Ye Ming found 4 people at the agreed meeting place.
Two of them are, of course, Director Li and the gold-rimmed glasses. The gold-rimmed glasses are the person in charge of the drama and external relations of the movie. He is also Li Dongfeng, Director Li’s old classmate Qiangzi.
These two pages are relatively familiar. The other one is a beautiful girl in her 20s. She should be the female lead in this movie. She is the kind of professional actor the director said to play the female lead.
The other guy, who is as thin as a hemp straw, looks very smart. He should be an actor or other staff member of the crew.
As expected, at this time, Director Li saw Ye Ming and said, "Ye Ming, this way. Come over here and I'll introduce you to the female lead in our movie, Miss Haitang."
This other person is considered to be the drama team member of our crew.
Haitang, Xiaojun, this is our male lead Ye Ming."
After Haitang Palace saw Ye Ming, she found that he was not a familiar person and his clothes were not particularly fashionable. He immediately lost his interest and reluctantly nodded his head as a greeting.
Anyway, he looked very proud. As a professional actor, I guess he should have the air of a professional actor.
Haitang is quite good at this point. It seems that she has no intention of socializing with Ye Ming at all. Even though Ye Ming has been recognized by the director as the male lead, Haitang still did not give Ye Ming
Keep it in mind.
I don’t think it’s a big deal that Ye Ming is a little kid. He’s just lucky enough to be noticed by the director. The rest doesn’t matter.
Because Haitang knows very well in his heart that in a place like the entertainment industry, you have to be high-profile and low-key. This is the way to survive. Haitang knows very well in his heart that in a place like the entertainment industry, what kind of people are worth wooing and getting in touch with.
, that is, those who are useful to him and can help him progress. Such talents are worthy of his help and wooing. As for Ye Ming, he is just chosen by the director. What’s the big deal about a lucky little guy?
What's the point of a person like Adou who can't be helped?
If it weren't for the director's face, Haitang would even say that he wouldn't even bother to look at Ye Ming.
Being able to say hello to Ye Ming this time is already a great honor to the director.
As for Xiaojun at this time, Xiaojun immediately understood the situation. The director had signed the contract with the number one male. So at this time, Xiaojun said with a smile: "What kind of drama manager is not the drama manager? I am on the crew
Handyman, if you have anything, tell me, I will try my best to solve the problem for you. Under the leadership of the director and Brother Qiang, I am just an errand boy. If you have anything, just tell me, I will definitely try my best to solve it for you.
question.·"
At this time, of course Ye Ming greeted a few people very politely. Regardless of whether Haitang wanted to know him or not, he still had to say the necessary greetings when meeting for the first time. Otherwise, he would not give the director face.
Although Haitang's behavior made Ye Ming very unhappy, as a man, there is no need to argue with a woman. He must still say hello when he should.
After saying hello, Ye Ming immediately said apologetically: "I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on my side today. I originally planned to be able to get here, but as a result, I was 5 minutes late. There's nothing I can do about it. The bus
We arrived just in time for the traffic jam."
Director Li waved his hand generously and said: "It doesn't matter. As long as the train is not late, there will be no problem. The specific train departure time is still early, about 40 minutes, so let's go. Since you
Let’s go to the train station first and wait there.”
Ye Ming said curiously: "I don't know. I'm here. I'm right. But what about the other people? Let's leave. The other people haven't come yet. We are the only five people who won't go and make a movie without saying yes."
Bar.
This thing also has some cameras, film and so on. You have to have all these things. Let’s just say, these 5 people can’t just pass by like this.
You said that what you see now is all the formal members of our crew. Only the five of us are going to make a movie and the director. I think that although our crew needs to save money, he will not say that it will save to this extent."
Director Li looked disapproving and said: "What happened to the five people?
5 people are already pretty good. Our conditions are a bit more difficult, so we have to persevere and overcome it. The two of you are the leading actors and the other supporting roles, so I can find other people in the local area to help and let other people make guest appearances.
After all, this is an emergency period, so everyone needs to click on it. As for what you mentioned, camera films and other equipment, don’t worry, I have sent them to you in advance, and they are kept at my friend’s place locally. There will definitely be no problem.
For this hadron, we bought an extra batch of film and we carried it with us in our luggage. This is definitely not a problem. If we plan our family planning, this is definitely not a problem.
Difficulties are only temporary. We must overcome them and strive to complete the filming of our film as planned.
As a movie, if one wants to make a good movie, one must first be prepared to endure hardship.
After all, we are going to shoot a movie, not travel, so let’s just get over it.”
There are 5 official members of a crew, and the remaining extras need to be recruited locally?
Ye Ning always feels like she's on a pirate ship. No wonder, 100,000 yuan is needed to make a movie, and it's actually saved in this aspect. Think about it, if it wasn't such a savings, then 100,000 yuan would be saved at this time.
If you want to spend 10,000 yuan to make a movie, the possibility is not very high.
It’s difficult for Director Li to achieve this level. He tried his best to simplify the crew to only 5 people.
Including the male and female protagonists, it seems that Director Li really worked hard for this movie of his.
Oh, and when Ye Ming saw Haitang, he always felt that this woman had a somewhat dismissive expression, especially when Director Li said that it was difficult and everyone should overcome it, etc. Haitang, he
He showed even more contempt in his eyes.
However, this kind of gaze passed by in a flash. The director was busy calling everyone to find someone and did not notice this situation. However, it has always fallen in the eyes of the caring Ye Ming. It seems that this Haitang is not willing to be lonely.