Become a star after debuting from a romance show

"Sit." Seeing Xu Rui, Yang Hui pointed to the chair casually and got straight to the point, "Do you know Director Luo Jingchuan?"

"I know." Xu Rui nodded. He had really heard of this director and had seen his experience online before.

Luo Jingchuan should be a director who entered the industry at the same time as Yang Hui. Most of the time, he was shooting low-cost movies and achieved many good box office results. "Low cost, high return rate" and "turning stones into gold" are his labels, because With such an ability, it is natural that big capital has approached him. But the strange thing is that when the big investment and the script adapted from a well-known IP came into his hands, he was thrown into a mess, several times in a row, so that no one approached him to film a big movie anymore. has been produced, but he is still a hot commodity that investors in small-budget films are vying for.

Netizens couldn't help but joke that the principle of alchemy is equal exchange. A small-cost film can turn stone into gold, while a large-scale production must turn gold into dung.

Luo Jingchuan is suffering, I can’t tell you how hard it is, because he has been shooting big-budget movies continuously. Some time ago, he was still trying to find opportunities for big-budget movies, trying to turn around his reputation, but unfortunately he has not been able to succeed. Maybe this image is too ingrained. , unless he sells the pot and pays for it out of his own pocket, it is unlikely that investors will spend a lot of money.

Is it Luo Jingchuan who fell in love with "The Conjuring"? Is this Director Luo resigned to his fate?

If it is this director who bought the script, Xu Rui would still be happy. After all, he likes the story of "The Conjuring", and there is a high probability that it will not be spoiled if it is directed by Luo Jingchuan.

Sure enough, Yang Hui nodded and said: "Well, I said before that he was the director who was looking for a script. He heard the story of "The Conjuring" and he liked it very much!"

Yang Hui specifically emphasized the word "very", which surprised Xu Rui. He expressed this attitude. It seemed that he didn't intend to lower the price?

"Director Luo is willing to pay 250,000 yuan to purchase this story for adaptation and filming." Yang Hui explained after the quotation, "This price is not low in my opinion. In the film and television industry, the script quotation for digital movies is basically within 100,000 yuan. Online movies are more complicated. We don’t take into account the adaptations of well-known IPs such as novels, as well as well-known directors and screenwriters. I will only talk about most cases. Theater movies rarely accept scripts from new screenwriters. The quotation for scripts from mature screenwriters is around 300,000. Director Luo The price quoted to you is very high, and there is no need for you to adapt it. He will find a screenwriter or do it himself. "

When he mentioned selling scripts before, Yan Ran also revealed the relevant market conditions to him, which was the same as what Yang Hui said.

Generally speaking, the script accounts for about 2% of the film production expenditure. According to this standard, Luo Jingchuan gave him 250,000, and another 250,000 to find a screenwriter. The film cost is estimated to be 25 million, which is not a big difference, and he must not have been cheated.

However, this also made Xu Rui feel a little emotional. After time travel, the domestic film environment has changed. For example, the restrictions on subject matter have been much looser. Looking at it now, it seems that nothing has changed. The status of domestic screenwriters still seems not to be high.

He once heard a screenwriter friend complain that if a script was quoted at two million in Hollywood, investors would be afraid that it would be cheap but not good. In China, if a script was quoted at two million, others would treat you as a lunatic.

Of course, this was not what he cared about. Since the quotation brought by Yang Hui was very sincere, he had no intention of raising it any more and agreed: "This is the price. I would also like to thank Director Yang for helping to make the connection."

"No need to thank me. I will inform Director Luo and I will ask you to sign an agreement later." After Yang Hui finished speaking, he paused and said, "There is one more thing."

"What's going on?" Xu Rui was confused.

"Do you have any thoughts on developing into the entertainment industry in the future?" Yang Hui asked.

Unexpectedly, she would also mention this matter. Xu Rui smiled and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Make plans early. Shenghua Entertainment has relatively good cooperation resources and experience in cultivating young artists in the industry. If you are interested in entering the entertainment industry, you can consider it. Someone will discuss the specific situation with you in detail." Yang Hui should have received instructions from the company to do Xu Rui's work first. In her capacity, of course she would not lobby personally.

"Thank you, Director Yang, for your concern. I will think about it." Xu Rui was still polite, not expressing his stance or being rude.

"Okay, just these two things." Yang Hui didn't persuade her much. After observing for so long during the recording, she knew very well that Xu Rui was by no means an ordinary unemployed young man who lacked independent opinions. On the contrary, she felt that it was difficult for others to influence Xu Rui. idea, unless he wants to.

After chatting with Yang Hui, Xu Rui also began to think seriously about this issue.

The day flew by. In the evening, when Xu Rui was still planning the future, her phone rang. She saw the message prompt and opened it. It was from her mother: "I have been following the show. Please give me some spoilers. Then Did you catch the girl?"

"..." Xu Rui was speechless, typing quickly, "You should pay more attention to the love life of my brother and my sister. They are older and more worthy of your concern."

"I'm worried about you, as if you're not my son. Are you short of money?"

"No shortage."

"Don't be reluctant to spend money when you're in love, but you can't spend money randomly. If you need money, tell your mother. Also, don't be angry with your father, you are both stubborn."

"I know, don't mention my dad. Why am I angry with him?" Xu Rui smiled bitterly. The only conflict between him and his family, and the reason why he was kicked out of the house, was that this parent, like many parents, was too controlling. .

Maybe because there are three children in the family, he also has an older brother and sister, and there are many children. This makes him feel that as the head of the family, he must maintain the image of a strict father and protect their lives.

Xu Rui had no doubt about his father's love, but he could not accept that his life was well planned by his father. No matter before and after time travel, he had made concessions, such as giving up art school and applying for business school, but then he was asked to take the exam again. MBA, and then required him to join a company, start his own business, or make venture capital, just like his brothers and sisters. Such an optional life was really difficult for him to accept.

Fortunately, his mother supported many of his ideas, and his grandparents doted on him. There were people in the family who checked and balanced his father's hegemonic behavior, so he was able to learn many things that he was truly interested in.

Rather than being kicked out of the house, it's not that both parties want to prove themselves.

His father wanted to prove that his arrangement was the best, and wanted him to understand his good intentions after suffering enough and being severely beaten by society.

Xu Rui's idea was simpler. He just wanted to say something to his biological father, "My son is no worse than me. There is really no need to pave a track for me to succeed."

It happened that Yan Ran came back and passed by his room. She saw that his door was open and he was lying on the bed looking at his mobile phone in a daze. She asked funnyly: "What are you thinking about again?"

Xu Rui shook his phone: "News from home."

"I haven't heard you talk about things at home. Are your parents watching the show?" Yan Ran said a little embarrassed, "My parents and relatives asked me a lot of questions."

"Come in." Xu Rui waved to her.

"I'm going to put down my bag and change clothes." Yan Ran said and trotted upstairs.

Ten minutes later, she went downstairs to Xu Rui's room and sat on the chair next to the bed, like a lark: "Let me tell you, my parents are okay. They already knew that I was recording the show, and many of my relatives were. I only found out after watching the show. I asked in surprise and told me that girls should be more reserved and keep their eyes open to be careful not to be deceived..."

After talking for a while, seeing Xu Rui looking at her with a smile, Yan Ran came back to her senses and said, "Oh, I'm here to listen to you. It's me who's talking anyway."