I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 540 538. The Art of Conversation

"How about it, is it okay?"

At the door of the study, after hearing this, Xu Xin said without raising his head:

"Well, it's beautiful."

"..."

Yang Mi, whose nose was wrinkled, muttered a few vague words.

There was no way, I couldn't say it out loud.

Otherwise it's "beep beep beep".

After cursing, she felt relieved, patted her butt and left.

Just by listening to the rustling sounds, you can tell that he is drafting the shots.

Don't bother him anymore.

All the way downstairs, she snapped her fingers at Su Meng, who had become her assistant in place of Tingting who was resting for the past two days:

"Snapped."

"Mengmeng, let's go!"

"Okay, sister."

Su Meng quickly followed.

Yang Mi is going to see Lin Yufen tonight.

Lin Yufen has already reported the script budget for "Step by Step".

Cost of production: twenty-one million.

Brackets: Excludes actor pay.

The price is actually good, not too high.

The production cost of "Zhen Huan" has reached 35 million, not counting the film remuneration, including services, location labor, etc.

Under normal circumstances, the share of production costs and remuneration for a TV series starts at RMB 64.

Because of the time span and the large number of people involved, the production cost of TV series is higher.

So Yang Mi estimates that the final investment for this drama should be around 40 million.

If you include Xuanfa... maybe 4,500 to 5,000.

Okay.

So she didn't worry too much about production costs.

On the contrary, she gave Lin Yufen full freedom.

After all, Director Lin took good care of himself during the "Sword and Sword III" period. And now this matter is also related to Shishi.

This is what everyone is going to talk about at tonight's dinner.

Su Meng planned the route, and although there was some traffic, she was not late at least.

At almost 8 o'clock, Yang Mi finally saw her in the box.

"Mimi."

"Hey, Director Lin, long time no see~~"

Yang Mi intimately hugged Lin Yufen, who had short hair and dyed yellow hair and looked quite fashionable.

Lin Yufen came alone without an assistant.

Seeing this, Yang Mi waved to Su Meng:

"Mengmeng, you can make arrangements for yourself, and I won't worry about it."

"Okay, sister."

Su Meng left quickly.

There were only two people left in the box.

Lin Yufen started the conversation during the ordering process by saying, "How was the filming of Wulin Gaiden?"

Two people, six dishes, and a bottle of red wine.

It won’t be easy to talk today without wine.

Chatting while eating.

When all the dishes were served, the waiter left.

Yang Mi then personally took the decanter and gave Lin Yufen a glass of wine.

"Director Lin, there is basically no problem with the production cost of this play. When do you want to start working on it?"

"It's a bit troublesome to prepare."

Although she often comes to the mainland, Lin Yufen's accent is still Hong Kong and Taiwanese.

Holding the wine glass, she shook her head:

"I calculated the preparation work and it will take at least three or four months. So... it is the blessing of Bodhisattva that we can start filming before New Year's Day."

"Oh, that's really late."

Yang Mi calculated the time:

"Hey, it's my fault too. The script has been given to you a long time ago. The main reason is that I've been too busy this year and haven't been able to take care of the work on "Bu Bu Jing Xin"."

"Haha~"

Lin Yufen definitely didn't dare to blame her, she just smiled and shook her head:

"Even if you want to do it earlier, I'm afraid it won't be my turn. Just a month ago, the company was focusing on another drama."

Although Yang Mi knew what the show was about, she still asked:

"Which one?"

"Well……"

Lin Yufen thought about it and didn't hide it:

"It was called "Gong Lock Heart Jade", but I don't know why the deal didn't come to fruition in the end."

"Yeah? That one? That drama is also with me now."

"...?"

Looking at the surprised Yang Mi, Lin Yufen was stunned:

"Where... where?"

"Here I am."

Yang Mi looked dumbfounded:

"Or to be precise, this play is now in Tianyu. Starting this year, Tianyu has reached a cooperation with my company. And this play is the starting point for our cooperation..."

"You want to pick up?"

"No, I have no plans to take on a TV series at the moment. I've left it to my ladies."

"That Angela..."

"Yes. It's her..."

Hearing this, Lin Yufen was a little surprised:

"Have you started cooperating with Hunan TV?"

"They have been looking for me for a long time. But as you know, I have been focusing on movies since "The Sword". They have been looking for me for a long time, but I couldn't push it away. Later, we talked and decided to start with The shallowest collaboration begins.”

"Wow, TV drama cooperation is still called the shallowest level?"

"I didn't mean that. It makes me look down on TV series..."

Yang Mi quickly shook her head, but immediately added:

"But, my good Director Lin, you also know... there are only two or three cats and dogs in my company. I am talking about the lowest level, not the lowest level of Tianyu, it is my side. Think about it, What does our company have? Director? Yes, my husband. One movie a year. TV series? I can’t let him film it. The cycle is so long, I can’t stand him leaving me for ten days and a half. What if he leaves? How many months do I have to go crazy?"

"Hahahaha~"

Lin Yufen seemed to have lost her mind and smiled very happily:

"You two are so sweet~"

"Hehe~"

Yang Mi shrugged and did not refute:

"Anyway, I can't stand it. Now that I'm talking, if he wants to make a TV series, he still has to see if Xi Film Studio agrees?

Are you right? .

Then you said who else are we here?

Gone. No one is gone~

There is no director. As for the actors, apart from me, Liu Yifei is one...she doesn't make TV series anymore. So I can only push this resource to my ladies. She also complained endlessly~ People also want to fall in love.

He was complaining to me two days ago, saying: Sister, didn’t we agree? In the future, when you become famous, I can do whatever I want... But now that you are becoming more and more famous, why am I becoming more and more busy? How lazy do you think she is..."

There is no mention of any commercial matters at all, and the main emphasis is on the company atmosphere.

Coupled with her acting skills and line skills that imitated Yang Ying's complaining expressions, Lin Yufen imagined in her mind the girl she had seen on TV with a grimace and said to Yang Mi, "I just came to enjoy the happiness I promised." , why are you so busy and suffering so much?" The feeling of helplessness.

Not to mention that she also knew about the relationship between these two people.

It is true sharing of weal and woe.

We met at Wei Mo and have never left each other for so many years.

From this point of view, Mimi is really kind.

She said with some emotion:

"You are so kind to her. If another company boss saw that his subordinates were so unmotivated, he would be so angry."

"Hi, friend. Although I also know that what I do is somewhat out of tune with the circle. But... Director Lin, do you think what I said is right? I am at my current level and want to make a few true friends, but... too difficult……"

"Yes. It's very difficult~ It's very, very difficult."

Lin Yufen agreed.

"That's right."

Yang Mi shrugged:

"So I especially cherish these people before I became famous. I can remember all the people who were kind to me before I became famous. Like you, like others. Because I know that at that time, my... well, we Let’s talk about status. At that time, my status was not enough for others to be kind to me with purpose. It is precisely because of this that I am particularly grateful to you and everyone at the beginning...come!"

She raised her cup:

"This glass of wine...Thank you, Director Lin! When I was working on "Sword of Immortal III", I added a lot of Xuejian's game moves without permission, but Director Li didn't like it... If it weren't for you, I might not have done anything in "Sword of Immortal" either. It will reach this level in everyone’s heart. I did it~”

What Yang Mi said was truly sincere and she was not lying at all.

In fact, she is the one with the most exaggerated body movements in the entire cast of "Xian 3".

Her movements are all those seen in the game.

But... those game actions, whether in computer or in terms of visual effects, would make Xuejian look particularly unruly in the early stages.

Li Guoli felt that it was not appropriate. As a female lead, it would be too easy to offend people.

In the early stages of the crew, he often corrected Yang Mi.

Later, it was Lin Yufen who found Li Guoli with a few archives and asked him to take a look. This was the original action in the game, and Yang Mi just restored it.

Li Guoli took a look...yo, this girl can do it.

That's why her slightly exaggerated performance style was allowed.

At the same time, it must be admitted that it is this "standard" that has created Yang Mi's Tang Xuejian's unshakable status among fans of the "Xian San" game.

When eating and chatting, pay attention to the atmosphere.

When the atmosphere reached this point, Lin Yufen saw that this girl, who was different from the past, could still say such words, and drank a large glass of red wine.

In the setting of Yang Mi, a kind person who paved the way for the "fairy friendship" with Yang Ying, she was not pretentious, holding up the cup:

"Here, cheers~"

Gurgling.

After the two of them drank a large glass of red wine, Yang Mi helped her refill the wine, then sat down and continued:

"Hey, where did you talk about just now?... Oh, yes, there are two or three big cats and kittens... In terms of actors in the company, except for me and Liu Yifei, Yang Ying is at most half. The other girls I signed are not good enough. . But I am the boss, I have to plan for them, right? So I started to collect books, IP, and scripts. Do you know what my husband said about me? He said that sometimes I am just a cute little farm rat. …”

"Hahahaha~ This metaphor is so cute~"

"Hehe, right?...But it's also a dilemma."

Yang Mi looked helpless:

"It's like "Bu Bu Jing Xin". I bought this script last year... At that time, I didn't know that you liked Director Lin. If you liked it, I would let it go... This is my virtue when buying things. Look at the price, secondly don’t look at the price, thirdly still don’t look at the price…”

"..."

Lin Yufen's mouth twitched.

Fine……

In fact, it can be seen from the quotation this time.

She herself felt that the price of 21 million was a bit high...after all, it didn't include the salary.

If you include the actors' remuneration, the quoted price is estimated to be 5,000.

Fifty million...

If a big director came to shoot it, that would be understandable.

But can he be considered a great director?

Not strictly speaking.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was always only one great director, Li Guoli.

And the works she contacted with the directors of the directing team actually cost 10 to 20 million yuan.

No matter how high it is, if the company is afraid of losing money, it will ask Li Guan to join the company.

But you are looking at others...

The production fee was 21 million and I didn’t even bother to pay back the offer.

Agree, agree, agree.

Even though she specifically said "This is the cost that does not include the actors' remuneration" in order to prevent the other party from misunderstanding, Mimi did not hesitate at all.

Apart from kindness and trust, there are actually only four words for Lin Yufen:

"Plenty of money."

Coupled with the evidence from Yang Mi’s words in front of me...

It gives her an impression inside and out.

It's... so rough.

As for Yang Mi, she continues to highlight her company’s advantages:

"But it's useless for me to just build a small village. I can't find anyone. Do you know how long I begged Director Zheng for "The Legend of Zhen Huan" before he agreed to film it?"

"……how long?"

Lin Yufen knew "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

Starring Liang Bingning.

The drama hasn't been filmed yet, it's in preparation, but it's already getting quite a buzz on the Internet.

As a TV drama director, she understands the weight of the three words "Zheng Xiaolong" better.

That's a serious director.

Then I saw Yang Mi put up 5 fingers:

"Five months. Five whole months..."

There is actually nothing wrong with what she said.

I saw this book on a street stall when I was 7 months pregnant, bought the copyright, and then came out to talk to Director Zheng after my confinement...

Isn't this exactly five months?

In business, it is not cheating.

"I said all my good words before Director Zheng agreed to me. Then he asked me a very essential question: Who will play the heroine?"

"..."

Lin Yufen looked at Yang Mi who suddenly spread her hands. After realizing the meaning of her action, she couldn't laugh or cry:

"You don't have time?"

"No, I'm still carrying Wang Jiawei's debt. I joined the team in April this year, and now, the film is less than one-third complete."

"..."

"Finally, I asked Grandpa to sue Grandma, so I found Sister Bingbing. She only agreed to act in this drama when she heard that I was in trouble. So you see... Director Lin, what is my current dilemma? One, I don't have any Man, two, I don’t have a director, so all I have left is money... What I earn, what my husband earns... you know, he is even more outrageous than me. He has a salary card from the Olympic Games, which is set for one month More than 6,000...It has been two years since the Olympics started, and the salary in Cali hasn't been spent yet..."

In fact, if Xu Xin were here, even he would have to praise that his wife's sense of rhythm is really strong in this kind of chatting atmosphere where there is no need to be arrogant or try to figure out the meaning.

Don't be hasty or slow.

At first glance, it looks like they are chatting, but in fact, they are like a peacock with its tail spread out, showing off its feathers all the time.

However, she did not show off, but hid all of this in seemingly trivial chats with friends through a short-lived chatting method.

When Lin Yufen was curious about why Xu Xin saves money so much, Yang Mi transitioned from "He gets his cigarettes from home, and he gets his Maotai drinks from home" to "My husband's father-in-law has several mines and a real estate company at home." Balabala...

Show off your financial resources in a way that doesn't show off.

Then, the topic can come back.

"So you see, now I really understand what it means to be a good woman without rice. Otherwise, "Step by Step" wouldn't have had to wait for so long. In fact, I don't know anyone else. In the field of TV dramas, our company is completely blank. If there is someone like Director Li who can come to our place to be the God of Poseidon...then I will have to offer him up..."

The picture is poor and the dagger has not appeared.

You can't speak too clearly or too clearly.

Just show your intention.

"We are short of people."

"We have money here."

“This spot is first come, first served.”

The three meanings can be explained clearly in three sentences at first glance.

But you can't say it so straightforwardly.

To put it in eloquent words:

"Indecent."

Moreover, the purpose is too strong.

If we really talk about business, we will settle accounts as brothers, but such a relationship will inevitably lead to alienation.

Therefore, turning this transaction into seeking like-minded partners is more in line with the art of conversation.

And the working relationship and friendship combined in this way will be stronger.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Lin Yufen showed a look of surprise and thinking.

But she also didn't think about it for long.

Obviously she also knew it was inappropriate.

I just raised my cup as a matter of course...

The atmosphere is good at the moment, so it's better not to think about fame and fortune.

…

The wine has passed three rounds, and the food has passed the five flavors.

Yang Mi finally caught the opportunity and asked logically:

"Director Lin, by the way, have you decided on the male and female protagonists of this play?"

"..."

Mentioning this, Lin Yufen, who had been laughing all night, showed a sad face.

"Don't mention it...sigh."

"……what happened?"

Yang Mi was a little puzzled.

"Do you know who this play is based on? After reading this novel, who was my first choice for the heroine?"

"..."

Yang Mi's mouth twitched...

He asked tentatively:

"Who?"

"Jiang Yiyan."

"Well……"

Yang Mi was stunned:

"She?... Director Lin has a good relationship with her?"

"I've seen it before, and my impression is pretty good."

Hearing Yang Mi's hesitation, Lin Yufen explained and said:

"Don't you think her quiet temperament is very similar to Ruoxi's?"

"I won't mention whether she looks like Ruoxi or not. As a matter of principle... of course, this is what we are talking about here. I will not find an... actor with a bad reputation to be in my play."

Yang Mi shook her head:

"Although I have never been caught in the rain, I don't mind holding an umbrella for others. The premise is that the person is worthy of me... In her words, it is better to let someone from Holiland hold the umbrella."

This time, Lin Yufen breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's okay...she rejected me."

"..."

The muscles on Yang Mi's face twitched again:

"Did you really go find her?"

"At first, I hoped that the company would introduce this script because I wanted to film it with her. She is a well-known young artistic woman~ But she refused, as if she wanted to go abroad to study... Wow, luckily she didn't agree. , if I had known you were so opposed to it."

Lin Yufen also couldn't laugh or cry.

Then he continued:

"But to be honest, she is the only heroine who fits the role of Ruoxi in my heart."

Having said this, she paused and continued:

"I also looked for the male lead, but was rejected."

"..."

Seeing Yang Mi's speechless expression, Lin Yufen quickly explained:

"It was an approach, but it was rejected before we even reached the script negotiation stage."

"...who?"

"Huang Xiaoming."

"..."

The muscles on Yang Mi's face have begun to dance.

Good guy.

My girlfriend was photographed by me to act in "Gong Lock Heart Jade", and my boyfriend came to act in the real version?

Brother, what are you doing...

Looking at the expression on her face, Lin Yufen was helpless:

"He refused because... this drama has a female lead and the fourth master's role is too small, so he refused. But I really think he is very suitable."

Hearing this, Yang Mi began to weigh it in her heart.

One is the female protagonist and the other is the male protagonist.

The male protagonist is satisfied with Director Lin, so the female protagonist seems to be in a better position.

Then, she looked thoughtful.

Then he said:

"As for the male protagonist... I'll take care of it."

"ah!?"

Lin Yufen's eyes lit up.

"Can you make sense? Huang Xiaoming refused very simply~"

"Yes, don't worry. I'll take care of this~"

Yang Mi agreed in one breath.

"But... to be honest, Director Lin, I really disagree with your choice of heroine. Moreover, when I read this book, the image of the heroine actually popped into my mind."

"who?"

"Poetry."

"...?"

Lin Yufen was stunned:

"Shishi?"

"Yes, Shishi."

Yang Mi nodded vigorously:

"She is the most perfect Ruoxi in my heart. What do you think? ...If possible, how about Huang Xiaoming and her partnering together?"

"Well……"

At this time, Lin Yufen fell into thinking.

She didn't mention the specific thoughts, but she knew it in her heart.

As an investor, copyright holder.

Mimi can discuss with herself, which means she respects herself very much.

And if Huang Xiaoming can really be persuaded...then it seems that it would be a good thing for him to choose his own company's Shishi under the heroine's choice?

Thinking of this, she smiled and said:

"I thought you would recommend artists from your company."

"You don't avoid relatives when you promote good people. I don't like to be the kind of investor who interferes in everything."

Yang Mi's words brought her a big step closer to the image of the "perfect boss".

"Bu Bu Jing Xin" was really the combination of the leader + Jiang Yiyan at the beginning... When I checked the information and found out about this, I was really numb.