Lisko’s American Life

United States, New York, New Media Group Building.

Saverio Constanzo sat anxiously in the reception room specially used to welcome guests, waiting for Ruburt's summons.

Recalling his experience during this period of time, he couldn't help but sighed helplessly, picked up the paper cup sent by the service staff next to him again, and drank the coffee in it in one go. The unique bitter feeling of caffeine conveyed I felt a little more relaxed when I went all over my body.

Looking at his current attire, it is obvious that his hair has not been taken care of for a few days, and the beard around his ears and lips is very messy, probably not carefully shaved for some time.

The original expensive suit has become wrinkled, and there are still some food stains on the chest and cuffs.

Those blue eyes were bloodshot, and even the wrinkles around the corners of the eyes were much deeper, and one could clearly feel a sense of exhaustion and depression coming from his body.

Originally Hungry Heart had finished filming after Zhang Li's catching up with the scene, and he had completely completed the cooperation with several actors. Everyone's performance was excellent, and he entered the editing room with the finished product full of excitement.

I can even have a premonition that this wonderful work of my own will definitely win in the three major international film festivals. For film and television practitioners who specialize in literary and artistic films, winning an award means that they have completely come out ahead and are recognized by others. The pursuit also means that a steady stream of investors come to your door, fill in a number on the check, and let you spend it.

But misfortunes never come singly, because one of the investors has a problem with the capital chain, and at the same time, he has little confidence in the film he directs. It's only a small amount of investment, even if the other party withdraws the investment, it will not have a great impact on the film, and now that the main scenes have been filmed, there is not much money that can be withdrawn.

But I didn't expect that this investor's divestment would be a stab at the hornet's nest, which would lead to a series of follow-up results. After seeing someone's withdrawal from other investments, the already unshakable mood became even more hesitant. After thinking for a while, the second divestment investor appeared. This is a local Italian company. The other party was affected by the economic crisis, and the capital chain is also very tight now. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to increase income and reduce expenditure. Naturally, it is easy to understand that it is easy to understand, and it is my turn to suffer when reducing expenditure.

Originally calculated in this way, I must have made a lot of money in the end, and the amount invested by the other party was withdrawn by the other party, and the funds that had already been spent were not needed, and the remaining shares could be shared by the remaining investors. My original share in this film has also increased further, but the complete completion of a film depends not only on these funds for shooting.

What publicity funds, post-production funds, and various trivial expenses, because of the withdrawal, the small amount left in the original account was completely emptied, almost nothing left.

Even when he was still busy in the editing room, he was kicked out by the other party because he couldn't pay the rental fee of the editing room. In fact, it doesn't matter if you pay for this amount of money yourself, but as authors in their literature and art, the most taboo thing is to use your own money to shoot works.

So I can only helplessly look for new investors, because the time for this year's film festival application is about to pass, if the next work cannot be completed within the scheduled time, it is very likely that this work will miss this year's exhibition. If you can't participate this year, follow-up The reaction will be more dramatic, which may cause more investors to resort to divestment.

At that time, even if he has breached the contract, because he did not complete the production of the film within the scheduled time, he needs to take on more responsibilities. The time is tight and the tasks are heavy. It is not so easy to find new investors for a while, and This film had investors withdrawing their funds first, so it was even more difficult to find a suitable investor.

In desperation, he had no choice but to ask the remaining few investors for help, hoping that the other party would inject capital again, but he did not expect that the answers he gave were all very similar, that is, investing such funds in this film is already their limit. It is possible to add any penny to it. If the director continues to press, they will probably take the same measures as the previous investors, and they will not have to bear any legal responsibility. At this time, all the pressure will be concentrated on the director. body.

Saverio Constanzo has been completely devastated during this time. He has thought of all means, looking for representatives of several film festivals who admired him. When it came to asking the other party to invest, they all changed the topic without exception.

In this world, only benefits are eternal, and no one will easily touch things that don't see benefits. I appreciate you, but you want me to support you in gold and silver, which has not yet reached this level.

The desperate Saverio Constanzo was sitting in his room, smoking cigarettes one after another, really unable to think of any way out. When he saw the photo of himself and all the actors when he finished filming, his heart I am very ashamed that this work that everyone has worked together for several months is likely to be sealed up. Because there is no follow-up funds, it is very likely that I will never see the audience.

In today's world film world, such things happen a lot. It can be said that countless works are filmed at the same time every year, but only a few works can be successfully released or sold. During the long shooting process, too many accidents would suddenly appear. Before Savrio Constanzo heard this kind of news, he treated it with the mood of watching a movie. He never expected that this kind of thing would really happen One day it happened to me.

When there was absolutely no other way, Saverio Constanzo looked at the photos over and over again, silently chanting the names of every member of the crew, wasting everyone's efforts by himself, when he read Zhang Li When he mentioned his name, hope instantly lit up in his eyes. At the beginning, he knew that the husband of the other party was a giant who owned a media company, and he was also a star writer.

Originally, they just wanted to befriend each other, so they took good care of Zhang Li in the film crew. The two of them had some affection, and they kept each other's phone numbers. Right now, there was really no other way, so they could only hug the dead horse. The idea of ​​Huomayi called the other party and told the other party about his difficulties. He did not expect to receive feedback. Soon, the investors of New Media Group called and invited him to meet and meet, regardless of the final outcome. At least there was a glimmer of hope, no matter what the price was, he decided to go all out.