Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Yu Dongqing greeted her daughter and father-in-law and mother-in-law, explained the reason, and prepared to return to her home.

Before leaving, the mother-in-law warned with great concern: "Dongqing, don't be too tired and don't stay up late, huh?"

"Uh-huh."

Yu Dongqing quickly agreed.

In fact, there is really no need to stay up late.

I have watched this short film no less than ten times, and I remember the plot clearly.

Yu Dongqing drove back to his home in Rending Lake, made a cup of Longjing, then sat in the study and turned on the computer to start typing.

"Oldboy" is just a short film, but the length is also 40 minutes. Yu Dongqing decided to compress it to less than half an hour and delete some unnecessary plots to make it more compact.

There are not many characters in this short film, but the most important thing is to create that kind of flavor - in terms of film style, the director "Chopstick Brothers" borrowed more Internet elements, exaggerated, nonsensical and even slightly absurd narratives, making the short film full of There are jokes and baggage, especially in the first half, but it is indeed a tragedy.

I wonder if Meimei can take the photo? This will test her directing skills.

In this regard, Yu Dongqing does not intend to participate or interfere too much, and everything will be left to her.

I am only a screenwriter, the rest is up to you as the director.

After two hours of typing, it was almost eleven o'clock. Yu Dongqing read the manuscript, checked some typos, and then sent it directly to Mingmei WeChat.

Bright reply in seconds.

"Brother-in-law, have you finished writing so quickly?"

"Well, take a look first and talk to me if you have any questions."

Yu Dongqing put down her cell phone to stretch her body, and exercised on the treadmill for a while. Just as she was about to wash up, her cell phone rang, and it was a call from Mingliang.

"finish watching?"

"Um"

"Tell me how you feel."

"Brother-in-law, I think the first half of this script is very funny but it is a tragedy. It is most important to achieve such a contrasting effect without making people feel awkward and awkward."

"you're right."

Yu Dongqing gave a thumbs up to Meiliang in her heart, and immediately saw the key point.

"Also, Mingli, when filming, you must pay attention to the nostalgic elements of the scene and stage design, and make it real! This short film is, to put it bluntly, a nostalgic film for people born in the 1980s and 1990s." Yu Dongqing couldn't help but remind her.

"I know. I'm going to let Han Qingqing be in charge of the movie's scenes and choreography."

Han Qingqing?

Yu Dongqing remembered that she was Meimei's roommate, the girl with glasses, whom she met last year when she went to the China Theater to watch a play produced by Meimei.

The girl also took the initiative to add him as a WeChat friend, but apart from sending greetings on holidays, she seldom contacted him.

"You are the director, you decide these things. My current role is just a screenwriter." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

"No, brother-in-law, you are also one of the male protagonists and also responsible for post-production music production!" Meiliang quickly added.

Ah?

There are quite a lot of tasks.

"Okay. You study slowly. I'm going to wash up and go to bed. Bye, you go to bed early." Yu Dongqing hung up the phone after saying that.

Although Yu Dongqing did not send her daughter to school the next morning, she still got up on time, put on her sportswear and went to the park for a jog along the lakeside before returning, washing up and eating.

After that, I checked my phone in the living room for a while, then went out with my camera and drove around the nearby streets and alleys to take some photos.

He doesn’t really like taking landscape photos, preferring realistic photos that are full of human fireworks.

Especially the hutongs, the most low-key Beijing-style hutongs. Each alley has endless stories to tell. The old blue bricks and tiles are full of time, retaining the traces of old Yanjing. You can experience the taste and market atmosphere of old Yanjing.

At noon, Yu Dongqing didn't want to go home to cook, so he casually found a noodle shop and ordered a bowl of noodles with soybean paste. Before he finished eating, he received a call from Mingliang.

"Brother-in-law, please come to our school this afternoon. Our crew will have a meeting to study some specific issues and try to start filming as soon as possible! I also told Brother Zhang Yang and the others."

"Okay. You are a great director and I am a young actor now. You have the final say." Yu Dongqing joked.

"Brother-in-law, we are collaborators now! Not only do I hope to win an award, but it is best to operate it commercially so that I don't lose money!"

"Do you still want me to invest?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"Hehe. The one who knows me is my brother-in-law." Mingliang said with a smile on the phone: "My friends made preliminary calculations this morning. If we want to make a good film, 20,000 yuan will definitely not be enough. Even the actors will appear in friendship, and each person will give a symbolic If you give me some compensation, the copyright fee for the songs you sing by the protagonist in the script will probably be tens of thousands, right?"

"There are also props and post-production. We estimate that 200,000 yuan will not be enough! The director has to pay for it himself. I don't have that much money, after all, I am still a poor student. Unlike you, you can make tens of millions just by investing in a movie. "

"Okay, stop it, stop it, don't cry poor, I'll invest it and I'll pay the remaining funds." Yu Dongqing immediately intercepted the other party's words.

"Hehe, brother-in-law, you are so kind. You will be in the teaching building of our directing department at two o'clock in the afternoon. Give me a call when you arrive."

"OK!"

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dongqing smiled.

"Hello, Teacher" was released in early March after two months of release. According to preliminary statistics, the box office revenue is as high as 430 million!

After deducting costs, taxes, theater chains, theaters, and distribution shares, the income to investors is about 30%, which is 126 million.

Yu Dongqing’s investment accounted for 19.35%. After deducting the investment of 1.9 million, she earned approximately 22 million. She also had to pay 20% personal income tax, resulting in a net profit of nearly 18 million!

Of course, the specific amount of income has not yet been finalized, and the crew's finances are still being calculated intensively, but the results will not be too different.

It can be said that this time I made a lot of money.

Yu Dongqing felt very satisfied.

If this micro-movie produced by Meimei turns out to be really good, it could make a fortune if it is commercialized.

Yu Dongqing drove home and put down the camera equipment, rested for a while and then drove straight to the Chinese Theater Academy.

Meili is very busy today.

It should be said that I have been busy since I came back from Liu Yimin's yard at noon yesterday.

Although it is a short film, although it is small, Sparrow has all the essentials, such as photography, stage design, sound effects, costumes, etc.

Fortunately, she had already established a crew before, but she just adjusted it according to Yu Dongqing's script.

The most important thing is the actors.

The two male protagonists are played by Yu Dongqing and Zhang Yang respectively, so Yu Beibei, the number one female school beauty, is particularly important, and it has not been completely decided yet.

No, Mingliang was discussing with her friend Han Qingqing in the dormitory.

Han Qingqing's title in this crew is: Assistant Director and Stage Designer.

Of course, Han Qingqing fought for the assistant director herself. She said that she was not admitted to the directing department back then, but now she wants to get addicted to directing.

"I think it's quite suitable for Cheng Cong to play this role. His youthful appearance is very suitable for the role of Yu Peipei." Han Qingqing suggested.

Cheng Cong was also in the same dormitory as Mingliang and the others, in the same grade, but he studied acting, a serious subject.

She is also quite pretty. She has taken roles outside and has some acting experience, so it is quite suitable to be the female lead.

But Meili hesitated.

Cheng Cong has always been a loner in the dormitory, and his relationship with the other three of them is not very good. I wonder if he is willing to help?

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