Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

This is also a way.

Meili immediately went to the school's printing department to print out the two scripts, and then went to the teaching and research office to find Zhang Wenqing.

Zhang Wenqing had just finished shooting a movie, and the post-production had not yet been completed, so he looked a little tired. After hearing Mingliang's intention, he just said lightly: "Put it down first. I have time to take a look."

"Teacher, please take a look now. I'm eager to hear your opinion."

Meili thought so in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. She also knew that her instructor was very busy. I had no choice but to leave the script and leave.

Mingmei originally thought that the teacher would give him news after a few days, but unexpectedly he called her the next day and asked her to come over.

"Who wrote these two scripts?" Zhang Wenqing asked.

"It's still my brother-in-law Yu Dongqing." Meili told the truth.

"Oh." Of course Zhang Wenqing knew that Yu Dongqing, a famous musician, had written the theme song for his unreleased movie "Invisible Wings".

"I didn't expect your brother-in-law to write scripts?"

"Teacher, you have forgotten that the micro-movie "Oldboy" I made last year was written by him." Meiliang quickly added.

"Look at my memory." Zhang Wenqing smiled, and then said seriously: "Both scripts are quite good, and both are worth filming. I suggest you film the second "Youth"."

"Teacher, I think it's a bit difficult to shoot "Young You"." Meili expressed her worries.

"It is indeed difficult. If you shoot it well, it will be a hit. If it is not shot well, it will be a bad movie. But I think you can give it a try. If you have any difficulties, you can ask your brother-in-law for help. He is the screenwriter of this drama after all." Zhang Wenqing Very rare, a smile on his face.

"What? Your instructor asked me to help?"

Today Yu Dongqing and Zhang Yang were drinking tea in Liu Yimin's small yard. Yu Dongqing was a little surprised to receive a call from Meili.

On the phone, Yu Dongqing couldn't help but ask after hearing Meimei's comments about her teacher's opinion: "Hey, Meimei, he is your teacher, and he has the obligation and responsibility to help you make the film. This is good. There is no shirk."

"Brother-in-law! Our teacher is very busy. We have classes and filming, so we really don't have time." Meimei defended on the phone.

"Then you mean I'm very free." Yu Dongqing heard the underlying meaning of the girl's words.

"Brother-in-law, you are already very leisurely. In the entertainment industry, which star do you think can be as leisurely as you? It would be better for you to sing, film, and participate in various variety shows. Apart from writing songs and occasionally singing a few lines, you don't participate in anything else. !”

"Hey, Meili, I didn't say I was a star." Yu Dongqing defended.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, then you are my brother-in-law, a handsome and capable brother-in-law."

"Come on. Stop giving me a thumbs up. Okay, what do you want me to help you with?"

"Be my director's consultant and occasionally give you advice during the shooting and post-production process. How about it only takes up a small amount of your time?"

"That's okay. If you go to other places to shoot, I won't go." Yu Dongqing said.

"No, no, I've thought about it. I'll shoot in the city. At most, the interior scenes will be set up in Huairou Film and Television City."

After saying that, Yu Dongqing was about to hang up the phone, but heard Meili say: "Brother-in-law, I want to find Li Wan as the producer of this film - he is also my senior schoolmate, what do you think?"

To put it bluntly, it is to attract investment, and of course to apply for film projects and so on.

Of course Yu Dongqing knows Li Wan. The two collaborated on "Hello, Teacher" last year. He thinks this person is pretty good.

"Okay, can you go and tell him yourself?"

"Uh-huh."

The matter was settled like this, Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and told Liu Yimin and Zhang Yang about the matter.

Zhang Yang called as soon as he heard this: "Hey, can you design a character for me?"

"Why, haven't you had enough?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"He's the big villain. Give me a positive role to play this time."

"There is a role, but you have to go to Meimei. She is the director now." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go talk to this girl that day."

Preparing to make a movie is a very tedious task, especially the preparatory work. The first problem is funding.

Yu Dongqing remembers that "Young You" cost about 100 million in the original time and space. This is definitely not a small amount for a first-time movie maker.

However, with Li Wan as the producer doing the planning, Yu Dongqing didn't want to worry about it. The worst he could do was to invest part of it himself.

Sure enough, a week later, Yu Dongqing received a call from Li Wan: "Dongqing, your sister-in-law is filming the script you wrote, why don't you invest some money?"

Yu Dongqing did not answer directly but asked: "How is your budget for the entire film going?"

"It's hard to say, how about we make an appointment and I go to your studio to have a chat?"

"Okay, then tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

"OK!"

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and called up another number, this time calling Luo Yun.

After listening to Yu Dongqing's arrangement, Luo Yun smiled sweetly on the phone and said, "I knew you would invest in your sister-in-law's movie, but as your agent, I have to remind you."

"Say it."

"Meili's first independent directorial film is very risky. We must consider this fact. I don't recommend that the studio invests too much money, and our studio does not have sufficient funds in its account."

"How many?"

"About three million."

"It doesn't matter, isn't it the end of the year soon? Hey, you have to keep an eye on the copyright income from various songs and you can't default on it!"

"Don't worry, this is also related to my personal commission. Dongqing, are you really prepared to invest heavily in Mingliang's movie?"

"Listen to Li Wan."

Yu Dongqing couldn't comment and hung up the phone.

The next morning, after Yu Dongqing sent her daughter to school, she drove straight to Jingyuan and arrived at her studio. Li Wan had already arrived and was chatting with Luo Yun.

He also brought a female assistant with him. Yu Dongqing went to Li Wan's studio earlier this year to receive the income from the movie "Hello, Teacher" and met her once, named Zhang Yue.

Seeing Yu Dongqing come in, Yang Liu hurriedly came up to greet him, poured another cup of hot tea and left.

"Dongqing, let's get down to business." Li Wan was also a neat boss and got straight to the point.

"This is the preliminary budget for the movie I made. You can take a look first." Li Wan took out a piece of information from his briefcase and handed it to Yu Dongqing.

Luo Yun was also watching from the side.

The budget is a full 50 million!

"This does not include the actors' salary. According to the general rules in the industry, actors' salary accounts for about 40% of the entire film cost, which means that the investment in this film is about 85 million." Li Wan explained.

so much?

Luo Yun was secretly surprised.

The investment is close to 100 million, which is definitely a high-cost movie!

Yu Dongqing was not surprised, it was only so high in that time and space.

Of course, as the debut of a director who has not graduated, the investment is indeed a bit large and the risks are high.

However, Yu Dongqing did not say this but asked: "How are you finding funds?"

"It's difficult, it's difficult." Li Wan is not afraid of anything; "I have found several film and television investment companies, and they have very high evaluations of your script, but they have no confidence in the director Meili. Dahua Media made it clear that if it were changed to domestic famous directors, they are very willing to invest.”

Dahua Media is a well-known film and television investment company in the mainland in this time and space, a bit like Xinli Media in the original time and space.

Yu Dongqing laughed after hearing this and said: "Since it was written for Meili, why would you let someone else take it? Well, let me invest 10 million in my studio."