MTL - I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad-Chapter 537 535. Looking for Backers

  Chapter 537 535. Looking for a backer

  At around 4:00 p.m., Xu Xin, who had had enough rest at home, drove to the headwind.

  No way, it's really hot.

  Early August is the hottest time of the year, so it’s okay if you stay outside all the time. As soon as he got home and the air conditioner was blowing, he really didn't want to take a step outside.

  In the end, if Xu Yang didn't come to remind him when he would arrive, he might not want to go this afternoon.

   Today's headwinds are not the same as before.

  At least there are thirty or forty more employees.

   I don’t even know what to do.

  Xu Xin walked all the way to the front desk, without using the little girl to report, and went straight to several people's offices.

  As soon as the door was opened, a smell of second-hand smoke burst out.

  Xu Xin looked at the people in the room...

  Good guy, several big chimneys in Xujiawan are all in one room.

   What else is there?

   Fanned with disgust in his eyes:

   "Then you can't open a window!?...Let's go, the conference room, ah, it's so fuzzy."

   After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the meeting room in the glass cubicle.

   Several people followed with smiles.

  Arrived in the conference room, an unknown secretary came in to pour tea.

  Xu Xin lit a cigarette and watched a few hairs:

   "Is it changed?"

  Xu Yang nodded, and said to the secretary:

   "Bring me the script of "33 Days."

   "Okay, Mr. Xu."

  After the secretary walked out, Xu Zhi asked:

   "Sanjin, what are you doing at night? Find a bathhouse to carry it?"

   "... Seriously?"

   "It's okay if you dare to go to something unscrupulous."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin was not happy:

   "Why don't you dare to go? Just go!"

   "Ouch, ouch~ I've learned my skills."

   Several people joked for a while, but no one took Xu Xin's request seriously.

   Just kidding... I have a family, so let's do it well.

   Don't dare to pull three golds into the water.

   Soon, several scripts were brought over by the secretary, Xu Xin lowered his head and began to read.

  The story is still the same story.

   Seeing that some of his modifications had been put into place by the screenwriter, and that both the lines and the characters were in line with his wishes, Xu Xin nodded in satisfaction, and asked the others:

   "What do you guys think?"

   "It's a little less hypocritical."

  Xu Yang shrugged:

"Well, I think the audience is different. At the beginning, the script...was obviously for women. It's hypocritical, it's all about women playing petty temper. But this script...it looks like it was written by a married person. Drip... In terms of aesthetics, I'm a little worried about the box office..."

   Oh yo?

  Xu Xin was really surprised.

  Yangzi has not been in vain in the past few years, has he?

   What this says...

   But before he had time to be surprised, Xu Cong on the side said unhurriedly:

"Stop worrying about that. Pay back the box office? It's a total investment of millions of dollars. Are you worried about the box office? Sanjin wants to make this, so let him do it. You have to really feel sorry for the money , first think about where you put your Q7, can you find it quickly?"

  Xu Yang was annoyed:

   "What are you talking about?! What are you talking about! Is it love money? This is called return on investment! Does it have anything to do with millions?"

   "No, no, you two wait a moment."

  Xu Xin looked at Fa Xiao with a puzzled face:

   "Even Q7?"

  The one watching from the side was the slowest, and Xu Zhi, who hadn't finished watching it until now, said without raising his head:

   "He went out to play with a few on his back, and drove a Q7. He forgot where to stop when he drank too much..."

   As he spoke, he casually picked up the cigarette case in his hand and threw it towards Xu Yang:

   "Let the **** you drink and drive! What an accident! Look at the accident! I won't give you a leg discount! You drink and drive again, I know it will kill you!"

  Xu Yang tilted his head and dodged the cigarette case with a sneer on his face.

  Just as he was about to speak, a cigarette case hit his head again.

  Xu Xin, who was late to attack, was full of anger:

   "Who the **** told you to drink and drive! Donkey day! You are so brave!"

   "Didn't something happen... ah, do the math, it's wrong, it's wrong! There will never be a next time! It's alright?"

   When it comes to this kind of principled issue, obviously several people know that there should be no chances.

   For nothing else, just for the good life they just started, they shouldn't do such stupid things.

   Having money is for enjoyment, not for medical expenses that you put life and death aside.

   It is not your reliance on bringing pain to other families.

  Xu Xin didn't know why, but his reaction to this aspect was particularly intense.

   Hearing Xu Yang's words, he raised a finger:

   "Just this time! Next time, call Da directly. See if you can still come out of Shenmu!"

   "Yes yes yes, I know wow, I know wow!"

  Xu Yang scratched his head in embarrassment...

  The last shot on the table:

"Snapped!"

   "Forget it! I don't want that car anymore! Just take it as a disaster prevention!"

  Xu Cong rolled his eyes:

   "Says like you want to know where to stop."

   "..."

  Among Xu Yang's speechless expression, the laughter of several people seemed to have exposed the matter.

  So let’s say it.

  Don't drive while driving, and don't drive while driving.

   This is a few drops.

   And Xu Xin didn't say much, they are all adults, so there is no need to speak so thoroughly.

  He just continued to Xu Yang:

   "What did you say just now? Do you think this script is less hypocritical?"

"Yep."

  Xu Yang nodded:

   "Well, I've read the original work, and it's actually hypocritical. But if you change it like this, you feel...it's not so hypocritical, it's more like a workplace drama. The story is a good one, but it deviates too much from the original."

   "Then do you think it is better or worse than the original book?"

"Well…"

   These words made Xu Yang fall into deep thought.

   Xu Zhi, who finally put down the script, gave the answer directly:

"In other words, the first edition is for girls, and the second edition is for girls and boys who have entered the society. The first edition you read is about love, and what you read is hypocrisy. But this edition is Like this person, this thing happened to you...or you experienced it yourself.

  Not so impetuous, but very real...

   I love this version. But as a boss, if the company wants this kind of girl, it won't give her any chance to change her mind. Just offending the client is enough to make her go out! This is a matter of professional attitude, as an employee, she is not qualified. "

   "But Sanjin described the transformation of her mental journey completely enough. So it is not so much a love scene as it is a self-transformation...or a girl's journey to maturity."

  Xu Cong continued what Xu Zhi said, and then asked Xu Yang:

"You don't mention the original, let's just say... the first version of the script is in line with the original, right? Tell me, how much has Huang Xiaoxian changed from the beginning to the end of this script? Has she changed? Apart from realizing that Wang Xiaojian Apart from caring about her silently, what has she learned? How many girls do you want to make a film like yours think that brutality is the truth? No matter how brutal you are, there will still be some cheap boys coming to lick her? Yes Boys are fair?"

   "That's not what it means. From the perspective of companies and investors..."

"That's someone else's film, this is Sanjin's. Sanjin wants to shoot, you let him shoot. In this script, Huang Xiaoxian realized that Wang Xiaojian cared for her, realized that people should not be judged by their appearance, and won a work partner. I have also learned to let go of my friendship. A girl like her is a blessing to marry back! Is there anything wrong with that?"

   "That is, a total of several million drops of investment, are you talking about return? What kind of return are you talking about? Your Q7 still has more than one million yuan."

"I…"

  Xu Yang, who was defeated by the two brothers in a series of doubles, was stunned...

"Snapped!"

  Patting the hand on the table again:

   "Do the math, fart! Get out of here! Just pretend you didn't say yes!"

   "That's right, hurry up and find Q7."

   "..."

  Seeing a few people choking there, Xu Xin looked accustomed to it.

  If outsiders were present, they might feel that these shareholders, let alone internal strife, were about to fight.

   But for a few people... normal.

  It's too familiar, but I don't know how to talk to save too much face.

   Too empty.

   If you really want to speak less bluntly and beat around the bush, everyone will not be able to play with the friendship of the past twenty years.

   So, he didn't participate in the discussion at all.

   But he did start to refer to Xu Yang's opinion.

  The hypocrisy of the original book...

  Do you want to add it?

  He's thinking about it.

   But the question is...is it really necessary?

  First of all, it can be determined that he did not convey any value meaning through this movie.

  This proposition is not suitable either.

  A movie about a broken relationship, conveying values?

   That's the serious crookedness.

  The director has the right to decide on the script. Different directors can interpret an objective event from different angles.

  And his angle is actually the current version of the script.

  He didn't think there was anything wrong with his script... just like what these people were talking about.

  Not to mention anything else, in reality, you are a wedding party, and you disappear all day long holding your client's wedding dress. Then when I came back, I stained the client's wedding dress...

   Let me ask: which kind of boss would simply scold you for handling this kind of matter?

   It's outrageous.

   Too out of touch with reality.

  He didn't want to shoot something that was out of reality.

  If the work produced cannot be rooted in the real environment, then he would rather not do it.

  Because once people leave their roots, they will easily drift away.

   If you are floating, you will not be able to get down.

   What's more, Xu Xin himself felt that this script was "unrealistic" enough.

   It is at the "limit" of his endurance.

  You still go on mock dates with clients?

  Are you against the sky?

  When did the third party appear on the screen so openly?

  What if a group of girls saw the movie I made and thought... Ah, so there are so many high-quality men in weddings.

  Dating can be simulated in other movies, so it’s not too much for me to do it...

  What if someone actually did this?

  It's like a girl pouring a bucket of fluorescent agent on a Rolls-Royce, thinking that I can't afford it anyway, and I promise to pay him with my body, and it's as outrageous as a rich woman in the future...Huh? Why did I think of this ridiculous metaphor?

   No one with a little brain can do such a thing, right?

   But anyway, he thinks it's not that artistic processing is not allowed in movies. But all artistic processing must at least be based on reality.

  It seems that in the original book, Huang Xiaoxian lives in a house with a cloakroom...

  Xu Xin was numb when he saw this detail.

  The story happened in Yanjing.

  You are an employee of a wedding company... count your monthly salary of 7,000 a month.

  A house with a cloakroom like Yanjing... let alone a new building, an old building costs two to three thousand a month.

  You are so particular about the quality of life, can you get yourself a messy bangs?

   Isn't this nonsense?

  So, this script cannot be shot like that.

   This is the persistence in his heart.

   As for the box office…

  With an investment of up to three or four million yuan, what about the box office?

   Just shoot and play.

  How much is this Q7?

   "Let's shoot like this, I think this story is only comfortable if I shoot like this."

  Xu Xin's words can be regarded as completely finalizing the matter.

  When several people heard this, they all shrugged when they saw that he had made a decision.

"Snapped!"

  Xu Yang patted the table again:

   "Are you done? Let's go wash your feet!"

   "..."

  Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

   "Is it a serious foot washing?"

   "What? Are you afraid that your siblings will cut your feet?"

   "..."

  Your grandma has a leg.

   Tell your uncle the truth!

  Let's go withered. After seeing his expression, the bad Xu Yang said with a cheap smile:

   "Come here, add a leg guard to Boss Xu."

   "The shin guards are useless. I heard that the siblings have already reached the realm of fighting cattle across the mountain."

   "What's the matter, the bones and tendons are broken."

   "Oh~ what a literary talent!"

   "Hahahaha~"

   Under Xu Xin's dumbfounding gaze, several people slapped the table and stood up at the same time.

  Go wash your feet.

  …

   "Our play must be positive!"

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

  In the clubhouse, Xu Xin was enjoying the comfort of the pedicure girl attacking his renal reflex area. After hearing this, he looked at the most beautiful foot-washing girl beside Xu Cong...

   "Hey, girl."

   "Sir, tell me."

  Although she has already recognized that this is Director Xu Xin, the girl just pretends she doesn't know anything.

  Xu Xin is outspoken:

   "Don't give him the press, this order is still yours, you take a rest, go outside and find him a male technician, one with stronger hands and a lot of positive energy!"

   "Hahahahaha..."

  Everyone in the room laughed.

   And Xu Xin wasn't talking about scripts or anything like that with him.

  Brother, press your feet.

  What are you talking about?

   Install B?

  Don’t be ridiculous, the customers who come to press their feet open their mouths, which is a billion-to-eight billion business. They massage more feet than you eat, so why discuss these?

   Enjoy it.

   Xu Zhi found the place where they came.

   It belongs to the kind of private club, including massage, dining, leisure and entertainment.

  Foot pressed hard.

  Food... So-so.

   Several people gathered together mainly to form a poker game, sitting in the room while playing cards and chatting.

  The old men are not too big to play. They are 10,000 yuan a game, and these children are 1,000 yuan a game.

   "Speaking of which, heroine, who are you going to find?...Nine cakes."

   "One."

   "Well...Turn back the card~stay for a while~...Forget it! No more! Four cakes!"

   "I don't know who to turn to, the big deal is an audition... 30,000."

   "Thirty thousand touches. How about recommending some actors?"

   "My 30,000 yuan is absolutely worthless! ... Do the math, 20,000 yuan."

   "Twenty thousand touches. Do you have to add an actor you have slept with after your words?"

   "Don't panic... Juezhang Thirty Thousand...Ah! Not this three! Three!"

   "Huh! Hahahaha... catch three catch three. Get caught~"

  Pinghu lost a thousand Xu Xin silently pushed the mahjong forward.

   Handed over a playing card.

   This is all money, and the accounts will be settled after the game is over.

  The mahjong machine played the cards again, and when several people were drawing cards, Xu Zhi suddenly said:

   "Oh yes, San Jin, do you still remember the last time we met at that golf place, that Xu Zheng, remember?"

   "Well, what's up?"

   "Two days ago, I had a meal with him."

   "Well, then what?...Who made the three cakes!?"

  Seeing that Xu Zhi started talking about business, Xu Yang stopped reporting what cards he played.

   But being interrupted by him, Xu Xin missed a three cake.

   "Take this Dongfeng back and take it back, how about three cakes...one cake."

   "He's had a few appointments. Since the last time we met, he's been keeping in touch. And then he appeared in a movie in June, and his reputation is pretty good. It's called "People on the Journey", did you watch it?"

   "No. I'll watch it when it comes out on DVD. But I heard it was very interesting."

   "It's fun. The box office is not bad..."

   "Just say why he is looking for you. Looking for you to invest?"

"Um."

  Xu Zhi nodded:

"Everyone didn't agree on the second part of "People on the Journey", and then he also wanted to transform himself into a director. He had a script in his hand...he told me that he wrote it before "People on the Journey". But in fact... After reading a few pages of the script, it is estimated that it is a continuation of "The Man on the Journey". Because "The Man on the Journey" didn't work out, I guess he has tasted the sweetness and wants to make it himself. .Create this..."

  Xu Xin frowned and asked:

   "Plagiarism?"

"That's not enough. It's just a road movie. He wants to make it himself, and is now attracting investors. The story takes place in Thailand, and the genre is the same as "囧". It's all kinds of things that happened during the trip. But The plot is different. It looks pretty good~"

   "Then you can vote, as long as it is not plagiarized. Road movies are a genre, but the same plot is plagiarized."

  After expressing his point of view, Xu Xin asked in bewilderment:

   "By the way, why did he contact you? You two shouldn't communicate much, right?"

"He can't get much resources here~ It's similar to Wenzhang's situation. There is no support in the Shanghai circle, but he still can't get away. Didn't Uncle Liu go up this year? Who doesn't know Sister Mo's name here now~ He is too Like Wen Zhang, I want to find a backer.

   But the difference is... Wen Zhang is unconvinced, and he doesn't want people to poke him in the back, saying that he relies on his wife for his position.

  Xu Zheng said that his grandma didn't love his uncle and didn't love him. The general meaning of the chat with him was that he wanted to invest in movies, and he wanted to make a gambling agreement with him. If the movie sells well, he plans to make it himself, and if it sells well, he will set up a company and wants us to invest~"

   Speaking of this, Xu Xin understood what Xu Zheng meant.

  Indeed, Xu Zheng can hardly get any resources in the Shanghai circle.

   Without mentioning the ratio, let’s just talk about his history of fame.

  He is one of the few drama actors in the magic city circle who can deliver well.

   Even won the most glorious honor for a dialogue actor, Magnolia.

   After several years of tossing in the drama circle, he wanted to make a TV series. The problem is that he doesn't know anyone, and the repertory troupe can't provide him with many resources.

   Until he met the drama "Bright Spring Pig Bajie".

  Leaving aside the various news about the play "Pig Bajie" for the time being, Xu Zheng has put in a lot of effort to make this play possible.

  After all, in the era when all kinds of phenomena in the entertainment industry grew wildly, Meng Ji was the only director who could call out the slogan "whoever pays more, he will play the leading actor" to attract investment.

  Xu Zheng invested all his belongings in it.

   Finally got the role of Zhu Bajie.

  Not to mention other aspects, Zhu Bajie is actually a TV series that changed his life.

  In this drama, he gained love and fame, and then became active in the TV drama circle.

  But, as Xu Xin said to Yang Mi before, movies are the promised land for all actors.

  After accumulating enough fame in the TV drama circle, he began to switch to making movies.

  Although he has also produced films such as "Love Call Transfer", "Nightclub", including the current "People on the Journey", the reputation is not bad.

   But you can see the composition of these movies...

   "Love", produced by Orange Sky.

   "Night Club", produced by Orange Sky.

   The relationship between Orange Sky and Shanghai Circle is well known, and as Orange Sky's son-in-law, he can be said to rely on his status as a daughter-in-law to obtain these resources in Orange Sky.

   But the problem is that the current weakness of Orange Sky is an indisputable fact.

  Shanghai Film Studio, the threshold is too high.

  If you want to develop a relationship with Shanghai Film Studio, you must at least be a first-line.

  Xu Zheng is too far away from the first line.

   So the situation is clear. Xu Zheng is from the Shanghai circle, and his base, wealth and life are all here.

   But in his hometown, he is the kind of acting school that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love.

   Now seeing that Cheng Tian was dying, he had to find a new backer.

  Headwind was naturally included in his selection list.

   After all, in this three-acre land here... There may be people with stronger backing than Liu Momo... but there are really not many.

   As for those people, Xu Zheng may not be able to speak.

  People just ignore who you are.

  After thinking about this, Xu Xin pondered for a while, then nodded:

"His acting skills are not bad, very solid. You can vote for that drama if you want. Since we are in Shanghai, it is very important to show an open and cooperative attitude towards the actors in Shanghai. The premise is that there is nothing wrong with the script... But I heard his wife is quite hypocritical."

  Hearing this, Xu Zhi responded:

   "Wow, Guan Yu, it's him who begged us, not us begging him. That's fine, let's continue to communicate and see... In fact, it's not just him, especially this year, there are really many actors who want to find us..."

   "Don't go so close, but don't go too far. After all, we are not an entertainment company~ Here are basically guys who follow the wind, and they would rather lack than abuse."

   "Wow."

  With Xu Xin's words, Xu Zhi felt confident.

   "Then pick it up and pick some elite soldiers and strong generals."

   "Hmm...90,000."

   "Huh! Haha, ninety thousand monotonous!"

   "..."

  The corner of Xu Xin's mouth twitched after firing a few words...

  Grandma's legs.

   Does Xu Zheng disagree with me?

   No money!

  (end of this chapter)