Filmmakers need money for everything.
Whether it is the crew's expenses for the actors, or the post-production and publicity, these are huge expenses.
The Director Ning mentioned by Ye Zhen is named Ning Yang, who was born in a major. Due to his height, he was unsuccessful as an actor. After changing careers, he joined a group and served as an assistant director under a group of directors. It has been seven years so far.
Although Ning Yang is just a young director with no independent experience in directing movies, Ye Zhen knows that Ning Yang will have his own place in the film and television industry in the near future.
After all, this director who is not yet famous at all will create a domestic box office miracle in the future, and this box office miracle will bring his reputation to the highest point.
But it is a pity that prosperity must decline, and those who are too young and outstanding are easily envied by others and easily suppressed by others.
Ye Zhen is still very interested in this short-lived famous director in the novel, and also laments the ending of this director being banned in the end.
"Investment?" Meng Jie was puzzled, "But as far as I know, the Lu family has no relevant experience in film and television investment."
"No one has experience from the beginning, there must be a first time." If she didn't know the opportunity, how could Ye Zhen dare to squander Lu Beichuan's money so much, but because of her vows, she was confident.
"Miss Meng, don't worry, even if you don't believe in my strength, you have to believe in Lu's."
"No, that's not what I meant," Meng Jie explained: "I mean that the Lu family has no precedent in the film and television industry, and they are not very familiar with everything in the film and television industry. If the movie does not sell well..."
"Forgive me for speaking bluntly. Although Director Ning is talented, he is young and has no one to rely on. Inviting Ms. Meng to be the heroine may not be able to attract investment. Will Ms. Meng quit the film crew by then?" Ye Zhen stared into Meng Jie's eyes, "I understand that investment is risky. It's normal to win and lose. Miss Meng doesn't have to worry about me."
Ye Zhen said this too frankly, and Meng Jie was really surprised for a while.
In the past, she also met many investors, and she would do a lot of research and investigation in the early stage of investing in a film with no known prospects. After all, if tens of millions of dollars are invested, it may be nothing.
At the same time, she has seen too many investors go bankrupt because of a movie or a TV series. The film and television industry is complicated, not as simple as Ye Zhen said.
Meng Jie was silent for a moment, "Okay, I will contact Ning Yang later and ask him what he wants. But Mrs. Lu, I still want to remind you that it's not that I didn't mean to offend, but that the film and television industry is not what you see. It's that simple, if you really want to develop investment in the film and television industry, then I suggest you ask more relevant professionals, and it would be more appropriate to listen to their opinions."
"Thank you Miss Meng, I will."
Meng Jie glanced at her watch, "It's getting late, if I have nothing else to do, I'll be leaving first, you can contact me directly for the endorsement shoot."
Ye Zhen stood up, "I'll see you off."
The two walked out of the meeting room side by side, and chatted a few words while waiting for the elevator. When asked about their plans for the future, Meng Jie smiled softly, "Let's take a step and see. Actually, I don't know what will happen in the future. Maybe I will star in Director Ning's movie." After that, it may be another four years, who knows what will happen in the future?"
The tone is very calm. She was not a person who worried about nothing. During the four years of being banned, she lived a peaceful life. Except for occasionally missing acting, everything was fine.
Of course, without You Jing, she would have lived a better and more peaceful life.
Ye Zhen frowned slightly, she didn't quite understand the entanglement between Meng Jie and You Jing, a few words in the novel were not enough to fully summarize what happened between the two during the eight years.
What Ye Zhen couldn't deny was that You Jing was a jerk, but she was sincere to Meng Jie, even though she was destroyed by Lu Shaoyan later, she didn't give up on Meng Jie.
Ye Zhen is not qualified to take care of emotional matters, but if You Jing dares to intervene in her affairs in the future, don't blame her for being cruel and let that bastard have nothing in advance.
Sending Meng Jie downstairs, a silver sports car lay across in front of Meng Jie's car. Seeing Meng Jie appearing, the person on the silver sports car lowered the windows, revealing a face with an indistinguishable expression.
Meng Jie's feet froze, she turned around and smiled at Ye Zhen, "Mrs. Lu, you go back first, I will notify you immediately if there is any news from Ning Yang."
Ye Zhen watched the man on the sports car get off, staring at Meng Jie with a pair of restrained eyes.
Knowing this scene, Meng Jie did not want outsiders to be present.
She glanced at You Jing, "Okay, then I'll go first, and you should be careful."
After finishing speaking, he gave Meng Jie a look and turned to leave.
"Mrs. Lu," You Jing slouched by the side of the car, and came over with an angry voice, "I would like to advise you on some matters. Outsiders should not interfere with the affairs of the entertainment industry, otherwise, you may lose all your money!"
Ye Zhen really didn't pay attention to this blatant threat, she turned her head and looked at You Jing without showing any weakness, "You Shao, then I would like to advise you, don't bully others too much, otherwise you will lose everything in the end, what are you talking about?" can't get it."
You Jing, a bastard, has nothing in his mind, except eating, drinking and having fun, and love is the first priority, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Miss Meng, shall I send someone to take you back?" Ye Zhen was worried about leaving Meng Jie here alone, and You Jing might have done something here.
Meng Jie shook her head persistently, "Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Lu, it's okay, I can settle it, you can go back first."
Ye Zhen glanced at You Jing vigilantly, but didn't insist, and said in a low voice, "Call me if you have anything to do."
Meng Jie nodded.
After Ye Zhen left, Meng Jie took out the car keys, but You Jing stopped in front of her car door, "I heard that you signed a contract with the Lu family?"
Meng Jie had never blushed or argued with anyone because she was educated in a family since she was a child. Even in front of You Jing, she always had a pleasant expression.
"I just signed today, is there anything else?" Meng Jie looked up into his eyes.
It is the most basic respect to look into the other person's eyes when talking with them. This is what Meng Jie listened to since she was a child.
Meng Jie treated herself so generously, You Jing was a little nervous.
He looked at Meng Jie like a flower that couldn't be picked on a high branch. At that time, the flower was in full bloom under the sun, and it was so delicate and green. He squatted under the tree and guarded it. As he approached, he was full of possessiveness, but he also knew that his feet were muddy, his face was disheveled, and he was not worthy of that flower.
Therefore, You Jing was always worrying about gains and losses in front of Meng Jie.
Others said that he had nothing but money, and sooner or later the You family property would be ruined by him, and Mr. You would be pissed off by him sooner or later.
You Jing didn't know all kinds of gossip, but he couldn't refute it.
After all, what he said was the truth, he had nothing but the family fortune accumulated by his ancestors.
When she broke up with Meng Jie, she thought about everything, but there was no room for redemption. Meng Jie's heart was as hard as a rock.
Hupenggouyou give him advice, Meng Jie likes acting the most, so she won't be able to act in this life, so she has to come back and beg you
You Jing felt that it made sense.
"I said, if you want to act, come to me." You Jing gritted his molars and clenched his palms tightly, "Don't think that the Lu family can protect you for the rest of your life if you come back. If I don't speak, who would dare?" Let you be the mistress?"
Meng Jie stared at him indifferently, the disappointment in her eyes was beyond words.
Very calmly said to You Jing: "Yes, without you speaking, no one would dare to ask me to act in a play. In the past four years, I have experienced it. Apart from banning him, is there anything You Shao wanted to do but didn't do?"
Seeing Meng Jie's eyes, You Jing panicked for a moment.
"No... no, I... I just want to say, if you want to come back, endorse or act, you can come to me. I have countless endorsements and scripts for you to choose from. I have everything you want! Why do you have to go? Find someone else." You Jing was like a bastard in front of outsiders, but in front of Meng Jie, he only showed his strength for a second, and immediately faltered, became half short, and couldn't even speak loudly.
"No need," Meng Jie's voice was very cold, "I will fight for what I want, Young Master You, can you please let me go?"
You Jing felt that he had said the wrong thing, but he still stood there, gnashing his teeth, "If you don't agree to get back together, I will never leave, and, after that... you will never get any roles, I will do what I say! "
"Then we'll wait and see." Knowing that he was difficult to deal with, Meng Jie was not attached to her car, so she turned and left.
"Wait!" You Jing called to stop her.
Meng Jie turned around, "Is there anything else?"
You Jing stared at her burningly, his clenched palms seemed to tremble slightly. Under Meng Jie's gaze, he took a few steps to the left and gave way to the car door.
Meng Jie stepped forward to open the car door and sat in. You Jing was still standing in front of the car, motionless.
After a moment of stalemate between the two, Meng Jie lowered the car window, and You Jing was overjoyed. Just as she was about to speak, Meng Jie frowned, "Move your car away."
The smile froze on You Jing's face, he got into the car with a lack of interest, drove a short distance back, and watched Meng Jie slap herself after driving away.
At the same time, Ye Zhen personally sent Meng Jie to sign the endorsement contract in front of Lu Beichuan, "Boss Lu, this is the contract, please read it over."
Lu Beichuan glanced at it for a while, flipped through it, and nodded, "Thank you."
"I should do it, it's not hard," Ye Zhen thought for a while, then forced herself to smile and said, "Mr. Lu, can I borrow some of your time to talk to you about investment?"
"Investment?" Lu Beichuan smiled and said, "You finally have a plan for your investment?"
"It's like this. Didn't we talk about the direction of investment in film and television before? Now I have a specific investment target."
"What investment object?" Lu Beichuan sat up straight and looked at her seriously.
"The debut of Ning Yang, a young director of the new generation who is about to become a hit, is "By the Qinhuai River"."
"How much to invest."
Ye Zhen compared five.
"Fifty million?"
"Minds think alike."
Lu Beichuan searched for the Ning Yang that Ye Zhen mentioned on the computer, "You can go to the investment management department and ask them to evaluate the investment budget and return cycle for you. If you are sure..."
Ye Zhen pressed on his keyboard and said with a smile: "It's the first work, and there is no such person for the time being."
Lu Beichuan said with a look of 'Are you serious? ' looked at her.
Thinking in another way, Ye Zhen asked herself, if she was in Lu Beichuan's position, and she heard that someone wanted to spend 50 million to invest in a director who could not find such a person, her first reaction would be that you are crazy.
Now that the film market is in a downturn, there are very few films that exceed 100 million yuan per month. It is really crazy to spend 50 million yuan on such a film production that does not know the future.
Ye Zhen thought for a moment, "How much is the 10% of the shares that my grandfather gave me at the current market price?"
Lu Beichuan thought for a while, but did not give a clear number, but only made a rough estimate, "Nine digits."
"Nine digits..." Ye Zhen did some calculations, speechless, "100 million? How many hundred million?"
"If you want to know the specific amount, I can ask someone to calculate it for you, but I think it may take a little time."
"No, in this case, I will mortgage 10% of my shares to you, and you will lend me 50 million. If I lose money, I will bear it all by myself, how about it?"
This deal couldn't be more cost-effective, it is impossible for Lu Beichuan not to agree.
"Ten percent of the shares are exchanged for 50 million," Lu Beichuan laughed helplessly, took out a check from the drawer, wrote it and handed it to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen looked at the check that Lu Beichuan handed to her without any hesitation, and didn't recover for a while.
"Give it to me? Are you not afraid that I will lose everything?"
It was the first time for Ye Zhen to feel that the money was so hot. The check, which was obviously so light, was really heavy in her hands.
Not fifty-five million, this is fifty million!
"You can do whatever you want, and if you earn, you will return to me if you lose."
Ye Zhen frowned, unwilling to admit the sour touch in her heart, "Mr. Lu, why are you so kind to me?"
Mr. Lu didn't say that word, but just vaguely said, "I believe in your eyes."
Ye Zhen held the check, which seemed to weigh tens of thousands of catties, with mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Zhen thought in a strange way, "Mr. Lu, if I insisted on leaving you, or if I wanted to kill the child, would you still treat me so well?"
Lu Beichuan frowned, "Did something happen?"
"It's just that I saw Meng Jie and You Jing downstairs today and expressed my feelings. You can't ask for it. You Jing banned Meng Jie for four years and just said harsh words to me in the parking lot. If it's you, Mr. Lu... "
"Cruel words?" Lu Beichuan frowned slightly, looked at Ye Zhen, narrowed his eyes slightly, "What did You Jing say to you?"
"... I didn't say anything, I just said that if I set foot in the entertainment industry, I would lose everything, but don't worry, when I make a lot of money, he will already be penniless." Ye Zhen was very curious, "Lu In short, if I wanted to leave you when I was pregnant with my child, would you have imprisoned me?"
Lu Beichuan felt a little funny, and really wanted to know what Ye Zhen was thinking all day long, "What are you thinking about! If you have nothing to do, go and rest first, and go home with me after get off work."
Ye Zhen shrugged and said in a low voice, "Overbearing president."
Lu Beichuan bowed his head and smiled even more.
Early the next morning, as soon as Lu Beichuan stepped into the office, he received entertainment news from the PR department. There were photos of Ye Qing going in and out of the "Heaven and Earth" yesterday, talking and laughing with the people around him all with a smile on his face.
In fact, everyone knows exactly who is in this photo, but the title written in that magazine is: In and out of 'Heaven and Earth' late at night, sister or sister
This ambiguous title makes people think.
Lu Beichuan concealed his displeasure at the first sight of the news, and called Qin Zhiyin to his office.
"First, deal with this matter right away. In the future, you don't need to tell me about such news. Your public relations department will handle it by yourself. Second, I don't want to see Ye Zhen anymore in newspapers, magazines and the Internet, and I don't want to see any media. Compare Ye Zhen with Ye Qing. Third, say hello to Ye Qing's management company and let them restrain the artist's behavior by themselves."
"Ok, I see."
Qin Zhiyin has also recently discovered that there are a lot of reports about Ye Zhen and Ye Qing on the Internet. The two look the same. If the media refers to Ye Qing as Ye Zhen, no one can tell the difference. If Ye Zhen or Ye Qing came forward to declare, Relevant media can admit the wrong person as an excuse to shirk responsibility.
But Qin Zhiyin has a wealth of experience in handling online entertainment incidents, and now working in the Lu Group, he is even more at ease.
As a result, this entertainment report was hastily deleted by the relevant media two hours later. At the same time, all negative news about Ye Zhen on the Internet was also deleted.
But Ye Zhen didn't know it at the moment, she was going to meet the young director Ning Yang under the introduction of Meng Jie.
Ning Yang arrived one step earlier, and he didn't know how long he had been waiting.
"Director Ning, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Ye Zhen smiled and shook hands with him.
Meng Jie introduced Ye Zhen with a smile, "Ning Yang, this is Miss Ye Zhen Ye whom I mentioned to you."
Seeing Ye Zhen, Ning Yang laughed and shook hands with her.
Ning Yang looks quite young, wearing a well-proportioned suit, smiling honestly and honestly, but his eyes are a bit erratic and he dare not look directly at Ye Zhen, Ye Zhen infers that he may have a low self-esteem.
In the novel, Ning Yang gave up being an actor and became a director. One of the reasons was his height. Ye Zhen didn't notice it when he was sitting, but when he stood up, Ye Zhen understood why.
Roughly estimated, less than 1.6 meters.
"Hi Miss Ye."
Ye Zhen smiled and shook hands with him, and after they sat down, Ye Zhen got straight to the point.
"Director Ning, I won't say any more polite words. You must have heard from Ms. Meng that I, on behalf of the Lu family, want to invest in your latest work. I wonder if Director Ning has seriously considered this matter."
Ning Yang is very clear about his position, a small person who has just graduated from the school, an unknown new director, how can he deserve the unreserved trust of investors.
During this period of time, Ning Yang visited many famous investors and producers, hoping that some investors would be willing to invest in his film, but when the other party heard that he was an unknown little director, he refused to even meet him, let alone invest. up.
He hesitated and hesitated, Ning Yang didn't quite believe this kind of good thing, on the contrary, he was more willing to believe that Ye Zhen was just joking on purpose.
"I don't know if Ms. Ye knew about me and the movie I prepared before investing?"
"Of course, I read Director Ning's script overnight, otherwise Director Ning thinks I spent 50 million for nothing?" Ye Zhen smiled.
"Fifty million?" Ning Yang was shocked.
Ye Zhen nodded, "I have roughly calculated that from the early preparations and the invitation of actors, the mid-term film shooting, to the post-production and promotion, a total of 50 million yuan should be enough. However, if Director Ning wants to invite popular stars , My price may not be enough to pay stars."
"No, no, no, I... I think 50 million is not a small amount, Miss Ye, don't you worry..." Ning Yang lost confidence in himself.
That's fifty million! How many directors' film productions are nothing more than this, and this Mrs. Lu in front of her is so generous that she wants to invest 50 million in him
"If I'm worried about losing all my money, I won't come here. Director Ning, to be honest, I have read your script and I am very optimistic about it. I also think this script has a market."
Ning Yang smiled mischievously, for a moment he didn't know what to say.
The film has been in preparation for so long, except for Meng Jie, that is Ye Zhen, who can encourage and praise him unreservedly. While being encouraged, the pressure doubles.
"I don't know if Director Ning's film candidates have any opinions."
Ning Yang smiled awkwardly, "I'm not afraid of Ms. Ye's jokes, I have been busy with the role for a month or two, but so far, I have only decided on the female lead and two other supporting actors, the male lead and a few other important supporting roles. , still under negotiation."
It is said that it is a negotiation, but in fact it is still looking for it.
In the case of no name and no money, it is extremely difficult to just hire an actor with acting skills, not to mention any heavyweight actor.
Ning Yang had contacted his former classmates, but most of them were not optimistic about Ning Yang's situation and declined politely.
Meng Jie also helped, contacted the actors who had worked with her in the past, and gave the script, but there was nothing to follow.
Not everyone has the guts of Ye Zhen, most of them are unwilling to gamble for a movie that obviously has no future, let alone when the heroine is Meng Jie.
"How about this, Director Ning, you don't have to worry about the role candidates, film post-production and promotion, you just need to put all your energy on filming, and I will take care of the rest."
Ning Yang thought for a while, "These... are all accusations from the producer, Miss Ye..."
"Why? I can't be a producer?" Ye Zhen smiled and said, "Director Ning, we are all inexperienced for the first time. Only after taking the first step will there be a second step. I believe that in After filming this movie, we will all have our own experiences, Director Ning, what do you think?"
Ning Yang's eyes were protective, but under Ye Zhen's gaze, he couldn't help but look at her.
It's also strange, in that clear gaze, Ning Yang felt unprecedented firmness and confidence.
People's emotions can be infected, Ye Zhen's confidence and high-spirited fighting spirit are all infecting Ning Yang, the frustration caused by repeated rejections during this period of time has completely disappeared at this moment.
"Yes, we have our own experiences, and I am looking forward to working with you." Ning Yang stood up calmly, and reached out to Ye Zhen, "Miss Ye, it's a pleasure to cooperate."
Ye Zhen also stood up and shook hands with her, "It's a happy cooperation."