Although he didn’t sleep all night and was very tired yesterday, Lu Ming still felt in good spirits.
Maybe, it was the excitement supported by some kind of anger, or maybe, my health had really improved a lot.
Nadu Pictures is located in a satellite town in the southern part of the East China Sea, quite far from Beiguan.
Nadu Pictures was once so prosperous that even the town council passed a unanimous resolution to change the name of the town to Nadu.
The current Nadu Films is in a rather run-down state, and all of its machines were even packed up and loaded onto trucks. They were just sent back a while ago.
Moreover, of the three original filming locations of Nadu Pictures, two of the best have already been sold, and the only one left is a simple location in the company with a small dirt slope. If any background is needed, a curtain is used to build it.
Lu Ming felt that the background was probably similar to the crudest martial arts videos he had seen in his previous life. The rockery was built with a curtain, and it was obvious that the curtain was moving when people got close to it.
Many people came to the three-story office building today, including staff, contracted director teams, artistes, etc.
Today, Empire Pictures all follow this model, with directors and actors signing contracts with fixed companies, both long-term and short-term.
Two new bosses arrived today, and these panicked employees have been queuing up almost since early morning.
However, the company's most famous director Nelson and his team did not come; Nelson's contract was due to expire in a few months.
The five most famous contracted stars did not come either. Among these five stars, the biggest one is called Luna, who was made famous by Nadu. Now it is rumored that Luna is ready to transfer to other film companies, especially since Nadu has not given her a new movie to shoot for a long time. According to the original contract, she has the right to terminate the contract on her own, and the required termination fee is not high.
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In the office, Lu Ming and Wei Baozeng listened to General Manager Pierden introducing the company's situation.
Pierden is an old man in his fifties. He has been working in Nadu since he was a teenager. It can be seen that he has a lot of affection for Nadu.
Moreover, at his age, if he is unemployed, it will be difficult for him to find a job. He is neither too high nor too low.
Especially since he had failed in investments in the past few years and was now under great pressure to repay his debts, he could not afford to lose this job.
On the way here, Wei Baozeng told Lu Ming about the situations of the remaining and new senior executives.
Along the way, Lu Ming was also looking at the information of these employees and contracted artists.
Sitting in the office was the Financial Director Gao Yi, the new senior executive appointed by Wei Baozeng after he took over Nadu.
There are also department managers such as the copyright department, publicity department, and public relations department.
The name is slightly different, but Lu Ming feels that it is what he understands.
The company's former legal advisor had long been exhausted and did not renew his contract when it expired.
Wei Baozeng had already handed over the company's legal affairs to Wang-Lu Law Firm, without even notifying Lu Ming in advance.
The person sitting in the position of legal advisor now is Donald. After all, Nadu Pictures is a big company. In the Wang-Lu Law Firm, not counting the boss Lu Ming, the most capable lawyer is Donald.
In fact, Donald felt a little uneasy as he sat there. After all, if it weren't for Boss Lu's relationship, he wouldn't be qualified to be a legal advisor in such a large company. Although Nadu is now in ruins, it was the once-prominent Nadu Pictures after all.
Now, he is even more fortunate that it was a wise decision for him to switch to his current firm.
"I'm going to meet the directors!" After listening to the department managers' boring work reports, which were basically difficult, difficult, and difficult, Lu Ming stood up.
Wei Baozeng nodded: "Okay!" and looked at Pilden again.
"I understand all the situations in the company. I won't listen any more. I'll accompany President Lu!" Pilden also stood up.
Park Soo-na, who had been standing behind Lu Ming, followed closely.
The boss told her that the situation might be a little dangerous recently, so he would not use her as a driver for the time being and would use Datou instead. But she didn't know why he brought her to Nadu Films today.
However, everything here was new to her.
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There are a total of five directors, assistant directors, etc. who are still under contract.
But there is only one real director, and the rest are assistants or specialty directors who shoot smaller projects.
Moreover, this genuine director is a woman. Her surname is Lin, and her name is Lin Jingyin. She is a very intellectual and elegant woman who is good at making romantic dramas. Her famous work "Swan Lake" did not sell well, but it had a very good reputation. But later on, she seemed to have lost her direction. The films she made were relatively beautiful and literary, but they were well-received but not popular.
Lu Ming chatted with her briefly, but didn't say much.
Lu Ming also had a brief chat with the other assistants and special directors.
Pierden sighed inwardly. It was obvious that the new boss was not satisfied with the director team.
But the problem is, good directors are rare, there are only a few of them, and none of them are Nadu's.
"Bill? I heard that you were a director in the beginning? Although your performance is not good, I watched a movie you directed a while ago. You have a great imagination and the arrangement of the scenes is very clever."
That was back in the silent film era.
Pierden was slightly embarrassed, "Really?" He didn't feel that the film he directed was good at all, he just felt that the whole screen was full of embarrassment.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "What's missing is just the sound. In the silent film era, you are not suitable. But with narration, dialogue, and specific music to create an atmosphere instead of just background music, it's a different story."
He sighed and said, "Originally, I prepared twelve scripts, and the company was going to shoot one script per month from this fall to next fall."
"But now, I am going to give Director Lin a script for a male version of Cinderella. She will definitely film it very delicately. The vulgarity of Cinderella's story is in her bones, and no audience can resist it. So, Director Lin doesn't need to deliberately make it vulgar. She can make it very elegant and literary. In this way, the vulgarity will become elegance, and the audience will feel the pleasure of vulgarity in the beautiful pictures."
As Lu Ming spoke, he thought of Roman Holiday. However, if he copied it exactly, the investment would not be in line with his idea of small, fast and flexible, so he would definitely have to make some adjustments.
Pierden had no idea what the new boss was talking about, and didn't understand what Cinderella meant, so he could only smile awkwardly.
As for what the new boss said about making twelve movies in a row, I am a little confused. Could he be a scammer
Lu Ming pondered and said, "The movie that Director Garin started is going to be filmed in thirteen parts, but the twelve parts in this series..." He glanced at Pierden and said, "Bill, how about you try it?"
Pierden was startled and immediately shook his head. After all, he had been away from the director team for twenty years and was out of touch.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Well, you can take a look at my concept for the first part, about the whole story, and how to arrange some scenes during the filming."
He pointed at the booklet in Park Soo-na's hand, and Park Soo-na hurriedly handed it to him. The boss asked her to bring it when he came, and she had never dared to read it. Unexpectedly, it seemed to be a script or something prepared by the boss.
Lu Ming handed the booklet to Pierden and said with a smile: "You have to keep this a secret whether it works or not. Don't tell anyone else."
"I'm thinking that our surrealist movies are basically mythological dramas about gods and monsters. This is inseparable from the various difficulties encountered when exploring our world. Early humans were very confused about the places around them that could not be explored. They thought they were the gates of hell created by gods, and there was no return. Now we know about the harsh environment and electromagnetic storms, but our traditional culture still has too many ideas about gods and monsters."
“This is also reflected in movies and TV shows. Most surrealist plays are about gods and monsters.”