This weekend, several brothers in dormitory 606 did not go to help students. Dong Ai formed a team to take charge of this matter. He sent a person he trusted from the student union to lead the team, and sent a financial officer to follow him throughout the process. Only the new team went directly to the northwest mountainous area, while Dong Ai flew to the Shanghai Stock Exchange early on Saturday morning. The promotion work of 3321 Shanghai Stock Exchange has been started. In the next period of time, her energy will be concentrated on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. When this market is opened, the city size of Shanghai Stock Exchange is comparable to that of Yanjing. This is a market with at least tens of thousands of users.
Li Mu went to stay with Ning Hao for a whole day. Ning Hao rented a room in a hotel near Yanjing Film Academy, and Li Mu interviewed a lot of crew members here, many of whom were Ning Hao. The photographer was recommended. For example, the photographer was his good friend Lu Ming. Li Mu didn't know much about famous photographers in later generations. Since he could trust him, there should be no problem in believing in his ability.
Lu Ming has worked as a photographer for several small-production films, and he is quite experienced in this area. He also has assistants and sound engineers who have worked with him for a long time, so using it is equivalent to having an entire camera and sound recording team. , as for the various equipment needed for shooting, you can rent it directly from the rental company.
Li Mu stayed in the hotel for a whole day and basically decided on most of the future functional staff of the crew. Several actors with lines were also basically confirmed. The only one who was still missing was Chen Kun. Ning Hao said that Chen Kun was weekend I had nothing to do and went to Shanghai to visit Zhao Wei, who was filming "The Unparalleled World", so I couldn't go back to Yanjing until Sunday night.
While having dinner downstairs in the hotel in the evening, Ning Hao said: "I made a phone call with Chen Kun and had a brief discussion. He said that the salary for movies has reached 100,000 yuan, and an episode of TV series is 10,000 yuan. But this is a talent agency. Regarding the external price, I have some friendship with him but not very familiar with him. What he means is that if it is as we said, the film is short and the protagonist is not playing, the price should be discounted in half."
Li Mu nodded and said: "If you discount it in half, it's 50,000. That's okay. Just sign it."
Ning Hao laughed sarcastically and seemed hesitant to speak, so Li Mu said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Ning Hao took out a cigarette, lit it, took a breath and said: "To be honest, hiring him for 50,000 yuan is not very cost-effective. I think it is better to find someone from the film school who is studying in the acting department and has a good image. It can be solved with three to five thousand, and it won’t be much worse than him.”
Li Mu did not answer his words, but asked with a smile: "Since you are so good at calculating costs, if I invest money for you to make a comedy, a regular movie of 90 minutes to 110 minutes, how much do you think it will cost?"
Ning Hao said: "Comedy also depends on what type it is, whether it focuses on story or actors, or on scenes."
Li Mu said: "Just take pictures of what you are best at."
Ning Hao sat up straight and said seriously: "Although I have no directing experience, I have two creeds in making movies: I don't believe in big investments and I don't believe in big stars. I don't know if you have watched Guy Ritchie's " "Two Smoking Barrels", the script is extremely clever, the shooting techniques are also very thoughtful, multiple clues narrative, cross-montage editing, ultra-low cost of 1.6 million pounds, a lot of amateur actors, but it has achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success. A classic of black humor."
Li Mu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Ning Hao would be influenced by Guy Ritchie so early. His "Crazy Stone" has the shadow of Guy Ritchie in the plot clues and narrative techniques. He didn't know that "Crazy Stone" This movie has already taken shape in his mind.
Li Mu said: "After we finish filming our micro-movie, if you have a good script and ideas, you can come to me and I will invest in your movie."
Ning Hao scratched his head and looked at Li Mu in disbelief: "Are you kidding? I also want to ask you, where did you get the investment for the movie "Oldboy"? The budget was two million to shoot forty Minute movie, I’m not jealous to death.”
Li Mu put down his chopsticks and asked him seriously: "Have you really never heard of me before?"
Ning Hao shook his head and said with a confused expression: "I've never heard of it. What does your family do?"
Li Mu asked him: "Have you heard of 3321?"
Ning Hao still shook his head.
Li Mu asked him again: "Have you heard of Makino Technology?"
Ning Hao still shook his head.
Li Mu was convinced and asked him: "Besides going to class, what do you do during the rest of your time?"
Ning Hao took a puff of cigarette, clapped his fingers and said, "Look, in addition to going to class, I also have to work part-time. At other times, I have to watch one or two movies a day, and I have to write scripts and so on."
Li Mu asked him: "Don't you even watch TV?"
Ning Hao shook his head: "Except for occasionally looking at it when eating in the cafeteria, I basically don't look at it at other times."
Li Mu felt a little resentful, thinking that he could be considered a celebrity no matter what, but it turned out that the future celebrity in front of him had never heard of him before.
Li Mu said: "Let me tell you this, I have opened several companies. In addition to the newly established Makino Image, there is also a company called Makino Technology. It is quite famous in the Internet circle now. You can do it when you are free. Look it up online.”
Ning Hao said doubtfully, "Then I'll go back and do some research."
Li Mu usually doesn't want to be too high-profile, but facing a well-known future director, he really wants to gain his admiration and belief. If he wants him to work at Makino Image wholeheartedly, he must first convince him of his ability from the bottom of his heart. , he just invested several million to make a movie, and he can fulfill this promise next year. He doesn't have to wait until 2006 to get ahead.
Before finishing the meal, Li Mu asked Ning Hao to sign Chen Kun's contract. Ning Hao nodded in agreement and asked Li Mu: "Then do you want to make time to see him again?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. After the contract is signed, you make an appointment with him and I'll treat you two to dinner."
Ning Hao said, "Okay, I'll make a deal with him as soon as possible."
When the two came out, Ning Hao asked Li Mu, "How are you going back? It's not easy to take a taxi around here. To take a taxi, you have to walk a little further, to the gate of the Film Academy."
Li Mu took out the GL8's car key, pressed the remote control, and said calmly: "I drove here."
Ning Hao looked surprised, but secretly sighed in his heart. Others started driving private cars before they were twenty years old. He would be twenty-five next year and didn't even own a bicycle. It was really incomparable.
Also, where does this guy come from? Rich second generation? Second generation official? There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Yanjing, and he might be the son of a prominent family.
Ning Hao saw Li Mu sitting in the cab, said hello and drove away. The name of the company Li Mu mentioned before suddenly appeared in his mind.
What is Makino Technology
Ning Hao thought, turned around and went to a black Internet cafe in the alley.
Twenty minutes later, Ning Hao walked out of the Internet cafe as if he had lost his soul. The information he had just found made him still in shock and could not recover.
It turned out that the Tieba I had been using was a product of Makino Technology. When I had nothing to do, I went to the Director’s Bar to discuss and communicate with other friends. Unexpectedly, Tieba was actually developed by Li Mu’s company, and I carefully checked the IT According to an article on the portal website about Makino Technology, the company’s valuation exceeds 300 million yuan.
Three hundred million! Ning Hao didn't understand the concept of the Internet and bubbles, but the number of 300 million was an unimaginable astronomical figure to him. Li Mu could achieve such an achievement at such a young age, which made him feel ashamed. When he thought of Li Mu, When he said that he wanted to invest in his own movie, he originally thought that Li Mu was joking with him, but now it seems that since Li Mu has a company as big as Makino Technology and has established Makino Imaging, he will invest millions in his own movie. A movie is not that difficult...
Ning Hao's biggest wish is to find investment and invest millions to make a real movie. Now it seems that as long as he follows Li Mu, this wish will be realized soon.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly found a public phone booth on the roadside, took out a phone book, and called Chen Kun.
Chen Kun was one year older than Ning Hao, and he was better off than Ning Hao, so Ning Hao was very polite to him on the phone.
"Brother Kun, have you communicated with the agency about what I told you before?"
Chen Kun responded on the other end of the phone and said: "We communicated, the schedule is no problem, just the price and script. What the company means is that if it is really just a 40-minute movie as you said, then it will be as per The salary is 50,000 yuan, and the other thing is the script, which my agent and I both want to take a look at first."
Ning Hao said hurriedly: "There is no problem with the script. I will send it to you when you return to Yanjing."
Chen Kun reminded: "The character positioning in the script must not be too bad. If it is a villain, I'm afraid our company won't let me take it."
Ning Hao felt nervous. Chen Kun would play the second male lead. He was originally a villain. If Chen Kun's agency didn't agree, it would be really embarrassing.
But Ning Hao is also a smart person, so he said: "Actually, this character in the script is not bad. In high school, he had some conflicts with the male protagonist because he was chasing the female protagonist. Later, he got along well and took advantage of the opportunity to marry the female protagonist. , and later caused a little trouble for the protagonist, that’s all, it’s not too bad to say the least.”
After saying that, Ning Hao changed the topic and deliberately reminded: "The male lead in this drama is the lead singer of Simple Plan. He is now very well-known in the music circle and music lovers circle. He will be on the Spring Festival Gala soon. This show The micro-movie is going to be broadcast after the Spring Festival Gala, and it will definitely attract a lot of attention by then. You should communicate more with your agency, don't miss this opportunity."
Zhang Kexuan is now much more famous than Chen Kun. After all, Chen Kun just graduated from the film school and just filmed a TV series. He will not really become popular until "The Golden Family" is released. His current reputation is worse than Zhang Kexuan. It's not the same level. Regarding the simple plan to go to the Spring Festival Gala, many media have been reporting on it during this period. Chen Kun has also heard about it. If he can cooperate with him in making a movie, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for him. opportunity.
(End of chapter)