Didn't you give Ji Qingzhou a head in the crew before? The producer and producer will definitely not let you go, and you can still consider whether to invest before they find you. "
Chu Cheng looked at them talking to each other, and felt that there was no need to consider this matter. Ji Qingzhou is not the protagonist, but a male supporting role. Even if he invests, the film will continue to be filmed. At that time, there will be nothing more than two result. 1. There was no splash after the show was broadcast, and it would be the greatest luck not to pay. 2. After the show was broadcast, it became popular, and he did make money, but when a TV series became popular, the first to become popular was the male and female protagonists. Ji Qingzhou, a male third with few roles in the show, has limited fans. In the end, it was Chen Jiyuan who benefited the most. Asking him to use his own money to benefit Chen Jiyuan, Chu Cheng felt that he was not so leisurely, so he had nothing to consider. No matter what the result is, it is not what he wants.
Chu Cheng is not worried about Ji Qingzhou. After all, he has more resources. If the filming of this movie really stops, that's okay. Just find another one for Ji Qingzhou, and he won't be wronged. His, so the investment in this drama, forget it.
Because of this, Chu Cheng picked up Li Fei's call, exchanged some polite greetings, and when Li Fei asked, "Mr. Chu, there is something wrong with the crew's funds recently. Look, Xiao Ji is still filming on the crew. What's the point?" It is not appropriate to stop filming all the time, or you should invest a little bit, what do you think?" Then he replied calmly: "I have no intention of this recently."
"The success of our drama is not high, and we don't need to invest too much. You can think about it." Li Fei persuaded.
He didn't receive a call from Chu Cheng because of going abroad, and when he called back, Chu Cheng had already settled the matter with Jiang Nan, and he also learned about the relationship between Chu Cheng and Ji Qingzhou from Jiang Nan. Now that something happened to the Wang family and the capital chain was broken, the first thing Li Fei thought of was Chu Cheng. He thought that with the relationship between Chu Cheng and Ji Qingzhou, this investment is not too big, and Chu Cheng should agree. Unexpectedly, Chu Cheng refused directly.
"Mr. Li, I don't want to be polite to you, so I'll just say it straight," Chu Cheng said, "This investment is really not big, but it's useless to me. In business, first, I don't have any interest in your project." I've seen it, and I don't know whether it's more likely to win or lose, so I don't want to waste this money. Second, even if this project can make money, this drama is a hit, and the hit is the hero and heroine, and Ji Qingzhou In fact, it doesn’t matter much, he just sucks some fans. The public knows that there is such a person, but he is incomparable with Chen Jiyuan. I don’t need to spend money to praise someone I don’t like, so it’s not good for me to make money .Thirdly, if the project loses money, it will be of no benefit to me, right?"
Li Fei was speechless by his words. It is true that Ji Qingzhou is just a male third. Although the characters are good, there are not many scenes. Even if the scene blows up, he will not blow him up. Li Fei didn't expect Chu Cheng to speak so clearly. He was worried and unwilling to give up this life-saving straw, so he hesitated and said, "Or, I'll ask the screenwriter to change the script, mention Xiao Ji's role, and make it a double." Lord."
Chu Cheng laughed, "It's not necessary, Mr. Li, I can understand that you are anxious, but you are doing this purely to scold the actors. When the show airs, book fans won't care what the reason behind you is. , will only scold actors for adding drama, there is no need for this, you should go find someone else."
He said, after a few words of politeness, he hung up the phone, leaving Li Fei alone looking at the phone and worrying. However, he was worried when he received a call from Jiang Nan. Before Li Fei could speak, Jiang Nan's scolding had already spread, "That idiot Chen Jiyuan, he actually made a fuss about terminating the contract at this time! He really thinks of himself as someone else." Now, do you think the crew can't transfer without him? Okay, let's see who can't leave and who can't. Mr. Li, I have already agreed with him to terminate the contract. Let me tell you, if you have any objections, you don’t need to speak up, after all, they have already signed the papers, and they are packing up their things and preparing to leave now!”
Li Fei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly slapped his thigh, "The contract is terminated!"
Jiang Nan was a little confused, and before he had time to ask him what was wrong, he heard Li Fei's loud laughter from the other end of the phone, "This is really a mountain full of mountains and rivers, and there is no way out, and there is another village. What should Zhengchou do, his termination of the contract has shown me a clear path."
Li Fei felt that he was not bad luck, and God really treated him favorably, or why Chen Jiyuan didn't terminate the contract sooner or later, but it happened at this time to terminate the contract, which was really appropriate and a coincidence.
"Xiao Nan, let me tell you, you can rearrange it and make Ji Qingzhou the male lead. Then, just wait for my good news." Li Fei said and hung up the phone.
Jiang Nan looked at the phone that was suddenly hung up, with a confused face, why did he suddenly propose Ji Qingzhou as the male lead? What happened in between? Is Chen Jiyuan's termination of the contract so worthy of Li Fei's happiness
Jiang Nan felt very confused.
Chu Cheng was scrolling through Moments when his phone rang again. He looked at the big characters "Li Fei" on the caller ID, and felt that Li Fei was quite persistent, so he called himself again.
"President Li, I think I..."
"President Xiao Chu," Li Fei interrupted him, "Just now something happened to the crew, Chen Jiyuan terminated the contract, and he quit this drama, so now, Xiao Ji is the male lead of this drama, and President Xiao Chu , so you still don’t invest?”
Chu Cheng was stunned for a moment, what did Li Fei say? Has Ji Qingzhou been promoted to the male lead? In less than ten minutes, how can Ji Qingzhou be the hero? ! Chu Cheng didn't speak, he felt that this was too unreal.
Turning the time back to 20 minutes ago, Chen Jiyuan formally proposed to terminate the contract with Jiang Nan. The reason for the termination of the contract is very simple. When the crew has this kind of problem, no one knows when the funds will be in place. If the funds are not in place, the show will be yellow. Chen Jiyuan had long wanted to leave the film crew because of Chu Cheng's incident, and now the film crew has temporarily stopped filming because of Wang Pengyu's accident and the funding chain was broken. Chen Jiyuan seized this opportunity and blamed the film crew. grounds, to terminate the agreement.
Jiang Nan persuaded him for a long time, Xiaozhi moved with emotion and reasoned, but Chen Jiyuan wanted to terminate the contract wholeheartedly, Zhang Hui had quarreled with him several times about this matter, and now he didn't want to argue with him anymore, just sat aside . Chen Jiyuan and Jiang Nan insisted on their own opinions. At the end, the two of them quarreled unwillingly to show weakness. Jiang Nan was so angry that he patted the table and said, "It's okay to terminate the contract, and pay the liquidated damages. I really think this drama is gone." You can't make it, without you, this movie can't be missed!"
That's why Jiang Nan called Li Fei.
Chu Cheng was sitting at the desk, holding the phone in one hand, and tapping on the table with a pen in the other. If the protagonist is replaced by Ji Qingzhou, then things will be different. It is the same as taking advantage of two probabilities, and he loses, but if he blows, it is not only him who earns, but also Ji Qingzhou.
Li Fei tried his best to persuade him on the other end of the phone, "Mr. Chu, look, we have also done market research for this drama. The campus idol drama has a certain market in itself. This drama is still an adaptation of i. i is not like the i in your hand, it is a big i, but as long as it is i, there are more or less book fans. The most important thing is that he has a small success and a small investment. Mr. Chu, this is Xiaoji's first If a drama is really aborted like this, it will not be good for Xiao Ji, but if you are willing to invest and he successfully plays the male lead, if the drama becomes popular, as you said, the first popular is He and the heroine, when the time comes, you will also make money, and Xiao Ji will also become popular, so why not do it?"
Chu Cheng felt that he was quite good at speaking, and he knew how to block himself with his own words. He sighed, and said loosely, "Send me the details of your project. Do you have my email? Send it over and let me have a look."
Li Fei responded repeatedly, not forgetting to compliment him, "I heard from the director that Xiao Ji's professional ability is very strong. Although he is a newcomer, he is in good condition when filming, and he doesn't need too much guidance. President Xiao Chu, you This little brother is pretty good."
Chu Cheng laughed, "That's right, but what's the use of strong professional ability, a newcomer is a newcomer, and a second-tier actor can do whatever he wants."
"It's their fault. I've already told them. Little Chu, you don't know. It's not easy for us crew members. The stars live glamorously, and there are fans staring at them on the Internet. They casually Weibo Let me just say that we are not, fans should come to us collectively. Chen Jiyuan is the biggest star of the crew, and it took us some time to sign him. Naturally, we have to support him. He wants to target Xiao Ji, and we can't do it for a small season. Wouldn't Ji go to refute his face? Otherwise, we have no grievances with Xiao Ji, and there is no need to target him."
"What you said, are you still wronged?" Chu Cheng felt ridiculous, "Mr. Li, I also didn't pursue this matter seriously because of Sister Jiang's face, otherwise, the deputy director of your crew would still be able to do it now." Stay well in the crew? Let me tell you, it doesn’t matter if I don’t invest in this movie. If I do, the assistant director will leave me as soon as possible, so as to save him from having to deal with the red-topped white, worshiping the high and trampling the low. You moth."
Li Fei wanted to sell miserably, but he didn't expect to be beaten up by Chu Cheng instead, so he could only laugh dryly, "Mr. .”
Chapter Thirty-One
thirty-one:
Hearing what he said, Chu Cheng was satisfied, and after a few polite words with Li Fei, he hung up the phone.
Ji Qingzhou never thought that in just one day, he would become the protagonist.
"Me?" He pointed at himself, "You mean I'll replace Chen Jiyuan as the male lead?"
Jiang Nan and the director nodded, and Ji Qingzhou found it incredible, "But I've played Zhuang Xiangyang for so long, and now I'm playing the male lead? Then all the previous films will be abolished."
"It's okay," the director said, "We haven't filmed this movie for a long time so far, and you don't have many scenes, and Chen Jiyuan didn't shoot too many, just reshoot your two alone, it won't get much success. "
"This..." Ji Qingzhou looked at him, "Why did you choose me?"
He thought that if Chen Jiyuan stopped acting and terminated the contract, then the crew should find another actor to save the scene. Unexpectedly, he was directly appointed to play the leading role. If it had nothing to do with Chu Cheng, Ji Qingzhou would not believe it.
Jiang Nan smiled, "Xiao Ji, as you know, the filming has already started, and it has been filming for a short period of time. Chen Jiyuan terminates the contract at this time, and we have to find suitable actors again. To be honest, it is really not good Look for it. In this crew, your appearance and acting skills are the best, and there is no way to choose you on top."
"Is that all?"
"Of course, Xiao Chu's willingness to invest in this drama at this time is also an important reason. As an investor, he nominated you to act, and we also think you are suitable, so we made this decision."
Ji Qingzhou felt that there was a problem with this statement, "Isn't it the cause and effect?" He asked, "If I want to say, you should have booked me first, and then went to talk to Chu Cheng about the investment, right? The last time we met At that time, he didn't show any intention to invest. It doesn't make sense that now that the investor has an accident, he immediately wants to invest and take over. So, it should be that you first decided on me, and then played the emotional card of me as the protagonist, Go and get his investment, isn't that right?"
"What's the difference?" Jiang Nan said with a smile, "The result is the same after all."
Ji Qingzhou shook his head, "If Chu Cheng decides to invest first, and then appoints me to play the male lead, then I accept it, but if that's what I said, then I need to think about it." He looked at Jiang Nan and the director , "Go back first, I'll think about it, and I'll give you an answer later."
"Xiao Ji, you have to know that in this circle, playing a leading role is far more beneficial than playing a supporting role." Jiang Nan reminded him.
"I know," Ji Qingzhou said, "so I will think about it carefully, you go out first."
Seeing this, Jiang Nan and the director could only leave first, leaving space for him.
Zhou Chengfeng watched Jiang Nan and the deputy director leave the hotel room, and asked Ji Qingzhou, "You don't want to act?"
"of course not."
"Then what are you thinking about?"
Of course, it is to consider whether Chu Cheng's investment in this drama is worth it.
Ji Qingzhou looked at Zhou Chengfeng, "You go out first, too."
Zhou Chengfeng guessed that he probably wanted to call Chu Cheng, so he turned and left without saying much.
Ji Qingzhou saw that everyone was leaving, and then dialed Chu Cheng's phone.
Chu Cheng was chatting with Qin Xue, talking about how he had finally fulfilled his duty as a benefactor. Qin Xue was calling him passionately, feeling that he had accomplished something in teaching, Ji Qingzhou's call came.
Chu Cheng picked it up and asked him, "What's wrong? Missed me?"
"Why do you always start with this sentence?" Ji Qingzhou laughed.
"Otherwise, why are you calling me? Could it be that someone is bullying you again? I've only been away for two days. No one is so daring."
"It's not just that no one is so bold, they still want me to play the role of Chen Jiyuan." Ji Qingzhou asked him, "Are you going to invest in our crew?"
"Um."
"Why? Because of me?"
"Don't you want to play the male lead?" Chu Cheng asked him, "If you play the male lead, if this drama becomes popular, you will be the first to become popular, and you can be directly promoted."
"However, I made this movie to make money, and I did get the money. Now that you invest in this movie, if it blows up, that's good. If it blows up, you will lose money. Not worth it."
"Why isn't it a good deal? I got your money if I lost it, but I just lost my money."
Ji Qingzhou froze for a moment, "It wasn't your money, nor was it brought by the strong wind. If you count us as a small interest group, it was just me participating in the show, and I won't lose any money. Now it's your investment. There is a possibility of compensation. Chu Cheng, I am not in a hurry to play the male lead right now, but I don’t want you to make decisions that you would not make because of me, do you understand?”
"So you think I'm just throwing money at you to make you happy, don't you?"
Ji Qingzhou didn't speak.
Chu Cheng laughed, "You think I'm Xia Jie? I'm so willing."
He leaned back and leaned on the sofa, "I admit that the investment in this drama is indeed because of you. If you were not in this crew, or even if you were not the male lead, I would definitely not invest. But what about the investment?" , itself is the coexistence of risks and opportunities. I have read about the planning of this drama. From the perspective of a project, it is possible to make money. From the perspective of profit, if I lose, I can’t lose much. I really don't care about a little money; but if I earn it, not only I earn money, but you also earn fame."
"You said before that you participate in the show, I don't invest, and you play a supporting role. This method is safe, but being safe means that there is no risk and no high return. What can you get for playing a supporting role? It is your current labor fee. If you're lucky, you can make a lot of faces and earn some popularity, but it's definitely not as good as attracting fans when you play the leading role. Zhouzhou, as a financial leader, you need appropriate