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Chapter 333: Yu Ji

"..." Huang Ze looked Jiang Wen up and down, "Brother Jiang, what do you think of you as Yu Ji?"

"A rough face, with stubble? A hoarse voice?"

"He's still 1.83 meters tall? He's got broad shoulders and a big waist?"

"Yu Ji was also played by a man, a female role. I know all of this." Jiang Wen still did not give up, "I can perform a scene for you right away."

"Ever since I followed the king in his battles, I have endured hardships and hardships..."

Jiang Wen did what he said, and coordinated his movements with his hands, body and eyes. You have to admit, he really has some skills!
But if I let you play Yu Ji, the audience will suspect that I have a mental problem.

“Stop! Stop!” Huang Ze stretched out his right hand and made a stop gesture. “Did you learn two lines of Peking Opera lyrics from Farewell My Concubine before coming to me? You’re singing in tune.”

"I've been listening to it since I was a child." Jiang Wen took advantage of the opportunity to climb up, "Besides, I can play this kind of effeminate role. I played Li Lianying in last year's "The Eunuch Li Lianying"."

"That won't work either!"

"Eunuchs are eunuchs! They are not the same thing!"

Huang Ze stood up, walked forward and patted Jiang Wen's arm, then patted his chest muscles, and couldn't help curling his lips, "Brother, you have seen Yu Ji, have you ever seen Yu Ji who is in shape?"

"Okay, don't think about it, I've already decided on this role."

"If you really want to play the role, would you like to play Ba Wang?" Huang Ze's Zhang Fengyi in the previous life's movie was not so irreplaceable. Huang Ze felt that there was no big problem with Jiang Wen playing the role. After all, this face could be used from his twenties to his forties. It was old enough to make him look old!
"Director Huang, I think I should focus on the new film." Jiang Wen pointed at the script in Huang Ze's hand. "After all, this is my first time as a director. I want to do my best to make an excellent film."

"I will never let Director Huang down!" Click, Jiang Wen saluted in a proper manner.

"Go to hell." Huang Ze smiled and patted Jiang Wen with the script, "Don't you just want to play Yu Ji?"

"Hehe, the main reason is that Yu Ji is challenging. I am now focused on being a director. If there is no challenging role, I really can't suppress the urge in my heart."

"Then you should just be your director." Huang Ze then sat down and started to look through Jiang Wen's script.

The title of the script was not written, but Huang Ze figured it out after reading it for a while.

"Sunny Day".

It turned out to be it.

Maybe it’s because Jiang Wen grew up in a compound, so when he writes about children from such a compound, his writing is so true and emotional.

Knowing which movie it was, Huang Ze read the script much faster, flipping through it quickly.

While watching, I would occasionally draw out the parts that felt quite different from the films I had seen in my previous life, and write down my own opinions.

Although this movie has a high probability of making money, it would be better if it could make this guy worry less and save some production costs.

"These are some of the suggestions I made. Take a look at them. If you think they can be used, use them. If they can't be used, forget it. I won't force you."

"Hey, let me take a look." Jiang Wen opened it and took a look. When he saw the first place, he scratched his head. When he saw the third place, he took a breath of cold air. After looking at the place circled by Huang Ze, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

"Great!"

"Brother Huang is worthy of being Brother Huang. He was able to help me make revisions the first time he read my script."

"No need to say anything, just one word, I surrender!"

"Okay, stop flattering me." Huang Ze waved his hand. "It's been so long, you should have done more than just writing the script, right? You're mainly shooting in Beijing, scouting locations, etc., you must have done it secretly, have you finished the storyboard?"

Hearing the words "storyboard script", Jiang Wen immediately hesitated, "This, this..."

"No painting?"

"Who said there's no painting? It's just that it's not complete."

"Then I'll take a look at the drawn part." "I, I..." Jiang Wen gritted his teeth and took out a 32-page notebook, "Here."

"Huh?" Huang Ze was stunned for a moment.

Isn’t it a bit small?
Bring it over and take a look.

"Excuse!"

Huang Ze was shocked and praised him endlessly.

“This is a storyboard.”

"It has muscles and bones!"

Only bones and tendons are left.

The person is simply a circle as a head, with four or five strokes below, which is the legendary matchstick man.

He flipped through it twice and saw that it was all the same. Huang Ze was too lazy to read it and returned it to Jiang Wen. He even praised it, "It's a good painting, very distinctive."

"Brother Huang, stop praising me."

"..." Huang Ze waved his hand, "That's it, how much investment do you need?"

Jiang Wen stretched out five fingers, staring at Huang Ze's face. Seeing that Huang Ze didn't change, he spread his fingers hard.
"five million!"

"We want to shoot high-quality products. The higher the investment, the higher the quality!"

"I figured that this much money would be needed to make a good film."

"Don't say any more." Huang Ze interrupted Jiang Wen, "Five million, is that enough?"

"Six million then?"

"Forget it, let's just say five million." Huang Ze knew clearly that five million was enough to make a movie.

But five million is definitely not enough for Jiang Wen to make a movie.

This guy probably just wanted to trick people into giving him five million first and then deal with the rest later. This is the director's usual method of dealing with investors. As long as it's not too excessive, investors will generally agree to it for the sake of sunk costs.

We have to make additional investments anyway, so there is no rush to increase the budget now. We will deal with it later when it runs out.

Otherwise, if you give him 10 million, he might only shoot half of it after spending it. If you give him 5 million, he might still only shoot half of it after spending it.

Huang Ze has invested in two directors with this kind of decision-making difficulty, and he understands them too well.

"Alright, let's make it a deal then!" Jiang Wen grinned, "Just give me the down payment, and I'll find someone to set up the agency, and then start casting."

"I'll arrange it. Once you sign the contract, the money will be deposited immediately."

"By the way, let me ask you a question." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Do you know someone named Feng Xiaogang?"

"Feng Xiaogang? Xiaogang."

"Oh!" Jiang Wen slapped his forehead, "I remember now. I know him. He has a protruding mouth and buck teeth. He works as an artist at the Beijing Television Art Center. He's the one who often hangs out with Wang Shuo?"

"Hey, you wouldn't know him even if I told you. I'll bring him here for you to meet. Do you want to meet him?"

"See you!" Since Huang Ze couldn't find Brother Chen Kai, he chose Feng Xiaogang as one of the assistant directors.

There is no other way. If we want to achieve the goal of having students all over the world and let people realize that Huang Ze is simply the West Point Military Academy in the film and television industry, then Feng Xiaogang will definitely be an indispensable candidate in the mainland film market.

Without him, domestic commercial films of those years would have been wiped out.

(End of this chapter)