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Guo Siyuan and Wang Nan held hands and shook hands on the road. Guo Siyuan first suggested, "Are you hungry, do you want something to eat?"

Xiao Nan nodded, "I want to eat Japanese food!"

Guo Siyuan sighed, "I think Western food is also good. If you had a thicker skin just now, the two of us would have made Lin Ruo poor."

"But I want to eat Japanese food right now." Xiao Nan still felt resentful for not eating it just now.

"Okay," Guo Siyuan looked left and right, and then pointed to the front, "I know there is a good Japanese restaurant there, let's try it."

Xiao Nan promised well, but regretted it after getting closer, this, isn't this the place where uncle and the others eat!She originally went out to lure Guo Siyuan away and prevent Guo Siyuan from finding out that her uncle was meeting Xu Jinglei, but she ended up here, "Suddenly I don't want to eat Japanese food anymore, let's find a restaurant." Xiao Nan pulled Guo Siyuan and thought To turn away.

Guo Siyuan thought that Xiao Nan was afraid of his expense, and he felt warm in his heart. He pulled Xiao Nan back, "No, I have to eat Japanese food today. If you don't want to eat, I still want to eat it. Just treat it as accommodating to me. Let's go. By the way, is the proprietress inside called Mama Sang?" Guo Siyuan was silent for a moment at the end.

At the narrow Japanese dining table, the three of them had already started a more in-depth negotiation.

Xu Jinglei Zhang Yibai just wanted to buy the copyright from He Mu directly. Zhang Yibai introduced this novel to Xu Jinglei at the beginning. At first, Zhang Yibai was worried that Xu Jinglei would despise his appreciation level. After all, this book has no art content.From the point of view of the novel, it was written relatively amateurishly. I didn't expect Lao Xu to like it very much. After reading it, I was moved to adapt it into a movie.Although the three films she directed before have good reputation, she also won the San Sebastian International Film Festival, one of the eleven major international film festivals, with her second work "Letter from a Strange Woman". Best Director Award, broke the monopoly of domestic male directors in international awards, but without exception, Xu's three directorial works were not very commercially successful, and her third work "Dreams Come into Reality" was only With a domestic box office of 30 yuan, even if it is a low-cost film with only two actors, it is still a failure.

Xu Jinglei's previous directorial works more or less had some of her investment.She also lost money when the box office was not good. This time she didn't want to lose money. She hoped to prove her commercial value through a commercial movie.When she read "Du Lala's Promotion" for the first time, she fell in love with this workplace novel, which is very well-known among white-collar workers. She expected that she and Zhang Yibai would participate in the investment, and then pull some investment. She wants to operate the film completely in accordance with the process of commercial films.As a well-known talented woman.Her vision is also very good, and she believes that "Du Lala" can bring her considerable income.

However, Xu Jinglei could see it, and He Mu couldn't see it. The reason why he paid a lot of money to buy the adaptation rights of "Du Lala", which he didn't appreciate very much, was for the word "profit", and it was a change of hands. He is very clear about whether it is more profitable to sell the adaptation rights or whether it is more valuable to invest in making movies by himself, so he is very clear about Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai's purchase intention.He just laughed it off.

"Xiao He, what do you want? We are very sincere to draw a line." Zhang Yibai asked carelessly.

He Mu spread his hands, "My request is very simple. Shuimu Forest invites sister Jing Lei to direct this film, and hires Director Zhang to be the producer of this film. The salary is based on market conditions. The other two can also invest in this film. However, the combined investment shares of the two cannot exceed 20.00% of the total investment." Although the films directed by Xu Jinglei basically lose money, He Mu believes that if she really goes all out to make a commercial film that meets the taste of the public, there is still a chance. Certainly appealing, at least her directorial level and talent are still appreciated by He Mu.

Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai looked at each other. To be honest, they had a rough estimate of the investment of this movie before. If they wanted to make this movie stylish and atmospheric, it would be impossible without 2000 million. Financial resources, although they can be obtained, are too risky. They almost gamble all their wealth on it. If they succeed, they will make a lot of money. If they lose, their savings for many years will be wiped out in an instant, so It is inevitable to attract other investors. What they want is to get the right to adapt the novel, and they will act as the leader to attract other companies to join in, so that they can pay the smallest investment and get the biggest return.

It's just that now, it's probably impossible to get the right to adapt. He Mu is not so easy to talk to, although he expressed his admiration for Director Zhang and Director Xu when he first came, and he has read a lot of works by both of them. Over and over, he is their little fan, but when it comes to business, he doesn't have the awareness of a fan at all. Mr. He's enthusiasm is undoubtedly revealed, and everything must take the interests of Shuimu Forest as the highest code of conduct.However, since He Mu agreed to allow them to participate in part of the investment, this is actually similar to what Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai expected, but they feel that the ratio of 20.00% is a bit small.

Zhang Yibai felt that he should put a little pressure on He Mu, and had already obtained a situation that was more favorable to them, "Xiao He, actually, Lao Xu and I just wanted to make a commercialized workplace movie with urban white-collar workers as the main target group. It's not that we can't make "Du Lala" without it. Lao Xu will write the script herself, whether it is her own original or find one from the vast number of novels of the same type that is not comparable in quality to "Du Lala" It's easy to get up and down, don't you think?"

He Mu smiled, "I thought it would not be difficult to find a novel with the same quality as "Du Lala", but the difficulty is that there is no workplace novel with the influence of "Du Lala" in the current book market. The theme of workplace movies is rare in China, and successful examples are even rarer. Even in Hollywood, we can learn from a few movies such as "The Devil Wears Prada". If we want to create a market for this theme in the mainland, It is very difficult to have an original work without sufficient influence, in my opinion, now only "Du Lala's Promotion" is qualified to be the pioneer of such films in the mainland."

What Zhang Yibai meant was that they couldn't make a movie without "Du Lala". He Mu refuted them. Lala" is definitely the best choice, and now I have the right to adapt "Du Lala". what to shoot.

Xu Jinglei has been watching the confrontation between He Mu and Zhang Yibai. In fact, she didn't say much tonight, mainly because Zhang Yibai was helping him. At this time, she finally spoke again, "Even if according to what you said, the film is made by When your company comes to invest, director Zhang and I can also invest part of it, so I want to know, as director and producer, what authority do we have?"

He Mu asked, "What permissions do you want?"

Xu Jinglei said: "The right to choose the actors, the candidates for script adaptation and the team behind the scenes, all of these are up to us."

He Mu shook his head, "Shuimu Forest has a complete and rigorous risk assessment system. If the cast and behind-the-scenes team fail to pass the assessment, there is a greater risk of recovering the cost. As the main investor, Shuimu Forest still has the right to demand As for the script adaptation candidates, I agree that it is up to you to decide, but I hope that the script adaptation can be better combined with the placement of advertisements, and the advertising departments of these companies will assist the screenwriters." Since it is a workplace commercial film, Then there is no need to hide it. It is most convenient to place advertisements for this type of work. I have to discuss this with Xu Jinglei first. He is afraid that if Wenqing suffers from a disease, he will be against the advertisement.

"Of course, the more advertisements there are, the more face I have as a director." Unexpectedly, Xu Jinglei is not as resistant to placing advertisements as He Mu imagined.

Zhang Yibai touched Xu Jinglei, meaning not to agree so quickly. They can discuss it after they go back and make a decision. He always feels that if he agrees, he feels a little bit like why Mu made a wedding dress. What he relies on is just a Why can the adaptation rights of a novel account for the bulk of the movie's revenue.

He Mu knew Zhang Yibai's small actions well, and he said generously, "You two can consider my proposal after you go back. In short, I am very sincere in cooperating with Sister Jinglei and Director Zhang. Now we can not talk about work for now. , only talk about Fengyue, only talk about food." He Mu pointed to a few dishes on the table.

Lin Ruo followed Guo Siyuan Xiaonan's footsteps to this Japanese restaurant. She knew that Guo Siyuan's tracking ability was super strong, so the anti-tracking ability must not be weak. In order not to be discovered, Lin Ruo stayed far away from them. When she entered the Japanese restaurant When she was in the store, there was no one there for a long time. In order to find out the truth of the matter, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet and decided to have a meal here, and at the same time, she asked what Guo Siyuan and the others were doing.

In her private room, after the dishes were served, Lin Ruo tiptoed out. There were only a dozen private rooms in the whole store, and they were not soundproof. She believed that she should be able to find Guo Siyuan and overhear something. What, although she thought it might be a bit boring to be like this, but the gossip nature of a woman and the professional habits of Yuji made her unable to help but follow.

Just as Lin Ruo was lying outside a door to eavesdrop on whether it was Guo Siyuan and the two inside, the door opened, and she immediately turned into a passing appearance, and a fat man with a long beard walked out of the door, Lin Ruo glanced at it. Feeling familiar, he glanced again, and vaguely recognized the well-known director Zhang Yibai. He seemed to be answering the phone, and went to the toilet to answer the phone. Who, but followed the past first.

... (To be continued..)

ps: [ps: The first update, I came back at night, the second update may be after the early morning, and now I owe 11 chapters~]