I'm the man behind the big stars

Chapter 32
"I plan to use new actors and directors. Although there may be some discounts on the quality of the film, this can control the cost of the film to the greatest extent."

Hearing Lu Chen's answer, Shi Yin felt a little surprised.

It's okay to use new actors, but is it too much to use new directors?

How can a rookie director make this kind of movie well.

Gambling is not a good thing. If you lose all your money, it will be the worst. After all, you have accumulated 3000 million funds with great difficulty.

"How can a new actor perform well? I think it's better to find someone to invest in. There is no need to take this risk." Shi Yin said.

Lu Chen ate the bread in a few mouthfuls, then took a deep breath of milk, turned to look at Shi Yin and said, "The newcomers I'm talking about don't refer to people like you who have never acted in the past, but those who have never acted before." As for the lead actors, they also have some experience in filming, so it is possible to play the leading role well."

"What about the director? If the director isn't selected, the movie will probably be scrapped." Shi Yin said.

Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "The director is indeed a problem. I'll look for a well-known director with a relatively low salary first."

Shiyin took out his mobile phone at this time, and while playing with it, he said absently:

"You can do whatever you want, anyway, you are the major shareholder, and it's your fault if you lose money."

After Shiyin turned on her phone, she went to the script website to search for the script "A Chinese Journey to the West". Soon, the script was found. There were only a few scenes in the script, and it was indeed written by a person named Chen Lu. This Chen Lu Lu also wrote "The Unruly Princess". It seems that this screenwriter is not simple, and I will get to know this screenwriter when I have a chance in the future.

Shi Yin was deeply shocked by the dialogues in "A Chinese Journey to the West", so she was very curious about what kind of person Chen Lu, the screenwriter, was able to write such a script. Of course, she was only curious.

After Lu Chen made a decision, he began to prepare for filming. Cheng Ming is more experienced in this area and can help him.

After breakfast, Lu Chen made a phone call with Cheng Ming. On the phone, the two discussed the issue of the director.

Sometimes, no matter how good the script is, if the director is not found, the movie may be thrown away directly, so Lu Chen still pays more attention to the issue of the director.

After Cheng Ming got on the phone, he listed several directors with filming experience to Lu Chen. Cheng Ming had contacted many directors in the past, so he knew quite a few directors.

After listing the names of several directors, Cheng Ming asked on the phone:

"How about these directors?"

Lu Chen thought for a while, and then replied, "The directors you listed don't seem to have made any successful film and television dramas."

Cheng Ming said: "It's true. Most of the movies they make can't even get their money back. Because of this, their salary is not very high, but they all have experience in making movies."

Hearing Cheng Ming's words, Lu Chen fell silent.

Can't even recover the cost of the film you made?

Then why are you looking for these people?
But it's not necessarily the director's problem, it may also be because they don't have a good script.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said to Cheng Ming on the other end of the phone: "Send me some of the movies made by these directors."

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

"Let's do this first. I'll call you after watching these movies."

"it is good."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen hung up the phone, and soon Cheng Ming sent Lu Chen the names of the movies made by the directors he mentioned earlier.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lu Chen quickly searched for these movies, and then prepared to watch them slowly. He thought it would take him a lot of time, but in fact it only took him less than half an hour. He scanned a few movies, and the result was Worse than he imagined.

When he watched the first movie, he quit without seeing 10 minutes. The movie was full of irrelevant scenes. I really don’t know if the director is making a movie or a documentary about animals and plants.

The second movie was even more exaggerated. When the actors said their lines, they were like reading from a textbook, without emotion. Although this is the problem of the actors, or the problem of the voice actors, it is also the fault of the director to allow such things to be done.

The third movie, Lu Chen, turned it off as soon as he opened it. After he turned it off, he quickly looked at Shi Yin not far away. Seeing that Shi Yin didn't notice him at all, Lu Chen was relieved, and almost became a big movie. Wrong, grandma's third movie is actually an adult movie...

The kind of lightning strike that opens the screen...

What the hell is this Cheng Ming doing, and this kind of director is also introduced to him?Can a director who makes a two-person movie use it to make a normal movie?

Lu Chen was a little angry and called Cheng Ming directly.

After Cheng Ming answered the phone, he asked suspiciously, "Lu Chen, did you finish reading it so soon?"

Lu Chen said angrily, "Damn it, what kind of movies are you sending me?"

Seeing that Lu Chen was angry, Cheng Ming quickly said: "These directors are still of a certain level, but they are limited by the script."

Lu Chen immediately said: "No, these directors are definitely not good. Think again, is there any other candidates?"

"Then I'll think about it."

After Cheng Ming finished speaking, he fell into deep thought for a long time, and did not speak for a long time.

Lu Chen saw that Cheng Ming hadn't spoken for so long, so he asked directly, "What's the matter, didn't you think of that?"

Cheng Ming said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "I think of one, but I don't know if you can hire him, and his salary depends on the script. If he is satisfied with the script, he is willing to make it even if he doesn't pay him."

Hearing this, Lu Chen asked suspiciously, "Who is it?"

These days, are there still directors who don't get paid?This made Lu Chen very curious about who the good guy was.

Cheng Ming replied, "Chen Chuan, Director Chen."

Hearing this name, Lu Chen was stunned.

Chen Chuan is an old drama star, a boss-level director. It is said that when he was in charge of filming "The Unruly Princess", Dreamland gave him a salary of 1100 million, although this salary is not even one-tenth of the salary of some traffic stars. , but if Chenyin took one-third of the 3000 million film budget to hire a director, the subsequent steps would not be necessary.

"I'm afraid we can't afford it." Lu Chen said helplessly.

Cheng Ming said: "Director Chen still has some impressions of you. You can show him the script first. It was because I showed him Princess Diao Man that he persuaded the shareholders of Dreamland to make this film." TV series."

"Okay, let me give it a try, then let's do this first."

"Row."

After hanging up the phone again, Lu Chen sighed, the director is really troublesome.

At this point, he had to think, if he had the talent to direct, it would be great.

But it's a pity that he is not a god, he doesn't even know what knowledge a director should have, so how can he be a director.

No one is omnipotent, even if he is a reborn traveler from the earth.

At this time, Shiyin not far away said, "Why are you sighing at such a young age, you look like an old man!"

Lu Chen was a little speechless. This guy is the kind of person who opens his mouth when he eats and stretches out his hands when he wears clothes. She waits for others to feed her with resources. She is relaxed, and her back does not hurt when she stands and talks.

"Cheng Ming said that we can't find a director, so we can try with Chen Chuan. If the script is better, maybe he won't ask for too much salary." Lu Chen said.

Hearing what Lu Chen said, Shi Yin fell into deep thought. After a while, she said, "This old man said before that if I encounter any difficulties in the entertainment industry, I can find him. How about I try to find him?"

Lu Chen asked suspiciously: "He treats you so well? Could it be that he wants to rule you out?"

Shiyin put down the guitar, got up from the seat, and said disdainfully: "It's just him? Still trying to rule me? I can destroy him with one kick."

"If you're like this, I guess even if he didn't want to make unspoken rules, you wouldn't want to help you..." Lu Chen hesitated to speak, but Shi Yin spoke so toughly, he deserved to be from Dashan, and the folk customs are simple, I guess she is like this My son, few men dare to provoke her, if one day falls into her hands, wouldn't the happiness of a lifetime be gone.

Shi Yin continued at this time: "I can ask first, if he is willing, he can come, if he is not willing, forget it."

"I'm still the boss of a film investor now, no matter how unspoken the rules are, I can't get past my head." Shi Yin said confidently.

Part of the reason why she wanted to do it alone was because she wanted to avoid the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry. Now that she was the boss and had resources, no one could impose unspoken rules on her.

"Okay, then you try."

Lu Chen also wanted to know if Shiyin could invite Chen Chuan. If he could, that would be the best. If he couldn't, there was no other way. He would continue to look for the director.

Shiyin immediately took out his mobile phone, found Chen Chuan's number, and called him immediately.

At this moment, Chen Chuan is enjoying the life of old age, sitting on the observation deck of the villa at home basking in the sun, when he saw the phone ringing on the table beside him, he immediately reached out to pick it up.

Ok?
When he found out that it was Shi Yin's phone call, he was a little surprised, this niece could think of him, what's the matter with him?

After answering the phone, Shi Yin immediately asked, "Director Chen, are you busy now?"

Chen Chuan replied suspiciously: "No busy, what can you do?"

"It's like this. The company I own has invested in a movie and I want to hire an experienced director. I wonder if Director Chen is interested?" Shi Yin asked.

Chen Chuan asked back: "How is the script written?"

I heard from Shiyin that she started a company and also invested in movies, which aroused Chen Chuan's strong interest.

At this time, Shi Yin had just become famous, but she jumped out of the capital circle and started playing with capital by herself. This is something that many first-line stars dare not even think about.

Of course, although Shi Yin himself is a rich second generation, he didn't make use of his family's resources.

"The script is still good, but the salary may be a little low." Shi Yin said truthfully.

"Then send me the first part of the script, and I'll take a look first."

After all, Chen Chuan is a director who pays more attention to the script, and a few words cannot be separated from the script.

"You don't need me to post it, you go to the script website and search for Chenlu, he posted the script of Westward Journey." Shi Yin said.

When Shiyin said the word "Chenlu", Chen Chuan's brain froze. Isn't Chenlu the screenwriter of "The Unruly Princess", that is, Lu Chen?He wrote a new script again?And you're planning to make a movie?

Because the drama "The Unruly Princess" is relatively good, Chen Chuan began to look forward to the movie "A Chinese Journey to the West" for a while. He immediately went to the script website and searched for Chenlu's script, and he found that there was an extra copy.

Afterwards, Chen Chuan quickly glanced at the first few scenes of "A Chinese Journey to the West", and he quickly judged that this "A Chinese Journey to the West" is probably better than the script of "The Dirty Princess". Of course, this is a movie script, and TV scripts are different.

After watching the first few scenes of "A Chinese Journey to the West", Chen Chuan asked, "Shi Yin, do you know this screenwriter?"

Shi Yin replied, "I don't know him. I would like to meet this person if I have the chance."

Hearing this, Chen Chuan sighed a few words. This Lu Chen is really interesting. He wrote the script without telling Shi Yin, and then gave it to her to shoot. I don't know what he means by that, but there is no need to hide it at all.

I don't know if this Lu Chen knows Shi Yin's real identity. Although Lu Chen seems to like Shi Yin very much and is willing to pay for her silently, Shi Yin is a wealthy family after all. I am afraid that Shi Tian's test will not be easy. Pass.

Obviously, Chen Chuan misunderstood Lu Chen.

"Well, I'll come to Huacheng on Tuesday, and then you can show me the complete script." Chen Chuan is thousands of miles away at the moment, and it will take some time to come here.

"Okay, so be it."

After speaking, Chen Chuan hung up the phone.

Lu Chen witnessed the whole conversation between Shi Yin and Chen Chuan, and he felt it was incredible. Shi Yin can still talk well, why is he always going crazy in front of him, even though she was a bit direct when talking to Chen Chuan , but not particularly impolite.

But it's okay, after all, Chen Chuan was invited, and now it depends on whether Chen Chuan is interested in "A Chinese Journey to the West" and whether the film salary can be lowered.

the next day.

Morning Sound Company.

It was already 10:30 when Lu Chen came to the company. He had been preparing for filming last night and stayed up late, so he woke up late this morning.

What made him a little speechless was that since the scripts of the first few scenes of his "A Chinese Journey to the West" were posted on the script website, the mobile phone messages have basically never been interrupted. Many companies hope to find him to cooperate and buy his scripts.

On the way he came to the company, his phone vibrated almost all the time. Just after he entered the company, the phone rang again. He couldn't bear it anymore, and Lu Chen finally turned off the phone.

Just when he took out his mobile phone and turned it off, he saw a girl walking by him. This girl looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Then Lu Chen found Lin Zijie, and asked, "What position did that woman apply for?"

"Agent, she said she wanted to be an agent."

(End of this chapter)