My wife always wants me, a big star, to eat soft rice

Chapter 73 Director's Salary

After hearing Xu Mulin's words, Xu Ziyi immediately said: "Dad, Tianmeng Company has just been established, and the company does not have much capital. If your asking price is too high, our company cannot afford you."

Xu Mulin said with a smile: "Director Lu is Shitian's son-in-law. As long as Director Lu opens his mouth, it is not easy to ask for one or two hundred million."

"If my quotation from you is too low, it will be difficult for me to ask for a high price when I go to another company in the future."

At this time, Lu Ming said helplessly: "Director Xu, I was always cautious when I came out to start a company. How could I dare to ask my father-in-law for money? The funds for our filming are all earned by my company's recent songs."

Xu Mulin was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "How much do you plan to control the cost of this movie?"

Lu Ming replied, "2000 million."

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Xu Mulin was speechless for a moment, and then he said: "In this day and age, if you hire a slightly famous actor, the salary will go up to 3000 million. Your cost of 2000 million is not enough to hire an actor."

"If you want me to say, Lu Dong, you made this movie the best for Dreamland."

Lu Ming said: "This movie is just testing the waters. I don't plan to use those famous actors, and I plan to play the male lead myself."

Hearing this, Xu Mulin directly stretched out his right hand, spread five fingers and said, "This number cannot be less. Since you want to use new actors, I will have to find actors for you at that time. There are many things, low I'm not doing it for this number."

Lu Ming thought about it, hired a big director for 500 million, and the director's reputation is very high, it will definitely have a certain publicity effect for this movie. In addition, he is right, Tianmeng Company is the first time There are still many questions to ask him about making film and television dramas, and he will definitely have more things to do, so 500 million is not too much.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming said: "Okay, 500 million is 500 million, but when will the love apartment directed by you, Director Xu, be finished? We plan to start this movie as soon as possible."

Xu Mulin replied: "There is still a week or so. IPartment itself doesn't have many episodes, and Huanming's script is relatively easy to shoot."

Having said that, Xu Mulin continued: "Director Lu, I lost a lot of money by accepting your drama, I have to tell you in advance, if you still find me for your next film and television drama, the price must be more than 500 million .”

The reason why Xu Mulin lowered the price was because his daughter asked him to come here, and her daughter was also working at Tianmeng Company. In addition, he was very interested in the script "Charlotte Annoyance" written by Huanming.

A director of his level no longer thinks about how much money he makes. He just shoots the works he likes, and the reason why he dare not quote a low price is simple because he has a good reputation and his position is comparatively low. High, if he charges a lower director's fee for making a movie, it is tantamount to suppressing the director's fee of other directors in disguise. Doing this kind of thing will offend people, and he doesn't want to offend people.

If he charges 200 million yuan for making a movie, if the news spreads, other companies will definitely use this as an issue when hiring directors who are not as good as him. You see, other big directors like Xu Mulin only charge 200 million yuan for directors , Your quotation is actually so high.

After hearing Xu Mulin's words, Lu Ming smiled, and said, "Director Xu, don't worry, when our company has money, if we still ask you to direct the next film and television drama, we will definitely give you a suitable price."

At this time, Xu Mulin picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said, "Okay, let's do this for today, Ziyi, you should be off work soon? Why don't we, father and daughter, go out for dinner? "

Xu Ziyi said, "Well, good."

Lu Ming said at this time: "By the way, Director Xu, you don't have my contact information yet."

After hearing this, Xu Mulin immediately took out his mobile phone.

"I almost forgot about this, Lu Dong, please add me on WeChat, and I will contact you as soon as I finish filming the iPartment."

At this time, Lu Ming took out his mobile phone, scanned the QR code on Xu Mulin's mobile phone, and added Xu Mulin as a friend.

Afterwards, Xu Mulin and Xu Ziyi left Tianmeng Company.

After leaving Tianmeng Company, Xu Mulin said to Xu Ziyi seriously: "Ziyi, tell Dad honestly, do you like Lu Ming?"

"I have to remind you that other people have families. You can't destroy other people's families."

Xu Ziyi helped Lu Ming speak just now, which made Xu Mulin a little worried. He was very afraid that his daughter liked Lu Ming, so she helped him speak like this.

And Xu Ziyi should be very clear that his director's fee is usually relatively high. When Xu Ziyi called him, he was ready to bargain with him. I wonder if Xu Ziyi has any special feelings for Lu Ming.

Hearing this, Xu Ziyi said: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? Director Lu did me a favor, and I'm just paying him back."

Xu Mulin asked suspiciously: "Help? What did he do for you?"

Xu Ziyi said lightly: "I can't tell you this for now."

Speaking of this, Xu Ziyi continued: "By the way, Dad, I will leave the job in a few days. Don't wait until after I leave the job and suddenly regret not taking this movie."

Xu Mulin was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "You want to resign? Then what are you going to do next?"

Xu Ziyi replied: "I plan to go to Hualin to have a look. I will look for a job after I arrive in Hualin."

Xu Mulin said: "Instead of going to Hualin, you might as well stay in Jiangnan City. There are more jobs in Jiangnan City and it's easier to find. Besides, I'm also in Jiangnan City, so I can take care of you."

Speaking of this, Xu Mulin suddenly thought of something, and he said with a smile on his face: "Is your boyfriend going to Hualin? So you have to go with him?"

Xu Mulin couldn't think of any other reason for Xu Ziyi to travel so far. Moreover, Hualin and Jiangnan City are both super-large cities. The development opportunities in these two places are the same. People living in Jiangnan City, There is no need to run to Hualin.

Xu Mulin thought to himself, it really is because his daughter has grown up, and the padded jacket is now being worn by others.

Xu Ziyi said at this time: "Don't make random guesses, I just want to visit Hualin, I have no other ideas."

Xu Ziyi doesn't really want her father to know that she is in a relationship, unless she and Chen Hai have a result.

Xu Mulin said with a smile: "Well, it's okay to go out for a while while you're young, but having said that, I have a lot of friends in Hualin, you can tell me what kind of job you want to find, and I'll talk to my friends later. Friends say hello."

Hualin has a film and television base, and many of Xu Mulin's colleagues are in Hualin. If Xu Ziyi wants to find a job related to the entertainment industry, he only needs to tell him, and he can arrange it for her immediately.

Xu Ziyi hurriedly said, "No need, I'll find it myself."

Xu Mulin took out a bunch of keys at this time, and then took out one of the keys from above and said, "This is my house in Hualin. If you have no place to live, you can live there temporarily."

Xu Ziyi didn't refuse either, and took the key directly, and then she reminded: "Dad, you must remember that you can't let his wife know about Director Lu."

Xu Mulin said with a smile: "Their couple is really strange. They are in the same industry, but they do their own things."

"It seems that this Lu Ming has relatively strong self-esteem, and he also wants to make a career for himself."

From Xu Mulin's point of view, Lu Ming probably thought that he was no different from his family when he was married, and wanted to start his own business in order not to be looked down upon.

Every man has self-esteem. Although there are always people on the Internet who say they want to eat soft rice, once people start eating soft rice, they will find that soft rice is not delicious. People who are not soft enough can't bear this anger.

"Zi Yi, don't worry, just follow Huan Ming's script, and I will continue to shoot this movie. If Tianmeng Company doesn't have enough funds, I can still bring funds to join the team."

Seeing that his father said so, Xu Ziyi was relieved, and then the father and daughter found a five-star restaurant and had a big meal.

(End of this chapter)