Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 184 Filming "Youth in Youth"

This is also a way.

Mingmei immediately went to the printing department of the school to print out the two scripts, and then went to the teaching and research office to find Zhang Wenqing.

Zhang Wenqing just finished filming a movie, and the post-production has not yet been completed, so he looks a little tired.Hearing Mingmei's intention, he just said lightly: "Let's put it down first, I have time to take a look."

"Teacher, why don't you watch it now, I'm anxious to hear your opinion."

Mingmei thought so in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out of her mouth, she also knew that the tutor was very busy.I had no choice but to obediently leave the script and leave.

Mingmei thought that the teacher would give him news in a few days, but she didn't expect to call her the next day to let her go.

"Who wrote these two scripts?" Zhang Wenqing asked.

"It's still my brother-in-law Yu Dongqing." Mingmei said truthfully.

"Oh..." Of course Zhang Wenqing knew that Yu Dongqing, a famous musician, wrote the movie theme song "Invisible Wings" that he hadn't released yet.

"I didn't expect your brother-in-law to write scripts?"

"Teacher, you forgot, the Weiwei movie "Old Boy" I made last year was the script written by him." Mingmei hastily added.

"Look at my memory." Zhang Wenqing smiled, and then said seriously: "The two scripts are quite well written, and both are worth shooting. I suggest you make a second "Youth in Youth"."

"Teacher, I think the filming of "Youth in Youth" is a bit difficult." Mingmei expressed her concern.

"It's difficult. If it's done well, it's a blockbuster. If it's not done well, it's a bad movie. But I think you can try if you have any difficulties, you can ask your brother-in-law for help. After all, he is the screenwriter of this movie." Zhang Wenqing Very rarely, a smile on his face.

"What? Your mentor asked me to help?"

Today Yu Dongqing and Zhang Yang were drinking tea in Liu Yimin's small courtyard, Yu Dongqing was a little surprised when he received a call from Mingmei.

On the phone, Yu Dongqing heard Mingmei talk about her teacher's opinion and couldn't help asking: "Hey, Mingmei, he is your teacher, and he has the obligation and responsibility to help you film. That's good, there's no evasion at all."

"Brother-in-law! Our teacher is very busy, and we have classes and filming, so we really don't have time." Mingmei argued on the phone.

"Then you mean to say that I'm free." Yu Dongqing heard the girl's voice.

"Brother-in-law, you are always very idle. In the entertainment industry, which star do you think can be as leisurely as you? Singing, filming, and participating in various variety shows are good for you. Apart from writing songs and occasionally singing a few lines, you don't participate in anything else. !"

"Hey, Mingmei, I didn't say I'm a star." Yu Dongqing defended.

"Well, let's not talk about this, then you are my brother-in-law, a handsome and capable brother-in-law."

"Okay. Don't give me a high hat. Well, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Be my director's consultant. Occasionally give advice during the shooting and post-production process. How about just taking up a little bit of your time?"

"That's fine. If you go to other places to shoot, I won't go." Yu Dongqing said.

"No, no, no, I thought about it. I will shoot in the urban area. At most, I will go to Huairou Film and Television City for interior scenes."

After speaking, Yu Dongqing was about to hang up the phone, but she heard Mingmei say: "Brother-in-law, I want to find Li Wan as the producer of this film—he is also my senior brother, what do you think?"

To put it bluntly, it is to attract investment, and of course there are film application and approval and so on.

Of course Yu Dongqing knew Li Wan, the two had collaborated on "Hello, Teacher" last year, and he thought he was pretty good.

"Okay, you go and tell him yourself?"

"Uh-huh."

As the matter was settled, Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and told Liu Yimin and Zhang Yang about it.

Zhang Yang called as soon as he heard it; "Hey, have you designed a character for me yet?"

"Why, haven't you had enough yet?" Yu Dongqing asked back.

"The big villain. Give me a positive role to play this time."

"There are roles, but you have to go to Mingmei, she is the director now." Yu Dongqing smiled.

"Okay, I'll talk to this girl that day."

Planning and making a film is a very tedious task, especially the preliminary work. The first problem is funding.

Yu Dongqing remembers that in the original time and space, "Youth in Youth" cost about [-] million yuan, which is definitely not a small amount for the first time to make a movie.

But with Li Wan as the producer planning, Yu Dongqing didn't want to worry about it, at most, he would invest part of it himself.

Sure enough, a week later, Yu Dongqing received a call from Li Wan: "Holly, your sister-in-law is filming the script you wrote, won't you invest in some?"

Yu Dongqing didn't answer directly but asked, "How is your budget for the whole film?"

"It's hard to say, why don't we make an appointment, and I'll go to your studio to chat?"

"Okay, then at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"OK!"

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and dialed another number, this time it was for Luo Yun.

After hearing Yu Dongqing's arrangement, Luo Yun said with a coquettish smile on the phone: "I knew that you would invest in the movie made by your sister-in-law, but as your manager, I have to remind you."

"Go ahead."

"It's the first time that Mingmei is independently directing a movie. The risk is very high. We must consider this fact. I don't recommend that the studio invest too much money. Besides, our studio doesn't have a lot of money in its account."

"How many?"

"About three million."

"It's okay, isn't it the end of the year soon? Hey, the copyright income of various songs, you have to keep an eye on this matter, and you can't default on it!"

"Don't worry, this is also related to my personal commission. Dongqing, are you really going to invest a huge amount of money in a bright movie?"

"Listen to what Li Wan has to say."

Yu Dongqing couldn't deny it and hung up the phone.

The next morning, after Yu Dongqing sent her daughter to school, she drove straight to Jingyuan and arrived at her studio. Li Wan had already arrived and was chatting with Luo Yun.

He also brought a female assistant, Yu Dongqing, who went to Li Wan's studio earlier this year to receive the income from the movie "Hello, Teacher", and met her once, her name is Zhang Yue.

Seeing Yu Dongqing coming in, Yang Liu hurried up to say hello, poured another cup of hot tea and left.

"Holly, let's get straight to the business." Li Wan was also a snappy advocate, straight to the point.

"This is the preliminary budget for the movie I made, you can take a look first." Li Wan took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Yu Dongqing.

Luo Yun was also watching from the side.

The budget is a full 5000 million!
"This does not include the salary of the actors. According to the general law in the industry, the salary of the actors accounts for about 40% of the cost of the entire film, which means that the investment of this film is about 8500 million." Li Wan explained.

so much?
Luo Yun was secretly surprised.

The investment is almost [-] million, definitely considered a high-cost movie!
Yu Dongqing wasn't surprised at all, he was only this tall in that time and space.

Of course, as a director's debut without graduation, the investment is indeed a bit large, and the risk is also high.

But Yu Dongqing didn't say this, but asked: "How is your fund finding?"

"Difficult, difficult." Li Wan didn't shy away from anything; "I found several film and television investment companies, and they spoke highly of your script, but they didn't have much confidence in the director Mingmei. Dahua Media made it clear that if you change domestic famous directors, they are very willing to invest.”

Dahua Media is a well-known film and television investment company in the Mainland in this time and space, a bit like Xinli Media in that time and space.

Yu Dongqing laughed and said, "Since it was written for Mingmei, how could someone else take it? How about it, my studio will invest 1000 million."

(End of this chapter)