Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 400 How Many Goddaughters Do You Have?
After hanging up Li Wan's call, Yu Dongqing lay on the bed thinking about money.

Although Li Wan's budget has not yet been made, but with reference to the cost of making martial arts films in the Mainland, the remaining budget is estimated to be more than 6000 million, excluding the actors' salaries for the time being.

Post-production special effects, costumes and a lot of location shooting, these are places that need to spend money.

Of course, if you use [-] cents special effects like in some costume dramas, it really doesn’t cost much to synthesize cutouts in the studio.

But Yu Dongqing thinks that if you want to shoot, you must shoot the best!

As for the actor's remuneration, Yunjie Li monopolizes 3000 million yuan, and Mingmei's remuneration adopts a profit-sharing model, which will account for 1% of the entire film's profit. The rest of the actors, including doubles, are estimated to be around 1000 million yuan.

In addition, there are film announcement roadshows, etc., at least 1000 million.

In this way, the investment in this film is more than [-] million yuan, which is considered to be a film with a large production cost.

Yu Dongqing intends to invest 5000 million in his own studio, including several of his friends and Li Wan's studio, which is estimated to invest around 3000 million, and the rest will be raised by himself.

Thinking of this, Yu Dongqing picked up the phone, opened the address book, found a number and made a call. He was calling Zhang Longwen, the boss of Longmei Mining.

The call was connected quickly, and Zhang Longwen came in Mandarin with a grand Jin province accent: "Director Yu, hello, do you need investment to make a movie?"

"Hehe, Mr. Zhang, is your guess so accurate?"

"As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Palace. You are a busy person. Tell me how much do you need my investment? Is 3000 million enough?"

"Heh, Mr. Zhang, you still don't know what I want to shoot and you have to vote for 3000 million?" Yu Dongqing was slightly surprised.

"Director Yu, you don't know. In my mind, the three characters of Yu Dongqing are the golden signboard! Others think you are good at singing, but I think you are even better at making movies! Last time you made "The Tuner" with a box office of 5000 million. I estimate the cost is [-] million, right? It's a huge profit! It's a pity that you don't take me with you."

Hearing Zhang Longwen's long-winded words, Yu Dongqing smiled and said: "Thanks to Mr. Zhang, you think highly of me, and thank you for investing 3000 million yuan. Let me tell you the content of the script first."

Yu Dongqing briefly explained the content of the script on the phone, and Zhang Longwen applauded repeatedly on the phone: "Martial arts film! Good, good, it will definitely make a lot of money! Director Yu, can I invest more?"

"Enough, thank you."

Yu Dongqing replied.

Others make movies by soliciting investment from everywhere, but it’s better for me, I don’t think it’s too much to send to your door.

Yu Dongqing briefly talked about the current preparations for the production team, agreed on a time to sign an investment contract with Li Wan, and was about to hang up the phone when Zhang Longwen suddenly heard Zhang Longwen say, "Director Yu, I still have a small request, can you arrange a role for my daughter? The female number one is fine, any junior sister or Ren Yingying is fine, how about it?"

"You mean Ye Xiaomin? Isn't she filming? I don't allow an actor to play two scenes at the same time." Yu Dongqing refused on the spot.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Longwen said: "It's not Xiaomin, it's my other goddaughter named Zhao Sisi who also graduated from Yandian. She is very beautiful and has good acting skills and has practiced dancing. You will definitely be satisfied."

What the hell!

How many goddaughters do you have?
They are all from Yandian!

Zhang Longwen also briefly introduced Zhao Sisi's situation. Yan Dian just graduated this year, and he has filmed several film and television dramas during his studies. Although they are all small supporting roles, they still have some acting experience.

After hearing Zhang Longwen's words, Yu Dongqing decided to agree.Anyway, I also need to find actors.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, make an appointment for me to meet her, but I have a request."

"any request?"

"When you come here, you must wear no makeup!"

Three days later, Yu Dongqing met Zhang Longwen at Beichen Golf Club.

Originally, Zhang Longwen invited Yu Dongqing to eat at Yanjingliang, but he declined, and he always went to Yanjingliang for dinner, getting tired of it.

Although the food there is high-end, it doesn't suit Yu Dongqing's taste. It's not as good as the crayfish in Hu Da Restaurant.

So Zhang Longwen invited him to play golf at Beichen Golf Club and discuss business while playing.

In the original time and space, Yu Dongqing was a frequent visitor to the golf club, but after coming to this time and space, he almost never went there.

Usually, I drink tea with a few buddies, go fishing, and sometimes drinking beer is very happy, and I almost forget about it.

Hearing that Zhang Longwen invited him to play golf, he suddenly became interested and drove there happily.

Beichen Golf Club is located on the edge of the Asian Games Village, with guest rooms, Chinese and Western restaurants, cafes, cigar bars, changing rooms, etc., and the green grass on the course.

Yu Dongqing was wearing a T-shirt and slacks, a golf cap, and holding a club in his hand. Zhang Longwen was also dressed casually, and there was a plain girl beside him.

She is Zhao Sisi.

When Yu Dongqing saw her for the first time, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Sure enough, netizens joked that the coal boss's aesthetic ability is indeed extraordinary.

The Zhao Sisi in front of me has a melon-seeded face, classical beauty with a touch of playfulness, she is simply the best choice for my junior sister Yue Lingshan.

What's more, it doesn't seem to have undergone plastic surgery.

"How's it going, isn't Sisi good?" Zhang Longwen's tone was a little smug.

"Not bad!"

Yu Dongqing swung the club, and the ball flew straight into the distance.

"Director Yu, the technique is pretty good."

"So-so." Yu Dongqing looked at Zhao Sisi again: "I heard from Mr. Zhang that you have learned dance?"

"Yes, I have learned Chinese classical dance level 13." Zhao Sisi said.

"Okay, you can play Yue Lingshan. After signing the contract, I will give you the script. Please read it carefully."

"Don't you need to audition?" Zhao Sisi was a little surprised.

"No, Yandian graduates are not far behind." Yu Dongqing replied.

In this "Swordsman", the main scene is fighting, and the literary part is mainly performed by the lead actress, Ming Mei.

Yue Lingshan and Ren Yingying didn't have many scenes. To put it bluntly, they just needed to find a beautiful vase, and their acting skills came second.

This should be enough for Zhao Sisi.

"However, let me tell you in advance that this is a fight scene, which is more difficult and dangerous. You have to be mentally prepared. Of course, we will have substitutes for dangerous scenes." Yu Dongqing's face was a little serious.

After hearing this, Zhao Sisi hesitated for a while, but still nodded.

"Also, your salary won't be too high."

"How many"

"40."

"It's only 0?!" Zhao Sisi widened his eyes and was about to say something, but he heard Zhang Longwen cough, looked at his face again, and quickly changed his words: "40, just 40."

"Finished talking about business? Play, play!" Zhang Longwen swung his club.

After playing for a while until the afternoon, after the three of them had dinner in the club restaurant, Yu Dongqing drove away.

After sending Yu Dongqing away, Zhao Sisi couldn't wait to say: "Godfather, the salary is only 40 yuan, which is too low? It's still a martial arts scene, I don't want to go"

"What do you know!" Zhang Longwen suddenly swears. "Do you think I let you join Yu Dongqing's film crew just for the mere hundreds of thousands of dollars? It's to make you famous quickly! Look at Xiao Min, who made that "Tuner", which not only sold well at the box office, but was also nominated for Best Actress in this year's Golden Rooster Awards!"

"Even if she won't win an award in the future, it is a great honor to be shortlisted! Look at her salary, which has soared from more than 200 million to 800 million! This is already close to the salary of a first-line star!"

"Godfather, then help me win the No. [-] girl, and become famous faster." Zhao Sisi muttered.

"The lead actress in this film is Yu Dongqing's sister-in-law, can it be your turn?! Take it one step at a time, what's the rush? And you're on the set, don't be petty. Listen to the director!"

"Yeah." Seeing Zhang Longwen's bad tone, Zhao Sisi hurriedly agreed.

Zhang Longwen ignored her, and suddenly smiled: "You said, Yu Dongqing's sister-in-law is not going to be a director, but she plays the lead actress for her brother-in-law, they are really interesting.
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