Out of curiosity, Lin Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Sister Xia, do you know what the specific matter is?"
"How do I know the specific situation? I'm afraid you have to ask Mr. Wang yourself." Sister Xia shrugged and replied.
Not to mention that she is just the head of the agency department of Enlight Media now. Even if she is promoted to the department director of Enlight Media, this kind of thing is not something she can inquire about. If she didn't have the identity of Lin Yuan's agent now, this matter wouldn't be possible.
It will definitely reach her ears.
Lin Yuan nodded, took out his cell phone from his pocket, walked aside, and looked through the address book for Mr. Wang's contact information.
It is definitely better to ask about things like this as early as possible. If there is really something good, he can make preparations in advance. If it is some thankless chores, he can also find an excuse to shirk it.
Although this kind of behavior is a bit shameful, reality is all about interests. If he was not as popular as he is now, would people listen to these bosses if he talked about friendship?
Brothers have to settle accounts openly, not to mention that the relationship between him and these bosses has not reached this level, so naturally it is better to ask clearly.
With this idea in mind, Lin Yuan dialed Mr. Wang's phone number.
After a few brief greetings with Wang Changtian, Lin Yuan went directly to the topic: "Mr. Wang, I heard that major film studios are going to jointly shoot a movie. Can you tell me about it?"
"That's what you said."
Wang Changtian did not regard Lin Yuan as an outsider. After all, he wanted Lin Yuan to participate from the beginning. It was not like hiding it, so he repeated the incident exactly.
Of course, some of the things that several CEOs discussed should be omitted.
But after listening to what Wang Changtian said, Lin Yuan roughly figured out what was going on.
In fact, it's very simple. Several film company CEOs feel that main theme movies have become more popular in the film market in recent years, so they collectively decided to make a larger main theme movie. Even if the box office is not good, it can still achieve good results as a gift film.
The audience's reputation is definitely a profitable business for these film companies.
These bosses are also discussing this matter these days to see which directors will be better to find to shoot this movie.
Wang Changtian's idea is also very simple. It would be best if Lin Yuan can join the crew to shoot a movie as a director.
If Lin Yuan joins the crew as a director, he might be able to rely on this relationship to include more artists from Enlight Media to show their faces. The remuneration does not matter. If they can make these artists famous through movies, then that will be
It's a very profitable business.
If it really doesn't work, then we have to ensure that Lin Yuan will participate in the movie as the starring role.
There is no way, why do they think that Enlight Media currently has few supporting artists among its contracted artists?
And in order for Lin Yuan to agree smoothly, Wang Changtian directly gave him a salary of 50 million.
Considering Lin Yuan's current popularity, 50 million is actually not that much. However, even if he is the leading actor in this movie, he won't have too many roles. Looking at it this way, 50 million is a very sincere salary.
Since Enlight Media is now willing to invest resources on itself, Lin Yuan naturally has no reason to refuse this win-win situation, and he agreed after pretending to think about it.
Sure enough, a few days after Mr. Wang revealed the news to him, Lin Yuan received a call from Ning Hao.
This was not the first time that the two of them had met, and there were not so many twists and turns. They went straight to the point and asked: "Lin Yuan, how is your schedule going? I have a short film to shoot this year. Do you have time to guest star?
?”
Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Guest starring?"
"It's just a unit drama, about twenty or thirty minutes, and it doesn't have as many supporting roles as in other movies." Ning Hao quickly explained, as if he was afraid that Lin Yuan would not agree, and added: "Don't worry about the script, I will do it myself.
Dao, I guarantee there will be no problem with the quality of the script!"
"that."
Lin Yuan was about to explain that he might not have a schedule, but before he could speak, he heard Xu Zheng's voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Lin Yuan, don't listen to me. Look at what movies he has made in the past two years.
Well, we have been unfamiliar with each other for a long time. If we cooperate with my brother, we two brothers will join forces and when the time comes, we will directly shock everyone’s attention!”
It's not unusual for these two people to be together, but it's really a bit laughable to hear the two bickering.
It wasn't until the other end of the phone became quieter that Lin Yuan started to explain: "Director Ning, Brother Zheng, it's not that I don't want to give you face, it's that I have promised Mr. Wang to leave the schedule for him, but he has not yet
It’s not convenient for me to agree to the specific arrangements.”
Wang Changtian has already offered a salary of 50 million, so Lin Yuan can't just push him away and take on Ning Hao's film, right?
Hearing this, the other end of the phone was suddenly silent for two seconds.
Then came Xu Zheng's confused words: "Mr. Wang? Wang Changtian of Enlight Media?"
Lin Yuan nodded: "That's right."
"That's probably out of the question." Ning Hao sighed and said helplessly.
He is a director and the founder of Bad Monkey Pictures, so he was naturally involved in the preparations for this film.
When discussing which directors to appoint, Wang Changtian also pretended to be a director at the meeting, saying that he wanted to arrange a director, and he also patted his chest to ensure that the director's level would be high, considering that Enlight Pictures had invested a lot in this movie.
Qian and other film industry bosses naturally didn't raise any objections.
Now it seems that Lin Yuan is undoubtedly the director who made Enlight Media so proud.
After hearing Ning Hao's answer, Lin Yuan's curiosity was also piqued: "Director Ning, from your tone, I should know something, can you tell me about it?"
"Wang Changtian should tell you in the next two days. I can only tell you to take a good rest in these two days. You will not have time to take a good rest by then." Ning Hao replied intriguingly.
Xu Zheng was also grinning evilly from the side, pretending not to tell Lin Yuan.
The more the two of them behaved like this, the more curious Lin Yuan became. Fortunately, that night, Wang Changtian called Lin Yuan and told Lin Yuan the matter.
The movie is tentatively titled "My Motherland and Me" and will be directed by seven directors, each of whom will film a unit drama.
Among them, the chief director is Chen Kaige, and the other six unit drama directors are Zhang Baibai, Guan Rui, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao and Lin Yuan. In contrast, Lin Yuan is the youngest among the seven directors. At the same time,
He is also the director with the fewest works.
However, Lin Yuan was able to enter this list of directors. In addition to Wang Changtian's help, the most important thing is that the gold content of the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is really too high.
Even if you just look at this one work, it is enough to beat most of the works of these directors on the list, both in terms of box office and reputation.
In addition to telling Lin Yuan that he had been selected as the co-director of "My Motherland and Me," Wang Changtian also told him the time and precautions for the film seminar.
You must know that this movie is jointly produced by most of the domestic film companies. Whether it is the scale of the movie or the cast, it can be said that it is impeccable. In addition, this movie is also a National Day gift film, which is enough to show that the major movies The importance the industry attaches to this movie.
After resting in the apartment for two days, Lin Yuan took a plane to BJ to prepare for the film script discussion of "My Motherland and Me".
The seminar is expected to last for a week, from 9 to 5. In addition to eating and sleeping, the seven directors are basically in the arranged conference room, unifying the standards of the seven story image styles, and discussing together what can be used for film shooting. Historical events, and finally each director selects an event to shoot into a unit movie.
Before Lin Yuan arrived at BJ, the chief director Chen Kai had already created a group chat and arranged the schedule for the seven-day seminar.
Arriving at the conference room at eight o'clock in the morning, each director proposed his own creative concept, and then other directors discussed it at any time. Through such discussions, there was a collision and exchange of ideas. But to put it bluntly, in fact, each director said I have my own creative ideas, and then several other directors come to find faults.
Noon is the time for eating and lunch break.
As for whether to take a lunch break or not, that is everyone’s habit and no one will care.
Then in the afternoon, in addition to discussing the script, we spent the next few hours deciding on the actors for each unit play.
After this kind of time arrangement similar to closed management was made, other directors in the group had no objections. After all, most of them came from hard times, and everyone understood the priorities of things. Besides, the person who arranged this arrangement was the chief director Chen Kaige. , if directors like Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu have opinions, they dare not raise them in person.
Lin Yuan readily accepted this and had no dissatisfaction. Hengdian had never experienced any hardships at that time, and that's what happened in a mission-based movie like this. Everything had to be planned for you and you had to act in accordance with the requirements.
Although doing this will make people feel constrained and not free, it is much more stable than that kind of scattered filming. Otherwise, the movie "My Motherland and Me" will be ruined and the audience will salivate. It can drown them.
After arriving at BJ, Enlight Media sent a special car to take Lin Yuan to the conference room for the film seminar.
As soon as he entered the conference room, Ning Hao's voice rang out inside.
"Hey, Lin Yuan is here."
Originally, Lin Yuan thought he had arrived very early, but he did not expect that Xu Zheng and Ning Hao had already arrived in the conference room and even ate fruit leisurely.
However, Ning Hao's Bad Monkey Pictures is already in BJ, so it makes sense that he and Xu Zheng would be the first to come over.
Lin Yuan pulled up the stool, sat next to Xu Zheng, and joked: "Hey, you two came through the back door too?"
After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Xu Zheng laughed and quickly distanced himself from Ning Hao: "Don't take me with you. I came in based on my ability. Rats use the back door. They say they are investing in movies, but in the end they insist on themselves." Film a unit drama."
"Look what you two are talking about. Can't I shoot the movie I invested in? Besides, it's already pretty good that I personally acted and forfeited the director's fee." Ning Hao said very proudly.
He is already considered a top director in China, and there are really not many who are above him.
However, all three of them knew it was a joke, so Xu Zheng also cooperated with Lin Yuan and teased Ning Hao.
While the three of them were chatting, other directors also arrived in the conference room one after another. Those who could sit in this conference room were basically well-known in the circle, so there was no need to introduce themselves.
A few minutes later, the door of the conference room was pushed open again. This time it was the host. Brother Chen Kai walked in with a serious expression, pulled out his stool and sat on the host's seat.
"I am very happy to cooperate with you all to shoot a very meaningful work. All of us here are the best filmmakers in our country. I won't waste time introducing myself. Let's get straight to the topic."
"Starting tomorrow, our film research work will officially begin. The time is very tight. I hope everyone can understand that it is only a week in total. If anything happens, please be patient and patient. Everyone is very professional.
Director, everyone’s goal must be the same as mine, which is to make a good movie, so let’s focus on one place and work hard to achieve good results.”
"I have said all that needs to be said. I hope that we can get along happily in the next few months and that we can get along as soon as possible. We are all veterans in this industry. The shooting speed will never be slow, but I hope that you can take it seriously.
This movie must not be treated perfunctorily."
"Okay, that's all for the meeting. Let's have dinner together later. Let's get to know each other at the dinner table."
He is worthy of being a leader of the fifth generation of domestic films. He does things cleanly and neatly, establishes authority where he should, and is polite where he should, but he does not fall behind at all. This gives Lin Yuan a very good feeling.
If it were another leader coming here, it would probably take more than half an hour just to introduce myself, and the speech would be long and stinky. It would be a long list of words, and in the end it would have to be slowly adjusted during the filming process.
A director like Chen Kai who doesn't mess around is what a director should be like.
Just like that, everyone picked up their things, got up, went downstairs, and went to the hotel to prepare to officially welcome the film seminar tomorrow.