Qi Jibai was a little nervous at this moment.

He had been sitting in the teahouse for ten minutes, during which time he had raised his hand to look at his watch three times and drank two glasses of water.

But in fact, there are still more than ten minutes before the agreed time with the other party.

That's right, he was waiting here half an hour early.

Sometimes life is so wonderful that you never imagined that one day's most mundane conversation could be a turning point in your fate.

More than a month ago, in the crew of "Forensic Chronicle", Qi Jibai saw Shao Bing's appreciation of Wei Xun, and out of the mentality of multiple friends and multiple paths, he and Wei Xun took the initiative to talk and added a contact information.

At that time, Qi Jibai didn't think too much.

Now, a month later, he was informed by the company that a film project was about to start, and he was asked to come to the teahouse and wait for an interview with the investor's representative.

The name of the representative of the investor is Wei Xun, and the upcoming film project is called "Wuwen Xidong".

Because of the shady incident of "Please Call Me an Actor" that bombarded the headlines of major networks a few days ago, almost no one in or outside the circle has not heard the script of "Wu Wen Xidong".

Wei Xun is the screenwriter, and the movie that Zhai Qing and Jiang Duzhou have decided to join is eye-catching news in itself.

What's more, this movie was officially announced by Wei Xun when the traffic of the whole network exploded.

As an insider, and a contracted director of Times Pictures, Qi Jibai also learned some deeper insider information.

For example, this "Wuwen Xidong" has an initial investment of 40 million, three joint ventures, Wei Xun alone invested 20 million, Huaying 10 million, and Times Pictures 10 million.

Although Qi Jibai hasn't read the script yet, how bad can the quality of the book that can make Zhai Qing and Jiang Duzhou come to the platform?

Zhai Qing, the queen of the Golden Flower Movie, Jiang Duzhou, who can still carry the box office with his acting skills, and Wei Xun, who has his own traffic and acting skills, three excellent actors and a good script, such a configuration, even if it is in the director circle, it is a well-deserved top resource.

So when this top-level resource fell on his own head, Qi Jibai was almost stunned.

He came to the teahouse set by Wei Xun in a daze, and now his mind is very messy.

Today, Wei Xun and more than a month ago have changed a lot.

At the end of the turmoil in "Please Call Me an Actor", Zhou Xingchen apologized, the program team apologized, Dynasty Entertainment deleted the official flash warning message, actor Gu Chengxian completely disappeared, and Tianguang Media was silent and did not speak.

Who wouldn't be amazed by this one's sweeping record?

Coupled with the small explosion of "Forensic Chronicle", the box office even broke through the 50 million mark, and when it is released, even if the total box office does not reach 100 million, it can have 80 million.

For a film with a niche theme and two ticket jumps, this achievement is not unremarkable.

The senior management of Times Pictures has been floating these days.

What's more interesting is that "Forensic Chronicle" is a joint investment by Dynasty Entertainment and Times Pictures, although Dynasty Entertainment does not invest much, but it has also become a beneficiary.

And as we all know, there is an irreconcilable conflict between Wei Xun and Dynasty Entertainment.

Well, these are all digressions, and it is worth paying attention to that Times Pictures has done market research here, and the reason why "Forensic Chronicle" can explode is inseparable from Wei Xun's traffic.

The company's marketing department even came to an astonishing conclusion that Wei Xun has a strong ability to carry the box office.

It's incredible, but the results are convincing.

Not to mention that when Wei Xun officially announced "Wuwen Xidong", he almost completely spread out this movie that had not yet started filming on the Internet to promote it, saving a huge amount of publicity and distribution costs.

So in the project "Wuwen Xidong", Wei Xun, who is also an investor, screenwriter, and actor, naturally has a greater right to speak.

In other words, as long as Wei Xun nods today, Qi Jibai can become the director of "Wuwen Xidong".

This is also the reason why Qi Jibai is nervous.

After another ten minutes, the door of the box was pushed open, and Wei Xun was seen wearing a set of casual clothes and a mask, walking in in a very low-key manner, and behind him, followed by assistant Mao Bin.

Oh, it's no longer appropriate to say assistant.

From the moment Wei Xun entrusted Xingyang Law Firm to file a termination lawsuit against Tianguang Media, Mao Bin has become Wei Xun's agent.

"Wei ...... Mr. Wei. Qi Jibai stood up and said hello, slightly restrained.

After all, now the identities of the two are different, and they can't be as casual as before.

"Director Qi is polite, just call me by my name. ”

I haven't seen him for a while, Wei Xun hasn't changed much, his attitude is still gentle, he took out two thick scripts from his bag and handed them over, and said with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk, you read the script first." ”

"Oops, okay. Qi Jibai nodded in response, opened the script and looked at it twice, and then was stunned.

In the script that Wei Xun gave him, there were very beautiful and clear storyboards, with detailed picture annotations, as a professional, Qi Jibai could see at a glance how much energy it would take.

But...... Storyboarding is a director's job.

When he was an assistant director for Shao Bing, Qi Jibai also took these storyboard scripts from Shao Bing in this way, and then shot them diligently step by step.

He thought that he could finally be in charge this time, but now it seems that he ...... Apparently not.

Wei Xun looked at Qi Jibai's slightly stagnant expression, and smiled: "How about it, will you take this book?"

The storyboard script is taken out, in fact, the meaning is already very clear, I can give you the position of the director, but how to shoot, I have the final say.

There is no humiliation, let alone a seizure of power, we are frank and ugly in front of us, clear and crisp.

To pick up or not to answer, it's all up to you.

Qi Jibai was silent for a moment, and said astringently: "Pick up." ”

Even if it is a nominal director who doesn't do anything, it looks aggrieved, but a film starring Zhai Qing, Jiang Duzhou and Wei Xun with an investment of 40 million yuan, there must be no shortage of directors who are willing to come to the name.

And with the results of directing the film "No Questions Asked", are you still worried about not being able to direct movies independently?

The right is to save up resumes.

Thinking about the relationship between interests, Qi Jibai agreed very happily.

Wei Xun was happier than him, stood up directly, and said: "Okay, that's you, I recently went through the book, and by the way, I joined Times Pictures and Huaying, and Zhang Luo pulled the crew out of the team, and we will be able to start filming in half a month." I still have something to do here, so I won't tell you all about it yet, and we'll see you in half a month. ”

Qi Jibai took the storyboard script in his hand and looked at Wei Xun, who came and left in a hurry, dumbfounded.

He was nervous for several days, and the result was so simple, the interview passed?

After coming out of the teahouse, Mao Bin complained: "We are in a hurry, Brother Xun, you still have to ask Qi Jibai out to talk, just a few words, make it clear on the phone, and hand him the notebook will be over." ”

Wei Xun rubbed his eyebrows and said: "This kind of thing as a named director is a bit humiliating in itself, I don't come to see him in person to express his position, even if he takes it, it will inevitably be unsmooth when the movie starts filming later, and the deal will not be successful, and the friendship will have to be stabilized." ”

"Okay, I delayed a little time just now to see Qi Jibai, and the time in the scheduled recording studio was vacant, and it was booked by someone else, so we can only schedule it until the early hours of the night. ”

Mao Bin sighed and said: "Now you still have a men's magazine cover that needs to be photographed, recently because of the termination of the contract, your endorsement has dropped a lot, and this advertising Party A hopes that you can come over for an interview in person in the afternoon." If the time can be free, at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, you can still arrange a radio music warm-up chart to promote, and just go back to the recording studio to record "Young and Promising" after the end. ”

Wei Xun has been very busy lately, really busy.

"Wuwen Xidong" is about to start filming, and the 20 million funds will arrive in three batches according to the contract, not to mention that he still has millions of arrears to repay every month.

So I can only take advantage of the time to shoot magazines, receive appropriate endorsements, and record and release the two songs "Young and Promising" and "The Devil from Heaven", and do all the trivial things that should be done in advance, because after the film project starts shooting, it will be completely followed by the crew, and it is impossible to have time to do this.

Hearing a lot of work in Mao Bin's mouth, Wei Xun took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's hurry up." ”

In fact, he has been doing this for half a month, and he has to squeeze out time to draw the script and take scenes, and he only sleeps three or four hours a day.

As for why you fight so hard, of course, it's because of lack of money.