"Lao Mu, what are the specific requirements for BMW's product placement? Do you need to revise the script for them?" After everyone hit the road, Xiao Yao did not rush to ask about the formation of the crew, nor did he say his relationship with BMW, but first cared about BMW's product placement.

"No!" Mu Ying shook her head, "Their requirement is that there are at least three shots of their BMW in the feature film, and one of them can see their car logo, but there is no need for a big close-up, just be able to distinguish it." Their logo is so obvious that even if it's the entire front of the car in the camera, you can recognize it. They also didn't ask for a specific model of the vehicle, which in our current script would be completely satisfying without any adjustments. If I need to adjust the script, I will definitely discuss it with you before deciding whether to accept their sponsorship or not. ”

"That's good!" Xiao Yao nodded, "What about the cost?"

"The base sponsorship fee is $500,000, and we are provided with three SUVs and a seven-seater utility station wagon for the crew. Mu Ying said, "In addition, according to the box office of our movie, they will also add sponsorship fees, I don't remember very well how much the box office will increase, and I will show you the contract when I go back." ”

"It's okay, these things are said to be handed over to you to be responsible, you just have the idea, I just care about it!" Xiao Yao said, "In this regard, you are more experienced than us." ”

"I didn't talk about the specific details, but I found a special business person to help us deal with it. Mu Ying smiled, "I'm not as versatile as you!"

"Xiao Yao, BMW's sponsorship conditions are very generous," Xu Fei asked again, "What is your relationship with BMW?"

Although 500,000 US dollars is not a lot, the conditions for product placement are quite relaxed, which is already very good for their movie, not to mention that they also provided a car for the crew, and there is also an additional sponsorship fee according to the box office.

"It doesn't matter, it's just that I helped them write the scripts for a few commercial films. Xiao Yao said.

"Advertising movie scripts?Did you write the scripts for the series of advertising movies that Josini played?" Chen Xiaoting also asked.

"Well," Xiao Yao nodded, "The "Hostage" the year before last was written by me and Lao Mu, and last year's "Heart" and this year's "Star" were both written by me!"

After the release of BMW's second commercial film last year, the response is still good. Later, Martin Groz contacted Xiao Yao and asked him to write the script for the third part, Xiao Yao thought that it was a good thing to maintain a relationship with BMW, so he wrote "Star" from the BMW series of movies in his previous life to Martin Groz.

"He's not just writing scripts. Mu Ying interjected, "The idea of this advertising film series was conceived by Xiao Yao, and he can be regarded as the chief planner of this series." ”

"Chief planner?" Zhao Rui also said curiously, "When did you start advertising planning for BMW on Bayi? When you came to the United States before last? No, you didn't come to the United States in the first half of the year before last, only to France, and that was the summer vacation of the year before last?"

"Not the United States. Mu Ying said with a smile, "Although BMW's advertising films are all filmed in the United States, they are not BMW projects in the United States, but projects in the German headquarters!"

"German headquarters?" Zhao Rui said suddenly, "The time you helped Zhan Youcheng order a prosthetic? No wonder you went to visit the BMW headquarters!"

"That's not right," Zhao Rui shook his head again, "It was early last year, and BMW's first commercial movie was the year before last!"

"It's not Germany, it's France!" Mu Yingdao, "the same time he went to France to attend the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival." ”

"I know," Zhao Rui nodded, "Bayi said that you and he met at the film festival, and the parkour movie was also the idea you came up with at that time." But how did the project of BMW's German headquarters become a contact with you in France? Don't you say that the people from BMW's German headquarters went to France to find Xiao Yao to help them plan?"

"No," Mu Ying said, "Clermont Ferrand is the seat of Michelin. It was a business trip to the Michelin headquarters of BMW Germany, and he was invited by Michelin to watch the closing ceremony of the film festival. Didn't Xiao Yao's "The Tuner" win the most popular audience award at the film festival? BMW's marketing director wanted to ask him, the award-winning director, to help BMW shoot commercials. At that time, he said that he still had a job in China and was not interested in making commercials, but he gave them the idea of using short films to advertise and make a series, and recommended me to be a director. ”

"At that time, I was going back to China to record a quick book to promote the TV series with you. Xiao Yao added with a smile.

"Wow~ Xiao Yao really doesn't have anything to say to the two of you!" Chen Xiaoting looked at Zhao Rui and Xu Feidao, "In order to help promote your TV series, I even pushed the opportunity to be a BMW advertising director!"

"That's it!" Xiao Yao agreed.

"Come on," Xu Fei said, "Your family also has an investment in that TV series, we all work for your family, and you yourself are also one of the screenwriters of that TV series, shouldn't you do publicity?

"Our family has invested in a lot of film and television works, do I contribute to each one?" Xiao Yao pouted, "You see that I haven't done much publicity on Weibo to help our family invest in the works." ”

"It's true that you don't necessarily invest in your family. Zhao Rui said, "But you pushed down BMW's advertising director, it definitely wasn't for us!

"I don't dare?" Xiao Yao glared.

"Don't dare!" Zhao Rui said firmly, "I may dare now, but most of them didn't dare at that time!"

"Ha, sure enough, Zhao Rui knows Xiao Yao better!" Mu Ying said with a smile, "Xiao Yao pushed down BMW's advertising director at that time, it was indeed because he felt that he was not sure! I asked him at that time, and he personally answered me!"

"Lao Mu, do you want to demolish me so quickly?" Xiao Yao smiled helplessly.

Everyone chatted all the way, and before they knew it, they arrived at the residence that Mu Ying had prepared for them.

This time Xiao Yao and the others came to the United States to make a movie, Mu Ying did not help them book a hotel, but helped them rent a few apartments.

There are many differences between filming in the United States and filming in China, and one of the important differences is that there are various labor unions in the United States.

In the case of the Screen Actors Guild, they have made it mandatory to use union actors for productions of more than $3 million. In addition to this, the union will also provide various guarantees to union actors. As long as you are an actor in the Screen Actors Guild, you only work 8 hours a day, and you have to pay overtime for the excess part, you must have a week off, you can't rotate seven days in a row, and so on.

Although their film is not invested by a Hollywood film company and is not considered a Hollywood movie, it is more convenient to shoot it if it is filmed in the United States and wants to release it in the United States in the future, so it is more convenient to obtain the approval and approval of the trade union.

Mu Ying communicated with Xiao Yao about these things before deciding on the filming location, and Xiao Yao also considered this aspect of the matter before determining the filming location.

Their film is not invested by Hollywood, and the union only stipulates that there must be actors with a union, and not all actors must be from the actors' union. Xiao Yao usually doesn't like to stay up late, and filming is not the kind of character that has to be filmed day and night. No overtime, weekly holiday restrictions are not a big problem for Xiao Yao, the actors are relaxed, and they are also happy, it is nothing more than that the filming date is lengthened, Xiao Yao can accept it. In contrast, Los Angeles is Mu Ying's territory, and it is also one of the European and American cities that Xiao Yao is most familiar with, so this advantage is even more rare.

To become a project recognized by the American union, it naturally has to abide by the rules of the union. Adhering to an eight-hour workday and weekly holidays means that they have a lot more time outside of filming. The hotel is just a place to sleep, and since there will be a lot of free time outside of filming, of course, it is more comfortable and convenient to live in an apartment than to live in a hotel.

Xiao Yao's assistants are all women, among which Pei Minyi is not only Xiao Yao's assistant, but also serves as a makeup artist in the crew. The girl is less courageous, and when she is away from home, it feels safer for two people to live together, so Mu Ying rented six apartments in the same apartment building for the eight of them. Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and Pei Minyi live in a single room, Chen Xiaoting lives in the same room with her assistant, and Zhao Rui and Xu Fei's two assistants live in the same room.

The time difference between Los Angeles and Yanjing is nine hours. Xiao Yao and the others took off from Yanjing at 12 o'clock at noon, the flight lasted 12 hours, and it was 9 o'clock in the morning when they arrived in Los Angeles. From meeting at the airport, from the airport to the apartment in the city, and then to Xiao Yao and the others in the apartment after sorting out their luggage and packing up, it was almost time for lunch. Next, it was Mu Ying's lunch for everyone to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

"There's nothing to do in the afternoon, I'll send you back to the apartment!" After lunch, Mu Ying said to Xiao Yao and the others.

Xiao Yao and others went to Los Angeles today, but Mu Ying did not arrange a job. They had been on a plane for twelve hours, and there was a time difference, and Mu Ying didn't plan to take them out to play, and was going to send them back to the apartment to rest.

"Lao Mu, I slept all the way, and I don't need to rest at all now," Xiao Yao said to Mu Ying, "Can you arrange for me to meet the actor you chose in the afternoon!"

"You have an interview in the afternoon?" Mu Ying looked at Xiao Yao in surprise and said, "After a twelve-hour flight, aren't you tired?"

In terms of actors, some group performances and small supporting roles with few scenes were handed over to Mu Ying for finalization. In addition to Xiao Yao, the protagonists and some big supporting roles other than the three members of their YRF team asked Mu Ying to select some candidates first, and then audition with him after Xiao Yao came, and finally the two discussed and decided.

"I said I slept all the way," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I slept enough on the plane, and I can't sleep when I go back now!"

"Me too!I'll go with you!" Zhao Rui also said.

"We~" Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting also said.

"Don't go!" Xiao Yao intercepted their words and said, "Look at the tired looks on the two of you, don't hold on, let's go back and rest! Our division of labor is different, it is impossible to act together all the time! You two are not directors, so there is no need to go with you in this matter." ”

"This~okay!" The two thought for a moment and nodded.

"I'll get in touch and give it a try. Mu Ying said, "I originally informed them that the interview time was tomorrow, but this is temporary, and I'm not sure if I can call all the actors over in the afternoon." ”

"It doesn't matter, as much as you can come, it can also reduce some workload for tomorrow!" Xiao Yao said.

"By the way, I still have to contact the Screen Actors Guild guys. Mu Ying said, "When we interview, we must also have someone from the actors' union present." ”

For the Screen Actors Guild program in Hollywood, the casting interview must be attended by the director, producer, and the screen actors at the same time. Because there are union actors among the candidate actors, Xiao Yao and they must also be present during the casting interview. Mu Ying and Xiao Yao are the directors and producers, so they still need to notify the union to be present at this time.

"It's okay, it's not the weekend, they can definitely send someone!" Xiao Yao said indifferently.

As Xiao Yao said, today is not a weekend, it is supposed to be work time. Mu Ying contacted the union staff who had accompanied him to participate in the previous casting interview, and the other party happily agreed to come over in the afternoon to conduct the casting interview with them.

The two crew drivers sent Xu Fei and others back to the apartment. Mu Ying contacted some candidate actors here, and after informing the time and place of the interview, she took Zhao Rui and Xiao Yao back to their residence to get the script and camera and other things needed for the interview, and then drove to the interview location.

The interview took place not in a studio, but in a café with open-air seating. When Xiao Yao and the others arrived, the staff of the Actors' Guild were already waiting for them in the open-air seats drinking coffee.

Mu Ying introduced several people to each other. After some polite greetings, the four of them sat down at the same table.

The casting staff member of the Screen Actors Guild was Kate McCann, a young woman who looked to be in her thirties, not particularly pretty, but shrewd and capable.

Zhao Rui has the title of action director in this movie, but he is not a director, and this casting audition is to watch and learn, so it is Xiao Yao, Mu Ying and McCann who make the decision.

Mu Ying and McCann have interviewed many people together before and are familiar with each other, and Kate McCann's attention is mainly focused on another director, Xiao Yao. At this time, the actor who had not yet auditioned arrived, so Kate McCann took the initiative to talk to Xiao Yao.

As the head of the casting of the film's labor union, McCann also did some knowledge of Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao's music works have been on the American Billboard, because the case has been on the social news in the United States, and his performance in the Eva Swimsuit Special, the Eva Show and the Masters at the beginning of the year is very outstanding. Kate McCann is also very curious about this young but more famous Chinese teenager than Mu Ying, and deliberately leads the topic to those things when talking.

However, Xiao Yao did not tell Kate McCann about those "brilliant achievements", but deliberately turned the topic to this movie, explaining to her his understanding of those roles and the requirements for the actors who play those roles.

"Not arrogant or impatient, looks very serious and professional!" After a conversation, Kate McCann gave her impression of Xiao Yao in her heart, and she also had a higher opinion of him.

The two chatted for about ten minutes, and the first actor to interview arrived. The actor didn't call and found the table of four people directly.

"Hello Miss McCann, Mr. Mu, Mr. Xiao, Mr. Zhao, I'm here to audition for the role of Joceline!" a young girl bowed to the trio.

"Kim!" Xiao Yao looked at the girl in front of him in surprise and said, "You're coming to audition?!"

The girl standing in front of Xiao Yao was none other than Zhou Jingyi!

"I'm an actor, can't I come to the audition?" Zhou Jingyi smiled.

"Lao Mu, there is no gold in the shortlist you gave me!" Xiao Yao turned his head and asked Mu Yingdao.

Originally, after meeting McCann, several people switched to English mode, and at this time, in a hurry, Xiao Yao even spoke Chinese.

"Surprise!" Mu Ying said with a smile in English.

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