Chapter 189: Produced by the team

"But Director Tao, I still want to put forward a condition. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info" Xiao Yao continued.

"What conditions, you say?" Tao Ran said noncommittally.

"I know that the rule of the show is that each singer only has two chances to sing his own song, and the rest of the time he has to sing someone else's song. But I don't want to sing someone else's song. If I succeed in kicking out the gym, can I keep singing my own songs?" Xiao Yao said.

"The program stipulates that you can only sing your own songs in the first show or finals, and we want to show the comprehensiveness of a singer, and only by mastering different kinds of songs can we show our true skills. The singers who participated in the show sang a lot of classic songs, and we wanted to minimize the impact of the popularity of the song itself on the audience, which is fair to the singers who have few original classic songs. Tao Ran was a little embarrassed.

"I promise to sing my own original new song every episode. Songs that no one has ever heard, without popularity, will not let the audience be affected by the popularity of the song itself, right?" Xiao Yao said, "As for controlling the comprehensiveness of the songs, looking at my own songs and the songs I have written for others, do you think my works are comprehensive enough? In the show, I promise that I will not sing only one type of song." ā€

Xiao Yao's first album was evaluated by Xiao Siqi as a miscellaneous album with a miscellaneous music style, and he was nominated for several genres for the best song at the two "Golden Disc" Awards.

"Are you planning to turn this year's "Singer" into your "Good Song"?" Tao Ran said funny, "Haven't you enjoyed playing so much on "The Voice" the year before last?

"Actually, I also wanted to participate," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "But when "Good Songs" was held last year, I was still a senior in high school, and I didn't want to take a long leave to participate in the show and affect the college entrance examination, and at that time, I had already won the "Golden Dee Award", and there was no shortage of channels for releasing songs, so I was embarrassed to grab that rare opportunity to release songs with those creators who were not well-known." ā€

"Besides, when my dad recommended me to participate in "Singer", he should have warned you that I might make such a request, right?" Xiao Yao continued, "Did he already help me discuss this issue with you?"

"yes, you little guy really knows everything, huh?" Tao Ran said incredulously.

Isn't there a saying that "knowing the son is not the father"? For me, my father's mind is not very difficult to guess. Xiao Yao said proudly.

The thing Xiao Siqi thinks about the most now is to help Xiao Yao release an album. Xiao Yao's first album was made up after participating in "The Voice", and now that the number of songs in Xiao Yao's second album is not enough, Xiao Siqi will definitely help him fight for the opportunity to sing more than one original song on "Singer".

"Okay," Tao Ran said, shaking his head, "Xiao Siqi has indeed discussed this issue with us. We are ready to revise the rules of the show, as long as the singer does not sing the original classic songs that have been released before, and it is not necessary to sing other people's songs, and it is okay to sing new songs that have not been released by themselves. ā€

"Since you have decided to be a kicking singer, then we will arrange for the third game of the first round to appear as the first kicking singer. Tao Ran continued, "The recording of the show will start a week later, and by the time you appear, it should be almost mid-to-late April, and the specific recording time will also have the issue of appearance fees..."

"Talk to my agent. Xiao Yao said, "You should have her contact information, right?"

"Of course," Tao Ran nodded, "I'll contact her as soon as possible." With that, Tao Ran stood up and said goodbye, "Since the matter has been discussed, I won't disturb your dinner, I'll leave first." ā€

"Goodbye, Tao Dao!" everyone hurriedly got up and said.

After sending Tao Ran away and everyone sat down again, Ke Jun looked at Xiao Yao and smiled: "It seems that it won't be long before you appear on our show again." ā€

"Singer" is also a program of Shonan Satellite TV, according to convention, when it is broadcast, the singers in the show will take turns to appear on "Everyday Upward" and "Happy Camp" for cross-promotion. "Where Are You Going, Dad" did the same back then. Although Xiao Yao rejected "Happy Camp" at a young age at that time, but now that Xiao Yao has grown up, with his current fame and today's performance on the show, when the show is broadcast, he should not be let go by these two ace programs.

"Sister Lan, Brother Sen, you will soon have a chance to take revenge in the show. Zhou Ni stimulated the two people who were a little disgraced in the show today.

"How do you know that the two of them won't be depressed by Xiao Yao again?" Kong Lei said with a smile, "Sister Lan and Brother Sen didn't release the slightest amount of water today, but they couldn't really play Bayi." Singer-themed shows must be indispensable for music-related games, do you think the two of them can play this demon?"

"We can discuss the script with the director and let Bayi be on the same team with us," Wei Sen said with a smile, "Bayi has given us clothes, who still remembers that little bit of hatred?

"I'm a person who likes to challenge the difficulty," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "If there is another chance to come to Kuaiben, I will ask the director to try to team up with Zhou Ni or Kong Lei to fight against the two of you... Oh no, you three game bosses. ā€

"It's still my business!" Ke Jun said with a smile and glaring.

"Oh yes!" Zhou Ni and Kong Lei laughed and clapped their hands.

"What are you two happy about?" Xiang Lan glared at the two of them and said, "Bayi's words mean to hoe the strong and help the weak, that is, the two of you are weak chickens in his eyes, what is there to be proud of?"

After a laughing and laughing supper, Xiao Yao and the others said goodbye to Ke Jun and other hosts, and returned to the hotel arranged for them by the program team.

"Stone, Xu Fei, come to my room and sit down, I have something to discuss with you. After entering the elevator of the hotel, Xiao Yao said to Zhao Rui and Xu Fei.

"What's the matter, can I go with me?" Zhu Zitong said curiously.

"Won't you tell you about the stone when you turn around? I can't wait for a while?" Xiao Yao glanced at Zhu Zitong with a smile and said. After staying in the crew for a few months, Xu Fei and Ye Xing were both aware of the relationship between Zhao Rui and Zhu Zitong, so Xiao Yao didn't care about the relationship between the two here.

"Hmph, I'm here to see what the hell you have up to with this demon, what shady things do you want to discuss!" Zhu Zitong said nonchalantly.

"Bayi, what's the matter? really can't even Zitong know?" Zhao Rui asked.

"Good skills," Xiao Yao smiled and gave Zhu Zitong a thumbs up, "Let's go together." ā€

"Ye Xing, I'm sorry. Xiao Yao turned his head and said to Ye Xing slightly apologetically.

"I'm tired from recording the show today, and I just want to go back to my room to rest now. Ye Xing waved his hand.

Although Ye Xing was very curious about what they were going to discuss, and wanted to enter the small circle around Xiao Yao like Xu Fei, he also knew that the relationship between himself and Xiao Yao was different from that of the others. Needless to say, Zhao Rui and Xiao Yao have been in a relationship for more than ten years. Zhu Zitong is Zhao Rui's girlfriend, equivalent to Xiao Yao's sister-in-law, and this relationship is naturally very close. As for Xu Fei, Xiao Yao met when he was filming "Lingyunzhi", and the two met before Xiao Yao became famous. And what about myself? It's just that we met in the crew last year, and we recorded a show together today. So after Xiao Yao revealed that he didn't want him to participate, Ye Xing took the initiative to avoid it very measuredly.

"Sit casually and do what you want to drink. After entering the room, Xiao Yao pointed to the sofa in the living room to the three of them, and then went into his bedroom. Treating these people, Xiao Yao was not as polite as he was to Mu Ying.

"What's going on?" the three sat down on the couch with puzzled expressions.

Xiao Yao, who came out of the bedroom, took two folders and a laptop, handed the folders to Zhao Rui and Xu Fei respectively, and said, "Let's take a look at this first!" and said to Zhu Zitong, "You can look at it with the stone." ā€

"Outline of the movie script?" Flipping through the folder, the three of them all looked at Xiao Yao in surprise. Zhao Rui immediately said: "Are you going to make a movie again? Didn't you just agree to participate in "Singer"?"

"It's not me, it's us!" Xiao Yao corrected, "This is a movie about parkour, the protagonist is a parkour team, and the three of us shoot it together." ā€

"Parkour, what a good idea!" Xu Fei immediately said happily, "This kind of movement was initiated by us, and we will star in a movie about parkour together, cool!"

"Who is the producer?Who is the director?" Zhao Rui asked calmly, "The three of us are so young, and none of us have played the leading role in the movie, are you sure that others will definitely use us to play the leading role?"

"Of course it's sure," Xiao Yao nodded, "The producer is ourselves." The director is co-directed by me and a master's degree student in the directing department of USC. Now that we've come up with this script outline together, I want you two to join in and work together to refine the script. ā€

"Do you know how much it costs to make a movie? Just the three of us? How much money do you have? Anyway, the money at my disposal is only six figures." ā€

"Don't say that you are going to ask the three of us to ask our parents to take out all the savings of the family and invest them in this movie," Xu Fei was also frightened by Xiao Yao's statement that he made his own products, "I can take out all my savings for this movie, but I don't want to touch my parents' money." ā€

"It's our own film, and it's not about our elders. I don't plan to ask my family for money, and of course I don't plan to let you ask for money from my family," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Just use your own money, and you can pay as much as you want." ā€

"It's still that question, just a few of us, is it enough?" Zhao Rui emphasized.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet," Xiao Yao waved his hand and said, "On the question of the cost of shooting." The first is open source, we are only the main producers, not all the producers, and the part of the budget is not enough, I am ready to crowdfund parkour enthusiasts in the name of the "YRF" team. The second is to reduce expenditure, make as much budget as possible and save costs. Now we have a director, a screenwriter, and three leading actors, all of which don't cost money, and I think the three of us can do it as well. I also plan to recruit the rest of the cast and crew in the name of the "YRF" team, and parkour enthusiasts have a wide range of occupations, so they should be able to make parkour movies with us, and they should be able to save a little bit in terms of remuneration. ā€

"Is crowdfunding reliable?" Zhao Rui and Xu Fei were still a little skeptical.

"I'm confident. Xiao Yao smiled, "In fact, after so many years, parkour has become very popular all over the world." When I was an exchange student in the United States in my sophomore year of high school, I had already met the parkour team in Los Angeles, and they valued us as the veteran team of "YRF". When I went to a dance competition, all of them were a must-see. If I were to say that we were going to raise money to make a movie about parkour, they would definitely be very supportive of it. People like them, I'm sure there are many more in the world. ā€

"Since you have confidence, then do it!" Zhao Rui took the lead in saying, "Anyway, you don't need to ask your family for money, you can spend your own money to do what you like, I have no problem." ā€

"I agree. Xu Fei also said.

"Can I also participate?" Zhu Zitong raised his hand and said, "You can contribute money and effort." ā€

"Of course you're welcome," Xiao Yao nodded, "but there are some things I want to explain in advance." First, the technical movements of the parkour team are very demanding, and the protagonist must be a real parkour master in reality. You can't parkour, so you won't be in the main character. As for the supporting roles, I can't commit to them right now, I can only wait until the script is finished to see if there is a role that suits you, and you have to audition for the role and pass it. Second, there will only be three of us plus the names of the four directors in the opening credits, and there will be no other producers. Either you participate in the crowdfunding as a regular parkour enthusiast so that your name will appear in the end credits like everyone else involved in the crowdfunding, or you give money to the stone and let the stone represent you. ā€

"It's the same for both of us. Xiao Yao said to Xu Fei again, "If our relatives and friends want to participate in this movie, it is the same rule." ā€

"Everyone else is okay, Tingting is the same?" Xu Fei reminded, "When our parkour team was established, Tingting was also a witness. She didn't know how to play, so she insisted on not adding her name to the team. But she's helped us shoot so many videos, wouldn't it be okay not to bring her to this movie?"

Xu Fei was naturally not Duo'er, but Chen Xiaoting, who was filming with them at the beginning.

"That's right!" Xiao Yao slapped his forehead, "How did you forget this person!"

"Then let's do it," Xiao Yao's mind spun quickly, and then proposed, "If she is willing to pay to make a product for you, then add her name to the producer." We asked her to join the screenwriting team, and then arranged a producer position for her, so that she could help the crew manage the money, and she could be regarded as a member of our main creative team behind the scenes. If she wants to participate in the performance, the leading role will definitely not work, and the supporting role will also need to pass the interview, what do you think?"

"No problem," Xu Fei and Zhao Rui both nodded in agreement.

Zhu Zitong heard Zhao Rui tell her about the process of the birth of this parkour team, and she also knew Chen Xiaoting's role in it, and understood the reason why Xiao Yao treated Chen Xiaoting differently from her, and she had no objection to this.

"Okay, the main task now is to get the final draft of the script out, so that we can do the cost budget and carry out the following work, and we will try to start the film during the summer vacation. Xiao Yao opened his laptop and said, "First of all, I will introduce you to the director of USC, his name is Mu Ying, a native of China, I met at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival..."

As he spoke, Xiao Yao opened the communication software on the computer and sent a video request. It's now more than one o'clock in the morning, and it's exactly ten o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, and Mu Ying's BMW commercial hasn't started filming yet, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying have a text message on the way back to the hotel, and he is now waiting next to the computer.