Chapter 451: Do nothing

Guo Qi is an athlete, not a singer, of course, it is impossible to listen to the ridicule of those netizens, and really go to Xiao Yao to help him or the men's basketball players write songs. This time, the women's basketball players sent promotional photos, promotional songs and videos, which had little to do with him as a men's basketball player. He posted that Weibo, just because he is also a basketball player, and he is familiar with Chen Nuo and Xiao Yao, taking advantage of the fact that everyone on the Internet is discussing the promotional photos taken by Xiao Yao for the women's basketball players, he ran out to join in the fun and "rub the heat".

Even Guo Qi, a men's basketball player, couldn't help but run out to "rub the heat", which also shows the topicality caused by the women's basketball promotional photos. Of course, Guo Qi is not the only star who takes advantage of this incident to "gain popularity".

From the release of promotional photos to the release of videos and songs, what runs through it is the promotion of the women's basketball players to participate in the World Championships. In the context of the discussion on the whole network, this matter quickly became the hottest topic on the Internet in recent times. The women's basketball team's participation in the World Championships is a good thing to win glory for the country, and there is no controversy, and many stars from all walks of life have also run out to join in the fun like Guo Qi.

Many celebrities in the sports, fashion and entertainment circles have reposted promotional photos and music videos of one or several women's basketball players on their personal social media such as Weibo, cheering for the girls of the women's basketball team and wishing them good results in the World Championships.

But as one of the parties to this matter, and can even be said to be the initiator, Xiao Yao has been silent and has not taken any action.

The photos, songs, and videos were all completed by Xiao Yao a year ago, and at that time they were handed over to the Basketball Association, the women's basketball players, and the publicity and distribution department of Qi Jia Studio. The release of this time was carried out after tripartite consultation between Qijia Studio, the Basketball Association and the women's basketball players, and Xiao Yao did not participate in it, nor did he participate in the promotion of promotional photos, promotional songs and videos.

Not only that, when the matter of promotional photos and promotional songs was discussed on the Internet, and celebrities from all walks of life cheered for the women's basketball players on their personal social media, Xiao Yao did not even post a Weibo message cheering for the women's basketball girls and wishing them good results in the World Championships.

Whether it is photos or songs, Xiao Yao is very confident in his works. At the time of delivery, Xiao Yao had already informed the people of the Basketball Association and Qijia Studio that he would not participate in the release and publicity. Now the photos and songs have unsurprisingly become hot spots, bringing the topic of the Women's Basketball World Championship to the heat, and Xiao Yao's original purpose has been achieved, and Xiao Yao is naturally not interested in joining in the excitement again.

At this time, Xiao Yao, in addition to being busy asking teachers and classmates to help with the lessons pulled down by the previous few days, the only thing he cared about was whether Ye Jiaying would take a fancy to Zhan Youcheng's story and plan to make it into a movie.

A week after the publication of the issue of People magazine with Zhan Youcheng's report, Xiao Yao received a call from Ye Jiaying.

There is not just one hot topic for a while. The hottest topic lately is naturally the fact that the women's basketball players released promotional photos and promotional songs before going to the World Championships, but that is a matter for the sports, fashion and entertainment industries. In terms of social and people's livelihood, the hottest topic is the deeds of Zhan Youcheng reported on "People".

After reading the report in "People" magazine under the recommendation of Xiao Chengru, Ye Jiaying was indeed very interested in Zhan Youcheng's deeds. But as her first movie, Ye Jiaying's attitude was very cautious, and she did not make up her mind immediately.

In the past week, as this report has been seen by more and more people, there have been more and more discussions about Zhan Youcheng on the Internet, forming a heated discussion on the Internet. The first film she directed, in addition to the requirements for quality, Ye Jiaying naturally hopes to have a good performance at the box office. And such a hotly discussed character, once his deeds are made into a movie, there will be many people who will be attracted to the theater because of this, and the box office is estimated to be not too ugly. This also contributed to Ye Jiaying's final determination to choose Zhan Youcheng's deeds as the content of the first film she directed.

If you want to adapt a film and television work, you need to first obtain the author's authorization. And if you want to adapt the deeds of a character report into a film and television work, it is useless to find a reporter who writes the report, and the producer needs to obtain the authorization of the character himself. In other words, if Ye Jiaying wants to make Zhan Youcheng's story into a movie, she must first obtain the authorization of Zhan Youcheng.

In that report, Xiao Yao did not disclose Zhan Youcheng's specific address and contact information. At Zhan Youcheng's request, Xiao Yao only took some photos of Zhan Youcheng and the store, and the store name and signboard were not photographed, nor were they mentioned in the report. Although it can be known from the report that Zhan Youcheng still lives in Wuyou County, it is impossible for Ye Jiaying to go to the shops in Wuyou County to find it, so in desperation, Ye Jiaying can only start with the reporter who wrote this report. After all, if he was able to write that interview report, the reporter must have known Zhan Youcheng and understood his situation.

Ye Jiaying immediately contacted the "People" magazine, and directly found the editor-in-chief of the magazine, inquired about the reporter who wrote Zhan Youcheng's report, and asked to meet. The editor-in-chief of People magazine did not know about the special reporter who was a non-staff member, so he told Ye Jiaying the contact information of the deputy editor-in-chief of the headquarters.

When Ye Jiaying contacted the deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency to inquire about the reporter's situation, the deputy editor-in-chief did not tell Ye Jiaying the reporter's contact information, but when he understood Ye Jiaying's purpose for finding the reporter, the deputy editor-in-chief, who had already been instructed by Xiao Yao, gave Ye Jiaying the contact information of Zhan Youcheng left by Xiao Yao.

This approach aroused some curiosity about Ye Jiaying, but thinking that it was Xinhua News Agency, there were two words special in front of the reporter, maybe the identity needed to be kept secret, and Ye Jiaying didn't care too much. Since the purpose of asking Zhan Youcheng to contact him has been achieved, the top priority is to contact Zhan Youcheng.

After getting the contact information, Ye Jiaying did not delay much, and immediately contacted Zhan Youcheng by phone. After introducing herself, Ye Jiaying also went straight to the point and said her purpose, wanting to adapt Zhan Youcheng's story into a movie and put it on the big screen. If Zhan Youcheng is willing to do this, she can immediately go to Wuyou County to interview Zhan Youcheng for specific details.

Zhan Youcheng was also mentally prepared for Ye Jiaying's call. He kept his promise and did not tell Ye Jiaying that the reporter who wrote the report was her son, but said that he had read the news reports during the earthquake last year, had a good impression of Xiao Yao, and knew that Xiao Yao was an actor. If Ye Jiaying can guarantee that Xiao Yao will play his role in this movie, then the authorization is easy to discuss, if this cannot be guaranteed, then no matter how much Ye Jiaying asks, what the budget of the movie is, and how strong the cast is, he will not agree to the authorization.

A person in the non-film and television industry who plays outdoors actually proposed to designate the main actor of the movie? Ye Jiaying was also very surprised when she heard this condition. Although Ye Jiaying was happy with the importance of Xiao Yao by others, she did not rashly agree to Zhan Youcheng, but replied that she needed to think about it, and she might have to communicate with Xiao Yao himself.

Zhan Youcheng was not in a hurry, and he had no objection to this, and even emphasized to Ye Jiaying that this condition was not for Ye Jiaying, no matter who wanted to adapt his deeds into film and television works, it was his condition to let Xiao Yao play his role.

After hanging up Zhan Youcheng's phone, Ye Jiaying of course wanted to call Xiao Yao to discuss it as soon as possible. But before calling Xiao Yao, Xiao Chengru happened to come to her office and was concerned about the progress of her new movie script, which was actually to ask her if she planned to adapt Zhan Youcheng's deeds into a movie.

This report was originally recommended by Xiao Chengru to Ye Jiaying. Seeing Xiao Chengru coming, Ye Jiaying did not rush to call Xiao Yao, but first told Xiao Chengru the results of the communication with Zhan Youcheng, and listened to his opinion by the way.

Hearing that Zhan Youcheng made such a strange condition, Xiao Chengru was also surprised, and immediately thought of the phone call Xiao Yao made to him. Since Ye Jiaying has decided to film Zhan Youcheng's deeds, there is no reason to influence Ye Jiaying's decision because of Xiao Yao, Xiao Chengru simply said that the report was actually seen by Xiao Yao first, and it was Xiao Yao who felt that Zhan Youcheng's deeds were suitable for adaptation into a movie, and specially told Ye Jiaying about the things he recommended.

As soon as Xiao Chengru said this, both of them felt that Xiao Yao was very likely to know that Zhan Youcheng at all, and even knew that Zhan Youcheng would mention this condition. So, Xiao Chengru, who was very interested in this matter, did not leave, and asked Ye Jiaying to call Xiao Yao on hands-free.

"Bayi, I'm grandpa. Let me ask you, do you know that Zhan Youcheng?" After the phone was connected, Xiao Chengru even opened his mouth before Ye Jiaying.

The caller ID on the mobile phone showed Ye Jiaying's number, but what Xiao Yao heard after connecting was Xiao Chengru's voice. Through this, Xiao Yao also judged that this matter should basically be done.

"Have you contacted him? Now you know why I didn't let you tell my mother that I recommended her to read the report, right?" Although there was only Xiao Chengru's voice on the phone, it was Ye Jiaying's number, Xiao Yao knew that Ye Jiaying must also be next to him, and the two of them were mostly using hands-free calls, so he replied directly.

"How do you know him?" asked Ye Jiaying this time. Although Xiao Yao didn't say it explicitly, the meaning of his words was obviously to admit that he knew Zhan Youcheng.

"Zhan Youcheng lives in Wuyou County, and the schools I built are also near Wuyou County. Didn't I take my fans to those schools some time ago to deliver things? Xiao Yao replied.

"Didn't Zhan Youcheng open a store in Wuyou County? Your schools are all around the county. Ye Jiaying wondered. Xiao Yao paid for the reconstruction of schools in the disaster-stricken areas of Wuyou County, and Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying also knew about it.

"Jiang Yan, do you remember? It was the tour guide I sent to the disaster relief site last year, and she was also my guide when I went to those schools to deliver things this time. Xiao Yao explained, "Jiang Yan's family lives in Wuyou County. When we went this time, we stayed in Wuyou County for one night, and Jiang Yan's parents invited me to their house as a guest. That Zhan Youcheng lived upstairs in Jiang Yan's house, and Jiang Yan and their family knew about him. That day, I heard Jiang Yan's family talk about Zhan Youcheng, so I went upstairs to get to know him. In addition to being a reporter himself, Xiao Yao basically did not hide it from Ye Jiaying.

"Then did you already know that he would mention that condition, so you will show that report to your mother through me?" Xiao Chengru interjected.

"Yes. Xiao Yao admitted, "I talked to Zhan Youcheng at that time, and I thought that his affairs were very suitable for making a movie, so I asked by the way." As a result, he said that unless I played him, he would not be authorized. I didn't want my mom to make this movie for me, that's why I told her about that story through you. ”

"Did you already know about that report?" Xiao Chengru remembered another question, "When you called me so early that day, it seemed like you were waiting for that issue of "People" to be published. You don't seem to have the habit of buying magazines on your way to school, do you?"

"During the interview, I sat opposite Zhan Youcheng. Xiao Yao played a word game, and still didn't tell Xiao Chengru and Ye Jiaying that the reporter was himself.

"Okay, got it. Ye Jiaying said, "Now Zhan Youcheng said that unless you come to play him, you won't give me authorization, what do you mean?

"Yes. Xiao Yao said simply, "If you don't want to, I won't tell you about that report through my grandfather." It's just that this is your first film, and I don't want you to decide what to make because of me. But since you decided to make this film without knowing that it was related to me, of course I want to support you!"

"Alas, I said that you kid, this idea in your heart is really awkward! It's so complicated!" Ye Jiaying said dissatisfiedly.

"Hehe," Xiao Yao smiled and diverted the topic, "Then what is your plan? Are the funds in place? How are the crew's preparations going?"

"The first step in making a movie is the script, and the adaptation rights haven't been obtained yet, how can you prepare the crew?" Ye Jiaying said, "but the funding is not a problem." Although I haven't started to budget yet, I have prepared a certain amount of funds and negotiated with several investors who have confidence in me. This is the first film I have directed, and I don't want to have too many constraints, so I have the lion's share of the funding and I am the producer myself. ”

"It's all up to you to decide, that's good!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "The adaptation right is definitely no problem, Zhan Youcheng said that as long as I play it, it is not a problem for him to authorize it for free." Of course, I'm just saying that, don't really tell him it's free. ”

"Okay, although Mom is a director for the first time, it's not the first time I've been a producer, do I still need you to teach you how to do things?" Ye Jiaying said, "Since there is no problem with the adaptation right, then the first thing is to find a screenwriter to write a script, screenwriter Xiao, are you interested?"

"No!" Xiao Yao said immediately.

"Why?" Ye Jiaying said, "This script definitely needs Zhan Youcheng's participation, and I have to find him to improve many details." Zhan Youcheng appointed you as the starring role, he must appreciate you very much, and you must communicate well with him. Didn't you just say that you want to support my first film? You haven't written a screenplay!"

"Because it's your first film, I'm not involved in the script. Xiao Yao said, "I have been a director and made short films. Cinema is the art of directing, and that should be your work. I don't want this film to come out in the future and people see it as a joint work between the two of us, and think that we did it together. So not only the script was written in the early stage, but also the editing, soundtrack, theme song, ending song and so on in the later stage, I didn't participate in all of them. In this movie, I don't do anything but act. ”