Regarding the script of "Hypnosis Archive: Sleepless All Night", Lin Xiaoguang planned to do so, he wanted to make this script into a movie, he served as the producer, Xu Zheng served as the director and starring, and the screenwriting work was led by Ren Peng.

Because he has accumulated a lot of experience before, Lin Xiaoguang has done the job of producer this time, which can be regarded as twice the result with half the effort.

In fact, the producer's work covers a wide range of areas, including pre-preparation, film crew, casting, cost accounting, financial review, supervising shooting, post-production, distribution, film festival application, etc.

There are also a lot of names, decreasing by level, what chief producer, executive producer, production director, life producer and the like.

Lin Xiaoguang's job is to be the most senior chief producer, mainly in the preparation of the film, the formation of the cast, and so on.

Lin Xiaoguang served as the producer this time, and the first thing was to take the script of "Hypnosis Archive: Sleepless All Night" to be submitted for review.

In mid-November, the first draft of the script was finally completed, and at the suggestion of Lin Xiaoguang, "Hypnosis Archive: Sleepless All Night" was renamed "Hypnosis Master".

The script was approved by the Beijing Film Studio and then sent to the Film Bureau for review.

The time to wait for Xin'er was difficult, and Lin Xiaoguang looked a little nervous.

Lin Xiaoguang asked Han Sanping: "Third master, can I pass this script?"

Han Sanping said to him with a smile: "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to pass." ”

Lin Xiaoguang asked again: What if it can't pass?

Han Sanping became serious, and he said: If you can't pass yet, then either you Lin Xiaoguang is exhausted, or I Han Sanping is exhausted!

Han Sanping has already talked about this, what else can Lin Xiaoguang say?

A few days later, the good news came, the deputy director in charge of creation of the Film Bureau, called Han Sanping, and the phone call lasted for more than an hour.

Director Wang exchanged views with Han Sanping on the plot and dialogues in the script word by word, and told him which of these opinions must be deleted, which ones are just a little worried, and which ones are just out of personal differences, and the director can consider them at his discretion.

In the end, he said: The script was approved in principle, and after being revised, it was reported to the Film Bureau for the record, and it was agreed to set up a group for preparation.

Because the censorship system of domestic films is very strict, Lin Xiaoguang is very worried that such a reasoning and suspect film will not pass the trial, so he will be so nervous.

Now that the film has been approved, Lin Xiaoguang is finally relieved.

In fact, how to tell a good story to the maximum extent without being banned is more difficult than making up suspense bridges.

Preparing for "Master of Hypnosis", Lin Xiaoguang had only one idea, to make a domestic suspense movie that was different from other domestic suspense movies.

On the eve of the release of "Thai Embarrassment", around the end of November, Lin Xiaoguang visited Han Sanping again, with only one purpose, to attract investment in the movie "Master of Hypnosis".

After Lin Xiaoguang explained his intention to Han Sanping, Han Sanping asked Lin Xiaoguang: "How much money do you need to invest in this movie?"

Lin Xiaoguang said: "With the current budget, about 40 million is needed, and then you can rely on the film to recycle your own blood." ”

Han Sanping asked again: "Are you the director of this movie?"

Lin Xiaoguang shook his head and said calmly: "It's not me, I'm the producer of this movie, and Xu Zheng is the director and starring of this movie." ”

"That's it......" Han Sanping was a little embarrassed.

In fact, Xu Zheng is a person, Han Sanping also knows, although Xu Zheng is not a person in the Beijing circle, but Xu Zheng is a social monk with a very wide social circle, with a big bald head all day long, Han Sanping is often in a trance, how do you feel as if there is him everywhere......

is either with Ning Hao, or with Lin Xiaoguang, or with Huang Baoqiang.

In the final analysis, Xu Zheng is not Lin Xiaoguang, nor Feng Xiaogang, nor is he a big director like Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige, and he does not have the box office appeal of a well-known director at all.

In Han Sanping's view, as an actor, Xu Zheng's only masterpiece is "People in Embarrassment", but that movie only won a box office of more than 40 million.

As a director, Xu Zheng has never directed any movie, and Han Sanping has to doubt his directing ability, after all, not everyone can be a director.

What's more, what Lin Xiaoguang picked for Xu Zheng this time is still a relatively unpopular theme, not as wide as comedy films, even if he really shoots well, he may not be able to get a high box office.

Han Sanping sighed: "Xiaoguang, how about I give you two million? If you are the director, you let me pay 30 million, I will also consider agreeing to you." ”

Hearing Han Sanping's answer, Lin Xiaoguang was slightly disappointed, and said with a sad face: "Third master, let me tell you this, you may not know Xu Zheng's ability, but I have worked with him so many times, I understand his strength, and he is definitely qualified for the position of director of this movie." ”

"Third master, you have to think so, even if Xu Zheng has not been a director before, but he is a very good film actor after all, although so far, although he has not been able to break into the fame, but my "Thai Embarrassment" is about to be released, and he is the male number one in this movie, in case "Thai Embarrassment" is popular, won't he have box office appeal......"

In order to attract investment for Xu Zheng's film as a director, Lin Xiaoguang has worked hard this time, and he is more attentive than when he was a director and invested.

After being silent for a long time, looking at Lin Xiaoguang, who was staring at him, Han Sanping opened his mouth and held it for a long time before adding: "Then 3 million." ”

At this moment, Lin Xiaoguang suddenly wanted to laugh......

"What more can I say? Lin Xiaoguang thought to himself.

In the following week, in addition to eating and sleeping, Lin Xiaoguang also attracted investment for the movie "Master of Hypnosis", and visited film and television groups such as Guangguang and Huayi Brothers in succession.

It's easy to say, Lin Xiaoguang is also a bit face-saving in this circle, if he is the director of "Hypnosis Master" himself, let alone 40 million funds, it is no longer a matter of 100 million funds.

After a week, Lin Xiaoguang has pulled a total of about 25 million funds, and the remaining 15 million, Lin Xiaoguang is not in a hurry, he wants to wait for the release of "Thai Embarrassment" before asking about the situation.

Taking a step back, Lin Xiaoguang has never planned to make money by investing in the movie "Hypnosis Master".

Lin Xiaoguang purely wants to use the movie "Master of Hypnosis" to let Xu Zheng show his strength in this circle, and let everyone know that Xu Zheng can completely direct a movie.

The reason is very simple, as long as the movie "Hypnotic Master" is completed, Xu Zheng's next movie will no longer have to worry about funding at all.

When that time comes, it will be Lin Xiaoguang, and it will also be the time for Light and Shadow Pictures to make money.

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