Chapter 577: Li Rengang's preferred actor
"Ugly Forest Film Company?"
Li Rengang sat in the car near the gate of Shanghai Film Group, did not start the car, and was still waiting for Wang Lin's reply, while waiting for the reply, he was naturally curious about the Choulin Film Company mentioned by Wang Lin, for him, this is a completely unfamiliar film company, and he is still not sure what the name of this film company is.
However, it was easy to find out, Li Rengang dialed his assistant's number on his mobile phone and asked the assistant on the computer -- Have you ever heard of the Choulin Film Company? A film company in Shanghai......
"Ugly Forest?"
The assistant's voice also revealed doubts, and seeing that he didn't know, Li Rengang immediately ordered him to inquire, and reported to him if he had inquired.
The matter was ordered, Li Rengang did not wait too long, and within ten minutes, the assistant called and told Li Rengang all the basic information of Choulin Film Company.
Li Rengang and his assistants are both from Hong Kong, and they are very unfamiliar with the Choulin Film Company, which has only emerged on the mainland in recent years, but in the land of Shanghai, it is not difficult to inquire about a local film company, and most of the local people in Shanghai who are engaged in the film and television industry know that although it is small, it always has a good box office.
A small film company co-founded by an online writer and his book lovers has made three movies, a TV series, and two movies that have been released, and the current box office is very good.
The online writer with the pen name Wen Chou has recently become a new favorite of domestic media of all sizes, and it is said that this person not only writes novels, invests in movies and TV series, but also makes a name for himself in the real estate market.
In a word. is a self-made typical person.
is currently nearly 23 years old, but he already has a net worth of at least 70 million. This is just the net worth of the young man with the pen name Wen Chou, another investor in Choulin Film Company. is a fan of Wen Chou, born in a wealthy local family in Shanghai, and the family business assets are also hundreds of millions.
"The afterlife is terrifying!"
After listening to the information that the assistant told him on the phone, after hanging up the phone, Li Rengang couldn't help but sigh softly that when he was 23 years old, he didn't have such a net worth.
What made him feel a little strange was that the young man named Lu Yang had studied at the university he had studied in before turned out to be just an ordinary university in the mainland. It stands to reason that if a young person has such talent, the score of the college entrance examination should be enough to be admitted to a key university in the mainland, and as far as he knows, there are many key universities in the mainland.
Such doubts only flashed in Li Rengang's mind, and what he really cared about was of course not why Lu Yang was not admitted to a key university in the mainland in the first place, as far as he was concerned, the news conveyed to him by his assistant meant that the two young bosses of Choulin Film Company. If you are really interested in his new script, you have the strength to participate in the investment in this play.
Time has entered the 21st century, and there have been fewer and fewer wholly-owned films, in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland. For a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, it is normal for several companies to jointly invest, because. First, not every company can easily invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie, and second, although the film is a profiteering industry. But the box office uncertainty of each movie is too great, a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions. In case of box office failure, if all the losses are pressed on the head of one company, it is likely to crush a company with good profits in an instant, but if there are several more companies to share the risks, then, even if the movie is released and the box office fails, it will not let all the companies go bankrupt.
To sum up, even those large group companies with strong financial strength are more willing to share the risks with several other companies when investing in a blockbuster.
In short, from the very beginning, Li Rengang did not have any hope that any company would be willing to invest in this "Jinyiwei" as a sole proprietorship.
Li Rengang was in a much better mood here, and Wang Lin's phone call came back quickly, telling him that Mr. Lu had time now, and he and Li Rengang immediately made an appointment to meet at a place and time.
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At half past two in the afternoon, Lu Yang got out of the car, and when he looked up, there was a teahouse named Mingzhu in front of him, Wang Lin was already waiting at the door, and when he saw Lu Yang coming out of the car, he immediately strode over with a smile.
"How much do you plan to invest in this movie? I've heard that the budget for this movie is hundreds of millions!"
As soon as he got closer, Wang Lin asked Lu Yang in a low voice, he wanted to judge how much confidence Lu Yang had in this movie from the amount of Lu Yang's investment, so as to weigh how much money he invested in this movie.
In fact, to this day, Wang Lin still doesn't understand how Lu Yang took a fancy to this script, where did Lu Yang's confidence come from? Wang Lin is still puzzled.
But this did not affect his decision in his heart to continue to follow in Lu Yang's footsteps.
In the three movies and one TV series that he has cooperated with Lu Yang in the past two years, so far, there has been no unprofitable one, which is the source of Wang Lin's confidence in Lu Yang.
"Hehe, don't be too curious! Let's go! Didn't you just say on the phone that Director Li has arrived? Don't delay here!"
Lu Yang smiled and dealt with it casually, still not explaining to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin pursed his lips speechlessly, although he was helpless in his heart, he still quickened his pace to keep up with Lu Yang.
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On the third floor of the Pearl Teahouse, a delicate waitress led Lu Yang and Wang Lin into the hall, and at a glance saw Li Rengang not far from the entrance of the hall.
Don't ask Lu Yang why he can recognize him at a glance, although the two sides have never met, but in the Internet era, which celebrity can't find photos on the Internet these days?
A casual search on the Internet will reveal a photo of Li Rengang.
The appearance of being in his forties is the golden age of men, and Li Rengang, who wears a pair of half-rimmed glasses, is gentle and elegant, and if he is a university professor, many people will believe him.
The hairline of the forehead is very high, and it is said that people with a high hairline on the forehead are very smart, and this rule should be very suitable for Li Rengang.
Lu Yang and Wang Lin walked straight over there, feeling a little regretful that Li Rengang had not seen the photos of the two, and he didn't realize that these two young people were Mr. Lu and Mr. Wang who he received the phone call before.
Until Lu Yang and Wang Lin walked close to him. Li Rengang realized something, with a hint of doubt in his eyes. Hesitantly got up.
"Who are the two?"
"Director Li! I've heard of the name for a long time! I'm Lu Yang!" Lu Yang smiled and stretched out his right hand.
Someone once said that a person is mature or not. You can judge from a very small detail, this detail, that is, when you introduce yourself to others.
When mature people introduce themselves to others, I am generally so-and-so, and immature people, or people who are not strong and confident enough, say: My name is so-and-so.
The difference between the two is just one word, but it represents the strength of the heart.
Of course, it is not excluded that some deliberately pretending to be 'forced'.
"Oh...... My assistant told me that Mr. Lu is very young. It's really better to be famous than to meet, Mr. Lu is younger than I imagined!"
After confirming the identity of the person who came, Li Rengang suddenly became polite, stretched out his broad palm and shook it with Lu Yang, and then Wang Lin also stepped forward to introduce himself.
The waitress who led Lu Yang and Wang Lin over stood aside in a regular manner at this time, as if there was no zài, and after the three of them introduced each other and exchanged pleasantries, and sat down one after another, she came over and asked the two guests in a pleasant whisper what they needed.
As for Li Rengang. Before Lu Yang and Wang Lin arrived, he had already ordered a cup of tea.
Lu Yang noticed that on the table in his hand, there was a black briefcase. I don't know if it has the script of "Jinyiwei" in it.
"What do you want to drink?"
Wang Lin smiled and asked Lu Yang in a low voice.
"Just ask for a pot of tea! Huangshan Maofeng or West Lake Longjing or something!" Lu Yang said casually, he didn't have any expectations for the tea in the teahouse. As long as you can drink it.
"Then let's have a pot of Huangshan Maofeng!" Wang Lin waved his hand and sent the waiter away.
After the waiter stepped back, Li Rengang took the initiative to take out a printed script of "Jinyiwei" from his briefcase and handed it to Lu Yang. Although I don't know where you heard that I am pulling investment recently, before talking about cooperation. I don't think you have read this script yet, you can read it first!"
Speaking of this, Li Rengang smiled apologetically at Wang Lin and explained: "I'm sorry Mr. Wang! I only have a script in my bag, if you don't mind, you can read it after Mr. Lu has read it! I'll wait for you two to finish reading it before talking about cooperation!"
Wang Lin shook his head and said, "It's okay! I don't need to read the script, as long as Wenda says that this script is worth investing, I will follow the investment, in terms of words, I believe in Wenda's vision!"
Sure enough, it's a die-hard book lover!
Hearing this, Li Rengang knew it in his heart.
Although he had watched the movie "Jinyiwei" more than once or twice before he was reborn, he naturally knew the plot of this movie for a long time, but when Li Rengang handed over the script, he still took it with a smile, opened it and carefully read it from beginning to end.
To be honest, the reason why he watched it so carefully was more because he wanted to see what the script written by the big director was like, Lu Yang had also written more than one script after his rebirth, but he was born in the wild, and no one had ever given him formal guidance in writing scripts, which was considered self-taught.
How the script of "Jin Yiwei" was written, he was curious in his heart.
The script is full of printed text, so I can't see what Li Rengang's handwriting is, but from the format of the text and even the beginning and end of the plot, it can still be seen that this script is different from the format of the script that Dai Qingwa passed to him for revision before.
How so?
Li Rengang's script seems very casual in terms of various formats, beginnings and transitions, but the plot is all explained clearly, just like the difference between a kitchen apprentice and a master.
For a kitchen apprentice, when learning knife work, the shelf will be placed very straight, before the knife, firmly remember the basic requirements taught by the master, such as how to bend the fingers of the left hand, to use the knuckles to resist the kitchen knife, so as to ensure that when cutting vegetables, the knife will not cut the fingers, for example, the waist should be straight, how far the legs should be separated, and when cutting vegetables, the arms do not move, only move the wrist, and use the strength of the wrist to drive the kitchen knife to beat.
And for a master, when cutting vegetables, there are no rules in his head, the left hand grasps the raw materials, the right hand advances the kitchen knife, the eyes sweep at most on the raw materials, see the next knife point, and immediately cut up.
There are not many pages of the script, Lu Yang read it quickly, and he read it all in two or three minutes, and after reading it, Lu Yang casually put the script in front of Wang Lin, Li Rengang's eyes looked at him, and he also met Li Rengang's gaze.
Nodding slightly, Lu Yang spoke: "The script is very good! I heard that Director Li has been looking for investment for this drama recently, I don't know how much money has been found now?
Wang Lin only glanced at the script, and then focused on the conversation between Lu Yang and Li Rengang, as he said before, in terms of words, he believed in the vision of Wenda, and in his heart, he never thought that his ability to review words could surpass Lu Yang.
Li Rengang shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this, and said frankly: "I have recently contacted some companies, but only a few of them have the intention of investing, but they have not yet been decided, perhaps because the budget of this drama is too high! It is another costume martial arts film, and I have recently wondered whether to reduce the budget of this drama a little, and it should be much easier to attract investment if the budget is small! However, no matter what, I will definitely shoot this drama!" Although it is a bit difficult now, I believe that I will definitely be able to attract the investment I need, and I have accumulated some reputation over the years!
At the beginning, Li Rengang was still a little depressed, but when it came to the back, the whole person's tone was a lot more resolute, from this point of view, he was a person with a firm personality.
Perhaps, only with such a character can we shoot a wonderful martial arts film with a degree of relaxation.
Lu Yang nodded, maybe Li Rengang thought that since Lu Yang had found him, he must have known about his recent investment, so he didn't hide it, but God knows, Lu Yang has only been involved in investing in this movie for two days since he first started, and he doesn't know so much at all.
However, Wang Lin, after Li Rengang's words, was even more puzzled in his heart, and didn't understand why so many companies didn't dare to invest in this movie, but Lu Yang planned to invest in it before reading the script.
"Does Director Li currently have a confirmed candidate for the leading role?"
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yang suddenly asked this question.
Li Rengang shook his head again and said, "The investment matter has not been settled yet, how can the leading actor be decided? It's just that there are similar candidates in my heart!"
"Who?"
Lu Yang and Wang Lin both looked at Li Rengang curiously.
"Zhao Wenzhuo! I have seen his recently released new film "Dragon and Snake Strike", and he acted very well! And the current popularity of the movie "Dragon and Snake Strike" is also very good! Therefore, I plan to ask him to play the role of Qinglong, as for the heroine Qiao Hua...... I haven't figured it out yet!" (To be continued......)
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