There is a saying that a director who doesn't want to be a producer is not a qualified good actor.

Like Ning Hao's "Crazy Series", Lin Xiaoguang plans to make "People in Embarrassment" into a movie IP to operate, and now that he has such a phenomenal Awkward Journey series, how could he be willing to sell it for five million?

Lin Xiaoguang didn't think too much about it, so he handed the contract back to Huang Zhonglei, and then said apologetically: "Brother Zhonglei, I think we have to think about this matter in the long run." ”

Huang Zhonglei had expected Lin Xiaoguang to say this, so he said unhurriedly: "Xiaoguang, if you are not satisfied with this contract, even if you are not satisfied with this contract, even if you are your own brother, there is nothing you can't say." ”

Lin Xiaoguang thought for a while and nodded: "Since this is the case, then I will say it directly, it is okay if you want me to sign a director's contract, but the company must meet my three conditions." ”

Huang Zhonglei raised his eyebrows and asked nervously: "Which three conditions, you can talk about them first." ”

Lin Xiaoguang thought for a moment before he said his thoughts: "First, let my eldest brother open a director's studio for me." ”

Before that, within Huayi Brothers, director Feng Xiaotank, TV producer Zhang Jizhong, and artist agent Li Xue all had their own independent studios.

In fact, the studio is similar to a small company, with independent accounting, and the person in charge has the control of the film.

Lin Xiaoguang wants Huayi to open a studio for himself, and the most important purpose is to have the dominance of the movie.

Huang Zhonglei pondered for a while, and felt that it was not a big problem, the two brothers had already considered opening a studio for Lin Xiaoguang, plus Feng Xiaowan had now left Huayi, and Huayi no longer had to taboo his existence.

"Yes, I promise you this condition, and you don't have to discuss it with your eldest brother. Huang Zhonglei said briskly.

Lin Xiaoguang didn't expect that the first request he made was nodded and agreed by Huang Zhonglei, and the whole person was instantly relieved, and then said: "Second, from selecting the script to selecting the actors, the company is not allowed to interfere in every link. ”

Huang Zhonglei clasped his arms around his arms and said helplessly: "Xiaoguang, your request is a bit too much, I have to go back and discuss with my eldest brother before I can give you an answer." ”

The reason why he couldn't agree was not that Huang Zhonglei was unwilling to give Lin Xiaoguang power, but that he felt that if Lin Xiaoguang took care of everything alone, it would probably affect the filming of the film.

Therefore, Huang Zhonglei plans to arrange a film producer for Lin Xiaoguang's studio.

Some people may ask, what does a producer do?

To put it simply and crudely, the producer is like a pinch of **** to cushion the friction between people when they are moving in bed.

For example, a client wants to have his own ad in the whole movie, and the director wants not to have a damn ad in the whole movie, and one of the roles of the producer is to balance the ideas of both parties.

On the other hand, the executive producer is also good for supervising the director and controlling the production cost of the entire film.

In the entire Huayi company, the most vocal producer is Cheng Guofu.

Of course, as a producer, Cheng Guofu occasionally encounters strong directors.

Like before, when Tsui Hark and Hua Yi collaborated on the movie "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain", director Tsui Hark even did not hesitate to turn his face and lock the door of the editing room with each other in order to compete with Cheng Guofu for the editing rights.

Since Huang Zhonglei couldn't agree to his second request, Lin Xiaoguang was not in a hurry, silently lit a cigarette, took a puff, and spit it out lightly, before continuing: "The third condition is that I want to be the producer of the film......"

Before Lin Xiaoguang finished speaking, Huang Zhonglei directly interrupted him: "No, this is absolutely not good." ”

"Your request is simply unreasonable, so insincere!"

Lin Xiaoguang said calmly: "Buying and selling is not benevolent, Brother Zhonglei, what do you make me think and say, I just put forward my personal requirements, whether I cooperate or not depends on the company's meaning, this is originally something you love me, how can I be said to be unreasonable?"

Huang Zhonglei unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, and said angrily: "That's right, but that's not how it is, Xiaoguang, you have to figure out first, you signed a director's contract, your main task is to make the movie well, if you really do what you say, everything is up to you alone, so why does our company spend money to sign you?"

Lin Xiaoguang said disapprehantly: "Of course it's to make money for the company, otherwise, how can I be embarrassed to have so many conditions?"

Huang Zhonglei said with a calm face: "Xiaoguang, you are pure and insatiable, the lion opens his mouth!"

Seeing that Huang Zhonglei was a little angry, Lin Xiaoguang smiled and said, "Brother Zhonglei, don't be in a hurry to crusade against me first, I want to tell you two things, are you interested in listening to me?"

Huang Zhonglei sighed: "It's all about this, just say what you want to say." ”

"Okay, the first thing I want to say is that I cooperated with Ning Hao to shoot "Crazy Stone" last year, maybe you know, I was one of the three major producers of that movie, and I also talked to you privately about this movie at that time, you and your eldest brother both felt that it was not good, thinking that the story pattern was too small, and as a result, this movie won more than 30 million box office with a cost of more than 3 million, and the profit was more than ten times more than 10 times. ”

After Lin Xiaoguang's reminder, Huang Zhonglei finally remembered that Lin Xiaoguang did find money to invest with him at that time, but in the end, he and Huang Zhongjun refused.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhonglei's attitude eased a lot, and he looked at Lin Xiaoguang noncommittally and said, "What about the second thing?"

Lin Xiaoguang then said: "The second thing is this "People in Embarrassment", I believe you have also heard, I contracted three jobs as a screenwriter, director, and producer alone, and only spent about 10 million yuan on the cost of the crew, and won the total box office of more than 40 million yuan. ”

"I believe you haven't forgotten that before making the movie "People in Embarrassment", I talked to you about cooperation as a producer, and what was the result?" Lin Xiaoguang asked Huang Zhonglei rhetorically.

At this moment, Huang Zhonglei was completely speechless by Lin Xiaoguang's question.

In terms of Lin Xiaoguang's vision of continuously investing in the two films "Crazy Stone" and "People in Embarrassment" and making a lot of money, he is fully qualified to be a film producer.

Moreover, after working with each other for so many years, Huang Zhonglei can really see today, Lin Xiaoguang, who seems to be very good at talking, turns out to be an extreme egoist.

In fact, Huang Zhonglei should have thought about it a long time ago, thinking that at the beginning, Lin Xiaoguang stepped on Wang Xiaoming, used the connections of Huayi Brothers in exchange for resources, and helped him get the corner of Yang Guo in "The Condor Heroes", and it was from that time that Lin Xiaoguang successfully squeezed into the ranks of first-line students.

This does not include that after Lin Xiaoguang's last contract expired, he parted ways with his old club Hairun Film and Television in order to join Huayi in order to make a movie.

Obviously, Lin Xiaoguang and Huang Zhonglei did not reach an agreement on this communication, and there are many principled views, as well as some trivial issues that need to be discussed and solved by both sides.

Although he has not signed a directorial contract with Hua Yi for the time being, Lin Xiaoguang has already begun to think about what theme he will shoot in his heart, and he plans to put aside the second part of "People in Embarrassment" and prepare another completely different story.

Time flies.

In late August, the TV series version of "Sweet Honey" directed by director Gao Xixi was quietly launched in Fengning Grassland.

And Lin Xiaoguang and Sun Li, the on-screen couple, are also the third time to join hands after "One Meter of Sunshine" and "Happiness Like Flowers", playing the male and female protagonists in the play respectively.

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