Chapter 72: Prelude to Casting
After the last negotiation, the two officially signed the contract.
During this time, Li Qingfeng began to ask Wei Yuanxing to use his connections to prepare the crew, and had allocated one million to him as the cost of the film's pre-preparations.
And Wei Yuanxing is also worthy of Li Qingfeng's trust, and he has been talking to a crew who has just finished filming a movie in the past few days.
is ready to take advantage of the fact that the other party has not disbanded the crew, and directly take over the crew that has been run-in.
"Hey, second brother, me, Qingfeng"
On the other end of the phone, Wei Yuanxing's slightly tired voice rang.
"Qingfeng, I have already negotiated the matter of the crew, and the entire crew has been taken over by us.
Now all the departments in the crew are complete, just waiting for us to start shooting.
I asked the prop master to go to the mountain city to set up the shooting site yesterday, and now the actors are in place, so we can start the film directly."
Li Qingfeng nodded, extremely satisfied with Wei Yuanxing's efficiency.
"Second brother, I'll trouble you with the crew, I still have three days here, and I can spare time after the exam, have those actors contacted to audition?"
Wei Yuanxing's voice said with a little excitement: "Don't worry, I have made an appointment with those actors, and in four days, they will be at the Tianhai Hotel."
I also found a few good actors here and called them together, but you must show up at that time, you, the director, are the soul of the whole play, and you still need to control a lot of things."
Li Qingfeng had a little satisfaction in his eyes, and said lightly: "No problem, you can communicate with me at any time if there is anything, thanks to the busy work of the second brother during this time."
"Hahaha, don't say that, the treatment of 50,000 yuan a month, how many people want to rush to this bit of work"
Wei Yuanxing's tone was also a little emotional, an assistant director of his level could reach the sky for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a month, but Li Qingfeng directly offered him a salary of 50,000 yuan, which also greatly improved his enthusiasm and moved people's hearts.
"Second brother, don't worry, as long as our movie is filmed, it will definitely not be bad, and I will give you a big red envelope when the time comes."
Li Qingfeng has never been a greedy person, and interests are also the best way to bind the two sides, especially when both parties are not familiar with each other.
Of course, in the future, when the strength and influence are strong, then the things that are begging for at this time will inevitably be sent to the door by countless people.
Assistant director, after this movie, it is not an arbitrary choice.
It's hard to get started.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your red envelope"
"Okay, let's get back to it"
Smack, the phone hangs up.
Li Qingfeng sat on the stone bench in the shade of the tree, thinking about the next plan, and his calm heart couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Being a director has always been a dream deep in my heart, there is no doubt about it.
In this life, we have the resources of the earth as a foundation, and the achievements that can be achieved in the future can be imagined.
Everything can be expected.
For three days in a row, Li Qingfeng spent three days in the exam, but he was also paying close attention to Wei Yuanxing's progress.
The preparation of the movie can't be sloppy, once something goes wrong, it will affect the progress of the future too much, he only has one summer vacation, which is not enough.
On July 7th, the exam was completed.
Wei Yuanhang came downstairs to Li Qingfeng's house early in the morning.
After talking to Li Mingguo, Li Qingfeng took Wei Yuanhang's car and the two went straight to the most famous hotel in the city, Tianhai Hotel.
Today is casting day.
Wei Yuanxing looked through the rearview mirror as usual, calm and calm Li Qingfeng, with a little smile on the corner of his mouth: "Qingfeng, I feel that our two brothers are working for you."
You're making a movie, but we're in a hurry, seeing that you don't care about it, if you hadn't invested it yourself, I really wouldn't dare to let you travel far to cover these things for you."
The two are now very familiar with each other, so they don't have much reservation when it comes to joking.
Li Qingfeng sat in the back seat, lying comfortably on the seat, and chuckled: "Come on, give me a part-time job."
Who doesn't know Mr. Wei's name, but I have absolute confidence in this movie, you can rest assured, it's suitable not to watch me make money, Brother Wei, where are you red-eyed."
Wei Yuanhang laughed and said loudly: "Then I wish you could make money, my younger brother is crazy if he wants to make a movie, if you can support it, then I am really grateful."
Li Qingfeng shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "As long as the second brother can have this ability, these are not problems"
There are countless classic movies in his mind, and he alone will not be able to make so many movies in his life.
Therefore, it is necessary to form a company and recruit helpers, as long as Wei Yuanxing can pass his test, he will be his first attack in the future, and what is the difficulty of letting him make a few movies when the time comes.
Huang Bo is an actor over 30 years old, and it is really difficult for him to mix in the entertainment industry with an ordinary appearance.
But he loves acting in his heart, but he is unwilling to give up, and he has done too much sad work for filming in the past ten years.
A few days ago, he suddenly received a phone call that there was an important role in a movie for him to play, and he was ecstatic when he received the news.
But then he learned that the director was Li Qingfeng, the high school student who went viral on the Internet recently, which made his heart half cold.
Although he was amazed and liked the songs sung by the other party, this does not mean that the other party will make movies, although music and movies belong to the same entertainment industry, they are completely two species.
The longer he has been in the entertainment industry, the more he can understand why movies can be called art.
A song lasts no more than three or five minutes, a melody, and a pair of lyrics can make the song plump.
But movies are different, in two hours, to portray characters, contradictions, the main line of the story, and all kinds of ups and downs, what is needed is not so simple to achieve.
Although there are all kinds of suspicions, since the other party has already sent an invitation, it is not easy for him to refuse directly, so he shirks and says that he will think about it for two days.
Originally, he was still hesitating, but after seeing the script passed by the other party, Huang Bo instantly changed his mind.
This script is so perfect that there are few things to find fault with in such a script.
Whether it is the form of expression, connotation, or entertainment, it is not inferior to the scripts written by top screenwriters, and he is deeply attracted by the black-skinned character in the script.
His wife's words made him make up his mind.
"Go, if it's an opportunity, controversy doesn't mean that the other party can't do it, go and see if you can know the other party's level, it's not just a little carriage and horse fare, we can still take out this money"
Huang Bo turned his head to look at the gentle gaze of his wife behind him, and his heart was full of guilt.
Over the years, he has given up a lot for his somewhat ethereal dreams, and his life is not good, but his wife has supported him without regrets.
Gritted his teeth, stared at his wife's bright eyes, and said fiercely: "I'll go"
Huang Bo was also an anxious child, and he bought a ticket to Tianhai City the next day.
When getting off the plane, Wei Yuanxing also came to pick up the plane in person.
Huang Bo saw that the other party was so face-saving, and the assistant directors came, which was definitely important for a little-known actor like him.
The conversation between the two along the way was quite pleasant, which also made Huang Bo slightly press down the somewhat uneasy heart.
Back at the hotel, Wei Yuanxing said goodbye and left, leaving him alone and waiting in the hotel for the night.
But the reason for waiting made Huang Bo a little helpless, and the other party's exam had not yet been completed.