Session 15: Go to Shanghai

"Well, okay, I know, I'll do my best to get over ......"

Du An sat on the edge of the sofa, occupying the phone in the living room, talking to the person on the other end of the phone with a smile, Song Zhen in the middle of the sofa sat on the small bench in front of the coffee table, burying his head in writing homework, and Shen Huifang on the other side was knitting sweaters while watching TV.

The bright fluorescent lamps on the ceiling shone down, enveloping the three of them in light and shadow, like a warm family of three for a mother and a brother and sister.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Hehe, I want to go and see it too, but I really can't go there for the time being...... Well...... I do not know...... Well, I'll definitely give you a clear answer before the end of the month...... Well, that's all, I'm sorry for you. ”

Duane hung up the phone, the smile on his face fading away, and a touch of sadness floated up.

The TV happened to enter the commercial, and Shen Huifang turned her eyes away from the TV and glanced at Duane.

"Is that your Shang Hai's classmate?"

Duane nodded, remembering what was happening now, the more he thought about it, the bigger his head became, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Shen Huifang put down the sweater in her hand and said, "If you want me to say, you should go to Shanghai, that is the most developed place in our country, and you have a better future than staying in Nanyang." ”

She really planned for this young man, and even if he went, she didn't know when her room would be rented out again, but this kind man was not willing to say something against his will for his own selfish gain.

Duane smiled wryly.

Of course, he also knew that going to Shanghai was a good choice, and after the film was finished, his remuneration had already arrived--7,000 yuan! In addition to paying tuition, it was the first time in his life that he had such a large sum of money in his hand -- after sending 5,000 yuan to his family, he kept 2,000, and with these 2,000 yuan, it was enough for him to settle down in Shanghai temporarily.

But he didn't want to leave yet.

Du An shook his head and said, "Aunt Shen, I'll go back to the room first." So he went back to his room.

When he closed the door, Song Zhen raised his head from his homework and complained, "Mom, can't you be less nosy?"

Shen Huifang snorted: "Xiao Du is helpless in this city, I don't care who cares about him?" After speaking, he looked at his daughter and shook his head.

Her daughter looks with her, her temper also follows her, and she is easy to talk to, but I don't know why Xiao Du is not pleasing to the eye, which makes her a headache caught in the middle.

"Besides, the job you had during the summer vacation was introduced to you by Xiao Du, if it wasn't for his help, where would you find such a good job?"

Speaking of this, Shen Huifang felt distressed again: other people's children were still concentrating on their studies when they were in high school, but her daughter had already begun to go out to work in order to reduce her burden.

Song Zhen sneered and said, "He helped, why didn't you say that I helped him, you don't know how bad his popularity in the crew is." ”

It's probably a woman's nature, and when it comes to these gossips, Song Zhen suddenly came to his senses, got up from the small bench, jumped onto the sofa, and sat cross-legged.

"There are only three leading actors in the crew, but two of them don't like him, and those artists and props masters always complain,"

When shooting, in order to achieve the effect he wanted, Duane tossed those people a lot.

"If I want to say that it is thanks to your daughter that I love and help him pacify those people in the crew, his movie can be filmed smoothly. ”

Shen Huifang was amused by Song Zhen's proud little expression, scratched her firm little nose, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, you are the most capable." Then you are so capable, do you know why Xiao Du is reluctant to go to Shanghai?"

Song Zhen pursed his lips, "What's so hard to guess about this? He is addicted to being a director, and now he is counting on the popularity of this movie after it is released, and then someone will come to him to make a movie again." ”

Shen Huifang shook her head again and again, "Xiao Duduo is a down-to-earth young man, how could he point to such an unserious job?" In her opinion, the novel job of making movies is extremely unreliable, and it is not a serious job at all: whether you can make money or not is not good to say, whether you can make money or not, it is probably the kind of work that eats the last meal but not the next meal, and I am really not optimistic.

Song Zhen patted his head and lamented: "Mom, I don't think you went to see the performance of the street office when you were fine, I thought you were more or less a lover of literature and art, why are you still so old-fashioned? Where is it not serious to make movies, do you know that Zhang Yi made a movie this year and sold it for 3.7 billion! The cost is more than 100 million, do you see how much he earns? So, how many people are trying their best to drill into this industry now." ”

She obviously didn't live in vain in the crew, and she has more or less understanding of the film and television industry, but judging from her layman's words, she obviously has limited understanding.

"3.7 billion!"

Shen Huifang snorted, this astronomical number is too far away for a family like theirs, and it feels unreliable when you think about it in a moment.

"You can't believe what people say. ”

Song Zhen rolled his eyes and said coquettishly: "Your daughter is not a fool, this is all clearly written in the newspaper, okay?"

For Shen Huifang's generation, newspapers are sacred things, and if they are written in newspapers, they are true. So she muttered "so much", picked up the sweater again, absentmindedly gave a few injections, put it down again, and asked her daughter: "Then how much do you say Xiao Du can make from this movie?"

Song Zhen sneered twice, put his right hand to his mouth, and made a cigarette roll action, which was very ruthless like the eldest sister on the road - "Hero" brought fire to the film market, and even many old movies were turned out, and the "Crazy Boy" series also shined again, and it was very popular in schools, and by the way, it brought a wave of imitation. Although Song Zhen didn't like the movie, he thought it was funny to see his classmates doing this, and now he showed it off in front of his mother.

Shen Huifang slapped her on the thigh firmly.

"What kind of gangsters do girls learn!"

Song Zhen exhaled in pain, touched his thigh and glanced at his mother complainingly, and after seeing Shen Huifang's angry expression, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, stuck out his tongue, wilted, and said honestly: "I heard from the people in the group that he has no stars in this movie, and second, there is little money to make ZuΓ², so it's good if you don't lose money, don't count on it if you want to make money." ”

Shen Huifang's expression became worried again, she looked at Duan's door, took the sweater in one hand and started fighting again, and nagged in her mouth: "This line is still not reliable...... I'll have to talk to Xiao Du another day......"

Song Zhen rolled her eyes again: What age is this, her mother is still superstitious about iron rice bowls. simply ignored her and buried her head in her homework again.

The sound insulation effect of this old house is not very good, although the voices of Shen Huifang's mother and daughter are not loud, Du An, who is in the small room, still hears their conversation clearly through the door, and can't help but show a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

He really didn't want to leave because of the movie, but it wasn't because Song Zhen guessed that he wanted the movie to be popular and then someone came to him to make a movie, but because of Shu Yu.

He was so touched by the friendship that Shu Yu was able to support him to the end, and now he is worried about the ending of the film, which is closely related to Shu Yu's career, and he wants good news.

The two of them are probably really comrades-in-arms.

However, since he took the sample for review ten days ago, Shu Yu has never contacted him, and the only contact method he left was the phone number of Aunt Shen's house, so he couldn't leave until he got the news of Shu Yu, which was the real reason why he couldn't give Su Peng the exact date of reaching Shanghai several times in a row.

People are really chattering, he was thinking about it here, the phone in the living room rang, and then Aunt Shen's raised voice came: "Xiao Du, phone!"

Walked to the living room to pick up the phone, and it was Shu Yu on the other end.

"It's been reviewed, protected. ”

Shu Yu is always like this, he likes to cut directly to the topic, and his words are so abrupt that Du ane doesn't react for a while, and only laughs the next moment.

"Congratulations. ”

It's a heartfelt smile and congratulations.

got the good news from his comrades-in-arms, and he can also put down his burden and go to Shanghai.

As for why it was a protection level instead of a universal level, he did not pursue it - the two thought of this result when they submitted it for trial, after all, according to China's existing film classification system, the universal level should be suitable for all age groups to watch, and there are a large number of bloody and violent scenes in the finished film, and it is obviously impossible to be classified as a first-class person.

The protection level is forbidden to watch under the age of 12, and the guardian must be accompanied by a guardian to watch over the age of 12 and under the age of 18.

Du An was about to tell Shu Yu that he was about to go to Shanghai, but he heard Shu Yu say at the other end: "This movie will not be released, only VCD and video tapes will be released, and I will send you a set when the things come out." ”

"Won't it be released?"

Duane was stunned, which subverted his weak understanding of the film industry. So he couldn't help asking: "If the movie is not released, what are you doing with it?"

Shu Yu also knew that the guy on the other end of the phone was a guy with a weak understanding of the film industry, and explained: "Some movies will adopt this strategy if they are judged to be released at the box office, which you can understand as a 'bad movie'." Unfortunately, our film is a 'bad movie'. ”

Duane was silent for a moment before asking, "Will that have an impact on your position?"

"Probably the level of the position will be lowered, and the salary will also be reduced. ”

Yes, it took the company 200,000 yuan to make a bad movie, how could it not have an impact?

Duane fell silent again.

Shu Yu on the other end of the phone didn't speak, and the two of them seemed to be dumb.

In the end, Shu Yu opened his mouth first, "Actually, I expected it early on. I found you to make a movie, the film was stolen, and the actor ran away temporarily...... If I can't even guess that, I'd be a fool. ”

"Fang Limin did it?"

Duane thought of the manager of the production department of Ruixing, the "Bole", who made him the director at the beginning, and now he knows that it turns out that the crew encountered so many difficulties at the beginning, and someone really operated behind it.

"The previous ones should have been, but the current ones aren't. He's not stupid, since the movie has been filmed and my work is done, he has no reason to hold on to it anymore, but he is not the only one in this company who looks at me unpleasantly, and Fang Liyong, the manager of the distribution department, is one. ”

Although Fang Limin won't do this himself, if he asks someone else to do it for him, he should still be happy to see it. ”

Du An's bitterness was amused, and he smiled reluctantly: "Your popularity is really half a pound and eight taels with me, no wonder we can become comrades-in-arms." Then he gave a Jianyì: "Then you can't poke it again?"

"I tried, and the truth is, I did get in touch with people at the top, and he also watched the film, but he trusted Fang Liyong's judgment more. ”

Duane had no choice but to reluctantly admit: "Maybe I'm making a bad movie." There was a strong sense of chagrin in my heart: I had dragged Shu Yu down.

Shu Yu was silent for a while, and said, "Although I don't like to watch movies, the movie you made is better than some movies on the market." ”

"It's not a bad movie, you've never learned anything about it but you can do better than most professionals, you're a genius. ”

It's not a bad movie, I'm a genius......

Du listened quietly, and his heart suddenly accelerated.

He grew up in an old family that adopted a traditional Chinese style of education: spurring. When you reach the age of going to school, the teacher still uses this method, even if you do well in the exam, you will be taught to "continue to work hard, you can't be proud, you are not the best", and when you reach the university, the teacher doesn't care about you at all, and the classmates are busy with their own things, and after graduation, people everywhere say to him "I'm sorry, we don't need you".

He once thought that he was a loser, a wasted person, and he couldn't do anything by himself, but one day, someone said to him, "You have talent", and now, that person said to him nakedly, "You are a genius".

Perhaps only a person like him, who has never been affirmed, can deeply experience the power of this affirmation, which makes his blood flow faster.

He had never been so excited at this moment, so that his body trembled slightly with excitement, his brain spun rapidly, and a crazy thought passed through his head.

"Let's go to Shanghai. ”

Duane said.

Shu Yu was silent.

She probably didn't expect that one day she would meet someone whose thinking was even more jumpy than her, and she couldn't understand Duane's words at all.

Thankfully, Duane continued.

"You say it's not a bad movie, it's better than a lot of movies, then it deserves its due treatment, and you deserve to get what you deserve, not because of some people's hostility to let this qiΔ“ fall through. ”

"The Shanghai Film Festival opened on the 15th, we still have time to participate in it, if it's not a bad movie, there will always be people interested in it. ”

Thanks to Su Peng, if he hadn't said on the phone that the Shanghai Film Festival was about to open, and let him go early and the two of them could go to the film festival to hang out and see the stars, he wouldn't have known that the Shanghai Film Festival would open on the 15th of this month.

Shu Yu reminded over there: "The distribution right of this film is in the hands of Ruixing, even if someone at the film festival takes a fancy to it, they can't get the distribution right." ”

"We don't need to give distribution rights to other people, we just need to let those who fancy this film go to Rising and besiege Rising,"

Duane became more and more excited.

The things to learn in management are very miscellaneous.

Marketing is one of them, and now all he has to do is marketing, and returning to his old profession is always so exciting for him.

"Then Rising will know how stupid their decision was, and under pressure from the outside world, they had to get Saw released, otherwise they would only have a bad reputation as ignorant. A company that can't understand even the most basic market, who will want to cooperate with them at that time?"

Shu Yu continued to remind him, "But what you said must be based on the premise that someone is chasing this movie. ”

"It's what you said, it's not a bad movie, it's better than a lot of movies, so it's going to be sought after. So, go to Shanghai, let's go to Shanghai together, and get what you deserve!"

The more Duane spoke, the louder he became.

Stimulated by Shu Yu's words, he was a little hot-headed, and he really felt that he was a genius, and his self-confidence burst for a while.

It wasn't until Song Zhen on the side handed over a dissatisfied look that he sneered and lowered his voice.

Shu Yu on the other end poured cold water again, "Then what if our film fails in the competition and can't be screened? Then others won't even have the opportunity to know it, let alone pursue it." ”

"Since you have said that this is not a bad movie, it is better than many movies, why do you still have to worry that it will fail in the competition? And you haven't even gone to Shanghai now, and you haven't reported your name, how do you know that it will fail in the competition!"

Duane's voice grew louder and louder unconsciously.

"Do you know how many companies I went to before I went to Rising with that script and that certificate? Sixteen, Rising is the seventeenth. If I had been thinking about whether anyone would be willing to invest in me and stumbling forward, how could this movie have come about? So, go to Shanghai. ”

"The worst outcome is nothing at all, but will that be worse than now? No, so, let's go to Shanghai!"

Duane spoke excitedly, not knowing that he had already gotten up from the couch and was dancing.

Song Zhen cast an angry and annoyed look, annoyed that this guy had been noisy and disturbing his homework, but Shen Huifang shook her head lightly at her daughter with a smile, made a "shhh" gesture, and then looked at Du An with relief.

Xiao Du, this kid is a good boy, but he has always been too dull, and he doesn't have the vitality of a young man at all. It's good now, but it reminds her of the time when she went to the mountains and went to the countryside decades ago, and it was really passionate.

"Huh,"

Shu Yu on the other end of the phone chuckled.

This was the first time Du An's heard Shu Yu really laugh.

"Since you've already thought about what I'm talking about, there's nothing more for me to say. ”

"Go to Shanghai. ”

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