Chapter 40: The First Talk
There are a few good private restaurants next to Huayi, Xu Hui has been here a few times, and he is familiar with finding one.
"You order, I'm free. ”
Chen Farong really didn't treat herself as an outsider, she took the lead in sitting down, looked at Xu Hui and said.
"Serve a few specialty dishes, hurry up, I've been hungry for a day!"
"Got it, Hui Shao!"
The waiter nodded politely and exited the door.
"The first movie is released, does it feel like your wish has been fulfilled?"
Chen Farong got up and brought Xu Hui a cup of tea, the girl wore a short-sleeved suit with a white shirt inside, and the second button in front of the bear was unbuttoned, intentionally or unintentionally allowing Xu Hui to see the hidden fullness.
“… I'm going to wait for the box office to come out today, I really don't have anything to do!"
Xu Hui suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and looked at Chen Farong calmly, who smiled and gave him a blank look: "Then I'll buckle it?"
"No need, even if you can't eat it, it's good to take a look!"
Xu Hui hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, and 'inadvertently' touched the two lumps in front of the bear.
Sure enough, it's original!
I'll go! I was in a hurry that night and didn't taste it carefully, but this girl really had it.
Quickly let go of his hand: "... Excuse me, get used to the action!"
"You're in this weird habit..."
"Hehe..."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Xu Hui sighed in his heart that this Chen Farong definitely had peripheral work experience, and this sultry method was too rich.
"By the way, you haven't answered my question yet. ”
"Oh, what do you mean about the first movie release..."
Xu Hui pondered for a moment: "I'm very happy, after all, making movies has always been my dream, and now my dream has come true!"
"I heard that Li Bingbing was personally persuaded by you to join, right?"
And that's where it begins?
Sure enough, none of the reporters in the circle are simple.
"That's right, at first we wanted to take 1 million to sign the Bingbing sister for a week's schedule, and after she came, she felt that our crew was good, so she didn't take any money, and symbolically asked me for a red envelope, and left, I really thank her!"
"What's that rookie actor called?"
"Yu Shaoqun?"
"No, I'm talking about that woman, what kind of cream is it..."
"You mean Zheng Shuang?"
"I heard that she was the character you personally chosen, can you tell me about your casting criteria?"
"There's no standard, it's just that I look at the right eye, and I think it's good..."
Chen Farong was not very satisfied with this answer, and when the waiter walked out of the private room, she asked in a low voice: "You tell me honestly, did you sleep with her?"
“… How is it possible, don't listen to their nonsense, she's only 17 years old, I'm not so shameless!"
Xu Hui's face was incredible, and he dug up a spoonful of lotus seed soup by the way.
Chen Farong didn't believe it in her heart, but she didn't say anything, if Xu Hui admitted this kind of thing, then he wouldn't be Xu Hui!
"You..."
"Eat first!"
Chen Farong was about to continue to ask, but Xu Hui interrupted her.
……
After eating, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
"Xu Hui, do you know how much box office your "Embroidered Spring Knife" has now?"
Chen Farong received a message, and then asked mysteriously.
“… I don't know, I'm not a cat... Box Office Statistics Department!"
I almost said the cat's eye movie.
"As of three o'clock, the box office of the movie "Embroidered Spring Knife" reached 9.1 million!"
Chen Farong was a little irrepressible excited.
Xu Hui frowned slightly, the movies of later generations often cost 2 or 300 million a day, so he was not very sensitive to the data of 9.1 million, on the contrary, he felt that it was a bit lower than expected!
“… You... Do you know what this concept is?"
"What is the concept? The first day is less than 10 million!"
Xu Hui smiled self-deprecatingly.
“… It's three o'clock in the afternoon, which means that there are still nearly four screenings, and according to the lowest estimate, the box office of "Embroidered Spring Knife" can reach 13 million today! Xu Hui, you will become the director of your debut film with a box office of more than 100 million!"
Chen Farong's tone was full of surprise and temptation.
In these years, there are few directors with a box office of more than 100 million yuan, and the 100 million yuan club is attractive enough for directors!
In addition to the three major directors, there are also Chen Kexin's "Casting Names", Yu Rentai's "Huo Yuanjia", Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", by the way, and Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution", there are only a handful.
"Really? That's great!"
Listening to Chen Farong's explanation, Xu Hui breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't know whether it was true or not, the possibility of breaking 100 million at the box office was already very high.
"Xu Hui, have you thought about it later?"
"After that, continue filming and singing. ”
"Die for the flower brothers?"
“… What do you mean?"
Xu Hui became cautious, he vaguely understood why he was able to meet Chen Farong one after another.
Chen Farong smiled slightly, and explained unhurriedly: "I just think that with your talent, you shouldn't cooperate with those who don't have a vision!"
"Who do you mean?"
Xu Hui raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Who else can miss such a good publicity topic as 'Hard Anal "Red Cliff""; his own artist was bullied by the TV station, and he actually wanted to apologize and settle the matter!"
Chen Farong poured out these things very calmly, as if these were things that everyone knew on the table.
“… How do you know?"
Xu Hui was very surprised, these things should be secrets, how could she know so many details in an entertainment record?
"You don't care where I got the news, I'm right, right?"
Xu Hui took off the frame he was wearing on the bridge of his nose and rubbed his slightly sour eyebrow bone: "What do you want to do?"
"It's very simple, you have the talent to be a director, I have money, people, let's work together!"
"What kind of cooperation is it?"
"Set up a new company in which I have a 60% stake..."
"Hehe, impossible!"
Xu Hui directly refused.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I forgot to tell you, my father is Cao Huayi!"
Walt?
Xu Hui held the half-smoked cigarette to his mouth.
Cao Huayi, the behind-the-scenes legal representative of Xinli Media, is one of the most senior film and television producers, and has a good relationship with Haiyan at the earliest, and has produced "Five Star Hotel"!
After thinking about it, Xu Hui spit out the smoke ring and asked his own question: "I want to know why you don't go to Xinli Media!"
"Why should I go to the New Calendar?"
Chen Farong glanced at Xu Hui, who was a little speechless.
It is estimated that it is the secret of parental discord again.
"What's the matter, I have connections, you don't have to worry about the distribution, you just have to make movies with peace of mind..."
Seeing that Xu Hui was silent, Chen Farong thought that he was moved, and hurriedly took advantage of the victory to pursue and advise.
"First of all, once the box office of "Embroidered Spring Knife" breaks 100 million, I will be the youngest director of the 100 million yuan club in China, and there will be many people who are optimistic about me, and the conditions you provide are really nothing;"
Xu Hui picked up the teacup and took a sip slightly, then said: "Secondly, if I really want to leave Huayi, I will also choose to set up my own studio, and I will not hand over my autonomy to others;"
"Finally, my agent Huang Wen, you should also know him, his name is estimated to have you heard..."
Chen Farong gritted her teeth, of course she had heard of Huang Wen's name, many people in the circle knew such a number one person, and he was well-connected!