Huang Lei likes the script of "Crazy Stone" very much, in his opinion, this book feels better than "I Believe", and he is willing to follow.

However, when asked about the schedule, Mengren Film and Television plans to start in March......

He just took over the filming of a TV series, which started at the end of March, and the schedule is staggered!

Unless Mai Xiaoyu can wait for him for about two months, and wait until the TV series he took over is completed, he can take out his hand to direct "Crazy Stone".

This is obviously impossible.

"Crazy Stone" was launched in March, and Mai Xiaoyu is aiming to hit the summer box office market.

After two months, the daylilies are cold.

The second cooperation between the two sides, because Huang Lei had no schedule, unfortunately ran aground.

Although he couldn't cooperate, he was happy to discuss the script with Mai Xiaoyu, because he saw that the screenwriter of this book was Ah Zheng.

"Maizi, where is this Ah Zheng sacred? This book has a strong sense of sight, he should be a veteran, why haven't I heard it before?"

Mai Xiaoyu smiled: "Where did you come from, what kind of veteran, I only debuted last year." ”

"Impossible. The places in the book that can be implanted with advertisements, he has specially marked them, can this be a newcomer?"

Ad placement is very important for film and television dramas, and that means advertising sponsorship.

Niu ×'s movies can be recouped through advertising sponsorship before they are released.

When filming "I Believe", it was difficult to get decent advertising sponsorship for various reasons. Coupled with the limited time and manpower at that time, Mai Xiaoyu did not spend that time.

Now it's different.

"Crazy Stone" is the second movie of Meng Ren, with the "unexpected" success of "I Believe", Meng Ren has accumulated a certain amount of capital, and he can go to negotiate advertising placement with merchants and pull sponsorship.

Mai Xiaoyu will not miss such a good opportunity to make money. At the preparatory meeting of the crew, he had already given Yuan Haozhou a list and asked him to formulate a plan and lead the staff of the scouting department to contact the business to negotiate advertising placement, sponsorship and other matters.

Advertising sponsorship is not so easy to pull.

The brands of cigarettes, beer, roast duck and other brands involved in the script are good to say, big brands can't pull small and medium-sized brands, anyway, there are many brands to choose from. The problem lies with large companies such as Coca-Cola, BMW, NOKIA, etc.

Can "Crazy Stone", a small-budget film with a budget of 3 million, show enough appeal to impress these big companies and make them willing to place ads?

The two switched from talking about screenwriter Ah Zheng to discussing the way of advertising placement in the film, as well as the precautions when soliciting sponsorship, and then simply discussed the choice of actors.

Huang Lei does not recommend that like "I Believe", all characters are selected from the Moe members.

This movie does not have Xiao Yu'er's song and Ah Zheng's space walk, and it lacks two major selling points, and it must work the actors. At least the protagonist "Bao Shihong", who supports the framework of the whole play, must find a professional actor to play it, and it is best to have a certain reputation.

Guo Tao!

This is Mai Xiaoyu's choice.

Huang Lei agreed.

is also a person in the entertainment industry, and they are all mixed in the capital, Huang Lei has a certain understanding of Guo Tao.

debuted for seven or eight years and has taken on many film and television dramas. Although I haven't made any more movies in the past two years, and there are not many TV series, my main focus is on drama performances, but I have solid acting skills, an absolutely powerful actor, and I have a certain reputation, and my image is also in line with the role of "Bao Shihong".

The most important thing is that his salary will not be high, and for the low-budget production of "Crazy Stone", the actor's cost performance is very high.

The two chatted about the rise, forgot the time, or Sun Li reminded by the side, and the two found that it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Sorry to disturb you and your sister-in-law for an afternoon, I'll go back first. ”

"Come back, eat at my place. I asked your sister-in-law to go to the supermarket to buy some mutton and vegetables, and eat shabu mutton together in the evening. It just so happened that I called my students and introduced them to you. ”

Sun Li put on his coat and went to the supermarket to buy it.

After Huang Lei finished calling, Mai Xiaoyu asked, "Your student is from Yanjing?"

"No, her family is from Jinling. ”

"Isn't it? There are still one or twenty days before the Spring Festival, and you still don't want to go home for the New Year?"

Huang Lei smiled bitterly and sighed: "Isn't this taking advantage of the fact that he is almost old and busy running the crew." ”

In the entertainment industry, people from professional classes have a halo bonus, but this halo is not the halo of the protagonist, which cannot help them open up a smooth path and have a smooth sail in the entertainment industry.

There are very few professional students who have made a name for themselves in the entertainment industry before they graduate, and most of them still have to work slowly, and Huang Lei's female student is one of them.

Approaching the end of the year, I am still running around the crew in the capital, recommend myself......

Mai Xiaoyu was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said: "OK, she is the heroine of this play." ”

"You're embarrassed to say it, tell me yourself, is there a heroine in this book!" Huang Lei scolded with a smile, and said seriously, "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, I owe you a favor. ”

"It's not a favor for me. ”

"Then what do you want? Do you want me to make her popular?"

"You're always confident. Huang Lei sighed, "She is very good, she studies hard and has solid acting skills, but unfortunately she lacks luck, if she has the conditions in the future, give her some opportunities." ”

"Then pay the money and join our company membership. If she's really as good as you say, maybe our company will sign her. ”

At the mention of signing, Huang Lei's expression became serious again.

"Maizi, I have a saying, you may not like to hear it, but I also want to say it. Your company is not suitable to sign a new person now......"

For entertainment companies, a newcomer means throwing money into it, to put it bluntly, losing money.

Signing is the first step, followed by training, styling, positioning, playing, publicity, and media exposure...... Which one can leave the money?

Taking the play as an example, in order to help his artist receive a play, he needs to lay a relationship, and it is likely that there are more than a dozen people in public relations, just to be able to talk to the director.

Public relations...... Doesn't it cost money?

However, the price of newcomers is limited, and even if they take the play, the salary is very low, and they can't make ends meet!

The three artists under Mengren Film and Television are all newcomers.

Liu Tao's experience is wonderful, thanks to Mai Xiaoyu's "unique" method, he circled Su Youpeng. The two big dramas that she took over can be said to have won the film contract by relying on Su Youpeng's relationship.

Huang Bo and Deng Chao will be difficult.

In order to take over the drama for the two, Liu Xiaoli took Li Xue to run the crew, invited guests to dinner and pulled relationships, and finally helped Deng Chao receive the male number three in "Fake Drama Really Done".

Huang Lei's suggestion is that the top priority for Meng Ren now is to concentrate all resources to train the existing three newcomers. If you must sign artists, it is best to sign those artists who have debuted for a few years and have accumulated a certain amount of popularity and fame.

This suggestion is similar to Liu Xiaoli, Mai Xiaoyu is noncommittal about this, his thinking has never been different from the traditional thinking in the entertainment industry!

"Lao Huang, be careful that you don't let me sign her, she will complain about you when she turns around!" (To be continued.) )