After several twists and turns, Mai Xiaoyu finally found the director of "I Believe" - Huang Lei.

Huang Lei also had the heart to test the water and try to transform into a director, and the two sides chatted very speculatively.

Leaving the café, the two found a restaurant for lunch, and continued to talk about the script, the plot, the crew, and the actors.

Huang Lei didn't care that all the characters in the play were played by cute members, but proposed that he would meet the three protagonists in the next two days, and he would measure whether they were suitable for the characters in the play from a professional point of view.

If it doesn't work, then re-select from among the members.

Mai Xiaoyu did not refuse.

Huang Lei and Qiu Yunhui are different, the former is for the sake of the movie, and the latter obviously has ulterior motives.

After the meal, after an hour of negotiation, the two added some supplementary clauses to the standard contract of the cute people, and finally signed the contract.

Huang Lei's salary is also 150,000, and Mai Xiaoyu is willing.

The filming will officially start next Monday, and the filming period will be forty days, Huang Lei wrote down Mai Xiaoyu's mobile phone number and took the script with him before leaving.

There are still a few days left, and he must seize the time to study the script, grasp the main characters in the play, and make a shooting plan. Changes to the script will be made if necessary.

"Don't turn off your phone, I'm likely to contact you in the middle of the night. ”

Huang Lei did what he said, and twelve hours later, at two o'clock in the morning, Mai Xiaoyu received an emergency call from him.

"Tomorrow I'm going to meet the three main actors!"

Huang Lei is a serious person, he took over the directing of "I Believe" halfway, and it was only three days before the start of filming, and he could only break every minute and make full use of it.

He not only asked to see Huang Bo and other three leading actors, but also important supporting roles and character actors in the play. A simple improvisational performance examines the actor's acting skills and ability to comprehend the performance.

For the actors selected by Mai Xiaoyu, Huang Lei is generally satisfied.

The three protagonists, Huang Bo and Wang Chuhanshun passed the test, and Wang Bin almost didn't mean it, but he was modest and actively listened to the guidance and built it, which can be slowly cultivated during the filming process.

After meeting the three protagonists, Huang Lei made appointments with supporting roles and role actors in batches.

Although they are all amateur actors, their images are very close to the characters in the play.

More importantly, Huang Lei found that these people, like Wang Bin, were full of energy, and everyone humbly accepted the guidance they put forward, and understood and corrected it with their hearts.

He can clearly feel that every actor must play his role well and make a good movie.

For a crew, this hard work is commendable.

is also full of hard work, as well as the group of bitter friends that Zhang Xiaoquan found.

Thirty or forty people, who used to mix with the crew, were all assistants and apprentices. After being stationed in the crew of "I Believe", the assistant became a regular and the apprentice was promoted to an assistant, and the filming of "I Believe" this time is also a rare opportunity for them.

If the movie is successful, it will also be a brilliant qualification to work in various crews in the future.

After joining the group, all departments were quickly formed, received funds from Li Xue, prepared costumes and props and other crew equipment as quickly as possible, and turned around to take the invoice to Li Xue to report the account.

On Sunday, Mai Xiaoyu carried Huang Lei and inspected the selected locations one by one.

At this time, Huang Lei knew the script well, and the locations needed in the play had already formed an intuitive impression in his heart.

All the locations met Huang Lei's requirements, and he sighed: "Mr. Mai, who chose these locations?"

"The members of the company mobilized relatives and friends to help find it, and finally I made a decision. ”

"Your company is not simple. I met with the actors two days ago, and I could feel that everyone wanted to make this film well. The current location ...... Tsk, the members of your company are lovely. ”

On Monday morning, the launching ceremony of "I Believe" was held in the conference room of Jinlong Building.

All the staff of the investor, Mengren Film and Television, director Huang Lei, all the staff of the crew, the main actors in the play and some members...... Well, there are so many people who participated in the opening ceremony of "I Believe".

Moe Man Film and Television did not notify the media...... It's useless to be notified.

Small company, low cost, cast...... Have it?

No media will be interested in this kind of "three-no" crew, even if cute people are willing to pay a lot of money for carriage and horses, and pen fees, media reporters still have to worry about how to publicize.

Except for Huang Lei, the director who tested the water can barely be regarded as a gimmick, the other ...... There's really nothing to catch the eye!

After discussing with Huang Lei, Mai Xiaoyu simply did not notify any media, and organized a simple start-up ceremony within the crew.

At the end of the half-hour start-up ceremony, after the members sent their blessings, some left in advance, and some stayed to join in the fun.

Huang Lei convened all the actors and the bosses of all departments of the crew to have a meeting. At the end of the meeting, the bosses of each department began to get busy with their own people, preparing for the first scene of the night.

Mai Xiaoyu called Huang Bo and Wang Bin over and asked, "How is the space step practice?"

According to his plan, in the future promotional work of "I Believe", spacewalks are one of the selling points.

"Mr. Mai, don't worry. Huang Bo replied confidently.

Wang Bin hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Mai, I think I may not be able to make a movie." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I just received news this morning that the company signed me up for the National Bodybuilding Championships. Mr. Mai, believe me, I really only found out this morning......"

Wang Bin's fitness club is a large-scale fitness club, and often organizes fitness coaches to participate in various levels of bodybuilding competitions in the form of teams to improve their own quality.

Several gold medal fitness coaches in the club have won rankings in national competitions such as the National Bodybuilding Championships, and their value has doubled.

Some time ago, there was a gold medal coach who was poached by a competitor who had just opened with a high salary, and Wang Bin's fitness club decided to train Wang Bin and sign him up for this year's National Bodybuilding Championships.

He needs time to prepare for the assault.

Being an actor is a dream, no one can guarantee success or not, being a fitness coach is a job, a profession to live on, if you can achieve a ranking in the national bodybuilding championships, it will become a major turning point in your career.

The choice between dream and reality, Wang Bin finally chose the latter.

"Binzi, how can you do this?"

"You just said when you turned it on, aren't you a pit Mr. Mai!"

"What about movies?"

"It's okay, he signed a contract!"

The staff and members of the cute people have spoken out and accused, and Wang Bin, who is tall and tall, lowered his head and blushed, and kept apologizing.

Does it make sense to blame?

Forcibly restrain Wang Bin with a contract?

It's hurt to hurt my feelings, and the salary is only a few thousand yuan, how much can the liquidated damages be?

Quickly weighing the pros and cons, Mai Xiaoyu relieved Wang Bin: "It's okay, I can understand." Don't worry about the contract, just wait for the contract to be terminated. ”

Wang Bin was ashamed and moved: "Mr. Mai, I will pay the full amount of liquidated damages needed." ”

"Liquidated damages...... I don't want money. ”

"And what do you want?"

"I want you to work hard to prepare and win a good ranking in the bodybuilding competition, and then promote the movie for the company!"