Chapter 17: Inside the Video
After the negotiation with Hunter, Tang Feng left his office with great ambition, and with the absolute support of the Eastern Police Department, he seemed to have seen a great prospect for the future.
What he didn't expect was that in just two days, he was already known to everyone in the Eastern Police Station, and the police officers greeted him one after another, and he smiled and saluted one by one.
As soon as he walked out of the office, he met a police officer holding a stack of documents, the police officer immediately recognized him, and said courteously through the thick papers: "Sean, hello, can I participate in the next shooting?"
Tang Feng: "When the official filming is done, there will be a lot of actors, if you are interested, you can sign up when you take a break." ”
When he went down the stairs, he ran into Galen again, and when the shoehorn brother saw that it was him, he hurriedly asked with a hippie smile: "Sean, is the time for the next shooting set?"
Tang Feng: "It's not decided yet, everyone will be notified in advance." ”
As soon as he came to the hall, he was stopped by a blonde policewoman with heavy makeup and a convex back, "Hey, little handsome guy, I'm taking turns off at night, how about we go have a drink, and by the way, talk about your heroine." ”
The policewoman's voice was very high, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention, and before Tang Feng could think about how to answer, he was surrounded by several people.
"Sean, my name is Kate, please remember my name, the police are just my side hustle, my biggest dream is to be able to make movies. ”
"Mr. Sean, I graduated from acting, I heard that you haven't found the actor yet, so let me play it!"
"Little handsome man, you haven't answered me yet, when do you have time? I can go to you. ”
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Tang Feng found out for the first time that it didn't feel good to be a celebrity, and he was really powerless to parry a few people. Fortunately, Anne also saw the situation here, came to relieve him, and sent him out of the police station.
Tang Feng was relieved when he came outside, but he still complained with palpitations: "I said Annie, your police are too enthusiastic, right?"
Anne explained with a smile: "It's not all you who made trouble, but finally there was a chance to make a movie, and everyone wanted to have a good time." ”
Tang Feng shook his head helplessly, "Didn't they police do a good job, why do they have to make a movie?"
Anne gave him a blank look and said, "What about you? Isn't it good for you to go to school well, why do you want to make a movie?"
"I ......"
Tang Feng didn't know how to answer, he had his own reasons, and those people also had various reasons, but under the influence of this environment, who wouldn't want to become famous overnight?
Countless people come to Hollywood every year, and how many can finally squeeze into the entertainment industry?
Some left gloomily, and some are still persevering, although only a few remained, and in this way, year after year, the accumulation has caused the current situation.
In Hollywood, not to mention a police officer, even if you are a waiter, you are likely to be a superstar in the future!
Heartthrob Pete used to be a driver who picked up dancers, Cameron used to be a mechanic, Johnny Depp used to be a telemarketer, George Clooney sold women's shoes, and Tom Big Handsome worked as a newsboy......
There are countless examples of this, if they didn't have a dream related to movies in their hearts, how could they have those classic screen images in their previous lives, and how could they become world-renowned superstars?
And what about Tang Feng himself?
If he hadn't really loved movies, he wouldn't have spent a lot of time learning all kinds of knowledge in his previous life, and if he hadn't always had a movie dream in his heart, he wouldn't have chosen this industry again now.
He can do a lot of things with advanced insight, and it is not necessarily worse than making movies, but even in the most dangerous times, all he thinks about is movies!
Thinking of this, Tang Feng secretly laughed at himself: "Could it be that I was reborn for the sake of making movies?"
"Poof. ”
Seeing him stunned, Anne couldn't help but feel funny: "Okay, my big hero, big director, I'm just joking with you." ”
Tang Feng also smiled, "Help me and your colleagues say that they are all good, and if I have the opportunity, I will try to invite them all to come to my movie." ”
Anne nodded seriously and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I will help you convey it." ”
"In a few days, when you are not busy, I invite you to my house, and little Ruth is clamoring to meet you, a great hero. ”
Tang Feng: "I've always wanted to meet the lovely little Ruth, you can arrange the time, I can do it at any time." ”
Saying goodbye to Annie, Tang Feng came to Wilton's office non-stop, he could more or less guess Wilton's intentions, and he also wanted to finalize some things early.
Although he had always found Wilton a little strange, he hadn't thought much of it until now, because he could sense that the old man still had good intentions towards him.
Wilton made his request very directly, he wanted to participate in the shooting of the whole movie, and Tang Feng could make his movies as he wanted, no matter how much equipment, props and film were used, and even he could help contact some film dealers through his connections now.
And what he has to pay is only 10% of the profits made after the release of the film, as well as the signature of a producer.
Tang Feng did not return the price, he does not know how much box office his film will have now, but according to his extravagant shooting method, I am afraid that the production cost alone will reach several million dollars.
Without Wilton's support, I'm afraid that his grass platform team, which has not yet taken shape, will have to be disbanded immediately. When the time comes, let alone that the movie will not be released, he won't even be able to shoot a set of shots with his tens of thousands of dollars!
And Wilton's offer is already very generous, he can buy the copyright of the movie for a small amount of money, and then use his connections in the circle to distribute it himself, but his failure to do so shows that he is sincere enough.
On the way back, Tang Feng was still a little confused, just the day before yesterday when he sent Wilton the script, Wilton didn't care much, why did he suddenly sign such a generous contract with him now?
But now that the real contract is in his hands, he doesn't think there's any need to think about it. Now for him, the most important thing is to be able to make a good movie.
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In the next few days, at Hunter's strong suggestion, Tang Feng filmed the scenes in the police station, and through Wilton's connections, he printed them in the shortest time.
Moreover, Wilton also hired a professional editor to cut out a short video of about five minutes, which made Tang Feng somewhat regretful, he originally wanted to show his skills.
But the effect was really good, at least he felt that it was much better than doing it himself, and he no longer bothered about whether he cut it out himself, and of course he signed his name on a $15,000 bill.
Since it was already a partnership, Wilton accounted for all the expenses to keep as proof for the future. For this short video, Tang Feng has already signed a bill of fifty or sixty thousand US dollars, which makes him very painful.
Don't think you didn't need to spend so much money to make a movie in the 90s, the rent of a professional camera is very expensive, and he is so extravagant that he has to shoot four of them together, plus the rental of other equipment and props, the price is reasonable.
Although the cost of printing, editing and dubbing is a bit expensive, he can still accept it.
Originally, he had to bear all the money, but since the short film was made to cooperate with Hunter's publicity, this part of the cost, plus the hourly salary and costume costs of the group performers, Hunter paid all the money to the police department with a stroke of his pen.
After Tang Feng got the videotape of the short film, he sent it to Hunter as soon as possible, "The short film has been ready, about five minutes, I have seen the effect very well, I think you should be satisfied." ”
After watching the short film, Hunter was surprised, "This, is this really what we made?"
"Tut-tut, it's really incredible! Look at this scene, it can be compared to "Die Hard"!"
The more Hunter talked, the more excited he became, and he gave Tang Feng a big bear hug, "Dear Sean, I heard that the second part of "Die Hard" is about to be released, and then we must go to the theater to see it, and strive to make our movies reach that height!"
Finally breaking free from his bear hug, Tang Feng coughed and said, "Ahem, please, Hunter." ”
"In the future, let's use all your strength on Anne, I almost didn't strangle me. ”
Hunter said, "Hehe, I'm so excited. ”
"Let's go, I'm going to gather everyone in the conference room and let them see what we're working on. ”
The police officers who received the notice quickly rushed to the large conference room, and Hunter didn't talk nonsense, just said a few words, and played a short video for everyone.
On a dark and rainy night, a white van suddenly stopped at the door of the police station, and then seven or eight bandits rushed out of the car, each with a dark weapon in their hands, and broke into the police station with a fierce face, led by Galen with a fierce face.
Everyone was watching the video intently, and they didn't want to hear a gong-like voice suddenly in the conference room: "Haha, let's see if I'm the first to appear! Look, how cool am I?
It didn't matter what he shouted, which startled everyone. Hunter was so angry that the good atmosphere ruined this big face.
I saw him glare, put on the boss's shelf, and yelled at Galen: "Galen, if you want to say another word, get out of here immediately!"
Galen suddenly sat down obediently like a deflated ball, closed his big mouth tightly, and stared pitifully at the screen.
He didn't dare to provoke Hunt now, during this time Hunt's prestige had almost reached the highest, and his temper had become a little bigger, and there was no good fruit to eat if he really angered him.
Seeing Galen being scolded by the boss, everyone else also watched the short film honestly.
The whispering was gone, and there was no more noise in the entire conference room, except for the sound coming from the television.