After leaving Beverly Hills, Li Wei felt that all the attractions that should be visited had already been visited, so he smiled and said to Zhong Fang: "David, you are from a photography background, if I want to shoot a film, what photographic equipment do you need to prepare?" ”

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Li Wei waited for him to finish speaking, and then asked, "Then did you have any contact with film shooting during your time at school?" ”

Zhong Fang shook his head bitterly, "I don't have such an opportunity in the UK, I applied for a lot of film companies during the holidays in the first two years, but unfortunately I was turned away. ”

"Haven't you thought about going back to Xiangjiang to give it a try? As far as I know, the film industry is very well developed there, and there should be companies willing to accept you! ”

"It's because it's developed, so the competition is fierce, and they won't want a photography student like me who hasn't graduated yet."

Li Wei nodded, didn't ask anything more, and proposed: "It's four o'clock in the afternoon, I know a neighborhood that specializes in selling photographic equipment, let's go over and have a look!" ”

Zhong Fang didn't know Li Wei's intentions, but he didn't refuse.

Li Wei told the taxi driver the location and directly asked the driver to send the two over.

With Zhong Fang, a professional, Li Wei easily found the equipment he needed, the price was quite expensive, Li Wei must not be able to afford it, but many shops in the neighborhood are engaged in rental business, and there are even packaging services specifically for people like Li Wei who want to shoot movies.

Li Wei asked the price one by one, and finally determined an old store that met his requirements, and took away a business card, the owner of the store is called Sam, a very enthusiastic middle-aged white man, gave Li Wei a full guarantee, no matter when Li Wei needs to shoot a film, you can rent equipment at any time, not only including cameras, but also recording, lighting equipment, but they are all second-hand old goods, the rental fee is calculated on a daily basis, and it can even help with post-special effects text and sound processing.

Of course, rental equipment is not the largest part of the film budget, film is.

Generally speaking, a 90-minute film requires several times the proportion of material, which requires the use of a large amount of film.

Why are the top executives of major film companies grasping the editing rights, the reason is here, it is not easy to cut the best shots from so many materials, after all, everyone has different judgments, film companies will edit materials with selling points for the sake of profit, and directors deliberately keep artistic shots for the sake of dreams, and this is how the contradiction comes from.

Fortunately, the movie picture in Li Wei's mind is clear, and he has already made a sub-script shot, just shoot according to the lens, and he doesn't need to consume too much film, as long as he reduces the number of NG times to a minimum and shoots two hours of material.

However, the two-hour film required was enough to cost him a third of his money, and he still needed to develop the copy in the later stage, and he had to come up with some money to pay the extras, and his 15,000 dollars was really unspent.

After the camera equipment was confirmed, Li Wei took Zhong Fang back to his rented house, took out the script of "Killer Tragedy", and he decided to officially invite Zhong Fang.

After reading the script, Zhong Fang felt very strange that a ghost guy wanted to make a kung fu movie, and he couldn't help asking: "Will, do you really know kung fu?" ”

"I'm not kidding when I put all my net worth up!" Li Wei said very seriously.

Zhong Fang's face was a little embarrassed, "Will, it's not that I don't want to accept your offer, the key is that I have no experience in camera management, I'm afraid of messing up your movie!" “

Li Wei immediately encouraged him, "I also have no experience in filmmaking, we can slowly run in, you are a top student at the University of Kent, England, I am optimistic about your potential to take charge of the camera, I will take full responsibility if something really happens!" As for the remuneration......"

"No, no, Will, I can help you with the camera for free, this is a rare opportunity for me!" Zhong Fang has long been eager to control the camera, but in fact, there is another reason for his unpaid labor, "I will start school in one month, and I will return to school regardless of whether I can finish the shooting of your movie or not." ”

"One month is enough!" As Li Wei spoke, his thoughts drifted to Sister Lai, and he didn't know if Sister Lai, the filming venue, could find it for him.

In the next three or four days, Li Wei took Zhong Fang to visit the greater Los Angeles area, tourism is only one aspect, Li Wei is mainly looking for a suitable filming location for the movie.

In fact, "Killer Tragedy" does not have many requirements for the venue, the original film only appears in prisons, highways, small towns, bars, villas, the prison at the beginning is an ordinary house, the framing is quite simple and rough, it is filmed with a camera, and the $7,000 fund can't do it at all.

Li Wei has now given this movie a big knife, but he is not ready to spend too much money on the venue, he is just to catch the audience's attention, so he is a little stricter about the prison scene in the first act, the simulated prison model, the heavily armed police, so that the fight scene filmed is full of ornamentation.

After a few days of searching, Li Wei chose an ordinary highway in the suburbs of Los Angeles, which is just a scene of a wandering singer walking on foot, and he can pass by filming a scene, he directly chose the town in Rowland Hills, and the bar and villa are also rented locally, and now there is a prison left.

Li Wei had already faxed the script of "The Killer Tragedy" to Sister Lai's agent, and also called several times, but Sister Lai only asked him to wait for news. Jacob is still out of town, waiting for her return to be able to finalize the prison site.

When Li Wei and Zhong Fang returned to the restaurant at dusk, Daniel handed a note to Li Wei and said to him: "An hour ago, a lady called to find your Will, and he left an address for you to be there on time at seven o'clock tonight!" ”

Li Wei suddenly came to his senses, took the note and saw that it was Sister Lai's message, the agreed location was an Italian restaurant in West Hollywood, where all low-grade things were eliminated, he immediately returned to the residence to change into a suit, put on a tie, and tidied up before taking a taxi over.

When he entered the restaurant, he found that Sister Lai had arrived, she was wearing a black dress today, with her long hair coiled on her head, looking dignified and elegant.

Next to her sat a white woman in her thirties, dressed in dark overalls, dressed smartly and decently, a standard white-collar worker.

Li Wei walked directly to Sister Lai's side and said, "Leslie, am I late?" ”

"Of course not, you arrived five minutes early!" Sister Lai smiled and stood up and began to introduce her friend, "Will, this is my agent Tracy. Jacob, Tracy, this is Will! ”

"Hello!" Li Wei shook Tracy's hand, "Leslie told me that you are an excellent agent!" ”

"Did she tell you that I still haven't gotten her an audition?" Tracy was a little serious when she spoke, and she didn't know if it was aimed at Li Wei, or if there was something else that upset her, which caused her to be in a bad mood.