Guo Siyuan and Wang Nan held hands and shook them around on the road, Guo Siyuan first proposed, "Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" ”

Xiao Nan nodded, "I want to eat Japanese food!" ”

Guo Siyuan sighed, "I think Western food is also good, if you were thick-skinned just now, the two of us would be able to eat Lin Ruo directly." ”

"But I want to eat Japanese food right now." Xiao Nan still has a grudge against not eating it just now.

"Okay, okay," Guo Siyuan looked left and right, and then pointed ahead, "I know that there is a good Japanese restaurant there, let's try it." ”

Xiao Nan promised to do well, but after getting closer, he regretted it, this, isn't this the place where Uncle and they eat! She originally went out to lure Guo Siyuan away and prevent Guo Siyuan from discovering that her uncle was secretly meeting Xu Jinglei, but she didn't expect that she would go around here after the end, "I suddenly don't want to eat Japanese food, let's find a random restaurant." Xiao Nan pulled Guo Siyuan and wanted to turn his head and leave.

Guo Siyuan thought that Xiao Nan was afraid that he would break the bank, and his heart was warm, so he pulled Xiao Nan back, "No, I'm going to eat Japanese food today, you don't want to eat it and I still want to eat it, just accommodate me, go, by the way, is the proprietress inside called Mama Sang?" Guo Siyuan was silent after being the most embarrassed.

At the narrow Japanese dining table, the three of them have already started more in-depth negotiations.

Xu Jinglei Zhang Yibai just wanted to buy the copyright in He Mu's hand directly, this novel was introduced to Xu Jinglei by Zhang Yibai, Zhang Yibai was worried at first that Xu Jinglei would despise his appreciation level, after all, this book has no artistic content. From the perspective of the novel, it is written more amateurishly, but I didn't expect Lao Xu to like it very much, and after reading it, I moved the mind of adapting it into a movie. Although the three films she has directed before have a good reputation, she herself won the Best Director Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, one of the eleven major international film festivals, with her second work "Letter from a Strange Woman", breaking the monopoly of domestic male directors in international awards, but without exception, Lao Xu's three directorial works are not very successful commercially, and her third work "Dream into Reality" only has a mainland box office score of 300,000, even if it is a low-cost film with only two actors, But it's enough to fail.

Xu Jinglei's previous directorial works have more or less some of her investment. She also lost money when the box office was poor, and this time she didn't want to lose money, she hoped to prove her commercial value through a commercial movie. When she first saw "Du Lala's Promotion", she took a fancy to this workplace novel with a high reputation in the white-collar class, and she expected that she and Zhang Yibai would participate in the investment, and then pull some investment, this time she will completely follow the process of commercial films to operate the film. As a well-known talented woman. Her vision is also very good, and she believes that "Durala" can bring her considerable benefits.

However, Xu Jinglei can see that He Mu can't see that the reason why he spent a lot of money to buy the adaptation rights of "Durala", which he doesn't appreciate very much, is for the word "profit", whether it is more profitable to sell the adaptation rights or it is more valuable to invest in making movies by himself, he is very clear about this, so he is very clear about Xu Jinglei Zhang Yibai's intention to buy. He just smiled and peeled it off.

"Xiao He, what do you want. We are very sincere. Zhang Yibai asked with a grin.

He Mu spread his hands, "My request is very simple, Shuimu Forest will invite Sister Jinglei to direct this film, hire Director Zhang to be the producer of this film, and the salary will be according to the market situation, and the other two can also invest in this film, but the total investment share of the two cannot exceed 20% of the total investment." Although the movies directed by Xu Jinglei basically lose money, He Mu believes that if she really goes out of her way to make a commercial film that meets the public's taste, she still has a certain appeal, at least her directorial level and talent are still very appreciated by He Mu.

Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai glanced at each other, to be honest, they had a rough estimate of the investment in this movie before, if you want to make this movie fashionable and atmospheric, I am afraid it will not be possible without 20 million, with the financial resources of the two of them, although they can take it, but it is too risky, almost all their net worth is gambled, it is okay, it is a big profit, if they lose, the savings of the two for many years may be played out in an instant, so it is inevitable to attract other investors, what they want is to get the right to adapt the novel, They are the leading company so that they can get the maximum return on the minimum investment.

It's just that now, I'm afraid it's impossible to get the adaptation right, He Mu is not so easy to speak, although he expressed his reverence for Director Zhang and Director Xu when he first came, both of them have watched their works many times, and they are their little fans, but when it comes to business, he doesn't have the consciousness of fans at all, and Mr. He's strength is undoubtedly revealed, and everything must take the interests of Shuimu Forest as the highest code of conduct. However, since He Mu promised to allow them to participate in part of the investment, this is actually similar to what Xu Jinglei and Zhang Yibai expected, but they felt that the proportion of 20% was a bit less.

Zhang Yibai felt that he should put a little pressure on He Mu, and had achieved a situation that was more favorable to them, "Xiao He, in fact, Lao Xu and I just want to make a workplace movie that is commercialized and mainly targeted at urban white-collar workers, we can't shoot it without "Durala", Lao Xu herself will write her own script, whether it is her own original or from the vast number of novels of the same genre that is comparable to "Durala" in quality, it is easy, what do you think?" ”

He Mu smiled, "I thought it was not difficult to find a novel with the same quality as "Durala", the difficulty is that there is no workplace novel in today's book market that has the influence of "Durala", the theme of white-collar workplace movies is rare in China, and successful examples are even more scarce, even in Hollywood, what we can learn from is "The Devil Wears Prada" and a few other films, if you want to create a market for this theme in the mainland, it is very difficult to have enough influence on the original work. Durala's Promotion" is qualified to be the pioneer of such films in the mainland. ”

Zhang Yibai's meaning is nothing more than that they can't make a movie without "Durala", He Mu retorted to them, you really can't make this movie without "Durala", as long as you want to make a workplace movie, "Durala" is definitely the best choice, and now I have the adaptation right of "Durala", without the two of you, I can find someone else to direct, but without my adaptation right, what do you use to shoot.

Xu Jinglei has been watching the confrontation between He Mu and Zhang Yibai, in fact, she didn't say much tonight, mainly Zhang Yibai was helping him Zhang Luo, at this time she finally spoke again, "Even if according to what you said, the film is invested by your company, and Director Zhang and I can also invest a part, so I want to know Lu Dao, as directors and producers, what permissions do we have?" ”

He Mu asked rhetorically, "What permissions do you want?" ”

Xu Jinglei said: "The choice of actors, the candidates for script adaptation and the behind-the-scenes team all have the final say." ”

He Mu shook his head, "Shuimu Forest has a complete and rigorous risk assessment system, if the cast and behind-the-scenes team cannot pass the assessment, there is a greater risk of recovering costs, then Shuimu Forest, as the main investor, still has the right to ask for some changes, as for the script adaptation candidate, I agree that it is up to you to decide, but I hope that the script adaptation can be better combined with product placement, and the advertising departments of these companies will assist the screenwriters." "Since it is a commercial film in the workplace, then there is no need to hide it, this type of work is the most convenient for advertising placement, this must be said to Xu Jinglei first, he is afraid that if Wenqing is sick, he will resist the advertisement.

"Of course, the more advertisements there are, the more face I have as a director." Unexpectedly, Xu Jinglei was not as resistant to product placement as He Mu imagined.

Zhang Yibai touched Xu Jinglei, meaning not to agree so quickly, they can discuss and make a decision after they go back, he always feels that if he agrees, he feels a little bit like why Mu is making a wedding dress, what he relies on is just the adaptation right of a novel, why can he account for the majority of the movie's revenue.

He Mu knew Zhang Yibai's small actions well, and he said generously, "You two can consider my proposal after you go back, in short, I am very sincere to cooperate with Sister Jinglei and Director Zhang, now we can not talk about work first, only talk about Fengyue, only talk about food." He Mu pointed to a few dishes on the table.

Lin Ruo followed Guo Siyuan's footprints to this Japanese restaurant, she knew that Guo Siyuan's tracking ability was super strong, so the anti-tracking ability was definitely not weak, in order not to be found Lin Ruo was far away from them, when she entered the Japanese restaurant, she couldn't see anyone for a long time, in order to explore the truth of the matter, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet and decided to eat here, and at the same time asked Guo Siyuan what they were doing.

In her own private room, after waiting for the dishes to be served, Lin Ruo crept out, there are more than a dozen private rooms in the whole store, and they are not very soundproof, she believes that she should be able to find Guo Siyuan and overhear something, although she thinks that she may be a little boring like this, but the gossip nature of women and the professional habits of entertainment make her can't help but follow.

Just when Lin Ruo was lying outside a door and eavesdropping on whether it was Guo Siyuan and the two inside, the door opened, and she immediately turned into a passerby, and what came out of the door was a slightly chubby man with a long beard, Lin Ruo glanced at it and felt familiar, and looked at it again, and vaguely recognized that it was the well-known director Zhang Yibai, he seemed to be answering the phone, and deliberately ran to the toilet to answer the phone, Lin Ruo became suspicious, and did not look at who else was eating with Zhang Yibai in the private room, but followed first.

…… (To be continued......)

PS: [ps: The first update, I only came back at night, and the second one is more likely to be after the early morning, and now I owe 11 chapters~]