Before meeting the director, He Mu first talked to Wang Mingfei on the phone and expressed his gratitude to her, He Mu knew that if it weren't for her recommendation, Bayi Factory would not be able to find such a popular star to act in this movie, it was originally a film that was not intended to make money, and there was no need to invite a well-known star, if it was a star of Andy Lau and Zhou Runfa, there was still hope to drive the blockbuster of the movie that did not sell well, but the new generation like He Mu who was not up or down, the salary was not low, but the box office appeal was very average, can only waste so much salary in vain.

In fact, He Mu's movie salary is not high, the first time he made a movie, the anti-second of "The True Colors of Men", gave him 80,000. For the second time, the supporting roles in the top blockbuster "Red Cliff" were not ranked in the top ten, with a salary of 100,000 yuan. The third magic masterpiece "Painted Skin", which has not yet started filming, the salary of He Mu of the third male number is 400,000, which is due to the popularity of several TV series to enhance He Mu's popularity and status, so there will be such a large price increase.

Although the price of "One Shot 147" has not been negotiated, as the absolute male lead, it must be higher than the third male in "Painted Skin", considering that the film is not a commercial production, He Mu guessed that the salary is about 500,000, and it is better to make a TV series to make money quickly. But it doesn't matter how much money there is, He Mu is most concerned about the quality of the film, and the main reason for making this call is this.

Wang Mingfei said calmly, no need to thank you, and then asked, "You shouldn't just want to thank you when you make this call, right?" ”

"Mainly to say thank you, by the way, I asked about the preparation of this movie, and who the director and actors are, my eyes are dark. I don't know anything. He Mu sneered, he had learned that Wang Mingfei was the assistant director of the film, and she had been involved in the preparatory work.

Wang Mingfei didn't go around in circles. Briefly talk about what happened after that separation.

Li Yifeng and Wang Mingfei are in the same class and know each other, Li Yifeng is not a person who is short of money, so he sold the script of "One Shot 147" to Wang Mingfei at a price of 50,000 yuan, but he asked that no matter how the script is changed in the future, his name must be ranked first on the list of screenwriters, and Wang Mingfei also agreed.

After getting the copyright of the script. Wang Mingfei first wanted to fix the script herself, and her name could still be in the screenwriter column at that time, but she failed after trying once. Although she claimed to be an all-rounder, she was still not sure that she could write the script perfectly, so she quickly transferred the script to Bayi Studios, which was also 50,000. The person who handled it was his father. Although she didn't make a penny from Bayi Factory, Wang Mingfei also put forward a request, that is, she should be the assistant director of this movie. She has tried actors, photographers, and singers, but she hasn't tried film directing yet, and she's looking forward to it.

After becoming an assistant director, Wang Mingfei first found Ding Junhui, who was preparing for the World Snooker Championships, with the person in charge of the film project, after all, this is his story.

made his own story into a movie, which was incredible to Ding Junhui. His first reaction was "are they scammers" and will they cheat themselves into investing. After seeing their documents and confirming that they were staff members of Bayi Studios, Ding Junhui was silent and hesitated, this matter is very tempting to him, after all, he is only a twenty-year-old young man, he is the idol of thousands of Chinese snooker lovers, and he also has vanity.

At this time, Ding Junhui's father stood up and directly rejected Wang Mingfei and them, his son has been under too much pressure since he became famous, he doesn't want this inexplicable movie to attract unnecessary criticism for Xiaohui, he only hopes that his son can be optimistic to enjoy the sport of snooker and do what he likes to do.

When the person in charge of Bayi and Ding Junhui's father discussed, Wang Mingfei has been paying attention to Ding Junhui's attitude towards his father, which is a complete trust, and Ding's father's love for Ding Junhui is also very selfless, not mixed with any interests, she understands the relationship between the father and son from Li Yifeng's script, it was Ding's father's persistence and support that allowed Ding Junhui to embark on the road of professional snooker that he loved.

The person in charge of Bayi tried to persuade Ding's father from the perspective of fame and interests, which would only cause Ding's father's plan and rejection, Wang Mingfei was not, she patiently told the script to their father and son according to her understanding.

"This is not only a movie about Ding Junhui or snooker, we hope to tell all Chinese fathers through this movie, when your child likes something that has nothing to do with learning, don't be in a hurry to stop him from stifling his liking, try to understand the child's inner thoughts, believe in his ability, and accompany him to go crazy, maybe you will find that your child is also a prodigy, just like Mr. Ding, if you didn't insist on trusting your child, maybe there would not be Junhui, a snooker prodigy, in China."

In the end, it was Wang Mingfei's words that persuaded Ding Wenjun, and he agreed that Bayi Studios would use the names and experiences of their father and son in the movie "One Pole 147" and carry out a certain degree of artistic processing.

After getting the Ding family's father and son, Wang Mingfei and the preparatory team determined the director together, the big director did not move, and the small director disdained to invite, and finally they sent an invitation to the famous photographer and director Hou Yong.

Director Hou Yong is definitely a well-known director, but he is better known for his role as a photographer. He is also a member of the legendary Beiying 78-level photography department. There are too many cattle in this year's department, the director department has Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong, etc., and the art department has Huo Jianqi, Feng Xiaoning (is "Ning", don't make a mistake), etc., the photography department is not inferior to the director department, and Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Zhang Wei, Lu Le, Hou Yong and other talents who can direct and shoot, and today's Beijing Cinema director Zhang Huijun is also from the 78-level photography department.

Compared with his classmates, Hou Yong is more devoted to the photography career, and has been the camera for Xie Jin, Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang and other famous directors, so far he has won the Golden Rooster Award for best photography honors four times, and is the photographer who has won the most honors in the Golden Rooster Award.

As a director, Hou Yong has only directed two and a half works so far, the first "Heavenly Bleeding" is not well-known, and then Hou Yong continued to be a photographer, after more than ten years, Hou Yong filmed his second work "Jasmine Blossom", this film starring Zhang Ziyi, Jiang Wen, Liu Ye, etc. has been a huge success, and has also regained Hou Yong's self-confidence as a director, this year he directed his third work, about the first Olympic Liu Changchun's "One Man's Olympics", this film has not yet been released, and it is half a work for the time being.

It is precisely considering that Hou Yong is one of the few well-known directors in China who has shot sports-themed films, and if he wants to shoot snooker well, the requirements for photography will be very high.

However, a person like Hou Yong with artistic pursuits, photography is a job, the price is right, the book is passable, he can take it, and the director is interest, he must like it to do it, and he has just finished making a movie, according to his frequency, he has to take a break for two or three years before directing again, so he originally wanted to decline. But Bayi Factory sent to negotiate with him was Wang Mingfei, who he grew up watching, he and Wang Mingfei's father and grandfather were old acquaintances, and even he had to call Grandpa Wang Master, with this relationship in between, Wang Mingfei shouted again with an uncle, and the helpless Hou Yong had to agree to read the script first, and he didn't shoot if the script was not suitable.

Wang Mingfei naturally did not show Li Yifeng's script to Hou Yong, she and the project leader urgently contacted several well-known playwrights in the circle, and repaired the script to make it more professional and compact while keeping the original framework of the script unchanged, and at the same time strengthened the rendering of father-son love, enhanced the importance of Ding's father in the script, and experienced a touch of father-son warmth in addition to the tension of the game.

Wang Mingfei was full of praise after reading the revised script, she believed that this would definitely be a masterpiece, after handing over the script to Hou Yong, he reluctantly agreed, and after seeing the script, he did ignite the impulse of the director.

Then it was the selection of actors, and at this time, assistant director Wang Mingfei, who had made a lot of contributions to the preparation of the crew, recommended He Mu, which gave He Mu his first experience as a movie star.

"Who are the other actors besides me?" He Mu asked again, after hearing about the director selection and some information after the script was revised, he felt that this movie was becoming more and more reliable, but Bayi Factory could not provide much money, only more than 10 million, and most of the investment would be used for overseas filming and foreign actors, which would be the smallest cost film He Mu had made so far, and it was also the most international.

"In fact, there are not many actors in this movie, those famous players, except for Hong Kong's Fu Jiajun, who will find professional actors for a heavier role, and we will try our best to invite myself to make a cameo, and now we are negotiating, as for Ding Junhui's father, we are looking for Wang Xueqi, and my mother is looking for Jiang Wenli, they are all powerful actors, don't be ashamed when you come, I will be very faceless as a recommender."

Wang Mingfei made a rare joke about He Mu.

"I'm under pressure when you say that."

"Worried about not acting well?"

"I'm worried about being bullied by the pros when I play with them." He Mu said with a smile.

He Mu still has some expectations for his first starring movie, he hopes to be nominated for Best Actor in some film awards for him with this film, he is not very demanding, as long as he can be nominated, it is an affirmation of himself, and he longs for this affirmation.

"Xiao Mu, the director is here." Datang reminded He Mu, who was a little distracted.

At the agreed place, He Mu met Hou Yong as the director...... (To be continued......)

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