Episode 57 Film transfer is expensive
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The green light system was created in order to expand the width of commercial films, avoid missing those excellent works with market potential, and of course, more importantly, allow theater managers to flexibly allocate resources, such as "Friends", which was released in the spring of this year, which passed the review of the Green Light Committee.
Almost 80 percent of theater managers believe that "Friends" is a high-quality commercial film, so Zuihou theater managers voted to postpone the Hollywood blockbuster "Hannibal" by two weeks, which set a new record for more than 5 million Korean films.
And aesthetic art films similar to the Kim Ki-duk genre are sometimes favored.
But these are not of much significance for a small budget like "Color is Empty", because theater managers rarely like this kind of newcomer movie, after all, they have the pressure of theater screening, and the risk is not cost-effective for them.
Of course, Li Xiaole knew about this situation, but he had no way out, so he could only fight against the water, gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle Jin, you can help me prepare, I will go to the film with Lei Ting today." ”
"Well, well, I'll contact you on Wednesday." Jin Nan nodded, but he thought that Li Xiaole was too extreme, why should he die on a road, this is his debut, and there will be opportunities in the future.
Walking out of the building, Lei Ting stopped and looked at Li Xiaole and asked, "Let me ask again, do you really need to make a film copy?" ”
"Of course." Li Xiaole said without hesitation.
Lei Ting glared at him with an expression of "you're done", as if she was a little angry, but Li Xiaole didn't know that she was angry.
At this time, suddenly a husky puppy rushed over happily on the side of the road, ran past Lei Ting, and saw Lei Ting, who was cool enough to use his eyes as a cooler just now, suddenly screamed in a high-pitched voice of "ah", hugged Li Xiaole, and buried his head tightly in his chest.
Li Xiaole was also startled, he didn't know what was going on, he felt the elastic delicate body trembling in his arms, his heart beat faster, he looked at Lei Ting with a panicked expression in his arms, and asked with wide eyes, "Sister Tingting...... Don't tell me...... You're afraid of dogs......" I couldn't hold back my laughter after asking.
"Get out! How could I be afraid of dogs! Lei Ting stared at those smoky eyes fiercely, but Li Xiaole didn't look fierce at all, but a little cute, like a panda.
Lei Ting was regrouping, but she didn't expect the husky to run around happily, and then turned around and ran past Lei Ting again, Lei Ting screamed "Ah" and hid in Li Xiaole's arms.
Li Xiaole felt the warm fragrant nephrite in his arms for the second time, hugged her gently, smiled and said nothing, Lei Ting recovered for a long time, looked up at him, a rare burst of red appeared on his fair face, and he bit his lower lip and said:
"I'm not afraid of dog ......" Seeing Li Xiaole smile, he immediately added: "I'm afraid...... Hairy stuff~"
"Afraid of hairy ......" Li Xiaole thought of a certain part evilly, this cool chick, isn't it because of this reason that she doesn't like men?
"What are you thinking?" Lei Ting stared at Li Xiaole viciously and asked.
"Huh?" Li Xiaole opened her mouth wide again, and she wouldn't see it again......
"I don't care what you're thinking, you stop your thinking for me! You are not allowed to mention it to anyone. Lei Ting glared at Li Xiaole closely, wanting to get an affirmative answer.
"Okay." Li Xiaole smiled and stretched out his finger and said, "Sister Tingting, this is my little secret......
When Lei Ting heard the word "the two of us", her heartbeat accelerated, and she suddenly didn't dare to look at Li Xiaole, and walked away quickly, avoiding him like a plague, Li Xiaole looked at her embarrassed appearance, I didn't know that Weishenme was in a good mood, and completely forgot the depression just now, this cool girl is really an interesting person...
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According to the green light screening procedure of the film association, the digital data of "Color is Empty" must be converted into film before it can be broadcast in theaters, and in the afternoon, Lei Ting and Li Xiaole took a car for more than an hour and came to the Lotte Studio in the suburbs of Seoul.
On the second floor of the transformation center, the two walked into the production office and saw a producer in his forties with thinning hair reading a book at his desk in front of the machines, with a high nose bridge and wandering eyes, which left a very gloomy feeling.
Lei Ting had just walked halfway through, and when she saw this man, she frowned and wanted to go back, but the producer saw her from a long distance, beckoned and shouted: "Oh, isn't this Miss Lei, I'm here to transfer the copy, I've been looking forward to you for a long time." He walked over with a smile.
"Well, we're here to make film copies." Lei Ting looked at him with some disgust and asked, "Why isn't Xiao Lin on duty today?" ”
"Who is this......?" Huang Producer looked at Li Xiaole sideways, and said with a gloomy smile: "Miss Lei, no wonder you didn't answer my phone last time I asked you for dinner, it turns out that you have a boyfriend......
"Where's Xiao Lin?" Lei Ting asked.
"Xiao Lin, you may not know the situation, she has been suspended from her job and paid for violating the company's rules by privately making copies for a fourth-level film company that did not sign a contract with us."
Lei Ting's face sank suddenly, and she pointed at Li Xiaole with her finger and said, "He is the director of the film I supervised, so is it a violation for us to come this time?" ”
Huang Producer glanced at Li Xiaole's face again, and a certain expression of looking at the disadvantaged groups in society appeared on his face, thinking that he was another fool in Fuming's company, and put on an ambiguous smile in an instant:
"I'm on duty alone in the entire studio today, whether I violate the rules or not, it depends on our friendship, don't you say, Miss Lei?"
"We don't have a relationship." Lei Ting said coldly.
"I think we're going to be good friends." Huang Producer squinted his eyes and laughed unscrupulously: "It's like a bosom friend like you and Xiao Lin, I don't think you want her to lose her job because of this incident." Huang Producer said that his hand had quietly put on Lei Ting's shoulder, and whispered in her ear: "Young people, you must also learn to be mellow, so as not to make yourself and the people around you suffer." ”
Hwang Tae-hyuk has been working for the small Seagate studio for more than two decades, and if it weren't for his rich wife's connections, he probably wouldn't even have a decent job, and after so many years, his only fetish is to find ways to sleep with those young girls and torture them, partly to vent his frustration with his tigress wife, and partly, he is also fascinated by the thrill.
When Hwang Tae-hyuk saw Lei Ting for the first time, he was deeply attracted to her, and his mind was full of wonderful pictures of pressing her to the bed and ravaging, and when Hwang Tae-hyuk knew that his little lover Xiao Lin had a leg with Lei Ting, he was almost crazy with joy.
Finally caught her handle, a fourth-level film producer, actually made a copy at an illegal price, he had no doubt that he could pinch a little girl like Lei Ting in the palm of his hand and become a plaything in his crotch~~
He was very good at this kind of thing, and he knew the weaknesses of the little girls.
Feeling the hint in Huang Taihe's words, the fire in Li Xiaole's heart had been ignited, but Lei Ting signaled him with his eyes not to mess around, although Li Xiaole was holding his breath in his heart, it was not easy to have a seizure, damn, the person who dared to tease me in front of me, this dog is really a little fat.
"How much does it cost to convert a copy of film?" Although Lei Ting's expression was painful, she still allowed Hwang Tae-hyuk to speak obscenely around her neck.
"For more than 20 large customers, 7.8 million copies, and 10.5 million for each bulk order." Hwang Tae-hyuk replied with a smile.
Li Xiaole's heart sank on the spot when he heard this, he was careful in the process of filming, but after paying the actor's salary, the budget of 120 million was only 8 million for Zuihou, and there was still a gap of 3 million, what should I do? Li Xiaole could only look at Lei Ting helplessly for help, Lei Ting seemed to think for a while, and then leaned over and whispered in his ear and asked:
"Li Xiaole, I want to remind you that according to the contract, if the production fee is overrun, it will be repaid by ten times the overrun cost, that is, you will have to repay 30 million more, and the consequences will be much worse than you think, you should think about it."
This compensation is a bit much, but obviously it's not just a matter of money, Li Xiaole hesitated, looked at the row of machines that made film copies, and hesitated, when James Cameron filmed Titanic, he didn't overspend by 60 million US dollars, what is he? It's a big deal to stay up for a few more years, and it's not the end of shijie, Bo!
"Dry~! That's it! Li Xiaole gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely.
Lei Ting saw Li Xiaole's gritted teeth, but she was inexplicably distressed, she was silent for a while, and then turned her head and asked Huang Taihe in a soft tone: "My friend only has 8 million funds, can you make it convenient and go through the process of big customers." ”
Li Xiaole was stunned when she heard this, she seemed to have the idea of sacrificing herself, she wouldn't do stupid things.
I saw Huang Taihe looking at Lei Ting with a kind of smirk: "If you are good to me, of course I will be good to you, if you want you will always be my big customer, I can help you convert copies now." As he spoke, he gently stroked her shoulder.
Lei Ting desperately endured the painful and unbearable nausea, she could only endure it...... If Lei Ting was an ordinary film producer, then she would probably leave the studio immediately and go to the police station to accuse Huang Producer of sexual harassment, after all, Li Xiaole was still next to him and could be a witness.
But she will face a big trouble next, that is, the police will investigate her Weishenme will come to this studio to make copies, then ("daomengren" see the latest chapter) before she got illegal benefits in Xiaolin will be exposed, and the police are likely to investigate Fuming Company deeply, the boss Li Rongbi is the most taboo company to be investigated, so those illegal things that Fuming Company did before are likely to be implicated, which is not just a matter of money.