Chapter 54: Get rid of Huang Lei
When Chen Hao took the two of them to the place where he parked, Huang Lei also expressed envy for Chen Hao's car. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The three of them drove out of the school, and soon arrived at a café named Lan Meng, with a beautiful name.
After entering the private room that had been booked a long time ago, Chen Hao beckoned his mother and Huang Lei to sit down, and each ordered a cup of coffee of their favorite flavor.
"I asked Brother Lei to come out this time because I have a script for a TV series, and I hope Brother Lei will shoot and be a director." After chatting for a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Hao cut to the topic.
"Being a director? I don't know that. Huang Lei was a little surprised when he heard Chen Hao's words, he had never been a director.
"Brother Lei is humble when he says this, I know that you have been studying and are very skillful, but you have never had the opportunity to practice, but I know Brother Lei's skills, so I want to invite Brother Lei to shoot this drama."
"Yes, Huang Lei. You've been learning this for the past two years, and you often go to Lao Xie for advice, don't you really want to direct a TV series? Han Xiaomei was also beating a side drum on the side.
"I'm more interested in this, but I'm afraid I'll mess you up." has always been an acquaintance, Huang Lei doesn't want Chen Hao to lose money.
"Actually, Brother Lei, I have planned every aspect of this drama, I guarantee that you will not mess up, so you can read the script first." Chen Hao saw that he was worried, so he handed him his script.
"Uh, okay then, I'll look at the script first, and then we'll talk about it." Huang Lei saw that he handed the script to him, so he had no choice but to take it and say.
"Okay, Brother Lei take a look." Chen Hao is very confident.
Huang Lei stopped talking, opened the script and read it slowly, because the script is different from the novel, in addition to the story and lines, there are also various props and actors' positions in the script.
"Hey, this is a storyboard?" Huang Lei looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said to Chen Hao in surprise.
"Yes, I taught myself, and my writing may not be very good."
"Why is it not good, in my opinion, this is very well written, I found that if I come to shoot, according to your storyboard script, it will definitely not be bad."
I can't help but be surprised by Huang Lei, because the director doesn't know how to write the storyboard, and even many directors don't know, most of the screenwriters in the mainland are not directors now, so the people who know this in China can be counted on one hand.
One of the advantages of storyboard scripts is that after you write this script, give it to a new director, as long as you shoot according to this, it will be filmed.
Chen Hao wrote this because Huang Lei was filming for the first time, although he believed in Huang Lei, but he was also afraid of what happened, so he took out this artifact for cultivating new directors.
In fact, Chen Hao also prepared two copies of Xu Zheng's script, and after reading it, Xu Zheng decided to shoot the script without a split shot, because he found three assistant directors, all of whom were very experienced and capable assistant directors during the Kangxi Yongzheng period.
Chen Hao gave him the storyboard script he kept for later use, he was afraid that when the four of them couldn't master it, he took it out and shot it, it was best not to use it, after all, every director must have his own style.
"Brother Lei thinks it's good."
Huang Lei stopped talking, continued to open the script, and the private room was quiet again, except for the sound of Huang Lei flipping the script, Chen Hao and Han Xiaomei were quietly waiting for Huang Lei to finish reading.
This is more than an hour, this is still Huang Lei did not look closely, many places are to read the story structure even after reading, mainly to watch various sub-scenes, and then compare with their own ideas, some are better than their own, some are a little worse, this is because Chen Hao and Huang Lei's styles are different.
"Xiao Hao, I have to say, this script of yours touched me, if I don't shoot it, I'm afraid I'll be itchy and unbearable, and I will regret it for the rest of my life." Huang Lei exaggerated a little, after all, without this, he also became a director.
"After listening to Brother Lei's words, I am relieved, with Brother Lei, this TV series can't be popular."
"Haha, you think too highly of me, by the way, how much are you going to invest in this TV series?" Once he decided, Huang Lei was no longer hypocritical, and asked directly about investment.
"Oh, Brother Lei, it seems that how much does this TV series need?" Chen Hao didn't answer, and pushed the question to Huang Lei.
"Hmm...... This drama is a wealthy family grievance in the Republic of China, and many costumes and props at that time cost money, especially the Jin Mansion, it is not cheap to find a suitable rent, and it will add up to about five or six million. Huang Lei obviously studied it seriously.
"Well, I have a similar idea in my heart, so let's do it, I'll give you five million first, and then I'll give it to you if it's not enough." Chen Hao is not worried about the income of this drama at all, this TV has 40 episodes, and the production cost of 5 million investment is only more than 100,000 yuan per episode.
"Alright, I'll wait for your funds." Huang Lei was also excited about Chen Hao's generosity, many people said it was an investment, but the money given was not to mention that he asked for a lot, of course, this was Chen Hao looking for a director to shoot, so he naturally had to be generous.
"In that case, how about Brother Lei's salary of 150,000 yuan?" The director also needs to be paid.
"No problem, by the way, do you have any opinions on the actors?" Huang Lei wanted to know what this screenwriter had in mind.
"Well...... this heroine Leng Qingqiu's role and Bai Xiuzhu I am going to use newcomers, Sun Li and Liu Yifei, one of them is my mother's goddaughter, and the other is a student she is tutoring now, I will ask my mother to take it to you another day, if you are not satisfied, we will change it." It is impossible for Chen Hao not to be nepotistic, because in this circle, as long as he can perform well, he will not use anyone.
"Haha, I believe in your vision, but I still have to talk to them then." Huang Lei still believes in Chen Hao's vision, judging from the path Chen Hao took, it is obviously very planned, which proves that his vision is very good.
"Well, it's okay, you can try again. What do you think of the role of the actor Jin Yanxi, Zhao Wei, and Chen Kun in their session? "Chen Hao's last life had a lot of feelings for the wanderer played by Chen Kun.
"Well, Chen Kun...... The image is good, I don't know how the acting skills are, so I'll ask him to try it when the time comes. ”
"Well, yes, you can also let them try it, like Huang Yi, Huang Haibo, Li Jie, and a few of them can try Liu Chunjiang, Jin Fengju, Wu Peifang, Wang Yufen, these characters." Chen Hao suggested again, after all, these people were Huang Lei's students, and he was afraid that he would be embarrassed if he didn't say it.
"Uh, okay, I'll arrange an audition for them, and you're going to come then." Huang Lei was a little grateful in his heart, and his students would be famous and his face would shine.
Chen Hao didn't know that because of this speech, Huang Yi and Huang Haibo were also very grateful to Chen Hao, because except for Li Jie, who had some fame last year because of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Huang Yi and Huang Haibo had no chance to perform.
Huang Yi chose her to play the gold powder family because of Huang Lei this time, and also asked Huang Lei to give her a stage name, Haiqing. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it here.
"Haha, Feishui doesn't leave outsiders in the field, although it's not clear whether this drama is Feishui." Chen Hao laughed and made a joke.
Chen Hao suggested Huang Lei for a reason, these people who are not famous now have good acting skills, and they are cheap, except that Chen Kun's salary will be slightly higher.