Chapter Seventy-Six: Heart-to-Heart
The warm sunlight shone on Brant's face, making his smile look so bright.
Being able to receive such a big deal is something he never dreamed of, let alone being able to get involved with the movie crew, Brandt felt that this was a great opportunity for him, so he decided to give them the best service and give the best concession on the price.
From maintenance to modification, if all of a luxury car is done, it will bring him nearly 50,000 US dollars, which is just an ordinary modification.
Even if the young Chinese said that it was impossible to do this for every car, then even if it was converted into ten, or even just five or three, it would have allowed him to maintain it for at least two years or more.
Brandt believes that as long as the economic situation improves slightly, his business will slowly improve, after all, the foundation laid by Brandt Sr. is still there.
At this time, Brant was just a small town repair shop owner, and he and his old employees were just a group of ordinary people, and it was already a very lucky thing for them to be able to make a fortune with the crew.
They would not have imagined that on this warm morning, Ke Zihua was left behind just because of Brant's insistence, and soon he and his team became Ke Zihua's royal modification team.
And their name and good reputation are also widely circulated among various crews, "Want to modify the car? Then go to Ke Zihua's 'Storm Modification Group', and I'm sure you'll be satisfied." ”
Those who don't know the inside story will ask, "Why are you called the 'Storm Modification Regiment'?" ”
"One hundred and sixty cars in a month and a half, do you think it's fast?"
"More than 80 of them are fully maintained, more than 60 are modified, and there were no technical failures during the filming, do you say cow or not?"
For this "storm group" that was born out of nowhere, the directors and drivers who have dealt with it gave an evaluation: "Their work is not the most trendy, but it is the most reliable!" ”
After anxiously and anxiously waiting for more than two hours, Brant finally waited for the crew.
The negotiation went very smoothly, because of Ke Zihua's recommendation, Weber, the assistant director and drama manager who led the team to arrive, directly talked about the price with Brant without saying a word, because Brant also had a plan in his heart, so the whole process took less than twenty minutes.
When Brandt trembled and signed his name on the contract, he couldn't believe it was real!
"God, this is a super contract worth millions!"
After thanking Webber uncontrollably, Brant gathered all the staff again and sent Webb away with the most solemn ceremony.
"Haha, good job, Brandt, you didn't disgrace your dad!"
"Good boy, I'll see if you're good when you're young, and you're not mistaken."
"This is a million-dollar contract, I said Brandt, you haven't paid us a bonus for two years, it's time to make good on your promise this time, right?"
"Brandt, my dear boss, we should have a good celebration, haha let's go have a big meal at noon!"
Brandt agreed to these uncles who couldn't be provoked, and then stiffened his waist and said sternly: "You have also seen it, now that the contract has been signed, I will invite everyone to have a good meal at noon, and then you all have to work hard, don't mess up this business for me." ”
"Although you are all older than me, from now on you must follow my command, and we will unite to do this business together."
In front of these old men who watched him grow up, he no longer had to be called around, although everyone took good care of him, but he always treated him as a child, just because he didn't get good results, he could win enough respect from everyone.
And Brant is always very unconfident and confident when facing them, and now he can finally be a decent boss.
It's not that he just got the contract and started to play the score, but he has to make sure that he can complete the contract smoothly, and if he still follows the temperament of these uncles as before, I'm afraid it will be delayed.
Therefore, for the first time, he took out the boss's style in front of these old men, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, not only was he not scolded by them, but he won the support and encouragement of the uncles.
"Haha, our little Brant has finally grown up."
"It's like a boss, that's what old Brant was like when he was here, teaching us with a stinky face all day long, I really miss that time."
"I'm optimistic about you, little Brandt, oh, I should have called you the boss, sorry."
"BOSS, come on! We've got your back! ”
Webber signed the contract as quickly as possible, and then hurried back to the crew, where he had to deal with Senna and Ke Zihua.
Although he was the assistant director and drama manager of the crew, he did not dare to neglect the tasks assigned by the two giants together.
If you want to mix in the crew for a long time, you must practice and be able to see through a qiē sharp eye.
Although he can't see Ke Zihua's future, at least he can see the current form of the crew, even the director Senna has become Ke Zihua's big butler, what else does he have to be proud of?
So this time, Webb not only didn't take the opportunity to make money, but even gave Brandt, the dirt bun boss, a lot of profits.
According to his thoughts, Ke Zihua asked Senna to send someone to negotiate the conditions to sign the contract, that is, to clear himself out of this matter, and then in the afternoon to discuss the modification matter, go to Brant to get the benefits.
But what he didn't know was that Ke Zihua really wanted to clean himself up, but he never thought of getting oil and water from it, he couldn't look down on this little money, and he would dirty his hands and ruin his reputation.
In fact, Ke Zihua didn't think about it after Weber took the order, what he was thinking about now was to learn more things from Senna, and since he decided to become a director in the future, he had to take this good opportunity to ask for more advice.
After explaining all the trivial and complicated things, Senna was also rarely idle, so he gave detailed answers to Ke Zihua's questions, and the two exchanged questions for more than an hour.
In the end, Senna said to Ke Zihua sincerely: "Ke, I have to admit that you are very attentive, and you are asking very important questions. ”
"But I also need to remind you of two things, the first is that you have to learn how to use people; Second, if you really aspire to be a first-class director, you must be able to write, act, direct, edit, shoot and speak. ”
Ke Zihua was shocked by this statement, he never thought that there would be so many words to be a director, isn't it just okay to be able to direct?
Ke Zihua understands everything else well, and he thinks that he can do it well, although he only understands it slightly, but it is still a long time, and he will pay more attention to these in the future.
However, he was only not very interested in Senna's "ability to edit", "If the directors have become screenwriters, then what else do screenwriters do?" Furnishings? ”
When Senna saw Ke Zihua's expression, he knew that he was a little unconvinced by his statement, so he patiently explained to him: "Take me as an example, I can say without exaggeration that except for not being able to write a screenplay, everything else is mine." ”
"But, because of this, I can only be a second-rate director!"
At this time, Ke Zihua was even more shocked, and asked with a puzzled face: "Senna, in fact, I think you are already very good, but why do you still say that you are a second-rate director?" ”
Senna smiled helplessly and said, "You also know about the situation of the crew, you see, just because I can't write a screenplay, how much trouble has it caused to the crew?" ”
"But it's not a big deal, as long as we work together, we can get through it, but the importance of screenwriting is not reflected here."
After that, Senna stood up and looked at the busy crowd outside the window, and said with regret: "If I were also a good screenwriter, I wouldn't be unable to convince the stubborn Scott on key plot issues." ”
"Although he is a very good screenwriter, some ideas will always be beyond reality, if you follow his script, then I am afraid that this film will become an art film, so I would rather offend him than agree with his point of view."
Speaking of this, Senna turned his head to Ke Zihua and said, "Actually, Jerry and I have the same idea, otherwise it wouldn't be Scott who leaves." ”
"Ke, remember, it's not that if you can write a good-looking script, you're a qualified and good screenwriter."
"Similarly, as a director, if he can't even write a good story, then he can never be a first-class director."
"The box office is just the box office, and it does not fully represent the level of a director."
Then Senna sighed and said: "But it also depends on talent, I don't think I have the talent of screenwriting, no matter how hard I try, I hope you can have such talent." ”
According to Ke Zihua's previous thoughts, he didn't regard the screenwriter as important at all, and it wasn't until then that he understood what Senna meant:
"If a director doesn't have the ability to write a screenplay, then he can only be a decent director, no matter how strong his other abilities are, he is just directing for the sake of directing!"
From this, he thought of great directors like Spielberg and Cameron, if they didn't know how to write screenplays, I am afraid that no matter how good their ideas, they would never make so many classic movies.
Therefore, Senna is right, directors like him are everywhere in Hollywood, and Spielberg and Cameron have never been surpassed.
Savoring what Senna said, Ke Zihua gradually understood the key, so he was grateful to Senna and said: "Senna, I am lucky to be able to meet you at this time, otherwise I will go astray, thank you, really." ”
patted Senna on the shoulder hard, Ke Zihua comforted again: "In fact, in my eyes, you are already a very good director, it is impossible for everyone to be a person like Spielberg, so you don't have to be arrogant, everyone has to take a different path." ”
"I think we just need to be ourselves, and that's enough."
Senna didn't look so gloomy, but said to Ke Zihua with a smile: "Aha, you're right, we can't compare with them, just be good enough for ourselves." ”
It is precisely because of this heart-to-heart conversation that Ke Zihua determined the direction of his efforts, and unswervingly went all the way, and finally became a world-renowned first-class director.