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"Murphy, you can't always be like this."

As soon as he walked into the Millon Cafe, Murphy was stopped by the owner here, "This is the café, not your office." ”

Because the studio was too small and shabby, after recruiting for most of the positions, Murphy put the first theater meeting of the crew at the Miton Cafe, but the frequent interviews some time ago have made the boss here full of complaints, and now of course dissatisfied with Murphy's approach.

"Lynch, we order coffee every time we come."

Stopping, Murphy looked at the half-race old man leaning against the counter opposite, "The money for coffee is not less than once for you." ”

The old man named Lynch had dealt with Murphy before, and knew that he was difficult, so he turned his head to look at Jessica Chastain on the side, and his eyes stayed on her conspicuous red hair for a while, "This beautiful young lady, you have been with Murphy this scoundrel many times, and you should know very well that every time no matter how many people come, he only orders two cups of coffee, but he has to occupy a booth for several hours!" ”

At this, his eyes widened, and when he turned to this side, it was as if he was going to kill Murphy with his gaze.

It was morning, and there were no customers in the store, so Lynch Sr. had no scruples and stood across from Murphy with his waist crossed, blocking his and Jessica Chastain's way.

Murphy rolled his eyes, walked over, and said in a low voice, "Do you know what I do?" Do you know what I'm going to do here today? ”

Lynch said nonchalantly, "I know you're a miser, and that's enough." ”

Jessica Chastain on the other side almost laughed, very much agreed with what Lynch said, she accompanied Murphy to interview many people, watched him cheat free interns, tried his best to lower the salary of employees, and usually all the expenses were saved as much as possible......

Ignoring Lynch's attitude, Murphy raised his hand and patted his arm gently, pointed to himself and said, "I'm a film director, and I think your café is very special and very suitable for my shooting requirements, so I put the crew's drama meeting here to discuss the feasibility of shooting." ”

Hearing that his café might appear in a movie, Old Lynch unconsciously put down his crossed hand, "What you said is true?" ”

Murphy nodded, "Of course it's true, when did I lie to you." ”

"Then more people will be able to see my café......" Lynch Sr. muttered, and immediately changed to a smiling face, "Good! Good! No problem, what can I do, I will definitely cooperate with you. ”

He made a gesture of please, led the way to the largest booth, seemed to think of something, and quickly turned around and asked, "You don't charge for advertising, do you?" I'm not going to do it if I collect money. ”

Glancing at Old Lynch, Murphy thought about it very seriously before saying, "Lynch, we are all old friends, how can we take your money." ”

Old Lynch had a smile on his face.

Jessica Chastain at the end stared curiously at Murphy's back and muttered to herself, "How is this possible if you don't collect money?" Will he change sex? ”

"It's too much of a foreign-sightedness to talk about money between us."

As Jessica Chastain had expected, Murphy's words rang out again, "You just need to take care of the coffee and food while we're filming here." ”

It seems that there are a lot of concessions.

Old Lynch pondered for a moment, patted his chest and said, "No problem, it's all wrapped around me." ”

Bringing the two Murphys to the largest booth, Lynch Sr. simply changed someone, "I'll have someone go and prepare coffee for you, you can sit down for a while." ”

Although the booth was large, it couldn't sit everyone for a while, and Murphy pointed to the aisle around him, "Can you get people to put a few more chairs?" There are about ten more people on my side. ”

"I'll have someone do it right away!" Old Lynch answered, and walked back to the counter.

Seeing Lynch Sr. walking away, Murphy tapped lightly on the table and reminded the person opposite, "Jesse, remember to sign a formal contract with him and write everything I just said into it." ”

"Hmm." Jessica Chastain nodded earnestly.

Of course, she could see that Murphy had calculated that this café might not be a day, and it was actually doing a good job, not only did it have free shooting space to use, but the other party also provided coffee and food, which could save at least thousands of dollars.

Although she is not optimistic about this project, sometimes she has to admire that the guy opposite who can be regarded as a gangster shows really extraordinary ability.

Not long after Lynch Sr. delivered coffee and left, Murphy's hired personnel arrived one after another, and his lawyer, Robert, would also serve as legal counsel to the crew, specializing in contracts and possible legal disputes that could arise from the crew.

This is North America, where lawyers are an indispensable standard for almost any crew or even company.

In addition, there is also an accountant who participates in the drama meeting.

Murphy has always had a relatively clear self-awareness, knowing that no one can be omniscient, and financial work such as the salary and capital expenditure of the crew is outsourced to a small accounting firm, so that he can save a lot of time and focus most of his energy on the filming of the film, rather than being too distracted by messy chores.

In addition to lawyers and accountants, as well as Murphy and Jessica Chastain, there were many people involved in the conference, such as makeup artists, prop masters, set designers, lighting engineers and other behind-the-scenes careers are essential, as well as three students from the California Institute of the Arts and USC Film School who were tricked by Murphy into signing internship contracts.

Of course, this can't be considered coaxing, just like the cooperation with Lynch Sr., both sides also take what they need.

At the beginning of the meeting, after Murphy briefly introduced everyone to each other, he asked Jessica Chastain to send the copied script to everyone, and the name on the script is the name of the film project - "Hard Candy".

This name doesn't seem to have anything to do with Lori and Uncle Weird, but those who have followed the Internet can basically guess the general content by the title of the film.

On the Internet, "Hard.Candy" refers specifically to underage girls.

The most important thing is to let the crew get to know each other, establish a channel for smooth communication, and handle the work they are responsible for at the same time, so that the crew can become a team that works forward together.

Any film is a product of teamwork, and even greats like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg also need to be supported by a team.

Murphy knew that in order to get the project done, he, as a director and producer, had to work closely with these Hollywood losers.

Among the currently confirmed behind-the-scenes staff, there are a total of twelve people, including him and Jessica Chastain.

Make-up artist Jack Watson, who has been in the industry for more than five years without any qualifications that can be used, Murphy hired him one of the biggest reasons he thought he was capable and cheap enough, with a weekly salary of only $350.

The gaffer, Douglas, is the owner of a lighting equipment store and a part-time gaffer in a community theater troupe, and his salary is also very low, only $400 a week.

Prop master Mia Sucre is the most senior of all, having worked on three half-dollar-dollar films, and Murphy offered him a $500-a-week salary.

The set decorator was a young woman named Sunny Clegg, who had only graduated from the California Institute of the Arts the year before and had been working as an assistant to others before, and this was her first time working independently, and Murphy deliberately lowered the price, giving her only three hundred dollars a week.

To put it simply, this crew is a large collection of inexperienced and losers.

In short, excluding lawyers and accountants, including Murphy, an unpaid person, no one in the crew now earns more than $1,000 a week.

And these people are not members of the trade union of their respective professions, just like the actors' union, Hollywood industry associations such as the lighting engineer union and the makeup artist union also stipulate their own minimum daily pay, which is basically more than 100 dollars, and if you hire union members, it will undoubtedly cost more money.

In Los Angeles, some people do not join their respective trade unions, one is that Hollywood's respective trade unions have entry barriers, and they can't join casually if they want to; The second is that there is a certain amount of fees that must be paid, which is also a burden for these low-income people.

There are also three unpaid interns......

Actually, Murphy would love to find a few more of them, but not everyone eats his game, and it's not bad to have three free laborers.

According to his plan, the work contract between the two parties will take at least 10 to 15 weeks from the official start today to the end of the film, and even if it is the highest estimate, the salary can be controlled within 50,000 US dollars.

Don't forget, it's not just the members, but also the actors, editors, and soundtracks.

Murphy doesn't plan to hire professionals to compose music for the film, and he doesn't plan to fund it, looking for music from the past or songs that fit the occasion as soundtracks.

The copyright law in North America is relatively perfect, and after choosing a song, as long as you pay a fee to the relevant copyright agency, you can legally use the music or songs you like.

AND THE COST OF EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LIKE ALL CREWS IN HOLLYWOOD, MURPHY PLANS TO RENT ALL THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS ALSO A LOT OF MONEY, AND THE RENTAL FEE FOR A 35MM PROFESSIONAL CINEMA CAMERA IS NOT CHEAP.

Then, it's time to choose the starring role.

After the meeting, Murphy took Jessica Chastain to the Screen Actors Guild first, spent a sum of money within the association, and posted a job posting, looking for actresses aged 14-18 and male actors aged 22-35.

Leaving the Screen Actors Guild, they drove to the San Fernando Valley, where there is a detached house for rent in the valley area.

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