Cheng Peng and Zhang Meng sat in the classroom and chatted about the script for a while, and the topic quickly turned to the crew, after all, this was the purpose of his coming to school.

Zhang Meng's eyes lit up when he heard that Cheng Peng was recruiting executive producers: "I know a graduate student majoring in production management, who is quite a powerful person, and may meet your requirements." ”

Cheng Peng suddenly became interested, and the person who can make Zhang Meng say that he is powerful must be extraordinary: "Since it is someone you know, then call to talk, even if you can't cooperate, it's a good thing to have multiple friends." ”

Zhang Meng lowered his voice and said, "It's a beauty!" ”

It didn't take long for the beauty in Zhang Meng's mouth to come, indeed a beauty, with a well-defined face, deep eyes, a straight nose bridge, smooth and delicate skin, a white shirt and black pencil pants, full of heroism, and a sense of sophistication unique to professional women's surnames.

Zhang Meng enthusiastically introduced: "This is Cheng Peng, this is Zhao Linlin, come and get to know you!" ”

Cheng Peng didn't look down on her because she was a beauty, and of course he didn't look down on her, after a simple greeting, he went straight to the point: "Miss Zhao, you are Zhang Meng's friend, that is, my friend, then I'll say it directly." I need an executive producer, and although I'm only an executive producer now, I hope he will be able to become a producer running film projects in the future, like Joel Silver, so I'll ask a few questions and forgive me if I'm offended! ”

Successful film and television companies must have powerful producers running the projects behind the scenes, such as Disney's Oppenheimer and Huayi's Chen Guofu. Huayi's success in film and television has a lot to do with their director, Chen Guofu, who has made films himself, knows the production process very well, and has an excellent vision. Chen Chengyi once took the movie "Martial Arts" to Huayi and wanted Huayi to invest, but Chen Guofu was not optimistic about this project and refused. And the final result proved Chen Guofu's wisdom, "Martial Arts" lost tens of millions, and Xingmei was miserable.

And Xingmei is a negative example, you must know that Xingmei's resources and connections are above Huayi, if it develops well, it is definitely not comparable to Huayi, but as a result, Xingmei has lost a lot of movies, and the company's development has not been smooth, the two are because Xingmei lacks a strong and powerful producer, and Huayi has Chen Guofu.

Cheng Peng hopes to find a producer who understands film, market, and marketing, and can work and grow together with him, and he values this executive producer very much.

Zhao Linlin knew that Joel Silver was a famous producer in Hollywood, and "The Matrix" was discovered by him, she knew what Cheng Peng meant, and nodded: "Okay, if you have any questions, just ask." ”

The first question asked by Cheng Peng was about the current situation of the film market: "In the past two years, domestic films have developed well, but more than ninety percent of the films are losing money, and the situation is not as optimistic as imagined, what do you think is the biggest problem facing domestic films?" ”

Zhao Linlin tapped her fingers lightly on the table, thought for a few seconds, and expressed her opinion: "There are many problems faced by domestic films, such as censorship, the producer's share is too low, etc., to say that the biggest problem, I think it is the lack of commercial awareness and market awareness. Since Zhang Yimou's "Hero" last year, Chinese films have entered the commercial era. The propaganda of "Hero" lasted two months, and all the means of disseminating information under the existing technical conditions were used, such as television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, audio and video, dramas, documentaries, etc., and even CCTV's prime-time "Hero" advertisement was displayed.

Now many people are learning this, which is right, marketing is indeed very important, but I think the most important thing in commercial films is the movie itself, if nothing else, let's just say "Hero", I think it is still too literary. Our filmmakers, especially Zhang Yimou's generation, are all literary and artistic in their bones, and for them, movies are a way of expression, they always like to express, always like to elaborate, always like to be reasonable, but they don't like to tell stories honestly. In fact, for ordinary audiences, watching movies is to watch a refreshing movie, just to have fun, you make the movie too profound, who wants to watch it, who wants to listen to your endless preaching in the movie? ”

Cheng Peng's eyes flashed with an undetectable light, his question is easy to answer, there are too many problems in Chinese movies, anyone can count one, two, three. But what he was looking for was a producer, and the answer he wanted to hear was from the producer's point of view.

Zhao Linlin's answer is exactly like this, because the most important thing for producers is the director, the level of the director, and the ability of the director. Being able to say this shows that she has a very thorough understanding of commercial films.

However, being able to see the problem doesn't mean anything, there are too many rhetoric on paper, and the most important thing as a producer is to grasp the project.

Cheng Peng's second question is to see what her vision is: "If I ask you to be a producer and give you 2 million funds, what theme will you invest in?" ”

Zhao Linlin pondered for a moment and said: "With a capital of 2 million, the choice is very small, if you invest alone, horror movies are a good choice, this; In the past two years, director Forrest Gump's several horror films have a very low cost and are quite poorly made, but the box office is good, which shows that horror films are quite marketable in China, and the same is true abroad, and small-budget horror films are the best selling genre. ”

It seems that he is a talent, and his vision is very good! Cheng Peng stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Miss Zhao, happy cooperation!" ”

Zhao Linlin didn't shake Cheng Peng's hand, and glanced at him, I can't just look at me, I also have to see how your level is: "Don't worry, your question is finished, now replace me, I also have a question I want to ask Mr. Cheng." ”

Cheng Peng smiled, this woman is a little interesting, it seems that I also need to impress her, he said confidently: "If you have any questions, just ask." ”

"What are you going to shoot after The Two of Us?"

"Horror film, a horror film that no one has ever made in China!"

Zhao Linlin was stunned for two seconds, and the scene in front of her reminded her of the situation when Kong Ming and Zhou Yu showed the word "fire attack" at the same time, and couldn't help laughing: "I was persuaded by you, happy cooperation!" ”

After that, the three of them discussed the formation of the film crew, and the preliminary preparation of the film involves a lot of things, and it is necessary to make a budget plan, make a detailed shooting plan, funds, personnel, equipment, etc.

The discussion lasted until 12 o'clock at noon, and the three of them came to the school cafeteria to eat and chat. Although the food is not good, the handsome guys and beauties who come in and out are bright enough, and this alone is enough to make people feel happy.

was chatting happily, Cheng Peng suddenly saw Tong Liyu walking into the cafeteria with a baby-faced girl talking and laughing, she took a dinner plate and lined up at the back of the line to prepare to eat.

Cheng Peng was a little surprised, the Yaya Dance Troupe is quite far from here, why did she come here, is she here to see her classmates? He stood up and said, "I saw a friend, I'll go over and say hello!" ”

After speaking, he walked to Tong Liyu's side, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and said with a smile: "Yaya, why did you come to the film academy, did you come to see your classmates?" ”

"Tong Liyu" was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up, and then he showed an inexplicable expression: "You are, do we know each other?" ”

Cheng Peng noticed that although the girl in front of him was seven points similar to Tong Liyu, it was three points different, Tong Liyu's facial features were a little better, and her temperament was better, the girl in front of her was a little whiter and more mature, just like Tong Liyu's twin sister.

Okay, I recognized the wrong person, but it really looks like it! Cheng Peng smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, I have a friend who looks very similar to you, do you know someone named Tong Liyu?" ”

"Tong Liyu" looked at Cheng Peng, showed a clear expression, and said lightly: "I don't know, but people often say that I am like their friends or classmates." ”

The baby-faced girl behind "Tong Liyu" sneered: "Handsome guy, your way of accosting you is too old-fashioned, right?" This kind of pick-up method can be met eight times a day by our Xiaoxuan! ”

Accosted? Cheng Peng was a little stunned, he didn't explain, the more he explained, the more people would think that you had bad intentions, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person, goodbye!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Tong Liyu" didn't expect Cheng Peng to leave like this, showing a surprised look, is he embarrassed, or did he really admit his mistake?

The baby-faced girl shouted at Cheng Peng behind her: "Hey, handsome guy, just give up like this, it's too untenacious, right?" How can you catch up with a girl like this! ”

Returning to his position, Cheng Peng saw Zhang Meng and Zhao Linlin looking at him with a smile on their faces, knowing that these two had also misunderstood him, and his face was helpless: "If I say that I recognize the wrong person, you will definitely not believe it, I will let you meet Yaya when I am free, and you will understand when you see her." ”

Zhang Meng looked like I understood, and said in a low voice: "That's our school's old school flower Dong Xuan, how is it, it's beautiful, right?" If you want to line up after her, you can line up to the fifth ring. Do you want to ask her to audition? ”

Dong Xuan, who turned out to be the starring role of "Snow Goddess Dragon", has the opportunity to let Yaya come to meet, that scene must be very interesting! However, the title of the old school flower is a bit strange, Cheng Peng asked with some curiosity: "She is the old school flower, that is, there is a new school flower, who is the new school flower?" ”

"01-level school flower Huang Shengyi, 02-level school flower Liu Yifei, 03-level is not particularly outstanding, Huang Shengyi and Liu Yifei are both big beauties, do you want to find a heroine to be a movie?"

If in terms of age, there is no problem with the two, but Huang Shengyi's cheekbones are relatively high, and he is a little mean in terms of physiognomy, and the effect of playing a bad woman may be better; Liu Yifei looks good, but unfortunately her acting skills are really not good. These two people wanted to go far from the heroine in Cheng Peng's heart, he shook his head and said, "No need, I already have a suitable candidate." ”

Cheng Peng remembered that it was Tong Liyu's birthday at night, and he hadn't thought about what gift to buy, so he said: "Linlin, I have a friend who is going to have a birthday, it's a girl, I don't know what to give, can you give a suggestion?" ”;