Chapter 187: Journey to the West
Zhou Xingchi just looked at the beginning, then raised his head and looked at Lin Nan with a puzzled expression and said, "I have read "Journey to the West", but this story of yours seems to be far from Journey to the West!" ”
"That's why it's called 'Journey to the West'!" Lin Nan made a joke with Zhou Xingchi, and then said to Zhou Xingchi: "You keep looking!" ”
Zhou Xingchi didn't stop reading when he spoke, and after hearing Lin Nan say this, he didn't make a sound, but watched quietly.
With the passage of time, the expression on Zhou Xingchi's face is also constantly changing, from the initial doubt, to the natural, to the surprise, until the final shock, so that Lin Nan, who has been staring at Zhou Xingchi's face, secretly sighed, worthy of being an actor, this facial expression is really rich!
"What does Mr. Zhou think of this film?" Seeing that Zhou Xingchi had finished reading, Lin Nan took a sip of tea from the teacup and asked with a smile.
Hearing Lin Nan's question, Zhou Xingchi relieved himself from the shock brought to him by the movie, but Zhou Xingchi's first sentence after relieving himself was not to answer Lin Nan's question just now, but to say directly: "Mr. Lin, I took this play!" “
Zhou Xingchi's directness made Lin Nan slightly stunned, he originally thought that it would be very difficult to persuade Zhou Xingchi to shoot this film, so he prepared a lot of rhetoric, and even prepared for concessions and heavy bleeding, but what he didn't expect was that Zhou Xingchi only read the plot synopsis and the highlights of the movie, and decided to take over this film without even reading the script, which made Lin Nan obviously make so many preparations in vain.
"Mr. Zhou, are you sure you don't need to think about it again?" Lin Nan for insurance. decided to ask Zhou Xingchi again.
How do you know that Zhou Xingchi shook his hand directly: "No need, I think very clearly, I took this play!" ”
"Uh, may I ask why?" Lin Nan was full of astonishment on his face, because he knew that he was generally more cautious when taking over a role from a king-level actor like Zhou Xingchi, and he had to examine a lot of things, such as the investment in the film, the production team, the specific script, including the word-of-mouth. Then I will have an agency team to help estimate the impact of this drama on fame. The decision to shoot or not to shoot will only be made after everything has been evaluated.
But now the speed at which Zhou Xingchi agreed can be said to be hasty, not only did he not do the above routine steps, but Lin Nan estimated that his agent didn't know about this matter yet, so Lin Nan had to ask clearly.
Zhou Xingchi took the information and glanced up and down again. The eyes were full of appreciation. Then he looked at Lin Nan and said, "I have also heard about Mr. Lin's deeds in Hong Kong. You are regarded as the first person in the young generation of Chinese films in the mainland, in fact, to be honest, I was very disdainful of this before. Because I think there are a few people who are not worse than you at all. ”
When Zhou Xingchi said this, there was also a trace of embarrassment on his face, and he showed an apologetic smile to Lin Nan, and Lin Nan didn't have much dissatisfaction when he heard Zhou Xingchi say this, because Lin Nan didn't care about the title of the first person of the young generation at all, and Zhou Xingchi didn't know much about himself before this contact.
Seeing that Lin Nan was not dissatisfied, Zhou Xingchi continued: "However, after watching your play again, I know that I must change this opinion, you are indeed the first deserved number one of the younger generation!" The reason why I directly decided to take over the filming of this "Journey to the West" is because I believe that if this drama is filmed, it will definitely become a classic! ”
Zhou Xingchi's words made Lin Nan stunned, and he took a deep look at Zhou Xingchi and found that Zhou Xingchi did not seem to be a fake, of course, even if Zhou Xingchi was a fake, he would definitely not be able to see it, after all, if he couldn't deceive him after acting for more than ten years, it would be enough to fail.
"Then I...... Go back and send the contract to your agent? Lin Nan originally wanted to take out the contract directly and take a look at Zhou Xingchi, but he was afraid that Zhou Xingchi would sign it directly, he always felt that this matter was so smooth and a little unscientific, although no matter how you look at Zhou Xingchi, there is no loss to him if he signed the contract, but it is precisely because of this that Lin Nan is even more worried, so he decided to stabilize Zhou Xingchi first, and wait for him to go back and ask Wei Junbo, the more sloppy Zhou Xingchi is in this matter, the more Lin Nan dare not be hasty.
Zhou Xingchi nodded when he heard Lin Nan say this, and when he left, he added a sentence to Lin Nan: "As soon as possible!" "I can't wait.
After Zhou Xingchi left, Lin Nan also hurried back to the company, and after finding Wei Junbo, he told Wei Junbo about this matter in detail, and then sat aside and waited for Wei Junbo, a professional, to analyze it.
After listening to this, Wei Junbo frowned and thought for a while, and then glanced at Lin Nan with a strange face, which made Lin Nan feel a little furious, after all, it was the first time he had encountered this matter, and it was too far from what he originally thought, he originally thought that it would be difficult to invite these big-name actors, but he didn't expect Zhou Xingchi to be more anxious than himself, and now he saw Wei Junbo's look like a fool, and he couldn't help asking: "What?" Is there a problem? ”
"Tut-tut......" Wei Junbo looked at Lin Nan while shaking his head and smacking his tongue, the expression was as if he was watching a joke, which made Lin Nan's head instantly have a few green tendons, and then Wei Junbo said unhurriedly: "No problem!" ”
"How can it be okay, don't you think it's abnormal?" Lin Nan's brows furrowed, and his voice was raised by a key.
"Yes, I also think Zhou Xingchi's reaction is abnormal!" Wei Junbo nodded, said thoughtfully, and then changed his words, and continued: "But I analyzed it carefully, what do you think Zhou Xingchi can take away from us?" ”
After Wei Junbo said this, Lin Nan was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it carefully, it seems that Zhou Xingchi really can't take anything from himself, the only loss he can cause to himself is to be passive and slack off when making movies, and then threaten himself with more pay or something like this, but I have never heard that Zhou Xingchi has this criminal record, and once this kind of thing happens, Zhou Xingchi's loss will definitely be greater than himself, because who will dare to ask him to film in the future?
And this kind of thing is not impossible to prevent, just add one more in the contract.
"Look, as long as our contract is fine, there will be absolutely no problems, what are you worried about?" Wei Junbo rubbed his chin, looked at Lin Nan and said, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
But no matter how Lin Nan looked at it, he felt that it was like a mockery, so he left a sentence of "send the contract over as soon as possible" and left in shame, this time he was really a soldier, but Zhou Xingchi's reaction was really abnormal, and Lin Nan still couldn't think of a reason.
On the way back to the office, Lin Nan met Gao Han, who had been busy with website matters recently, and Gao Han was obviously looking for him, so Lin Nan took Gao Han back to the office together.
"Now the number of novels submitted is about the same, I think we had better open the station in the next few days, because according to data analysis, Jinhua should also be fast, and they will receive the manuscript quickly with the support of 300 yuan in the welfare of signing the contract!" Gao Han said with a hint of worry on his face.
After hearing this, Lin Nan nodded, signaling that Gao Han could make his own decisions about this matter, and then asked: "If we open a station with Jinhua now, what is our market share?" ”
"From the current point of view, our market share should reach sixty percent, after all, Jinhua's welfare can indeed attract a lot of authors, but it can't attract too many readers, but your fame attracts readers more!" Gao Han replied, and then began to add: "But if Jinhua has any more actions, such as propaganda through their powerful channels, then the situation will be difficult to say, and now I just don't know how many resources Jinhua is willing to invest in the station!" ”
Lin Nanying also frowned when he came here, what Gao Han said was the truth, their biggest problem now was that they didn't know how much Jinhua was willing to invest in this seemingly unremarkable matter, and Lin Nan didn't even understand why Jinhua's decision-makers were interested in such a petty matter.
"I have a way to increase our market share by more than 20%!" Just when Lin Nan frowned and pondered, Gao Han suddenly said out loud.
Lin Nan showed a hint of joy on his face and asked, "What method?" ”
"I think you seem to have a book left unfinished!" Gao Han said, then looked at the doubts on Lin Nan's face and said, "Sou Shen Ji!" ”
"What? "Sou Shen Ji" hasn't been written yet? Lin Nan screamed and jumped up after hearing it, in his memory, "Sou Shen Ji" should have been written!
Seeing Lin Nan's reaction, the corners of Gao Han's mouth twitched, he had been thinking about why Lin Nan's "Sou Shen Ji" was generally not written when it was written, he always thought that Lin Nan was busy and had no time, but now it seems that it is obviously these two goods that he forgot: "Your "Sou Shen Ji" only sold the first half a year and a half ago, and the second half has not been filmed yet!" ”
After Gao Han said this, Lin Nan remembered this matter, in fact, there are often fans who mention this to Lin Nan, but he has been in a very busy state for a long time, and he has no time to read Weibo, so he has forgotten about this matter.
But for now, that's a good thing!
What Gao Han said about the increase in market share by two percent, Lin Nan also knew what he meant, so he said directly to Gao Han: "Just do as you say!" ”
Soon, Nanshan's website was officially launched, but now the whole page is just a countdown to the opening of the site, and at the same time, there is also the following news: In order to celebrate the opening of Nanshan, Nanshan Yite brought the second half of "Sou Shen Ji" to Nanshan! (To be continued......)