What the crew is going to shoot today is the part where the dean speaks to the freshmen. Except for several leading actors in the film, the other extras only know a rough idea of this scene. Lin Mingyang's only requirement for them is to treat themselves as a freshman, and then they are their dean on stage.

Lin Mingyang's camera followed behind the dean's "virus" and walked into the small square where the freshmen gathered, and the dean raised the bird's nest in his hand and asked the surrounding freshmen, "What is this?" ”

One student replied, "Bird's nest! ”

But the dean asked, "Who's?" ”

There was clearly a model of a cuckoo bird standing on the nest in his hand, which made the student who had just answered the question a little nervous, because the answer was right in front of him, and because it was obvious, it made him hesitate.

"Is it a cuckoo?"

"Wrong!" The dean pointed at him, then walked up to the podium with the model of the bird's nest and began his speech: "The cuckoo never builds its own nest, it only lays eggs in other people's nests, and when it hatches, it squeezes the eggs of other birds out of the nest. As he spoke, he took out a real egg from the model bird's nest, and as soon as he let go, there was a "pop" and the egg fell to pieces on the ground.

The students in the audience all shrank their heads, and the dean seemed to be satisfied with the reaction of the students in the audience, he shook his palm, "The competition is over, their life begins with murder, this is nature!" Compete or die! ”

After saying this, he walked over to the several large cardboard boxes prepared in advance on the stage, "You are like cuckoos!" ”

He overturned the cardboard box, and a large pile of application files rolled to the ground, "This is the egg you smashed when you entered this school!" ”

“stop！” Lin Mingyang put down the camera, his camera was always aimed at the dean, and another photographer in the crew kept filming the reaction of the students in the audience. The photographer nodded at him, and Lin Mingyang immediately announced the end of the shoot.

Ex and Lionsgate's director of distribution, Moore, who were standing on the sidelines, were a little surprised, could it be that this set of shots passed so easily? Others didn't know, but Ex knew Moore's intentions in his heart, and he intended to remind Lin Mingyang, but Moore stopped him.

"The content of the dean's speech is very interesting, whether it is the dean on the stage or the students in the audience, the expressions on their faces are very real, let's not bother them for the time being, I think this shooting should not be over yet.

As he expected, there was no short shooting, and directly opposite the small square, there was a camera in the corridor with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the photographer in that position waved his hand in this direction to signal that it was ready, and his camera was aimed at a young school worker who was cleaning.

In the plot, the dean's "virus" speech may be very new to the freshmen who have just entered the school, but this school worker who has served in the school for many years knows that the dean scares the freshmen every year with this trick of squeezing eggs with cuckoos, and his speech at the freshman entrance ceremony has not changed for many years.

"Don't forget, more than 40,000 people apply to us every year, but only 200 are accepted, and that's you!"

Not only did what he said be exactly the same as the dean's speech in the distance, but he was even wiping the glass with his back to the direction of the dean's speech, and he could easily imitate the actions of the dean's speech without even looking at it.

The performance was very relaxed, but the two actors had actually memorized their lines well in advance, and they had also practiced cooperation in front of the mirror together, so the shooting was carried out at the same time, and the camera was everything, and the picture returned to Lin Mingyang's side, and the dean followed the action imitated by the school worker, and pointed to the application files scattered on the ground, "And these are broken eggs!" ”

This filming continued, and Ex was in a hurry, so he didn't take this plot into it, but Moore, who was next to him, watched the whole shooting from beginning to end. Ignoring Carlin Mingyang's random surname when he was directing, the plot is really fascinating, and just watching an incomplete filming, this film successfully aroused Moore's interest.

The real master was Lionsgate's president, Gusta, who judged the film to have great potential based on a humble report in the Harvard school newspaper. Before coming back, Moore thought it was a pointless attempt, but now, Moore had to admire his boss's vicious eyes.

――――The shooting set was not a good place to chat and talk about business, so Moore went first, and he and Ex made an appointment to meet at a nearby café after the shooting. When the crew finished work, Lin Mingyang was pulled aside by Ex.

Before the start of filming, Ex knew about the existence of the film "Three Fools", but he himself did not have much interest in this film, and Lin Mingyang did not have too much toss in the investment in the film this time, so Exx did not pay more attention to this film. The first time Lions spoke to him on the phone, he thought they had made a mistake. After Moore personally visited the door and asked Lin Mingyang to make a request, he began to pay attention to the film.

"You said Lionsgate was interested in the film?" After Lin Mingyang heard the news, his first reaction was surprise, and then he shook his head: "This film is just my entry, and I have no plans to release it at all." ”

Ex thought that he had brought good news to Lin Mingyang, and he should be full of joy, but he didn't expect to encounter a basin of cold water at the head.

"I wonder if you're going to put this film in a glass case and lock it up as an honor after you go to the festival, do you think it's interesting?" Ex's intentional pause was to give Lin Mingyang time to think.

"Even if you don't work with Lionsgate, if the film wins an award at a film festival and other companies see it, are you going to hold on to it? Whether it is an art film or a commercial film, the movie is originally made for the audience. ”

Lin Mingyang didn't think much about this problem before, Ex made sense, movies are originally bulk products, although Lin Mingyang doesn't want this film to be dyed with too strong commercial colors, but it should be a good thing that someone is willing to act as an agent.

After doing Lin Mingyang's ideological work, Ex took him to the café where he had made an appointment to meet Moore. Since it was an important matter to discuss, Moore naturally would not find an open seat casually, he booked a quiet and comfortable private room, sat in it and began to sort out the ideas for negotiation.

In Moore's opinion, this negotiation should be very easy, he feels that Lin Mingyang is now like a drowning man, no one cares about the new film, just when he was desperate, someone suddenly offered to buy the copyright distribution, which was like a life-saving straw, Lin Mingyang had to grasp it. Moore was even confident that he was ready to buy out the distribution rights of the film at a very low price.

His mustache was fluttering happily, and his eyes were shining with triumph. He hummed a ditty triumphantly as he tapped his foot on the table leg with a rhythmic crisp sound.

Hearing the footsteps outside the door, Moore's slightly closed eyes immediately opened, and his face changed expressions. When Ex pushed the door in, Moore took the initiative to stand up, greeted him, and shook hands with Lin Mingyang and Ex.

After the host and guest were seated, Moore first said a lot of compliments to Lin Mingyang, and then introduced the topic to formalize, and put forward the idea that Lionsgate wanted to buy the distribution rights of the film "Three Fools". Moore was secretly observing Lin Mingyang's reaction as he spoke, but what disappointed him was that Lin Mingyang did not have that surprised expression on his face, and the situation was not quite the same as he imagined.

After Moore finished speaking, Lin Mingyang spoke for the first time: "I'm curious, why is Lionsgate suddenly so interested in my new film?" ”

"What attracted us was the creativity and ideas that came out of the film."

"But this film has just started shooting, and I wrote the script as I went along, so I wanted to know where this film was innovative?" Lin Mingyang had an expression of humility seeking advice on his face, but the momentum he showed was a little aggressive.

Moore was also responsive enough to immediately think of the prototype of the film's story, "The Five Point Man is an interesting novel, and after reading it, we realized that it would definitely be interesting to make a movie based on it. ”

Ignoring the frequent glances from Ex, Lin Mingyang said very directly. "In my film, only the framework of the story is used, and according to the storyline of the original book, the result is only a successful Indian film, not an American film. My script has undergone a lot of revisions based on the original story, and if you value the content of the original novel, then my film will probably not satisfy you! ”

"In any case, I am here on behalf of Lionsgate with great sincerity and want to facilitate this cooperation."

Moore smiled awkwardly, feeling that his advantage was constantly being lost, and some fine beads of sweat began to trickle up on his head. Moore himself actually doesn't know much about Lin Mingyang's new film, and he will soon be "exposed" if he continues like this, his previous judgment on the form of negotiation is completely wrong, and Lin Mingyang doesn't seem to be interested in this cooperation at all.

Moore excused himself to go to the bathroom, and then Ex began to babble and complain about Lin Mingyang.

Lin Mingyang yawned lazily, "I'm just telling the truth, if he can't even accept this, then what kind of cooperation is there to talk about?" ”

"But you say that, nine out of ten publishers are going to be scared away by you!" Ex glared at him angrily.

"This Moore can't run, he must have run to the bathroom to make a call!" Lin Mingyang leaned back on the sofa very firmly, "Lionsgate is not in a hurry, why should I be in a hurry to sell myself?" ”

-- Lin Mingyang's guess was not wrong at all, Moore did go to call, he dialed the phone number of Gusta, the president of Lionsgate, and then told him in detail about his conversation with Lin Mingyang, and finally Moore made two conclusions to Lin Mingyang, either it was a trick, or it was extremely confident.

Gusta still had the newspaper on his desk, and as he answered the phone, his fingers tapped on the table, his eyes fixed on Ginny's report, as if trying to get the answers he wanted.

After listening to Moore's report, Gusta did not rush to conclusions, but asked about some situations on the filming site.

"His shots seem to be haphazard and casual, but I always have a strange feeling that he seems to have designed every shot in his head, and now he is just shooting it again according to his thoughts!"

Although this is just a feeling of Moore, Gusta is more inclined to believe that this is the truth, and he has carefully studied the three previous films made by Lin Mingyang, and the post-editing of these films basically did not take much time. Other directors always have a headache when they think about deleting shots, but Lin Mingyang seems to know very well what he wants, when the final editing of a film is completed, there are not a few superfluous shots, and such an efficiency can be explained by accidents once it appears, and the situation is a little intriguing.

"His filming basically follows the development of the plot, and it seems that I haven't seen any jumping shots, which also makes me feel a little weird." Moore thought about it again, which proved Gusta's previous judgment even more.

"What about the movie, how did you feel after watching it on set?"

"I didn't see the script, it was said that the script was written while shooting, and the shooting I saw was very smooth and the content was very engaging."

"You offered to buy the distribution rights, did Felix react?"

Moore hesitated, "I have the feeling that he has a very cold attitude towards this matter, and doesn't seem to want to work with us." ”

"If you and I are right, Felix has a lot of faith in the film. After this film is shown at the festival, it is estimated that we will add a lot of competitors, and if there are warners, Sony, Disney, Paramount, and other movie giants among the bidders, we will not have any chance! Gusta is well aware of Lionsgate's current situation, and while the company has always been a frontrunner in the film and television sector, it will be very difficult to compete head-on with the giants backed by a consortium.

"Felix probably recognizes this too, so he's not interested in us, you try to fight for it again."

Gusta thought that it was unlikely that he would be able to convince Lin Mingyang immediately, so he decisively abandoned his original strategy, "Your focus now is to have more contact with his agent and build a good relationship, I also received an invitation from the Boston International College Student Film Festival, and I will talk to him in person when the time comes!" ”

(To be continued)