""The Empire of Babel", everyone in the conference room suddenly felt a strong momentum rushing towards them, and the really domineering title made people seem to be shocked.

"Great, by the way, Yuquan, did you also write the script of the movie yourself?" Ning Hao asked.

Except for Ding and a few others, everyone else looked at Lin Yuquan, with a look of concern in their eyes.

"No, you should know that I don't have the time, and I'm not good at detective reasoning." Lin Yuquan shook his head, looked at Qiu Qingyi and said, "Qingyi, what is the progress of the matter of me asking you to contact the writers and screenwriters of detective mystery novels?" Give us a brief overview of the situation. ”

"Okay, boss." Qiu Qingyi nodded, and said calmly: "After some discussion with Director He, I have preliminarily screened out the candidates, but I have not yet started formal contact, and I am also ready to take advantage of this annual meeting to consider carefully with the boss and the rest of the directors and screenwriters, among which there are two detective novel writers, one is the author of psychological suspense novels such as "Virus", "The 19th Floor of Hell", "Deserted Village Apartment", etc., and the cumulative sales in the mainland have exceeded 5 million copies. Cai Jun, who has held the best-selling record of China's original suspense novels for three consecutive years, and Remy, who won the best long-form thrilling suspense story of 2006 with his first novel "The Seventh Reader", and "Portrait of Psychological Crime" last year, received rave reviews.

The screenwriter is Zhu Sujin, the screenwriter of "The Opium War" and "Kangxi Dynasty", Guo Junli, one of the screenwriters of "Casting Names", Qin Tiannan, the screenwriters of "Seven Swords", "Casting Names" and "Disciples", and the screenwriters of "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Huang Feihong" and "Chu Liuxiang", He Jiping, who is known as the first screenwriter in the Hong Kong drama industry. ”

"Who do you think is a better fit, Director He?" Lin Yuquan asked while thinking.

"The author of detective mystery novels, Cai Junsheng is famous enough. can be called the first person in domestic suspense mystery novels. The works have also been adapted into TV series and brought to the big screen. Remy Sheng is rigorous and meticulous in criminal reasoning, his real identity is a lecturer at a public security college, and he is proficient in criminal psychology and criminal investigation, because "The Empire of Babel" requires rigorous and logical reasoning, so we prefer Remy, and in terms of screenwriting, in fact, every screenwriter is very good, but it is difficult for any screenwriter to rest assured. Now the effect of our company's film multi-person collective creation of scripts is very good, so we think it is best to let the two screenwriters join forces with Remy to create our script, if you are a specific candidate, I prefer Qin Tiannan and He Jiping, Qin Tiannan and we have just collaborated on the script creation of "October Siege", He Jiping, as a woman, may be able to create more delicate and moving emotional scenes in the film. Qiu Qingyi said slowly.

"Very good, I'm fine, this arrangement is completely feasible, what about all of you?" Lin Yuquan smiled and nodded.

"I don't know anything about detective reasoning. However, the screenwriter is Qin Tiannan and He Jiping, which is indeed a very good idea. But it would undoubtedly be better if a young screenwriter could be added, after all, as long as the audience of the movie is young people, young screenwriters can better grasp the needs of young people. Ning Hao said with a smile.

"Brother Hao, do you have any candidates?" Lin Yuquan nodded and asked, Ning Hao's construction is very pertinent, although the older Qin Tiannan and He Jiping have excellent abilities, they will inevitably have a generation gap with the cognition of young people, and having a young screenwriter join the screenwriting team will be a powerful supplement.

"No, there are no young screenwriters who are emerging now, and I don't know who is suitable." Ning Hao shook his head.

In this regard, Lin Yuquan agreed, maybe young screenwriters have excellent talents, but domestic films with a slightly larger investment scale will use veteran screenwriters, which also makes it difficult for young screenwriters to get the opportunity to shine.

"Do you have the right person?" Lin Yuquan looked at the others.

"Yes, you, Ning Hao, and Xiao Yang are all suitable candidates, except for the three of you, there are no outstanding young screenwriters in my mind." Wang Wanping said.

"Oh, that's right, the three of you are definitely the most suitable candidates, in terms of the ability to grasp commercial films, is there any better young person than you?" Xu Jinglei echoed.

Lin Yuquan's eyes also lit up, his eyes swept over Xiao Yang, and fell on Ning Hao, he himself must not be busy, Xiao Yang is busy with the preparation of "Old Boy", and only Ning Hao is left in an idle state for the time being.

Being stared at by Lin Yuquan, Ning Hao already realized that something was wrong, and sure enough, Lin Yuquan's voice came from his ear: "Brother Hao, haven't you tossed a new movie script recently?" Just busy. ”

"Who said I didn't toss, I'm going to be busy with my own script after the New Year, I really don't have time." Ning Hao hurriedly shook his head, why did he mention that Jianyi, wasn't this asking for trouble?

"Don't worry, it won't delay much of your time, the main thing is that Qin Tiannan and He Jiping create the script, you are responsible for controlling whether it meets the preferences of young people, and this is a movie script created for Senior Chen Kaige, I don't think you will refuse!" Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"Excuse me, Ning Hao." Chen Kaige's sincere words immediately drove Ning Hao into a dead end, making him unable to refuse at all.

Ning Hao looked at Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige with a smile, and nodded helplessly: "Okay!" ”

"Okay, the screenwriter is settled." Lin Yuquan then turned his head to look at Chen Kaige: "Senior, I can't give you more investment than "Wuji" and "The City is Full of Golden Armor", if you have a budget, I will give you 150 million, the highest investment in our Dawning Film so far except for my movie, you can rest assured to shoot boldly!" ”

If it is filmed by himself, Lin Yuquan will invest at least more than 300 million, but if it is handed over to Chen Kaige to shoot, he naturally can't do that, because Chen Kaige is undoubtedly capable of doing it, but there is still a big gap between him and him who has the memory of a cultivator in terms of shooting costume action movies, more investment may be able to pile up the effect better, but he can't maximize the effect of using funds, and the pursuit of movie quality is always controlled within a certain cost range, even if he is crazy like James. Cameron is no exception.

"I'll definitely shoot it." There were many people present, and it was inconvenient for Chen Kaige to say more, but he just expressed his attitude in categorical words.

"Of course. This is an inevitable result. Lin Yuquan smiled. Directed by Chen Kaige, written by Ning Hao, Qin Tiannan, He Jiping, and Remy, it is expected that the top Chinese-made zuò team will have a solid investment of 150 million yuan. There is no reason why such a "Tongtian Empire" should not be successful, and if it is not successful, Chen Kaige can indeed go home to retire!

The script planning of "The Empire of Babel" was agreed, and the annual meeting was officially over, and everyone walked out while laughing and talking, and Lin Yuquan was one of the last few people to walk behind.

"Yuquan, I'm really bothering you this time, although it's very vulgar to say so. But I still have to say thank you! Chen Kaige's eyes flashed with indescribable gratitude.

"It's cheesy enough, do you know how much sacrifice I made to consider your script? It took an all-nighter to toss it out, so it's not enough to say thank you, you have to treat me to a big meal as compensation. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Haha, a big meal? No problem, but the big meal you want to eat must be expensive, and I will invite you after you pay me, otherwise I am afraid that after entering the restaurant. I can't get out without money to pay the bills. Chen Kaige said with a smile.

"Pay?" Lin Yuquan looked at Chen Kaige in surprise, due to the particularity of the cooperation between the two. So far, there has been no salary negotiation, and he is not ready to talk about Chen Kaige's salary in person, because the relationship between him and Chen Kaige is not easy to discuss, after all, the relationship between the two is neither as close as Ning Hao and Xiao Yang, nor as alienated as ordinary people, and his plan is to be negotiated with Qiu Qingyi, He Liwen, Chen Kaige, and Chen Hong.

And the reason why he was a little surprised was because as far as he knew, Chen Kaige had his own Shengkai Film and Television Company, and his Shengkai Film and Television Company participated in the investment with his directing salary for the two films "Why Be Together" and "Wuji".

"Yes, salary, your expression shouldn't be that you haven't thought about paying me, don't, I still expect to rely on the generous salary of this movie to survive the financial constraints?" Chen Kaige said with a smile, of course he was not entirely due to financial constraints, but financial constraints were indeed a very important reason why he made this decision, the fiasco of "Wuji" not only had a bad reputation, but also caused him to suffer a heavy career loss and a crisis of investment confidence, which also made him not only lose all his salary with Chen Hong, but the company also lost a lot. The other reason is how can he ask Lin Yuquan to help him in the trough of co-investment?

Lin Yuquan didn't believe that this was Chen Kaige's whole reason, he probably guessed Chen Kaige's thoughts, smiled and said: "Heh, I said that this time, senior, how did you ask me to cooperate, it turned out that you came to rob me, but I disappointed you, the salary is not my responsibility, it is not easy to rob Qiu Qingyi and He Liwen." ”

"Well, it looks like I did make a mistake." Chen Kaige had a smile in his eyes.

Friends don't need to be so polite, and gag-like banter is actually more heartwarming.

Out of the conference room, everyone drove directly to the hotel that had been booked, the dinner was very rich, the atmosphere was extraordinarily harmonious, and at the same time, everyone had more time to communicate with each other, and the lively dinner lasted until 9 o'clock, and then they dispersed.

"Ning Hao, I hope that your family Aina will be the screenwriter of my "Single Men and Women", and go back to help me talk about it!" Walking out of the hotel and waiting for the driver, Xu Jinglei said to Ning Hao.

"Senior sister, you are sure that you want her to be the screenwriter of your movie, she has not participated in the screenwriting of other works." Ning Hao said hesitantly.

"Of course, "Single Man and Woman" is an urban romantic drama, how can such a movie not have a female screenwriter involved, I think your family Aina is very suitable to join my screenwriting team, why, you, as a husband, don't believe in your wife's ability."

"Senior sister, there is no such thing as you digging holes, how do you want Brother Hao to answer you." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Do you have less time digging holes for people? Don't deny it, at the annual meeting in the afternoon, didn't you join forces with Director Chen to trick Ning Hao, so that he had to agree to join the screenwriting team of "Tongtian Empire"? Xu Jinglei gave him a blank look.

"Anyway, I'm always the one who gets caught." Ning Hao had a bitter face, and Xiao Yang next to him laughed.

"Then do you promise, promise, or promise?" Xu Jinglei said with a grin.

"Can I not agree to your posture? But I'm just helping you convey it, and it's up to her to decide whether you agree or not. Ning Hao smiled bitterly.

"If you tell me that, I'll take it as if it's done." Xu Jinglei raised her head and said freely.

Looking at Ning Hao, who was deflated under Xu Jinglei, Lin Yuquan smiled secretly: "Are you in a hurry to go home tonight?" I haven't seen you for a long time, so if you don't go to my house, we'll watch TV and chat at the same time. ”

"I can't go, I have a home, and I can't help myself." Ning Hao smiled and shook his head.

"I'm fine." Xiao Yang said directly.

"I'm fine, I want to do something, but no one can control it, and there is no one to control me now." Xu Jinglei said freely.

"Okay, then we'll buy some food on the way and bring it back, I just got the DVD of "Latent", "Double-sided Tape", "Deer and Ding", "I Am Special Forces 2" in the company, have you seen it, we chatted while watching TV at night." (To be continued......) R1292