"To be honest, sometimes I really don't understand you!"

Looking at Sun Peng, who was sitting there leisurely watching the film, Wei Xiaolin couldn't help but shake his head and said: "The news about you has been so lively recently, it's all boiling, I don't know how many people are waiting for you to come out and say a few words, but after you came back, you just posted two Weibo posts, and then hid here...... That's a big heart! ”

"Haha, what could be more important than our movie?"

Glancing at Wei Xiaolin, Sun Peng waved his hand disapplausively.

“…… Well, you're awesome! ”

Looking at Sun Peng, who turned his head and picked up the teacup again, Mei Zizi took a sip of coffee, except for giving a thumbs up to the other party, Wei Xiaolin found that he had no other way to express his admiration.

Wei Xiaolin once again reminded himself not to always use mortal thinking to reason about Sun Peng's reaction.

With an ordinary person...... No, it should be said that from the perspective of an ordinary person in the entertainment industry, there is no doubt that Lao Bai should be the most active stage now. Spirited Away broke the box office record, Chen Feifei's album was a big hit, martial arts sealed the pen, the slam dunk was over, and the promotion of "Frozen" was in full swing, and Lao Bai himself made a big news in the Knicks......

Shouldn't it be in the limelight everywhere and maximize benefits at this time?

Outcome......

"So, strength is fundamental?"

Looking at Sun Peng, who leisurely opened the trailer of the first version of "Kill Bill" again and checked if there was any problem, Wei Xiaolin had a realization - if he can write so many big-selling or comics, and can make enough money, he can customize a movie for himself, just like Sun Peng, why bother to be an assistant director for others, or beg grandpa and grandma everywhere to attract investment......

"Oh, by the way, Old Wei."

Just when Wei Xiaolin sighed, Sun Peng suddenly turned his head and smiled: "Remember when I said that I want to create a script for you...... Ahem, remember that, right? ”

"Nonsense, of course remember!"

His breathing suddenly became short, and Wei Xiaolin's heartbeat began to accelerate.

How could he forget?

Not only did he want to create a script for him, but Sun Peng also promised that he would fill all the loopholes in the investment. In other words, no matter how much investment Wei Xiaolin can bring, even if he can't pull a penny, Sun Peng will make up all the money and let Wei Xiaolin make the movie!

This is a reward for his help with two movies in a row, how can you forget?

"Haha, then now there are two options."

After a slight groan, Sun Peng raised his eyebrows and smiled: "One is that I wrote a story for you, and the cost is not high...... Hehe, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult for you to invest too much for the time being. And the other is a sci-fi film, big investment, big production, but you have to co-direct it with another director. ”

"Sci-fi? Co-directing? Who? ”

didn't care about the first choice, after hearing the latter sentence, Wei Xiaolin's brows immediately furrowed. But it was just an instant, and Wei Xiaolin's eyes flashed with a gleam: "You don't mean that the great director Chen Cheng, right?" Are you really going to work with him? ”

The gossip about the cooperation between Chen Cheng and Lao Bai has been flying all over the sky a long time ago.

Especially after "Heaven's Eyes" became popular during the summer vacation, Sun Peng had a private meal with Chen Cheng, and later met twice, this kind of thing can't be hidden from those ubiquitous reporters. And in their brain-opening "speculation", the key is that the two are going to collaborate on a new movie - this news has caused quite a stir among science fiction fans, some people are looking forward to Lao Bai's script, and some people feel that he has never written science fiction things, so he is not very optimistic.

Of course, Wei Xiaolin had also heard the news, so he guessed Sun Peng's thoughts at once.

"That's right, it's Chen Cheng."

For Wei Xiaolin, Sun Peng had nothing to hide, nodded and said: "My plan is to cooperate with the Americans, and you and Wei Xiaolin will co-direct and star...... At present, only one heroine has been confirmed, and that is my cousin Lin Lin! ”

“……”

Looking at Sun Peng with a smile on his face, Wei Xiaolin was also speechless.

This guy really spared no effort to support his cousin's position. However, this kind of thing is not strange in the entertainment industry, and Lin Lin's acting skills are still passable now, not to mention that she has no choice in terms of appearance and figure, so Wei Xiaolin didn't care about it, and continued to ask: "Is the movie script written?" How much is the other investment? Did the U.S. agree? How big is the funding gap now? ”

A series of problems, Wei Xiaolin is very concerned.

"The script is there, and the investment is 80 million to 100 million...... Dollar! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Peng took a deep breath and said: "In addition, the United States is talking, and the success rate is more than eighty percent!" You don't have to worry about the shortfall in funds, anyway, I promised you that I will make up for the shortfall! ”

Sun Peng has quite a lot of confidence in "The Matrix", so no matter what the final result is, even if he spends his own money to smash this movie out - of course, it is better to cooperate or cooperate, after all, this movie is not a dragon gate or kill Bill, they can't do it alone.

Hearing Sun Peng say this, Wei Xiaolin suddenly felt relieved.

As one of Lao Bai's closest comrades-in-arms, Wei Xiaolin knows very well how much money this guy in front of him has made this year, those bits and pieces of money such as writing songs on the basketball court, writing songs for "Eyes of Heaven" or something, needless to say, just the dividends and royalties of a few movie scripts, or the dividends of "Spirited Away's Hidden God", maybe just take out a part of it is enough to invest in this movie.

So for him, the key is how exactly to choose?

Is it to direct independently, or to co-direct a super-production?

That's right, in Wei Xiaolin's view, a sci-fi film with an investment of nearly $100 million is a proper super production! You must know that the costume masterpieces he used to be an assistant director of, some of which are claimed to have a production cost of one billion Chinese coins, are actually only five or six billion yuan, and more than one billion is added to the publicity and distribution costs!

So at this time, there were many distractions in his heart, and Wei Xiaolin began to suffer a little from gains and losses.

For a director, independent directing is of course the best choice, especially for Wei Xiaolin, which has always been the pursuit. But he also knows that with his current ability, Sun Peng will never invest too much in his new movie, a few tens of millions is about the same, and he doesn't dare to take it himself. But looking at the conditions for co-directing with Chen Cheng, Wei Xiaolin has to admit that he is really tempted!

Super big production, even if it's a co-director, it's a thick qualification!

However, just when Wei Xiaolin was entangled in his heart, Sun Peng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, you will think about this matter slowly, and you have to talk to them slowly anyway...... Hurry up, let's get the first trailer of "Kill Bill" ready! I always think it's not interesting to pick up some wonderful shots like this, how about we just take a random one? ”

"What do you mean by taking a paragraph?"

His thoughts couldn't be earned back for a while, Wei Xiaolin subconsciously asked.

"I mean, take a wonderful part!"

Blinking, Sun Peng said with great interest: "For example, the part where Fujiwara entered the restaurant with a group of men, don't you think it's very emotional?" How about just taking it out? ”

"Uh...... You mean highlight that tune? ”

This time, Wei Xiaolin finally understood what Sun Peng meant, and then asked with some tears and laughter.

Of course, he knew that this piece of music was great, and it really felt like it was shot with Sun Peng, otherwise he wouldn't have been chosen as the background music for the trailer! And as an assistant director, Wei Xiaolin himself has watched this paragraph countless times, just to know what Sun Peng thought at that time.

But......

No matter how wonderful it is, he can't make a trailer!

"yes, can't you?"

"This ...... Doesn't seem like a good fit, right? ”

After the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, Wei Xiaolin smiled bitterly: "Isn't the trailer all about picking out the most exciting shots in the film and then using them to attract the audience's attention?" You're ...... It's just a few tens of seconds, and you can't even listen to this tune, does it make sense? ”

In order to strengthen his tone, Wei Xiaolin even waved his hand vigorously!

But in the blink of an eye, he persuaded bitterly: "Xiaopeng, for any movie, the trailer is very important, can we put a little effort into it?" The movie is finally done, and there are so many wonderful shots in it......"

"Alright, alright, I got it."

Rolling his eyes, Sun Peng said angrily: "You're right!" However, I still think this paragraph is very classic, so you can leave it alone in other places, but how about using this in the first place? ”

“…… All right. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Xiaolin felt that it didn't have much impact, nodded and said, "Then use the lens of this section at the beginning, and we'll adjust it later......"