"Brother, are you coming to see me play the piano today?"

"When did you learn piano!?"

The morning sun poured into Ye Wei's dining room, Toto followed Gu Qiao, who was holding breakfast, to walk around the dining table, Ye Haogen was reading the "Los Angeles Times", and Duoduo on the chair next to him was holding a wireless phone microphone and talking to Ye Wei on the phone hands-free, with a small face smiling.

"Today's first lesson, 5 to 6 p.m.!"

"I'll go, it's a big day. But Mom, Dad, is this suitable, Duoduo is only more than 5 years old. ”

"It's perfect to start learning piano at the age of 5. Gu Qiao, who walked by, said lightly, and Ye Haogen said: "You also started learning at the age of 5." ”

"Me? I can't even play the Happy Birthday song right now. ”

"Of course your fingers don't flick. Gu Qiao sneered, Ye Haogen haha reconciled, the two of them were naturally unhappy about their son's tattoo, but now Ye Wei was not in charge at all.

"Seriously, Duoduo is so lively, is it good to learn the piano?" Ye Wei's voice was puzzled, "What about dance? What about sports? Duoduo likes football very much, right?" ”

Gu Qiao said solemnly: "Those will be learned, and then it depends on what she is suitable for and what she is interested in, Duoduo is different from you." ”

"I'm going to learn how to dance! Like Nina, she dances beautifully. Duoduo said and danced, and asked: "Brother, I haven't seen Nina for a long time, when will she come to play? I want to learn to dance and makeup with her." ”

"Little Sweet Bean, I'm ...... with Nina" Ye Wei stopped talking, "Nina is very busy, you have to learn to dance and makeup, I will ask Master Jiya to teach you." ”

"Oh!" Duoduo's little face was disappointed, "I miss Nina so much! I miss you too, you haven't been home for a long time." ”

"My brother is also very busy, is this good, Mom, after learning the piano in the afternoon, we will go to dinner together as a family, and then go to the movies, and then go home. ”

"Okay, okay!" Duoduo clapped happily, "What kind of movie did you watch?

"No, my brother's is not so fast, the newly released "Magic Nanny McKee" is good. ”

"It's all breakfast, don't talk about it. Gu Qiao took Duoduo's wireless microphone and hung up the phone, Ye Haogen asked uncertainly: "Just according to what you say?" Gu Qiao looked at Duoduo who was shouting, and sighed: "Go, go, but your brother, it's getting more and more unpleasant." ”

My brother is not like a flower? The flowers are full of question marks, thinking about my brother's appearance, it seems that he has never looked like a flower......! The tree is very tall.

......

After determining that 1.5 million yuan would buy the North American copyright of "Half Nielsen", Ye Wei made a few phone calls and got its release because he was willing to pay for it.

The production and distribution of movies are like this, and the speed of success depends on the speed of paying money.

Publishers are no strangers to HN, and its quality is well known, but no one is willing to take risks for it. But then again, no one is a prophet when it comes to film distribution, and those who say it must lose money must make money?

This is the first time I have purchased a film and released it, and I will lose money. Ye Wei took out another 1 million to do HN's publicity expenses. -- This is more effective than saying 10,000 words, "HN is a good movie."

Things will run like this, the cliff will pay a million publicity fees, the publisher will be responsible for the distribution fee, and the joint distribution. In the future, it will be deducted from HN's gross profit at the box office, and the distribution fee will be deducted first, and then the publicity fee. In this way, it is difficult for the publisher to lose money, at most it will not make money, but it can still make a profit from the issuance fee.

Only when HN's gross profit at the box office deducts the distribution fee, and the million publicity fee can be deducted, and then the account is divided, and the producer can get back 1.5 million, it is not a loss.

But he paid and took the main risk, and of course the account sharing ratio could not be 50/50, but asked for a 30/70 (distribution/production).

Although it becomes a low-risk HN issue, there are still not many interested publishers because it is likely to end up being a waste of work or making a little money.

Ye Wei originally wanted to cooperate with Lionsgate, but Lionsgate's release schedule was full, and it was finalized that "Soul Surfer" released by Lionsgate has met Lionsgate's preparation for the next awards season. SS is the top seed, No. 2 is "Akira and Scrabble" released by Lionsgate, and No. 3 is "Hard Candy" from Sundance, which became famous last year.

"Hard Fruit Candy" is a good movie, and at the celebration party of "Leading Dog", Ye Wei also met Allen Page, a talented actress who speaks with strength, only 19 years old, but she is so talented, I really want to work with her if I have the opportunity.

The issuer of HN is IFC.

In the past few years, IFC's distribution strategy has been 10-15 per year, the success of "The Wedding is Coming" in 04, and the small success of "Love Me, You and Him" in 05, which has made IFC taste the sweetness, and will release 30 copies per year from this year, hoping to increase the base to find a few more business miracles.

So the release of HN is not a matter for IFC, but if there is no one million publicity money, there is no guarantee that the maximum screening scale will be at least 100 theaters, it will only be an ordinary treatment, one or two theaters will be tested for a week or two, and if it is okay, it will continue, and if it is not, it will be painted.

With that million, IFC was shouting "I want, I want", and HN became its most important release of the year, followed by "Handyman" starring Matt Dillon.

Ye Wei is not worried that IFC will waste HN, and if you have money, you will not. Isn't this publicity money handed over to the distributor to use on what advertisement, how to use it, James Patrickoff and others continue to run film festivals at home and abroad, do a good job of public relations, win awards, and naturally there will be media interviews.

The key is to expand word-of-mouth reputation, and the success or failure of a movie like HN does not lie in the public, but in the audience of film critics and art theaters. ――Even if you pull those viewers who only like popcorn to watch it, it will only lower the evaluation of the movie.

HN was originally scheduled to be released on the eve of the film's appearance in this year's awards season, that is, in August and September.

This is the regular distribution method of niche literary genre independent films, Ye Wei doesn't need to worry about it, the Flakes couple care more than him.

If his three films don't fail, if the release of "Half Nielsen" doesn't fail, everyone will be the opponent next year's awards season.

......

Recently, the joint headquarters of Weiduo Image, Dream Alliance, and Cliff Films moved to a new home, on the first floor of an office building on 13th Street in Santa Monica.

A medium-sized office, two offices, and a decent conference room are enough for all kinds of meetings to make movies.

There are only two employees in the three companies, Jay Chen, Chen's cousin, and Maureen Bulwer, who is newly hired, and they all wear many hats and do almost everything, and they all find professionals to work with in financial accounting, lawyers, public relations, etc.

In the future, it will be difficult for the two to be lazy, this is also Ye Wei's office, and an office is used by the screenwriter for mobile use, and his private team has also followed in, Gia, Parela, and assistants and colleagues in projects such as Essa Burtel will often haunt.

Despite this, he was going to hire two more work assistants and a life assistant to cope with the increasing number of tasks, but he was still slow to be efficient, and he needed more time to do more.

Because of Jiya's resignation, the life assistant has become an urgent matter, but it is not easy to hire, it's not that there is no one, it really has to be reliable and credible, don't really become an "insider".

Since stepping into the industry, this is not the first time that Ye Wei has encountered this kind of situation where he doesn't know who the enemy is, who is scolding him to the media?

Could it be Blake Fraley? He can't just suspect others, and he can't help but suspect some suspicious people, which is very contradictory, and Janice Rodriguez, who is called him by his real name, is more cute at this time. What is there to retaliate against.

Ye Wei knew that many people had also mentioned that he was too popular, even if there was no conflict of interest, it involved many more complex levels, and many people couldn't see him well.

If there is no scandal, some scandals will be made, and if there is a scandal, it will be even more fueled.

Again, he's not afraid! Make movies, make money-making movies, and make good movies, and it's not just anyone who scolds him and sings bad about him can stop him.

Leslie has done a PR campaign, and generally takes a cold approach, because these things can't be explained clearly, and it's best to put on a solemn attitude and respond with facts. The quality of the draft is not determined by itself, but by how well the three films are and how the performances of the ten girls are.

In fact, "all news is good news" is still valid, as long as the filmmakers themselves are not defeated and the film withstands the test, these are just propaganda.

Ye Wei knew very well about this, and these controversies could not hurt him. But for those girls, he was worried that they would be affected, and it should be said that they were affected, and they were all proud, a shy ghost, and when he said so, he thought that the Olsen sisters had been beaten to the point that they were all bad.

From movies, to talent shows, to personal issues, he has a responsibility to make these controversies make them, not ruin them.

Leave your talent alone and ask yourself if you have strong willpower!

......

At nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon of this day, in the bright sunshine, the joint headquarters ushered in ten youthful and beautiful figures.

The simple office was lively, and Gia received this group of girls who arrived almost at the same time with a blank face, as well as Saoirse, Kelsey, Aliciica, Jennifer, Xie Lin's mother, nanny assistant or something, they went to the reception area on the side.

"Please come with me. Gia led the ten people to the conference room.

Liz wore a neutral style of infrared jacket and jeans, Mody white dress, Dakota black dress, Jennifer brown jacket and cargo pants, Saoirse casual princess dress, Shailene black jacket and pencil pants. How could it be without Emma Roberts, wearing delicate light makeup, a bohemian floral dress.

Since the bastard and Nina announced their breakup, Gia's phone was blown up by Emma, Emma is crazy, and the bastard's affair with Amy Rosen has made her even more crazy.

Jiya really didn't want to get involved in these things, and she was given a gag order not to say more, Emma asked anything, she said, "Don't ask me, ask Ye Wei to go." ”

Because of the controversy of the draft, the girls were a little serious, Emma was not among them, she approached and asked in a low voice, "Master Jiya, how is today?"

"Hmm. Gia replied meaninglessly, muttering in her heart: "Emma, don't provoke him, even Lily can't cure him this time, what are you." ”

After a few steps in front of the conference room, Gia pushed open the door and shouted inside, "Everyone has arrived." She stepped out of the way, and the girls walked into the conference room.

Emma rushed in first, only to see Ye Wei, who was dressed in a red sweatshirt and jeans, walking in a simple and elegant room, smiling, bad, wearing the wrong clothes! Wei and Olsen seemed to be a couple...... "Hey! She said hello and smiled, her eyes unblinking.

"Welcome, ladies. Ye Wei greeted the girls and glanced at Emma with a smile.

The girls greeted each other with many different titles: "VIY." "But. "Director. "Mr. Ye. ”、“VINE。 ”......

At that moment, Gia closed the door and left, and everyone took their seats at the rectangular conference table, the seat cards sorted by item and character size. Ye Wei sat in the upper position, with a laptop on the table in front of him, and nothing else.

Everyone is wondering, what kind of meeting is this, can you attend or not?

"I'll tell you something interesting. Ye Wei looked around at the ten girls, and Mo Di in the middle of the right hand blushed, what was she shy about? He laughed and continued: "Yesterday SAG informed me that I wanted to cooperate with the investigation, about whether there were any violations in the draft. ”

A crisp exclamation rang out, and indignation immediately filled the air, Emma and Kelsey were about to curse, Liz and Dakota frowned, and Mody's face turned even redder.

"Maybe the SAG will also ask you to cooperate with the investigation and tell them the truth. Ye Wei knew that Emma, Liz, Dakota, Xie Lin, and Kelsey were SAG members, and the others were not, except for Kelsey, they were used to seeing the world, so they didn't need to teach what to say.

Everyone nodded, and Ye Wei said again: "You invited you to come, it's not for this matter, it's nothing, let SAG toss it." ”

"I want to talk to you about how we should deal with recent and future doubts and controversies against us. I chose you, but the outside world is not satisfied, unhappy, and a lot of people are complaining about why Susie is not Emma Watson, why is it Elizabeth Olsen?"

Ye Wei's gaze looked at Liz on the upper right.

Liz was also looking at him, with a confident smile on her face, and her sly gray eyes like cat's eyes, "Because I'm suitable." ”

"The outside world doesn't think so. Ye Wei turned his head to look at Emma, Xie Lin, Jennifer, Alicia and Candace on the left, and said, "What does the outside world say? Elizabeth Olsen won Susie because her surname is Olsen, Elizabeth's temperament is wrong, Elizabeth's hair color is too golden!"

His black-gloved right hand pointed at Liz and said to the crowd, "But they don't know, this guy is an acting genius! I can tell you that she's the best actress in the mix, just now." ”

Liz made a strange wink, "Thank you." The girls all looked at her with different thoughts. Emma frowned slightly, why, Liz also glared!

"But no one is bad to be able to sit here. Ye Wei looked to the left again, only to see Emma sitting upright quickly, "Saying that Emma Roberts is too petite, people don't know how much power she can have in acting." People who say that Sheilee Woodleigh's monotonous expression doesn't know how moving she can be,

People who say Jennifer Lawrence is just a rookie in the country don't know that she's also an acting genius, people who say Alicia Vikander, who can't even speak English well, don't know how passionate about art she is, people who say Candace Acola who is nothing don't know how much she's studied over the years,

People who say that Modie Seedington is only shy and look like others don't know how aura she has when she performs, people who say Saoirse Ronan who can't find her don't know that she is simply made to perform, people who say that Dakota Johnson is cold like a zombie don't know how suitable she is for Ruth, and people who say that Kyrse Chow is a mixed-race person who doesn't know what a movie is!"

As Ye Wei's voice grew, the young faces of the girls changed, and the atmosphere in the conference room became high.

They all understood that this was a mobilization meeting, and VIY wanted to motivate them.

"They don't know, and I don't know!" Ye Wei looked around at the ten people, "But I have confidence in you, you have shown me that possibility, a possibility that you will be excellent actors and will bring your respective roles to life." Girls, try, try, try!"

"A lot of people out there were waiting for this ending, and I made the movie bad, and you guys acted like, and they laughed and laughed at us and insulted us, 'I said it earlier!'"

The indignation became more and more intense, the girls' breath became a little heavier, and the most calm Liz had a cold face.

"But, let's unite with you!" Emma angrily proposed an idea, which was immediately strongly supported by many people, and Mody also spoke: "Yes!"

"Don't!" Ye Wei said very seriously: "I need you to ignore those voices, ignore mine and yours, and don't pay attention, argue, or spoil your mood." What you have to do is prepare well, act well, and shine on the big screen. ”

"But ......," muttered Emma, and neither did Kelsey, Mody, and Candace. Jennifer's eyes narrowed, not knowing what to think.

"Listen to me, from today on, from now on, I will be very, very strict with you, you will have to work harder and suffer more than acting in another movie. If any of you feel scared, don't want to, don't have interest, don't have confidence, quit now. It's okay to turn around and tell me if you're afraid of losing face, don't waste everyone's time. ”

Ye Wei's sharp voice made the conference room silent, and no one from the girls exited, not only Mo Di's face turned red, but Liz was also a little excited: "Then you should continue." ”

"That's right! That's you. Ye Wei smiled, "I'm very happy, I thought there would be one or two people who withdrew, no need to guess who, it's just a matter of probability." ”

"Haha. The girls chuckled, and the atmosphere was softening, but it was a sense of stability after perseverance.

They heard Ye Wei laugh again: "It's time to respond, tell those people my attitude, do you know?"

"What?" the girls were puzzled, curious, expectant, interested, and what attitude?

"Come here, there's a good show to watch, you come and see, I'll take care of it." Ye Wei smiled and turned on the laptop, the girls got up and walked around, standing around him, Emma suddenly exclaimed: "You want to blog?" Liz curled the corners of her mouth, and Candace laughed.

"Yes, you guessed it. In everyone's attention, Ye Wei logged on to the blog on the Internet, and he and they both saw the joint statement on the breakup at the top.

Several girls frowned, and Kelsey, Saoirse, and Sherin were quite sorry.

Ye Wei quickly clicked on the new log, pressed his hands to the keyboard, and said with a smile: "Are you ready?" In the end, whether I will be laughed at by others for a lifetime or whether I will laugh for a lifetime depends on your performance." ”

The girls burst into laughter, what is he going to write?

Ye Wei said while tapping the keyboard: "Emma Roberts, Shailene Woodley, Elizabeth Olsen, Saoirse Ronan, Mody Seedington, Dakota Johnson, Kelsey Chow, Candace Akola, Jennifer Lawrence, Aliciica Vikander."

They're all very good actresses, and they're all very suitable for the roles they're going to play, and they're the future of the big screen, I'm talking about it.

If anyone doesn't think so, oh.

I mean, there's no malice, but you're not smart enough. ”

"Hey!" The ten girls were shocked, some laughed, some were nervous, some blushed, Liz saw it, Jennifer saw it, Emma also saw it, and they watched Ye Wei type the last sentence "I-mean, no-offense, but-you-guys-don't-have-that-much-intelligence." Then I clicked Publish.

Sent out.

VIY's attitude.

You don't have enough information.

You don't know enough.

You don't have enough intelligence. Let's unite in solidarity with you!" Emma angrily proposed an idea, which was immediately strongly supported by many people, and Mody also spoke: "Yes!"

"Don't!" Ye Wei said very seriously: "I need you to ignore those voices, ignore mine and yours, and don't pay attention, argue, or spoil your mood." What you have to do is prepare well, act well, and shine on the big screen. ”

"But ......," muttered Emma, and neither did Kelsey, Mody, and Candace. Jennifer's eyes narrowed, not knowing what to think.

"Listen to me, from today on, from now on, I will be very, very strict with you, you will have to work harder and suffer more than acting in another movie. If any of you feel scared, don't want to, don't have interest, don't have confidence, quit now. It's okay to turn around and tell me if you're afraid of losing face, don't waste everyone's time. ”

Ye Wei's sharp voice made the conference room silent, and no one from the girls exited, not only Mo Di's face turned red, but Liz was also a little excited: "Then you should continue." ”

"That's right! That's you. Ye Wei smiled, "I'm very happy, I thought there would be one or two people who withdrew, no need to guess who, it's just a matter of probability." ”

"Haha. The girls chuckled, and the atmosphere was softening, but it was a sense of stability after perseverance.

They heard Ye Wei laugh again: "It's time to respond, tell those people my attitude, do you know?"

"What?" the girls were puzzled, curious, expectant, interested, and what attitude?

"Come here, there's a good show to watch, you come and see, I'll take care of it." Ye Wei smiled and turned on the laptop, the girls got up and walked around, standing around him, Emma suddenly exclaimed: "You want to blog?" Liz curled the corners of her mouth, and Candace laughed.

"Yes, you guessed it. In everyone's attention, Ye Wei logged on to the blog on the Internet, and he and they both saw the joint statement on the breakup at the top.

Several girls frowned, and Kelsey, Saoirse, and Sherin were quite sorry.

Ye Wei quickly clicked on the new log, pressed his hands to the keyboard, and said with a smile: "Are you ready?" In the end, whether I will be laughed at by others for a lifetime or whether I will laugh for a lifetime depends on your performance." ”

The girls burst into laughter, what is he going to write?

Ye Wei said while tapping the keyboard: "Emma Roberts, Shailene Woodley, Elizabeth Olsen, Saoirse Ronan, Mody Seedington, Dakota Johnson, Kelsey Chow, Candace Akola, Jennifer Lawrence, Aliciica Vikander."

They're all very good actresses, and they're all very suitable for the roles they're going to play, and they're the future of the big screen, I'm talking about it.

If anyone doesn't think so, oh.

I mean, there's no malice, but you're not smart enough. ”

"Hey!" The ten girls were shocked, some laughed, some were nervous, some blushed, Liz saw it, Jennifer saw it, Emma also saw it, and they watched Ye Wei type the last sentence "I-mean, no-offense, but-you-guys-don't-have-that-much-intelligence." Then I clicked Publish.

Sent out.

VIY's attitude.

You don't have enough information.

You don't know enough.

You don't have enough intelligence.