Chapter 115: Betta Fish
Ji Ya took Ye Wei to a home theater in the villa, spacious, elegant, luxurious, a huge wall-mounted TV, surrounded by a set of high or low surround stereos, in front of two rows of comfortable leather chairs, everything is so exquisite.
And the most eye-catching thing is the wall cabinet, which is lined with neat rows of genuine DVDs, not to mention thousands of them, which is simply a dazzling treasure.
Lucas should have said, "The subject matter is here, the DVD library of the Indiana Jones and Coppola families!"
"Sit down. Gia waved her hand, walked to the small bar over there, took the wine utensils and poured the wine, and said, "You have a good mouth, this is a good wine made by our family." ”
Ye Wei sat down on a leather chair in front of him and said, "It seems that the ages of the two of us are combined, so we can have a bar?"
"You shouldn't have rejected my friendship. Gia poured two glasses and handed him one, drinking it herself, "You really shouldn't, unless you don't want to leave today." ”
"No, I don't. Ye Wei was frightened like a good baby, so he hurriedly took a sip and tasted it with his tongue, it was sweet and soft, and the taste was really good.
"I knew at a glance that you were an old drunkard and didn't disappoint me. Gia retracted her gaze, took out a DVD disc from her cargo pants pocket, and went to play it, "Take a look." ”
After a while, the huge TV broadcast an image, and the black subtitles at the beginning read: Director: Master Jiya, Screenwriter: Master Jiya, Producer: Master Jiya again.
"Your short film?" Ye Wei was interested.
"Yes. Gia walked over to the leather chair next to him and sat down, a 5-minute DV short film, her proudest work. I saw that he seemed to be looking very seriously, and his eyes did not blink.
As long as it is watching the film, Ye Wei will be serious, and soon 5 minutes will pass, the story is very simple, a high school girl does not like to go to school, this day she lingered at the gate of the campus for a long time, and finally skipped school, ran all the way, threw away the schoolbag, picked up her SLR camera and ran to the field.
The use of the lens is relatively simple, the lighting does nothing, the colors are somewhat eye-catching, there is a unique sense of feminine color, and it does express something, the hesitation of youth at the beginning, the catharsis of self-breakthrough in the middle, and finally with a blank forward.
"Very well shot. He praised, "It's a bit of a "Four Hundred Blows" feeling, I like the upward view of the schoolbag when she throws it and turns to look down at the camera, it is so oppressive at first, and so humble in the blink of an eye, it all depends on letting go of it, cool ......"
Hearing these words of appreciation, Gia seemed to be unhappy, and gave him a middle finger, "The genius boy who filmed "Dance of Angels", you me, it's cool?!'You shot well, you have one percent of my skills', haha!"
"No, I really think it's a good shot, that shot is very real and exciting!" Ye Wei spread his hands, "My classmates don't know how many people want to do this." ”
"I did, I dropped out of school last year. Ji Ya took a sip of wine, her face flushed, and she said with a curled mouth: "Harvard-West Lake students, despise me." I just want to tell you that my cinematic talent is not as good as yours, but I am your opponent! And sooner or later, the whole world will know that Gia Coppola is Viy's opponent!"
"Ok......" Ye Wei's face was full of amusement, this girl is a little spicy, wait, wait a while!
Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to mind, an idea that could be reversed!
If "The Wedding is Coming" can't be screened, it's because of his low reputation, but the real reason is that it has no publicity money, because the big guys have a limit to their investment in him, and there is so much money, for example, 3 million publicity fees, which will be used on "The Wedding is Coming", or will it be used on "Little Sunshine Beauty" in the future?
No one can guarantee that every film investment will make money, even if it is Spielberg and Coppola's films, so "The Wedding is Coming" is such a bad film remake, and Pretong's distribution positioning is to rent and sell discs, and the screening is just to make a name for itself, and he has not thought about any small-scale release and how much box office it will collect.
But...... What if "The Wedding is Coming" itself is famous enough? Promote it and make it more attractive, and I'm afraid that there will be no screenings!? Publicity requires money, but now he has an excellent publicity opportunity that can't be bought with money!
The more Ye Wei thought about it, the more excited he felt, and he couldn't help laughing: "Sooner or later, if you want to, tonight, the whole world will know that we are opponents!"
Gia frowned, and her voice went from light to high: "-me, I'll just say you're a bad seed, tell me what you think?"
Ye Wei said seriously: "First of all, I have to tell you some information, if you want "The Wedding is Coming" to have a chance to be screened, I and its fame must be high enough, but now I am in the dilemma of exposure, my team asked me to hype up the relationship, I don't like it, my girl doesn't like it, and I can't go naked on the street, so things really stopped."
But I've just thought of a near-perfect solution that does me a lot of good, and for you...... I don't know, maybe. ”
Gia shook the wine glass in one hand and rubbed the director's viewfinder in her arms with the other, and smiled: "Let's talk about it, as long as it's fun and fun, it's good for me." ”
"You join the crew of "The Wedding is Coming"!" Ye Wei's tone was full of excitement and looked at her, "Be my special assistant!"
"Then we're allies. ”
"One, get closer to your enemy, two, I haven't finished talking yet, let's have a promotional film competition! All use the remastered script I wrote and the crew I prepared, each produce a 5-minute promotional film, producer, director, editing, all by ourselves, and then we will hold activities on the official website of the film, and the netizens will vote to decide the winner!
This is a showdown of talented young directors! Ye Wei vs Gia Coppola!"
After that, Ye Wei raised his glass and saluted this great idea!
This is the "event marketing" of film marketing, this event will inevitably attract media reports from all sides, and then "The Wedding is Coming" will have a hot spot, and more publicity can be carried out at that time, as long as Master Jiya, a key figure, participates, are you afraid that there will be no room for publicity?
And when the craze is at its strongest, it will be screened! In this way, even if there will be no small-scale screening, it will be of great help to its disc rental and sales.
For the movie itself, this strategy is much higher than hyping up personal romances and only attracting some teenage girls!
"You scoundrel...... Gia's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she drank wine again and again, unable to hide her excitement: "I admit it, you're such a goddamn genius!
"Good. Ye Wei smiled, everything is fine, but there is a concern, "We have to talk to Mr. Coppola first, he has to agree." Gia, I have to make it clear that you have no chance of winning, and the gap between you and me is too big. ”
"That's right, put away your stuff and shoot well, but I'm not going to win, haha. Instead, Gia was relieved and stood up, "That old man can't stop me." ”
"No, I respect Mr. Coppola, he has to agree. ”
"Well, he will. ”
At that moment, the two left the home theater hall and returned to the backyard, where Coppola was still basking in the sun by the grape trellis, squinting and seeming to be about to fall asleep.
"Grandpa, this kid has a big plan, don't try to stop me!" Gia walked over angrily and told Grandpa about it, and Coppola was stunned when he heard it.
Ye Wei said frankly: "Mr. Coppola, in fact, I will reap the greatest benefits from this plan, because I need exposure, my project also needs publicity, and Jiya can rescue me, and of course she will gain some fame, but I don't know if she needs it, whether it is suitable or not." ”
Coppola's face was a little heavy, he didn't know what to think, and he didn't look very happy: "Weige, you are a smart person, but Gia and you are not at the same level......"
Gia suddenly interrupted angrily: "Did you say that about your granddaughter?"
"Gia, Grandpa is telling the truth. Coppola was helpless, "You are determined to lose this game." ”
"If you lose, you will lose, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will disgrace the Coppola family?" Gia gritted her teeth, suddenly made a killing move, and said sadly: "Don't kill my interest in movies, my father and Uncle Roman are your assistant producers at this age, my aunt is 18 years old and plays "The Godfather 3", I am 17 years old, what do I have?"
Coppola had a thoughtful look on his face, he was never afraid of the idea of family members disgraced the family because of movies, as long as it was related to movies, there was nothing to be ashamed of, what he was most afraid of was that his children and grandchildren had nothing to do, as Gia said, his three children and daughters began to contact the film industry at a very young age.
He's such a granddaughter! How could you want to see her not going to school and not doing things?
In fact, even if she loses, it's really nothing, Jiya hasn't suffered any setbacks since she was a child, let her suffer a little setback, and endure a little hardship, maybe it's still a good thing for her growth......
And it is better to play with talented people, it will improve each other, like when he and Lucas and Jiya played with Ye Wei, it was better than playing with those spoiled star children who didn't know what to do.
He suddenly heard his granddaughter say again: "Grandpa, if you agree to this, I will go back to school and take the university exam for you, UCLA and USC, how about it?"
"What?!" Coppola couldn't help but exclaim, he hadn't supported her much in dropping out of school, and now it was as if he had won the lottery, and said urgently: "Really, are you really willing to go to school?"
Gia nodded solemnly: "Really, you got my assurance." She looked at Ye Wei, who dropped out of school because it was too boring at school, but it seems that there is a guy who will make school interesting......
Receiving such a strange gaze, Ye Wei felt a little creepy, what?
"Well, if you're willing to go to school...... Coppola was intrigued.
Ye Wei also persuaded when he saw the opportunity: "Sir, to put it mildly, although it is difficult for Jiya to win me, who would have high requirements for a 17-year-old girl? As long as she really has some film talent, she can let others see the bright spots, 5 minutes of promotional video, I watched her short film, and she will not mess up." ”
In this regard, Coppola also understands, that is, there is one thing that he does not understand, so why should the proud granddaughter look for a loss? He asked: "Gia, have you thought about it?"
Ji Ya narrowed her eyes and said, "Yes, I want the world to know that I, Gian-Kara-Coppola, and Ye Wei are opponents!"
"Boy, you're such a smart man. Coppola turned his eyes to look at Ye Wei, there was no expression on his old face, "In this matter, you'd better be smart for me, don't let Ji Ya bear too much, she is not a genius like you." ”
"Thank you, grandpa, it's great!" Ji Ya suddenly shouted happily, looking forward to it, and said to Ye Wei: "You are determined to lose, you are determined to lose!"
Ye Wei was also very excited, "Mr. Coppola, don't worry, it will be." In a blink of an eye, she saw Jiya "turning her face", a little puzzled, where did she get confidence?
"Grandpa, you're going to make a cameo in my promo video!" Gia laughed, her eyes treacherous.
"Ah......h
Gia looked at Ye Wei and continued to smile: "Maybe I'll also find Nicolas Cage to make a cameo, and Sophia Coppola, who has super bad acting skills, haha, viy, you are a genius, you have talent, but I have a strong family!"
"Interesting, it's even more interesting that way. Ye Wei couldn't help but laugh!
There's Master Gia, what kind of romance hype do you want?Brian, Lovett, you sue me, do you want any romance hype!?
I'm a genius!