Feng Jiewei hung up the phone, went to Meng Shi's room, and brought out the storyboard script and creative manuscript he had placed under the bed.

When he called, Pan Ya'an lit a cigarette and stared at the unknown insect that didn't know when it had climbed onto the upper of his shoe.

It was a beetle, oblong, black, with two large horns on top, and it looked very powerful.

Pan Ya'an didn't shake it off, and slowly raised his foot and put it on his other leg.

The beetle was taken "in mid-air" by her as if on a lift.

"Winter".

Meng Shi put all the things related to "Wukong" in a plastic box, which was very weighty.

Feng Jiewei placed it on the table in front of Pan Ya'an, making a dull sound.

Pan Ya'an's gaze shifted from the beetle and looked up at Feng Jiewei.

Feng Jiewei reached out and picked up the first draft of the script on the top and handed it over, saying, "Take a look." ”

In the middle of the script are two big characters - Wukong.

At first glance, the words are not printed, but written, and the strokes are rounded, but there is a sense of vigor and ruggedness.

Pan Ya'an subjectively felt ugly, but faintly felt the simple and rich beauty, like ...... It's like looking at cliff carvings.

Feng Jiewei did not explain the origin of the word, but said: "This is the Wei tablet style, simple and precipitous, you can see the old style of the Han and Qin dynasties, and you can observe the customs of the Sui and Tang dynasties." ”

He is a word that loves the life of the line.

More than once, it was proposed that it was possible to collect the script after the filming of "Wukong" was completed.

Meng Shi did not agree.

Pan Ya'an didn't look up, and softly read out the two lines next to the word Wukong:

"The bitter mouth is good medicine, and the reverse ear must be a loyal word, if you can drill wood to make fire, the mud will give birth to red lotus."

——Yihai year 癸酉壬申大compassion寺生生送小友Meng Shi. ”

"Bitter mouth...... If you can drill wood to make fire, the silt will give birth to red lotus...... If you can drill wood to make fire......"

Pan Ya'an muttered softly, his fingers rubbing over the words.

Feng Jiewei reached out and picked up the manuscript of the storyboard, opened it, found the scene that Pan Ya'an watched yesterday, and put it in front of her.

The door of the B&B was pushed open, and a gust of wind came in, and the manuscript was blown by the wind.

After chanting all the time in his mouth, Pan Ya'an, who was written by Xingsheng in Wei Bei, hurriedly reached out and held it down.

She instinctively wanted to look back at the door, but her eyes were drawn to the firm manuscript.

Although the manuscript is crudely drawn, the content on it can still be corroborated with the shooting content I saw at the scene yesterday.

Ji Hongting, who came back with the camera crew to shoot empty mirrors, saw the two people in the yard and the manuscript placed in front of Pan Ya'an, and understood what was sent here.

Another person who questioned Meng Shi.

She didn't speak, and motioned to the people behind her, what to do.

Qin Qian, who originally wanted to go to Yaoshan with Meng Shi, didn't follow him in the morning, so he could only go to the mountain with Ji Hongting.

Now he wants to spy on Pan Ya'an with Ji Hongting, but he was ruthlessly driven away, and his bun face was pulled into a knife and a steamed bun.

Ji Hongting drove Qin Qian away, sat next to Feng Jiewei, took off her hat and put it aside, and said:

"Film school admissions will ask, what will you do? I can draw and do art. If you can take pictures, let's do photography. ”

Feng Jiewei poured her a cup of hot tea and said, "I won't know anything, then be a director." ”

This is a common joke in the industry.

The two of them said very tacitly.

Ji Hongting took a sip of tea, took a long breath, and said: "I looked down on the people in the directing department at that time, so I took a walkie-talkie and sat in front of the monitor. ”

The two of them were joking jokes, but there was no smile on their faces.

Their words are mocking a "layman" like Pan Ya'an.

Is Pan Yaan a layman?

Not counted.

Before becoming the manager of Times Media, she worked as a life assistant for her sister Pan Yaning in Wu Yi's agency Shiyi Culture, taking care of her daily life.

For a long time, I have been mixed in various crews, and I have been in contact with a lot of people from all walks of life.

Later, as Pan Yaning's card position became bigger and bigger, he won the Golden Horse, Golden Rooster, and Golden Statue in succession, and became a domestic slam actress.

Pan Ya'an's status has also risen, and he has a thorough understanding of how the crew operates.

Wu Yi and Huayi parted ways and left that meeting with the people under them, Pan Yaning was already the biggest female artist in Huayi.

The sisters chose to stay in Huayi and founded a subordinate brokerage company, Times Media.

Pan Ya'an was also promoted to half of the capital and became a character who directly talked to the director.

So her understanding of the profession of director is not just about sitting behind a monitor, taking a walkie-talkie, and putting a monkey to sit there.

At least Pan Ya'an knows the two dilemmas of becoming a director.

The first, and most difficult, point is how to sit behind the monitor.

No matter what industry you are in, you can hear a remark that so-and-so can't do it at all, and I can be better than him.

Whether a person who says this kind of thing can really do a good job is second, and the first thing to do is how to get to that position.

The second is - sit behind the monitor, what to do.

But Pan Yaning didn't want to argue with Feng Jiewei and Ji Hongting.

Talented people have personalities, and it's normal.

Such arguments are pointless, they only cause friction and waste time.

Pan Ya'an flipped through the manuscript, and each page on it could express the creator's intention very intuitively and clearly.

"This was created by Meng Shi?"

Through the attitudes of the two, Pan Ya'an already knew the answer, but she still couldn't help but ask.

Ji Hongting put down the teacup and nodded.

Pan Ya'an closed the storyboard manuscript and flipped the script underneath.

Ji Hongting looked at the words on the cover and remembered the script of "Empty Zen" that Lu Chengkang had shown her.

It is written in the same font - how to keep the precepts with a peaceful heart, how to practice meditation with a straight line, Bodhi is originally sought from the heart, and he is looking for the mystery from the outside.

"High in the Sky"

Feng Jiewei reached out and put the script of "Wukong" back into the plastic box along with the storyboard manuscript placed in front of Pan Yaning.

He closed the lid, held it up and put it at his feet, and said, "For a creator, not being sure is the most terrible thing. ”

"For example, after we come up with a story, should we continue to push it down, or where we are lacking, where we can do better."

"From this point on, most creators are starting to feel at a loss."

"As Manager Pan saw, Meng Shi is different, he is always very clear, from the moment he decides to do this, he knows where the road is and how to go."

"Making a movie is a team effort, and all the creators are the director's partners."

"How can we mobilize all the main creators of this team, be able to clearly and accurately execute the director's creative intentions?"

"And on this basis, to include more possibilities."

"Moreover, you need to have the vision and ability to identify it and find the places that you think are worth magnifying."

"Meng Shi is such a visionary and capable person, Manager Pan asks anyone in the crew, and he will agree with my point of view."

Ji Hongting nodded and said, "If the filming process of the movie is a road trip, Meng Shi holds the steering wheel, and we are very relieved to sit in the car. ”

"As Director Feng said, we are Meng Shi's team and partners."

"What I want to do, what I can do, is when he grasps the direction and moves towards his destination.

When I saw a different scenery through the car window, I asked him if he should stop and stop.

Wait for him to make a judgment and carry out his dispatch. ”

Pan Yaan wanted to apologize for making an unrealistic judgment based on speculation without making a difference.

Ji Hongting bent down to take the script of "Wukong" into her hands and said, "Manager Pan, you don't have much respect for Director Meng. ”

Pan Ya'an was stunned for a moment.

"You think that as a representative of Huayi, you personally went to the set to discuss capital injection, and at the same time revealed that you would arrange Pan Yaning to make a cameo, which is the greatest respect for a small company and a small director."

"But you may be faced with so many companies that you have forgotten the most important point."

Ji Hongting is older than Pan Ya'an, and her status in the industry has reached a certain height, and she has her own team.

She doesn't need to look at anyone's face, at any time, someone begs her to take the camera.

Pan Ya'an doubted Meng Shi's ability and was disrespectful to Meng Shi.

is also disrespectful to Lu Chengkang, Feng Jiewei, and her.

Ji Hongting was very dissatisfied with Pan Ya'an, so she took a bite of you, and every sentence was prickly.

Ji Hongting brushed the cover of "Wukong" with her palm, as if wiping a layer of invisible dirt, and said, "I ask you, do we need this money?" ”

Bang, the wind blew the open courtyard door, making a loud noise.

Qin Qian poked her head out on the third floor of the B&B and looked down, seeing Pan Ya'an's polite smile just hanging on her face.

Qin Qian stretched out his ears vigorously, but he didn't hear Pan Ya'an speak, only saw Feng Jiewei looking up.

Qin Qian shrugged his head back, rolled his round eyes, stood on his toes, and ran downstairs quickly.

As soon as she put her ear on the door, she heard Ji Hongting say:

"Don't forget, before you came to Putuo 'in person', Director Meng had already rejected you."

Meng Shi went to Sijiu City to record "Band", and when he came back, he brought a conference report.

It explains in detail what he did.

This product has a habit of not knowing if it is a merit.

When he felt the need, he would sort out his whereabouts in detail and inform the people he thought he should know.

The trip to the 49 cities can be summed up in two points.

1. Queen Lou Liying chose to make a comeback under the influence of Meng Yueyuan, and will create a farewell commemorative album and concert.

Meng Shihui is the producer of this album.

The ripple effect of this -

Lou Liying's former brokerage company, Wu Yi, the helmsman of Remembrance Culture, took his son to the door and admitted his mistake to Meng Shi.

Ahri Music gave up Hu Xiaotao, who had a conflict with Meng Shi, and extended a "hand of friendship" to him.

Meng Shi accepted the invitation of Zhu Shunshun, president of Ahri Music, and after he was busy here, he would serve as the chief content operation director of "Ahri Planet".

Second, Huayi sent Pan Ya'an to propose to inject 15 million into "Wukong" in exchange for 20% of the box office, but Meng Shi refused.

At the same time, Meng Shi belonged to the knight copyright account of Xiaoyu and Xiaoqiao, and all the income was withdrawn from 6 million and invested in "Wukong".

Qingxue Media invested 20 million yuan, accounting for 77%, and Mengshi Studio's 6 million accounted for 23%.

Meng Shi, as a director, was stuffed by Qin Qingxue with 1% of the account.

"Wukong" now has enough budget, and there is also a distribution channel for Ahri Pictures.

Under such a premise, Ji Hongting really didn't know what Pan Ya'an came to Putuo to pretend.

Pan Ya'an raised his hand and clenched his fist, his fingers turned away to his lips, and cleared his throat.

That day, Meng Shi rejected Pan Ya'an's intention to inject capital, and his attitude was not very resolute.

Therefore, Pan Yaan seized the opportunity and asked if he could talk to the crew again.

The offer was not rejected.

Pan Ya'an was in a hurry, and he didn't even bring an assistant to Putuo.

She came with "sincerity", what did Meng Shi do?

He said that he was worried that he would go to the pier to greet him, and then take a tour of the crew, Pan Ya'an would be on the shelf, and it was difficult to communicate, so he let the drama tour around Fayu Temple.

He also unabashedly listed a string of data to express that Huayi's prospects are worrying.

The next day, he left the crew directly.

In this case, Ji Hongting said that she did not give Meng Shi the respect she deserved.

Meng Shi left, and the crew suspended filming, making Pan Yaan guess that Meng Shi was just a "monkey" holding a walkie-talkie and sitting behind a monitor.

This suspicion and contempt was transformed into shame after Feng Jiewei took out a box of manuscripts to create.

The shame of consciously spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain buried the unreasonableness of Meng Shi yesterday and the anger brought by leaving directly today.

At this moment, the anger under the shame was pushed away by Ji Hongting, who was prickly.

Scold.

Pan Yaan hadn't been so humiliated in a long time.

Her hand over her mouth moved down, her elbow resting on the tea table.

The middle finger of the index finger held a third of the cigarette left, and the cigarette butt was facing Ji Hongting's direction.

Press your thumb against the cigarette butt and gently push it up and down.

She laughed, "I think you need to know one thing too. ”

"Oh?" Ji Hongting looked at her with interest, looking at the red dot that went up and down.

"Director Meng welcomes me to Putuo." Pan Yaan leaned forward slightly and said: "No one can deny your achievements in the field of art films, but you may not know much about commercial films, with a budget of less than 30 million......"

Ji Hongting smiled and interrupted: "So you, the noble general manager of Times Media, do you think he wants to refuse or welcome?" All these two days were all means of negotiation......"

She said and turned her head to look at Feng Jiewei.

Feng Jiewei shook his head and said, "Is it convenient for Manager Pan to reveal how much the male protagonist of "Empty Zen" Han Lu is paid? ”

Huayi did not invest in "Empty Zen", but it was very clear about the actor's offer.

Pan Ya'an had nothing to hide, and replied, "About seventy-five million." ”

Ji Hongting usually doesn't pay much attention to these, and when she heard the price, she couldn't help but tremble.

Feng Jiewei asked again: "How much is the investment in "Empty Zen"? ”

"As far as I know, it is more than 200 million, and 300 million is claimed to the outside world." Pan Yaan returned.

The salary of a male protagonist accounts for one-third of the total budget.

Ye Shangmo also built an empty temple in the film and television city.

There are also other actors' salaries, crew expenses.

How much money is left in the service of Huadao, and how much money is there for special effects?

Ji Hongting picked up the teacup, and her eyes were about to roll to the sky.

Seeing this, Feng Jiewei hurriedly snatched the script she was holding, put it back in the box, and said to Pan Ya'an:

"The heroine of "Wukong", Bahar Guli, that is, Chunhua, has a salary of 15,000 for online dramas and movies, the male protagonist Meng Shi doesn't want money, and the second male supervisor Bin doesn't want money."

"Director Ji and her camera crew packed 1.5 million, and I packed 200,000."

"You don't need money for the framing of the Guoxing Temple in the Blue Mountain, and you don't need money for the framing of the Fayu Temple in Putuo Mountain."

"All the main creators spend only a fraction of the total investment."

"The budget of Fuhuadao is one-third of the total investment, and the rest of the money is reserved for studio shooting and special effects."

The red dot of the cigarette butt in Pan Ya'an's hand stopped, leaned forward slightly, and slowly sat up straight.

It seems that Feng Jiewei in front of him is not settling accounts, but telling a bizarre and strange legend.

Feng Jiewei picked up the handle pot on the electric ceramic stove, refilled a cup of tea for Pan Ya'an, and asked, "Manager Pan knows the investment structure of "Wukong". ”

Pan Yaan instinctively said: "Seventy-seven percent of Qingxue Media and twenty-three percent of Mengshi Studio. ”

Feng Jiewei carried the pot and said, "In this case, what did Manager Pan talk about when he came all the way to Putuo to find Meng?" ”

What he hinted at is obvious - you want to invest, don't talk to Seventy-Seven, why are you angry here?

Ji Hongting's eyes roamed back and forth between Feng Jiewei and Pan Ya'an, and finally landed on the script.

Feng Jiewei must have communicated with Meng Shi about what he didn't know.

But now was not the time to ask, and she chose to remain silent.

"Because ......" Pan Ya'an opened his mouth and stopped talking.

Because her fundamental purpose is not to invest in the film itself, but to invest in Meng Shi as a person.

From the very beginning, he did not choose to use the company, and used the attitude of the general manager of Times Media to contact Meng Shi.

Times Media has no intention of making money from "Wukong" at all.

It is to match with the resources of Meng Yueyuan behind Meng Shi.

But now......

"Believe me, at least "Wukong" won't make it so ugly for you to lose in 19 years."

"If Manager Pan decides to stand with Huayi, then the project you lead will make Huayi's main business no longer blank."

"If Manager Pan has the idea of leaving, "Wukong", as your last project in Huayi, will not disappoint you."

Meng Shi said to her yesterday, and it echoed in her heart again.

It's only been a day, and the same words bring a completely different feeling.

Yesterday, Pan Yaan saw this as a negotiating tool.

Now Pan Ya reluctantly realized that Meng Shi seemed to be stretching out his hand.

Huayi Mansion is about to fall, and he wants to reach out and pull me......

Moreover, this kind of pull is not "you do it with me", it is "you have to stand up".

"For ...... Why? ”

Pan Ya'an's upper and lower lips touched, and he didn't know where to squeeze out these three words.

Feng Jiewei also asked Meng Shi so.

Meng Shi said: How interesting is it to watch others drive excavators, dig foundations little by little, and build houses, than to invite her to the house for a meal and stay for a few days?

Feng Jiewei has no intention of repeating the original words.

He looked at Pan Ya'an, serious and solemn, and said in a tone like a memorial service speech: "Because he respects an independent woman like you." ”

Ji Hongting said: "And you are going to join the group as a producer as soon as you come, and you don't have enough respect for him." ”

Pan Ya'an didn't say anything, did it for a while, got up and walked out of the courtyard.

She stepped out of her legs, feeling something kick out of the way.

Looking down, it was the oblong, black beetle with two large horns on its top.

Just now it was lying on the upper of the shoe, shaking its big horns, looking majestic, but in fact, it had long been frozen and couldn't spread its wings.

Lying on the ground at the moment, the three pairs of feet swing and struggle, unable to turn over.

Pan Yaan took out a silk scarf from his pocket, folded it a few times, covered it, grabbed it and put it in his bag.

Ji Hongting watched her walk out of the courtyard gate, leaving without looking back, and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Feng Jiewei picked up the tea that Pan Ya'an hadn't drunk and poured it out, saying, "Meng Shi wants to see her excavator." ”

Ji Hongting said: "The second Wu Yi? Do Meng Shi and Huayi have a grudge? ”

A few years ago, Wu Yi led a group of people from Huayi, and Huayi resisted.

If Pan Ya'an takes away another group of people at this juncture, Huayi will probably really fall.

Feng Jiewei shook his head and said, "He doesn't want to see the house demolished, he wants to see the house built." ”

Ji Hongting frowned and said, "Is there a difference?" He aroused Pan Ya'an's idea of independence, didn't he just dismantle Huayi. ”

Feng Jiewei poured himself a cup of tea and said, "He just wants to see Pan Ya'an excavator and build a house." ”

Ji Hongting held the teacup and asked, "This is what you said, tossing Guan Bin's 'heart' that is about to go crazy?" ”

Feng Jiewei said: "You think that's it. ”

Ji Hongting glanced at him and said, "True Evil Sect." ”