Chapter 241: Wei Yifa's Invitation
Xiao Lin was obviously a little surprised when he saw the reaction of everyone in the conference room.
She originally thought that after her proposal was spoken, everyone should agree with it.
Even Dai Xuezhi, who is the boss of the department, will praise himself.
At this time, as the intern's superior, one of the on-site team leaders spoke.
"Xiaolin, you're thinking too simply."
"Of course we know that Xu Ji must be very suitable, but do you know how much Xu Ji is worth now?"
"What does it cost to ask him to write a song?"
"With our current budget, it's not likely."
"Sha Yetong's total album sales have just exceeded 300 million, Sha Yetong is now the queen of songs, and Xu Ji has also become the youngest songwriter."
"I don't think you don't know that, do you?"
"Not to mention that now Sha Yetong is holding a concert, and Xu Ji is making a movie, he is the boss, it is estimated that even if he has money, we can't invite him."
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Although everyone at the scene did not speak at this time, it was obvious that everyone knew about it.
Xiao Lin was a little embarrassed at this time, she didn't expect her proposal, and the others knew that the feasibility was too low, so they didn't mention it.
But Dai Xuezhi took the initiative to solve the siege and said: "It's okay, newcomer, it's always good to have ideas." ”
"And although the success rate of inviting Xu Ji is low, it is not impossible, if it is really not possible, we can also try it."
Now that the leaders have given the steps, even if they are interns with low emotional intelligence, they can only sit down peacefully at this time.
And there is still not much progress in this meeting.
After the meeting, Dai Xuezhi sat in his office chair, bowing his head and pondering something.
"You say, are we really not looking for the right person right now?"
When the assistant heard this, he hesitated for a moment and then replied:
"Actually, if you look for it, you can definitely find it, but it's just ......"
"There may be a little bit of time running out."
When Dai Xuezhi heard such an answer, he directly slapped the table hard, and then said to himself:
"In that case, you might as well give it a try!"
"Maybe you can really invite Xu Ji, but it doesn't have to!"
The assistant was visibly stunned.
"What do you mean...... Looking for Xu Ji to cooperate? ”
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In the office of the film and television department, more than half of the seats inside are empty at this time.
With the rising capital budget of the film and television department, in addition to the cooperation with Tongji Entertainment, Station G is also nervously talking about the copyright of a large number of various dramas.
Even Chi Jiang, the head of the department, spent most of this month on business trips.
This time, I finally stopped, and finally had time to sit in the office for a while.
"Mr. Chi, the acting president of the planning department is looking for you."
Not long after Chi Jiang sat down, he heard his assistant's report.
"Planning Department?"
Chi Jiang looked confused.
Although the film and television department and the planning department do need to connect many times, they usually take the initiative to negotiate with each other, why did it turn around this time.
And it was Dai Xuezhi who personally found it.
"Mr. Dai came here once yesterday, but you haven't come back yet."
The assistant added in a low voice.
Chi Jiang and Dai Xuezhi didn't have any festivals, not to mention that people came to the door in person, Chi Jiang naturally had no reason not to see.
"Hurry up and get someone in."
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When I saw Dai Xuezhi, who had seen him a few times before and had always had a serious expression, he was full of smiles at this time, and his expression was even more enthusiastic.
Chi Jiang knew that it was not a good thing for the other party to come this time.
Most of them came to ask for help.
But Chi Jiang didn't understand what the planning department could do to ask him, the boss of the film and television department, for help?
After a while of polite words back and forth, Dai Xuezhi finally said that in addition to his purpose of coming to Chi Jiang this time.
"Invite Xu Ji to help write the 10th anniversary song of Station G?"
"And make a short film?"
Chi Jiang obviously didn't think that the other party was looking for him before, but it would be because of such a thing.
"I know that Mr. Chi has a good friendship with Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment."
"I really can't help it, so I can only ask you for help."
Dai Xuezhi said in a low voice.
This is also something that can't be helped, the situation is here, if the tenth anniversary is not done well this time, and it is the bottom of several websites, then for Dai Xuezhi, it is certain that he will be held accountable from above.
As for Chi Jiang, he really didn't want to help with this.
Although it is true that the other party owes him a favor, Dai Xuezhi's favor is not of much value in Chi Jiang's heart at all.
On the other side, there are traces of Xu.
He and Xu Ji do have some friendship, but this kind of friendship is less than once.
If you ask for permission because of this matter that is not within the scope of your business, it is not cost-effective to think about it.
Station G knows roughly about the budget for the 10th anniversary of Chi Jiang, and the money is for Xu Ji to write songs and make short films for him, whether it is Xu Ji, it is a loss.
As long as you ask a little about how hard Xu Ji's songs are in the outside market, he will not make such an unreasonable request.
A songwriter and a first-line director is not so cheap.
What's more, Xu Jiren is still making his own movies now, and he may not be able to find time.
"Mr. Dai, I can help you contact Xu Ji, as for whether I will agree, I can't guarantee it."
Chi Jiang is talking about contacting Xu Ji, that is, contacting through his own private channels.
If it is Dai Xuezhi, he can only contact Tongji Entertainment Company, and it is estimated that he may not even be able to hear Xu Ji's voice.
Dai Xuezhi was not stupid, and when he heard the other party's words, he could probably guess that Chi Jiang was really just helping to contact, and he didn't plan to persuade anything.
Thinking of this, Dai Xuezhi suddenly became a little anxious.
"Mr. Chi, you can help communicate more, our 10th anniversary event at Station G really needs Xu Ji's songs and short films!"
Dai Xuezhi continued to lower his posture and pleaded.
Chi Jiang saw that the other party still looked unrelenting, so he simply opened the skylight and said something bright.
"It's not that I don't help."
"Mr. Dai, I want to ask, what is the capital budget that the company can give this time?"
Dai Xuezhi hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and replied: "Two million!" ”
Chi Jiang almost couldn't control it and rolled his eyes directly.
"Do you know what the average daily sales of Sha Yetong's album are in the pre-sale period of about 20 days now?"
Hearing Chi Jiang's words, Dai Xuezhi was rarely silent.
The sales of Sha Yetong's second album have now exceeded 100 million, that is, the money from the sale of people's albums in one day is higher than the cost given by station G.
But Dai Xuezhi can't help it, although Station G has increased the capital budget this time.
But after all, there is a celebration, and it is impossible to spend all the money on Xu Ji.
What's more, the anniversary party of station G can't attract many sponsors at all.
For websites like penguins and kiwifruit, the sponsors of the anniversary party can't spend their money at all, and even make money after the anniversary celebration.
Station G has been purely losing money and making money.
And the shouting is pitiful.
""I am a songwriter", the appearance fee of Xu Ji in one episode of the show is rumored to be close to 7 million, you won't have heard of it, right?"
Chi Jiang opened his mouth and said.
He can only hint at the other party in this way.
It's not that I don't help, it's just that I can't do anything at all without money.
Xu Ji and Sha Yetong, and even many artists of Tongji Entertainment, are a little too expensive.
And in many cases, there is no price at all, and no one can be invited.
is like Sha Yetong, when he didn't become a singer yet, as a first-line singer, the performance fee even exceeded that of many super-first-line singers and queens.
As a star, it's always worth something, or the popularity of watching.
Like many traffic stars, although they are only first-line, they can get salaries and appearance fees that exceed the super-first-line level.
Of course, the artists of Tongji Entertainment are not traffic stars, but their popularity is not lower than those top idols touted by fans in the fan circle.
In addition, these people in Xu Ji Company don't like to participate in the show, and things are scarce and expensive, so their value will naturally go up.
Chi Jiang's few words made Dai Xuezhi completely hopeless at this time.
Originally, she also felt that if Chi Jiang could help, maybe there would be more hope for Xu Ji.
But now it seems that although it is a company, Chi Jiang obviously does not intend to help with this.
However, she can also understand, after all, the conditions of Station G this time, if you want to invite Xu Ji, it is indeed a bit whimsical.
"Excuse me, Mr. Chi."
Dai Xuezhi sighed and gave up this last hope.
Silently turned away.
And Chi Jiang looked at Dai Xuezhi's back, but at this time, a bold plan suddenly popped up in his heart.
What if you put yourself in charge of this 10th anniversary event?
Chi Jiang just thought about it briefly, and suddenly felt that what this Dai Xuezhi couldn't do, it seemed that it could really be done for him?
Even this time it is not too difficult to surpass the three Penguin, Kiwi and Potato videos.
But this is not within the scope of your own business after all, is it necessary to spend time and energy to do it?
Chi Jiang hesitated a little.
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Abroad, the filming of "Wushuang" at this time has reached the final stage.
The crew also rarely took a three-day long vacation.
After all, it has been more than a month of high-intensity work, and now only a small part of the plot after returning to China has not been filmed, Xu Ji naturally humane everyone in the crew has a chance to have a good time for a few days.
Some people who later joined the crew of "Wushuang" were actually very dissatisfied with Xu Ji's shooting intensity at the beginning.
When it is in line with high-intensity work, it is far more than the remuneration of all domestic crews.
When they learned how much overtime pay and various subsidies combined, many people suddenly stopped complaining.
Of course, the old crew members who have been following Xu Ji are not among them.
They have long been accustomed to Xu Ji's way of shooting.
And many of these people were newcomers to the industry at that time, and it was purely Xu Ji who brought today's achievements.
In addition to the high salary, Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment mean a lot to them.
Xu Ji is not a person who likes to pour chicken soup, but most of these people are sincerely willing to follow Xu Ji and regard the movie or drama they are making as their own work.
This is the most rare point.
As an actor, Wei Yifa has stayed in countless crews.
But after cooperating with Xu Ji this time, I couldn't help but sigh.
"Director Xu, really, I can tell at a glance which ones are your people and which ones are recruited from behind."
"You are the first director I have ever seen who can have such a strong crew cohesion."
Wei Yifa's words are actually not something that can be touted, it is indeed a fact.
But Xu Ji also knows that if he wants to continue to cultivate such a team in the future, it is estimated that he will have to spend more effort.
The people recruited into the crew this time are much more capable than the people recruited by Xu Ji in the previous times.
Many people, even other crews in China, will be rushed by many big directors.
After all, Xu Ji is now famous, and his appeal in the industry is naturally different from the past.
But on the other hand, most of these people don't think it's because of Xu Ji that they can enter Xu Ji's crew, and no matter how much they grow up later.
They feel more that it is their own effort or talent.
On the contrary, the previous newcomers, or those who didn't have the crew to want, followed Xu Ji to shoot so many dramas, and witnessed Xu Ji from the original nobody to the current Peony Award for Best Director.
I will remember that it was the opportunity given by Xu Ji and that I personally cultivated them.
However, the only good thing is that there are no newcomers in the current shooting, and Xu Ji doesn't have to worry about everything, but the director's identity is doing a lot of work in other positions.
"By the way, Brother Fa, didn't you say that you were going to take me somewhere?"
Xu Ji suddenly remembered that since Xu Ji notified him of the holiday a few days ago, Wei Yifa invited him to participate in some activities.
And it's mysterious.
"Does the Bonham Film Festival know?"
Wei Yifa did not answer, but asked Xu Ji rhetorically.
"Bonham Film Festival?"
This name Xu Ji is naturally not unfamiliar.
One of Europa's three major film festivals, it is not an exaggeration to say that its international impact is a household name.
Among the current super-first-line directors in Huaxia, several are the winners of the Bonham Award for Best Director.
"This time, they specially invited me to the movie screening."
"When the time comes, we can go and see it together."
Wei Yifa, as a person who once won the Bonham Award for Best Actor, is actually not uncommon to receive an official invitation.
is Xu Ji, although he is a household name in China, he is still a rookie director in movies, and he is basically not well-known abroad.
Xu Ji was very interested in this.
Even in his memory of his previous life, he had only been abroad to participate in a film festival once.
"Is there time to come?"
In order to avoid missing the trip back to China, Xu Xi still asked.
"Hahaha, a total of five days of viewing time, starting tomorrow, it's just time for the crew to rest."
"I suspect you did it on purpose."
Wei Yifa said with a smile.
Of course, Xu Ji knew that it was just a coincidence, and he was a little helpless.
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