Chapter 259: Filming Begins Together
In the evening, Meng Wen had already booked a hotel outside, but in the end, he didn't stop Xun Hanlei's mother's enthusiasm, and cleaned up the study at home early, and didn't let Meng Wen go out to live. And Wang Ting was with Xun Hanlei in the Xun Hanlei house.
The next day, Meng Wen woke up early, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the books on the two shelves around him, and he was really a little unaccustomed. Meng Wen got dressed, and it didn't seem that he had gotten up yet, and he wasn't embarrassed to go out so early, so he casually pulled a book on the bookshelf and browsed.
After breakfast in the morning, Meng Wen didn't write his own novel again, and Xun Hanlei took Wang Ting to walk around Haicheng, and the three of them ate a bite outside at noon, and Xun Hanlei took them to Haicheng University, and first went to Xun Hanlei's grandfather's office to sit for a while, and it was almost time, and Meng Wen went to the meeting site.
has already held two meetings, so Meng Wen is also familiar with the road. The only thing that is different from before may be that compared with Jingjin, where he made his fortune, Mengwen's fame in Haicheng is much smaller. It can be seen from the number of people at the scene and the enthusiasm of the dΓΉ that the final number of signatures is estimated to barely reach about one-third of that in Beijing and Tianjin.
After the afternoon meeting was cleared, Hu Li took two employees of the club to rush back by plane, and Meng Wen stayed under the begging of Xun Hanlei and Wang Ting, ready to play in Haicheng for a day and go back tomorrow.
On the second day, Meng Wen still flew back alone, Wang Ting still wanted to play a few more days in Haicheng, Xun Hanlei also wanted to stay at home for a few more days, anyway, there was nothing to do at school, so Meng Wen asked the two to stay in Haicheng for a few more days. It just so happened that Meng Wen alone directly booked the ticket from Haicheng to Beijing.
Meng Wen specially called Tang Huan before getting on the plane and asked Tang Huan to pick him up at the airport. Meng Wen got off the plane with his suitcase, and saw Tang Huan waiting for him at the exit from a distance, Meng Wen did not politely hand over his suitcase to Tang Huan directly.
Out of the hall, Meng Wen went directly to Tang Huan's car, Tang Huan went around to the back of the car, put the suitcase in the trunk, Meng Wen opened the back door, was about to get in, and saw the three Xiaoqing sisters sitting behind, a little dumbfounded, "Hey, why are you here?", and then without waiting for the three girls to answer, he closed the car door again, and consciously walked to the co-pilot's position.
Waiting for Meng Wen to sit down, Yuan Xiaoxiao said a little coquettishly: "Long Shao, you don't want to see our three sisters so much?"
"Where are you talking about this, with you three beautiful women as companions, but others can't ask for it, I mainly didn't expect you to come with me?" Meng Wen explained, "By the way, where did you come from?"
Yuan Xiaoxiao said: "Of course from the company. β
Meng Wenwen thought that Tang Huan had come from elsewhere temporarily, so he brought the three sisters of Yuan Xiaoqing. But it turned out that Meng Wen still underestimated Tang Huan's bottom line. At this time, Tang Huan had already made it to the driver's seat and said to Meng Wen: "It's going to be dinner in a while, it's boring for the two of us to be together, I just called Xiaoqing and them, and everyone is also lively together." β
"Xiaoqing, have they been talking about you these days, right, Xiaoxiao?" Tang Huan turned his head and asked the three sisters behind.
"Alright, you better drive your car in peace. I think Xiaoqing and the others are thinking about my songs, right?" Meng Wen said unceremoniously.
Tang Huan smiled and said, "Aren't they all the same? By the way, Long Shao, how did you see your father-in-law this time?"
Meng Wen said in a good mood: "It's not bad, my father-in-law and mother-in-law have a good impression of me." β
"Is that wrong? Who wants to be able to put a son-in-law like you on the table, and they can't grin. However, are you really planning to marry this Xun Hanlei and hang yourself on this tree?" asked Tang Huan.
"En" because there are three Xiaoqing sisters, Meng Wen didn't say much on this topic. changed the topic and said: "By the way, I also met a companion of you at Lei Lei's house this time, Xun Hanlei's uncle, who is from the Meng family, and is also engaged in film and television. β
No wonder, although the Meng family has declined a lot in recent years, it is still very influential in South and East China, especially film and television are their main business. Why does he want to cooperate with you?" Tang Huan said tentatively.
Meng Wen said lightly: "He planned to buy the rights to adapt my novel, but I didn't agree." β
Tang Huan said: "He is very discerning, with the popularity of your novel now, adapting it into a TV series is also a good investment, why didn't you agree? This is also good for you, adapting it into a TV series, not to mention the copyright fee, it is estimated that the sales of your novel will also have to soar." β
"Aren't I waiting to cooperate with Mr. Tang?" Meng Wen said half-truthfully.
Tang Huan was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately said: "It's really fake, Long Shao, I'm serious, if you really have the heart to cooperate with me, I'll hold a song company conference this time, and make every effort to prepare, and I'll let it go." β
Tang Huan couldn't help but be unhappy, Tang Huan had been fighting for the idea of adapting Meng Wen's novels before, but Tang Huan also knew that Meng Wen had rejected many companies that went to buy copyrights before. I don't know what Meng Wen is planning, and Tang Huan takes into account the current scale of his company, it is estimated that he will not be able to bear such a huge martial arts shooting, and he can barely shoot it to meet Meng Wen's requirements, so it is better not to shoot. I was embarrassed to talk to Meng Wenti. Now Meng Wen took the initiative to say it, and it also represented Meng Wen's recognition of himself on a certain Cheng dΓΉ.
Meng Wenying said: "There is no problem with cooperation, but now is not the time to think about this, the first thing to consider now is the cooperation of new online dramas?"
Meng Wen had been considering whether to cooperate with Tang Huan in filming before, and this conversation with Uncle Xun Hanlei indirectly strengthened Meng Wen's heart of cooperation. If you want to surpass Cool Shadow's online drama this time, you have to think about things other than online dramas, and compare publicity, promotion, and other means used by Cool Shadow.
Although even if he doesn't cooperate with Tang Huan and shoots independently in his own studio, if he really wants to ask Tang Huan for some things, Tang Huan will help. But helping is also different from helping, if you work with Tang Huan to complete this project, and something happens to the project, Tang Huan will definitely treat this matter as his own business, instead of helping outsiders. My own business and the business of outsiders are completely two different forces.
And Tang Huan was stunned by Meng Wen's words, and asked: "New online drama cooperation? I don't understand what Long Shao means, don't you have your own studio, it should be no problem to shoot online dramas, right?"
"My studio is staffed by all people, and the last time I filmed "Waste Wood Brothers", I still had some people who were pulling around, and this time I wanted to be more formal, so I wanted to work with Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang wouldn't think my project was too small, right?" Meng Wen said half-jokingly.
"Isn't that a slap in the face for you to say that, and it's my honor to be able to cooperate with you Long Shao. Who doesn't know Long Shao, your strength in online dramas, isn't that just giving money for my brother and me to earn?What kind of cooperation method do you want?" Tang Huan said with some compliments.
Meng Wen said bluntly: "It's very simple, I come up with an idea, you come up with a person, invest in half of us, and the income is also half of it, what do you think?"
"That's fine, then we'll settle it. In terms of creation, everyone in my company can't compare to you, so you can only start. It just so happens that there are no new projects in the TV program division recently, and if you see who you need, you can just open your mouth, and we have people. Tang Huan said with some excitement.
Meng Wen said unceremoniously: "Okay, then I'm welcome, I don't know much about everyone in your company." You just follow the usual list of behind-the-scenes personnel for filming TV dramas, photography, lighting, makeup, props, recording, etc., remember to vacate the director position OK, if you are the assistant director, you can also watch and choose one for me, it's best not to be too old, after all, online dramas are for young people, and there is no generation gap. As for the age of the technician, there is no limit, as long as the technology is good. β
Tang Huan said happily: "That's all simple, we are not short of people." By the way, what is Long Shao's investment budget this time?"
Meng Wen replied: "My initial plan is between three hundred and five million, although we don't want to catch up with the refined zuΓ² of Cool Movie, but the picture effect can't be too bad." β
"Then this actor, what are you going to do? According to what you said before, to invite so many stars, this is not a small amount of work, although it is said to be a friendship sponsorship, but we can't really let people run to do it for nothing, at least the car and horse expenses should be given. β
Meng Wen thought for a while and said: "I have considered this, and I have some new ideas now, the film and television stars I wanted to invite before can all be removed, and this time I will focus on music stars." I think you and Universal Entertainment artists can make it a little bit better. In addition, you can release the news that I wrote seven songs specifically for this new web series, and I am currently looking for guest singers, and if the conditions are right, there will be a chance to sing these seven songs. β
"Ah, Long Shao is going to have seven songs at a time this time, it seems that Long Shao really plans to occupy all the crooked dog music charts this time. The singer who was thinking about releasing an album during this time was miserable. Tang Huan said with some schadenfreude. Then, Tang Huan looked at Meng Wen and said, "Long Shao, you wrote a song this time, you have to let me pick a few songs first, we can't cheapen outsiders for nothing." β
Meng Wen pointed at Tang Huan and said unceremoniously: "I knew you would say that, and let you pick a few songs first, and I will give them all to you?"
Tang Huan didn't seem to be able to understand the sarcasm in Meng Wen's words, and pretended to be stupid and said: "Long Shao can really give it all, so what if I can't ask for it?"
Meng Wen said angrily: "You think it's a good thing!"