Cao Ziquan came to the appointment alone.

is not as Lin Xi and Bai Lu guessed, he was a middleman, helping a certain singer introduce and befriend Lin Xi.

It seems that he just happened to return to Rongcheng, and I heard that Lin Xi and Bai Lu went back to school, and wanted to take a look and get to know the two most popular juniors and sisters in the school now.

The three of them chatted while eating.

From the shop on the commercial street, which is delicious, economical and affordable, it is a pity that the store has closed down again; talked about the teacher at school who was stricter, and he had to arrive at every class, and it was easy to fail the course; Let's talk about some rumors and interesting news from the school, as well as what the senior brother and sister have been doing in the entertainment industry recently......

Soon the relationship became a lot closer, no longer estranged, like friends who have known each other for a long time.

I have to say that this maverick brother who turned into a director is very good at communication and knows how to talk.

It's a natural eater of the director's bowl of rice.

It is also worthy of the fact that without investment, he pulled up the team and shot a movie that was released in theaters, and the box office exceeded 100 million.

You can't do it without some real skills.

However, at the end of the dinner, at the end of the chat, Cao Ziquan still said his purpose of inviting Lin Xibailu to dinner today.

It's not just about getting to know each other, chatting and catching up, and reminiscing about the days of college.

He really wanted to get to know Lin Xi today, and wanted to invite Lin Xi to sing.

But it's not like Lin Xi and Bai Lu guessed, to build a bridge for a certain singer.

It's for himself!

Of course, it's not that Cao Ziquan wants to sing, but that he has made a movie this year.

Now the film has been shot and is in post-production.

But now he has encountered a problem, that is, his film needs a theme song that fits the content of the movie.

To this end, he sent cooperation invitations to various songwriting companies and collected more than a dozen submitted songs.

But so far, none of them have satisfied him and met his expectations.

It's not.

Recently, Lin Xi's reputation has been greatly enhanced, and after being known as 'Xu Ruolong' and 'Yao Qingshan', he is the third 'Taishan Beidou' in the lyrics and music industry!

And Cao Ziquan also listened to a lot of songs written by Lin Xi, and he liked them very much, which was very appetizing.

This time, he will do something in Rongcheng, and he happened to hear from the alumni group that he expected Lin Xi and Bai Lu, the most high-profile couple at the moment, to return to school to take the final exam.

So, through Bai Lu, who he had met before, he asked Lin Xi to come out for a meal and chat, to see if Lin Xi could help write a theme song for his new movie.

The theme song of a movie is not unimportant for a movie.

Although the quality of the movie is not determined by the theme song, it has nothing to do with the theme song.

The quality of the movie depends on the script, the performance of the actors, the shooting techniques and editing of the director, etc.

But the theme song can have a big impact on the box office of a movie!

Especially when the quality of a movie itself is not bad and it needs publicity means.

At this time, a very classic movie theme song can bring tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, to the box office of the movie!

When the movie is promoted, a good theme song can also directly leave tens of millions of publicity costs for the movie.

In today's entertainment industry, the cost of movies is no longer just a fixed tradition such as shooting costs and actor costs.

Publicity has become one of the most important links in every movie.

A good movie may have a bad publicity, resulting in less than half of the ideal box office; It is not impossible for a bad movie to increase the box office by half because of factors such as publicity and roadshows.

Therefore, many big-budget movies now attach great importance to the theme song.

There are even some top big productions, in order to invite some top kings and queens to sing the theme song, the price is directly tens of millions!

This is a very exaggerated number.

"Senior brother, I really can't help it, I've received almost twenty theme songs, and none of them meet my new ideas. Not even barely up to the mark. I can only ask the two junior brothers and sisters for help. ”

Cao Ziquan said with a wry smile.

Yes.

He didn't hide it either, in addition to wanting Lin Xi to help write the theme song, he also wanted Bai Lu to help sing the theme song.

However, he didn't think that because everyone graduated from the same school and had a good relationship with each other before, he felt that he could take advantage of the price or something.

He gave Lin Xi and Bai Lu a price that was not low.

Together, the price of the package is three million.

Although compared to those legendary movie theme songs, it is much less than 10 million.

But that is an isolated case after all, very rare.

In the current market, a normal movie big production, a theme song, rarely exceeds three million.

"In fact, with Lin Xi's talent, if you can help me write a good theme song, sung by Bai Lu, with Bai Lu's current popularity, it will be worth the price twice as much."

"But although my new film has attracted investment, the situation is much better than when I was the first one. But because the subject matter has not been very favored by capital in recent years, and the cost has exceeded a lot during the filming, it is now necessary to produce the post-production and prepare for the publicity cost...... Three million is the highest price I can offer at the moment. ”

Cao Ziquan is very sincere, and his words are also very beautiful.

When it came to this, Lin Xi did not refuse, and said, "Senior Brother Cao, don't say it. This theme song tries to help you write it, but it can't be guaranteed to meet your mental standards, if you think it's good, then we'll work together. ”

Million.

Two people, not low.

At present, please ask Bai Lu to sing a movie theme song, two million is definitely enough.

And Lin Xi is a million for a song? It's definitely a lot.

Although the theme song of the movie is more special, unlike other songs, it is a little more expensive.

But many movies that claim to have spent tens of millions of dollars to invite the king and queen to sing the theme song often have follow-ups.

said that the price was tens of millions, but then the conversation changed, but a certain king finally looked at the face of his past friendship and decided to sing in friendship; Or maybe they think this movie is very good, and this theme song is very good, so they sing it for free and don't charge a penny.

So the price of tens of millions is often a gimmick, a means to promote the movie.

In general, Cao Ziquan's price is very kind, and he did not lower the price because of personal relationships.

"Lin Xi, every song you have played since you participated in the competition, I have repeatedly played and listened to it on a loop. As long as you say yes, it will definitely exceed my expectations! ”

Cao Ziquan was overjoyed when he saw this, and he had a feeling that a big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

One thing that has been struggling lately has finally found a solution.

After talking about cooperation, Cao Ziquan didn't waste any more time, and waited until he went back to act.

He was a man of great courage.

immediately asked the waiter to come in and clean up the table, then took out the laptop from his bag and showed Lin Xi the script of the new movie he directed, as well as some rough clips.

Because there is no post-production yet, the film is not yet fully presented.

But through these materials and scripts, plus Cao Ziquan explained on the side.

After more than an hour, Lin Xi already fully understood what type of this Senior Brother Cao's new film was and what it was about.

Campus youth love film!

Well.

Very old-fashioned movie theme.

Whether it was in Lin Xi's previous life or in this world, it was the same, it had already been filmed badly.

After experiencing some of the first bloody campus youth movies, they all exploded, often hundreds of millions, or even billions of box office, and this theme also completely broke the audience's heart.

When it comes to campus youth films, dogs shake their heads.

The intuitive reaction of many viewers is to resist.

The only way out may be to invite some traffic stars and Xiao Xianrou to participate, and then fool fans into entering the cinema.

The main thing is a fan economy, cutting leeks.

If the popularity of the starring Xiao Xianrou is high enough and there are enough fans, even if the film is made to rely on the defense, it can have a box office guarantee of two or three hundred million, three or four billion.

If the quality of the movie was a little higher, then the box office would be more.

But herein lies the problem.

Cao Ziquan is not a campus youth movie, and he did not invite any traffic star Xiao Xianrou.

Whether it's the male protagonist or the female protagonist, it's a group of newcomers who can barely be named!

So this is not a fan-oriented movie, and it doesn't have a traffic base!

In this way, the only way out for this type of movie is also blocked.

This is also the reason why Cao Ziquan said that he got the investment, and the funds were not enough.

Otherwise, as a new star director, his debut film would have won a box office of more than 100 million yuan at a small cost, and it is impossible that the funds will not be enough.

"Senior Brother Cao, your new movie is good. Whether it is the script or the state of the actors, they are all above the level. ”

After reading it, Lin Xi gave a fair evaluation, not a scene.

Cao Ziquan also accepted it calmly.

For his works, like his own children, he knows very well what level and quality.

"In order to ensure quality, I rejected the suggestions of those investors and invited the so-called small fresh meat and traffic stars to participate. Where can this group of traffic stars act, even if their age and appearance match the image of the character, no matter how happy or sad, they will only have one expression and act a fart? Cao Ziquan complained.

Bai Lu was also amused when she heard this, and deliberately joked: "Senior brother, how do I feel that you are pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and complaining about me in front of me?" ”

Cao Ziquan waved his hand and said, "Bai Lu, you are an exception. To tell you the truth, from the director's point of view, your TV series is very good, definitely above the horizon. Of course, the acting skills may be a little immature, but the advantage is that it conforms to the image of the character and is real, which can be regarded as beating the actor. ”

After speaking, he sighed again and continued: "Having said that, although I think the quality of my movie is good, but in the end, the box office results, I really don't have any bottom in my heart. The subject matter is not likable, and there is no fan base, my goal is to return to the original cost and succeed without losing money. ”

Cao Ziquan didn't say anything in his heart.

The script of this movie is his own original, and it is also the regret of his youth.

It can even be said that it was the initial motivation for him to embark on the path of film directing.

It's not that he doesn't know about the current film market, youth campus love movies are not popular, and he can continue to make his last style, humorous, low-budget comedy.

But after making some trade-offs, he still wants to persevere and pursue his dream.

is also unwilling to use the traffic stars arranged by the employer.

He also thought about it, if this drama really encountered Waterloo, he would lose money on the street.

Then he will honestly follow his old profession in the next drama and make low-budget comedies to pay off his debts.

"When will you use the theme song, Senior Brother Cao?" After Lin Xi finished reading it, he already had a rough idea in his heart that he was going to give out the song.

"I'm not in a hurry, the movie is scheduled to be released for the Spring Festival, and it will be more than a month later. But Lin Xi, if you can write it out earlier, of course it's best. It can be used early to promote it. Cao Ziquan said.

"That's fine. I'll write it out in two days, and you'll see if it's okay then. Lin Xi nodded.

If it's another type of movie, maybe the theme song or something, Lin Xi has to think about it and think about it.

But campus youth love movies, then he has too much in his mind.

And a lot of them are high-quality songs, which can be said to be classics.

No way.

Lin Xi's entertainment industry in his previous life was like this, there is a saying called 'bad movies have come out of the divine comedy since ancient times'.

Many movies and TV series are bad, but the theme song is very nice and classic.

Cao Ziquan, a campus youth love movie, has a relatively old-fashioned routine, or it is similar to the regrets of most people's adolescence.

It's nothing more than two innocent men and women who had a good impression of each other when they were in middle school at the time, had a lot of good memories, and had an agreement to see the outside world together in the future, but in the end, because of various misunderstandings and mistakes, they finally drifted apart and missed each other.

But Cao Ziquan did not sell dog blood, and there was no exaggerated plot of disturbing brawls, school bullying, and abortion and taking medicine.

Even if the hero and heroine have a misunderstanding, they can't get together in the end, which becomes the regret of youth.

But it has always maintained a faint warmth.

filmed the most innocent beauty of adolescence.

When people can watch it, they have a full sense of substitution, sadness, but after reading it, their hearts are warm, and they will have a smile on their faces when they see the end.

So Lin Xi said that this movie was shot very well.

Although the hero and heroine are newcomers and do not have any fan base, they are two selected by Cao Ziquan after going to the film academy and interviewing hundreds of people.

Appearance, acting skills, and image are all very suitable for the movie.

Except for the old-fashioned subject matter, there are no shortcomings in all aspects.

Cao Ziquan is pessimistic about this movie, but Lin Xi is quite optimistic, thinking that the final box office may not be bad.

Of course.

Lin Xi is also sure that the three million that Cao Ziquan asked himself and Bai Lu to compose the theme song are worth it!

(End of chapter)