On the morning of the second day of the crew's holiday, Zhou Yan was reading the TV series scripts sent by Huo Siqi in the studio, and Huo Jianqi knocked on the door and walked in.

"Director Zhou, do you have time now, I want to talk to you about the concert scene."

Zhou Yan looked up at Huo Jianqi, then got up and pointed to the sofa, "You sit down first." ”

Huo Jian nodded and went to sit down on the sofa.

Zhou Yan poured tea for Huo Jianqi and asked, "Do you have any new ideas?" ”

This scene, Zhou Yan arranged for Huo Jianqi to plan, and the plan had been set before.

"Well, I think it's better to have a concert."

When planning this scene before, there were two plans, one was to hold a concert in real time, so that not only would you not give money to the group performers, but you could also make money and save costs for the filming of the movie. The other is to find a group performer, so although it can't save money, it is much more convenient to schedule.

In the end, after discussion, they chose the latter in order to ensure the shooting effect of the movie.

But now, Huo Jianqi said that it would be better to hold a concert, which made Zhou Yan a little puzzled.

Zhou Yan handed the teacup to Huo Jianqi, "Director Huo, what do you think?" There is only half a month left before the filming of this scene, and now we will have a lot of trouble if we change our plans temporarily. ”

"I didn't really want to save money, I wanted to use this concert to promote our film. Finding a group actor can better ensure the effect of shooting, but there is nothing special about it. And if we organize a concert for this scene, then when the later announcement is made, there will be a lot of points. ”

Zhou Yan sat down opposite Huo Jianqi, and he looked at Huo Jianqi with a face full of surprise.

If Xiao Can came over to say this today, he would not be surprised at all, Xiao Can's talent in directing is far inferior to Huo Jianqi and Lou Ye, but Xiao Can is more pragmatic and will take into account all aspects of the movie.

But when Huo Jianqi said this, Zhou Yan was really surprised, when will Huo Jianqi care about the announcement?

In Zhou Yan's view, Huo Jianqi should only focus on the shooting effect of the movie.

Zhou Yan pondered for a while and said, "From the perspective of publicity, organizing a concert is indeed a good gimmick, but I am thinking about two points now, first, there is still half a month to go, whether the concert can go smoothly, a large-scale concert, not that it can be held casually." Second, it is also an old problem, whether the shooting effect can be guaranteed. ”

"I can answer the second question, I have been planning carefully during this time, and I want to shoot the movie at the same time as the concert, and there is no problem at all. I also wrote a proposal for this. ”

Huo Jianqi handed the plan in his hand to Zhou Yan.

There are only two pieces of paper in the plan, Zhou Yan took it and looked at it, Huo Jianqi made plans for the shooting shots and personnel scheduling in the plan, and the feasibility is indeed quite high.

"Not bad."

"As for the first question, I need to ask you Director Zhou, you are a professional in this area. Also, I have an idea that I don't know if it's feasible or not. ”

"What thoughts?"

"Since we are not primarily trying to save costs, this concert is free for everyone. However, in order to expand the publicity effect, it is necessary to participate in the lottery to get the opportunity to attend the concert. ”

Zhou Yan squinted his eyes, Huo Jianqi really complicated things.

Originally, the time was so short, it was not necessarily too late to hold a concert, and it was even more troublesome to hold a lottery.

Now it is no more than in the Internet era thirty years later, and the lottery can be conducted directly online.

It's very troublesome to conduct a lottery these days, not to mention anything else, just counting the lottery results is enough for them to drink a pot.

Moreover, the lottery can only be drawn from Yanjing, and it is impossible to expand to the whole country in a short period of time.

However, Huo Jianqi can have such an idea, which makes Zhou Yan impressed, regardless of whether this plan is feasible or not, at least Huo Jianqi thinks about it.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "Don't shoot this scene for the time being." ”

Huo Jianqi was stunned, "Director Zhou, what do you mean?" Even if you don't agree with my plan, we can continue with the original plan. ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I mean, you can leave this shot for the back, the Piano Youth Orchestra is going to the UK to hold a concert in the summer, and when the crew organizes some people to come over and shoot directly at the concert site, just follow your plan." ”

Huo Jianqi's plan is very good, and basically it will not affect the normal progress of the concert.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Huo Jianqi's eyes lit up, "This dare is good, in this way, all the problems will be solved, and if all the foreign faces are sitting on the scene, the effect of this scene will be better." ”

The concert scene was originally intended to show that Lin Ai had become a well-known musician, in this case, the pomp and circumstance must be enough, and if the audience at the scene were all foreigners, the convincing power would definitely be stronger.

"Then please make a list of people who need to go abroad, and report it to Tomson when you go back, this matter must be arranged in advance, and the procedures for so many people to go abroad are still quite troublesome."

"I understand, Director Zhou, I'll sum it up when I go back in a while."

After the question was implemented, Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "Director Huo, I'm curious, when did you start caring about the issue of movie promotion?" ”

Huo Jianqi smiled embarrassedly, "Actually, it's not me, it's my wife, she has been idle lately and has nothing to do, and she is very concerned about the filming of our movie." ”

Hearing that it was Su Xiaowei's idea, Zhou Yan smiled, which is reasonable.

Su Xiaowei is a very aggressive woman, and she especially supports Huo Jianqi's career.

Although Su Xiaowei is also a screenwriter, in terms of business, she has to build a few streets.

"Director Su hasn't been busy lately, didn't you say she was busy writing scripts before?"

Su Xiaowei is the deputy director of the Film and Television Department of the Central Propaganda Literature and Art Bureau, and was also a top student at Yenching Normal University.

Later, many of Huo Jian's movies were written by Su Xiaowei, such as "The Winner" and "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog".

"The script has been written."

When he said this, Huo Jianqi unconsciously picked up the teacup in front of him and lowered his head to drink.

Huo Jianqi's actions revealed some embarrassment, which was keenly captured by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan guessed that Huo Jianqi might still have something to say to himself, and it was most likely related to Su Xiaowei's script.

Huo Jianqi has always wanted to make movies independently, and a few years ago he went to the Yanjing factory and took the initiative to ask Ying.

Chen Zhigu also cherished his talent and expressed his willingness to help him, but he needed him to find a good script.

In the past few years, Huo Jianqi has been looking for a suitable script.

When Zhou Yan invited him to join the director team of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", he had not yet found a suitable script, and the Yanjing Factory has changed a lot now, even if he finds the script, the Yanjing Factory may not help him.

Even if Yanjing Factory is willing to help him, it will only help him form a team, and will not pay for it, after all, Yanjing Factory itself is short of money now, so how can there be any spare money to make movies for him.

Now that Su Xiaowei has written the script, Huo Jianqi must have an idea.

"What is written in Director Su's script, can you tell me?" Zhou Yan asked.

Hearing Zhou Yan take the initiative to ask, Huo Jianqi's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, he immediately put down the teacup and said: "At the end of October last year, the Far South Games report group came to Yanjing, and Xiaowei also went to the scene, where she saw a young man. This young man stepped on a landmine while participating in the counterattack and became a high-ranking amputee, but he had a spirit of not admitting defeat and through hard training, he broke the world sprint record for the disabled. Later, Xiaowei wrote a script based on his story, and I said before that she wrote the script, and this is it. ”

After listening to Huo Jianqi's narration, Zhou Yan knew that what Su Xiaowei is writing now is the movie "Winner", which is Huo Jianqi's directorial debut.

"The script is good, when are you going to shoot it?"

Huo Jianqi smiled, "After the filming of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is finished, Xiaowei and I are going to pull a pull-out investment." ”

In fact, Su Xiaowei has made a few phone calls, but he has not received good news, he Huo Jianqi is not a big director, and how many bosses are willing to invest?

Zhou Yan held his chin and thought for a while, and said, "Go back and bring me the script, I'll take a look, if I can, I'll send the script to Tomson to see, maybe Tomson can help you solve the funding problem." ”

Huo Jianqi subconsciously wanted to be polite, but the polite words came to his mouth and were swallowed back by him, and finally he nodded and said, "Thank you, Director Zhou." ”

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "No thanks, in the end, it depends on whether your script can impress Mr. Xu, and the most I can do is to help introduce you." ”

"Director Zhou, don't worry, no matter what, I will help you finish "The Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" well, and I won't be distracted by other things."

"It's okay, as long as you finish your own work, as for what you want to do the rest of the time, it's up to you to decide."

"Well, I see."

The two chatted for a while, and Huo Jianqi finished drinking the tea and got up to say goodbye.

He is not very expressive, although he is very grateful to Zhou Yan in his heart, but he can't say anything that is too numb.

Although Zhou Yan said that in the end, Tomson's side still had to look at the script, but Huo Jianqi knew that Zhou Yan could help introduce him, which was a great favor.

Xu Feng is a boss who really loves movies, Huo Jianqi has known it for a long time, and he has confidence in Su Xiaowei's script, and he will definitely be able to impress Xu Feng.

Moreover, the relationship between Zhou Yan and Tomson is not ordinary, with his recommendation, the success rate will naturally be higher.

……

That night, after Huo Jianqi went home, he was very happy to share the good news with his wife.

After Su Xiaowei heard it, he was also very excited, and kept praising his husband, "You elm pimple, you are finally embarrassed to talk to Director Zhou." ”

The script of "Winner" was written by Su Xiaowei in December last year.

At that time, Huo Jianqi was in the crew of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", because he knew that Zhou Yan had supported Wang Xiaoshuai and Senior Lu, so Su Xiaowei proposed to Huo Jianqi and asked him to talk to Zhou Yan and ask Zhou Yan for help.

At that time, Huo Jianqi was not very embarrassed, he felt that he had just entered the crew of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", and the movie had not yet been officially filmed, so he went to Zhou Yan to help him so much, which was really cheeky.

And before the movie is finished, thinking about his own movie is easy for Zhou Yan to misunderstand.

"Actually, I didn't mention it, but I just talked about you today, and Zhou Yan took the initiative to mention it."

Hearing Huo Jianqi say this, Su Xiaowei said with emotion, "This Director Zhou is really a benevolent and righteous person, no wonder your crew is so cohesive." Who wouldn't want to work with someone who can make them thrive? Regardless of whether Tomson can succeed or not, we all have to thank Zhou Yan. What you can do at the moment is to help him make a good movie. ”

"It's my job to make a good movie."

"Then I'll find a chance to thank him later."

"That's for sure." Huo Jianqi breathed a long sigh of relief, "If this can be done, we don't need to contact other investors." ”

"Hmm." Su Xiaowei nodded.

In fact, what Huo Jianqi didn't know was that Su Xiaowei had made a lot of calls during this time.

Huo Jianqi was embarrassed, but Su Xiaowei couldn't help but plan for her husband.

Seeing that the filming of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is coming to an end, Su Xiaowei will make a lot of phone calls every day during this time, after all, she is the deputy director of the film and television department, and she has some relationship.

But when things come into place, you will find that many relationships are not very useful.

She didn't count them specifically, but she had made at least seventy or eighty phone calls during that time.

These seventy or eighty phone calls went out, and there was not a single good news.

After all, she is a deputy director, and most of them are polite and say anything to consider, but in fact, they refuse, because they didn't ask about the script at all.

There are also some people, after listening to the script, said that they can also vote, but they are all thousands of yuan, one or two thousand.

Su Xiaowei's goal is not high, he can get one million, but tens of thousands of people have to make it up, when will this be made?

During this time, after making so many phone calls, Su Xiaowei's biggest feeling was: It's really difficult to turn into a relationship.

However, Su Xiaowei did not give up, she was still ready to continue playing, if there is no news from seventy or eighty calls, then call one hundred, and if one hundred calls fail, two hundred calls.

My husband's debut work must be a success.

……

The next day, after the holiday of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", Huo Jianqi returned to Jiangjuntuo and brought the script of "Winner" with him.

Zhou Yan read the script carefully, and the script is somewhat different from the finished film, but it is generally the same.

Then he didn't waste time, and called Xu Feng in front of Huo Jianqi.

After receiving Zhou Yan's call, Xu Feng was very happy, "What, is there something wrong with the crew and you need my sister's help?" ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Sister Feng, how can I listen to your tone, if there is a problem with the crew, you are quite happy?" ”

"The main thing is that you are too worry-free, I don't have to worry about anything, and I don't have a sense of accomplishment."

"That's going to disappoint you, the crew didn't have any problems at all, everything was going on in an orderly manner. Calling you, there are two things to say, one is that we are going to postpone the filming of the concert scene. ”

"Delayed shooting, why?"

"Isn't the Piano Boys Orchestra going to give concerts in the UK in the summer? We're going to shoot in the UK when the time comes, so it's not to save you money. ”

"Hey, what kind of money did the crew save when they went abroad? It's not bad if you don't spend too much. Xu Feng smiled, and then said, "But don't worry, I will definitely support this matter, even if it exceeds the budget, there is no problem, and if the budget is overrun within one million, you can decide directly." ”

Huo Jianqi listened to it directly, he wanted to raise one million in order to make a movie, and he scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, but here in Zhou Yan, he didn't have to report to investors if he overspent by one million.

People can't be compared with each other.

But this is understandable, after all, Zhou Yan has made two movies, both of which are big hits, and he has already helped Tomson earn a lot of money.

In the past two years, Tomson Film Company has been in full swing, and the momentum is very strong, in addition to the success of "Farewell My Concubine", it is the two movies made by Zhou Yan.

Many people say that Xu Feng, the Bole, is really lucky, and he found two thousand-mile horses at once.

The two directors, Chen Kaige and Zhou Yan, are now the faces of Tomson Film Company.

However, Zhou Yan is still a little different from Chen Kaige, Chen Kaige only cooperates with Tomson Film Company, and he is also the director of Yanjing Studio, but Zhou Yan is different, Zhou Yan is free from the system, and he not only has a film contract with Tomson, but also an agency contract.

In the final analysis, Zhou Yan is his own family, and Chen Kaige is just an outsourcer.

In addition, although Zhou Yan's awards are weak, Zhou Yan's ability to make money is much stronger than Chen Kaige's.

When Zhou Yan heard Xu Feng's words, he also said with a smile, "Then thank you Sister Feng for your support, and I'll think about where to spend this million." ”

"Spending money, I'm afraid I can't figure it out?" Xu Feng laughed and asked again, "Didn't you say two things, and one more thing?" ”

When it came to the second thing, Huo Jianqi immediately became nervous and looked at Zhou Yan with a look of hope.

"Another thing is that I found you a particularly good script, and I also thoughtfully found you a good director, and now you can get an excellent movie as long as you give a little money."

Xu Feng snorted and laughed, "Why are you embarrassed to say that pulling investment is so reasonable?" ”

"Because it's really a good script, and there is a good director."

"Okay, then tell me, who is the director you want to recommend to me?"

"Huo Jianqi."

Huo Jianqi...... Sounds a little familiar, isn't it from your director team? ”

"Sister Feng, you have a really good memory."

"Then I know, since you can be selected by you to the director team, there must be no problem with your ability, but what about the script?"

"I won't tell you the script on the phone, I'll send someone to show you the script in the past two days."

"No problem, I happened to be in Shanghai during this time, if the script is suitable, I'll go to Yanjing, talk to Huo Jianqi, and go to your crew to see by the way."

"Warm welcome, when the time comes, pull up a banner for you and put on a show."

"Don't be a demon, you kid."

"What a demon, it's just a chat about the gratitude of everyone in the crew."

"Okay, okay, don't be poor, if this script is good, I'll be a producer when I go back, I'm idle during this time, I have to find something to do."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, it seems that the matter in Xu Feng's family has been solved very well, but he didn't ask about these things in front of Huo Jianqi.

"Okay, let's get back to it."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan said to Huo Jianqi with a smile, "I'll ask someone to send the script to Shanghai in a while, and it is estimated that there will be news in a week at most, so you can wait with peace of mind." (End of chapter)