Chapter 39: Familiar at First Sight
Li Mi and Jian Mingxi had just arrived at the station on the front foot when they received a message from the company's front desk.
Inform Li Mi that Zhou Wenjun, who made an appointment with her to meet today, had arrived in advance.
Li Mi looked at the time, there were still almost two hours before the agreed time, he didn't expect Zhou Wenjun to arrive so early.
Got into the car sent by the company, and simply went to the company with the luggage, and then talked about it after seeing someone first.
"Please help me leave my luggage at the front desk."
Li Mi thanked the driver, took the money and asked the driver to drink water, and the driver, who was supposed to travel for work, naturally agreed.
"You will ...... in a while" In the elevator, Li Mi turned his head to remind Jian Mingxi a few words, looking at Jian Mingxi, who was slightly tired because he had been filming and catching the car, suddenly changed his words again, "It's nothing, I'm just chatting today." β
Jian Mingxi didn't ask much, but keenly felt Li Mi's nervousness, which was not obvious, but it was enough to prove that Li Mi attached great importance to this little-known director.
Pushing open the door of the conference room, Zhou Wenjun, who was originally sitting, got up.
His half-length hair was naturally curly, barely tied behind his head with a rubber band, revealing a face that seemed to have not eaten for three days.
The first impression of the future feature film director is that he is thin, and the wide and ill-fitting suit seems to be pressed against him.
The second impression is unhealthy, bruised dark circles, and a red rosacea that is only due to alcoholism.
Li Mi reluctantly recalled Zhou Wenjun, who he had seen at the film festival in his previous life, except that he was dressed more decently than now, and now he was younger than in his previous life, it didn't seem to be much different.
"You... Hello, I... Zhou Wenjun. β
Subconsciously, Zhou Wenjun avoided Li Mi's eyes, lowered his head slightly and stretched out his hand crampedly, and even stammered a little nervously.
"Hello, I'm Li Mi, the agent of Damai Entertainment, and this is the rookie actor Jian Mingxi signed by our company." Li Mi smiled and shook hands with Zhou Wenjun, followed by Jian Mingxi, and then sat down.
Sensing Zhou Wenjun's obvious social fear, Li Mi did not sit with him, but sat next to him in a separate position, so that he could not speak face to face.
Because of this small action, Zhou Wenjun relaxed a lot, took out a stack of manuscript paper from his shabby briefcase and handed it over.
"This is the script I mentioned in the text message, you can take a look at it first."
After taking the script, Li Mi was a little surprised, it turned out to be a whole handwriting, it is estimated that the time to write it is not short, and the manuscript paper is a little yellowed.
Li Mi spread the script on the table and slowly flipped through it with Jian Mingxi.
Li Mi has brushed the movie "Dumb" more than once, and the storyline has long been familiar with it, but the content of the movie is still a little different from the original manuscript, and she also watched it with relish.
Jian Mingxi saw the script for the first time, and it was difficult to even have a line, let alone a script, in the film and television city, so he also read it very seriously.
After reading everything, Li Mixian said in surprise, "You gave all the scripts?" β
"Yes." Zhou Wenjun nodded, and rubbed the corners of his clothes uneasily, "Is it because you are not satisfied with the content?" β
"No, you're mistaken, it's a good script with great content and profoundness." Li Mi smiled and shook his head, "It's just that according to the rules, we haven't cooperated yet, you only need to give us a third of the content to browse." β
This rule is naturally to protect the creator and prevent the possibility of leaking the content of the script.
Hearing Li Mi's praise, Zhou Wenjun smiled a little, "You were introduced by my senior brother, no problem." β
Li Mi and Zhou Wenjun chatted briefly, but Jian Mingxi's eyes were still staring at the script, and even turned it up a second time.
"Mingxi, how do you see it?" Li Mi had to open his mouth to interrupt Jian Mingxi's input.
Jian Mingxi raised his head, there was curiosity in his eyes that Li Mi had never seen before, and he asked Zhou Wenjun directly, "Isn't he born dumb, right?" β
As soon as the words came out, Li Mi and Zhou Wenjun were stunned for a moment.
"Yes, yes, you see that? My script should be written very unobviously. Zhou Wenjun even forgot about social fear now, and sat directly next to Jian Mingxi, "How do you see it?" β
Seeing Jian Mingxi and Zhou Wenjun talking about the content of the script when they met each other, Li Mi didn't interject for a while, and finally shook his head and smiled silently, got up and took a glass of water for each of them.
In fact, in the finished film, the plot has been telling the audience through fragmented information that the protagonist is born dumb.
The natural physical illness seems to represent more of a destiny misfortune, and only by repeatedly revisiting this film, through the clues in it, can the audience find that his dumb illness is not born, but another metaphor.
Even Li Mi found out about this after reading an article by a well-known film critic at the time.
But Jian Mingxi only read the script briefly and found the biggest metaphor of this movie.
Zhou Wenjun and Jian Mingxi almost chatted about the important information of the protagonist before they felt a little dry mouth, so they picked up the water on the table and took a big sip.
It was also this action that reminded the two of them of the existence of another person in the conference room.
"I'm sorry, I forget about business when we talk." Zhou Wenjun apologized first, holding the paper cup with more shame, "Thank you for the water." β
"It's okay, the lead actor and director can hit it off at first sight, isn't it the biggest joy for a movie?" Li Mi smiled and revealed this little thing.
Zhou Wenjun heard the meaning of the strings, and raised his head in surprise, "You mean, you are willing to invest in my script?" β
Li Mi blinked and looked innocent, "You two hit it off, I'm not good at beating mandarin ducks, right?" β
A witty remark, but it also shows the willingness to cooperate.
It was Jian Mingxi who rarely refuted Li Mi, "There are no mandarin ducks." β
Although the three quickly reached a consensus, the specific project cooperation still needs to be approved by the company's internal approval.
After Li Mi sent Zhou Wenjun away, he gave Jian Mingxi a vacation, and returned to his workstation to draw up a project application and submit it to Feng Weiwei for review.
After submitting it, he got up and wanted to go to the boss's office to walk through the back door, and asked Feng Weiwei to review it in advance, but he bumped into Sheng Hong who came out of the office.
"Xiaomi, long time no see." Sheng Hong took the initiative to say hello, and seemed to be quite proud, "I heard that you went to visit Xinle for me, I was still thinking about when to invite you to dinner, why did you come back suddenly?" β
Li Mi tugged at the corners of her mouth, "It's been a long time." Visiting the class is the task of the company, and it is enough to eat. Speaking of suddenness, I was also surprised to see you here, shouldn't you stay with Zhang Xinle in the crew for a month of leave? β
Sheng Hong smiled unabated, but didn't answer this, "I thought you hated me, but I didn't expect to care so much about my movements." I have something to do, so I'll treat you to dinner another day. β
Watching Sheng Hong bypass himself and leave, Li Mi pushed open the door of Feng Weiwei's office.
Just finished talking to Sheng Hong, Feng Weiwei seemed to be in a good mood, "I just saw your approval, tell me the situation briefly." β
"There's no hurry, Sister Weiwei, what did Senior Sheng tell you, I see that you are very happy, and I am happy to say it."
Feng Weiwei glanced at Li Mi, who was not in shape, but she didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly, "It's a good thing." Sheng Hong has run a lot of relationships this month, led a lot of resources to the company, and just contacted some. There are also movies and television, maybe you can still use them. β
The weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, but he didn't have a good heartβLi Mi suddenly popped up this sentence in his heart.