On the way back to the rental house, Chen Qi fell into deep thought. He was thinking about which work on earth would be more appropriate to remake.

First of all, it must be a small cost. He and Xu Bunian don't have much money, and they can't afford it if the investment is too big.

Secondly, it has to be a comedy. Even if it is a small cost investment, they still have to consider the return, and comedy for all ages can be more pleasing in the market.

Finally, the visual effects of the whole movie should not be too light, and the various shooting techniques and techniques should not be too monotonous. After all, his main purpose in preparing this movie was to learn something, and if it was too monotonous, it would be meaningless.

If you filter it in this way, the search scope will be narrowed down a lot.

Chen Qi silently looked at the scenery outside the window, but in his mind, he was trying to recall the small-budget comedy movies he had watched, not to mention, he could think of quite a lot, and there were them at home and abroad.

But which one is more suitable?

He struggled silently.

Back in the rental room, he reached out and swiped his hand over the ring, and a familiar virtual screen quickly appeared.

Chen Qi easily typed in the search box a few low-budget movies that he was impressed by.

Well, it's all included in the system.

Thinking about it, what impresses him must be some high-quality works, and it is normal to find them in the system.

He opened these movies and watched them one by one, and watched them very carefully.

He doesn't look at the plot, he looks at their colors, their visuals, and their expressions......

Near the evening, he finished watching all the impressive domestic comedies and had an idea in his heart.

That's it!

"Nobody"!

The plot should have a plot, it should be funny, and it should have connotation.

He had it all.

made up his mind, he didn't delay any longer, and directly opened his notebook and began to organize the script.

He has no experience in writing scripts, but it is no problem to copy all the plot and lines of this movie.

Because this movie is not directed by himself, he has neither scenes nor scenes, but simply retells the entire plot and lines.

He gave the story, as for how to storyboard, how to perform, and how to edit, it depends on the ability of the director he found.

Two days later, Chen Qi, who had sorted out all the scripts, went straight to Xu Bunian's future film and television.

After coming to Future Film and Television, Chen Qi directly handed over the script to Xu Bunian and said, "The script is written, you can take it to the project first." ”

"So fast?" Xu Bunian took the script and flipped through it curiously.

Well, I don't seem to be able to see anything from the script alone.

But maybe because it was from Chen Qi's hand, Xu Bunian felt that it seemed to be very powerful just by looking at the lines of text on the paper.

After putting away the script, Xu Bunian also took out a folder and handed it over, saying, "I have listed the list of qualified film and television companies and directors according to your requirements, can you take a look?"

"Okay. Chen Qi took it and opened it directly.

There are more than a dozen film and television companies, and there are seven or eight directors with their names.

"Do these directors have time, right?" asked Chen Qi.

"Yes. ”

"What about fame?"

"All of them have works that have a box office of hundreds of millions. ”

Chen Qi looked at the names on the list carefully, and suddenly asked, "Is there any director among these directors whose recent works are not doing well at the box office?"

Hearing this, Xu Bunian was obviously stunned for a moment, "Yes...... Yes. ”

"Which one?"

"The last one. Xu Bunian pointed to the last name on the list.

"Zhou Xiao?"

"Yes. ”

"The box office of the works he has made in the past two years has not been good?"

It is no exaggeration to say that the film and television companies that invested in this drama at that time have not recovered until now. ”

Chen Qi: "......"

"No, he made such a big fuss about this last year, haven't you heard?" Xu Bunian looked at him with some puzzlement.

Chen Qi glanced at him, and said lightly: "I was still a student at the time, and I didn't have time to fall in love, how could I have time to pay attention to these things?"

"......" Xu Bunian was speechless for a moment, and then asked with some apprehension: "You don't want to shoot him, do you?" It is said that after he lost money in his last movie, no one dared to invest in him. ”

"I'll look at the movies he's made first. Chen Qi was not in a hurry to make a decision.

"No......" Xu Bunian was also a little puzzled, "There are seven or eight people here, why do you have to find someone who has fallen?"

"It's cheap!" Chen Qi looked confident.

"......" Xu Bunian felt that what he said made sense.

Chen Qi grinned.

Cheapness is of course one of the main reasons, but the other reason is that such people can negotiate with a higher success rate.

is a director who is in the limelight now, and it's really hard to say whether he can talk about it, after all, their investment is only twenty or thirty million, and people may not really look at it.

"What about film and television companies? You won't be looking for people who have been losing money year after year, right?" Xu Bunian quipped.

"Is there such a thing?" Chen Qi's eyes lit up.

Xu Bunian was immediately stupid, "Are you serious?"

"Heh......" Chen Qi laughed, "as long as they have the ability to distribute and the channels for publicity, what does it matter if they lose money year after year? Isn't it easier for us to talk to such a company?"

Xu Bunian looked at him blankly, feeling that he really couldn't keep up with the train of thought of these young people.

Every step he took was walking in places he didn't expect!

Nowadays, young people like to go off the rails so much?

After being stunned for two seconds, he said in a daze: "I don't know if there are any consecutive losses, but the performance of the companies ranked lower on the list is relatively worse." ”

Chen Qi nodded, indicating that he knew how he was sorted.

"By the way, Zhao Wu and Bai Xiaoke aren't busy during this time, right?" he suddenly thought of something.

"I'm not busy, what's wrong?" Xu Bunian looked at him a little blankly.

His future film and television has just been established, although he also had some connections in the circle before, but he can't use much, so his current resources are very limited, or even almost none.

If it weren't for the fact that they had accumulated a little bit of affection when filming the second season of "Wan Wan" some time ago, now Bai Xiaoke and they probably wouldn't even have a chance to play tricks.

"The two of them are one of the main actors in this movie, and you ask them to hurry up and practice the mountain city dialect. Chen Qi said.

In line with the purpose of not flowing into the fields of outsiders, he gave the roles of the two robbers to Zhao Wu and Bai Xiaoke.

He is not familiar with the actors in this world or anything, and it is better to give others an understanding of Zhao and Wu, anyway, the two of them are a bit similar to the prototype, and it should be no problem to play this role well.

"Oh, good. Xu Bunian was not too surprised by his decision, after all, Zhao Wu and Bai Xiaoke were dug by him, and it was not surprising that he would help them if he could.

"Okay, I'll study the works of this director Zhou first. Chen Qi turned on a computer next to him and directly entered Zhou Xiao's name in the search box.

To his surprise, Director Zhou was still quite young, and the information on the Internet showed that he was not yet thirty years old.

He has made a total of two movies, the first one was two years ago, with a box office of nearly 200 million. Another one was last year, with a box office of less than 20 million.

Well, he also graduated from the Art Department of Beijing Normal University.

After a brief look at his information, Chen Qi found his first movie and opened it to watch.

This is a suspense comedy, the plot of the whole movie is very tight, and the director brings out that immersive tension to the fullest through the use of various shots.

Chen Qi watched it all without falling a frame. Then, he opened his second work.

This is an action movie that claims to have an investment of up to 200 million.

Not...... How to say it. From a viewer's point of view, some of the fight sequences in this movie are quite exciting, but that's also the only highlight of the film.

The plot is a bit retarded, and a lot of logic doesn't make sense. In addition, the acting skills of those actors are also indescribable......

However, the plot is mentally retarded, it should be the screenwriter's pot, right? The actor didn't play well, but it was related to the director, but isn't it impossible to blame the director?

After watching the latter movie, Chen Qi also sympathized with this Director Zhou.

What a miserable director!

He then searched for other information about him on the Internet, and found that he didn't seem to have moved much in the past year, and he looked like he was about to be forgotten.

After a brief thought, he dialed his number using the contact information on the list.

"Hey?" the call was quickly picked up, and the voice sounded a little tired.

"Hello, is it Director Zhou Xiao?" Chen Qi said busily.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Chen Qi, you may not know him. I called you mainly to talk to you about cooperation, I wonder if you are interested?"

"Chen Qi?Chen Qi of "Never Expected"?" What surprised Chen Qi was that the other party actually knew him.

"Yes, yes, it's me. ”

The other party was silent for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by cooperation?"

"I have a script here, and I want you to direct it. ”

Zhou Xiao was silent again, and after a while, he spoke again: "Where are you?"

"The capital. ”

"Okay, you give me an address. ”

"Good. After hanging up the phone, Chen Qi wanted to send him the address of a nearby restaurant or café, but after thinking about it, he finally sent him the address of the future film and television.

After sending the message, he continued to search for information about those film and television companies.

The order of his inquiries is from back to front.

He was noticeably more interested in companies that had been losing money year after year.

He checked the film and television dramas they had invested in and the related box office, he checked their reputation, checked their status and influence in the circle, anyway, he checked all the information he could find on the Internet.

More than an hour later, he counted only five of the dozen or so film and television companies on the list.

The other eight or nine were all eliminated by him for various reasons.