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The reason why Germanic Motors was the first to contact Li Wei's studio this time is actually related to the company's habit of sponsoring movies.Germanic Motors has always been the main car sponsor of the classic spy movie "The Seventh Agent", and sometimes the release time of "The Seventh Agent" will be changed in order to coincide with the release of the new German car company.It's just that the amount of sponsorship requested by Li Wei's studio for "Wild Speed" surprised Germanic Motors. cost-effective.Therefore, after Li Wei came up with the sponsorship plan, publicity plan and some storyboards of the film, Germanic Motors said that it needed to hold a board meeting to evaluate it.

Li Wei said that it is understandable, after all, this cooperation represents the cooperation of at least three films in the future.This is a very prudent matter for Li Wei's studio or German Automobile Company, and it is also reasonable for them to hold a board meeting for discussion.The two parties friendly expressed that they would continue the discussion a month later, so Li Wei and the others drove away from the headquarters of the German Automobile Company in Donghai.

In addition to this big-budget action movie at Li Wei Studio, Li Wei's plan is to shoot another youth idol movie within this year.The genre of youth idol drama can be regarded as the creation of Li Wei, and the creative filmmakers naturally introduced this category into movies.It's a pity that the genre of youth idol films has gone further and further on the road of development, and it has almost become a genre of movies that everyone complains about.

As far as the current youth idol films are concerned, they basically invite traffic Xiaohua or Xiaoxianrou to play the leading role. These actors have no acting skills at all, and almost every minute and every scene makes the audience feel deep embarrassment.In addition to the perfunctory actors, the script is even more ridiculous.In youth idol dramas, it seems that a girl is not a heroine if she is not raped, has an abortion, or commits suicide, and a boy is not a hero if he does not smoke, drink, or fight.And the audience all sighed, which era of student days is this?Even in the current campus, there are absolutely very few plots in the movie.Using the stories of a very few people to touch the vast majority of people, this is something no film master can do!

The character you choose can be a case, but the emotions shown in this case must be experienced by everyone, such as the crush on the same table, such as the first love that was rejected just after confessing, such as the emotional fetters between upper and lower bunk brothers Wait, this is the youth that most people experience.Moreover, the themes of youth idol films are often very negative, even corrupt.Although some directors deliberately exaggerate the theme of the movie in order to obtain a slightly looser rating, the result feels like the Hobbit COS Yao Ming is playing the center. Do you think it looks good?

On the contrary, Li Wei praised Japanese youth films on the earth plane. Although there are some negative elements in Japanese youth films, their main theme is still inspiring.For example, some encourage you to study hard and go to a good school, some encourage you to be brave and love without regret, and some teach you to love your friends and family.Although Li Wei believes that movies are entertainment products and should not bear the responsibility of civilizing the society and educating the people, but since you are a socialized product, you still have to bear some social responsibilities.Therefore, Li Wei feels that if the theme of youth films can be more uplifting and the selection of story materials can be more active, then the entire youth idol film may be more acceptable to everyone.

Because it is his first youth idol film, Li Wei did not choose the theme of love, which is a bad street, but the "college entrance examination", which everyone has no way to avoid, must be faced in adolescence.

"This is the script of "The Brilliant Red Maple", you can take a look." Li Wei distributed the script to the film review meeting in Li Wei's studio.

This review meeting is composed of high-level executives from Li Wei's studio, mainly to evaluate the success probability of Li Wei's film and whether it will be shot or not.And Li Wei's "Red Maple Brilliant" script is adapted from the classic comic TV series "Dragon Cherry" in Japan on the earth plane.The inspirational level of the script is of course very high. A "super bad school" where no students have ever been admitted to undergraduates, a former gangster who came to the school to do social teaching work because of a sentence, six characters with different personalities but all of them have poor grades Poor students... This is such a combination, they are working hard towards Yanjing University, the best prestigious school in China.

Since the original script was an 11-episode TV series, Li Wei had to make substantial cuts to the original script.For example, reducing the number of students can reduce some unnecessary side plots and at the same time make the main story more clear.For this reason, Li Wei also made a setting for the original super bad school Red Maple High School, that is, this high school has insufficient enrollment due to its low enrollment rate all year round, so the school is about to face the bad luck of closing down and merging.It is precisely because of this sword of Damocles hanging over their heads that both teachers and students are working harder to change the fate of their alma mater.

"It's a very interesting story, and there are almost no films of the same type in the market." Marketing Director Song Hengqing quickly gave his evaluation, "I think if the film gets a good box office, we can sell an adaptation of a TV series Authorization. Because I think this movie is a bit unfinished, and it may be better to need a TV series with more than ten episodes to carry it."

"Well, the story is indeed interesting. It is indeed very rare to start with the college entrance examination." CEO He Zhao also nodded in approval, "And the theme of the story is very positive. I guess the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture On the one hand, I am very happy to see the appearance of this film. I suggest to apply for the National Education Promotion Fund, which will not only reduce part of our costs, but the important thing is that this film will become a nationally recognized and promoted film, which will help us get more A good film arrangement has a certain auxiliary effect."

The internal review meeting unanimously approved Li Wei's "The Brilliant Red Maple", so the pre-shooting began.The film not only needs to contact a high school to participate in live-action shooting, but also needs to find enough beautiful actors.There are three protagonists in the whole movie. The male protagonist is naturally Mr. Mu Jian who came to Hongfeng High School as a teacher after being sentenced; the female protagonists are Jiang Yamei and Lu Jiaxin. Changing her own destiny, Lu Jiaxin is a rebellious woman from a wealthy family.According to Li Wei's setting, Teacher Mu Jian must be a middle-aged handsome uncle, and he must also be a beautiful uncle with a sense of evil; Jiang Yamei is a girl who has a little inferiority but is stubborn; A girl with a strong heart but a simple personality.As for the other actors, Li Wei felt that the group of children from the Qilin Arts School could be used to make up the number.Anyway, it's just a group performance, without any key lines or shots, the current acting skills of this group of children are sufficient.Only the three leading actors have dystocia!

When Li Wei's studio was looking for the leading actors of "The Splendid Red Maple", German Motor Company finally sent an invitation, hoping to conduct a second consultation on the sponsorship of "Wild Speed".Li Wei and others were naturally happy to see this result, because the other party's willingness to conduct a second negotiation meant that at least most of their requests had been approved by the other party's board of directors.As for how much sponsorship you can get, it's up to everyone to see the truth at the negotiating table.

Li Wei was also unambiguous here, and went directly to the negotiation venue on the day agreed by everyone.It did not go beyond the expectations of Li Wei and others. The other party really put on a look of embarrassment at first, and then reluctantly said that the sponsorship could be slightly increased, but it was far from what Li Wei and others asked for.

"Everyone, let's open the skylight and tell the truth. My "Wild Speed" project is about to be established. If we continue to linger like this, it will not be good for both of us." Li Wei interjected, "Since you are willing to carry out The second negotiation means that your company's board of directors has granted you a higher authority, so please don't get entangled in the details, just tell me what is your bottom line? If you can't agree, we will end here Negotiate, so as not to waste the precious time of both parties."

Hearing Li Wei's rather tough question, Germanic Motor Company was a little timid.In fact, the board of directors is very optimistic about Li Wei's movie, because the main prop in the movie is the car, and the car chase in various harsh environments is actually a positive publicity for the performance of the car.And if this amount can be used to obtain the priority signing rights for the next two sequels, the company thinks it is still worth it.Either the movie is a complete hit, or the whole movie is a vulgar commercial movie, and it should be treated as the company spending money to burn an advertisement.But if the movie is popular, and if it is popular enough to shoot a sequel with more than two episodes in a row, then Germanic Motors will completely make money.The reason why Donghai headquarters is still chattering is because they want to save some money.But if Li Wei really leaves in a huff, then it is estimated that there will be high-level turmoil in the East China Sea headquarters.

So the commercial director smiled awkwardly: "Since it is Director Li's work, we are naturally willing to cooperate 100%. But because it involves a very large sponsorship, we hope that the film can be shown to us before it is released. At the same time, if possible, we The new commercial also hopes that Director Li will edit excerpts from the movie, I wonder if these two requirements can be met?"

"Of course, since we are our chief sponsor, we will of course reach a consensus with you before the release." Li Wei didn't leave after eating clean, "I will also edit the commercial according to your needs. But I hope you can understand one thing, that is, our release schedule is planned, and we estimate that it will be difficult to adjust. So if you have any needs for our release schedule, please let us know as soon as possible, and we can discuss and see if we can Satisfied. Once we have finalized the file, it is almost impossible to modify it. I wonder if your company can abide by this point?"

"You are a professional in movies, and we will not interfere with professionals." The commercial director replied with a smile.

Because the two parties have reached a consensus, the remaining thing is to discuss the details of the contract between the two legal counsels.A week later, Li Wei's studio formally signed a contract with German Motors on the sponsorship of "Fast Speed".This sponsorship contract worth up to 5 million (including some vehicle sponsorships) immediately ignited the movie circle, and many people lamented that Li Wei made money before making a film.

But Li Wei revealed in a private occasion, "Who told you that the production cost of this movie is 5 million? Our special effects production cost is almost 3 million yuan. The 5 million sponsorship amount is not enough for us to spend. !"

As soon as Li Wei's words came out, the movie circle was once again in an uproar!