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After being stuck with Xin Ye for a week, "Xin Wei" finished reading the script and asked Xie Lansheng to discuss it.They have already signed the contract, and the two parties are about to start the project.In the contract, the production rights of "To Yueyang" were transferred to Xinwei Video, which hired Lan Sheng as the chief director of the film, and Xinwei Video also enjoyed the film copyright, but Lan Sheng's script copyright was his.

Lan Sheng took his two producers there. One of them is called Lan Tian, ​​who has worked with Xie Lansheng for ten years. Also his executive director.

It was a bit cold, but the same girl was waiting at the gate of the building last time.She gave Lan Sheng a name tag, held it in her hand, stamped her feet, greeted Lan Sheng warmly when she saw him, and took him in.

Wen Yuan was not at the meeting this time.He is the senior vice president of Xinwei Video, and Xie Lansheng understands that he does not participate in every discussion.There are two men and two women in the room. In the middle is the senior vice president of Xinwei Video, in charge of Xinwei membership business. He was a famous producer named Ruan Cheng. Next to him is a big producer in the film industry named Ruan Cheng. Wu Jiuyi, the two of them have become the co-producers of "To Yueyang", and on both sides are the heads of several departments of Xinwei Films.

There are many names in the production column of the movie "Going to Yueyang". Great Japanese director—this person has made similar films, and there will be Wen Yuan, Ruan Cheng, Wu Jiuyi, etc.

The people on both sides were courteous, Xie Lansheng crossed his fingers, and asked: "Do you have any thoughts on the full text of "Going to Yueyang"?"

"The script is very good," Wu Jiuyi from Xinwei said, "'Let the audience analyze it themselves', which is very suitable for online movies. After watching the movie, the audience can go back and look for clues. Moreover, several The protagonist's experience of 'becoming an adult' is also embarrassing, and every audience can find their own shadow, which is very suitable for young people."

Xie Lansheng raised his eyebrows: "Yes."

"However, Xinwei would like to make a small suggestion for the storyboard." Wu Jiuyi smiled, "We hope that the number of shots in "Going to Yueyang" will be more than 100 shots, and the time will be less than two hours."

"..." Xie Lansheng said, "I think the current 75 shots of this movie are the most suitable. I am very good at taking long shots, so Xinwei can rest assured." Xie Lansheng's words were correct.The long shots in his movies are not ostentatious, each frame has considerable content, which is top in the industry.

"Director Xie," Wu Jiuyi was unmoved, "Xinwei Video once summarized the box office situation of literary and artistic movies, and found that all the literary and artistic movies that can pay back the cost are all over 100 shots, and the duration is all under two hours. The pace is too slow. It can't."

Xie Lansheng: "..."

"Xinwei Video is an IT company, and they have big data in their hands. In the past, film companies relied on experience, but now they can refer to data. Director Xie, this is no different from what we did in the past, but it is more scientific and It's more convincing."

Xie Lan sighed, and asked, "Is this the only thing that needs to be changed?"

Wu Jiuyi said affirmatively, "Yes."

"Okay," Xie Lansheng put on the cap of the pen, "I'm very sincere here, and I will try to increase the number of shots. The original duration of "To Yueyang" is about two hours."

Xie Lansheng just thought about it carefully, and 100 mirrors is still barely within reach.

He is more capable now.Moreover, for this film, the use of the camera may not be something he wants to be persistent, so it is not a bad idea to cooperate with one or two steps.

"OK," Wu Jiuyi said, "Then let's discuss the list of main creators of "To Yueyang"."

"Yeah." Xie Lansheng said, "I plan to use my team's executive director and assistant director..."

After a four-hour meeting, Xie Lansheng and Xinwei's staff preliminarily set the main creator, actors, trial time, and start-up time before asking Lan Tian to send him back to his home in the central villa area.

Unexpectedly, it went well.

Xie Lansheng was very surprised.

…………

This time, the new film was reviewed very quickly.It took only about seven days for the "Film Production Permit (Single Film)" of "To Yueyang" to be approved.

Xie Lansheng and Xinwei Video discussed the contract with the main creator.

Next, it's casting.

He made a preliminary intention at a previous meeting.

"Director Xie," Xie Lansheng didn't expect that during the further communication, Xinwei Video had a new idea for the actors, and they were very happy and said, "Director Xie, Zhang Youyou's manager likes the role of 'Female One' very much." .”

Xie Lansheng frowned: "Zhang Youyou?"

"Yes," Xinwei's humanity said, "Our Boss Wen is very happy. Zhang Youyou is the hottest and most popular actress on the Internet. She is well-deserved No.1 in all major lists. It’s crazy. Her Weibo has 5000 million fans, and each Weibo has hundreds of thousands of comments and hundreds of thousands of reposts. In addition, the sales of her magazines are 50 copies each time. These fans can guarantee that "Go The box office figures of "Yueyang". We did a preliminary calculation, and the box office was 5000 million, which will have a great publicity effect on the Internet in the later stage. "To Yueyang" is a literary film, and the box office of 5000 million is very high."

Xie Lansheng still couldn't believe it, and asked again: "Zhang Youyou?"

"That's right," the person from Xinwei said again, "Zhang Youyou became famous by playing those young girls. In "Campus", she is a girl full of vigor. She is 26 years old this year, and her current agent I want her to transform into a mature woman, don't always take on innocent roles, but want to take on stylish ones."

Xie Lansheng was almost laughed out of anger by Xin Wei, he said: "I didn't want to use this age. In the second half of "In Yueyang", everyone is already 36 years old. Zhang Youyou is too old for this role. When she is young, no one will believe that she has experienced the mid-life crisis in the film."

"Our President Wen has thought about this." The other party continued, "He thinks that in order to get the box office revenue that big-name stars can bring, 'a couple of young people have made an agreement to work hard for 18 years after graduation, and to be together on the day when they become famous. Go to Yueyang' This setting can be changed, for example, we can change it to 'A few young people have agreed to work hard for another 15 years from today'... They happened to be 15 years old when they were learning the text. This is the end In the second half, everyone is about 30 years old, and Zhang Youyou will do the styling, and this role will fit."

"30 years old?" Xie Lansheng frowned and said, "30 years old, the future has not yet been finalized, and it is completely impossible to give people the impact of 'dreams broken'. Only 36-year-old men and women can see the end of the road. It really cannot be younger gone."

"We understand your thoughts." At this time, Ruan Cheng, the senior vice president of Xinwei Video, who was in charge of Xinwei membership business and a former famous producer, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke. He said, "Director Xie , we understand your thoughts, and we want to respect your thoughts. But, I think, can you add a paragraph saying that the female first went to school earlier? She even skipped a grade? In this way, she was 32, 33 in the second half of the movie Years old. She liked to sing when she was in school, and 32 or 33 is enough for her to be shattered."

"..." Xie Lansheng still felt that adding this setting to the heroine in order to insert Zhang Youyou into it was really nondescript, and it would dilute the feeling of the whole film.

So he still shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Ruan, I still don't want to hire an actress of this age."

"A little change won't affect much, it's a necessary compromise." Ruan Fa's attitude was still amiable, but his tone was unquestionable, "Director Xie, I'm the person in charge of Xinwei's membership department, and I know very well——"

Xie Lansheng looked up at him.

Ruan Cheng looked without hesitation: "No one in China wants to see an obviously middle-aged heroine."

The author has something to say: Strong traffic flow!

This operation is too common, including for literary films, it is not even possible to give a reference.