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A week later, Chen Yao brought Jiang Xiaobo, screenwriter, budgetary planner, and an experienced producer friend, and they booked a private room in a teahouse on the other side of the river, and asked Lu Shaoheng to meet.

The script that Chen Zhuo is interested in this time is not the popular IP adaptation, but the original work "Snowman" by screenwriter Yu Meng.This script is about a suspenseful story in the Snowstorm Villa mode, which can be regarded as a standard low-cost movie.

The script has been polished for many years, and the shot script has already been written. Several people sat together and roughly summed up the cost to determine the investment amount.

Lu Shaoheng was too lazy to listen to Chen Yao's friend's analysis of the return on investment. He didn't even read the script carefully, so he signed the contract on the spot with a swipe of a pen.

Lu Shaoheng seems to be a person who doesn't know what to do, but he does things vigorously. In just a few days, the first tranche of funds is in place on time, and the project has entered the preparatory stage since then.

The preparatory work is the key to the success of a film and television project in the end.The more meticulous the preparatory work is, the smoother the follow-up progress will be, and it can also shorten the shooting cycle and save costs.

So Chen Zhuo invited a senior producer who had worked with him before to be the chief producer.Another important job of photography was entrusted to his good friend, well-known photographer Bai Jie in the industry.

Investing in this movie was just a joke to Lu Shaoheng.With his temperament, it must be done after throwing money away.To everyone's surprise, after the filming permit was granted, he actively participated in the preparations and took up the work of producing the film in a serious manner.

"Is he serious?" Jiang Xiaobo was completely confused by Lu Shaoheng's words.

Chen Zhuo smiled and said, "How is that possible."

As for Lu Shaoheng's personality, you can get a rough idea with just a little inquiring. He majored in computer science at university, and he joined his own company as the vice president and manager of the production department before graduation—of course, it was just a name.Most of the rumors related to him revolve around his love history. It is said that he is not taboo about meat and vegetables, male or female, he can be up or down, and he can't wait to fish all the handsome men and women in the world into his fish pond.

However, although there are many beauties around Lu Shaoheng, he has never heard of anyone who has been with him for a long time. Fortunately, he spends a lot of money and is generous. All are good, so the evaluation in the circle is quite high.

Lu Shaoheng is so uncharacteristically, spending money and effort, no matter from any point of view, it's just a little trick for him to smile, and he won't last long, and he won't spend too much energy on it.

Unexpectedly, he would squeeze in front of Chen Zhuo every day and every day, and even drove [-] kilometers by himself in order to find a producer for this movie, and took Chen Zhuo to invite his half-retired second uncle to come out of the mountain.

This is Chen Zhuo's first formal directing of a film, and it is very important to have an experienced producer to check it out.Lu Shaoheng's second uncle is a director of the previous generation, and he is also a legendary master in the industry. After retirement, the old man faded out of the public eye. He built a small courtyard on Yanhui Mountain, where he played the piano and tasted tea every day. thing.

If he is escorted by his old man, not only can he give the movie a golden signboard, but also for Chen Yao, he can avoid many detours.

But the world is not always so smooth, Lu Shaoheng and Chen Zhuo's rash visit this time was naturally rejected.Chen Guangyu greeted this old friend early in the morning, and the two stunned youths were politely invited out by his uncle's students without even seeing Mr. Shi.

After coming out of uncle's house, Lu Shaoheng and Chen Zhuo stayed outside the mountain gate for a long time.Until it was dark and foggy, the two of them did not leave, but turned the car across and parked outside the gate.

The night in the mountains was extremely cold, and the cold air seemed to emerge from the ground, penetrating straight into the bones. After a while, the car window glass was covered with a layer of white mist.

The two waited in the car for four hours. Chen Yao went to the mountains and went to the sea to film movies since he was a child, and has experienced various extreme environments.It's okay, but it's Lu Shaoheng's suffering. He is a young man who grew up in rich clothes and rich food, and he has never suffered such a crime.

"Let's go back to the hotel first." Chen Zhuo glanced at Lu Shaoheng's frozen red nose, reached out and turned up the heating in the car: "It's really not possible, I still have candidates there."

Because of his father's relationship, Chen Yao has been familiar with faces in various movies since he was a child. He can call most of the famous directors in the circle uncle, uncle, sister, and aunt.But because of his father's relationship, no one dared to take the job of this eldest nephew.

"I've come all this way, how can I just let it go." Lu Shaoheng refused to let it go, he took out a tissue, blew his nose, and said in a muffled voice: "Wait a little longer, maybe the old man will agree if he is soft-hearted What? After all, they are relatives of my own family, how can I bear to see me starve and suffer cold."

Chen Zhuo had seen through Lu Shaoheng's intentions a long time ago, and said with a smile, "Teacher Shi won't fall for such a trick."

Lu Shaoheng glanced at Chen Zhuo, stretched his sore legs, and said, "That's not sure, I'm the sweetheart of our family."

That night was extremely long in Chen Zhuo's memory. When Chen Zhuo was a child, he followed his elders to go back to the mountain many times, but it was the first time that he felt that the night in the mountain was so quiet and pleasant.

How the two of them fell asleep afterwards, Chen Yao no longer remembered.He only remembered the sound of knocking on glass that woke him up the next morning.

Standing outside the car window was Mr. Shi's student. He saw Chen Yao roll down the window, put down his hand knocking on the door, and said politely: "Teacher, please come in and talk."

After finally waiting for Shi Lao to let go, Chen Zhuo glanced at the huddled man on the co-pilot, and his first reaction was to say to the visitor: "Okay, please wait a little longer."

Lu Shaoheng was awakened by the movement in the car, lifted his face from his coat, opened his eyes and saw the people standing outside the car, and knew that today's matter was considered a success.

In the first ray of sunlight in the morning, Lu Shaoheng looked at Chen Zhuo with sleepy eyes and smiled triumphantly.

***

The sharp ringing of the phone rang in the bedroom with the curtains tightly closed, instantly pulling Lu Shaoheng back from his green dream.

He rubbed his head, stretched his arms, and tried to sit up, but fell back again because of the dizziness from the hangover.

Just now he dreamed about the year when he met Chen Zhuo, he took him to Yanhui Mountain to find his second uncle.Maybe it's because of his age, recently he often dreams about these old things.

The reality contrary to the dream caused a strong sense of gap in Lu Shaoheng's heart for no reason.The last time on the set, because of Xu Luojia's matter, he and Chen Zhuo had a big fight.

Chen Yao left first, but it didn't mean he compromised on this matter.For this movie, Chen Yao has absolute control. He does not agree to use the new script to shoot, and others dare not comment.

The current situation is that the two people with the most say in the whole project are fighting each other. Lu Shaoheng has completely suspended the investment, while Chen Zhuo is going to Japan to shoot scenes as originally planned, while financing through other channels.

Today is different from the past, when Chen Zhuo's movie is looking for investment, capital from all sides is naturally moving upon hearing the news.The strange thing is that Chen Yao met several investors one after another, and everyone's willingness to invest was very strong, but Chen Yao hung everyone's appetite and did not give a result for a long time.

The ringing of the phone continued, causing Lu Shaoheng to have a splitting headache. He temporarily put aside Chen Zhuo's affairs and glanced at the phone screen.The call was from Aunt An. When Lu Shaoheng was seven years old, his mother passed away. Not long after, An Ran came into the house, so the relationship between Lu Shaoheng and this stepmother is not close, but the two parties have been in contact for many years, and they are considered polite to each other.

To a certain extent, Aunt An can be regarded as a qualified stepmother, she has a certain amount of advances and retreats in dealing with the relationship with Lu Shaoheng, and always shows concern at the right time without excessively interfering in his life.

Lu Shaoheng buried most of his face in the pillow, picked up the phone and stuck it to his ear, and lazily said "Hello".Aunt An called at this time, probably wanting him to take time to go home for dinner.

It is impossible for Chen Zhuo to go back with him this time. If his family asks, he has to think of an excuse--the small thoughts and Aunt An's voice entered Lu Shaoheng's mind, and when he heard what Aunt An said clearly After something, "suddenly" opened his eyes.

On the other end of the phone, Aunt An cried and said, "Shaoheng, come to the hospital quickly, something happened to your father!"