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"The Phantom of Hometown" was completed quickly under the daily high-intensity shooting time.

Ye Weilin and Fu Qi synthesized the film first, did some simple post-production effects, selected a few shots that might need to be re-shot, and after a few days of re-shooting, it was officially announced that it was finished.

"What we need most now is the post-production. The picture and sound effects are too monotonous." Ye Weilin shook his head.

Fu Qi was burying his head in the calculations, and it took him a while to reply: "It cost more than 30 yuan to hire actors, 24 yuan to rent equipment, 17 yuan for props and make-up, [-] yuan for board and lodging for the crew, and the teacher and others to eat... "

"Just tell me how much money is left." Ye Weilin interrupted directly.

"There are still about 30." Fu Qi roughly estimated.

Ye Weilin had no choice but to say: "Fortunately, they were all shot on location, otherwise I would have to hire [-] cents for special effects."

With a post-production budget of 30, as a small-budget movie, it's not too bad.However, everyone knows that money cannot be spent all at once. If there are omissions or expenditures on human relations later on, the window will be opened.

"Let's budget 20 for the later stage, and then talk about the rest."

"Okay, let's do this first."

After the two made a decision, they started to contact the post-production team. In the end, with the help of the school teacher, they found a post-production team that was said to have a very good reputation in the industry, because the boss was also an alumnus and a dream fund One of the leaders of the meeting promised to only charge half of their later fees, and even so, it would cost hundreds of thousands.

This later stage team is called "Wolf Language Studio", and the boss is called Li Zhu. After graduating from the Art Design Department of Chinese Opera many years ago, he recruited a group of classmates and founded an advertising company by himself. In the early stage, he only advertised some products. The later business expanded to the later stage of film and television.The professional level is first-class in China. Although it is still far behind the top post-production special effects in the world, for small-budget independent films, it is like a pie in the sky.People say that the half price is hundreds of thousands, and they say it is less. This is completely a friendly help.

"I have seen your works. Two years ago, "Zhuang Nu Meng Die" was shot very well, and it was the champion of the micro film in my heart." Li Zhunian is nearly forty, and he still looks young Ye Weilin, who was in charge of the contact, was less stressed.

"Thank you." Ye Weilin quickly waved his hand.

"Do you still remember the award-winning microfilm called "Amour"?" Li Zhu asked suddenly.

Ye Weilin was stunned for a while, then nodded and said: "I remember, its set is very exquisite, and the post-production is very well done." In his opinion, "Amour" is good, but compared with "Zhuang Nu Dream Butterfly", its advantages are also great. Only these two items.

Li Zhu laughed loudly when he heard the words: "At that time, the team responsible for the post-production of "Amour" was our wolf language."

Surprised, Ye Weilin finally understood why the other party kept bringing up the microfilm contest two years ago.

"I'm not surprised that "Amour" won the award, but since I saw your film "Zhuangnv's Dream Butterfly", I feel very sorry. Such an excellent work should be matched with better post-production. For example, our Wolf language, and the post-production you invited was really unprofessional, which lowered the charm of the work."

Hearing Li Zhu's words, Ye Weilin couldn't laugh or cry: "Boss Li, the later stage of that movie was made by me and another classmate."

Li Zhu first glared at him pretending to be angry: "What's your name, Boss Li? Brother!" Then he smiled and said, "So that's how it is."

Faced with the other party's obvious intention of friendship, Ye Weilin would not be so dull as to refuse. After chatting for a while, the two finally got to the point.

"What? 30?" Li Zhu was very surprised. He originally expected that the other party would show their sincerity, and they would give out about [-]. Although this amount of money was only enough for the cost, it was not for making money by accepting the order.

"Yes." Ye Weilin was a little embarrassed, there was only so much he could show at the moment.

Li Zhu watched him speechless for a long time, and then said reluctantly: "You also know that I didn't pick you up for the later stage, not to make money."

Ye Weilin also knew that the other party had no money to make at this price, and had to ask someone to advance the money, which was really unreasonable.

"Then I will prepay the 30 yuan first, and I will pay back the remaining balance as soon as possible." He can only procrastinate, he would rather live in embarrassment than reduce the quality of the later stage.

"Okay, that's it." Li Zhu didn't talk about the price anymore, and Ye Weilin was relieved after getting the other party's consent. The exact amount will not be known until the contract is signed, but he believes that Li Zhu will never make things difficult for him.

When Ye Weilin returned home, it was late at night, he carefully unlocked the door, but still woke up Yin Lan who was sleeping in the living room.

The other party left a lamp that was not bright. In the dim light, Yin Lan sat up from the bed and asked in a sleepless voice, "Why did you come back so late?"

Ye Weilin felt that this sentence sounded a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it: "Some things were discussed late."

After finishing speaking, his gaze was on an open book on the table. It was a book he would occasionally open in the living room. It was called "Performance in Front of the Camera", which had little to do with directing. Leading the role is a theoretical book for actors. He bought it to read it at the time, in order to better communicate with the actors and talk about the play. Unexpectedly, it was read by Yin Lan.

Seeing Ye Weilin's eyes on the book, Yin Lan felt a little embarrassed: "I only noticed it when it fell on the ground, and I read a few pages curiously."

Ye Weilin folded the opened page of the book and put it on the side of the other party's personal belongings, then smiled and said: "If you like it, I will give it to you. I hope you can become an excellent actor, but now, I hope You can focus on your studies."

In order to film "The Phantom of Hometown", Yin Lan asked the school for more than two months' leave. If Ye Weilin hadn't accompanied her personally, she probably wouldn't have been able to take such a long leave.He had just returned to school not long ago, and he didn't know if he could make up for the missed homework.

Ye Weilin thought about it, and asked, "Can you keep up with your studies? Do you need a tutor for you?"

Yin Lan knew that Ye Weilin was under a lot of pressure in all aspects recently, especially the financial aspect, but even so, the other party still considered him meticulously, and was even willing to spend money to make up lessons for him, leaving him speechless for a while, just in a daze looking at each other.

Ye Weilin didn't know why, so he thought that the other party was sleepy after being woken up, so he said softly: "Let's talk about this matter tomorrow, you go to bed first."

Looking at the back of the other party getting up and leaving, Yin Lan's eyes showed a trace of reluctance.He lay on his back on the bed, looking at the slightly low ceiling, his thoughts fluctuated for a while, and his thoughts wandered. In his more than ten years of poverty-stricken life, except for Grandma Yin who adopted him, there has never been a person who does not ask for anything in return. Such a nice person to him.

He grew up in the rubbish dump, helped his grandmother pick up rubbish for a living, the smell on his body always made people shy away from home, had no parents, no friends of the same age, and was alone with him for a long time.

Sometimes he wasn't even bothered by the kids who grew up around him like monsters yelling because they just yelled and ran away when he approached, never hurt him, always made him angry A kind of friend fantasy.But more often, he is still alone. At this time, he will recall some people's expressions, actions, and words, and then play them, playing with himself day after day.

Recalling the first time we met, Ye Weilin said that he was very talented in acting, but he didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune.

It was not until today that he had the answer. He felt that he was lucky because he met Ye Weilin, his... elder brother.

The final price offered by Wolf Language Studio was 50, which Ye Weilin and Fu Qi both agreed to accept. They paid half of the money in advance and signed the contract.

The contract contained a confidentiality agreement, and Ye Weilin gave the other party the original film that had been prepared long ago.

"Happy cooperation." He shook hands with Li Zhu, and they looked at each other and smiled.

While waiting for the post-production to be completed, he can't be idle. After the film is completed, it will be sent to the relevant department for review. After the approval is successful, he will start to think about how to contact the distributor and the cinema.

He doesn't know much about this part. One is that the times are different, and the other is that the films he shoots are all for the purpose of participating in awards, which is completely different from the current situation.For this reason, he called Luo Mao, whom he hadn't contacted for a long time.

Two years have passed, and now Luo Mao has changed from Ye Weisheng's assistant to the mainland manager of the Propaganda Department of Xingyu Century. He was sent to work in the mainland as early as last year. Due to his busy work, he has not seen him a few times.

Because he promised Ye Weisheng back then that he would not spend a penny of the Ye family's money if he went to art school, so even if he had financial difficulties, Ye Weilin never thought of looking for Luo Mao.

But this time was different, he did not seek Luo Mao for money, but to consult him about the distribution of the film.

After receiving Ye Weilin's call, Luo Mao seemed a little surprised. After listening to the other party's words, he realized that the young master of the Ye family, who was considered worthless by others, had done such a thing without making a sound.

"That is to say, you are both the producer, the investor, and the director of the film?" Luo Mao was incredulous.

"Correct."

"In this case, it will be a bit difficult." Luo Mao pondered for a long time, but did not reply.

The process of putting a film into theaters is that the investor finds a distributor responsible for publicity, and the distributor is responsible for publicity, contacting major theaters to schedule films, etc., which is an intermediary role, and it is the theaters that ultimately decide whether to release or not.

Generally speaking, the largest box office profits from investing in cinema movies are the investors and producers, followed by the theaters that play them, and the theaters return part of the interest rate to the theaters managed by their superiors, and the third is responsible for publicity and contact theaters. The issuer of the schedule period.

Nowadays, film distribution is very mature. Often powerful investors and production companies have their own distribution, and then directly connect with theaters. Sometimes in order to compete with their opponents for film scheduling and schedule, they will promise to share more interest rates with theaters. For a long time, theater chains only accepted movies sent by a few familiar distributors, and usually did not accept independent films.

In the case of Ye Weilin, Luo Mao can only suggest: "You can try to sell the film to a film company and divide the investment share, and maybe you can win the chance to go to theaters."