111. Literary Master Fan Er
Zhou Dalin actually knew a lot of content introduced by Director Huang, but he still looked serious and patiently listened to him talk for more than an hour.
If he didn't listen to him, he would become a premonition. If he treated him as Zhuge Liang's reincarnation, he would be scared of it, and it would be more than worth the loss.
Finally, after listening to Director Huang's long talk, he said casually: "It's true that as Director Huang said, this drama is worth investing, and I do have the intention to invest. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been far away and followed Xiaoyu to come here."
But then, he changed his mind and said, "But, I don't understand some things very well. I also want to ask Director Huang Yi Er."
Director Huang quickly said, "I dare not, I dare not, please say something if you have something to do."
Just entered the 21st century, and the domestic entertainment industry was far from developing twenty years later. The flower planters of that era were waiting to be developed, and all the flowers were blooming, and projects needed to be invested were everywhere, and the profits were extremely high. Otherwise, why would the bank storage interest rate in that era be so high? At the highest, it could reach 11%!
In this context, the overall profit of the production industry is not high and the risks are extremely high. It is very difficult to find an investor when filming. Many enterprises and institutions are helplessly entangled by acquaintances. They would rather spend less money to get sponsorship than invest, and they should just treat it as an advertising fee.
Therefore, in the end of the TV series of that era, there will always be a long list of sponsors.
Zhou Dalin took the initiative to come to negotiate investment, and Director Huang was naturally frightened and was as if he was treating the old man.
After hearing what Director Huang said, Zhou Dalin smiled and said, "Director Huang has spent all his relationships on investing money. He will pass the review in the future and negotiate copyright purchases with major TV stations. Is there any better relationship that can be used? No matter how good the film is filmed, it will not be possible to sell it. This entertainment media is not a personal enterprise. Sometimes it is not necessarily a matter of quality to judge the advantages and disadvantages, right?"
Director Huang said, "You are talking about the point. Boss Zhou is not an amateur at all. I'm also forced to use the relationship that should be used in advance. There is no way. I don't even have a movie, so why are you talking about selling money? I have to care about the beginning and ignore the end and take one step at a time."
He nodded after hearing this, and then asked Director Huang in thought, "Is there any possibility? I'm just giving an example. I'll do this. Director Huang, try to return the money from these relationships and use these relationships at critical moments?"
Director Huang thought for a while and said, "But, I have spent a lot of money on choosing scenery and making indoor props now."
"This is easy to deal with." Zhou Dalin said, "How much has it been spent, I can give you a cushion."
Director Huang looked at him and asked, "I'm sorry, I have a question I want to ask."
"Just say it," he said.
Director Huang asked: "Why did Boss Zhou insist on making an independent investment? Do you know that the risks in our industry are quite large, and few individuals are willing to invest independently."
Zhou Dalin smiled and said, "There is a saying that wealth and honor are in danger. Director Huang knows it? To be honest, I have watched the movies you made, and I appreciate your style. Moreover, I think your movies are of high standard, but I just have bad luck. If the quality of a single-wheel film and many famous movies are far worse than what you made. I like you and are willing to take a gamble on you, that's it."
This was directly said to Director Huang. He also thought so all day long, feeling that he was not satisfied with his talent.
In fact, Zhou Dalin had never watched Director Huang's movies at all. He was just here to play Director Huang's flattery, coaxing this famous director to stop crying and to like his preferences.
Fortunately, some films made by Director Huang were released. At that time, many directors had no chance of release.
If there was no movie made by Director Huang, Zhou Dalin would have been blown away.
This is called the ignorant being fearless and the great fooling of entertainment outsiders, relying on the predecessor of the uncertainty.
Director Huang was young at that time and was not yet at the age of being cunning. Now he was fooled by him. He felt that he had met a soulmate and Bole, and he was still very excited.
He thought for a while, slapped his thigh and said, "Just say to you, Boss Zhou, I have to sit back the shit I pulled out! I will do their job and refund all the money!"
When he said this, Yu Xiaoxuan, who was sitting on the side, suddenly felt happy.
Director Huang also realized that he had just said that the lady was present and was a little vulgar, so he smiled embarrassedly.
In fact, Yu Xiaoxuan was not laughing at what he said, but laughing at Zhou Dalin.
This guy is really good at fooling him and really dares to fool him. He doesn’t even know what movies he has made. He dares to say that he has watched the movies he has made. Not only can he dare to say that he has watched them, but he also dares to comment with his eyes closed!
If someone is serious and asks him which movie he has watched, I wonder how he will lie?
Other people's foolings are true and false, false, and Zhou Da foolings are not a truth. But every lie he used just right. Director Huang Da actually asked him to fool, and he almost couldn't even say anything. It was so exciting to use it.
It turned out that he had such a big foolish face in front of outsiders. Only when he was with her, the sincerity and the trembling care that moved her heart were the real Zhou Dalin.
Why isn't she the same? She doesn't dare to say a word when she goes out, and would rather be a dull person than say things that don't pass through the brain. Only when she is with Zhou Dalin can she catch something and talk endlessly without passing through the brain.
Zhou Dalin said that she was the same person as her for the last life, and this is really reasonable. She is both two-faced.
At this time, Director Huang said with concern: "But the cost of taking the entire brand is not low, it costs two or three million."
Zhou Dalin smiled faintly and said, "This is no problem. I can give you three million in the early stage and hire an accounting firm. You can pay money from there."
"Okay, I'll do this immediately when I go back. I'll notify you if I'm done." Director Huang said.
"No hurry." Zhou Dalin stopped him and said, "I still have a question, I have to discuss it with Director Huang."
"You said." Director Huang said.
"I have read your script. However, I feel that some places still have certain flaws. To be honest, these flaws will affect the future sales of this drama and the future profit. If Director Huang can modify it slightly, that would be even better."
Director Huang was stunned when he heard this.
Zhou Dalin could not care about his attitude at this time, he had to achieve his goals.
So he told Director Huang about the flaws of the script he told Yu Xiaoxuan, but he said it in more detail.
After hearing this, Director Huang stretched out his thumb and compared him to him, "Boss Zhou is indeed an expert. I'm not forced to lose my way because of money. Let me tell you the truth. My book is actually a reduced version. I really don't have the money to shoot so much content. I was in a dilemma for many days. I discussed it repeatedly with our screenwriter and deleted one-third of the plays before the book was released.
At that time, I thought about the age and identity of the male protagonist in the front limit his further development, and the frontal scenes were a bit dispersed. Compared with the negative scenes, they were less attracted to the audience's attention. So I gave up the positive scenes and deleted half of them, which made this book seem a bit focused on the negative.
Let’s do this, I’ll invite our screenwriter Liu to come over and let him take the original script and let you read it.”
Another future big name in the entertainment industry is about to appear, Zhou Dalin agreed with mercy.
Yu Xiaoxuan volunteered and asked Director Huang for the address of Screenwriter Liu's residence, and drove to pick him up.
Screenwriter Liu thought about writing scripts and needed to be clean, so he did not live with the crew, but went to the hotel to open a room alone. Only the crew leader and Director Huang knew where he lived.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Dalin suggested that he and Director Huang go to the restaurant downstairs with him, waiting for Screenwriter Liu to come over there, and then everyone had a meal together.
Director Huang happily agreed.
At the dinner table, Zhou Da’s ability to fool people and speak in a way that was to the fullest.
As they spoke, the two of them were big or small, but they didn't expect that they were the same age. Director Huang was two months older. Now it was good, and the relationship seemed to be closer.
Director Huang is a good wine lover. The two of them talked about the speculation, but Xiaoxuan took over Screenwriter Liu. Before the dishes were served, they opened the wine first and poured it on and started drinking.
When Screenwriter Liu arrived, half of a bottle of Moutai went down, and the two people who were drunk had already started to call each other brothers.
Seeing Screenwriter Liu, Director Huang said directly: "Brother Liu, I will introduce you to a brother. This is Zhou Dalin and Zhou, the leader in the business world in the province, and has strong strength. The key is that he appreciates our industry and our brothers. With his support, we will be able to stand up in this entertainment industry in the future. Whether we can make a name for ourselves depends on our brothers."
When the people arrived, they started serving. The three of them first talked about the plot around the script, and the more they talked about it, the more they became more speculative. Then they spread from the original intention of the script, talking about life, ideals, wealth and drunkenness. They were friends for many years and had nothing to do with knowing each other just now.
Yu Xiaoxuan was stunned on the look, even suspected that Zhou Dalin was so speculative and pretended. His performance was too similar to him, and he could not tell that he had any fake behavior. Could it be that he really loves entertainment so much, and really likes the literary and artistic ways of the two live treasures so much? But she clearly knew that he was not interested in literature and art and never watched TV series.
This is not nonsense!
Those two live treasures are really literary and artistic. When it comes to literary and artistic, they also have a bit of the style of a talented man in Jian'an. They can drink no matter how much they drink, and they can drink as much as possible.
Yu Xiaoxuan knew that Zhou Dalin was not as good as alcohol. When he was in the same room, he had a jar of daughters, and half of them were each. She was not drunk yet, and he was almost the same.
There were already three empty Moutai bottles on the table, and they still drank, so they opened another bottle. She was worried that Zhou Dalin would drink too much and wanted to persuade them not to drink, but unexpectedly, Zhou Dalin could still wink at her when he was busy, which meant that he was not drunk.
This is really strange, he didn't drink much.
The wine was drunk until midnight, and there was no one in the restaurant, and only three alcoholics were left, all of whom began to fall.
Finally the drinks broke up and she sent the two back.
This true literary artist has this benefit, and he will not be confused after drinking.
The three people always talk about literature, film and literature, discussing the shortcomings and strengths of several contemporary writers, and are indifferent to the beauty who is sitting on the side like a flower. At the end of the drink, they directly ignore Yu Xiaoxuan's existence.
This is the style of literary masters. Compared with those who are hypocritical in the circle, it is definitely another kind of scenery.
Chapter completed!