This director is so innocent.

Chapter 123 Pinru's Glasses

"Boss, what brings you here?" Yang Qing said obsequiously.

Seeing how naturally Yang Qing's expression changed, Su Jin couldn't help but think that he had been just as servile when he encountered his boss in his previous life.

How's the post-production for "Nightclub" going?

"It's nothing serious."

"Would you like to be included in this year's Lunar New Year film season?"

Two major films this year have already been scheduled for release.

Chen Kexing's "The Warlords" will be released on December 12, and Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" will be released on December 20.

The Lunar New Year falls on February 7th next year, giving "Nightclub" a month-long window to rake in a significant amount of box office revenue.

"The Lunar New Year release? Boss, I'd like to go in, but the post-production of 'Nightclub' has only just begun!" Yang Qing said, feigning helplessness.

"Are you unwilling to participate, or are you unable to finish the later stages?" Su Jin looked at Yang Qing with a half-smile.

"Hehe—" Yang Qing pretended to be stupid.

"Don't try to pull any tricks on me again. If you don't want to go, do you think I'll force you?"

That's not necessarily true. Everyone in the company knows how domineering you are—Yang Qing thought to himself.

Seeing that Yang Qing was still pretending to be dead, Su Jin didn't want to waste any more words with him and said directly, "I'm leaving first. You can take your time with the post-production."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qing immediately stopped pretending to be dead and said with a smile, "Boss, take care on your journey."

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"roll."

Since it was still early, we changed our route and went to Du Yuan's studio to check out the post-production of "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

Before Ning Hao went to Xiamen to film "Crazy Racer", he reminded him once again to occasionally check out the post-production of "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

But he was filming "Nightclub" before, and then he was on a promotional tour, so he went there twice in between.

If I don't go check it out soon, that bastard Ning Hao will definitely say something.

When I arrived at Du Yuan's studio, I spent half an hour looking around and chatted with Du Yuan for a bit before heading home.

There are absolutely no problems with "Sheep Without a Shepherd". If all goes well, post-production should be completed by the end of this month.

He took out his phone and made a call to Ning Hao.

"Hey, Su Jin."

"When will filming for your movie 'Racing' wrap up?"

"Mid-November, I think! What's wrong?"

"Post-production for 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' should be finished by the end of this month. I just checked it and there are no problems at all. I plan to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday."

"A Lunar New Year film? In which month?"

"Mid-January."

"Okay, but I'll have to wait until I get back to see the final cut."

"Okay, then you should finish filming as soon as possible, time is running out."

"Since you know time is of the essence, why are you in such a rush?"

"Third Master said that this year's domestic films were too mediocre and the box office did not meet the target."

"Su Jin, do you think I'm stupid? Movies released in January are for next year's box office targets, not this year's."

"Hahaha----"

"I don't care what kind of tricks you're up to. 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' has to wait until I get back and check the finished film. If there are no problems, it will be released in mid-January."

Actually, he also wanted "Sheep Without a Shepherd" to be released as soon as possible, preferably with a box office of over 100 million yuan, so that Su Jin wouldn't be able to act so arrogantly in front of him.

After all, Su Jin was too cocky, so she called him specifically to show off.

Although Su Jin didn't say it explicitly, her words implied that she was a member of the 100 million yuan box office club.

Can this be tolerated?

"Okay, then hurry up and finish filming. That's all, bye." Su Jin said and hung up the phone.

The reason for releasing "Sheep Without a Shepherd" during the Lunar New Year season is not because the company lacks funds to buy a building, but rather it is part of the company's normal development plan.

He only had a 33% investment in "Sheep Without a Shepherd". Assuming the box office was 100 million, after deducting theater, distribution and publicity costs, he would only have about 10 million in his pocket.

With this amount of money, it's far from enough to buy a house.

There were no costs involved; the coal mine owner covered them for him. In addition, he made a profit of 780 million by selling his investment share to Chengtian Entertainment at a premium.

As for buying a house, he'll have to rely on the English version of his novel "The Maze Runner".

According to Shen Haobo, The Maze Runner is a huge hit in North America, topping the charts of The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly.

Most importantly, they rose to fame by riding on the coattails of the seventh Harry Potter book.

This prompted the six major Hollywood producers to take notice and inquire about the author's identity with Delicker Publishing.

It shouldn't be long before the film and television rights are sold.

Shen Haobo is currently working on the European and Asian rights to "The Maze Runner".

50 copies were printed domestically beforehand, and seeing the huge success in North America, another 100 million copies were printed, ready to go on sale on Christmas Day.

Back at the company, just as I sat down, Huang Jiaqiang knocked on the door and entered to report on the film and television copyright of "Dwelling Narrowness".

Contrary to his expectations, Liu Liu received a call from Huang Jiaqiang and agreed to sell the film and television rights without hesitation.

But there was one condition: Teng Huatao had to be the director of "Dwelling Narrowness".

This condition was as good as nothing to him, since Teng Huatao was originally the director of "Dwelling Narrowness".

Even if he buys the film and television rights, he will still invite Teng Huatao to direct.

However, Huang Jiaqiang was unaware of this, so he came here mainly to ask about this matter.

"Boss, Teng Huatao is going to be the director, should we agree to it?"

"Say yes!" Su Jin said casually.

Huang Jiaqiang nodded and handed the script in his hand to Su Jin, "Boss, this is the script for 'Dwelling Narrowness'."

"The script for 'Dwelling Narrowness'? Liu Liu already wrote the script a long time ago?"

"Yes, she said she finished writing it in March."

"She's quite confident."

Su Jin quickly skimmed through the first two episodes and, finding them similar to the original, didn't continue watching.

"The script is good, let's approve the project!"

"How much investment?"

"The tentative amount is 20 million, with us taking 30% and Hai Run and Xinbaoyuan sharing the remaining 70% to mitigate the risk."

Ok?

Has she changed her personality?

In his memory, Su Jin always accounted for more than 50% of all the TV series projects developed by Jianmu Media.

Huang Jiaqiang doubted his ears and asked for confirmation, "Thirty percent?"

"Yes, this drama is quite risky. Let's find more investors! You can also hint to Hai Run and Xin Baoyuan to invest less."

After all, they are strategic partners, so it's really unethical to cheat them like this.

The film was banned from being shown in the second and third rounds, so even if the screening rights were sold, the final payment would definitely not be recovered.

As for selling the second and third rounds outright, it's unethical and would offend the TV station too much; they would definitely come after you for an explanation.

Will you refund the money or not?

The consequence of not refunding the money is that they may eventually unite and boycott Jianmu Media, which would be the end of them.

In this situation where information is not readily available and there are no video platforms, even the best TV series is useless if it cannot be broadcast on a major network.

"Soldiers Sortie" is awesome, right?

If Beijing TV hadn't bought it, there wouldn't have been any splash.

"How risky is it?" Huang Jiaqiang asked curiously.

"If you think about the script yourself, you'll realize how risky it is."

"Okay! What about the actors?"

The main characters in "Dwelling Narrowness" are two couples and one couple in love.

Hai Ping and Su Rui, Xiao Bei and Hai Zao (lovers), Song Siming and Jiang Miaomiao.

"As for the actors, Teng Huatao can choose the male lead, Song Siming, himself. Xiao Bei will have Luo Jin and Lu Fangsheng audition, and whoever wins will get the role."

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Teng Huatao will likely cast his good friend Zhang Jiayi as Song Siming.

Even if Teng Huatao wasn't allowed to choose for himself, he would still find Zhang Jiayi to play Song Siming. The second uncle's demeanor was just too upright.

"Su Rui, see if Ni Dahong or Wang Jinsong are interested. Hai Ping, go to other investors. Jiang Miaomiao, find Yongmei. Didn't you reject others for 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' before? This is a good opportunity to make it up to her."

"Where's the seaweed?"

"I'll keep the seaweed for later, I'll tell you about it later."

"OK." Huang Jiaqiang nodded, without asking what use it was.

Anyone with a little brainpower knows that a man keeping a female role serves no other purpose.

It's 7:30 in the evening.

Night falls over the city, where cars and people move about, and lights twinkle like stars.

A private restaurant, elegant and quiet, blends seamlessly into the bustling city center.

Jiang Wei and Zhang Hongzhen arrived here, followed the waiter to a room, knocked on the door, and then pushed it open to enter.

Zhang Hongzhen is the boss of Dongyang Qingyu. He was able to come because Jiang Wei told him about the possibility of Su Jin collaborating with him on the development of "Lurking" after Jiang Wei returned to the company from Beijing Film Academy.

This greatly appealed to Zhang Hongzhen. He had studied Su Jin and found her to have a very discerning eye; none of her investments had ever resulted in a loss.

Su Jin and Huang Jiaqiang were chatting in the private room when they saw two middle-aged men enter. Knowing that the main guests had arrived, they immediately stood up to greet them.

"Director Jiang, I've heard so much about you!" Su Jin walked up to Jiang Wei warmly and extended her hand to welcome him.

"I wouldn't dare mention your name in front of Director Su! I've read your 'The Coffin in the Mountain,' and it's excellent," Jiang Wei replied with a smile.

Su Jin smiled, turned her gaze to Zhang Hongzhen, and extended her hand, saying, "You must be Mr. Zhang!"

He knew Zhang Hongzhen and his wife.

Dongyang Qingyu is also a well-known husband-and-wife team in the industry. His wife is Zhang Jing, a famous producer who manages the company.

The only difference between Zhang Hongzhen and the husband-and-wife team Xinbao is that Zhang Hongzhen is not a director; he is responsible for investing in projects.

"Does President Su know me?" Zhang Hongzhen asked with a smile.

"Of course, I really enjoy watching Yan Shuangying, which you co-developed with Teacher Qian Yanqiu," Su Jin said with a smile.

Yan Shuangying was developed by Zhang Hongzhen and Qian Yanqiu, and later they developed a series of works around "Yan Shuangying".

Hero, Falcon 1949, Flying Tiger Eagle, Island Eagle, Desert Gun God, Tianjin Eagle —

In addition, he collaborated with Qian Yanqiu to develop the "Detective Dee" series, an Eastern version of Sherlock Holmes.

The winter sun and the clear rain were able to create momentum, thanks to the Beijing Film Academy.

The team behind her breakthrough role in the TV series "Don't Talk to Strangers" was almost entirely composed of people from the Beijing Film Academy. The director was Zhang Jiandong, the screenwriters were Jiang Wei and Xue Xiaolu, and even the cinematographers and art directors were from the Beijing Film Academy.

Then Huang Jiaqiang introduced himself to the two of them, and then started ordering food. Following the host's lead, he ordered five or six dishes.

They then started exchanging compliments for more than ten minutes before getting to the point.

"Director Jiang, this is the outline of the script for 'Lurking' that I wrote. You can take a look." Su Jin took out the script for "Lurking" and handed it to Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei glanced at Su Jin with surprise, then took the script.

He thought Su Jin had invited him here just to discuss the collaborative development of "Lurking," but he didn't expect Su Jin to have already written the script outline.

Ignoring everyone's stares, he opened the script and continued reading.

The outline is short, only three or four thousand words, and can be read in seven or eight minutes.

This outline is incredibly detailed!

The main storyline, side quests, character designs, character breakdowns, character relationship diagrams, and event development fishbone diagrams are all included.

It's more of a detailed outline than a general outline. Just find a few experienced screenwriters to fill in the dialogue and scenes, and the script is done.

The key point is that it was written exactly to his liking, and many of his ideas coincided with his own.

For example, Lao Ma was split into three characters, and Su Jin was also split into three characters, with names and character descriptions written out.

After seeing that Jiang Wei had finished reading the outline, Su Jin asked, "Director Jiang, what do you think? Any suggestions?"

Jiang Wei handed the script to Zhang Hongzhen, who was standing next to her, and said with a wry smile, "Director Su is joking. The outline is perfect. I can't see any flaws."

After saying that, he thought of his earlier question and asked, "Director Su, how did you come up with the idea of ​​adding those characters?"

"The characters in the novel are too one-dimensional, making it impossible to sustain them for a TV series of over thirty episodes. So I thought about adding more character development to the characters."

For example, Yu Zecheng was a member of our party from the beginning, but it was only mentioned briefly in the middle. I thought it would be better to make him a member of the Kuomintang so that we could fill a few more episodes.

So here's the question: since Yu Zecheng became a member of the Kuomintang, how did he join our party?

Thus, the character Zuo Lan was created, tasked with guiding Yu Zecheng to join our Party.

The sacrifices of Zuo Lan and Cui Ping were a huge and heavy blow to Yu Zecheng. He was also a human being, a person with love, hate, and passion, not a machine without emotions.

Therefore, I added Wanqiu, who knows Yu Zecheng very well, so that she could complete the redemption of Yu Zecheng.

And Old Ma—”

Su Jin talked a lot in one breath and was a little thirsty, so she picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

Jiang Wei stared blankly at Su Jin, completely unaware that Su Jin had finished speaking. He was now convinced of Su Jin's abilities.

Su Jin had thought of many things he hadn't, and that was great.

Ugh!

He's not as good as Su Jin!

Jiang Wei raised her glass and said sincerely, "Director Su, I'd like to toast you."

Su Jin smiled slightly, raised her wine glass and clinked it with his, drank it all in one gulp, and then ate a bite of food.

"Director Jiang, do you have time to refine it?" Su Jin asked.

"Huh? Director Su, why don't you improve it yourself?" Jiang Wei asked, puzzled.

"I'm busy. I'm joining the production team next month. Aren't you going to direct 'Lurking'? If you can help refine it, you can better grasp the direction of the story."

"Is Director Su planning to sell the film and television rights to 'Lurking'?"

"It's not about selling; I plan to develop 'Lurking' with your company."

"President Su, if I may ask, why do you want to cooperate with my company?" Zhang Hongzhen suddenly interjected after reading the outline.

Because "Lurking" originally belonged to your family!

"Because Mr. Zhang, your company has extensive experience and has produced many dramas of the same genre with excellent reputation, I trust you."

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"Haha—thank you for your trust, Mr. Su. May I ask how much investment you plan to give us?"

"Thirty percent."

"President Su, even if we haven't made any great contributions, we've certainly put in a lot of hard work!"

"35%, that's the most I can do. I also need to bring in a TV station."

"make a deal."

"By the way, I want to play Yu Zecheng."

"Su—" Jiang Wei was about to speak when Zhang Hongzhen tugged at his clothes and said, "No problem."

He had anticipated that Su Jin would play Yu Zecheng; Jiang Wei had told him about it when she returned to the company.

However, he had a different idea from Jiang Wei. He was a businessman who valued the return on investment.

Su Jin is so popular, and she's also a director with box office hits exceeding 100 million yuan. She's got a lot of hype. As long as Su Jin participates, the show can be broadcast on satellite TV in the first round.

Seeing that his boss had agreed, Jiang Wei sighed inwardly. He really felt that Su Jin was not suitable for Yu Zecheng; she was too handsome.

How could a secret agent, shining as brightly as the moonlight, be appropriate?

He envisioned Yu Zecheng as someone with an ordinary appearance and a refined, scholarly air, and Xin Baiqing would be a perfect fit for the role.

Seeing Jiang Wei's sullen expression, Su Jin knew what he was thinking. Without explaining, she took out a glasses case from her bag and pulled out Pinru's glasses.

No, he took out a pair of old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses, put them on, closed his eyes, and thought of Yu Zecheng, played by Sun Honglei, and the professors who taught and nurtured students at the university.

Seeing this, the three looked at Su Jin with curiosity.

A moment later, Su Jin opened her eyes, and her entire demeanor underwent a dramatic change.

The once sunny, cheerful young man has vanished, replaced by an intellectual with a refined and scholarly air.

Su Jin's lips curled slightly upward, a mocking and disdainful smile on her face as she said, "Some people these days! They're full of 'ideologies' on their lips, but all they have in their hearts are their own ideas. Heh, they really know how to play their cards right."

"Holy crap." 3.

Jiang Wei stared wide-eyed at Su Jin in disbelief.

He never expected Su Jin to be such a good actress, with such a smooth change in demeanor. She could close her eyes and open them in an instant.

Zhang Hongzhen was also shocked. "You have such good acting skills, why didn't you say so earlier? Why are you pretending?"

Huang Jiaqiang was also surprised. He had never seen Su Jin act before, and his opinion of her acting skills was that they were just okay, watchable.

But this time, he was truly amazed.

And another thing, he's really good at pretending!

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