This director is so innocent.

Chapter 169 "Those Years" Filming Begins

Jiang Yiyan looked blank, lost in self-doubt.

Her initial motivation for doing charity work was simply to sympathize with the children in the mountains.

When she was a child, she had a teacher who was very kind to her, but that teacher later fell ill and passed away.

At that time, someone told her that her teacher had gone to heaven and become a star, watching over her from the sky.

Last year, by chance, I saw those children in the mountains. At such a young age, they had already grown up and taken on the heavy responsibilities of their families.

She felt she had to do something for those children, so she opened a charity online shop and asked her friends for help, hoping to contribute her modest efforts.

Seeing the children with new schoolbags and clothes, and some of them returning to school, she was especially happy and felt that everything she had done was worthwhile.

Later, her agent told her that she could do charity work and promote herself at the same time, and she herself felt that this was the right thing to do.

But after hearing what Su Jin said, it's clear that charity is acceptable, but one shouldn't use the name of charity to promote oneself.

She couldn't understand it at all.

Is the story of "Zigong redeeming people and Zilu receiving cattle," which has been passed down for two thousand years, all wrong?

"Su Jin, is it a mistake for me to do charity work?"

"No, regardless of your utilitarian motives, as long as the person being helped benefits, it's a good thing."

Receiving affirmation, Jiang Yiyan felt much better and smiled, saying, "I don't want to think about it anymore. Why think so much? As long as I genuinely helped them, that's enough."

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"Su Jin, you're such a big spender, how much are you planning to sponsor me?"

50.

"What a tycoon! He didn't even blink an eye at 50 yuan. I thank him on behalf of those children," Jiang Yiyan said with a smile, cupping her hands in thanks.

"Don't be too happy yet, there are conditions to my donation."

"Ah!!" Jiang Yiyan's smile vanished instantly. She asked, "What are the conditions?"

"The condition is simple: you have to build a monument at the school and engrave my name on it," Su Jin said with a smile.

He's not a moral saint, just an ordinary person who believes in doing good deeds and expecting good rewards.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yiyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand, saying, "Oh, this? No problem."

Su Jin smiled and asked, "Has anyone else donated money to you?"

"Yes, but none of them are as extravagant as you, they're all only ten or twenty thousand yuan."

"Don't be upset, it's good enough that someone donated money to you."

"I know, and I'm very grateful to them."

"Do you still want the funding?"

"Of course, they are short of money."

"Then you can try looking for other artists in my company; maybe you can make five or six hundred thousand."

"So many?"

"Um.

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If even the big boss like him has donated, shouldn't everyone else follow suit and do something meaningful?

"I'm going to find them right now." Jiang Yiyan rushed out.

First, he approached his old classmate Luo Jin and extorted 10 yuan from him. Then, he got another 10 yuan from another old classmate, Lu Fangsheng.

Jiang Yiyan didn't know the others well, so she couldn't easily find them. Luo Jin helped spread the word that Su Jin had donated money, and the others immediately followed suit.

In the end, Ni Dahong received 5 yuan, Wang Jinsong received 5 yuan, Gao Lu received 5 yuan, and Jiao Dabao received 3 yuan.

Huang Jiaqiang, who had just made a windfall, donated 100,000 yuan after hearing the news, and Yang Qing, who had just received a 500,000 yuan bonus, also donated 100,000 yuan.

Wuershan didn't have much money because "Painted Skin" wasn't released, but he still donated 5 yuan.

When Zhao Shan found out, she also donated 5 yuan.

Sister Xia somehow found out about the news and also donated 5 yuan.

Later, somehow, word of the donation spread, and people who wanted to befriend Su Jin all sought out Jiang Yiyan to donate.

Jiang Yiyan was overjoyed and even put aside the recording of the song.

Ultimately, Jianmu Media Group, excluding Su Jin, raised 68 yuan in donations, while external donations totaled 145 million yuan.

For example, Ya Hua Zi donated 10 yuan, Fan Bingbing donated 15 yuan, Tang Yan donated 5 yuan, and Yang Mi also donated 5 yuan.

Also, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Ning Hao, Huang Bo, and Xu Zheng and his wife —

Many media outlets also reported on this incident, praising Su Jin and her group for their righteousness.

Two days later, Jianmu Media announced the casting results for "The Maze Runner".

Thomas's second-in-command, Luo Jin, and the minor female supporting character, Jing.

The announcement of this result caused an uproar, and Luo Jin's selection was not surprising.

After all, those in the know understand that Luo Jin works for Jianmu Media, and Luo Jin himself is quite well-known.

But this was quite a surprise for Jing Tian, ​​a newcomer.

"Could someone please explain to me who this Jing Tian is?"

"From publicly available information, there is no clear title, but this Jing Tian was appointed as the Northwest Cherry Ambassador of the Year by the Northwest Cherry Association last year and was met by the Governor of Washington State."

"Also, she released three singles last year, produced by the renowned producer Zhang Yadong, and the music video for the title track 'Who Are You' was filmed by Ning Hao."

"Holy crap—this girl is amazing? That's Ning Hao, the director who made hundreds of millions of yuan!!!"

"At that time, Ning Hao was not a director with a box office of over 100 million yuan; he was a dark horse director."

"That's impressive. Without some connections, how could a dark horse director be directing a music video for a newcomer?"

"And there's more! Someone leaked that Jing Tian was expelled from the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy."

"What's so surprising about that? Someone said before that when Jing Tian was taking classes at the Beijing Dance Academy, she was often picked up by a Rolls-Royce with the license plate 9988."

"Rumor has it that the owner of Jing Tian's agency is the owner of this Rolls-Royce."

"—No way! The girl looks quite cute! She has delicate features and a lovely smile. She wouldn't do something so shameless!"

"I didn't say anything; it's all your own guessing."

The saying "fame brings trouble" perfectly describes Jing Tian's current situation.

Before, when she was a newcomer, nothing happened. A top producer created an album for her, and Ning Hao filmed the music video. She could only sigh that she was lucky.

Once the casting was announced, many talent agencies became jealous and envious, hoping to use these scandals to force Jianmu Media to abandon Jing Tian and recast the role.

But they were clearly overthinking it. Unless it was a matter of principle, this little bit of dirt on Jing Tian was not enough to make them give up on her.

6 month 2 number.

The production team of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" held a press conference in Beijing to announce the start of filming.

Many media outlets have questions about Liu Shishi, a newcomer, playing the role of Shen Jiayi.

"We chose Shishi because she is a good fit. She is innocent, kind, and has a youthful spirit. Just a few days ago, she also contributed her love to children in mountainous areas."

Why wasn't Liu Yifei considered?

"She's too expensive. The production budget for 'You Are the Apple of My Eye' was limited, I can't afford her."

After hearing the news, Ya Huazi went on a rampage on Weibo, saying directly, "Old classmate, I'm not expensive, I'm very cheap."

Many people were surprised to learn that Su Jin and Liu Yifei were actually classmates.

The Yi family members even went directly to Su Jin's Weibo to post comments, strongly demanding that Liu Shishi be replaced and that their idol be put on the show.

Bullshit! It's all thanks to the fact that the little lion hasn't been born yet, otherwise it would have ripped you Yi family members to shreds.

Liu Shishi also shared her thoughts.

"I'm very happy to play Shen Jiayi, the female lead of my favorite novel. I will definitely do my best to portray Shen Jiayi and live up to the expectations of my many fans."

Are you looking forward to working with Director Su?

"Every actress looks forward to working with Director Su, and of course I am also very much looking forward to it."

As soon as the press conference for the start of filming ended, a group of people immediately rushed to Ningcheng to film.

The total production cost of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" was 1200 million, of which 700 million was for production and 500 million was for publicity.

The investment share is 90% for Jianmu Media and 10% for China Film Group.

The producer is Chen Zhixi, and the director is Yang Qing.

The main cast includes Su Jin and Liu Shishi as the male and female leads.

Qiao Shan plays Xie Minghe, Luo Jin plays Cao Guosheng, Lu Fangsheng plays Xu Bochun, Lei Datou plays Liao Yinghong, and Jiao Dabao plays best friend Hu Jiawei.

Regarding the actors' salaries, Su Jin received 20 yuan plus 20% of the box office revenue, while Xia Jie received 20 yuan.

罗缙40万、卢芳声30万、雷大头20万、乔杉10万、焦大宝10万。

Originally, Luo Jin's film salary should have been 70 yuan, but since it was their own film, and they had asked for his opinion, he agreed.

If you disagree, replace them immediately.

Whether he's there or not is actually the same. The main focus of the film is on Su Jin and the novel's IP adaptation, followed by the up-and-coming director Yang Qing, and only then does he come in third.

Another point is that "You Are the Apple of My Eye" is a campus-themed film, so the budget couldn't be high.

In terms of business cooperation, Gionee Mobile had previously tasted success with "Nightclub" and this time offered 600 million yuan. The second most popular brand was Jeanswest, which offered 570 million yuan to acquire the lead actor's everyday clothing.

There were also some drinks, snacks, GG stickers, etc., totaling 1800 million.

For film distribution, this time we didn't go through China Film Group; we're going to try distributing it ourselves.

Previously, he was thinking of buying a licensed cinema chain so that he could completely connect the upstream and downstream of the film and television industry chain.

But after thinking about it, it's actually unnecessary.

Firstly, there were no good cinema chains to buy; Golden Harvest was acquired by Orange Sky for HK$2.21 million last November.

Secondly, instead of operating a cinema chain, it would be better to operate an online ticketing service.

If an online ticketing platform becomes the leading enterprise with a 7% market share, then cinemas will become the end-user service providers, and could even influence cinema scheduling.

Currently, there are only three companies offering online ticketing services.

Founded in 2005, Wangpiao.com; HaPiao.com, created by Dadi Cinemas; and Gewara, which was just established in Shanghai this year and targets artsy young people.

The ticket sales rate for the three companies was pitifully low, less than 2% for the entire year.

This is related to the development of the times. The mobile intelligent era has just begun, and tickets can only be bought on computers. Audiences have not yet developed the habit of online shopping.

Things are different now. In another week, Steve Jobs will release the iPhone 3G, and Jack Ma is already planning Singles' Day to stimulate online shopping.

Now is the best time to enter the online ticketing market.

He first ordered Tang Li, the head of Junzhen Investment Company, to establish a new company named Jianmu Ticketing.

Next, recruit a large number of people and launch the game before October. At that time, you can try to sell "Painted Skin" first.

The Taiwanese version of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" contains many restricted scenes.

These scenes would definitely be subject to rectification in mainland China, so they were directly deleted.

That's why the mainland version removed this scene; otherwise, it would have been heavily criticized when it was released—it's utter garbage.

The middle school in the movie is called "Jingcheng" Middle School, but here it has been changed to "Zhenhua" Middle School.

The name was changed to this, naturally in preparation for the Zhenhua Trilogy.

If the movie includes a scene where Ko Ching-teng and Shen Chia-yi achieve great success and are invited back to their alma mater to give a speech, wouldn't that ignite the audience's interest?

At the very least, it can save five million in advertising costs.

And we also plan to put "Our Times" here, making it a campus movie universe—perfect.

The school uniform was not the traditional blue and white oversized uniform, but the same as that of a private secondary school.

The man wore dress pants and a short-sleeved shirt.

The girl is wearing a pleated skirt and a short-sleeved shirt with a bow-shaped decoration.

Although Su Jin's looks are perfectly suited to this blue and white school uniform, it would look even more teacher-like if paired with the uniform of a private middle school.

To fit the high school student persona, he cut off his cool, choppy hair and the hairstylist designed a chestnut-shaped head that resembled a buzz cut.

However, this new hairstyle also has its advantages, namely, it makes him look even more sunny and handsome, the kind that can charm countless girls.

Looking at Liu Shishi, she had also cut her long hair, leaving only medium-length hair. Her face was bare of makeup, and she wore a simple school uniform, making her look almost exactly like a middle school student.

"Brother Jin, your hairstyle is so handsome!!" Liu Shishi blinked her big eyes, stood on tiptoe, and touched Su Jin's hair.

"You can't touch a boy's head or a girl's waist, don't you know that!" Su Jin said, pretending to be serious as she slapped Liu Shishi's hand away.

"Really? What will happen if I touch it?" Liu Shishi asked with a puzzled look, like a curious child.

"I touched her—" Su Jin was about to explain when she suddenly saw the blind girl's eyes darting around and knew she was up to no good.

"It won't do anything bad to touch it."

"You touched me, does that mean you want me to marry you?"

"Marry you my foot! You're always dreaming."

"Since you often touch my head, does that mean you have to marry me?"

"Who fed you all this nonsense?"

"You!"

Su Jin's face darkened, and she decided to ignore her and turned to leave.

Sister Xia is becoming less and less lovable.

In early June, the school had not yet started its summer break, so there was a very troublesome problem.

That means that every day after class or after school, many students would come and watch.

It's fine for people to watch, but some students get excited and shout, which can affect the sound recording.

After filming today, Su Jin looked helplessly at the students surrounding her, who were packed in layers upon layers.

Although he felt helpless, he did not leave under the escort of security guards, but instead chatted with them for a few minutes after filming each day.

After all, they are our providers; we can't be so heartless.

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