This director is so innocent.

Huang Jiaqiang's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

He worked himself to the bone, begging and pleading, but didn't manage to get a single penny, while Su Jin went out for a stroll yesterday and brought back 1900 million.

This makes him look useless!

"Boss, this is already 1900 million, should we still invest?" Huang Jiaqiang asked hesitantly.

"Of course we should invest. Since so many people are optimistic about this project, there's no need for us to hold back. Let's invest five million and bring the total cost to 2400 million," Su Jin said without hesitation.

After listening, Huang Jiaqiang nodded silently in agreement.

Despite some lingering concerns, he chose to trust Su Jin's judgment.

After all, Su Jin has always had a very keen business sense, and this project does seem to have great potential.

"This time, Han Sanping will be listed as the producer and executive producer, and you will also be listed as a producer. You will be responsible for the specific tasks."

Also, bring Chen Zhixi along when you form this production crew, and teach her more.

OK.

Huang Jiaqiang went to contact the actors and assemble the crew, while Su Jin went to the scriptwriting department to work out the shooting plan and storyboards.

A storyboard, also known as a "filming workbook" or "director's script," is a concentrated representation of a director's desk work.

Its function is like the blueprint for building a skyscraper.

It forms the basis for photographers to shoot and editors to do post-production. It is also the basis for actors and all creative staff to understand the director's intentions, comprehend the script, and carry out re-creation.

It also provides important reference for the film's budget and length.

The content includes items such as shot number, shot type, shooting method, content of the scene, dialogue, music, sound effects, and shot length.

Shot number, or shot sequence number, is used because the order of shots may be disrupted during filming, so shot numbers are needed to facilitate post-production editing.

Shot types include wide shot, full shot, medium shot, close-up, and extreme close-up.

This refers to a text-based storyboard, not a storyboard that combines pictures and text.

These pictorial storyboards generally only appear in exciting scenes; most of the time, text-based storyboards are used.

Directors who draw storyboards that look like comics include Xu Ke, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Christopher Nolan...

Of course, it doesn't matter if the drawing is bad. Jiang Wen's storyboard is terrible. Look at stick figures.

The script for "The Coffin in the Mountain" is not long, only about 40,000 words.

With four or five screenwriters working together, plus the visuals in Su Jinxin's mind, they finished very quickly, completing one-fifth in three days.

In the past three days, Liu Ye and Guo Tao have agreed, Huang Bo has also agreed to make a cameo appearance, and Yu Nan is still making a decision.

She also received an offer for a film called "Genes Decide I Love You".

The director of this drama is Li Yunchan, who is known as "the Taiwanese Ning Hao".

But the film that came out was a pile of crap.

The film's structure is fragmented, the plot is boring, the dialogue is weak, and the theme of "genes determine my love for you" is not conveyed.

In summary, it's a waste of time.

Yu Nan is in a dilemma; it's estimated that she wants to change her career path and make commercial films.

The production company of this film is Andy Lau's Focus Entertainment, which is also the production company of "Crazy Stone".

If she can get in touch with Andy Lau, it will be beneficial for her career transition.

By the way, Taiwan also has a gay TV series with the same name as this movie.

In addition, Zuo Shandiao also invited Feng Yuanzheng.

……

Evening, at the Shanshui Restaurant.

A famous private restaurant in Beijing.

You can't get in without a membership, and the annual membership fee is over ten thousand yuan.

Su Jin was not a member of this restaurant; he came here because he was invited by Zhong Lifang.

Once inside, Su Jin casually looked around.

The shop lives up to its name, with a picturesque landscape.

The decor is retro, with mountains and water features, and all the furniture is made of solid wood. I heard that the head chef is from Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

Upon entering a private room, Su Jin glanced around and saw Zhong Lifang sitting quietly alone, fiddling with her phone as if she were giving instructions.

"Good evening, Mr. Zhong!" Su Jin greeted him softly.

Hearing the sound, Zhong Lifang looked up and saw Su Jin walk in. She then put down her phone, her lips curving upwards into a charming smile.

She stood up gracefully and said softly, "Come in, have a seat."

"Thank you." Su Jin nodded politely, walked over and sat down opposite Zhong Lifang. He always had a faint smile on his face, which made people feel very friendly.

"See if there's anything you like to eat? Order whatever you like, don't hold back." Zhong Lifang handed the menu to Su Jin, her tone revealing her generosity.

"Then I won't be polite." Su Jin smiled and took the menu.

He carefully flipped through the menu, thought for a moment, and then ordered two of the restaurant's signature dishes, as well as a refreshing and delicious water spinach dish.

After ordering, he handed the menu back to Chung Lai-Fong.

Chung Lai-fang took the menu, glanced at it briefly, and then ordered a few more exquisite dishes before closing it with satisfaction and signaling to the waiter that the food could be served.

"Su Jin, that's really unfair of you!" Zhong Lifang suddenly said.

Su Jin was slightly taken aback, and asked in confusion, "How am I being dishonest?"

"I already know about the Coffin in the Mountain."

You know it, so what!

He's now eager for Li Dagou to take the money back, because he feels that 2400 million is a bit too much and he doesn't know how to spend it.

Aside from top stars like Ge You, Gong Li, and Zhang Ziyi, mainland actors now receive very low, extremely low, film salaries.

You can just reduce your TV drama salary by zero.

Take Liu Ye, for example. Although he is a Golden Horse Award-winning actor, his salary is just so-so, only 60 yuan.

If it's a Hong Kong or Taiwanese artist, you should at least add a zero after their name.

For example, Xie Biwang's ex-wife received a salary of 300 million yuan for her role in "The 601st Phone Call".

"Is Mr. Chung planning to recoup his five million investment?"

"No, I want to increase my investment."

Why?

I think highly of you.

"Hehe..." Su Jin sneered twice, not believing it at all.

He's a novice director, with no experience or qualifications; it's no wonder others wouldn't take him seriously.

Even Zuo Shandiao (a famous bandit leader) had the idea of ​​supporting new directors, and Ning Hao's production management led to the investment of eight million.

Otherwise, given the quality of the script, they would have dismissed him with just two or three million.

As for beauty, Chung Lai-fang isn't a coal mine owner, so others wouldn't have such lowbrow tastes.

Seeing that Su Jin didn't believe her, Zhong Lifang smiled slightly and said, "Alright! I'll tell you the truth. I heard that President Han invested eight million."

That's about right.

"Mr. Zhong, I'm sorry, the investment limit has been reached, and we cannot add more shares."

"How many are there now?"

"24 million, of which 5 million is from my company."

"That's such a pity."

……

Brothers and sisters, please read this!

Just turn to the next two pages.

I lost track of it, so sad...

By the way, those of you who like to post photos, why don't you post some nice pictures instead!

None of the pictures are very good; I don't even want to look at them.