Chapter 758 But I have the confidence
When it was about lunch, Wu Tianmin and the others came back. They were the same people as last time, but they were missing Du Yuan and Tao Jing.
Du Yuan is the editor and Tao Jing is the sound engineer. Editing and recording are all post-production, and they will come over after the film is completed.
We went out to a nearby McDonald's and chatted while eating hot dogs.
"I met Liu Xiaoli." Fang Minghua briefly told the story of his encounter with Liu Xiaoli's mother and daughter in the morning. Of course, he didn't mention the help in changing their names.
"What do you think of her daughter?" Wu Tianmin asked.
"You are directors and experts, and I am just an outsider." Fang Minghua said, "But the first impression this little girl gave me is quite good."
"Yimou and I I have seen her perform on the spot. Although she has not been professionally trained, the girl is quite spiritual. Moreover, I have a feeling that this girl is very popular with the public, which means that the audience likes her. This is very important, especially in commercial films. "Wu Tianmin finally concluded.
"Yeah, I think so too." Fang Minghua took a sip of Coke and nodded: "I'm going to work at Warner Bros. in the afternoon."
"Minghua, you have to be mentally prepared. Pierberg is not easy to talk to," Zhang Yimou interjected.
"I'm not looking for him, nor are I looking for Michael Barnason, I'm looking for Nick, the vice president of their company!" Fang Minghua said with a faint smile.
At two o'clock after dinner, Fang Minghua came to Warner Bros. headquarters and met Nick.
This was the first time the two met. Minghua came to Warner Bros. before the Spring Festival, and Nick went to New York, so he didn't meet him.
In Nick's office, the two of them sat on the sofa and exchanged a few words before getting straight to the point.
There is no need to beat around the bush when dealing with Americans. Fang Minghua directly explained his intention and hoped that Sissi would be considered for the role of Ruifang.
"Both Vice President Wu Tianmin and Director Zhang Yimou believe that this little girl is very suitable for this role. Mr. Nick, as you know, these two are very outstanding directors in our country, especially Zhang Yimou. I think their vision is not wrong." Fang Minghua said finally.
“Oh, Mr. Fang, I understand your feelings, but I also have to respect Spielberg’s opinion. He is also a famous Hollywood director. I heard that he also filmed the novel "Sun Catastrophe" written by you. ?”
“Spielberg is indeed an excellent director, but I think he is not the only outstanding director in Hollywood.” Fang Minghua smiled lightly and suddenly changed the topic: “Mr. Nick, if you shoot. Will you still invite Mr. Spielberg to direct the second part of "Harry Potter"? "
"If this film does well and does well at the box office, of course our company will be happy to continue to invite him. "Nick said and suddenly realized something: "Mr. Fang, what do you mean by this?"
"If Spielberg insists on replacing the role of Rui Fang with a European and American girl," Fang Minghua said and raised his hand. He took a sip of coffee and looked at Nick:
"I'm sorry, I will never cooperate with your company again."
Nick was stunned.
I didn’t expect Fang Minghua’s attitude to be so tough.
But I have confidence.
As soon as the second novel in the "Harry Potter" series was published, it immediately became a best-seller on the market and climbed onto the New York Times bestseller list in just one week!
According to the author, there will be a third and fourth film in the future, which is a gold mine. Other Hollywood film companies are ready to make a move. How can he give up the possibility of this cooperation so easily?
After a moment of silence, Nick finally said: "Okay, Mr. Fang, I will listen to you and the Chinese director, and I will tell Mr. Spielberg."
" That’s good, Mr. Nick, please tell Michael Barnason and Mr. Steven Spielberg.” Fang Minghua said.
“What are you talking about?”
“This little Chinese girl will surprise them. In addition, the Chinese mainland film market will also surprise them.” After saying that, Fang Minghua stood up.
The two said goodbye. As for how Nick convinced the two people, that was not Fang Minghua's concern.
Sure enough, just one day later, Fang Minghua got the news from Wu Tianmin: The United States officially agreed that the little girl Sissi would play the role of Ruifang. Together with other children, she would immediately enter the early stage of the movie role. Studying.
Liu Xiaoli was overjoyed after hearing this. She took her daughter to Fang Minghua's room. In addition to thanking him, she insisted on inviting him to dinner, but Fang Minghua declined.
"No need to eat, no need to be so polite, you are my wife's comrade-in-arms." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
Liu Xiaoli was a little embarrassed.
Although she admitted that she was pretending, Fang Minghua did not expose it in front of Wu Tianmin and others.
Fang Minghua looked at Liu Yifei again and said softly:
"Sissi, your Uncle Wu and Uncle Zhang, and that big bearded Uncle Spielberg, they are both from China and the United States. Top directors, you have to study hard, there are not many opportunities like this."
"Uncle Fang, I will definitely study hard," the little girl said immediately.
"Mr. Fang, for Sissi's filming, I decided to follow the crew. On the one hand, I want to take care of her. On the other hand, I also want to ask a tutor to teach her cultural classes. She is still young and I don't want to be uneducated in the future." Liu Xiaoli said.
Fang Minghua nodded and said.
"Well, that's good. I'll ask Mr. Wu if I have time. If the crew needs any workers, don't you know how to dance? Do you need extras? This way you can get some remuneration."
"Mr. Fang, thank you so much!" Liu Xiaoli was so moved that she cried with joy.
Although my daughter was selected to play the lead female role, her salary was not that high at US$200,000. It was several times worse than the male lead, Haley Joel Osment, whose salary was US$1 million!
Of course, 200,000 US dollars is not a small amount, but now that I have no job and no income, I have to pay all the expenses for accompanying my daughter out of my own pocket, which the crew will not care about, not to mention hiring a tutor to teach my daughter about culture.
This all costs money!
If you become a crew member of the crew, not only will you be paid, but the crew will also take care of your food, drink, and accommodation, which will save you a lot of money.
As for being an extra, it is not important anymore.
Seeing Liu Xiaoli's tears quietly flowing from the corners of her eyes, Fang Minghua thought of a word.
Pear blossoms bring rain.
"Okay, okay, no need to cry. Sissi, wipe your mother's tears." Fang Minghua said again.
Fang Minghua finally breathed a sigh of relief when he finally stopped Liu Xiaoli from crying and sent the mother and daughter out of the room.
If someone who doesn’t know the truth sees it, they will think that I am bullying them.
During dinner in the afternoon, Fang Minghua found an opportunity and told Wu Tianmin what he thought.
The other party readily agreed.
"No problem, this matter is all on me. She is General Song's comrade after all, so we can't treat her badly."
"Okay, there's nothing wrong here, I'll be ready Go back to San Francisco." Fang Minghua said.
“Don’t worry, I heard that a friend of mine was filming in Los Angeles with Yimou and came all the way from New York to visit us. You know him too.” Wu Tianmin smiled.
“Who?”
"Jiang Wen"
(End of this chapter)