The next two weeks passed by leisurely.
Sun Tao and Zhao Liying met twice, once for tea and once for coffee. Both times were initiated by Zhao Liying, but in the end it was Sun Tao who paid the bill. Zhao Liying wanted to treat Sun Tao but did not agree. The last time they met, she was still a waiter. It's damn good if the economic situation can improve.
Well, it's the kind of chat between ordinary friends. Compared with Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, Chinese people are still very reserved and generally take things step by step. There are very few people who are willing to go all out for an opportunity.
Find a reason to meet, chat, eat, drink tea, and help each other. This is the normal state of communication. Occasionally, some people who are more social will make some erotic jokes and tell dirty jokes...
Little girls like Zhao Liying don't know how to do this, and Sun Tao doesn't have any wrong ideas. First of all, she can only say that she looks more upright now. Secondly, Sun Tao has passed the stage of not being selective about food. There is actually no need for him to contact Zhao Liying. What did Zhao Liying think about the idea of taking the other party under her command? Well, Sun Tao really didn't think about it for the time being.
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Of course, there is also business. The cooperation agreement between Qingzhou Culture and Huayi Brothers has been officially signed. Huayi has also begun preparations for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Tomb of the Yellow Piper". In the first week, Sun Tao basically spent every day in Huayi Brothers' conference room. inside.
The director arranged by Huayi Brothers for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is called Fei Zhen. Sun Tao has never heard of this person. Of course, it may be that Sun Tao is ignorant and ignorant. In his previous life, he was just a courier.
Fei Zhenye graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1994, majoring in directing. He is 20 years older than Sun Tao, but as an unknown director, he did not play big names with Sun Tao. Oh, in fact, Sun Tao was with Huang Xiaoming when he went to Wang Zhenglei's private residence. It's him, but he has basically no sense of presence in front of Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Jizhong...
Director Fei Zhen, producer Wang Chao, assistant director Li Xiaojun, screenwriter Sun Tao, and an assistant Xiao Tang. These are named and some unknown people also provided some data support during the meeting.
The investment in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is 20 million, which does not include the cost of building a film and television base and publicity.
Although this is Sun Tao's second time making a movie, the first time he made "Charlotte Trouble" he was not so deeply involved.
Zhang Huanchun and Zhao Qianshan are both Changying old men. What they do is the way of old state-owned enterprises. Many things are decided on the spot. They do not create an excel sheet like Huayi Brothers to list the expenses of each item. There is a lot of discussion about which part is not enough and which part can be reduced...
This was Sun Tao's first time seeing a movie, so it was quite interesting to spend the budget.
Wang Haihua also came here once. She met and chatted with Sun Tao, mainly asking about the ages and appearance of the male and female protagonists of the crew and how outstanding they were in the play...
Sun Tao guessed that what she was thinking about was how to balance the exposure of her artists. Of course, Wang Haihua didn't say anything, and Sun Tao was just guessing.
After a week, everyone's opinions were basically unanimous. Sun Tao went home and revised the draft according to everyone's opinions. It was not easy to condense a novel that could be made into a TV series into 40 episodes into 90 to 120 minutes. However, Sun Tao already understood that Fei Zhen actually He is a very thoughtful person. As long as he writes it, he will definitely provide suggestions for revision. The script is not a matter of one or two days.
"Charlotte Troubles" Sun Tao had seen the original film and naturally wrote it very smoothly. "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Grave of Yellow Skin" Sun Tao watched the TV series. Of course, there is a lot of water in the TV series that can be squeezed.
Sun Tao actually likes this kind of stable state. A fixed task is completed within a time limit, and there is no need to think about anything else.
Wang Yu and Li Xiaojun have both called over in Hangzhou. Wang Yu is still getting familiar with the environment and settling in. Li Mu has also followed him to Hangzhou. He is not alone. Li Xiaojun has now moved into the villa in West Lake Yayuan...;
In Wu'an, Wu Xiaoying didn't need to do too much because she had laid the foundation before, just accepting advertisements and arranging performances...
Sun Tao was also invited to attend the party organized by Huang Xiaoming, and met Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, Liu Yifei, Jiang Yan (later Jiang Yiyan, I don’t know why he changed his name later), Zhu Yawen and others. In fact, Sun Tao has always been very strange. Huang Xiaoming seems to have a very high status in the entertainment industry, and I have never seen him play any particularly awesome roles. Of course, his role as Yue Fei was very awesome, and the early Han Emperor was also good, and he also played That entrepreneurial film, but that’s all.
As a result, inexplicably, he is actually friends with people like Jay Chou and Liu Genghong who seem to be incompatible with each other, and he even goes to the concert as a guest...
Chen Kun and Zhao Wei introduced Sun Tao to them. Liu Yifei, Jiang Yiyan, and Zhu Yawen were all in the 2002 class. They came to them because once Sun Tao entered Beiying, he would become their junior brother.
Liu Yifei was three years younger than Sun Tao in 1987, and Jiang Yiyan and Zhu Yawen were exactly one year older than Sun Tao in 1983.
But things are so strange. They are all still working hard, but Sun Tao, who has not yet entered the school, is already a guest of many big names.
It can be seen that Sun Tao is very popular.
There are no fools in the entertainment industry. Sun Tao has very good relationships with TV stations and entertainment companies. Those TV station editors and directors who they coax and flatter carefully have to nod and bow when they see Sun Tao. The people Sun Tao contacts are usually departments. Supervisor and deputy director level.
Two weeks later, Sun Tao met a lot of friends, not to mention those in the music industry. Wheatfield Music couldn’t hire Sun Tao, so they asked Qin Boya to go there. A bunch of managers took Qin Boya to watch the performances of their artists, hoping that Sun Tao would If there is a new song, give them priority...
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Two weeks later, on the morning of Tuesday, July 29, 2003, Sun Tao, who was discussing the script and actors with Fei Zhen in the Huayi Brothers conference room, suddenly received a call from Feng Xiaogang.
Generally, everyone is on mute during meetings, and Sun Tao is no exception. His mobile phone is on vibrate mode. If there is a call that does not need to be answered immediately, he will take the opportunity to go to the toilet and call back.
But this time there was no need. Sun Tao gave the caller ID to Fei Zhen, Wang Chao, and Li Xiaojun, stood up and walked out of the conference room after shaking for a moment.
Wang Chao, "Old Fei, what's going on? Does Director Feng want to find him too?"
Fei Zhen laughed and said, "No, he asked Director Feng for help. He is going to Beijing Film Academy to get a diploma."
Li Xiaojun's face was full of surprise, "This, this is necessary, he has been so successful, why does he need that piece of waste paper!"
Fei Zhen, "Everyone has different ideas. Besides, he is only 19 after all. It is not surprising that he wants to go to school for further study."
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After a while, Sun Tao came back from outside with a smile on his face.
Fei Zhen, "How is it?"
Sun Tao scratched his head and asked, "Director Fei, if you invite the vice-principal of Beijing Film Academy to have a meal, what kind of arrangements should you make?" (End of Chapter)