Chapter 408 The best friend I have ever made in my life is you (please vote!)
2 days later.
It’s April.
Sitting in Xiangyang’s office, Little John held a delicate paper bag in his hand.
The thick kraft paper is printed with colorful paintings, and the thickened portable rope is fixed with perforations and knots.
Although it is large, it looks like it can hold a lot of things, but in fact it is not.
If it’s full, just put some light items in it.
“Why do you stay here with me every day?” Xiangyang walked in from outside after the meeting, followed by Sarah.
"What do you mean every day? I just came here too."
Little John glanced at Xiang Yang and showed no intention of getting up from Xiang Yang's desk. He smiled at Sarah and said: "" How about Downton Abbey? I saw a British magazine interviewing you.”
"It's going pretty smoothly." Sarah smiled at Little John and walked to the coffee machine in the office.
“No need to do it, I’m going to take him out later.” Xiangyang put the pile of documents he had brought over on the sofa, grabbed the paper bag from Little John’s hand, looked at it for a few times, and threw it away. Arrived aside.
Making paper bags for the Siheyuan was quickly approved as soon as it was proposed.
Xiang Yang didn’t find this too strange.
Since an American grocery store owner invented the paper shopping bag with a handle in 1912, paper bags have gradually been given various meanings, and are not limited to commodity packaging containers.
Neon Country has the largest number of applications for this batch of paper bags.
Far beyond China.
This is normal.
Because of Neon, collecting paper bags has even become a cultural phenomenon, and a paper bag museum has even been established.
Of course, in addition to displaying the paper bags collected in such museums, their production history and related cultural knowledge will also be introduced.
With the development of the economy, domestic merchants have gradually paid attention to the paper bag design of their own products in later generations.
Collaborating with artists is a very common business practice.
Among the luxury brands, the one that has had the greatest impact should be Hermès’ old friend LV.
In 2016, we collaborated with industrial designer Marc Newson to launch a new Safran Impérial (royal saffron) color shopping bag.
Now this shopping bag has become one of LV’s brand symbols.
Little John picked up the paper bag from the table again and looked at his friend, with confusion in his eyes, "I'm very busy, and I don't have time to wander around with you to search for inspiration."
Xiang Yang smiled, " "Take you to buy a car."
It was a bit hasty and sudden. It took a few seconds for Little John to react after hearing that he was taking me to buy a car. His face showed a mixture of joy, happiness and excitement, but He immediately stopped and said dissatisfied:
"I'm just here for April Fool's Day, thank you."
"Really, why did I lie to you."
Xiang Yang frowned slightly, as if to say: "What does this have to do with April Fool's Day."
"Really?" Little John's voice almost broke.
Xiang Yang nodded. He had already confirmed that Liu Qianqian had prepared all the money. It just so happened that there was nothing to do after today's meeting. If he didn't skip work, he would be sorry for the capitalists.
"Then I'll go get my clothes first, haha." After receiving a positive reply, Little John happily gave up his seat to Xiangyang and said with a smile:
"The chair is better than mine. That office is much more comfortable.”
Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly.
They are all the same chairs, what’s the difference?
On the side, Sarah grinned as she listened to the two people blatantly trading in PY in front of her.
"Then I'll go back to London first. If anything happens, I'll keep in touch with you on the phone." Seeing that she had nothing to do here, Sarah said.
“Don’t leave, I just want to talk to you.”
Little John stood up but stopped the other party.
Although Sarah works at Hermès, the projects she is responsible for are all projects of Little John’s department.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of Little John, Sarah is his subordinate.
How can any subordinate come back from a ‘business trip’ and not give himself, the ‘boss’, a reason to go to the dock?
"What's the matter? Little John." Sarah sighed.
"Of course," Little John took out his shriveled wallet from his pocket, took out a 50 euro note and handed it to Sarah with a smile:
"Please have a cup of coffee, please help me buy it if you can." "For a moment."
"Huh?"
Sarah was stunned for a moment after taking the note.
“What, is there a problem?”
"Yes." Sarah nodded, her expression a little stiff.
Little John, who was in a good mood, frowned slightly, "Then if you are too busy, I will buy it myself."
"That's not true, I'm afraid I don't have enough money."< br>
“.”
For a moment, Little John felt that his face was embarrassed and embarrassing.
Just as he lowered his head and took out a 50-euro note from his shriveled wallet, Sarah sneered: "Happy April Fool's Day, Little John."
He finished with a smile, before Little John could react. , Sarah waved to Xiang Yang and walked out of the office quickly.
"Damn it! Xiang, did you see it? She actually tricked me."
Little John, who had lost face, went directly to Xiangyang to complain.
"I saw it, it's quite interesting." Xiang Yang comforted casually, "This shows that you can joke in everyone's mind and are not out of touch with the masses."
"That's funny." Little John curled his lips.
If Xiang Yang made this joke to him, he wouldn't say anything.
But Sarah
"Have you heard? Sarah and Flamel seem to be dating recently." Out of curiosity to share gossip, Little John said to Xiangyang.
“Isn’t that normal.”
"Is it normal?"
Little John always felt that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't express it accurately for a while.
Did Xiang Yang already know this?
Could he have an informant in the company?
After lowering his head and pondering for a while, Little John looked sideways at Xiang Yang and said, "Didn't you say you would take me to buy a car? Why are you still not moving?"
"Brother, you told me to go get the clothes first."
Xiang Yang, who had just sat down for a few minutes, silently cursed a lunatic and stood up. If you want to keep up with Little John's chat frequency, you really have to pay attention all the time.
"Speaking of which, how is Director Zhang's matter handled?" Xiang Yang asked as he put on his coat and walked out.
“Mr. Han hasn’t replied to me yet.”
Little John shook his head and said unhappily.
He came here mainly to communicate with Xiangyang about this matter.
"I plan to go there myself. Your father-in-law told me that he has to visit three times to show his sincerity."
As soon as Little John spoke, Xiangyang frowned. He frowned and glanced at his friend.
This guy is actually connected with Principal An?
I also visited the thatched cottage three times.
Do you think you are Uncle Liu Huang?
"Then you can go." When he came to the elevator, Xiang Yang cleared his throat and said:
"Actually, you shouldn't lower your posture too low. There are some things There’s no point in rushing.”
“But I’ve told the people at MK2 and Gao Meng that they are also looking forward to this cooperation.”
"Ah, that's it."
As expected, there was a reason for Little John to make changes.
Who knows how this guy brags about this cooperation to others after he comes back, but he probably means it to the letter.
When it comes to buying a car, Little John and Liu Qianqian are very familiar with it.
In a short time, Laura picked out her favorite color, silver gray.
Instead of the black that Little John had been clamoring for before.
This shows that like Xiang Yang, he has no say in this regard.
“I like black ones, Xiang, why don’t we switch.”
Looking at Laura who was picking up the car, Little John pouted, reluctant to look at the man next to him. Xiangyang's sports car of the same color.
“It’s good to have some open.”
Xiang Yang, who had no sense of participation, felt sour in his heart and said comfortingly: "At least you have experienced buying a car, right."
"That's true." Little John laughed.
Happiness is indeed based on the pain of friends, which makes you happier.
“Let’s go, I guess the new car has nothing to do with you.” Xiangyang patted Little John, who was getting pissy again.
“Who said that!”
Pushing Xiang Yang away with disdain, Little John rubbed his hands and walked towards Liu Qianqian with an attentive smile, "Liu, you know, you are the best friend I have made in my life."
Yichang within the crew.
Under the hazy sky, next to the yellow rapeseed fields, the delicate Zhou Dongyu, with two ponytails standing up, walked with Dou Xiao with his head lowered.
The movements of the two looked unnatural, worse than the little girl walking in front of them who also had a playful ponytail.
Back to the lake where we just took the photo.
"Director Zhang has been upset recently. It's okay to be harsh. This is for your own good."
"Yes, I know."
Clenched the White Rabbit toffee in his hand Returned to Dou Xiao, Zhou Dongyu nodded.
From the day she turned on the phone, she had been criticized by Zhang Mouzi.
Even though she was new to the world, she could tell that Zhang Mouzi was obviously much more irritable than the previous few days on the set.
I would give myself guidance before, but today I scolded myself directly in front of other actors.
Behind the monitor in the distance, Zhang Mouzi, who was depressed, was holding a cigarette in his hand. After taking two puffs, he thought to himself that he had nothing to do with his children, so he picked up the walkie-talkie from next to the director's chair:
"Every department is getting ready, let's do it again!"
No one among the more than 500 people on the crew dared to touch Zhang Mouzi's bad luck now, so they acted quickly and quickly.
“Dongyu, please show off your performance this time, you have to have the youthful feeling of a girl, okay?”
Zhou Dongyu, who was wearing a blue liberation outfit, nodded quickly when he heard this.
Just after crossing the street, the hazy sky suddenly dropped with a drizzle.
“This damn weather.” Seeing the raindrops hitting the lens, Zhang Mouzi, who was about to take a set of shots, cursed and yelled at the filming crew.
Even God is against me?
"Teacher Zhang, in the current weather, there will be this kind of drizzle. Just wait until this cloud blows away." Pang Li on the side persuaded.
"I know." Frowning, Zhang Mouzi said helplessly: "You ask Zhou Dongyu and Dou Xiao to come over, and I will explain to them the next scene."
"Why don't you take a rest? Right?”
“No, go ahead, I can handle it.”
Zhang Mouzi waved his hand.
He wanted to catch up on the progress as soon as possible and shorten the shooting cycle.
Firstly, it can save the waste of money, and secondly, by completing the filming of the film early, he can focus on his own affairs.
He has read the contract from CC Standard, and Pang Li also translated it for him from the contract sent by Hermès Film Investment Company.
Total up, except for the CC standard symbolic remuneration of 20,000 US dollars.
The fee paid by Hermès Film Investment Company for traveling to France is not disrespectful.
In addition to the labor fee of 80,000 euros for the entire retrospective exhibition, hotels, cars, round-trip air tickets, and a series of other details are all reflected in the contract.
Is this a lot of money?
Zhang Mouzi felt that it was quite a lot.
He doesn’t get much money from New Picture, and besides, their retrospective exhibition is to make him famous.
The CC standards have no choice. Even his assistant Pang Li and the crew members who were invited to co-produce are all paid.
The money is not much, but the meaning of this matter is not about the money.
However, the money and profits satisfied Zhang Mouzi and the others, but not Zhang Weiping.
100,000 US dollars?
In his words, what is the difference between this and sending away a beggar?
Thinking of minimizing the big issue, Zhang Mouzi had to force the actors and crew to complete the filming of the movie as soon as possible to reduce expenses.
"Hawthorn Tree Love" has 4 joint investments, with a total of 70 million.
If Zhang Weiping can save some money, even if the box office does not reach 200 million in the end, he will not lose money.
Zhang Mouzi feels that this should at least satisfy Zhang Weiping's appetite
(End of this chapter)