On October 25, the second film in DreamWorks' aura resurrection series, "The Mermaid", was officially announced to start filming.

The producer is Lu Hao.

The director is Qian Hong, a new director signed by DreamWorks last year.

Qian Hong is considered a veteran in the film industry. He is a gold medal screenwriter and director. The "Chinese Heroes" series of Qilin Film and Television was previously produced by him. However, he was sniped by Lu Hao's "Aura Revival" series at the DreamWorks Film Festival. Old Qian turned against him and joined DreamWorks.

What can I say about this person?

He's a tough guy.

In fact, Lu Hao was a little wary of this kind of "slave of two surnames" at the beginning. Although he signed the contract, he was not given any important work since he joined DreamWorks.

It was just that when I was filming "The Swordsman", I asked him to be an assistant director, or the fourth assistant director, which was completely equivalent to a tool.

However, it was during the filming of "The Swordsman" that Lu Hao truly recognized him.

This person is an extreme idealist. His biggest ideal in life is to exclude China's film universe, even if it means participating in it.

In order to achieve this, he changed several film companies and launched at least five or more movie universe sequence beginnings, but the results were not very good.

Or after the first film is released and it becomes a big hit at the box office, they are kicked out by the company.

Or after the first film is released and it fails, they just take the blame and leave.

Either the first part is okay, the second part is okay, but the third part is no longer sustainable and becomes a mediocre work.

As for the time at Qilin Film and Television, it was the richest time for Qian Hong. He had sufficient budget and could choose any actor or actress he wanted. However, when Lu Hao proposed the revival of spiritual energy, he was completely defeated.

He felt that compared to what Lu Hao had proposed, what he had written was complete garbage.

That’s why I came directly to DreamWorks.

When filming "The Swordsman", Brother Qian really put in his utmost effort, even more than the great director Lu Hao. He strived for excellence in everything related to the movie.

Such an attitude naturally won Lu Hao's approval without a doubt.

Moreover, after "The Swordsman" became a global box office hit, Qian Hong talked to Lu Hao for a long time. As they talked, Qian Hong, a man in his forties, had tears in his eyes.

After half a lifetime, I finally saw the light of hope in this matter. I am really filled with emotion.

As for the directorial rights of "The Mermaid", Qian Hong also fought for it himself.

Qian Hong ran to Lu Hao's office, volunteered, and signed a military order.

He sold his house and added all his life savings to raise a total of 20 million yuan, saying that he wanted to use it in a movie and only hoped that he could direct the movie.

If you lose money, just consider it as your own responsibility.

If I make a profit, I don’t want a share of the box office revenue, I just want to get my capital back.

Lu Hao was really moved by this attitude. After careful consideration, he decided to give him this opportunity.

Qian Hong's work ability is naturally no problem.

The only thing I need to worry about is the shooting style. I don’t know if it can reach my ideal state. However, I am watching it anyway. If there is anything inappropriate, I can ask him to adjust it at any time.

As for the rest of the cast, we will still follow the old way, giving priority to internal selection. If there is really no suitable one, we will hold an open audition.

I have to say.

To date, DreamWorks' cast has expanded to nearly two hundred people.

Lu Hao’s habit is to select newcomers from among the newcomers from major film and television academies every year.

Lu Hao is not very interested in those who have already debuted, no matter if they are first-tier, second-tier, seventeenth-tier or eighteenth-tier.

This is a personal habit, but also a way to maximize benefits.

After all, it costs a lot to poach people from other companies.

Moreover, in the past two years, as the value of actors has skyrocketed, more and more well-known artists have begun to seek to become shareholders of companies, and even try to set up studios.

However, when training new people, there is no such concern at all.

As long as Lu Hao wants to make someone famous, he can make anyone famous, because the quality of the work is there and the results will not be too bad. His ability to train actors is also obvious to all.

The company's current top stars, including Jiang Xianyu, Su Ying, Wu Mei, and Tang Tangtang, include amateurs, former traffic stars, and those who made a comeback after being banned. Basically, they all became famous thanks to Lu Hao's movies.

There are three male and female protagonists in DreamWorks' film this time, and all of them are newcomers.

The actor who plays the male lead Liu Xuan is a former professional actor, but his appearance is not very good, so he has never made a name for himself in the film and television industry. However, he has been in the drama industry for ten years and has honed his acting skills.

As for the two heroines, one is a sexy, charming, and domineering female president, and the other is a simple, kind, fresh and cute little mermaid. They are both played by newcomers, this year's graduates of the Central Academy of Drama.

After the audition, Lu Hao didn't care too much about these things.

To be honest, these things are just trivial matters to me at the moment.

Lu Hao was too lazy to remember the name.

It’s not that Lu Hao is becoming arrogant, but the company has developed to such a point that a lot of energy can no longer be put into this. It would be like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

Let’s take the simplest example.

So far, Lu Hao doesn’t even know how many dramas the company is currently filming, and he has to ask the relevant vice president for detailed data.

In the past, Lu Hao mainly managed two things.

First, people, the company’s executive team.

Second, money, the flow of large amounts of funds.

Now, money matters are monitored by the system at all times.

As for human affairs, Lu Hao rarely interferes.

That’s what introducing a professional management team does.

There are annual assessments, quarterly assessments, and monthly assessments. Driven by capital, people gradually become tool people and data people. In a complete system, they do their jobs well and move towards the set goals.

Even the vice president, who is second only to the president, is also a tool.

If the assessment task is not completed, I can't stay here, and there will naturally be a lot of people below who want to replace me.

This also shows the benefits of Lu Hao's 100% control of the company.

There will definitely be intrigue among the executive team, but the situation is completely under their control.

Because no matter how high your annual salary is, you are just an employee.

As for the board of directors, there is no question of it.

As long as Lu Hao is still here, this company can continue to operate even if anyone is missing. At worst, we can just replace him with someone else.

And Lu Hao also truly began to experience the feeling of being alone in the company.

It's lonely at the top.

Capital alienates everyone in the company into what they should be.

Even Lu Hao himself is the same.

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