Chapter 21 Everything is ready
Although he felt that the other party was not very old when he heard the voice during the previous call, Wu Bai did not expect Meng Bai to be so young.
However, he was only surprised in his heart, and he shook hands with Meng Bai and exchanged a few polite words without showing any emotion, and then sat down at the table together.
After the two sat down, Meng Bai first introduced Li Qin to Wu Bai, and specifically pointed out that she was the heroine of this drama.
"Li Qin?" Wu Bai thought about it and asked, "Is it from Director Li Shaohong's company?"
"Yes." Li Qin nodded, and then asked curiously, "Do you know Aunt Li?"
"I've only met her, not really knowing her."
Wu Bai suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he felt that the girl looked familiar just now.
At the same time, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart - because he had preconceived the idea that the two were "couples", he almost thought that this drama was a "young man" Meng Bai who wanted to fulfill his girlfriend's "actress dream", so he arranged a heroine.
If that was the case, although it was a pity for the script, he really didn't want to play with the other party.
"I read the entire script yesterday. The story is very interesting, and the plot twists in several chapters are also exciting. It seems to have some of the feeling of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio." Wu Bai didn't say much nonsense and went straight to the point.
"'Using the legendary method to record strange stories', Mr. Lu Xun's evaluation is still very accurate. It is indeed difficult for us to write stories about ghosts and gods in the future and transcend the framework of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio." Meng Bai smiled modestly.
"That's true, but it can combine social development and integrate into the stories of this era. As far as I feel, it is already quite exciting." Wu Bai seemed to like this script very much, and he praised it generously.
"Which stories do you like particularly?" Meng Bai asked. Wu Bai
thought for a while and said, "[Ghosts on the Bed], [Cold Blood] and [Borrowing Corpses], these three units are the ones that impressed me the most."
Meng Bai smiled with a "as expected" smile: "It's about the same as I expected. I have seen the micro-films you shot before, and I feel that you should be more interested in this kind of suspense and reversal stories."
"Do you like any of my films?" Wu Bai asked back.
"That "Car Washing" feels very good, a bit like "The Tuner" directed by French director Olivier Trenet." Meng Bai said without hesitation. Wu
Bai had been shooting micro-movies before, and "Car Washing" is his most famous short film. The leading actor is Zhang Yi, and the plot is about a car washer who never reveals the secrets of his customers, who is coerced by a gunman to clean up the traces of the crime and has to do everything he can to escape.
As for "The Tuner" mentioned by Meng Bai, it is a French short film. It tells the story of a tuner disguised as a blind man who accidentally discovered a murder scene, so he had to work hard to make the murderer believe that he is really blind.
This short film is quite well-known, and together with "Carrying the Burden" and "The Landlady", it is called "the must-have package for the entertainment time travel party.
" Hearing Meng Bai's evaluation, Wu Bai's eyes lit up. Obviously, Meng Bai did not perfunctorily treat himself, but really watched the film he shot.
"Indeed, the original inspiration for the film "Car Washing" came from "The Tuner"..."
Wu Bai immediately became interested and talked with Meng Bai for nearly twenty minutes about topics such as short films, French films, suspense film techniques, Hitchcock, the history of the development of Hollywood cult films, etc.
"Gululululululululu... Bang!"
A series of sounds interrupted the chat between Meng Bai and Wu Bai. The two looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Li Qin covering a teacup lid with one hand, looking at the two with a little embarrassment.
Just now, the two people had been talking about some incomprehensible topics, and Li Qin was playing with the teacup boredly. Unexpectedly, the lid rolled out without paying attention, but fortunately she quickly stopped it.
"Uh..." Li Qin carefully took back the teacup lid: "Sorry, I disturbed you."
"No, we were too engrossed in the chat and ignored our heroine." Wu Bai took the initiative to rescue.
Meng Bai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It seems that Director Wu Bai has made a decision?"
Wu Bai didn't say anything, and nodded: "In fact, I came here today with the intention of agreeing."
"That's great." Meng Bai said in a brisk tone: "Welcome to join the crew of "Soul Ferry."
"Thank you, but I have a few requests here." Wu Bai said, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket: "I want to bring these people with me. Basically, they are all people I have worked with many times, and I can guarantee their professional level."
Meng Bai took it and looked at the names on it. There were several photographers, executive directors, assistant directors, and script supervisors, about six or seven people.
Looking at this list, Meng Bai was very happy.
His makeshift crew is now in a state of disrepair, lacking people in all aspects. The people on Wu Bai's list can almost directly solve the two major problems of the director team and the filming crew.
Meng Bai couldn't help but give Wu Bai a thumbs up in his heart. This wave of brother really helped him in time of need!
However, although he was very happy, Meng Bai tried not to show it on the surface. He looked at the list and seemed to weigh it for a while, then nodded and said, "No problem, it will be easier to shoot with a familiar partner."
Wu Bai didn't know Meng Bai's background, and he was relieved when he saw that he didn't refuse.
To be honest, most directors will have their own team more or less, so that they can work together more easily.
But not all producers like to let the director bring his own team. After all, such a small group may affect the right to speak in the crew.
"Also, about the pay." Wu Bai asked again.
Meng Bai was well prepared. He took out a brown paper bag and handed it over: "300,000 yuan for the director's salary, plus a tiered performance bonus."
Wu Bai opened the bag and took out the documents inside. It really recorded a tiered reward plan in detail. It was roughly that if the total number of views of the final episode exceeded a certain amount, you could get a certain amount of extra bonus. The amount of the bonus was different according to the number of views.
Wu Bai thought about it and felt that it was acceptable. The fixed salary was not too high or too low, but the incentive bonus was more detailed and the data was not too outrageous. Taken together, it was not bad.
"Okay, then I will go back and start preparing the storyboard script, as well as some shooting plans and requirements." Wu Bai stood up, stretched out his hand and looked at Meng Li and the others and said: "Then I wish you a smooth cooperation."
"Smooth cooperation!"
"Smooth cooperation, good luck everyone!"
Meng Bai breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Wu Bai leave.
Finally, the director was solved, and the framework of the crew was half built. Now everything is ready, just waiting for the signing of the agreement with Leshi.com and the budget to be paid, and then we can officially start.
"Good luck and good luck, everything goes well." Meng Bai muttered, and then looked at Li Qin happily and said, "Today is a good day, come on, girl, you treat me to a big dinner!"
"Okay!" Li Qin also laughed happily when she heard it, and waved her hands cutely: "Big dinner... eh?"
Li Qin frowned, wait, that's not right, who did Meng Bai say treat who just now?
"Why am I treating you?!" Li Qin frowned and stared at Meng Bai.
"Because I have no money." Meng Bai said confidently: "You forgot that I still borrowed money from you."
Li Qin was so angry that she almost laughed: "Wow, you can say such a shameless thing!"
Meng Bai waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry~ I will definitely pay you back with interest once the money from the crew comes in a few days."
"That's better." Li Qin muttered.
Then, she thought about the little money left in her card, and couldn't help but feel sad.
On the other side, Meng Bai didn't care about Li Qin's small treasury being in danger, and was still greeting others: "Let's go, Huahua, there is only one table of customers in this store every day, and your boss is not here, so why are you still opening it? Come on, your sister Qin will treat you to a big meal."
"Wow, really!"
Hua Yan slipped out from behind the counter, looked at Li Qin with starry eyes and said: "Sister Qinqin, can I go with you?"
Because every time Meng Bai talked to her about something, it was in this teahouse, so Li Qin has become more familiar with this loli-shaped female college student recently. Seeing this, she smiled and said: "Of course, let's go together."
"That's right, why are you being polite. Let me tell you, your sister Qin gets paid hundreds of thousands for a movie, she is a real white, rich and beautiful woman. When eating, just go for the expensive ones. If a dish is less than four figures, she won't even bother to look at it."
"Meng Bai, you... very good, I remember!"
(End of this chapter)
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