Chapter 79
Shu Miao knew in her heart that she had never had a strong opinion. Her family did not have much background. After she unexpectedly became famous, she became obedient and listened to the company's arrangements and fans' requests. Now she mostly listened to Sister Lan.
But the He Fan incident...
She could see that Ji Xue wanted to play the role well and didn't care about traffic and fans. Sometimes even Su Ning couldn't change her mind, but this matter involved money, and a lot of money.
If Jixue doesn’t know about this, what if he really suffers a loss in this matter?
If I know the truth but don't tell her, will it harm her?
Every play of these young actors is very important now. If the producer has no money, the problem will be even bigger. She was always entangled in her heart, and besides this, Shu Miao was still hesitant about how to talk to Ji Xue.
She had never taken the initiative to talk to Jixue before.
Oh no, what should I do?
Jixue felt that she was a little strange in recent days.
But the two of them are not really friends now. As long as Shu Miao acts well, she doesn't care about anything else.
Even if they didn't have their own scenes, these young actors would come to the crew during their breaks to watch their seniors, especially Ye Qiuxin, act, and observe the other actors' conditions and the director's requirements.
Su Ning was here again today. He had just sent Ji Mowei and Qu Shoubai, who had just returned from Fashion Week, to the crew to play the two supporting roles that had been decided before. After watching for a while, he also felt that Shu Miao was a little weird.
"Why do I feel like she keeps looking at you from time to time?" Su Ning said to Ji Xue, "She even pretends to pass by, but actually comes here on purpose."
Who would walk around the set just to get a bottle of water?
"If she doesn't tell me, how can I know what she's thinking?" Jixue spread her hands, "Don't bother with her."
There are so many people paying attention to her on this set.
Jixue gets along well with everyone. Just now, Chu Zhen ran over to get her some water. Many people are staring at her. Does she have to control everyone?
Su Ning: ...
At first, he was afraid that Shu Miao and her people would bully her, but now he only had one thing to say: "You, you should restrain yourself a little."
Last time, Su Ning felt that she had the potential to be a bloody couple, but now he feels that he really underestimated her.
Snow is popular among both men and women.
"Oh, how can you say that to me?" Jixue touched her hair and changed the subject. "By the way, has Mr. Su seen He Fan recently?"
Su Ning: "We just chatted briefly a few times. What happened to her?"
Ji Xue did not reply immediately, but glanced at Ji Mowei and Qu Shoubai and asked another question: "You have made a lot of money recently. Does the whole entertainment industry know about it?"
Glory has indeed made a lot of money recently, Su Ning couldn't deny it, and was a little confused: "So?"
"So I feel that Director He is not here for me now. She is here to wait for you," Ji Xue said, "waiting to ask you for some money."
To put it in a more respectable way within the circle, it should be investment.
Su Ning is very popular in the circle now.
Su Ning: "I know this."
He was more sensitive in this regard than the snow, and he felt it without her reminding him.
Now most people may see that He Fan's studio is short of money. Director He has always been a well-known resource-rich new director in the industry. The investment in his first work was not low, but it flopped. The investment in the second work was still not low, and there were many well-known actors involved, but it flopped even more.
Jixue had never thought that she would be short of money.
When she had the idea of taking part in the performance, she mentioned it directly to Zhu Lan, thinking that this would be more direct. Generally speaking, it is difficult to make connections with artists of this type.
But appearance is superficial. When actually getting along with people, Jixue feels that the opinions of outsiders are not very reliable. It is more like some artists are just eccentric.
When I really saw Ji Xue, I thought she was a little stupid.
The reason why everyone says she is a resourceful person is, first of all, that He Fan has a prominent family background. Zhu Lan also invests because of this, even if she loses money, in order to build relationships. But He Fan can't get any money now, she just hides it well.
It's still very hurtful to lose two movies in a row.
Besides, her family didn't want He Fan to pursue art. They hoped that she would either return home early to inherit the family business or get married. They had let her try before, but failed. Her family thought she was stubborn and simply stopped giving her money, trying to force her to go back early.
Therefore, Zhu Lan didn't want to continue giving money without restraint.
Moreover, He Fan used Ji Xue instead of Shu Miao for the role this time. Zhu Lan felt that she was already giving him face by giving part of the money now. The previous investors basically came for Zhu Lan, and now they would definitely refuse to pay.
He Fan also knew in his heart that Zhu Lan and the others could not be blamed for this matter.
The main thing is that I have been losing money all the time. Which company would dare to continue investing after seeing the financial report? Now everyone who knows the inside story is quite decent. They didn't tell anyone about it, which is already very good for her. But when it comes to lack of money, only those who are poor know it.
He Fan does have some artistic pursuits. She can endure eating coarse food, but she still wants to make a new movie.
She did not sign with any company, she had her own small studio, and her own employees who needed to eat and get paid, so He Fan had to go out and find a new sponsor.
Unfortunately, this is no longer the era of coal bosses, and it is not so easy to find sponsors. It is said that many years ago, as long as you used art as a gimmick, they would be willing to give you large sums of money and would not interfere much in the project.
He Fan felt very sorry about this.
If you ask who makes the most money in the circle now, it should be Su Ning. Coincidentally, who is most willing to spend money is also Su Ning.
Moreover, I heard that the Su family has the blood of the coal boss, which is simply perfect.
Maybe the snow and Su'ning are just pie in the sky!
He Fan had rarely dealt with these bosses before, and didn't know Su Ning. Recently, he asked around outside and heard that he could spend so much money just to shoot a casual MV for those idols.
That was included with the album, it seems like they didn’t consider the return on investment at all.
This boss seems to be a fool with lots of money! Oh no, he is very generous.
So she came to Yaoshan Film and Television City, actually just to wait and see, taking advantage of the snow to meet Su Ning, and then planning to ask for money naturally.
After all, he needs money and can't look poor. Before coming, He Fan discussed a detailed plan with the people in his studio.
She tried her best to show how promising the project was, and then casually mentioned that there was an investment gap at present and it would be a pity to miss it. Then when Su Ning gave the money, she refused and seemed very reluctant, and then the matter was settled.
But she still overestimated her social skills.
Jixue is currently filming a movie and Su Ning is very busy. They had talked about it briefly before, but she had never found the right opportunity to start the conversation.
He Fan was thinking hard, but she didn't know that even if she didn't say it out loud, her troubles had been seen through by these two shrewd people.
But how could He Fan's acting skills fool Ji Xue? He was able to trick him into revealing the truth in just two sentences.
The happiest moment for her during the conversation was when Jixue tentatively said that he could ask for less pay. When she saw her eyes light up, she knew that she was really poor.
Jixue guessed it, but didn't expose it. The first thing he did was to tell Su Ning the truth.
Su Ning asked one question first: "Do you want to act in her movie?"
Ji Xue replied, "Of course I thought about it. He Fan is capable. I think her sense of camera aesthetics is no less than Tong Feifan's. Especially the long shots of characters that she shot, which were done in one go and showed her solid skills. President Su should have seen them too. This is rare for an actor to hone his skills."
She particularly wanted to try this kind of one-shot acting, which places extremely high demands on the actors.
As for He Fan’s box office failure, it was not her main consideration.
Su Ning said: "Then my answer to this question is very simple, I will invest."
When Su Ning was in trouble, he also sought investment everywhere. Putting himself in others' shoes, he could lend a hand. Besides, Ji Xue really wanted to shoot a film now, so there was no reason for him to refuse.
But Su Ning has a second problem.
"I can invest money. But how and how much to invest? I have to be responsible for the company and cannot make decisions lightly."
"He Fan is a good director and her shots are beautiful, but two of her films failed, so I have to consider the return on investment," Su Ning said. "And to be honest, her project has a lot of room for improvement, which determines the amount of investment I give her."
"Jixue, you have read He Fan's script, you should be able to feel this problem."
He Fan's films are not art films with a low box office ceiling; they are essentially feature films. However, the problem with the previous two films is that the scripts themselves are bland, giving a feeling that they are beautiful but soulless.
Her shots are mature and the empty shots are beautiful, and they often appear in some Scissorhands edits. Some film critics like them very much and give them high praise, but the audience finds them boring.
Judging from the first two failed films, He Fan's first film was about a seriously ill painter who traveled to complete his work in the last moments of his life. It was a road movie with beautiful pictures and a lot of investment, but it was a bloody flop.
The second film that flopped was a story about a late-night bar, with a very bourgeois feel. The set shots were better looking than before, and it was obvious that she wanted to move towards commercial films, but it was still not popular, and the release date was unlucky, so it barely grossed over 10 million.
Some viewers also seriously evaluated He Fan's problems. The shots were beautiful, but the story was suspended and even a bit dragged out. This problem was also reflected in the script handed to Ji Xue this time.
The original work of this play is very short, a novel of more than a thousand words, called "Eyes".
It tells the story of a newly graduated college student who went to a local mental hospital for an interview for his graduation project and met a very beautiful girl with watery eyes that seemed to be able to speak.
The girl quietly told him that she was not sick at all. It was her relatives who killed her parents in order to seize a huge amount of property and framed her. She had no choice but to pretend to have mental problems and enter a mental hospital to avoid jail. She was looking for an opportunity to prove her innocence and asked him to take her out to find out the truth.
She was behaving normally and certainly didn’t seem sick.
The college student fell in love with the weak and pitiful girl, so he went to investigate the case and found many suspicious points.
Legend has it that the couple involved in the rich man's murder case even had their eyes gouged out, because there was a rumor at the time that when a person dies, the pupil will imprint the murderer's appearance, and the girl's relatives did become rich after the case.
All signs prove that what the girl said is very likely to be true.
Then the righteous college student took her out of the hospital and temporarily placed her in his own home, preparing to let the truth come to light.
The last paragraph of the novel is when the student drank the water she handed to him, and when he raised his head, the girl smiled.
The water cup was very large, it was a large enamel teacup. When he tilted his head back, it covered the lower half of his face, including most of his nose. At that moment, he heard the girl's words with a smile.
She said: "Hehe, eyes."
The novel is very short and does not contain much content. If it is made into a movie, it will definitely not be enough. The script needs to be expanded.
As far as Su Ning is concerned, by using the mental hospital as the background and expanding the suspense part, combined with He Fan's lens, she can make a very good suspense film, which has box office audiences.
But after receiving the script, both he and Jixue were somewhat disappointed with the script. It might be because romance movies have been popular recently because of "Old Love Letters", so the script handed over greatly expanded the love line and added some suspense plots.
Judging from the script alone, Zhu Lan's evaluation is correct. The love line is integrated with other plot lines, which makes it a bit weird and a bit weird. It is similar to the problems of the previous two movies. The plot is too empty and boring.
If you keep shooting like this, you’ll still fail.
"The money is not a problem, but I don't know if we can come to an agreement." Su Ning said, "Jixue, I want to talk to her and ask her to make some major changes to the script."
But Su Ning knew it was difficult. He would not change his own work for the sake of profit in response to the joint venture partner's request. He also knew that this would be difficult for a director like He Fan to accept.
But if he just let Jixue film this script, it would be irresponsible to the artist's work.
He and Jixue were discussing this matter in a low voice. As an actor, Jixue could not decide the script, but she also hoped that the foundation could be better. But at this moment, Shu Miao came quietly, without saying a word, and suddenly stuffed a note into Jixue's pocket, then turned and ran away, looking shy.
Su Ning: "...What did she give you?"
Jixue unfolded the bag and took a look, then said, "Oh, it's okay. Just remind me that He Fan should be careful when he has no money."
She and Su Ning had been discussing this for quite some time, but Shu Miao just found out about it.
"Boss Su, look," Jixue sighed, "I told you, she's just stupid, not very smart."
Su Ning: "...Okay."
He felt that he really didn't need to worry about Jixue's interpersonal relationships in the future, as people like Shu Miao couldn't do anything to her.
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