Next, Lu Hao answered many questions from reporters and fans one after another, and the launch conference came to a successful conclusion.
Then there was the dinner.
This made reporters and fans sigh again.
How can a launch conference include meals?
Mr. Lu is so generous!
A thoughtful reporter approached a hotel waiter, intending to inquire about Lu Hao's gossip indirectly, but accidentally learned that Lu Hao had booked this five-star hotel for the next two months!
He asked how much it cost, but the waiter naturally didn't know.
But after a simple calculation, it would be at least more than 20 million.
This number is shocking again.
Isn’t this too luxurious?
The accommodation fee alone for making a movie cost so much!
Your money falls from the sky, right?
——《Shocking! The most extravagant crew in history, "The Richest Man in Xihong City", spent 30 million to book an entire five-star hotel!》
The reporter didn't even have time to eat, and the manuscript was quickly stale.
The angle is novel and the title is bold.
If you send it out, it will definitely become popular.
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"Mr. Lu, let me introduce you. This is my friend, Jia Yu. He's also a director. Of course, he can't compare to you. He draws cartoons."
After the dinner, Lu Hao met a friend.
Lee egg.
He was also invited to attend this press conference.
Ever since they met at the last Tucao Conference, they have maintained a good relationship by liking each other’s posts on WeChat Moments.
Li Dan is a playboy in the Shanghai circle. He has called Lu Hao several times, saying that he wants to take him to a disco and drink with lots of girls.
However, Lu Hao politely declined.
Mainly because I'm too busy.
I really don’t have time.
I invited him over this time just to have a small gathering, but I didn't expect that he brought someone with him.
Jia Yu?
director?
Lu Hao searched his memory but couldn't remember the name.
The man didn't look very old, probably thirty years old at most, but he was very thin, with heavy dark circles under his eyes. He wore a pair of black-framed glasses, jeans, a denim shirt, and carried a schoolbag.
His whole body gives people a feeling of being gentle, shy and down-to-earth.
Just like a programmer whose body is hollowed out by work.
"Hello, Director Lu. I'm Jia Yu. You can call me Turtle."
“I love your films, especially The Piano Tuner, which is definitely the best suspense short film in the past decade.”
When talking about movies, Jia Yu became excited, his eyes lit up, he pushed his glasses and smiled shyly.
"Old Jia, you're flattering me wrongly!"
"That's ten years?"
"Twenty years, okay?"
Li Dan smiled and joked, pulled out a chair, poured wine for the two of them, and drank the first glass himself.
Lu Hao also sat down with a smile. Compared with the grand scene at the press conference just now, he actually preferred the current atmosphere. A big beer, a few plates of cold dishes, peanuts and edamame, it was so delicious.
Li Dan held up his wine glass and introduced, "Brother Lu, this guy of mine is amazing. Absolutely amazing. He studied medicine for undergraduate, but after a few years he found it boring, so he dropped out and went home. He stayed at home for two years and created an animated film all by himself. He did everything from the shots, the copywriting, the dubbing, and the post-production. I was stunned when I first heard about it. This is incredible."
Jia Yu smiled embarrassedly and scratched his head.
"Strictly speaking, it can't be considered a movie. It's less than twenty minutes long..."
"That's nonsense! If you want to do it by yourself for 90 minutes, you'll never finish it until you die!"
Lu Hao was also somewhat tempted.
He is a ruthless person.
Strictly speaking, animated films are much more difficult to make than live-action films.
Every shot requires a hand-drawn draft, including character images, specific scenes, camera switching, and screen scheduling... It is definitely an extremely arduous and delicate project.
If you add special effects, the workload will be much greater than that of an ordinary movie.
If one person can produce a one-minute film in a month, it is already an extremely efficient job.
"So what do you do now?"
Lu Hao asked casually, vaguely guessing the purpose of the two people's visit.
"My first film was called 'Hit, Hit a Big Watermelon,' which won the gold medal at the International Animation Film Festival and a million-dollar bonus. Then I started thinking about my second film, also an animated feature film."
"I scraped together a five-million-dollar investment and even mortgaged my house to raise eight million to set up a studio and make the second installment of 'The Great Knight.'"
"I've been working on this for over two years, and now... I'm completely out of money. The film is only 80% complete... My investors are pulling out, leaving me with losses, and more than half of my employees have left..."
Jia Yu was an honest man. His face was red, his voice was trembling, and he told everything in detail with tears in his eyes.
He grabbed the wine glass and drank it all in a hurry. Turning his head away, he quietly wiped his eyes.
Li Dan patted his shoulder and smiled helplessly at Lu Hao.
"Brother, I was the one who brought this up. It's my fault. Turtle is an honest kid who doesn't know how to do anything except make movies. I've seen you've been hiring a lot of people lately, so I wanted to recommend someone to you."
"I know it's very presumptuous of me to be so affectionate with someone I'm new to, and it involves money. I might get scolded by you, or even lose our friendship."
"But hey, we're just fellow scoundrels, so I'll lend a hand if I need any help. The point is, his movie is really good. Why don't you take a look?"
Lu Hao looked at the two of them with a smile.
Light a cigarette.
Another person scattered one.
Wave your hand.
"It's okay, it's what I should do. I would do the same if you asked me to. There's nothing inappropriate about it."
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