Chapter 10 Doucai Cup
Ouyang Ouyang's face flushed red, his face full of shame and anger for having his secret exposed.
Xu Youyou looked at him straight in the eye. "You opened a shop next to the Shanghai Film and Television Academy, kept attending their open classes, and secretly learned about film and television. What? Is your dream shameful?"
Ouyang Ouyang clenched his fists. He never thought that his dream was shameful. The one who was really shameful was him.
A junior high school graduate with no formal education, who had been doing the lowest level jobs, saved up his wages for several years before he was able to buy this store. However, due to poor management, the store is about to go bankrupt.
A person like him at the bottom of society actually secretly harbored a dream of becoming a director. It would be a joke if anyone told others about it.
Xu Youyou slowly took out a script and placed it on the table.
"If you want to keep embarrassing yourself, then just assume that I have misjudged you." Xu Youyou said, and stood up to leave.
Ouyang Ouyang got the courage from nowhere: "I'll try."
Xu Youyou sat down again and pushed the script over.
Ouyang Ouyang resisted the urge to read the script and asked Xu Youyou instead: "How did you know about me?"
Xu Youyou was not panicked at all and said, "Your every move has long been noticed by those who have ulterior motives. You don't believe in yourself, but someone wants to give you a chance."
Ouyang Ouyang's heart paused, and several faces suddenly appeared in his mind. They were all teachers from the Film and Television Academy. After he finished his class, he would pretend to be a college student and ask them questions. Could it be that they recommended him to Xu Youyou? His heart suddenly felt like a ball of wet cotton.
"I want to shoot a short drama with a fast pace, displayed on a vertical screen, and one episode within ten minutes." Xu Youyou stated her requirements.
Ouyang Ouyang thought of the short videos that have been popular online in the past two years and said, "I'm afraid the mainstream will not accept this."
Xu Youyou glanced at him and said, "Why do I need mainstream acceptance? I want to make money!"
Ouyang Ouyang dreams of becoming a director and of course he has his own pursuits.
Xu Youyou also painted a big pie for him and said, "If you perform well, we will make a TV series next, and then a movie later."
Ouyang Ouyang had no better choice at the moment, and he agreed without even asking about the salary. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. After all, it was estimated that no one else would be willing to offer him such a job opportunity.
"I'll close the shop now and have a meeting with the rest of the crew." Ouyang Ouyang took the initiative.
Xu Youyou said, "There are only you and the male lead in the crew now. If you have someone you trust, you can have them come for an interview now."
Ouyang Ouyang thought that this was too makeshift a team, but he thought of the candidates in the shortest time.
"I know a few college students who can be photographers and producers, and I also have someone in mind for the production staff." Ouyang Ouyang attended classes at the Film and Television Academy for three years and got to know a lot of good friends.
Xu Youyou nodded and said, "Please take care of the arrangements and make a list of equipment as soon as possible so that I can arrange for someone to purchase it."
Ouyang Ouyang was stunned when he heard this: "Our company doesn't even have equipment?"
"It's only been three days since we registered, and we haven't even rented an office yet." Xu Youyou said with a bachelor look on her face.
Ouyang Ouyang: ...If he hadn't been holding the script in his hand, he would have couldn't help but wonder if he had entered some kind of pyramid scheme den.
While he was contacting people, Xu Youyou handwrote a simple employment agreement.
"Sign it like this first." Xu Youyou handed it over.
Ouyang Ouyang saw the director’s salary at first glance, which was 100,000 yuan.
The filming of a short drama can usually be completed within ten days, and new directors are always paid very low wages. Some of them only get 10,000 yuan after filming 80 episodes.
One hundred thousand yuan might not be enough for Xu Youyou to buy a bag, but it was different for Ouyang. He was also aware of the market conditions, and the look he gave Xu Youyou was like that of a living Bodhisattva.
Xu Youyou didn't stay here for long, and said, "You must form a team within three days, the sooner the better."
After she left, Ouyang Ouyang hung a "Closed" sign outside the store and picked up the script to read it carefully.
The more he read it, the more he thought the script was brilliant. It had almost all the elements of a short play, and if it was well produced, it would surely be a hit.
Several male college students pushed the door open and walked in.
Wang Yifan asked, "Ouyang, is what you said true? A crew asked me to be a photographer?"
"You'd better really find a rich man, otherwise who would give us money to practice with!" Cheng Shilei nodded continuously.
Ouyang handed them the employment contract and said, "Don't say I don't think about you, brothers. A rich woman has come to our store. She is wearing gold and silver and has a driver with her. It's obvious that she is not short of money. Let's shoot a short play together and make a big profit!"
Several people took the contract and read it again and again, their eyes shining with surprise.
"Ouyang, you really managed to hook up with a real rich woman! Whether our brothers can become rich depends entirely on you!" Several people cheered.
Although Ouyang Ouyang always thinks about his own people, he obviously still knows his limits. After seeking Xu Youyou's consent, he set the salaries for his brothers. After they signed the contract, he let them read the script.
Xu Youyou originally wanted to stay and meet the photographer, but the system displayed two prompts in succession.
[Congratulations to the host, you have completed the task of picking up leaks and received a reward: a complete set of equipment for shooting a short drama. ]
Xu Youyou's eyes lit up. Anything produced by the system must be of high quality. This saved her the effort of purchasing.
Another tip is that another task of picking up bargains has been released.
Xu Youyou was sitting in the passenger seat of Xu Fang's car at this time, instructing her to drive through the city in twists and turns.
Finally, it stopped in a place where cars couldn't enter.
Antique street.
"You wait outside. Take a look at the car models when you have time. The higher the safety factor, the better. I can't use your car all the time." Xu Youyou instructed Xu Fang.
Her current car is still Xu Fang's car. There is no reason to hire a driver and let someone drive their own car.
As soon as Xu Youyou entered the antique street, she immediately attracted the attention of the stall owner.
Young and unfamiliar.
Such a face is almost equivalent to "easy to cheat". The stall owners have sharp eyes and can see that Xu Youyou is now wearing famous brand clothes and the bag she is carrying is also very valuable.
"Little girl, what do you want to buy here? Everything in my stall is authentic! You can buy it and keep it as a family heirloom!" said the stall owner with triangular eyes with a smile.
But this remark was immediately retorted by the stall owner with a horse face next to him: "Every piece is authentic, you are fooling a fool with this. Little girl, ignore him, come to my stall and have a look. Yesterday, a young man bought a Yuan Datou from me and made 50,000 yuan by reselling it."
Xu Youyou watched as the two of them actually started bickering. She really believed that they were setting up a stall to cheat fools. Only those who had good stuff would not worry about not being able to sell it.
Even though these two guys were trying to trick fools, Xu Youyou still went to Triangle Eyes' stall and pretended to pick up a cricket jar and start looking at it.
"Little girl, you have a very good eye. You picked out the treasure of our store at first sight. This cricket jar was used by the 15th Prince Yi of the Qing Dynasty." said Triangle Eyes.
Xu Youyou glanced at him and said, "The fifteenth generation Prince Yi from the Prince Yi's Mansion of the Qing Dynasty, he might be the same age as me?"
Hearing this, Triangle Eyes smiled awkwardly and said, "Oh, I've met an expert."
Xu Youyou casually picked up a bowl-shaped cup from a stall nearby. It was about the same size as a wine glass and did not look like an old item at all. The reason was that the cup was too new.
"This cup is very beautiful. How much is it?" Xu Youyou asked.
Triangle Eyes immediately started to show off and said, "Girl, you picked the treasure of my stall. It's the famous Chenghua Doucai Cup. It was sold for 280 million yuan at the auction house last time. I'll take a loss and sell it to you for one million yuan."
(End of this chapter)
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