Chapter 387 Being on an equal footing
The closed-door meeting lasted a whole morning. In addition to discussing investment and distribution, some people also raised several questions about the script.
For example, in the last scene, after the big boss shouted "I am a Thai citizen", the protagonist directly shot and killed him. Will this make the Thai side unhappy?
"You can rest assured about this."
In response to this, Chen Xuebin stood up and explained: "We have discussed this plot with the Thai military. The Thais don't care much about it. They just think that the final treatment is a bit Hollywood-like."
The so-called Hollywood style, to put it bluntly, is not taking the laws of other countries seriously.
Since the Thais themselves don't care, investors won't make a big deal about it.
Another issue that is mentioned frequently is that there is no female protagonist in the play. The only two female villains who have more screen time are blonde and blue-eyed. Isn't this inappropriate?
Although not all those who raised objections did so for the purpose of getting someone in, most of them had this in mind - whether it was to pick up girls or to promote someone, no one wanted to miss this good opportunity.
But Xu Kun resolutely fought back.
Because gun battles and fighting scenes take up too much space, the storyline can only be interspersed, and every second of sensationalism has to be used. If a love line is added, either other core content will be deleted, or it will just be an extremely thin line.
Rather than making it weird, Xu Kun would rather not have a female protagonist from the beginning, and at most have two big villains as embellishments.
By noon, some details had not yet been worked out, so Wang Zhongjun suggested going to a nearby restaurant for a bite to eat and then continue the discussion in the afternoon.
At this time, an investor with a strong background took the initiative to express his desire to see Huayi’s working meal. No one else objected, so everyone went to the cafeteria on the underground floor.
Xu Kun had eaten here a few times before, but because the trainees always wanted to "encounter" him by chance, he went there less often.
This time, I followed the crowd to the cafeteria and found that there seemed to be a lot more trainees than before, and their ages seemed to be a little younger than the first batch, about 11 or 12 years old.
Seeing the company's top executives coming, these teenagers reacted in polarized ways, some were trembling with fear, while others were eager to try.
Wang Zhonglei saw Xu Kun looking at the young trainees, so he explained, "Your Tian Shang Zhi Xi became popular, and the company felt that the trainees still had some merits, so they picked this one up again.
But this time is different from the past. We plan to give them a simple training first, and then send the best performers to South Korea to let the Koreans help train them. "
"Will the parents agree?"
Xu Kun whispered, "They are all born in the 90s. They are treasured by their families. But they were sent to Korea at such a young age to be abused by the Koreans..."
Wang Zhonglei said unconcernedly, "We have already agreed in advance that those who can send their children here are basically parents who want their children to be successful. Why would they be reluctant to let them go?"
Xu Kun was silent for a moment, then reminded, "At least send someone to follow those little girls throughout the process, to avoid any trouble that might end badly."
Wang Zhonglei understood immediately, and then said: "If you say so, we should also assign someone to keep an eye on the boy. Little boys of this age are the cutest."
Oh~
Xu Kun felt a chill all over his body and was about to move away from him when he heard Wang Zhonglei say, "I heard there are a lot of churches in South Korea, and those people just like this."
This is something we really have to be on guard against.
Whether you are a boy or a girl, you have to learn to protect yourself when you go to the peninsula.
Not long after everyone sat down, Li Bingbing and Zhou Xun also came down. From their attitude, it was obvious that they came to watch "The Forbidden Kingdom".
However, judging from the two Wangs' intentions, they clearly want to use "The Forbidden Kingdom" to win over Liu Yifei, so they will definitely not easily change the role, even Zhou Xun, Huayi's new favorite, will have no chance.
During this period, Li Bingbing also chatted with Xu Kun and Bao Qiang.
Xu Kun asked curiously whether she had known that Chen Jinfei had been arrested, so that's why she came after her.
"Or else?"
Li Bingbing did not hide it: "This matter has spread all over the Internet, and some people also said that Liu Yifei was involved in the case. If this is true, I can't just watch this opportunity go to someone else, right?"
"It's all over the Internet?"
Xu Kun was a little surprised, and then he noticed the expressions of Cai Yinong and Gan Wei opposite him.
Don't ask, it must be the work of these two people. But Cai Yinong and Liu Yifei have old and new grudges, why did you, Gan Wei, get involved?
Gan Wei saw Xu Kun's confusion, so he explained: "I just add some spice to Lao Shen's show - the audience will easily get tired of the old news that they make fun of all day long."
Speaking of Shen Teng, Xu Kun took the opportunity to lay an ambush in advance: "I will need him for a while in the spring of next year. Your program..."
"Don't worry. In the second half of the year, I plan to find a few hosts in Beijing and Taiwan to test the waters. They are the kind that can tell jokes and make fun of others. If there are suitable ones, I will find them to take over when the time comes. If I really can't find a suitable one, I can just stop for a while."
After dinner, Xu Kun signed autographs for a few brave trainees and prepared to take Baoqiang and Lao Chen to his office to rest for a while.
As for Cai Yinong and Gan Wei, Wang Zhonglei handed them over to Li Bingbing for reception.
As a result, on the way back to the office, Xu Kun ran into Liu Xiaoli again. This time, her mood was obviously much more stable, and she was visiting an office with great interest.
That suite was slightly smaller than Xu Kun's, but the suite office on the fourth floor was previously used by a department in the company except for Xu Kun.
The offices of Li Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Qin Lan and others were all arranged on the third floor - Baoqiang's was also there.
With this arrival, Liu Yifei has surpassed Li Bingbing and Zhou Xun. This treatment is unique among the contracted artists.
Just as Xu Kun was sighing, Liu Xiaoli also saw Xu Kun. When she was about to look away, she found that Xu Kun had brought people into the office at the end of the corridor.
"Xu... Director Xu is also on this floor?"
Liu Xiaoli was immediately unhappy, but she finally knew that Xu Kun's identity was different now. She didn't call him by his name, but everyone could see the dissatisfaction in her expression.
The female manager who was in charge of entertaining her pretended not to notice her attitude and said with a smile, "Yes, that's why I said that this office on the fourth floor is the Feng Shui treasure land that all of our Huayi contracted artists dream of."
After confirming that her guess was correct, Liu Xiaoli hesitated for a moment and decided not to have too much contact with the mastermind behind the defamation of her daughter.
Besides, Xu Kun has a bad reputation. What if...
So she finally asked, "Can we change floors?"
"This……"
The female supervisor asked tentatively, "Do you want to move to the third floor?"
Liu Xiaoli was not happy about this either. She could have been superior to those slutty bitches, so who would be willing to be on an equal footing with them?
"What about the fifth floor? I think the layout of the fifth floor is similar to this one."
"This……"
The female supervisor said with some embarrassment, "Besides a few vice presidents, the fifth floor also has the offices of Director Feng and Deputy Director Chen Guo. Although there are some vacancies, I'm afraid we have to ask the two CEOs Wang for permission before we can make a decision."
This was clearly a refusal, but Liu Xiaoli thought of Wang Zhongjun's attitude before and said without hesitation: "Then you can ask Mr. Wang for instructions."
The female supervisor was completely speechless.
Although she had seen many strange relatives of celebrities, this was the first time she had seen one who was so greedy and couldn't tell the difference between the big and small ones.
Being able to be on par with Director Xu, even if it is slightly inferior, is already a treatment that many people would love to have. As a result, Aunt Liu is not satisfied, and even wants to be on par with Director Feng and Director Chen. This is really...
But Wang Zhongjun had specifically told her to treat the Liu family mother and daughter well, so she couldn't say anything. She could only say to Liu Xiaoli, "Then please wait a moment. I'll report to President Wang right away."
As soon as the female supervisor left, Liu Yifei came out of the bathroom. Seeing that her mother was the only one there, she thought for a moment, walked over quickly, and asked quietly, "Mom, didn't you say that Huayi was too chaotic and you wouldn't let me sign with Huayi?"
"Shh~"
Liu Xiaoli made a gesture to keep quiet and lowered her voice, "I'm afraid your godfather won't be able to come out for a while this time. If we don't pretend to be nice to Huayi, the heroine of "The Forbidden Kingdom" will probably be replaced. Don't worry, we're just pretending. After the movie is released, Mom will take you to Hollywood!"
When she talks about Hollywood, her eyes light up.
Liu Yifei hesitated and said, "Then godfather..."
"Your godfather must also want you to fulfill your dream." Liu Xiaoli said firmly: "So you should work hard together with him!"
(End of this chapter)
