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Chapter 125 Re-election of Actors

Looking at Zhang Ran and the others leaving, Yu Minghai was helpless. He thought he was sure to win, but he didn't expect it to be the ending.

Looking back at the people left behind, they were all dejected, like frost-beating eggplant. This was not like a crew that was about to start filming. He understood a little why Zhang Ran wanted to hold this dinner, just to dampen his morale. This kid is really sinister!

Yu Minghai looked at Zhang Zhiliang and sighed, "Director Zhang, I will leave the movie to you, don't let me down!"

Zhang Zhiliang said confidently: "This is definitely no problem. This movie will be the most commercial film I have ever had since filmed. We not only have to make a full box office, but also have to bloom in the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Horse Awards to produce a masterpiece that coexists with art and business!"

Yu Minghai nodded and said, "I believe Director Zhang. As long as this movie is successful, it will play a good demonstration role and drive more cooperation between directors in Xiangjiang and the mainland!"

Zhang Zhiliang said with great emotion: "Now the Hong Kong film market is greatly impacted by Hollywood, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find investment. North-stop cooperation has become a general trend. I believe that our cooperation will be a good start."

Yu Minghai nodded. The era of domestic commercial films is coming, but there are too few directors in China who can make commercial films. Xiangjiang is full of talents in this regard. As long as it can establish good cooperation with Xiangjiang, there will be great potential in the future. He risked offending Beijing Electric and snatched the Zhang Ran project for this.

After coming out of the restaurant, Zhang Ran breathed a long sigh of relief. He stood still and saw everyone looking at him, raised two fingers, and said loudly: "When filming "The Prisoner of Time", I told everyone that if I get 5 points, I will get 500,000 as a reward. Now I also make a promise. When the "Explosive Drummer" is finished, no matter how much the final profit is, I will give 20% as a dividend to reward everyone. If the profit is 10 million, this number is 2 million; if Lin Run is 20 million, it is 4 million. How much money can be obtained depends on you!"

As soon as the words were finished, not only the new members of the crew were stunned, but even the old man who participated in the filming of "Prisoner of Time" was stunned. The 20% profit was dividends, which was really generous!

The scene was quiet!

Zhang Ran looked around, looked at his excited and enthusiastic eyes, and smiled and said, "Why didn't you react at all? Don't you want it?"

Answer like thunder: "I want to!"

Zhang Ran nodded with satisfaction and said, "Because some actors and crew members quit, our movie has to re-select actors. This takes time, so the startup time will refuse. Everyone should be calm, and we will officially start the film in twenty days!"

After a few simple words of comfort, the others dispersed and waited for the arrival of the day of starting the filming with unlimited hope. Several main creators of the crew returned to Qing Film Studio with Zhang Ran and came to the conference room for a meeting. The crew left some crew members and actors, but the crew members were simple. Beijing Film Academy did not lack talents in this area at all. The key is that the actors had to be reselected.

After sitting down in the office, everyone was talking about the whole incident enthusiastically. Everyone did not expect that such a play would happen, and everyone felt extremely excited.

Ning Hao asked curiously: "Director, where did you borrow ten million from?"

Everyone raised their ears, and they all felt incredible. This is ten million, not a thousand yuan. Where did they borrow it from?

Zhang Ran laughed and said, "Yu Minghai is actually right. I only borrowed 2.2 million from Li Junwei, and then I took 800,000 yuan myself, which totaled 3 million yuan. Now I have that much money in my hand for the time being."

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned. Three million, this money is not enough!

Zhang Ran smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, I have said hello to the movie channel and pre-selled "Breaking Drummer" to them for one million. I have also contacted Lenovo. We will implant Lenovo's mobile phone advertisements in the movie. With the implantation effect of "Prisoner of Time", it should be no problem to collect them 2 million this time. Total is 6 million. There is no Xiangjiang team now, so the money should be enough! Even if it is not enough, it doesn't matter. Li Junwei has been raising funds for Creative Media recently, and it should be able to complete it within this month. I have some shares in Creative Media, and it will not be a big problem to mortgage the shares at that time. Borrowing several million is not a problem, so don't worry about money!"

In less than two months, Li Junwei burned out five million yuan, won 50 office buildings, and laid 300 LCD TVs. He is now talking about financing with SoftBank, and plans to raise 10 million US dollars with 20% of his shares. With Li Junwei's ability and the prospect of building advertising, he will definitely be able to successfully raise funds. At that time, although the shares in Zhang Ran's hands will be diluted to 20%, in terms of value, this part of the shares will be worth 10 million US dollars, and borrowing several million is really not a big problem.

Ning Hao reminded: "Director, you forgot that there are still the early payments for Yu Minghai and the others to refund, which is about 600,000 or 700,000!"

When everyone heard this, they laughed. There were really no guns or cannons, and the enemy made it for us!

Until now, Qiu Yuanxu understood why Zhang Ran said that if he had no choice two months ago, he had a solution now. Because two months ago, "Prisoner of Time" had not been broadcasted and the effect of the advertisement had not yet come out, Li Junwei would not value him so much, and it was impossible to borrow money from Li Junwei wherever he wanted to.

Qiu Yuanxu felt a lot of emotion. Zhang Ran looked harmless, but to be honest, he was much more powerful than Yu Minghai and other people!

Yu Minghai and the others thought that as soon as they withdrew their investment, the crew of "Explosive Drummer" would fall apart, and they could easily take away the people they needed and re-establish the group. Zhang Ran took Yu Minghai's vital points with a light move, making him unable to advance or retreat, and eventually he had to pay for it.

Qiu Yuanxu smiled and said, "Yu Minghai will definitely regret it, just like the person who rejected "Prisoner of Time", she will definitely regret it!"

Zhang Ran said helplessly: "There is no way. Now the domestic film and television industry is particularly superstitious about the Xiangjiang team. Zhang Zhiliang is indeed a bit famous. I have made a TV movie so far and have not proved myself at the box office, so it is not surprising that Yu Minghai doesn't choose me! If I were Feng Xiaogang, the result would be different!"

Qiu Yuanxu sighed and said, "Yes, our Qing Film Studio found a third-rate director in Xiangjiang to make a movie the next year, but it turned out to be a mess. Thinking about it now, my mind is really in trouble!"

Zhang Ran said: "In fact, it is mainly because the mainland lacks commercial directors. As for commercial films, directors in Hong Kong do have great advantages, which is their strength."

Ning Hao pondered: "You said that if Yu Minghai knew that he had been fooled by us, would he take revenge? Wait until the movie was filmed and tripped us up?"

Zhang Ran smiled and shook his head, "Yu Minghai not only won't use relationships to stumbling against us, but will also talk to us. Because if something happens to our movie, we will definitely think that they are making small moves behind the scenes, and they will definitely take revenge, and their movies will be over. Yu Minghai is a businessman, and making money is his purpose, and he will not do such a fighting move."

Everyone nodded thoughtfully. The reason why Yu Minghai was willing to pay was actually because of his interests.

"Next to talk about the main business, I'll talk about the next crew arrangement." Zhang Ran looked up at Ning Hao and said seriously, "Ning Hao, I'll leave it to you when I talk to Lenovo about implantation. I'll use the phone with Director Wu of Lenovo. You can just go to him to talk to him."

Ning Hao nodded and said, "No problem, I'll try!"

"It's okay, don't worry, you can talk boldly. It doesn't matter if you can't make it. Just treat it as a training session." Zhang Ran patted Ning Hao's shoulder, then looked at the casting assistant director Huang Wei and said, "Huang Wei, please contact Feng Yuan. Besides Wang Zhiwen, Chen Wei's role is the most suitable one."

Hearing Feng Yuan's acting skills, everyone present exchanged their eyes and nodded to each other. Feng Yuan's acting skills were not mentioned, so it was indeed a good choice to let him play this role.

Zhang Ran continued: "The two actors of Edison Chen and Yu Wenle must be able to play drums. I only have one candidate, and the actor is Huang Bo. You can go to the Academic Affairs Office to check it. He was admitted to our school's dubbing class this year! The other one is up to you. You can find it from our school's performance department to see if there is any. We don't need to check it. If it doesn't work, go to the Central Academy of Drama, or if it doesn't work, go to the Conservatory of Music!"

In fact, Jia Niaoliang in Zhang Ran’s class can play drums and play well, but Zhang Ran has the first words. The students in the class cannot take on roles in the first year, and he cannot break his promise.

"What did Huang Bo do before? Can it work?" Ning Hao couldn't help but worry when he heard that Huang Bo was a student who had just passed the Beijing Film Academy this year.

"I have acted in a TV movie "Get on the bus, let's go", and I'm pretty good. Of course, it's mainly a true performance. Letting him play "The Breaking Drummer" is also a true performance. He is a singer and can play drums. There is no big problem!" Zhang Ran felt a little funny. Ning Hao actually doubted Huang Bo's acting skills. He really wanted to tell Ning Hao that he is your future gay friend, how can you doubt him?

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Ning Hao nodded. He had watched "Get in the Car, Let's Go" and knew who it was.

Zhang Ran said to Huang Wei: "There are some other actors, just find someone according to our original requirements."

Huang Wei asked, "Where is the candidate for the male protagonist Zhou Xu?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "It's Zhou Jielun. I asked Teacher Huang Lei to contact you. The other party has agreed to star in the show. He will come to Peking the afternoon of the following day!"

Qiu Yuanxu couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, everything was under Zhang Ran's control. These days, Zhang Ran seemed to have gone to class and stayed in the crew. He didn't seem to have any movement, but in fact he did everything he should do.
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