Chapter 2828 Three Idiots Company

After seeing off Wei Jiang and the others in the afternoon, Ye Mao began to write. The outline of the story is that after several special forces retired, they went to Africa to join the mercenaries for their ideals.

Later, due to internal strife caused by exclusion, Hong Bin became the leader of this team, and then he gathered his retired comrades and formed a team of all Chinese.

This team has strong discipline and fights bravely. Soon it became a well-known mercenary team in Africa, known as the "Wolf Warrior".

While taking tasks to make money, they often protect Chinese expatriates for free and are called the protectors of Chinese people.

Later, for some reasons, they moved to Asia and did many heroic things.

They are all men with blood and vigor, so naturally there will be love, but this love is more complicated, because there are too many places to go, so there will naturally be some sad or beautiful stories.

The reason for writing about mercenaries is, first, because of Grandet and the others, and secondly, Ersha also wants to go, how could Ye Mao not make it happen?

In addition, the Jin sisters seem to be moved, so let's just do it together.

As for the hero, Ye Mao thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable person, mainly because the hero had to play with the Jin sisters, and he was not so willing in his heart.

What should I do if the pigs I have raised for so many years are taken away by others? After all, people in this circle are emotionally rich, and there are many people who change their wives for each movie.

Ye Mao is not really worried that the Jin sisters will change their hearts, but some guys do it when they are filming passionate scenes.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a result, and finally decided to call them to ask for their opinions. After all, the acting must be pleasing to the eye.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the call was connected, before the words were finished, Jin Ping on the other side shouted:

"What star do you want to choose? We want you. If you don't play, we won't play either. We won't be women for others on any occasion."

These words made Ye Mao feel so comfortable. This is what his woman is. Ouyang Xue and others couldn't do it when they were acting in Journey to the West.

It's not that Ouyang Xue and others are not loyal, but compared with these two girls, their feelings are naturally not as deep.

Many things are afraid of comparison. If Ye Mao abandons them again, he will never be able to do it.

Since they said so, Ye Mao simply put himself into the male protagonist. You know, anyone who writes will involuntarily put his own personality into it.

Now that he writes the male protagonist as himself, he writes even more like a god. Unconsciously, he has been writing from the evening to the next day at noon. When he stopped writing, he felt hungry.

Liu Ling and Ouyang Xue have already understood his habits. When he is immersed in writing, no one dares to disturb him.

Ouyang Xue went to school in the morning, and Liu Ling, who is a graduate student and has more flexible courses, has been watching him.

Ye Mao stretched his waist, and the whole person seemed to be drained, and he urgently needed energy replenishment.

Seeing him stand up, Liu Ling quickly brought the food up. This is the beef buns that have just come out of the pot, hot, and a large bowl of fried liver.

Ye Mao devoured all the food like a starving ghost.

Liu Ling had known his habit for a long time. Whenever he entered the state, he would forget everything, not eat or drink, and not sleep.

In fact, every time this happened, Liu Ling and Ouyang Xue felt very distressed, but there was nothing they could do. It was just like entering a state of meditation. Once interrupted, the train of thought would be gone.

So, every time Ye Mao did this, they would always leave one of them to accompany him, ready to hand him food and drink immediately when he wanted to.

After watching him finish eating, they handed him a glass of water. Ye Mao gulped it down in one breath. Then he wiped his mouth and let out a long sigh.

"Done writing?"

Liu Ling stood behind him and gently pressed his shoulders and cervical vertebrae. Ye Mao leaned back, leaned his head on her, and nodded with a comfortable look on his face.

Liu Ling couldn't help but smile proudly: "My little man is awesome."

Ye Mao was unhappy: "Where is he small?"

Liu Ling patted him with her hand and said coquettishly: "You are getting worse and worse."

Ye Mao laughed "Haha": "I am not bad, and I still have a long shelf life."

"Will you let your two brothers play roles?"

Ye Mao nodded: "They can all participate in this film, and they are not afraid of too many people."

Liu Ling was curious: "It's not that there are films with multiple male protagonists, but you are talking too much, right? What are you writing about?"

Ye Mao smiled "hehe" and handed the manuscript to her. Liu Ling has a high literary attainment and often gives him some pertinent suggestions. Therefore, Ye Mao will give it to Liu Ling as soon as he finishes writing the manuscript.

First, he can give suggestions, and second, he can correct typos and punctuation. He is a sloppy person and often makes jokes about these trivial things.

Liu Ling turned to the first page and was stunned. He saw the title:

"Mercenary!"

No one in China has ever filmed this kind of thing, after all, it involves many sensitive things. If you are not careful, it won't be shown at all.

But thinking about his background, he didn't say anything else? Wasn't Journey to the West also shown outside first? These things are not difficult for him.

As he watched, Liu Ling, who was always calm, was sometimes excited and sometimes gnashed his teeth. It seemed that he was immersed in it, otherwise there would not be such a big change of emotions.

It was not until she finished reading the last page that she sighed:

"This is the best one you have written among all your scripts."

Ye Mao disagreed: "I used to adapt, right? I never had the chance to show my talent!"

Liu Ling looked at his little man dumbfounded:

"Won't you be more modest? Although you are indeed excellent, you should let others say this, right?"

Ye Mao lit a cigarette and took a deep breath:

"You have to have confidence in yourself. If you don't think you're good enough, why should others praise you? Admiration is something you show, not humility."

Regarding Ye Mao's character, Liu Ling was helpless. This guy was always public and expected him to keep a low profile, unless he fell asleep.

But even if you are asleep, you may be bragging even if you talk in your sleep.

In fact, this character is somewhat disadvantaged in China, where Confucian culture is prevalent. After all, people have been taught since childhood to be reserved and restrained.

Maybe it will be better when he is older.

After Liu Ling finished watching, she discussed the actors with Ye Mao. Ye Mao also tried to use newcomers as much as possible. Most of the entertainment circles nowadays are made up of popular stars, and they are not suitable for such a film.

On the contrary, novices with certain military qualities are more likely to express what Ye Mao wants to express.

Liu Ling naturally understood Ye Mao's thoughts, but she suggested using a few old actors. After all, with so many characters, they couldn't all be young people.

Ye Mao really didn't expect this, so he immediately adopted it. The two of them discussed who would be suitable?

Ye Mao immediately thought of Li Yunlong. That actor was so amazing, and he brought a grassroots leader in the war years to life.

Yes, there is also Wang Wen, who can portray any character vividly, not to mention the long monologues he created, which are thought-provoking.

The two of them came up with a few more ideas. Of course, this was just a thought. After all, it was still unknown whether he had any schedule and whether he was willing to act in his movies.

Even though Ye Mao is now famous in this circle, these are all adapted dramas and do not have his own original scripts.

Moreover, because he is relatively low-key and has never been interviewed by reporters, the entire film and television industry only knows his name, but not many people know him.

Therefore, he wanted to invite these drama actors when he first came up. It was hard to say whether they would give him face or not. He was counting on the director Ning Shui.

Ye Mao even had an idea, which was to make a blockbuster movie.

What is the concept of blockbuster film? That is, the scene is grand, and there are no aircraft, cannons, tanks, or warships that cannot be used.

Coupled with the huge cost of special effects production, the investment in this film will be an astronomical figure.

Although Ye Mao filmed Journey to the West, he had no idea about cost accounting because he was just a screenwriter. Even if he did some directing work, it didn't involve money issues.

This needs to be budgeted by professionals.

Ye Mao was impatient and hurriedly called his two partners to tell them his plan.

Both of them were stunned, and Ye Mao remained silent for a long time.

Grandet swallowed hard the non-existent saliva and asked in a dry voice:

"Mr. Ye, do you know how much it will cost if we follow your plan?"

Ye Mao shook his head. He really didn't know. He looked at Ning Shui. Ning Shui took a breath of air, then chewed his teeth and mumbled:

"Brother, if you do this, I can't afford to follow you!"

Ye Mao asked curiously: "What's going on between you two? Isn't it just a movie? Why is it like this?"

Grandet said excitedly: "Brother, is this a movie? This is a bottomless pit. Do you know how much these 127 special scenes cost?"

"Do you know how much it costs to use more than a thousand people? Do you know how much it costs to shoot blank ammunition with those weapons?"

Seeing that what he said was clear and logical, Ye Mao asked curiously:

"Do you know all these costs?"

Grandet didn't say anything. He picked up his mobile phone and opened the calculator to do some calculations. He also used notes to write down the data one by one.

Ye Mao and Ning Shui both stuck out their heads and observed curiously. Indeed, there were words in Grandet's mouth.

"1,200 extras, compressing the footage into ten days, a total of..."

"Li Yunlong...Wang Wen..."

"All kinds of blank ammunition, all kinds of weapons, including aircraft, artillery, and tanks..."

At the end, Grandet handed him a total.

"The total is 361342687.43. My number is the result of keeping the cost to the lowest. It would never be this number if it were the second person."

"Fuck!"

Ye Mao looked at Grandet with admiration, and he lived up to his reputation! Grandet did not need to say this, he believed it.

Others are stingy and don't spend money, but he is stingy and saves money that shouldn't be spent to the extreme. Who can compare to such a person?

Needless to say, this kid must be his future butler, and no one can stop him!

Originally, Ye Mao was going to call this company the Three Idiots Company in order to bring his two brothers to play together. Unexpectedly, on a whim, two more were added.

At this point, he no longer wanted to hide anything, so he patted Grandet on the shoulder:

"Isn't it just 400 million? This amount of money really doesn't mean anything to me. Just go ahead and do it boldly. As long as it's about money, don't worry, I'm here."

He looked at Ning Shui again: "You can decide on the actors. I have five here. You can study the script and delete or add as appropriate. This is not a movie. I am preparing to use it to compete for the Oscars!"

Ning Shui burst into tears. She originally wanted to borrow some money and do the rest by herself.

As a result, things suddenly turned around. He became a big director with hundreds of millions of investment, but the key is that he is only responsible for spending money. Where can you find such a thing?

At this time, there are no domestic movies with hundreds of millions of investment, let alone several hundred million. Ning Hao has the confidence to compete for Oscars for such a big production.

In fact, Ning Hao is somewhat disdainful of the current Hollywood. They just blindly pursue special effects and big productions. Many movies don’t even have content.

What is the meaning of such a movie except for watching the excitement?

But Ye Mao’s is different. Not only does he write about a group of retired soldiers who become mercenaries, but their sincere hearts have not changed.

And he deeply analyzes the real situation of those poor countries in Africa and Asia.

And he portrays human nature and human heart deeply. Not only is it touching, but it is also shocking and thought-provoking.

In the end, Grandet and Ning Shui unanimously decided to take only 5% of the shares in the future, which is enough.

Ye Mao didn’t have any friendship, so he told his original plan, and finally the three people discussed and decided.

The company was officially renamed as Sansha Company, with Ye Mao holding 40% and Ersha each holding 10%. Grandet and Ning Shui each held 5%.

The two had no objections and started to act. Ye Mao transferred 400 million to the company account without any hesitation.

Ning Shui and Grandet were both spinning tops, so busy that they couldn't stop.

It would be difficult to form a crew for a new company that didn't even have a movie!

After all, big names won't play with you, and those who can play with you are basically marginal people who are slightly better than extras.

After all, this circle is the most realistic, and it would be hard for Ning Shui to support the stall.

As expected, when Ning Shui started to call people to make appointments, they politely refused without knowing more about Sansha Company.

The most impolite person was Li Yunlong, who directly questioned Ning Shui:

"Have you become arrogant after directing a few films? Do you think that as long as you are the director, any artist can come and go at will?"

Ning Shui hung up the phone without hesitation. He would never deal with this person in the future. He naturally has his own pride.

Wang Wen was very polite. He waited patiently for Ning Shui to finish speaking, and then told him that he had no schedule. He would definitely cooperate when there was another opportunity.

Ning Shui naturally persuaded him. When he just mentioned Ye Mao's name, Wang Wen said very straightforwardly:

"Let me see the script, I will come to you now."

Wang Wen came over quickly. The role he was going to play was a drug dealer, who was shrewd and powerful, often confronted the government army head-on, and did many things that were harmful to the world.