Chapter 758 But I Have the Confidence

At lunchtime, Wu Tianmin and his team came back. They were the same people as last time, but Du Yuan and Tao Jing were missing.

Du Yuan is an editor, and Tao Jing is a sound engineer. Editing and recording are both post-production, and they will come back after the film is finished.

Everyone went out to a nearby McDonald's and chatted while eating hot dogs.

"I met Liu Xiaoli." Fang Minghua briefly recounted the encounter with Liu Xiaoli and her daughter in the morning, of course, she didn't mention helping to change the name.

"What do you think of her daughter?" Wu Tianmin asked.

"You are the director, you are an expert, I am just an outsider." Fang Minghua said: "But this little girl gave me a good first impression."

"Yi Mou and I have seen her on-the-spot performance. Although she has not received professional training, the little girl is very spiritual. Moreover, I have a feeling that this little girl has good popularity, that is, the audience likes her, which is very important, especially in commercial films." Wu Tianmin concluded.

"Yeah, I think so too." Fang Minghua took a sip of Coke and nodded: "I'll go to Warner Bros. for work this afternoon."

"Minghua, you have to be prepared, Spielberg is not easy to talk to." Zhang Yimou interrupted.

"I'm not looking for him, nor for Michael Barnason, I'm looking for Nick, the vice president of their company!" Fang Minghua said with a faint smile.

At two o'clock after dinner, Fang Minghua came to the Warner Bros. headquarters and met Nick.

This was the first time the two met. Fang Minghua came to Warner Bros. before the Spring Festival, and Nick went to New York so he didn't meet.

In Nick's office, the two sat on the sofa and exchanged a few words before getting straight to the point.

There is no need to beat around the bush when dealing with Americans. Fang Minghua directly stated her purpose and hoped to consider letting Xixi play the role of Ruifang.

"Vice President Wu Tianmin and Director Zhang Yimou both think that this little girl is very suitable for this role. Mr. Nick, you also know that these two are very outstanding directors in our country, especially Zhang Yimou. I think their vision will not be wrong." Fang Minghua said at last.

"Oh, Mr. Fang, I understand your feelings, but I also have to respect Spielberg's opinion. He is also a famous Hollywood director. I heard that he also filmed your novel "The Sun"?"

"Spielberg is indeed an excellent director, but I think there are more excellent directors in Hollywood." Fang Minghua smiled faintly, and suddenly changed the subject: "Mr. Nick, if you shoot the second part of "Harry Potter", will you still invite Mr. Spielberg to be the director?"

"If this movie is well made and the box office is good, of course our company will be happy to continue to invite him." Nick said and suddenly realized something: "Mr. Fang, what do you mean by this?"

"If Spielberg insists on changing the role of Ruifang to a European and American girl," Fang Minghua said, picked up the coffee and took a sip, then looked at Nick:

"I'm sorry, I won't cooperate with your company again."

Nick was stunned.

I didn't expect Fang Minghua's attitude to be so tough.

But he has the confidence.

As soon as the second part of the "Harry Potter" series of novels was published, it immediately became a hot-selling book in the market, and it took only one week to climb onto the New York Times bestseller list!

According to the author, there are still third and fourth parts to come. This is a gold mine. Other Hollywood film companies are eager to make a move. How can I easily give up the possibility of cooperation?

After a silence, Nick finally said: "Okay, Mr. Fang, I will listen to your and the Chinese director's opinions. I will tell Mr. Spielberg."

"That's good, Mr. Nick, please tell Michael Barnason and Mr. Steven Spielberg a word." Fang Minghua said.

"What words?"

"This Chinese girl will give them a surprise, and in addition, the Chinese mainland film market will also give them a surprise." After saying that, Fang Minghua stood up.

The two said goodbye.

As for how Nick convinced the two people, it was not Fang Minghua's concern.

Sure enough, only one day later, Fang Minghua got the news from Wu Tianmin: the US officially agreed to let the little girl Sissi play the role of Ruifang, and together with other children, she immediately entered the early stage of learning the movie role.

Liu Xiaoli was overjoyed when she heard this. She brought her daughter to Fang Minghua's room and, in addition to thanking him, insisted on inviting him to dinner, but was politely declined by Fang Minghua.

"No need to have dinner, no need to be so polite, you are my wife's comrade-in-arms." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Liu Xiaoli was a little embarrassed.

Although she admitted that she was an imposter, Fang Minghua did not expose this in front of Wu Tianmin and others.

Fang Minghua looked at Liu Yifei again and said softly:

"Sissi, your Uncle Wu and Uncle Zhang, and that bearded Uncle Spielberg, they are all top directors in China and the United States. You should learn from them well. There are not many such opportunities."

"Uncle Fang, I will definitely learn seriously." The little girl said immediately.

"Mr. Fang, for Sissi's filming, I decided to follow the crew. On the one hand, I take care of her, and on the other hand, I want to ask a tutor to teach her cultural courses. She is still young and I don't want her to be uneducated in the future." Liu Xiaoli said.

Fang Minghua nodded and said.

"Well, that's good. I'll ask Mr. Wu when I'm free if the crew needs any help. Also, can't you dance? Do you need any extras? That way I can get some compensation."

"Mr. Fang, thank you so much!" Liu Xiaoli was so moved that she burst into tears.

Although my daughter was chosen to play the leading female role, her salary was not high, only 200,000 US dollars, which was several times lower than that of the leading male role, Haley Joel Osment, who was paid 1 million US dollars!

Of course, 200,000 US dollars is not a small amount, but now I have no job and no income, and I have to pay for all the expenses of accompanying my daughter, which the crew will not take care of, not to mention that I have to hire a tutor to teach my daughter.

All this requires money!

If I become a worker of the crew, not only will I be paid, but the crew will also take care of my food, drink and accommodation, which will save a lot of money.

As for being an extra, it is not important.

Seeing Liu Xiaoli's tears quietly passing from the corner of her eyes, Fang Minghua thought of a word.

Pear blossoms with rain.

"Okay, okay, don't cry. Xixi, wipe your mother's tears." Fang Minghua said again.

After finally persuading Liu Xiaoli to stop crying and sending the mother and daughter out of the room, Fang Minghua was relieved.

If someone who doesn't know the truth sees this, they will think I am bullying them.

During lunch in the afternoon, Fang Minghua found an opportunity to tell Wu Tianmin about her idea.

The other party readily agreed.

"No problem, I will take care of this matter. She is Mr. Song's comrade-in-arms after all, and we can't treat her unfairly."

"Okay, there is nothing to do here, I will prepare to return to San Francisco." Fang Minghua said.

"Don't worry, a friend heard that I was filming in Los Angeles with Yimou, and came from New York to visit us. You know her too." Wu Tianmin smiled.

"Who is it?"

"Jiang Wen"