Chapter 573 Director

Li Zhibai considered the matter and decided to follow Lin Suyang's advice and ask Liu Manbo for his opinion openly.

And the fact is just as Lin Suyang expected, Liu Manbo chose to "keep things quiet".

After he got the director position of this drama, what he cared about most was the identity of director.

The salary is lower, so forget it.

Liu Manbo didn't want to toss and turn again, worried that if he bargained with Dengta Video, if Dengta Video was dissatisfied, he would think about changing the director again.

After understanding Liu Manbo's thoughts, Li Zhibai nodded and said nothing more.

He knew the impulse and idealism of his previous thoughts. I can't say I'm very disappointed, but I feel a little uncomfortable. However, he can only let himself accept this.

Li Zhibai has always known that his situation is different from others. He has his family background to support him. Since he participated in the competition, his waist is stronger than others. What is stronger than this is his own character. Zhou Pingan can't hold his strength, let alone others.

But for others, especially for his two friends Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, he knew that everyone's situation was different.

For him, it was a matter of pride, but for others, it was a matter of fighting for their jobs.

So be it.

Li Zhibai sent a message to Lu Yanhe, telling him that the director had been decided, and thanked him for recommending Liu Manbo.

Lu Yanhe: That's good, everything went well in the filming.

Li Zhibai: How are you doing in Thailand?

Lu Yanhe: I'm about to leave for Malaysia.

Li Zhibai: I saw the news, will you cooperate with Cai Na in the future?

Lu Yanhe: Not yet, what's wrong?

Li Zhibai: I saw some domestic media speculated so.

Li Zhibai also said: Some people say that you two have a close relationship, and Cai Na's agency contract in China may have to be signed with your company.

Lu Yanhe was stunned and said: No.

He said again: But what you said reminded me, I'll go ask Sister Zi Yan.

As a result, Lu Yanhe learned that Chen Ziyan was not only negotiating with Cai Na for the agency rights in mainland China, but was also communicating with Liu Manbo to sign him to Linghe.

The former is Shihuo, and the latter is Linghe.

The companies of Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe have gradually highlighted their respective focuses.

Chen Ziyan said: I plan to sign Cai Na's mainland actor agency contract and Liu Manbo's director agency contract to Linghe, and then sign their business contracts to Shihuo.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: This is good.

It is very clear, and everyone has their own expertise.

Chen Ziyan: Cai Na is still very interested in the mainland Chinese market and hopes to enter this market, but her performance on the show "The Birth of Actors" this time did not attract much attention and discussion, which made her a little worried about acclimatization.

Lu Yanhe said: Her Chinese is very average, and it is impossible for her to really develop here. She is very popular in Southeast Asia.

Chen Ziyan: Well, I have contacted her twice. She is still very cautious about cooperation. However, probably because of your relationship, her and her team's attitude is still positive.

Lu Yanhe said: What plans do you have for Cai Na's future career development in our country?

Chen Ziyan: To be honest, we only have a temporary plan for her, because you told me that there might be a role for her in the second season of "Squid Game", and our current mainstream orientation is to do international cultural communication. With Cai Na's fame and popularity in Southeast Asia, if she is willing to develop in China, it will definitely be easy for her to get a lot of opportunities. My communication with her team has not yet entered the career layout, and it is still in the initial contact stage.

This kind of cooperation must come slowly.

Contact between the two sides requires a sense of trust to be slowly established.

Chen Ziyan: The domestic entertainment industry still has a large market for overseas stars. It was actually difficult to do this before. Now there is a big environment for this aspect, and you also know that many overseas artists also want to enter our market.

Lu Yanhe: As long as there is an opportunity, basically everyone wants to come. Our market is too big.

Chen Ziyan: Yes, so Shihuo also wants to do this. On the one hand, it is to find opportunities for our artists overseas, and on the other hand, it can find opportunities to sign a few overseas stars. This is actually more conducive to our development of overseas markets.

Lu Yanhe: Well, it's good.

Chen Ziyan: I had dinner with an executive of the Montreal Film Company today. He knows that I am also your agent. He really hopes to meet you and see if we can cooperate in the future. But he is very depressed. There was a script that he wanted to send to us before, but he didn't know who to find. There was no channel. Finding an agency for you overseas can't be delayed any longer. I came here to meet Darren Wilson this time. I will negotiate the contract terms with him as soon as possible.

Lu Yanhe: OK.

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"OK?" Li Zhibai looked at Zhou Jin in disbelief.

Weird, really weird.

At this moment, Li Zhibai had no other thoughts except this idea.

Zhou Jin is the senior executive of Dengta Video who is in charge of the project "Nineteen Years". He usually doesn't come to the scene, but he came unexpectedly today.

When he saw him, Li Zhibai had a bad feeling in his heart -

No one comes to the temple for no reason.

Before Lu Lubo got into trouble, the crew was in chaos, and Zhou Jin did not show up to represent Lighthouse Video to appease the troops. Now everything has entered a steady and orderly shooting, but he showed up.

Sure enough, after a while, Zhou Jin came to find Li Zhibai.

As soon as he told the story, Li Zhibai felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

Lu Lubo has dealt with his family and his wife, hoping to return to the crew and direct the show.

"His wife will issue a statement tonight to apologize to the public because she had a quarrel with Lu Lubo, so she deliberately lied that he cheated and wanted to destroy him."

Li Zhibai found that he really couldn't listen to such words - so stupid that it was almost an insult to human intelligence.

"The nude photos of Lu Lubo that she held up at the scene have gone viral on the Internet. Who would believe you saying that it was a deliberate lie?" Li Zhibai asked.

Zhou Jin said: "It will be explained that it is photoshopped. The photos were not directly posted online, only the live video."

Li Zhibai asked: "So, this makes you think that Lu Zibo can come back to direct this drama?"

Zhou Jin said: "Lu Zibo's understanding and familiarity with this drama is definitely better than Liu Manbo's temporary takeover. Moreover, Liu Manbo is a new director after all. Although the shots he shot in the past two days are not bad, there are also many problems. For example, yesterday, he insisted on finding a new extra because of the problem of an extra's image not being suitable. That scene was delayed for two hours."

Li Zhibai smiled in surprise and said: "Mr. Zhou, you are so well-informed. You know everything about the big and small things that happened on the set. When Lu Zibo got into trouble before, the crew relied on the two assistant directors to support it and made a mess. Why didn't you come to control the situation?"

Lin Suyang: "..."

Li Zhibai started to spray without being stopped.

The smile on Zhou Jin's face also stopped.

After coming to his senses, Zhou Jin explained again.

"At that time, we were in an emergency meeting to discuss how to solve this matter."

Li Zhibai continued to make a sarcastic sound.

"So, now that Lu Lubo said he wants to come back to direct, you are tempted?" Li Zhibai said, "His wife has been appeased and can come out to testify falsely, but what if she regrets it? What if she breaks up with Lu Lubo again? Will the play be filmed?"

His expression became very serious at this moment, and even had a strong aura of oppression.

Zhou Jin: "Zhi Bai, don't get excited. I know this may be hard for you to accept. You asked Liu Manbo to come, and now suddenly you let Lu Bo come back to direct. But this is a film and television project with an investment of hundreds of millions. I hope you can understand that if a mature and experienced director, who is also the director most familiar with this project, returns, Liu Manbo can still be the director, two directors, and let Liu Manbo be responsible for the filming of Group B."

"I refuse." Li Zhibai did not hesitate at all and said directly, "Lu Bo is a time bomb that may explode at any time. Teacher Jiang Jun and I have very little time or what? We spend so much time preparing and filming a drama. When the time comes, because of his little thing, bang, the whole drama explodes, the audience boycotts, the sponsorship withdraws, and we are in dire straits - why should I use the reputation and audience popularity that I have worked hard to accumulate in the past few years to endorse a lying director?"

Zhou Jin was stunned.

He did not expect that Li Zhibai's attitude of refusal would be so firm and he would not give in at all.

Li Zhibai said directly: "If you insist on bringing Lu Daobo back to direct this drama, then I will quit and stop acting."

Zhou Jin's face instantly turned ugly.

Lin Suyang sighed deeply. He felt that it was necessary to step up and smooth things over at this time.

"Mr. Zhou, Zhibai is right. Have you ever considered that if Lu Daobo's incident happens again, can it be covered up? If his wife makes trouble again like she did on the day of the opening ceremony, the investment of hundreds of millions of yuan may really go down the drain." Lin Suyang's tone was very calm, but he specifically emphasized the risk. "Lu Daobo is a contracted director of your Lighthouse Video. We can understand that you want to use him, but whether it is Zhibai or Jiang Jun, how much effort and energy they have put into this drama, put yourself in their shoes, how could they be willing to let their efforts risk being destroyed by such a time bomb?"

Zhou Jin glanced at Li Zhibai, who was no longer looking at him, lowering his head and avoiding his gaze.

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I can't bear it anymore. I'm too sleepy. I'll post what I wrote first. (End of this chapter)