Chapter 404 Am I the Protagonist Again?

"Boss, let me tell you that the current male channels are really not very good, and they are all repetitive. Can you support the female channels? Do you think any of the novels adapted by male channels have been successful in the past few years? But female channels There are many popular dramas adapted.”

"And I've read a lot of novels recently. Most of these novels have heroines. I'd like to recommend them to you."

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Good guy.

Lin Xing really didn’t know that co-author Wei Fei was also an obsessive fan of Internet literature.

After 5 minutes, Wei Fei calmed down. She and Liang Yuan added each other as friends, and then said that we would talk about the online article later.

Talk about business.

"Axing, I almost finished reading this script on the way here."

Wei Fei persuaded Lin Xing tactfully: "Axing, this script is too niche, and the market for this kind of warm-hearted literary and artistic films is not big now. I don't agree with the investment, because I think 90% of it Probability will be a loss.”

Before Lin Xing finished speaking, Xin Hui said: "Sister Fei, do you think I care about losing money? As long as Lao Lin likes it, I am willing to invest."

Not only Xin Hui, but also Liang Yuan said: "Yeah, Sister Fei, I really think the loss is nothing, it's just a loss of tens of millions. I heard from Qining that the production cost of this drama is only seven or eight thousand at most." Ten thousand..."

"It won't take that much."

After all, Wei Fei is a professional producer, and she also knows the crew quite well, so she said directly: "This shooting scene is a small scene, so there is no need to build many scenes at all. If the shooting progress is faster, 2 The filming can be completed in a month, which can save millions of crew expenses..."

What is a major? ?

This is professionalism.

Lin Xing glanced at the time and said, "Brother Ning is coming soon. Sister Fei, please chat with him later to find out how much the production cost is, and then we will come up with a charter first."

"OK."

Wei Fei nodded slightly.

In less than 20 minutes, Qi Ning arrived in a hurry.

"Sister Fei..."

Qining was a little surprised when he saw Wei Fei.

"Xiao Ning, you are so promising now, you actually want to be a director..."

Wei Fei smiled and teased Qining.

Qi Ning said helplessly: "Sister Fei, others don't know me well, but you don't know me yet. Except for being able to chat with Brother Zhou, I can't get along with anyone else at all. For one thing, if I didn’t become a director, I would really be unemployed..."

Wei Fei waved her hand slightly: "I heard, but so do you. You clearly know Ouyang Qing's character, but you still want to show off."

"I can't stand him pretending to be a master every day. It's obviously because of his father that he became a leading figure among directors. As a result, Ouyang Qing is now pretending to be a master. He even always wants to catch the director and screenwriter. Obviously his His script ability is his weak point. He just needs to be a director honestly, but he just doesn't..."

Qi Ning said helplessly: "I just want to spray him while I can still pursue him a little, otherwise I might end up flattering Ouyang Qing when my knees bend later."

Lin Xing really didn't know about this, because it happened last year. At that time, Lin Xing was deaf to what was happening outside the window, so he didn't know.

The new movie "Thirty Women" directed by Ouyang Qing held a premiere, and many directors, screenwriters, actors, film critics, etc. in the industry were invited to attend.

Wei Fei was filming out of town so she didn't have time to go.

At that time, countless people at the scene praised "30 Women" in every possible way, and many people even thought that this movie would set a new record.

Ouyang Qing has this kind of character. He can only listen to praise, but he cannot listen to criticism.

The film "The Charge" he filmed back then was a mixed bag. Because there were more stars, the box office was OK, but the reputation was extremely poor.

The results of it? ?

Some film critics were somewhat fair and even a little bit hateful: "Ouyang Qing can no longer rest on his laurels. He has always said that he does not rely on his father, but can he prove it? In these few movies? The scripts are all A piece of shit."

Because the film critics made such sharp comments, Ouyang Qing even sued some film critics.

In this regard, compared to other directors who listen to their opinions and even just laugh at themselves in the face of ridicule, Ouyang Qing is really known for being petty.

And he is not just narrow-minded, the key is that he is stubborn and cannot listen to advice.

Anyway, his qualifications are here, so he has no shortage of film roles. He is even capital in his own right and a leader in the director field. Many stars are vying to be in his films.

Just like "30 Women", there are almost a lot of well-known actors in the industry.

As a result, Qi Ning felt really embarrassed when watching this movie.

In Qining's opinion, this thing is not as good as that TV series "Women at Forty". Although that TV series is also a bit bloody, at least it has a good story.

But Qining can understand what Ouyang Qing wants to do in "Women at Thirty", which is to make a romance movie and please young audiences.

But one thing is too old.

You, Ouyang Qing, are already 70 years old, so stop talking about youth.

It can’t be called youth. According to the idea in this movie, if a woman is not married and has no partner after she reaches her thirties, she will age very quickly and become a loser.

Qi Ning really wanted to ask Ouyang Qing, don't you care about public opinion? ?

If you don’t look at public opinion, why don’t you take a look at the current marriage rate and fertility rate? ?

Nowadays, as long as you understand the market, most of the dramas are to please women, and then say that if women do not get married or have children, they are independent and beautiful, and they must be strong women and independent women.

As a result, Ouyang Qing insists on playing the kind of female character she was 20 or 30 years ago. She devotes herself silently, proposes marriage wholeheartedly, and then goes on a blind date to meet all kinds of men.

Are you saying this script is out of date or something? ?

After all, Qi Ning was thinking that Ouyang Qing was considered a senior no matter what, so he didn't say anything too extreme. He just said a few words tactfully.

As a result, Ouyang Qing became jealous.

"You don't understand movies, how did you become a screenwriter all these years? No wonder you haven't been able to make it all these years..."

Ouyang Qing launched a series of bombardments directly after Qi Ning's speech.

It's true that I don't give any face at all.

Even when facing many reporters, Ouyang Qing didn't care. In other words, Ouyang Qing never cared about this.

Just like cheating in the entertainment industry, people are banned invisibly, but Ouyang Qing's son cheated, but he still continued to be an actor.

This all depends on capital, and in many cases also depends on the resources behind it.

Originally, Qi Ning still had some respect for Ouyang Qing, but in recent years he has been really disappointed in Ouyang Qing, and this movie made Qi Ning think that Ouyang Qing is not as good as other directors.

It's really worse than bad.

But Qi Ning still underestimated Ouyang Qing's influence. He didn't even need to say to ban Qi Ning, and all of Qi Ning's scripts were returned.

Not only that, Qining originally worked as a screenwriter on a film crew, but he was also fired.

Then the industry didn't dare to use him.

Because Ouyang Qing directly made a bad comment on Qi Ning. This kind of bad comment was made by an authoritative director in the industry, and it was just pointed at Qi Ning's nose. No, to be precise, it was pointed at Qi Ning's nose. said.

Such words from a big shot in the industry carry a lot of weight.

If this had happened twenty or thirty years ago, Qining would have never had any chance to tell the truth, because at that time, these big guys would block whoever they said they would block.

But things are different now.

Again, times have changed.

The rapid development of the Internet has greatly dispersed the control of these big guys. Coupled with the overt and covert struggles in various circles, who can really block them at this time?

Even Ouyang Qing couldn't do it.

But it did bring some difficulties to Qi Ning, and because of this, Qi Ning prepared to become a director himself.

But how easy is it? ?

When he was a screenwriter, Qi Ning didn't need to think so much. He only wanted to think about writing the script well.

As a result, when preparing to work on a project as a director this time, Qi Ning felt that he had no idea where to start.

He asked his good friend Bai Yan to do it together. After all, Qining still has a group of good friends after all these years.

This time he was going to use these to build up his team.

But now Qining feels that nothing is needed.

"You are indeed lucky."

Wei Fei smiled and said to Qining: "Now that Ah Xing is here to help you solve all your urgent needs, you can just polish the script and leave the rest to me."

"OK."

Qi Ning himself still wants to write scripts, and he even thinks that he just needs to be a director.

Now Qi Ning found that he was really not sure about doing this project well.

So, what kind of salary are you negotiating with Lin Xing? ?

You might as well talk to Lin Xing yourself about the investment and the remuneration of the director and screenwriter.

Qi Ning hardly thought too much about this matter. He only had one idea about the work "Going to Heaven", as long as he could control the script and the crew.

In this regard, Lin Xing had almost no hesitation.

"Okay, if you have anything to do, you can discuss it with Sister Fei. If you need anything else, you can talk to my agent Ding Chunling..."

Lin Xing waved his hand slightly at this time and said: "I will continue to relax, and at the same time, I am going to experience the funeral industry..."

For Lin Xing, if he wants to make a movie, especially a role, then he must experience life well.

This is what Lin Xing himself has always done.

In this way, for the next month, Lin Xing was still in Jiangcheng. At the same time, he understood some situations in the script more thoroughly.

Not only that, Lin Xing also met a corpse makeup artist, and Lin Xing had a try with him.

Of course, it doesn't count as experience, because Lin Xing is also learning how to put makeup on a corpse.

For the first time, Lin Xing was really uncomfortable. When Lin Xing looked at the rotten head, he couldn't help but vomited violently.

Later, Lin Xing continued to vomit.

"Brother Xing, actually you have also seen this work..."

The corpse makeup artist was a young man. She smiled bitterly at Lin Xing and said: "We are not recognized by everyone after all. I dare not tell my parents that I do this because life and death are taboo in this industry..."

The corpse makeup artist was called Feng Yun. Lin Xing found her on Jiangcheng's forum because there were really not many young people in this field.

When Feng Yun was found by Lin Xing at first, she thought she had met a liar, because she really couldn't understand that someone would want to make such a film? ?

But she knew Lin Xing. After all, although Feng Yun dealt with dead people every day, she was still a girl born after 1995. She occasionally watched TV dramas and was a member of the Appearance Association.

So after hearing that Lin Xing wanted to experience life with her, Feng Yun disagreed.

After all, there is really no need to experience life like this. After all, Feng Yun is not doing anything high-end. She even often interacts with dead people, which is taboo for many people.

She had been dating a boyfriend before, but when she followed her boyfriend to meet his parents, she happened to help repair the body of one of her boyfriend's uncle's children.

So it is conceivable that although the other party is very grateful to her, he does not want to be related to her.

Later, some of Feng Yun's classmates were not very willing to call her at gatherings.

"You may think that everyone is highly educated, but the more so, the more superstitious we are often..."

Feng Yun said with some distress.

Lin Xing has been following Feng Yun for more than half a month. From the initial discomfort with vomiting, he gradually became able to face some tragic situations.

For Feng Yun, Lin Xing is already very good.

You must know that the funeral industry association in Jiangcheng often organizes training for corpse plastic surgeons, and Feng Yun is the instructor because she is the highest level plastic surgeon, but she has seen some who are already fifth level but still have resistance to corpses.

After all, many times plastic surgeons not only face the remains of normal deaths, they also have to deal with abnormal deaths.

Just like the broken corpses that Lin Xing saw for the first time when he followed Feng Yun, and even abnormal corpses such as bloody, rotten, swollen, and even covered with crawling insects, a normal person would not be under any psychological pressure. It's really hard for Gao to stay calm.

What plastic surgeons have to do is not only beautification, but also plastic surgery. To restore a completely unrecognizable person to his original appearance to the greatest extent requires not only courage, but also excellent skills.

At this time, the plastic surgeon will complete the body step by step based on the photos of the deceased provided by the family of the deceased, and then perform makeup work.

In just over half a month, Lin Xing was able to memorize some techniques clearly, especially when they were done in a decent way.

"It's not enough."

Lin Xing said to Feng Yun: "If I want to take the Level 5 certificate, will it be difficult?"

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