Chapter 151.

Bai Qinglan took the copy and, just like Yu Yun’er, was captivated after taking a look at it.

Yu Yun’er said with interest, “Mr. Lin You, you haven’t received formal and systematic training as a director, how can you write this kind of copy?”

Lin You couldn’t say that he saw the future, he could only find a random reason and said, “I’m more interested in screenwriting and directing, I’ve participated in a number of campus competitions, and the results were okay, and the article I wrote about habits and prejudices won an award in the province.”

“Sometimes talent outweighs effort.”

“Haha.” Yu Yuner laughed, “It’s a bit interesting, where’s your copy, I’ve already read it, I’m very interested in the copy, we can make this movie, but right now there’s not enough manpower, the project, the Legend of the White Snake, is already on, and we can’t spare the strength to make another movie.”

“We’ll talk about this later, how about we talk about the character of Fa Hai first?”

Lin had smiled, “I’m a vegetarian, no traffic to add, no works, if you guys really use me to play Fa Hai, it’s too risky.”

Yu Yun’er shook her head and said, “Nowadays, traffic stars are not a gold medal from death, many big productions are ruined on top of traffic stars.”

“A lot of traffic stars, terrible acting, and big as hell, don’t listen to directions on set, ask for too much, don’t have a lot of work, and are just a little bit better looking, but that kind of good looks, all with a pseudo-masculine vibe, don’t fit our role.”

“Director Lin ……, both the temperament and the image are very compatible with this role, have you been a monk before? There is a strong sense of Zen in your body.”

“I did practice Zen for more than ten years, and the reason for that is that my father, who was also my master, was a monk, and since I was a child we have been meditating and chanting on time.”

“No wonder!” Yu Yun’er suddenly realized, “Let’s put it this way, to tell you the truth, the competition for the role of Fa Hai has been fierce, and the management has stuffed us with people, but we don’t recognize them, so I think you can give it a try.”

At this time, Bai Qinglan had finished reading the copy, and took a long breath, “Yun’er, this copy, it’s very interesting, and the scene is fixed, the production won’t be too big, it’s impossible to say that it will be able to have a big impact, if it’s possible, I would suggest a buyout.”

Yu Yun’er nodded and said, “We’ll talk about this matter later, I’m interested in him as a person right now, and I’m interested in our Fa Hai character.”

Lin You knew about this White Snake Legend project, and there was information about it in the future he saw.

This project, the beginning of the publicity and development to do a good job, the actors are also invited to a line of martial arts actors, but then the capital investment shrinkage, resulting in both the plot of the polished, or the production of special effects, clothing, the choice of venues, are seriously shrinking, originally to go to New Zealand and Siberia to take the scene, but also did not take it, the whole play, all in the studio to complete the movie came out, turned out to be the castrated version.

It resulted in a blood loss for the distributors and investors, with only a few lead actors making money.

But now that Western Impressions is ready to start vegans, it seems to have gone off the original track, but does she have a say in the matter?

This kind of big event, the right to speak actually investors accounted for a large proportion, if they hard stuffed a flow or martial arts star into it, Yu Yun’er had to accept it.

Therefore, Lin You didn’t want to wade through this muddy water.

Now the so-called audition, in fact, is also a kind of momentum, part of the promotion, in fact, in the end, it is still that martial arts actor on this play.

Lin You smiled and said, “Mr. Yu, it’s not that I don’t want to play this Fa Hai of yours, but ……”

Lin You weighed, how to say this sentence, the other party will not be offended, and finally decided to tell the truth, although difficult to hear, but more direct, to save beating around the bush, their own small people a, there is no need to play the official voice.

“Rather, you guys say it doesn’t count.”

Yu Yun’er’s face changed, and she was really upset, just about to speak, Lin You reached out to stop him, “I want to ask, how much investment have you pulled in? What is the budget?”

“This is not something you should ask.” Yu Yun’er was decidedly displeased, “This is our trade secret.”

“Hehe ……” Lin Woo ignored Yu Yuner’s attitude in the slightest and laughed, “Let me guess?”

“You’re planning to make it into a White Snake series, three movies in total, with a total investment of two billion dollars, of which the first one will be over eight hundred million.”

“After deducting all the expenses, including you selling overseas rights, for three movies, the box office should be at least three billion dollars or more before you can make any money.”

“I know you want to say, three billion, people have five billion for one movie, isn’t it easy for you to have three billion for three movies? And you signed a betting agreement with the investors, thinking that it’s a sure thing.”

“Isn’t it?” Yu Yun’er asked rhetorically.

Lin You shook his head and said, “Although the Legend of the White Snake is our country’s traditional drama and carries its own traffic, but there are already many people who have consumed this kind of traffic, so if you guys come back in, you have to make the movie new in order to do it, but the breakthroughs can’t be too big and can’t be magically altered, or else it’ll cause the traditional fans to be disgusted, and the word of mouth will fall off.”

“In movies nowadays, word of mouth is more important than traffic.”

“We’ve considered all of what you said, we don’t need you to worry about it.” Bai Qinglan closed the paperwork and returned.

“I know.” Lin You took a sip of tea and continued, “But what you don’t know is that the investment you seem to have nailed down won’t necessarily be in place.”

“Even the eight hundred million dollars for the first installment won’t necessarily be available, and when the time comes, even if your screenwriters do a good job and your actors are big names, it’s all for naught if you don’t have the money to back it up.”

“This is nothing for you to worry about, we have plenty of funds and the funders have already signed an agreement with us.” Yu Yun’er said, “You just need to accompany us to do a good job of promoting and acting Fa Hai, we’ll talk about the rest.”

“As for the paycheck, we’ll talk about it later.”

Lin You know, people who do art, there is a wave of fanatical confidence, that what they do, is the most awesome, others can not understand, is the poor quality of others, is the audience garbage.

Lin You is different, he has only one purpose, and that is: to earn money!

The work that makes money is the good work, the rest, the art, the texture, it’s all bullshit.

Making a bunch of stuff that people can’t read, bending over backwards, being alone, wasting money, and not making any sense.

Lin You nodded and said, “I can accompany you in the promotion and distribution, and I can also play the role of Fa Hai, but I still want to suggest that we can first go on this project of mine, and then earn the money, invest it ourselves, and then come back to do the Legend of the White Snake so that we don’t have to look at the face of the funders.”

“It’s also a great way to get the movie done from the ground up.”

“Are you so sure that your movie will make money?” Bai Qinglan said as he cocked his head and looked at Lin You with a derisive face.

“I’m sure it’s useless, and ultimately we have to rely on the market to test it, but at least, with this project of mine, as long as the investment is 20 to 30 million dollars, it can be done very well, and the risk is much smaller.”

“And the difficulty of pulling thirty million dollars and two billion dollars is not even in the same order of magnitude, and I can say with certainty that both of you, without the need for any other investors, can easily come up with thirty million dollars.”

“So it might make more sense to reverse the order of the two programs.”