Chapter 929

At the end of the year before last, when Xiao Yao had an accident at the New York Fashion Week, Zhao Rui and Zhou Zhihao accompanied Xiao Yao's parents to New York. When Zhou Jingyi learned the news, she also went to New York and met Zhao Rui and Zhou Zhihao. Mu Ying didn't go to New York at that time because she was in the production group at that time and Xiao Yao called him to report his safety as soon as he got out of trouble. However, because of the preparation of Parkour movies, muying and Zhao Rui have contacted many times through online videos, and they are quite familiar with each other.

In the past two days, the people of "immortals" band have been familiar with the people from China. Most of the people in this group are unfamiliar with Mu Ying. In addition, Zhou Jingyi and Lin Qisan have not met each other. Xiao Yao first introduced Mu Ying to you, and then introduced Zhou Jingyi and Lin Qisan to each other.

Xiao Yao's team won, and I won the MVP of the game. According to Dean and others, they want to find a place to celebrate. But tonight is a special day, and Zhu Zitong and Nina aiguli are still waiting for their boyfriends in the hotel, so Xiao Yao refuses Dean's proposal and changes the party to the next day.

As a landlord, the task of preparing the party is naturally handed over to Dean. Although several members of "immortals" band are still studying in college, they are already stars after all. They have bought a house in Los Angeles, and the meeting place is finally decided at Dean's residence.

Because they are both young people, Xiao Yao and Dean didn't invite Keith Craig's family. In addition, there are seven Chinese people in Xiao Yao's group, four in the band, plus Mu Ying and Zhou Jingyi. There are more than a dozen of them. Of course, there are no outsiders.

The next afternoon, a group of young people began to celebrate.

"I've asked someone to budget the cost of our film project. Can we start the next step?" After a while, Mu Ying tells Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui about Parkour movies.

"What? Movie project? Are you going to invest in movies? " After hearing this, Dean, who was passing by, could not help exclaiming in surprise.

When Xiao Yao told Zhao Rui and Xu Fei that they were going to prepare for the Parkour movie, Zhu Zitong was present. Sun Tingting also heard about it from Xiao Yao. In addition, when Zhou Jingyi was learning to perform with muying, she saw muying write a script and asked curiously. Muying didn't hide it from her, so Zhou Jingyi also knew about it. Except for the three of them, no one else knows. At this time, listening to Dean's call for the film project, everyone gathered around curiously.

"Are you going to invest in movies?" Lin asked.

"Well, we're planning a movie. We've just finished the script!" Xiao Yao saw that everyone was very curious, so he told everyone about the preparation of the film.

"Yang, do you want to be an actor and director instead of playing music?" Dean said first.

"Instead of changing my career, I was an actor. Before I came to the United States as an exchange student, I had already acted in a TV play in China. I remember I told you that." Xiao Yao said to Dean with a smile, "music, I will not give up, will continue."

"Oh! That's great Dean was relieved and gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up.

"Immortals" band four after listening to the performance is good, just to express some surprise. After all, they play music, and they haven't been involved in film and television performances yet. Zhou Zhihao, the boxer's performance is also good, only Lin Qisan felt a little uncomfortable after listening.

"Why didn't you tell me about you and stone preparing the movie?" Lin Qisan asked directly, "also, duo'er and Zitong seem to know, just me and Nina?"

"I don't know!" Zhou Zhihao chuckled.

"Go, you're not an actor!" Lin Qisan has no way to be angry.

"At present, the protagonists are me, Shitou and Xu Fei, the director is Mu Ying and me, Chen Xiaoting is one of the supervisors, the script is made by five of us, and the main producers are also five of us." Xiao Yao told Lin Qisan, "this is a film about Parkour. The main creative team is our Parkour team. In addition to the director Mu Ying, Zitong and duo'er are not members of the main creative team and did not participate in the preparation of this film."

"This is an action movie. The protagonist must be a real Parkour expert. We didn't give you the role of the protagonist, so we didn't tell you." Zhao Rui then said, "Zitong and duo'er just know it. We haven't arranged roles for them yet."

"When I knew it, I said I wanted to participate in the film, but they didn't let me be the main creator!" Zhu Zitong also said to appease Lin Qisan, "I say that money is OK. They say that I can't be a producer. I can only give money to stone and count it in the name of stone. If you act in a play, there must be no me in the leading role, and the supporting role will have to wait until the script is finished to see if there is one suitable for me. "

"Me too!" Sun Tingting also said, "if I want to pay, I can only count in the name of Bayi."

"And now we have just finished the script, just made the preliminary budget, and even the production team has not started to set up. Isn't it the same to tell you now?" Xiao Yao finally said with a smile, "if you want to pay, we will not refuse it. As for the role, except for the protagonist, nothing else has been decided. If you don't mind if stone and I play the leading role, you can only play a supporting role, and we don't refuse, but we have to participate in the audition like other people. ""You..." Lin Qisan was told by these people in turn, but he lost his temper. He just lowered his head and said, "how much is the budget for the production of the film? How much is the difference between you? When does the film start? When does the audition start? Can I read the script now? "

"I can't act, but I have some savings." Samin suddenly asked, "can I invest?"

"So are we!" Dean and others also said.

"Xiao Yao," muying said to Xiao Yao, "I asked someone to make a preliminary budget. The production cost of our film is estimated to be about eight million dollars. Now we have 13 people here willing to contribute, plus Chen Xiaoting and Xu Fei, there are already 15 investors. I don't think we need crowdfunding anymore? "

In muying, it's a bit awkward to think about making movies in public preparation. He knows all the people around Xiao Yao. The 13 people present, together with Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting of Huaxia, are not ordinary people. They are either stars or the second generation of stars. If they have money in their own hands or in their families, it is not difficult for 15 people to raise 8 million US dollars. Even if Xiao Yao wants to be an independent film and doesn't want to be influenced by others, he can still get commercial sponsorship according to the content of the script.

"Crowdfunding? Do you want crowdfunding? " Lin Qisan and other people who didn't know about the preparation of the film were surprised again. They all turned to look at Xiao Yao.

"Why? Haven't you heard of crowd planning for a movie? " Xiao Yao said with a smile.

After some consideration, Xiao Yao still shook his head to Mu Ying and said, "crowdfunding still needs to be done! Apart from other things, at least crowdfunding itself is a propaganda for the film. Of course, publicity is not the most important purpose. I have a plan if I can make money after the film is released. Part of the production cost of this film must come from crowdfunding, which is very important for my later plan. So we can reduce the proportion of crowdfunding, but we have to have it. "

"That's according to the original agreement. Five people are the main producers, and the crowdfunding list is at the end?" Asked Mu Ying.

"Yes Xiao Yao nodded.

"There's another problem," Zhao Rui pointed to a group of humanitarians around him. "According to what you said, the investments of our relatives and friends are either recorded in the names of five of us or put on the crowd funding thank you list at the end of the film. Zitong's for me, duo'er's for you, these are no problem, Dean. If they don't want to participate in crowdfunding, they must be in your name. What about the share of saner and Nina? Is it yours or mine? "

"I don't think much about that." Xiao Yao said, "Zitong's for you, DOR's for me, these must be no problem, but Dean, they, out of money but no name is not appropriate. Crowdfunding is aimed at ordinary people. It's not suitable for them to invest through crowdfunding. Moreover, I don't want the gap between ordinary fans and Parkour fans to be too big. I'm going to set a single crowdfunding ceiling. This restriction is also not suitable for them. "

"What about that?" Zhao Rui and Mu Ying asked together.

"Well," Xiao Yao thought and looked up, "there can only be one more co producer besides the main producer. All the investment friends, all in the co producer. If the production budget is 8 million, five of us will account for 4 million, other co producers will be 2 million, and crowdfunding will be 2 million. We basically invest in accordance with this ratio, and the crowdfunding of 2 million is fixed. The first two items can be adjusted according to their respective situations. "

"You just said crowdfunding should set a ceiling. How much is the ceiling?" Muying asked again.

"Crowdfunding is $10000 at most and $100 at the bottom. If it's up to $10000, let's put the name at the end of the movie, of course, if he's willing to let his name appear in the subtitles at the end of the movie. " Xiao Yaodao.

"That's probably two hundred names." Muying said with a smile, "this may make the final subtitles of our film very long."

"It doesn't matter. Just grow longer." Xiao Yaodao.

"It also means that less than 10000 people don't have a chance to appear in the subtitles at the end of the film." Considering another question, Zhao Rui asked, "is this unfair to people who didn't pay $10000 in crowdfunding? We all pay to support us in making films. Those who make more films have names, while those who make less films have no names. Isn't that appropriate? "

"I can't help it," Xiao Yao said, "crowdfunding is two million. A single sum of money is at least one hundred. There may be thousands or even tens of thousands of names. The subtitles at the end of the movie can't be put down! After we start crowdfunding, we will make an official website for movies. As long as those who participate in crowdfunding, no matter how much they contribute, all put their names on the relevant pages of the official website of the film. You know, many crowdfunding projects don't publish the names of crowdfunding people at all. Let's make up for it in this way. "

"Yes Mu Ying nodded and said, "what about the specific operation?"

"Since it is in US dollars, it must be done on the crowdfunding website in the United States." Xiao Yao said, "crowdfunding websites have an audit system for crowdfunding projects, so please be responsible for this. The crowdfunding of this Parkour movie depends on the reputation of the team yrf. After the approval of crowdfunding website, we will make some explanation and publicity in the yrf channel of PV. ""The crowdfunding time of two months should be enough. I think it is possible to achieve the crowdfunding goal ahead of time." Xiao Yao also said, "once the money from crowdfunding arrives, we will start to prepare for the construction of the production team immediately. During this time, you can start to look for some crew members and scenery selection. In terms of casting audition, if you think it's OK, you can also have some primaries and prepare some alternatives first. We'll decide a time to check and make a decision according to the situation. "

"Did you ask me to do the casting director?" Muying said with a smile.

"You're one of the directors. It's OK to be a casting director." Xiao Yao said, "if you feel you can't help yourself, you can hire a casting director to help you. Our shooting location is in the United States. Most of the crew members and actors must be in the United States. Are you familiar with America? If I don't give it to you, should I stay in the United States all the time to do this? "

"Wait, is this movie made in America?" Lin Qisan cut off Xiao Yao's words.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "parkour is a worldwide sport. This film is planned to be released around the world. It's more suitable to be shot in Europe and America. We have Mu Ying, a talented student from USC, who is more convenient to shoot in the United States than in Europe. "

"The first feature film to be a director is planned to be released around the world?" Lin Qi said with a smile, "your ambition is really big!"

"If you want to play, of course you need a big one." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "my ambition is not small, but the film is now in the preparatory stage, and even the funds are not in place. It's still a long time before the shooting and release. This is not my first feature film as a director, and it may not be my first global feature film as a director. "

"What do you mean? You've directed other feature films, and you're planning to show them around the world? " This time, not only Lin Qisan, but also Zhao Rui was surprised and said, "if not, we haven't heard of the news that you are a director making a long film! Judging from your two-year itinerary, it's impossible to finish a long film! "

"Don't look at me, I don't know." Sun Tingting looks at Lin Qisan and shakes her head with a smile.

"Well, you'll know when you return home!" Xiao Yao said with a smile and a wink.

"I'll go! How many secrets do you have? " Cried Lin Qisan.