Since Xiao Cheng was going to accept the script, he naturally had to meet and discuss the collaboration in detail. He also had to look at the script.
After all, according to his previous life," Charlotte's Worries " was shot by Happy Twisted Maw. Now that it had become a script written by a university student, Xiao Cheng could not help but worry that it would be different.
The other party might have been surprised that Xiao Cheng would agree to act in the movie, so he immediately agreed to bring the script over.
Therefore, both parties agreed to meet at the Upper Island Cafe. After all, it was quite close to their home.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Mi and Xiao Cheng walked into the cafe's private room and saw two people sitting inside. A boy with glasses and a beautiful woman dressed like a big sister.
When the two saw Yang Mi and Xiao Cheng, they quickly stood up and said with a smile,"Hello, Mr. Xiao. Hello, Sister Mi. I'm Qiao Tanglin, the director of 'Charlotte's Worries'.”
The boy also said," Hello, Mr. Xiao. Hello, Sister Mi. I'm Li Yang, the screenwriter of 'Charlotte's Worries'.”
Xiao Cheng and Yang Mi were both stunned. They thought that this girl should be a screenwriter, but they didn't expect her to be a director.
"Hello," the two of them smiled.”
After greeting each other, Xiao Cheng and Yang Mi sat down.
Tang Lin quickly took out her script and said,"Mr. Xiao, this is our script.”
Xiao Cheng took it and looked at it carefully. Yang Mi, who was at the side, also looked at it a few times. He couldn't help but be fascinated by it. When he saw Xia Luo attending the wedding, he couldn't help but laugh out loud."This script is quite interesting."
Although she didn't stop Xiao Cheng, she was still worried. Now that she saw the script, half of her worries disappeared. Although she had only read the beginning, it was not difficult to see that the script was not bad.
As for why only half of the film had disappeared, it was mainly because the screenwriter was too unknown. Moreover, the director seemed to be a student. If such a team of students filmed a movie, it would make people feel that they were playing house. It was likely that no one would pay much attention to it.
After all, the entertainment industry still paid attention to popularity. Otherwise, why would those directors still use those young hunks when they knew that their acting skills were bad? Were those big directors stupid?
Of course not. These big directors were only interested in the commercial value that young hunks brought to them.
Therefore, Yang Mi was still a little worried, but she did not say it out loud to dampen Xiao Cheng's spirits.
Xiao Cheng, who was at the side, briefly read through the script. After confirming that there was no difference between the script and the one he knew, he closed the script.
"Mr. Xiao, what do you think?”Tang Lin asked.
In fact, the two of them were extremely nervous. They were both fresh graduates of acting. Tang Lin was from the directing department, and Li Yang was from the screenwriting department. The two of them knew each other because they were in the same club. Tang Lin accidentally saw Li Yang's script and had the idea of filming it. Therefore, the two of them hit it off.
However, making a movie was not as simple as they thought. They had no money or connections, so they could only pull in investors. However, they were just students who were acting and had no fame. Who would listen to them?
They went to many entertainment companies, but most of them were chased out before they could finish their words. Of course, there were a few companies that were interested, but they did not want to invest in their filming. Instead, they wanted to buy the script directly. Li Yang naturally did not agree. He had written the script since his first year of university. How could he sell it to others after four years of work? They were just like his children!
Therefore, this path did not work. They could only prepare to hire their own people to shoot. However, these celebrities were not people they could see. If not for Tang Lin's family connections, which allowed her to access the emails of many celebrities, the script would probably be covered in dust!
Yes, they had sent emails to many celebrities, but they did not have any expectations. After all, those celebrities would not notice his student's script. However, no one expected Xiao Cheng to reply!
They were all stunned by the surprise!
Therefore, when Xiao Cheng said that he wanted to read the script, they agreed without hesitation. They were afraid that Xiao Cheng would regret it if they were a step late!
"I think it's not bad. Did you bring the contract?”Since he had confirmed that there was no problem with the script, Xiao Cheng naturally had no reason to disagree.
On the other end, Tang Lin was stunned for a moment before she realized that Xiao Cheng had agreed. She nodded happily and said,"Yes, yes!"
As he said that, he was about to go to his bag to get the contract. At this moment, Li Yang, who had been silent all this while, said,"Tang Lin, we still have something to tell Mr. Xiao!”
As Li Yang spoke, he winked at Tang Lin. Tang Lin was stunned at first, but then she reacted. Her expression was a little bad.
"What is it?" Xiao Cheng asked.
"Um, that's right. Mr. Xiao, can we not sign the contract first?" Tang Lin stammered.”
"Not signing the contract? Do you want my husband to work for nothing?”Hearing this, Yang Mi couldn't take it anymore!
Hearing Yang Mi's words, Tang Lin was extremely anxious. She waved her hand repeatedly and said,"No, Sister Mi, that's not what I meant. I mean, can we sign the contract later?”
"Didn't you bring the contract?" Xiao Cheng asked.
"I did, but…" Tang Lin shook her head.
Li Yang couldn't stand it anymore and said directly,"Mr. Xiao, we don't have the money to pay you, so we hope that you can shoot first and sign the contract later. We'll think of a way to raise money…"
However, before he could finish speaking, Yang Mi, who was at the side, was furious."So you guys are lying!"
After all, who wouldn't be angry with Li Yang's words? If he really did shoot it, what if he didn't pay?
They didn't even have a contract, so they had nowhere to sue!
Li Yang quickly explained," No, we're not lying. We just don't have money now!"”
"But where did you two students get the money?”Yang Mi said.
Tang Lin and Li Yang's faces turned red when they heard this. It was obvious that they had no money. Otherwise, they wouldn't be in this state.
"Why don't we do this? Mr. Xiao's salary can be considered an investment. When the movie is released, we'll split it according to the proportion.”Tang Lin suggested.
"What if we lose money?" Yang Mi asked.
Tang Lin and Li Yang were completely speechless because Yang Mi was right.
At this moment, Xiao Cheng suddenly said,"I don't have to pay you, but I have a condition!"”
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