"Lao mu, what are the specific requirements of BMW''s embedded advertisement? Do you need to revise the script for them? " After everyone on the road, Xiao Yao did not rush to ask about the formation of the crew, nor did he say his relationship with BMW, but first concerned about the implanted advertisement of BMW.
"No!" Muying shook her head and said, "their request is that there should be at least three shots of their BMW in the main film, one of which can see their logo, but it doesn''t need a close-up. It''s OK to distinguish them. Their logo is so obvious, even if it''s the whole front of the car in the camera, you can recognize it. They didn''t ask for a specific model of the vehicle. In our current script, it can be completely satisfied without any adjustment. If the script needs to be adjusted, I will definitely discuss with you before deciding whether to accept their sponsorship or not. "
"That''s good!" Xiao Yao nodded, "what about the cost?"
"The basic sponsorship fee is US $500000, providing us with three SUVs and a seven seater station wagon as crew cars." Muying said, "in addition, according to our film box office, they will increase the sponsorship fee. I don''t remember how much the box office will increase. I''ll show you the contract when I go back."
"It''s OK. You should be responsible for these things. You can make up your mind. I just care about it!" Xiao Yao said, "in this respect, you have more experience than us."
"I didn''t talk about the specific details. I found a special business person to help us deal with them." Muying said with a smile, "I''m not as versatile as you are!"
"Xiao Yao, the sponsorship conditions of BMW are very favorable," Xu Fei asked again. "What''s the relationship between you and BMW?"
Although $500000 is not a lot, the conditions for placement of ads are quite relaxed. It''s already very good for their film, not to mention the crew car and the additional sponsorship fee according to the box office.
"It doesn''t matter. I just helped them write a few scripts for advertising movies." Xiao Yaodao.
"Advertising screenplay? Did you write all the scripts for the series of commercials that josini played? " Chen Xiaoting also asked.
"Well," Xiao Yao nodded, "the hostage the year before last was written by me and Lao Mu together. Last year''s heart and this year''s star were both written by me!"
Last year, BMW''s second advertising film was released, and the response was still good. Later, Martin grotz contacted Xiao Yao and asked him to write a third play. Xiao Yao thought it would be a good thing to keep a relationship with BMW, so he wrote the movie "Star" in the previous BMW series to Martin grotz.
"He''s not just writing scripts." Muying interjected, "the idea of this advertising film series is Xiao Yao''s idea. He can be regarded as the chief planner of this series."
"Master plan?" Zhao Rui also said strangely, "when did you give BMW an advertising plan on August 1? When I came to the United States the year before last? No, you didn''t come to the United States in the first half of the year before last. You only went to France. That was the summer vacation the year before last? "
"Not America." Muying said with a smile, "although BMW''s advertising films are all made in the United States, they are not BMW''s projects in the United States, but the German headquarters projects!"
"German headquarters?" Zhao Rui suddenly said, "when did you help Zhan Youcheng to make a prosthetic? No wonder you visit BMW headquarters! "
"It''s not right," Zhao said, shaking his head. "It was at the beginning of last year. BMW''s first advertising movie was the year before last!"
"Not Germany, France!" Muying said, "that''s when he went to France to attend the Clement Ferrand Film Festival."
"I know," Zhao Rui nodded. "Bayi said that you met him at the film festival, and Parkour was the idea you came up with at that time. But how did BMW''s German headquarters project contact you in France? Don''t you say that people from BMW''s German headquarters specially went to France to find Xiao Yao to help them plan? "
"No," said muying. "Clement Ferrand is the home of Michelin. That time, the marketing director of BMW''s German headquarters went to Michelin headquarters on a business trip, and was invited by Michelin company to see the closing ceremony of the film festival. Didn''t Xiao Yao''s "tuner" win the most popular audience award of the film festival? BMW''s marketing director wants to find him, the award-winning director, to help BMW make ads. At that time, he said that there were still jobs in China and he was not interested in making advertisements, but he gave them an idea of advertising with short films and making series, and recommended me to be a director. "
"At that time, I was going to come back to China to record the TV series with you." Xiao Yao added with a smile.
"Wow, Xiao Yao has nothing to say to you two!" Chen Xiaoting looked at Zhao Rui and Xu Fei and said, "in order to help promote your TV series, even the opportunity to be a BMW advertising director has been pushed!"
"That''s it Xiao Yao echoed.
"Come on," Xu Fei said, "your family also has an investment in that TV play. We all work for your family, and you are also one of the writers of that TV play. Shouldn''t you do publicity? How do you say it''s for us? "
"Our family has invested in more film and television works. Do I contribute to every one of them?" Xiao Yao said, "you see, I haven''t done much publicity for the works invested by our family on my microblog.""It''s true that you don''t have to invest in your family." Zhao Rui said, "but it''s certainly not for us that you pushed off BMW''s advertising director! It''s mostly because you don''t dare! "
"I dare not?" Xiao Yao stares at a way.
"I dare not!" Zhao Rui said firmly, "now maybe I dare, but at that time I dare not!"
"Ha, sure enough, Zhao Rui knows Xiao Yao better!" Muying said with a smile, "Xiao Yao pushed off BMW''s advertising director at that time because he didn''t feel sure yet! I asked him at that time, and he answered me personally! "
"Old wood, do you want to tear me down so quickly?" Xiao Yao said with a helpless smile.
All the way chatting, unknowingly arrived at muying help them to prepare the residence.
This time Xiao Yao and his family came to the United States to make movies. Instead of booking hotels for them, Mu Ying helped them rent some apartments.
There are many differences between shooting in the United States and shooting in China. One of the most important differences is that there are all kinds of trade unions in the United States.
In the case of the American actors union, they stipulate that all plays with production costs of more than $3 million must use union actors. In addition to this, the trade union will also provide all kinds of protection for trade union actors. As long as you are an actor of the actors union of America, you can only work eight hours a day. You have to pay extra overtime for the extra part. You have to have a rest every week. You can''t work seven days in a row and so on.
Although their film is not invested by Hollywood film companies, it is not a Hollywood film. However, it is more convenient to make it in the United States if it is filmed on the boundary of the United States and wants to be shown in the United States in the future.
These things muying passed through Xiao YAOGOU long before determining the shooting location, and Xiao Yao also considered these factors before determining the shooting location.
Their film is not invested by Hollywood. The union only stipulates that there must be union actors, and not all actors must be union actors. Xiao Yao usually doesn''t like to stay up late, and filming is not the kind of temperament that he has to shoot all day long. It''s not a big problem for Xiao Yao that he doesn''t work overtime and has weekly holidays. The actors are relaxed, and they are also happy. It''s just that the shooting date is longer, which Xiao Yao can accept. In contrast, Los Angeles is the site of muying and one of Xiao Yao''s most familiar European and American cities. This advantage is even more rare.
To become a project recognized by the American trade union, we have to abide by the rules of the trade union. Following the eight hour working day and weekly holidays means that they have a lot more time outside of filming. The hotel is just a place to sleep. Since there will be a lot of free time other than filming, it is more comfortable and convenient to live in an apartment than a hotel.
Xiao Yao''s four assistants are all women, and Pei Minyi is Xiao Yao''s assistant and also a makeup artist in the crew. The girl''s courage is relatively small, go out, two people live together feel safe, so muying for them eight people rented six apartments in the same apartment building. Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and Pei Minyi live in a separate room. Chen Xiaoting and her assistant live in the same room. Zhao Rui and Xu Fei''s two assistants share the same room.
The time difference between Los Angeles and Yanjing is nine hours. Xiao Yao and others took off from Yanjing at 12:00 noon. The flight time was 12 hours. They arrived in Los Angeles at 9:00 a.m. From meeting at the airport, from the airport to the apartment in the urban area, to Xiao Yao and others packing and packing in the apartment, it''s almost lunch time. Next, it''s muying''s lunch.
"There are no plans in the afternoon. Let me take you back to your apartment." After lunch, Mu Ying told Xiao Yao and others.
Xiao Yao and others went to Los Angeles today, but Mu Ying didn''t arrange work. They had been on a plane for 12 hours, and there was still time difference. Muying didn''t plan to take them out to play. She was going to take them back to their apartment to have a rest.
"Lao mu, I''ve been sleeping all the way, and now I don''t need a rest at all," Xiao Yao said to Mu Ying. "Can you arrange for me to meet the actors you choose first in the afternoon?"
"Interview in the afternoon?" Mu Ying looked at Xiao Yao in surprise and said, "you''re not tired after 12 hours on the plane?"
In terms of actors, some of the group performances and minor supporting roles with few parts were handed over to Mu Ying. In addition to Xiao Yao and his three members in the yrf team, the leading role and some supporting roles let Mu Ying choose some alternatives first. After Xiao Yao comes, they will have an audition with him. Finally, they discuss and make a decision.
"I''ve said that I''ve been sleeping all the way," Xiao Yao said with a smile. "I''ve had enough sleep on the plane, and now I can''t go back to sleep."
"Me too! I''ll go with you Zhao Rui also said.
"We ~" said Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting.
"Don''t go!" Xiao Yao stopped them and said, "look at your tired faces, don''t hold on. You''d better go back and have a rest! Our division of labor is different, it is impossible to act together all the time! You two are not directors. There''s no need to go with them. "
"All right!" They thought about it and nodded.
"I''ll get in touch and try." Muying said, "I originally told them that the interview time was tomorrow. It''s temporary. I''m not sure if I can call all the actors in the afternoon.""It doesn''t matter. You can come as much as you can, and you can lighten the workload for tomorrow." Xiao Yaodao.
"By the way, I have to contact the actors union." Muying said, "when we interview, we have to have people from the actors union present."
For the Hollywood American actors union project, the casting interview must be attended by the director, producer and actors union at the same time and all of them pass. Because there are trade union actors among the candidates, Xiao Yao and his colleagues must be present at the casting interview. Mu Ying and Xiao Yao are directors and producers, so they need to inform the trade union to be present at this time.
"It''s all right, call me! It''s not the weekend today. They can send someone here for sure! " Xiao Yao doesn''t care about Tao.
As Xiao Yao said, today is not the weekend, it is the working time. Muying contacted the union worker who accompanied him in the previous casting interview, and the other party agreed to come and have a casting interview with them in the afternoon.
The drivers of the two troupes sent Xu Fei and others back to their apartment. Muying contacted some candidate actors and informed them of the time and place of the interview. Then she took Zhao Rui and Xiao Yao back to their residence to get the scripts and cameras needed for the interview. Then she drove to the place of the interview.
The interview was not in the studio, but in a cafe with open-air seats. When Xiao Yao and others arrived, the staff of the actors'' Union had been waiting for them with coffee in the open seat.
Mu Ying introduced several people to each other. After some polite greetings, the four sat down at the same table.
Kate McCann, the casting staff of the actors union, is a young woman in her thirties. She is not particularly beautiful, but she is smart and capable.
Zhao Rui has a title of action director in this film, but he is not a director. This audition is just for watching and learning, so it is Xiao Yao, Mu Ying and McCann who make the decision.
Muying and McCann have interviewed many people together before, and they are familiar with each other. Kate McCann''s attention is mainly on Xiao Yao, another director. At this time, there was no actor to be interviewed, so Kate McCann took the initiative to talk with Xiao Yao.
As the casting director of the trade union for the film, McCann also learned something about Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao''s music works have been on the billboard of the United States, because the case has been on the social news of the United States, and his performance in EVA swimsuit special, EVA show and the masters competition at the beginning of the year are very brilliant. Kate McCann is also very curious about this Chinese teenager who is younger but more famous than muying, and she also intentionally leads the topic to those things.
However, Xiao Yao did not tell Kate McCann about those "brilliant achievements", but intentionally turned the topic to the film, explaining her understanding of those roles and the requirements of the actors who played those roles.
"Not arrogant and impetuous, it seems very serious and professional!" After a conversation, Kate McCann gave her impression of Xiao Yao in her heart, and looked at him a little bit higher.
The two chatted for about ten minutes, and the first actor for the interview arrived. The actor didn''t call and went straight to the table for the four.
"Hello, Miss McCann, Mr. wood, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Zhao! I''m here to audition for the role of joseline A young girl bowed to the three.
"Gold Xiao Yao looked at the girl in front of him in surprise and said, "are you going to audition?"
The girl standing in front of Xiao Yao is no other than Zhou Jingyi!
"I''m an actor. Can''t I audition?" Zhou Jingyi said with a smile.
"Lao mu, there is no gold in the candidate list you gave me!" Xiao Yao turns to ask Mu Ying.
After meeting Macon, they all switched to English mode. In a hurry, Xiao Yao even spoke Chinese.
"Surprise Mu Ying said in English with a smile.