The Best Director

In the chairman's office of A-Pix company headquarters, Wang Yang sat behind the desk and handed the A4 paper with the company's new name and new logo to the professional Caucasian female designer Lisa Gero. She looked at it, and there was a little doubt on her face. She is a full-time artist in the distribution department of A-Pix Company. She designs the company's movie covers, promotional posters, etc., and also includes the design and maintenance of the company's official website.

Lisa Gero was sitting on the chair in front of the desk. She looked at the drawing paper in her hand and asked a little uncertainly: "Uh, Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, are these two penguins? The one in the middle is a penguin. crown?"

Wang Yang was stunned, and felt like fainting. Could it be that his paintings are really so abstract that moths and butterflies can be regarded as penguins? "No!" He denied it with a smile, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and explained with a smile: "It's not a penguin or a crown. On the left is a moth, and on the right is a butterfly, both from the side; in the middle is a flame. "

"Oh! I'm sorry." Lisa Gero smiled awkwardly, fearing that she would offend the young boss, she joked about herself: "Maybe I should wear myopia glasses."

"It's okay, I've always been an abstract painter." Wang Yang shrugged with a smile, his gentle voice made Lisa on the opposite side relax, and he talked about his concept: "Lisa, I hope to have that effect , moths and butterflies chasing flames, blooming their own beauty, understand?"

Lisa nodded first, and said, "I see." Then, she shook her head slightly, and asked, "But what I don't understand is, what does this mean? I mean, why is it a moth?" And butterflies?" She hesitated for a moment, but said bluntly: "Mr. Wang, you know, moths often represent death, just like in "The Silence of the Lambs", will this have a bad impact on the company?"

Wang Yang leaned back in his chair and smiled slightly. Yes, moths often represent death, but it is not all death. He smiled and said: "Lisa, in "The Silence of the Lambs", the moth does not represent death, but rebirth. Do you know? In fact, everyone is eager to transform, everyone is eager to show themselves, and they are eager to pursue their own. Soul. But most people tend to escape from their own hearts, they can't break through their chrysalis, they live in the chrysalis."

"A moth, this is a kind of transformation; a moth that catches fire is a kind of self-salvation." Wang Yang took a deep breath and said with a smile: "I am a moth, so I love moths. The company's logo That's it, no problem."

Lisa was confused, but it was the boss's opinion. He said "YES" and it was "YES". She nodded and said, "Okay, I see." She looked at the company's name on the paper again. , took a pencil and added a "Flames-Films" under the flame on the drawing paper, and asked, "Mr. Wang, would you like to put the company's name here?"

"OK, very good." Wang Yang looked at it and agreed.

Flames, with the meaning of fire, light, and enthusiasm. Of course, here, its biggest meaning is flame, which represents dreams, the light he pursues, and movies. He hoped that the films produced by the company would be like a flame, illuminating the hearts of movie fans, igniting the dreams in their hearts, allowing them to break open their chrysalis and show their beauty to their heart's content.

As a result, A-Pix officially re-registered its name and trademark, and changed its name to Flames-Films; the logo was designed by Wang Yang and drawn by Lisa Gero. On the left is a light yellow A moth on the side, a colorful butterfly on the right, and a yellow-red cartoon-style flame in the middle, with a line of company names under the flame. The color of the whole logo is very soft and comfortable, with a cartoon style, which looks very energetic and youthful.

Above the gate of the company headquarters, the "A-Pix" sign was removed,

The company has already ordered a plastic sign with a new name and LOGO from the manufacturer, and it will be hung up as soon as the goods arrive.

In the new week, at the first management meeting of the new company, all the employees above the director level of the flame film company attended. Of course, it sounds scary, but there are actually less than ten people.

Naturally, Wang Yang was also present. He was sitting at the top of the conference table. He was wearing a black suit with a gray shirt inside and no tie. Mark Slanter is sitting next to Wang Yang. He is also wearing a black suit, a silver tie, and black-rimmed glasses. He looks energetic. He is not Wang Yang's manager now, but Flame The CEO of the film.

Since Mark Slante performed well in the process of acquiring A-Pix, and the original CEO of the company, Chris Lynch, resigned, Wang Yang had a chance for him, "If you were the CEO of the company, how would you develop the company?" ?” Then Slanter talked him into it.

"We need to gradually expand the company's influence. In terms of investment, we must stick to the small cost, but don't expect to always have "Ghost Story". Anything below tens of millions is considered a small cost... Also, now it is purely a production The company's living space is getting smaller and smaller. We need to establish our own publicity channels to get rid of the situation of being restrained by the media group... Now the profit of movies is not only box office, we have to pay attention to the development of peripheral products, maybe it will There is an unexpected big harvest..."

Mark Slanter became more and more excited when he talked, but his words were always very organized, and a set of development ideas were well-founded, including how to buy and invest in low-cost movies, how to develop peripheral income, etc., which made Wang Yang sigh. ,specialized.

Wang Yang knows that the success model of Lionsgate is the same as Mark Slanter's plan, but the great thing about Lionsgate is that they can always find "Ghost Records".

"Of course." Mark Slanter shrugged: "It takes a lot of money to do these things, or you will inject it; or pray to God to give us a "Ghost Story"."

Wang Yang answered him: ""Ghost Story" is gone, but there is "High School Musical"." He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "I make movies, and you manage the company well." He shook hands and said, "Yes, BOSS."

In this way, Mark Slanter became the CEO of Flame Film Company, with a three-month probationary period and a monthly salary of 20,000, the highest in the company; after the probationary period, he will sign a formal contract and enjoy the company's benefits.

At this time, in the conference room, Mark Slanter was announcing the company's next development policy and the focus of work. These were the results of his discussions with Wang Yang, and everything was paving the way around "High School Musical".

Publishing manager Simon Willis focused on the task assigned to him by Mark Slanter: "We want to establish a campus publicity system. When "High School Musical" is in the publicity stage, I want its posters. It can be seen on the campus of any college, middle school, or even elementary school in North America, including being able to cooperate with the school to hold some promotional activities. This is what we want to do; in addition, we also need to establish a campus screening System, the first round of movie releases, and campus cinemas are our focus.”

Because the "High School Musical" that Wang Yang wants to produce is not a TV movie, it will not be shown on TV in the future, but will target the big screen. So how to attract the first batch of audiences into the cinema and form influence? It's all about propaganda. For example, the reason why "Ghost Story" can create miracles is also due to successful viral marketing; if "High School Musical" wants to succeed, publicity is naturally the top priority.

After discussion, Wang Yang and Mark Slanter initially decided on a "campus bombing viral marketing", pasting youthful promotional posters all over the places available in each school for students to see, and then generating If you are interested, you can watch it in the school's cinema. After the first round of screenings in hundreds of campus cinemas, it aroused the response of the student class, and in conjunction with a new round of publicity, the second round of large-scale screenings in city cinemas began.

If "High School Musical" can be a big success, many peripheral products will be launched, such as DVDs, soundtrack CDs, even novels, clothes and toys, etc. But these can’t be rushed, their plan is, after the success of “High School Musical”, some peripherals will cooperate with other companies, or directly sell the copyright of that type of products, like clothes and toys; some will be made by themselves, like the original sound CD Records, buy a record company when the time is right.

However, these assumptions are all based on the success of "High School Musical"; once "High School Musical" fails, let's first think about how to keep the flame film company.

"I see." After listening to Mark Slanter's words, Simon Willis, a middle-aged white man, nodded and said, "After the meeting is over, I will make a proposal."

"OK, I look forward to seeing your proposal." Mark Slanter looked at Wang Yang with an expression of "I've finished my words".

Looking at the employees on both sides of the conference table, seeing that they were all looking over, Wang Yang took out a printed script and didn't show it to them to prevent leaks. After all, he barely remembered the names of these people. He shook the script and said: "I believe everyone knows that the company will soon produce a new movie, tentatively named "High-School-Musical". to direct."

The employees all nodded, not surprised, they had heard about it; only Sandy Pax, the manager of the company's production and acquisition department, a white man in his early thirties, had a look of concern on his face, Watching Wang Yang hesitate to speak. Wang Yang noticed him, stopped talking, and asked with a smile: "Sandy, do you have anything to say?" Sandy-Pikes frowned and said, "Mr. Wang, I just want to say, now the song and dance The type of market is very small, should we be more cautious?"

"Call me Yang, please, everyone call me Yang, I'm only 18 years old, I'm Mr.Young, not Mr.Wang." Wang Yang rolled his eyes and said a digression. Enough, everyone said "Mr. Wang", making him feel a few years older when he looks in the mirror every day.

The employees immediately laughed. Mark Slanter shrugged, spread his hands and said with a smile: "OK, Mr. Young." Wang Yang also smiled, and then looked at Sandy Parkes, answering the question just now: "Sandy, I have considered the issue of the musical film market before. But I finally decided to make it. Why? Because a good work can break the laws of the market. Some films affect the market, and some films are affected by the market."

He smiled confidently: "I believe "High School Musical" will be a movie that can affect the market, it depends on human effort."

"Okay." Sandy Pax nodded silently, and didn't continue to persuade, he knew that he couldn't persuade the young boss anymore. No wonder, at the age of 18, he created the miracle of "Ghost Story". With a net worth of tens of millions, he is naturally full of confidence in everything. Sandy could only sigh helplessly in his heart, hoping that the young boss really understood what he was doing!

Wang Yang didn't talk about this topic anymore, he never thought of getting everyone to agree with him for filming "High School Musical", just like now, he doesn't need Sandy Parkes to understand, he just needs everyone to share their own The work is done well, just need Sandy Parkes to help him complete the set up of the crew.

"The investment of "High School Musical" is about 5 million. Of course, this is just my rough estimate. In fact, the first criterion is to make a good movie." Wang Yang looked at the employees and said, and he took out another note He asked Foona Hasson, the secretary of the office, to give Sandy Pax the book of filming requirements. The book contained the scenes, props, extras and other information needed for the movie. He said to Sandy: "Sandy, the movie Shooting on 35MM film, the whole script will have about 200 minutes of content, you can make a budget for me.”

Sandy Pax took the notebook, nodded and said, "Okay."

The so-called 5 million is just a set investment level. 5 million is considered a low-cost production, and no popular actors will be invited to play; but it is not a rigid rule at 5 million. Sometimes the budget is increased to 6 million, or to save money. Up to 4 million is possible.

"Also, we need to find a choreographer and composer. This is a musical film. But the work of setting up the crew is temporarily behind." Wang Yang tapped the script and said excitedly: "Let's start with the film production first." casting."

Mark Slant took the words and said with a smile: "So, the promotion of "High School Musical" is about to start." He looked at the distribution manager Simon Willis and said: "Simon, I asked you to contact A media outlet interviewed us, how is it now?"

"I've already contacted the entertainment page of the Los Angeles Times." Simon Willis glanced at Wang Yang and said with a sigh, "As soon as they heard about 'Magic Young's company, Magic Young's second movie' ’, you know, they just said ‘wow’! They can’t wait to do this interview, I scheduled the interview in the afternoon, and the location is here at our company, no problem?”

"No problem." Wang Yang nodded and smiled, "I'm right here."

After the meeting, Wang Yang returned to his small office and continued to write the storyboard script of "High School Musical" on the computer. He has been busy with the acquisition of the company for more than a week, and after the acquisition, he has to discuss the development strategy with Mark Slanter. He has no time to design the sub-camera, so that the script is only less than half completed.

Wang Yang now understands why Steven Spielberg does not attend any financial meeting of DreamWorks, why he said, "I hope that any meeting I attend can end within two minutes." The reason is very simple, Spielberg prefers to be a director rather than a businessman. Wang Yang leaned back on the chair and exhaled. After just over a week, he felt physically and mentally tired. In addition to the freshness at the beginning, the next thing is boring. Wearing a suit to negotiate and hold meetings in the conference room every day is really more tiring than handing out leaflets on the street.

Fortunately, all the affairs that the company needs him to handle have been dealt with, and the next step is to be handed over to Mark Slanter. He can finally do what he likes and wants to do the most.

"GO, GO, GO!" Wang Yang cheered himself up, looked at the screen, and started typing on the keyboard with both hands.

Troy, the protagonist of "High School Musical", came to the selection scene of the musical and hid behind the mop truck with the heroine Gabriela. They were afraid that others would find out that they were interested in participating in the selection of the musical. The selection was over, and there were only Mr. Dabs who was in charge of the selection, and Kathy Nelson, the girl who was in charge of the piano accompaniment on the stage. Seeing that Mr. Dabs was about to leave, Gabriela finally plucked up the courage to jump out , Said that he was here for selection, but Troy hid aside.

In the original version of the TV movie, in the next filming, when Mr. Dabs said to Gabriela, "The selection is over, and you don't have a partner", Troy jumped out and said that he was the partner.

In this paragraph, there is never a shot for Troy who is hiding, and his psychological struggle is not expressed, and then he comes out in a jump, and the rhythm is very abrupt. So Wang Yang added a set of footage, pointed the camera at Troy who was hiding behind the wall, and filmed his expression when he heard what Mr. Dabs said, showing that he had to go through psychological struggles and changes before he mustered up the courage to go out.

All morning, Wang Yang was writing the storyboard script, went to the restaurant on the second floor for lunch, and then went back to the office to continue writing.

In the afternoon, Kim Sylvie, a female reporter from the "Los Angeles Times", also came to the headquarters of Flame Films. Wang Yang naturally wanted to receive her, took her around the company, and took some photos. But what she wanted most was the photo of the name plate on the company's gate, but she couldn't take it because the manufacturer hadn't delivered the goods yet, so she had to take some photos of the busy office.

The focus of this interview is on "High School Musical and Music", introducing Wang Yang's new company is only secondary, so in the reception room, after she asked Wang Yang a few questions like "How does it feel to be a boss", she tried her best to ask The case of his planned second film, High School Musical.

"Can you tell us what the story of the movie is like?" Kim Sylvie was sitting on the sofa with a black camera hanging around his neck, a ballpoint pen in one hand, and a camera in the other. Looking at Wang Yang with a small paper, he asked.

Sitting on the other side of the leather sofa, Wang Yang answered her: "I can only say that this is an inspirational story about how young people face themselves bravely and gain true happiness." Of course, the specific content is unknown. A little word of mouth, so that everyone's curiosity and expectations can be aroused, and the early publicity effect can be achieved.

Kim Sylvie naturally knew this too. She didn't ask any further questions, and quickly wrote down on paper with a pen in her hand, asking: "Why do you make campus musicals? What makes you suddenly want to make this type of movie? "

"It shouldn't be surprising that I shoot campus films, right? I'm still a young man." Wang Yang smiled and replied, "The reason is actually very simple. Go by feeling."

"You know, many people think that you will continue to make horror films. Have you ever worried that this "High School Musical" will not be accepted?" Kim Sylvie looked at Wang Yang sincerely, and added: "Can you tell me about your expectations for this movie?"

"I don't have this worry, "Ghost Story" is not all about me; "High School Musical" is a completely different new attempt for me, this is my first film film, I will let everyone see Another me." After a pause, Wang Yang said confidently: "Of course, I have high expectations for this movie, it will be liked by everyone, I have this confidence." He understood that only he showed strong Confidence, will arouse everyone's attention even more.

Next, Wang Yang continued to answer Kim-Sylvie's many questions, including some private life questions, "Why do you still live in a small apartment when you become the youngest multi-millionaire?", "You Do you have a girlfriend?", "I heard that you were very popular in high school, is that true? Will this "High School Musical" be the epitome of your high school?"

These gossip questions caused Wang Yang a headache. He was really worried that two-thirds of the interview published by the "Los Angeles Times" tomorrow would be these gossip questions, leaving only one-third for "High School Musical".

Back home at night, after taking a hot bath, Wang Yang came to the computer, ready to rest for a while, and then logged on to his MSN. He dragged through the list of online contacts, saw Rachel was online, couldn't help smiling, clicked to send a line: "Hi, Rachel." I went back to Toronto, but they basically contacted each other on the Internet every one or two days, and occasionally chatted on the phone.

"Hi, Jan." Rachel quickly replied with one line.

Wang Yang typed: "I think you will come to Los Angeles in two days, because "High School Musical" will start casting soon!" After the script was written, when he chatted with Rachel, he mentioned The general content of the movie also said that she is suitable to play the second female role of "Sharpe-Evans".

"Call me," Rachel typed. Wang Yang tapped the keyboard a few times quickly, and said: "Why didn't you call me?" Rachel immediately replied: "Oh, shouldn't the youngest multimillionaire pay for the phone bill? ?" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, typed "OK" and sent it, then picked up his mobile phone to call, and when he got connected, he smiled and said, "Hi, miser."

"Hi, Monopoly." Rachel's crisp laughter came over, and she said, "Yang, have you found investment?" She didn't know that Wang Yang acquired A-Pix Company, and thought it was just to attract investors up.

Wang Yang said in a mysterious tone: "No, as I said, I invest myself. In fact, I just bought a film company." Rachel suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, my God! Really?!" Wang Yang laughed out loud, enjoying the surprise of his friends, he has been hiding this acquisition, just wanted to give his friends a "surprise", he said with a smile: "Yes, you can call me 'Mr.Boss' now .”

"OK, Mr. Boss, tell me, what's going on?" Rachel laughed.

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