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Chapter 100 I Hate Myself (Please Subscribe)
At this time, Wang Wei is holding a meeting with the main creators of the "Silence of the Lambs".

When the creators of the crew entered the preparatory meeting room, they were all stunned.

I saw dense newspaper clippings on the wall, and the eye-catching headlines can be seen, all of which are ridiculed and pessimistic about "The Silence of the Lambs".

Everyone looked at each other.

Wang Wei did not explain, and held a meeting first.

The first is to officially finalize the budget of "The Silence of the Lambs"-4500 million.

This is Wang Wei's first film whose investment scale has reached a medium level!

There is no other way, the actor's remuneration alone will cost at least tens of millions of dollars—not to mention other people, Shen Zhenyi's remuneration after "Genius Gunner" sold out, her agent justifiably called out 1000 million above.

Of course, this is a sky-high asking price. Given the relationship between Shen Zhenyi and Dunhuang, at least a friendly price should be given, and there is still room for discussion.

But no matter how hard it is, it will not be lower than 800 million, because she played the role of supporting actress in the film directed by Chen Deyue, and the price has reached 700 million.

Moreover, this time it is pure investment, because Wang Wei is unwilling to solicit advertising sponsorship.

Although the negative voices of public opinion are the mainstream, but based on the excellent advertising effect of the previous two films, many manufacturers are still willing to sponsor Wang Wei's new film.

But Wang Wei himself refused.

Now that you have the intention to compete for the prize, don't be greedy for petty gains in this kind of points reduction.

If the financing funds were not in place, and Dunhuang's budget was unprecedentedly abundant, Old Wang would have almost drawn his sword—you actually gave up real money for this illusory goal, are you out of your mind?
But the media is right in saying that in Dunhuang, Wang Wei really lacked constraints.

Therefore, even though Pharaoh is still very heartbroken, "The Silence of the Lambs" still does not consider a single advertisement.

After the budget was finalized, Wang Wei looked at the two most important protagonists: "I only have one request for you, to have a chemical reaction before starting the machine."

Ouyang Ke smiled slightly, as if Dr. Hannibal had possessed him, and stared at Shen Zhenyi without blinking. As soon as he spoke, a chill rose in the entire conference room: "I will cooperate."

Shen Zhenyi, who had just joined the group, felt tremendous pressure instantly.

——Ouyang Ke's dedication to this role is unprecedented.

He asked the entire crew to call him "Dr. Hannibal" no matter in or out of the play;
After communicating with a psychologist, he imitated the eyes of a crocodile and deliberately controlled the number of times he blinked. When he stared at you, he gave you a sense of oppression that might attack at any time;
In order to perfectly match his terrifying eyes, the props and scenery of the crew had to fully cooperate.

Because it was not specifically marked in the script, when the original setting team built the cell, it was the same as in reality, with iron railings.

But after Ouyang Ke went in to experience it in person, he found that his face would be covered by the iron railings, resulting in a compromised expression of emotions.

Only then did Wang Wei think of the glass walls in the original novel, including the holes made in the glass—so that the actors could hear each other.

In addition, the cage prepared by the props team and the iron railings are also wider than normal prisons, just to match Ouyang Ke's performance...

For the first time, Shen Zhenyi felt the fear of being crushed when acting in a rival role.

However, Wang Wei was not worried about her.

He had already discovered that the better the opponent's performance, the better Shen Zhenyi's performance would be.

The potential of this little girl has yet to be tapped!
……

After a comprehensive understanding of all the preparatory matters, Wang Weicai turned his attention to the newspaper clippings on the wall.

"I believe everyone knows that the public opinion is bad-mouthing us."

This is natural.

The newspaper clippings pasted all over the wall are enough to show the strength of the bad-mouthing.

Every clipping is like a slap in the face, slap, slap, slap...

Judging from public opinion, their crew should be disbanded right now.

People live in social groups, and no one can completely ignore the pressure of public opinion; and this change in the direction of public opinion inevitably makes them restless.

Then I heard Wang Wei say: "But I'm very happy now."

Everyone was taken aback.

After a pause, Wang Wei took a deep breath, and said: "When I was filming "Peking Holiday", everyone was saying that Dunhuang was hopeless and was going to die; then I managed to turn their words into bullshit .”

"When I was filming "Genius Gunner", everyone said I was a flash in the pan; then I managed to make them kneel and sing Conquer."

"Now I'm going to shoot "The Silence of the Lambs", and everyone is saying that I'm drifting away again. Guess what I'm thinking now?"

Wang Wei clasped his hands together and said, "I'm thinking about how to slap them in the face so that I can appear more broad-minded."

Everyone showed wonderful smiles.

Wang Wei looked around at the newspaper clippings on the wall, and said with a smile: "In the situation of being looked down upon by everyone, if we release a classic, what is the greatest joy?"

"It's not about becoming some kind of retrograde hero, nor about being recorded in movie history, but about sitting and watching them get slapped in the face!"

Good... nasty!
But it's also a relief!
Originally, everyone was very upset about the bad news from the public opinion, but after hearing Wang Wei's outrageous words, they suddenly calmed down...I'm looking forward to it!
Then look at the newspaper clippings on the wall——

Still slap, slap, slap... that was the sound of a slap in the face.

The meeting room was suddenly filled with joy.

As for the most important thing, can you slap me in the face...

Think about the director's rich experience, and think about how everyone's confidence in this film will increase with the deepening of preparations——

The murderer of the core murder is not the biggest villain of the story;

The most frightening villain, but imprisoned in a cage, can only control people with words;

Don't talk about the chase scene with surprise and surprise, until the end, the heroine has never encountered any personal crisis...

This is a thriller that breaks all the rules of the thriller genre!

Audiences want known expectations, but they also want surprises, to see something they've never seen.

This is precisely what director Wang Wei is best at—this is also what the public opinion touted before badmouthing.

So Wang Wei is right. What they need to consider is what posture to use to slap the face later in order to increase the refreshing feeling, instead of being troubled by the bad-mouthing voice.

And this is really a serious question——

Roll call back?There are too many to click;

bet?Firstly, it is not new, and secondly, people may not be willing to bet with you again...

In the end, the meeting was dissolved with the "difficulty" left by Wang Wei.

After everyone left the meeting room, the door was closed tightly, leaving only Wang Wei and Wang Chuanqi who was listening, the latter applauded——

“This is really the weirdest chicken soup I’ve ever seen!”

"So, this is why you asked me to spend money to buy a draft to blackmail yourself?"

If an outsider hears it, their jaws will drop in shock—I’m slandering myself, is that okay?
Wang Wei said: "This is just incidental, the real purpose is to divert attention."

……

　I'm not in good shape today, and I'm guaranteed two more updates, alas, I'm really blackmailing myself~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)