The villain must spend all his money before he goes bankrupt [Transmigration Book]

The next day, when Ye Zhou got up to go to the restaurant to look for food, he found that Jiang Tingyuan had already started eating breakfast before him.

After Ye Zhou greeted him very naturally, he pulled the chair across from him and sat down, and began to eat his share of breakfast.

Apart from saying good morning to each other, there was no unnecessary communication between the two.

Neither of them mentioned the somewhat inexplicable kiss last night, as if it never happened.

In the huge restaurant, apart from the occasional slight clash of bowls and chopsticks, there were no other sounds, and the silence was a bit scary.

Ye Zhou thought that this silence would last until the end of breakfast, but he didn't expect...

Just as he was about to put jam on the toast in his hand, he heard Jiang Tingyuan suddenly ask, "What are your plans after leaving the crew?"

Ye Zhou stopped what he was doing, thought for a while, and said, "I plan to finish sorting out the works that were auctioned at the auction in the past two days."

"Teacher Sun came here last night and promised to help change the script." Speaking of this, Ye Zhou blinked and said sincerely: "Thank you, Brother Yuan."

While listening to him, Jiang Tingyuan wiped his slender and fair hands with the wet towel that had been prepared by the dining table.

"Have you made a preliminary budget?" he asked slowly.

"I haven't had time to make a specific budget, but..." Ye Zhou thought for two seconds before saying, "After a rough estimate, around 2000 million should be about the same."

It's not Ye Zhou's nonsense. After all, he has been a director for so many years in his previous life. After getting the book, he still has some experience.

"A Farce" has a simple plot, low requirements for the venue, and no cool special effects. The actor Ye Zhou didn't plan to invite any big-name stars.

In addition to filming, one of the few places where more money is spent may be crew expenses and post-production publicity.

Hearing the price he quoted, Jiang Tingyuan nodded: "If you don't plan to make "Chasing the Murderer", then someone will withdraw the funds there, and you will use the withdrawn funds first."

"If it's not enough, ask me again."

When Ye Zhou heard the words, he was so happy that he couldn't see his eyes. When he looked at Jiang Tingyuan, he seemed to see the God of Wealth. His eyes were amazingly bright, and he wished he could immediately pounce on him and give the boss a passionate kiss.

What kind of fairy boss is this, it must be too happy!

The only regret is that the crew that Ye Zhou has worked with many times in his previous life did not come together, and everything has to start all over again.

Sun Hanbai is indeed a gold medal screenwriter, the script progressed quite smoothly, and it took less than two months to hand over the revised script to Ye Zhou.

Then the two discussed some details of the script many times, and finally finalized the finished product temporarily, and the rest will have to wait for the actual shooting to make adjustments.

From then on, Ye Zhou's relatively leisurely life came to an end, and he began to become busy, going out early every morning, and still not seeing anyone in the middle of the night.

In addition to preparing the crew, a lot of film readings are required to find suitable actors.

Originally, according to Jiang Tingyuan's intention, Ye Zhou could directly use Jing Zhe's team to shoot, but Ye Zhou refused.

It's not that he doesn't appreciate it, but that the crew of "Chasing the Murderer" gave him too much stimulation, and he doesn't want to experience that stimulation again without changing the soup.

I can't bear it, I really can't bear it.

When it comes to "Chasing the Murderer", I have to mention the recent events in the entertainment circle by the way.

In this movie, the heroine Liu Yunlan was first revealed to have a secret late-night hotel meeting with a mysterious boyfriend, and then the people who eat melons picked up the identity of this mysterious boyfriend, and they were surprised to find that this was actually a married man.

Free love and the intervention of a third party are completely two concepts.

This time, it could only be regarded as a scandal, but it directly escalated into a scandal after the news was exposed.

Liu Yunlan's scandal has not yet been suppressed, but there is news that the director of the film crew will be replaced. Director Ye Zhou has resigned, and the crew is temporarily managed by the assistant director Wang Hong.

This incident may not seem like a big deal, but in fact, the splash it caused inside was not small.I've seen the crew change actors, but I haven't seen the crew directly replace the director.

What was even more tragic was that not long after Ye Zhou left, Jingzhe Films, the largest investor in the movie "Chasing the Murderer", suddenly announced the withdrawal of its capital.

The entire crew was in a mess and almost collapsed.

Assistant director Wang Hong kept contacting various investors, trying to find a person who could fill in the hole, and he did find it. That person was Liu Yunlan's concubine, Zheng Hao, who had been looking for Ye Zhou before.

It is said that he and his wife have completed the divorce procedures and the division of property, and now that he has put out such a large sum of money all at once, he has basically invested all of his net worth in it.

From some perspectives, Zheng Hao has deep affection for Liu Yunlan.

In addition to the "Chasing the Murderer" crew's gossip, it is said that the script of "War City 2", which the protagonist Gong spent [-] million to film, is also being adapted.

Because of the explosive box office of the first film, the outside world is quite optimistic about "War City 2". No, since the copyright transaction was successful, there will be a hot search every three to five times.

Jiang Yu spent [-] million to film it, obviously intending to make a big move, at least two or three years, at most four or five years, when it will be released is a question.

However, Ye Zhou heard that Jiang Yu received a large sum of money from Peak Entertainment for the co-production rights of "Battle City 2".

Ye Zhou can understand Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran's thoughts. Although "Battle City 2" is a big IP, the production cost is high and the shooting cycle is longer.

Before "War City 2" was successfully released, Jiang Yu and the protagonist Shou always wanted to have a good meal. In order to film the copyright of "War City 2", almost all of Jiang Yu's family money was spent, and he owed a lot of foreign debts.

If you want to recover blood quickly and help your newly established film and television company make a name for yourself, there is nothing more direct than producing tangible works.

Ye Zhou guessed right. When he was preparing for "A Farce", Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran were also preparing for the movie.

It took more than a month for Ye Zhou to finally set up the main creative team of "A Farce". Although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

The crew was in place, the script was completed, and all the funds recovered from "Chasing the Murderer" were in place. Worried that Ye Zhou would not be enough, Jiang Tingyuan gave him an extra black card.

As for the specific amount of the card, Ye Zhou was so busy these two days that he didn't bother to check it.

However, every time Ye Xiaocai fans are tired, they will take out this black card, and after silently admiring it for a while, they feel as if their blood has been pumped, and they wantonly throw themselves into a new round of work.

From this incident alone, we can know how attractive this black card is to Ye Zhou.

All in all, the progress of the movie so far is going well, and there is only one most critical question left.

Pick actors.

During this period of time, Ye Zhou found two suitable candidates and contacted them personally.

It's a pity that for some unknown reason, one declined because the schedule could not be arranged.

The other agreed at first, but less than a week later, he suddenly called and hesitated to say that he couldn't come.

Ye Zhou didn't know about this until later. It turned out that the actor temporarily regretted it because he had received an invitation from the protagonist, Cheng Ran, to play the lead role in the movie.

In addition to these two, Ye Zhou came into contact with a few more, but the final results were not ideal.

Either it was because they failed to meet Ye Zhou's expectations, or they were unwilling to come because they thought the pay was not high.

In this regard, Ye Zhou was actually quite helpless. He actually had no shortage of funds, but if he wanted a high salary, he also had to have the skills to match the salary.

Otherwise, wouldn't he be taken advantage of?

It's not bad for money, but Ye Zhou will never waste money on such a place. Instead of doing this, he might as well spend the money on filming.

For this reason, the crew also held a small meeting, and finally everyone unanimously proposed to hold a small-scale audition.

Those who are willing to participate in the audition must be interested in their film, and their enthusiasm is naturally much higher.

If you're lucky, you might even find a treasure.

Ye Zhou readily agreed to everyone's suggestions. He didn't reject new actors, and even liked them quite a bit.

A newcomer with potential and spirituality is like a piece of rough jade. Although he doesn't have much experience, he has infinite possibilities.

After deciding to hold an audition meeting, the crew announced the news of the casting audition.

The audition will be at the end of the month, and Ye Zhou originally thought that not many people would come to the audition of their unknown crew.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the audition, there were far more people than everyone expected. There were more than 20 people in total.

But most of them are some little-known [-]th-line stars and newcomers.

Among these people, the most well-known is an old actor named Liu Ruihua. He is over 40 this year. You may be more or less familiar with him, because he has appeared in various movies and TV shows all year round.

It's a pity that all the supporting roles played are not very brilliant, so that the audience is very familiar with his appearance, but they can't call him by name.

Besides this person, Ye Zhou was very surprised by the appearance of another person.

The person in front of him looks about 28 years old, with a handsome face. The facial features may not look good when taken alone, but they have an unspeakable temperament when combined.

He was dressed very formally, wearing a light gray suit with excellent fabric, and camel-colored leather shoes that were very clean under his feet.

It's just that the size of that expensive-looking suit seems a bit wrong.

The sleeves were almost at the same level as the wrist bones, and what was even more embarrassing was that the trousers of the suit were also a little short, even revealing the man's fair calf skin.

He feels a bit contradictory. Judging from the material of the clothes, he is not short of money, but judging from the size of the clothes, he seems a bit...

Some embarrassment.

Others may have doubts about this, but Ye Zhou clearly knows that this suit should be the most decent one among all the clothes of the gentleman in front of him.