Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"Don't I still hold the title of director?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"Forget it, I won't tell you this. By the way, how much is your studio planning to invest this time?"

"It's still 200 million." Yu Dongqing said leisurely.

The total box office of this movie is as high as 7.9 billion yuan, plus some movie peripheral income, it is as high as 8 billion yuan. After preliminary calculation, the net profit can reach 2.6 billion yuan.

Yu Dongqing's studio and personal investment totaled 320 million. After deducting the investment cost, he could get a share of 900 million in net profit, which can be said to be a huge profit.

However, the financial side has to wait until the accounting firm passes the final audit before it can allocate funds to the accounts of each investor.

Anyway, there is only one script now, and everything is still in the preparation stage, so there is still time.

After everything was said, Li Wan was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said:

"Dongqing, I met Wang Dongsheng the day before yesterday."

"I haven't seen him for a long time. Are you filming?" Yu Dongqing asked with concern.

"No." Li Wan shook his head: "Holly, did you promise to write a script for him?"

"Yes, that's the case." Yu Dongqing replied, briefly telling what happened.

This was a few years ago. Wang Dongsheng was banned from making movies for three years because he secretly participated in foreign films while filming "Anyang Baby".

At that time, Yu Dongqing met him by chance after attending the Yanjing University Student Film Festival. After knowing the whole story, she encouraged him not to lose heart. After he was lifted from the ban, he could help him write a script if necessary.

Later, Wang Dongsheng didn't mention it, even when he attended his and Chen Li's wedding the spring before last, Wang Dongsheng didn't mention it, so he forgot about it.

Now I suddenly heard Li Wan mention it.

"Actually, Dongsheng made a small-budget movie last year, but the box office and reputation were not very good, so he wanted to ask you to help write a script, but seeing that you have been busy making movies, it's hard to ask. A few days ago When I meet him, when I bring this up, it depends on whether you have time." Li Wan explained.

"No problem." Yu Dongqing agreed: "Well, let him come to my house at noon tomorrow to talk about his specific ideas. I am too lazy to go to Jingyuan anymore."

"Okay, Dongsheng will be very happy to hear this."

Li Wanzhi knew that Yu Dongqing rarely invited others to his home to discuss matters.

In addition to his few close buddies who are frequent visitors to him, being able to generously let Wang Dongsheng go to his home shows that he really regards him as a friend.

After lunch the next day, Yu Dongqing took a nap as usual. As soon as she got up, she heard the doorbell. The nanny went to the yard door to check, and then there was the sound of bean sprouts barking wildly.

Yu Dongqing saw a middle-aged man standing at the door from the monitor in the living room. It turned out to be Wang Dong.

So he walked out of the living room, stood under the eaves and motioned to the nanny to open the door and let him in.

"Dongsheng, here you go." Yu Dongqing greeted with a smile; "Let's go sit in the teahouse."

"Thank you, where is my sister-in-law?" Wang Dongsheng asked.

Although Mingliang is his school girl, Wang Dongsheng still calls her sister-in-law respectfully.

"Oh, I went shopping with my best friend." Yu Dongqing replied

Wang Dongsheng looked around as he walked. This was his first time coming to Yu Dongqing's house. The courtyard was clean, and a few plum blossoms in the corner were in bloom, dotted with rouge, taking up the spring breeze.

It is indeed a good place to find tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle.

When they arrived at the teahouse, Yu Dongqing asked Wang Dongsheng to sit down and make tea for him.

Wang Dongsheng seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly took out a box of beautifully packaged tea leaves from the briefcase he carried with him and placed it on the coffee table.

"Brother Yu, I know you love tea, so I bought some for you."

Ah?

Do you know how to give gifts?

Yu Dongqing took a look and saw that it was West Lake Longjing.

It seems that Li Wan told him.

Yu Dongqing didn't refuse, and accepted after being polite.

After making tea, the two sat across from each other and drank slowly.

"Dongsheng, tell me what you think about the script?" Yu Dongqing said directly without mincing words.

Wang Dongsheng pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Yu, to be honest, I can't make science fiction blockbusters like the ones you make, nor can I make martial arts movies. I'm only good at making stories about low-level people."

Yu Dongqing nodded.

Indeed, no matter the original youth campus film "Hello Teacher" or the later "My Days of Mining Coal" or "Anyang Baby".

What Wang Dongsheng photographs is the joys and sorrows of low-level people.

"I still have a small request." Wang Dongsheng suddenly showed an embarrassed look on his face: "If the movie is made, the box office will be better, and at least it will not lose money."

Ah?

Are you paying attention to the box office now?

In the past, it was for the sake of art, and I didn’t value these things at all.

"Brother Yu, I used to be the only one. It didn't matter if I had enough to eat and the whole family wasn't hungry. But it's different now. Chen Li and I are married and have children. It doesn't matter if I'm miserable, but I want them to live happily together as mother and daughter. It’s been better.”

"Understand, understand. Making the people you love happy and living a good life is what a man should do. Besides, there is no shame in making money by making movies."

Yu Dongqing replied and then thought for a moment: "In this case, let me think about it carefully. You are not in a hurry for this moment, are you?"

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, Brother Yu, think carefully."

Wang Dongsheng sat for a while longer, and finally left happily. Yu Dongqing drank tea slowly by herself.

In the afternoon, Meili and her best friend Han Qingqing came back from shopping. The nanny had already driven to pick up Lele from school. Yu Dongqing told Meimei about Wang Dongsheng's visit to the house.

"Oh, my senior student has really changed. In the past, when making films, I only pursued art and didn't care about the box office." Meiliang sighed.

"And he actually knows how to give gifts."

"Haha, someone once said something like this, "The most powerful thing that can change a man is alcohol, followed by women, then power, and finally truth. "Yu Dongqing said leisurely.

"It shows how powerful you women are."

"What about the things that change women?" Meiliang asked back:

"Love is the most powerful, followed by children, then social atmosphere, and finally truth."

"Husband, you really do one thing after another."

While the two were chatting, the nanny came back to pick up her son. Meimei's mind immediately turned to Lele. She held Lele and asked about everything in the kindergarten.

Yu Dongqing was listening on the side.

He rarely asked his son such trivial things, but he liked to hear them.

Dinner was mixed noodles with soybean paste, and Meiliang cooked it herself. She also knew that Yu Dongqing liked to eat this, and she also searched for N ways to make mixed soybean noodles on the Internet.

The diced pork, fragrant sprouts and dried shrimp skin taste really good.

However, Yu Dongqing did not dare to eat too much. As she got older, her metabolism slowed down and she gained weight easily.

"Mingming, Qingming Festival is coming soon." Yu Dongqing said while eating.

"I know you want to go to Hangzhou for tea again, right?"

"Yes. Only the spring breeze cherishes us the most. It comes back once a year."

Yu Dongqing smiled and said a poem by Wang Anshi.

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