"Where did you find him?!"

Everyone in Cheng Yuan was dumbfounded.

After finishing the promotion of "Butterfly Effect", Cheng Yu'an returned to the crew of "Sword and Fairy" to supervise work and discovered Brother Hu.

Didn't Brother Hu sign Tang Ren? There was such a quarrel with Tang Ren remotely, but Cheng Lingfeng actually had the ability to recruit Brother Hu to play Li Xiaoyao.

"I helped Brother Hu pay the liquidated damages and poached him." Cheng Lingfeng seemed to be talking about something insignificant.

"How much?" Cheng Yu'an asked about Brother Hu's liquidated damages.

"It's less than half a million."

Since Hu Ge signed Tang Ren, Tang Ren has not arranged any resources for him. Hu Ge's breach of contract will not delay any of Tang Ren's work progress. It is very cheap to poach him.

"Our company is not an artist manager now. If you poach him, what resources will you use to feed him?"

"Let's just plug it into each crew to play supporting roles."

"Okay." When Distance Media started, Cheng Yu'an didn't want to take too big a step because there was a natural conflict between producers and artist managers.

His plan is to start an artist management business after the development of the production business ensures that 10-15 films will be produced every year.

Now that Cheng Lingfeng has hired Brother Hu, Cheng Yu'an didn't say much. He just told her not to sign artists in recent years because the company didn't have so many resources.

Of course Cheng Lingfeng knew.

Cheng Yu'an said a few words and then asked about CCTV: "Has the matter of "Lotus Lantern" been settled?"

"The negotiation is almost done. The contract will be signed at the end of the month. I will start selecting actors in the next few days."

Cheng Yu'an had read the script of "Lotus Lantern" and immediately waved to Shu Chang: "Shu Chang, come here."

Shu Chang ran over, and Cheng Yu'an suggested to Cheng Lingfeng: "Let's see if the little fox Xiaoyu should be like this."

Shu Chang stood aside and smiled. Cheng Yu'an was confused: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Lingfeng said with a smile: "Why don't you recommend me here? I have already agreed with Shu Chang to let her play Xiaoyu. Didn't you see that I have been filming her scenes these days?"

"Okay, I won't care." Cheng Yu'an was happy and at ease. Just as he was about to walk away, Cheng Yu'an turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, leave the crew for me. This summer's movie will be scheduled."

"Okay, will you take the photo?"

"Originally I wanted to give it to Guo Fei, but she is currently filming "Sword of Immortality". I will give you the script later and you can find an outside director to film it."

"What about yourself?" Nowadays, only Cheng Yu'an can sell box office remotely. Before the young director grows up, Cheng Lingfeng wants him to have at least one movie released every year.

"I'll do the National Day or Lunar New Year movies myself. Get ready quickly, we'll be filming next month."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements."

Xu Cairen is feeling a bit uncomfortable during this Lunar New Year period.

According to past trends, the Golden Rooster Award for directorial debut is not an award that attracts much attention.

But it happened that she won the award this year and was stared at by everyone.

Because she defeated Cheng Yu'an, the most popular young director this year, and won the Golden Rooster Award for a movie with a box office of over 40 million in the Mainland.

Okay, since you won the award, it proves that you are better than him, let's take a look at your performance.

In this way, Xu Cairen rushed into the Lunar New Year movie with "My Dad".

It has been more than ten days since its release, and the box office has not exceeded 3 million. The producer responded to reporters' inquiries like this: ""My Dad and Me" is a slow-burning literary film. We believe that the film will achieve success in the Lunar New Year period.

A good result.”

"Then what do you think about the box office of "The Butterfly Effect" directed by Cheng Yu'an, which has exceeded 30 million since its release?"

"I think if a director blindly pursues box office, he will fall into the quagmire of business and ignore the characteristics of film as an art form."

Of course Cheng Yu'an will ignore "My Dad and Me". He doesn't remember the box office of this movie at all, which means that the results are not very good.

Taking advantage of the fact that the promotion of "The Butterfly Effect" was over and the new crew was still preparing, and there was some free time in between, Cheng Yu'an flew to the United States to take care of the trumpet.

After two days of jet lag, Cheng Yuan showed up at the office of a major film company.

"Love Actually" has done very well and has now grossed US$180 million at the global box office.

Breaking 200 million is a sure thing.

Cheng Yu'an remembers that the film "Original Time" had a global box office of 240 million, making a huge profit and giving Curtis a good start in his career as a director.

With "Love Actually" performing so well, Cheng Yu'an, as a boss, certainly couldn't be stingy. With a wave of his hand, he decided to raise wages for all employees and promoted Bob to the executive CEO of a major film company.

After the merits have been rewarded, the work must still continue.

A major film company currently only has James Wan as a director. Fox plans to release "Saw" in May, while "The Amityville Horror" is distributed by Lionsgate and scheduled for October.

Wen Ziren has nothing to do.

Now James Wan is obsessed with horror movies. He knows that his boss has a deep understanding of horror movies, so he wants to give him some ideas.

"G, I'm here to see if there are any new scripts for me to film." James Wan got straight to the point.

"James, I was just looking for you. I know you are a workaholic. You are the only director in the company now. I have many good ideas that I would like to share with you." Cheng Yu'an motioned for Wen Ziren to sit down.

James Wan said: "G, why don't you come to Hollywood to develop your career? You are very talented, can write romance films, and understand horror films. If you come to the United States, you will become a very good director."

"Spare me, I'm already too busy at home." Cheng Yu'an shrugged.

Wen Ziren didn't understand what it meant to have his feet in the air, so Cheng Yu'an took the trouble to explain it to him.

"Anyway, let's get down to business. I have an idea for you to hear. If you're interested, find someone to write the script and film it.

"For a woman, I think it's best to be a single mother, going out on a boat trip with friends..."

"We encountered waves on the way and the boat capsized?" Wen Ziren answered.

"Of course, it's very cliche, right? It's okay. Just listen to me. Just as you said, they encountered waves and the boat capsized. They finally climbed onto the wreckage of the boat and waited for rescue. At this time, a boat came from the sea.

The ship. Everyone thought they were saved, so they boarded the ship one after another, but when they got on board, they found that there was no one on board, and the ship was a ship that had disappeared more than half a century ago..."

That's right, what Cheng Yuan was telling was the story of "Terror Cruise", and James Wan was very fascinated by it.

If we summarize the style of James Wan's horror films more than ten years later, many people will think that James Wan does not like traditional plasma horror, but prefers to create a sense of terror by exaggerating the atmosphere and environment.

Just like "The Conjuring", no one died from beginning to end, only a dog and a bird died.

This summary is of course correct, but at this time James Wan's style has not yet been determined, and he himself wants to try more different styles.

"G, this story is great, you must let me try it."

"Okay, this story is yours. Let Bob do the script and budget."

After Cheng Yu'an finished talking, he was about to pack his things and go back. Unexpectedly, Wen Ziren came to see him for something else, so Cheng Yu'an asked: "James, is there anything else?"

"Oh, yes, I'm fine. It's Wonnell who has something." James Wan said.

Leigh Whannell, James Wan’s best friend, is also a horror film lover.

"He also wants to be a director and hopes to get your support."
Chapter completed!