When Yu Dong heard what Jimmy said, he smiled and said, "Since you have decided, then let's do it."
Jimmy smiled: "I knew you would definitely agree to this kind of thing."
"Of course I would agree, but in this case, this part of the funding cannot come from the film's funding."
The money for building the relatively short road came from the film shooting funds. Spielberg and others also agreed, because the evaluation report provided by Deep Space clearly stated that even if the road was built, filming in China would be difficult.
Can save more money.
But now they have to increase the expenditure by 20 million, and Spielberg and others may not be willing to do so. Spielberg is not only the director of this movie, but also the sponsor.
"I will try my best to get other investors to agree to contribute more, but I'm afraid the 20 million won't all come out of the film's funds."
Yu Dong nodded and expressed his understanding: "It doesn't matter. The remaining parts will be paid by our company. Also, since the project has suddenly become so big, will the approval process become longer and delay the filming?"
"No." Jimmy shook his head: "I also asked about this specifically. They said that as long as we agree to this plan, we can do something special and start construction as soon as possible. Then the 94-kilometer section will be repaired first, so that we can
Our crew went in and then started repairing the outer section."
"Well, as long as it doesn't delay the progress."
Jimmy rubbed his thighs and said with a smile: "If this battle can be fought well, more movies will be attracted to China for filming in the future. In addition to being beneficial to the local economy, what I care about most is actually the technical aspects.
At some point, we will organize a group of people to come over and learn from their production experience. The cost of organizing people to study abroad is still too high."
"It's a pity that the post-production is not in China, otherwise I could learn more."
Jimmy glanced at Yu Dong and said jokingly: "You must be greedy."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "There are too many things we are lacking now. How can I not be greedy? How can I make progress without being greedy?"
"Okay, that's it. I'll give my boss a reply soon."
…
When Yu Dong returned to the room, Cheng Yanqiu was looking at the song manuscripts.
Seeing that his wife was engrossed in him and had no time to pay attention to him, Yu Dong took out a pen and paper and pondered the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" for a while.
Yu Dong is planning to add more Captain Jack Sparrow scenes to the first installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Speaking of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the first thing that most viewers think of is probably Captain Jack Sparrow. This character has been bound to the movie.
But in the first film, Captain Jack's scenes were really not particularly large. Later, Disney saw that the character of Jack received a good response, so they added a lot of his scenes.
Yu Dong wrote and drew on the paper. He didn't write out the big plot, but he wrote down a lot of small inspirations.
…
When Cheng Yanqiu reads the song manuscript, he will unconsciously hum along with the score. After humming, he will ask Yu Dong for his opinion.
"good."
"fine."
"I don't feel anything."
Yu Dong also expressed his opinions from time to time.
More than two hours passed like this. Just as Yu Dong was about to write down an inspiration that came to his mind, he suddenly looked up at Cheng Yanqiu in surprise.
"What are you humming?"
Cheng Yanqiu stopped humming, turned to look at Yu Dong, and said with a smile: "You actually asked, is it good? I also think this song is good."
"Well, it does sound pretty good." Yu Dong nodded.
The reason why he suddenly asked was not only because Cheng Yanqiu hummed beautifully, but more importantly, he had heard this song before.
This song is called "Rooftop", which was probably written by Jay Chou. Yu Dong has heard the version sung by Jay Chou and Wen Lan, and also heard the version sung by Wu Zongxian and Wen Lan.
But has this song been written now? Yu Dong can’t remember the specific release time of this song, but in his mind it’s not so early.
Yu Dong asked: "Who wrote this?"
Cheng Yanqiu had a strange smile on his face, "Haha, you wouldn't have guessed that this song was written by Xiao Zhou."
"Written by Xiao Zhou?"
"Well, I didn't expect it, and the date was written on his manuscript. He wrote this song in 1994. He looks young. He must have been fifteen or sixteen years old in 1994."
1994……
Now that he heard this song, Yu Dong was already surprised. He didn't even expect that Jay Chou wrote this song in 1994.
"Let me see."
Yu Dong walked over and took the manuscript. The music score and lyrics had already been written on it. He couldn't remember all the lyrics of the song, but after reading it roughly, it should be no different from the original lyrics. The lyrics were written by Jay Chou himself.
Seeing the number 1994 at the signature, Yu Dong sighed slightly, I am afraid this is a genius.
Putting aside the quality of the song, it is not easy for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child to write a complete song with both lyrics and music.
"The theme song for this song?" Yu Dong asked.
Cheng Yanqiu smiled and shook his head: "No, the atmosphere of this song is too romantic to be a theme song. What he submitted is also an interlude. After the male and female protagonists meet in the city, they have a very sweet and ambiguous time, so a song like this is needed.
I think the roof is very good. And you see, there are stars and the moon in this song, which fits well with the TV series."
Yu Dong looked at the lyrics and found that it was indeed as Cheng Yanqiu said. There were two images of stars and the moon in it, which was quite a coincidence.
Cheng Yanqiu continued, "This song is a love song sung by a man and a woman. If it can be used in "Xingyue Love Song" this time, it will definitely be very popular among young men and women in the future."
"Have you decided to use it?" Yu Dong asked.
Cheng Yanqiu shook his head and said, "Not yet. After all, I have only read half of this submission. I don't know if there will be any better ones in the future. But for the time being, this song "Rooftop" is the best choice."
Yu Dong nodded: "That's true."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "In fact, even if you don't choose it in the end, this song is still worthy of being sung. The quality is very good."
"Then who do you think is suitable to sing this song?" Yu Dong asked.
"Who will sing..." Cheng Yanqiu tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "I really can't think of a male singer whose singing voice is more suitable for this song, but as for a female singer, I think Zhang Huimei, who has become very popular in recent years,
It’s quite suitable.”
"Well, just keep reading."
Cheng Yanqiu saw Yu Dong's thoughtful look and said with a smile: "It seems you really like this song."
"I'm quite surprised that Xiao Zhou can write such a song."
Cheng Yanqiu nodded in agreement, "I'm also quite surprised. The style of the songs he writes is very special."
"Well, special."
Yu Dong smiled secretly, thinking that there was something more special that she hadn't seen yet.
…
Until lunch time, Cheng Yanqiu read through the first batch of manuscripts, and compared with others, the song "Rooftop" was the best and most suitable.
In fact, there should be other manuscripts sent to Cheng Yanqiu later, but after reading so many manuscripts, she figured out that the melody of "Rooftop" is very good, and I am afraid that no subsequent manuscripts will be more suitable than it, so she simply
It was decided immediately.
After "Rooftop" was finalized, Yu Dong contacted Yu Liang and told him about it.
Yuliang was also surprised when he heard about this.
"There are so many songs, but you finally chose that Xiao Zhou's song?"
Yuliang also had an impression of Jay Chou. He remembered that this young Zhou was a piano student. When they went to Alpha Music Company together, the boss's wife was very interested in this boy.
"The song is very good. You will know it after listening to it. This song is a love song sung by a man and a woman. You should let Jay Chou and Wen Lan sing a version first and have a look."
"Boss, I'm afraid this won't work."
"What's the meaning?"
"Wen Lan has terminated the contract with us."
"Terminate the contract? When did it happen?" Yu Dong said in surprise. He never expected that Wen Lan would terminate the contract.
"As for what happened last month, she was probably worried that she would not be taken seriously after the company was acquired by us. Moreover, Mr. Zhou did not take her into consideration in his initial strategy. Hmm... If boss, you want her to come
Sing, we can contact her through the company she currently works for."
Yu Dong sighed slightly, just leave if Wen Lan leaves, it's not very important.
"No, please contact Zhang Huimei and ask her if she would like to record a version."
Yu Liang pondered: "Zhang Huimei... is not impossible, but she may not be willing to sing a duet with Xiao Zhou. She has been very famous recently, and her career is still on the rise. Of course she is not willing to sing a duet with an unknown newcomer. Also
Ah, boss, I don’t think Xiao Zhou is very good at singing. Weren’t you there when he sang last time?”
He really felt that the boss's idea this time was not appropriate. Xiao Zhou played the piano well, but his singing was really bad.
Yu Dong said with a smile: "He is the composer and lyricist, so there must be no problem with his understanding of the song. Let him sing it first. Even if the effect is not good, and then find someone else to sing it, he will definitely be able to find something better through his version.
experience."
"Oh." Yu Liang suddenly said: "So that's what you think, boss. Then I understand. I'll make arrangements later."
"Well, make arrangements as soon as possible, and also re-sign Xiao Zhou's contract."
Yu Liang nodded and said, "I understand, what happened to Wen Lan will never happen again."
"Don't make his contract too strict. There are many ways to retain people. The most important thing is to focus on your heart."
"Haha, actually I think this guy will definitely not leave. You and the landlady are so optimistic about him, it's not too late for him to be grateful."
"Don't be careless."
"As commanded."
…
At 2:30 p.m., the Galaxy Awards Ceremony officially began.
There are more awards this year than last year, so the award ceremony is also very long.
The ceremony has a forty-minute opening performance, and as usual there will be a science fiction-themed stage play at the end. This year's stage play is an adaptation of "Bring Her Eyes", which is quite touching.
When the stage play ended, Yang Xiao applauded and said to Jimmy sitting next to her: "How was it, Mr. Ji, was the stage play good?"
Jimmy also applauded: "It's very good. You can see that you put a lot of effort into it. This stage play is just a little short. Otherwise, it could be a tour."
"Yes, actually I have had the idea to rehearse this stage play longer and perform it more often in the future."
"That's a good idea." Jimmy nodded: "We can also perform it in other activities in the future."
"If this is really going to be done, I hope Mr. Ji will support me more." Yang Xiao smiled and said, "By the way, how is "The Martian" going? I met Secretary Hu when I came over, and he
You said you were working on this this morning, what progress has been made?"
Jimmy smiled and said: "Indeed, the matter has been decided. We are going to announce the news on the official website in the next two days."
"Is it settled?" Yang Xiao looked surprised: "The road construction is also settled? Nothing unexpected happened."
"Something really happened."
Hearing Jimmy say something unexpected happened, Yang Xiao suddenly became nervous, "What happened?"
"The road we built has become longer. It used to be built for 100 kilometers, but now it has become more than 300 kilometers, all the way to the center of Mangya."
Yang Xiao stared at Jimmy and blinked. She had no idea that this was the accident that Jimmy was talking about.
"As for funding..."
"The government will also allocate funds, not entirely from us. They also want to take this opportunity to repair local roads. We private enterprises cannot just sit back and watch the country's economic development. It is also our duty to provide some money to cooperate.
. We at Deep Space have always attached great importance to investing in basic education. We have built many schools over the years. Road construction and education have the same goal. They are both to help people in poor areas come out, so we also attach the same importance to this.
If the opportunity is given to us this time, we are willing to seize it.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Xiao sighed: "If companies are like you Shen Kong, thinking only of sharing the country's worries, then why worry about the country not developing?"
"President Yang is so complimentary. We are just doing what we can."
Yang Xiao touched his palms and sighed: "It's all within our capabilities. You say it's within our capabilities, but I don't know how many companies can do it."
Some companies have the power, but don’t have the will. Some companies have the will, but don’t have the power.
It's very rare to find someone as motivated and powerful as Deep Space Corporation.
"Mr. Ji, can we announce this in advance?" Yang Xiao asked.
Jimmy immediately understood what Yang Xiao meant, thought about it, nodded and said, "No problem."
…
Fifteen minutes later, Yang Xiao took the stage to present the trophy for the Best Science Fiction Film Award.
After the award presentation was over and Harold went down with the trophy, Yang Xiao walked behind the microphone again.
"Don't be anxious, everyone. Please allow me to stand on the stage and say a few more words. Just now, I got a piece of news, a very exciting news. The filming of "The Martian" in China has been finalized."
After she said this, cheers erupted from the audience.
Although most people have already heard about this, Yang Xiao's official announcement at this time is still exciting.
Yang Xiao rushed to the audience and pressed his hands: "Stop the applause for a moment, I haven't finished speaking yet. The filming location of "The Martian" is set in Mangya City, Qingdao Province. Because the local transportation is inconvenient, the Deep Space Company took the initiative
They proposed to build a road for the local area. Originally, they wanted to build a small road of 100 kilometers, but now things have changed. The road they want to build has been expanded from 100 kilometers to a major road of more than 300 kilometers."
This time, applause did not break out immediately because most people were shocked by the news.
More than three hundred kilometers!
What is that concept?
The distance from the center of Chengdu to the center of Chongqing is about this distance.
Maybe it doesn’t make sense to say this, because in the minds of many people, Chengdu and Chongqing are right next to each other.
But the distance between the center of Jinling and the center of Shanghai is almost the same.
Deep Space is too big a deal.
Chapter completed!