Chapter 266 The sponsor is amazing!
The original name of Liu Manli's film adaptation script was "Better Days".

Seeing this stupid name made Bai Youlou's body tremble, and he almost leaked.

It feels like the name of a TV series I watched before, called "Invincible Masters".

This kind of name would be the type that would flop at first glance in online articles, and I guess few people would click on it to read the content.

Old readers all said that they were poisoned at first sight.

However, things are unpredictable.

Regardless of whether it is "Better Days" here or "Invincible Masters" from Blue Star, the results are quite good.

The former is a novel, which is said to be quite popular. In the past two years, the author himself has jumped into the top three of the list of richest writers, with an annual income of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Liu Manli was able to buy the copyright of someone else's novel because he acted early.

Bai Youlou took a quick look at the original work, and the style is probably that kind of thing. Looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, sadness flows like a river.

It’s no wonder that many readers, especially younger readers, fall for this.

No wonder they made a fortune, they have grasped the core selling point.

As for the latter, the one with Invulnerable Masters, although the name is exaggerated, it actually performed quite well as a TV series, and was among the top in the ratings of satellite TV stations.

Therefore, we cannot make too affirmative judgment based on an outrageous name.

Some things are unpredictable.

So Bai Youlou read the book "Youth's Face Full of Weather" carefully, and even stayed up late to read it.

After that, I removed the last few words, once again showing off my talent for naming.

I always feel that names like XX:XXXX make people feel inexplicably cheap. If a serious movie uses such a name, it will immediately make people feel like an online movie.

As for the content.
I looked at the script I had revised and then read the original novel. I can't say that they are closely related. At most, they are completely unrelated.

That’s not right, at least the names are similar.

Having said that, Bai Youlou was a little unsure whether this trip was for fun or to play a prank.

But he suddenly understood a saying: A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover!

The process of helping Liu Manli make her new film was actually much more interesting than making his own movie, at least Bai Youlou thought so.

No wonder some directors like to hide their secrets.
It really feels good to be sneaky.

Bai Youlou has been the one who has the final say since his debut. No one can make him stand at attention except his father, the reviewer. Especially in the crew, he has the final say and can do whatever he wants.

Instead, I lose the joy of doing small things within the constraints.

This time he found that happiness again.

In fact, Bai Youlou’s workload is not very heavy.

Liu Manli felt sorry for Giegie, so she didn't push all the work onto him and ask him to help.

There are still several experienced assistant directors.

There is actually nothing wrong with doing this. Even if Liu Manli assigns all the director's work to her assistant directors and lets them do it, as long as the movie is shot according to her ideas and the shots in her mind, she can still leave her own mark on the work in the end with the big scissors in her hand.

And Liu Manli is not that useless. She has really learned a lot of professional knowledge about directing, and she has watched Bai Youlou filming many times before. She doesn't think it is very difficult and she feels good about herself. In short, she is not a complete novice.

But the only thing Liu Manli hadn’t thought about was who had the final say in this crew?
She may feel that she and Bai Youlou are together, and it doesn't matter who has the final say. If Bai Youlou can cover it up, it means she can, too.

Ran and egg.

The first day of official filming. No, it was from the launch conference that even the media tacitly acknowledged that Bai Youlou was the one in charge of this movie.

Even when talking about things like the movie theme, casting, etc., this group of people subconsciously wanted to ask Bai Youlou.

To be honest, this really has nothing to do with him. It was all done by Liu Manli personally.

But it is obvious that she did not realize anything was wrong from the start of the press conference. After all, Bai Youlou still "loved her" and told everyone in a more positional manner: she is the director.

But a stance is just a stance.

This is just like some people who are sleeping soundly and when they wake up they find themselves inexplicably wearing a dragon robe.

Who is hurting me? This is really hurting me!

A place like a film crew can be considered a small society.

The crew under Bai Youlou runs smoothly, accurately and efficiently. After all, the speed of a train depends entirely on the locomotive.

The front end of the car, Liu Manli, obviously didn't have enough firepower. The crew members didn't disrespect her as a famous international film queen, but they just couldn't help but subconsciously look at the more powerful guy next to her.

Especially at the beginning, Liu Manli had some stumbling blocks, which further deepened the prejudice in this regard.

"Were you also so lazy when you were working with Xiao Wu from your company before?"

At noon, Bai Youlou, Liu Manli and Nanazi went into the RV to eat together. As a result, Liu Manli said this, which almost choked him and he started coughing.

But Nanazi, the follower, felt so sorry for him that she went against the rules and patted Bai Youlou on the back.

"What the hell?" Bai Youlou was really shocked when he looked at Liu Manli. Lazy?
"I asked you something today that I didn't understand, and you made faces at me." Liu Manli seemed to be feeling aggrieved.

Before Bai Youlou could refute, Nanazi responded actively, "I testify, it's true!"

OK OK~
Bai Youlou thought that even if Liu Manli made a mistake on the first day of filming, he would help her out and at least establish her prestige in the crew.

In the end, people say that he ignores others. How interesting!

"Don't talk nonsense. Nana knows what I'm like in the crew of "Heart Flower Road". When I'm not filming, I just hide in the RV and don't pay any attention to Xiao Wu."

"I testify that this is true!"

Nanako responded positively again. She seemed to be wavering, but she was actually telling the truth.

But Liu Manli still glared at her and asked, "You little girl, which side are you from?"
Nanako immediately looked aggrieved. She was not on any side. She was on the side of justice, absolutely fair and just. She COSed as Captain Dragonfly on the spot.

Fortunately, with her as a bully, Liu Manli can vent her anger on her whenever she is unhappy.

Nanako doesn't mind playing such a role, because Bai Youlou said that this will help her get into the role better, killing two birds with one stone.

This sounds a bit mysterious, but when Bai Youlou said it, Nanazi agreed wholeheartedly.

So the question is, what kind of posture is it if you raise your hands and feet at the same time?
Three days before the filming started, Bai Youlou hadn't put too much thought into the filming. This was the time when Liu Manli was having fun.

She actually doesn't need any opinions, instead, just approval is enough at this time.

As troubles and difficulties arose, the joy of making movies gradually disappeared and the discomfort began to set in.

However, to Bai Youlou's surprise, in addition to the gradual problems and troubles, there was also a more sudden situation.

Liu Manli encountered this.

The pressure came from the brand's financial sponsor, who wanted to squeeze an actor in.

But when is it now?
Filming has already started! The actors have been selected!
Moreover, they didn't want an insignificant role, but a well-known role in the original work, which was quite important. This was not the first time Liu Manli had seen such a thing, and it was not uncommon to steal roles in the film and television industry.

Of course, no one dared to intercept her, but her subordinate Nanako had encountered this kind of thing several times.

It’s all helpless and sad to talk about it.

However, the unlucky one this time was Nanazi's "apprentice", Lu Xiaoxiao who participated in the recording of "Flowers and Youth".

This girl was totally dumbfounded. She had finally gained the boss's appreciation, participated in the program recording, and got a role with a good screen time. But someone actually wanted to snatch her away?
Faced with such a thing, she was of course helpless and couldn't do anything. At most, she could only feel helpless and furious. Only Liu Manli had the final say.

In other words, Liu Manli was also in trouble.

The financial sponsor doesn't want the role of the heroine, so there's nothing wrong with him compensating Lu Xiaoxiao later.

However, as a director and producer, Liu Manli felt very angry. How could such a lunatic come here to make decisions at this time? What a big deal about the financial sponsor?

That’s right, the sponsor is amazing!

Bai Youlou sipped his milk tea while watching Liu Manli's jokes~
He didn't mean to do that, but it was kind of funny.

The way this sister bangs the table is really funny.

While Liu Manli was getting angry, the actor recommended by the sponsor had already reported to the crew today.

Eye-opener!

I don’t know why, but Bai Youlou had never encountered the common troubles in the entertainment industry when he was filming before, but he encountered them as soon as Liu Manli came on the stage.

"I really want to rip that little bitch's mouth off! She looks like she's about to film under my hand, who would want to use her? Bah!"

"So arrogant?" Bai Youlou asked promptly as a spectator.

"Well, he's not that arrogant. He said he wanted to learn from me."

Got it~
Perhaps there was nothing wrong with the other party's attitude. After all, Liu Manli was still a well-known figure in the circle, so he wouldn't hate her like that.

But in the current context, Liu Manli must be displeased with the other party.

Even if people actually came here just for her reputation.

It should be her. Bai Youlou won't take the blame anyway.
"Hurry up and get it done. If you delay this for another two days, you will lose even less prestige in the crew. I've heard people discussing this."

"Ah?" Liu Manli was stunned. "How did the crew know?"

"Haha, where does the crew get the secrets from?"

"Then what should I do?"

"Just change it." Bai Youlou said casually.

"Then how can I compensate Lu Xiaoxiao?"

Bai Youlou: ???

"Change actors?"

Liu Manli looked up in surprise, "Didn't you ask me to change it?"

"I asked you to change the sponsor."

There is actually nothing wrong with replacing someone. If the role is not that important, or the actor playing the role is not that indispensable, just replace him. What's wrong with giving face to the sponsor? He has paid for it.

But in Liu Manli's situation, we really can't give her this face.

Because Lu Xiaoxiao came from her Manli Entertainment.

To be precise, it is Liu Manli's people.

She can't even protect her own artists in her own crew. If this matter gets out, she will have no prestige in the crew anymore. She should be thankful that she can finish the movie.

Oh, by the way, Bai Youlou has encountered this kind of thing before.

Because these matters are handled by Lao Zhou.

They got things done without going through him at all. Some people in his crew were relatives of the emperor, but he himself had no idea about it.

Who cares if you have connections or not? Just treat it as a professional and criticize me if you don’t perform well.

That's it. After it's over, people still have to thank him.

As for the matter of Liu Manli, Bai Youlou played the role of Lao Zhou for once. He gave Liu Manli a bad idea.

Let magic fight magic.

Contacted a person, to be precise, a "princess".

"Director Bai! You actually asked me to film a movie with you!"

Zhao Miya is the daughter of the super client who gave Bai Youlou more than 200 million yuan to shoot a MV and buy a song.

If the relationship has a level, this person's family may be richer than An Luning, the most beautiful woman in the world.

"It's not me who's looking for you. It's Director Liu~"

Introducing Zhao Mia to Liu Manli was pure blind manipulation.

What magic can be used to fight magic? Find someone with the most powerful background to take over the scene. If they can steal your role, Zhao Mia can also steal their role.
Liu Manli, an inexperienced director, was stunned by what she heard. Huh? Is this possible?

I didn't realize at all that Bai Youlou's suggestion was actually to take off your pants and fart.
From the perspective of having fun, it's very interesting, but from the perspective of solving problems, it's neurotic.

Oh yes, I don’t know if she really believed Bai Youlou’s lies, but now Zhao Miya has really done some “big things” in the entertainment industry.

I have done this several times to steal other people's resources.

But the popularity among the passers-by is quite good.
She actually listened to Bai Youlou's previous bad idea.

Incredible.

So, these two things gave Bai Youlou an inspiration: this guy is really born to be liked by girls.

No matter what nonsense you say, people will believe it!

So he continued to trick Liu Manli in the crew.
When I have nothing to do, I modify the script, and as I modify it, it becomes completely unrecognizable.

Liu Manli herself may not have realized that there was something wrong with her notebook.

I am still obsessed with the stream-of-consciousness filming method described by Bai Youlou.

What about forgetting the script before filming every day, waiting for a wave of inspiration, writing it on a small piece of paper on the spot and handing it to the actors, letting them play their own roles?
Wong Kar-wai has done a lot of harm to people!
Bai Youlou didn't expect Liu Manli to actually believe this, but later he realized that the Sunglasses King's trick was indeed quite intimidating, especially for those literary and artistic people.

There is no doubt that Liu Manli belongs to the category of literary and artistic person, and the many awards she has won speak for itself.

That’s just what people buy into!
This made Bai Youlou unable to help but buy himself a new pair of sunglasses.

(End of this chapter)