Entertainment: The joy of being a director is beyond your imagination

Chapter 98 98. She prefers someone who can
So Ai Qiuxing immediately put on a serious face and answered Pei Ran: "How can it be not worth mentioning? Mr. Pei is still too harsh. There is a gap, but the word "not worth mentioning" is far from the edge."

"In that case, then is this 800,000..."

"This 800,000 is the offer I made to President Pei. We can negotiate the exact amount later!"

"Oh! It turns out that I misunderstood Mr. Ai. As expected, I am still too young!" Pei Ran patted his forehead with a regretful look.

Then he immediately called in his secretary Liu Wanqing.

Pretend to let her calculate it.

Liu Wanqing was actually also confused.

But after all, the two of them are not ordinary superiors and subordinates. They have been connected for so long, and they know each other well. They can understand everything at a glance...

So Liu Wanqing just stood there pretending to be calm.

A few minutes later, she leaned close to Pei Ran's ear and whispered, "Young Master, am I pretending well?"

Pei Ran acted as if he understood everything.

……

You kid, you are really good at pretending!
Han Sanping's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.

Liu Wanqing did not go out again, but sat down at the door. This extremely beautiful young woman attracted people's attention just by sitting there.

However, the eyes of this beautiful young woman were always looking at Pei Ran.

It's still that look of someone about to burst.

"Boss Ai, I think 1.45 million is more appropriate."

Pei Ran, however, was only thinking about slaughtering the dog owner.

Upon hearing the price.

Ai Qiuxing was immediately stunned, "One million four hundred and fifty thousand... yuan?"

"Dao Le." Pei Ran smiled slightly.

"impossible!"

This price was completely beyond the budget allocated to him by Warner Brothers.

He refused so firmly, but Pei Ran still kept smiling, "As you said, this is also our offer from Pei Media. You can bargain."

"Then... 85!"

"140."

"90 million!"

"130."

"100 million!"

"120."

"110 million!"

"Deal, when do we sign the contract?"

Grass!
Ai Qiuxing almost slapped himself in the face.

He was really hot-headed and was tricked by Pei Ran.

110 million...it's also over budget!
"Boss Ai, you've already agreed, you won't go back on your word, right?"

Pei Ran's face was full of kind smiles.

"This..." Ai Qiuxing was also in tears. He was still thinking that Han Sanping was such a serious person, and the young people he brought with him must be the kind of people who have the final say.

But who could have thought... Bastard! Bastard! !

Of course, he knew that The Piano Tuner was actually a very valuable script. Just based on the 14-minute promotional trailer that won the Silver Bear Award for Best Short Film, he could predict that if it was adapted into a feature-length movie, the box office would not be bad.

He looked at Han Sanping for help.

Han Sanping looked at Pei Ran again.

Times have really changed?
Why are the young people nowadays so fucking mean?

Especially Pei Ran!
This damn guy really dares to grab a few hands from anyone. After hesitating for a while, he decided to come out and talk to the two of them, lest Pei Ran, this bad boy, grabs too much and people just don't buy it.

"Boss Ai, let's be frank. Warner Bros. Pictures, the company behind you, spent $05 million to buy the rights to adapt Infernal Affairs in 175. That script was truly top-notch at the time."

"Times have changed, and good scripts are emerging one after another. But you also know the value of the script of The Sound Tuner. Director Pei Ran is a newcomer after all. Just name a price that both parties are satisfied with, and I will be the middleman to finalize it for you!"

"A friendly reminder, he's not the kind of director who starts off well but ends badly. In my opinion, his second and third works will be even better. You two may work together again someday, so since this is your first collaboration, you must be sincere, Mr. Ai!"

Ai Qiuxing hesitated for a long time, and finally held up a finger, "This is the highest budget given to me. If President Pei is still not satisfied, then I can only ask..."

Unexpectedly.

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Pei Ran stood up with a smile, "Happy cooperation, Mr. Ai."

Ai Qiuxing smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

After a few more polite words, Ai Qiuxing was about to leave.

Liu Wanqing, who was sitting at the door, immediately stood up and opened the door. Ai Qiuxing no longer had the thought of appreciating Liu Wanqing's beauty. He just smiled bitterly and said, "Your boss is really...young people are to be feared!"

Liu Wanqing smiled politely on the surface.

In fact, I was very happy.

She prefers to hear someone praise her little master rather than praise her.

……

After Ai Qiuxing left, Han Sanping finally said, "You are such a cunning guy."

"Really? I always thought I was pretty naive. They say that if you're not careful in the entertainment industry, you might end up getting eaten alive, so I've always been pretty scared."

"It's good enough that you don't let others eat you alive!" Han Sanping laughed, "But you still have to be cautious. A veteran like Ai Qiuxing... hehe, on the surface he looks like he's been taken advantage of, but in fact he's making a lot of money!"

"Of course I know that."

If he himself doesn't make any money, then why would Pei Ran cooperate with such an idiot? Just for fun? It's unnecessary.

"Okay, just know it yourself."

Han Sanping changed the subject, "Manslaughter is about to be released, how is it? Are you nervous? I heard that you made a bet with Chen Kaige."

"Mr. Han is really well-informed." Pei Ran looked surprised, but of course, he was pretending.

Han Sanping was too lazy to say anything, "Hurry up, stop trying to hide it from me!"

"Of course I am confident. With the Spring Festival schedule, this movie and the traffic from the sound engineer, how could I lose?"

"Okay, just make your own plans." Han Sanping hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Do you know that Director Chen Kaige has a suspenseful script called Search..."

"I know this. Fan Xiaobing told me."

"How far have I talked to you?"

"She must have known about it. She told me everything."

"Tsk tsk...you kid, you have women everywhere!"

Han Sanping teased Pei Ran and left immediately.

Liu Wanqing then entered the private room, and after letting Pei Ran touch her buttocks and beautiful legs in stockings, the two drove back.

Pei Ran did not get intimate with Liu Wanqing that night.

Because the film is about to be released, he is more or less nervous.

In order to ensure that he can deal with any unexpected situations after the release, Pei Ran needs to rest up, so he didn't let his Niu Niu go to the hot springs these two days...

New Year's Eve night.

Pei Ran watched the Spring Festival Gala for a few seconds and went to bed early.

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The first Spring Festival season led by Pei Ran has officially begun!

(End of this chapter)