Hollywood legendary director

Sitting with George in a coffee shop in Mumbai, India, Lehman stirred the Blue Mountains in front of him and took a sip. The strong coffee aroma mixed with a sweet aftertaste lingered between the tongue and teeth, which made people involuntarily Relax.

The passage of time has also become slow because of this lazy atmosphere. Half an hour has passed, and the appointments have been late.

"I'm sorry, two of you, I was delayed a bit." A middle-aged man walked closer and sincerely expressed his apologies, polite and demeanor.

Lehman looked up when he heard the words, and George said to the side: "It's okay, we've just been here for a while."

The middle-aged man wears a traditional Indian collarless long-sleeved wide dress, underpants, and has a lighter complexion. Unlike ordinary Indians, he has a lighter complexion. He is not tall, has a longer face and is thin, with light brown curly hair and lips Slightly thick, speaks fluent English with Indian regional characteristics.

Although it has a curry flavor, communication is still okay.

The middle-aged man immediately sat opposite Lehman, then turned to the waiter who was following him and said: "A cup of Mandheling coffee, add a spoonful of milk, no sugar, thank you."

The special appointment this time was naturally for the production of the "Three Fools in Bollywood" movie project. The most difficult and most difficult thing for Lehman to start with this film was the survey of the location.

The entire film needs to be filmed in India, how to find a suitable venue, without the help of these ground snakes, it is really difficult to proceed.

Moreover, there are many unknown factors in India. What matters should be paid attention to, whether it will touch the taboos of the locals, or the matching of the scenery and clothing when shooting, are full of various uncertainties.Therefore, this must require the crew to have an intermediary who is familiar with all aspects of affairs, an intermediary who can communicate with the actors and build a bridge with the local government—that is, an intermediary who obtains the permission for the shooting of the venue; to make the shooting work smoothly, and even Successful middleman for distribution in India.

In this way, cooperation with established local film production and distribution companies is undoubtedly the fastest and safest method. In addition to their own strength, their connections and channels are unmatched by those small companies.

And the middle-aged man in front of him is the leader of the Indian film industry-a senior of Eros International Pictures.

The number of films produced by their company each year and the market results obtained are the first in the Indian region. They have important distribution channels for local control and even parts of the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, and realize Indian characteristics through these. Cultural dissemination work.

And Mumbai, India is the headquarters of their company and the location of Bollywood in India.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Djean Kumar, and I will discuss with the two of you about this co-production." The middle-aged man who calls himself Djean Kumar took a sip of coffee and then said.

"George."

"Lyman."

After the two introduced each other, the three of them made a few more polite words, and the topic gradually entered the topic.

"Europa Pictures wants to cooperate with us on the filming of this film, don't you?" Dejean Kumar confirmed again.

"Yes, we need to spend more than a month of shooting life in the Indian area, but we are not familiar with this place. I hope your company can assist us in this film production." George saw Lehman Replied without saying a word.

Dejean Kumar thought for a moment and said, "What are the needs of the venue?"

"Most of the scenes take place on a university campus, and a few homestays are needed. This is the scene survey requirement, you can take a look." George took out the scene survey file from the film project materials he brought, and handed it over. Give it to Djean Kumar.

Djean Kumar took it, read it carefully, and then said: "We can provide similar suitable places in these places, but what can our company get from them?"

Yes, what can their Eros International Pictures gain from this cooperation?In other words, what kind of benefits are worth their troubles? This is really a problem.

But long before they contacted, Lyman and George reached an agreement, and even Europa Pictures knew what to pay.

In the commercial society, what can move people's hearts is the real benefits, and only in this way can people be persuaded to contribute.

"The Indian distribution of this film will be taken over by your company, and Europa Pictures only needs 40% of the revenue from all aspects." George stated the unified conditions, of course, this is not their bottom line.Negotiating? Naturally, both parties must speak out their demands. How can they throw their cards at the beginning?

"Calculated after deducting theater revenue and publicity costs?"

"No, no, no, the cost of the announcement is borne by your company, and only the calculation after deducting the theater share." George immediately denied.This person is more greedy than he thought, and he wants to deduct the cost of publicity. If no one supervises this, most of the profits in India will not go to your company's pockets. If you want to play this set, of course it is impossible.

"Okay, but your share must be reduced to 35 percent before our company can agree to cooperate." Djean-Kumar said businessly, with a calm face.

After hearing this, George pretended to be hesitant and struggling, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then forcibly winked at Lyman before he hesitated and said: "No problem."

Their bottom line given by Europa Pictures is a 30% share. As long as this line is not broken, other things are easier to say.

Seeing that the two agreed, Djean Kumar was obviously happy. He smiled and said: "So, do you have a detailed shooting plan? Our company can help arrange the framing and production work as appropriate."

"Of course, we were prepared." George took out another document from the briefcase behind him and handed it to Djean Kumar.

After getting the affirmative answer, Djean Kumar did not hesitate, and after receiving the document, he looked through it roughly.

After reading it, he did not speak or move, but supported his chin with his right hand, seeming to be lost in thought.

Lehman and George did not interrupt, and for a while, the three fell into a harmonious silence.

The curling aroma of coffee diffuses little by little, and the weight in the cup decreases little by little.

Finally, Djean Kumar raised his gaze and asked with some confusion: "Who is the director of this movie?"

"It's me." Lehman said, who had been silent.

After Djean Kumar determined his goal, although he doubted whether he could successfully direct the filming work with his youthfulness, this was not within his jurisdiction.

Their company is just a partner, not a real producer.

He is most concerned about fighting for benefits reasonably.

He just saw the filming plan and found that the actor work of this film had not been completed, which gave him an opportunity.

"Excuse me, do you have any goals for the cast of this movie? Maybe our company can provide consultation."

Dejean Kumar looks like he is working on filming, but he actually wants to push his company's contracted actors into the project.

In this way, it can not only provide performance opportunities for its artists, but also take the opportunity to expand the value of the actors. If the film is really good, and the actors playing the roles are from their company, there will be a lot of follow-up value development.

Lyman chuckled, and did not reject Djean Kumar's kindness. Except for the choice of the protagonist Rancher, he had a fixed candidate, and he didn't care much about the other roles.Since Eros International Pictures is willing to provide suitable actors and targets, it can be regarded as speeding up the filming work, and this is what he cares about.

"The protagonist I want to play Amir Khan. There is no good choice for the rest of the roles."

When Lehmann spoke, he gave Djean Kumar a surprise. With so many roles, he only has a fixed choice for the leading role, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.

Djean Kumar looked at Lehmann seriously, and said: "Our company knows many outstanding Indian actors in the industry, and we can also invite well-known Bollywood movie stars. We will definitely be able to select for this movie. The right cast, what do you think?"

"Our shooting budget is limited and we will not invite too expensive stars to appear. This point needs to be explained in advance."

The meaning of this sentence is that you can choose actors, but you can't waste filming funds to hire some big names. That is not affordable.

Dejean Kumar clearly understood the meaning too. He said, "Don't worry, we promise to pick a very suitable candidate in every aspect."

"Oh, by the way, although I would like Amir Khan to play the leading role, but I don't have his contact information. Can your company arrange it on your behalf, or send you an application for employment."

Djean Kumar has obtained permission from the actor. Naturally, he does not think that Lehman’s little trouble will get in the way. He also boldly said: "This actor has also worked with our company before. I will invite If the news of the performance informs him, you can leave a specific contact information."

Hearing this, George told Djean Kumar the number of the hotel, and said: "The audition location is at your company's headquarters. We have been living in a hotel in Mumbai these days, and we have no preparations for this. "

"Of course, no problem."

Afterwards, the three had a series of farewell talks, politely, and politely bid farewell to Dijean Kumar.

Lehman sat back in his seat lazily and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he found the local production company to assist in the filming work. With their strength, it would be much better.