As soon as Sean entered, he turned on the TV and walked straight to the sofa in the living room. As he read the script, he asked, "Are you really the author of this script?"
Jiujiu nodded. "Yes."
Sean looked at Jiujiu with brighter eyes after hearing her answer. He liked Jiujiu even more.
Sean looked at Jiujiu with admiration in his eyes. He sighed and said, "I'm sorry. I don't know your name yet."
"I'm Qing Shishi. You can call me by my nickname, Jiujiu."
"Jiujiu?" The two simple words lingered on the tip of his tongue, but he felt as if they had met again.
Because Jiujiu's name was so familiar, even Sean looked at Jiujiu with more affection.
Sean smiled at Jiujiu. "Jiujiu, do you like tea or juice?"
Jiujiu waved her hand. "You read the script. I'll do it myself. Mr. Xiao, what would you like to drink?"
"You can call me Sean." Sean raised his hand and rubbed his temples. "Just give me that bottle of coffee."
After a busy day, Sean was really excited to see such a wonderful script.
However, excitement could not stop fatigue from attacking him, so Sean planned to drink a bottle of coffee and read the script before resting.
At most, he would sleep in the lounge tomorrow. He could not let go of such a good script.
Hearing Sean say that he wanted to drink coffee, Jiujiu thought of Sean's tiredness from before. She paused for a moment and asked softly, "Mr. Xiao, have you not eaten yet?"
Sean said, "I'll order takeout."
"It's almost 12 o 'clock now. There's no takeout. If you don't mind, I can cook."
When he heard Jiujiu say that there was no takeout, Sean was about to stop eating. When he heard Jiujiu say that she could cook, Sean's first reaction was that he did not want to trouble Jiujiu. However, for some reason, he inexplicably wanted to try Jiujiu's cooking.
Sean smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble Jiujiu."
"It's no trouble." Jiujiu looked at the ingredients in Sean's fridge. Eggs, vegetables, tomatoes, a handful of chopped green onions, and dry noodles were just enough to make tomato and egg noodles.
Jiujiu took the ingredients out and said, "It's on my way."
Xiao En was reading a script in the living room while Jiujiu was cooking in the kitchen.
After Jiujiu finished cooking, she brought the food to the living room.
After a few bites, Sean continued to read the script, while Jiujiu sat aside and played with her phone.
Jiujiu's eyes became more and more blurred, and soon she fell asleep. When Jiujiu woke up again, she was lying on the sofa with a thin blanket covering her.
Jiujiu rubbed her eyes and got up from the sofa. Then she saw that Sean was still reading the script.
Jiujiu yawned and looked at Sean. "Mr. Xiao, you didn't sleep all night?"
Jiujiu's voice interrupted Sean's thoughts. Sean, who pulled his emotions out of the script, turned to look at Jiujiu. There was still a lingering sadness on his face. "I just finished reading. I'll take this role.
But the script isn't finished yet, right? "
Jiujiu nodded. "This is the first half. I haven't finished the second half yet. What's the matter?"
"I have a bit of OCD. I've finished the first half, but I don't feel good about the second half." Sean explained why he was so disappointed. Then he asked Jiujiu anxiously, "When will the second half be finished?"
Jiujiu chuckled. "About two months. But is Mr. Xiao really willing to take on this role?"
Sean nodded. "Who's the director?"
Jiujiu said, "Zhang Xianyu, Director Zhang."
Zhang Xianyu was the director of Sean's first award-winning film. He had taught Sean a lot and was very kind to Sean.
Later on, Director Zhang also hoped that Sean would take on his film. But at that time, Sean wanted to win an award, so he turned down all the offers.
Now, he could take on a script that he liked, and it was a director who had been kind to him. It was really perfect.
"Since it's Director Zhang's film, I'll take it."
Seeing that Sean had taken on the role, Jiujiu chuckled. "In that case, I'll get someone to discuss the contract with Mr. Xiao tomorrow."
Sean nodded in tacit agreement.
After discussing it with Sean, Jiujiu took a taxi to look for Director Zhang.
In fact, Jiujiu had no clue about the director at all. Even Director Zhang's name was randomly mentioned by Steamed Bun.
But now that Sean was willing to take on the role, she was prepared to use Sean's name to persuade Director Zhang.
Sure enough, after Director Zhang heard from Jiujiu that Sean was willing to take on the role of the male lead, he immediately agreed to direct after reading the script.
For other people, it would take eight to ten days to find a director and lead actor for a film. On the other hand, Jiujiu managed to find the lead actor in one night, and the director the next day. Both of them were famous big names. It could be said that it was amazing.
As for Jiujiu, because of her confidence, she directly invested all her money into this film. She even took the initiative to take on the post-production special effects. This way, she saved a lot of money. It could be said that it was very cost-effective.
As for the role of the female lead, Jiujiu was prepared to personally take on the role.
Jiujiu felt that nothing could be faster than the male lead falling in love with the female lead.
The next day, Jiujiu asked Xiao Bai to sign the contract with Sean.
As Jiujiu had invested all her money, Jiujiu gave Sean a remuneration of 10 million. The rest of the remuneration would be paid to Sean in the form of dividends from the film.
Jiujiu promised that no matter how well the film did, she would give Sean a 10% bonus.
As for Jiujiu's bonus remuneration, Sean's manager rejected it without hesitation.
Even if the director was Director Zhang, no matter how good a director was, he had made a bad film before.
Even a big director who had received so much money that his hands went soft might not guarantee that his film would be a box office hit.
And Sean's current net worth was at least 30 million.
If she gave him a 10% bonus, the box office would have to be at least 1 billion yuan for Sean to not lose too much money.
Not to mention that the script of this film was somewhat artistic, even if it was a commercial film, it would be very difficult for the box office to reach 1 billion yuan, let alone an artistic film.
She was clearly trying to gain something without risking anything.
In response to her manager's question, Jiujiu directly asked, "May I ask if you have no confidence in Director Zhang, or do you have no confidence in Sean? Or perhaps, do you think that our script is not good enough?"
These three questions that came from the depths of her soul made the manager instantly fall silent.
The manager was tongue-tied for a long time, unable to say a word.
Seeing that her manager was silent, Jiujiu continued to ask, "I have confidence that our film will definitely be able to reach 1.5 billion yuan at the box office."
The manager pursed her lips with a look of displeasure. "Anyone can say that, but how can you guarantee that?"
Jiujiu nodded. "Of course. After all, we have the best actors, the best director, the best script and the best special effects team."
In order to convince Sean, Jiujiu directly took out the part where she convinced Director Zhang to use her special effects team.
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