Gia took Ye Wei to a home theater in the villa. It was spacious, elegant and luxurious, with a huge wall-mounted TV surrounded by a set of high or low surround sound systems. In front of it were two rows of comfortable leather seats. The chairs, everything is so beautiful.
The most eye-catching thing is the wall cabinet, which contains neat rows of genuine DVDs, at least thousands of them. It is simply a dazzling treasure.
Lucas should have said, "We have the subject matter, Indiana Jones and the Coppola family's video library!"
"Have a seat." Gia waved her hand, walked to the small bar over there, took the wine set and poured the wine, making a clicking sound, "You are in for a treat, this is our home-made good wine."
Ye Wei sat down on a leather chair in the front row and said, "It seems that only the combined age of the two of us can have a drink?"
"You shouldn't refuse my friendship." Gia poured two glasses and handed him one while drinking at the same time. "You really shouldn't, unless you don't want to leave today."
"No, I don't want it." Ye Wei was frightened like an obedient baby. He quickly took a sip and tasted it with his tongue. It was sweet and soft, and the taste was really good.
"I can tell at a glance that you are an old drunkard, and you did not disappoint me." Gia retracted her gaze, took out a DVD disc from her overalls pocket, and went to operate the TV to play it, "Let's take a look."
After a while, the huge TV played the video, and the black subtitles at the beginning read: Director: Master Gia, Screenwriter: Master Gia again, Producer: Master Gia again.
"Your short film?" Ye Wei was very interested.
"Yes." Gia walked to the leather chair next to him and sat down. This was a 5-minute DV short film, her most proud work. He seemed to be looking very seriously, his eyes unblinking.
As long as she was watching a movie, Ye Wei would take it seriously. Five minutes passed quickly. The story was very simple. A high school girl didn't like going to school. She lingered at the campus gate for a long time that day, and finally skipped school. She ran all the way, threw away her schoolbag, and took Pick up your SLR camera and run to the fields.
The use of lenses is relatively simple, the lighting does nothing, and the colors are a bit bright. It has a unique sense of beauty for women, and it does express something, including the hesitation of youth in the beginning, the catharsis of self-breakthrough in the middle, and the confused progress in the end.
"It was well shot." He praised, "It feels a bit like "The 400 Blows". I like the upward shot of her schoolbag falling when she throws it, and then the downward shot. It is so oppressive at first, and then so humble in the next moment. As long as If you let it go, it will be nothing, cool"
After hearing these words of appreciation, Gia seemed unhappy and raised her middle finger at him, "The genius boy who made "Dance of Angels", you fucked me up, how cool are you?! 'Oh, you shot It¡¯s really good, you have one percent of my skills¡¯!¡±
"No, I really think it was well shot. The shot was very real and exciting!" Ye Wei spread his hands, "I don't know how many of my classmates want to do this."
"I did it. I dropped out of school last year." Gia took a sip of wine, her face turned red, and she said with a raised lip: "Students from Harvard-Westlake, despise me. I just want to tell you, my film talent Although I¡¯m not as good as you, I am your opponent! And sooner or later, the whole world will know that Gia Coppola is VIY¡¯s opponent!¡±
"OK" Ye Wei's face was full of fun. This girl is a bit hot. Wait, wait a moment!
Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to mind, an idea that could reverse everything!
If "Wedding Day is Coming" cannot be screened, it is because of his low reputation, but the real reason is that it has no publicity fees, because the big shots have a limit to their investment in him, and the money is only so much. For example, if Ruoran has 300 Will the 10,000,000 promotion fee be used on "Wedding Day is Coming" or on "Little Miss Sunshine" in the future?
No one can guarantee that every movie investment will make money, even if it is a film by Spielberg or Coppola, so for a remake of a bad movie like "The Wedding Day", Platoon positioned its release as a DVD rental. The show was only for the purpose of making a name for itself, and I didn¡¯t think about the small-scale release and how much it would collect at the box office.
Butwhat if "Wedding Day is Coming" itself is famous enough? Promote it to make it more attractive, and you're afraid it won't be screened! ?
Publicity costs money, but now he has an excellent publicity opportunity that money can¡¯t buy!
The more Ye Wei thought about it, the more excited he became, and couldn't help laughing: "Sooner or later? If you are willing, tonight, the whole world will know that we are opponents!"
Gia frowned and her voice rose from soft to high: "FUCK-ME, I just said you are a bad person, tell me what you think?"
Ye Wei said seriously: "First of all, I have to tell you something, so that "The Wedding Is Coming" has a chance to be screened., my reputation must be high enough, but now I am facing a publicity dilemma. My team asked me to hype up my relationship. I don¡¯t like it, and my girl doesn¡¯t like it either. I can¡¯t go naked on the street, so things are really Stopped.
But I just came up with an almost perfect solution that will do me a lot of good, and you I don't know, maybe. "
Gia was shaking the wine glass with one hand and stroking the director's viewfinder in her arms with the other. She smiled and said, "Let's talk about it. As long as it's interesting and fun, it will be good for me."
"You join the crew of "The Wedding is Coming"!" Ye Wei looked at her with excitement, "Be my special assistant!"
"Then we are allies."
"One, get closer to your enemy, and two, I haven't finished yet, let's have a promotional video competition! Each of them will use the remake script I wrote and the crew I prepared to create a 5-minute promotional video. , producing, directing, editing, everything is done by ourselves, and then we will hold activities on the official website of the film, and netizens will vote to determine the winner!
This is a showdown between talented young directors! Ye Wei VS Gia Coppola! "
After saying that, Ye Wei raised his wine glass in honor of this great idea!
This is the "event marketing" of movie marketing. This event will inevitably attract media reports from all parties, and then "Wedding Day is Coming" will become a hot spot. By then, more publicity can be carried out, as long as there is a key figure like Master Gia Are you afraid that there will be no space for publicity if you get involved?
Then when the craze is the strongest, show it! In this way, even if there is no small-scale release, it will be of great help to its DVD rental and sales.
As for the movie itself, this strategy is much higher than hyping up a personal relationship and only attracting teenage female fans!
"You bad guy" Gia's eyes widened when she heard this, and she drank wine continuously, unable to hide her excitement: "I admit, you are really a damn genius! This is fun, I'll join in!"
"Very good." Ye Wei smiled, everything was fine, except for one concern, "We have to talk to Mr. Coppola first, and he has to agree. Gia, I told you clearly, you are There is no possibility of winning, the gap between you and me is still too big.¡±
"That's right, put away those 'good shots' of yours." Gia felt relieved and stood up, "The old man can't stop me."
"No, I respect Mr. Coppola, he must agree."
"Okay, he will."
At the moment, the two left the home theater room and returned to the backyard of the manor. Coppola was still basking in the sun leisurely by the grape trellis, squinting his eyes, and seemed to be about to fall asleep.
"Grandpa, this kid has a big plan, don't try to stop me!" Gia walked over angrily and told her grandpa the matter.
Coppola was stunned when he heard this, and he woke up from sleep.
Ye Wei said frankly: "Mr. Coppola, in fact, I will reap the greatest benefits from this plan, because I need exposure and my project also needs publicity. Gia can save me; and of course she will also reap the benefits." Some fame, but I don't know if she needs it or if it's suitable."
Coppola¡¯s face was a bit gloomy. He didn¡¯t know what he was thinking, and he didn¡¯t look very happy: ¡°Weige, you are a smart person, but Gia is not at a level that can compete with you yet¡¡±
Gia immediately interrupted angrily: "Have you ever said that about your granddaughter?"
"Gia, what grandpa told is the truth." Coppola said helplessly, "You will definitely lose this competition."
"If you lose, you lose. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will embarrass the Coppola family?" Gia gritted her teeth and suddenly made a killing move. She said with a sad face: "Don't kill my interest in movies, my dad , Uncle Roman is already your assistant producer at this age, Aunt Sofia acted in "The Godfather III" when she was 18 years old, and I am 17 years old, what do I have? "
Coppola's old face showed a thoughtful look. He had never been afraid that family members would embarrass the family because of movies. As long as it was related to movies, there was nothing to be ashamed of. What he feared most was that his children and grandchildren would have nothing to do, so as Gia said , under his guidance, his three children began to enter the film industry at a very young age.
He is just such a granddaughter! How could you possibly want to see her not going to school or doing anything?
In fact, even if she loses, it really doesn¡¯t matter. Gia has never suffered any setbacks since she was a child. Let her suffer a little setback and suffer a little, which may be a good thing for her growth
¡°And when you play with talented people, you will improve each other, just like he and Lucas did back then. It is better for Jia to play with Ye Wei than to play with those so-called spoiled celebrity kids.
He suddenly heard his granddaughter say again: "Grandpa, if you agree to this, I willGo back to school and try another college. UCLA or USC are both fine. How about that? "
"What?!" Coppola couldn't help but exclaimed. He had never supported her dropping out of school. Now it was as if he had won the lottery. He asked anxiously: "Really? Are you really willing to go to school?"
Gia nodded solemnly: "Really, you have my guarantee." Grandpa Fool, I have already meant this! She looked at Ye Wei. She dropped out of school because she was too bored at school, but there seemed to be a guy who would make school more interesting
After receiving a strange look from her, Ye Wei felt a little creepy. What?
"Well, if you are willing to go to school" Coppola was moved.
Seeing the opportunity, Ye Wei quickly persuaded: "Sir, to be blunt, although it is difficult for Gia to win me over, who would have high demands on a 17-year-old girl? As long as she really has some film talent, she can let others see her flash. The highlight is just a 5-minute promotional video. I watched her short film and she didn¡¯t mess it up.¡±
Coppola also understands this, but there is one thing he doesn¡¯t understand: why would such a proud granddaughter seek defeat? He asked: "Gia, have you thought about it?"
Gia narrowed her eyes and said, "Yes, I want the whole world to know that I, Gian Cara Coppola, am my opponent with Ye Wei!"
"Boy, you are such a smart man." Coppola sighed and turned to look at Ye Wei. There was no expression on his old face, but there was a sense of power: "You'd better do this smartly for me, don't Let Gia bear too much, she is not a genius like you."
"Haha, thank you, grandpa! That's great!" Gia suddenly screamed happily, looking forward to it, and nagged to Ye Wei: "You will lose, you will lose!"
Ye Wei was also very excited, "Mr. Coppola, don't worry, I will definitely do it." Seeing Gia's "falling out" in the blink of an eye, she was a little confused, where did she get the confidence?
"Grandpa, you want to make a cameo in my promotional video!" Gia laughed, her eyes showing treachery.
"Ah" Coppola was stunned.
Gia looked at Ye Wei and continued to smile: "Maybe I will also ask Nicolas Cage to make a cameo, and Sofia Coppola, who has super bad acting skills, haha, VIY, you are a genius, you have talent, but I Have a strong family!¡±
"Interesting, this makes it even more interesting." Ye Wei was startled for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh!
With Master Gia, what kind of love hype is needed? Brian, Lovett, tell me, do you want any more romance hype? ?
?? FUCK, I¡¯m really a genius!
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