Chapter 28

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"Murphy, you can't always do this."

As soon as she walked into Milton cafe, Murphy was stopped by the boss. "This is the cafe, not your office."

Because the studio is too small and shabby, after recruiting most of the positions, Murphy put the first business meeting of the crew in Milton cafe. However, the frequent interviews some time ago have made the boss here full of complaints. Now of course, he is dissatisfied with Murphy's practice.

"Lynch, we always order coffee when we come here."

After stopping, Murphy looked at the old man leaning on the counter and said, "I didn't give you less money for coffee."

The old man named Lynch had dealt with Murphy before. Knowing that he was difficult, he turned to look at Jessica chastan on one side. His eyes stayed on her conspicuous red hair for a while. "This beautiful lady, you have been with Murphy many times. It should be very clear that no matter how many people come, he only orders two cups of coffee, but wants to occupy a card seat A few hours

At this point, his eyes are staring up, turning this way, as if to kill Murphy with his eyes.

It's morning, and there are no customers in the shop. Old Lynch stands across from Murphy without scruple and stops him and Jessica chastan.

Murphy turned her eyes, walked over and said in a low voice, "do you know what I do? Do you know what I'm going to do here today? "

Lynch said nonchalantly, "I know you're a miser. That's enough."

Jessica chastan on the other side almost laughs and agrees with Lynch. She has interviewed a lot of people with Murphy. She has watched him cheat free interns and try every means to lower the salary of employees. All expenses can be saved

Regardless of old Lynch's attitude, Murphy raised his hand, patted his arm gently, pointed to himself and said, "I'm a film director. I think your cafe is very special and very suitable for my shooting requirements, so I put the crew's business here to discuss the feasibility of shooting."

Hearing that his Cafe might appear in a movie, Lynch unconsciously put down his hand with his cross waist, "are you telling me the truth?"

Murphy nodded. "It's true, of course. When did I cheat you?"

"Then more people will be able to see my Cafe..." Old Lynch muttered and immediately put on a smiling face, "OK! Good! No problem. What can I do? I will cooperate with you. "

He made a gesture of "please" and led the way to the biggest card seat. It seemed that he thought of something. He quickly turned back and asked, "don't you charge for advertising? I won't do it for the money. "

After taking a look at old Lynch, Murphy thought about it seriously and said, "Lynch, we are all old friends. How can we accept your money?"

Old Lynch had a big smile on his face.

Finally, Jessica chastan stares at Murphy's back curiously and whispers to herself, "how can it be without money? Will he change sex? "

"It's too far between us to talk about money."

Not out of Jessica chastan's expectation, Murphy's words rang again, "you just need to be responsible for the coffee and catering when we shoot here."

This seems to have made a lot of concessions.

Old Lynch thought it over, patted his chest and said, "no problem, it's all on me."

Taking Murphy and his wife to the biggest card seat, old Lynch simply changed one person. "I'll send someone to prepare coffee for you. You sit for a while first."

Although the card seat is very big, it won't be able to open for a while. Murphy pointed to the corridor around him. "Can you let people put more chairs? I have about ten people on my side

"I'll have it done at once!" Old Lynch answered and walked back to the counter.

Seeing old Lynch walk away, Murphy gently knocks down the table and reminds the person on the other side, "Jesse, remember to sign a formal contract with him and write down what I just said."

"Well." Jessica chastan nodded seriously.

Of course, she can see that Murphy's plan is that this cafe will not be a day, and the actual work is also excellent. There are not only free shooting sites to use, but also coffee and catering provided by the other party, which can save thousands of dollars at least.

Although she is not optimistic about this project, sometimes she has to admire it. This guy who can be regarded as a gangster on the opposite side shows great ability.

Not long after Lynch left, Murphy's staff came one after another, and his lawyer Robert would also act as the legal adviser of the crew, dealing with contracts and possible legal disputes.

This is North America, where lawyers are an essential standard for almost any production group or even company.In addition, an accountant participated in the drama meeting.

Murphy always has a sober self-awareness. He knows that no one is omniscient. Financial work, such as the pay and capital expenditure of the crew, is outsourced to a small accounting firm. In this way, he can save a lot of time and put most of his energy on the shooting and production of films, rather than too much distraction on the messy chores.

In addition to lawyers and accountants, as well as Murphy and Jessica chastan, there were many people who participated in the meeting. Behind the scenes occupations such as makeup artist, propman, set artist and lighting engineer were indispensable. In addition, there were three students from California Academy of art and USC Academy of film who were tricked into signing internship contracts by Murphy.

Of course, this can't be regarded as a cajole. Just like the cooperation with old Lynch, both sides get what they need.

At the beginning of the meeting, Murphy briefly introduced everyone to know each other, and then asked Jessica chastan to distribute the copied scripts to each person. The name on the script is the name of the film project - "fruit candy".

The name seems to have nothing to do with loli and uncle strange, but people who have followed the Internet can basically guess the general content through the title of the film.

On the Internet“ hard.candy ”Especially refers to underage girls.

The most important thing is to let the crew get to know each other, establish a channel for smooth communication, and make the crew a team working together while handling their own responsibilities.

Any film is a product of teamwork. Even great movies like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg need the support of a team.

Murphy is very clear that in order to successfully complete this project, he, as a director and producer, must let these Hollywood losers work closely together.

At present, there are 12 people behind the scenes, including him and Jessica chastan.

Jack Watson, a make-up artist, has been in this industry for more than five years, and he has no qualifications that he can afford. The biggest reason why Murphy hired him is that he thinks he is capable and cheap enough. His weekly salary is only $350.

Douglas is the owner of a lighting equipment store. He also works as a part-time lighting engineer in a community theater company. His salary is very low. His weekly salary is only $400.

Mia Sucre is the most experienced of all. She has been involved in three $500000 films, and Murphy has offered him $500 a week.

The set designer is a young woman named Sonny Clegg. She graduated from the California Academy of arts the year before last. Before that, she had been working as an assistant for others. This was her first time to work independently. Murphy deliberately lowered the price and gave her only $300 a week.

To put it simply, this crew is a collection of inexperienced and losers.

All in all, except lawyers and accountants, including Murphy, who has no salary, no one on the show is making more than $1000 a week.

Moreover, these people are not members of their own trade unions. Just like the actors' trade union, Hollywood trade associations such as the lighters' trade union and the makeup artists' trade union also set their own minimum daily pay, which is basically more than $100. If they hire trade union members, they will undoubtedly spend more money.

In Los Angeles, some people will not join their own trade unions. First, Hollywood's own trade unions have access barriers, and they don't want to join casually. Second, they have to pay a certain fee, which is also a burden for these low-income people.

And three unpaid interns

In fact, Murphy would like to find more of these people, but not everyone has his way. It's good to have three free workers.

According to his plan, it will take at least 10 to 15 weeks from today's official start of the work contract to the completion of the film shooting. Even the highest estimate, the salary can be controlled within $50000.

Don't forget, it's not just the members, but also the actors, the editors and the soundtrack.

Murphy doesn't plan to hire professionals to compose music for the film, and he doesn't plan for this part of the funding. He plans to use the music of the past or the songs of the scene as the soundtrack.

The copyright law of North America is relatively perfect. After choosing a good song, you can legally use the music or song he likes as long as you pay a fee to the relevant copyright agency.

There are also equipment rental fees. Like all the Hollywood production teams, Murphy plans to rent all the equipment, which is also an expensive expense. The rental fee of 35mm professional film camera is not cheap.

Then, it is to choose the leading role.

After the meeting, Murphy took Jessica chastan to the actors' Association first, and spent a sum of money inside the association to publish recruitment notices, looking for actresses aged 14-18 and actors aged 22-35.

Leaving the cast, they drove to the San Fernando Valley, where there was a detached house for rent.PS! Starting at 12 noon, every hour to grab a round, a big wave of 515 red packets depends on luck. You all go to grab, grab the starting point coin, continue to subscribe to my chapter!