But from afternoon until evening, no one came to inquire.
For a time, even Wang Shu doubted if something had gone wrong with his plan.
"I saw the notice posted at the door, are you looking for directors and photographers?"
Just as Wang Shu was about to doze off.
A young man walked into the room and asked Wang Shu.
"Yes, we are recruiting for both. Which position are you interested in applying for?"
Wang Shu looked at the young man in front of him, who had a youthful appearance but deliberately dressed like a middle-aged person, and said with a smile.
"I'm applying for director. I'm a graduate student in the directing department at the Beijing Film Academy!"
The young man took out his student ID and placed it on the table in front of Wang Shu.
"A graduate student? From the Beijing Film Academy? That's impressive. Do you have any works? Let me see them!"
Hearing that the young man was a graduate student from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy, Wang Shu became a little interested. He looked at the young man's student ID and said.
"Yes, I have my undergraduate graduation work, and I've also shot some commercials!"
After Wang Shu asked, the young man answered directly.
Then he took out a USB drive from his pocket and pushed it towards Wang Shu.
Wang Shu took the USB drive, found the files for learning materials, and directly opened and played a video file at random.
But the next moment, a very discordant sound erupted. Because the computer Wang Shu was using was the old one left by the previous shop owner, it had very low specifications.
So Wang Shu clicked his mouse several times but couldn't close the discordant scene.
"Uh, I gave you the wrong one. This is the correct one!"
The young man's face turned red. Fortunately, there weren't many people in the store. After Wang Shu unplugged that USB drive, the discordant sound and image stopped.
"Young man, we understand, we understand!"
To avoid embarrassing the other party, Wang Shu explained directly.
Then Wang Shu plugged the other USB drive given by the young man into the computer and found the works inside.
Wang Shu first opened his graduation work and found that this young man indeed had some talent.
Because even though it was just a graduation work, the visuals and plot were very well done, much better than many so-called commercial directors.
"It's quite good. You're hired, Zhang Yi Mou!"
Wang Shu glanced at the name on the student ID again, then extended his hand and said.
"Hired just like that? What about the pay?"
Zhang Yi Mou was also stunned for a moment, and the hand he extended stopped in mid-air as he asked.
"Ah, look at my memory. How much do you want?"
Wang Shu looked at the graduate student from the Beijing Film Academy named Zhang Yi Mou again and asked.
"It's my first time as a director, how about five thousand yuan?"
Zhang Yi Mou looked at Wang Shu and offered his price.
Wang Shu was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect this guy to only ask for fifty thousand yuan.
"If that's not possible, then thirty thousand! No less!"
Seeing Wang Shu's expressionless face, Zhang Yi Mou thought his offer was too high and quickly lowered it by twenty thousand.
"Brother, don't sell yourself short. The investment in this film is over ten million. You're offering yourself such a low salary, I can't be at ease!"
Wang Shu couldn't help but laugh and cry. Was this guy named Zhang Yi Mou a comedian?
When they were discussing the price, Wang Shu had expected him to ask for a sky-high price, but now he seemed unconfident even about thirty thousand yuan.
"If that's the case, then fifty thousand it is!"
Upon hearing Wang Shu's words, Zhang Yi Mou felt relieved and raised the price back to fifty thousand.
"Don't worry about fifty thousand or anything. This film will give you a five percent share, plus a filming fee of two hundred thousand. How does that sound?"
Wang Shu directly stated his proposal.
Zhang Yi Mou was stunned for a long time, unable to recover.
"Yes!"
After a long while, Zhang Yi Mou said with disbelief.
"Alright, let's sign the contract!"
Wang Shu took out a contract he had just downloaded from the internet and handed it to Zhang Yi Mou.
After signing the contract, Zhang Yi Mou was officially on Wang Shu's ship.
"Uh, when can we go see the film crew?"
After signing the contract, Zhang Yi Mou asked Wang Shu.
"The film crew? It's just the three of us right now. You'll have to assemble the crew. I have something to do tomorrow and have to leave!"
Seeing that he had successfully recruited him, Wang Shu decided to be upfront. Currently, there were only three people in the entire crew.
"What? Just the three of us?"
Zhang Yi Mou was shocked again, and a sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
"Pack up, close the shop, and let's go eat!"
Seeing that it was getting dark and there were no people on the street.
Wang Shu directly closed his company's door.
He took the two newly recruited fools to eat.
"Yi Mou, can you find some of your classmates who are studying photography to be our cinematographers?"
While eating, Wang Shu asked Zhang Yi Mou.
"Classmates? I can find as many as you want, and they're cheap!"
Zhang Yi Mou patted his chest and said.
"That's what I wanted to hear. This week, you and Wang Baobao will set up our film crew! Take this card first. Swipe it directly for any expenses. I've saved a copy of the script on my computer. You can study it yourself tonight!"
Wang Shu took out a bank card and handed it to Zhang Yi Mou.
"I promise that when you come next time, we will have a proper film crew!"
Zhang Yi Mou, emboldened by the alcohol, took the card from Wang Shu and promised.
...
After a night, Wang Shu took the early morning flight back to Xiangnan.
He left Wang Baobao at the Longdao Film City with Zhang Yi Mou to build the film crew.
Based on his observations last night, he had a general understanding of Zhang Yi Mou's capabilities.
Although young and lacking social experience, Wang Shu felt that this guy was stable and his filming skills were not bad.
The only drawback was that he was too much of a student and lacked street smarts, making him prone to being bullied.
However, with Wang Baobao, a master of martial arts, it should be fine.
That's why he dared to let these two work on setting up the film crew.
"Another net expenditure of over a million, sigh!"
Thinking of the card he gave away last night, Wang Shu felt a pang of pain.
"I'll have to sell a few more songs. I wonder who the new client will be today!"
Wang Shu mused while in the car back to the hotel.
After all, the remaining singers had basically bought his songs, and they wouldn't need any more in the short term.
So his newest client would be this new replacement singer!
It seemed that his elimination would have to wait, Wang Shu thought to himself.