432. I can sign it now
"Mr. Chen, what are you doing in a daze, come in. β
Zhou Fangyuan put down the pen in his hand, looked at the God of Wealth who was stunned at the door, and said with a smile.
The God of Wealth reacted and walked into the room, Zhou Fangyuan's youth was much beyond his imagination, so that he couldn't say a lot of the words he had prepared now, so he could only walk into the office in a daze, and then sat on the sofa stupidly under Zhou Fangyuan's instructions.
Sun Jing's secretary specially equipped for Zhou Fangyuan was not there, so Zhou Fangyuan could only make tea in person.
After making tea, he put a cup in front of the God of Wealth, and he sat on the sofa with a cup himself.
"Mr. Chen, I have admired the name for a long time, I have never had the opportunity to see it before, but today I finally look alive. β
Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.
A hint of blush flashed on the God of Wealth's face, "Where, where, I'm just a nobody, Mr. Zhou, you are too awarded." β
"Hehe, Mr. Chen, don't be too modest, I came to you today, mainly because there is a script I want you to help me complete. β
Zhou Fangyuan said this before, and it is reasonable to say it again now, after all, he only briefly communicated with the God of Wealth on the phone before, and now it is a relatively formal meeting, and he always has to start from the beginning.
"I really feel very honored to be valued by Mr. Zhou, but Mr. Zhou, I have a question I want to ask, and I hope you can help me answer it. β
Although the age difference between the two is, after all, the God of Wealth is more than ten years older than Zhou Fangyuan, but the God of Wealth puts his position very low, he knows what his identity is, in the face of Zhou Fangyuan, a big boss of a media company, he knows very well what kind of identity and tone he should use to talk to the other party.
"Ask, as long as I can answer, I will know everything. β
Zhou Fangyuan nodded and said.
"Well," the God of Wealth also nodded, "That, Mr. Zhou, I'm actually a little curious, how are you ...... Who knows who I am?"
This is where the God of Wealth has always been puzzled, although he likes to write, he has published a lot of articles on the Internet, and he has also done a screenwriter, but he feels that he is not famous for safety, and he doesn't know much about him in the circle, and now Zhou Fangyuan is looking for him by name, and he feels very puzzled. This question has been in his mind since he calmed down, and it has been hidden in his heart, and if he doesn't ask it clearly, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to make a final decision.
"Quite simply, I've seen your post. β
"Huh?"
"Isn't it strange? Mr. Chen, although I am talking to you in a media company now, I am essentially an Internet person, and I still know a little about things on the Internet. I've read your post, and I've also watched the TV series you wrote, Diary of a Net Worm, I'm not wrong, because of these two points, I suddenly realized that you are the person I am looking for, so I asked someone to ask for your phone number in the circle, and I want you to help me complete a script. β
The God of Wealth really didn't expect Zhou Fangyuan to know him like this, and he thought that no one knew what he had done before.
After all, he has been active as a writer and screenwriter at the same time before, these are all behind-the-scenes workers, and he is currently engaged in the IT industry, and it has basically nothing to do with writing, so Zhou Fangyuan said that he knew him from the Internet and TV series, which made the God of Wealth a little surprised.
"I really didn't expect that Mr. Zhou, you actually knew me like this. β
The God of Wealth scratched his head and said a little shyly.
"Haha, I'm a person who likes to come into contact with things that are not easy to come into contact with, that's why I know you, so Mr. Chen, do you still have any questions now?"
Zhou Fangyuan changed his legs, continued to make a posture of bending his legs, and asked with a smile.
"No problem, Mr. Zhou, you can talk about your script. β
The God of Wealth put his mind at ease, and his mood was much calmer than before.
"Well, what I want you to write is a script related to martial arts. But it's not a simple fight, it's not a simple fight, it's not the love and hatred of the children of the rivers and lakes, I hope to be able to interpret such a TV series from the perspective of comedy, my thoughts are like this, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, in the Guanzhong area, there was a Seven Heroes Town, and in the Seven Heroes Town, there was a Tongfu Inn......"
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Fangyuan told the other party his thoughts, and at first the God of Wealth was just listening very seriously, with no expression on his face. But as he listened, his expression changed, he began to become serious, he became curious, and his body couldn't help but lean forward slightly, which was a sign of his concentration.
What Zhou Fangyuan said is not only the foreshadowing of the background, but also the specific character design.
The biggest feature of this drama is that the characters are extremely full, everyone's personalities are very different, and the conflicts between different personalities create such a comedic framework. And the most strange thing is that this drama is entertaining and educational, while being funny, it will also transmit some good world views and values to the biography. And this is also a big difference between the entire TV drama circle today and the future. Today's TV dramas have a certain didactic function while entertaining, whether it is chicken soup or clichΓ©s, in short, the plot can be well integrated with the content to be preached, and it will not arouse the audience's disgust. It's not like a future TV series, it's purely storytelling, and there is no didactic meaning in it.
In fact, the existence of didactic meaning is correct, the media of TV dramas can often bring people the most direct viewing experience, and there are some differences from book pictures. And the sense of picture is very strong, and the didactic effect is better. Some people may say that entertainment is entertainment, so why should it be combined with preaching? As for those who say this, they can only say that their cognition is somewhat one-sided. Film and television dramas bring educational significance, which is very important, after all, the audience of film and television dramas is the widest, and there are even some young people and children in the audience.
And because media such as TV dramas and movies have a stronger ability to disseminate, it is easy to cause some discussion in society, or even only affect the social atmosphere to a certain extent, at this time, the good and correct educational significance is very important.
In this regard, the TV series of this era are undoubtedly doing very well. If nothing else, let's just say that the drama Wulin Gaiden basically has a core idea in every episode, either to teach people not to lie, or to teach people to be down-to-earth, or to teach people to work hard and live optimistically...... In short, the more influential the TV series, the more efforts should be made in the sense of education.
is like saying that the previous conquest, on the surface, it made people see the handsome side of the underworld boss Liu Huaqiang, and Sun Honglei also became popular because of this role, but the core idea of the whole drama is still that evil is invincible, and it still guides the people on the right path, and like those who are still engaged in this kind of work, ring the alarm bell, telling them that there is no future in the underworld, and that the family will be ruined, and only by doing the right thing can people have a future.
That's what education is all about.
And now, the entire Huaxia TV circle is still healthy, which is what Zhou Fangyuan is most satisfied with.
Of course, this situation will inevitably become more and more rare in the future, after all, the market is constantly changing, and Zhou Fangyuan cannot change the entire market by himself, but he can make his own decisions. At the very least, Far Media will not do that kind of shoddy TV series, nor will it care about anything in order to make money. The necessary persistence is still necessary.
Of course, it's a bit far to say this now, Zhou Fangyuan still has no time to worry about what will happen in more than ten years, at least not now. The most important thing for him now is to complete his current plan, sitcoms are a big market, there are only a few famous directors and screenwriters, there are many high-quality TV series, each of which can get good ratings, so many high-quality TV series, how could he let it go?
So he signed Xiao Sha and Lao Fan, so he discussed with Shang Jin to continue to cooperate, so he found the God of Wealth......
After listening to Zhou Fangyuan's thoughts on the TV series, the whole person was completely excited.
He felt that this TV series seemed to be prepared for him, and a lot of plots that he found interesting immediately appeared in his mind.
Maybe it's also to show his ability, the God of Wealth thought about it, and suddenly said, "Mr. Zhou, I have completely understood your thoughts, you don't think this will work, let's not introduce the characters and plot seriously in this TV series, let's start with Xing Zhutou, the Xing Zhutou you set is a small person who is not a big festival but is greedy for money." Let's start with him, I think the beginning of the TV series can be triggered by not paying back the wine money, because Xing Zhutou owed the wine money to the inn, so he was chased out by the shopkeeper Tong to ask for money, and in order to avoid the debt, he used the male and female as a shield. And this male and female, just enough to bring the Guo Furong you set in, you said that she is the daughter of Guo Juxia, just right, we can set Guo Furong is a woman who wants to be chivalrous and righteous, and she pulls out a knife to help when she sees injustice, but because she has no experience in the rivers and lakes, she does bad things with good intentions.
She came to Seven Heroes Town and found the Tongfu Inn, which was discussing how to avoid these two demons, but she took the initiative to find the door, and then in a panic, Bai Zhantang took the initiative to introduce several people in the inn, which not only allowed the audience to accept all the roles we arranged smoothly, but also showed Bai Zhantang's timid side. He is a dignified thief and has a high status in the rivers and lakes. But at the same time, I think this sense of conflict is very good......"
Bang Bang Bang!
Zhou Fangyuan was applauding, he was very happy.
The plot that the God of Wealth said is clearly the plot of the first episode of Wulin Gaiden. When he watched it at the time, he thought that this setting was very interesting, vivid, lively, and at the same time introduced the plot, it also introduced several main characters very well, and most importantly, the process was very smooth, very smooth, without any abruptness, and at the same time, the audience could easily remember the identities and personalities of these people...... All in all, this method cannot be said to be a genius method, after all, this method has been used in TV dramas before. But the screenwriter of the God of Wealth and Shang Jin's directing skills make the opening method, which was not unusual, vivid and interesting.
This also made Zhou Fangyuan sure that he was not looking for the wrong person, and finding God of Wealth to be the screenwriter was simply the most correct choice.
"Very good, Mr. Chen, you are really my best choice, then let's sign a contract." β
Zhou Fangyuan stood up with a smile, walked behind the desk, and took out the script that had been prepared a long time ago.
"For this TV series, I am going to give Mr. Chen a remuneration of 10,000 yuan per episode, you can look at the specific content, if you are not satisfied, you can put it forward. β
30,000 episodes, there are at least 80 episodes in martial arts biography, this is a full 800,000, in this era, 800,000 is no longer a small number. Of course, for a well-known screenwriter, the price is actually not high, but the God of Wealth is not famous yet, and his fame in the circle is limited to a TV series, so the remuneration of 10,000 yuan per episode is not small, and it can even be said to be very much.
Of course, God of Wealth doesn't know how much this TV series can be written, but even so, he is not ready to refuse this cooperation.
He wasn't even ready to change the money.
Why?
Not for more cooperation in the future?
Zhou Fangyuan and Yuanfang Media are behemoths in the real sense for the God of Wealth, he is a nobody, and the other party has already stirred up trouble in the entertainment industry, which has caused headaches for many old media companies. After all, whoever it is, it doesn't feel too good to see such a tiger suddenly break in. However, there is no good way to curb the distant media, and all we can do is to work hard to make a good TV series and strive to beat the distant media in the ratings.
In this case, as long as the distant media don't die on their own, the God of Wealth really can't think of any reason for them to lose.
And in addition to media companies, Zhou Fangyuan has many other companies, which can be said to be quite rich.
Will this kind of big financier be satisfied with one or two TV dramas? Won't he shoot more? Of course he will! Needless to say.
Therefore, the God of Wealth knows that whether he can establish a good cooperative relationship with Zhou Fangyuan and Yuanfang Media depends on this time, if the cooperation is good, why should Zhou Fangyuan abandon him and choose other people? If nothing else, let's talk about comedy, the God of Wealth feels that he is not inferior to others. In this case, in order to be able to cooperate for a long time, it is not possible to put forward too many troubles and opinions now. Besides, 800,000 yuan is really a lot, and God of Wealth is now working hard in an IT company, isn't it only a few thousand yuan a month? Moreover, this number is not a figure of five, six, seven, or eight, it is nothing more than the level of two, three, three or four thousand, and 800,000 yuan is enough for him to earn for 20 years according to his current salary level.
So if nothing else, just talking about the price, he didn't have any dissatisfaction.
So after a brief look at the script and making sure that there was no problem, the God of Wealth nodded slightly, "The contract is no problem, I can sign it now!"