Chapter 131: Business and the Arts
"Could it be that kind of popcorn movie is also a good movie?" Zheng Wen said disdainfully in response to Yang Ming's answer.
"At least it makes the production, distribution, and screening of all three parties willing to engage in this kind of popcorn movie, and at the same time, the public is also entertained, which is a win-win situation!" Yang Ming was not affected by Zheng Wen's disdainful gesture, and still unhurriedly expounded his views!
"Hehe, I didn't expect the students of Yenching Film Academy to talk to me about commercial films, it's ridiculous!" Zheng Wen sneered.
Liu Xinsheng on the side was a little unaccustomed to Zheng Wen's generosity in the face of Yang Ming, and he still looked arrogant, so he couldn't help but sneer: "Isn't it ridiculous that you haven't had anyone invest in you to make movies for several years?"
"Brother Liu!" Yang Ming's eyes stopped Liu Xinsheng's speech, he looked at Zheng Wen, he is not young, he is stimulated by a few words, he will be scolded, and he will be scolded for this kind of person who is a little paranoid about pursuing art, then he will be more literary and artistic, more arrogant, or more crazy than him!
"Director Zheng, first of all, you have to make one thing clear, the movie itself has no distinction between business and art at all, the movie is just a means, it can but not necessarily produce artistic effects, I can also understand that in the face of the storm of the movie, some people who can't withstand setbacks and failures, they use the distinction between business and art to cover up their failures and find an excuse for their failures, I always think that movies are for the public, not for a small group of people, and the movies that the public thinks are good are good movies!" Yang Ming said so much in one breath, his mouth was a little dry, and he went to find a bottle of mineral water and drank it.
Zheng Wen's expression kept changing, lost, confused, nostalgic, excited, etc., all kinds of expressions, after a long time, he looked up at the extremely young boy in front of him, he had to admit that this young man's words made him feel like a head drink, maybe he is the kind of person who makes excuses for his own failures and commercial and artistic reasons!
After a while, Zheng Wen said, "What type of TV series are you going to film?"
When Yang Ming heard this, he was overjoyed, knowing that Zheng Wen agreed to join his crew, but he couldn't let go of the shelf and admit it, he didn't care about this, and said directly: "It's an urban campus idol drama!"
"Urban campus, idol drama?" Zheng Wen really came into contact with the term concept of idol drama for the first time!
Seeing this, Yang Ming began to briefly explain the plot and theme of "Meteor Garden", and then said some of the filming requirements of this TV series, he thought that the requirements for the director of this TV series were not very difficult, but Yang Ming was the first time to be a director in his previous life and this life, and in order to be foolproof, he wanted to find an experienced assistant director to assist him!
When Zheng Wen listened to Yang Ming's introduction and plan for "Meteor Garden", he looked at Yang Ming with an inexplicable look, Yang Ming clearly felt that this look brought a little schadenfreude, well, there was a little taste of contempt, Yang Ming was a little confused in his heart!
"Are you sure you want to make this kind of unnutritious TV series?" Zheng Wen asked, and then asked curiously: "Are you really sure you came out of Yenching Film Academy?"
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Liu Xinsheng was made to laugh by Zheng Wen's words, and the other two Li Feifei and Cai Qingguo were also full of smiles, Zheng Wen was indeed a little happy when he asked!
However, a few of them also vaguely knew why Zheng Wen asked this sentence, and Yang Ming, as the person concerned, naturally knew why Zheng Wen asked him like this!
There are three major film academies in Huaxia, Yanjing, Jinling, and Xiangjiang!
Among them, Yanjing's film thinking and views are relatively conservative, Xiangjiang is located in the south, coupled with its unique history, the new trend of film is very developed, and Jinling is in the middle of the two, whether it is geography or thought, and tends to be neutral!
Although the Golden Dragon Award for Best Director over the years belongs to the people from Yenching Film Academy, accounting for the majority, but in the past three consecutive years, directors from Yenching Film Academy have not won the Best Director Award, while directors from Xiangjiang and Jinling have won awards repeatedly!
Many critics and celebrities have criticized Yenching Film Academy in the media for being conservative and only caring about the pursuit of art and ignoring the public!
However, now Yang Ming, a student from Yenching Film Academy, said that he wanted to make a TV series that was not nutritious and purely aimed at profit, this contrast made insiders listen to it, and the surprise in his heart was naturally conceivable!
No wonder Zheng Wen looked at himself with a look of disbelief and a little contempt, Yang Ming thought silently, he thought of his identity, he couldn't help touching his nose a little embarrassed, and said, "What, Mr. Zheng, do you need me to show my student ID?"
"Hehe, if you don't care, then I don't care!" Zheng Wen shrugged his shoulders, since the other party didn't take this matter seriously, there was no need for him, an outsider, to say anything!
"Okay, then that's it, on behalf of Oriental DreamWorks Film and Television Company, I officially invite Mr. Zheng Wen to join the company, and as the assistant director of "Meteor Garden", I will start to prepare for the formation of the crew!" Yang Ming stretched out his hand to Zheng Wen and said officially.
"Okay—let's go!" Zheng Wen said in a low voice, and then he asked, "Oriental DreamWorks, what film and television company, why haven't I heard of it?"
"It's been established for less than a week, and the documents haven't been fully obtained!" Yang Ming said indifferently.
Zheng Wen, who had just finished shaking hands, was stunned, he had been fooling those investors into investing in his own films, it seemed that he had been fooled today, a director who had won the Golden Dragon Award had joined a film and television company with incomplete documents?
Seeing Zheng Wen's stunned appearance, everyone laughed!
At noon, at the dinner table welcoming Cai Qingguo and Zheng Wen to join the Oriental Company, everyone learned about the relationship between the so-called Oriental Huayin and Oriental DreamWorks, which was simply walking on a tightrope!
It can be said that at present, the funds of Oriental DreamWorks are 0, the employees are 0, everything is waiting for the return of funds from the sales of Yang Ming's albums, and then injected into Oriental DreamWorks, if there is a mistake in any link, it will inevitably lead to a complete collapse!
However, fortunately, when Zheng Wen and Cai Qingguo learned some sales data of Yang Ming's album records, they slowly relaxed their hearts!
In fact, all of them forgot Yang Ming's other identity, or another means of getting money!
That is, Yang Ming's novel "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is about to be sold in the major bookstores under Dabai Publishing House!
Previously, after Yang Ming signed a contract with Dabai Publishing House, because Liu Xinsheng was very well prepared, he put Yang Ming's album records and a lot of inventory in the warehouse early, and after the contract was signed, he immediately began to distribute the goods and sell them in major book cities!
However, the printing of the novel has just begun, and now in the past few days, Dabai Publishing House has finally printed a batch of 1-3 volumes of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", a total of 5 volumes, but because Yang Ming has not finished writing, only 3 volumes are currently printed!
Tomorrow happens to be the day when volumes 1-3 of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" will be officially put on sale, and it is also the day when the two record distribution companies that originally signed contracts also began to fulfill their contracts and release records to Yang Ming through their channels!
Yang Ming didn't expect it for a while, others didn't expect it, and everyone didn't expect it, until the next day, after the sales of Yang Ming's records came out, it blinded the eyes of all the media!