If Xiao Chen knew that he would continue to hit a wall in the future, it would be better to accept Chen Jialin's self-recommendation. After all, Chen Jialin's attitude is very upright, and he really knows the history of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's life very well.

"Hello, I am the general manager of a new entertainment company, my name is Chen Fei, and our company is currently planning to raise funds to shoot a costume TV series. When Xiao Chen didn't know how many times this had been, he repeated this line.

At the beginning, I heard that there was a drama that could be filmed, and some directors were still very interested, but after Xiao Chen said the name of the TV series, many people politely invited Xiao Chen out, Xiao Chen was puzzled, what happened to these people, is there really a problem with the drama "Wu Zetian"?

Liu Daqing at the time of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" also played a Cixi who listened to the government, but didn't it become popular all over the country?

In fact, what Xiao Chen doesn't understand is that those people don't have a grudge against a new entertainment company, nor do they look down on him Xiao Chen, but they don't want to shoot TV series related to Wu Zetian.

In the eighties and nineties, people's concepts were still very conservative, thinking that women should wash and cook at home and take care of children, as for a deviant woman like Wu Zetian, she was spurned by many people.

The image of the Empress Dowager Cixi has not yet challenged the psychological limits of many people. However, Wu Zetian has become a female emperor, and thousands of years of literati and moral criticism have made many male directors feel that making this movie may cause trouble for themselves, so Xiao Chen will naturally eat a lot of closed-door soup.

Of course, there are also many directors who are not too famous, and they are willing to take on this drama, but these directors Xiao Chen are not at ease to shoot for these directors who don't know if they can do it.

So Xiao Chen finally decided to go to Chen Jialin, to understand Wu Zetian's life, and to have a certain amount of experience in shooting and directing historical TV series, he was originally a very suitable candidate, but at that time, Xiao Chen was just looking around around, hoping to find a bigger director, so he didn't agree to let Chen Jialin shoot.

And visiting again made Xiao Chen feel a little embarrassed. But even so, he had to be cheeky and extend an olive branch.

Chen Jialin is not surprised at all by Xiao Chen's return and return, because he understands the current situation of directors in the mainland and knows that they are unwilling to take on such a drama, but for Chen Jialin, this is a good opportunity to realize his dream.

However, according to Chen Lin's meaning, Xiao Chen should be given a closed door. At the beginning, her father had already taken the initiative to say that he could direct, but Chen Fei still had to go out to find a better director, and he couldn't find a better director, so he came back to find her father, which made Miss Chen angry.

"Daughter, I said that you are so angry with that kid, do you like him?" I have to say that Chen Jialin is worthy of being a director, and his ability to perceive people's hearts is quite high, and he can see at a glance that his daughter is unusual, because on weekdays, there are few things that can make Chen Lin angry.

Chen Lin glanced at her father with disgust, and then went back to her room angrily, taking this opportunity, Chen Jialin and Chen Fei signed a contract, and Chen Jialin officially reached a contract with New Star Entertainment Company.

"Wu Zetian" is the first TV series filmed in the name of New Star Entertainment Company, with an investment scale of up to 20 million yuan. This fund was specially approved by Lin Qi to allow the finance of the newly start-up film and television entertainment company to be borrowed to its subsidiary. Of course, in the future, when the subsidiary is financially prosperous, it will still have to be returned to the parent company.

Since it is filmed according to domestic conditions, it will not fix those computer special effects or anything. However, such an investment scale is not low in China at this time.

It can be said that the feelings that this TV series will bring to the audience in the future will also affect the company's impression in people's minds, whether it is good or bad, all depends on a TV series, if it is filmed well, the new entertainment company will make a good drama production place in people's minds in the future, and then if several high-quality TV series are produced in a row, then their position will be completely maintained.

But once they mess it up this time, it means something different.

And since Lin Qi decided to shoot this TV series, then he must do a good job, of course, he can't blame the directors of the 21st century, the actors' salaries are said to account for 80%, under such a ratio, there are very good TV series produced, fortunately, Lin Qi has no such trouble now, he handed over a lot of funds to Chen Jialin to deal with, and strive to create the best shooting conditions for him.

And Chen Jialin really did not live up to Lin Qi's high expectations, whether it was the plot or the acting skills of the actors, he was very serious, at the same time, except for Liu Daqing, who accounted for 600,000 yuan alone, the other actors and staff did not exceed the domestic film and television industry too much. Therefore, most of the funds can be used for costumes, props, equipment, etc., making the production budget of film and television dramas more than enough.

Of course, "Wu Zetian" is going to shoot a total of 26 episodes, and it will not be broadcast until all the filming is completed, but will be broadcast in the new drama broadcast mode of Hong Kong Star Channel, which will be broadcast while filming, and one episode will be broadcast every week.

And Chen Tianlin, who is making rapid preparations, finished an episode in early December.

"Very good, very good, if you keep this quality, it will definitely be a good drama! Director Chen, which domestic TV station are you familiar with? Hong Kong is broadcast weekly on Xingchen Channel, which local station in China will be selected for cooperation!" After Lin Qi watched the first episode, he began to plan and arrange for broadcasting.

This is the efficiency of the new entrepreneurship department, it is impossible for the TV series to be tested by the market after filming, but to be filmed while adjusting it according to market feedback, so that the crew can know what the audience wants to watch, and the episodes that have not yet been filmed can be adjusted.

"The deputy director of Shandong TV is my college classmate, we have a good relationship, and we are also Wu Zetian's fans, as long as I talk to him, it shouldn't be a big problem, it's just the cost of buying TV series...... As you know, the prices offered by domestic TV stations are not very high. Each episode can sell for 30,000 yuan, it should be the end!" Chen Jialin did not hesitate, and directly said that one of his classmates was in the provincial TV station, but the problem of the cost he said later was also true, the cost of the TV station was indeed very tight, and at that time it could only rely on the appropriation and broadcast advertisements from above, but in the eighties, there were extremely few advertisers, and the advertising fees charged by the TV station were not enough to stuff the teeth.

Lin Qi doesn't care much about this, the domestic market is mainly to earn word of mouth and enhance the fame of its stars. When the market rises in the future, you can reap more benefits. At this stage, even if the domestic market loses money, he will not have any dissatisfaction.

What's more, the copyright of "Wu Zetian" can still be sold in Hong Kong and overseas markets.

In addition, the VCD disc market can also bring benefits in the long run. As long as the quality of the TV series is fine, even if it is a short-term loss, most of it will be earned in a few years.

Seeing that Lin Qi did not object, Chen Jialin breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Lin Qi, like other big bosses, would not scatter eagles if he didn't see rabbits.

And Chen Jialin's contact with the old classmates of the local station was also very smooth, and the other party only agreed to play it after a brief glance at the film, and also praised Chen Jialin for the high degree of restoration of the props and costumes of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, in addition to the fact that Mr. Lin gave a lot of information, Chen Jialin himself accumulated a lot of literature in the past, which also helped a lot.

Therefore, a "Wu Zetian" is really filmed with the attitude of restoring the history of the Tang Dynasty.