145. The Art of Chinese Characters
No matter how busy the fairy sword shooting is, as employees of Century Entertainment, Hawke and Yang Shanshan have to take leave to attend the company's annual meeting at the end of June even if they are tired and paralyzed.
After all, the 10 million invested in the fairy sword by Century was not given for nothing.
Due to some of the capital chain problems caused by the knife at the beginning of the year, this year's annual meeting Century is obviously much more low-key, not to mention the cancellation of the practice of walking the red carpet in previous years, and the venue of the annual meeting is also set within the company, without renting the outside venue with great fanfare.
Unlike the previous two times, after having a personal studio, Hawke brushed his face once in front of the two biggest bosses of the century, Mr. Huang and Mr. Zhao, and did not stand at the door to welcome the arrival of the bigwigs as he did back then.
However, Hawke met an acquaintance at the door.
"Sister Hong. Hawke nodded slightly.
After Hu Yishan and Fangzheng fell out that year, Sister Hong became Hu Yishan's new agent. Hawke's impression of her is that he met Hu Yishan by chance when he went to Barclays last year, and said a few words to this agent by the way.
At that time, Sister Hong's aura was powerful and terrifying.
As a result, this time, Sister Hong's expression was fine when she greeted Hawke, but she subconsciously took half a step back.
It seems that she has not had a good time with Hu Yishan recently.
Hawke's heart is a lot more comfortable, but not everyone is doing so well.
Since Su Yao left Century not long ago, the tense atmosphere of the first sister dispute within the company has dissipated, replaced by an inexplicable sense of grievance.
Of course, this sense of grievance is only for the female artists of Century Entertainment.
On the stage, Mr. Huang summed up the development blueprint of the century with a bunch of nonsense, and Qin Tianyu at the main table in the audience had lost count of the first time he picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
Every time she saw Qi Meng sitting opposite, she was angry.
used to fight with Su Yao, although they stumbled each other behind their backs, everyone was an actor, and in the end, they still relied on their works to speak.
Now that Su Yao is gone, it turns out that there is a Qi Meng, but someone else brings their own plug-ins, which makes Qin Tianyu feel so aggrieved.
Regarding the fact that her role as a swordsman was cut at the beginning of the year, Qin Tianyu had no complaints about Century Entertainment, it was impossible, but she also knew in her heart that sometimes Century Entertainment couldn't do anything about Qi Meng.
After all, she still has to mix in this circle, and she can only grit her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.
Hawke sat at the main table for the first time this year, and he didn't bother to understand the entanglements of these female artists at the top of the company's food chain, so he pretended to listen attentively to Mr. Huang's nonsense.
I only heard Mr. Huang say: "Last year, Century Entertainment relied on film and television to continue and actively export culture to China, conscientiously implemented the guidance of the Chinese spirit, worked hard to innovate, actively forge ahead, and achieved extremely brilliant results, and the film works filmed were disseminated throughout Asia. ”
Let Mr. Huang blow the sky, and a group of people in the audience are clear in their hearts, we all know the reason why you don't talk about the box office, isn't it that the knife man lost tens of millions in the end.
Saying this, Hawk looked at Hu Yishan, who was sitting opposite, with a slightly bad face.
Investing in movies is like gambling, and the movies that pounce into dogs every year are like carp crossing the river, and there are countless of them, and it is not too miserable to compare with a knife like this.
So the century plans to unswervingly follow the cold martial arts style of the swordsman, and listen to the news from Fangzheng that a new movie will start shooting in the second half of next year.
No way, Century, or many entertainment companies have a deep obsession with building a huge martial arts movie world.
It's like the DC of the earth, the word-of-mouth has hit the street countless superhero movies, and after earning back the cost by buying CDs, it is different to wipe away tears and then send money.
Everyone has a kind of luck mentality: what if one of them becomes popular.
Mr. Huang also said: "In the new year, Century will make major adjustments in film and television, continue to develop in the direction of high-quality and specialization, focus on the cultivation and promotion of head artists, and strive to have a sustained, stable and strong influence in the cultural industry." ”
As soon as he said this, Hawke was quite calm, and the marginal artists or newly signed newcomers sitting at the next table immediately showed bitter expressions.
The so-called "high-quality" and "specialization", its practical meaning is that Century Entertainment has a problem with funds this year, and the five million things on the knife side have been paid attention to by the above, so there is not much money that can be invested during this time, if it is not a good TV or movie, we will not shoot.
In the past, new artist companies would also prepare to shoot some low-cost TV series to create a platform for newcomers.
Fortunately, Hawke and Fangzheng reacted quickly at that time, and before the "high-quality" strategy of the century, it only took less than two months to get the actors and funds of Fairy Sword, and it would be inevitable if the project was delayed until now.
As far as Hawke knows, Century has cut three modern dramas in its budget this year.
Next, what is a "head artist"?
As the name suggests, isn't it that the few people sitting at the main table have limited funds, so they can only feed a few big brothers and sisters first, and the others please sacrifice themselves.
Looking at Mr. Huang's energetic appearance, Hawke felt that his experience was still too shallow and he had too much to learn.
Symbolically clapping his hands and asking Mr. Huang to step down, Mr. Wang, who had just been promoted to the director of the Propaganda Department this year, took the stage to briefly introduce the filming project of Century Entertainment next year.
This Mr. Wang Hawke has some images, when he first came to Century Entertainment, Mr. Wang seemed to be an ordinary secretary of any department, and the project of Fairy Sword was the project report she made.
The company privately rumored that Mr. Wang was the secretary and Mr. Zhao, but it was probably not groundless.
Although the little secretary has now become a middle and high-level secretary, everyone calls her Mr. Wang on the surface, and everyone calls her Wang Xiaobi in private.
It was the first time for Wang Xiaomi to speak on such an important occasion, and he was still a little nervous at first.
However, she quickly adjusted her state and said: "In the new year, the strategic focus of Century Entertainment will shift, closely following the trend of promoting traditional culture and supporting scientific and technological innovation proposed by relevant departments, and we will focus on producing several TV series." ”
Hawke wanted to cover his face a little, and his expression ability was not a little worse than that of Mr. Huang.
A company as big as Century Entertainment, isn't this what it means to "we lost too much money in making movies, and we are afraid that the TV series will return to its original cost"?, this is too unlevel!
It's a pity that it is estimated that in addition to persuasion, Wang Xiaomi's skill points will not be transferred with Hawke's will.
She continued: "For the cultivation of head artists, next year the company will focus on filming the first season of the sci-fi-themed TV series Wormhole, with Qiao Ran as the male lead. ”
Qiao Ran came two centuries earlier than Hawke, and snatched all of Geng Jie's resources in a short period of time after his arrival.
He's sitting next to Hawke right now.
In the midst of applause, Qiao Ran stood up and bowed slightly in all directions.
Xiao Mi also said: "At the same time, the inspirational costume drama Fei's Red Makeup, the heroine starring Qi Meng, will also start shooting in August this year. ”
Wang Xiaomi's face was red on it, and Hawke always felt a little unspeakably strange.
Sure enough, when Mr. Wang finished the last sentence, Hawke finally had an answer.
"I will also consider the shooting of a new martial arts movie after next year, with Mr. Hu and Mr. Qin as the leading roles. ”
Poof.
Putting the film project at the end, and then saying it feels like making a garbage project, Hawke said that you are the first, Mr. Wang.
Originally, it was not easy for artists to fly over from all over the world for the annual meeting, but they also met such a person who couldn't speak.
Both physical and mental suffering.
Also drunk.