Zhang Ran spent a week writing the first five episodes of "Before Dawn" and carefully revising them, and then he took the script to the office of the directing department.

The directing department and the acting department are both in the directing building, and it is inevitable that they will meet in and out, and they all know each other. When the people in the office saw Zhang Ran, they were very enthusiastic: "Ouch, Zhang Ran, you are a rare guest, how can you have time to come to our office?"

"Come, sit!"

Zhang Ran hurriedly said: "No, no, I have something to do with Teacher Zhang Jiandong!"

Zhang Jiandong heard Chen Zhenghong say that Zhang Ran fought on the set for the students, and afterwards Chen Zhenghong had to drive the beaten person out of the crew, knowing that although this kid is young, he is definitely a powerful character. He was a little strange, and he didn't know what Zhang Ran was looking for him: "I can let you take the initiative to come to the door, it must be a big deal, right?"

"It's just a little private matter, if you want to trouble Mr. Zhang, let's find a place to sit down and talk slowly?"

"If you want to talk about it, then I must go, otherwise if it spreads, the female teacher of our school will have to tear me up, let's go!" Zhang Jiandong has a Chinese face, looking more serious, but he is actually a person who likes to joke.

There is a café in the lobby on the first floor of the Nortel teaching building, which Nortel students call the Four Seasons Hall. With glass tops and glass floors, sunlight pours through the gaps between plantain and monstera. Nortel's teachers and students like to order a cup of coffee when they are fine, and pour out their love for movies in the slowly flowing time.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Jiandong found a place to sit down in the Four Seasons Hall and ordered two cups of tea.

Zhang Ran didn't talk nonsense, took out the printed script from his handbag, and handed it to Zhang Jiandong: "Teacher Zhang, this is the first five episodes of a TV series script I wrote. You're an expert in TV dramas, so I'd like to ask you to see if my script is likely to be used by the director. ”

After taking the script handed over by Zhang Ran, Zhang Jiandong glanced at the format of the script, and he had confidence in what Zhang Ran wrote, which was a professional script format. There are many domestic screenwriters, but there are not many people who can write in a professional script format: "You are too modest in what you say, I know that this script is not bad when I look at this format." Since you're going to let me see it, I'll show it for you. You sit down first, I'll talk about it after I finish the script!"

With anticipation, Zhang Jiandong began to read the script of "Before Dawn". "Before Dawn" did not disappoint him, and after reading less than a page, he was attracted to the story.

At midnight on September 15, 1948, Tan Zhongshu, director of the Eighth Bureau of the Kuomintang, suddenly received a call from his subordinate Qi Peilin, who captured Qin Youtian, a traffic officer of the Js Provincial Party Committee. After the interrogation, Qin Youtian defected, but he insisted on personally identifying an ** undercover agent who had been hiding in the Eighth Bureau to Tan Zhongshu for many years.

Tan Zhongshu just arrived at the Intelligence Bureau, but found that his confidential key officer Qian Yu was burning Qin Youtian's confession, and after fighting Tan Zhongshu got the fragments of the confession that were not burned, Qian Yu committed suicide by taking poison on the spot. At the same time, Qin Youtian and four agents guarding him were assassinated in the hotel......

After reading the five-episode script, Zhang Jiandong was shocked, and said with a face full of exclamation: "Zhang Ran, this script is amazing, this is not the way to write a domestic TV series, but an American drama!"

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "This is the kind of training I received when I studied in the United States, and when I watched American dramas, I often thought that if I could transplant the suspense and rhythm of American dramas into domestic TV dramas, I would definitely be very popular." I came up with such a story, but for various reasons I didn't write it, and I didn't start writing it until recently. ”

After listening to Zhang Ran's explanation, Zhang Jiandong nodded and said: "You asked me to read the script, do you want to hand over the script to me to shoot, or do you want me to find a buyer for your script? If you want to find a buyer, you can go directly to Chen Zhenghong, he admires you quite much!"

Chen Zhenghong told Zhang Jiandong that he intended to win over Zhang Ran and let Zhang Ran make a TV series, but Zhang Ran did not agree. Zhang Ran could have used the script to find Chen Zhenghong, but now that he came to find himself, Zhang Jiandong was a little unsure of Zhang Ran's intentions.

Zhang Ran did not hide his purpose, and said directly: "That's the case, I recently planned to cooperate with the movie channel to make a science fiction film, and I need to buy some software from the United States to do special effects, which requires 100,000 yuan." The movie channel has just passed the first trial, and now I can't get the money, and I don't have any money in my hand, so I can only find a way to raise it. I don't have a good way but to sell scripts. You also know that the process of selling scripts is that both parties can get 30% for signing the contract, after the script is written, the producer is satisfied, they can get 40%, and when the TV series starts, they can get the remaining 30%. If I sell the script to Chen Zhenghong, I can only get 30% of the front, the money is not enough at all, and I can't go to the United States to buy software on National Day, so I can only ask you for help!"

In fact, there is another reason Zhang Ran didn't say, Zhang Jiandong has a very high level of directorship, and he is a director who likes innovation, "The True Colors of the Criminal Police", "Don't Talk to Strangers", and "The Lancet" are all pioneering works in China, and the script of "Before Dawn" will not be buried if he is handed over to shoot it. If it had been handed over to someone else, "Before Dawn" might have been ruined.

Hearing Zhang Ran talk about his difficulties, Zhang Jiandong nodded and said: "Now the market is not good, making movies is basically losing money, although making TV movies will not lose money, but you can't make any money, you are a director, and you can write such a good script, why don't you make a TV series first, wait until the film market recovers, and then make a movie?"

Filming a TV series first, and then making a movie when the film market recovers, sounds very good, but in fact it is extremely stupid. Movies and TV series are very different in terms of rhythm and shooting methods, and once you get used to the shooting method of TV dramas, it is difficult to get rid of the thinking of TV dramas when you make movies again. Hu Mei and Li Shaohong were originally excellent film directors, but when they got used to making TV series and went back to make movies, the works they made lost their due standards.

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "If everyone thinks about waiting for the film market to pick up before making movies, then there will be no day when Chinese films will pick up." Now the film market is indeed withering, but as long as you come up with works that the audience likes, you will still make a difference, and Feng Xiaogang's movie box office is good!"

Zhang Jiandong smiled, thinking that this kid's tone was not small, he didn't persuade again, it's a good thing that young people are motivated: "I accepted this script, the script is still signed in your name, I am also a little famous in the circle, and I will not be greedy for your works." I know that you are in a hurry to wait for the money, I can lend you 100,000 yuan, and when the script is completed and you get paid, I will pay it back, but you also have to promise me one condition!"

Zhang Ran knew that Zhang Jiandong would not be greedy for his own works, he knew that Zhang Jiandong liked to promote his juniors, Jiang Wei, the director of "Latent", and Xue Xiaolu, the director of "Beijing Meets Seattle", all became famous in the circle with Zhang Jiandong's help. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Ran will come to Zhang Jiandong.

Zhang Ran took a sip of tea, smiled lightly, and said, "As long as you don't let me play the leading role, you can do anything!"

Zhang Jiandong laughed: "You want to be beautiful, who would dare to let a newcomer like you play such a big drama? You must use a big name! Besides, your age and image are not suitable, and it will be about the same in ten years! My request is very simple, the complete script will be handed over to me within a month, and the quality and quantity must be guaranteed, and I must not be flooded!"

Zhang Ran promised: "This is no problem, it can definitely be completed." Besides, we're in the same building, and I'm sure I can't afford it. If you can't finish it, or if you can't write well, you can come to our classroom every day to block me!"

Zhang Jiandong said with a smile: "Recently, Dongyang Zhengyu gave me a book called "Absolute Control", with a criminal investigation theme, and the story is not bad. Originally, I was interested in filming, but now that I read your book, I can't be interested in "Absolute Control". The beginning of your script is so exciting, it puts the protagonist in a desperate situation as soon as it comes up, which is the practice of Hollywood movies, and there are many new things in the script, psychological warfare, technical warfare, which was not available in domestic dramas before, and it is worth trying!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "When I was studying in the United States, my teacher told us that the first principle of screenwriting -- no one in the world is happy! You are here to learn how to make movies! Your happiness is the pain of the audience! The happier you are, the more painful the audience becomes! Whoever dares to let me see the word happiness in the script, I will make him miserable for a whole year! So when we write the script, we have become a legal toss for the protagonist, making him constantly miserable." ”

Zhang Jiandong was stunned, this didn't sound right, but after thinking about it carefully, it made perfect sense: "So you keep tossing Liu Xinjie, it's only been five episodes, and you're enough to toss him, I'm looking forward to how you toss him later." ”

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "In the future, Liu Xinjie will be forced into a desperate situation step by step, until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and when he has no way out, there will be a shocking reversal, and then the story will end!"

Zhang Jiandong said: "Hearing you say this, I am looking forward to the story more and more, you can write it as soon as possible!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "I will finish it as soon as possible, with your shot, I believe that "Before Dawn" will become a high-quality TV series!"

Zhang Jiandong smiled, asked Zhang Ran a few more questions about the script, and then said, "Okay, I won't say polite words." Now there are only 5 days until the National Day, and you have to book a ticket in advance to go to the United States. Let's go to the bank and I'll transfer the money to you!"

Zhang Ran didn't expect Zhang Jiandong to be so refreshing, and said gratefully: "Teacher Zhang, thank you so much, you saved my life!"

The two confirmed the deal, and then came to the bank next to the school to transfer money, and Zhang Jiandong directly transferred 100,000 yuan to Zhang Ran's account.

Coming out of the bank, Zhang Ran let out a long breath, the money to buy the software was settled! At this moment, the mobile phone suddenly rang, and he picked up the mobile phone to see that it was Li Xinyue calling.

As soon as the phone was connected, Li Xinyue's voice came: "Teacher Zhang, something happened! The program of our class was called, let us arrange a sketch, and the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is only three days away, how can this be in time?"

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