Chapter 463: He Swelled ......
"Mr. Li, he is Wang Baoqiang, our company's artist, and the actor of our company's next military inspirational TV series. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Baoqiang, say hello to all teachers. Mai Xiaoyu officially introduced Wang Baoqiang.
"Hello teachers. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Good. ”
Knowing that Wang Baoqiang is an artist under Mengren, not A Zheng, the screenwriter of "Bright Sword", everyone can't help but be disappointed.
For Wang Baoqiang's greeting, everyone also reacted mediocrely, and simply responded without looking at him much.
There is no way, Wang Baoqiang looks mediocre and dresses rustic, compared with other artists under Mengren, the gap in all aspects is too big.
At this moment, he stood beside Mai Xiaoyu with a cower, and his tone was weak when he greeted him, and anyone could hear that his confidence was insufficient.
If people are not confident, who will believe them?
You yourself have a serious lack of confidence, how can you get the attention of others, and in the eyes of others, you are not an insignificant little person?
After everyone was seated, Mai Xiaoyu called the waiter to order.
The cold dishes were quickly served, and everyone was not in a hurry to move the chopsticks, and Mr. Luo said familiarly: "Maizi, call Ah Zheng and sit together." ”
"That guy has autism and never wants to go out and meet people. ”
Mr. Han smiled: "I only want to see you, don't you?"
"I also knocked on the door. Every time I tried to see him, I had to kick open the door and beat him up before he agreed to write a script for me. ”
Heckling ghosts!
Mr. Luo sighed: "Maizi, in your Yanjing dialect, you are a typical chicken thief." Just have a meal, are you still worried that we will abduct him?"
"Lao Luo, what you said is too hurtful, am I that kind of person? I am mainly worried that seeing him will scare you, especially a big beauty like Xiaoxue, I am a sinner if I am frightened. ”
Xue Xiaoning smiled: "Mr. Mai can't help it. If I want to be as beautiful as you say, why don't you ask me to cooperate?"
"Haha, I'm not worried that Mr. Han will mistakenly think that I beat you......"
While talking and laughing, the dishes were served one after another.
Eva poured wine for everyone, Mai Xiaoyu picked up the wine glass and said: "I'm a layman, this first glass of wine is to celebrate the bumper harvest of our "Bright Sword". ”
Tonight's private party was invited by Mai Xiaoyu, which is a bit of a celebration banquet for "Bright Sword".
In the eyes of outsiders, the drama "Bright Sword" is popular.
But behind this boom is the beautiful income of investors that is difficult for ordinary people to see. Mr. Luo, Mr. Han and middle-aged colonel Li Yang represent the other three investors of "Bright Sword".
In this TV series, Meng Ren published the script, Mr. Luo was in charge of Zhang Luo, and contacted Mr. Han, and Mr. Han found Li Yang in the army through family relations.
Li Yang is a soldier, a colonel, but he does not lead soldiers, he is the director of the army's film and television drama production business, and the domestic film and television industry calls him the "CEO" of military-themed TV dramas.
Earlier, when Mr. Luo introduced Li Yang to Mai Xiaoyu, he said: This is a very courageous person.
When Li Yang first took over the charge of military-themed TV dramas, military dramas could only rely on the identity of the main theme, CCTV investment, CCTV acquisition, and CCTV broadcast, and was jokingly called "I can't live without CCTV".
As a result, in an interview, he couldn't help but say: "We don't necessarily have to hang ourselves from a CCTV tree." ”
After the news spread, a friend from CCTV soon called him and asked, "You don't want to play with CCTV anymore?"
He was noncommittal, but he had other ideas in his mind and acted on them.
Through the unremitting efforts of secretly arranging and personally taking charge of the situation, and with the help of changes in the domestic environment, he fully combined the resources of the army with civilian capital, and finally achieved success.
In the past two years, military-themed TV dramas that originally had the same status as agriculture and children's themes have become more and more popular, which is inseparable from the powerful planning and manipulation behind them. And Li Yang is one of the most influential traders and practitioners.
Take "Bright Sword" as an example.
After getting the script, it took him three nights to make a decision, shoot!
Mengren, Mr. Luo, and Mr. Han contributed funds, and the troops provided manpower and material resources, almost zero-cost operation, and the four parties jointly invested, while Li Yang was completely responsible for the production.
After the filming, it was also sold to CCTV under his operation, and the condition of "leniency in censorship and generous payment" was issued.
In the end, CCTV won the premiere rights of "Bright Sword" at a price of 650,000 yuan per episode.
As for the broadcast rights of the second and third rounds...... Mai Xiaoyu intervened and kept in touch with Li Yang on the phone, and the two were "embarrassed", and the third round of broadcast rights were sold for a high price of more than 200,000 episodes.
In the thirty episodes of "Bright Sword", the four investors made a lot of money, and the heroes among them, in addition to Ah Zheng's good book, are inseparable from Li Yang's operation.
Now that Mai Xiaoyu plans to shoot "Soldier Assault", of course, he will not miss Li Yang's extremely high-quality network resources!
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Mr. Luo put down his wine glass and asked, "Okay wheat, directly serve dry goods, what project is your company going to on?"
"When we first met, I didn't just say that our company plans to shoot a TV series with an inspirational military theme. ”
The first ten episodes of "Soldier Assault" were put on the table, and no one took over, and their eyes were all focused on Li Yang.
Known as the "CEO" of military-themed TV dramas, he has the most say in military-themed TV series.
Li Yang was not polite, wiped his hands, and took the script.
First look at the outline, synopsis, then the character biography, and finally start to read the content of the script.
During this period, several other people were not idle, and chatted about the situation of Hualong Film and Television.
Shi Hao has resigned from Tiandi Film and Television, received 2.5% of Mai Xiaoyu's dry shares, and went to the United States to manage Hualong Film and Television.
He studied in the United States when he was young, familiar with the local culture and customs, experienced in the film and television industry, and proficient in investment operations.
At present, he is in contact with a theater chain in the United States to prepare for the release of domestic films in the United States in the future.
It's a big project that requires money, time, and patience. The money that eight people got at the beginning of the year was enough to support the company's operation.
Chatting and chatting, Mr. Luo took the initiative to change the topic and talked about Xue Xiaoning.
"Maizi, next time you have a good book, don't forget Xiaoxue. Last year's comfortable thing, thanks to Mr. Han's help. ”
Mr. Luo was talking about Shu Chang's Spring Festival Gala last year, and Mai Xiaoyu used "Bright Sword" to trade with Mr. Luo in order to reduce Shu Chang's pressure and avoid disappointment in the end. Mr. Luo is just a broker, and he found Mr. Han's side, which ensured that the comfortable show would not be taken down, and finally appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
Yes, this is Mai Xiaoyu's transaction with "Bright Sword", in fact, he doesn't owe Mr. Han anything. However, Comrade Lao Luo said this in order to bring the relationship between them closer.
Filming is not a matter at all for Mai Xiaoyu, but now he has taken out a notebook and is letting Li Yang look at it?
Mai Xiaoyu replied with a smile: "No problem." Our company is currently preparing to shoot "Balala Little Demon Fairy", if Xiaoxue is interested, I will say hello to the crew. ”
Balala ...... Little Demon Fairy?
Mr. Han: "......"
Xue Xiaoning: "......"
Mr. Luo asked hesitantly, "What subject?"
"A children's fantasy drama with a bit of magic. ”
It's a fantasy color, it's also a children's drama!
Children's Drama ...... Hehe.
Children's film and television dramas, the audience is too fixed, lacks influence, and has a low status in the film and television drama market.
Which children's drama can become popular?
Which star became popular by filming children's dramas?
Eva suffered several losses in the hands of Mai Xiaoyu, and now seeing that his eyes are still a little spicy, she said sarcastically: "Mr. Mai, if you want to refuse, just say it, this reason is too insincere." ”
"Yo, you're looking down on our company's work. Why don't we make a bet, if "Balala Little Demon Fairy" becomes popular, you will accompany me for ten days and let me try all the tricks, how about it?"
"And what if you lose?"
"I lost...... I'll stay with you for ten days and let you try all the tricks. The old man spits on a nail, okay?"
"Phew, nasty!"
"Hahaha!"
Several people were amused by Mai Xiaoyu's meat words and EVA's anger, and after laughing, the little unhappiness from before was revealed.
Mr. Luo shouted: "I'm in charge, the book in Mr. Li's hand, I will leave a good role for Xiaoxue in the future, you can do it." ”
Before Mai Xiaoyu could speak, Li Yang, who had been reading the script, spoke: "Luo, I'm afraid it won't work." ”
"Why?"
"Because there are no female characters in this book. ”
Li Yang hadn't finished reading the script for the first ten episodes, but he had already read the outline, synopsis, and character biographies, and there was no mention of a female character in it. Not to mention the heroine, there is not even a supporting actress.
"Really?"
Mr. Luo took the script and looked at it, Xue Xiaoning was an expert, picked up the outline and character biography, and sure enough, as Li Yang said, there were no female characters.
Li Yang stopped reading the script at this time, looked at Wang Baoqiang, and asked Mai Xiaoyu: "Your company is going to praise him?"
Mai Xiaoyu hugged Wang Baoqiang's shoulder: "Our company never looks away. ”
That's right.
What amazes the industry is that in addition to the powerful star-making ability, there is also an accurate eye. Except for Huo Jianhua, the others are all signed by "one blood".
Moreover, it basically belongs to signing a red one, and at present, only Wang Baoqiang is an exception, which has become the only "flaw" in Mengren Film and Television.
Now it seems that Mai Xiaoyu plans to praise Wang Baoqiang.
However, can it be popular?
Li Yang smiled, looked at Wang Baoqiang for a moment, and asked, "How tall are you?"
"One meter seven. Wang Baoqiang replied without thinking.
"Nonsense, I'm only 1.7 meters. ”
The lie was exposed, and Wang Baoqiang scratched his head and smiled, revealing his trademark big white teeth.
Li Yangwan'er nodded, and gave Mai Xiaoyu a thumbs up: "Good vision." ”
"How about Mr. Li, are you interested in cooperating?"
The co-op mode of "Soldier Assault" is basically the same as that of "Bright Sword".
Li Yang's side will provide resources, and the manpower and material resources of the troops will be in place, and they can also operate the copyright on CCTV in the future, but the problem of funds will not be issued by the troops. This is the zero-cost mode of operation of the troops that he advocates.
As long as the budget funds are in place, the filming work will be planned and supervised by Li Yang. Including finding a director, finalizing actors, pulling up the crew, etc., there is no need for Mai Xiaoyu to worry about energy at all.
Mai Xiaoyu likes this way of cooperation, and he also recognized Li Yang when he cooperated with "Bright Sword".
However, there is one difference between "Bright Sword" and "Soldier Assault".
"Bright Sword" did not have cute artists to participate, and the protagonist of "Soldier Assault" is Wang Baoqiang, and it must be Wang Baoqiang.
This is a necessary prerequisite for cooperation between the two sides.
"I'm interested, but I'm going to read the whole script first, and then we'll talk about the specifics of the collaboration. ”
Seeing that the two of them had settled down in a few words, Mr. Luo was surprised: "You guys are crazy." ”
He has a little knowledge of film and television dramas.
After reading the script outline and character biographies, and reading a few pages of the script, he roughly judged that this drama lacks ratings elements and does not have market selling points at all. Compared to "Bright Sword", it is far worse.
Mr. Han frowned and asked for the opinions of professionals: "Lao Li, how much profit do you think this drama has?"
Li Yang shook his head: "It's hard to say, maybe there will be a loss." ”
"Are you still going to take it?"
Yes, the male lead is Wang Baoqiang, if you want to be famous or not, if you want to have an image without an image, if you want ratings appeal and no TV appeal, the actress has no ...... at all There are no beauties, no love, no stars, what's the point of this play?
The protagonist "Li Yunlong" in "Bright Sword" still has two or three loves!
Mai Xiaoyu wants to shoot, which can be understood as wanting to praise his artists, but what about Li Yang?
What are you drawing?
"You haven't been a soldier, you don't understand. Li Yang sighed, "I once served as the political commissar of the regiment in the military region for one year. The experiences of that year have always been in the back of my mind. My motivation for taking on this play is very simple, just to be worthy of a certain heat in the hearts of those of us. ”
Speaking of this, he changed his words: "Anyway, we don't need to invest money, no one can lose us if we lose, right?"
"Our cute film and television dramas haven't lost yet. How about it, Lao Luo, Mr. Han, do you want to play together?"
"Hehe, I won't go crazy with you. ”
That's right, in the eyes of Mr. Luo and Mr. Han, Mai Xiaoyu is "crazy" because of swelling.
Some time ago, a "Meteor Garden" and a "Bright Sword" were all in the limelight. Even if the entertainment industry is cheap and cheap, they also feel the pressure.
But after these two dramas, look at the two dramas that the cute people are preparing to launch, what are they!
"Balala Little Demon Fairy", a children's drama.
"Soldier Assault", a TV series without ratings elements and commercial selling points, the male number one is still Wang Baoqiang, who is not well-known.
It's just that Mai Xiaoyu is full of confidence in these two dramas, and no one will persuade him to listen to him, so he has to shoot it, isn't it inflated?
In the next few days, Li Yang read all the scripts and agreed to cooperate with Mai Xiaoyu, and the two sides followed the filming mode of "Bright Sword" and filmed together.
Mengren Film and Television invested 10 million for filming, and the protagonist Wang Baoqiang.
After the news came out, there was an uproar in the industry.
If it weren't for Wang Baoqiang being a man, and it wasn't Xiao Xianrou, there would definitely be people who maliciously speculated that there was a PY transaction in it.
Industry insiders and Han Luo have the same opinion, Meng Ren was carried away by continuous success, blindly inflated, afraid that it would go downhill.
However, there is harmony within the cute people, everyone is used to Mai Xiaoyu's consistent correctness, and no one raises objections, only Wang Baoqiang Alexander.
"This play is not difficult for you, you just need to play it yourself. Don't forget, you still owe me 200,000!"
Mai Xiaoyu's way of encouragement is always so wonderful.
As the two sides finalized the contract after a few days of negotiations, Wang Baoqiang followed Li Yang to leave and went to the army to experience life first.
"Soldier Assault" and Wang Baoqiang's affairs came to an end, and Mai Xiaoyu planned to shift his energy to "Bullfighting".
The movie "Bullfighting" is scheduled to be released nationwide in early November, and it has been operated by Xi Xiaoxing and Zhang Xiaoquan.
At this time, Sun Yaxing's phone call disrupted Mai Xiaoyu's plan.
"Mr. Mai, I met a girl at the Yenching Dance Academy, who has a good image and temperament, and is very suitable for playing the Queen of the Demon Fairy in "Little Demon Fairy"......"
ps: No responsibility to push the book, a new book by an old author "The Kingdom in the Sky": One day above 10,000 meters, the country stands, not the fairy world, called - the country of clouds. (To be continued.) )