Chapter 191: Cooperation
Huaxia's quasi-national set TV stations, the largest five are Mango Oriental, Southern Jiangsu and Northern Jiangsu and the Imperial Capital, these five TV stations are absolutely impossible to agree to the requirements of opening up new schedules, even if Fan Zheng gives quite good conditions, this first gear is below, in addition to Beilin, Jinmen, Yangcheng, Shuzhong The second level of quasi-national TV stations, these TV stations are not optimistic about the development of new schedules, but compared with the first TV stations, at least these TV stations are willing to listen to Fan Zheng's conditions.
And Fan Zheng's conditions, in addition to the extremely low selling price of "101 Marriage Proposals", there are also several advertising sponsorships from companies including the Northern Group, Wen Jia's family business and other enterprises, and there is also a guarantee given by Fan Cheng, the content of the guarantee is that he will provide a new TV series with about 10 to 12 episodes every quarter for at least one year in a row.
In fact, the TV series in the second quarter of 2002 was already ready for production.
The successor to "101 Marriage Proposals" is, of course, the classic TV series with the script provided by Fan Cheng, and it was provided for two seasons in one go, that is, "The Tale of Seven Men and Women in Summer" and "The Tale of Seven Men and Women in Autumn".
These two dramas are very standard idol dramas, and they are group dramas, Fan Cheng's original idea was to play the leading actor himself, but looking at the various arrangements in time, he found that he really didn't have enough time to be the director and the leading actor at the same time.
With the outline of these two dramas, Fan Zheng has a lot of confidence to go out and talk to major TV stations about the new schedule, as for Fan Cheng's side, what he has to do is to prepare for the movie in addition to the filming of these two dramas.
That's right, it's a movie, but it's not made by Fan Cheng, but invested by Fan Cheng.
The TV series have been filmed, how could Fan Cheng give up the movie, but he dared to pick up the TV series directly, but he didn't dare to shoot the movie, so Fan Cheng's method was to invest in a few movies first, find a suitable director and actor to shoot while he studied on the side, and then he would shoot his own works after these movies were filmed.
As for the works that came out, they were the scripts of the three movies he had shown to Fan Xiaoqian before.
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" and "The Tragedy".
The three movies, of course, will be starred by the three girls around Fan Cheng, whose Chinese really starred in "The Girl Who Traveled Through Time and Space", Fan Xiaoqian starred in "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun", and Qin Ruoxue starred in "The Tragedy".
Among these three works, Wen Zhen and Fan Xiaoqian's works are strictly speaking, although the two works also require acting skills, but on the whole, they have not left the category of idol movies, but the "Tragedy" that is expected to be starred in Qin Ruoxue in the end is a bit worrying, and the acting skills shown by Yakushimaru Hiroko in the two movies after three years are not at all a level.
Fan Xiaoqian is now in the promotion period of the album, so she has to be more busy with publicity work, but Wen Zhen and Qin Ruoxue have been asked by Fan Cheng to take acting classes, and the three of them are about to appear in movies one after another, which is also a rare opportunity for them.
Of course, in terms of the movie, whether it is Qin Ruoxue or Wen Zhen and Fan Xiaoqian, it will take some time for the film to officially start shooting, and the preparation for the movie is still at the beginning of a long preparation period.
The five major TV stations were reluctant to cooperate, so they helped Fan Cheng lock in a few TV stations that he felt had potential for cooperation.
This includes Beilin Provincial Station, Shuzhong and Heihe Provincial Station are very sincere in wanting to cooperate with the comprehensive entertainment channel, and there are also talks about setting up new schedules.
In fact, Fan Cheng has already handed over all the business things to Fan Zheng to do, even if he is allowed to talk, I am afraid that he is far less good than Fan Zheng in business.
But he still had to participate in the negotiations, because a new schedule is not about the gains and losses of a drama, if a certain TV station really agrees to the new schedule, it means that the two sides will cooperate very closely in the future, and the two sides will not only talk about a contract for a drama, but at least a few years in the future, to provide stable and long-term works on this schedule.
The three TV stations almost share the same view that it is absolutely impossible for only Fan Cheng to film alone to provide this schedule, if there is no accident, of course he can shoot a drama every quarter, but that doesn't work, God knows if you will suddenly have any problems, of course it's okay now, if there is any problem in the future, will our schedule be empty?
It is not unreasonable to say this......
After talking to the other party twice, Fan Cheng understood that if it was only him, the other party would not agree to open up a new schedule anyway, even if the entertainment channel promised that Fan Cheng would not be able to make up for it with a variety show when he encountered a problem, and only one type of work could be broadcast in the same schedule, either a TV series or a variety show, and the TV series in this quarter would become a variety show in the next quarter?
What can Fan Cheng do? He doesn't have a doppelganger, as for letting him shoot two dramas a quarter? With his understanding of dramas, it is theoretically possible, but the real operation is basically not possible, and Fan Cheng is not interested in being stumped by making two dramas every quarter.
Helpless, Fan Cheng had no choice but to revise his plan again.
The earliest two-quarter shooting plan for the seven male and female characters was directed and starred by Fan Cheng, this set of plans, his idea was to make this drama his official debut as a representative work of a top artist, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, and later the plan was revised to Fan Cheng only directing and not starring, and now in the face of the requirements of the TV station, Fan Cheng had to revise his plan again.
He decided to hire a director from outside instead of directing himself.
If you direct it yourself, many things will be even more troublesome.
He now has many things in the scripts of his two dramas that only he understands, and if he wants to shoot for others, he must revise the script, and the timing problem is also very troublesome.
Originally, the comprehensive entertainment channel had already begun to prepare for filming at the beginning of 2002, and the actors had basically been found, just waiting for the filming to start in April and May, and then it would start broadcasting in early July, and then other provincial TV stations began to broadcast "101 Marriage Proposals" here in April, and so on in July, they began to broadcast "Summer Story of Seven Men and Women" together with the comprehensive entertainment channel, and now the plan has changed, everything else is a problem, and where to find a director who can join the group in June has become the biggest problem.
Famous directors are very busy, and what they do at this time is often set half a year or even more than a year ago, and now it's almost April, and now go to the director and ask for a schedule two months later, it is basically impossible to find a suitable director.
But this is the other party's request, and even Fan Cheng can't change it.
At the critical moment, his previous adventurous spirit and gambling spirit came up again, and he selected Shu Zhongtai among several TV stations that were interested in cooperating, and then he made an agreement with the director of the TV drama department of Shu Zhongtai.
"You leave the right schedule, as long as it's prime time, Monday or Friday, "101 Marriage Proposals" will be broadcast on your station! As for the price, you can give the price of the first round of broadcast of an ordinary TV series, as for the director of the next season's drama series, I will look for it now, and I will definitely find it!"
"Then what if you can't find it?" asked the man from Shuzhong.
"If you can't find it, the two dramas that have been booked, "Seven Men and Women in Summer, Autumn Story", I will sell them to you for free!"
Fan Cheng can be said to have made a bloody investment.
Fan Cheng's drama, the first "101 Proposals" 's response is very good, with such a high rating in Beilin Province, it is estimated that it can be very stable in the whole country to win the ratings championship of the current quarter, and it may even explode a big number or something, and Fan Cheng is only asking for the price of the first round of broadcast of ordinary TV dramas, you must know that his investment in this drama is the highest level in China, even if it is just a romance drama, Meng Xiang's clothes in the drama are all new products of the current quarter, and the prototype clothes can be found in Europe。
Now Fan Cheng has promised that in addition to the first part, if he doesn't find a suitable candidate, the remaining two dramas will be given to Shu Zhongtai for free!
The relevant personnel here in Shu Zhongtai have read the scripts of those two dramas, and the quality of the two dramas is not inferior to "101 Marriage Proposals", and when the time comes, coupled with the word-of-mouth of a drama that will continue, these two dramas are likely to continue to have extremely high ratings!
Under normal circumstances, the broadcast and popularity of "101 Marriage Proposals", the price of the next two Xia Monogatari will definitely rise, and now Fan Cheng promises to give Shu Zhongtai for free if he can't, if Fan Cheng really fails to find a suitable director in the end, it means that at least three quarters, Shu Zhongtai can get at least three quarters of excellent works as long as he pays a little money in the first quarter!
Either way, it's a great deal!
As for the risks and difficulties of opening up a new schedule, it is nothing in the face of such a huge temptation!
After stabilizing the side of Shu Zhongtai, Fan Cheng went to the imperial capital in a hurry, and desperately began to look for a suitable director.
However, it is very difficult to find the right director in mind.
It is impossible for a director with good reputation and ability to agree to the invitation of the comprehensive entertainment channel, most talented directors have their own things to be busy with, as for those mediocre TV drama directors who have no level, they can't look down on it, no, let alone can't watch it, even if they do, it's useless, now even this kind of "unlevel" director, you can't find a suitable schedule! As for the director that Fan Cheng can find?
Well...... Beijing Film Chinese Opera, CCTV Drama, ...... of the Director's Department Student.
That's it, you still have to find a freshman or sophomore! The juniors and seniors who are a little talented have their own busy things, these proud sons of the domestic director circle are now in the peak of their lives, and they are all dreaming of punching Cannes and kicking the Oscars, and you want them to shoot your garbage pop TV series and sign a long-term contract?
Not very realistic.
Fan Cheng has actually worked very hard to find it, and he has never been so quiet since he crossed over, but even with Liang Ye's relationship, it is still difficult for him to find a satisfactory candidate, and he has been wandering around the imperial capital until mid-April, and Fan Chengcheng has no choice.
The people around him were also in a hurry, Cheng Gaoge's mouth was full of mouth ulcers, and Fan Zheng lost a lot of hair at a young age, which made people worry about whether he would be bald before he was thirty years old.
In the end, everyone was very discouraged by such efforts but still failed, and the group reluctantly returned to Yangji, they had to go back, because the specified boot time had arrived, even if the boot time was pressed, at least this side needed to go over and say a word, and even if they didn't say it, those actors would fry the pot.
Fan Cheng and his entourage returned to the filming station, where the actors of the whole drama had gathered, but it seemed that they were going to be disappointed.
Just like the name of this drama, the protagonists of this drama are of course the seven men and women on the title, the protagonist Ryosuke Imai played by the Akashi family saury, Kanzaki Momoko (magical peach?) of Shinobu Otake, and two other boys and three girls, these seven people are the absolute protagonists of the play.
The seven main actors invited by Fan Cheng are the two protagonists who are slightly famous, these two are played by first-class actors Mao Jianyi and Wang Hui, both of whom are twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and they are at the peak of their acting careers.
Gathering everyone together, Fan Cheng said: "It's a pity that our filming will be postponed for a period of time this time, the work that was originally expected to be directed by me will now be replaced by a new director, but don't worry, I will continue to be an assistant director in the crew to ensure the quality of this drama." ”
"Third uncle, have you found a new director?" asked Wang Hui, who is a lively personality and is said to be an atmosphere maker in the crew.
"Unfortunately, I'm still trying to find it, but I haven't found it yet. Fan Cheng said.
"In that case, how about letting Feng Leilei be the director?" asked Wang Hui in a crisp voice.
"Sister Hui......" One of the seven girls pulled Wang Hui's sleeve a little shyly.
"Feng Leilei?" Fan Cheng looked at the girl who was pulled out by Wang Hui.
Strictly speaking, this Feng Leilei should be the most beautiful of the seven, but in terms of popularity, she is the least popular, because she has no acting experience at all.
Fan Cheng then remembered that Feng Leilei studied in Beiying in the directing department instead of the actor department, but she has neither directorial experience nor actor experience now, so Fan Cheng did not include her in the list of possibilities.
But now that Wang Hui was pulled out, Fan Cheng suddenly discovered that this Feng Leilei ...... It seems like...... Why is it so familiar......
This Feng Leilei, who entered the film department when she was in Beiying, did not have any film and television works when she was in school, but if Fan Cheng feels that she is familiar, it means that she may be a famous artist in Fan Cheng's world, then it is very likely that she failed to find a job because of Fan Cheng's butterfly effect......
is about the same age, a native of the imperial capital, and later became a director, and then contacted her appearance...... [.]