Chapter 40: There are rules of conduct

Gu Cheng's house flipped through the original works of the Condor Heroes for two days, learned about the recent market, and found that the timing of the adaptation right that he came back with a drink of wine was really unfortunate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Recently, the martial arts dramas that are going to start filming have been piled up.

CCTV's "Dragon Babu" produced by Zhang is about to end, and it is expected to be released after the National Day. Then Producer Zhang will continue to turn to "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and continue to praise Li Yapeng, a brain-disabled child with facial paralysis - the adaptation rights were naturally bought by him symbolically asking Jin Lao for a dollar.

On the other side of the strait, heroes from all walks of life in Wanwan are engaged in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Su Youpeng is the leader, and Jia Jingwen and a bunch of beauties in Gaoyuan Park are cheering. Although Gu Cheng and Su Youpeng have nothing to do with each other, since "Deep Love and Rainy" was sandwiched by "Meteor Garden" and "The Family of Gold Powder" one after the other, Su Youpeng wanted to say in his heart that he didn't hold back the evil anger of wanting to turn over, it was impossible.

In the middle of next year, it is likely that soon after "Dragon Babu" is discontinued, it will immediately pick up three films of the same genre to compete for ratings.

Perhaps Gu Cheng can choose to press back the release schedule of "The Condor Heroes" to avoid the bloody competition for ratings. But this path was immediately denied after Gu Cheng saw the general situation clearly.

According to Gu Cheng's estimate, at the beginning of 2003, the Internet winter should be over. At that time, the music piracy model of MP3 free download will be completely recovered, and next year will be the final turning point for the total market capacity of the physical record industry to turn from prosperity to decline.

And the piracy of Internet videos can probably give the music industry one more year of respite.

After all, video piracy requires dozens of times more internet speed, download bandwidth, and server resources than music downloads. On the one hand, it is necessary to wait for the further maturity of infrastructure such as Internet bandwidth, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to count on the birth of P2P resource sharing models such as **** tools and E-mule (e-mule) to mature the video piracy industry.

ACCORDING TO THIS PROGRESS, CONSIDERING THAT THE INTERNET WINTER ENDED EARLY IN THE HANDS OF GU CHENG, VIDEOS WILL FLOOD UNDER BT IN 04, AND THERE MAY BE PLATFORMS FOR WATCHING VIDEOS ONLINE SUCH AS YOUTUBE OR TUDOU IN 05.

In 2003, it will be the last peak of ratings for traditional TV channels, and there will never be more than 10% of TV dramas in the future.

In this case, let's fight at the same time as Wanwan's "Yitian" and CCTV's "Smiling Pride"!

Considering that when the martial arts blockbuster produced by CCTV was released, it was impossible to allow any of its channels to broadcast other martial arts films at the same time, Gu Cheng had to face the situation of using a provincial station to fight CCTV.

Perhaps it is also a coincidence, in another time and space, because there is no Gu Cheng's butterfly effect, the start of filming of "The Condor Heroes" was delayed for more than a year, and it was not released until the end of 05, and it was also premiered on Wuyue Satellite TV, and it was not eligible to be on CCTV.

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It has been a week since the Gangnam Club was founded. Gu Cheng also returned to his normal work, and on this day he was wandering around the office of "Legendary Pictures", chatting with key employees and discussing what personnel and equipment the future production company needs to replenish.

"Legend Pictures" has only been registered for three days, and the office space is directly in the office building of "Legend Entertainment" in the eastern software park, and the furniture will start as soon as it is placed, and even the decoration has not been carried out.

The office building that Gu Cheng bought with Sun Zhengyi's money last year has a full eighteen floors, and it has never been used up, and more than half of it is rented out. Now, with the Internet winter about to pass and Gu Cheng's appeal, many emerging Internet companies have come to get a little "fairy spirit", preferring to be higher than the market price, but also to rent a place to work under the protection of Gu Cheng.

The female secretary took advantage of Gu Cheng's speech to come over and ask for instructions: "Mr. Gu, several people introduced by the Huayi brothers have arrived. Would you like to see you now?"

"See, lead them to the reception room, and I'll be there in a moment. Gu Cheng put away the things in his hand and prepared to meet the guests.

In the lounge, he saw a middle-aged man in his thirties, with short hair and a convex forehead, like the big director in "A Vulgar Blood". There is also a capable long-legged girl of twenty-five or sixteen, shawl hair, metal half-rimmed glasses, and her appearance is also seven or eight points.

These are the two assistant directors who Gu Cheng is going to come by virtue of the friendship he made with Wang Zhongjun's "friendship with paintings" that day.

He heard Wang Zhongjun say on the phone in advance that these two people are senior assistant directors who have followed Director Feng for several years.

As soon as he saw Gu Cheng, the middle-aged man with a shaved head bowed slightly, and simply introduced himself: "Mr. Gu is good, he is a contemptible person who manages the fox, he has been an assistant director for 9 years, and he has independently filmed two literary films. I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, to tell the truth, the film just won the award, and it can't be sold. Recently, I figured it out and changed my career to shoot a TV series "Black Hole", and the market response was okay. Mr. Wang has explained, let me listen to your instructions. ”

Is it another "artist" who has been driven crazy by the trade-off between winning awards and winning the market? No matter what his talent is, he seems to have an idea.

The girl waited for Guan Hu to finish speaking, and then answered: "My name is Liu Hui, I have chosen a few corners, and the general drama affairs will be handed over to me." ”

Gu Cheng nodded slightly, and said in his heart that Wang Zhongjun was quite face-saving.

The TV series "Black Hole" is also being released this year, and it is a film with the main theme of anti-greedy business war, with the participation of a domestic actor-level bigwig like Cheng Daoming, and the ratings are also good. Although this Guan Hu is the only one that can get his hands on it, he has been giving Huayi's first brother Feng Dao a saddle for 9 years, and the experience he has accumulated must be good.

Now that they have turned positive, they continue to come back to Gu Cheng as an assistant director, specializing in storyboard dramas and editing, and there are favors behind them.

That girl is not brilliant, she is only in charge of casting and drama, but Wang Zhongjun introduced such a girl, which can be regarded as a heart.

Because casting assistant directors are a position that is very easy to untact.

In general film and television dramas, except for one man and one woman, and some men and women are cast by the chief director. For the next role, the chief director doesn't have so much time.

At this time, the casting assistant director undertook the work of "checking a pass first and helping the director screen".

If it is a male casting assistant director, he often sleeps all the time, playing the little girls who are on the audition list and have a solid resume and no backstage one by one, and then promises "I will definitely recommend you to the director".

Unless it is a few girls who have just debuted, are innocent, and have top appearance, they are going straight to the blockbuster of famous directors, hoping to use their virgin body to directly dedicate themselves to the chief director or investor to change roles. Other actresses who have filmed a few films, been dived a few times, and slept more or less indifferently will start sleeping directly from the casting assistant director.

It can be said that according to the rules of the industry, as long as he wants, the casting assistant director is always the gatekeeper of the unspoken rules with the largest number of sleeps in the crew, but the worst quality.

However, if the casting assistant director is replaced by a woman, there will be much less problems in this regard.

Although female casting can theoretically be a little fresh meat before going to bed, women are not as lustful as men after all.

Especially the Liu Hui in front of him, she looks quite young and beautiful. There should be no shortage of men in normal channels, so as not to do dirty things.

Gu Cheng chatted with Guan Hu and Liu Hui for a while, and set a tone for them:

"This should be my last TV series, whether it is directing or acting. Fortunately, I arranged all the business to be arranged before the end of the 'Internet winter' a while ago, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to spare these three or four months of free time. I'm definitely going to be a lot busier from next year, and it's nice to be able to play music and movies myself.

Therefore, I have high requirements for the quality of this film. We are not short of money now, and we don't expect to make as much money as "Meteor Garden", I have one goal: the technology must be excellent, and the effect must be gorgeous. The special effects of the flower, the teacher is famous, although the flower. If you train the team of Legendary Pictures, it is a success.

As long as the film is shot well, you are willing to continue to work with me next year, and you will have the opportunity to fly alone. ”

Guan Hu was also hot when he heard it.

He has made two art films and one TV series as a director, and seven or eight films as an assistant director, but he has never seen such a bold investor on a budget.

Guan Hu can only learn about many awesome special effects technologies that require "money is burning", or enjoy the finished product by watching blockbusters, but he has never had the opportunity to practice the process himself.

Now Gu Cheng is willing to pay for this special effect, and as an assistant director, he can also observe and accumulate qualifications at close range. From this point of view, it is not unjust to hang an assistant director.

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After Gu Cheng finished chatting with Guan Hu, he personally got up and sent him out of the lounge.

Then he closed the door and sat down on the sofa, and glanced at Liu Hui with a little meaning.

Liu Hui's heart tightened slightly, and she quickly calmed down.

"Mr. Wang shouldn't have told you yesterday that he recommended you to be elected as the assistant director. Gu Cheng poured tea for himself and Liu Hui, and asked casually.

Liu Hui replied sharply: "No, I knew about this intention five days ago." ”

Gu Cheng nodded: "Then have you made any preliminary contact with the candidate in the past few days?"

“…… I made some phone calls, but I just asked if they were free, and I didn't dare to say anything else. Liu Hui pondered for a moment and said.

"Good. Gu Cheng raised his head and drank a big sip of tea, and said in his heart that this girl was very measured, "Then you are now the casting director of this play." Call the actors who are available and who you feel are suitable. I'm just here listening. ”

Gu Cheng wanted to confirm that there could be no problems with the character of the people sent by Wang Zhongjun in the first place.

Carrying private goods and habitual acquaintances is not a big deal. In the entertainment industry, many roles are originally played by whomever you want to play or not, and you can't say anything wrong.

But when it comes to black money and private bribes that clearly go beyond "courtesy exchanges", the situation is different.

Therefore, Gu Cheng just wanted to surprise Liu Hui and let her call in person when she first came.

Unexpectedly, Liu Hui was also a ruthless character with a sharp brain, so she hit directly without saying a word.

After the first number was dialed, a soft female voice was faintly heard on the opposite side, Liu Hui said "mmmmmmmmmm

In a word, Gu Cheng blushed a little: "Don't mind, turn on the speaker." ”