Chapter 72: Talking to Producer Zhang
After lunch, the four of Takamatsu stayed in the restaurant for a while, and then communicated with the fans around them before preparing to leave. At this time, Zhou Yi received a call from Zhuo Qinglian and asked him to come to the company's headquarters. Manager Zheng and Manager Yan made an appointment with Producer Zhang of Griffin Media to discuss cooperation, and they are currently in the company and need Zhou Yi to be present in person. Zhang's production came quickly, and he was very active.
In fact, Producer Zhang is also a project manager of Griffin Media, not an ordinary producer, his identity is not simple, and he is also a celebrity in front of the griffin boss, he can speak very well, and he is usually very long-sleeved and good at dancing.
If he can win a high-quality project, he can also strengthen his position in front of the boss.
After all, within Gryphon Media, it's not that no one competes with him.
In this way, he will naturally be very proactive.
These inside information, Manager Zheng and they all know, Zhuo Qinglian will naturally communicate with Zhou Yi in advance.
However, these details are not important, Zhou Yi is too lazy to pay attention, he just wants to do his best to cooperate.
In this way, he will rush to the company in the afternoon and meet with everyone.
Gao Song learned of the situation and drove Zhou Yi directly to the company's headquarters, but they didn't have to be there, it was none of the artists' business.
They have to go back and study the script carefully and figure out the characters in advance.
Zhou Yi came to the company and soon met Producer Zhang of Griffin in the conference room, and the relevant senior executives of the company were also there. Zhuo Qinglian, Zheng Cunhou and Yan Shuohe were all on the scene, accompanying Producer Zhang to talk and discuss some things.
The little secretary recruited by Zhuo Qinglian is also here, serving tea and pouring water for everyone.
In fact, Zhou Yi also knows a little about this little secretary, her name is Xi Wei, and she is a child left behind by a military martyr. Zhuo Qinglian usually had to take special care of her, so she was recruited to the company as a secretary and did what she could.
Zhou Yi naturally has no opinion, it's fun to have a little secretary.
Seeing Zhou Yi coming in, Producer Zhang was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to get up and say hello: "Boss Zhou, we meet again." ”
"Producer Zhang, welcome, welcome, I'm going to trouble you this time." Zhou Yi shook hands with him very warmly and greeted him.
"Where! Where! We are a win-win cooperation! "Producer Zhang is very polite.
At this time, everyone took their seats and continued to discuss.
"By the way, I haven't congratulated Boss Zhou yet! Your new film is so popular, it's going to be a big hit this time! ”
The griffin's Zhang Bowei producer is very good at talking and pleasing people.
Mr. Zhang was polite. Our film has just been screened, so it's hard to say! Zhou Yi said modestly.
"In fact, you can see the trend right now. I heard that your "Five Poisons" box office exceeded 400,000 on Friday, congratulations! And many nights have been screened, which is the temperament of a strong film. It's amazing that the screening can be like this. ”
Producer Zhang is indeed well-informed and has a wide range of ears and eyes.
"Haha! You alright! How's that "Sleepless Tonight" of yours? ”
"The film is finished, but there is still something to boil! There is currently no finalization. We are a low-cost romance film, and we also want to be screened, but I don't dare to expect such good screening results as yours, and it is a victory to recover the cost. ”
"Mr. Zhang is too modest." Manager Zheng next to him said with a smile.
"Hey! This is not modesty. Your film is really powerful, according to my speculation, I am afraid that the box office will continue to soar today and tomorrow, after all, there are many audiences on weekends, and they will be screened during the day, and there will be more than a dozen shows a day. It is estimated that last weekend's box office rankings were enough to qualify, and if you are lucky, you can really get on. ”
"Then borrow Mr. Zhang's auspicious words. In fact, our situation is almost saturated now, and it is good that we can maintain it. Manager Yan said.
"Even if the status quo is maintained, it will be very strong."
Everyone is in the industry, and there are very reliable speculations about these situations, which is not an exaggeration.
"Actually, we are lucky, this week's new films are not good." Zhou Yi said with a smile.
"That's just as well. You've got a lot of luck, and it's been a good week. I've heard that several new films this week didn't do well at the box office, and the new films on the weekend were very good. In the screening of new films, you are even more outstanding. Producer Zhang said.
"It's true luck! A week earlier, a week later, it is a situation of double strong films, and the middle week is a gap. ”
Manager Zheng's words were the truth, and everyone laughed.
"This luck is indeed against the sky!"
Manager Yan was also very happy.
The screening results are so good, it's a bit of a destiny. I am indeed lucky to be able to survive in the cracks!
However, the quality of its own films is indeed excellent, which is the foundation of its rise.
This week was jokingly called the Herbaceous Animal Week by insiders, and the winner was determined in the second week of the Bird Baby War, and the old film was still "Gourd Baby". There is also the recent turtle monster war, "Lost Island" is really enough, and even "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which has been released for five weeks, may not be able to fight. The new film is a failure, and your film is awesome. Although facing the crushing of two giant films next week, at least survival will not be a problem. ”
"I hope so! Next week is indeed key! Zhou Yi said with a smile.
Everyone was full of interest, chatting a few words, and then got to the point.
"What was your conversation?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Now it's up to Mr. Zhang to mean it." Manager Zheng said.
"I've been reading the script just now, and I've finished reading the outline. This story is indeed wonderful, and it should look good when filmed. I'm not hypocritical, I'm interested in this project. I don't think it's a big problem to cooperate. "Producer Zhang is colorful.
"Oh! That's great! Zhou Yi was very happy.
In addition to the young boss, the executives here are all elites in the industry, and it is not interesting to be perfunctory and deceitful, who still doesn't know who, of course, there is something to say. If you want to cooperate, you must show sincerity. Producer Zhang is very experienced and will not deliberately take Joe, otherwise it will be self-defeating.
"I will report to our boss Huang when I go back and try my best to promote this cooperation, it should be no problem. Now our boss Huang is looking for a suitable investment project, and this TV series project really meets our requirements. "Producer Zhang is very frank and sincere, which makes it easier to work together.
"Then I wish us success in this cooperation." Manager Zheng is very satisfied.
"Mr. Zheng said before that you still have to make movies in the summer, and there is a shortage of people to make TV series, and we at Griffin Media can really help in this regard. Since we want to cooperate, of course, we must show sincerity. At the moment, we don't have a suitable investment project at hand, and the director and the background are still idle, so we can draw enough people to help. The most important thing is, of course, the director. Our director Wan Dongliu is very good at making TV series. ”
"Director Wan? I've heard that it's really good to make a TV series. ”
Manager Zheng nodded to Zhou Yi and expressed his satisfaction with the director's choice.
Producer Zhang was afraid that Zhou Yi would not understand, so he naturally wanted to introduce a few more words.
"Our director Wan is a veteran TV drama director in the industry, and has previously directed many famous TV series such as "Youth Without Regrets" trilogy, "Snow Full of Bow Knife", "Daxia Yan Tieyi", "The Winner is King", "New Water Margin" and many other famous TV series, all of which are very famous and influential, the ratings are generally very high, and he has also won many ratings championships, which have been broadcast on CCTV, Yantv, Mango Channel, Phoenix Channel, Taiwan Satellite TV and Hong Kong Wireless and other first-line big TV stations, and the quality of TV dramas has been well received by the audience. Basically, Director Wan has never missed. Don't look at our Gryphon Media's investment in movies, it is true that it doesn't make much money, but in terms of TV drama production, we really don't brag. ”
Manager Zheng and Manager Yan nodded their heads one after another, agreeing with this statement, reassuring Zhou Yi.
Zhuo Qinglian has been playing soy sauce with the little secretary next to him, just listening, not talking much, and all matters are handled by professionals.
For Director Wan's brilliant resume, Zhou Yi is naturally very satisfied.
"It seems that Director Wan is indeed experienced, and I am very relieved to have such a senior in the industry at the helm."
"And our director Wan is indeed a generalist, Boss Zhou knows from looking at the dramas he has filmed before, he can shoot any drama, and he can shoot it very well, and he is not picky, so he has absolutely no problem directing this TV series." Zhang Producer packed the ticket.
"Of course that's fine." Zhou Yi nodded.
"I understand what Boss Zhou meant. Manager Zheng also mentioned it just now. Our director Wan is indeed very good at supporting actors. In this regard, please rest assured that Boss Zhou. In the past, Director Wan's TV series did become popular with many actors and actresses, and now there are many popular ones, but it's a pity that our small company can't retain talents. For example, Zhao Yanqin, who later followed the great director Xu Qianye to make a film, didn't he play "Yan Tieyi" from the beginning to play popular? Gu Yanzu, who is now popular, is known as the successor of Lou Degua, and he also started filming his "Winner is King". There is also the current Huadan of Yousheng, and the actress Vivien Li, who is as famous as Zhongyi actress Nalan Xuefei, who also made her debut and became popular in the trilogy of "Youth Without Regrets". Now the theater is screening her new film "The Seagull Flies Where the Clouds Return", which is also a top blockbuster at the box office, and it is not a problem to break eight or ten at the box office. ”
The news that Producer Zhang said really shocked Zhou Yi.
This Director Wan is so awesome! To be able to personally hold a future actress is a great achievement. Although he usually shoots TV series and is not good at making movies, in terms of praising people, I am afraid that Director Zhao cannot compare!
It seems that it is indeed very beneficial for Tang Yan to direct this youth campus girl drama by him.
If you go outside to find a director, or choose a young director, how can it be so suitable?
Everyone exchanged ideas, talked and laughed, and were very satisfied with each other.
Producer Zhang hit the railway while it was hot: "Especially the shooting team under Director Wan has been working together for a long time, and it is very stable and mature, so we can use it directly and pull it over, it is not troublesome at all." The preparation of the crew is not difficult, and it can be completed easily. ”
"That's great! I'll leave this to Mr. Zhang. Let's try our best to finalize this cooperation project, and then let Director Wan prepare the crew as soon as possible, and after the college entrance examination, he will use the summer vacation of nearly three months to finish filming this series. You know, my sister and I are going to Yanying to go to college, and the usual time is really tight, and the filming work can't be delayed, so we can only solve it quickly. Zhou Yi explained.
"Of course it's fine." Producer Zhang agreed.
Manager Zheng has talked about these situations in detail before, and he thinks that there is no problem, and it can be done.
In fact, the time is really enough, after all, there are three months of vacation.
The summer vacation in this life is the same as in the previous life, from the beginning of July to the end of August, two months, but only the senior high school students are different, because the college entrance examination is held in early June, and the holiday will begin after the exam, so there is nearly a month of vacation, so there are nearly three months.
If you rush to shoot, the TV series can be filmed.
The time for post-production zuò is not counted, as long as the shooting is completed in time. Three months refers to the time of shooting, not the time when the production was completed. After all, it is rare for post-production zuò to use Zhou Yi and Tang Yan, of course, there is no need to calculate these times.
As far as shooting is concerned, the dubbing is all in post-dubbing, and of course it is fast to shoot.
With an experienced senior TV drama director like Director Wan at the helm, it is definitely not a problem to finish filming on time.
As for the post-dubbing, you can do it on the weekend.
Everyone is in the industry, understand these truths, estimate the shooting time, and naturally feel that there is no problem.
Even if Zhou Yi still wants to make a movie at the same time, as long as the two directors coordinate the roles and time well, and the filming locations are similar, it is not a problem. It's a big deal that he is usually a little busier, and the two crews just go back and forth.
Zhou Yi is the boss, and no one can say anything about him.
The one who pays is the uncle!
Now that the two sides are talking happily, this matter is basically finalized.
Producer Zhang went back to ask the boss for instructions, and he was probably fine, he was very confident.
Zhou Yi was very satisfied with being able to solve this matter so easily.
The filming of this popular TV series has finally come to an end.
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