"Damn! Damn it! Damn it! ”

In the top-floor office of SCL, a top TV drama production company in the United States, an old man with meticulous hair combed and a little gray went against his usual gentlemanly demeanor, and slammed the quilt on the table in front of seven or eight subordinates in front of him, "Waste! A bunch of rubbish! What does the company keep you for? What else can you waste do but eat rice?! ”

The old man's angry roar could be heard throughout the office, and even on the entire floor.

"Such an excellent script was put into our company's mailbox as early as two months ago, and your group of waste not only did not deliver it to me in the first place, but it also dragged on for two months? It's been two months, tell me loudly, what are you wastes doing in these two months? ”

"Ministries, ministers."

Facing the head of the screenwriting department of his own entertainment company, one of his closest confidants said in a trembling voice, "According to the normal process, we have reviewed this script twelve times, and each review is in the first batch, and we are also ...... in accordance with the regulations."

"Fart rules!"

The old man directly picked up the wooden ashtray on the table and smashed it, and the sound of the ashtray hitting the ground was dull, just like the trembling people in the room.

In normal times, the head of the screenwriting department in front of them can be said to be a good man in the entire entertainment company, but because of his excellent work ability, vision and good screenwriting level, he sits in this position and is in charge of the screenwriting work of the entire company. Whether it's script review, sorting, assigning, or creating. It's all up to him to act alone, not to mention his subordinates. Even the people in the director's department stuttered about him - for a good script!

But everyone will not be a little slacking off because of the old man's 'good old man's temper', because they know that if the old man in front of him becomes angry, even the president and chairman of his own company dare to point his nose and curse, and these people must listen honestly and dare not slack off in the slightest - for the old man, even if he leaves this company, there are countless companies outside vying for him, and naturally there are no taboos.

Luckily for you. The old man usually loses his temper once a year, but he didn't expect this time to be so sudden!

"Don't you shitty people know that every time you come across something of the highest quality, or something so new that none of you can make up your mind, you submit it directly to me? You guys have water in your head, and you will review such an excellent script through the normal process? ”

"Minister, don't blame us! If it's a well-known or even no well-known screenwriter, we'll send it directly to you. But the screenwriter of this script ...... It's a Chinese person! And according to our understanding, he only has experience in creating the script of a TV series in Huaxia......"

In the face of the angry minister, everyone still said what they thought in their hearts, but they didn't expect it. The old man became more and more angry, "A young screenwriter in Huaxia? So what! We look at the quality of the script, not who wrote it! Naturally, the rest of the company is the responsibility of the rest of the company. Our responsibility is to evaluate the quality of the script! ”

"Such a good script, every word, even every symbol is perfect! I'm sure of it. If it weren't for someone to ghostwrite, this young man's screenwriting level would definitely be called a master. Even the old-fashioned works that are not brilliant are worth our investment, not to mention that the script he submitted is definitely the most novel I have seen in the past few years. ”

"Old Geer!"

When the old man cursed his subordinates one after another, there was a sudden knock at the door, and before the old man named 'Old Geer' could speak, the office door was pushed open, attracting everyone's attention.

Looking at the five men who were all over forty years old when he heard the voice, Lao Geer forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked the man in charge, "Old Fran, what is the matter with coming to me?" ”

"Let's not talk about me, what are you playing with? I remember the last time you lost your temper so much, because the president cut half of the script you worked so hard to create because of financial problems, so what is the reason for this time? ”

"Because of what?"

At this time, Lao Geer's temper could not be suppressed again, and he slapped the table fiercely and reprimanded, "This group of wastes actually pressed the script of a TV series with the potential to impact the top three of the year in their hands for more than two months, and they didn't submit it to me until today, the reason is that the writer of the script is a foreigner!" This group of damn waste, if I want to say it, should all be fired, and look for a group of capable, discerning, and non-racist new people to join our company and join our team! ”

Although Lao Geer was cursing before, he never said the words of 'all expelled and replaced', but now after listening to such words, the faces of many screenwriters in the room changed, and several people who were closer hurriedly rushed up, with a distressed and painful look, constantly assured that they would definitely change their past mistakes and never make such mistakes again.

There are very few screenwriters in the world who have real skills, and Lao Geer is one of them, so he can not be afraid of anyone, and it is not false to face the president and chairman even if he encounters dissatisfaction.

But others can't! Most of them are relatively mediocre, but they have fairly good abilities, such people don't talk about bad streets, but they are also eager for a high-income, stable job, at least for now, they don't want to lose the job with many opportunities and high salaries in front of them!

"What?!"

However, before these people finished speaking, Old Fran on the side let out a loud voice that was not inferior to Lao Geer, "Did you think the script you said was cast from Huaxia?" The screenwriter is a young man who has only one work so far, and his script is of such high quality that it has reached the level of a top screenwriter, and the script is extremely original...... Of course, the investment will be very large? ”

"How do you know? Fran. You already knew? ”

Lao Geer instinctively asked, and after reacting, the anger in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Damn. The director of the director knows all about the work, but I only know about it now? You bunch of shit!

glared fiercely at several screenwriters in front of him. Old Geer's heart strangled them.

"You're the head of the screenwriting department, how can I know more than you? In fact, I only found out about this yesterday! ”

Old Fran shook his head and explained.

As the director of the director of the SCL company of the top TV drama production company in the United States, Fran Lao is also a person with strong personal ability and is sought after by any entertainment company.

Yesterday, Fran Sr. was drinking with several famous TV directors who were also strong, and I heard the news from them by chance.

Fran Sr. knows what kind of people his friends are, as the top TV directors in the United States. are all a group of guys with eyes above the top, ordinary scripts and screenwriters are not in their eyes at all, and I am afraid that only top screenwriters like Lao Geer can get their friendship!

Although the old friends who also have extraordinary rights are extremely capable of directing, they may not be able to direct a TV series all year round, for no other reason, but they have not encountered a good enough script, and they are unwilling to smash their own signboard.

But this time, at the dinner, two old friends got into a fight because of a script. It really surprised old Fran!

After careful inquiry, Old Fran found out the details! It turned out that the two directors of the director department who belonged to two top entertainment companies received a script from Huaxia, the text was smooth and standardized, and the plot was almost perfect. Words such as interlocking and engaging are no longer enough to describe this script, and aside from creativity, only the level of the script. can be called a top screenwriter, as long as the story is not bad. It was enough to make a big director of Old Fran's level nod and agree to direct.

If that's all, it's just a reluctance to make these bigwig-level directors willing to direct. But the problem is that the idea of this script is so good!

The two companies that received this script at the same time conducted a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of this script, and concluded that this script has a ninety percent chance of hitting the 2010 American drama ratings list, and even hitting the championship, there is also a fifty percent possibility, and what is even more commendable is that as long as this TV series is filmed, it will inevitably cause a response almost a flash flood and tsunami in the world!

The United States can be called the core of world entertainment, although TV dramas are inferior to movies, but they are not bad, and if they can get good ratings in the United States, they may be successful all over the world, but this is only possible, and the specific results still depend on the market and reaction of each country.

But this TV series can be basically determined to cause huge repercussions around the world, and even in many countries, as long as it can be released on the TV platform, even if it is a foreign TV series, it also has a great possibility of winning the country's annual ratings champion.

The ratings in the U.S. may not necessarily win the top spot, but both entertainment companies are confident that this will be the best overall TV series of 2010 - based on the market in recent years, it is not ruled out that an even more sinister work will suddenly appear.

And in the face of such an excellent script, all those who know the details know that as long as they can direct this work, even for people of their level, it is a rare opportunity, and in the face of such a cherished opportunity, it is reasonable for two old friends who are well-known in the global TV drama industry to speak ill of each other!

Others helped to pull the frame, and Old Fran was entangled in his heart, it stands to reason that everyone's company can be said to be the top entertainment company in the United States, when it comes to strength, reputation, and connections, they are all comparable, and even SCL is slightly better, both of them can receive the submission of this script, why can't their own companies receive it?

It was also with this doubt that Old Fran was ready to come over and ask Old Gel if he had heard the news, but he didn't expect that things would be like this!

Following Lao Geer, Lao Fran also scolded several members of the screenwriting department standing beside him, and even cursed more strongly than Lao Geer!

Old Ger was just dissatisfied with such a huge omission in the department he was in charge of, but for Old Fran. But because of this group of waste, I lost a chance to become famous again!

"You bunch of shit. Pray that the other two companies have not signed a contract with this talented Chinese screenwriter, otherwise I promise you. will definitely let you get out of SCL, so that you can't get mixed in the entertainment industry! ”

No one doubted that Old Fran had such an ability, and they could also understand the anger derived from the loss of an opportunity to become the hottest director in the United States in the next two years...... This talented Chinese screenwriter pitched the script to three companies. But so far there is no definite information that he signed a contract with a certain company? ”

"Of course!"

Old Fran, who was even more grumpy, expressed his dissatisfaction and cursed while answering his old partner's doubts, "As far as I know, although the other two entertainment companies have planned to shoot this TV series, they still have some concerns, so they haven't given each other an answer for a long time!" ”

"First of all, the question of the original author of the script! Like your group of waste subordinates, the other two companies didn't think that a young Chinese screenwriter who had only written one script would be able to write such a good work when they first started. Naturally, there were some concerns, and during this period of time, many people were sent to Huaxia to inquire about the news. ”

"The conclusion? This script should have been written by this talented Chinese screenwriter, right? ”

"If you knew the history of this young man named Chu Shi, you wouldn't ask such a question!"

Old Fran sighed softly and recounted what he had learned. "It has only been a little more than a year since his debut, and he has won the throne of the annual ratings champion of variety shows in China for two years, and the copyright still belongs to him. These two alone have allowed him to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more! ”

"It's been more than a year since my debut. starred in the leading role of a film in the top 10 of the annual box office list, and personally worked as a screenwriter, actor, and producer. filmed a TV series, once again won the second place in the annual ratings list of China, a TV drama production company that completely belongs to him, an entertainment company with half of the shares, all together, this young man who only turned 20 years old this year, already has a ten-figure worth, the future is limitless, and he also has extraordinary prestige and influence in China, such a figure is called the leader of the new generation of Chinese entertainment circles! China's No. 1 variety artist, China's top TV series screenwriter! It can be called an all-rounder, and it can be called a demon! ”

"Of course, we all know that many people in China, including the entertainment industry, are able to have today's glory by virtue of the power of their parents! But Chu Shi's family background is very clean, his mother died early, his father is just a second-rate singer, his family is good but not rich, he was able to achieve such an achievement in one year, it is completely due to his personal ability! ”

"Capable man!"

Listening to Old Fran's description, the others were dumbfounded, but Old Geer sighed lightly, understanding that like himself and Old Fran, Chu Shi is also a person who simply relies on his ability to eat, and when it comes to real ability, Chu Shi is probably no less than himself and others, the difference is only that they are old, and Chu Shi is very young.

"Such a genius and demon, if we can cooperate, we will definitely benefit a lot."

Although he was surprised by Chu Shi's demonity, Lao Geer, who was more calm, still made an evaluation, "After knowing Chu Shi's personal ability, the other two companies should sign a contract with him as much as possible, right?" ”

"That's what I said!"

Old Fran spread his hands, as if he was happy, mocking, and helpless, "If the screenwriting and director departments of the two companies were to make a decision, I'm afraid they would have signed the contract with Chu Shi a long time ago, but the problem is ...... They all have other concerns! ”

"First of all, it's about investment! The scripts that Chu Shi sent to our three companies are only the first forty episodes, and they are not finished, according to the description on the mailbox, the number of episodes of this TV series will be more than 100 episodes! After the evaluation of the other two companies, the minimum cost of this TV series will be more than 1.5 million US dollars per episode, and even if you want to make it more refined, it will cost 2 million, or even 3 million US dollars per episode! Words for a hundred episodes...... That's an investment of three or four billion dollars! ”

"Of course, although this is only the first season, according to Chu Shi, there may be a second and third seasons in the future, but these can be said at that time, the most urgent thing in front of us is the investment of three or four billion US dollars, which is too big! Both companies have been evaluated for a very long time, and it was not officially determined until half a month ago, and even with such a high investment, they have a great possibility of making a big profit! ”

"Half a month ago? No matter how slow they are, they should have signed the contract long ago! ”

"Half a month ago, both companies replied to Chu Shi's emails and wanted to talk to Chu Shi in detail, but they didn't expect that Chu Shi directly replied to an email and put forward all his requirements!"

Old Fran sighed, "First of all, he also wants to participate in the investment of this TV series, the amount will be between 50 million and 80 million US dollars, plus the script, copyright and other conditions, in addition to a certain share, he also asked to get all the revenue share of this TV series in China, South Korea and Japan, in addition, Chu Shi also asked that if this TV series is officially filmed, he will serve as the first screenwriter, and no one else will be allowed to modify his script at will, and the Asians described in the script, He also has to star in person! (To be continued......)