Chapter 24: Adopting the Script
When he arrived at the company in the morning, Xu Zaiming was called to Shen Shili's office, and listening to his voice on the phone, he seemed to be in a hurry.
Most of the script he gave was settled.
didn't feel too happy, he mentioned to Shen Shili that Shen Shili was solely responsible for everything about this script, and now he is looking for him, do you need to revise the script? He really couldn't think of any other reason than that.
When I entered the door, I saw that in addition to Shen Shili in the office, there was also a man in his early thirties, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and his hair was meticulously combed, a common image of an elite in the workplace.
When the man in the suit saw Xu Zaiming coming in, he stood up with some surprise and looked at Shen Shili: "President Shen, is this the screenwriter Xu?" "I'm not sure, looking at the face is really too young, Shen Shili nodded in affirmation.
Shen Shili stood up with a smile and took Xu Zaiming's hand to let the two face each other: "Come, I'll introduce you to each other." ”
Stretched out his hand to the man in the suit first: "This is Director Lee Jung-joon of the SIDUS Imaging Division, and the representative director of Cha Seung-jae is here to discuss some things about the script with you." ”
Xu Zaiming nodded and saluted the other party: "Hello, Director Li." "When you're young, you have to be polite to whomever you face.
Li Zhengjun returned the salute, and then waited for Shin Shili to introduce him to the young screenwriter in front of him.
"This is the screenwriter Xu Jaeming that your car director is looking for." Shin Shili stretched out his hand to Xu Jae-myung.
"Screenwriter Xu, our director Che has been amazed by you after reading your script." Lee Jung-jun and Seo Jae-myung shook hands.
After the three of them sat down, Xu Jaiming looked at Shin Shili suspiciously, waiting for him to explain the situation.
"That's right, the script you gave me, I thought about it, and finally voted for SIDUS." Shen Shili thought about it for a while and decided to give Xu Zaiming a detailed explanation from the beginning.
"I have a rough look at your script, the plot takes the traditional route, and SIDUS has always focused on the direction of traditional melodramas, and they should produce and shoot it, which should reach the best level." Shen Shili first explained the reason why the people from SIDUS would come.
After a pause, he said: "After Director Cha Seung-jae read your script, he liked it very much and has decided to shoot it. ”
Seo Jae-myung looked at Lee Jung-joon with some surprise, movie casting? Although it is his script, his qualifications are so shallow, he should not have a say in such an important part of casting, at most he can give him a look after the casting is completed.
If it was a little too much, he could not even let him know and inform him of the start time of the filming, and he could not say anything about it.
In South Korea, it is good that screenwriters have a high status, but that refers specifically to screenwriters who have become famous and have masterpieces, and new screenwriters are not included.
As if seeing Seo Jae-myung's doubts, Lee Jeong-jun explained to him: "Our director Che attaches great importance to this script, what he means is that screenwriter Xu is the creator of the script after all, and when writing the script, each character must have a fixed image in his mind, so I want to ask for your opinion." ”
After listening to it, Xu Zaiming also understood a little, he knew that this car director was the representative director of SIDUS, and he had produced countless successful films, and he was the pillar of SIDUS in film and television, and made great contributions to the development of SIDUS.
Again, people's energy is limited, and a producer can only be responsible for three or four movies at most in a year, and the amount of money spent on the film is huge, each of which is related to the development of the company, so each one must be cautious, especially for a large company like SIDUS, the film produced is related to the company's brand image.
Therefore, it is normal for Cha Seung-jae to attach importance to his opinion on behalf of the council, and even if it is not adopted, it is good as a reference.
"Thanks to Director Che's attention, to be honest, I personally don't really care about this script, and I adapted it from my previous works, so you guys put a lot of pressure on me." Xu Zaiming told the truth, in fact, he didn't want to be too involved, otherwise if the movie started filming in the future, he would definitely be asked to run to the set from time to time.
Seeing what Li Zhengjun was about to say, Xu Jaiming interrupted him and said: "SIDUS is such a big company, not to mention that there are so many actors under my umbrella that they can't use it, and there are countless actors who have interests and personal relationships with SIDUS, right?" Still afraid that you won't find a suitable actor? You don't need me to give advice to a young screenwriter who is not well-known, right? ”
Xu Zaiming's words are not a compliment, sidus is indeed a behemoth relative to TRM, it is different from TRM specializing in film and television, it is a comprehensive entertainment company, music, imaging, and brokerage are involved, among which the image division is the largest department of sidus, I am afraid that this department alone is larger than the entire TMR.
Xu Zaiming's words are already red. Naked refused.
Li Zhengjun has been in the mix for so many years, how can he not hear it? is a little dumbfounded, such an opportunity can't be grabbed by other rookie screenwriters, why is this one afraid to avoid it?
Shen Shili knew Xu Zaiming's thoughts, but he didn't say anything, this kind of conflict between Xu Zaiming's personal wishes and the work of SIDUS, an external company, he was not easy to meddle in.
Li Zhengjun hesitated for a while, but still said to Xu Zaiming: "In fact, we don't need screenwriter Xu to directly give us suggestions on specific candidates, for more than a week, the director and other specific personnel responsible for filming have been determined. ”
Xu Zaiming was puzzled: "Then what else is going on with me?" "The actors have already been finalized, and you still came to ask him for casting opinions? Teasing him?
Lee Jeong-joon explained: "No, it's just that most of them, the most important actress candidate, they have a difference of opinion, so Director Cha finally thought of asking your opinion." ”
Xu Zaiming suddenly realized that there was nothing to do with him here.
Xu Jaeming looked at Li Zhengjun with a smile, Li Zhengjun was also a little unnatural, he also said that they attached great importance to Xu Jae-myung, but now he slapped himself in the face.
But in the end, it was an old fritter, and he quickly pretended that nothing had happened, waiting for Xu Zaiming's reply.
"In other words, I only need to give the candidate for the heroine in my heart?" Xu Jaeming asked.
"Well, as for whether it will be adopted, it depends on the director and Director Che." Lee Jung-jun nodded.
"Jun Ji-hyun." Xu Zaiming said without hesitation.
Lee Jung-joon was still waiting for his answer expectantly, but when he heard Jun Ji-hyun's name be said, he couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment.
"This is your company's artist, what, can't it?" Xu Jaeming asked with a smile, starring in "My Sassy Girlfriend" became popular two years ago, and now the trending actor, whether she is in line with Xu Jae-myung's image as the heroine of the script, he will choose so, because as long as Jun Ji-hyun can act, it means that this movie will be successful.
Li Zhengjun looked at his smile and felt that he did it on purpose. Of course Jun Ji-hyun can't, if you can invite an actor of Jun Ji-hyun's level, will there still be differences of opinion? It's definitely going to start shooting.
Jun Ji Hyun is a signed artist of their company, yes, regardless of her schedule, in Cha Seung-jae's expectation, this is a low-cost traditional romance film, and if Jun Ji-hyun is invited to star, the salary budget will definitely be insufficient.
But if you say it explicitly, it won't sound good.
Of course, Xu Zaiming did it on purpose, choking him by saying an unlikely candidate, and taking a small revenge on him for what he had just done.
After a while, Li Zhengjun sneered: "Actually, there are already several spare candidates, and you can choose one of them." As he spoke, he took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and gave it to Xu Zaiming.
Xu Zaiming took it and glanced at it, it was the information of the backup actor.
Shaking his head and saying to Li Zhengjun: "Are you tired?" After going around in such a big circle, just let me choose one from it at first, isn't it? I have to say something that values my opinion. ”
Li Zhengjun smiled awkwardly, the young man in front of him spoke too directly, he rarely dealt with such people, and he was very unaccustomed to it, so he was always at a disadvantage.
In fact, when talking to someone like Xu Zaiming, if you want not to be suppressed, you just need to speak more directly and sharply than him, and you can't worry about the collapse of the meeting or something, and you will lose the lead if you think about it.
Flipping through the information in his hand, Xu Zaiming said: "You leave a phone number, I will think about it carefully, and wait until the afternoon to give you the answer." ”
Li Zhengjun stood up, talking about this, it was almost over, took out a business card from his arms and handed it to Xu Zaiming, and then shook hands with Xu Zaiming: "Okay, I'm waiting for the news of Xu's screenwriter in the company." ”
After that, he said goodbye to Shen Shili, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, and Shen Shili sent him out of the office.
After sending people back, Shen Shili saw Xu Zaiming lying in a circle on his office chair, pointed at him and sighed: "Can't you show some affection for people when you speak?" ”
Xu Zaiming sneered: "It's as if he gave me mercy when he spoke." After a pause, he continued: "It's not that you don't see that on the surface, you are as humble as my grandson, but in fact, there is a sense of charity everywhere in your actions and words, which makes it clear that you look down on the little screenwriter of my small company." ”
Standing up and turning the stack of materials with his fingers, Xu Zaiming said to Shen Shili: "I know that you usually suffer a lot of anger in this position, but the TRM is still too small." You hold on for a few more years, wait for me, sooner or later you can step on their faces and make them smile at you. ”
It's not that I don't know, but what Director Che admires his script is just some official words. can be used for shooting, Shen Shili has definitely been active in it, and asked someone to help.
Xu Zaiming didn't care about things himself, but Shen Shili did his best to help him, how could his heart not be touched at all.
Shen Shili was silent, he never doubted whether Xu Zaiming could do it, he had excellent talent, and he worked harder than anyone else, and it made people feel abnormal if he couldn't succeed.
Gently patted Xu Zaiming on the shoulder twice, and Shen Shili sat back in his chair.
With this sentence, it is not in vain that he has taken care of Xu Zaiming as his own son for the past three years.
(The second update, I took a look, and the book friends are really powerful.) )