When Shao Yingying held a meeting for everyone in the studio, the employees led by Cheng Long and Niu Wa all widened their eyes, and they didn't believe what they heard at all.

"Brother Shao, let's stop filming TV series?" Niu Wa asked a little reluctantly.

Cheng Long denied: "It's okay not to shoot? There are more than 100 people in the studio who even have a staff and clerks waiting to be fed every day, we don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and people are not allowed to support their wives and children. ”

Shao Yingying nodded and said: "Lao Cheng is right, Niu Wa, what I said is not that I will not shoot, but that I will try to participate in the filming of TV series as little as possible in the future, if our studio needs to borrow my name to pull ratings, I can come back to make a cameo, however, my focus will be on movies." After a while, we will make a movie, the director will be hired, the photographer will also be hired, Niu Wa, you have not been exposed to film shooting, you join the group with me to learn. ”

"Lao Cheng." Shao Yingying nodded and said: "Niu Wa is gone, the TV series of the next drama in our studio is likely to be a little tight in terms of photographers, you see if there is a suitable photographer, let's sign one, it doesn't matter if it's expensive, when the time comes, pick two clever assistants from the field workers, on the one hand, we have to tell the group of field workers that they also have a chance to get ahead, on the other hand, we can't drag you and Niu Wa for everything, if the stall can't be opened, it will be too uncomfortable, and it will be constrained everywhere." ”

Cheng Long pondered for a long time, and said, "Why don't you find Gu Changwei......

"Do you think what you say will work? Gu Changwei is Zhang Yimou's royal photographer, and Zhang Yimou and I are incompatible. I dare to say that when you went to see Gu Changwei, the first thing people said was to shut your mouth. Shao Yingying shook his head.

"Otherwise. Sign Wang Xiaoming over? Although he is just in his early stages, the level of "Empty Mirror" is there, the key is that he is not old, and the requirements should not be too high. ”

Shao Yingying continued to shake his head and said: "What I want is experience, think about the old people in the circle." ”

Cheng Long thought for a long time before saying, "If it is according to your request, I believe there will be no one else except Hou Yong." ”

Hou Yong? Shao Yingying waited for Cheng Long's answer.

"This Hou Yong. is really an old man in the circle, when he was in school, his classmates included Zhang Yimou, Wu Ziniu, and Tianzhuangzhuang. But this man was unlucky. Those classmates have all become directors in the circle one by one, and he is the only one, who is still the same as he was at the beginning. Uh, happy times. Do you remember? That was taken by Hou Yong. Later, Hou Yong wanted to be a director on his own, and Gu Changwei took his position. Cheng Long saw that Shao Yingying was still not very interested in this, so he introduced it in particular: "If you say it earlier, "Kyoto Ball Man", "Horse Thief", and "Opium War" are all his works, and "No One is Missing" and "My Father and Mother" are also his hands. ”

Shao Yingying knows these works, and Hou Yong's name has also heard it, but he doesn't know if he can come to his studio, who let Shao Yingying, who has been a director for so long, always use Niu Baby and refuse to cooperate with others.

"This man is doable. But he wants to be a director, will he come to us? ”

Cheng Long heard Shao Yingying's question. smiled: "It depends on whether you are willing to pay for it." Boss Shao, if this Hou Yong had someone to invest in him, would he have been under Zhang Yimou for so many years, and only now did he have the intention of parting ways with Lao Mouzi? What does this mean, it shows that the name Hou Yong is only a little well-known within a certain range, and the investors still don't trust him very much, after all, he has no experience in directing a drama independently? After Cheng Long finished speaking, even Zhang Wan nodded in the conference room, he knew too well how aggrieved it was to not get his hands on the work: "If you are willing to invest in a movie for him, and the requirement is to sign a three-year photographer contract with us, can you agree to this?" The three-year contract says that you can't train a cow baby, but you can always train a few photographers who are qualified to hold the TV series, right? ”

Shao Yingying gritted his teeth and said, "What movie is he going to make?" ”

"It seems that I recently took a book called "Jasmine Blossom" and was looking for someone to invest in, but there is nothing to do, I should have hit a wall." Cheng Long said.

Jasmine blooming?

Other Shao Yingxing may not know very well, but he understands this movie too well, this is a domestic box office tragedy!

Shao Yingying remembered that "Jasmine Blossom" should have been released at the same time as "The Barber", these two dramas were rare literary films on May Day that year, and there were many big-name scenes such as 'Jiang Wen, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Lu Yi', etc., but in the end, "The Barber" was repelled with a box office of 8 million, and only 8 million made "Jasmine Blossom" rank at the bottom of the box office. Although this drama was later called a double good movie with a good story and a good picture, and it was also hailed as a film that 'proves Zhang Ziyi's acting strength', what is the use of that? The investment party with a low box office almost jumped off the building, and the remuneration of these big names alone is not something that the box office can afford.

"Uh, Lao Cheng, you can help me contact Hou Yong, but we have to say okay, it's no problem for me to invest in a movie for him, this movie will be cast in three years, I will find the script, it must not be this "Jasmine Blossom", if he can agree to these conditions, I have no problem here."

After setting the photographer, Shao Yingying was finally relieved, he couldn't let his studio be idle, and he had to control the TV drama market.

"Zhang Wan, you contact Kang Honglei and say that we have a play that we want to ask him to be the director, and I am also contacting Lan Xiaolong, he once wrote the script of the drama "Erna - Assault", and the novel "Soldier" created according to the script of this drama should not be published yet, uh, no matter how much money is spent, you must give me the TV series copyright of this film. Remember, after grabbing the copyright of the TV series, you must arrange these two people together to rectify the script, and before that, you must not let them meet. ”

Shao Yingying will never let go of the drama "Soldier Assault", if Lan Xiaolong publishes this book and goes to Wang Zhongjun with the novel, there will be nothing for him here, this is a TV series that Wang Zhongjun decided to invest in after seeing Lan Xiaolong in only 15 minutes, just because Wang Zhongjun himself was born as a scout!

"Lately, all of the studio's work has revolved around Soldier Assault. Lao Cheng, if Hou Yong is smooth, let Hou Yong be the director of photography for "Soldier Assault". If it doesn't go well, the photography is directly hired, and you don't have any touch on the drama "Jasmine Blossom". ”

Shao Yingying doesn't understand what a literary movie is, he never thinks that he is a person at that level, if literary movies can make a lot of money, Shao Yingying may be willing to try, otherwise. He should first raise the level of the layman with the nickname of 'Shao Dagou'.

Backbite.

During the meeting, Shao Yingying's phone rang, and it was Wang Zhongjun who called.

"That's all for today. When I was away, I went directly to Zhang Wan if there was anything. ”

Shao Yingying walked out of the conference room with the phone and answered at the door of the conference room: "Mr. Wang, is there something wrong?" ”

"Shao Yingying. You're not Jiang Lang, are you? Your book of "Accident" is clearly copied from "Death is Coming". ”

Listening to Wang Zhongjun's ridicule. Shao Yingying opened his mouth and said poorly: "Originally, Mr. Wang, why don't you give me a knife to throw away this book, it just so happens that my studio doesn't have a plan for the next step." ”

"Think beautifully!" Wang Zhongjun said with a laugh: "To tell the truth, the copy is not bad, but this script needs a director who can control the rhythm to make a movie, and the overall rhythm must not give the audience a moment to breathe in the extreme depression, do you have any ideas in your heart?" If you have to say your own thing, forget it. You can't shoot this film right now. ”

Shao Yingying sighed, he made a living for a TV series. It's really trivial to let him handle a movie with such a detailed sense of rhythm: "I want the company to help contact Du Qifeng, I don't have any requirements, just let me play the male lead." ”

"Okay, I'll ask Wang Jinghua to contact you." Wang Zhongjun pondered for a moment and then said: "Xiao Shao, the plot and ending of the script seem to be a little problematic......

Wang Zhongjun is worthy of a veteran investor, and he saw at a glance the real reason for the failure of the 'accident' drama at the box office in Xiangjiang, Shao Yingying said: "That's only the first version, I have already changed the ending of the second version, tomorrow, tomorrow I will let someone send you the script." ”

He did change the ending of "Accident", not only the ending of "Accident", but even the general plot of "Accident".

There are many reasons for the box office failure of "Accident", such as the decline of Xiangjiang Films, or the inappropriate schedule, and the most important thing is that the whole movie has not been released in the slightest in the midst of repression, even the money obtained after the successful murder has been put in the safe and finally stolen. If you make the audience unhappy, the audience will naturally not give you the box office.

Think about "Gunfire", there are many shots of the whole shootout, and the last brother is even more reverie when he goes to his sister-in-law, and "Accident" is too lacking in exciting points.

Shao Yingying changed the whole movie to the actor is a small clerk of the insurance company, because he saw a suspicious insurance claim and began to investigate, only to enter the investigation only to find that this was not an accident at all, it was a few stupid people who caused accidents, and these stupid people were his accomplices after him.

A young clerk who has lost his wife and has no hope at work discovers such a way to make money when he is almost desperate, and the loan shark he owes from gambling in despair can make him take risks. This is also the real reason why the actor doesn't believe that his wife's death is an accident!

With the antecedents and the opportunity for the four of them to get together, the next accidental murder is logical.

As for the problems in the length of the film, it can be solved by reducing useless shots, such as waiting for rain again and again, such as monitoring the top boss, who is the insurance broker in the original film, as long as the important clues are revealed.

On the finale, the death of the actor should not be stabbed to death, but the death of a mountain and a mountain high in an accident, the police arrested the insurance broker when they cracked the case, and at that moment, the insurance broker's face was revealed, before that, the scene of stabbing people in the corridor can be changed to the insurance broker innocently appearing in front of the hero, cursing with a crying face, and even beating the hero, the actor just apologized guiltily, thinking that he was narrow-minded and killed the insurance broker's wife. And in the end, after the police investigation, the death of the hero's wife was an order received by the insurance broker, and it was not an accident at all!

In this way, the money is useful, the money earned by the actor can pay off the loan shark and eat, drink and have fun, the excitement is there, and although the whole play is still depressed, it can burst out the depression.

Whether the changed book can hit the box office depends on the results of Shao Yingying's test of the water with this play, who let the plagiarism of the popular drama no longer make Shao Yingying have too much satisfaction.

"Hey, are you still listening?" Wang Zhongjun shouted: "Don't patronize the play, the Feitian Award is about to open, you quickly pack up and go to the award ceremony first, let's talk about "Accident" when we come back." (To be continued......)