Chapter 81: Mengqi's Problem
After Lu Li and his parents spent the New Year, they continued to write the script that was about to be completed.
With everyone's efforts, Farewell Entertainment finally signed a rookie singer who had just graduated from college, named Zhang Fengruo, a very delicate boy, with a good voice.
And Wu Chuan, since he came to Huaqing, he also wrote two songs by himself, although Lu Li was still relatively immature, but it was not bad, but it made Lu Li a little surprised, but I didn't expect that Wu Chuan, who couldn't sing, had a good creative level.
Not long ago, the company also recruited an arranger named Lu Yi, but the music producer is still not found. Lu Li was stepping up the writing of the script, and he didn't care about this matter, so he asked Wu Chuan, Lu Yi, and Gao Mu to set up a team to help Zhang Fengruo record the songs written by Wu Chuan.
Although there is still no music producer, with Lu Yi as an arranger, it must be much better than when Lu Li and Takagi recorded songs. And the rest of the company also began to be busy with what they should do because of Zhang Fengruo, an artist.
Finally, shortly after the year, the script of "Shooting the Condor" was written and completed quickly after Lu Li worked overtime.
After writing, Lu Li was ready to go to Huahai with Jiang You. During the time of writing the script, Lu Li learned from Zhuang Yongping that Rentang Film seemed to be very eager to shoot this TV series, and a crew had been set up when Lu Li wrote the script, and the funds had been raised, so he could start filming immediately when Lu Li's script was in place.
Lu Li also invested all the remaining 18 million liquidity, and the estimated investment in the "Condor" TV series is 50 million. Because Lu Li felt that Lotte Zhifang's reward was too amazing, he persuaded book friends to just subscribe to future novels. In addition, Lu Li's novel copyright has basically not been sold, so he relies on subscriptions to make money, although he has saved some money in recent years, he has not had much liquidity left at the moment to develop Weibo, rent offices, apartments, etc.
On this day, Lu Li called Meng Qi and said: "The script of "Shooting the Condor" has been completed, I will also rush to Huahai with Jiang You, it is estimated that I will stay in the crew for several months, and all the company's affairs will be handed over to you during this time, just call me if there is any urgency, I will start the film 24 hours a day." ”
After listening to Lu Li's words, Meng Qi hesitated, but still frowned and said: "Ah Li, I feel that the management of the entertainment company is a little difficult, it was okay before, but since the recruitment of artists, the company has begun to operate officially, I don't understand a lot of things about entertainment, and I feel that I can't be the general manager." After a pause, Meng Qi continued: "Although the company is basically dominated by young people, I still feel that I can't hold it down. ”
Speaking of the back, Meng Qi's face was full of grievances, as well as self-blame for her lack of ability.
Lu Li looked at Meng Qi, only to find that the look on Meng Qi's face was rather haggard, and it seemed that she was under a lot of pressure during this time.
Lu Li suddenly felt that he was busy with his own affairs, and it was a bit difficult for him to completely hand over the company to Meng Qi, who had little experience, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said softly: "That's it, general manager, you still have to do it first, the recruitment work has been done, you see that there is a suitable person, you will recruit one, and then you will be in charge of the company's finances." ”
Meng Qi listened to Lu Li's words and nodded: "Then you come back early." ”
"Well, the preparation of the Rentang movie has been done very well, and it should be completed soon." Lu Li said.
After explaining some things, Lu Li called Jiang You to take a plane to Huahai Rentang Film Production Company.
Whether it was in his previous life or now, Lu Li went to Huahai for the first time, an international metropolis with a prosperous economy.
As soon as he got off the plane, Lu Li heard the voice greeting him, but it was a young man of twenty **.
Lu Li walked over and asked, "Hello, I'm Lu Li, are you?" ”
"Hello, just call me Tang An, Director Zhuang asked me to pick you up." Tang An smiled enthusiastically and led Lu Li and Jiang You to walk out.
Sitting in the business car sent by Rentang Film, Lu Li looked out the window. I have to admit that although Huaqing has developed rapidly in recent years, it is still a lot worse than Huahai.
Tang An's car drove very steadily, and Lu Li closed his eyes and rested after looking at the scenery for a while. It wasn't until the car stopped that Lu Li opened his eyes.
It's just that the destination makes Lu Li a little puzzled, because it doesn't look like the headquarters of Rentang Films.
"Here?" Lu Li looked at Tang An and asked.
"Oh, this is the hotel where you are staying in Huahai, Director Zhuang asked you to rest for one night, and I will pick you up tomorrow to go to the Rentang Film Headquarters." Tang An said with a smile when he heard the question.
Lu Li nodded when he heard this, he also felt a little tired after taking the plane, and it was good to rest for one night.
Early the next morning, Tang An came to the hotel to pick up Lu Li and Jiang You and went to the Rentang Film Headquarters.
"Brother Lu Li, you're here." As soon as he got out of the car, Zhuang Yongping greeted him with a smile.
"Brother Zhuang is really polite, and he came down to pick me up in person." Lu Li and Zhuang Yongping were already familiar with each other, and said with a smile.
"Hey, what are we two brothers talking about, let's go, let's go up first, bring the script, right?" Zhuang Yongping asked as he walked.
"Of course I brought it, otherwise why am I here?" Lu Li replied with a smile.
"That's okay, let's go up first, as long as the script is okay, sign the contract, and we can hold the opening ceremony tomorrow." Zhuang Yongping also smiled.
Rentang Movie is naturally not like Farewell Entertainment, there is not only a special screenwriting team, but also a screenwriting team that is responsible for reviewing the script. So after handing over the script to the review editor, Zhuang Yongping chatted with Lu Li in the reception room.
And the efficiency of Rentang movies is also very fast, and the script has been reviewed in less than 2 hours. After learning that there was no problem with the script, Zhuang Yongping took out the contract that had been prepared a long time ago.
Lu Li took a look at it and found that the copyright of the script given to him by Rentang Film was 2% of the profit of the TV series. Although this sharing ratio is very low, Lu Li has no objection. For many people, only a better buyout price will be given. And the achievements are different, as long as the profit of the TV series is high, you will naturally get more money.
Therefore, Lu Li is still quite satisfied with this sharing plan.
In fact, this is also a favor that Rentang Movies sold to Lu Li, because Lu Li still has many good novels in his hands, and if he can have a good relationship with Lu Li, he will try to have a good relationship.
Lu Li also saw in the contract that the three conditions he put forward were clearly written. After making sure that there was no problem, Lu Li signed his name on the contract.
"Okay, now that I've finally saved my job, will Brother Lu Li go back to the hotel to rest or go around the company?" Seeing that Lu Li finished signing, Zhuang Yongping asked.
"Forget it, I'd better go back to the hotel." Although Lu Li really wanted to observe the internal situation of the Rentang movie, he still gave up after thinking about it.
"Okay, I'll let Tang An send you." When Zhuang Yongping heard this, he took the contract and went to his own business.
In the evening, Lu Li received a call from Zhuang Yongping saying that Lu Li should attend the launch conference of the TV series "Shooting the Condor". Lu Li and Jiang You went to bed early.
The press conference was held at two o'clock in the afternoon, and Lu Li and Jiang You were received in the hotel lobby where the press conference was held in the morning.
Zhuang Yongping was also here, and when he saw Lu Li, he pulled Lu Li and Jiang You and said, "Let's go, I'll introduce you to the other main creators of the crew." ”
When they arrived at a large room, they saw men and women, old and young, chatting, and stopped when they saw someone coming in.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Lu Li, the original author of the novel "Shooting the Condor" and the screenwriter of the "Shooting the Condor" TV series, and this is a close disciple of Professor Xiong Zhengxin, and he is also one of the assistant directors of the "Shooting the Condor" TV series." Zhuang Yongping saw that everyone stopped talking and introduced.
Subsequently, Zhuang Yongping introduced director Yan Wenzhong, male No. 1 He Jingshou, female No. 1 Gong Xuefang and others to Lu Li one by one.
Lu Li and Jiang You also greeted everyone one by one.
It's just that in this process, Lu Li is still relatively calm, but Jiang You is more excited when he sees several young stars, and his speech is a little incoherent.
Later, Lu Li and Jiang You also joined the chat. Of course, Lu Li generally speaks less, and most of the time he listens. Jiang You has a lot of words, especially likes to chat with female stars.
Lu Li listened to everyone chatting, but he also knew a lot of interesting things in the entertainment industry.
After lunch, the press conference almost officially began. At this moment, many media reporters have gathered in the hall.
As soon as two o'clock arrived, a very handsome male host in a suit came to the stage.
"Hello everyone, I'm the host Jiang Chen, and welcome to the launch conference of the "Condor" TV series. As you know, "Condor Shooting" is the first part of the famous online writer Lu Li's "Condor Trilogy", which is a very classic martial arts novel. And Rentang Film not only invited Lu Li to write the script of the TV series "Shooting the Condor" this time, but also invited director Yan Wenzhong to direct, are there many martial arts fans who can't wait? Then let's invite the main creators of the "Condor Shooting" crew to appear. ”
As the supporter finished speaking, Yan Wenzhong took the hero and heroine and Lu Li onto the stage, and the four of them found seats and sat down one by one.
After a few people have finished talking about the scene, time will be handed over to these reporters.
What Lu Li didn't expect was that the first person these reporters asked questions turned out to be him.
"May I ask Lu Li, the script is not like a novel, you have never written a script, will there be pressure to write the script of "Shooting the Condor" this time?"
"Well, I studied a lot of other great scripts before writing the script, and 'Shooting the Condor' was my original work, so I didn't have any difficulties writing the script." Lu Li's answer was not leaky.
"Then "Wishing you prosperity" is really your original and not Liu Li?" Another reporter asked.
"Of course I created it, but I forgot to register it at the time." Lu Li replied affirmatively.
"Then why haven't I written songs for so long since "Wishing you prosperity", but now I have started to write screenplays?"
"Well, because the filming of "Shooting the Condor" is about to start, I have been preparing the script. As for the songs, I think everyone will be able to hear my work again after filming "Shooting the Condor". ”