Chapter XVI Signing
Coming out of the café, Zhou Cheng made phone contact with Cheng Feng, and then took Lin Shan to wait in the sofa area of the hotel lobby.
Although the Gekuang Hotel is a three-star hotel, it looks like an ordinary guest house on the outside, but after entering the hall, you find that the inside and outside are very different.
As a hotel under the Geology and Mining Group, the interior decoration is restrained and luxurious. Several business sofas with simple shapes should be made of cowhide to the touch, and the matching coffee table is also authentic mahogany furniture. Looking around, you can see all kinds of ore rough ornaments everywhere, each of which is worth a lot of money, and the colorful and dazzling crystal chandelier on the ceiling, looking at its transparency, it should also be a natural crystal, not to mention the huge amethyst raw ore next to the rest area, which is definitely rare. At this time, it stayed quietly in this hall, and it exuded an alluring brilliance under the light.
"See, there are some things that can't just be seen on the surface, especially in Yanjing." While admiring the surrounding ore ornaments, Zhou Cheng reminded Lin Shan: "As long as Yanjing can mix up some achievements, which one has no background." Therefore, in this circle, you must be humble, no matter what you do, you must not comment arbitrarily when you don't know the inside story. ”
"Take Director Cheng who I'm going to see today. The choice to live here is not a matter of his fame, but that he is relatively low-key. Seeing Lin Shan, who was inhabited by the contrasting environment around him, Zhou Cheng also took the opportunity to continue to teach him: "Cheng Feng is one of my senior brothers, although we have not communicated, but he is recognized as a talented director in our school. This time he made only a feature film, but it covered the film and television development process of our country in the past 30 years, and many film and television materials appeared on the screen for the first time, including the filming footage of films such as "Red Sorghum" and "Farewell My Concubine". Many big names in the film and television industry have been interviewed by him and appeared in this feature film, do you think how much network and energy can you get? If you can cooperate happily with Director Cheng, how much will it help you in your later development......"
"Oh, Zhou Cheng, you are really good at talking. No wonder Director Zhang called me to recommend you. ”
Before Zhou Cheng finished speaking, he heard another voice behind him, and Zhou Cheng turned his head to see that it was Cheng Feng. He is not tall, and his shoulder-length hair is tied together with a leather band at the neck, which is slightly literary. Although the eyes are not large, the slightly haired face reveals an inquiring gaze under a pair of black narrow-rimmed glasses.
As Zhou Cheng said, he has never crossed paths with him, but he has seen his photos in the school's column. Cheng Feng was invited back to hold an exhibition as a famous alumnus, so Zhou Cheng still recognized him immediately.
"Director Cheng, hello, I'm Zhou Cheng." Zhou Chengli got up immediately and pointed to Lin Shan on the opposite side to introduce him: "This is Lin Shan, a professional singer. ”
Cheng Feng stretched out his hand and shook hands with the two, motioning for the two to sit down. Then he stretched out his hand and arranged for the hotel waiter to bring a pot of Pu'er to several people.
Cheng Feng personally took the pot and poured three cups of tea, and pushed one of them to Zhou Cheng: "Zhou Cheng, you're welcome." Just call me senior brother, after all, we are all Nortel graduates. ”
"Thank you, Senior Brother Cheng, since you have spoken, then I will trespass." Zhou Cheng thanked Cheng Feng, and then quietly put another cup in front of Lin Shan.
"I heard Director Zhang say that you are from the Department of Literature, why did you change careers and become an agent?" Cheng Feng found a comfortable posture to lean on the sofa, cocked Erlang's legs, his focus was all on Zhou Cheng, and Lin Shan on the side was ignored by him intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhou Cheng was also paying attention to Lin Shan, and found that he seemed to be suppressed by Cheng Feng's momentum, and he had no dissatisfaction with Cheng Feng's contempt at all.
"As you know, although our literature department can find a job in many crews. But it's still difficult to really get ahead, and most of them need to follow other screenwriters to get their qualifications. ”
Cheng Feng said with some surprise: "Aren't they all here like this?" Our directing department also came up from assistant directors. ”
Zhou Cheng shook his head: "My personality is relatively stubborn, and I don't want to write things all day long, and in the end, I was picked and changed back and forth." So after graduation, I chose to become an agent, and with the help of my brothers and sisters, I may be able to make a name for myself. ”
Zhou Cheng's words are true and false.
Nortel Literature students are the easiest to get jobs during their time at the school. Because of Nortel's signboard, even the screenwriting ability of students is more professional than the Chinese department of the general university, so many crews can trust these students. Of course, more importantly, there are more gunners, and the competition is fierce, and the price is cheaper.
This is also the status quo in the entertainment industry, and now many crews invite a famous screenwriter to sign their names, or even the director directly names the screenwriters, and then invites a group of students to be gunmen.
Zhou Cheng also followed Chu Ran, Li Yan and others as a gunman in his sophomore year, but his personality was a little gloomy, he was not good at communicating with people, and he became irritable after several revisions in a row, and Chu Ran and they gave him the aftermath. So he never took this kind of gunman work again, and at the same time made Zhou Cheng understand the fact that he was not suitable for the profession of screenwriter.
Cheng Feng took a sip of tea and looked at Zhou Cheng with an appreciative gaze: "There are so many people who have graduated from our school, and there are really not many people who can see it as thoroughly as you." One by one, they all had their nostrils facing the sky, patronizing fame and fame soaring into the sky, and finally touching a gray nose, only to remember that our school itself is a circle. In my opinion, Zhou Cheng, you will definitely be able to succeed. ”
The graduates of Yenching Film Academy have always been a very energetic group in the domestic film and television market, and there are not only famous directors, actors, and screenwriters, but also many of them have established their own companies to become film and television producers. But there is no one who can really abandon his business like Zhou Cheng and choose to be an agent.
When Cheng Feng praised Zhou Cheng, he also belittled others, which made Zhou Cheng unable to answer, so he had to smile and wait for him to finish.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Cheng, for your good words." Seeing that the greetings were almost the same, Zhou Cheng began to lead the topic to the topic: "I heard Director Zhang introduce your work, according to Director Zhang, this is a summary of the film and television aspects of China's reform and opening up in the past 30 years, which not only classifies and selects more than 300 realistic films, but also interviews more than 100 filmmakers, which is not a small job." ”
Regarding Zhou Cheng's praise for him with the help of Director Zhang's words, Cheng Feng smiled arrogantly: "Director Zhang, they have a good reputation, this work is a task assigned by the Guangdian General Administration to the movie channel." Since the leaders of Taili trust me, I have no choice but to take up this burden. Thanks to the strong support from the school, I had more material to complete the feature. By the way, two of these episodes will be shown when the new students start school in September this year, so you can come and watch them when you have the chance. ”
"Definitely, definitely." Zhou Cheng hurriedly agreed, and then mentioned what he wanted: "Brother Cheng, since our feature film will be screened in September, whether the ending song in it will be determined." Let's do the same for this great thing. ”
Hearing Zhou Cheng mention the purpose of this time, Lin Shan hurriedly sat up straight and looked at Cheng Feng.
"In fact, the first consideration for the ending song of our film is Li Yongchang from the Conservatory of Music, and he wrote and composed the song "Like Water", but he has been in France recently, so he is looking for other singers." Cheng Feng pondered for a moment, looked at Lin Shan on the side and continued: "Xiaolin, you are not within our consideration at first, after all, there are some bad rumors in the circle about the incident last month, this film is made for the movie channel, and the most important thing is that everything must be controllable." Because the budget for this feature film itself is not too much, there is no money for the replacement of singers, you know what I mean. ”
"Director Cheng, don't worry, I ......" Lin Shan, who was eager to express his position, wanted to say something, but was gently held down by Zhou Cheng.
This belongs to Cheng Feng's price reduction skills, after all, the ending song of a film is just that, with the face of the professor of the college, Cheng Feng cannot shirk it, and now it seems that it is a matter of cost.
According to the news that Zhou Cheng heard in advance, feature films like this are generally funded by the government, and Cheng Feng's final income, in addition to the pre-agreed salary, depends on how much budget he can save, and he can get a bonus for this part. According to Zhou Cheng's estimate, Cheng Feng hopes that Lin Shan can ask for less or even free, after all, he has provided Lin Shan with a platform.
"Brother Cheng, I'm not familiar with the leaders of the movie channel, they belong to ****, and I still need your help to make peace. If not, I can find Director Liang of the variety show channel, and I can still get through the relationship on his side. Although their two channels are not the same system, after all, they are both hung with CCTV logos. Zhou Cheng looked at Cheng Feng quietly and showed his background in a timely manner.
"Liang Kun?" Cheng Feng mentioned this name and saw Zhou Cheng nodding, knowing that the other party was not bluffing him, and when Director Zhang of Nortel's Department of Literature called him, he also vaguely mentioned Zhou Cheng's background, which seemed to be false.
"Since Zhou Cheng said so, this matter is so decided, and I will communicate with the movie channel." Cheng Feng drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp: "Just as my brother, I will make you a friend, and this ending song will be sung by Lin Shan." The cost here is only 30,000 yuan, you don't want to be too little, after all, the budget given by the movie channel is so much. But we can cover the production cost for you, and you can just hand over the recording invoice to my assistant when the time comes. ”
"Thank you, Brother Cheng, I don't know when we will sign the ......"