Zhou Cheng's words not only made He Jiping slightly stunned, but also made Zhang Heping and others show curiosity.

With the status of several of them in the entertainment industry, a few words of criticism for young practitioners, even those directors and actors who have achieved little success are humbly taught, and there are few people like Zhou Cheng who are neither soft nor hard to come back.

"Zhou Cheng, I read your script, how could you think of writing such a story? What are your sources of footage? "The proposal for this matter is Chen Li, but the leader is Feng Yuanzheng. He didn't stop He Jiping's questioning just now, because he had to ensure that there was no plagiarism in the script provided by Zhou Cheng. Otherwise, when the theater spends manpower and material resources on rehearsals, and suddenly an original author jumps out during the release, it will definitely be a huge stain on Feng Yuanzheng, who has just taken office.

"The material for this script came from a news item on the Internet." Zhou Cheng had already anticipated this incident in advance, and also remembered that this script should have a story prototype, so he searched on the Internet, and really let him find this news in a post in Xici Hutong, which also made him more confident: "This is a real case in Guizhou Province, in order to improve the teaching environment of the school, the principal falsely reported the donkey pulling water as a teacher, and was finally found and punished by the Education Bureau." The students at the school were not convinced, so they made this post on the forum. ”

"Most of the news on the Internet is fictional for the sake of attracting attention." He Jiping expressed disdain when he heard Zhou Cheng's words.

"Whether it's true news or not, this story inspired me, so I wrote this script and put the timeline in the Republic of China." Zhou Cheng understood that He Jiping was here to pick thorns today, and he was no longer polite: "I remember when Mr. He taught me a lesson: In drama creation, as long as we grasp one of the points and then enlarge it, we can write an excellent work." ”

"Teacher He, it seems that you are still teaching well." Obviously hearing the smell of gunpowder between the two, Feng Yuanzheng hurriedly said: "Being able to teach such an excellent student is the pride of us as teachers. ”

"Teacher He, we have to believe in the level of young people, modern young people are very different from our era." Yang Lixin continued with Feng Yuanzheng's words: "I still remember when we were young, if we wanted to read some foreign works, we had to go to the library to make an appointment, and after the last reader came back, we had to borrow the books in the order of reservation. Today's young people, directly turn on the computer, there are all kinds of books, want to know what literature, search can basically find. ”

Zhang Heping followed and set the tone: "Yes, the times are different. We must face up to the creativity of modern young people, whose unbridled imagination is the basis for the rapid development of the modern art industry. ”

With the successive speeches of several leaders, and Zhou Cheng also showed that he was the original example of the script, He Jiping did not question the source of the script, which made Zhou Cheng feel a lot more relieved.

Seeing that everyone had no other opinions, Feng Yuanzheng then went straight to the topic: "Xiao Zhou, I believe Chen Li should have revealed it to you, our theater is very optimistic about your play, we hope to buy the copyright of this play, I don't know what you think?" ”

Finally entering the substantive topic, Zhou Cheng took a deep breath to calm his mood, looked at the few people opposite and said: "The copyright of the drama can be sold, but I must keep the film and television copyright." And I have several other conditions for the drama adaptation. ”

"Hehe, what conditions, let's hear it." Zhou Cheng's obviously non-stage fright performance made Zhang Heping more interested.

"First of all, the adaptation of the script was handed over to Chu Ran, and I was a classmate with him, and there was no barrier to our communication."

Zhou Cheng first mentioned not the copyright price, but the screenwriter, which made He Jiping a little surprised: "What you provided was a movie script, and the overall quality was very good." But for the performance of stage plays, a lot of changes will have to be made, and you and Chu Ran are afraid that they are inexperienced. Mr. Zheng from our creative department can write. ”

"Teacher He, Chu Ran's strength is still good." Without waiting for Zhou Cheng to object, Chen Li stood up: "Don't you approve of the script of "Butterfly", his adapted version? ”

"The two plays are different, the play "Butterfly" is based on the Hong Kong version of the drama, and there are not many changes." He Jiping frowned: "And the play "Donkey Gets Water" is the first play to be staged in the People's Theater, and it must be reviewed by relevant departments, and we must ensure that its content is consistent with the national propaganda orientation. ”

"You can rest assured that although we are young, our ideological consciousness is not low." Zhou Cheng responded unconvinced.

Feng Yuanzheng helped Zhou Cheng persuade He Jiping: "Mr. He, several of us have read this script, and we also know the outline of the story. As long as Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran are adapted according to the outline, there is basically no big problem. ”

"Teacher He, when they finish the script, I will hand it over to you for review first, and then you will help check it, and then report it to the Propaganda Department for review." In the end, Yang Lixin proposed a compromise solution, and Zhou Cheng and He Jiping agreed.

Zhou Cheng then put forward his second condition: "Regarding the choice of actors for this play, I hope to have certain rights. ”

Feng Yuanzheng was slightly displeased, but still explained to him: "Zhou Cheng, we bought the drama copyright of your play, not as the main repertoire of Renyi. is still a new drama, directed by Chen Li, with Chinese opera students as the main actors, and old actors who don't use too many talents. ”

Feng Yuanzheng thought that Zhou Cheng wanted to use this script to recommend personnel to enter Renyi, and explained to him in advance the theater's positioning for this play.

After all, it is a new play that has not been tested by the audience, and even if the troupe is optimistic about the prospects of this play, the talent leaders will not risk it as the main repertoire. In particular, this play satirizes the issue of education with black humor, which can easily cause dissatisfaction with the education system.

"Teacher Feng, you misunderstood." Zhou Cheng also heard the meaning of Feng Yuanzheng's words, and hurriedly explained: "I hope that after the drama performance, this film can be filmed, and if the original crew can be invited to shoot, the quality of the film will be better." ”

"Shooting a movie? The little guy has a lot of ambitions, and you're ready to use our talent as a springboard. As soon as Zhang Heping's words came out, everyone immediately thought of the key.

"Zhou Cheng, if you want to make a movie, we must invest." As the director of the office, Yang Lixin wants to seek certain interests for the troupe.

"I can allow you to invest. However, the investment shall not exceed 20%, shall not interfere with film and television production, and can only enjoy the share of film box office revenue, and shall not enjoy the income of film copyright. Zhou Cheng, who has experienced the investment traps of another world, prescribes his own conditions. After all, this is a mutual benefit, and the release of the movie will further stimulate the income of the drama stage.

"We can give up the income from film copyright and film and television production rights, but the investment cannot be less than 50%, and the actors must give priority to the use of the original version. Xiao Zhou, you must know that with our talent as a signboard, there will be certain advantages in both pre-shooting and post-publicity. ”

"The maximum investment shall not exceed 30%." Zhou Cheng relaxed his conditions: "I agree with the actors, but the salary must be discounted, this is the first step I am preparing to produce, and I must control the cost......"

The two sides went back and forth, discussed for nearly two hours, and finally reached an agreement.

First of all, Renyi invested 100,000 yuan to buy out the drama copyright of this play at one time. If the attendance rate of the first performance of the drama "Donkey Gets Water" exceeds 50%, then the total number of performances will not be less than 30.

Secondly, the film and television drama "Donkey Gets Water" is adapted into a movie, with a budget of no more than 10 million, and the investment in talent and art cannot exceed 30%; If the investment exceeds 10 million, Renyi will invest up to 3 million, but it is required to enjoy 30% of the box office income. This is Renyi worried that Zhou Cheng will make a film and television drama for the first time, and he has no score in his heart and spends money lavishly, so he added a tight hoop to him.

In addition, Renyi does not enjoy the box office income of the movie "Donkey Gets Water". In terms of actors, try to use the original cast as much as possible, and the market price of their respective salaries is 7% off.

When both parties reach an agreement, then the contract is signed, and the first thing to sign is the copyright purchase agreement.

"Are you signing on an individual basis?"

"Company name."

Then Zhou Cheng took out an official seal from his bag and stamped it on the contract, and Zhang Heping and the others were stunned. Today's young people are really different from their own time.

After everything was negotiated, Feng Yuanzheng said that the theater guest house could provide rooms for Zhou Cheng, Chu Ran and Chen Li to write scripts, hoping that they would come up with works as soon as possible.

Zhou Cheng and Chen Li expressed their gratitude, although they all have their own places to live, but if several people work together to create a script, it is more suitable for a hotel. Moreover, Renyi's 100,000 copyright fee will only be paid after they come up with the script of the drama.

"Looking for a place to drink?" After all the formalities were completed, the time was close to seven o'clock, Zhou Cheng and Chen Li walked out of Renyi, and Zhou Cheng proposed.

"Okay, what do you want to eat? I'm here to call. Chen Li took out his mobile phone and was about to make a call, and casually asked a question that made Zhou Cheng stunned: "By the way, have you communicated with Chu Ran?" ”

Zhou Cheng was surprised: "Hasn't Chu Ran been cooperating with you recently?" I thought you had greeted him in advance. ”

"This is your script, if I don't communicate with you, will I inform Chu Ran?" Chen Li was slightly displeased.

Zhou Cheng hurriedly apologized, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone: "Brother Chen, I didn't think it through." I'll inform this kid now. Let's just knock him on tonight. ”

"Well, knock him off." Chen Li knew that Chu Ran was the lucky one, and he didn't know anything, so he was included in the circle by Zhou Cheng.

As if he had a heart in his heart, before Zhou Cheng's phone was dialed, the mobile phone rang, and Chu Ran's voice came from the other side: "Where?" Come on, Xitucheng Road, barbecue. ”