Chapter 120: Friends at the Television Arts Center (Part 4)
Xu Luo is familiar with many people in Beijing, but he thinks that the one who can talk and chat the most is Ge You.
When I asked him to eat in the evening, Xuluo had prepared Sister Lin, but since the girl "escaped" from Xuluo's clutches two days ago, she has been answering Xuluo shamefully for the past two days.
There is no way, Xuluo can only go alone.
Maybe he heard that Sister Lin didn't come, so Ge You said that he would bring a few people and asked him if he still wouldn't say.
When Xuluo arrived at the agreed place, he saw two men in their thirties, and two beautiful girls.
Xu Luo greeted Ge You first, "Yo, Brother You, you are breaking the bill today, this banquet in Dongxing Building is not cheap!"
Originally, Xuluo said to invite Ge You to dinner, but Ge You insisted on paying for it himself, and Xuluo complied.
And the place chosen by Ge You is not cheap, it is the Dongxing Building of the Old Eighth Building in Beijing, which is located on Dongzhimen Inner Street.
This is a Lu cuisine restaurant, which has inherited the taste of a hundred years, and now it has reopened, and it has always been full of guests and business is very good.
Of course, most of the people who come here to eat are either returned overseas Chinese or businessmen, and ordinary people still can't afford to eat.
Not to mention that Ge Youding is a private room.
Hearing this, Ge You smiled and said, "Isn't it that I haven't had a chance to thank you Luo Shao, it's rare to seize this opportunity, can I still be stingy?"
"Don't learn from others to call me Luo Shao, just call me Xiao Luo like before." Xuluo shook his hand and looked at the other four people who stood up: "I know Sister Xiaoyi, and I know Jiang Shan...... These two are ......."
The two beauties are naturally Chen Xiaoyi and Jiang Shan.
Chen Xiaoyi is Xuluo's fellow villager and the heroine of the original "Alien Girl".
Jiang Shan is the candidate recommended by Xuluo to play the heroine Ge Ling in "The Story of the Editorial Department", replacing the nervous Lu Liping.
At the same time, she is also Chen Xiaoyi's classmate.
Now Jiang Shan is in "The Story of the Editorial Department", and Chen Xiaoyi is in "I Love My Home".
Although Chen Xiaoyi's role in "I Love My Home" is only a little daughter, not a big protagonist, but because of "Alien Girl", Chen Xiaoyi has become popular, but she is not in a hurry.
When she saw Xuluo, a smile appeared on her face, but she was not in a hurry to speak.
Ge You also followed to introduce the two men: "Both of them are from the Beijing Television Art Center, and here is Zheng Xiaolong, the producer; Next to him is Zhao Baogang, the director of the same unit."
"Hey, Yuko, don't put gold on my face. I'm not just an assistant director who helps out with the odd jobs!" Zhao Baogang, who looked like a literary young man with long hair, said with a smile: "Luo Shao, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Hello." Xuluo smiled and shook his hand.
Zheng Xiaolong next to him was a little more steady, but he was more enthusiastic about Xuluo: "Luo Shao, needless to say, your achievements in Xiangjiang, now you actually work until you are in Japan, it's really a cow!"
Xuluo was stunned, "Everyone knows?"
"Can this still be hidden?" Ge You smiled next to him: ""Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider", in the first two weeks, one ranked ninth, the other ranked fifteenth, and it was greatly noted at the back, the author Xuluo, nationality Huaguo, except Luo Shaoyou, who else?"
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Although Xuluo asked him to call him "Xiao Luo", several people around him were called "Luo Shao", and if Ge You called "Xiao Luo" alone, this would undoubtedly put himself in a higher position than his friends, which was not good.
Xuluo didn't have the heart to call it anymore, he said in surprise, "Is it going up again? I haven't heard of it yet!"
In fact, because Xuluo was in Miguo some time ago, it was inconvenient to contact, so Junko had no way to contact him, so naturally there was no way to know the news.
But the Chinese in Japan are clear, it is rare to have a Chinese writer who can reach the top ten on the best-selling book list of Japan, which is a rare honor.
So the news quickly spread back to China, and Ge You and they naturally knew.
Zhao Baogang said: "They all said, not only do you publish books in Japan, but also use a lot of our Chinese names as the protagonists, which is very majestic and tasteful!"
"I can't say I can get higher this week." Ge You said with some envy: "You are not like me, you only know a little bit of acting...... Write books, write scripts, write songs, you can do anything, I and other mortals, we can only worship!"
"Don't exaggerate it, it's just that you have some ideas in your head, and it's hard not to write it." Xuluo is a little modest, but he is not so modest when he speaks.
Seeing Xuluo talking and laughing, Jiang Shan, who had been a little nervous next to him, stood up with a cup: "Luo Shao, I'm ...... I thank you! Thank you for this opportunity! You are free to do so!
Saying that, two taels of white wine glasses, this Nizi poured directly in one go.
It was too late for Xuluo to stop it.
This girl is very beautiful and magnificent, but she is not Xuluo's dish.
Looking at the flushed girl, the young man smiled and reached over and shook her hand, "Sister Shan, you are too polite, I didn't choose you on purpose, but among the actresses of the right age, you are the most suitable for Ge Ling, so you have to thank your parents!"
"Hahaha......
Zhao Baogang here laughed: "Come on, come on, the dishes are going to be cold, let's talk while eating, talk while eating!"
So they ate.
Dongxing Building is worthy of being the first of the eight buildings in Beijing, and this Lu cuisine is particularly authentic.
In particular, Lu cuisine has a heavy taste and compound seasoning, which just meets the appetite of Shuchuan people.
The young man sighed a little in his heart.
Sure enough, future memories are not something that anyone can enlighten, and when I shook hands with Jiang Shan just now, nothing happened.
After only a few bites of food, Chen Xiaoyi said, "Xuluo, I heard that you went to the Mi Kingdom some time ago, why did you go?"
Looking at the handsome and unparalleled young man, Chen Xiaoyi's heart was slightly sour.
Xuluo called her into the crew of "Alien Girl", she didn't feel anything at first, but when "Alien Girl" was wildly sought after all over the country, and someone called her name on the road, Chen Xiaoyi knew how important this opportunity Xuluo gave her.
Originally, she wanted to thank Xuluo and invite him to dinner, but during that time, Xuluo was running around and was too busy to have time.
When Xuluo was empty, Chen Xiaoyi returned to school again.
Then, then she received a message from "The Story of the Editorial Department", asking her to play a cameo role, and knew that this role was closely related to the "I Love My Home" that started filming later.
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In "I Love My Home", she is at least a secondary role.
The actress has a higher status than her, that is, Teacher Song Dandan.
In the face of this ruthless person who drank water at the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Xiaoyi didn't have any intention of comparing at all, and felt that he was lucky enough to partner with her.
For the Xuluo who caused all this, Chen Xiaoyi had another thought at this time in addition to gratitude.
A handsome young man like Xuluo has amazing talent and tens of millions of family assets...... No matter how you look at it, it's the first choice of the golden beetle son-in-law, the boyfriend.
It's a pity that Chen Xiaoyi has already inquired about it, and there has always been that old woman Chen Xiaoxu by Xuluo's side, and even killed a Nortel Yu Feihong in the middle, which gave her a headache.
The most annoying thing is that during the summer vacation, Xuluo actually took Yu Feihong to Miguo for a month!
Mi Country!
One month!
In this era, who doesn't yearn for the country of Mi?
Not to mention going out for a month!
It's so jealous!
Therefore, when talking about the first sentence, Chen Xiaoyi couldn't help the sourness in his heart and asked the question in his heart.
Xuluo nodded when he listened, and he didn't hide it: "I mainly went to Miguo to buy the rights to a film and television adaptation, and then made a TV series and published a comic book by the way."
Everyone: "!?"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Zhao Baogang patted and said, "Luo Shao, are you an immortal? After going to Miguo for a month, you have done so many great things?"
Xuluo said: "Actually, I was also inspired, so I got a TV series and a comic book. The comic book has been negotiated for publication, but the TV series has only signed an agreement and has not yet started broadcasting."
"You...... Where did you get all that money?" Chen Xiaoyi cares about this.
"Xiangjiang borrowed some from a friend, and then there was the copyright fee for Japanese benzene." Xuluo explained, "Both Resident Evil and Tomb Raider were bought by Japanese game manufacturers. So there's a lot of money."
"Dollars!?" Ge You's eyes widened.
"Yes, of course." Xuluo laughed.
"Ouch, ouch......" Zheng Xiaolong couldn't help but shake his head, "You are doing this...... Hey! If I had so much money, I would have bought a big house in Miguo and lived a happy life!"
As soon as he said this, the two beauties next to him both nodded subconsciously.
Again, in this era, people are proud to be able to live in the country.
If you can live a life of a big villa and a luxury car in Miguo, it will be even more heaven!
Ge You distinguished for Xuluo: "Lao Zheng, you are too decadent! Luo Shao was young and energetic, and he made money just to start a business actively, and those days when he started to live a retirement life directly were not suitable for him at all."
Another round of talking and laughing.
Everyone chatted for a long time, and the information of Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang was revealed.
Zheng Xiaolong is the backbone of the Beijing Television Art Center, and has been working for almost nine years and has done many positions, so he has only now become a producer.
Zhao Baogang entered a few years later than him, and he has been working hard as a director, but his luck is not good, and there is no place to get ahead until now.
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But now they are producing a TV series that is very much anticipated.
This TV series called "Desire" began planning in the second half of last year, and the planner was Zheng Xiaolong.
He found Wang Shuo, Ma Ye, Yu Qian and others in the Beijing literary circle, organized a bureau together to write a rough script, and then handed it over to director Lu Xiaowei to do.
And Zhao Baogang is director Lu Xiaowei's deputy and assistant director.
Ge You was still interested in "Desire", he chatted and said, "Baosteel, I've heard that you are almost in control of the overall situation recently...... If "Desire" can become popular, your battle for standing will be done!"
Zhao Baogang smiled: "Isn't this because Director Lu is too serious? If he hadn't devoted himself to writing the script, where would I have the opportunity to control the crew? But then again, Director Lu is really too hard-working, and basically only sleeps three or five hours a day, just to write the script well."
Xu Luo also listened to some of it just now, and knew the general situation inside.
Although the idea of "Desire" was given by Wang Shuo, it only listed an outline and general direction.
If you want to fill so many episodes of TV series, it is obviously not enough.
And the most important thing is that "Desire" was originally only set for 20 episodes, but later Lu Xiaowei felt that 20 episodes were far from enough to express the entire story, so it was forcibly expanded to 40 episodes.
On the one hand, the script is even more insufficient.
On the other hand, there is not enough funding.
The entire crew of "Desire" is only 1 million.
1 million has to bear all the crew salaries, production costs, etc., which is really not simple.
You know, this is Beijing!
Luckily, Beijing TV has a lot of contacts, and most of them shoot on set – that is, indoors, so they save a lot of money.
In comparison, Xuluo's "
Friends", the average cost of an episode is at least $300,000, which is really a bit expensive.
But don't be too expensive.
"Friends" did not find a star to reduce the cost as much as possible, which is 350,000.
Otherwise, if you are "Seinfeld" and "Happy Hotel", each episode will be less than $2 million in production costs, and you won't be able to do it at all.
It is said that if the ratings of this season's "Seinfeld" continue to be maintained or even increased, the salary of Seinfeld, the producer, director, screenwriter and starring Seinfeld may be further increased, and it will be even more expensive at that time.
Retracted his thoughts.
Xuluo didn't ask if he wanted to invest in the crew of "Desire" by himself.
Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang talked about "Desire", purely for small talk, and did not mean to ask Xuluo for help.
Although the crew of "Desire" is very poor, the Beijing Television Art Center is not poor, and everyone has money, and they still rely on Yang Ma behind it.
It's just that the rules for making TV dramas are like this nowadays.
It is impossible to give you much money at the beginning, if the ratings are good, there will be various subsidies and bonuses.
And mainland actors in this era are particularly worthless.
As far as Xuluo learned, Mr. Li Xuejian, that is, the artist who starred in "Jiao Yulu" of Eying Studio and won tens of millions of box office, the salary of the entire "Desire" is only one or two thousand yuan.
He is not as good as Liu Deyi of "Silly Teacher".
The 12 episodes of "Silly Master" took 3,000 yuan.
This is completely different from the salary system of celebrities in Xiangjiang.
The new king of comedy, Zhou Xingchi, has a salary of 200-3 million for a movie.
Cheng Long is even more powerful, people not only have to get paid, but also take a share of other cities.
A "Police. Cha Story" brought him tens of millions of income!
I really don't know what the film company will do if the movie starring these stars is not good at the box office and collapses!
I'm afraid this is one of the reasons why many film companies go out of business!
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