Shen Xudong's room was on the first floor of the hotel, and he was chatting with Cai Yinong about work at this time...

Actually, it's not work, it's chatting... Probably told the history of his own family.

Her initial goal was to be a screenwriter...

After entering the industry, he first did a music interview, and later joined an entertainment company to do publicity.

The entertainment company is very large, and records, concerts, and movie promotions can be done...

"I went to visit the class "New Love", and told Brother Xiaobao that he wanted to be a screenwriter, and he said to me, 'There is no way out to be a screenwriter, you see that we have lost our hair when we write, how hard it is.'" … Then I switched careers to the company's actor resources department and started working in casting.

Hong Kong film and television production is like an assembly line, with a short cycle and high intensity, and the company produces more than 260 episodes of TV dramas a year. Sometimes the script is not in place, and the actors will not easily agree, so I will check the information and write the outline myself, and take the outline to find the actors, tell the story and tell the role. ”

"There are too few actors in Hong Kong, and the famous ones are very expensive, so I went to the Zhuying Studio and the Repertory Theatre in Guangdong to find actors, and initially established my own actor database."

In 96, the company planned to shoot the women's urban drama "True Love is You", which was called "Joy Club" when it was broadcast in the mainland. This drama will be filmed across the two sides of the strait and three places, and the starring role will be Pan Hong, and other roles will also find actors from the three places.

At that time, Huang Lei's "Singing in the Middle of the Night" was on fire, so I flew from Hong Kong to BJ and called him directly to make an appointment, but he didn't answer, so I gave Huang Lei the 10-episode script I brought. The next morning, Huang Lei called back and said, "I took this scene." ”

"Because of this drama, I have become good friends with Huang Lei... At that time, I often went to him at night, and I also met Sun Li! ”

"Sun Li fell in love with Teacher Huang Lei at that time?"

"Hmm... Sun Li is so beautiful and temperamental, so she signed it to me after graduation, and I also made "Fish Beauty" for her..."Book Sword Enmity Record" also asked her to play Li Yuanzhi! ”

Cai Yinong's first drama was "Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line", starring Li Yanpeng and Wu Qianlian: "At that time, an investor poached me out and asked me to be the general manager, so I fell in love with this script..."

Shen Xudong stalked: "I know that drama, it's very popular!" ”

When Li Yanpeng first debuted, his acting skills were still very good, "The Story of BJ Late Autumn", "Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line"...

Not to mention the classics, at least they are two very good dramas...

Since "Love to the End", he has fallen into a state of 'handsome and self-aware'...

Cai Yinong didn't continue to talk about Li Yanpeng, but said: "But the return on investment of TV dramas is too slow, it takes at least 12-18 months for a drama to recover costs from project initiation, the profit cycle is too long, and the boss is going to close the company... At this level, not only will I lose my job, but the director and actor team will also disperse after finally forming a group, and I have betrayed everyone's trust in vain... So, I borrowed money to buy the company and founded Tang Ren! ”

"There's no advance payment for the TV station... Oh, you weren't famous enough at the time..."

Shen Xudong can probably understand Cai Yinong's situation at that time...

"Thanks to Mr. Li Guoli, who helped to build the line, we cooperated with Shangying in "Spring Breeze Proud Westgate Town", and exchanged the resources of the director and actors for the overseas copyright of this film... With "Spring Breeze Proud Meilong Town", "Suzhou Second Tolerance" is relatively smooth, it is people who take the initiative to find us, and the sale is not bad..."

"I heard that "The Peerless Twins" was also made by you?"

"The Peerless Twins was an accident, the TV station called us, and then we produced it..."

"Did you make "The Peerless Twins"?"

Shen Xudong showed his doubts just right...

"Well, at that time, the Taiwanese TV drama market was booming, and an episode of TV series could sell for 1.2 million Taiwan dollars, and the competition was fierce..."

"But although "The Peerless Shuangjiao" is very popular in Taiwan, "Bodhidharma Patriarch", "Xiao Li Flying Knife", and "Peerless Shuangjiao" have the highest ratings, but in the mainland, "Xiao Li Flying Knife" is the most popular..."

That is, Jiao Enjun's "Xiao Li Flying Knife" is too popular...

is so popular that Jiao Enjun's salary has increased tenfold!

Anyway, Aunt Simon will never have a chance to play intimate scenes with him again!

"Then around 2,000 years, Singapore went through a cross-media experiment, and what was originally one TV station became two, and the demand for film and television productions exploded. We partnered with a distributor in Singapore, signed a one-year trial contract, aired "Suzhou Two Tolerances" and "The Peerless Twins", the ratings were good, and we added another two years to the contract..."

"In fact, at the beginning, we mainly relied on overseas copyrights, because at that time, the mainland TV drama market was still in its infancy, on the one hand, the copyright price of TV dramas was not high, and on the other hand, the sense of integrity was not strong, and we often could not receive the final payment..."

"However, after "Book of Swords and Enmity", we calculated that the mainland made twice as much money as overseas!"

Shen Xudong nodded: "The mainland market is still very large, the business model is not mature enough, and when the competition is fierce, the demand for excellent TV series will be greater, and when the time comes, the price of TV series will soar!" ”

After thinking about it, he said seriously to Sister Cai, who was sitting very closely: "... But I don't think we should just focus on the track of ancient costumes, modern dramas can also be done..."

"We've tried..."

As she was talking, Aunt Liu knocked on the door and came in, and when she saw Cai Yinong, her expression did not change...

Cai Yinong often chats with Shen Xudong, chatting about work and daily life...

Very pure sibling relationship.

Sitting down, Shen Xudong poured her a cup of tea, and the latter asked directly: "I heard from Qianqian, you and Chen Daoming are going to cooperate again?" ”

Cai Yinong was surprised: "... Really? TV series or movie? ”

“… It's a movie..."

"You've worked with him before?"

"Before "No. 1 in the World", Mr. Chen Daoming came to play a role, took care of me very much, suggested that I write a movie script, and then I wrote "Outstanding Citizen", he liked it very much, and found a director and producer to shoot... I heard that he also contacted the National Theatre to prepare to make a play..."

“… Wow, that's amazing, what is "Citizen of Distinction"? ”

"Satirical comedy... The main story is about..."

Shen Xudong probably said the plot of "Outstanding Citizen", and Cai Yinong was very interested: "How did you come up with such a story?" ”

"Read a lot of books..."

Aunt Liu obviously doesn't have any ideas about "Outstanding Citizen" - after all the filming is over, what can she think?

She is more concerned about Shen Xudong's two new projects, but she has never found an opportunity to ask, and then... Cai Yinong asked: "Two new stories, what type?" ”

Shen Xudong did not hide it: "One is the trial type, the daughter hit and killed the stepmother with a car, and the rich father wants to turn the tide... But I can't help it, so I can only take the blame myself... There is also a type of wit, which tells the story of a retired elder who opened a tailor shop in Hong Kong, and the tailor shop was patronized by the gangsters and became a stronghold of the gangsters... He used some tricks to get the gang to break up on its own..."

It's just an outline of the story anyway...

After hearing this, Cai Yinong frowned: "It feels quite commercial?" ”

"That's right, it's a commercial film..."Shen Xudong nodded as a matter of course: "It's a market economy now, and there are not enough commercial elements, and the audience can't buy it..."

"So you think it's a sellout?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I don't know, but I have to make the investor feel that it can sell well... Otherwise, why would people throw money at you? ”

"Distinguished Citizen... I'll be honest, brother, I don't think it's likely to be a big hit..."

Shen Xudong was happy: "It doesn't matter, the filming is cheap, and the TV copyright can recover half of the cost, if you can win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award... There will also be additional bonuses, and having already signed up for the Venice Film Festival, overseas rights should be able to recoup a little cost... The probability of losing money is not very high! ”

“… I also want to say that the overseas copyright is handed over to me, you have all signed up for the film festival... Forget it! ”

Well, from beginning to end, it was Cai Yinong who was saying that Aunt Liu didn't have a chance to speak at all...