Chapter 51: Stand Out
Facing the gold medal screenwriter Ning Haozhe and script director Fan Jiaqi, how can Zhang Jiaze, a newcomer in the screenwriting industry, stand out?
This is simply an impossible problem, in front of Zhang Jiaze, there are two insurmountable mountains.
In the first job interview, the examiner once clearly asked Zhang Jiaze such a question: If the company needs to transplant a Korean TV series now, how does he feel? At that time, Zhang Jiaze also clearly answered: He doesn't appreciate this approach, because in his opinion, although Korean dramas have a large ratings base among China's post-80s and post-90s audiences, the cultural differences between South Korea and China are different, and this cultural difference will inevitably bring about differences in the audience's feelings.
What Zhang Jiaze didn't expect was that after officially starting work now, the work he did turned out to be the question asked by the interview examiner at the beginning.
What's really going on behind the scenes? The interview examiner knew Zhang Jiaze's answer, why did he hire him? Why did you ask him to do such a job after he was hired?
What Zhang Jiaze didn't know was that after he returned from the interview, the examiners had a fierce debate about whether to hire Zhang Jiaze. One school of ideas: Although Zhang Jiaze has not been a screenwriter, he has been immersed in the online literature industry for so many years, judging from his topic selection, he can grasp the pulse of the times and step on the rhythm of the times. Another school of thought asserts that what the company is going to do now is to transplant the Korean drama "Seoul Don't Cry", and he clearly refuses to do such a thing, so he should not be hired, and there is no room for negotiation and maneuver.
When the two factions were arguing, the opinion of Feng Dong, the boss of Maidi Film and Television Group, was final.
Feng Dong said that in the screenwriting industry, we have to look at a person's character and potential, and in the long run, character and potential are more important things than ability. Zhang Jiaze has never been a screenwriter, and he honestly admits this, which shows that his character is reliable; He made it clear that he refused to transplant something from Korea, indicating that he had his own opinions. As the leader of the company, he should consider the survival and development of the company, for the company, survival, development, and interests are everything, and will always be everything, so the company has nothing to blame for transplanting Korean dramas; But for a writer, originality and innovation are fundamental, and without originality and innovation, no matter how capable a screenwriter is, it can only be a dead end.
Everyone understands what Feng Dong means: the company pursues interests, the author pursues originality, everyone takes what they need, and does not interfere with each other.
In this way, Zhang Jiaze successfully joined the company.
So, why is Zhang Jiaze willing to pay for what he strongly opposed at the beginning?
When he received this task, Zhang Jiaze refused in his heart. But the reality does not allow him to refuse: first, there is a considerable income, although it is not stated how much it is, but at least it is not too bad. Only when the economic foundation is up, can he have a second child in front of his wife Song Yazhu. Second, there is an opportunity to learn. Zhang Jiaze deeply understands that at the moment, learning is the most important thing.
There is both the opportunity to learn, and there is a decent income, such a job, only a fool would refuse.
Zhang Jiaze is not a fool, so, although he has some rejection in his heart, he still accepts it.
In life, there are many things that we don't really want to do, but the reality has to make us bow our heads. This is the helplessness of life, and it is also the wonderful part of life. If everything is as we wish, what else is wonderful about life?