"Director Gao, Sister Weiwei, please take a seat!"

Gao Qunshu said apologetically: "Teacher Li, I'm sorry, I was drunk that day, I lost my temper, I'm sorry!" ”

Li Tang smiled: "Understand, understand, when anyone will have troubles, Gao Dao, you don't have to care." Come, come, tea! ”

At the banquet that day, Gao Qunshu held his hand and almost burst into tears, at first he thought that this thing and Xiao Tengdao teamed up to sing a duet in front of him.

But to be honest, he is quite sympathetic to Gao Qunshu's experience, after all, the whole family was smashed into it, and he still owed a lot of debts, and the TV series he filmed was smashed in his hands.

Comparing hearts to hearts, if the "Third Man" that I invested in Cheng Er at the beginning was also smashed in my hands, I might be in the same mood as Lao Gao. What's more, I still had my own funds at the time, and when the money was gone, I could continue filming and earn it again. But for Lao Gao, if this drama is smashed, then there is almost no way out.

But sympathy is sympathy, and he can't help it. People always have desires and demands. Throughout the ages, many people have been bankrupt for the sake of so-called ideals, art, and wealth, and finally ended up in a dismal ending, and even many people were martyred for it. After all, there are very few successful people.

In the end, many things are done by themselves, for example, it is not good to be a TV reporter honestly, but it is also a respectable profession, and the achievements may have exceeded 90% of the general public. Even if you make some money by filming documentaries before, you have to gamble desperately, since you are on the gambling table, you must be prepared to lose, and you are willing to gamble and lose, it's as simple as that.

So all he can do is to be a qualified listener, as a tree hole, to listen to Lao Gao's catharsis, at least on the spiritual level, he can give the other party some help, that's all.

Even afterwards, he complained that Xiao Tengdao was digging a pit for himself and making trouble. It wasn't until Xiao Tengdao swore that the curse had no such intention, it was just a coincidence, that he reluctantly believed it.

This is mainly due to the fact that the environment in the capital is not very good, especially at the dinner, you can always see the kind of people with a big and scary tone, up to the sea, down to the neighborhood committee. Anyway, bragging is not taxed, and blowing it is called a skyscraper. If you take it seriously, then you'll lose.

Lao Gao is a clear example, when he filmed this "Conquest" last year, he was picked up by these people, and before filming, all kinds of "money is no problem, I'll vote!" ”

But when you really need money, you have to find all kinds of reasons, but you can't get it anyway. also said: Money, you will be cushioned first, and when it is filmed, it will be sold to a certain TV station, and I am familiar with that station, a matter of one sentence.

Wait for the TV series to be filmed, okay, this is not good, that is not good, and finally told you that your TV series is worth two million, and the money can't be given to you right away, you have to give me the TV series first.

Fortunately, Lao Gao reined in at the last moment, otherwise there would have been no bones left to be eaten by these people. Now the money is gone, but at least the TV series is still there.

Originally, Li Tang was chatting with Zeng Jia about this as a joke, but the speaker had no intention of listening to it. Zeng Jia thinks that he can want to watch Lao Gao's TV series, if the quality is good, he can talk about it.

Li Tang was a little unimpressed at first, others are not stupid, Gao Qunshu has found so many ways and has been rejected, which in itself shows that this TV series is not very good.

But it's hard to say.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to reconcile the mouth, that is, the audience's taste is always unpredictable, it is obviously a popular subject, and the shooting is also artistic and ornamental, but the audience doesn't like to watch it. On the contrary, you obviously think that this is a vulgar drama, but it can set off a ratings frenzy.

It's hard to find the greatest common divisor in the midst of all the hard things. Whether it's a movie or a TV series, it's just a matter of luck to have time while being well-made. Good luck, the audience is welcome, and the money is abundant; If you are unlucky, the audience doesn't like to watch it, so you can only stare at it with big eyes.

Zeng Jia's idea is very simple, the company must always conduct business, and as a film and television company, it is impossible to rely only on self-production and self-sales. Of course, the good TV series on the market now will not be their company's turn, since it doesn't hurt to watch it. It's the same as visiting Panjiayuan, what if you can pick up a leak?

Another very important reason is that at the end of next month, MK2's account sharing will come in, and there needs to be a project to offset the cost, otherwise the corporate income tax alone will be a large amount.

If you pick up a leak, it won't kill two birds with one stone.

Li Tang felt that Jiajia was thoughtful, and he was idle anyway, so he had today's meeting.

In fact, Gao Qunshu received a call from Li Tang, which was both unexpected and pleasantly surprised. At the dinner table that day, he was half-truthful at first, to put it bluntly, he was selling misery and sympathy, but later when it came to the bitterness, he unconsciously devoted himself wholeheartedly.

You said that you drank too much, but it was not true, but in the end, I realized that I was out of shape, so I simply covered it up with drunkenness. It's a pity that although Li Tang looked sympathetic, he never showed any words.

Originally, he had completely lost hope, after all, he had already encountered too many cold receptions, Li Tang was okay, at least on the surface, he always maintained respect, and did not say anything sarcastic.

The surprise is that people asked to watch the drama, which shows that the last time they were not superficial, but made a decision after careful consideration. Whether this happens or not, at least people have shown sincerity. But for Gao Qunshu, who was desperate at this time, it was undoubtedly a life-saving straw.

Lao Gao put his posture very low as soon as he entered the door, and even the confidante next to him had a cautious smile. Etiquette must be demanded by others, but everything must be based on the work.

Everyone sat down and exchanged a few polite words, and Zeng Jia walked in and said, "Brother, the screening room is ready." ”

"Then let's take a look?"

"Good, good!"

Lao Gao brought a set of burned CDs with him today, and he couldn't wait to get up.

Zeng Jia personally led the way, led everyone downstairs, and walked out of the back door. In mid-November, the weather in the capital varies greatly, and the wind is warm during the day, but at night the temperature plummets below 10 degrees Celsius, which is quite chilly.

If you look closely, you will find that the large area of slopping grass in the office building has already withered and yellowed, and if you look closely, you will find that this large area of withered yellow is mixed with dots of green, which is the ryegrass seeds that have just been sown have begun to sprout.

Lao Gao walked on the wind and rain corridor, looking at the large lawn in front of him and the huge factory with a sawtooth roof in the corridor lens, and couldn't help but be surprised: "These are all from your company?" ”

"Yes, I rented some more space to leave some space for future development." Zeng Jia said with a smile, pointing to the factory building in front of him and introduced: "Here we have temporarily set up a screening hall first, and the rest have not yet been opened." ”

The so-called watching of films, in fact, get a TV and DVD player, and watch them in the reception room, including in Li Tang's office, but Zeng Jia wants to arrange it in the screening hall that has just been completed, which is nothing more than to show the company's strength and exert psychological pressure on potential collaborators, so as to occupy the active side in the negotiation process in the future.

"Won't you tear it down here?" Lao Gao couldn't help but be curious.

In order to welcome the Olympic Games, almost the entire capital is being demolished and rebuilt. Especially along the airport highway where 798 is located, it is the face of the capital.

"I don't know yet, but look, if it really wants to be demolished in the future, then I can only find another place!"

As he spoke, he walked into the empty factory, which was clean and clean after simple face and wall treatment, and the floor height was particularly high, so it was more than enough to build a two-story space at that time. The screening room is set up in a corner on the left hand side of the entrance, a bit like a small building in a large building.

The screening hall is not large, with more than a dozen soft sofa chairs, divided into four rows, and a 16:9 200-inch screen hangs in front of it.

Lao Gao was very careful, and went to watch it during the screening, which is not because he is distrustful, but because he has too much to do with it, after all, it took four million to shoot the TV series, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has condensed all the hard work of the first half of his life. In case someone secretly burns it, the TV series has not been sold yet, but pirated copies are flying all over the sky, then Lao Gao may even have the heart to die.

Soon after watching the first episode, it can only be said that it is decent, just like the opening scene of the previous documentary TV series, someone was killed, and then the police began to investigate. The picture is average, and there is no composition and photography skills at all, probably the only novelty is that the deputy director played by Shi Zhaoqi looks particularly fierce. As for the male and female protagonists, they haven't appeared yet.

This made Li Tang, who had a hint of picking up leaks, a little disappointed, but it was normal to think about it, if the first episode was eye-catching, Lao Gao would not have frequently hit the wall.

Li Tang and Zeng Jia, who probably felt the same way, glanced at each other, and then looked down patiently. In the second episode, Jiang Shan first appeared, driving a big Buick, a strong woman, and then the protagonist Liu Huaqiang appeared.

Not to mention a few scenes, Li Tang couldn't help but light up. To be honest, there are many images of black bosses in these years, at most they are all kinds of black boss images in Hong Kong movies, which give people the same feeling, basically exaggerated images such as arrogant, fierce, and yelling.

Otherwise, it is the kind of elegant and scummy image created by Li Youbin, Wang Zhiwen, and Uncle Daoming in domestic police and gangster films.

It's just that the above two always feel unreal, the former is acting, and the latter seems to be too far away from their own lives.

But at this time, what Gong Li's male junior presents is a real and down-to-earth feeling, not similar to the face-painted image of Hong Kong films that are exaggerated to the fullest, and not like the deliberate play of deep and technical skills in the past mainland criminal investigation dramas, which seems to be very high.

The second episode finally got some flavor, and then the third episode, the fourth episode......

Generally speaking, judging the quality of a TV series is to watch the first four episodes, just like the golden three chapters in the online article, to see if it can be liked by the audience (readers) and whether there is any desire to continue watching.

And Li Tang had just seen the taste at this time, and was about to continue watching, when the lights in the screening room turned on, and the little assistant Zhao Luoyao walked in and said, "Teacher Li, lunch has been delivered." ”

But no, four episodes of the TV series, even if you go to the beginning and the end, two hours have passed unconsciously, and it's time for lunch.

"Director Gao, Sister Weiwei, I'm really sorry, let's just eat a boxed lunch at noon. I'll do it in the evening, and then we'll have a good drink. Li Tang, who was in a good mood, said with a smile.

Lao Gao has been secretly observing Li Tang, seeing that he has been watching seriously, he is secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said at this time: "Teacher Li, you are too polite, I should treat you at night." ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and returned to the small office building to eat a boxed lunch. Taking advantage of the time to rest after eating, Li Tang pulled Zeng Jia and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

"It's just average, but Liu Huaqiang acted well." Zeng Jia reacted calmly.

"Tsk, why do I think it's good-looking?" Li Tang couldn't help but be surprised.

"Is it pretty? It's just two groups of people running around, one helping to arrest people, the other helping to take revenge and killing, and there is nothing special in the shooting, so be it. Zeng Jiahu looked at Li Tangdao suspiciously.

"Uh......"

Li Tang suddenly realized that he had asked the wrong object, Zeng Jia was the kind of white-collar elite fan, maybe he would only watch the kind of criminal investigation dramas played by Wang Zhiwen and Uncle Daoming that play deep and technical, and look high.

"In this way, you will take Shen Lin, as well as the other drivers of the company, the cleaning aunt, and others to see if there is any idle to come over and watch together. I'd like to hear their feedback. ”

Zeng Jia was very smart and immediately understood Li Tang's intentions. The audience of TV dramas is a huge number of ordinary people and ordinary audiences. Some dramas seem to be very lofty, but in fact they can only win the approval of a small number of people, and ordinary audiences don't like it at all. The reverse is also true, a small number of people can't watch it, think it is vulgar, or even very mentally retarded TV series, but it can gain a large number of audiences.

The "Returning the Pearl" series is a clear example of this.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Li Tang's biggest feeling after watching the first four episodes is Gong Li's male junior, oh no, it should be called Sun Honglei, otherwise it doesn't seem respectful enough. Sun Honglei used a very personalized performance, and he got rid of the image of a black boss in every gesture. And he has affection and righteousness for his younger brother and Li Mei played by Liu Weiwei next to him, and his character image is plump up a lot at once.

In layman's terms, it's the characters who stand. Just like the TV series "The End" with the same theme that was broadcast in the first half of this year, the most critical factor in its success is that Ding Yongdai brought Bai Baoshan to life. As long as the protagonist of this kind of TV series stands, at least this drama is half of the success.

Standing opposite to Liu Huaqiang is Xu Guoqing, the deputy director with sharp eyes and an equally powerful aura. The two characters, one good and one evil, are clearly opposed, which adds to the sense of layering. In contrast, "The End" is a little worse, because the opposite of Bai Baoshan is a group of people standing, and there is no prominent and distinctive character like Xu Guoqing.

is also similar to "The End", every vicious criminal is always inseparable from a woman who falls in love, but compared with the conventional role, Li Mei played by Liu Weiwei is very distinctive. Although her acting skills still look a little immature, and she can't speak the same day as Jiang Shan at all, it is precisely this immature and nervous character that makes Li Tang see Claire in the hit American drama "Homeland Security" in her previous life. Dennis's Shadow.

Gao Qunshu, who had eaten a boxed lunch, looked at the two people who had greeted him and Liu Weiwei very politely and walked out, compared to Li Tang's very interested appearance, that Zeng always reacted obviously flat. After receiving Li Tang's call yesterday, he immediately called Director Xiao Teng, and while expressing his gratitude, he also inquired about some information about Li Tang and Shengtang Film and Television from the side.

Although Li Tang is a big boss, this Zeng always has a small share, and this Zeng always followed Li Tang as an executive agent very early. Although Gao Qunshu didn't know if the relationship between Li Tang and Mr. Zeng was like the relationship between himself and Liu Weiwei, he learned from Xiao Tengdao that Mr. Zeng was very vocal in Tang Dynasty Film and Television, and Li Tang was basically a hands-off shopkeeper.

Seeing the two go out to exchange opinions, Lao Gao was inevitably apprehensive. Because he has encountered too many situations in this situation, he usually sends the film to the TV station, and he also watches the first four episodes or the first six episodes like today, and there are also people who are very interested like Li Tang, but after the exchange, the result is not needed.

Fortunately, the waiting time was not long, and Li Tang and Zeng Jia quickly beckoned him to go to the screening hall to continue watching the film. This made Lao Gao finally breathe a sigh of relief, no news is the best news, at least Li Tang and Zeng Jia are willing to watch it.

But as soon as they entered the screening room, Lao Gao and Liu Weiwei couldn't help but be stunned at the same time, because this small screening room was actually crowded with people, not only in addition to leaving the four sofa chairs in the front row, the back rows were full, and there were even people sitting in the aisles on both sides with chairs, especially he also recognized a few faces inside, including Li Tang's assistant, driver, and the beautiful front desk girl who greeted him in the morning.

Lao Gao was stunned for a while, and just wanted to open his mouth to ask, but suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and he finally reacted. I finally vaguely understood why I had frequently hit a wall before.

The first two documentaries he made, including "Thirteen Murders", which later made him famous, were all ordinary people, but not many people had seen it in his circle of friends, and many people who had seen it were also because of his factors as a director.

What does this mean?

It shows that this kind of TV series is for the public, not for the elite.

And those who used to review films were precisely the elite, and the content he filmed was not within the aesthetic scope of this group of people at all.

At this time, he finally understood why Zeng Jia's reaction was very flat after watching the first four episodes.

The people who appeared in the screening hall now were probably the result of the communication between Li Tang and Zeng Jia just now.

The elite likes to watch lofty things, including those so-called friends who criticized these documentaries for not being like documentaries and TV series for not being like TV series, and even including himself, who are essentially elites, but they just ignore the feelings of ordinary audiences about this drama.

While Lao Gao kept making reviews in his heart, his gaze at Li Tang became more and more eager.

(End of chapter)