"Twist? What a name! Zeng Jia looked disgusted.

"I'll just say that if you really want to start an independent brand, you should think about it. But I don't think you should be in a hurry for now, wait and see first, and see the situation after the play "I Want to Eat Twist Flowers and Twist It for You" is staged. I told you that the first shot is very important, and if the first shot is not fired, I don't think it will be an independent brand, and it is better to train as the company's future talent reserve. ”

Zeng Jia wants to talk about shortcomings, maybe he is more anxious.

However, there are two sides to everything, on the one hand, the temperament is anxious, on the one hand, to do things vigorously and resolutely, not dragging mud and water, which is needed in the company's grassroots stage. But once the company is on the right track, what is needed is often to be safe, step by step, down-to-earth, and at the same time avoid various risks.

After all, the company now has forty or fifty people, and the decisions to be made are not only related to the future development of the company, but also related to the jobs of these forty or fifty people, and they must be cautious.

Fortunately, these words came out of Li Tang's mouth, and Zeng Jia was still willing to obey. She thought thoughtfully for a moment before nodding and saying, "Okay, let's see." ”

She has been tinkering with this stage play project for more than half a year, but it has not progressed for a long time. In fact, the biggest reason is that you can't find a good script.

To put it bluntly, the root of a stage play is the script, and a good script is really hard to find. For example, Meng Jinhui, the current leader of domestic avant-garde dramas, has been drumming up avant-garde dramas with Zhang Baibai, Diao Yinan, Cai Shangjun and others more than ten years ago.

You must know that these people are all from the literature department of Chinese opera, the highest university in the domestic drama industry, and they eat this bowl of rice. But after so many years, Meng Jinhui has only been able to get his hands on one drama "Rhino in Love". In the dramas he has directed over the years, except for those classic dramas that have been introduced from the West, other original dramas seem to be quiet.

And at present, this "Rhino in Love", which has been performed in many versions, is not an original version at all, but is derived from the absurd drama "Rhinoceros" by the famous French playwright Ionescu.

It's like Ning Hao's "Big Diamond", which is now ready to be filmed, borrows from the drama "Diamond Commandment" created by Zhang Cheng and Yue Xiaojun back then.

There are also Beijing Renyi and Shanghai Drama Center, the two largest drama groups in China, which have rehearsed classic scripts written decades ago over the years. For example, Renyi's "Teahouse", "Thunderstorm", and "Dragon's Whisker Ditch"; The Drama Center's "Shang Ying", "Under the Red Flag", "Under the Eaves of Shanghai" and other such as "Shang Ying", "Under the Red Flag", "Under the Eaves of Shanghai" and other such really newly created original dramas are really rare.

As for the script of "I Want to Eat Twist and Screw You Now" that the company is currently cooperating with director Tian Youliang, it is also a coincidence. Since last year, the company has successively cooperated with Zhang Baibai, Diao Yinan, and Ning Hao, and each work can go to the three major European film festivals, which has caused a lot of sensation in the circle.

Everyone knows that Shengtang Film and Television has a relationship with MK2 in France, so those so-called directors who boast of their talents have come to the door, and they look like they missed me, you must regret it, but the script that came out was not known except for self-praise, and Zeng Jia was very disturbed.

Of course, there are also more realistic ones, such as director Tian Youliang, who is also hot when he sees Zhang Baibai and Diao Yinan transforming into directors one by one.

He graduated from the Department of Chinese Opera Performance, and was in the same class as Gong Li, Shi Ke, Wu Yujuan, Chen Wei, Jin Lili and other famous "Five Golden Flowers", and later graduated and stayed in school to become a teacher. As a teacher in the Department of Chinese Opera Performance, he actually became a director very early, of course, not a film director, but a director who directs students' stage plays.

The showbiz is a very small circle, for example, Zhang Cheng and Yue Xiaojun's "Diamond Commandment" was directed by him back then, and "The Nth Close Contact" and "Cuihua, Sauerkraut", which have caused a lot of repercussions in the Chinese Opera Small Theater in the past two years, are also his student works.

But directing a stage play of a student's work alone can no longer satisfy his ambition, but he doesn't have the courage and confidence to direct a movie, so he follows Zhang Baibai and chooses to shoot a TV series first.

The reason why I found Shengtang Film and Television is that on the one hand, it is the relationship between Zhang Baibai and Diao Yinan, and on the other hand, it may be that I feel that Shengtang Film and Television is easy to talk and a bit wronged.

In fact, if you stay in the capital for a long time, you will be infected with this habit of being cheap and selling well. When Zhang Baibai found Li Tang, why wasn't that the case.

At that time, he wanted to adapt a film called "The Difficult Love of the Diamond King", and as soon as he came to the door, he asked for an investment of 6 million.

At that time, Zeng Jia's face was covered with black lines, but because the other party was a Chinese opera teacher, and it was introduced by Zhang Baibai and Diao Yinan, he could only greet him with a smile.

It is definitely impossible to invest in a TV series, after all, six million is too risky, not to mention that he is still a rookie director. But in the process of chatting, I happened to talk about dramas.

I have to say that Zeng Jia is still very discerning, when he chose the project of stage plays, he aimed at the theme of comedy from the beginning. The reason is simple, the current movies have both serious and light-hearted works, especially Feng's comedies, which are particularly good at the box office. On the other hand, in the drama market, almost all of them are serious works. Since you want to make a stage play, you have to make a comedy that the audience likes.

Entertainment is just a musical word, and the audience watching the performance is nothing more than a picture of being relaxed and happy, not taking the initiative to ask for money to buy tickets to get educated, unless there is a hole in the brain.

And comedy happens to be Tian Youliang's area of expertise, and it happens to be despised by the mainstream, so the two have a common language, and the more they talk, the more speculative they become.

What surprised Zeng Jia even more was that Tian Youliang happened to have such a script at hand, this script called "I Want to Eat Twist and Twist It for You Now" has a hilarious plot, humorous lines, and takes stock of current affairs throughout the year, criticizes all kinds of bad phenomena in society, and the final ending is also happy and warm. It was the script that Zeng Jia was looking for, so the two sides hit it off.

Li Tang then inquired in detail about the current progress of preparations, with his many years of experience on Broadway, although the director Tian Youliang is not particularly professional, but the overall approach is still right.

The four newcomers that the company is preparing to sign this time, except for Bai Xue, who has just entered the first grade of Nortel, is favored by Zeng Jia, and the other three are recommended by Tian Dao. However, judging from the fact that he took the initiative to recommend Shen Teng, who was a military artist, to play the protagonist Wang Dong in "I Want to Eat Twist Flowers and Twist It for You", rather than the other two of his own students, at least it shows that this person's selfishness is not too heavy.

In this case, Li Tang also happily signed his name on the proposal for the newcomer to sign the contract.

"Teacher Li! Mr. Zeng! ”

As soon as he finished processing the documents on the table, Ning Hao knocked on the door and came in.

This thing is not only out of breath, but also full of sweat.

"Didn't drive?" Li Tang couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Although the weather is very hot, there is air conditioning in the car after all, and each floor of the company is equipped with powerful ceiling-mounted Daikin air conditioners, and the interior is quite cool.

"It's on!" Ning Hao hurriedly responded.

"You're still sweating?"

Ning Hao realized it later, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, and explained, "Oh, I just ran all the way up. ”

"I'm only on the third floor here, haven't you been pretty empty lately?" Li Tang couldn't help but be surprised.

"Uh......"

It's a question that's not easy to answer, and as a young man in his twenties, it's a matter of dignity. He couldn't answer that he was a little crazy during his trip around the country looking for filming locations, and that he had to hand in his homework too often after he came back?

He could only laugh dryly twice, and then quickly took out the script from his bag.

"Teacher Li, you take a look at it first."

It's over, and he smiled embarrassedly at Zeng Jia.

Zeng Jia was quite polite, and while inviting Ning Hao to sit down, he personally helped him make a cup of tea.

"Brother, Director Ning, then you talk, I'll go down first."

"Jiajia, wait a minute."

Li Tang stopped her, turned his head and asked Ning Hao, "Is there anything wrong at night?" ”

"It's fine!"

"It's okay, let's eat together in the evening?"

"Okay, I'm in for a treat, just to pick you up." Ning Hao said busily, and his attitude towards the boss and financier who supported him was unusually correct.

Li Tang smiled, and then said to Zeng Jia: "You help me book a seat at the Diyuan Restaurant of the 21st Century Hotel, at six o'clock, I will invite Xu Zheng and the two of them and Ning Dao to eat together." By the way, are you free? ”

If it was to ask herself to eat alone, Zeng Jia would be very happy, but now she was obviously suspected of making up the numbers, so she could only check the large stack of documents she was holding in her hand and smiled: "I'll forget it, I still have a lot of things to do here!" ”

The boss has signed, and there is still a lot of work to be done. From the establishment of the company to the present, overtime has been commonplace for her.

"Well, then you've worked hard."

Ning Hao, who was sitting on the side and heard the conversation, looked obviously a little strange, and only after Zeng Jia went out did he twist and say, "Teacher Li, do you know everything?" ”

"What, don't you want to eat with your idol?" Li Tang said deliberately.

"No, no, no, I can't ask for this!" Ning Hao hurriedly waved his hand, and then said embarrassedly: "I sent an email to Teacher Taohong, but there has been no response from her, I thought this matter was over." ”

Everyone has their own idol, but I didn't expect Ning Hao's idol to be Xu Guangtou's wife Xiao Taohong.

But it's normal to think about it, after all, Xiao Peach debuted very early.

Li Tang smiled at this time: "You really don't have a scene if you want to find her to film, and the schedule has already been full." But other people's husbands are quite interested in your play. ”

"Teacher Xu Zheng wants to play my play?"

Ning Hao's face was surprised, but his expression immediately became subtle again, and he looked at Li Tang, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Tang saw the little Jiujiu in his heart, and said in a bad voice: "Don't worry, I told you before that I won't interfere with your creation, and what you say counts." Xu Zheng just wants to play the role of Bao Shihong, the chief of the security section, let me help you talk about it, that's all...... Oh yes, you use the name of Bao Shihong, are you willing to use Bao Shihong? ”

One more thing, in the script that Li Tang read before, the characters in it have not yet had serious names. And the "Bao Shihong" he said just now is none other than the production director of "Incense". He graduated from Nortel's management department and is currently the director of the company's production department.

The first update, there is!

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