039 Boss Guo (second watch)
As he said when he was interrupted by his uncle, the first few movies continued to lose money, and after analysis by the company's team, it was judged that the problem was still in the script.
Due to his studies in Europe and the United States, Guo Yunchen first watched several Shakespeare classics at the Royal Theatre in the United Kingdom.
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, preferred the comedy-style A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice to these famous, tragic operas.
For opera, he likes it kindly, but he can't call it fanatical.
Until he got to Broadway in the United States -
Gypsy, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady...... He can say the titles of more than 20 dramas in one breath without repeating them!
He lived on Broadway for half a year, and Guo Yunchen watched all the popular dramas on Broadway more than once, and it was the first time he knew the concept of musical and dance dramas.
Then, obsessed with Broadway, he was pulled by a friend to watch a newly released song and dance film "Love in the Rain" - cheerful music, lively dance, coupled with the gorgeous costumes of the actors, he was dazzled and fascinated, so far out of control, completely fascinated by American song and dance films!
Love in the rain, the birth of a star, the king and me, red men and green women...... Each one of them is like a treasure!
After returning to China, he was determined to make Chinese song and dance films!
It's just that he ignored a very important point, American song and dance films are actually developed on the basis of Broadway song and dance dramas, and many song and dance films directly use popular Broadway plays.
There are many Broadway singers and dancers who can sing and dance, and they have become group performers in song and dance films, which is the basis for those shocking group songs and dances in American song and dance films.
After being transplanted to China, it is more difficult to find actors who can sing and dance, and there is a lack of a group of background actors who sing and dance neatly, and the charm of song and dance films has been reduced by more than half in an instant!
In addition, pop music has just emerged, and the old-school middle class prefers the quintessence of Peking Opera or other opera performances, which has led to his song and dance films, which have never been able to compete with the Pei brothers' Huangmei films.
The scripts of three standard American musical and dance dramas in a row did not shoot the desired effect, which made him think, perhaps, give up the model of musical and dance films, focus on the story itself, and attract the audience more and enter the theater?
Guo Yunchen's script of Eryou in Red Mansions last time was a brand-new attempt: it does not use the Huangmei tune, nor does it use the mode of song and dance films, it is just an ordinary vernacular movie, which is the company's most important shooting project now.
Originally, Senior Brother Chen's London Beauty was also a good adaptation object, but unfortunately-
At the same time, he offered a high reward to solicit high-quality scripts from all over Hong Kong, hoping to receive some wonderful works.
"Chen Shao, it's time for the company."
Guo Yunchen opened his eyes, Rong Bo had already stopped the car, several young assistants had already been waiting in front of the office building, and as soon as the car stopped steadily, someone stepped forward to open the car door for him.
Guo Yunchen handed the briefcase to one of the assistants and asked casually, "How many scripts have you received?" ”
The assistant hugged his briefcase and couldn't hide his excitement: "One hundred and fifty-six letters!" And that's just this morning! ”
Hearing this number, Guo Yunchen also perked up, "Go!" Let's go to the conference room! ”
Surrounded by several assistants in crisp suits, Guo Yunchen arrived in a small conference room, where a mountain of letters was piled up on the long table in the middle of the conference room.
Guo Yunchen sat down on the main seat and ordered: "According to yesterday's division of labor, let's start!" ”
Three assistants, plus him, a total of four people, formed an assembly line to come out:
An assistant is responsible for opening the letter and reading it simply, and if the sentence does not make sense, it will be screened out directly;
After the primary selection of the script, next, it will be sent to Guo Yunchen, he will read it roughly, and then subdivide the script into those who can be used, those who can be improved, and those who are scrapped.
He didn't have the delusion to screen out a peerless good script at one time, as long as there are one or two copies, a little modification can come in handy, Guo Yunchen is already thankful.
After grading, the script went into the hands of the next assistant, and his work was mainly for the second gear, which could be improved.
He is responsible for writing out the revisions, as well as encouraging words, after all, today's small saplings are likely to be tomorrow's towering trees, investing in advance, only need to pay a few lines, it is still very cost-effective.
The last assistant, the main job is to reply to letters, and the replies are also divided into two categories: the first category, to inform the authors of the scripts that have been classified as the first grade, the scripts have been preliminarily drafted, whether they will be adopted, please wait for the follow-up notice.
The second type is to mail back the revisions that can be improved and register them in the register to see if they will really improve in the future.
This is Guo Yunchen's meaning, even if he has not drafted, as long as the other party has a heart that wants to improve, Rongchang will always keep in touch with the other party.
The three assistants, all hired by Guo Yunchen with high salaries, are high-achieving students who graduated from the Department of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong, and can be said to be familiar with these simple writing work.
In the whole process, the one with the most backlog is Guo Yunchen.
He always can't bear to pass the manuscript that the author has put a lot of effort into directly, and each script will read a few more pages except for the beginning, which consumes a lot of time.
Assistant No. 1 suddenly shouted: "Boss, there is a letter here, which is quite interesting, and there is even a new envelope with a stamp stamped!" ”
Several assistants laughed at the same time, does this person think that Rongchang Pictures is very poor and can't even afford an envelope to reply to the letter?
Guo Yunchen's eyebrows raised and he stretched out his hand, "Show me." ”
Assistant No. 1 did not dare to delay and handed the letter to him as soon as possible.
Guo Yunchen glanced at the envelope that his assistant said, and saw that the receiving address was neatly written on it, and he immediately had a good impression of it.
He took out the letter paper and looked at it, and the person who wrote the letter directly stated at the beginning of the letter that it was the first time to write, please bear with me.
Guo Yunchen's favor has another layer.
The story of the wonton shop?
Guo Yunchen has never been to a wonton restaurant when he is so old, even if he doesn't eat at home or go out to socialize, he goes to a well-known hotel, a high-end gold cave.
He really had never been to this kind of roadside stall-like shop.
Guo Yunchen suddenly became interested, and looked at it at a glance and ten lines-
Brother Fugui? Would anyone really call such a dirty name?
His uncle, the word Zhenye, the juniors in the family feel very dirty in private.
The dock moved bricks, entered the factory to work, sold defective clothes, and finally had the confidence to shout with noodles and bottoms, Guo Yunchen watched with relish.
Then there is Atuber, the electronic scale mentioned in the story, when he was in the United States, he often saw it, and the article is very credible.
From this point of view, this story of the wonton store is more like a realistic news.
Guo Yunchen soon saw the last customer, drinking coffee at the wonton restaurant?
It was a little difficult for him to imagine this scene, and it seemed that this third guest was made up by the author.