Chapter Twenty-Six: Venture Capital Shennong
"You are very talented, but talent is not enough, the cruelty of reality is not for fun, in addition to setting up a stall in Panjiayuan for most of the past six months, have you made any other attempts?"
Chen Jin was a little aggrieved: "I have applied for several clothing companies, but the concept is not the same, there are few young people in Panjiayuan, and I have also gone to other night markets to set up stalls, and no one buys them and is scolded." ”
Who are the people visiting Pan's home, and can those uncles be interested in these clothes that look like fake antiques?
"Someone in the night market scolds you for selling shrouds?"
"Hmm. ”
It's no wonder that people wore Hanfu in the 90s, and they could go on the evening news when they wore it out to go shopping.
"Isn't it frustrating that the ideal path seems to be a dead end?"
"I'm confused, these clothes have been improved a lot, but everyone just doesn't accept them anymore, they all say that culture has memory, and I can't feel it. ”
"Clothing is a strong culture, and now that suits are in charge, you are weak. ”
"I know, but aren't we also reforming and opening up and standing up?"
"Standing up and standing up straight are two stages, in fact, consumers don't know what they want, as a designer is not enough to provide the best product, you have to make everyone believe that this is really a good thing, but this is a long process, the market also has to be cultivated. ”
This is Jobs's famous quote, and Su Changqing said it for him first.
Although Chen Jin understood it, he shook his head: "Don't talk about cultivating the market, I can't afford to raise myself." ”
As the helmsman of Siwei, Su Changqing's responsibility is to be discerning: "You may be the first to do this kind of Hanfu improvement in China." ”
"Probably. ”
"Shennong Valley tasted a hundred herbs for eternity, but he was poisoned back then. ”
"I'm not as good as Shennong. ”
She is almost Shennong, many years later, there is no Chen Jin in the fashion industry at all, I don't know where the silence is, and she is likely to be poisoned by her own innovation.
"Your design is good, and I appreciate your talent, but your development direction and methods are wrong, and if you continue like this, you will be buried. ”
Chen Jin was silent, this is a simple-minded person, it is hard to imagine how long she can struggle in society.
Many artists are like exotic flowers and plants that can't withstand the storm.
After all that should be said, Su Changqing entered the theme: "If you want to stay after the film work is over and design clothes for our models, you have to sign a long-term contract with Siwei Studio." ”
Cultivating a person is not charity, and unrestrained cooperation is mostly turned against each other.
Then he roughly said the treatment, which is similar to the contract signed by other fashion design studios and designers, with a basic salary to ensure worry-free creation, and other income is linked to the value created, and he can gain fame and fortune well.
Su Changqing said very directly: "This is the best contract you can get in Beijing at the moment, and you should know that this is a condition for mature designers, not a novice like you." ”
Du Keke has been looking at Chen Jin's works, and was a little surprised to hear Su Changqing's decision, but he didn't say anything, after all, he signed a model earlier.
It's just that signing a designer immediately afterwards seems to be a bit more cross-border, after all, Siwei is a film and television studio, and models were originally used to shoot works.
Chen Jin has been in Beijing for more than half a year, and he was of course very surprised to meet Bole suddenly, but he was also very cautious: "Your studio is making movies, do you also want to be a clothing company?"
Pan Jiayuan has been mixed for more than half a year, and it is not easy to be so reserved.
Su Changqing smiled faintly: "Our studio is called four-dimensional, which is one more latitude than the world visible to the naked eye...... In short, where there is fame and fortune, there will be a four-dimensional name, we will not only shoot the best film and television, cultivate first-class actors, but also build a world-class fashion team, with a world-class fashion brand. ”
Ximenxiong stood at the door of the West Chamber and applauded: "Well said!"
Ding Jialuo also slapped the table in his room: "Great!"
She happened to cross the hurdle and found the direction of writing, not blindly patting Su Changqing's sycophants.
Chen Jin didn't expect that there was an ambush in the room, and he was startled: "I decided ......"
Su Changqing waved his hand: "Don't decide rashly, I'll give you a day to think about it, just call me back tomorrow." ”
And also gave her a reassurance: "Whether you sign a contract or not, it doesn't affect our cooperation in films, Siwei is an enlightened and open place." ”
Chen Jin left with a happy face.
Du Keke was a little puzzled: "She will also make ancient costumes, what will she do when she signs it, and promote traditional culture? Even if she wants to diversify her development, she is not busy signing a long-term contract immediately, she can wait until the end of the film cooperation." ”
"We still have to ask the old witch Ma Anna to preside over the costume design, and Chen Jin is to join the group to cooperate. Su Changqing looked at Chen Jin who disappeared at the door: "You also know the style of the old witch, after seeing this skill, you will definitely sign Chen Jin, rather than her signing, it is better for me to sign, it can be regarded as a venture capital." ”
Ma Anna is a well-known costume designer in the industry, with a first-class level and a strong style, it is impossible not to know the goods, and once the cooperation is indeed possible, Chen Jin may be recruited.
"But our next play may not be a costume, is it necessary to sign a costume designer with such a narrow business scope?"
Ximenxiong came over at this time and interjected: "Just now Director Su said that he will develop in an all-round way in the future, but you didn't listen carefully?"
Su Changqing smiled: "It seems that Director Ximen and I have the same ideas, Chen Jin is really not very good at doing other styles now, but she is only in her early twenties, and the fashion set is the same as painting, there is nothing that cannot be learned, only what cannot be learned, as long as the talent is a jade, a little polishing may become a priceless treasure." ”
Du Keke glanced at Ximenxiong, who was a little proud, and still reminded: "But our focus is on film and television, and our energy and financial resources are limited, so don't be too scattered." ”
"Fashion is also mass entertainment, inseparable from images, and it is very profitable," Su Changqing didn't want to argue meaninglessly: "Don't worry, let's just give her a platform, even if we don't develop the catwalk business in the future, isn't it a good thing that a top designer claims that it was Siwei who took her in and created her back then?"
"In addition, is it difficult for a person like Chen Jin to grow into a top film and television costume artist?"
That's right, no matter what, it's a favor, just like Bole saw a maxima on the side of the road, and took it home to cultivate.
The selection of the costume is basically determined, the photography is planned to be played by Leo and the makeup artist Zhou Lanhua, both of which are real characters, so that the key personnel are short of props and artists, and Su Changqing can't find a suitable candidate for a while.
The prop artists I have worked with in the past are also very good, but they are too young to reconstruct the landscape and equipment of a dynasty.
The other is the casting problem, this movie actually has no male lead, except for Wu Jiangqian and several ministers, the rest of the men who appear are treacherous and sinister, and they can be qualified by finding some second- and third-tier actors, and big names are not willing to be green leaves.
The princess, the mother concubine and several palace maids are the key, and the casting can't be a bedbug, otherwise the whole play will be ruined, Su Changqing continued the topic of drinking last night: "Do you want to audition?"
Du Keke still disagreed: "A slightly famous actor will not participate in the audition, and he can't afford to lose that person, if the heroine is a newcomer in the audition, the supporting role must be familiar to everyone, so even the second- and third-tier actresses may not be willing to join, why bother so much to not be a person inside and out." ”
This does have to be weighed, auditions can be hyped to build momentum, but movies without the participation of stars basically can't be hyped, and many auditions have become farces, just to hype up the newcomers who are predetermined.
Just as everyone was discussing, Leo called: "Hurry up and catch people, I'm at the police station, I just took a model to shoot in the alley, and I was actually reported by my aunt!"