Chapter 193 The strange things inside Feng Ge
That afternoon, Xu Kong originally planned to go to Su Zhi.
But Song Youyou had already arrived at his door and asked him where he was.
With no choice, Xu Konghua had no choice but to go back first.
"Brother Xu Kong, can't you tell me the password of your house?"
After entering the door, Song Youyou spoke with some dissatisfaction.
In this regard, Xu Kong thought about it, and now he and Su Zhi almost always go to each other's place.
He didn't seem to be afraid of Song Youyou's sudden attack, so he finally told the other party the password.
Xu Kong remembered what Su Zhi mentioned before, that Song Youyou went to find the other party.
So he pulled away Song Youyou who was hugging him, and asked tentatively: "Have you gone to see Su Zhi before?"
Song Youyou obviously didn't expect that Xu Kong would know about this, and she was obviously a little panicked.
"I just went to ask if you were there"
"Brother Xu Kong, don't be angry~"
Song Youyou began to act coquettishly.
But looking at Song Youyou at this moment, Xu Kong obviously couldn't really get angry.
After a few words, the matter was no longer brought up.
However, Xu Kong still inevitably feels a little guilty.
The main reason is that it can be seen that Song Youyou cares about him, otherwise, Xu Kong would not be so nervous after hearing about it.
In addition, Xu Kong also got some new news from Song Youyou.
Feng Ge is indeed ready to start training a large number of new people.
Even Song Youyou was recruited by the company to be a teacher for newcomers in acting classes.
As for Xu Kong, he felt that similar tasks would fall on him later.
Also, it has been almost two years since Song Youyou debuted. Although she rarely receives announcements or commercial activities, she has almost never stopped filming.
This time she plans to take a good rest and not join the group for about half a year.
But if Xu Kong plans to let her star in his next drama, he will still agree.
"Does Sister Hong agree?"
Xu Kong asked curiously.
"Yeah."
"And I happen to be graduating next year, so I need to prepare my graduation thesis in advance, otherwise it will be difficult to graduate."
Xu Kong heard Song Youyou mention it, and then he remembered that the other party seemed to still be a student.
Although I didn't stay in school most of the time.
But he is still a student at Beijing Film Academy.
"But don't worry, brother Xu Kong. My school is not far from your home. I won't go to the company, but I will come to see you often."
Song Youyou opened her mouth to explain.
Xu Kong was not too worried about not being able to meet Song Youyou.
So he smiled and nodded and said it was okay.
"In the worst case, I'll go to your school to find you."
Song Youyou quickly shook her head.
"No."
"My roommate is a fan of yours and has asked me for your contact information several times."
Looking at Song Youyou who looked like a protective puppy, Xu Kong smiled helplessly and rubbed her head.
After returning to the company after the vacation, Xu Kong continued to focus his main energy on the finishing work of "The Long Season".
The popularity of the music video for "Love Song" has declined, but it still remains at the top of the major music charts.
The popularity of Su Zhi's new album has completely increased.
Although I only released two songs, the number of netizens urging me to release songs every day has greatly increased.
Xu Kong will definitely not be able to continue participating in the "Autumn Concert" program in the short term.
But Su Zhi became one of the regular guests.
Mango was also quite impressive, and the subsequent announcements were indeed centered around Su Zhi.
Of course, because the popularity of Su Zhi's new album has remained high, it has actually greatly increased the attention of this program.
In the Mid-Autumn Festival episode, it seemed that all the popularity was taken away by the MV of "Love Song".
However, the data directly exceeded the data of the first issue, ranking first among domestic variety shows that week.
As for Su Zhi Studio, although the album promotion work is still going on, with the help of Mango, it is completely getting twice the result with half the effort.
Generally speaking, the cooperation that Xu Kong and Wu Youxue agreed upon was a win-win situation.
Different from Xu Kong's ease, Penguin's producer Ding Decong admired him more and more at this time.
He only learned later that not only was the post-production progress of the drama not delayed at all, Xu Kong was also able to find time to record songs and shoot music videos for Su Zhi, and even participated in Mango's variety show.
Su Zhi's new album is so popular that it basically doesn't take too much analysis to understand the key role Xu Kong plays in it.
Xu Kong gave Ding Decong the feeling that he was the kind of monster who could easily succeed no matter what he did.
"Director Xu, I really don't have any objections here. I think the parts that have been produced so far are quite perfect!"
Looking at Xu Kong's questioning eyes, Ding Decong once again stated his position.
At this time, "The Long Season" has only the finishing work left. If nothing unexpected happens, post-production can be completely completed in up to a week.
He almost always plays a role in the show.
Perhaps the biggest role is to accompany Xu Kong in the editing room.
Xu Kong didn't even remember the existence of Ding Decong as a producer until the entire drama was almost completed.
Although there is a high probability that he will not listen to all the other party's opinions.
But Ding Decong didn't express any opinions at all, which still made people a little worried.
After all, it was the producer sent by Penguin, so Xu Kong asked cautiously out of respect.
After Ding Decong repeatedly promised that he would not change his mind, Xu Kong felt relieved.
Instead of waiting until the entire drama is completely produced and the other party comes to argue, it is better to make it clear now.
As for Ding Decong, Zeng Xi's original intention was for him to be just a supervisor, and the creation of the script was completely based on Xu Kong's ideas.
So even if he really has other ideas, he can't make the decision himself.
What's more, he has watched all the edited films, and it is no longer a matter of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, but he is very self-aware and knows that with his own abilities, he is not qualified to give Xu Kong any opinions and ideas.
Apart from the producer Ding Decong, the one who is actually paying more attention to Xu Kong's new drama may be Yan Rui, the manager of Fengge Film and Television Department.
Almost every once in a while, I would come over to see how Xu Kong was doing.
Yan Rui was also visibly happy when he heard that post-production could be completed within this week.
"Manager Yan, we, Feng Ge, did not invest in this drama. Why are you so happy?"
Xu Kong was also quite helpless.
This old Yan Rui was even happier than him after watching the finished drama.
"Although we did not invest it ourselves, after all, you are an artist under the company, so it is normal for me to care."
Yan Rui replied calmly.
According to Xu Kong's contract, the previous share ratio between him and Feng Ge was 6:4.
After the Fairy Sword became popular, Feng Ge took the initiative to mention it once, and it became a 73-cent share.
In other words, Feng Ge will also take a cut of the profits he gets from Penguin Video this time. However, Fengge's family has a great cause, and Xu Kong doesn't think that just this part of the commission can make Yan Rui, the manager, take it so seriously.
And this aspect is also the work scope of the artist department, and has little to do with his film and television department, right?
Yan Rui naturally didn't tell the truth.
The reason why he pays so much attention to Xu Kong is actually because the company has recently started a large number of new talent training projects.
Although Xu Kong is so popular now, strictly speaking, he is considered a newcomer.
What the higher-ups mean is that they need to at least train some new people who can represent Feng Ge.
Now in the artist department, Xu Kong is definitely the biggest hope in this area, but there are also newcomers like Song Youyou.
But in their film and television department, the most critical new director, there are almost no achievements in the past few years.
This time, a lot of new people have been recruited, but most of them are not to mention relatively successful works. It is even a question of whether they can direct a web drama with a small investment alone.
In other words, Xu Kong is now almost the only hope for their film and television department to achieve relevant targets.
"By the way, when this drama is finished, I have a small request."
Xu Kong was not surprised when he heard Yan Rui's words.
The other party has been coming here for several days in a row. If he doesn't have any intention, it would be rather strange.
"Teaching new directors lessons?"
Xu Kong was stunned for a moment.
"It's okay, but at my age, it's a little bit"
Xu Kong has met some of the new directors signed by Feng Ge this year.
Although they are all graduates of some film and television schools.
But the average age is also 23 or 24. He is a 20-year-old director and is not a director with a professional background. I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.
"It doesn't matter. The important thing in this industry is the role, and age has little to do with it!"
Yan Rui replied calmly.
He felt that Xu Kong's worries were completely unnecessary.
Last year's "Want to Meet You" and this year's "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were enough to shut most people's mouths.
Regardless of performance or reputation, they performed quite well.
Strictly speaking, although Xu Kong's director qualifications are not deep, he is definitely at the forefront of the industry in all aspects.
After another week or so, the post-production of "The Long Season" was completely completed.
Of course, Xu Kong's own work has not yet been completely completed.
In the future, we will also need to cooperate with Penguin Video’s new drama promotion and investment promotion.
Ding Decong returned to Penguin Video in advance with the source of the finished film.
Xu Kong was finally able to give himself a little vacation.
"Sister Yu, are you very busy at work recently?"
During this period, Xu Kong would still come to Zhu Yu's place to take a nap every noon.
What I originally wanted to do was take the opportunity to experience the softness of the sofa in the other party's office.
Including the small recliner Zhuyu bought herself, which seemed to be of good quality. Xu Kong had always been curious about whether it could bear the weight of two people.
But Zhu Yu was so busy every time that she even changed her habit of taking a nap.
Xu Kong's experiment has never been tested in practice.
"There is no way, the company has signed too many new people recently"
Zhu Yu rubbed her temples tiredly and said.
But what surprised her immediately was that Xu Kong took the initiative to massage her.
Of course, this time it was a more serious massage, and Xu Kong didn't have much other work.
Zhu Yu didn't expect that Xu Kong had such a small skill, so she didn't refuse. She leaned back relaxedly on her office chair and started to introduce it.
"Our company seems to have a lot of employees, but it is impossible to fully satisfy all artists."
“It was fine before, but with the new arrivals recently, it’s inevitable that some old people will get upset.”
Xu Kong could understand what Zhu Yu meant.
It's nothing more than Feng Ge starting to cultivate a large number of new people.
But apart from money, training so many new people actually consumes the company’s own resources the most.
From roles in some dramas, to performances in similar commercial activities, and guest spots in some variety shows.
Although these changes will occur in different periods, the overall amount of resources is pretty much the same.
Once newcomers get resources, some of Fengge's established artists will inevitably have less resources.
From this point of view, Zhu Yu's position as the artist department manager is indeed very easy to offend people.
It is probably not an easy task to strike a balance and satisfy most managers and artists.
"It's okay for me. After all, there aren't many resources to decide."
"Those agents can't find me here."
Zhu Yu spoke.
Although she is also the manager of Fengge's artist department, compared to the other two managers, Zhu Yu is definitely incomparable in terms of real power given her age.
And Zhu Yu has always been a more Buddhist type of character.
I won’t go out to fight for power or anything like that.
This is why although Zhu Yu is the manager of the artist department, she seems to be relatively leisurely at work most of the time.
You can even get off work on time.
"Did Mr. Song personally decide on this plan to train new people?"
Xu Kong always felt that Feng Ge's sudden and aggressive training of new people this time was a bit too radical.
He met Song Fuquan once when he was filming Fairy Sword, and he always felt that this didn't seem like the other person's style.
"This thing is really strange."
"Director Song has not been in charge of the company in recent years."
"But this time, I suddenly started to train new people on a large scale, and I don't know why."
Zhu Yu joined Fengge as a manager when she was less than twenty years old. She worked very hard to reach her current position step by step in the early years.
I have some familiarity with some of the company's senior executives.
"Hasn't Director Song personally been responsible for the management of the company these years?"
Xu Kong was stunned for a moment.
He had never thought of such a thing.
Zhu Yu nodded.
“Most of the company’s affairs are managed by the board of directors and the two vice presidents.”
Xu Kong thought that when Song Fuquan went to the crew, he really didn't look like the chairman of a big company who had everything to do.
Instead, he looks more like an ordinary retired old man.
“But it’s quite normal to train new people.”
"The company has indeed been in decline in recent years."
Zhu Yu said.
As the manager of the artist department, she also knows that Fengge's training model is mainly aimed at extending the career life of artists as much as possible.
Compared with some current companies that only care about making quick money and cutting leeks, which mainly rely on operations to promote some traffic idols.
Feng Ge’s cycle time and the time and resources required are too high.
(End of chapter)