Chapter 281 The new script Xu Kong took out
“I think maybe Xu Kong really has some better ideas.”
“After all, he is also the director himself, and the script is his own It should not be written like other high-level officials who know nothing."
In a high-end conference room of Fengge Film and Television Department, although there are only four people sitting at this time, everyone can be said to be different. That kind of unknown person.
After all, in Fengge, or Fengge before it, to be able to get such a high-budget project requires personal ability and experience, and it also needs the endorsement of past business results.
Among the directors who did not choose to leave Feng Ge during this sudden change, these few people are relatively famous and have relatively high status.
The person I spoke to just now is called Guo Jiayu. He has won three major TV awards, and he has also won two Best Director trophies. Although it is not a Grand Slam, he has been shortlisted a lot.
Even in the industry, he is a very successful film and television director.
Fengge still has a certain right to speak.
The other people are not the so-called newcomers.
So when I heard that Xu Kong suddenly stopped his new drama, it was naturally impossible to be happy.
Feng Ge’s current situation is indeed something that no one wants to see.
But when it comes to your own new drama or movie, it is another matter.
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“I think he did it on purpose!”
"Using chicken feathers as an arrow, do you really think that you will be great if you make a movie? The box office is only 3 billion. If it is higher, your tail will be raised to the sky?"
"Don't watch it either. When I was watching the movie, this kid didn’t know where to play in the mud..."
Compared with Guo Jiayu who maintained a relatively rational attitude, at this time another person in the conference room said His dissatisfaction was completely written on his face.
Duan Xuan is famous in the industry for his bad temper and bad personality.
Even Feng Ge’s original senior executives would not want to provoke or offend the other party if nothing happened.
The main reason is that although this guy is already a well-known film director, he still doesn't care about the so-called respectability.
As long as it makes him unhappy, no matter who it is, they will just yell.
The other party's most famous record is that it was previously reported that Duan Xuan cursed a certain actor from Hong Kong City bloody on the set.
In the end, the other party got angry and stopped the performance.
It was Feng Ge who wiped the butt and changed the male lead again, so that the movie was successfully completed.
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“Old Duan, please stop saying a few words!”
Su Meng, the only female director among the four, quickly spoke up to stop him.
In the final analysis, although Xu Kong became the vice president very suddenly, he was not just an empty post.
On the one hand, having great power is that Xu Kong is now Feng Ge’s second largest shareholder, and is one of the de facto bosses.
There is no mention of whether Xu Kong is a director or whether the quality and results of his previous works convince the public.
On this aspect alone, Xu Kong cannot be allowed to hear these words.
It’s okay to complain behind your back. It’s definitely irrational to question someone face to face.
......
As for the only person in the conference room who did not speak at this time, it was Yao Guanyu, the youngest among them.
However, Yao Guanyu was a man of few words, and the other three were not very familiar with him, so they had already gotten used to it.
“However, Xu Kong’s suspension may only be temporary, after all, such a big thing has happened to the company.”
“I think our subsequent projects will definitely be able to start filming smoothly, but... ..."
"Try to be prepared for the budget to be reduced."
Su Meng said calmly at this time.
In fact, the four people present knew very well that among them, the budget for a new movie was almost never less than 200 million.
They are all the kind that require a large investment.
Switching to the previous Feng Ge, it would still require several layers of review before the project could be successfully approved and filmed.
Not to mention the current situation, Feng Ge has experienced such a big change, and it is normal to try to reduce expenses.
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Not long after she finished speaking, the door of the conference room was opened.
The first person to come in was Yan Rui, the current head of the film and television department.
The one who followed was naturally Xu Kong.
No one paid attention to Yan Rui.
Although Yan Rui has always been the manager of the film and television department, he is now the person with the highest position and real power in the entire department.
But everyone is used to it. In the previous film and television department, the decision-making power on slightly more important matters was actually in the hands of Lu Hanwen.
Now the other party followed Zhu Changyun.
None of them have gotten used to the fact that Yan Rui, the department manager who was originally a bit of a handyman, suddenly became the one who made the call.
But in today's situation, it is obvious that Yan Rui is not the protagonist.
If possible, he actually doesn't want to come over.
Because Yan Rui himself knows that stopping the new dramas and movies of these directors is destined to have many on-site conflicts this time.
It's just his current position that makes him have to come with Xu Kong.
No matter what the final result is, the film and television department also needs to participate and coordinate throughout the process.
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After experiencing this period of identity change, Xu Kong has gradually adapted to his identity as vice president.
After entering, I sat directly in the center seat of the meeting.
Then he began to look at the four directors present.
In the current entertainment industry, no matter how famous these people are, they are definitely successful directors in the worldly sense.
There are also some dramas or movies that Xu Kong thinks are of high quality and were hits that year.
But on the other hand, as far as he knows, although it is not clear, how many of the directors Feng Ge left behind were those who rejected the olive branch offered by Zhu Changyun at that time.
It was still the kind that Zhu Changyun was unwilling to take away.
The kind that has big problems in itself.
......
What is certain is that Duan Xuan, who seems to have his dissatisfaction clearly written on his face at this time, is most likely the one that Zhu Changyun does not want to take away.
Even Xu Kong has heard a little bit about the other party's bad temper.
When he is really crazy, he is really the type that makes it difficult for anyone to save face.
Unless a director like this really becomes the top and irreplaceable type in the country, most company executives will not like him.
Obviously, Duan Xuan may have made a few movies that did well at the box office, but they are far from that level.
In addition, Su Meng, a female director, is famous for her youth campus dramas. During this period, she produced several blockbusters, which were indeed very popular at the time.
However, due to the routines becoming stereotyped, after the novelty wore off, although the results of subsequent dramas were barely passable, it can be said that it is difficult to recreate the glory of the year.
To sum up, the room for improvement and the value of cultivation are very limited.
The other Guo Jiayu is similar, perhaps because in the field of TV dramas, the achievements and achievements are almost the same.
As a result, the current situation is that the subsequent dramas are all somewhat perfunctory.
It seems like we just need to get our money back.
It is said that I have always wanted to try to transition into making movies.
In addition to the fact that Fengge's senior management was not very supportive and did not want to spend money to invest, he himself has never been so determined.
In short, these three so-called senior and well-known directors, if it were Zhu Changyun, they probably wouldn't be too interested.
The only exception is Yao Guanyu, who is sitting in the corner and looks very inconspicuous. It may even make people think that the other person is not an ordinary staff member of Fengge.
Although the other party may not be as famous as the others.
But Xu Kong has actually watched several of the other party’s previous online dramas.
They are the type where the investment scale is small, but the script, casting and all aspects are very distinctive.
Especially a small-budget online drama that was a big hit before. By betting against Tudou, the rate of return is frighteningly high.
It can be said that the other party is, in Xu Kong’s opinion, the most talented director among them and worthy of spending money to invest in cultivating.
Although the other three are only in their thirties or forties, Yao Guanyu is said to be only twenty-nine years old.
I don't know whether it was Zhu Changyun who thought he looked down on him, or whether he refused.
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"I have taken the time to read the scripts of several new dramas and movies in the past few days."
Xu Kong didn't talk nonsense, he just spoke. Just get to the point.
Before the project is approved, the first thing to come up with is definitely the script.
For those present, as a director, he has very high authority.
Almost the producers don’t have much authority to interfere.
So although they did not write the script themselves, in terms of screenwriting and some details, they all have the best understanding of their new play.
"Oh, what do you think Director Xu has to say?"
Duan Xuan said in a strange tone.
It can be seen that he really has great opinions on Xu Kong, especially the fact that he stopped auditioning for the movie that he was about to start officially preparing to make.
At the same time, maybe Xu Kong is indeed very young, even though "Sweet Honey" was still very popular during this period.
At the same time, it achieved good box office results, but in Duan Xuan's eyes, Xu Kong is still a so-called junior in the industry.
So it is difficult to accept the other party gesticulating in front of you.
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But Xu Kong was not polite to the other party either.
He replied with four words calmly:
"Not satisfactory..."
After Xu Kong's words, the expressions of several people present obviously changed.
Su Meng originally thought that they should give each other some face.
Xu Kong's current status, and for his peers, he is indeed the young director with the most potential in recent years, and even for a long time to come.
Who knew that Xu Kong would be so strong and direct as soon as he came up.
“Haha!”
Duan Xuan sneered.
Obviously, he certainly didn’t recognize Xu Kong’s evaluation.
The most important thing is that from the beginning, he didn't think Xu Kong was qualified to evaluate his own movie script.
Xu Kong seemed not to have heard the sneer at all and continued to speak:
"To be honest with you teachers, according to the current situation, I will temporarily suspend these projects. .”
Are there any particularly big problems with these people’s scripts?
Of course not.
After all, they are all relatively mature directors.
In addition to the large investment budget, the script must have been polished.
But in Xu Kong’s view, these projects have more or less certain shortcomings.
And this also represents a commercial risk.
The Feng Ge who was placed before may indeed have no problem, and the risk is not unbearable.
But now, despite what Song Fuquan said, he has plenty of time to let Feng Ge start over.
But Xu Kong doesn’t have that much patience.
What he likes more is that the next few dramas of Feng Ge should at least become hits.
As for movies, they also need enough box office to stabilize military morale.
He didn't want to watch Zhu Changyun's annoying guy feel proud for too long.
If possible, Xu Kong even hopes to compete with the opponent Changyun Film and Television as soon as possible.
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“Mr. As a result, you stopped it with just one sentence..."
Su Meng protested with a serious expression.
It can be seen that the tone and attitude of speaking are quite restrained.
As for the other side, Duan Xuan doesn't have such a good temper.
Standed up directly.
"Xukong, you are the boss of the company now, and Director Song is also on your side. I can't fight you."
"Then I will go out and attract investment from the head office myself?"< br>
“It’s like no one is willing to invest in Duan Xuan’s movies after leaving Feng Ge!”
Looking at Duan Xuan who left directly, Xu Kong did not get up to stop him.
Although Yan Rui, the manager, was already very anxious at this time, he secretly pulled Xu Kong, hoping that he would keep him.
However, Duan Xuan did not say anything for sure. He only said that he would attract investment instead of simply terminating the contract with Feng Ge.
Xu Kong had expected this a long time ago. This guy had such a bad reputation due to his temper and various reasons.
I am not able to guarantee that every movie will make a profit, so no other company would be willing to do it.
In short, it is a business where the returns and risks are completely disproportionate.
......
After Duan Xuanren completely left the conference room, Xu Kong spoke again:
"Is there anyone else who wants to attract investment by himself?"
He glanced back and forth at the three remaining directors present.
Seeing that no one spoke, Xu Kong said:
"In that case, let's talk about the business."
Su Meng was indeed hesitant.
But she really didn't want to take such a big risk, and she also wanted to offend Xu Kong, the vice president who was obviously in control of Feng Ge.
In addition, she also had a hunch that Xu Kong obviously had other plans besides stopping their current project.
"Director Guo, as far as I know, you have always wanted to make a movie, right?"
Xu Kong first looked at Guo Jiayu, and after seeing the other party hesitated for a while and nodded, he did not continue, but Turning to look at Su Meng aside.
"Director Su, you have tried other types of dramas over the years, but the results seem to have not been very good. Are you going back to continue filming youth school dramas this time?"
" Is most of this so-called budget of over 200 million going to be spent on actors’ salaries?”
“This is not cost-effective...”
Su Meng was stunned for a moment, but had nothing to refute and just nodded.
There is no way, as Xu Kong said, most of the youth school dramas are based on the choices of Xiaobo and Da. They directly hire the front-line people who bring their own popularity and topics. The remuneration even far exceeds the filming and production costs. .
It’s okay to say that the drama is a big hit, but if it fails to meet expectations, it will definitely lose money.
The price-performance ratio is indeed not very high.
But there is no way, youth campus movies are already her comfort zone.
The only thing that can be improved is the cast.
After all, it is impossible for her to be a director who has already made several blockbuster films and still only has a small budget. This is a bit unjustifiable, and it is also quite embarrassing in front of her peers.
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"Look at these two scripts carefully first."
After saying this, Xu Kong suddenly took out his hand before they could react. Two scripts were written.
This made both Guo Jiayu and Su Meng stunned for a moment.
But then he subconsciously took it over.
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(End of this chapter)