"Master, the Yuehutai Jump Theater is recruiting directors. Do you think we should give it a try?"
Li Chao came to his master Wu Chi with his mobile phone and handed the screen to him. He looked.
Wu Chi: "What is this?"
"Recruiting directors, master, haven't you always wanted to be a director?" Li Chao said, "The two of us have been editing, every day Trapped in a small room, working like this every day, I think we can give this opportunity a try."
Wu Chi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you believe this kind of information? This is just marketing, recruiting directors... I'm kidding, how can I recruit directors like this? ”
"No, it's true." Li Chao said, "People have said that this theater requires a movie-length film every week to be broadcast on Sunday nights. It requires many directors. There is also a registration method. We only need Send them some of the previously edited content. If they are interested in us, they will contact us.”
After hearing what Li Chao said, Wu Chi hesitated and seemed a little moved, but he still decided. Don't quite believe it.
"Don't lie."
"Then I'll send a message to Lu Yanhe and ask him. This is a cooperation plan between "Jump Up" and Yue Hutai, he must know .”
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Li Chao, Wu Chi and Lu Yanhe met by chance one night when the movie "Love Letter" was being edited here.
At that time, Li Chao took the initiative to add Lu Yanhe's WeChat account like a "social gangster".
Although I added him, I never contacted him again.
However, Li Chao could still occasionally see Lu Yanhe posting on Moments -
Because of this, Li Chao knew that people neither blocked him nor deleted him.
He and his master have been doing film editing work.
However, they are always looking for opportunities.
It’s just that in the entertainment industry, if you don’t have a background or resources and work by yourself, it’s really hard to find opportunities. Especially those like them who are "one-man gangs" are never one of their "own people", and good opportunities will never come to them.
I don’t even have the chance to take a big photo shoot.
Because they are just editors and know a little bit about editing techniques.
When Wu Chi heard that Li Chao said that he wanted to send a message to Lu Yanhe, he wanted him not to disturb others for such a trivial matter, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
Maybe this really is an opportunity?
In fact, in the industry, they have more or less heard about which big names will support others and which big names never do this.
Lu Yanhe is a person who is very willing to support others. Many people know this. Many of the people he has helped are now well-known figures. Jiang Jun is the most typical example. In addition to him, the editor Li Fenglei is also an example.
After Li Chao found out that Li Fenglei, who had been editing movies opposite him, was spotted by Lu Yanhe and signed into his company, he felt sour in his heart for several days - it was just pure jealousy and envy. Why is this Don't let yourself reap the benefits of planting good things.
Li Chao thought about it several times before sending the message he edited to Lu Yanhe.
He originally thought he would have to wait a long time, but Lu Yanhe responded to his message in less than three minutes: There is a big gap. You can send them your previous works to see, and they will be contacted if they are suitable. your.
Li Chao immediately cheered excitedly and took his cell phone to show his master.
"Look, Master, I just said, this time they are really casting a wide net to recruit directors." Li Chao said, "Let's give it a try, maybe they will be willing to meet us and give us We have a chance.”
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The first play of the Jump Up Theater is called "The Adventures of a Girl". The original work is a short story written by Ming Yin. It tells the story of a high school girl who accidentally met another girl in a bookstore on a weekend because she picked up the girl she dropped. wallet, so he chased her out, but unexpectedly discovered that another group of people was following the girl while chasing her, and an unexpected adventure unfolded by accident.
The director of this play is An Yuanyuan, a thirty-year-old female director.
She has never directed a feature film before, and has only a fifteen-minute short film that was screened at a film festival.
Both the director and the two heroines are newcomers who are not very well-known.
To this end, Yuehu Terrace and Northern Lights Video also took great pains to invite several popular stars to guest star in several scenes.
On the day of filming, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi went there specially.
Because they are a new crew, they are also worried that they will encounter trouble on the day of start-up. If they are present, they can help solve one or two problems.
This play is used as the opening work of the Jump Theater. First, because this short story is very famous and was very popular among readers when it was published. Second, because the original author Ming Yin is the author of "Jump". The most representative author of "Get Up" magazine One, since this theater is going to be created, it must be her or Liu Jiazhen’s work as the lead, and third, it’s because in the officially organized voting of “Which work do you most want to see filmed?” hundreds of Among the works, "The Adventures of a Girl" ranked third.
Although the shooting cycle is only one week, before the official start of shooting, this small crew of only a dozen people has held several meetings and is familiar with the key points of shooting.
The crew operating model pioneered by the show "Friends" can be said to have created a new operating model that many crews can borrow.
Both actresses are real high school students - both are child actors with extensive acting experience.
This shooting mode is destined not to use newcomers with no acting experience. Once you overspend, you run the risk of losing money.
Because it is a new thing, despite its huge momentum and fierce momentum, so far few brands in Jump Up Theater have actively approached for sponsorship and placement.
The first scene was shot in a bookstore.
The bookstore used for filming was contacted by Chen Siqi with the help of Chen Siqi. It is the cooperative bookstore of "Jump Up".
The boss was very happy to spare half a day off from work for them to shoot.
Because he also knows very well that after this drama is broadcast, his bookstore will be the filming location of "The Adventures of a Girl", which will bring a lot of traffic to his bookstore.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were at the scene to watch them filming. Because when they arrived, An Yuanyuan was already directing the two girls to shoot, they did not come forward, but stayed nearby and did not enter the bookstore. Watching and chatting through the glass window of the bookstore.
"What is Yuehu TV's expected ratings for "Girls' Adventures"?"
"They will be very satisfied if it can reach 0.4%." Chen Siqi smiled, "But They also said that since it was broadcast on Sunday night, the two leading actors are not popular stars yet, so maybe they do have appeal. Limited, maybe only 0.3% of the average performance of Northern Lights Video is slightly better. As you know, the calculation rules of the video platform are different from the TV station’s ratings, because a jump theater is specially created. Now this theater’s There are already more than 300,000 reserved viewers.”
"What is the second play of Jump Up Theater?"
"It is "The Whirlpool" adapted from Liu Jiazhen's short story." Chen Siqi said, "This play is better than "The Adventures of a Girl". We invited Zhang Meng to star."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Since you want to do this theater, just keep doing it. Stars are starring in the show, but the ratings can’t go up, so I’ll think of a way back and invite some friends to perform.”
“I still hope to make this theater’s brand famous and develop a group of people who watch this theater regularly. Audience." Chen Siqi said, "Otherwise, this theater would actually have no meaning."
Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Siqi meant.
Just like Sunshine at Noon, when it comes to brand management, love theater, mist theater, and X theater are not as popular as Sunshine at Noon.
Those so-called theaters, although the major video platforms have such a name, are actually not fools. They just put some similar themes together and package them based on the themes, without establishing a theater at all. Real brand effect, so there are hits and there are also trashy shows.
As for Noon Sunshine, its dramas are either on TV stations or on video platforms, because they attach great importance to content creation from the source. It shoots ancient costumes, modern times, power schemes, unlimited streaming, women, and entrepreneurship. , all filmed.
Chen Siqi wants to build "Jump Up Theater" into a brand that audiences can trust with just these five words.
Lu Yanhe said: "In addition to the label of "Jump Up" magazine novel adaptation, we actually need to add something else, which may make this theater more unique."
"What?"
"For example, your support for new directors." Lu Yanhe said, "Isn't this what you have always wanted to do? This time An Yuanyuan, the director of "The Adventures of a Girl", previously She has only made short films. Strictly speaking, this is her first time as a feature film director."
Lu Yanhe added: "If Jump Up Theater can really become the cradle of new directors, this label will definitely become a drama that attracts much attention in the industry. And if the industry really pays attention to it spontaneously and for a long time, the basic market will actually Just come out."
Chen Siqi nodded thoughtfully.
The current base of Jump Up Theater is actually the readers and users of Jump Up magazine and major media channels.
Mingyin is a very popular author in "Jump Up Series".
Most of the readers who support her will also support "Girls' Adventures".
But compared with movies and TV series, the number of users of a magazine media is still too few.
It is still possible to reach out and use good content to attract more viewers.
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However, no one expected that He Sha, who had withdrawn from the competition in the first episode, would suddenly mention why she had to withdraw from the competition in a program after experiencing a hot topic for two or three weeks.
“It’s not just because of the conflict of cooperation with Chenghai.” He Sha said with an open-minded attitude that she had put this matter aside, “The difference between Chenghai and I is just in personality and preparation method. It was pretty good. I finally made the decision to withdraw from the competition. Another key reason was that the actors who recorded this show would later participate in the Jump Up Theater. To be honest, I was not a big deal. I'm a new actor. I don't want to say that this job will tie me to other jobs, especially acting. I still hope to be able to act in some works that I like. ”
As soon as He Sha said this, after the fermentation of major media and the exaggerated interpretation of major marketing accounts, it became that if actors want to appear in "The Birth of an Actor", they need to participate in Jump Theater of shooting.
Anything will definitely change once it is tainted with the word "mandatory".
The program team of "The Birth of an Actor" immediately responded with one word: fake.
The chief director of the program also directly posted on Weibo, directly targeting He Sha: I don’t know what caused Ms. He Sha to misunderstand her. She thought that by joining our show, she could get the role of "Jump Up Theater" without passing an audition.
The response was very forceful, but He Sha seemed to have lost all hope, without any new reaction.
Lu Yanhe and the others already knew that He Sha said these words just to make herself more popular.
Those words she said in another program seemed to be said carelessly by chance, so her circumstantial sentence structure, which was chosen only after careful consideration, could not make "The Birth of an Actor" stand out. 》Suing her and accusing her of spreading rumors can achieve her effect, generating such criticism and endless topics.
No way, it’s just like stepping on a piece of brown sugar while walking on the road, it will stick to it and disgust you.
A positive response from the program team and director is actually enough.
But at this time, Zhou Pingan suddenly launched a fierce attack on He Sha, as if settling accounts after the fall.
Suddenly, the lies and indiscriminate talk that He Sha had told over the years were exposed by various marketing accounts.
There are so many materials that it is difficult to imagine that there are trolls behind it.
Because there are usually trolls who push the flames of the news, and they all break the same news.
But there is too much information on He Sha's side, and it's like a response to a hundred questions. Inexplicably, the dirty information about He Sha's past has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
The core meaning is just one: He Sha is a woman full of lies.
He Sha is not afraid of negative news, she is afraid of lack of popularity.
So, the program team and director of "The Birth of an Actor" directly exposed her lies, which aroused a lot of discussion, but she didn't care -
I will find a chance to clarify it later, What I wanted to express on the show at that time was not that the show team just forced them to film, but that it caused a misunderstanding.
The word "misunderstanding" is very useful.
However, Zhou Ping'an's counterattack was quite intent on putting her on the list of bad artists.
Public opinion has solidified her image as a liar. Behind the scenes, in the industry, Zhou Ping'an has not been idle either. He has dug up a lot of dirty information about He Sha backstabbing her collaborators, having a bad work attitude, and cheating on dramas. Spread everywhere.
Originally, as long as the popularity was there, He Sha could drive a black and red car and take on many lucrative jobs. It doesn't matter if she can't film, she can still make money by being in the live broadcast room. The more people criticize her, the greater the traffic, and the greater the traffic, the higher her reward.
Now, even the live broadcast room does not dare to invite her easily.
Because there are rumors that He Sha will hire people to do data in the live broadcast room where she appears, and hire a group of people to place orders, creating a very impressive sales volume and high delivery ability, and then return the goods.
These things were originally secrets in the industry and would not be widely disseminated. Naturally, there would be people who did not know the situation and wanted to cooperate with He Sha one after another because of her enthusiasm. But it is different now.
Several planned cooperations were canceled directly due to this.
After He Sha and her team found out that it was Zhou Pingan's handiwork, they knew that she had dragged Chenghai into the water before. Even if she tried to say a few good words about Chenghai in the show, she did not get Zhou Pingan's favor. understanding.
And Zhou Ping'an obviously had his eye on her.
Whenever any partner might want to cooperate with her, Zhou Pingan would ruthlessly mess with it.
Either cut off the work and snatch it back to the artists in his hands, or recommend it to others. The reasons are all the same. The cost-effectiveness of cooperation with He Sha is too low. He will introduce someone who is more cost-effective and has no negative publicity. .
With this move, He Sha’s good momentum suddenly came to an abrupt end.
This is also the path she chose.
Since you have chosen such a black and red road to hype yourself up, you have no foundation and can't stand up after being pinched by Zhou Ping'an. You can't blame anyone.
There was no other way, He Sha and her agent had no choice but to bow to Zhou Pingan in person.
He bowed his head to apologize, admitted his mistake, and asked Zhou Ping'an to raise his hand and let it go.
This was what they planned at that time.
If you really can’t get over it, just do this.
It is not a principled matter in itself. After the heat is over, it will not have much impact on the artists.
Na Chenghai is also the beneficiary of traffic.
Who would have known that when Zhou Ping'an saw them coming to apologize, he didn't listen to a word. He just got angry and said: "No, don't speak first. I'm scared of you. I'll turn on the recording first. Don't come." Sometimes a recording of me cursing someone was circulated. ...Oh, forget it, I just can't help but stop talking to me, I'm too lazy to talk to you."
He Sha and her manager were overwhelmed by these words. His face was red and his ears were red, and he couldn't say a word for a while.
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“It can only be said that evil people will have their own trials and tribulations.” This is Chen Ziyan’s evaluation of He Sha’s incident. Zhou Ping'an's method can hit a snake seven inches."
Lu Yanhe: "Sister Ziyan, why do I feel that you appreciate Zhou Ping'an more and more?"
Chen Ziyan: "Maybe this is a person who achieves the ultimate in a certain aspect. Even if you hate him as a person, you There is no way to deny his ability. Especially in the past few years, my management work content has increased a lot. A large part of my current work content is just to help. I also know that character is more important than ability, but to be honest, when you really don’t know what kind of trouble will come to you every day, you really don’t bother to care about your colleagues at this time. He’s not a scumbag, as long as he can do his part well and don’t cause trouble for me, he’s a scumbag, just don’t affect me.”
Lu Yanhe laughed endlessly.
Unexpectedly, while they were chatting about Zhou Pingan, Zhou Pingan's phone call suddenly came to Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan waved the phone screen with Zhou Pingan's name in front of Lu Yanhe's eyes and said, "I'll answer his call first."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
He said: "Then I'll go to the bathroom."
After he went to the bathroom, he called Chen Siqi again and asked her what she was doing.
Chen Siqi: "What else are you doing? I'm working. After jumping into theater, the number of submissions to our magazine increased, and we even received a lot of movie scripts."
"Really?" Lu Yanhe was pleasantly surprised after hearing this, "Then you can see that the volume of manuscripts has become larger again."
"Yeah, but fortunately, our team is now huge, and the difficult period of shortage of manpower has passed." Chen Siqi said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm picking up fire here. " Lu Yanhe said, "Read the script with Sister Ziyan. "
"Don't you already have a project to shoot this year? "
“Most of the scripts I’m looking at now will only start filming next year.” Lu Yanhe said, “Sister Ziyan found me a few good scripts, all of which are directors I have never worked with.”< br>
"Okay." Chen Siqi said, "I have a meeting with Zijun and the others later, so I won't tell you now."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Bye, see you in the evening."
"See you in the evening."
Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and returned to Chen Ziyan's office.
Chen Ziyan looked at Lu Yanhe in bewilderment and said, "What do you think Zhou Pingan called me for?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I can't think of it. I feel like he doesn't care. No matter what happens, it’s not surprising.”
"No, you will definitely feel strange about this matter."
"What is it?" After Chen Ziyan said this, Lu Yanhe became even more curious.
Chen Ziyan: "He hopes you can leave a role for Yan Liang in the movie "Dragon Inn"."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was really surprised.
What should I say about this?
There are so many paradoxes that I don’t even know where to start.
One of the paradoxes is that given the relationship between Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, if Yan Liang wanted to play a role in "Dragon Inn", it would not be Zhou Pingan's turn to do it - even if Zhou Pingan was Yan Liang's agent.
Paradoxical point two is that with Zhou Pingan's usual behavior towards Yan Liang, he suddenly took the initiative to consider Yan Liang's career and tried to help him develop the film market, just like a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken - too abrupt and seemingly Uneasy and kind.
The third paradox is that Zhou Ping'an did not directly call Lu Yanhe about this matter - it was clear that after Lu Yanhe terminated the contract, the two of them slowly eased their relationship a little in the subsequent contacts. , not to the point where we can no longer interact with each other or have normal conversations about work. Zhou Pingan actually found Chen Ziyan, hoping that Chen Ziyan would do Lu Yanhe's job.
Chen Ziyan asked Lu Yanhe: "What did you think about it? Looking at the movie "Dragon Gate Inn" now, with Liu Bige as the director, you as the screenwriter, and Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige starring, it can be said to be the best The movie lineup is ready, but given Yan Liang’s current situation, it’s not appropriate for him to play a supporting role in the movie, especially considering his friendship with you.”
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "In this script, there are really no outstanding supporting characters."
"Those eunuchs are actually quite outstanding." Chen Ziyan said, "Actually, if Yan Liang came to play such a A very contrasting The role will indeed surprise the audience."
"If Zhou Pingan knew that you wanted Yan Liang to play the eunuch, he would probably regret making this call to you."
" Zhou Pingan made this call "In fact, I hope that Yan Liang can use your movie to break into the film industry instead of just hanging around in the TV industry." Chen Ziyan said, "If Yan Liang can play the role of the eunuch well and give everyone a refreshing look, that will actually be fine." can reach Zhou Ping'an's purpose."
"Zhou Ping'an hopes that Yan Liang can pursue a career as a star," Lu Yanhe said. "Yan Liang has been training in martial arts and is actually good at making action movies."
He hesitated and said, "Let me think about it and ask Yan Liang for his opinion. In fact, if Yan Liang really wants to make a martial arts film, I can just write another starring role for him in the future. That's what I told him." "
"You have considered this matter yourself, but you also have to consider it. Since Zhou Ping'an made an unprecedented call, Come on, it's very likely that he saw that Yan Liang actually wanted to act, but was too embarrassed to tell you, so he made his own decision and hoped that we would take the initiative to let Yan Liang act." Chen Ziyan said, "Whether you are. Whatever you think and decide, remember to check Yan Liang's tone."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Okay, now that we've finished talking about these things, it's time for us to talk about our own business." Chen Ziyan said, "Read this script."
Lu Yanhe took it from Chen Ziyan A script with the words "Oops, the sea" written on it.
"?" Lu Yanhe frowned subconsciously, but when he looked again, the screenwriter in the lower right corner wrote the word "Wu Chi".
This name...
Can't be such a coincidence, right?
However, it should be difficult to repeat this name.
Seeing Lu Yanhe's expression was a little strange, Chen Ziyan thought he was surprised by the name "The Sea, Ouch". She explained: "Don't be fooled by its strange name. Take a look at this script and you will know why I want to show it to you.”
This is a movie script.
This script is about the adolescence of a high school boy, about a boy's restlessness, love and growth.
He looked in quickly.
During this period, Chen Ziyan did not interrupt, picked up another script to read, and then waited silently for Lu Yanhe to finish it.
“This script——” Lu Yanhe spent an hour reading the script. He looked at Chen Ziyan with surprise and said, “It’s very similar to the style of "Those Years" .”
Chen Ziyan nodded, "Yes, that's right. Take a look at this again. It was sent together with the script, and there are several films he edited. This Wu Chi, he is an editor."
"Yes, I know." Lu Yanhe nodded.
“You know?” Chen Ziyan was stunned, then she reacted, “You know?”
“Well, we met once. His apprentice asked me to recruit directors for Jump Up Theater. Didn't this come from this channel?"
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded, "It was Xu Fanxing who was involved in this as a staff member of Linghe. At Jump Up Theater, she saw this script and these edited videos, and sent these materials over. She knows that you don’t want to be a director anymore in a short time, and she also knows that our company has another film called "Those Years" waiting for you. Shooting started. She told me that this person's script and editing style were very similar to her reading the script of "Those Years", and I felt the same way."
"Indeed." Lu Yanhe nodded, "The style of this script is so similar to "Those Years" that it even makes me feel like it is a replica of "Those Years". Although the structure of the story is different, it tells the same theme. "
Chen Ziyan nodded.
“This feeling will be more obvious when you watch the film he edited.” Chen Ziyan said.
Lu Yanhe sat in front of Chen Ziyan's computer again and carefully watched several films edited by Wu Chi, which were all fragments.
But if you want to see a person’s style, clips are enough.
Chen Ziyan looked at Lu Yanhe and asked, "How about it? Do you want to meet him and have a chat? I think he is a person worth paying attention to in Linghe. Maybe after chatting, he will feel more suitable and can sign in with us." The company is coming.”
Lu Yanhe couldn’t hold it back and smiled.
"Okay, let's make an appointment to meet." Lu Yanhe felt incredible at this moment. Suddenly, a director suitable for filming "Those Years" appeared, and he had met him before. people.
"But there is one thing, Yan He, I want to communicate with you." Chen Ziyan said, "If we finally feel that he is suitable to be the director of "Those Years", I hope to let him film "Those Years" first. The production cost of this script is very easy to control, and it can be used to practice. Having been a director, I hope he can gain experience in making a film before filming "Those Years". Therefore, if this is the case, "Those Years" may have to be postponed to next year."
Lu Yanhe nodded. , said: "Okay, I have no problem with this." (End of Chapter)