On the first day of the new year, Chen Chen lay leisurely on his office chair reading the script, without any festive atmosphere at all.
It was quite lively outside, and the already restless Internet was blown to another level by the super couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, with the whole country partying.
Firstly, the two are already very famous actors. Even people who don’t watch TV series will have heard of these two names more or less; secondly, the degree of "Crash Landing on You" is too exaggerated. People who have watched it will Too many.
Let's make trouble, Chen Chen can enjoy his leisure time, as long as it has nothing to do with the C headquarters.
"Why do I always feel that the quality of Korean drama scripts has dropped off a cliff?" Chen Chen finished reading the last script at hand, closed it and threw it away, then looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "I've been watching it for more than half a month. How can I find one that is half usable?”
According to the current status of C Department in the TV drama circle, the quality of the scripts sent to them should be among the best in the industry. After all, I felt that if the scripts were not good, I would not have the courage to send them to C Department. The result is this. Chen Chen also felt that scripts were difficult to find.
This is the case in C headquarters, and Chen Chen can't even think about how other film and television production companies feel now.
"In the end, South Korea became Netflix's TV drama production factory. It's not all because Netflix is too strong. There is really nothing to say about being such a waste." Chen Chen sighed and looked at the two scripts on his desk, "You two are already The great general among the cripples!”
"Twenty-five, Twenty-one", this is the half of the script.
Chen Chen has heard of its reputation. It's beautiful, I love watching it, and it was very good when I was a student.
But Chen Chen has also heard its disadvantages. The meaningless adult stage makes people feel uncomfortable, and the final ending sucks the shit out of all the viewers, causing the ratings to plummet.
Can it be used? Of course it works, it’s a work nominated for the Grand Prize in the TV Drama category of the Baeksang Arts Awards!
Can C headquarters be used? It’s really hard to say, this kind of bad ending is the worst behavior to destroy the brand.
"This is the ending? Department C's overall ability to control TV dramas has become much worse!"
Darling, Chen Chen can’t listen to this! It is an insult to the dignity of large companies, and even more insulting to the dignity of time travellers!
"Go back and talk to the writer and ask her to change the ending." Chen Chen spun around in his chair. "If she is unwilling to change, I will buy out the copyright and find another writer to change it myself."
"The worst thing is to fall out with this one." Chen Chen turned to the front and looked at the writer's name, "The worst thing is to have a falling out with this screenwriter Quan Do-en!"
"At the end of the incident, C Department posted both the modified and unmodified endings online, which made the young screenwriter scolded by everyone and increased his memory. By the way, it also highlighted C Department's strong control over TV dramas. Control ability! ”
"What a great idea!" Chen Chen's eyes lit up, "Just do it!"
Transfer the script to Ji Yan and ask her to contact the writer according to the contact information above to buy the script, and also conduct a detailed investigation of Kwon Do Eun's information.
"Quan Duan Feng Qun Duan Feng."
Chen Chen himself turned on the computer and searched for information. The name seemed vaguely familiar.
"Just read the script carefully. Why do you have to throw it away?!"
Shirley pushed open the door and saw several scripts thrown on the ground. She quickly knelt down to sort them out.
"Obviously, I became irritated after reading it. It was so irritating." Chen Chen stopped searching and smiled sheepishly, "Don't worry about it, I will collect it later."
"What if you forget?" Shirley glared at him, "If others see it, they will say that C headquarters does not respect the creator!"
"First of all, not all creators are worthy of respect. Creators who feed shit to the audience will only hope that the other person will close the book as soon as possible." Chen Chen quibbled: "In addition, it is not a bad thing for C headquarters to show its arrogance appropriately. Everyone will only think that C Headquarters just got cooler!”
"Okay, whatever you want."
Shirley kept saying it, and had already sorted out all the scripts on the floor.
"Have you gained anything during this time?" Shirley piled the scripts on Chen Chen's desk again and joked: "It's been so long. If you don't gain anything, your salary will be deducted!"
"My salary is only the minimum wage, so you can deduct it if you like." Chen Chen pointed to the script on the table, "But there are indeed gains, these are the two."
"Two, that's not bad, it can be used for a while."
Shirley nodded, quite satisfied.
"You take this one first." Chen Chen pushed the script to Shirley, "Show it to Han Shanhua and treat it as her salary in advance."
""Women in the Drunken City"." Shirley glanced at it twice and asked doubtfully: "Isn't this a comic? How could you find it as a script?"
"Everyone knows how good the C Department is at adapting comics, so wouldn't it be normal to send over your own comics?" Chen Chen quickly made arrangements, "Get the copyright and broadcast it jointly with TVN as a web drama of the C Department. ”
"Understood, I'll give you the results in three days." Shirley put the script in the drawer, "But has Han Shanhua been designated as the heroine?"
"For a multi-female lead script, we need two more besides her." Chen Chen knew who the other two were, but he was too lazy to say. Anyway, there would be just a few people in the end. "Let the other two be released to compete at will. Who Anyone who can catch the director’s eye will come.”
"Don't go so far." Shirley reminded: "We haven't adapted it into a script yet, and we haven't found a director or production team yet."
"In addition, my idea is" Shirley paused and said: "Since it has been regarded as payment to Han Shanhua, why not take Jiyeon to play with her, she also needs to be paid."
"Yeah, it makes sense." Chen Chen frowned, "But you know that we can't give her the position of the heroine, right?"
"Of course I know, and not only do I know, Zhiyan herself also knows." Shirley said: "Give her a supporting role. If she gives it to the protagonist, her reward will be too heavy."
"There doesn't seem to be a similar supporting role in this." Chen Chen turned to another script, "But there should be some in this. Let's go back and pick one for Zhiyan."
"It's good that you can remember this." Shirley smiled gently, and she was relieved, "It's rare that C Department can receive new scripts. Taking the opportunity to allocate the resources will reduce trouble later. Practice.”
"Should we send out Suzy's early contract renewal announcement tomorrow?" Shirley mentioned something else.
"I'll post it tomorrow. Let's let the couple spend a beautiful day on the hot search today." Chen Chen shook his head twice with a smile, "Let's not be bad guys."
"You just announced your relationship, why do you count them as a couple?" Shirley complained: "Isn't it a little too quick?!"
"I will definitely get married in the end, you believe me."
Chen Chen deliberately pretended to be a master and didn't say much.
"It doesn't matter if you're married, you can still divorce." Shirley snorted coldly, "Look at what happened between Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo last year."
"Correction." Chen Chen did not comment, only criticized, "It is already January 1st of the new year, the year before last."
"Anything is fine!" Shirley glanced at him, "Have you thought about giving our two actors who have renewed their contracts some resources or something?"
"Look further, at least these two scripts are inappropriate." Chen Chen waved his hand calmly, "Besides the company, they also have places where they can harvest resources, so there is no need to worry about starving them."
"Then let's build the acting department first." A very scary thing suddenly popped out of Shirley's mouth, "The interview will be held in a week. I hope you can make time by then." "Are there any connections there? "Chen Chen asked about dark things openly.
"Yes, almost all of them." Shirley replied without hesitation: "The people who can eye the position of head of the Acting Department of C Department have been all-powerful in the industry, and it is easy to find some connections."
"Hmph, you don't think your C headquarters is as clean as a freshly washed mirror, do you?"
"..."
Chen Chen was naturally speechless for a while.
But there is no problem. If all of them are related households, then none of them are related households. C headquarters is a big victory!
"Is there anyone from MBC TV station?"
Chen Chen suddenly thought of this. Kang Niao, the person who jumped from MBC to become the Variety Director of the C Department, must have had a lot of connections in the Actors Department.
"Yes." Shirley replied: "There is a senior executive of the TV drama department who left MBC TV station. He is the strongest seeded contestant."
"Then it's basically him." Chen Chen calmed down at once, "If there is no such thing as a strong man descending from the sky, others will not be able to compete with him."
The TV drama department of MBC TV station is almost the strongest in South Korea, and the executives there are definitely enough for the C department.
"But someone from KEYEAST is here too." Shirley said with a bad smile: "You won't accept him, right?"
"Go and be a front-line manager." Chen Chen made the arrangements in the blink of an eye, "Who is coming?"
"A relative of KEYEAST founder Bae Yong-joon."
Shirley's answer was very ordinary, so ordinary that Chen Chen had expected it before she spoke.
"Change the topic." Chen Chen sighed heavily, "Suddenly I felt tired."
"The only things we can talk about are more tiring topics." Shirley conveyed the news to Chen Chen, "C Headquarters doesn't have the money to buy two new buildings, and it can't afford the old building either. At most it can only afford half a building."
"It means I have to pay for it myself if I want to buy it, right?" Chen Chen confirmed.
"Yes." Shirley nodded: "It's not a problem to create programs, develop projects, or even film TV series, but buying a building is definitely a matter of insufficient funds."
"I'll post some myself." Chen Chen said calmly, "Based on the bills I compiled myself, if I work harder, I should be able to buy two buildings independently."
"Are you so rich?" Shirley fainted, "Where are you going to work hard in this situation?!"
"I'm just trying my best to wait for the dividends from a certain voice. Where else can I work hard?" Chen Chen spread his hands and responded: "After the sale of TikTok came to an end, a certain voice worked with me to revise the contract on the dividends. , I can now easily get money from a certain sound.”
"Then" Shirley swallowed hard, "how much is it?"
"00:05." Chen Chen didn't hide it from her, "Move two decimal points forward."
If the numbers are not changed, Chen Chen will never get the so-called dividends.
A certain musician may feel that he has given too much to an outsider who is outside his own group, and Chen Chen also has that self-awareness.
"That's a lot of money." Shirley did a simple calculation and almost dropped her jaw. "But if you move two decimal points forward to get zero point zero five, it turns out to be five. Why would they offer you such a generous offer?" A contract?”
"The first is that what I came up with at that time really has that value, and the second is" Chen Chen said with emotion, "Although it was a trump card project that I had prepared for many years, I guess they didn't expect that a certain sound could be so successful in just a few years. Grow into such an exaggerated giant.”
"Moreover, they made that condition because they wanted to tie me to their tank as their backbone."
"If I didn't want to be the backbone, this condition wouldn't have fallen on me."
Honestly, he is a senior executive at a certain news source. With Chen Chen's "advanced" vision and excellent future strategy, he can get a few more points, not to mention a five-point bonus.
But Chen Chen chose to quit. He felt that he would be exposed among the smartest Internet tycoons, even if he had a future vision.
Don't underestimate truly smart people.
What he made at that time was the most correct choice, and Chen Chen firmly believed it.
"If you spend your own money to buy your own building for the company to use, then I have nothing to say." Shirley no longer struggled, "Just complete the connection after you finish it. Anyway, you have dedicated people to do this work."
"Speaking of which." Shirley was still a little curious, "How much did it cost you to open the Arlene Canteen branch?"
"It's not cheap." Chen Chen said perfunctorily: "It's a lot more expensive than when I opened the first store."
Seeing that Chen Chen had no intention of telling him, Shirley stopped asking and returned to her seat with the script to start working.
Just at this time, Ji Yan also sent Kwon Do Eun's information.
"Are you actually Jin Enshu's beloved disciple?" Chen Chen unconsciously began to rub his chin, "That would be a bit difficult."
Jin Eun-sook is very important, and Chen Chen still wants to get the "Dark Glory" in her hands.
Then how far the C headquarters can deal with the Kwon Do-eun she brought out becomes a question worth considering.
She has to control the situation well, and at least not use any drastic measures. Using the strength of the C department to force her to revise the script is probably not going to work.
"Make an appointment with writer Kwon Do-eun to meet. The time and place will be decided by the other party."
Chen Chen called his assistant and asked her to do something.
"You're going to do this yourself?" Shirley turned her head over again, "How about you wait until the actors' department is established and leave it to the director?"
"It's okay, but in the end I still have to do it myself." Chen Chen tapped his chest, "I want the other party to modify the script according to my wishes. I'm afraid it won't work if I don't show up."
"Hey~ President Chen Da has revised the script?!" Shirley suddenly stood up, "Can I also participate in the meeting by then?!"
"It's not the first time I've done this, why are you so surprised?" Chen Chen didn't stop her, "Come if you want, but if we get into a fight, you have to speak for me."
"Is there still a chance of a quarrel?" Shirley didn't believe it.
Chen Chen was noncommittal.
"People who engage in creation are more or less stubborn, maybe."
...(End of this chapter)