The TV series genre of sitcom originated from overseas.
The earliest sitcom in China is "I Love My Family", the core character of which is Yingda, known as the "Father of Sitcoms" in China.
When he was studying in the United States, he especially loved the famous sitcom "The Cosby Family" from the lighthouse country.
After returning to China, he followed suit and directed "I Love My Family", a pioneering work that brought joy to countless people.
“Two cakes!” At the mahjong table, female director Lin Cong played a card.
When filming "I Love My Family", Lin Chong had already followed "Master" Yingda as the film's deputy director and executive director.
It was not until the later period of "Sister Ma" that Yingda gave her the right to direct some dramas.
Then she continued to co-direct with Ying Da and her friend Lu Xiaopin in the two dramas "Story in the Waiting Room" and "Diary of a Networm".
It wasn't until a sitcom called "Two Families" that she began to take the lead.
However, this film was not very successful and had average results.
Then, it was the movie "With Children" that made her famous.
In fact, "Family with Children" also borrowed from the famous American drama "Growing Pains", just like her master back then.
Lin Cong was under a lot of pressure. After all, "Two Families", his first independently produced film, was not a success.
So many people are saying that she cannot live without her master Yingda.
"Family with Children" allowed her to prove her ability.
That's why Director Lin was so happy when Zhang Yuan mentioned this film just now.
But in fact, although Yingda is known as the "Father of Chinese Sitcoms", his own abilities are not that strong.
Because sitcoms are the most script-heavy type of TV series, the requirements for screenwriters are even greater than those of directors.
The biggest contributor to the reason why Yingda was so successful after returning to China in the early years was the famous Chinese comedy screenwriter Liang Zuo!
Behind the sketches "Dreams in the Tiger's Mouth" and "The Company of Thieves" to the comedies "I Love My Family" and "Sister Ma, the Idle Man", Liang Zuo spent a lot of effort and painstaking research.
The long-term cooperation between Yingda and Liang Zuo led to a famous "bad relationship" in the imperial circle, that is, Yingda and Song Dandan cheated on each other. After the divorce, Yingda quickly married Liang Zuo's sister Liang Huan.
The character of Yingda is indeed worrying.
After remarrying Liang Huan and having a son, Batu, they actually named their child Ying Rudi.
Rudy means like a legitimate son.
The legitimate son is the child born to the first wife in ancient times and enjoys the right of family inheritance.
Naming his youngest son this way is obviously disgusting to Song Dandan.
And this idea has the traditional elements of feudal remnants. After all, Yingda itself is a Manchu.
The disgusting things Teacher Ying has done don’t stop there.
Liang Zuo suffered a myocardial infarction in 2001 and died suddenly.
Yingda rushed to Liang Zuo's home immediately and stole the laptop he used for writing. All the unpublished manuscripts of Liang Zuo were stored here.
Later, Liang Zuo's former friend Wang Shuo came forward and started a lawsuit with Yingda University. Finally, he got the laptop back and gave it to Liang Zuo's daughter Liang Qing'er.
Wang Shuo is not very good-looking, but he is always popular with women.
Although this person is crazy, he is talented, has a righteous side, and has his own special personality charm.
Since the death of Liang Zuo, the level of Yingda's works has declined rapidly. Among the sitcoms he created later, only "Underground Traffic Station", an alternative work, can be regarded as the final highlight.
It can be seen how important comedy screenwriters are as strategic talents.
One person is enough to disrupt an industry.
"If you want to invest in sitcoms, there are really some." After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, Lin Cong thought for a moment and returned.
“I have a few friends who are preparing a sitcom with novel themes.”
“But there are some conflicts of opinion with the producer.”
“ If you are willing, I can help you make an appointment to chat.”
The friends Lin Cong mentioned were Shang Jing and Ning Caishen.
At that time, Shang Jing and Ying Da had already formed two sitcom genres, the old and the new.
As mentioned above, Yingda is quite domineering and a bit of a villain, so from the bottom of his heart, he looks down on Shang Jing.
Just like Poet Chen looked down on Lao Mouzi.
They always think that there is something great about those talented people. They were not working under me back then... Shang Jing once worked and played a small role in "Sister Ma, the Idle Man".
Later, Ying Da also denied that "Wulin Gaiden" was a sitcom. His reason was... There is no canned laughter in this show.
Anyway, he is the "Father of Chinese Sitcoms", he sets the rules, and whatever he says is what he says.
But fortunately, Lin never had any bad habits like her master, and she was quite kind.
While filming "Diary of an Internet Bug", the comedy starring Huang Xiaoming and showing her "greasy" talent for the first time, she met screenwriters Ning Caishen and Yu Baimei.
In fact, it was Ning Caishen who had been playing financial futures. This was a top student majoring in finance.
This is why he likes to use Yu Entai so much. This Lu Xiucai also loves stock trading.
However, Ning Caishen’s career in the financial industry is relatively average, but he has gained a lot of recognition from writing novels and posting them on online forums.
Then he began his writing career.
"Diary of an Internet Bug" was the first time he and Yu Baimei collaborated, and he was considered a co-screenwriter.
But when he saw the film after it was released, he found that almost all the content he had written was deleted and was not used, but he still retained the title of screenwriter.
Therefore, he felt that Yu Baimei was interesting, so he followed his relationship and started cooperation with Shang Jing.
After that, the two collaborated on the two works "Urban Man and Woman" and "Healthy Express", both of which received favorable responses.
But the most popular one has to be Shang Jing’s own "The Story of the Cooking Class".
After filming several works in a row, the two sat together all day long, sighing at the boredom.
They feel that the current Chinese sitcoms are all repeating the same content, which is extremely boring!
The two were chatting, and one day after drinking too much, they planned to work on a subversive work together.
This is the "Wulin Gaiden" that has now been completed.
But the film ran into problems.
To put it simply, it is the contradiction between rationality and reality, investors and directors.
Ning Caishen just happened to take out a loan to buy a house, so he planned to write eighty episodes of scripts. After all, scripts are billed based on the number of words and episodes, and he wanted to make more money.
Shang Jing also respects and likes the script.
But investor and producer Hao Yaning, owner of Imperial Alliance Pictures, doesn’t think so.
The two people's previous "Healthy Express" and "The Story of the Cooking Class" were also produced and broadcast by this person.
For investors, the first thing to consider is whether the investment can be returned.
I’m not very interested in what you two are telling me about subverting Chinese sitcoms.
I just want a work like "The Story of the Cooking Class" that is honest and very profitable.
Costume sitcom?
There is no successful precedent for this thing!
What to do if blood loss occurs?
And I can’t even understand the script you wrote. The plot and lines are too out of context.
In those days, there was no concept of jokes.
In the end, after much discussion, Hao Yaning agreed to shoot 40 episodes first because they were old friends, and then test the waters after they were aired.
If the ratings are good, then continue filming.
If it’s not good, then stop there.
The boss also has a reason. Costume dramas are expensive.
Back then, the first part of "The Story of the Cooking Class" cost only one million.
You ask me for 10 million now!
It’s strange that people can accept it.
Of course, Boss Hao’s vision is always good and bad.
Let’s not talk about Shang Jing’s films. He also invested in famous masterpieces such as "Qiao Family Courtyard", but at the same time, he was also deeply involved in "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage"...
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"Okay, Sister Lin's friends must be experts like you." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.
“Hey, hey, hey.” Xu Fan glanced at him with a smile: “Director Lin is married. If you don’t praise her, something will happen easily.”
“It won’t happen, you These are all mature women with determination." After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he found that both Xu Fan and Lin Cong had set their sights on Wang Fei.
Old Wang curled his lips, dissatisfied with the look in their eyes: "Live happily is the most important thing."
"You only have happiness left." Xu Fan mainly focused on the mahjong table. Responsible for complaining.
Let’s talk about the three bad guys in Hong Kong back then: Wang Fei, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.
The three of them are still good-natured people and are top-notch beings in their respective fields.
"You only live a short period of time in your life. If you are not happy, how can you live with it?" After Wang Fei touched a card, his expression changed drastically and he stuffed it into his own card array.
It’s better to stop playing cards when it comes to controlling your expression...
“You should eat, you should drink, you should have fun, you should live however you like.” Lao Wang expressed his life philosophy .
"Speaking of spending money." Zhang Yuan answered: "I have a number of cheap housing channels here. Are you interested?"
Zhang Yuan thought of Zhao Decai's work-related housing.
“House?”
“Investment, house prices in the imperial capital are rising so fast now.”
“That’s right!” Xu Fan got excited when he heard this .
"What price and location?"
"Over in Wangjing, there are two-family houses with one staircase, with an area of about 180 to 250 square meters."
"The sales volume is about 10,000, and here I am Take it on the side, it’s probably less than 8,000 yuan.”
In those days, the ones in Wangjing that sold for 10,000 square meters were considered high-end residential areas.
Zhao Decai received a total of eight floors and sixteen houses as project funds, worth tens of millions, and was wondering how to make a move.
After all, it takes time to sell a house, and during that period, he won't have the funds to start other projects. So he is definitely willing to sell at a discount and exchange money for time.
"I want it. The dividends from Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves" have just come down, so I am very rich."
"I also want to invest in one or two sets. ..." Lin Cong replied with a smile, "Family with Children" also won her votes.
"Fei, what about you?" Xu Fan asked: "Zhang Yuan has a cheap channel, don't you want it?"
"I'm not very interested."
"Sister Fei, I heard that you are going to marry my brother Li soon?" Zhang Yuan asked.
"Yes, in two months, you will also come to have a drink." Wang Fei thought for a while: "I am planning to send out invitations, you all come."
" Yeah, definitely." Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, thinking that he would win more from Lao Wang today so that he could earn the red envelope.
"The house bought before marriage is pre-marital property." Zhang Yuan said in a low voice.
Lao Wang said dumbly, while Xu Fan and Lin Cong on the side were stunned for a moment.
"Fei, do you understand what Zhang Yuan said?"
"Ah?"
This person's memory can also temporarily memorize some lyrics. .
How could Xu Fan and Lin Cong not understand that Li Yapeng was obviously high-ranking in marrying her!
That guy has already begun to use Lao Wang's reputation to attract investment.
Xu Fan shook his head helplessly, and then explained to her in detail.
"Oh." Wang Fei frowned.
She is the type who will do whatever she wants once she falls in love.
Otherwise, Dou Wei would have made her pregnant when she was at the height of her power.
People always have to learn from mistakes.
Even the top love brains will recall the pain after looking at their emotional scars.
What if Li Yapeng is like Dou Weiwei back then?
"Okay, then I'll buy some and keep them." Wang Fei still listened to the advice.
"Yes, it's more practical to save your cash to support a man than to invest in buying a house for yourself." Xu Fan said with a smile.
"Then I'll buy a three-story house."
Zhang Yuan: ...
You and Zhao Decai are a good match. When talking about houses, the units are the same, in terms of floors.
He made an agreement with several people about buying a house, and also made an agreement with Lin Cong, asking her to help arrange an appointment with Shang Jing and Ning Cai to come out and meet.
A few people continued to play cards. Except for the middle time when he asked his assistant to bring a hot pot from outside to cook the mutton, the four of them played for a whole day and night.
It wasn't until Wang Fei lost again that he was reduced to his pants, then the game was called to a halt.
Communicating and entertaining was also very strenuous, and Zhang Yuan was very tired.
I want to catch up on some sleep first.
But before going to bed, I called Zhao Decai first.
“Hey, Mr. Zhao, I’ve sold that house to you.”
Boss Zhao remembered that he had said before that there was a card game that would help him promote it.
He didn't take it seriously at first.
"Ah, thank you brother, how many sets did your friends want?"
"Including me, there are seven floors in total." Zhang Yuan was also led astray by them, and the unit gradually abnormal.
“Seven sets, so many...”
"No, it's the seventh floor."
"Ah!"
Zhao Decai was shocked.
In less than forty-eight hours, he sold me fourteen houses.
If you have the ability, what kind of actor would you be? How good would you be in sales?
"What, my friends are all celebrities, so it's not convenient for them to appear in public. Just find an opportunity to view the house in private and then sign the contract."
"No problem!" Zhao Decai was extremely excited.
I am having a problem here, and I can easily solve it by playing cards.
【Received thanks from Zhao Decai, XX endurance +1, XX hardness +1! 】
Of course Fatty Zhao thanked him profusely, saying that he would treat him to a feast if he had the chance.
Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan shook his head.
If he had not saved some money to invest in "Wulin Gaiden", he would have bought the two sets on the remaining floor.
The average price of land in Wangjing will be nearly 100,000 yuan in the future, and there are so many high-end communities with more than 100,000 yuan.
A house worth two million now will be worth thirty or forty million in the future.
Concerned about the house, Zhang Yuan fell into sleep and had a sweet dream of becoming the largest landlord in the imperial capital.
When he woke up, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
He stood up and planned to wash up, but his assistant Zhao Jueju ran over.
"Brother Zhang Yuan, someone came to see you after you rested."
"The other person knew you were sleeping, so he didn't let me disturb you."
"Keep waiting. .”
"He's fallen asleep on the table in the north room now."
"Who is it?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.
“Tianshan Child Mother.” Zhao Juejuan looked confused, obviously a little scared of this role.
Zhang Yuan hurriedly brushed his teeth and washed his face. After tidying up, he quietly came to the north room, which he now used as a study and reception room.
Shu Chang tilted his head, resting his arm under his rosy cheeks.
It was obvious that he had waited too long and was tired.
"Dandan." Zhang Yuan whispered to his assistant: "Prepare some hot water."
Zhao Xunjie turned around and went out. After a while, he came back with a washbasin. .
Zhang Yuan: ...
“I’m talking about hot water to drink.”
Zhang Yuan kept covering his face. He couldn't think of anything to do in martial arts.
"Sing, wake up." He gently stroked the other person's back.
Shu Chang's eyelashes twitched a few times before slowly opening his eyes.
"Brother Yuan, are you awake?" She raised her head and rubbed her eyes. There was a red mark as thick as an arm on one cheek.
Zhang Yuan found a towel, and the basin of hot water that Zhao Juejie prepared was finally used.
"I just finished socializing and kept you waiting for a long time."
"It's okay, I'm just taking a rest." Sing said in a cheerful tone.
"Brother Yuan, I have some good news to share with you."
"I have passed the accounting certificate, and I will be able to help you with your accounting and money management in the future!"
At the same time as being in a Chinese drama, you also have to film and do research. You can just say that this person has a good brain.
"I can work for you next."
"For me?"
"Yes, Sister Cheng said, you opened a brokerage company with her."
"My contract with my manager is about to expire." Shu Chang's eyes flashed, obviously looking forward to it.
"Oh..." Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and realized that this was Cheng Hao's job again.
She is in charge of the agency. After signing Shu Chang, he becomes her subordinate and can watch over him all the time...
But Shu Chang is indeed an excellent actor, and even though he has an agent, But without a company, I have been working as an independent gang.
Zhang Yuan is also worried that she will be bullied.
Come to his side and you can still protect her.
"Okay, welcome to join!" Zhang Yuan shook hands with her formally.
"Brother Yuan, I'm a little... sleepy." Shu Chang glanced aside and said softly with red cheeks.
I think you are not sleepy, but you are thinking about it.
"Oh." Zhang Yuan turned around and ordered Zhao Xunjie.
"What, you go out and help buy some supper."
"Are you really buying supper, or are you and sister Cheng Hao buying supper?"
Zhang Yuan: ...
Can you say this in front of Shu Chang?
Zhao Xuanjie was kicked out of the house by him.
When she left, she looked towards the courtyard door with her lips pouted and muttered.
“Why are all the pretty girls looking for him...”
The next day, after getting up, Zhang Yuan called Cheng Hao and asked her to come to the courtyard with the management contract and sign it for Chang Chang.
He went out and walked around to avoid the embarrassment of bumping into the two of them.
What I didn’t expect was that as soon as the contract was signed, some troubles would arise...(End of Chapter)