Chapter 321 "Before Dawn"
"What are you talking about?" At this time, Deng Jie's voice sounded from behind.
"Oh, it's nothing. Zhang Chen wants to make a movie about online violence and human flesh search. We are discussing the starring candidates..."
"The time is almost up, should we? I’m going to have dinner. My eldest brother and eldest sister have been riding in the car all day. Let’s eat early and have a rest...”
Deng Jie is very considerate.
The group set off to Quanjude Qianmen Roast Duck Restaurant, where Zhang Guoli reserved a seat.
Quanjude is from the Qing Dynasty, and Bianyifang is from the Ming Dynasty. Logically speaking, Bianyifang with a longer history should be more famous.
But this is not the case. Instead, Quanjude has become the leader in Beijing’s roast duck industry.
This store in Qianmen has been around for a long time. It is the origin store in Quanjude and is very unique.
“Eight guests~”
As soon as I entered the door, I heard the waiter shouting, which is also a feature of this place.
The waiters are all dressed like waiters during the Republic of China period, wearing green robes and hats.
The hotel also has a traditional Eight Immortals table, wooden loft, and black lacquer counter, which is very traditional and cultural.
They are all celebrities, so they must be dining in a private room.
After some pushing and pushing, Zhang Guoli finally ordered.
Classic dishes such as high-quality roast duck, mustard duck feet, fire-scorched duck hearts, dried salted duck, and sesame duck cubes were tried one by one.
There are many foreigners coming here to eat roast duck, so the price is not cheap, and they also charge an additional 10% service fee, which is quite ridiculous.
"Brother, sister, come and try this. Mustard duck feet are a specialty here. You in the coal province should not eat this~"
Zhang Guoli greeted him very familiarly.
Duck is generally eaten in the south. Except for the capital, duck is almost never eaten in the north.
Even on New Year's Day, the main dishes are cattle, sheep and pigs, and there are basically no ducks on the table.
This is also a strange thing about Beijing. Only people in Beijing love to eat duck.
The same goes for grilled wings.
Only Beijing can use grilled wings as a specialty of barbecue. There are many restaurants specializing in grilled wings, Qianmen Grilled Wings, 1976 Grilled Wings~
And among the wings, many grilled wings in other places are the same. It's wing trimming.
The duck in Quanjude is indeed delicious, and the way to eat it is also particular.
Dip it in sauce, dip it in sugar, dip it in jam~
During the dinner, we talked about buying a house, "There is someone in our community who wants to sell a house, and your aunt is already asking for it for you. The security and supporting facilities in our community are very good. Your parents will definitely feel at ease living there..."
"Then please, Uncle Guoli, please worry about it~"
Meet Zhang Chen There was no objection, and Zhang Guoli and his wife felt relieved.
There must be no problem with the house, and the price must be affordable by Zhang Chen. I'm afraid Zhang Chen may have other ideas.
As we talked, we talked about the movie "Search" again.
"You are the director, you decide. If it doesn't work, just invite both of them to audition~"
Zhang Chen doesn't care who will star in the lead role. He just respects the original work when recommending Da Meiyuan. Anyway, he was doing it in name only.
But he didn’t know how valuable the word Zhang Chen was now.
Even if it is an ordinary movie, as long as the producer puts Zhang Chen's name on it, the audience will be willing to pay.
"Okay, then I'll notify them later to audition. It's not limited to just the two of them, there might be someone better~"
He is superstitious about Zhao Yanzi and feels that Zhao Yanzi has box office appeal. force.
Actually, it has far-fetched box office appeal.
Her popularity in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" is indeed invincible, but popularity and box office appeal are two different things. Otherwise, the previous "Green Tea" would not have been so bad at the box office, and it had a box office success. A good name for poison.
However, Zhang Guoli insisted that Zhang Chen didn't care.
......
The next morning, Zhang Chen accompanied his two elders to the Forbidden City, and in the afternoon he went to the company to explain recent events.
“Is everything settled?” Dong Jianqiang asked with concern as soon as they met.
"Well, everything is fine. Let's temporarily live in a vacant property owned by Zhang Guoli..."
"It's not a problem to live with someone else. You have to buy it as soon as possible~"
"Yes, we are already in contact."
Zhang Chen doesn't mind being a neighbor with Zhang Guoli. His community is indeed Good, and it seems to have appreciated very quickly. It is said that it has reached hundreds of millions in later generations.
"I talked with Zhang Guoli about a movie about online violence and human flesh search, and he will be the director."
Zhang Chen told what happened last night, and Dong Jianqiang nodded. .
What he was most worried about before was that if Zhang Chen really made this incident into a movie, more people would be offended.
What should I do if I am worried?
Now Zhang Chen has figured it out by himself.
“Wait a minute, I’m going to call someone. I’ll tell you everything in one go, so I won’t have to worry about you after you go to the United States~”
Not long after, Chen Xi and the others Members of the writing team were called into the conference room.
"The movie is called "Search", and the meaning of human flesh search is mainly about..."
The plot of "Search" is actually not complicated, it just follows current events. "I gave Uncle Guo Li a few suggestions for candidates, but it depends on what he wants. If it doesn't work, just call him for an audition. Whoever is suitable will be chosen~"
After explaining the details of the movie It’s a TV show.
"How about "Wulin Gaiden" over there?"
"The filming of the second season has already started. The success of the first season has greatly increased their confidence. The writing team has also received a lot of commissions. Everyone is full of enthusiasm. In addition, I heard that someone has already contacted them for endorsement..."
"Hmm~"
"Wulin Gaiden" is a gold mine, and if possible, it will continue to be developed.
Yuan Kong's "Wulin Gaiden" was originally planned to have 100 episodes, but later because Ning Caishen couldn't write it, it ended up with only 80 episodes.
This time and space has the participation of a screenwriting team, and can continue indefinitely if necessary.
A popular TV series like this will eventually end either because the audience is tired of the subject matter, or because the salary of the leading actors is too high, and the producers cannot make money if they continue to work.
But that’s all for the future.
“Let’s talk about a new drama next, which is also a challenge to everyone. Recently, “Prison Break” has become a big hit, and I plan to make a spy drama based on “Prison Break”...”
Zhang After Chen finished speaking, he noticed that all the members of the screenwriting team's eyes lit up.
Chen Xi knew about "Before Dawn" and had mentioned it to Dong Jianqiang. Only the members of the screenwriting team were completely unaware.
But now looking at everyone's expressions, it seems that they don't think this is a challenge, but are very excited.
“Great, we have long wanted to make a TV series imitating American TV series.”
Seeing that no one was against it, Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction: “Very good, it seems Professionals are not afraid of challenges
In fact, American dramas also have their own routines. I summed it up myself:
Usually they give you a big suspense right from the beginning, making people immersed in it quickly. In the plot.
Secondly, the plot must be fast, and there must be twists and turns that the audience will not expect. Another advantage of a fast plot is that even if there are loopholes in the plot, the audience will have no time to think.
The last thing is the characters. There must not be any facial-looking characters, even supporting characters.
A good person is not necessarily perfect. He also has shortcomings, such as being lustful and impulsive...
But a bad person is not necessarily a completely heinous villain. He also has his moments when he shines. And the IQ must be online. In short, both the positive and negative characters must be flesh and blood..."
Seeing everyone nodding in acceptance, Zhang Chen continued: "Okay, let me talk about it in general. Summary of the story...
At midnight on September 15, 1948, Tan Zhongshu, director of the Eighth Bureau of the Kuomintang, suddenly received a call from his subordinate Qi Peilin. They captured Qin Youtian, a traffic officer of the JS Provincial Committee.
Qin Youtian rebelled after the interrogation, but he insisted on personally identifying an undercover agent who had been hidden in the Eighth Bureau for many years to Tan Zhongshu.
Tan Zhongshu just arrived at the Intelligence Bureau, only to find that his confidential official Qian Yu was burning Qin Youtian's confession. After a fight, Tan Zhongshu got the unburned confession fragments, but Qian Yu committed suicide on the spot by taking poison. At the same time, Qin Youtian and four agents guarding him were assassinated in the hotel..."
Zhang Chen told the story, and everyone's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Before Dawn" is divided into three story lines, the Eighth Bureau of the Kuomintang, the underground organization Sailor, and a sleeper who has been undercover in the Eighth Bureau for many years
The Eighth Bureau detects the Sailor organization and tracks down the sleepers inside. The Sailors and the Sleepers have their own tasks. They want to destroy the Eighth Bureau's Trojan horse plan.
After only hearing a summary of the story, everyone felt that this drama would definitely be good when it was filmed.
Three groups of characters, three lines, intertwined with each other, each step of development is completely unexpected, but the plot develops very fast, with one small crisis in one episode, which makes people want to stop...
"It's probably this story. I just want to have a big framework, and you need to fill in the specific details. It's still the same principle as before. The characters cannot be made into faces, the plot needs to develop quickly, and some technical issues need to be used in it. You can ask Manager Dong to help you contact experts in this field, as reasonable as possible..."
In the crowd, Cao Bingkun's palms were sweating as he listened.
Zhang Chen has said before that this drama was tailor-made for him.
Now that he has heard such a wonderful plot, he has no doubt that he will become famous after the show is broadcast. Maybe he will become China's own Mike Scofield (the male protagonist of "Prison Break").
"Let Lao Cao be the male lead in this drama..."
At this point, Cao Bingkun trembled all over.
Dong Jianqiang naturally has no objection. If Zhang Chen is willing to help his brother, he will do so. A drama of this quality will become popular to anyone.
"The remaining supporting roles are also very important. I plan to make it into a high-quality drama. Those supporting roles will be played by people like Director Chen, Leslie Cheung, and Wang Zhiwen..."
"Can they agree?"
"It should be no problem. Our script is good and they will probably agree to it. Moreover, this is an American drama style drama in China. I don't believe they won't be interested."
Dong Jianqiang was a little excited. The three mentioned are all evergreens in domestic film and television dramas. With them joining, selling dramas will not be a problem, and the ratings will be guaranteed.
But he immediately thought of a question: "Should we produce this drama ourselves?"
Star Entertainment has produced one TV series so far, "Wulin Gaiden".
The team was brought in by Shang Jing himself, which means that Star Entertainment does not have its own TV series production team.
If a team is randomly assembled to do it, Dong Jianqiang is afraid of screwing up such a good script.
"Well, hasn't Chen Xi been on the crew of "Wulin Gaiden" for a while? Do you think we can handle it ourselves?"
Hearing this, Chen Xi thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "With us The current strength is not enough, it is best to find a reliable team to work with..."
"OK, let's go to Shanying."
Since we want to make a high-quality drama, we should have no problem finding Shanying.
Shanying's dramas are very well-produced, and many CCTV dramas are produced with the help of Shanying.
Zhang Chen is eyeing Noon Sunshine. Kong Sheng is a maniac about details. The cost of filming with him may be a little higher, but the quality is definitely higher than the average.
(End of this chapter)