Hong Kong Entertainment: The top class starts with great writers

Chapter 39 Boss Guo with Rich Money (Part [-])
Just as he said when he was interrupted by his uncle, the previous films lost money consecutively. After analysis by the company team, it was judged that the problem still lies in the script.

Guo Yunchen first watched several Shakespeare classics at the Royal Theater in England because of his studies in Europe and America.

Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, compared to these famous and tragic operas, he prefers the comedy style of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice.

As for opera, he still likes it, but he can't be called a fanatic.

Until he arrived on Broadway in the United States——

Gypsy, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady... He can name more than [-] plays without repeating them in one breath!

He lived on Broadway for half a year. At that time, Guo Yunchen watched all the popular Broadway plays more than once, and it was the first time he knew the concept of musicals.

Then, being obsessed with Broadway, he was dragged by his friends to watch a newly released musical "Love in the Rain" - cheerful music, lively dance, coupled with the actors' gorgeous costumes, he was dazzled , so far out of control, completely obsessed with American musicals!
Love in the Rain, A Star Is Born, The King and I, Guys and Dolls...every one of them is very dear to him!
After returning to China, he determined to make Chinese musicals!

It's just that he overlooked a very important point. American musicals were actually developed on the basis of Broadway musicals. Many musicals directly adopted popular Broadway plays.

There are many actors who are good at singing and dancing, and Broadway musical actors have become swarm performers in musicals. This is the basis of those shocking ensemble singing and dancing scenes in American musicals.

After being transplanted to China, it is more difficult to find actors who can sing and dance well. Without a group of background actors who sing and dance in an orderly manner, the charm of musicals has been cut by more than half in an instant!

In addition, pop music has just emerged, and the old-school middle class prefers national quintessence Peking Opera or other opera performances. This has led to his musicals, which have never been able to compete with the Pei brothers' Huangmeidiao movies.

The scripts of three consecutive standard American musicals did not produce the desired effect, which made him think, maybe, abandoning the model of musicals and focusing on the story itself will attract the audience more and enter the theater?
The script of Eryou in the Red Chamber that Guo Yunchen read last time is a brand new attempt: it does not use Huangmei Diao, nor does it use the format of musicals, but ordinary vernacular movies, which are the main shooting projects of the company now.

Originally, Senior Brother Chen's London beauty was also a good adaptation target, but unfortunately——

At the same time, he offered a high reward, soliciting high-quality scripts from all over Hong Kong, hoping to collect some wonderful works.

"Young Master Chen, you're at the company."

Guo Yunchen opened his eyes, Uncle Rong had already stopped the car, and several young assistants were already waiting in front of the office building. As soon as the car stopped, someone stepped forward to open the car door for him.

Guo Yunchen handed the briefcase to one of the assistants, and asked casually, "How many scripts have you received?"

The assistant held his briefcase, unable to hide his excitement: "150 six letters! This is only this morning!"

Hearing this number, Guo Yunchen also lifted his spirits, "Let's go! Let's go to the meeting room!"

Surrounded by several assistants in neat suits, Guo Yunchen arrived in the small conference room. On the long table in the middle of the conference room, letters piled up like a hill.

Guo Yunchen sat down on the main seat without hesitation, and ordered: "Just follow yesterday's division of labor, let's start!"

Three assistants, plus him, a total of four people formed an assembly line:

An assistant is responsible for opening the letter and reading it briefly. Those who cannot understand the sentence will be directly screened out;

After the primary selection, the scripts will be sent to Guo Yunchen. He will read them roughly, and then divide the scripts into those that can be used, those that can be improved, and those that are scrapped.

He didn't imagine that he could pick out a peerless script once, as long as there are one or two, a little modification can come in handy, Guo Yunchen is already thankful.

After grading, the script is in the hands of the next assistant. His work is mainly for the second grade, who can be improved.

He is responsible for writing out revisions and words of encouragement. After all, today's small saplings are likely to be tomorrow's towering trees. It is still very cost-effective to invest in advance and only need to pay a few lines.

The last assistant's main job is to reply letters, which are divided into two types: the first type is to notify the authors of the first-grade scripts that the scripts have been preliminarily approved, and whether they will be adopted or not, please wait for the follow-up notice.

The second category is to mail back the revision suggestions that can improve the script and register them in the register to see if there will be any improvement in the future.

This is Guo Yunchen's meaning, even if the draft has not been completed, as long as the other party has a desire to make progress, Rongchang will always keep in touch with the other party.

The three assistants were all hired by Guo Yunchen with a high salary. They are outstanding students who graduated from the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong. They can handle these simple writing tasks with ease.

In the whole process, the one with the most backlog is Guo Yunchen.

He always couldn't bear to pass the manuscript that the author had put a lot of effort into, and just passed it. Except for the beginning, he would read a few more pages of each script, which took a lot of time.

Assistant No. [-] suddenly called out: "Boss, here is a letter. It's quite interesting. There's even a new envelope with a stamp on it!"

Several assistants laughed at the same time. Does this person think that Rongchang Pictures is so poor that they can't even produce a reply envelope?

Guo Yunchen raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand, "Show me."

Assistant No. 1 didn't dare to delay, and handed the letter to him immediately.

Guo Yunchen glanced at the envelope that the assistant said, and saw that the address was neatly written on it, and he immediately liked it.

He took out the letter paper and looked at it. The person who wrote the letter directly stated at the beginning of the letter that it was the first time writing, please bear with me.

Guo Yunchen's goodwill has grown again.

The story of wanton shop?

Guo Yunchen has never been to a wonton restaurant since he was so old. Even if he doesn't eat at home or go out to socialize, he always goes to well-known hotels, high-end gold-selling caves.

He has never been to such a small shop like a roadside stall.

Guo Yunchen suddenly became interested, and looked at ten lines at a glance——

Brother Fugui?Is there really someone who can call such a silly name?
His uncle, with the word Zhenye, privately felt that the juniors in the family were very rude.

Moving bricks at the wharf, working in a factory, and selling defective clothes, Brother Fugui finally had the courage to call out to add tops and bottoms. Guo Yunchen watched with relish.

Then there is A Tubo, the electronic scale mentioned in the story, he often saw it when he was in the United States, and the credibility of what is said in the article is extremely high.

From this perspective, the story of the Wonton shop is more like a realistic news.

Guo Yunchen soon saw the last customer, drinking coffee at Wonton shop?
It was a bit difficult for him to imagine this scene. It seemed that the third guest was fabricated by the author.

　Well, our male lead, female lead and male supporting role are all players who concentrate on their careers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)