Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 659 TV Series Plan

The fifth day of the lunar month.

Starting from the past two years, at this time every year, before the work started at Xingchen Film and Television Company, Gu Wei would arrange a gathering for the company's employees.

Naturally, the company's senior managers and directors cannot escape this activity.

This activity has been well received by employees since its launch and is called the "opening dinner." The company will arrange big red envelopes for the gathering, and the red envelopes are getting more generous every year.

Starting from the first day of the new year, Ning Hao took the main creative team to travel around several cities in the south. The current schedule is to return to the capital for promotion, and then carry out the final round of promotion after the eighth day of the new year.

On the phone, Ning Hao kept complaining about how difficult this trip was and how hard the main creative staff worked. Gu Wei just wanted to laugh after hearing it.

"Alright, alright, call them over to join in the fun."

"No problem, we're all on the way. We'll definitely be in the capital before six in the evening, haha."

Ning Hao's laughter was heard on the phone, and it seemed that Lei Jiayin and a few others were there.

...

Platinum Hyatt Hotel, ninth floor.

At six o'clock in the evening, when Gu Wei and Liu Yifei arrived, the hall was almost full.

The employees of Xingchen Film and Television Company, together with the employees and artists of Shiba Culture Company, including some people from the animation film company, total more than a thousand people.

Although it cannot catch up with the scale of gatherings of thousands or tens of thousands of people of some super large companies and Internet companies, it is still second to none among film and television companies.

In the hall, everyone dispersed and was vaguely divided into several groups.

For example, Song Ge, Wang Chen, Jiang Xueruo, Chen Guofu, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and most of the senior executives of Xingchen Film and Television Company sat in the middle.

The directors are Lu Yang, Guo Fan, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Zheng Xiaolong, Kong Sheng, Zhang Dapeng, Wang Weiting...

Wu Ershan made the excuse that he had something to do at home and couldn't make it, but Gu Wei didn't care when he heard it.

As for the artists under the 18th Culture Company, there are many of them, headed by Tong Liya, Zhao Liying, Wan Qian, Han Dongjun, Chen Daoming, Hu Jun and others, plus Yu Bo, Zhang Jin, Yang Junyi, Guo Xiaodong, Huang Zhizhong, Zhu Yuchen, Geng Le, Ren Chengwei, Zuo Xiaoqing, Ke Lan, Guo Jingfei, Yu Mingjia, Ling Xiaosu and more than a hundred people as representatives.

The directors include Shen Yan, Yao Xiaofeng, Wan Yang, Pan Shuwu and others.

"Happy New Year, boss."

"Happy New Year, Madam Boss!"

In this way, Miss Liu gradually emptied her wallet amid the calls of the boss lady.

Since Ning Hao had just arrived at the Capital Airport, the dinner was scheduled to start on time at 7:30.

At this moment, the venue was filled with the sound of chatter. As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and when one or two hundred women get together, the scene is simply unimaginable.

At the main table, after chatting with Song Ge for a while, Gu Wei couldn't help but say, "There's something wrong with the public opinion of "Partners"!"

Before Song Ge opened his mouth, Wang Chen said, "Something is wrong. Recently, there has been a lot of negative information about Xingchen Film and Television Company and you, the boss, on the Internet. Someone is trying to stir up trouble!"

Song Ge said, "It should be Huayi. Director Gu sold the other party's stocks twice, and the two sides have completely forged a feud. In addition, the screening rate of Huayi's "Ex-Files" is also relatively poor. I guess for various reasons, the other party took action privately."

Gu Wei thought for a moment, then continued, "It's hard to say, it could be anyone. But the most likely suspect is probably the producer of Where Are We Going, Dad? After Lao Xu posted the Weibo, the other party must be very angry."

In fact, in addition to the producers of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", the culprits may also be Huayi, as well as other filmmakers and investors who are unhappy with Gu Wei.

These people don't have the ability to compete head-on with blockbusters in the same period, but when it comes to hiring some internet trolls to attack Xingchen Film and Television when a new film is released, many of them do have the ability to do so.

So Gu Wei didn't worry about who was smearing him behind the scenes. Anyway, there were only a few movies in the same period. He had invested in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and he smeared "Chinese Partners" and himself. Only "The Man from Macau" and "Where Are We Going, Dad?" would benefit the most. He just had to go after those two.

"The company's current profitability ranks first in the industry, which makes people jealous. There will be more such things in the future, so don't take it too seriously. Anyway, whoever competes with us in the same period must be prepared to be cannon fodder!" When Song Ge said this, he also revealed a hint of domineering.

Gu Wei laughed, "That's right. The domestic opponents are average, and the company alone can defeat them." After thinking for a while, he continued, "How are you going to arrange the promotion of "Devouring the Stars" which will be released on May 1st?"

Song Ge said: "We will still use hard advertising, online viral marketing and large-scale ticket subsidies. I plan to use 9.9 million of the planned 19.9 million pre-promotion costs for ticket subsidies, which will be divided into three levels: 29.9 yuan, 5 yuan and 1 yuan! In addition, on May 9.9st, we will increase the distribution of low-priced tickets at yuan."

Gu Wei nodded. "That's the only way. Anyway, this is the company's first animated film, and we can't afford to make any mistakes. Also, let Guangguang and Wanda take their share of the money. We have to do a good job of publicity. Don't save money for them, especially Wanda, they have plenty of money."

Song Ge showed a helpless expression and said, "Okay, then let Mr. Ye bleed a little more."

"Haha, no problem. Lao Wang and Lao Ye will be here later, and you can chat then." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Director Wang and President Ye are coming too?" Song Ge asked in surprise.

"Well, both of them said they were shareholders of the animation film company and they had to come and join in the fun." Gu Wei spread his hands helplessly.

The two chatted for a while, and then Ning Hao came with a group of people. Gu Wei looked closely and was surprised to see that there were quite a lot of people.

Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Lei Jiayin, Du Juan, Liu Tianzuo, and Xing Aina. Gu Wei couldn't name two of them, so it seems they are supporting roles in the movie.

"Old Ning, you really don't want to suffer any loss. Why don't we just treat today's party as a celebration party for "Chinese Partners"?" Lu Yang glanced around and teased directly.

"Haha, let's wait until the box office of "Partners" exceeds 1 billion, and then we can make it bigger in scale." Ning Hao started bragging again in front of everyone. According to the current situation, it is already the limit for this movie to break 700 million at the box office.

“You’re out of breath when I tell you you’re fat. There’s no chance that this movie of yours will make over 2 billion. You should just watch my Blade of the Assassin .” Lu Yang replied complacently.

"Lao Lu, at the speed you're shooting, my movie 'Lost in Thailand' will be released before you finish filming. The third domestic movie with a box office of 1 billion yuan will definitely be mine."

"Nonsense, I'm faster this time, at least faster than you."

"Haha, if you want to know how fast it is, you have to look at me."

The conversation between the two of them unknowingly veered off track again. Liu Yifei, who was standing next to them, whispered something to Xing Aina, and they both suddenly laughed with red faces.

Lu Yang also reacted instantly and patted Ning Hao on the shoulder, "Well, you are still faster, but I feel sorry for my sister-in-law." This sentence made everyone laugh.

Wang Changtian and Ye Ning arrived late. Seeing that everyone was present, Wang Chen, who was in charge of hosting, directly announced the start of the dinner.

Song Ge and Gu Wei came on stage and said a few words, and then went straight into eating mode.

After having a few drinks at the main table, Gu Wei, as the boss, had to chat and have a few drinks with his employees.

The first to come was the table of the company's top executives. There was no need to say anything encouraging to these people. "The company has launched a lot of new movies and TV series this year. Everyone should work harder. If everything goes well, the year-end bonus will be tripled."

"thank you boss."

"Don't worry, boss!"

They are all middle-aged people in their thirties. Making money is naturally their first goal. As long as the boss pays them enough, working overtime every day is not a big deal.

At the director's table, Gu Wei talked to them about the current domestic market situation. "As long as you have a good project, you can apply for funding from Mr. Song at any time. This year we have only one goal, which is to shoot no less than ten TV series."

Kong Sheng: "The filming of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Cave of Dragon Ridge" has just finished. I will start a new project in the second half of the year."

Zheng Xiaolong: "The preparations for Red Sorghum are almost complete and are expected to start at the end of the month."

Liu Dapeng: "Everything is going smoothly with "The Journey of Flower". If it can be completed in the second half of the year, we will start filming "The Jade Knife."

"Okay, I've looked at the company's plan. Together with "Ode to Joy 2" and "Nirvana in Fire", there are exactly six episodes in total. The company has quite a few scripts. If you have suitable directors, you can recommend them. As long as they pass the review, the company will provide the start-up capital." After drinking a glass of wine, Gu Wei talked about the plan to continue recruiting directors to join.

"No problem, Director Gu. Idol dramas are very popular now. I will recommend two young directors to President Song to give it a try." Zheng Xiaolong said with a smile.

After hearing this, Gu Wei also felt that idol dramas had to be filmed. After all, one of the killer weapons of the Korean Wave invasion was idol dramas, with the old clichés such as car accidents and amnesia.

Anyway, the company has so many screenwriters, so it is easy for them to adapt and create some idol scripts. This kind of TV series is also suitable for cultivating young artists, killing two birds with one stone.

When it came to the two tables of artists, Gu Wei spoke directly. He said that the company planned to have more than a dozen movies and TV series this year, and everyone would have a chance.

As soon as the words fell, there was a cheer.

Tong Liya even pointed to the empty seat next to her and said enthusiastically, "Director Gu, sit here and chat with everyone for a while!"

Hearing this, Gu Wei sat down, and then Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lei Jiayin joined in. Seeing more and more people coming to toast, Gu Wei felt his scalp tingling.

Afterwards, Liu Yifei came to the rescue, and Gu Wei drank several glasses before he could get away.

Having visited the main tables, Gu Wei definitely couldn't go to the remaining tables one by one, otherwise he would drink himself to death.

So he could only take the microphone, toast with all the employees and say some words of blessing, which naturally caused cheers from the audience.

After returning to the main table, Wang Changtian and Ye Ning became excited again and insisted on dragging Gu Wei to drink.

As a result, Gu Wei just gave a look and Wang Chen, Jiang Xueruo and others surrounded them in an instant.

The dinner lasted for three or four hours. By the time Gu Wei and the young lady returned to the villa, the news had already spread outside.

"Xingchen Films held a kick-off dinner today, with over a thousand people attending."

"According to gossip, Xingchen Film and Television Company plans to shoot nearly 20 movies and TV series this year..."

"Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and others attended the dinner, and Director Gu Wei distributed red envelopes on the spot..."

Seeing these messy reports on the Internet, even Gu Wei couldn't help but sigh at how fast the media moves.

However, this kind of reporting is also good. At least it can let the audience and netizens know about the big moves of Xingchen Film and Television Company this year.

.........

When it comes to the domestic TV drama industry, it can be said that there is a flourishing of various kinds of TV dramas. The tens of thousands of TV dramas produced every year is the best proof of this.

Sometimes, after local satellite TV stations buy the broadcasting rights, many TV series will not become well-known to the general audience until several years later.

Since Gu Wei wants to boycott Korean culture, it is essential to promote Chinese culture, and TV dramas are one of the best ways to do so.

The original time and space version of "Nirvana in Fire" is more like a refreshing drama than a political drama. Compared with another TV series "The Ming Dynasty 1566", it is just like playing house.

Some netizens even joked that if Mei Changsu appeared in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", he would probably not survive more than a few episodes.

Many netizens complained that the screenwriter of this TV series had no common sense. For example, the script had 70,000 soldiers of the Red Flame Army being killed. This was nonsense. If the ancient dynasty lost so many main forces, it would probably be destroyed immediately.

The 100,000 cavalrymen under Princess Nihuang's command is even more outrageous. Except for the Han and Tang dynasties, no dynasty could afford 100,000 cavalrymen.

For example, Mei Changsu’s title is “Qilin Talent”, which means that if he gets the talent, he can get the world. Which emperor can tolerate the existence of such a person?

Anyway, there were a lot of complaints, and after Gu Wei purchased the copyright, he asked the company's screenwriting department to revise it.

In the new version of Nirvana in Fire, the number of soldiers and horses is reduced tenfold, the childish power struggle plot has become more difficult, and the plot is more compact and complete.

The sixth day of the lunar month.

Most companies in the industry have resumed operations, and Xingchen Films is no exception.

Gu Wei went to the company in the morning, looked at a few TV drama scripts, explained a few things, and left in a hurry.

Today is the time for the two families to meet, and he is busy.

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(End of this chapter)