Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 92: The Storm Rises Again (Sincerely Asking for Votes)

Although Fang Hong did not take Huayi seriously, his subordinates did not think so. In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, they held a meeting within the company.

Since the filming of "So Young" has been completed, the filming team has returned.

The stars have also disbanded and gone their separate ways. Now Yutu does not sign stars, but only the behind-the-scenes production team.

There was a long conference table in the middle of the meeting room, with forty or fifty people sitting at it.

Core members including Chen Zhixi, Yu Xian and Meng Jun are all here.

Screenwriters: Bao Jinjin and Jiao Huajing.

Behind-the-scenes production staff including Wang Ran and Liu Yin are also among them.

"You may have heard about the ban this time, and some of you may be panicking, but I'm telling you this."

Fang Hong put one hand on his waist, his posture majestic: "Huayi is a paper tiger, we don't need to be afraid of them. Whether it exists or not has no effect on us, nor will it have any impact on your careers."

"Yes, the reason we dare to fight them this time is that we have made sufficient preparations." Chen Zhixi echoed.

Although the two sometimes have some disagreements, that is an internal matter, and they still have to maintain consistency in opinions with non-core personnel.

If there is infighting among the top leaders at this time, it would be equivalent to announcing the early death of Yutu!

Of course, everyone present knows that their film had a fierce competition with Huayi, and it won.

This is also the reason why they did not waver. Even if they wavered, what would happen?
If they go to other families, will they be treated as human beings?

They are still little Karami, but they have some qualifications, which are given to them by the principal.

“I’m not one to brag, I can only say that it’s hard to succeed, but it’s easy to fail, all you have to do is give up.

Everyone here has basically followed me from the beginning. You should know that I never compromise and never give up. Only through setbacks can we grow," Fang Hong said.

"Principal, we have all seen how far you have come, and we all trust you. My classmate is still doing odd jobs in other crews. You don't need to say so much. Just point the direction and do it." Li Anran said.

He was an art director, class of 08 at Beijing Film Academy, and had only studied for two years. He was the art director for many great directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, and Liu Xunzimo.

Fang Hong began to formulate an elite strategy behind the scenes.

Therefore, we recruit and train those awesome behind-the-scenes personnel who have not yet become successful.

"Yes, we agreed to conquer the world together. How can there be no setbacks and battles in conquering the world? Huayi is nothing. I just can't stand their faces." Wang Ran seemed a little indignant.

"There's a saying in Bright Sword, 'We fight against the elite,' isn't that what it means?" Liu Yin said.

"Hahaha!"

Laughter suddenly broke out at the meeting!

After being interrupted by the three people, the originally heavy atmosphere became quiet and the fighting spirit was rekindled.

Yes, what is Huayi?
If they leave Yutu, will they be given food? Will they be welcomed as guests? That's not necessarily true!
They are all young people, full of energy, always wanting to do something big and overturn the old things.

Now that the cohesion has been reunited, Fang Hong will not say anything more. Talking too much will only make people bored. Let's get straight to the point.

"The New Year is coming soon, and I don't have anything good to give you, so I decided to give each of you a red envelope so that you can have a good New Year when you go back."

"Wow, thanks principal!"

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Everyone present looked happy and the atmosphere became lively.

Chen Zhixi glanced at Fang Hong. It was time to distribute red envelopes. With so many people to distribute them, hundreds of thousands of dollars would be gone.

After all, he is the boss, so he can’t be too stingy. He has to give a five-digit amount!

But she didn't say anything. There's no point in talking nonsense. Money is what's real. In this world, relying on personal charm to gather a team is one thing.

Ultimately, it all comes down to money!

The meeting ended quickly. As long as there was no problem with the internal team, Fang Hong was not afraid of Huayi and dared to confront it head-on.

From the very beginning, he had no intention of seeking external resources, but to rely on himself and the team to rise.

Yutu Pictures will be busy for a while, and once it’s finished, everyone will take a holiday and come back after the New Year.

This year's Chinese New Year is a little early, in early February!

Zhang Songwen happened to come to visit that day. Fang Hong asked him to come and get the script last time.

"I thought you weren't coming!" Fang Hong was surprised.

They fought with Huayi, thinking that Zhang Songwen would be concerned about his job and would not come to get the script again.

After all, he also takes on Huayi's business. I heard that he has worked as an acting instructor for Huayi's crew, teaching extras how to act.

He patted Zhang Songwen on the shoulder: "Come, follow me."

"I've heard about that, too. I'm just an actor and I just want to perform my role. If he's really unreasonable, then I can only accept it," Zhang Songwen followed.

Acting is his job, and he does not participate in the fights between these big guys.

"Haha, it's not up to you to choose sides or not." Fang Hong smiled.

Zhang Songwen was silent, he also understood what Fang Hong meant.

But he has no choice. He will act in whatever role is given to him and will deal with future events later.

Moreover, he knew in his heart that even if he chose a side, Huayi would still not give him any roles to play. In all these years, he had not been given a single chance.

They have so many actors that they can’t even afford it!
The door of the screenwriter's room was pushed open, and the two girls stopped laughing and playing. Seeing the visitor, they sat down in a reserved manner.

Women are so heartless. Even at this critical moment, they are still in the mood to play around.

Fang Hong pretended not to see it and motioned Zhang Songwen to come in: "Junior Sister Jiao, how is the script of "Beijing Meets Seattle" that I told you about before going?"

As he spoke, he found a chair and sat down, and motioned for Zhang Songwen to find a seat too.

There are only two people in the screenwriter's office, and it's spacious with plenty of chairs.

If there is a movie being filmed, directors, producers and actors will often come to get the script and communicate about it.

"That book! I'm still writing it, but my tutor is also very interested in it. He said that your book is very similar to the ideas in his mind."

Jiao Huajing has a round face, which is quite cute.

Fang Hong was curious: "Who is your mentor?"

He had just thrown a plot synopsis to Jiao Huajing before and asked her to fill it out in preparation for the filming of the next movie after the new year.

The team cannot be left idle. After the New Year, we must go back to work. Struggle is the true nature of life.

This movie was not made for Yu Xian, nor for himself, but to train other directors to make it.

"Xue Xiaolu, Professor Xue." Jiao Huajing said.

"Then you can invite Professor Xue to participate. Of course, if she is interested in directing, that's fine too." Fang Hong said.

In his previous life, Xue Xiaolu was the original director and screenwriter of "Beijing Meets Seattle". He had previously filmed "Ocean Paradise", a movie starring Li Lianjie and Wen Zhang, which was released in the middle of this year.

They are from the academic world and won’t pay attention to Huayi.

If Xue Xiaolu is the director, then let him shoot the film according to the trajectory of the previous life. It’s better to be original!

"Okay, I'll talk to him." Jiao Huajing nodded.

"So where have you written? This is the male lead chosen for the play. Would you mind showing it to him?" Fang Hong pointed at Zhang Songwen.

"Sure, there are just some lines that need to be worked on. The story is complete, I'll print it out." After Jiao Huajing said this, he operated the computer and several sheets of paper quickly came out of the printer.

After binding it, she handed it to Zhang Songwen and said, "You can take it back and have a look first. I will send it to your email address after I update the second edition. Please leave your email address with me."

"Okay!" Zhang Songwen nodded.

The two chatted with the two young ladies from the screenwriter team for a while and then left the screenwriter's room.

Zhang Songwen flipped through the script and asked, "Has the female lead for this drama been confirmed?"

The director knows, it’s probably Xue Xiaolu.

Now Fang Hong tries to let others direct as he is too busy to handle it all by himself.

A company cannot rely on one or two directors, it must implement diversified development.

If it had relied solely on a certain director, Huayi would have ended up like this.

"It's not confirmed yet. We have invited several actresses including Tang Wei, Hao Lei, Zhang Jingchu, etc. It's not certain who will accept it. You know our situation." Fang Hong explained.

These actresses are all relatively artistic. Whoever takes the role will be the female lead. No pick and choose!
Zhang Songwen nodded to show his understanding, but didn't say anything. He thought the script was okay, but was just worried that it couldn't be filmed.

It's quite sad that this happened just when I was about to become the male lead!

"Don't lose heart, the drama must be filmed, no one can stop it."

Fang Hong patted his shoulder, encouraged him, and motioned for him to go!
Actually, Gao Ye could play the role, but this woman is too young now, only in her twenties, and looks very tender.

She did not have the mature temperament of my elder sister-in-law.

Zhang Songwen is already 34 years old, so the gap is quite big.

After Zhang Songwen left, Fang Hong talked with Chen Zhixi again and made a development plan for next year.

In fact, there is nothing much to formulate. Just expand the scale of production and just get to work.

In the past, we could only shoot one drama, but next year we will have the ability to shoot two, three, or even four dramas at the same time. This means constantly enhancing our capabilities and building our internal strength.

In this case, we need to recruit a lot of people.

"Get the special effects started." Fang Hong brought up the topic again.

"Brother, we can't afford it. Be careful!" Chen Zhixi advised.

Expanding the production team is not just a matter of adding people. There is also a lot of photographic equipment and professional equipment to purchase, which is not a small amount of money.

They are still renting other people's equipment for filming because they can't afford it.

Moreover, the money for "Love Is Not Blind" has not been received yet. Even if it is a financial loan, interest still needs to be paid.

I just wanted to give red envelopes to everyone in the team, and these are all real money!

"Just build the framework first, it doesn't matter how large the scale is." Fang Hong said.

He knew he couldn't afford it. Even if the company failed and kept winning, it couldn't afford to support a large special effects team because the market didn't allow it. But he could start first.

Having and not having are two different things. He originally planned to suck blood from overseas and expand himself at a very fast speed.

"Okay, since you said so, I don't have anything good to say." Chen Zhixi agreed.

If she wants to do it, then she should do it. Anyway, when it comes to the general direction of development, this man never listens to her and always makes decisions on his own.

She just executes!

After chatting with Chen Zhixi, Fang Hong went to the game studio again to check the progress of the game development.

The game studio has changed a lot from before, with portraits of various game characters on the walls and various model characters on the workbench.

Some programmers operate two or three computers by themselves. In particular, sound tuners and colorists have debugging equipment on their workbenches in addition to computers.

It looks much more professional and has the atmosphere of game production.

Li Min is in a separate office. Since he is a producer, he must receive some special treatment.

He lowered his head to look at the draft. "The difficulty now lies in the programming code, as well as the visual design and sound design. You mentioned before that everyone should be assigned to do story design, but there is no one to do it."

"The film and television production department is quite idle these days. You can ask them for help." Fang Hong said.

Visuals are art, sound effects are dubbing, and stories are screenwriting.

We have everything for film and television production, so there is no need to find someone else.

He asked, "Why are there so few programmers?"

Most of the 20 people in the game development team are programmers.

"The amount of code to be written is too large, and it also requires program debugging, patching of loopholes, etc., all of which require manpower," Li Min explained.

"Then recruit people. You don't have to worry about the money." Fang Hong said.

"We have this plan. The map and other things have been designed on the computer. It is a bit difficult to simulate the actions of the game characters. After all, the team is not proficient in it and it needs to be polished slowly." Li Min said.

Just copy the map, it’s easy!
The purpose of character movements is to avoid stiffness and to make the movements smooth. The movements of performing skills also need to be adjusted slowly.

For example, some heroes hit people faster, some heroes hit people slower, some characters jump when using skills, and some characters roll when using skills.

They are all different, with a lot of details.

Anyway, the people in the film and television production team have nothing to do these two days, so let them help with the game production.

There are many things in common between the two sides.

Of course, Fang Hong would try his best to restore it according to his memory. He only drew the appearance and did not draw the details.

Who can remember such details?
On January 1, the Little New Year, all the staff of Yutu Pictures took a holiday and will return to work after the New Year.

"Love Is Not Blind" has almost been taken off the screen, and the box office has not recovered. As of now, the box office has reached 33 million yuan, reaching the second-tier standard agreed upon with China Film.

6 million is somewhat unlikely considering the current market size and film level.

It certainly can't be compared with "Let the Bullets Fly", this movie is really awesome.

But it was more than 2 million higher than "If You Are the One 2.2". The final box office of this movie was 2 million, which was about million less than the original time and space.

The profit was so much less, which was completely below expectations. It is understandable that people were angry and wanted to ban Yutu.

Anyway, basically everyone in the industry knows about this, it’s no longer a secret, and there are even bloggers online who broke the news that Huayi banned Yutu.

Netizens are just watching the show. Jade Rabbit does not refer to a specific celebrity, but a group, so netizens cannot put themselves in the group’s shoes.

To them, it’s all capital!

After this wave of turmoil subsided for a while, Liu Tianxian’s negative news surfaced again, even more intense than before.

The principal doesn't look like someone who is easy to mess with. The movie is starred by Liu Tianxian, who is showing signs of rising again? If not her, who else can I vent my anger on?

First it was "Those Years" and then "Love Is Not Blind", which not only earned her a good reputation, but also greatly increased her commercial value, and seemed to be reversing the downward trend.

Judging from the box office value she has shown now, she is on the verge of reaching the top and wanting to touch the throne.

In other words, one person is capable of outshining all the actresses in the entertainment industry.

This is even worse than two years ago. Two years ago, she was just a TV star, but now she shows signs of wanting to gain a foothold in the film industry.

How can the many female stars in the entertainment industry and the agencies behind them tolerate this?
It just so happened that several companies took the lead, and the female stars played supporting roles. Everyone shared the money and effort, so Liu Tianxian's negative news resurfaced with everyone's tacit understanding.

(End of this chapter)