I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 271 The capital circle’s dimensionality reduction attack on the entertainment industry!

"OK!"

"Don't throw it anymore~~"

Chen Jin was almost vomiting his lunch because of this bunch of people, and he was yelling and screaming.

But there were so many people participating in the act, and the entire crew was in a hustle and bustle, that no one paid any attention to the nonsense that Chen Jin was saying.

“What a great atmosphere!”

Tian Yusheng looked at it with some envy and couldn't help but say something.

Guo Xun, however, said jokingly, "Don't glorify this capitalist too much. This is all my credit. If he is so excited about 500, his net worth must have exceeded million!"

"..."

Tian Yusheng couldn't figure out whether Guo Xun's words were nonsense or the truth.

But he still said, "The crew I was in before didn't even get a bonus after the filming was finished, let alone 500!"

“The startup bonus is only a few dollars!”

That’s how it works when filming in Hong Kong. There aren’t many red envelopes.

1.88 yuan or 18.8 yuan for a good start.

"Customs vary from place to place. Mr. Chen is a big boss, so he should be considerate of his employees!"

"I worked on a Hong Kong film crew before. Guess how much the bonus was for the start of filming? 8 cents!"

Guo Xun made a clicking sound.

Tian Yusheng felt a little comforted now: "I still don't follow the local customs. Although it is like this in Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, when I go to the mainland to shoot a movie, I should still respect the other crew members!"

"It's mainly the director-centered system. Hong Kong directors have the final say on everything. At worst, the investors have the final say, and the crew management style is patriarchal!"

Guo Xun and Tian Yusheng rarely have a common language: "There is a disadvantage of filming this way, that is, if the investors and the Hong Kong director think the film is good, then they will shoot it according to their expectations. In fact, the director's aesthetics and judgment basically determine the life or death of a film!"

"Yes, in fact, many mainland directors are like this too!"

Directors are often the cause of bad movies; actors and screenwriters are often the ones to take the blame.

The more famous the director, the more this is the case.

“So, we need change!”

"I've been thinking about this a lot lately, but since I haven't seen the Hollywood filming model myself, I have to strike a balance between the two!"

“The producer-centered system also has problems…”

The two people were chatting there, and Chen Jin was finally supported by a group of people and stood there. He felt dizzy.

"Damn, who threw me first just now?"

Chen Jin glanced at Lin Genxin, who waved his hands: "No, it's not me!"

"It's you. That's your voice I heard behind me!"

"But I didn't do it. I was just responsible for shouting..."

A group of people shirked their responsibilities. Chen Jin leaned his hands on the bed and looked at everyone until he caught a glimpse of Gong Ge'er. The guy turned his head away awkwardly.

Is laughing secretly.

Lao Gong is the producer of "So Young" and has always been the best partner with Guo Xun. The two of them work together on the overall planning.

Seeing his dead look, it was reasonable for Chen Jin to not know.

"Old Gong?"

Chen Jin put one hand on Gong Ger's shoulder and looked at him.

Gong Ger suddenly tensed up his face and held back, but finally he couldn't bear it anymore and surrendered with a big laugh: "Brother Jin, it's me, hehe~~"

"Oh my god, who is the other person?"

One person definitely can't throw it, it takes at least two, one on the left and one on the right.

“Isn’t this a bad idea to say?”

Gong Ge'er was still quite loyal, so Chen Jin didn't get angry: "Okay, you don't have the red envelope, but your salary will be deducted by 500!"

"You don't want to see Old Gong get his money deducted, do you?"

Chen Jin turned around and looked at Lin Gengxin and the others. Lin Gengxin was indeed a big talker. His smile was heartless and brilliant.

It's obvious at first glance that he was only responsible for adding fuel to the fire, while the real action was taken by someone else.

Then a hand slowly stretched out from in front of him, and Li Jiahang's smiling face appeared in Chen Jin's eyes: "Hey, there's another person, it's me!"

"Your red envelope is gone too!"

Chen Jin knew it was these guys.

Seeing Lin Genxin's gloating look, Chen Jin also gave him one: "You have no red envelopes either!"

"Why?"

Lin Genxin's smile froze there for a moment.

Laugh, keep laughing, why are you stopping laughing?

Don't you like to laugh?

Instead, Li Jiahang and Gong Ge'er were happy, and they deserved it!
"Because I invested in this movie!"

Chen Jin was not polite either, so Lin Gengxin could only mutter, "Is it a big deal to be rich?"

"That's right, being rich is great!"

Chen Jin has been filming for so long, but this is the first time he has exercised his rights as an investor.

Do you really think I'm easy to talk to?

"Mr. Gong, do you want to earn back the 500 yuan that was deducted?"

"No, I don't want to!"

When Gong Ge looked at Chen Jin's eyes, he knew that this guy was up to no good. He might even want him, Li Jiahang, and Lin Genxin to hurt each other.

"It's boring~~"

"Let's get down to business. You are responsible for the film's soundtrack, but I need you to compose two songs!"

Chen Jin put his hand on Gong Ge'er's shoulder and pulled him aside. The others breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed.

"Writing a song?"

Gong Ge frowned, with a somewhat painful expression: "Brother Jin, I'm OK with composing music, but writing songs... you really make it difficult for me!"

"Haven't you written for a few fast boys before?"

Chen Jin heard about it from Guo Xun.

"I wrote this for fun. I haven't achieved anything famous. If I could write, I would have been famous a long time ago!"

What Gong Geer said was also true.

Although this guy is talented, composing music and composing music are two different things.

A great master of music composition does not mean that he is also a master of composition. It can only be said that there are some commonalities.

Soundtrack is more of an art of cross-media collaboration, emphasizing symbiosis with vision and the derivation of instruments and melodies in a certain visual scene.

Composition, on the other hand, is pure musical expression, focusing on inner integrity.

So although they seem to be the same songs, there are still huge differences between them.

"What about the adaptation?"

"The original music and lyrics, with some adaptations!"

"this is OK!"

For those who play music, it is not difficult to adapt something; but it is difficult to do it well.

"I have two songs that I want to use in our new movie, one as an interlude and one as a theme song!"

The original timeline of "So Young" is greatly enhanced by the theme song.

The theme song "To Youth" sung by Wang Fei is an important reason for the box office success; it can be said that for many youth romance movies, the biggest box office attraction is the popularity of the theme song.

Including the theme song of the same name from "Those Years".

The later "Those Years in a Hurry" was also sung by Wang Fei, as well as "You, My Deskmate", which was a song that Lao Lang was familiar with.

It's funny.

It was because Ai Da Jin saw the effect of the theme song on the box office of youth romance movies that he decided to make a movie of his own work with the same name.

"You, My Deskmate" is the famous work of Ai Dajin.

Lao Lang was only the lead singer, and the copyright of the lyrics and music were all owned by Gao Xiaosong. By chance, he found Guo Xun, who was in urgent need of making a movie to prove himself, and the two hit it off immediately. Unexpectedly... he became really famous.

The reason why Chen Jin pays so much attention to it now is because in the past few years, the song has greatly boosted the box office of this type of youth films.

If Wang Fei's "So Young" had not been the first to appear on major music charts and created momentum, the box office of "So Young" would not have reached more than 7 million yuan; that theme song dominated the charts for more than half a year in 2013.

Various data show that this was the most popular song in 2013.

“Have you ever heard of “Days on BJ East Road”?”

Chen Jin asked Gong Ge.

"I've heard it before. This song was very popular last year!"

People like Gong Ge'er who study music charts every day are definitely more professional than Guo Xun.

Although Lao Gong is now involved in the film industry, his main job is still music, which is his hobby. "I am going to buy the copyright of this song, but you have to change it into a version of the interlude of Youth, and it would be best if you change the lyrics!"

"Just change the lyrics? And then compose the music?"

Gong Geer grinned: "This is not an adaptation. It's easy to change the lyrics!"

"I haven't finished yet, not this one!"

"There's another song, but I only have the lyrics. Can you find someone to help write it into a song?"

In the future autobiography, only the lyrics of "To Youth" can be found, but the melody is not there.

"Brother!"

Gong Geer wondered if Chen Jin had any misunderstanding about songwriting. He thought Chen Jin was really talking to him about the adaptation.

I had to modify the lyrics and arrange the music for one song, and compose the music for another.

This is very difficult.

“Writing a song is actually composing music!”

“My ability to compose music is just average…”

Gong Ge had a sad face and said, this is not an adaptation, it's about writing a song.

"I didn't ask you to write it yourself. You know a lot of people in the circle, so find an expert to write it. Does Dou Peng know anyone?"

The song "To Youth" was originally written by him. Chen Jin was not familiar with this, but Gong Geer suddenly raised his head and said, "Brother Dou, I am very familiar with him. We are in the same circle!"

"Really?"

Chen Jin is still unclear.

"What nonsense! He is the master of our music industry!"

When talking about this, Gong Geer got excited: "My idol, Dou Wei, you know him? The Black Panther Band!"

"In the sea of people, there are you and me~~~"

Chen Jin has already sung it. If you don’t know it, what the hell are you doing?

"Hahaha, Dou Shen is Dou Xian's cousin, and they formed a band together!"

"No wonder..."

No wonder Wang Fei was able to sing the theme song, it turns out there is this relationship. However, the original director of "So Young" Zhao Wei and Wang Fei do have a good relationship in private.

It is probably because of this relationship that Dou Peng was invited to do the production.

Dou Peng is very famous in the music circle, but he is also well-known in the film circle. He has composed the music for many art films, such as "Suzhou River", "Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots", and Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" in the future.

Zhou Xun is also his ex-girlfriend.

"Can you invite the Immortal Dou? Let him——"

"Think too much!"

"impossible!"

Gong Geer pointed at himself and said with a very impressive look: "I, your brother, am not that awesome!"

"Besides, no one in the circle can hire Dou Xian now, not even his daughter; Dou Shen can, I'll go and give it a try!"

"Okay, then Dou Peng, the price is negotiable!"

After all, he is the genuine author of "So Young", so even if the tune he sang is slightly different from his previous life, it should be pretty much the same.

“It’s this singer…”

Chen Jin glanced at Gong Ge'er, and this look made Old Gong kneel down a little: "No, brother, I'm really not as powerful as you think. I am the younger brother among the younger brothers in this circle... You go find Director Zhang, Director Zhang should have the final say!"

Zhang Yimou's words are indeed a bit intimidating, but Zhang Yimou may not be willing to help.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, but it’s someone else’s movie and Chen Jin doesn’t want to ask for it.

Chen Jin actually wanted to ask Wang Fei to record this song.

"Singer, I'll figure it out myself!"

"This is acceptable!"

Gong Ger wiped his forehead and let out a long breath.

He was scared to death.

Judging from Chen Jin's tone, she's planning to get Dou Wei and Wang Fei together. Who in the entertainment industry can do this?!

Even if Gong Ge had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to do it!
Chen Jin actually thought so.

If two people want to sing a song together, the movie is probably secondary. Many people are willing to watch a movie just for the theme song.

Unfortunately, Dou Wei has become an immortal and no longer participates in worldly affairs.

This is indeed a state of mind.

Chen Jin thought that he could not reach this level.

"Why do we let Wang Fei sing..."

Although Wang Fei just returned to the film industry last year and released several songs, it is still difficult for ordinary people to invite her.

It's not about money or money.

Even if Dou Peng composed the music, it probably wouldn't be that easy.

Wang Fei and Li Yapeng have been married for nearly seven years now, and are about to enter the seven-year itch. The media speculated that her comeback last year was due to Li Yapeng's poor management of his nightclub investment, so she needed to make money.

In the past two years, Li Yapeng has indeed lost a lot of money in various investments, and the two even divorced in the future.

"Let Sister Pu Lun ask her agent!"

"No, let's spend some money and see..."

Chen Jin felt that the invitation fee of 10 or 20 million was worth it. After all, the queen was worth the price.

Strictly speaking, if Faye Wong were to sing the song "So Young", the commercial value of the song would still be very high.

"No, I'm really stupid!"

Chen Jin suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misconception.

He was thinking about this in the entertainment industry's way.

He could have used the investors to achieve his goal, but if he couldn't, could Ma Yun still not be hired?
Alibaba invested money in "So Young".

"I think Li Yapeng is thinking of selling out Wang Fei after hearing about Ali!"

When Chen Jin thought of this, he immediately prepared to send a message to Ma Yun. The two of them still had contact information; his status as the top scorer in the college entrance examination and his marketing of "Love Is Not Blind" still left a deep impression on Ma Yun.

The main reason why the movie "So Young" is different from other films is not just because of Alibaba's investment.

He is involved in Alibaba's Double Eleven marketing this year.

As it is a "supporting product", Alibaba certainly has an obligation to do so. Even when the film is released, people from Alibaba will come to watch it.

At present, Alibaba obviously has no plans to enter the film and television industry, but next year... it is probably about the time.

"Investors!"

"This investor really can do whatever he wants. Wang Fei can order them around!"

Thinking of this, Chen Jin couldn't help but send a message to Lei Jun to chat.

Whether Jun'er can become one of the decision-makers on the Internet in the future depends on his Xiaomi.

Tencent has been in a very difficult situation recently. It just launched a new version of WeChat two days ago, but the number of users of Chat has exceeded 3500 million, with more than 2000 million daily active users, making it one of the most popular apps nowadays.

And it only took one month.

The nearby people hookup feature is indispensable.

WeChat has just reached 500 million users, and its daily active users are hitting new lows every day.

The current chat function is indeed a big blow to WeChat.

And the new version of LiaoLiao is ready to be released.

It is targeting the new version of WeChat.

This major update to LiaoLiao not only adds new features such as Drift Bottle and Shake to increase user stickiness, but also Moments, which can be regarded as a moat to firmly lock users into the app.

Making users completely dependent on the mobile app LiaoLiao is what Lei Jun urgently wants to do now.

"A new version of Chat is coming out tonight!"

“Let’s see if we can reach 5000 million users next month!”

Lei Jun is now full of confidence. To him, Chen Jin, his think tank, is the best product manager in China.

Lei Jun believes that the shaking function of the drift bottle is a groundbreaking idea.

The value of being the top scorer in the college entrance examination really makes him feel daunted.

"I tried it for a few days and it wasn't a big problem!"

"Publish it, I'm looking forward to it!"

Chen Jin is currently using the new version of Chat 2.0, which will be released tonight.

"Brother Jin, wrap-up party!"

Guo Xun was shouting at the side, and Chen Jin made a gesture and walked towards a restaurant near Beijing Film Academy while sending messages to the two future bigwigs of the Internet.

Tonight’s wrap party will be held there!

(End of this chapter)