Entertainment News: Follow Wang Baoqiang's Rise to Film Emperor

With the new millennium fast approaching, China's film and television industry is booming. It's clear to everyone that in the near future, after joining the WTO, with the country's growing strength and the gradual improvement of people's living standards, this will be a significant development for a superpower with over a billion people…

The demand for watching movies and TV series will see explosive growth. If you don't seize the opportunity to enter the industry early and cultivate your skills in advance, it will be too late to join the film and television industry when it matures.

Therefore, at the special historical juncture of the turn of the century in 1999, there were quite a few state cadres like Yu Dong who had business acumen and were ready to personally venture into the business world, as well as private small business owners with foresight.

Therefore, during this period, countless private film and television companies were registered in Beijing!

And countless amateur filmmakers, like Lin Zhi and Wang Baoqiang, are desperately trying to break into the film industry!

In short, the entertainment industry right now looks like a vibrant and promising place!

However, the harsh reality of this industry is that among those who come just to join the fun, very few will actually succeed or even make a name for themselves. Under the pressure of natural selection, most ordinary people with slightly less ability are destined to just be bystanders, or they might as well join the film and television industry for fun only to be eliminated.

If you are not willing to give up and insist on staying in this industry, you will most likely live a mediocre life and achieve nothing!

The entertainment industry is just that cruel!

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was like ten thousand people scrambling to cross a single-plank bridge

"Whoa~"

After leaving the Beijing Film Studio somewhat disheartened, Lin Zhi took a deep breath and tried to calm his restless mood, lest the negative emotions quietly growing within him affect his subsequent actions.

Afterwards, I hailed an empty taxi on the street and headed straight for the second state-owned film studio...

In Beijing today, besides the famous Beijing Film Studio, there are other state-owned film and television production studios such as the Children's Film Studio, the Agricultural Film Studio, the New Film Studio, and the Science Film Studio.

That's a lot!

In addition...

There's also China Film Group Corporation, which was recently approved for establishment in February of this year.

This is the future leader and the biggest banner of the domestic film industry.

However, at this moment, China Film Group is still busy merging with Beijing Film Studio and Children's Film Studio because it has just been established. Even its office space is still under construction and decoration, and its leadership team has only just been determined. It has not yet officially opened for business. It is estimated that the earliest it can start operating will be in the second half of the year.

therefore!

China Film Group was not even on Lin Zhi's radar.

I'd already ruled them out in my mind!

He then went directly to several other state-owned film studios.

However... tragically, he encountered the same treatment as he had at the Beijing Film Studio.

The gatekeeper stopped him as soon as he closed the door.

He wanted to take the script to the executives of those state-owned film studios and discuss it face-to-face, but that was simply impossible!

They won't even let him in the gate!

Hearing that he had come to submit a script, the security guard ruthlessly told him to throw the script in the security room, not giving him a chance to go in, let alone help him contact or communicate with the studio leaders.

Don't even think about it!

Reality is just that cruel...

Faced with these experiences, Lin Zhi's face grew increasingly dark.

No wonder there was no response to the large number of scripts mailed out before; those "mails" probably never even reached the big shots.

You'll get stuck at a certain level!

No matter how well you write your script, if it doesn't reach the leadership who has the power to make decisions, it's all for nothing.

Sigh, it's tough!

At this moment, Lin Zhi deeply felt the powerlessness of being an ordinary person.

Even those who have been reborn can only lament their helplessness in the face of this situation!

No wonder they say even a skilled cook can't cook without rice... Sometimes, without the right connections, you really can't get anything done!

Oh shit!

Lin Zhi couldn't help but curse under his breath.

I don't know whether I'm cursing the sky, the earth, or the world...

Finally, after visiting the last state-owned film studio, the Science and Technology Film Studio, a security guard at the gate saw Lin Zhi looking dejected and listless after his failed attempt. He kindly offered some honest advice: "Young man, just taking your script around and submitting it everywhere won't get you anywhere. Our studio has its own full-time screenwriters; we don't lack scripts at all. Other film studios are the same. If you have talent, why not switch to writing novels? If you can get published in a newspaper, maybe you'll have a chance to adapt it into a screenplay..."

Lin Zhi shrugged helplessly and said, "Is there really no way at all? My script... is really good, really good!"

"What's the use of a good script? These days, you need connections to get anything done. Do you have connections? If you do, even if your script is a pile of crap, it can still be made into a movie. But if you don't have connections, no matter how good your script is, no one will give you that opportunity. Do you know Lu Wei? He's the screenwriter of 'Farewell My Concubine' and 'To Live.' He's famous, right? But his original scripts still have a hard time selling. There's no shortage of them in the market. Understand?" The security guard looked at Lin Zhi, who was still unwilling to give up, and said earnestly.

"Uh, okay, I understand, thank you." Lin Zhi nodded, thanked him, and then dragged his heavy steps away from the science and technology film studio.

"Young man, take my advice and give up on this idea as soon as possible. Don't waste your time. It won't work. Even if you write a script as good as Lu Wei's, it won't sell..."

Even after Lin Zhidu had walked far away, the voice of the kind security guard uncle loudly admonishing him could still be heard behind him.

"Ha, young people these days are so arrogant. They're so young, yet they're trying to write screenplays and make movies. How could they possibly succeed? Sigh... Thinking back to my own days, I also wanted to be a screenwriter, but in the end, I gave up and became a security guard."

The security guard at the entrance of the film studio watched Lin Zhi's back as he disappeared around the street corner. After muttering a few words to himself, he looked away and then unconsciously glanced at the leather bag that Lin Zhi had left on his desk, asking him to pass it on to the film studio leaders for review.

"Hey, this bag is so big and bulging, and it has a lot of writing on it. I'll come and see how your writing is..." The security guard said, picking up the script left by Lin Zhi and preparing to open it up and take a look.

Since I'm just killing time anyway...

However, just as he picked up the leather bag, a factory leader drove by the security booth, intending to leave. Seeing a lot of trash at the gate, he rolled down his window and called out to the security guard to come out and clean it up. Seeing that there was work to be done, the security guard, too lazy to look at the script of "Crazy Stone" that Lin Zhi had left in the security room, casually tossed it into the trash can at his feet...

Lin Zhi was unaware that the script he had just handed out had already been quickly thrown into the "trash can".

It was swept into the dust!

It was dealt with so carelessly and so easily!

At that moment, he got into a taxi, and then, unwilling to give up, he continued to personally submit the script.

After visiting state-owned factories, he planned to try contacting private film and television companies...

In those days, although state-owned film studios were the mainstream and private film and television companies were secondary, there were still quite a few private film and television companies that were doing well in Beijing, right under the emperor's nose.

Four private companies, namely Guangxian Media, Paige Global Film & Television, Tanglong International, and Huanle Media, which are currently known as the "Four Princes of Private Film and Television," have risen quite rapidly and have gained some recognition in the film and television industry.

That's quite impressive!

besides……

Like Huayi Brothers, which has just transitioned to investing in films,

Rongxingda Company, directed by Li Shaohong

Tianyuan Difang Film Studio, founded by director Huang Jianzhong

Xinhua Film Studio, founded by Zhang Weiping, was currently engaged in a heated discussion with the national advisor Zhang Yimou, but later had a falling out with him.

And Huayi Film & Television, the predecessor of Huanxi Media, a later famous listed company that merged with Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and others and was renamed and reorganized...

There are countless small and medium-sized private film and television companies like these, whether they are just starting out or have already started.

Therefore, Lin Zhi's chances of running into a big shot in the industry who will take a liking to his script are still quite high.

He refused to believe that in such a large entertainment industry, there wasn't a single person who recognized his talent, or that he was just incredibly unlucky and wouldn't even have the chance to deliver his scripts to a big shot.

He refused to believe it!

So what are the chances of Lin Zhi succeeding next?