Chapter 192 The selection of the male and female protagonists in "The Beginning"

Thanks to his father's birthday gift, a few days later, Song Yi's company moved from the original office building in the commercial center to an office building built near the lake.

Because the place is large enough and there are enough rooms, each department also has its own independent office space, so there is no need to crowd together to work.

Not only that, various supporting facilities outside the work area are also complete.

At Song Yi's suggestion, Chen Ying added a staff canteen for dining, a rest room for drinking coffee and chatting, a gym for exercising, an indoor swimming pool, etc. for employees to use during work.

This kind of treatment and working environment makes the employees in the company very happy.

Even with such a generous investment, Song Yi only used one-third of the entire office building, leaving a lot of space unused.

However, he believes that as the company develops and grows, there will be more and more colleagues in the future, and many new departments will be added until the entire office building is filled.

Another point is that Song Yi also accepted the advice of the company's financial director regarding the ownership of the office building.

Public is public, private is private.

Although this was Song Yi's personal property and could be used by the company free of charge, financially speaking, she still suggested leasing it.

In this case, the company can use the rental expenses to reasonably deduct part of the tax.

Song Yi doesn't know much about finance, so he didn't know there was such a thing.

After listening to the financial explanation, of course he agreed.

Although I don't evade taxes, I obviously don't have to pay some money. Of course I don't have to pay it. I can use it to invest in Zhang Yitong's charity fund and do some charity. It would be great.

As time goes by, the Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer.

Tang Wanqing's "Unnatural Crew" filming in Yunlan is coming to an end.

Director Zhou Jingyu sent back all the previously shot materials and asked Chen Ying to hand them over to the company's post-production team to start editing and producing some interesting highlights from the shooting scene.

After editing these highlights, I arranged for people to buy traffic from the short video platform, and then started to put it on, promote it, start a small-scale warm-up, and release news to pave the way for the launch next year.

At the same time, because the Chinese New Year is coming, movie trailers from various companies and directors are coming one after another, fighting fiercely to compete for the biggest hits of the year.

Song Yi just watched the excitement.

His main focus now is on TV dramas, and he has no plans to enter movies yet.

After taking a break, he started writing a new script.

There is no way, he is the only one who can output the entire company's works now, so he can't do it without working hard.

This time, he wrote about the Internet hit drama "The Beginning", a drama that once made everyone feel scared when they were sitting on the bus, surrounded by the sound of XLR cell phone music and the pressure cooker.

Song Yi chose this drama for several reasons.

First, its subject matter angle is good. There are few TV series in the world that are time-cyclic and brain-burning. They are relatively novel.

Second, if your company wants to quickly stand out in the industry, it needs a large number of high-quality works.

As for this drama, its plot is compact and not protracted, with only ten episodes. The filming period is relatively short and the results are produced quickly.

Thirdly, my company currently has too few artists, and is not competitive enough compared with popular artists from other companies.

If you spend money to poach artists from other companies, not only will the cost be too high, but the success rate will also be low.

So instead of doing this, he might as well quickly use popular online dramas to bring in some new people to increase the company's overall strength.

While Song Yi was writing the script, he also began to select the male and female protagonists of the drama.

At present, since the company was established, Chen Ying has successively signed some new people.

Song Yi had never met these newcomers and didn't know what their potential was.

So, he planned to give these newcomers a try.

If the final result is good, it would be best to find a newcomer who is more suitable for this drama.

So he called Chen Ying in advance and sent her the script of the male and female protagonists in "The Beginning" and asked her to give it to the newcomer.

After receiving Song Yi's call and script, Chen Ying put down what she was doing and immediately came to the artist department to tell all the newcomers about it.

"I have a script here, which is what you will audition tomorrow. Take it back and prepare carefully. The boss will choose the person.

Remember, this is a great opportunity for you to make your debut.

If you perform well tomorrow and get noticed by your boss, the hero and heroine of the next drama will be one of you."

Chen Ying's words made everyone excited instantly.

As a newcomer, everyone wants to get this great opportunity.

The next day, Song Yi came to the company as scheduled and, accompanied by Chen Ying, watched all the newcomers' auditions.

Although he didn't find a female protagonist that he liked, he did find a new male protagonist that satisfied him.

This is also considered a relatively good result.

"It's him."

Song Yi pointed at the other person, stood up and said, "Please ask this newcomer to come to my office."

"Okay, Mr. Song."

After Song Yi left, Chen Yigang shouted to the boy who had just been selected: "Ning Zhiyan, come to the office with me, Mr. Song is looking for you."

"Manager Chen, have I been selected?" Ning Zhiyan asked in surprise.

Chen Ying smiled and nodded: "Well, the male protagonist of our next drama is you."

For a moment, everyone else around him looked at him with envy and jealousy, and congratulated him.

"Congratulations, Ning Zhiyan."

"Thanks."

Ning Zhiyan said happily: "I'll treat you all to dinner after get off work."

"Okay, come with me quickly. Don't keep Mr. Song waiting."

"Okay, Manager Chen."

A moment later, Ning Zhiyan followed Chen Ying to Song Yi's office in an excited mood.

Song Yi smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ning Zhiyan."

"I called you here because I want to tell you that the male protagonist of my next drama has decided to cast you. Are you confident?"

Ning Zhiyan replied: "I have confidence."

"Okay, from now on, during the preparation process before filming starts, you should watch more movies and TV dramas involving the concept of "time loop" to get a feel for it, so that you can have a clear understanding."

"Okay, Mr. Song."

Ning Zhiyan responded, then suddenly hesitated, as if he was hesitating to speak.

Song Yi asked doubtfully: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Ning Zhiyan took a deep breath and bravely asked: "Mr. Song, Manager Chen, do you have a suitable candidate for the heroine?"

"No."

Song Yi shook his head and smiled: "What's wrong? Do you have a suitable person to recommend to me?"

Ning Zhiyan said with some anxiety: "I know a girl who is only in her sophomore year. She is my junior sister. She has very good grades in her professional courses. Can she give it a try?"

Song Yi stared at him for a while.

Originally, he was lucky enough to be selected, and he should be content.

Unexpectedly, at this time, I actually have the heart to help others recommend it.

It seems that the relationship is unusual.

Song Yi asked curiously: "Is that girl the girl you like? Or is she your girlfriend?"

"None of that."

Ning Zhiyan denied: "I just think she is very good, so I want to recommend her to the company."

"So do you have a picture of her?"

Song Yi smiled and said, "You can show it to me first."

"Yes." Ning Zhiyan quickly took out his phone, pulled out the girl's photo, and handed it to Manager Chen next to him.

Chen Ying took a look at it and then handed it to Song Yi.

Song Yi looked at the girl's photo with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Isn't this Zhao Jinmai?

Impossible, this is a parallel world.

He pretended to return the phone to the other party and said casually: "Okay, I understand, you can go out."

"oh."
To be continued...