"Especially for listed companies, the stock market is their biggest source of votes!"
Kong Xue sipped her coffee and sighed: "Even if Huayi makes a few bad movies, as long as one passes every year, the financial report will be beautiful and it will be easy to harvest a wave of leeks."
"If the Wang brothers hadn't been too high-profile, besieged on all sides and made too many enemies, coupled with the internal struggle for power, how could they be where they are today?"
"You will not live if you do your own thing!"
Su Ze sneered. Back then, Mr. Wang was fond of antiques, so he paid 300 million for Wang Xizhi's calligraphy calligraphy, which included 127 characters?
Every word can buy a Ferrari 488!
"Of course, in the past two years, the industry has begun to be rectified, so only good works can come to the fore, and good reputation can also make niche films popular."
"So the role of the navy has been greatly reduced, and the audience is not stupid. As long as the quality of the work is passed, the navy can exert a little force and detonate the fuse."
"This is also the reason why our studio does not have a navy team. When the real work comes out, we will spend money to find a reliable company to cooperate with. But I think it is best to raise the screenwriters by ourselves. It is not as expensive as it is expensive."
"I heard that there are screenwriting agencies?" Su Ze asked, "They can buy scripts."
Kong Xue said disdainfully: "Those are all second-level dealers who cheat people, no, even fifth- and sixth-level dealers."
“I don’t know where I can defraud a novice’s work, then brag about it, and then run away after the money is received. Nine times out of ten, it’s a handbag company.”
Seeing Su Ze frowning, he explained: "Of course there are regular companies, which are actually personal studios, private workshops established by well-known screenwriters."
"He has several or even a dozen apprentices, and they work on the assembly line. They are all well-known screenwriters. In the end, as long as he has his signature, he can easily make money."
"Anyway, they don't care whether the film is good or bad. If the results are poor, it can be said that the director was not found well, the actors' acting skills are not good, the camerawork is rubbish, and the special effects are only 50 cents..."
“There’s no need to blame someone if you want to!”
"So dark!" Xiaotong couldn't help complaining: "Isn't this just a lie?"
"What's wrong with just lying to you?" Kong Xue sneered, "The entertainment industry is so deep that you think it's fake?"
"How much of the 100 million investment is actually used in filming?"
"Thank God for five million!"
Su Ze was silent, actors all want good scripts, but good scripts themselves are a rare resource.
It is true that the overall level of the screenwriter is unsatisfactory, but is this a problem of the screenwriter alone?
Are censorship factors, capital factors, and market factors all clear?
No matter how famous a Hollywood actor is, they all have to audition. If you don't want to come to the audition, you have to fight for it yourself. Even if Jodie Foster gets a statuette, she should take the initiative to contact her when she sees a script she likes.
A good script and a good actor are a relationship of mutual choice and mutual striving, rather than a relationship of one depending on the other.
Why do some actors always find good books?
Because people are willing to lower their value for a good movie, this is called artistic pursuit.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that actors should starve to death for the sake of love, but it is undeniable that when a movie is produced, the actors and directors share most of the cost, and other aspects such as special effects, plot, scenes...
You get what you pay for, it’s that simple!
Take "The Wandering Earth" as an example. To be fair, the script is not top-notch, but it is a very, very standard commercial science fiction movie. The rhythm, special effects, and plot are all very standard.
Although there is still a gap between it and international major productions, it definitely lives up to the hungry expectations of domestic audiences for science fiction.
But does the director dare to hire "actors of this level"?
Even Wu Jing, the billionaire actor, spent tens of millions of his own money to pay for special effects scenes. Can an actor of that level do it?
Money, earned by actors; fame, earned by directors; pot?
Leave everything to other writers?
With a salary of tens of millions, you complain that screenwriters with royalties of tens or even thousands of dollars can't write good things?
Are you going to die?
"The screenwriter's status is too humble. From investors to producers, directors, actors, small crew and even camera and lighting props, they can all give their thumbs up to the screenwriter."
"How many big-name actors are dissatisfied with the filming, frowning and just changing their lines if they want to?"
Kong Xue sarcastically said: "For example, a certain director Chen, as long as the movie he intervenes in the screenwriting, nine times out of ten will have a ridiculous plot, and even Lu Wei has complained about it."
"On the contrary, as long as he doesn't interfere with the screenwriting, every movie will be good. It's not that the script cannot be changed. At least you have to ask the screenwriter what he wants, right?"
After complaining, he asked Su Ze: "So I suggest that the studio hire two or three professional screenwriters. Even if they can't write good scripts, they should at least provide professional opinions, right?"
Su Ze nodded, this is very important.
"Aze, in the future of Midsummer, you have also seen the real operating environment of the crew. What specific ideas do you have for future characters?"
Seeing Kong Xue's serious face, Su Ze thought deeply: "I like characters with complex hearts. It doesn't matter whether they are decent or villains. It's better to have more details."
"Is there anything else?" Kong Xue took out a pen and paper and wrote it down carefully.
"It's best if the subject matter is suspense. Personally, I prefer interlocking plots. For example, Qin Hao's roles in the past two years have been pretty good."
The corner of Kong Xue's mouth twitched. As expected of the young master, he has such a discerning eye!
"Don't be hasty, work slowly and carefully." Su Ze knew that the requirements were not low. Mist Theater is a gold medal production of iQiyi. The scripts are adapted from Zijin Chen Yang's famous works, and the actors are all talented.
"Well, just have an idea." Kong Xue comforted: "You are still young, let's work hard together, God will reward hard work."
He put away the pen and paper and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, professional screenwriters are worthless. People who rob 8,000 people a month can do it."
"So cheap?" Su Ze was surprised: "Eight thousand?"
"This is quite high, even a small company with 5,000 people can work in it." Kong Xue said: "It has a pyramid structure just like actors. People die of drought and die of waterlogging. A well-fed man doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry."
"By the way, your Chinese drama also has a department that specializes in training screenwriters. If you meet a good one, you can recruit them."
Su Ze nodded. The Chinese Opera is indeed a treasure. I will dig more in the future.
"After the New Year, first recruit two or three screenwriters with work experience, and then let them find suitable scripts from the market according to your requirements. If you really find a good one at a suitable price, buy it first."
"At the worst, we can adapt it slowly. We are all our own people, so how about your opinion is the main one?"
Su Ze smiled, what else is there to be dissatisfied with about tailor-made products?
Kong Xue also laughed. As long as the young master is satisfied, a project first has a script, and then it’s easy to find a director, actors, and cameramen. If you have money, you can do it. At worst, you can become a producer yourself, and it’s not like you haven’t done it before.
We must help Su Ze create a mature work within two years. Now that the Internet platform is also very popular, it does not necessarily have to be a satellite TV. Of course, the Su family is also a big boss in their hometown, and it is not difficult to support their precious son on the local satellite TV.
Bar?
As long as there are mature works, it will be a stepping stone in the future, and it is tough to rely on connections to obtain resources. The starting point for top students in Chinese drama is already not low, and with the addition of works, they will have to struggle for five years less.