Magic City, Tianjing Entertainment Company.
In director Jiangbei's office.
Jiang Bei looked down at the picture taken on his mobile phone, seriously and attentively, with one hand constantly drawing something on his thigh. After a long time, his casual pants with good texture were rubbed a little. tattered.
"Well, this picture is good, you can shoot it like this."
"The camera angle is 45 degrees, shot from bottom to top, and the actors can stand in this position."
"This is not good. From this angle, the photo will not be beautiful."
“How can I take the most beautiful shot?”
Jiangbei seemed to be troubled by some problem and was thinking about it over and over again.
He is not in a hurry, he knows very well that these problems can be solved, you just need to give him time.
This has been how he came over these years.
Every time he solves a problem, he will gain a little more accumulation.
As he accumulated more, quantitative changes became qualitative changes, so every frame of the TV series he shot was very beautiful, and he was amazed by people in the industry and envied by other directors.
Ding ding ding.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated, and someone forwarded him a piece of news.
Jiang Bei was not annoyed when his thoughts were interrupted. He opened the chat software and looked at the news that was sent just now.
The news was sent by Sun Han, the deputy director of the TV drama department.
Jiang Bei looked at the title and saw that the nominations for the Magnolia Awards had been announced.
As the top award in the industry, the management of Tianjing Entertainment Company is also very concerned about the Magnolia Award.
An important reason why Tianjing Entertainment has such a large scale and momentum today is that its artists have continuously won these awards, which has continuously contributed to Tianjing Entertainment.
Jiangbei knows that the boss will pay attention to every year's first-category awards, including those in TV series or movies. This is the foundation of the company.
If its artists don't win any of these awards, then this company is not far away from Liangliang.
Jiangbei clicked on the news and took a look at the nominations for this year's Magnolia awards.
After reading it, he frowned.
"Palace" was nominated for nine awards, which is a very impressive achievement, worthy of its ratings of over 3%.
However, "Palace" was still outclassed by "Lotus Lantern".
As a well-known director in the TV drama circle, Jiang Bei has shot many excellent TV dramas over the years.
Among them, the ratings of a considerable number of TV series exceeded 2%.
This is a quite terrifying result. After all, for most directors in this circle, it is difficult for most directors in this circle to achieve a ratings of more than 2% throughout their career.
And Jiangbei has done it many times.
But for an outstanding TV series like Jiangbei, there are only a few times when the ratings of TV series exceed 3%.
It can be said that the performance of "Palace" is one of his peaks.
Last year and the year before that, he didn't produce a TV series with ratings that exceeded three. It was acceptable for him to be outdone by others in the three major first-category awards, or even become a runner-up.
But what happened this year made him feel a little heavy.
His peak performance was suppressed by others.
And this time, it was not the two old rivals who were suppressed, but a newcomer in the circle.
Jiangbei had heard of Tan Yue's name, but to Jiangbei, Tan Yue was a new person.
Being suppressed by a newcomer's drama, Jiang Bei always felt a little uncomfortable.
Sighed.
A layer of gloom enveloped Jiang Bei's heart.
He is very eager to win the first Grand Slam in his life, but this time the Magnolia Award may disappoint him again.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Ratings are an important indicator to measure the quality of a TV series, and the Magnolia Award review experts will also adopt them.
The ratings of "Palace" are not as good as "Lotus Lantern".
If he fails to win the Best Director at the Magnolia Awards this time, it will be delayed for another year, and his path to winning a Grand Slam will have another setback. Thinking of this, Jiang Bei can't help but have a headache.
However, it is not completely hopeless.
After all, the Magnolia Awards have not yet started, and although the quality of "Lotus Lantern" is good, its director is not very famous.
Those antique experts at the Magnolia Awards may not be willing to award the Best Director Award to "Lotus Lantern".
There are many awards at the Magnolia Festival, such as Best Actor and Best Actress, but what Jiangbei values most is Best Director.
It is useless to think too much about these things. Jiang Bei sighed, shook his head, opened the contacts on his mobile phone, and made a call, "Old Sun, didn't I fancy a few scripts before? You sent them to me, I have some Got an idea.”
When filming dramas in Jiangbei, in addition to the company's arrangements, they also have their own ideas.
Although the quality of the dramas arranged by the company is very good, Jiangbei always feels a bit underwhelming when filming, and the ratings generally do not exceed 2.5%.
The three previous TV series he filmed with ratings exceeding 3% were all inspired by himself.
When he was looking at the materials he had accumulated just now, another idea came to Jiang Bei's mind.
...
Huaguang Entertainment Company.
As an established second-rate entertainment company, Huaguang Entertainment has been developing at a much slower pace in recent years.
This is not a problem of Huaguang Entertainment, many established entertainment companies have this problem.
The current overall situation of China Entertainment is the contradiction between the country's strong support for the development of the entertainment industry in order to improve cultural soft power and the fact that entertainment companies have themselves fallen into bottlenecks.
Chinese culture is brilliant, and it stands to reason that it should not be unable to find a direction for development.
But the reality is that there are still some development difficulties.
Some companies are developing rapidly, such as Tianjing Entertainment Company, Bright Entertainment Company, Baicheng Entertainment Company, and some entertainment companies are developing slowly, such as Guangmei Entertainment Company, Galaxy Entertainment Company, Huaguang Entertainment Company, etc.
Huaguang Entertainment Company, in the president's office.
Gao Guangliang sat behind his desk, his expression a little ugly.
Recently, Huaguang Entertainment Company has a relatively large business activity and wants to cooperate with Galaxy Entertainment Company.
However, Galaxy Entertainment Company was not very willing. The relevant person in charge of Huaguang Entertainment Company urged it several times, but the progress was still slow.
As a last resort, the matter was reported to President Gao Guangliang.
Gao Guangliang directly called Zhang Juwei, the boss of Galaxy Entertainment Company, thinking that Zhang Juwei would sell him such a thing to save face.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Juwei, that old stubborn man, was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard, and refused directly without giving any face.
Gao Guangliang's face was gloomy and uncertain.
When things have developed to this extent, this business cooperation is basically dead.
"Old guy, relying on your seniority, you are here to support me."
Gao Guangliang was very dissatisfied with Zhang Juwei, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Although Galaxy Entertainment has been in decline in recent years, Huaguang Entertainment is also the same. The eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother.
And although Gao Guangliang doesn't want to admit it, Zhang Juwei's popularity in the circle is stronger than him.
Boom, boom, boom.
When Gao Guangliang was thinking about something, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in." Gao Guangliang said.
The office door was pushed open, and a man with a slender figure and handsome features walked in.
Seeing the person coming, Gao Guangliang felt that even if this guy went into the entertainment industry, he would still get a lot of female fans.
The person coming was none other than Qi Kai, the former vice president of Bright Entertainment Company, who now joined Huaguang Entertainment Company as the director of the TV series department.
"Mr. Gao, are you looking for me?" Qi Kai came to Gao Guangliang's desk and asked.
Gao Guangliang nodded and said, "Xiao Qi, sit down."
In the past, when Qi Kai was still at Bright Entertainment Company, when discussing things with Gao Guangliang, they were always on equal terms, and Gao Guangliang had to call him "Mr. Qi".
Now, in front of Gao Guangliang, he became Xiao Qi.
Outsiders don't know what Qi Kai is thinking.
Qi Kai sat opposite Gao Guangliang with a smile.
Gao Guangliang said: "Xiao Qi, the Magnolia Award Ceremony will start in a few days. Our company doesn't have any particularly outstanding dramas this year, so I guess I have to accompany you. However, you have to bear an extra burden. There are still more dramas this year." Feitian Award and Golden Eagle Award, we will strive to win several awards at these two festivals."
Variety shows are generally considered difficult to produce, so for entertainment companies, the most important positions are still movies and TV series.
In the past two years, the performance of Huaguang Entertainment's TV drama department was mediocre. Otherwise, Gao Guangliang would not have removed the original director of the TV drama department and let Qi Kai take over.
Qi Kai looked solemnly, looked at Gao Guangliang, and said: "Mr. Gao, I have bought the film and television drama rights of the platinum author of the online article [The Wood Who Can Eat]. Although this author's pen name is not very good, his level is very good." The high quality is not just a simple plot for a novice to reduce his wits, but a story told with care. The context and plot of the story are great. It has a large number of readers online and is very popular. Once it is filmed, the results will not be bad."
Gao Guangliang thought for a moment, nodded and said: "A piece of wood that knows how to eat? I know this author before. Someone in the industry filmed his book before, and the ratings of two of the TV series were more than 2%."
Purchasing the film and television rights of a platinum author of online articles is not a small amount of money, it can cost as much as eight figures. This requires the signature of the president Gao Guangliang, so Gao Guangliang is also aware of this, and he also deliberately got to know the author of "The Wood Who Can Eat" .
Qi Kai smiled and said: "Yes, we have just bought the copyright of this author, and there have already been a lot of discussions about the work on the Internet. Everyone is already looking forward to the TV series of this online novel."
Purchasing the copyright of excellent online articles and then filming them into film and television dramas is a good way Qi Kai has discovered in the past two years.
In fact, not only Qi Kai, many people have gradually realized that Internet articles that were once looked down upon by many people are becoming more and more important.
Just imagine, if a film has been recognized by the market, its quality is not bad, and it has a fan base. All it takes is to find an excellent screenwriter and change it into a script, and the result will definitely not be bad.
"Palace" is such a product, and the final ratings of this drama were as high as over 3%.
Excellent online writing works have entered the sight of many capitals.
Some people have a keen sense of smell and decisive actions, and they began to purchase the copyrights of online articles and turn these works into films. And some people are still hesitant and hesitant about this model. After all, the works of platinum online writers and great writers often cost eight figures. Ordinary small companies have to weigh this.
Gao Guangliang laughed, and his anger at Zhang Juwei's rudeness calmed down and he said: "Xiao Qi, do a good job, we missed the Magnolia Award, but I hope to be on the Feitian Award and Golden Eagle Award podium. See the shadow of our company.”
Qi Kai smiled and nodded.
...
In a blink of an eye, time has entered June.
The weather has warmed up. Although it is not hot, there is no need to dress so bulky.
On the street, long white legs can be seen everywhere.
For ordinary people, there is nothing special about this period of time, but in the entertainment industry, these days are very lively.
The annual Magnolia Award Ceremony is about to begin.
News reports about the ceremony appear frequently online.
The popularity is not very high, but it has also attracted the attention of many netizens, but what everyone is paying attention to is the final ownership of those big prizes.
June 6th, afternoon, 6:30.
In the Eastern District of Shanghai, three or four nanny vans were already parked at the entrance of a five-star hotel.
It was already dark, and several nanny cars had started their engines, making slight noises, and their headlights were turned on, illuminating the darkness in the distance.
Soon, neatly dressed Tan Yue and his party walked out of the hotel.
Tan Yue and Lin Qingye were talking about today's Magnolia Award Ceremony.
Next to and behind the two people are the other main actors of the "Lotus Lantern" crew, including Liu Qian, Qin Haoyang, Li Youfan, Ma Guoliang and others.
There were not many people. After all, we were going to attend the Magnolia Awards Ceremony, not a banquet. Not everyone in the crew could attend.
Several people got into the car separately.
Tan Yue and Lin Qingye got into a black nanny car. Qin Haoyang also wanted to follow his uncle, but which car everyone took had already been arranged, because at the Magnolia Ceremony, there were still red carpets, autographs, and... The process of reporters taking pictures and so on must not be messed up.
Qin Haoyang waved to Tan Yue, then took a piece of bread, and got into another nanny car next to Liu Qian. These two were the male and female protagonists of "Lotus Lantern", and they would be seen together at the location of the Magnolia Ceremony. Hosted interview.
The red carpet starts at six o'clock in the evening.
But the ceremony doesn't start until nine o'clock in the evening, so the red carpet process alone takes three hours.
Of course, although the stipulated time is three hours for walking the red carpet, in order to prevent sudden situations in the middle, this time is extended to half an hour. According to the organizer's plan, the time for walking the red carpet is two and a half hours. Hour.
Generally speaking, the later you walk on the red carpet, the more important it is to the organizer and the greater your status.
The red carpet time for the crew of "Lotus Lantern" is at 7:05.
This time is relatively late, which shows that the organizers of the Magnolia Festival attach great importance to the crew of "Lotus Lantern".
After all, apart from Tan Yue, there are no first-line public figures in the entire crew.
