After the scandal in the morning, He Tianran really had no intention of continuing to have contact with Wen Liang.
There is no grudge between the two, and He Tianran, an entertainer and celebrity who has been involved in scandals, is not new to him. Everyone is well aware of some of the scheming and calculations in this circle. Anyway, during the cooperation, if things can be done well, it will be considered a success.
As for after the cooperation, He Tianran was really afraid of avoiding female artists like Wen Liang.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to figure out the truth behind this matter, it’s just that he really doesn’t have the time and there is no need to waste his energy on such things. Whether he is warm or cool has nothing to do with him. If the other party is like Bai Lingye last year Similarly, if there is a strong interest relationship with him, then it doesn't matter if this kind of scandal spreads. He can also cooperate to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so as to gain more exposure.
But now that he has become a stepping stone unilaterally, he is not getting any favors and is causing a lot of trouble. If he continues to be in contact, it is just looking for trouble.
He Tianran gave the follow-up solution:
"Sister Taozi, please ask the colleague who manages our studio's social account to post the stills from yesterday's set. This can be regarded as a clarification from the side. Once the matter is confirmed, it will not spread. Although it is not a big matter, there should be public relations Awareness still needs to be there.
You can also contact Li Lan later and ask their company's account to help forward it. By the way, so far, something happened to their artists, so they should be more anxious than us. The artist team has not contacted you? "
Yao Qingtao pursed her lips and shrugged:
"No, you are stupid. I guess the other party is also waiting for our reaction. After all, Wen Liang is not a frontline person now. She would like more news like this, the better. Besides, the other party is still a positive person in the news this time. If the image is urgent, we are also urgent."
He Tianran frowned and said:
"Is this how their company handled celebrity scandals before?"
"Oh, as long as this kind of news does not affect public order and moral bottom line, it is rare for a public relations team to get involved. If it is true or false, you can't tell whether it is the company's hype method or whether the paparazzi really captured it. What's more, Isn't Wen Liang like that all the time? If it were Bai Lingye, I guess Sister Lan would be a little anxious."
He Tianran understood this and felt a little more disgusted with Wen Liang. If she really wrote and directed it, then their company's inaction would be explained.
…
…
It was approaching noon, and A Liu, the author of "The Wild Heart", came to He Tianran's company on time.
This is a woman who is actually over 30 years old but looks like a college student. She is about 1.62 meters tall, has a pear-shaped head, a small bag hanging on her body, and the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose set off her slightly rounded cheeks. The outline, those who don’t know, thought it was the kind of baby fat that young people have. She looks very young, but this is purely because He Tianran locked her up in the Edition Hotel not long ago and worked hard on the script every day. The food was too good. result.
No, as soon as she stepped into the door of "Future Production", she started complaining...
"Director He, are you still changing the script? Stop changing it. The child can't bear it. Please let it go. Now when I get a call from your company, I have PDST..."
The employees of the studio laughed when they heard this. They thought that this kind of scene happened more frequently recently, and they were used to it.
He Tianran stood on the second floor, holding the railing with both hands. He was always full of enthusiasm for the second drama of "Future Production" that was about to start. As the filming time approached, he became more and more excited, which made him After getting out of the depressed mood in the morning, he was in a very good mood and wanted to pinch A Liu's chubby face downstairs.
"Teacher A Liu, you are the author of the original work. Shouldn't you take this kind of thing more seriously than me? Come on, stop inking. Just for the last time, Xiao Zhu and Xiao Chen went upstairs for the meeting. "
"Okay Brother Tian~"
"Coming~"
He Tianran said hello, and A Liu reluctantly came downstairs to the conference room on the second floor, surrounded by two little screenwriter girls from the company.
When filming "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" last year, A Liu did not participate in the script adaptation work. This was mainly because she was finishing another book in her hand and did not have the time. Now that the adaptation work of "The Wild Hearts" has started, He Tianran pulled her into the screenwriting team. Although writing and script writing are not the same process, the difference between the two is not that big. It only takes ten days and a half for relevant practitioners to master the writing rules and regulations. format, it’s not difficult to get started.
Of course, the so-called formats and rules are just a standard threshold for the convenience of filming and better understanding by creative staff in various departments after unified standards. What is more important is the content of the story. This is the most important aspect whether it is a script or a script. The core of achieving the same goal through different paths.
What's more, with the original author participating in such an adaptation, He Tianran believes that he can better grasp the essence of the original work.
"Heart Wilderness" is not the best-selling book written by A Liu in her online writing career. In fact, the "Heart" trilogy can be regarded as a series of her early and middle works, but since the creation of this "Heart Wilderness" , she gradually formed her own style and established her future creative direction.
Recalling that two years ago, A Liu asked He Tianran why she didn't choose some of her popular works now, but instead chose some of her earlier works that were less mature?
He Tianran answered very honestly. First, Dahong's IP cannot be afforded, and the licensing fee would be upwards of three to four million. This was undoubtedly an unbearable burden for "Future Production" which was not yet profitable at the time.
Second, He Tianran said frankly that he felt a sense of sharpness and urgency in A Liu's early works, and there was a wild roughness and stubbornness in the writing. He liked it very much, and later became famous with A Liu. , this feeling becomes much less, and more of a roundness in the handling of the plot and a change in writing.
This can't be said to be bad, it can only be said that He Tianran liked her earlier.
A Liu also spoke frankly about this, saying that when she was writing the article, she had just graduated from college and had changed several jobs but was not satisfied, so she could only stay at home and write online articles. She was very satisfied with what she wrote. The male protagonist She is not flattering, and the heroine is not a nymphomaniac. She is good at constructing suspenseful and captivating stories. Her writing style is quite exquisite, but...it doesn't make money.
However, the less money she made, the more unwilling she became. The more rebellious she became, the more she wanted to prove herself. That was how she held her breath at that time. This is how she wrote the trilogy "Heart" against the market. Finished.
However, this allowed her to accumulate some fame and paved the way for the next book to become a hit.
But as He Tianran said, he can no longer see the youthful and savage growth between the lines of A Liu in the original trilogy.
It is a pity that there is one less creator in the world who can stubbornly tell her own story; but it is very gratifying that she changed some of her paranoid ideas, knew how to adapt to the market, and finally achieved the success she dreamed of.
However, thanks to the fact that the "Heart" trilogy was one of her early works, He Tianran purchased the copyrights for "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" and "The Field of Heart" at a price of one million each.
He Tianran will never forget such a scene. It was after the copyright was negotiated and the website platform arranged for him to meet A Liu. After everyone had a pleasant dinner, A Liu asked him a question in private.
"Teacher He, this is not the first time I have sold copyrights. In fact, the price of the popular book I am writing now is more expensive than these two books combined. But I am still very happy that you can choose these two books. I am really happy. I am very happy, because I know that you are someone who has really read these two books, and you will not waste them. I am relieved to leave them to you. Can I ask you a question?"
"You say."
"When I wrote these two books, I didn't have the results I have now, let alone the IP value. Do you think it was right for me to stick to my own style and write these books?"
At that time, A Liu was just one step away from becoming a famous female video writer. She drank some wine and her cheeks were flushed. Although she was already on the verge of becoming famous, when she talked about her initial creative career, her face still showed that emotion. A rare lack of confidence.
She asked cautiously, as if she was opening up the softest part of her creative life...
When He Tianran heard this question, he was silent for a long time.
A Liu did not ask further questions. The answer to this question seemed to have lost its meaning no matter how she answered it after she proved her commercial value...
When the banquet dispersed and everyone parted, He Tianran suddenly said to A Liu who was already sitting in the taxi:
"Teacher Aliu, you were right to insist on yourself. Maybe my answer now is too late for you, but please believe me, I can prove it to you."
In the car, A Liu looked at his younger brother who was six or seven years younger than him. At that time, He Tianran was not yet qualified to be called a director. He didn't even have a single work that he could produce, but people talked about it. , only his family background.
But somehow, the words "Please believe me, I can prove it to you" seemed like the sincerity from this young man's heart, and they were so powerful and convincing when spoken.
A Liu nodded at that time. In the days that followed, she was particularly concerned about the adaptation and filming progress of the series. People who have been deeply involved in the world will not be easily moved by a word, so compared to the three words "believe me", she was even more concerned about the series' adaptation and filming progress. What she cares about is the word "prove".
The next result is brilliant.
He Tianran fulfilled his promise, and a year later, "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" became a big hit.
Okay, enough with the old stuff, let’s get back to the present.
He Tianran, who was sitting at the head of the conference room, was very satisfied to see that all the members were here. Now "Future Production" has its own team of screenwriters, with a total of eight people. However, there are not many film and television drama projects currently underway, and the main business is still Shanhai Group mainly produces commercials, so their "screenwriters" sometimes have to take on the two positions of "copywriter" or "director". The former is purely desk work and tends to be more planning, while the latter It’s more about actual shooting and filming, and to a large extent it’s the director.
The business that Shanhai Group continues to bring in undoubtedly gives He Tianran an opportunity to train. In terms of salary, everyone gets more for more work. Even in a first-tier city like Hong Kong City, it can be considered a very good salary. , not to mention, in the future, I think there will be opportunities for directors to become screenwriters, or screenwriters to become directors.
Moreover, if he was working with He Tianran, there was no future, so he didn't have to worry about it. Anyway, the money would definitely be in place.
"We cannot let people who engage in art go hungry, but before we engage in art, we must first live a more secular life."
This is the mantra that He Tianran has often said since he became the boss, and he is really not boasting about Haikou, just the surfing line business. When 80 videos were released, everyone in the company started to take up the topic. I'm worried about not having any movies to shoot.
Now here are two girls, Xiao Zhu and Xiao Chen, who have not participated in the commercial shooting from the beginning. They have been promoting the progress of the script of "The Wild Heart" with He Tianran and A Liu. Both of them participated in the last " The script of "A Thousand Knots in the Heart" is adapted from an old man. One graduated from a major and the other became a monk. Each has its own advantages, patience and enthusiasm, and is very worthy of trust and training.
Therefore, the entire early stage creation of the script for "Into the Wild" was completed by the four people present here. He Tianran was mainly responsible for the overall control and construction of the structure. It was the other three people who really filled the skeleton.
"In this meeting, there is good news and bad news. I haven't had time to tell the other people about these two news in the company. Our writing team will discuss it internally first, because it may affect the characters, especially the female protagonist. Of course, if one character changes, the overall plot will not change."
He Tianran got straight to the point, and all six eyes looked at him. A Liu gave him a suspicious look:
"Most of the good news and bad news are the same thing, so you just have to go with it."
He Tianran smiled: "Ahem, it's true..." Then he thought about it and said, "That's it. Due to the success of "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" last time, in addition to my own Shanhai Group, this time " The investment promotion of "In the Heart" even welcomed a big customer, which is Penguin Film and Television under Goose Factory... Teacher A Liu must be very familiar with this. After all, the platform you released is also owned by Goose Factory. Now you have returned to your parents' home. ."
Everyone was a little confused about this big news. Goose Factory has always been rich and powerful in the industry. This time, it is a work produced under its own platform, so it must be extraordinary.
"How much are they prepared to invest?" screenwriter Xiao Zhu couldn't help but ask.
He Tianran made a slap gesture.
"Isn't that the same as Director He and your father? The production budget has doubled now! This is directly an S-level project!"
The industry generally has a standard for the current production budget of film and television dramas. The total production budget of small-scale projects is about 30-50 million, and the waist projects are about 50-80 million. The ones above are the S-class ones that are more head-turning. project.
The 30 million yuan spent when filming "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" was really small. The quality is good because the number of episodes is small, only 370,000 words. The whole film only has 20 episodes. The content is sufficiently compressed, and the scenes of modern dramas are Ah, serving Hua Dao and the like are not as troublesome as costume dramas. The cost can be saved and it can become popular. It is really a typical example of doing a dojo in a snail shell.
For example, "In the Wild" has a total text of 900,000 words and 45 episodes of scripts. The scenes span the border gates outside the Great Wall, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the palaces of the imperial city. There is no way to save money when filming this way. It is normal to have a larger budget, and He Tianran already had a successful drama series under his belt, and the Shanhai Group was behind it. The budget plan was almost the same. Originally, it was still the same, half of the investment in Shanhai was spent, and half was left open for others to come in. Unexpectedly, The investment promotion actually recruited such a monster again.
"Then... if Penguin is brought in, it will be considered a co-production, right? The other party should have quite a lot of demands. Penguin has so many film and television agencies with families, all of them are waiting for support."
Screenwriter Xiao Chen said slightly worriedly.
He Tianran nodded, and he immediately looked at A Liu:
"Yes, some specific matters are still being discussed, but they have already made demands for actors and actresses. Since ours is a drama adapted from a female channel, it is easier to promote actresses, so they want to use the position of heroine. Our own people.”
"Who is it?" The two screenwriter girls were very curious.
"Gu Qiaoman."
When He Tianran spit out a name, everyone was stunned, and then they showed an expression of "it's her" as if they suddenly realized.
"The new princess of Goose Factory. In recent years, some of the dramas produced by Goose Factory have promoted her as the heroine. Her resources are outrageous. Although she looks sweet, her acting skills have been criticized. Otherwise, what the hell? Zhahuhu, or else it’s just cowardly, I heard that when she was admitted to the film school, she came in last in the third test, and she only managed to get through with good luck."
Xiao Zhu started gossiping.
"How about it, Teacher A Liu, what do you think?"
He Tianran didn't care about this, just looked directly at A Liu and asked.
As someone who has put their heart and soul into his work, the author of the original work has the right to provide opinions on the selection of characters.
Of course, to put it bluntly, this opinion is nothing more than a "reference opinion", and the weight may be greater or less. Even He Tianran would not be able to refuse such a condition of direct investment, so he would even talk nonsense about the screenwriters below him. Or the original author.
A Liu took a deep breath, crossed his arms, raised his head and thought for a while, then said slowly:
"I don't have any prejudice against Gu Qiaoman. I have seen some of her dramas before. She is considered to be on the front line now. How does she compare with Lingye?"
Xiao Zhu quickly added:
"In terms of resources, Sister Lingye is completely defeated compared to her. And whether it is fighting for endorsements or fans, Sister Lingye is one level behind. After all, Gu Qiaoman is backed by Goose Factory, but they all belong to that category. She is a popular actress on an online broadcast platform or in a movie or TV series, but for the time being, she is considered a tie in terms of movies."
A Liu thought and said:
"That's it...Actually, the thing that bothers me now is that, no matter when I was writing or when I was writing the script, the image of a girl from Xiaojiabiyu like Gu Qiaoman has never appeared in my mind. I'm a little bit I can’t imagine a picture of her that overlaps with the characters I wrote. Of course, I don’t mean to belittle others by saying this.”
He Tianran asked: "A Liu, who were you thinking about when you were creating?"
"Just Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhu Yin and so on."
"Are there... any newcomers my age? Don't keep your aesthetics stuck in the previous era."
"Oh, people start to get nostalgic after thirty years old. I'm not star-chasing... Let me think about it. Except for Lingye, some of the current young beauties of the right age impressed me... Well, this morning When I came here, I checked my phone and came across a piece of gossip about you, Director He. I also wanted to chat with you. What is the name of the female artist who insulted you? "
Speaking of this, A Liu suddenly became more excited, and He Tianran's eyes almost went dark.
Xiao Zhu on the side reminded: "My name is Wen Liang."
"Yes, yes, I have an impression. Don't I like Zhu Yin? Zhu Yin has played Huang Rong, and Wen Liang has also played Huang Rong, right? I quite like her. When I first heard her name, I thought this name It’s quite unique, I thought it came from the stage name.”
A Liu opened up the conversation, and the two girls around him also chatted and couldn't help but discuss some gossip outside the theme:
"Sister Liu, others call her Wen Liang. It's not her stage name, but Gu Qiaoman. Her original name is Gu Ling. Wen Liang was in the same class as her, and they were in the same dormitory. Wen Liang was the first in the art exam, and Gu Ling was the last. , now the two of them have taken turns."
"Ah? Is that so? I think Wen Liang is quite recognizable in this industry, right? Her acting skills are also very good. I even watched her "Legend of the Condor Heroes" as an idol drama. Why is she Haven’t you started walking in the past few years?”
"Oh, I feel the same way. The main reason is that there is too much shady material. I think it's really a pity for her. She was the one I was thinking of when I wrote the script. If she develops better in the past few years, maybe we can still find another role in this drama. She comes..."
He Tianran: "Ahem..."
As the saying goes, three women make a play, and when these three female screenwriters came together, their little mouths couldn't stop chattering. Even though He Tianran deliberately coughed to interrupt, no one paid attention to him...
The interruption of the topic was interrupted by Yao Qingtao's door opening.
"What's wrong?"
He Tianran looked at Yao Qingtao, who had a anxious look on his face.
"Director He, someone came to your door."
"Ah? Who came to my door?"
He Tianran looked confused.
"Didn't Wen Liang call you this morning? You hung up."
"Ah, yes."
Yao Qingtao looked around the room and didn't care about saving any face for He Tianran. Why:
"People are now coming directly to the company to block you..."
"What?!"
He Tianran stood up directly and rushed out of the door.
Is this girl so brave?
Why has she been everywhere these past two days...
The three female screenwriters in the room originally came as soon as they heard that good guy, the main character was talking. The fire of gossip in their eyes became brighter and brighter than Tibet could hide. They walked out of the room one after another, taking Yao Qingtao with them. A few people were lying on the railing on the second floor, looking towards the man and woman who were about to meet on the first floor...
(PS: By the way, today is Wen Liang’s official birthday. I’ve been suffering from hives for the past two days and haven’t had time to prepare for any activities. But the next plot should involve the “birthday” aspect. It can also be regarded as a feedback to readers who have always liked A Liang. I hope you all like it.)
(End of chapter)
