"Teacher Li, happy New Year!"
"Hey, Happy New Year! Happy New Year to everyone!"
Li Tang came to the company the next morning.
With the new year and new atmosphere, everyone is in good spirits, except for a few people who are a little bit shy, such as the company's publicity department. Because of the boss's scandal, the publicity department was slow to report and responded poorly. Later in the year, he was severely criticized by the general manager Zeng Jia at work, and Xiao He, who was originally responsible for monitoring network news trends, was also fired.
In fact, in addition to strict work requirements, Shengtang Film and Television's daily management is relatively humane. For example, most of the company's employees are Beipiao who graduated from college and stayed in the capital. Basically, they don't go to work until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Moreover, the capital city is not easy to live in. As long as you pass the probation period and become a full-time employee of the company, you will be given a portion of transportation and rental subsidies every month.
This part of the money is not much, a few hundred yuan per person per month, several thousand yuan a year. The total number of people in the company is less than thirty or forty, and the maximum number of people in the company is more than 203,000 yuan. Looks like one hundred thousand. If Li Tang goes to two more commercial performances every year, all the money will come back, so why not do it.
But don't underestimate this monthly subsidy of several hundred yuan. In these days, it greatly reflects the company's human touch and gives everyone a greater sense of belonging.
"Brother, everything is fine at home, right?"
Li Tang walked up to the second floor and met Zeng Jia who had been waiting there.
"Well, it's good. Jiajia, thank you for the hard work last time."
Li Tang was inevitably a little embarrassed. After all, he was the one who caused the trouble. In the end, he had to wipe his ass with Zeng Jia.
"I'm just providing some support. If it weren't for your magical touch, the direction of things might not be certain yet." Zeng Jia said with a smile.
When Li Tang hugged Yuan Lei to silence the reporters, Yuan Lei often complained to her on the phone, threatening to ask Li Tang to repay the favor with an exclusive news in the future.
Zeng Jia held a bunch of documents in her hands, and they walked side by side to the third floor. Coincidentally, Li Tang was wearing a pair of black corduroy casual pants and a black leather jacket today, while Zeng Jia was also wearing a black professional suit.
Looking at the backs of the two of them, a newbie who had just entered the workplace pushed his colleague sitting next door, pursed his lips toward the stairs, and lowered his voice and said: "Why do I think our boss Zeng and Teacher Li are so at odds with each other? "
The colleague next door was still a veteran of the company in the studio. He glared at Mengxin and warned in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense and dare to talk about the leader? If it reaches the ears of Boss Zeng, you will not be able to reap the consequences!"
Mengxin quickly stuck out her tongue, looked at the stairs where the figure had just disappeared, and explained: "I just felt it."
"Look more and talk less, that's the most basic thing."
Lao Niao taught Meng Xin a lesson, and as he spoke, he deliberately looked around, and said politely to Meng Xin: "You are just telling me, what if you try it with someone else?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Mengxin nodded repeatedly, and at the same time did not forget to please: "Sister, I feel very close to you."
"Okay, let's get to work."
The old bird turned around and turned his back to Mengxin, then curled his lips in disdain and said to himself: Oh, what a fuss, just pretend that no one can tell!
The heating in the office was fully turned on. Li Tang took off his leather jacket. Zeng Jia, who had just put the documents on the desk, took the clothes naturally and helped hang them on the hangers. Then the boss brought me a double-layer glass thermos filled with cut American ginseng.
Beijing is very dry in winter, especially when the heating is on in the house, which keeps it dry. Every time he stayed in the south for a long time, Li Tang always felt a little uncomfortable in the first few days after returning to the capital, and even had nosebleeds. American ginseng nourishes qi and nourishes yin, clears away heat and promotes fluid production, and has the functions of maintaining and resisting dryness.
Li Tang took a sip, feeling slightly bitter but happy. Yesterday, I played four friendly matches with Xiaopang in the first and second half. I felt a little sore in my back when I exercised in the morning. It seems that I still need more maintenance. In the future, I will have to exercise restraint even if it is a small break or a newlywed.
As he gets older, Xiaopang's desire to compete and his ability to read games tend to be more and more like his ex-girlfriend's style. Looking back now, Teacher Jiang was still restrained. She thoroughly enjoyed the game, paid attention to the back and forth, and was evenly matched, instead of being like her ex-girlfriend and Xiao Pang, who pressed high from the start, and then the offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast, always trying to squeeze opponent.
Then he picked up the signature pen on the table, glanced at the pile of documents Zeng Jia brought, and then signed his name underneath.
Every time he returned to the company after being away for a long time, he had become extremely proficient in this set of procedures. Signing was only a necessary process to perform management. As long as it was a major event in the company, Zeng Jia had already communicated with him on the phone.
I remember one time Zeng Jia joked: "Brother, if you don't look carefully, what if I sell you?"
At that time, Li Tang just raised his head and glanced at her, and wrote lightly: "Jiajia, if you want to betray me, then I will definitely deserve it!"
People still need a certain amount of trust to interact with others, and he believes that Zeng Jia is not only trustworthy, but also a smart person. After all, the soul of the company is always himself.
It took less than ten minutes to sort out more than a dozen documents and hand them to Zeng Jia: "Is there anything else?"
"Director Diao's "Uniform" is almost done in the post-production phase. Only the soundtrack is left. I'm thinking about contacting Juliet to see if there is a chance to go to Cannes this time."
"Oh, he's quite fast!" Li Tang was slightly surprised. "Of course it would be best to go to Cannes. You should also say hello to him. Anyway, there is still time, so let him perfect it as much as possible."
After all, Cannes is a French film festival, and MK2, as the largest literary and art theater chain in France, has a natural advantage in this regard.
"knew."
Zeng Jia nodded and added: "And Ning Hao, his graduation film has also been filmed."
"so fast?"
Speaking of Ning Hao, after he finished filming "Uniform" as an assistant director, this guy shyly handed over a script called "Incense", saying that it was his graduation project and he wanted to seek support from the company. The requirements are not high, just 200,000 yuan, and he plans to shoot on DV.
Li Tang felt good about it after reading the book. It tells the story of a monk who begged alms to build a Buddha statue. On the surface, it seems that he is following the same path as his Shanxi fellow Chief Jia, both of whom are marginalized people.
But his scripts are filled with many elements of black humor. For example, a monk's temple can also be a shareholder; for example, a monk goes door-to-door to ask for alms, but the police station confiscates his illegal income on the grounds of illegal alms. Instead, a woman he met at the police station offered to do good deeds and help the monk raise money through a charity sale.
Also, when the monk finally repaired the Buddha statue after untold hardships and was preparing to hold a grand consecration ceremony, his small temple was included in the demolition scope of the county to build a road to wealth.
Zeng Jia smiled and said: "And the rough cut version has also come out. He came to the company the day before yesterday. Everyone looked at his rough cut version and thought it was pretty good."
"That's it..."
Li Tang was looking forward to hearing this, and said in a deep voice, "Then ask him to bring it over to me tomorrow. If possible, we might as well send it over together to try our luck."
His idea is very simple, if there are dates or no dates, it will be a matter of three poles.
"Well, I understand. How about asking him to come over tomorrow afternoon?"
"no problem."
As for Xu Guangtou's starring role and producer, Wu Bin's "Surprise" was also completed two years ago and is currently in the process of post-production.
Li Tang positioned this film as a low-budget comedy, which falls into the category of commercial films. It should pass the review with no problem. We just have to wait for the post-production to be completed and find a suitable release date.
To be honest, I don't have much hope for this movie Li Tang. Since the popularity of Feng's Lunar New Year comedies, there have been many comedy films on the market that have followed suit. However, it turns out that there is only one Feng Xiaogang, and others cannot imitate him even if they want to.
After chatting about the company's current projects, Zeng Jia hesitated and said, "Brother, I have an idea that I want to discuss with you."
"Tell me about it!"
Although it was very comfortable to sit on the boss's chair, Li Tang still felt uncomfortable with a huge desk between them. He picked up the thermos cup soaked with American ginseng and stood up. He pointed to the sofa area and said, "Let's sit over there and chat."
Sitting on the soft sofa, face to face with Li Tang who was following a coffee table, Zeng Jia felt much more relaxed. No matter how close the relationship between the two is, separated by desks, it is still like reporting work, but when everyone is sitting around the sofa, it is like chatting between friends. These are two completely different psychological implications.
Zeng Jia picked up the cup and took a sip of water. She organized her words and said, "Brother, I want to do a stage play..."
"stage show?"
Li Tang was stunned. For him, who had been working on Broadway for more than ten years in his previous life, he was very familiar with this industry. Unfortunately, there is no such soil in China at present. Except for Beijing People's Art Center and Shanghai Drama Center, other places Theater troupes have closed down one after another, otherwise there would be so many Beipiao actors in the capital!
"It's not a traditional stage play. I want to do comedy, in the small theater style. Before the Chinese New Year, I visited various small theaters in Beijing. Stage plays in small theaters are quite popular, especially comedies. And Nowadays, those time-honored teahouses still have cross talk performances, and some of them are very lively. The cross talk is not the kind of cross talk on TV, but some very funny old jokes. I found that it is not that the audience loves to watch cross talk, in fact, it is Just for fun. So I thought that doing a comedy-type stage play might be a good way."
Zeng Jia said a lot, and Li Tang fell into deep thought after listening.
He admitted that what Zeng Jia said was reasonable. Nowadays, as living standards improve and material life is satisfied, spiritual needs are equally important.
Comedy is about making people happy. Happiness is the pursuit of the highest state of spiritual satisfaction.
"Then have you ever thought about where the script would come from?" Li Tang asked thoughtfully.
It is said that a script is the foundation of a play, and the play here refers to a stage play. Whether a stage play will be popular or not depends largely on the quality of the script.
Shakespeare is great because he wrote countless classic plays.
"I've thought about it. Nowadays, there are many literary creation groups in China Opera and Nortel. In addition to avant-garde dramas, many people are now willing to write comedies. For example, the play "Green Flowers, Sauerkraut" performed in the China Theater Theater the year before last was It was adapted from an online work, but it is particularly popular.”
After saying that, Zeng Jia added: "That's what I think. The scripts can be cooperated with these literary creation groups. As far as I know, they have many ready-made comedy scripts on hand, but they have no chance to put them on the stage. At most, I just need to find a few students from the acting department to rehearse and have fun. In addition, as for actors, I also want to use newcomers who have just graduated or are still in school. After all, the competition is so fierce now. Not everyone who studies acting has a role to film. There are a lot of people to choose from, it’s about survival of the fittest!”
"At the same time, I think this is also a kind of talent reserve. It will start with stage plays, and then it can gradually develop into film and television dramas. Now the factory building behind the company is always empty and wasted. I plan to set aside a piece of it to use as a rehearsal hall. . Of course, the most important thing is that the initial investment in stage plays is not large, so even if you lose money, the impact will not be big. But if you can select a few good seedlings through this method, I think it is still cost-effective."
After listening to Zeng Jia's entire idea, Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she had indeed thought it through clearly, so he smiled and said: "You have considered all aspects, so just do what you want. But I suggest you do it well." Be mentally prepared, everything is difficult at the beginning, it just depends on whether you can succeed with this one?"
Seeing that her boss was still supporting her as always, Zeng Jia showed a happy smile and said, "I'm not worried about this at all. They say that the smell of wine is also afraid of the deep alley. Brother, as long as you are willing to help stand up, I will think about it. One shot will definitely hit the spot!”
In fact, when it comes to stage plays, Li Tang is more or less eager to move in his heart. After all, this was his major in his previous life. I didn't have the opportunity in the drama center before, so I accidentally got involved in the film and television trend. Now I can be considered a small success. It's good to return to my original intention once in a while.
"In addition, brother, what I want to discuss with you is that if we start this small theater, I want to set up an independent legal person to operate it. In this way, even if it fails in the future, it will not affect our main business. Also I want to set up an independent department regarding the company’s brokerage business.”
"Okay, you can take care of this." Li Tang agreed readily.
It should be said that Zeng Jia thought carefully.
However, he asked casually: "If a brokerage department is established, should I change my broker again?"
"I want my assistant Xiaohua to take charge of the new agency department first. As for you, don't worry, your agent will definitely not be changed. As long as you don't fire me, I will be tied to you for the rest of my life." ”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zeng Jia felt as if he had a speech problem and couldn't help but feel his ears feeling faintly hot.
Maybe Li Tang didn't pay attention, or he was deliberately pretending to be confused, but he smiled and said: "Okay, as a contracted actor of the company, I will follow the company's arrangements in everything."
After saying that, he raised his wrist to check the time, then stood up and said, "Is it okay? I'm going back first. I have to meet the director in the afternoon!"
(End of chapter)
