At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 7 The Feeling of Making Money

"Divorce Lawsuit" is really a customized drama!
Customized drama, in fact, the leading party is the TV station, one of the advantages of doing so is to reduce the cost...

After all, many high-quality drama series need to be grabbed.

How to grab it?
Basically, whoever gives more money will have a chance...

But the customized drama is directly funded by the TV station, and Mango TV is the most played. Their self-made dramas are really awesome. Since "Han Zhu Ge Ge", they have always insisted on self-made...

In the following years, "The Love History of the Tang Dynasty", "Qia Classmate Boy", "Bloody Xiangxi", including "Da Ming Dynasty 1566"...

It's a pity that the ratings of these dramas are not high. On the contrary, "Ugly Invincible" has set a new record high profit, and then all kinds of dramas have been filmed!

pull back...

The theme of "Divorce Lawsuit" is very social topic.

Divorce, just hearing these two words, I feel that there must be something wrong behind it.

Liao Gaoxiang flipped through the outline of the script, and said, "The plot points are all listed? There should be no problem..."

"How much will you pay this time?"

"... 2000 yuan for one episode... No deposit this time!"

"No deposit?"

Zhao Xin explained: "Uncle said let us write a version for him to read, and if it is good, we will directly give us the TV station's quotation..."

Shen Xudong was puzzled: "A quote from the TV station?"

"It's the normal market price..." Zhao Linhai explained casually, and then asked, "Are there any requirements?"

"What can I ask for..." Zhao Xin suddenly thought of something: "My uncle said, the most important thing is to follow the set plot points, and don't play on your own..."

Speaking of this, he added: "Actually, my uncle doesn't suggest that we take jobs in freshman year. It's better not to start taking jobs until the second semester of sophomore year. After all, we should focus on studying at this stage!"

"Only in the sophomore year? The day lily is cold!"

"That's right, it won't hurt your back when you stand and talk..."

"I said the same thing about him. After all, the times are different now...there were few screenwriters in the past..."

This is true. Before 97, professional screenwriters were from various troupes and film studios.

The first batch of Chinese professional screenwriters appeared after 97. They made a living writing scripts, without salary, labor insurance, five insurances and one housing fund...

At that time, there were only dozens of people in the whole country...

Why 97 years?
Because the drama department in 97 did not include assignments!
At that time, there were only a few colleges and universities, so it was relatively easy for those people to find employment in all aspects, because it was these people who were looking for screenwriters.

It should have started with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" in 95. In addition to selling their dramas to TV stations, they also made video tapes and made money from the video tapes.

At that time, some people really came to China Theater with sacks to ask someone to write the script, "Write whatever you want, and you can shoot it!" '

This group of people quickly became the mainstream, and a lot of small work was handed over to the juniors...

That's why Shen Xudong and the others were able to get in touch with a bunch of projects in their freshman year!
Although not as happy as the first batch of professional screenwriters - some people came to the door with money, but compared to the group of people ten years later, they are much happier!
……

Although Shen Xudong has some memories of another person, it doesn't have any big influence...

It's as if you read a biography of a famous person, what else can you do besides feeling the timing and genius?
Get on with your boring life!
But it cannot be said that there is no impact at all.

At least he is now writing scripts with God’s help. Usually we will pause when we are creating, and some words and sentences will be a little uncertain, but he has no such problems at all. It feels like writing scripts, he... is born with !
And he seems to have an innate understanding of these fields...

"Divorce Lawsuit" has a lot of things related to law, of course, only a little bit. How can there be any rigorous legal subjects in our country?

The adversarial litigation model in the Anglo-American law system is inherently easy to dramatize the trial process, what about us?

The social system is different, and the pure proletariat does not need laws and regulations-because all state organs are tacitly serving the people wholeheartedly!

So, if you want to write about legal and political subjects, you can, "Bao Qingtian" and "Da Song Mentioned Criminals" came into being!
Pulling back, Shen Xudong quickly handed in the manuscript.

This time I got 3000 yuan very smoothly - a total of 1 yuan for the six episodes, divided equally among the four...

After distributing the money, Zhao Xin said: "The exact shooting time has not yet been determined. If it is filmed, I will ask my uncle to see if it is possible to join the group..."

Zhao Linhai hesitated: "But the school probably won't let us go?"

Generally speaking, when freshmen and sophomores are laying foundations, the school does not allow students to go out...

Zhao Xin scratched his head: "...Let's talk about it later!"

Liao Gaoxiang suggested: "Let's go out and have a rub!"

"Xudong, what are you thinking?"

Shen Xudong received the good money, feeling a little emotional: "... I am still the first to earn so much money by myself, two months of living expenses!"

3000 yuan, 1000 yuan more than his mother's monthly salary!

These are just the results of his week...

Who said there is no money to be a screenwriter?

Zhao Linhai smiled: "Haha... Let me tell you, as long as you have a job as a screenwriter, you can easily gain a foothold in the capital!"

The reason why Shen Xudong's family agreed with him to enter the Chinese opera is because they want the child to gain a foothold in the capital!
If you can gain a foothold in a big city, what you will change is the life of future generations...

Before the college entrance examination, their class teacher said: If you can go to a big city, you must go to a big city. It's not a matter of opportunity, but you have changed the fate of your family from now on!
But Shen Xudong immediately asked: "What if there is no work?"

"Don't underestimate yourself, we all think you are good!"

Zhao Xin nodded: "Indeed, the writing speed is fast, the writing style is not bad, and the most important thing is that he is very good at writing characters' psychology..."

"These can make a good screenwriter?"

"Not enough. If you want to be an excellent screenwriter, you must have your own original project... But, there is no rush, we are only freshmen..."

The key point is that it’s useless to be in a hurry. To create an original project, the most important thing is: money!
It takes money to make movies and TV shows...

It just so happened that Shen Xudong didn't have this thing!
……

The four of them left the dormitory and walked outside the school gate. They passed the bulletin board and saw the notice of the drama sketch contest for Chinese opera students...

"this is?"

"A competition held by the school..."

"I will invite some leaders of the repertory troupe to come and have a look. It is mainly a stage for the brothers to show!"

Shen Xudong was puzzled: "Didn't you hear the teacher say that?"

"We don't have time..."

"Wait until next year, sophomores can sign up!"

"The school holds a bunch of events every year to give students a chance to showcase...otherwise what if so many students graduate?"

It's true...

Just talking about the Department of Drama and Literature, Chinese Opera recruits more than [-] students every year, and the employment situation is very tense.

In the past, the counterpart unit was a theater troupe, but each repertory theater troupe needs a lot of actors, and only two or three screenwriters are enough. It is enough if one is sick and the other can write.

just now…

The repertory troupe doesn't recruit newcomers!

Even if it is recruited, it still has something to do with it...

It is basically impossible for a small town like Shen Xudong to be a questioner.

(End of this chapter)