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Wu Yuchen put down his tea cup and asked: Xiao Gang, is your Sweet Dreams for You adapted from Wang Shuo's I'm Not a Commoner?

Feng Xiaogang nodded immediately, thinking that Wu Yuchen also had objections to him because of his name change, so he explained with a sad look on his face:

Yes, but I can't help it. If I don't change it, I won't be able to get through it. Third Master also knows it. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with a name!

Han Sanping also interjected: Director Wu, that's what happened. It's best not to get involved with Wang Shuo now.

Wu Yuchen shook his head: No, I mean, isn't this movie title a bit vulgar?

Feng Xiaogang's heart moved, and a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said, Director Wu, why don't you give me one?

Wu Yuchen smiled and pretended to mutter:

Your story is all about signing a contract and realizing your dream. Isn't that just a matter between Party A and Party B? How about calling it Party A and Party B?

Feng Xiaogang clapped his hands when he heard this: Wonderful! How wonderful! You are better than Director Wu. You came up with a better idea than the name I had been thinking about for a long time! Let's call it Party A and Party B!

Han Sanjing also nodded and praised: Okay, it is indeed more intentional than the original name.

Then Feng Xiaogang said to Xu Fan: Come on, give me a full bowl. I have to give another toast to Director Wu for giving me such a good name!

Wu Yuchen knew he couldn't stop him, and he might feel uncomfortable if he wasn't allowed to drink.

He glanced at Xu Fan who was pouring wine for Feng Xiaogang. Although Feng Xiaogang was now taking Xu Fan out to meet people, everyone in later generations knew that Xu Fan was Feng Xiaogang's wife. But in fact, Feng Xiaogang was not divorced now, which meant that Xu Fan was Xu Fan had been following him as a mistress for seven years. It was not until Feng Xiaogang's divorce in 1999 that Xu Fan became a full-time employee.

Everyone in the industry knows it, but no one says anything. What’s so strange about it? People live other people's lives, and it doesn't bother them. They can only chat in private.

Although Feng Xiaogang has just made his first movie, he has already served as the director of TV series such as The Capitalist in New York, Forever Lost My Love and Chicken Feathers. He is a well-known figure. Otherwise, do you really think that Han Sanping would just give a newcomer 4 million to make a movie without thinking?

In the entertainment industry, everyone's tolerance for directors is so high. A few more women are just a matter of romance.

The follow-up banquet was roughly the same. Wu Yuchen was introduced by Han Sanping and met many people from the film association. In fact, they were the ones who judged domestic awards. Although he only had the same impression of them in his heart, Han Sanjing said that he should give them the face they deserve and take a few more sips of tea.

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My Brothers and Sisters Han Sanping organized a large celebration banquet, which spread widely, and his slogan of revitalizing Chinese movies naturally spread as well.

If he had no results, he would definitely be scorned, but now that he is holding the box office performance of My Brothers and Sisters that surpassed Jurassic Park 2 and saying this, it will naturally convince others. In many movies, Many newspapers and magazines mentioned this incident and reproduced Han San's words intact.

As one of the protagonists at the celebration banquet, Wu Yuchen was naturally mentioned a lot, and Han Sanping's explicit support for him raised Wu Yuchen's status in the eyes of insiders.

After Wu Yuchen attended this big celebration banquet, he and Miracle Films held a small celebration banquet internally. The target of the celebration banquet was naturally The Burning Years of Passion.

The Burning Years of Passion is Miracle Pictures' first TV production. Being an instant hit is undoubtedly a good start, and it also boosts a lot of confidence in the company's internal TV department. Wu Yuchen naturally wanted to reward him well.

Wu Yuchen picked up the teacup:

Let me tell you, the success of our film Years of Passion cannot be separated from the efforts of the entire crew!

Now that the ratings are booming, Teacher Li, Teacher He, Xiao Ran, and Xiao Tianqian have all become household names, so I won’t say anything more. But I must give special praise to our director Kang Honglei!

The outside world says that Years of Passion is my work, Wu Yuchen. From the perspective of the script, this is true, but from the perspective of the TV series, those of you on the crew should all know that director Kang Honglei is the biggest contributor!

Let’s all pay homage to Director Kang Honglei!

Everyone applauded when they heard this, and Kang Honglei smiled honestly, feeling warm in his heart at the same time.

At this time, the leading actor Li Youbin raised his cup and stood up: Director Kang, I, Lao Li, have to toast you today. I quarreled and quarreled with you during the filming, and I am here to apologize to you! Without Director Kang, it wouldn't be like this Wonderful The Burning Years!

Kang Honglei also picked up the cup: We are all for the good of the show, I understand! Without your wonderful performance, Lao Li, this show would not be possible!

Led by Wu Yuchen, many people expressed their gratitude to Kang Honglei, while Wu Yuchen watched with a smile. It was okay to use his name during promotions before, but now that the show has become a success, he will have to speak up for Kang Honglei more, and he deserves it.

In the jubilant atmosphere, Yin Xiaotian, the most straightforward person, asked directly: Director Wu, do you think our TV series can win an award?

Wu Yuchen said directly and boldly: We must win the prize! Let's win both Feitian and Golden Eagle!

Everyone kept applauding after hearing this. Although they knew it might be to encourage everyone, but Wu Yuchen's current status is here, what he said was convincing, and many people had high expectations.

Wu Yuchen is not talking nonsense. In his previous life, Years of Passion won the Feitian Award for first prize for long-form TV series, best actor, Golden Eagle Award for outstanding long-form TV series, Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor and Best Actress. It can be said that he won two awards. All brushed.

No way, this TV series is really popular, and its subject matter is very serious. It is loved by both the audience and the government.

As for why you didn’t mention the Magnolia Award among the three TV awards...

To be honest, the Magnolia Awards these days are really not flattering. They have taken the Magic City area's characteristics of catering to international exchanges to the extreme. For example, in the next Magnolia Award in 1998, in the list of winners, except for one for Best Actress, Chinese awards, and all other awards including Best TV Series, Best Actor, Screenwriting, Photography, etc., are all awarded to foreigners.

What a ghost!

It was not until the restructuring of Magnolia 10 years later that domestic TV dramas became mainstream. Therefore, within 10 years, there is no need to expect to participate in any Magnolia Awards. The Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award can still be considered.

As Kang Honglei exchanged cups with them, Wu Yuchen exchanged words with another director in the company with a smile:

Director Li, welcome, your film Stock Madness is very good, and I will definitely bring you a good work this time too!

The person in front of him was Li Guoli. He had previously been invited by the Magic City Studio to shoot a movie called Spring Breeze in Westgate, starring Jin Shijie, Wu Qianlian, and Chen Xiaochun, so he came here now after the filming was completed.

Li Guoli said with a Hong Kong accent:

What the hell, I'm so far behind Director Wu! This time I attended the celebration banquet as soon as I came here. I'm also very lucky and very happy~

Li Guoli has been proactive in cooperating with the mainland in recent years, and his attitude is quite good, and he does not dare to show off in front of Wu Yuchen.

After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Wu Yuchen asked: Director Li, do you have any plans recently?

Li Guoli knew that he was being asked about the shooting plan. He also understood that he had just arrived at a new company and it was best to make some achievements in order to gain a stable footing.

Li Guoli thought for a moment and said, Director Wu, have you watched the recently popular Dragon Movie?

Wu Yuchen smiled and nodded: Of course I saw it, it's very popular here in mainland China!

Li Guoli continued: In fact, it is not only popular in mainland China, but also in Hong Kong Island, Bay Area and even Singapore! So I had an idea to make a martial arts drama.

Wu Yuchen's heart suddenly thought of something, but he still asked: Oh? Director Li, do you have any goals?

Li Guoli nodded: Yes, I want to shoot Gu Long's The Two Prides.

When Wu Yuchen heard this, he thought that it was true that in his previous life, Li Guoli was the one who filmed The Two Prides about next year. After it was released in 1999, it became popular all over the country and became the screen memory of a generation. Lin Zhiying also achieved a huge increase in TV drama salary with this drama, but his performance as Xiao Yuer was really good.

Many people only know about Tang Dynasty after watching Fairy Sword, but in fact, they have already produced hit dramas such as The Legend of Heaven and Earth, and later Legend of Heaven and Earth: Mermaid and Love in Heaven and Earth: Lotus Lantern also received good response People from Tang Dynasty participated in the production.

It's just that Tang Ren didn't make much money from these dramas. This also involves Tang Ren's operating model.

After Cai Yinong and Li Guoli founded Tang Dynasty in their previous life, they had no money to film TV series, so their choice was to write scripts and productions themselves, and help TV stations film, which was to simply make money from craftsmanship.

For example, the copyright of the hit Two Proud Brothers belongs to Wanwan, and people from the Tang Dynasty are only considered wage earners.

Many people think that Tang Ren has made a lot of money with Legend of Sword and Fairy, but in fact he has not. When Tangren was preparing for filming, there simply wasn't enough money, so they sold the mainland copyright for the first seven years of Legend of Sword and Fairy. In other words, all the revenue from Sword and Sword One within the 7 years since it was released in mainland China has nothing to do with Tangren.

However, Tang Dynasty has set up a buy-back clause. After 7 years, Tang Dynasty has the right to take back the mainland copyright of Legend of Sword and Fairy at a price of 2,000 yuan per episode, which means that it only needs 60,000 to 70,000 yuan to buy back all the copyrights. .

At that time, the company called Modu Yitong agreed. They felt that Legend of Sword and Fairy seven years later would definitely be worthless. This is naturally the case for normal TV dramas, but Sword and Fairy became a hit. When Tangren paid 70,000 yuan in 2012, Modu Yitong directly regretted it. Just kidding, how could Legend of Sword and Fairy be worth only 70,000 at this time? ! Just one Internet copyright can be multiplied hundreds of times!

Later, the two parties went to court. In 2014, Tang Cai took back the mainland copyright of the TV series Legend of Sword and Fairy for 70,000 yuan based on the original contract.

Speaking of which, Cai Yinong and Li Guoli's business methods are very stable, but they have also caused Tangren to miss out on a large portion of the profits from several hit dramas. It can be seen from this that Cai Yinong lacks a certain courage and is very risk-averse, so she joined Miracle Film and Television as soon as Wu Yuchen invited her. She can be a qualified manager, but she is somewhat lacking in making decisions when steering the general direction of a company's development.

But for Wu Yuchen, these problems don't exist. It's a great thing that Li Guoli is willing to film The Two Prides!

At this time, not only Li Guoli, but also Cai Yinong next to him could not help but look at Wu Yuchen expectantly. After all, Li Guoli was invited in by Cai Yinong.

Seeing this, Wu Yuchen smiled and said: Director Li, you have a very good sense. The past few years have been a period of craze for martial arts. I also trust your ability, Director Li. The company will support you in the filming of The Two Prides!

Cai Yinong was relieved when she heard this, but she did not interrupt. Li Guoli smiled, then he thought for a while and said:

Director Wu, this time when I shoot Two Prouds, I want to target the entire Chinese-speaking area in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, so I invite some actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan to play the leading roles. After all, in terms of appeal, the actors from there are better. .

This time Wu Yuchen did not nod directly, but said calmly:

Director Li, what you say makes sense. If you want to sell the copyright to Hong Kong and Taiwan, you really need someone who is well-known there. In this way, Xiao Yu'er chooses a Hong Kong and Taiwan actor, and Hua Wuque chooses a mainland actor. Can we take care of both!

Li Guoli actually wanted to find a star from Wanwan and a star from Hong Kong for the two male protagonists, so that the copyrights of both places would be easier to sell. As for mainland audiences, according to his observations in the past few years, mainland audiences do not value local actors, but Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are more attractive to them.

But Wu Yuchen is the big boss of the company. Since he said so, Li Guoli can accept it. Xiao Yuer can find a well-known Hong Kong and Taiwan actor.

Li Guoli suddenly thought about whether Wu Yuchen had an actor he liked, so he asked: Director Wu, do you have any suggestions for the role?

Wu Yuchen smiled: Director Li, if you want to make some suggestions, I do have some suggestions. Just listen to them.

Li Guoli smiled and raised his hand: Director Wu, please tell me.

Xiao Yu'er can find a Hong Kong and Taiwan actor who is suitable for this weird type of TV series. There are two suitable candidates. One is Hong Kong actor Zhang Weijian who starred in Journey to the West last year.

Li Guoli smiled bitterly after hearing this: Director Li, I'm afraid Zhang Weijian can't do it!

At this time, Cai Yinong asked: Why? Wasn't Zhang Weijian's Journey to the West popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the entire Southeast Asia last year? Is his current salary too high?

Li Guoli shook his head: No, just two months ago, he had a falling out with TVB. TVB made up its mind to hide him. He has no way to accept the film before the contract expires.

Ah? What happened? He is so angry! Cai Yinong was surprised when he heard this.

Li Guoli sighed and began to tell the whole story. He had worked as a producer at TVB before, and he was very clear about this incident that had just happened. The source was TVB's notorious stinginess.

Last year, Kevin Cheung starred in Journey to the West and earned TVB a fortune of HK$200 million. However, his salary for the entire film was only HK$70,000 to HK$80,000, with an average of less than HK$3,000 per episode. In Hong Kong, his income is barely enough. It is very difficult to maintain a life.

After Journey to the West became a hit, Cheung Weijian asked for a salary increase when filming the sequel. He didn't ask for a salary increase. He only asked for an increase to 10,000 yuan per episode. In fact, he was only given hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars after filming.

But TVB executives refused to agree and simply said: Who would know you if you plucked monkey hair!

Zhang Weijian was so heartbroken by these words that he immediately broke his guard and fell out with TVB. Since then, he has shaved his head and vowed to prove that he can still be popular without hair!

Cai Yinong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. She knew TVB was stingy when she was in Hong Kong, but she didn't expect it to be so stingy with the absolute leading man who had already starred in a hit drama. If it were her place, she would definitely have to provide for it!

Naturally Wu Yuchen also knew about this, and Zhang Weijian later staged a brilliant counterattack routine of don't bully young people into poverty. After a year, the contract expired and he left. A few years later, he became the little prince of TV ratings. It became popular across the Taiwan Strait and three places and slapped TVB in the face, forcing TVB executives to find someone to make peace with him before he starred in The Monkey King again.

You have to say that actor Zhang Weijian is indeed very popular with the audience, especially children and teenagers. You can call him the TV version of Zhou Xingxing.

However, Wu Yuchen’s first choice was not Zhang Weijian. He smiled and said:

Then there is another one, Lin Zhiying from Wanwan. His performance in Tornado Boy has such potential, I think you can consider it.