The day I got married with a big star

Chapter 760 TV Drama Script

Because the third season of "Crossover Actor" is about to start broadcasting, the money for purchasing the program was transferred to JingTV Culture's account a few days after the Merchants Fair, and the 5000 million that belonged to Xu Jie was also very expensive. It was quickly allocated to him, so that the originally poor department became rich immediately.

The money problem is settled, and the next step is the script.

A good TV series, in addition to good actors, is naturally inseparable from a good script. The script is the foundation of a TV series, and it is also the soul of a TV series. Today, as audiences have higher and higher requirements for the content of TV dramas, scripts have become the most important part of TV dramas. No matter how many stars there are, no matter how big the celebrity is, if the content of the script is not good, the ratings will still be low.

Xu Jie left the office and came to the creative department downstairs. It has been two months since the establishment of this new department. I don't know if everyone is suitable for the current work. It's time to check it out.

Compared with other departments, the environment of the Creation Department is very good. There is not only a special library, but also a tea room and coffee shop for leisure and creation. This is also deliberately arranged by Xu Jie.

As a company that mainly focuses on content output, the creative department has a very high position in his heart, even surpassing the TV drama department and the movie department. After all, without good content, the TV drama department and the movie department are just a decoration. .

Due to the nature of the work, the employees of the creative department do not just sit at their desks like other department employees, so there are only seven or eight people in the entire office area.

"Hello, Mr. Xu!"

"Mr. Xu!"

After seeing Xu Jie, people in the office area took the initiative to say hello, and their attitudes were also extremely respectful.

Through the news and other channels, everyone already knows all kinds of glorious deeds of Mr. Xu at the Spring Festival Investment Promotion Conference of Beijing Radio and Television Station.

One person monopolizes the 11 billion program naming fee, which does not include other advertising sponsorships for the program. This alone is admirable.

You must know that the income of the entire Jingshi Culture last year was only [-] million yuan. In other words, the output of Mr. Xu alone was higher than that of the entire Jingshi Culture.

Of course, there is the most important point, that is, Mr. Xu attaches great importance to these screenwriters.

In the past, their sense of presence in various departments was very low. It was said that they were screenwriters, but in fact they were just arranging materials. Now, Mr. Xu has set up a special department for them, and has elevated the creation to the same position as other departments , Let them find a sense of existence and value.

Therefore, because of Mr. Xu's attitude towards them, they can't neglect Mr. Xu.

"Is Qian Cheng there?" Xu Jie looked at an employee and asked.

"The minister is in the office." The employee replied.

Xu Jie nodded, then walked towards the minister's office.

The door is half open.

Xu Jie looked in along the crack of the door, and saw Qian Cheng sitting in the back of the office in a daze, his brows were still furrowed, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ordinary employees are in a daze, usually fishing, while screenwriters are in a daze, usually thinking about problems.

"Dangdangdang!"

Xu Jie gently knocked on the door.

Qian Cheng immediately came back to his senses from his spiritual world. When he saw Xu Jie standing outside the door, he was slightly startled, then stood up quickly, and walked quickly to meet him.

"President Xu, you are here, come in quickly."

"Didn't bother you?" Xu Jie asked with a smile.

"No." Qian Cheng shook his head while pouring water.

Xu Jie sat down, looked around, then looked at Qian Cheng and asked, "How is it? After changing the environment, are you still used to work?"

"I'm used to it, not only I'm used to it, everyone in the creative department agrees." Qian Cheng said after hearing it, and then put the water glass in front of Mr. Xu, "Mr. Xu, please drink water."

"Don't be so polite, we are not outsiders, let's sit down." Xu Jie said without the slightest airs.

Qian Cheng sat down obediently, but his buttocks were only on one side, and he looked a little cautious, and then asked: "Mr. Xu, what work do you have, please tell me."

If he remembered correctly, this was Mr. Xu's first visit to the creative department after the Spring Festival, and it wasn't as simple as just sitting around and drinking saliva.

"How is the current situation of the creative department? Are there any good works?" Xu Jie didn't talk nonsense with the other party, and directly entered the topic.

"Everyone is highly motivated and has created many scripts, but most of them are short plays. As for the scripts of film and television dramas, they are still in the creation stage." Qian Cheng said truthfully, and then handed over a stack of documents on the table , These are the results of the work of the creative department in the past one and a half months after returning from the Spring Festival.

After hearing this, Xu Jie frowned slightly.

Short plays can be used in variety shows and the Spring Festival Gala. However, all the scripts needed for the third season of "Crossover Actor" have been created years ago. As for the Spring Festival Gala, it will take ten months.

So for him now, and for the whole company, the scripts of film and television dramas are the most important.

What is lacking now is not money, but scripts. If a decent script cannot be produced, 5000 million can only be left on the account. Apart from interest, it cannot create any value for the company.

"No!" Xu Jie said suddenly.

what

Qian Cheng was shocked, his butt almost slipped off the chair.

Mr. Xu came to the creative department to inspect the work for the first time, and he gave a comment of "no".

However, while he was nervous, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart. Mr. Xu didn't read the script, so how did he know that the script was not good?

Xu Jie glanced at Qian Cheng, and continued: "I know that creation is not easy, and film and television scripts are difficult to write, but the company's TV drama department has been waiting for the script from your creative department to be cooked, and it will be April soon, and the pre-shooting , post-production, plus submission for approval, if your creative department fails to come up with a script, the performance of the TV drama department this year will be 0!"

When Qian Cheng heard this, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Only when the TV series are sold, the members of the TV series department will get bonuses.

In other words, if the creative department fails to come up with a script for a long time, the TV drama department will not have enough time to shoot works this year.

At that time, let alone Mr. Xu, even the people in the TV drama department will not let their creative department go.

What worries him the most is that this year is the first year since the establishment of the creative department. If the TV drama department has no works because of the creative department, then there will definitely be people in the company who will question Mr. Xu's establishment of the creative department, and maybe the creative department will also therefore disbanded.

"President Xu, I'm sorry, I'll have a meeting right now and let them focus on the script of the TV series." Qian Cheng stood up and said.

Xu Jie waved his hand and said, "I don't blame you. I set the work tasks for you for the whole year, but I didn't set a specific completion time. I didn't make it clear. How about this, you are busy with the TV drama script The members of the department called to the office, I have a look at their outline, if there is a good one, the next work focus of your creative department is to complete the script."

Devoting the whole department to create a script, only in this way can it be completed in the shortest time, and this is the best way Xu Jie can think of.

After all, people are more powerful.

The opportunity to reflect the advantages of establishing a creative department has arrived.

"Yes, Mr. Xu, I will inform the staff right away."

Qian Cheng walked out of the office immediately.

As he walked, he blamed himself for not doing a good job.

As the director of the creative department, he only cared about the work in the creative department, but he forgot that the TV drama department was still waiting for the script to start.

If Mr. Xu wasn't making a movie, he wouldn't even be able to explain it to the film department.

Alas, I don't know how many members of the department have TV drama scripts in their hands.

When Qian Cheng came to the office area and saw that there were only a few people here, he couldn't help frowning. Although he usually did this, he felt very angry today.

Are you being too lenient with your staff?
"Where are the others?" Qian Cheng looked at a member and asked.

"In the library and tea room." The employee replied.

"Notify everyone to come back immediately, I have something to ask." Qian Cheng said with a serious expression.

Several members were taken aback. This was the first time they saw Qian Cheng angry. Thinking that Mr. Xu had just gone to Qian Cheng's office, he immediately felt that something was unusual.

Everyone left their workstations one after another, some went to the library, some went to the coffee shop, some went to the tea room, and some sent messages in the departmental WeChat group.

A few minutes later, more than [-] members of the department all returned to their respective workstations, but each one was full of doubts.

"Minister Qian, what's the matter?" Someone asked curiously.

The creative department is different from other departments.

Other departments need to work together, but the creative department usually works alone.

"Which of you are writing TV drama scripts now?" Qian Cheng asked, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he really wanted everyone to raise their hands.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering why Minister Qian asked about the script of the TV series.

TV drama scripts should be regarded as the most difficult of all scripts to write, because it is long, so it takes a lot of time and energy, which is also an important reason why it has always been popular to adapt novels into TV dramas.

Save time and effort, save brain cells.

"Minister Qian, I'm writing." A female member wearing glasses said.

"I'm also writing, but the number of words is not many, just about [-] words." Another female member said.

"I only wrote a preliminary outline now, does that count?" asked a male member.

"Forget it." Qian Cheng said.

Having an outline is better than nothing at all.

One, two, three.
In the end only these three spoke.

"It's gone?" Qian Cheng couldn't believe it.

There are more than 20 people in the whole department, and there are only three people who are writing TV drama scripts. Not to mention Mr. Xu, even he, the minister, is very angry.

"What's the matter with the others? Seeing that you usually drink tea and chat together, what kind of place do you think this is? Are you all planning to retire early?" Qian Cheng asked in a deep voice, feeling that he had let Mr. Xu down to him trust.

Everyone was stunned, no one expected that Minister Qian would suddenly become so angry.

How is this going?

Take gunpowder?

Or is it early male menopause?

Creation is a long process, let alone a TV drama script, so it is natural to think about it slowly and grind it carefully.

"What have you been up to lately, tell me!" Qian Cheng asked loudly.

"Minister Qian, I'm currently writing a movie script." A male member said.

"Me too."

"..."

When it comes to the movie script, there are more than a dozen people in the room agreeing.

"Why? Why do you all choose movie scripts?" Qian Cheng asked strangely.

"Minister, we saw that Mr. Xu is making a movie, and we feel that Mr. Xu attaches great importance to the film department. The chances of writing a movie script will be made into a movie are relatively high, so..."

One member told the truth.

The others nodded after hearing it.

Mr. Xu is the new leader, and after coming to the new unit, he will definitely show his strength.

Everyone saw that Mr. Xu not only made movies, but also personally raised investment for the movies. Naturally, he felt that Mr. Xu would shift the focus of the company's development to movies.

Based on the principle that whoever's script is selected will get a large bonus, everyone naturally frantically poured into the creation of the movie script.

Qian Cheng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.

Is there something wrong with what these members said?There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that they all guessed Mr. Xu's idea wrong.

"You three, print out the script and follow me to the office." Qian Cheng said to the three staff who wrote the script of the TV series. There are many people going to the meeting room, but now there are fewer people, so there is no need to go to the meeting room. .

"Minister, what about us?" one of the remaining members asked.

"You all stay here and have something to announce later!" Qian Cheng said, and then walked to the office.

Xu Jie was flipping through the script of the short play when he saw Qian Cheng came back with three people.

He looked at the embarrassment and guilty expression of the other party, and then at the three people who brought him back, and immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that there are very few people who write TV drama scripts.

Xu Jie was a little disappointed in his heart, but he soon returned to normal.

Less screenplay, which is okay.

The content is fine, not too much.

As long as the script is of high quality, what does it matter if only one person writes it?Anyway, he only needs a script now.

"President Xu, there are only three." Qian Cheng said in a low voice, as if he had done something wrong. In fact, he also wrote a movie script.

Xu Jie took the script, motioned everyone to sit down, and then read it directly.

Probably because I spent all my time on the short plays, each script was not finished, and the content was not long, so I finished it quickly.

Among the three scripts, one is about an urban love drama, one is about a family ethics drama, and the other is about a modern workplace drama.

These three scripts basically include the three types of modern dramas that are mainstream today, and they are relatively simple to write.

There is not much professionalism, and there is no need for rigorous logic. As long as the characteristics of the genre are written out, and with stars starring, the TV series will not worry about selling.

However, in Xu Jie's view, although these three scripts are easy to write, it is still very difficult to achieve results.

Just because these three types of TV dramas are too mainstream, there are too many people filming them, and the audience's eyes are all played tricks. If the story has no novelty, it will be difficult to make any waves in today's TV drama market.

Although the three scripts are very short, and even one of them is just an outline, there is nothing novel in the content. It is not impossible to make a TV series, but it is still difficult to become a masterpiece.

Although Xu Jie has never made a TV series, and he is not a person in the TV series industry, but as the director of "In-depth Film and Television Talk", he has studied TV series for a while, so he believes in his own vision.

However, this is troublesome.

The three scripts are all average, how can he explain to the TV drama department?
Let's make it, it's just an unremarkable TV series.

The script is sent to the popular stars, and it is estimated that few people are interested. Without the support of the popular stars, the ratings of the TV series will definitely drop to another level.

But let's not shoot, there is not much time left for him and the TV drama department.

This year is the first year he came to Beijing Television Culture, and the film department has already been filmed. If the TV drama department does not shoot, what will the department members think?
Besides, he has already promised Lu Zhihong, director of the TV drama department, that he will definitely make a TV drama this year, how can he explain to the people in the TV drama department if he doesn't?
Another point is that TV dramas are also one of the sources of income for Jingshi Culture. If TV dramas are not filmed, although there is no money spent on the books, it means that part of the income will be lost.

Revenue and profit and loss are completely different things.

Revenue represents the market.

The current Jingshi culture needs the market, and it doesn't matter whether it makes money or not.

The entire Beijing Radio and Television Station may not necessarily make money, let alone a small Jingshi Culture.

"No more?" Xu Jie looked up at Qian Cheng and asked.

"No, if it's a movie script, there will definitely be more." Qian Cheng replied.

Xu Jie looked at Qian Cheng, but did not speak.

What he needs now is not a movie script, but a TV drama script.

This year's filming of "Lover in Time and Space" to test the film market has already achieved its goal, and now it needs to make a TV series to test the waters of the TV series market.

"President Xu, is the script not good enough?" a female member asked in a low voice.

"From what I've seen so far, I can only say it's mediocre. It's not easy to hire actors, and it's not easy to sell films." Xu Jie said very directly.

A look of disappointment and even sadness appeared on the face of the female member.

The other two members also looked very depressed. Although they didn't prepare for long, they thought about it seriously. Now that they are denied, who is not depressed?

"You two are usually together, haven't you discussed what kind of subject matter and what kind of story is more popular?" Xu Jie couldn't help but looked at Qian Cheng and asked.

"We often discuss, but when it comes to implementation, I always feel that something is missing." Qian Cheng said.

"Mr. Xu, in fact, we had some ideas, but the production cost limited our performance. The production cost of tens of millions can only shoot these modern dramas. I dare not even think about ancient puppets." Said a female staff member wearing glasses.

"The cost is something I consider. Do you need to think about it? Your creative department only needs to come up with a good script. I told you this when the creative department was established." After hearing this, Xu Jie Seriously speaking, I am dissatisfied with the behavior of the female members.

"Mr. Xu, if you say that, I have a very good idea now." The female member raised her chest and said.

"What idea?" Xu Jie asked.

"Television of Lovers in Time and Space."

"what?"

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(End of this chapter)