I became a scandal heroine overnight

Chapter 718
Where have all the screenwriters gone?

Zhou Yun and Zhou Lan discussed this issue seriously, and realized one thing, in their industry, all screenwriters with masterpieces are basically monopolized by major production companies.

Romance films are precisely the genre that does not have a high box office in the current Chinese film market.

Therefore, basically no company arranges for screenwriters to write love stories.

On the other hand, in online dramas, because of the prevalence of romance IPs, there are many love-themed dramas adapted from IPs every year.

"Xiaoyun, do you think our studio should sign some potential screenwriters?" Zhou Lan asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Zhou Yun's eyes widened in surprise.

Zhou Lan had never mentioned this to him before.

Zhou Lan said: "The scale of our studio is small, and there are not many artists that can be produced with these resources. It is basically saturated at present, and we don't have that much ability to sign newcomers. Therefore, I signed a new one this year. Many big names from all walks of life are brokerage agents. However, these brokerage agents are mainly involved in business, and have little relevance to the film and television industry. Signing screenwriters, on the one hand, there is actually no very standardized agency that specializes in acting for screenwriters The company I contracted with, well-known screenwriters, either work alone or hang under the big company. On the other hand, screenwriters and actors are still relatively close. Pull it into your own hands, go to form a team, and shoot the show."

Zhou Yun said: "If we sign a scriptwriter, do we have channels to promote them?"

Zhou Lan said: "Basically, new screenwriters need someone to bring them into the industry. My idea is that our studio will lead them to find a master for them."

"We are actually very unfamiliar with screenwriting, and that's what I'm worried about."

"Always try first, and I also think this is a big space." Zhou Lan said, "Now that the whole industry is paying more attention to screenwriting, and the remuneration continues to rise, I think the remuneration of screenwriters in the future will definitely be more A lot of space."

Zhou Yun said, "Then do you have any candidates?"

"Not yet." Zhou Lan shook his head. "I haven't formally met anyone yet. If I really plan to do this, I will go to various colleges and universities to look for it."

"Ah."

The profit of their studio has reached [-] million last year, which is a very good result for their small studio.

According to Zhou Lan's prediction, this year's profit will be more, because after Yu Chu became popular at the beginning of the year, he took on a lot of business and got a high share.

On the other hand, this year, the business appointments of many people she represents have a lot of income.

But, at the same time, studios are spending more this year.

Now the studio has more than 20 people in total. The average cost of employment is [-] yuan per person per year, which adds up to more than [-] million yuan in expenses. This does not include the artists’ usual travel, outfits, and daily operations. expenditure.

Zhou Lan started to be the master of the house by himself, and only then did he really realize what it means to spend money like water.

But even so, Zhou Lan still felt that it was worth spending the money.

A professional team can be built only when each line is really done.

Just like the current business team and public relations team of the studio, once they are mature, Zhou Lan feels that it may not be impossible to expand the scope of services in the future.

In the first half of this year, the business team earned tens of millions of agency fees from non-artist service targets, which was unimaginable before.

This is also due to the variety of activities now, and each brand also likes to make their brand partners not limited to the field of artists, but include all walks of life, giving people a sense of luxury.

Therefore, the well-known writers, famous fashion figures, directors, screenwriters, and some well-known figures from all walks of life that Zhou Lan signed with signed, all attended many business activities and business cooperation under the matchmaking of the studio.

This is what Zhou Lan has always wanted to do when he was working as a studio.

What she wants to do is not the service of the entertainment industry, but the whole brokerage service.

……

Earlier, Zhou Yun had promised Yu Huaijiang that he would help him make a guest appearance in a movie directed by a newcomer.

The film was released in July.

Because of Zhou Yun's tight schedule, there was a week in the middle dedicated to filming scenes with Zhou Yun alone.

Zhou Yun will be filming "Sinking Moon in the Sea" later, and before that, Zhou Yun will finish filming this film first.

The role that Zhou Yun will play is very stylized, and it is a more ostentatious but powerful image.

This is an ancient play.

A martial arts movie.

Of course, Zhou Yun has no action scenes, she just wants to play one of the female bosses that the protagonist group meets on the way to fight monsters and upgrade.

After Zhou Yun put on a photo, he was a little pleasantly surprised.

The main reason is that since "The Eighth Heartbeat", she has never played a non-protagonist role except for "Warm Little Pony", and the protagonist is usually a relatively positive image. This time she is not playing a villain, but also It's not very positive, and it creates a lot of trouble for the protagonist group.

Zhou Yun's whole appearance is quite sexy and charming.

She took a makeup photo and went to meet Yu Huaijiang and the director.

What she didn't expect was that the director turned out to be a young man with pimples on his face.

Very young.

Zhou Yun was very surprised. When greeting people, he said directly: "Director, you are so young."

The young director respected her very much in front of Zhou Yun and said, "Thank you for helping me with this play."

Yu Huaijiang said: "Mo Conglan, director, screenwriter, and the original author of this story."

Zhou Yun suddenly realized, "Hello, you're welcome, I've never acted in this type of role, and I'm very happy to try this kind of role."

Mo Conglan is a writer, and a writer who became famous at a young age.After he wrote the novel "The Scholar in the Hidden Mountain", it happened to coincide with the peak period when original writers became directors in the film and television industry. Therefore, he also became the first choice for the director of the film adaptation of this novel.

However, it took Mo Conglan several years to write the script. By the time he finished the script and looked for funding, the opportunity for the author of the original work to become a director had passed.

After going around and around, this project fell into the hands of Yu Huaijiang.

When Yu Huaijiang chatted with Mo Conglan, he didn't say that he would find someone else to be the director, or let Mo Conglan be the director himself.

It doesn't matter if you don't have experience, Yu Huaijiang is here anyway.

A senior and powerful producer can completely escort a new director, as long as the director is indeed talented.

When filming the first scene, Mo Conglan talked to Zhou Yun about the scene, and Zhou Yun could feel Mo Conglan's lack of confidence.

Yu Huaijiang told her that it was Mo Conglan's first time as a director, and he didn't know much about the film and television industry before. Facing a big star like her, he would definitely feel guilty, so please bear with him.

Facts have proved that Yu Huaijiang's worries are really justified.

For this movie, the director is a newcomer, and the lead actor is also a newcomer, so Yu Huaijiang invited a lot of talented people and celebrities to escort this movie.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the promoters are with a new lineup, it will be difficult to get a good lineup and attract the audience.

This script is written very solidly, with no ostentation.

The role played by Zhou Yun actually only lasts for four scenes, and the appearance may only be about [-] minutes, or even not yet.

However, with just such a little drama, the characteristics of this brothel owner are clearly written.

Several newcomers are also good at acting.

Yu Huaijiang was looking for people who could act.

Zhou Yun plays the owner of a brothel. On the surface, he is the procuress of the brothel, but in fact he is in charge of the largest intelligence agency in the world.

Several people from the protagonist group came to her to inquire about information.

In the script, this character is a very domineering and charming woman at the same time, sexy and charming.

Zhou Yun's age has not yet reached the stage where her charm still exists. She wants to perform a sense of vicissitudes that have been in the world for a long time, which is her biggest challenge in playing this role.

For this reason, Zhou Yun himself has been practicing.

Find the state, find the feeling.

Mo Conglan was also very frank, telling her: "When I was writing this character, I didn't actually want to use her to express anything, but simply set up such a character, and then wrote her as a quack and a bustard.

If it wasn't for Zhou Yunlai's cameo role, Mo Conglan wouldn't have paid much attention to this role.

Zhou Yun said: "Maybe she only appeared in the movie for ten minutes, but I still hope that she can give people a sense of reality as soon as she appears on the stage. The audience is too familiar with my face. I like this character. This is a more exaggerated style, and everyone can't recognize me at the first time, and this style is also my first attempt, and everyone has never seen it before, so you will be pleasantly surprised."

Mo Conglan nodded.

"I feel unreal until now, I didn't expect you to really come to act in this movie."

Zhou Yun said with a smile: "Mr. Yu appreciates you very much, that's why he asked us to help, and I hope to help you too. I haven't seen martial arts movies these few years, and it's rare to be able to participate in one .”

Mo Conglan said: "Many people told me that martial arts movies are no longer popular."

Zhou Yun: "Don't listen to them. No one can say for sure about the current market, but there is an iron rule. As long as it is a good movie, we have a big enough market to ferment it."

Mo Conglan: "Boss Yu told me that too."

"Look, that's enough." Zhou Yun smiled.

Mo Conglan said: "Xiaoyun, I'm not professional about performances, so I may not be able to give a truly professional opinion, I can only tell you my feeling."

"Understood, don't worry, just tell me the feeling you want, and tell me what you think I don't fit your feeling." Zhou Yun said, "Although there are not many scenes, I believe I will be A very classic character."

Mo Conglan laughed and said yes.

The news that Zhou Yun joined "Hidden Mountain Scholar" secretly has not been exposed.

Everyone didn't know that Zhou Yun secretly accepted such a play.

During the filming of this movie, Zhou Yun acted very comfortably.

Mo Conglan is not the kind of director who pretends to understand and tosses people around. He is very sincere and tells Zhou Yun what he has.

Zhou Yun was also very cooperative with the crew's arrangement. Later, the filming took longer than two days, and it was also because Zhou Yun offered not to rush the deadline. If she needed to shoot for two more days, she would do it.

Anyway, the filming of "Moon at Sea" has been moved to August.

She has plenty of time in July.

Giving Mo Conglan a cameo in the movie "The Scholar on the Hidden Mountain" gave Zhou Yun a new acting experience.

She didn't set up a very rich ins and outs for this brothel owner, she put a lot of effort into the state and details of the performance, giving a state-of-the-art performance.

Zhou Yun didn't know what this way of acting looked like on the screen, but she had a great time acting on the spot.

On the day she finished her career, Yu Huaijiang specially invited her to another meal to express her gratitude.

Zhou Yun's cameo appearance in a movie is a kind of luck for this movie, and for the producer, to put it bluntly, it can even be said to be a kind of kindness.

Looking at Zhou Yun's debut in the past few years, he has only guest-starred in such a movie.

Yu Huaijiang thanked Zhou Yun very earnestly, and then said, "If there is anything I can help in the future, please let me know."

Zhou Yun: "Mr. Yu, don't be so polite. I am also a filmmaker. You have supported so many newcomers and provided opportunities for talented and capable people. I am very happy to help you."

Yu Huaijiang was very happy when he heard Zhou Yun say that.

After leaving the crew of "Scholar on the Hidden Mountain", Zhou Yun went directly to Zhejiang.

She is going to the crew of "Sinking Moon at Sea".

Song Chi has already passed ahead of time, and the filming of this drama has officially started, so let's shoot other people's dramas first.

On the day Zhou Yun arrived, it suddenly rained cats and dogs.

More unfortunately, the car broke down halfway.

There was no other way, Zhou Yun could only sit in the car and wait for someone to pick him up.

This is a national road with a lot of traffic.

Zhou Yun sat in the car and looked at his mobile phone. The sound of rain was as loud as a pot of boiling water.

She suddenly heard a fierce quarrel amidst the sound of rain.

This made her startled, and she looked up out of the window.

A few meters ahead stood a young man and a woman, both holding an umbrella, and a car with double flashing lights was parked beside them.

For some reason, in this rainy weather, the young couple got out of the car and stood on the side of the road arguing.

Zhou Yun looked at the furious appearance of the two of them, and thought, even if they quarreled, wouldn't it be okay to quarrel in the car?
Why do you have to stand outside and argue in the wind and rain?

People always have the instinct to eat melons and watch dramas. Seeing these two people arguing, Zhou Yun stopped looking at his mobile phone and looked at them curiously through the car window.

The two quarreled for a while, and Zhou Yun vaguely heard words such as "It's a big deal to break up" and "I hate you".

She listened with interest, mainly because she didn't expect to encounter such a drama during the journey.

Then, the man turned around abruptly, got into the car, and drove away.

The woman stood by the side of the road and yelled at the car that was driving away. She didn't give up until she had no strength left.

She stood on the side of the road, touched her pocket, and suddenly turned pale with shock, as if she had lost something.

(End of this chapter)