Entertainment from Charlotte's Troubles

Chapter 5 Director, Can You Watch Me?
"Hello, I'm looking for Director Zhao."

"Sir, is your surname, do you have an appointment?"

"Yuan Hua from Fenghua Film and Television, we have an appointment."

"Wait a moment... this way please, our Director Zhao will come over right away."

After Charlotte nodded, Yuan Hua non-stop flew to Yanjing to look for Zhao Baogang.

Unlike ordinary directors who work for capitalists, Zhao Baogang at this time is already a bigwig in the TV drama industry, backed by Huayi Brothers, and has his own company.

Sometimes when encountering a good film, he would invest some money to make a small fortune. He is not only the director, but also the producer of this film.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man in his early 50s appeared at the door of the reception room.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Baogang was a little hesitant, thinking he had gone the wrong way.

Yuan Hua is too young, which is different from the image of the boss on the phone who is full of high spirits, full of confidence, and talks like millions.

But growing up in the compound since he was a child, he also knows that people can't look good, maybe they are rich second generation or something.

"Hi Director Zhao, I'm Yuan Hua, general manager of Fenghua Film and Television." Yuan Hua got up immediately to greet him.

Stretching out his hand and gently shaking it, Zhao Baogang showed a professional smile: "Mr. Yuan is young and promising. He is the boss of the company at a young age, and his future is limitless."

"Where, where, I'm just playing around."

If it were an ordinary person, it would be time to move Xia Luo out of the town. After all, Xia Luo is not a small celebrity in the entertainment industry and still has a lot of weight. Even Zhao Baogang has to give some face.

But Yuan Hua didn't mention Charlotte's name, and didn't explain too much, deliberately portraying himself as a rich second generation image.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Baogang got down to business: "Mr. Yuan, are you here alone?"

A multi-million dollar business cannot be handled by one person.

Yuan Hua picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a light smile, "The subordinates are in the hotel, I'll come over first to have a look."

"Really." For a while, Zhao Baogang was not sure what he meant, frowned, and said: "How about I get you the script and shooting plan, and you can read it first."

"Trouble Director Zhao." Yuan Hua nodded with a smile.

Soon, Zhao Baogang came over with the script. Of course it was not the complete script, but the outline of the script. The shooting plan involved the shooting cycle, tentative actors, budget, other investors and so on.

The speed at which Yuan Hua turned over the script made Zhao Baogang frown. He just glanced at it and put it aside, obviously an amateur.

"Director Zhao, the script is very good, I voted for 800 million."

Good for laymen, Zhao Baogang's eyes suddenly narrowed into a smile. Before a play is broadcast, no one knows whether to make money by rushing to the street. At this time, investors need to share the risk.

If you lose yourself, you will lose less.

800 million is not a small amount. The production cost of a TV series on the market is generally around 1000 million, 2000 million is better, and the top three is 4000 million.

The 2000-episode drama of Struggle doesn't use any big-name actors, and the budget is about [-] million. Yuan Hua will give him half of the pressure when he opens his mouth.

"Mr. Yuan is very courageous. I like to deal with refreshing young people like you. If you have nothing to do at noon, I will treat you to dinner."

"It's easy to say." Smiling, Yuan Hua said, "I have a condition for investing 800 million."

"Please tell me." Zhao Baogang had a good attitude.

The one who gave the money was the uncle, and the investor's father was the biggest.

"I want to play a role." Yuan Hua said seriously.

Zhao Baogang's smile was slightly stiff. It was not uncommon for investors to stuff their girlfriends into the group, and it was the first time the boss had personally left the stage.

"Haha, Mr. Yuan also thought about becoming an actor addict? I understand, I will definitely arrange a tall, rich and handsome role for you."

He only thinks that young people are out of vanity, wanting to experience the feeling of acting, or appear on TV to show off.

At that time, just add a character at will, a few lines in two scenes, and just send people away.

"Director Zhao, I want to play the role of Xiang Nan."

"Don't worry, you can play anyone, I will definitely make arrangements... Who will you play?"

"Xiang Nan, male number two." Yuan Hua repeated.

Zhao Baogang opened his mouth wide and his brain was buzzing. There are six main actors in the play of Struggle, three men and three women. Among them, Xiang Nan is the second male lead, but the role is pleasing and the characters are more malleable. Compared with the leading male lead Lu Tao Not bad.

This is a very important role. As soon as the script came out, many agents came to him. During this time, he was tired of answering the phone.

In the end, it was recommended by a friend. He personally checked and auditioned the play, and gave it to a newcomer named Emblem.

"No!" Zhao Baogang vetoed it on the spot, maybe because he felt that the tone was a little heavy, and then smiled wryly: "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, this role already has someone."

"Besides, for such an important role, we have very high requirements for the actor's image, acting skills, and character fit. Of course, your image is not a problem, but after all, you are not a professional actor. It is very difficult to play a leading role. When the time comes, the performance will affect the whole play. Big."

"Mr. Yuan, it's just for fun. Playing someone is not acting. How about I design you a handsome, wealthy, successful person with a successful career, or a suave, talented college student."

800 million, not too much, not too little, he can take it out, he can borrow it, there is no Yuan Hua, there is Li Hua, and Zhang Hua invests for him.

It's just that I have to bear the risk of TV dramas hitting the street at my own expense, and I have to accept other people's favors, and I will still ask for other investors when I look for investors again.

So it is best to win Yuan Hua.

"Director Zhao, I graduated from Nortel's acting class. I don't have any other hobbies, but I like acting." Yuan Hua said calmly, leaning back on the sofa, crossing his legs.

Zhao Baogang is confused, you are a rich second generation, what kind of Nortel, what kind of entertainment circle, is it not good to inherit the family property?
In the past few years, there have been many stars who have graduated from the film academy, but what everyone has seen is success, and there are countless people on the street.

Children in big cities are fine, but those who come out of the countryside are miserable. The tuition fee is tens of thousands a year, which is not the hard-earned money earned by parents working hard.

After graduating from university, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have connections, and no one asks you to act in a play. In the end, you either go to Hengdian as a group performer and earn 30 yuan a day, or you can’t bear it and go to work in a factory.

In a word, this business is not so easy to mix.

"Which level are you from Nortel?" Zhao Baogang frowned, chatting about homework like eating bitter melon.

"Level ninety-seven."

The year that Charlotte traveled through was [-], Yuan Hua, Qiu Ya, Da Chun, Ma Dongmei and their senior year.

Stimulated by Xia Luo, Yuan Hua took the Nortel exam. At that time, there was no art exam, and the competitiveness was not great. The score was good, and the image was good, so he basically got in.

Zhao Baogang raised his head sharply, "Grade [-]? From Huang Lei's class?"

As we all know, Nortel Class [-] is a star class, with Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Zu Feng, Yan Danchen, He Lin and others.

Generally speaking, it is not bad for a class to produce a star, but this class is grouped together, and is talked about in the circle, called the star class.

Grade [-] graduated in [-], and in the past five years, there have been a few stars, but their debut time is short, and their fame is not as big as that of Grade [-], but given time, their achievements may not be worse than those of Grade [-].

(End of this chapter)