Entertainment starts with variety shows

Chapter 411 Unkind Invitation
Noon Film and Television is notoriously strict, unlike ordinary film and television crews, they generally don't easily let investors get in their way. The director of the crew is the biggest, and it is rare to hear that actors play big names.

But as long as you are human, you have feelings and relatives and friends. Sometimes you have to agree to join the group due to face and other reasons.

It's fine to get into the group based on connections, some acting skills are not good enough to say that they have a temper, the whole crew is messed up, and Kong Shen is really scared when he comes and goes.

In addition, I also considered that the actors who have been using my own company will stand still. There are only a few protagonists in the filming, and the audience feels nauseous.

It costs money to raise people, and the annual expenditure of hundreds of millions is not a small amount. For the sake of the company's development, it was decided to disband the artist department.

"I really don't want to act." Fang Jing laughed, "I'm so busy every day that I don't have time to act. This time it's purely for investment."

"In addition, I have admired Director Kong for a long time, so I took the opportunity to come and have a look."

Seeing that Fang Jing spoke sincerely, not like a lie, Hou Liang's complexion changed, and his old face wrinkled with a smile, "President Fang, your investment is very welcome, and I also admire your character."

"There are not many people in the entertainment industry who really do good deeds like you. I am ashamed to say that I have lived for decades and I am not as open as you young people."

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Kong Shen continued, "I misunderstood Mr. Fang just now. I will treat you to dinner later and punish myself with three cups."

As long as you don't force people into the group, you can talk about anything, and Fang Jing is still here to give money, so there's no need for the two of you to show embarrassment.

As Fang Jing said, anyway, sooner or later they will attract investors for this drama, and they are not looking for anyone, some of them are not willing to come.

The content of Noon's drama is exquisite and true, but sometimes the audience doesn't buy it, and it's not just one or two that lose money. Fang Jing votes if he wants to, so everyone can save their troubles.

"I was the one who punished myself with three cups. It's my fault that I didn't make it clear. But Director Kong, I have an unkind request. I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Nima, I said I shouldn't have said it, so you didn't say it?Seeing Fang Jing's expression of wanting to make trouble, Kong Shen froze for a second.

Sure enough, there will be no pie in the sky.

"It's like this. There is an actress in our company named Yang Zi. She made her debut as a child star and graduated from a major. She played Xia Xue in Family with Children when she was a child. She played Zhu Xian Lu Xueqi two years ago, and she also acted in your company's drama before."

"I want to recommend her to play the role of Qiu Yingying. Don't worry, I understand the rules. She will come to audition first. Director Kong has the final say."

"To be honest, I don't like the relationship and the random people to join the group, but Yang Zi is still good, her acting skills are nothing to say, and I think she is suitable for the role of Qiu Yingying."

Hou Liang didn't speak, and turned to look at Kong Shen. The director who knows the most about drama in a play is undoubtedly the director. Kong Shen is in charge of the preliminary materials of this novel. He doesn't know how many roles Qiu Yingying plays, so it's hard to speak.

"No problem, let's make an appointment for her to audition." After pondering for a few seconds, Kong Shen nodded in agreement.

He knew that Yang Zi had acted as the female lead of her crew a few years ago, and partnered with Huo Jianhua, her acting skills were really decent, and she was considered pretty good among the younger generation of actresses.

Besides, the role of Qiu Yingying is not the heroine, she has already been ranked as the fourth female lead, as long as she can get by, she can do it for Fang Jing to save face.

"Thank you so much, Director Kong, I will definitely have a few drinks with you in the evening."

"Public is public, private is private. I know Yang Zi's acting skills. If it's not good, I won't agree to it even if you talk about it."

Chatted with Hou Liang for more than half an hour, and made an appointment for dinner in the evening. Fang Jing got up, thinking that he was leaving, and Hou Liang planned to give him a gift.

"Mr. Hou, don't bother, that... I have a gracious request."

It was unfeeling again, the corner of Hou Liang's eyes twitched, and now he was most afraid of this sentence.

Fang Jing was in a dilemma, hesitated to speak, and finally sighed, "Nanjing has just been established for a few years, and I have no experience in film and television company management before. This time I came here out of selfishness, and wanted to see how your artist department is doing. managed and operated."

Seeing Fang Jing showing his fox tail, Hou Liang sneered in his heart. The previous investment and entry into the group were just a foreshadowing, and I'm afraid it was true to come here to poach people.

Although the news that they were going to disband the artist department was not disclosed to the public, there were still some sharks that smelled fishy, ​​and Fang Jing was probably one of them.

What learning and management experience is nonsense, how many dramas has Nanjing filmed one after another?Movies have grossed more than one billion yuan, and they still learn a lot.

"Okay, Mr. Fang is very welcome to come and learn from experience." Hou Liang smiled.

The artist department is about to be disbanded, so just dig people. Except for a few artists, he will cooperate in other ways, and everyone else is their own fate, let them go their own way.

Fang Jing said with a smile: "Mr. Hou is not afraid that I will poach your people and become an opponent in the future?"

Hou Liang laughed, "The Huaxia market is so big that my family can't afford it. There are countless film and television companies all over the country. There are five thousand if not eight thousand in total. They are much better than us. If I guard against all of them , let the days go by."

"Besides, the quality of the film and television industry is king. It is not up to any artist to decide. I hope you can develop. The current market is too chaotic. It would be much better to have a few benchmarks to take the lead."

"With Mr. Hou's auspicious words, I will definitely cooperate with you again in the future."

Hou Liang admired Fang Jing for his style and vision. As he said, the Chinese market is too big. Thousands of film and television dramas are filmed every year. In the end, the audience only sees dozens of them.

The complexity is not that which actor has more actors, but which actor is more famous can be explained clearly.

After all, the content is king, and the real good is that the audience likes it.

"You're welcome! I still have a meeting, so I won't accompany you there." Hou Liang nodded and smiled.Turning his head to Kong Shen beside him, he said, "Accompany Mr. Fang for a walk."

After all, he is the boss of a top-ranking company in the TV drama industry. Hou Liang is higher than Fang Jing in terms of wealth and status in the world. It is a bit cheap to ask him to accompany Fang Jing to visit the company.

Kong Shen is just right, he is not only a famous director, but also has shares in the company, so he will not lose his reputation by leading Fang Jing on a tour.

"It's okay, you are busy, see you later."

……

At noon, there were not many people in the film and television artist department. The previous trainees were all called away. Everyone knew that they would be disbanded. Now those who have relationships are busy looking for a new job, and those who don't care are sitting and waiting to die.

Trees fall and monkeys disperse, and artists leave the company. Unless the famous ones are self-reliant, it is difficult for the small famous ones to survive.

In the company, there are agents to help make appointments, talk about endorsements, run variety shows, and the company will give priority to using its own people for new dramas. Artists only need to concentrate on work, and don’t care about anything else.

Once they leave the company and there is no agent, the artist has to go to one crew after another to audition, and draw connections into variety shows to find interviews.

A manager is like a chef, a company is a restaurant, an artist goes out to work every day, and just comes back to eat.

Without a company, artists have to buy ingredients and cook by themselves. Whether it is good or not is another matter. Whether some can afford the food is a problem.

(End of this chapter)