Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 10 Your memory is so good! (Seeking for further reading)

The spring sunshine shines brightly into the small single room, and the shadows of the trapezoidal light-spot window frames on the ground turn into a Tianzi grid.

In addition to the bed and table, the eleven-square-meter dormitory only had a washstand and a small stove, but the conditions were already good.

There are several households in the Tongzi Building with an area of ​​14 square meters. A family of three or four lives there, and most of them cook in the corridor.

After Chen Shiping simply washed up, he put down a pot of plain water for the dog to eat. He was going to go out to eat something good. If he didn't eat some oil and water, he probably wouldn't be able to afford the publishing fee.

"It's usually so early. Are you going out?"

"Ang, go out and buy steamed buns to eat. I smell the aroma of your rice every day and I'm almost starving to death."

"Hey, then come to my place to eat. What else are you doing?"

"No, I'm afraid I'll finish it for you."

"After eating at his place, come to my place to eat!"

Chen Shiping was chatting and laughing with his colleagues and neighbors all the way in the corridor before he came out. Chen Shiping's affairs have been spreading in the past few days. It's not like there is no competition in the same department, so naturally he is willing to build a good relationship.

After coming out of the yard, Chen Shiping sighed, this feeling is so good. After becoming popular, there are good people everywhere. This sentence is true!

It’s just that the people in the office are not very enthusiastic!

Chen Shiping strolled to the entrance of the film school where he had just moved for more than a year. There were quite a few people buying breakfast here.

Chen Shiping ordered three buns in one go, but he really had no money to buy more.

After eating three big meat buns happily, Chen Shiping went back. There is a meeting in the factory today. Whether he can earn the script fee depends on today!

As soon as Chen Shiping passed the intersection, he saw several young and beautiful girls coming out of Beiying Guest House.

It was those girls from the Red Mansion crew. Most of the actors in the Red Mansion crew were seconded from theater troupes across the country, and they all lived in the Beijing Film Hostel.

Looking at the backs of Tao Huimin and He Saifei, Chen Shiping did not go over to say hello, so as not to have Tao Huimin roll his eyes. Although rolling his eyes looked good, there was no point in embarrassing himself.

Let's go back to the Red Mansion crew and get to know each other slowly.

Chen Shiping trotted past the girls and quickly disappeared at the intersection.

Fu Yiwei looked at Chen Shiping's disappearing back and let out a sigh, pulled Tao Huimin and asked, "Is that the screenwriter who just passed by yesterday? What was his name?"

He Saifei didn't go there that night and didn't know what they were talking about. Tao Huimin next to her said directly: "Chen Shiping."

"Yes, yes, Chen Shiping!" Fu Yiwei said to Tao Huimin with a smile: "You have such a good memory, I don't even remember it."

Tao Huimin's eyes flashed with a hint of embarrassment, and he said nothing and then stopped talking.

Chen Shiping returned to the office and sat for a while before being called to a meeting by Jiang Huaiyan, but he was just listening in the corner.

He is not yet qualified to participate in the discussion and speak at the table, so it would be nice to be able to observe.

This meeting is of the same nature as the production meeting in the first few years, except that it is not called by this name now, and the content of the meeting is still about the production of feature films.

Chen Shiping heard that the factory had allocated more than 6 million yuan to the Red Mansion crew, and together with the previous funds, the total was 10 million.

Ten million, Chen Shiping couldn't help but be speechless. It was difficult for him to raise one hundred by himself, but Director Xie got ten million of funding casually.

The difference is too big!

The crew of Red Mansion took away 6 million in funding, and the funding for the next few films was severely reduced.

The Silver Snake Murder Project only received a little over one million in funding. This project was directly allocated to Li Shaohong. Chen Shiping could tell that she seemed a little unhappy.

But it’s good to be able to make movies. This is your ticket to the big screen.

Directors these days all want to make art films, and Zhang Yimo's Red Sorghum is the most successful. None of these new directors would want to replicate this success.

After the discussion on the Silver Snake Murder Case was over, Mr. Xie took the initiative to propose Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller, and divided a script between them.

After the script was divided, someone said with a smile: "I heard that the editor-in-chief Qin Zhaoyang has come to finalize the draft. Our factory has another writer."

"No, it seems to be a good book."

Everyone in the conference room was discussing, and Chen Shiping sat in the corner and listened silently, hoping in his heart that he would pass the review at the meeting. Colleagues from the Literature Department who came to observe the meeting like Chen Shiping looked at him with envy. No one expected that he would still find a chance even though there were no quotas.

How did this guy get involved with Director Xie and Mr. Xie!

The most important thing is that his script was approved! This means that one of their scripts will be cut!

There were several people who were not discussed in the book, and they looked at Chen Shiping with anger in their eyes.

After everyone chatted for a while, they started to read the script. The conference room quickly became quiet, and it didn't take long for the conference room to start talking again.

Many people turned their attention to Chen Shiping, who was sitting in the corner, and seemed surprised that he could write such a good script.

After a while, they all finished reading, but no one spoke first. They all felt that this book was very tricky and not easy to handle.

Li Shaohong seems a little ready to make a move. She prefers Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller to The Silver Snake Murder. She even has a feeling that this book will not be worse than Red Sorghum!

At this time, Mr. Xie took the initiative and said: "Director Xie and I have discussed this book. It is a good book. Although there are some problems, our opinion is that it can be filmed!"

Factory director Hu Qiming pondered for a while and said: "If you want to film it, you still need to make some changes."

Xie Tieli then said: "Then let's change it. Let Shi Ping go back and change it again. Lao Xie will give guidance. I feel that if this movie is made, it will not be worse than Red Sorghum! Or even better!"

After hearing Xie Tieli's words, many directors present could not sit still.

shoot! Must shoot! We can’t let Xi Film Studio steal the limelight!

"I think Director Xie is right! Director, why don't you let me shoot this script?"

"Aren't you going to be transferred to a position as a producer? It's better for me to do it. I'm better at this kind of subject!"

"Old Ma, don't grab it. The factory has just assigned projects to you and Lao Wang, so don't eat from the bowl and look at the pot."

The huge conference room was already noisy at this time, and the directors who were interested in Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller began to argue.

Those who were not interested were all silent and watched this scene with interest. The factory had not been so lively for a long time.

Li Shaohong looked at the Silver Snake Murder Case in his hands with no interest at all, but he also knew that he had no right to choose. It was good for a new director to get the project.

Hu Qiming looked at the noisy crowd and couldn't help but slap the table and said: "Don't make any noise! ​​The fight has started before the script has been finalized!"

As soon as the factory director spoke, the conference room suddenly became quiet. Even if he is retiring this year, the factory director is the factory director, and no one can refute him.

"Director Xie, who do you think is suitable in the factory?" Hu Qiming looked at Xie Tieli and asked.

Xie Tieli glanced at the activists and said, "Just wait until the script is revised."

The bosses have already spoken, so if you have anything else to say, just shut up.

This result is exactly what Hu Qiming wants. He will retire in two months and is too lazy to deal with such troublesome matters.

The topic of Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller was temporarily skipped. There were other items to discuss later, and the meeting went on normally again.

When Xu Sanguan sells blood into a movie, the choice of director must be communicated with the original author Chen Shiping, which means that Chen Shiping has the opportunity to participate in the decision-making.

Chen Shiping was thinking about how to use this opportunity.

Originally, he didn't think that Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller would pass, so he didn't make any plans in this regard. But now that the opportunity had come, he didn't want to miss it.

Xu Sanguan's Story of Selling Blood is more than just a script. When a contemporary magazine publishes it next month, it will become a classic novel.

This just gives Chen Shiping room to operate!

Only by seizing this opportunity can we move faster in the factory.

Who said that the screenwriter can no longer decide the director? Who said that the screenwriter can no longer control a film project.

Chen Shiping must give it a try!

　Dear adoptive fathers, I recommended it in the last round the day after tomorrow. You must follow it, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to die in the first round. Thank you on my knees!

　　

(End of this chapter)