During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 85 Women’s thoughts and fiber optic cooperation

"'Room' - the only feature film at this year's Cannes Film Festival!"

"Director Berlin Silver Bear makes his first appearance at Cannes. Is it a success or a failure?"

"Zeng Li said: I am very happy to be shortlisted and look forward to the arrival of the Cannes Film Festival!"

After the shortlist of the 59th Cannes International Film Festival was announced, there was a lot of excitement around Wei Jin and Zeng Li, mainly due to interviews from some media and blessings from friends.

For these interviews, Wei Jin and Zeng Li were quite comfortable, saying that it was an honor to be nominated, and whether they would win or not would depend on the judges.

After all, in an interview, you still can't say anything to death, otherwise it will look ugly.

The media's reports on Wei Jin are quite positive. After all, as a representative figure among young directors, Wei Jin's achievements have surpassed many seniors.

Wei Jin has made five films in three years since his debut. Although commercial films account for the majority and are not favored by some film critics and traditional circles, the two artistic films are still good.

The first film "Buried Alive" was directly shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival and won the Silver Bear;
  The second film "Room" has always been low-key, but it was also shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and was the only Chinese film in the main competition of this film festival.

The media are very optimistic about whether Wei Jin will win the award this time. For this film festival, the chairman of the jury is the Sunglasses King, and there are even international chapters among the judges. Although Wei Jin has no friendship with them, they are not strangers at least. People, Jiu Zhang and Zeng Li are classmates, so they can help him a little bit.

Compared with the media's pursuit, Wei Jin was more troubled by the women around him.

In the past two days, Hu Jing and Fan Bingbing found some free time to celebrate his nomination for the Cannes Film Festival and tried various ways to please Wei Jin. Wei Jin naturally knew the reason, but he didn't have any suitable projects at the moment. Can peel off the sugar coating and hit the cannonball back.

Gao Yuanyuan is even looking forward to Wei Jin's "Search" and strives to win the award next year. She is not willing to lose to Zeng Li.

Wei Jin didn't have the nerve to tell Sister Yuanyuan for the time being that he didn't plan to direct the movie, for fear that Gao Yuanyuan would go crazy.

Even senior Yan Danchen called and invited him to visit the class. How could Wei Jin not know about Sima Zhao's heart.

On the one hand, Wei Jin had a headache, but on the other hand, he sighed: Female artists in this era still have some artistic pursuits.

In addition to being interviewed in the past two days, Wei Jin also dealt with a lot of chores in the company. At this time, he was focused on promoting the variety show project.

Since the implementation of the policy of separation of production and broadcasting in 1999, private companies such as Optical Fiber, Page Taihe, Huayuan, and Tanglong have produced their own programs and cooperated with TV stations. They have risen rapidly and are known as the four sons of private television in the industry.

However, the latter two are a bit like filling up the numbers, and they are now slowly declining.

Only the programs produced by Fiber Optic and Joy can currently compete with the self-produced programs of TV stations.

The former has the most popular entertainment information program "Entertainment Live" and the most popular music program "Music Chart".

The latter has the ace variety show "Joy" which is comparable to "Happy Camp".

The variety shows produced by the two companies cooperate with hundreds of cable and wireless TV stations across the country. The programs are broadcast on the TV stations for free, and then ask the TV stations for a certain amount of advertising time, and then they themselves promote advertising and sponsorship. It can be said that they make a lot of money. .

According to industry companies, in the early years of this century, the two companies' annual revenue from program advertising fees alone exceeded 100 million, or even more.

It can be seen that there is a lot of potential in the blue ocean field of variety shows, and Wei Jin naturally does not want to miss it, but how to do it is a problem.

There is a lot of knowledge and knowledge in variety shows. Otherwise, for the same show, some directors would make it a national phenomenon, while other directors would make it boring to people.

So this is not just a random plan, a reality show or something that can become popular immediately. It requires careful planning and a professional and sophisticated production team.

Moreover, once the program is produced, distribution is also a problem. The current TV stations only broadcast it without buying it, and then take a cut of the advertising fees. Once the ratings of the program do not meet the standards, they will be directly axed. There is no risk for the TV station.

To put it bluntly, the TV station controls the broadcasting rights, censorship rights, and advertising rights. It is the boss of the private company, and it will block you if it says it is blocked. However, as long as the program is effective, the producer can still take a certain initiative. After all, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, and the platform will choose to lower its profile.

Since Wei Jin was determined to get involved in the field of variety shows, he naturally had to choose a reliable partner in the early stage. He happened to get along quite happily with Fiber Optics. He called Wang Changtian before and told Wang Changtian that he planned to invite Fiber Optics to cooperate on a new project, and the other party also I happily agreed and asked Wei Jin to discuss it in detail in person, and today is the day I made an appointment with Wang Changtian.

Early in the morning, Liu Yan followed Wei Jin to the fiber optic building. Looking at the familiar building, Liu Yan felt a little inexplicable.

Walking into the lobby, many people recognized Liu Yan, and of course Wei Jin. The receptionist hurriedly dialed the number of the secretariat. Not long after, she saw a woman in professional attire calling to the secretariat. Two people came.

"Hello, Mr. Wei, I am Li Xiaoping. Mr. Wang has been waiting in the office for a long time."

Li Xiaoping greeted Wei Jin very politely, and then looked at Liu Yan.

"Liu Yan, long time no see. How are you lately?"

"Mr. Wei, this is the vice president of fiber optic administration, Li Xiaoping, Mr. Li."

Liu Yan remembered his current identity, and after introducing Wei Jin, he replied:
  "Mr. Li, long time no see. I'm fine now. Sorry for your thoughts."

"Mr. Li, hello, let's not keep Mr. Wang waiting for too long. Please lead the way."

Li Xiaoping nodded after hearing this and led the way. The three of them soon arrived at Wang Changtian's office.

"Brother Wei, I've been waiting for you. This is your first time here. How do you feel?"

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Changtian greeted him enthusiastically. He seemed to be very curious about the project Wei Jin mentioned on the phone.

"Mr. Wang, this place is naturally very grand, and all the employees are elite soldiers. Wei Mou is really impressed."

Under Wang Changtian's greeting, Wei Jin sat on the sofa, looked around, and said calmly:

"Liu Yan, you can sit down too. You're welcome. You're from our fiber optic network. This is half of your natal family."

Seeing Wei Jin coming with Liu Yan, Wang Changtian understood that Liu Yan was living a better life than he imagined, and felt a little emotional.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Wang."

"By the way, brother, I haven't congratulated you for being nominated for Cannes. I'm going to win the Palme d'Or this time. I wonder if Poet Chen still dares to pretend to be big in front of you?"

Wang Changtian's words came after he was dissatisfied with Poet Chen, who, relying on his status as the director of the Palme d'Or, said in public:

""Painted Skin" is a film with no connotation. Young directors still need to improve their self-cultivation and not engage in all kinds of crooked ways."

"Hey, why are you mentioning him? It's unlucky, but Mr. Wang made a lot of money from "Painted Skin", right?"

The investment in optical fiber was only more than 600 million, but including the issuance fees, the profit was at least 2000 million. Wei Jin also reminded Wang Changtian that the next cooperation must be carefully considered.

"Haha, that's right. Thanks to brother Wei, we two brothers will be closer in the future."

Speaking of previous cooperation, Wang Changtian looked satisfied and was full of expectations for this cooperation. He sent Liu Yan to him in vain.

"Easy to say, easy to say. If I have the chance, I will definitely not forget my brother."

After some pleasantries, Wei Jin ended his boring flattery and explained his purpose.
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