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Chapter 19 If you are someone else’s director, I will be his father

Back at the company, Wang Shu recalled how Yan Danchen was very reserved and polite when facing him, and shook his head.

Only Yan Danchen, who has been in the industry for many years and has not been able to get ahead, takes his reputation as a Berlin Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award-winning director seriously.

If it were Sidan Shuangbing, he would definitely not be so humble.

"We have to think of a way to hype it up." Wang Shu sat on his desk and pondered.

The two leading actors in the new drama, neither he nor Yan Danchen, are well known to the general audience.

There is no popularity before the premiere. Even if the ratings can be increased through word-of-mouth fermentation after the broadcast, the early stage will inevitably be bleak.

The TV series he produced only had 16 episodes.
  This kind of short drama has already come to an end before it can sustain its reputation.

He initially set his sights on Chen Hao because Chen Hao's "heartthrob" image was already well known to the audience.

With her starring in the show and a little bit of publicity, a lot of viewers will pay attention to the TV series once it airs.

Moreover, her salary is much lower than that of Sidan Shuangbing, which is a good value for money.

However, it didn't work out as he wished.

Then, he considered Liu Yifei.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a hit, and she is currently very popular.

Her salary is only 8000, and she is also an actress with good value for money.

With her on board, the TV series can be announced a little before it premieres, so there is no need to worry about being left out.

However, this guy is still filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Wang Shu thought about it at the time. Famous and popular actresses were very busy this year, and most of them had no schedules.

Especially this year, with Hong Kong Island and Treasure Island heading north, there are many capable crews.

He found that he seemed to have little capital to attract already-famous actresses to give up their jobs and choose his TV series offers instead.

The name of Berlin's Alfred Bauer Silver Bear?
  This is just a consolation prize and not enough.

If it's not a TV series, but a movie invitation.

Well, that's enough.

"For Yan Danchen, the title of this trophy is enough."

Wang Shu laughed to himself.

He also has no plans to have the release of the new drama completed by Yishu Company.

He currently does not have the corresponding connections and resources, and he has no famous works in the field of TV dramas, so it is difficult for TV stations to buy him.

It is time-consuming and thankless to operate.

Therefore, he will hand over the distribution of the first drama to Enlight Media.

Enlight Media's business is originally the investment, production and distribution of TV series and TV programs.

In 2005, the Taiwanese puppet show "Mischief Kiss" was invested, produced and distributed by Enlight Media.

Enlight Media established its subsidiary Enlight Pictures in October 2004 to get involved in the film field after profits from TV programs declined.

Enlight Media, which had just entered the film business, wanted to cooperate with Wang Shu in a film. Wang Shu, who was producing a TV series for the first time, happened to be interested in Enlight Media's resources in the television field.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and some went both ways.

Although handing over distribution to Enlight Media would require a severe blow, there is no way around it.

In the afternoon, Yan Danchen's agent came to Yishu Company to sign a contract.

The female lead in Wang Shu's first TV series has been officially confirmed.

At the same time, many artists have received audition news for Wang Shu's TV series. The audition date is set for tomorrow at Yishu Film and Television Company and will last for three days.

Wang Shu took a sip of the cold drink when his cell phone rang.

"Shuzi, have you come to the capital?" Yang Wei squatted in the corner of the Beijing Film Studio for several days, but never received a job. Thinking that Wang Shu would have come from his hometown in the countryside at this time, he took out his mobile phone and made a call. .

"Have you come to the capital yet? I haven't gone back at all." Wang Shu said speechlessly.

"Ah? You didn't go back?" Yang Wei was confused. "If I had known, I would have contacted you earlier. I wasted many days here."

Without waiting for Wang Shu to speak, Yang Wei asked, "How was your work on the construction site?"

"I stopped doing it a long time ago." Wang Shu choked and said.

"That's right. What's the future on the construction site?" Yang Wei chuckled and continued, "Why don't we go to Hengdian together? I heard it's a good place."

"You are staying here well, why do you want to go to Hengdian?" Wang Shu asked doubtfully.

"It's not because I had a late-night snack with you last time, but I don't know who passed it on to Huang Dalong."

"Now I'm just like you, I can't survive."

Since Wang Shu asked, Yang Wei didn't hide it and said rather resentfully.

"Haha." Wang Shu was amused, "So you just want to drag me to Hengdian with you?"

"You still have the nerve to laugh?" Yang Wei was furious, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in such a miserable state now!"

"You know, I've been drinking cold air in the corner of the Beijing Film Studio these days, and I haven't received a job yet."

"If this continues, I won't have money to eat."

"That's really tragic." Wang Shu couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that Yang Wei had the same experience as him.

Poor baby, so miserable.

He knew that Yang Wei was definitely not joking when he said he would have no money to eat if he continued.

People like them who came to the big cities from rural areas didn't have much money in their hands. If they didn't get any work for a long time, they wouldn't be able to survive for long.

Take Wang Baoqiang, for example. Before he became famous, when he couldn't get a job, he would go to the construction site to move bricks to earn some living expenses. He was thinking of ways to make a living while waiting for a job to come up.

Before Yang Wei could get angry, Wang Shu said cheerfully, "Have you not read the newspaper these days?"

He knew that Yang Wei's living conditions were limited. He lived in a small single room with air leakage near a smelly ditch. There was neither a TV nor an Internet computer, so he couldn't watch the news through these methods.

"Newspaper? What newspaper are you reading?" Yang Wei asked in confusion, "I can hardly afford to eat, how can I have spare money to buy a newspaper?"

"I have some spare money to buy newspapers. Isn't it delicious? I'll buy some steamed buns."

No wonder this guy never comes to hold my thigh. It turns out that he still doesn’t know anything.

Wang Shu was amused and asked sarcastically: "Do you know that the movie "Buried Alive" that won an award in Berlin is currently showing in the theater? I wrote and directed it myself."

"Haha." There was no exclamation as expected by Wang Shu, only Yang Wei's disdainful sneer, "I don't know whether you will be buried alive or not. I just want to ask you, have you woken up?"

"It's already late in the afternoon, are you still daydreaming?"

"Don't you know that the director of "Buried Alive" is named Wang Shu?" Wang Shu almost choked to death at Yang Wei's words.

"I know." Yang Wei said to himself, "But what does it have to do with you being called Wang Shu?"

"You can't be called Wang Shu. You are a great director, right?"

Wang Shu took a deep breath, warned himself not to be as knowledgeable as this stick, and said quietly: "What if I told you that the great director Wang Shu in your mouth is me?"

"Ha." Yang Wei sneered, "Let's put it this way, if you are someone else's director, I will be his father."

(End of this chapter)