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Chapter 386: The idea of ​​opening the heart twist, Chen Dong sings the famous brand (please subscribe!)
Shenyang!

This city was chosen as the recording location for the last episode of the second season of "Extreme Challenge".

Because the recording will start tomorrow, the six permanent guests have already checked into the hotel arranged by the program team today.

It is now time for dinner. Huang Lei has invited the other five people in the WeChat group to the hotel restaurant. Everyone is eating and chatting. I don’t know who started it, but the topic has turned to the last episode of the show.

"Hey, guys, tomorrow is our final battle. Guess what the production crew is going to do to us?"

"How? Of course, do it hard."

"Not necessarily. The theme hasn't been decided yet. What if this issue is going to be lyrical?"

"Forget it, our production team is not that kind."

"There should be a guest star in the last episode, right?"

"Uh, are there any other flying guests who dare to come on our show? After all, last time Brother Honglei screwed over the flying guest so badly that it even became a hot topic on the Internet."

"I don't want to take the blame for this. You guys are not good people, especially you Huang Lei and Huang Bo."

"At least we're not robbing directly... But I heard that there will be a flying guest tomorrow."

"Who?"

Everyone looked at Huang Bo.

At this moment, a tall man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes walked into the restaurant and went straight to their table.

Huang Bo was the first to notice the newcomer and warned the other five people, "He's coming."

"What the hell, Director Chen." Wang Xun turned around and exclaimed in shock.

That’s right, the person who came was Chen Dong.

"Brothers, long time no see."

"Director Chen, are you the next guest star?"

"Why, I'm not welcome."

"I thought it was the last episode, so they had to invite a few beauties..."

"It's easy to want a beautiful woman. Just invite my sister-in-law over later."

"Haha, just kidding, welcome back."

They were all acquaintances, and after a brief greeting, Chen Dong also joined their dinner.

"So Director Chen is on the show to promote Lost in Hong Kong?"

"half."

"And the other half?"

"Satisfy the fans' demands."

"I thought you were going to say you missed your brothers."

"I wanted to say that originally, but seeing the faces of you grown men, especially Huang Bo and Hong Lei, you guys look so ugly and disgusting, I really can't say it out loud, haha."

"Fuck, Honglei, can you tolerate this? I can't help it anyway..."

Having not seen each other for a year, it was inevitable that Chen Dong and the others felt a little unfamiliar with each other, but after some playing around, everyone became familiar with each other again.

This year, Happy Twist was still in Shenyang.

Based on the principle that since he was already here, Chen Dong planned to ask Shen Teng to take him around after the recording of this episode.

Although Shen Teng was a little surprised, he still did not suspect anything.

……

The next day, the program officially began recording.

As a flying guest, Chen Dong must have an entrance ceremony.

In fact, everyone knows that he is the guest star of this episode, but for the sake of the show’s effect, everyone has to pretend not to know.

However, the performances of these veteran actors, many of whom have won Best Actor awards, were extremely exaggerated.

They were so exaggerated that Chen Dong couldn't help but stand up and expose them.

"Alright, alright, stop pretending. We just had a drink together last night. There's no need to pretend you don't know it's me."

Director Yan Ming waited for them to calm down before continuing with the next part of the process.

"Okay, let's welcome Director Chen back again."

"Thank you, thank you everyone."

"I heard that Director Chen came to the show with a mission this time?"

"Yes, I came here to promote Lu Yang's Lost in Hong Kong, and I also brought the trailer of this movie."

"Okay, please ask the director to play it."

Although this episode incorporated many elements to promote "Lost in Hong Kong", it did not affect the program's effect.

At the end of the day, although everyone was very tired, they had a lot of fun.

"Director Chen, do you still remember our slogan?"

"of course."

"Extreme challenge, this is life!"

The more popular a star is, the busier his or her schedule becomes.

And there are no holidays.

For example, Huang Bo, who just finished recording "Extreme Challenge" this afternoon, immediately had to rush to the roadshow of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Wang Xun and Hong Lei are both currently filming dramas, and they both took leave to record "Extreme Challenge". Now that the recording is over, they will go back immediately.

Shen Teng has signed up for this year's Spring Festival Gala skit again. The first round of rehearsals will be held in less than a month, so time is very tight.

Only he, Jiang Wen and Huang Lei had relatively ample schedules. After recording the show, they planned to stay for one night before leaving.

But Chen Dong canceled his flight because he was going to visit Happy Twist the next day.

"Chen Dong, you're not going back to the capital with us tomorrow?"

Faced with Jiang Wen and Huang Lei's doubts, Chen Dong did not hide anything and explained the purpose of his staying.

"Visiting Happy Twist? Your company is also planning to get involved in the drama business?"

Seeing that Huang Lei guessed the direction right away, Chen Dong was slightly surprised: "Is my purpose so obvious?"

"You are the boss of a film and television company. Why do you visit a drama troupe for no reason? Do you have any other purpose? Besides, I haven't heard that you like drama."

Since he was half-guessed, Chen Dong did not deny it. He said bluntly: "Yes, I am indeed a little interested in Happy Twist."

At the same time, he added in his mind, "I don't want to get involved in the drama business, I just want to adapt Happy Twist's drama into a movie and put it on the big screen."

"I'll go with you."

Seeing Jiang Wen's sudden curiosity, Chen Dong naturally had no reason to refuse. Huang Lei was actually a little tempted, but he had classes the day after tomorrow morning, and Chen Dong was not sure whether he would go back tomorrow, so he thought about it and gave up the idea.

The next morning, Huang Lei went to catch a plane, while Chen Dong and Jiang Wen followed Shen Teng to the Happy Twist Repertory Theatre.

At that time, Zhang Cheng, the chairman and founder of the drama troupe, had already received the news that the two directors would come to visit this morning, and he was already looking forward to it.

"Director Chen, Director Jiang, this is Zhang Cheng, the boss of our Happy Twist."

When Shen Teng was about to introduce Chen Dong and Jiang Wen to his boss, Zhang Cheng suddenly interrupted his introduction.

"Director Chen and Director Jiang don't need any introduction. They are well-known and I have heard of their great names for a long time."

Zhang Cheng is very enthusiastic. This enthusiasm is not only out of respect, but also because Zhang Cheng wants to make Happy Twist bigger and stronger. However, they have already reached the peak of the drama business, and there is no room for further improvement, unless... they transform.

In which direction should we transform?

That's naturally a TV series or a movie.

But no matter whether it is a TV series or a movie, the production costs are frighteningly high. Even though Happy Twist is now thriving in the field of drama, it actually doesn't make much money.

If the transformation fails, perhaps a TV series or a movie can bring their now thriving drama troupe to the bottom of the valley.

But if there is a giant ship in the film and television industry to escort them, the risk can be minimized.

That's why Zhang Cheng showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the arrival of Chen Dong and Jiang Wen, or more precisely, for the arrival of Chen Dong, the boss of Dongcheng Pictures.

Chen Dong probably guessed a little bit of Zhang Cheng's thoughts, so he became more confident about the purpose of his visit.

Then, Zhang Cheng took Chen Dong and Jiang Wen to visit Happy Twist’s works and wall of honor over the years.

"Director Chen, Director Jiang, this drama "If You Want to Eat Mahua, I'll Twist It for You Now" is the first drama after the establishment of Happy Mahua. The actors we hired at that time were He Jiong and Xie Na. Now they have become the mainstay hosts of Mango TV."

Chen Dong nodded. He still had some impression of this drama because a classmate of his class had chosen this drama for the final exam of the acting class in the first semester of his freshman year.

Continuing forward, in 04, Happy Twist launched more and more plays. Chen Dong also saw Shen Teng's name. He happened to be standing nearby, so he couldn't help but joked: "So you joined Happy Twist so early."

"Of course, I'm a veteran of Mahua." Shen Teng deliberately raised his voice, as if he was afraid that the boss couldn't hear him.

Seeing his shameless look, no one paid any attention to him anymore.

Let’s keep going. Although Happy Twist has been established for ten years and launches new dramas every year, it is difficult to introduce it on the wall of honor and it will soon be gone.

Just when Zhang Cheng was thinking about whether to invite Chen Dong and Jiang Wen to his office, he suddenly saw Chen Dong standing in front of an introduction column for a 2012 drama, seemingly attracted by it.

I walked forward out of curiosity and saw that the play introduced in this column was called "Charlotte's Troubles".

"Is Director Chen interested in this play?"

Chen Dong retracted his gaze, glanced at Zhang Cheng, nodded at him without comment, and said, "This drama is quite interesting. Although the elements in it are very vulgar, such as time travel, being a plagiarist, a loser's counterattack, and marrying a fair, rich and beautiful woman... It can be said to be extremely vulgar, but one thing is undeniable, it is very exciting."

Seeing Jiang Wen, Shen Teng, and a group of people from Happy Twist coming over to join in the fun, Chen Dong didn't say anything but said half of it. He continued:
"The current market rule is that as long as you satisfy consumers, your work will have a good market."

Jiang Wen was the first to understand what Chen Dong meant. He asked in surprise, "Are you saying that this play can be adapted into a movie?"

"Correct."

Jiang Wen then carefully read the core of the drama again, and found that the content was indeed very clichéd, just as Chen Dong said.

He also could not deny that the drama could be adapted into a film, but he was not as optimistic as Chen Dong about its box office prospects.

Zhang Cheng was very excited at this time, because he also thought that "Charlotte's Troubles" was most suitable for film and television adaptation, but he was worried about the failure of the transformation, so he didn't dare to try it.

Now that he has the recognition of the great director Chen Dong, he feels that even if his small Buddhist temple cannot attract investment in the end, he will still take a gamble even if he has to sell everything he has.

At the same place, after Chen Dong and the others left, Mary and the others were still staring at "Charlotte's Troubles" and muttering loudly.

"Mr. Zhang said before that he wanted to make this play into a film or TV series. We thought he had such bad taste that he chose this play. Now it seems that we are probably the clowns."

"It's not that exaggerated. Director Chen just said that the content of this play is very cliché. I think even if it can be adapted into a film, it won't become an excellent movie."

"Who cares if it's good or not? Director Chen said it has a market, so I think the box office should be good."

"Did you notice Mr. Zhang's eyes just now? They are glowing. I think it won't be long before our first Happy Twist movie is released."

"Really? Then we must congratulate Sister Mary in advance for becoming the heroine of the movie."

"You idiot, are you kidding me? Can I be the heroine with my looks? I'll be thankful if I can get a supporting role."

Although Mary said this, how could she not have some thoughts about the heroine in her heart?
She knew she had no chance in other movies, so she had to fight for her own company's movie.

While the drama actors of Happy Twist were discussing, in Zhang Cheng's office, Chen Dong saw that the time had come and stopped playing tricks. He said bluntly: "Mr. Zhang, I'm sure you are curious about my purpose. I won't keep you in suspense. Let's speak frankly..."

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he immediately sat up straight and pretended to listen carefully.

At the same time, Jiang Wen in the room interrupted: "Should I avoid it?"

"Need not."

Chen Dong waved at Jiang Wen, then explained his purpose to Zhang Cheng.

"Director Chen, do you want to buy my Happy Twist?!"

Although Zhang Cheng had thought so before, he was still shocked when he actually heard it from Chen Dong's mouth.

Silence. The room suddenly fell into a long silence.

Just when Jiang Wen regretted staying and was wondering whether he should find an excuse to slip away, Zhang Cheng finally spoke again.

He said to Chen Dong seriously: "Sorry, Director Chen, I don't want to sell Happy Twist."

got rejected!

But Chen Dong was not too surprised.

He then lowered his requirements, "What if I want to provide you with financing?"

"How much does Director Chen plan to raise?" Zhang Cheng asked subconsciously.

"It depends on how much Happy Twist is willing to accept."

Zhang Cheng couldn't answer this question for the moment, and naturally, Chen Dong was not very anxious either.

To be honest, right now it is Kai Xin Twist that needs Dong Cheng Pictures more, not his Dong Cheng Pictures that needs Kai Xin Twist more.

"Director Chen, regarding the specific financing share, I need to contact the shareholders for a meeting before I can give you an answer. I hope you can understand."

"I understand. I understand very much..."

After having lunch and exchanging contact information, Chen Dong and Jiang Wen left Happy Twist.

As soon as they left, Zhang Cheng came to his senses and felt that he had been tricked by Chen Dong. However, he was not angry because, just as Chen Dong had expected, Happy Twist actually needed the funding from Dongcheng Pictures.

Of course, Zhang Cheng also knew that it was unrealistic to simply ask Dongcheng Pictures to invest in their film production, so financing was the only way at the moment.

But how much to finance is a very critical issue.

If there is not enough Rong, people might look down on me.

If they raise too much, they will worry about being sidelined later.

Tangled

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(End of this chapter)