Chinese Entertainment 2017: Starting from the Top Writers

Chapter 32 Meeting
4 month 17 number.

Under Chen Duling's reluctant gaze, Lin Li boarded the flight back to Beijing.

It is said that the land of pleasure is the grave of heroes, and this statement is indeed very true.

The two of them have been spending the past two days together, making him feel quite happy and reluctant to leave.

However, the two of them still haven't made it to the last step, mainly because he thought it was inappropriate for him to be so eager and skilled when they just got together.

Keep a steady hand!
Anyway, the two have already confirmed their relationship, so there is no rush.

After returning to Beijing, Lin Li did not go back to school immediately. Instead, he contacted Chen Chao and then returned to the company to convene the first general meeting of all departments.

In the Nanxun Culture Conference Room, which is nearly 50 square meters in size, all the heads of various departments have arrived. They are now sitting on both sides of the conference table, discussing things in whispers.

Chen Chao was sitting at the first seat on the left side of the conference table and was talking to Xu Fei, the head of the film and television department.

Xu Fei was a top student whom he had hired through a headhunting company at great expense. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and had served as a senior executive in several Hollywood film and television companies. He was extremely capable and was only 34 years old.

It happened that he wanted to return to China to work. After being contacted by a headhunter, he learned about the special background of Nanxun Culture. After meeting Chen Chao, he hit it off and joined Nanxun Culture to be responsible for the business of the film and television department.

Xu Fei leaned his head closer to Chen Chao and lowered his voice: "Mr. Chen, why did you suddenly call everyone over for a meeting? Is there something big going on?"

Chen Chao glanced around and lowered his head: "Doesn't the company only have one project at the moment?"

Xu Fei suddenly realized and nodded to show that he understood.

At this time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Lin Li strode in under the gaze of everyone.

Lin Li walked straight to the empty main seat and sat down. He looked around and smiled: "Hello everyone. It's been a long time since I last met you at a formal meeting. First of all, I would like to welcome everyone to join Nanxun Culture. I hope that in the future work, everyone can play their respective roles in different positions and develop the company."

A group of senior executives said yes, but at the same time they were secretly complaining that Mr. Lin was just a college student, and it was fine that he could write books and act in movies, but why did he seem so skilled in being a leader as well?

After a pause, Lin Li continued, "This meeting is to inform everyone that the company has reached a cooperation agreement with Penguin Platform for its first project. They will invest 15 million to purchase the exclusive broadcast rights for the drama "Lovely". At the same time, they will promote it with an S-level rating and participate in the subsequent online revenue sharing."

As soon as the words fell, the conference room suddenly became lively. Chen Chao took the lead in applauding, and everyone responded. All the executives expressed surprise at Penguin's generosity.

Xu Fei looked at Lin Li: "It's all thanks to Mr. Lin's popularity among the public, otherwise Penguin would never have offered such generous conditions."

Of course Xu Fei could see that the penguin's real intention was not to drink.

It’s more accurate to say that Penguin is attracted to their boss as a person rather than the show.

Lin Li looked at him with appreciation: "The reason is not important. What's important is that we got this condition. So, Mr. Xu, you will be busy next. Our film and television department will be responsible for connecting with the Penguin platform and launching a series of subsequent publicity and promotion work."

Xu Fei nodded in understanding: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, leave it to me."

After tapping the table in front of him several times with his fingertips and seeing everyone stop discussing and focus their attention, Lin Li spoke solemnly: "This is our first project, so we must do it well, for the industry and the platform to see. Next, all departments will fully cooperate with Mr. Xu from the Film and Television Department to do a good job. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Heads of various departments responded positively and morale was high.

After all, for them, the better the company develops, the better it will be for them.

After learning about the current work status of each department, Lin Li announced the end of the meeting, but left Xu Fei alone.

Picking up the water cup and taking a sip, Lin Li looked at Xu Fei: "Mr. Xu should have seen the complete film."

Xu Fei nodded: "I have seen it."

Lin Li wanted to consider the executive he had poached: "I wonder where Mr. Xu thinks our drama should start from in terms of promotion?"

Xu Fei's expression changed and he sat up straight, knowing that the time had come to demonstrate his personal abilities.

"I think we should stick to the theme of the show, starting with the word 'cute', and focus on promoting the cuteness revealed in the family, love, and friendship in the show. Each episode should have a subtitle to summarize the content of the episode. At the same time, add appropriate narration. A summary at the end in the form of narration can make the theme more vivid and mobilize the audience's viewing emotions more quickly."

After expressing his thoughts clearly and concisely in one breath, Xu Fei straightened his body slightly nervously, waiting for Lin Li's evaluation.

For him, the current scale of Nanxun Culture cannot be compared with those Hollywood companies he has worked for, but because of the special boss Lin Li, he is personally very optimistic about the future development of Nanxun Culture and actively demonstrates his work ability.

Lin Li didn't let him wait for long. He looked at him and said, "Mr. Xu is indeed a man who has worked in Hollywood. He has a lot of ideas. Then just do as you say." After getting the affirmation, Xu Fei also relaxed and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will definitely get it done."

Xu Fei's approach is actually similar to what Lin Li remembered, which shows that Xu Fei still has his own unique vision for drama promotion, and his performance is in line with expectations.

After chatting with Xu Fei for a while and telling him some interesting stories in Hollywood, the two ended the conversation.

Then he went to find Chen Chao, and the two of them left the company and returned to school together.

In the car, Chen Chao turned around and glanced at Lin Li, with a proud look on his face: "What do you think, Li? This Xu Fei I recruited is quite capable, right?"

Lin Li relaxed his brows: "He's quite capable, so he can be used for the time being. As for the future, we'll have to see what the upper limit of his ability is after the company develops."

Chen Chao nodded to show that he understood, and then sighed: "Now it depends on the market reaction after the online broadcast."

Lin Li glanced at him: "Don't worry, when have I ever failed?"

Chen Chao thought about it and agreed, so he stopped talking and leaned back in the back seat and closed his eyes.

He has been in charge of improving the company's organizational structure recently, and he is really exhausted.

Lin Li stared at the receding scenery outside the window, with many thoughts in his mind.

He never considered that the drama "Lovely" would fail, but after the drama is completed, what direction should he take next is what he needs to think about.

Between filming a TV series or making a movie, he definitely prefers the latter, but there are essential differences between filming a TV series and making a movie.

The film is niche and told through the lens.

TV dramas focus more on plot and win with lines, and they are popular among the masses.

Movies are shown in cinemas, and TV series are shown on TV. Movies need to portray characters well in a limited time, while TV series can take their time and reflect the characters' personalities episode by episode.

Movies are usually about 1-3 hours long, while TV series can have many episodes. Movies are also very challenging for an actor's acting skills, as the actor needs to create an image for the audience to recognize within a specified time.

In his opinion, the difference between movies and TV series is that TV series are more oriented to the general public and more popular, while movies are relatively more rigorous and can express more profound and in-depth things.

And for actors, the biggest difference between acting in movies and TV series is that acting in movies requires much longer preparation time.

When acting in a movie, if the actor's condition is not good enough or the expression is not full, the performance will not be good. But when filming a TV series, the tolerance may be higher.

So first of all, when choosing actors, we have to be much more cautious than when filming a TV series.

Lin Li believes that if “Lovely” is successfully broadcast and if he chooses to continue filming dramas, the public’s recognition of him will definitely be higher.

Even if he wants to shoot a bigger production, several major platforms and investors will wave money to support him.

But if he were to touch upon the film industry, everyone would probably question it.

It may even face suppression from established film production companies and pessimism from theaters.

There is nothing new under the sun, and this situation is not uncommon.

But he still wanted to make movies. Of course, he didn't plan to start too high at the beginning. Naturally, his first movie had to be on the small budget. After all, only after a small-scale success would he get more support for his next work.

After all, the capital market looks at the rate of return. Unlike the low-cost web drama "Lovely", he can shoot the drama with his own funds and then find a suitable platform to sell it.

The film market requires cooperation. A blockbuster movie can easily cost over 100 million yuan, and it is difficult to achieve it relying solely on the cash flow of one company.

Even the more corrupt film and television companies in the industry will attract other film and television companies to invest in them and jointly promote the implementation of the projects.

Each film and television company has a different positioning. Some are good at investment and financing, some are good at planning and screenwriting, some are good at production, and some have good artist resources. Win-win cooperation and learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses are very necessary for film projects.

Lin Li is not afraid that the movies he makes will lose money, but he understands one thing: he cannot eat alone. Once he eats too much alone, he will be boycotted by the circle.

Therefore, he will select suitable partners in the future. While he eats the meat, others have to drink the soup.

After thinking it over in his mind, Lin Li had made up his mind about a choice. It seemed that he would have to find time to write the script during this period of time.

(End of this chapter)