The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 3: We promised to strive to become the top
Yu Murong left.

She is very busy at work and won't have a day off until tomorrow.

Then she would take Xu Xingfei to the island province to have dinner with director Chen Yushan and agent Qiu Likuan.

Before leaving, Xu Xing also asked Yu Murong for more details.

First is Wan Da.

According to Yu Murong, she works in the field of providing legal support for corporate investment, financing and mergers and acquisitions. In the past few years, she mainly worked on the Internet industry.

In recent years, as the entertainment industry as a whole has entered its most prosperous period of capital activity, they have also handled some cases in the entertainment industry.

Two years ago, Wanda acquired the American cinema chain AMC, which is the most well-known one among them.

She also made some connections.

This was also the reason why she didn't want Xu Xing to enter the entertainment industry at first, but finally agreed to let Xu Xing be a trainee.

She felt that she could help Xu Xing to some extent.

However, Yu Murong said that her relationship with those people was just so-so, after all, she was just a lawyer. Maybe this was one of the reasons why she didn't put Xu Xing's contract in Wan Da.

But it seems that WanDa doesn’t sign artists now. When Xu Xing was searching for news before, he saw Lao Wang talking about how “Wanda doesn’t sign directors or actors, and it follows the modern corporate system of the film industry.”

Then there is Huace.

In fact, Yu Murong has been working on Huace's investment in South Korea's NEWS Film and Television Company during this period. Therefore, when she called Xu Xing several times when she was on a business trip to South Korea and was met with vague excuses from Xu Xing, she became suspicious.

But because she was too busy with work, she didn't realize what was going on until director Chen Yushan suddenly called her. She blamed herself for being so busy with work that she neglected to care about Xu Xing.

Yu Murong believes that compared to Wan Da, Hua Ce, which mainly produces TV series, is more suitable for Xu Xing whose "acting skills are not outstanding enough" at present.

She also told Xu Xing not to worry because she was only going to put Xu Xing's three-year film and television contract with Huace.

Finally, there is Qiu Likuan.

Yu Murong said it was because of her friend.

And the last brother-in-law.

She simply said that she was a venture capitalist and had some money, and added that the entertainment industry was a place where you spent a lot of money, so she told Xu Xing not to be too hard on herself, and she transferred some "pocket money" to Xu Xing's bank account.

Then she hurried away.

……Why!

Xu Xing lay on the bed holding the script, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

We promised to strive to become the top star, but the upward path has been opened too smoothly.

The relationship is average, and I have a little money... Do you want to take the initiative to ask for "Detective Chinatown" to test your ability?
never mind!

Xu Xing picked up his phone and started slacking off in boredom.

Because Lu Han terminated his contract, Weibo was abuzz with the news all day long, with fans and haters arguing fiercely with each other.

Now all the excitement is theirs.

[A company wants to film your script! ]

A WeChat message suddenly popped up.

Xu Xing scratched his head, almost forgetting about this.

This man is called Park Xichang, a director whom Xu Xing met on the plane back to China. He is a Korean in China. He failed to get into the top three directing majors in China, so he went to study abroad at Dongguk University in South Korea.

After graduation, he traveled back and forth between South Korea and China for five years, but was unable to find anyone willing to invest in his film.

After failing to find another opportunity in South Korea, Park Xichang has persuaded his family to sell their house to shoot the script he wrote.

In fact, when Xu Xing found that a new director was next to him, he was very excited, as if he had received a novice gift package.

After the chat, and after thinking about it carefully several times in his mind, Xu Xing was sure that the passenger next to him was just an ordinary director who would be unknown in the future.

Xu Xing advised him not to be too impulsive and that it was not worth selling the house since his family was not wealthy after all.

Park Xichang said no, he had to shoot.

Xu Xing persuaded again.

Park Xichang was silent for a long time before he said that he felt he couldn't do anything else except acting, and he always had to prove whether he could act or not.

It sounded like he had failed, and he thought, "What's the point of a life without any achievements?" Xu Xing had no choice but to fool him, saying, "Don't worry, I will invest my own money in his filming before the end of next year at the latest."

Anyway, after watching some of the short films he'd made to raise money, I felt they were pretty good. With a year to grow, Xu Xing should be able to come up with some money to test his luck.

Xu Xing also helped him analyze the situation, mainly because the script was poorly written. Literary science fiction films not only require high levels of script and director, but are also a type that film and television companies are very reluctant to invest in.

He even boasted that any script he wrote that was more commercial would be better than his and would have a higher chance of attracting investment.

I succeeded in provoking him and temporarily restrained him.

After the plane landed, Xu Xing worked overtime to dig out the script "The Beginning".

The TV script was chosen because Park Xichang only wanted to make movies. Xu Xing's main purpose was to contact various companies with the script of "The Beginning" as a proof of his own value, rather than to make the film for him.

To prove that he was not bragging, let him go back and rewrite his own script.

At that time, Park Xichang read Xu Xing's script and gave a very disapproving evaluation.

But there was no mention of selling the house.

Then Xu Xing paid Park Xichang 2 yuan to shoot several audition videos and photo shoots for her, and the two parted ways.

——The audition for "Our Girlhood" impressed director Chen Yushan, in fact, a big part of the reason was that the audition video was shot very well.

In the video, Xu Xing deliberately imitated the performance style of Xu Taiyu in the movie he remembered, with a slicked-back hairstyle, an unruly temperament, handsome looks, clean shots, and the demo of "Little Lucky" as the soundtrack.

It can be said that before Xu Xing's somewhat disastrous formal audition began, Chen Yushan decided that Xu Xing was her chosen Xu Taiyu after seeing the video.

...What is the situation now?
【? ? ? 】

Xu Xing clicked on WeChat and replied.

[Your play, The Beginning, the one with the bus explosion loop. You didn't sell it to other companies, did you? Are you signed to a company now? Are you working as an artist or a screenwriter?]

Park Xichang responded with a series of questions.

[I will be joining the film crew soon, and I have already found a company that is willing to film the script. 】

Xu Xing replied.

No exaggeration.

Half a month ago, Le said that he could film "The Beginning" for Xu Xing.

Just before Yu Murong left, she also said that Huace would approve the project. When she left, she also took the script with her, saying that she would take some time to read the script that was evaluated as "brilliant" by Huace internally.

——Their evaluation of the script of “The Beginning” by Xu Xing was a bit long-winded and should be edited and condensed into a movie script.

【…】

Park Xichang sent an ellipsis.

[How is your new script going, Director Park?]

Xu Xing asked him.

[I haven't finished writing yet. Which company is yours from?]

He asked Xu Xing again.

[Huace. Which company is yours? Director Park, don’t you have connections in the industry? You were able to convince people to invest without even showing them the script.]

Xu Xing complimented him.

After waiting for a while, Park Xichang replied.

[Actually, there's no guarantee of investment, and they're also trying to revise the script. I won't go into details. As long as there's a company willing to film your script, that's fine.]

[Okay, let’s have dinner together when we’re free, Director Park.]

Xu Xing said politely.

【Row. 】

Park Seo-chang replied.

Xu Xing had just closed Park Xichang's chat box when another WeChat message was pushed in.

[Xing Ge, you were right. Han Ge also terminated his contract.]

(End of this chapter)