Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 150 mentions another scumbag character.

"Hall of Fame" is an inspirational song released in 2012 by an Irish handmade band in collaboration with American rapper William.

After its release, it became a globally popular "inspirational anthem" due to its rousing melody, passionate lyrics, and powerful appeal, and was widely used in sports, film and television, and personal struggle scenarios.

Record:

It peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and performed exceptionally well in the mainstream rock/pop market.

The top 10 countries in the global rankings include the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

It peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

Widely used in promotional videos or as background music for wrestler entrances at events such as the Olympics, World Cup, NBA, and WWE.
"I knew my luck would be good this time!"

Lu Jiang smiled.

He knew the song; its Chinese title was "Hall of Fame." He used to hear it all the time when watching the NBA.

Now it belongs to him!

In this way, I now have three English songs, which is just enough to make an English EP.

Three English songs that made it into the top 30 on the Billboard charts, one of which was a Grammy Award winner.

It excels in commercial appeal, artistic merit, and influence.

Among them, Lu Jiang values ​​the commercial aspect the most.

Unfortunately, Lu Jiang is short of money right now.

In the past two years, although Dawn has developed very well, its TV series has become a huge hit, the artists' value has soared, the agents' income has skyrocketed, and Lu Jiang's own albums have continued to demonstrate their dominance, resulting in good income.

Over the course of two years, he has earned more than 200 million yuan.

But unfortunately, it cost a lot.

Last year, when Tencent raised funds again, Qidian invested another 9000 million RMB to avoid being diluted too much.

In addition, there was 50 million invested in NetEase stock, as well as other expenses for "The World's Number One", cinemas, charity, Moutai stock, and other purposes.

Currently, we have less than 30 million yuan in available funds.

If others knew this, they would definitely laugh at him and call him a spendthrift!

Investing hundreds of millions in the internet industry is insane.
In short, it is very important and timely to be able to put together an album that can make a lot of money in Europe and America at this time.

Of course, Lu Jiang's lack of money is only temporary.

The revenue sharing for "you" hasn't arrived yet.

It is now February 2002, and NetEase's stock has recovered.

The current stock price has exceeded the average purchase price of Lu Jiang by more than one yuan.

The hardest times are over, and the future is promising.

That being said, now that we've put together an EP, let's get to the production stage as soon as possible.

We aim to release it before the Cannes Film Festival and the World Cup in May.

Winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival can be used to generate publicity.

When it comes to the World Cup, naturally they'd use "Hall of Fame" to ride the wave of popularity.

I believe this second album will definitely give Lu Jiang a satisfactory result.

The next period will be from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

During the day, Lu Jiang visits several important elders to offer New Year's greetings, and at night he films "Beauty".

This short film mainly features nighttime scenes, so it's convenient to stagger the times.

Fan Binbin joined the film crew on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but was teased by Lao Lu as if she were going back to her parents' home.

Fan Binbin took the opportunity to mention the ideas of the two stubborn old men in his family, which made Lao Lu very happy. Then he came up with a dirty trick: "You should make it a fait accompli first, and see if they dare to stop you!"
Old Lu has wanted a grandson for a long time, so he's no longer concerned with formalities now that things have progressed this far.

However, Lu Jiang would not be bound to the doll so early; he would definitely not be willing to do so until he was at least 30.

So that night, I taught Fan Binbin a lesson nine times and gave him an advanced PUA course.

Fan Binbin accepted this completely. Anyway, Uncle Lu had already agreed to find time to formally meet his parents, and that was enough.

As for the kids.

Besides not having prepared an extra edition herself, she also didn't want to use her family and children to tie Lu Jiang down, as that would make Lu Jiang uncomfortable, and if Lu Jiang was uncomfortable, she wouldn't be comfortable either.

Such as now.

Tired is the only word to describe it.

The idea of ​​finding a concubine resurfaced, and he couldn't let it go.
On the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, filming for "Beauty" officially wrapped up.

Lao Lu successfully completed his first filming experience. Although he was completely bewildered throughout, he still happily ordered a lavish 38888 yuan dinner as his wrap party.
The following day, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, is the day to welcome the God of Wealth. Today is the best time for commercial performances, and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is most appropriate for the occasion.

However, Lu Jiang had already publicly stated before the Lunar New Year that he would cancel all commercial performances related to "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

There was no way around it; there were too many offers, and each one was more ruthless than the last, all hoping to make a quick buck.

It looks good, but this kind of thing is actually very difficult to handle. After all, Lu Jiang is only human and cannot create clones. If he cannot balance the needs of the various investors, he will easily offend people.

So I simply stopped accepting commercial performances.

He is indeed short of money, but it's only temporary, so safety comes first.

As a result, Lu Jiang was quite free during the first month of the lunar calendar this year. Lu Jiang was happy to see this happen, since his position was indeed not suitable for him to perform commercially everywhere anymore, so he simply decided to "transform" starting this year, which would give him more energy to do other things.

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Jiang met with Zhao Benfu, the author of "A World Without Thieves".

With the help of a magic touch, Lu Jiang easily acquired the five-year film and television adaptation rights for 35 yuan, which was higher than the market price, but worth it.

After the script is adapted, let Zhao Benfu take a look at it again. Of course, this time is still one year. This is not Zhao Benfu's time limit, but the time limit of the "golden finger".

With the help of a cheat code, Zhao Benfu is now one of their own; otherwise, Lu Jiang really wouldn't be able to compete with Feng Dapao's team.

After Lu Jiang left in the afternoon, Feng Dapao also found Zhao Benfu with New Year's gifts.

According to the original timeline, this should be about the time when he completely acquired the copyright.

Feng Dapao is quite confident about this, after all, the two sides have been communicating about the copyright issue for almost a year, and even a stone should have melted by now.

Unfortunately, I received some bad news today.

"Sold?! Sold to whom?!"

Zhao Benfu shook his head: "There's a confidentiality agreement. You'll find out when the time comes."

cannon:.
Lu Jiang had no idea how Feng Dapao collapsed.

After securing the rights to "A World Without Thieves," his focus is now entirely on "The Story of a Noble Family."

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Jiang met Liu Guoquan, the screenwriter of "The Story of a Noble Family," on CCTV.

Liu Guoquan, judging from the name, sounds like a man, but she is actually a woman, and she is also Situ Zhaodun's junior at school. The two have a very good relationship.

Besides being the director of "The Story of a Noble Family," Liu Guoquan is also the mother of director Li Dawei. Li Dawei is the nominal director of the TV series "The Story of a Noble Family," but he is also more famous as Jiang Qingqing's ex-boyfriend.

Li Da doesn't care about Lu Jiang; today it's mainly Liu Guoquan.

"Uncle-Master, Happy New Year."

Lu Jiang's attitude was still very positive when he met Liu Guoquan.

Liu Guoquan was very pleased to hear this, but he still said, "Your address of 'Uncle-Master' warms my heart, but in terms of skills, I should learn more from you."

"Uncle-Master, you flatter me. I am just a student, and there is still so much I can learn from you."

The two exchanged pleasantries, which seemed to be mostly platitudes, but their relationship grew much closer as a result.

After exchanging pleasantries, we got down to business.

We first discussed the script, which was basically the same as I remembered. After that, we talked about investment.

As mentioned before, Lu Jiang didn't get "The Story of a Noble Family" from the Golden Finger, so he had to rely on the original team for adaptations. Fortunately, Lu Jiang is now famous and is also Lao Zhao's student, so things won't be so passive.

In the end, the deal was quickly reached: Dawn Films could be the main investor, but Liu Guoquan would be the chief director and Li Dawei the executive director. This was to pave the way for his son.

Liu Guoquan didn't hide anything. She said directly that both she and her son are now directors at the Beijing Film Studio. Liu is a veteran director at the Beijing Film Studio, while Li Dawei has no experience in directing independently, making it difficult for him to get the director's chair for a film project.

Lu Jiang expressed his understanding, saying that this is common in the industry, for example, with a certain famous director. In short, the one who is actually directing is Liu Guoquan.

His main purpose for this project was not as a director, but to get it featured on CCTV, so that Dawn could take a further step in the TV drama field and solidify its position.

Currently, mainland film and television companies such as Rongxinda, Zhouyi, Tangren, Xinbaoyuan, and Hairun are emerging one after another, and people from Hong Kong and Taiwan are also eagerly coming to the mainland to compete for business.

While Dawn appears to be developing the fastest.

However, to date, none of them have been featured on CCTV's mainstream programming.

This is still a disadvantage, because non-mainstream dramas can't win awards.

"The World's Number One" could be considered mainstream, but it hasn't aired yet, so its success is unknown.

"Dae Jang Geum" is sure to become mainstream and create a huge wave in terms of viewership, awards and influence.

But this project is still a long way off.

Therefore, this year's "The Story of a Noble Family" is Dawn's main project to advance and maintain its leading position in the TV drama field.

Then, when "Dae Jang Geum" comes out in the next year or two, the mainland film market will have developed by then, and then I can break into the film industry to make a living.

Therefore, the work of setting up theatrical releases is already underway, and they are just waiting for the completion of the current TV series so that they can be released together with the film projects.

In the film industry, if you own a cinema chain, you're the boss. Aside from a few official companies like China Film Group, no private company dares to challenge you…

That said, after the main investor was confirmed, CCTV also participated in the investment. CCTV had previously intended to "recruit" Lu Jiang, and now that this opportunity had come, it was a perfect match.

However, this meant that Lu Jiang would have to play the lead role of Jin Yanxi, which was something Liu Guoquan strongly agreed to.

Lu Jiang did not object, after all, CCTV had chosen him specifically, and it would be unreasonable for him not to perform.

Thus, Lu Jiang once again landed the role of a scumbag.

The matter was largely settled, and the next step was to slowly begin preparations.

There's still plenty of time. Lu Jiang will be filming "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre" next, and only after that will it be time for "The Story of a Noble Family". There are at least 5 months to deal with things like casting and location selection.

If you're not short of money, four months is already quite reasonable.

Regarding casting, Lu Jiang also promised to respect Liu Guoquan's wishes to the greatest extent possible.

This is not your average idol drama, so it's necessary to strive for excellence.

However, Lu Jiang will definitely intervene in some roles, such as Dong Jie. The specific casting and other matters will be gradually advanced in the coming days.

After finishing his business, Lu Jiang returned to the company and began planning for the new year.

(End of this chapter)