Although Wang Shang knew that the issuer alliance’s action had been brewing for a long time, the official action time was still one month earlier than Wang Shang imagined.
However, Wang Shang did not pay too much attention to the progress of this storm, but devoted himself to directing "Those Years".
At this time, the filming of the relevant plot at the Magic City Film and Television University location has been completed, and location shooting will begin on September 25.
What we filmed today was the scene in the script of "Those Years" in which Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi put down lanterns and made wishes.
The two stood on both sides of a large lantern and wrote their wishes respectively.
Ke Jingteng thought while writing, and finally said what he had always wanted to say to Shen Jiayi: "Shen Jiayi, I like you very much, very much!"
"One day, I must catch you!"
"Ten million percent, I must catch you!"
There was silence all around.
After a long time, Shen Jiayi asked: "Do you want to know the answer? I can tell you now."
Ke Jingteng finally backed down, still not having the courage to accept the cruel reality: "No, I didn't ask you, so... you can't refuse me either!"
Shen Jiayi felt a little disappointed: "You really don't want to know?"
"Please don't tell me now, please let me continue to like you." Ke Jingteng always lacks confidence and always retreats at critical moments in relationships.
The lantern rose, carrying the wishes of the two people into the sky.
And where Shen Jiayi just put pen to paper, four big words appeared.
"Okay! Together!"
After filming this scene, everyone in the theater seemed to be affected by it.
A young crew member shouted to Wang Shang: "Director, should you be braver in the face of love?!"
This man's name is Zhao Fei, he is the apprentice of the lighting engineer. He is usually very shy, but now he was so stimulated that he shouted out loud in front of everyone.
Wang Shang also replied loudly: "Yes!!!"
"Director!! I want to ask for leave! I want to confess my love!!" Zhao Fei quickly took off his work clothes and ran away with a rumble.
Wang Shang had a dark look on his face, but in the end he shouted loudly: "If you succeed in confessing your love, I will reward you with a big red envelope! If you fail to confess, your salary will be deducted!!"
"Thank you, director!!" Zhao Fei shouted from a distance.
The crew members seemed to be infected by this atmosphere, and many young people asked the director for leave.
Wang Shang simply stopped filming. Anyway, the crew has not had a break for almost a month now: "It's a day off today!! I'll treat you tonight! I'll give a big red envelope to anyone who successfully confesses today!!"
"Ho ho ho!!!"
"Director, you are great!!"
"Long live the director!!"
The entire crew cheered endlessly. Wang Shang's boldness obviously made them excited. Such a boss is the most popular.
After a lot of fuss, the crew finished cleaning up and officially went on vacation.
A group of young people were hurriedly making phone calls, probably to express their feelings to their crush.
In the evening, Wang Shang opened a large private room in a five-star hotel.
Before the agreed time of 7 o'clock, several pairs of people arrived one after another.
The older staff and actors didn't come because they were interested. All the young people came. Because of Wang Shang's personal reasons, Wang Shang's crew likes to cultivate talents on their own, so the age structure of the studio's employees tends to be younger.
The remaining employees are all older employees with more than 30 years of experience in film and television.
As soon as Zhao Fei entered the door, he shouted triumphantly: "Boss, I succeeded, I want a red envelope!!"
The person he was hugging was a girl who was about the same height as him, with a blushing face. Then seven or eight pairs came one after another, some were girls with boys, some were boys with girls... Well, there were no boys.
With a man.
"You guys are really good, you pity my red envelope." Wang Shang said mischievously.
Everyone laughed. Although the boss was as harsh as a tyrant in normal times, in daily life he was very approachable and amiable, just like an older brother.
Wang Shang took out a large stack of red envelopes that he had prepared, and handed them out one by one: "I wish you can successfully come together, grow old together, and sleep together for a hundred years!"
"thank you boss!!"
As a result, after the red envelope, the atmosphere in the private room became even more heated.
But at this time, everyone in the private room looked at Wang Shang with strange eyes. Everyone was in pairs, but Wang Shang was sitting there alone.
"Boss, where is your girlfriend?" one person asked.
The person next to him slapped him instantly and said with a tigerish face: "Don't you talk nonsense? Of course it's Sister Xiaoyu!!"
"That's right, Sister Xiaoyu has basically become the boss's personal secretary now."
"By the way, boss, where is Sister Xiaoyu? Why didn't you see her?"
"She said she felt unwell and went back!"
Wang Shang ate for half an hour before leaving, leaving time for the couple to talk about love. On the way home, he received a call from Xiaoyu.
"Brother Shang, you said that if you like someone, you should be brave enough to confess..."
His tone was a little more tender and affectionate than usual, and he also felt lazy.
"you've been drinking?"
After a few seconds, Xiaoyu's voice came: "It's okay..."
Wang Shang was silent. He wanted to say something but couldn't, as if his heart was blocked. Xiaoyu's words reminded him that Xiaoyu had been with him for a year and a half, a girl, and
How much can you splurge in a year and a half?
It's not that he doesn't understand what Xiaoyu means, but... he really doesn't know what he thinks or what he should do.
As a screenwriter, Wang Shanghui did a good job in arranging the emotions of characters in movies and TV series, but once it was put into his own body, he felt a little at a loss.
Both parties were silent and finally hung up.
Ke Jingteng is a serious and persistent person. He has been pursuing Shen Jiayi for several years, but he backed down at the critical moment. And what about Wang Shang? Even worse than Ke Jingteng.
A person who is terrible at cooking, doesn't know how to buy clothes, and is hesitant about love.
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The next day, the crew's work continued. Xiaoyu didn't seem to be affected at all after the night, and was still busy doing this and that for Wang Shang as before.
The young man who failed to express his love yesterday looked miserable, but the young man who received the red envelope looked happy and energetic.
Time passed day by day, and the filming of "Those Years" was almost completed.
The sanctions issued by the issuer alliance composed of the top ten issuance companies including Datang International and three small issuance companies have become increasingly fierce.
"If we don't change the account sharing ratio, we will no longer provide films to you from now on."
"I'll leave you with nothing to show!!"
"Let you go bankrupt!!"
This is not a joke. After three years of planning and laying the foundation, the issuer can now be said to be quite well prepared.
There are only 20 issuance companies in China in total. The top ten issuance companies such as Datang International and Blue Ocean Group have a history of more than ten years. The remaining 10 were only established after 2000 and were approved by the new national policies.
In terms of scale, compared with the top ten distribution companies, both distribution channels and film quality are completely different!
Therefore, this time the distributor alliance can be said to control more than 90% of the high-quality film sources in China. Once they stop supplying films to theaters, the major theaters will have no films to show overnight, and they are still stuck.
This Spring Festival is approaching.
Not only that, the distributor has also built a separate theater chain - Jintiandi - in 10 provinces, cities and regions across the country, which can share the pressure of movie release.
Moreover, the daily consumption of theaters is not small. In addition to daily operating expenses, the rent of venues is also quite large. The annual rent accounts for at least 10% of the annual box office. The capital consumption is quite terrifying.
Therefore, it is not a joke to let theater chains go bankrupt.
The distributor's sudden effort immediately put the theater chains into a panic.
However, the theater circuits did not fail to fight back. 29 theater chains quickly established an alliance (excluding Golden World) and used old methods to win over other distributors. However, this was just sipping poison to quench thirst and could not cure the problem.
While the two alliances were fighting, all the film and television production companies dared not say anything.
If we support theaters, it will definitely damage the interests of the distributor alliance that owns distribution rights. At that time, the distribution companies will probably make things difficult for them if they want to distribute movies.
If you support the distributor alliance, you will offend the theater alliance that has the right to schedule movies. When the movie is released, it will be scheduled for a date and time period with fewer viewers, which will be tragic.
Wang Shang was also developing in a low profile at this time and did not dare to show his face.
However, this war between the two alliances gave Wang Shang another thought: "It feels really unpleasant to have someone grab your throat like this!"
“In the future, we must have our own cinema line!!”