Short entered the box and said hello to his college dormitory friends.
My roommate is the third oldest in the dormitory.
Even though nearly ten years have passed now, Short still calls him this, "The boss hasn't come yet?"
He thought he was late enough because he worked overtime, but he didn't expect his boss to be even later.
"Soon."
The third child poured Xiaote a glass of water: "On the way, I just told the group that their drama troupe has a play to be performed recently. As a member of the stage department, he has been a little busy these days."
Short wondered: "Didn't Beijing Performing Arts just release a movie called "Wotou Guild Hall"?"
"Hi."
The third child waved his hand: "The boss is no longer working at Beijing Art Theatre, and has been poached by Jiangyu Troupe."
"Jiangyu Troupe?!"
Short stopped drinking water: "Li Yu's husband's drama troupe? It's a private drama troupe, right?"
"yes."
The third child: "I heard that the salary is similar to that of Beijing Performing Arts, but you get a share of the performance."
The eldest is a stage art designer, responsible for the set and prop design of the drama stage, ranging from brick walls on the stage, murals, medium to a tree, to miniature models, etc., it is all his work.
The dance beauty is divided——
Short: "It's quite strange."
The third child: "Isn't this the way the devil behaves? I remember when we were in college, there was news that the industry usually did not give arrangers a share of royalties, but Li Yu would give part of his royalties to arrangers.
"
certainly.
Anyone who can take away the arrangement royalties from Li Yu is a very powerful figure in the music industry.
It's almost a professional certification.
"Yes. Boss——"
Short still wanted to speak, the box door opened and the boss came.
"Sorry, sorry."
The boss apologized as soon as he entered the door, "I'm a little delayed in my work temporarily."
The third child: "Boss, you are so busy with choreography work."
Boss: "Split the time."
For plays that have already been staged, the stage design can only be tinkered with and constantly improved. You can sit in the office and drink tea when you are free. But for a new play, everything needs to be started from scratch, so it will be a bit busier. "We still have some work here.
If you rent your own theater, it is very expensive. We have to race against time to get the scene, which can buy more time for the actors and the technical department later, and for rehearsals. It is common to stay up late." said the boss.
but--
They also accept staying up late.
Because the actors perform well, they also get a share.
"That's pretty good."
Both Short and Laosan felt that.
One of them works on game special effects, and the other works on visual effects. Overtime is commonplace, and the overtime pay is not even a dime.
When the third child saw that everyone was here, he called the waiter to order.
This way.
Short poured a glass of water for the boss: "Boss, I was going to ask you to help me get two tickets for "Wotou Club". Why did you sneak to Jiangyu Repertory Theater quietly?"
Boss: "You want to go see it? I can still get tickets."
"real?"
Short said happily: "I'm chasing a girl. Yesterday I looked at her WeChat Moments and complained that I couldn't get the tickets for "Wotou Guild Hall" and all were taken away by scalpers. More than 100 tickets were sold for 7
More than a hundred, it’s just a money grab.”
Boss: "The Wotou Guild Hall's book was written by our boss. I'll ask Director Wu later."
"The tickets for Jiangyu Repertory Theater are more exaggerated than those for Jingyi." The third child sent the waiter away and interrupted the conversation: "The tickets for "Secret Love in the Peach Blossom Land" will be sold out next year. My wife and I want to go see it.
, and found that there were only scalper votes.”
Boss: "I can't do anything about this vote."
Tickets for Jingyi are free tickets, which are equivalent to welfare.
Their drama troupe's ticket management is very strict.
The boss advised him not to buy scalped tickets for the small theater: "It must be a scam. The tickets for our small theater are real-name. The adults and mothers in the square check the tickets one by one with their naked eyes."
Beer and cold dishes are served.
They chatted while eating.
The third child finally revealed the origin of the meal——
He lost his job.
He was not yet thirty-five when he fell in front of this threshold.
It’s not just unemployment.
His former employer still owed him salary.
As for why his former employer owed him salary, it was because the film and television producers defaulted on the final payment to their visual effects company.
As for when the producer will pay the final payment, it probably has to wait until the movie is released.
but--
His former employer will not survive until then.
Now.
The third child has a mortgage, a car loan, and his children are still in school. If the blame cannot be revealed, he really doesn't know what to do.
He also submitted his resume to look for a job. "The market is currently in a slump and there are few blockbusters. Many companies have no time to lay off employees, let alone recruit people."
Xiao nodded.
He switched from the visual effects industry to game special effects.
He knows very well that domestic visual effects companies rely on rolling out projects to survive, because to put it bluntly, except for head visual effects companies, the rest of the domestic special effects companies are very sophisticated, and there are no technical barriers. They just make three-dimensional
, those who do synthesis, and those who do animation are just gathered together. Anyway, after the upstream film and television companies give the stars Yishuang 208, and then to the directors, as well as huge marketing expenditures, they can only give so much to the downstream visual effects companies, 50 cents.
It's just special effects. If you can do it, I can do it too, so just lower the price.
Then--
Because the price is low, in order to maintain wages and other expenses, the company has no choice but to keep accepting projects. If it cannot receive the project, or the negotiated project is postponed, or if the third party's former employer is owed the final payment, it will have no choice but to be out of the game.
.
so--
It would be great if the visual effects company did not lay off employees, let alone recruit them.
The boss was worried about the third child: "Well, second child, why don't you let the third child try out the special effects of the game?"
Short could only say give it a try, "I'll ask our company for you."
A few years ago, game companies used high wages to poach film and television special effects people, and he was there at that time.
I don't know what the situation is now.
The third child breathed a sigh of relief.
He raised his beer and thanked his two brothers: "It's the boss who sees clearly. Stability is more important than anything else."
When they graduated from college, it was a time when small horses and big horses appeared frequently and were full of vitality.
They are also at a vigorous age, and they vow to make a career in this vigorous age.
He and Short didn't even think about Jingyi's career editor.
Short: "Hey, by the way, boss, why are you at Jiangyu Repertory Theater now?"
This is also unstable.
"Hi."
The boss waved his hand.
He also made a mistake. "At first, Director Wu of our troupe went there, and then he came back to recruit the stage director of our troupe. The stage director didn't want to go at first, but Director Wu dragged him to see them.
After the drama, he decided to follow us. In his words, the drama of their drama troupe is enough for us to last a lifetime."
then--
The stage director came with a few of them.
certainly.
This is also about money.
Living in the capital is not easy.
The cost of living is high and so is the mortgage.
After having children, who doesn’t want them to live a better life?
At Jiangyu Repertory Theater, although the basic salary has not been increased much, the box office share is written in black and white in the contract. Moreover, the show is really good and the theaters are full. As long as they don't rest on their laurels, they will have a bowl of food to eat.
Then why not come over.
Boss: "The drama is broadcast on Mango.com, and we still get a share."
Although there are not too many people paying to watch, and the money they get is only 80 cents. But as long as the video is still playing, as long as they are not fired, become unscrupulous artists, or break the law, the share will continue to be paid.
.
Even if they quit their job.
What's more -
Boss: "The play our troupe is going to perform recently is another classic. You must go see it. It's awesome."
Short: "What drama?"
Boss: "The story of a man who told a group of university professors that he was Jesus, and then the professors believed him."
Short: "It sounds good."
"right."
The boss thinks that such a classic drama will still be watched by people in a few decades.
In a sense, this can be considered a kind of stability.