Xiao Lin was obviously a little surprised when he saw the reactions of everyone in the conference room.
She originally thought that after her proposal was made public, everyone would agree with it.
Even Dai Xuezhi, the boss of the department, would praise him greatly.
At this time, as the intern's superior, one of the on-site team leaders spoke.
"Xiao Lin, you think things are too simple."
"Of course we know that Xu Ji is definitely suitable, but do you know how much Xu Ji is worth now?"
"What price does it cost to invite him to write a song specifically?"
"With our current budget, it's simply impossible."
"Sha Yetong's total album sales have just exceeded 300 million. Sha Yetong is now the queen of songs, and Xu Ji has become the youngest songwriter and songwriter."
"I don't think you don't know this, right?"
"Not to mention that Sha Yetong is holding a concert now, and Xu Ji is filming a movie. They are the bosses. Even if they are rich, we probably won't be able to invite them."
......
Although everyone at the scene did not speak at this time, it was obvious that everyone knew this.
Xiao Lin was a little embarrassed at this time. She didn't expect her proposal. Others knew that the feasibility was too low, so they didn't mention it.
However, Dai Xuezhi took the initiative to come to the rescue and said: "It's okay, as a newcomer, it's always good to have ideas."
"Although the success rate of inviting Xu Ji is low, it is not impossible. If it doesn't work, we can try it."
Now that the leaders have given me some steps, even interns with low emotional intelligence can only sit down calmly at this time.
And this meeting still didn’t make much progress.
After the meeting, Dai Xuezhi sat in his office chair, lowering his head and thinking about something.
"Do you think we really can't find a suitable candidate now?"
When the assistant heard this, he hesitated for a while and then answered:
"Actually, you can definitely find it if you look for it, but..."
"There may not be enough time."
When Dai Xuezhi heard this answer, he slapped the table hard, and then said to himself:
"In that case, it's better to give it a try!"
"Maybe we can really invite Xu Ji, but that's not necessarily true!"
The assistant was obviously stunned for a moment.
"You mean...to find Xu Ji to cooperate?"
......
In station g, in the office of the film and television department, more than half of the seats inside are empty at this time.
As the budget of the film and television department has increased, in addition to cooperating with Tongji Entertainment, G station is also nervously discussing the copyrights of a large number of various dramas.
Even Chi Jiang, the department boss, spent most of this month on business trips.
It was hard to calm down this time, and I finally had time to sit in the office.
"Mr. Chi, the acting president of the planning department is looking for you."
Not long after Chi Jiangcai sat down, he heard the report from his assistant.
"Planning Department?"
Chi Jiang was confused.
Although the film and television department and the planning department do need to communicate with each other many times, they usually take the initiative to negotiate with each other. Why is it the other way around this time?
Moreover, Dai Xuezhi came here personally.
"The acting president came here once yesterday, but you haven't come back yet."
The assistant added in a low voice.
Chi Jiang and Dai Xuezhi didn't have anything to do with each other, not to mention that when they came to visit in person, Chi Jiang naturally had no reason to disappear.
"Hurry up and invite people in."
......
When I saw Dai Xuezhi, who I had met several times before and had always had a serious expression, now he was smiling all over his face and his expression was even more enthusiastic.
Chi Jiang knew that the other party's visit this time was probably not a good thing.
Most likely they are here to ask for help.
But Chi Jiang didn't think about it. What could the planning department ask him, the head of the film and television department, to help him with?
After a while of polite exchanges, Dai Xuezhi finally said that he had no other purpose for coming to Chi Jiang this time.
"Invite Xu Ji to help write G station's 10th anniversary song?"
"And make short films?"
Chi Jiang obviously never thought that the other party would be looking for him because of such a thing.
"I know that Mr. Chi has a close relationship with Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment."
"I really have no choice, so I can only ask you for help."
Dai Xuezhi said in a low voice.
There is nothing we can do about it. The situation is like this. If the tenth anniversary is not handled well this time and it is at the bottom among several websites, then for Dai Xuezhi, it is certain that he will be held accountable by the superiors.
As for Chi Jiang, he really doesn’t want to help.
Although it was indeed possible to make the other party owe him a favor, Dai Xuezhi's favor did not have much value in Chi Jiang's heart.
And the other side is Xu Ji.
He and Xu Ji do have some friendship, but this kind of friendship needs to be used once in a while.
If you ask Xu Ji for something that is not within the scope of your business, it will not be worthwhile no matter how you think about it.
Station G generally knows the budget for the tenth anniversary event. Chi Jiang generally knows that for Xu Ji to write a song and shoot a short film with that little money, Xu Ji will lose money no matter what.
As long as you ask a little bit about how rare Xu Ji's songs are in the outside market, you won't make such an unreasonable request.
A great songwriter and first-line director is not that cheap.
What's more, Xu Jiren is still filming his own movie and may not be able to spare time.
"President, I can help you contact Xu Ji, but I can't guarantee whether you will agree."
Chi Jiang was talking about contacting Xu Ji, that is, contacting him through his own private channels.
If it is Dai Xuezhi, he can only contact Tongji Entertainment Company, and he may not even be able to hear Xu Ji's voice.
Dai Xuezhi was not stupid. After hearing what the other party said, he could probably guess that Chi Jiang was probably just helping to make contact and had no intention of persuading anyone.
Thinking of this, Dai Xuezhi suddenly became anxious.
"Mr. Chi, please help us communicate more. Our g station really needs Xu Ji's songs and short films for this 10th anniversary event!"
Dai Xuezhi continued to lower his posture and begged.
When Chi Jiang saw that the other party was still unwilling to give up, he simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly.
"It's not that I don't help."
"General Manager, I would like to ask, what is the budget the company can provide this time?"
Dai Xuezhi hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and replied: "Two million!"
Chi Jiang almost lost control and rolled his eyes.
"Do you know what the average daily sales of Sha Yetong's album have been since it was pre-sold for about 20 days?"
Hearing Chi Jiang's words, Dai Xuezhi fell into rare silence.
The sales volume of Sha Yetong's second album has now exceeded 100 million, which means that the money he makes from selling the album in one day is higher than the fee paid by G.com.
But there is nothing Dai Xuezhi can do. Although Station G has increased its budget this time.
But after all, there is still a celebration, and it is impossible to spend all the money on Xu Ji.
More importantly, the anniversary party of G Station could not attract many sponsors at all.
For websites like Penguin and Kiwi, the sponsors of the anniversary party can’t spend all their money, and they can even make money after the anniversary party is over.
Station G is just losing money and making money all the time.
And the shouting sound is pitiful.
""I Am a Songwriter", Xu Ji's appearance fee for one episode of the program is rumored to be close to 7 million, you haven't heard about it, right?"
Chi Jiang said.
He can only hint at the other party in this way.
It’s not that I don’t want to help, it’s just that I can’t do anything good without money.
Xu Ji, Sha Yetong, and even many artists from Tongji Entertainment are worth a bit too much.
And in many cases, there is no price at all and no one can be invited.
For example, Sha Yetong, before she became a singer, as a first-tier singer, her performance fee even exceeded that of many top-tier singers and queens.
As a star, it all depends on your popularity, not just your net worth.
For example, many popular stars, although they are only in the top tier, can still get remuneration and appearance fees that exceed the top tier level.
Of course, the artists of Tongji Entertainment are not considered popular stars, but their popularity is no lower than those top idols touted by fans in the rice circle.
In addition, these people in Xuji Company don’t like to participate in programs, and things are rare and valuable, so their value will naturally rise.
Chi Jiang's few words made Dai Xuezhi completely hopeless at this time.
Originally, she thought that if Chi Jiang could help, there might be a greater chance of swaying Xu Ji.
But now it seems that although he is from the same company, Chi Jiang obviously does not intend to help.
However, she can also understand that after all, the conditions offered by Station G this time to invite Xu Ji are indeed a bit fanciful.
"Excuse me, Mr. Chi."
Dai Xuezhi sighed and gave up this last hope.
Turn around and leave silently.
While Chi Jiang looked at Dai Xuezhi's back, a bold plan suddenly came into his mind.
What would happen if you were put in charge of this 10th anniversary event?
Chi Jiang just thought about it briefly and suddenly felt that what Dai Xuezhi couldn't do seemed to be really possible for him?
Even surpassing Penguin, Kiwi and Tudou Video this time is not too difficult.
But after all, this is not within the scope of my business. Is it necessary to spend time and energy on it?
Chi Jiang hesitated a little.
......
Abroad, at this time, the filming of "Wushuang" has reached the final stage.
The crew also took a rare three-day vacation.
After all, I have been working intensively for more than a month, and now there are only a few plots left to film after returning to China. Xu Ji naturally also humanely gave the crew a chance to have a good time for a few days.
Some people who later joined the "Wushuang" crew were actually very dissatisfied with the intensity of Xu Ji's filming at the beginning.
When combined with the high-intensity work, the remuneration far exceeds that of all domestic film crews.
When they learned how much overtime pay and various subsidies totaled, many people suddenly stopped complaining.
Of course, those old crew members who have been following Xu Ji are not among them.
They have long been accustomed to Xu Ji's shooting method.
Moreover, many of these people were newcomers to the industry at the time, and it was purely because of Xu Ji that they achieved the results they have today.
In addition to high salaries, Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment are of great significance to them.
Xu Ji is not a person who likes to drink chicken soup, but most of these people are sincerely willing to follow Xu Ji and regard the movies or dramas they are filming as their own works.
This is the most rare thing.
As a best actor, Wei Yifa has worked on countless film crews.
But after working with Xu Ji this time, I couldn’t help but feel emotional.
"Director Xu, really, I can tell at a glance which people are yours and which ones were recruited from behind."
"You are the first director I have ever seen who can have such strong team cohesion."
Wei Yifa's words are actually not flattery, they are indeed facts.
But Xu Ji also knows that if he wants to continue to cultivate such a team in the future, it will probably take more effort.
The people recruited into the crew this time are much more capable than the people Xu Ji recruited several times before.
Many of them, even those in other domestic production crews, will be snapped up by many big directors.
After all, Xu Ji is now famous, and his appeal in the industry is naturally different from before.
But on the contrary, most of these people will not think that it is because of Xu Ji that they can join Xu Ji's crew, and no matter how far they grow later.
They will feel more that it is their own efforts or talents.
On the contrary, the newcomers before, or those who were not wanted by the crew, have filmed so many dramas with Xu Ji, and have witnessed Xu Ji's transformation from an unknown person to the current Peony Award Best Director.
They will remember that Xu Ji gave them the opportunity and personally trained them.
But the only good thing is that there are no new people in the current filming, and Xu Ji doesn’t have to worry about everything. As a director, he has to do a lot of other duties.
"By the way, Brother Fa, didn't you say you planned to take me somewhere?"
Xu Ji suddenly remembered that since Xu Ji informed of the holiday a few days ago, Wei Yifa had invited him to participate in some activities.
And it’s also very mysterious.
"Do you know about the Bonham Film Festival?"
Wei Yifa did not answer, but asked Xu Ji a question.
"Burham Film Festival?"
The name Xu Ji is naturally familiar to him.
One of the three major film festivals in Europe, its international influence cannot be overstated as being a household name.
Among the current top-tier directors in China, several are winners of the Bonham Award for Best Director.
"They specially invited me to this movie screening."
"We can go and see it together then."
As a winner of the Bonham Award for Best Actor, it is not unusual for Wei Yifa to receive an official invitation.
On the other hand, Xu Ji, although he is a household name in China, is still a new film director and has basically no reputation abroad.
Xu Ji is very interested in this.
Even in the memory of his previous life, he only went abroad once to participate in a film festival.
"Is there enough time?"
In order to avoid missing the trip back to China, Xu Ji still asked.
"Hahaha, there are five days of movie viewing time, starting tomorrow, which happens to be the time when the crew takes a break."
"I even suspect you did it on purpose."
Wei Yifa smiled and said.
Of course Xu Ji knew it was just a coincidence, so he spread his hands helplessly.