Chapter 493 Agree to join and follow Tongjis assessment standards!
"What?"
"Song Lili said he wants to join our company?"
Xu Ji was already a little shocked when he heard the news from Youman.
Although Youman was a little puzzled, he still nodded.
"Don't he have his own company?"
"Are you sure you mean joining our company, not cooperating with us?"
Xu Ji confirmed it again.
Youman replied: "He did approach us for cooperation before, but I rejected him."
"This time I'm talking about joining our Tongji."
"He also said he was planning to dissolve his own company."
Xu Ji's expression became increasingly strange.
Xu Ji knew that Song Lili was looking for Tong Ji to continue cooperating with him.
At that time, Youman felt that Song Lili had previously planned to invest in new dramas on his own, and was obviously planning to abandon Tongji Entertainment.
But after the failure of the new drama, he came again to seek cooperation. Youman felt that this behavior was too much, so he refused.
Xu Ji just happened to be too lazy to continue writing scripts and so on, so he had no objection to this.
I just didn't expect that the cooperation failed to be negotiated, and the other party directly dissolved the company and brought people to join them.
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"Do you want to agree?"
Youman asked.
Xu Ji fell into deep thought.
I have to say that in fact, Song Lili’s personal ability as a director is quite recognized by Xu Ji.
After all, as the other party is a super first-line director, there is no need to be too suspicious in this regard.
But Xu Ji is still a little worried. After all, Tongji's current crew members are almost all people he trained himself.
Song Lili chose to join Tongji this time, not only for him, but also for many crew members in his own team.
In this case, Xu Ji cannot guarantee whether the sudden increase of so many people will have an impact on the current Tongji.
"Sister Man, what do you think?"
Xu Ji thought for a while, and then decisively asked the question to Youman.
With Youman here, it seemed like there was no need for him to pay attention to this matter.
Youman should be responsible for all management issues.
"I think if Song Lili is sincere, we won't be able to agree."
"But there are certain conditions."
Youman had actually thought about it a long time ago, and now he expressed all his thoughts.
"Song Lili's team is actually professionally qualified."
"But it may still be a lot different from the tone of our company, so although Song Xixi will bring a lot of people over."
"But our original assessment system will not change."
"As for how many people can be left in the end, it's not something we can decide."
"This needs to be discussed with Song Lili in advance."
After Xu Ji heard Youman's words, he nodded in agreement.
Although Tongji's staff consists of various people, most of them are young people.
Before, I was either a student or a so-called non-professional.
It was almost cultivated from scratch by Tongji himself.
There are many people left, but there are also many eliminated in the process.
The relevant assessment system has been decided from the very beginning.
Even Song Ideal's team must be evaluated according to Tongji's standards.
After all, even though Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment themselves have never taken the initiative to admit it, in the entire Chinese film and television industry, Tongji's group of people can already be called the top in the industry.
In particular, Tongji's fast pace and efficiency-oriented working style during filming are something that many crew members simply cannot imagine.
"Then let's talk to Song Lili first."
"After all, he is also a top-tier director. If he takes the initiative to join us, he should still be polite."
Xu Ji opened his mouth and said.
He basically didn't worry too much about these things.
Youman should be able to handle it.
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"accepted?"
When the assistant director saw Song Lili answering the phone, he looked at him expectantly.
In fact, he has been working with Song Lili for so many years, but in fact he doesn't have much affection for the so-called company at present.
It is only because of Song Lili that I have persisted until now.
Otherwise, as the assistant director and second-in-command of the company, he had already seen a long time ago that their film and television company did not have many so-called prospects.
"accepted."
"But there are conditions."
Song Lili took a deep breath.
He was still feeling a little emotional, or maybe he hadn't fully adapted to it.
The company I have been running for so many years is now shut down by myself, which is indeed unacceptable in a short period of time.
"What conditions?"
The assistant director asked.
In his view, Tongji is currently not short of money, but also not short of people.
Although Song Lili is a top-tier director, even if he actively wants to join Tongji and has a family to support, the other party is still likely to refuse.
"Those who talk about our past must undergo relevant assessments."
"If you don't pass the assessment, Tongji won't want it in the end."
After saying this condition, Song Lili's mood was quite complicated at this time.
He could feel that Tongji obviously didn't trust his team very much.
In other words, he doesn't trust his team's ability.
If it were any other company, Song Lili would probably be angry with such an attitude.
After all, this was someone who clearly looked down on him.
But what Tongji said sounded much more reasonable.
After all, the crew of Tongji Entertainment is indeed relatively difficult to get into.
From a long time ago, the crew of every Tongji drama has been almost exclusively staffed by their own people.
Every time we recruit people from outside, the conditions become more and more stringent.
Including a well-known photographer whom Song Lili knew before, he joined Tongji's crew and worked for two months, but he couldn't adapt and was eliminated.
But even though he was eliminated, the opponent's attitude was very interesting.
Not only did he not think it was Tongji Entertainment's problem, but he kept praising the various working methods of the Tongji crew.
During this period, some of Tongji's executive directors went out to work part-time on other crews.
Although Song Lili doesn't know the specific story, people like Tongji are highly regarded in the industry.
Even if he is just a simple executive director, his abilities are far beyond what some parallel importers in the industry can match.
Xu Ji's crew members are trained to be at the top of the industry.
It has to be said that in the entire Tongji Entertainment, apart from Xu Ji's script, it is the staffing of their crew that makes Song Lili admire the most.
"Director Song, this is a good thing!"
"It just so happens that we can't fire those old employees ourselves."
"When the time comes that they enter Tongji, whether they can stay or not will depend on their own abilities."
Seeing that Song Lili seemed to be in a bad mood, the assistant director took the initiative to comfort him.
"I know."
"only......"
"After all, they are all old friends who have been with me for so many years."
Song Lili's soft-hearted problem reappeared.
This is not the case once or twice.
Every time someone in the team made a mistake, although Song Lili would scold him, he would not expel the person after the scolding, and there would not even be a corresponding severe punishment.
This also leads to the fact that Song Lili's current team does not have any so-called outstanding talent reserves.
Most people who can dawdle will choose to dawdle.
Anyway, it's all about getting money, fooling around, and meeting Song Ideal's requirements.
When filming "Bright Sword", Song Lili and Xu Ji maintained communication for a long time.
Many shots were actually shot a second time at Xu Ji's strong request.
Otherwise, although the final film will not be bad due to the script, there will still be many flaws.
Especially in terms of props, the props team of Song Lili's crew was mainly perfunctory.
Xu Ji has mentioned this matter several times.
Later, it was only through Xu Ji's strong request to spend money that we achieved satisfactory results.
Many places are about details.
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"How many former members of our team can we keep?"
Song Lili suddenly asked.
The assistant director shook his head.
"I don't know, and we don't know Tongji's requirements either."
"And if nothing else happens, besides you, I will probably also have to conduct an assessment."
"Maybe I won't be able to stay by then."
Although he said it a little unconfidently, the assistant director did it on purpose.
Although Tongji's requirements were strict, he didn't feel that his ability was so bad that he couldn't even meet Tongji's standards.
I say this to inoculate Song Lili in advance.
Otherwise, if the people in their current company fail to pass, the other party will feel uncomfortable.
In fact, he felt that most of their current team should be fired directly. Apart from following Song Lili for a long enough time, there was no reason to stay.
"Tongji's intention is to first let us, and of course everyone except me, be dispersed to several crews in their company."
Song Lili said.
"Are you among the other crew members who dispersed to go to Tongji?"
The assistant director was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"But there are so many of us..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought that the number of film and television projects in Tongji was probably not small.
Counting only what they know, the Ghost Blowing Lamp series and the second part of "Detective Chinatown" were revealed before.
It is estimated that the number of film and television projects Tongji had in the same period was completely beyond their imagination.
And the investment in these projects will most likely not be small.
For example, the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, not to mention other things, just the special effects and props and landscaping, etc., are quite terrifying expenses.
"What about you?"
The assistant director couldn't help but ask.
"Director Xu... I should call you boss from now on."
"He said he would write a new script for me soon."
"But the people on my crew will most likely use people from Tongji."
Song Lili seemed to be in a bad mood.
After all, these people on his team are all acquaintances who have been with him for so many years. If they suddenly change people, they will definitely not adapt.
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"Actually, Xu Ji's approach is understandable."
"After all, we were all part of your crew before, or rather your subordinates."
"I'm afraid Xu Ji still doesn't want there to be a small group in the company."
The assistant director expressed his opinion.
The purpose of breaking up the people in their company and assigning them to different crews is actually easy to guess.
Even Song Lili felt that this was understandable.
It's just that it was a little difficult to adapt to such changes for a while.
"If possible, I will let Xu Ji assign you to our new crew."
Song Lili spoke.
As his assistant director, the other party is far more important than the rest of the crew.
After working together for so many years, the two of them have long been used to it.
Of course Song Lili thought so.
But this proposal was rejected by the assistant director.
"No need, Director Song. We will all be considered Tongji's people from now on."
"It's better to follow their rules."
On the one hand, the assistant director did think so.
Of course, I also have some small selfish motives of my own.
He still has a certain understanding of Tongji.
At Tongji Entertainment, unlike some other big companies, you may have the opportunity to direct a film on your own.
For example, several well-known directors in Tongji, Pang Er, Yang Anran, etc. are actually not very old, but their resumes are already quite exaggerated.
He has been with Song Lili for so many years. Although the relationship between the two has always been good, the other party also has considerable trust in him.
But what I have to say is that he actually wants to have the opportunity to be a director by himself instead of always being Song Li's deputy.
At the beginning, some directors from Song Lili's company directed some low-cost TV series, but the opportunity did not fall to him.
The main reason is that Song Lili's crew cannot do without him.
He was also embarrassed to mention that he wanted to be responsible for a new drama alone.
Now Song Lili has closed the company and has the opportunity to start over.
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"ok, I get it."
Song Lili didn't know whether he could see what the other party was thinking, but he didn't say anything more and just responded lightly.
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"What?"
"The company is closed?"
"Are you kidding me?"
The small group of employees of Song Lili Company suddenly became lively.
They were just taking a normal vacation for a while, and before they could go back to work, the bad news of the company's collapse suddenly came.
"The company shouldn't be able to sustain itself, right?"
"Why did it suddenly close down?"
Someone asked a little strangely.
They know that the company's new drama has suffered losses this time.
But no one paid much attention to it. After all, the current situation is obviously much better compared to the more difficult times before.
After all, the previous two dramas "Bright Sword" and "My Leader, My Team" still made a lot of money, giving them the capital to continue losing money.
"I heard it was the company that Director Song took the initiative to contact."
"We are likely to join Tongji Entertainment in the future."
Employees who knew the news in advance announced it in the group.
This news made the employees who were a little downcast suddenly feel better again.
What everyone in the industry basically knows is that Tongji’s treatment is at the top level in the entire China.
Even more than what Director Song gave them, who was very kind to them.
Under such circumstances, everyone suddenly felt less sad about the company's bankruptcy.
Unlike Song Lili, these people may have some feelings for the company, but more importantly, they still value their own wages and interests.