134 Zhouyi Film and Television and 'Wulin Wai Shi'
February 8th, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year
It was so early in the morning that Cao Xuan didn't feel tired. He ate a few large pieces of ribs and had a bowl of egg soup. Then he said goodbye to his parents, joined Zhu Jiang and a little girl named Liu Rui who had arrived, and headed to the airport.
This Liu Rui is a college student who graduated last year and joined Fanxing Entertainment in September last year.
I first followed Jiang Yue for half a year, and after gaining certain recognition, I was officially appointed as the assistant of Hu Jing, the first sister of the company, and this time I went with him to the set of "Young Man Bao Qingtian".
It was the first time she went on a business trip with her boss. Liu Rui was very reserved, but Cao Xuan quite liked teasing her. This girl was chubby and very cute.
Cao Xuan's unscrupulous behavior did not stop until he heard a shout.
"Zhu Bajie!"
The experimenters of Cao Xuan and others were attracted by the sound, and saw an aunt covering up a man in a peaked cap, with a look of surprise on her face.
At first, Cao Xuan thought it was Ma Dehua, but then he took a closer look.
Bald head, round face, wearing glasses...
Isn’t this Xu Zheng?
Recently, "Spring and Bright Pig" became a hit. Xu Zheng, the famous Zhu Bajie, has also become a popular TV star and his popularity has greatly increased.
I don’t know whether it was because I just became popular and my mentality didn’t change, or I accidentally exposed myself, and was caught by the sharp-eyed and enthusiastic aunt.
The sound of "Zhu Bajie" instantly attracted the attention of most people present to Xu Zheng, and some enthusiastic passengers came forward to ask for autographs.
However, Cao Xuan's attention quickly shifted to a woman next to Xu Zheng who was about to sneak away.
This woman's face was tightly wrapped, and she chose to escape from the center of sight at this critical moment.
Based on Cao Xuan's paparazzi experience, he can 100% conclude that this woman must be an artist, and she is probably quite famous.
Cao Xuan calculated the time, and it should be Xiao Tao Hong. She and Xu Zheng seemed to have met on the set of "Springs Are Beautiful".
But it's not necessarily true, Lao Xu is a romantic person, and he might have a new love.
Others dare not say that this "Cao Xuan" is really good, but this is not new. There are not many big directors in the entertainment industry who are not romantic.
If all the romantic affairs in the director circle were revealed, they would be more exciting than those of celebrities.
Of course, Lao Xu hasn't made a fortune yet, so he probably doesn't dare to act wild yet, so this woman is most likely to be Tao Hong.
Cao Xuan and Tao Hong had never met, but they had heard about her from Duan Long. Upon seeing this, Liu Rui asked her to pull her over in a panic, and gave Xu Zheng a gesture at the same time.
Tao Hong had to guard her reputation closely, not to mention Cao Xuan. He was wrapped up tightly, and he was so good at disguise that Tao Hong didn't recognize who he was for several years.
"you are……"
"Teacher Tao, Duan Long and I are friends."
"Cao...um."
Cao Xuan pulled down the specially made enlarged mask. Tao Hong was shocked. Just as he was about to speak out, he immediately reacted. She covered her mouth tightly and waited for a while before speaking, her tone was still a bit excited.
"I can't afford to be a teacher. I heard Duan Long talking about you, but I didn't expect to meet you today."
"It's also our fate, what are you doing?"
"My friend and I went to Qiong Province to discuss a script, but we didn't pay attention and were discovered."
When they met for the first time, Tao Hong was too embarrassed to introduce Xu Zheng as her boyfriend, and the two of them have not announced it to the public yet.
But he didn't care about their love life, but was very interested in what she said.
"Qiong Province, is it a play of Zhouyi?"
"How do you know?"
Tao Hong was a little surprised. Zhou Yi was not very well-known at this time. Even she and Xu Zheng knew about the company from Fan Xiaotian, the director of "Spring and Pig".
Fan Xiaotian praised this company a lot, so the two decided to go to Qiong Province to read the script.
Unexpectedly, Cao Xuan only knew from her mouth that he was going to Qiong Province and knew it was Zhou Yi. Was Cao Xuan the God? Or were they ignorant and underestimated this company?
"My company also has a film and television business, and I have some understanding of the layout of the industry. Among the film and television companies in Qiong Province, this one is the most famous."
Cao Xuan saw this and explained it. Tao Hong suddenly realized that actors and companies have different access to information, and it is normal for them to have cognitive biases.
But she didn't know that Cao Xuan was basically fooling her. He knew about Zhouyi all because of Golden Finger.
Zhouyi Film and Television, which was still inconspicuous at this time, has become famous in later generations, producing a series of hit TV series, including "A History of the Martial Arts", "Li Wei is an Official", "Water Moon Cave", "Love Through Time", etc.
At its peak, in the entire TV drama market, Zhouyi and Tang Dynasty were the most popular, and TV stations for their dramas were raising prices to get them.
Countless people born in the 1980s and 1990s grew up watching the TV series of these two families.
But now, Zhou Yi really doesn't have much fame. The film and television projects he participates in are all co-productions, and his share is very low. There are only two independently shot dramas, which have not caused any commotion.
Cao Xuan had really cared about this company before and wanted to poach it, but this company was special.
Their real core competitiveness is a screenwriter team called Pumpkin Creation Center, which has dozens of people and is personally managed by the boss Zhou Ping.
Therefore, many of Zhouyi's TV series have novel and imaginative plots, and they cover a variety of themes, including time travel romance, martial arts, science fiction, fantasy, historical drama, and other themes, and there are representative works on them.
Therefore, it is useless to poach Zhou Yi, actors, directors, and producers, and even poaching a few screenwriters is not enough.
If you want to get the essence of Zhouyi, you have to bring together the entire creative team and invite Zhou Ping, the screenwriter and director producer.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi's funding has always been a problem. In the early stage, he always collaborated with others to shoot, and later when he became rich, he began to produce independently. However, his creative ability gradually failed to keep up with the times, and several works performed poorly. Due to financial shortages and other reasons, he eventually went bankrupt.
Cao Xuan is targeting Zhouyi's weakness of insufficient funds. If "Young Bao Qingtian" and "Journey to the West" have considerable returns, Fanxing will have abundant funds next year.
At that time, in addition to self-made dramas, it is also a good choice to cooperate with Zhou Yi, jointly invest in the production of TV series, or Fanxing directly buys the books from Zhou Yi.
Apart from other things, Cao Xuan is really greedy for these two hit dramas, "Love Across Time and Space" and "Water Moon Cave".
"A History of the Martial Arts" and "Li Wei Becomes an Official" are actually also good. The former set off the first wave of CP fans in the mainland to fight against each other, and the screenwriter of the latter is Liu Heping.
That's right, it's Liu Heping, the number one screenwriter in Mainland China who wrote "All Quiet in Peking", "Ming Dynasty 1566", "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Toward a Republic".
So despite the fact that "Li Wei Becomes an Official" is a light comedy, its design of the official plot is no less than that of some serious dramas. However, because of the humorous interpretation, many viewers did not think about it carefully.
Cao Xuan didn't know how many books Zhou Yi had in his hands now, but after inviting Xu Zheng, "Li Wei as an Official" should have disappeared.
"The History of Martial Arts" is probably similar. He remembers that this drama was released in 01 or 02.
If it's suitable, Cao Xuan thinks he can try out the role of Shen Lang.
Both sides, red and white roses, Cao Daguan is definitely acting in his true colors...
