Xiong Li chatted with Fang Jing for a while and left voluntarily, leaving space for Yang Zi. His position was just an agent, and what Yang Zi was going to talk about next had nothing to do with him.
"You're getting used to it here, how are you doing?"
"Uh..." Faced with Fang Jing's kind words, Yang Zi was speechless.
She came to the company to clock in every day, stayed up until noon to eat, and clocked out in the afternoon. No one cared about her, and no one knew whether she was okay or not.
No agent, no announcements, no endorsements, no script invitations, this kind of life makes her feel like she has gone back to a few years ago.
"Haha, it's not bad. The people in the company are very nice and the environment is beautiful. But I'm a bit idle and don't have much to do."
"Take a few days off and you won't have so much free time next month."
"Is there a drama to be filmed?" Yang Zi sat up straight and became energetic instantly.
An actress's job is to film, and if she doesn't film, she'll be unemployed, and she hasn't forgotten Fang Jing's promise to her as the heroine.
"Yeah!" Fang Jing nodded lightly, "This time you are not the first girl, you should be the third girl and the fourth girl."
"Thank you, Mr. Fang, sorry for the trouble."
For the time being, she is content with playing three girls and four girls. It is indeed a bit unrealistic for her to directly play a female role with her current status.
Fang Jing sighed slightly, "The company is very busy right now. Two dramas are being filmed at the same time. There is a shortage of manpower. Please feel sorry for yourself first. When the new drama is released and the manpower is free, I will arrange for you to play the female lead."
Nanjing Entertainment has expanded to more than 400 people, and there are 70 or 80 people who come to the company to clock in every day, but the manpower is still insufficient, and there is a large shortage of artists and managers.
With Fang Jing's current ability, supporting the simultaneous shooting of two dramas is already the limit, and any more would be too much.
Didn’t you see that Ying Haoming is still doing odd jobs on the crew of In the Name of the People, Xiao Zan is hosting weddings, hotels are opening, and Zhang Mingen is supported by Xu Shi.
After the matter was settled, Yang Zi changed his melancholy and said with a smile, "It's okay. I also know a little bit about the current situation of the company. I'm not afraid of being late for a good meal. I can wait."
She was not afraid of waiting. What she was afraid of was being aimless, unable to see the future, and waiting endlessly. Now that Fang Jing had given her the answer, she felt more at ease.
"In the Name of the People" and "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" can be filmed in at most half a year. Then it will be her role. Calculate the time, after finishing the supporting role in the current one, the next one will be the main role. The time is just right.
It's good to meet a reasonable actor. Fang Jing nodded happily, "If you have any difficulties, just tell me and the company will solve it. If nothing happens, the script will be in your hands in a few days. Come on!"
"I have some business over there, see you later." After saying that, Fang Jing stood up and walked towards Yang Ning's office to do his business.
After the conversation, Yang Zi found a place to read information. Anyway, he was idle. A few hours later, he was about to get off work when he saw Fang Jing coming out of the office tiredly.
"Oh, if you want to suffer in front of others, you have to suffer behind others."
Looking at the bleak background with Fang Jing holding his waist, Yang Zi sighed, "No wonder his career is so successful. Sure enough, people's success does not come from sleeping. Who can see the hard work and sweat behind it?"
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"Director Kong, this is our first meeting. I have admired your name for a long time. I have wanted to cooperate with you for a long time. I never thought it would be this way."
"Hahaha, Mr. Fang, I also want to cooperate with you, but your salary is a bit high, so I'm afraid I can't afford it."
"Director Kong, my salary is recognized as the lowest in the industry. I perform for free or millions of dollars per film. Your information is wrong."
Sitting opposite Fang Jing at Noon Film and Television Company is director Kong Shen, who has directed classic dramas such as Langya Bang, The Pretender, All Quiet in Peking, and Surgical Affairs, and is truly a great director.
Next to Kong Shen is Hou Liang, the head of the house at noon.
"Mr. Fang, our company just wants to buy the copyright, so we don't need you to come here in person, right?" Hou Liang wondered. Their company was interested in the copyright of a novel and wanted to adapt it into a TV series. After checking, he found out that it had been intercepted by Nanjing a few years ago.
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Some time ago, the company sent people to Nanjing to discuss. As long as the price was reasonable, they would buy it. They were all prepared for heavy bleeding. Unexpectedly, Fang Jing came over in person.
"Mr. Hou, I'm here to give away the copyright this time. Not only do I give away the copyright, I've also prepared the script." Fang Jing waved, and Wu Jiajia, who was standing next to him, opened his briefcase and took out the outline of the Ode to Joy script.
"To be honest, I originally wanted to start production on this drama this year, but was delayed by the crew of In the Name of the People."
Kong Shen was depressed because his favorite work was gone. This was not the first time. The copyrights of several of the works he was optimistic about were in the hands of Nan Jing. He didn't know why Fang Jing had such bad eyes.
"Then what are you..."
"Win-win cooperation." After taking a sip of tea, Fang Jing continued: "To be honest, I am not short of money, but the manpower is really tight."
"Mr. Hou is full of talents. The most important thing is people. Why don't you cooperate? Even if you get the copyright, you have to find someone to invest. Then why can't this person be me?"
For a moment, Hou Liang and Kong Shen were silent. They believed that Fang Jing was not short of money.
Just the movies "Unfamiliar Journey" and "The Return of the Great Sage" have made a lot of money, not to mention Wolf Warrior 2, which is about to be released and has a box office of billions.
But the copyright is in Fang Jing’s hands, he is the investor, and he is probably the actor as well. Why can’t they work part-time at Noon Film and Television?
After looking at Kong Shen, Hou Liang said, "Mr. Fang, why don't we talk about selling the copyright? The price is easy to negotiate."
"Why? Just give me a reason?" Now Fang Jing was depressed. What he thought was a foolproof thing actually went wrong. Is there anyone in the world who has a grudge against money?
"Mr. Fang, to be honest, the company is quite strict about casting..."
"Ahem!!"
Hearing Hou Liang cough, Kong Shen pushed up his black-framed reading glasses and said with a smile, "Well... it's suitable, yes, it's suitable. We only choose the right ones, not the expensive ones."
Hou Liang sighed and frowned: "Mr. Fang, you know the reputation of Zhongwu. It's not that your acting skills are not good. It's just that most of the drama is female, so there are many aspects that need to be taken into consideration."
"And to be honest, the company held a meeting at the beginning of the year to discuss disbanding the artist department. This project is expected to be implemented in a while. From now on, only suitable people will be employed."
"I welcome your investment, but the employment process must go through the proper procedures, otherwise it will be bad for everyone if the brand is ruined."
Fang Jing clapped his hands and laughed: "Disband the artist department and concentrate on content production. I'm afraid you are the only one in the entertainment industry who dares to do this. Mr. Hou, I admire you, you have such courage."
"Thank you." Hou Liang waved his hand and said modestly, "It's just the path that the company must take when it reaches a certain stage of development. Don't be nepotistic and choose the right and best actors. Only in this way can you produce better works. You will also experience this in the future.
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"I hope that day will come. At present, our company has just started and is too far away from this step."
After a while, Fang Jing pushed the outline of the script in front of Kong Shen, "You two may have a misunderstanding. I will not participate in this play, I am just investing."
"Seriously?" Kong Shen squinted his eyes in disbelief.
There are still wolves who don't eat meat these days. Who would believe it? They were tired of investors constantly arranging people to join the team and disrupting the filming plan many times, so they decided to lay off the artist department to show their determination.
I don't even need my own people, why are you still trying to stuff them?