Chapter 311 Film Finalization and Golden Dragon Award
After deciding on the Spring Festival Gala promotion method, Zuo Le began to prepare. When he found an opportunity, he contacted a deputy director of CCTV.
The relationship between Zuo Le and CCTV seems complicated to outsiders. TV series produced by the two parties often compete at the same time.
CCTV, which has always been the dominant TV station, has been beaten hard by Shan He Drama from time to time, and has been beaten to a pulp and lost all face.
Logically speaking, in such a situation, the two sides should be in a state of hostility, but whether it is Shanhe or CCTV, their attitude towards each other is very gentle, even friendly and intimate.
Reports on Shanhe and Zuo Le by CCTV's news columns and platforms are basically positive.
On Shanhe's side, everyone from Zuo Le himself to his artists are very cooperative with CCTV's work. Sometimes CCTV has activities or interviews, and Shanhe is particularly supportive.
Of course, no one dares not to sell CCTV’s reputation, and other companies also support it.
But like Shanhe, the ratings of previous TV series gave CCTV a beating. After the beating, he put his arm around CCTV's shoulders and said that we were all good buddies.
The scene was too magical and everyone was a little uncomfortable with it.
But no matter what, the TV station closest to Shanhe is Dongshan TV, followed by CCTV.
Especially with the Shanhe drama boom this year, with four major hit dramas, CCTV has become even closer to Shanhe. In June, Zuo Le got married, and the director of CCTV personally called him to congratulate him.
This is a real big shot, and he is a prominent publicity mouth in the entire country of China. For a person of this level to personally call Zuo Le to congratulate him, it shows that CCTV attaches great importance to Zuo Le.
You are thirsty for talents.
Frankly speaking, Zuo Le was quite moved at the time. He had always thought about having the opportunity to cooperate with CCTV, but there was no good opportunity.
The main reason is that Dongshantai cannot explain it.
The rise of Shanhe was greatly aided by Dongshantai. Of course, Dongshantai can develop to what it is today, and Shanhe is also indispensable.
The two parties cannot say who owes whom, but since the initial cooperation for many years, the interests of both parties are undoubtedly seriously tied.
Shanhe regards Dongshantai as his base camp, and Dongshantai regards Shanhe as his forbidden wife. Now Zuo Le wants to give CCTV a piece of meat to eat. Without a suitable reason, Dongshantai will definitely explode.
Now, I finally found a suitable reason.
In order to promote the movie, Zuo Le asked CCTV for a spot in the Spring Festival Gala program. He was forced to owe CCTV a big favor. In order to repay the favor, Shanhe Drama sold a drama to CCTV.
It is reasonable to say that if Dongshan TV is dissatisfied, it can't say anything. At most, it can ask Zuo Le to stop playing with CCTV after this cooperation.
But once something like this gets started, Dongshantai won't have the initiative.
Of course, Zuo Le doesn't want to break up with his old employer. If nothing goes wrong in the future, Shanhe's main partner will still be Dongshan TV, and CCTV will only be a backup and Zuo Le's prepared retreat.
It even serves as...a wake-up call to Dongshantai.
This year, as Shanhe dramas broke out one after another, Dongshan TV became a big hit. The overall ratings of the station were even close to those of CCTV. Once the results were good, some people became disillusioned.
Not only did he intend to reduce the amount of money he purchased from Shanhe Drama, but he also intended to use the 15% shares to get involved in Shanhe.
This undoubtedly touched the back of Zuo Le, especially the latter. Although the internal voices were quickly suppressed by Fang Weimin, Zuo Le felt that some people still had to understand.
Today's Shanhe is no longer the little brother who followed Dongshantai for help. Now the status of both parties is closer to equal cooperation.
Shanhe's current backing is not only Dongshan Terrace, but also Dongshan Province behind Dongshan Terrace...
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Things were going very smoothly between Zuo Le and CCTV. Almost as soon as Zuo Le finished hinting, CCTV nodded and gave him a spot in the program.
However, the Spring Festival Gala is not a trivial matter after all. Although CCTV will provide certain care, Shen Teng's program must also be approved by the director team.
Otherwise, even if CCTV really wants to cooperate with Zuo Le, it cannot make fun of such a big project.
Zuo Le understands this very well and is willing to abide by the arrangements of the director team. As long as CCTV can remain impartial, he feels that with the strength of Shen Teng and others, they have a high chance of entering the Spring Festival Gala.
After contacting the Spring Festival Gala, the problem of the script was almost solved. There were three scripts in total, two were sourced from external sources and one was written by the Shanhe Screenwriting Department itself.
Zuo Le and Shen Teng did some research and finally chose the script from the screenwriting department. This is not to say that this script is the best, but it is more suitable for Shen Teng's acting style.
After all, the scriptwriting department is our own, and we know Shen Teng a little bit. Knowing that Shen Teng is the star of this Spring Festival Gala, we wrote a script that can maximize Shen Teng's advantages, and naturally he won in the end.
After the book came out, Shen Teng also served as a sketch director, which was also his old profession. When he was arranging plays, he often worked as a sketch director.
After Shen Teng selected actors, Zuo Le meant that selecting them directly from the crew of "Charlotte Trouble" would be good for movie promotion.
However, Shen Teng believes that it is best to find professional actors or drama actors for sketch actors.
As for the leading actors in the crew, except for Yan Ni and Lei Jiayin who have drama experience, most of them are film and television actors and have no experience in sketch performances. In addition, the movie has to be filmed and promoted, so they all went to rehearse the Spring Festival Gala sketch, which delayed the important event.
So in the end, Shen Teng only picked one Lei Jiayin, and it was still to be decided. Whether it would work out or not would depend on the specific performance.
As for Yan Ni's failure as the actress, it was mainly because she was too smart. Shen Teng was worried that he, as a director, would not be able to suppress her, so he did not dare to take the role. Yan Ni was slightly disappointed, but she didn't say anything.
Zuo Le didn't ask too much about this. After all, he was a layman in this area and was afraid that his command would be messed up.
Shen Teng has experience, so just let him figure it out. Zuo Le only looks at the final result, good or bad, rewards and punishments, all depends on Shen Teng himself...
Of course, Zuo Le is not completely a hands-off boss. He has been silently paying attention to the sketch crew.
Shen Teng rejected "Charlotte Crew" and formed a group of people by himself. It is said that they are all old friends from the "Sad Tofu Nao" drama troupe. Lei Jiayin was not kicked out in the end and played a role in the sketch. .
Zuo Le asked the crew to open a room for this group of people and arranged a special rehearsal place. Shen Teng and the others usually went to rehearse sketches as soon as they had free time after filming.
On November 15, 2021, Shen Teng finished filming on the "Charlotte Troubles" crew and went to Beijing to participate in the first Spring Festival Gala rehearsal.
The results are quite good, and it is said that it is planned to be a key seed program in the language category. As long as the next rehearsal can be approved by the director team, basically, it is a certainty that it will enter the Spring Festival Gala.
Zuo Le didn't know how much the CCTV executives who had reached a tacit understanding with him had contributed, but as long as the results were gratifying, it would be fine.
On November 20, after nearly two months of filming, all the scenes of "Charlotte" were completed and moved into post-production.
The next day, Wang Qian, who was directing independently for the first time, also announced that "Serious Case Group 6 2" has been completed.
As for "Family with Children 5", which is expected to be broadcast during the Spring Festival, the filming has not been completed yet, but in order to meet the schedule, post-production has started simultaneously, and both ends are working together.
On November 25, China’s highest film award, the Golden Dragon Award, announced this year’s shortlist.
The movie "Wulin Gaiden" was only shortlisted for one award - Best Action Design.
