Chapter 381 'Start: The Domineering President's Sister Is My Little Fan Girl'
Quancheng, Shanhe Pictures
Shui Mingming walked into the company door with a shoulder bag on his back and happily greeted the front desk.
"Hello, I'm here to report."
The girl at the front desk glanced at her, asked her name, made a phone call, and then showed her warm smile.
"Welcome to Sunward. Manager Zhang from the Human Resources Department is coming over. She will take you to go through the on-boarding procedures in a moment, and then take you to the screenwriting department to report."
"Thanks."
Shui Mingming thanked her and then stood quietly at the door waiting. After a while, a young woman wearing a black OL uniform appeared at the door. It was Manager Zhang from the Human Resources Department. She greeted the front desk and led her away.
The water is clear.
Manager Zhang has a background in personnel and is very good at talking. He found out the details of Shui Mingming in just a few words, and then let out an exclamation.
"You wrote "Life and Hate, Water and Water". This book is very popular now. The screenwriting department has made a lot of money this time and brought back a great internet writer."
Shui Mingming was a little embarrassed and smoothed his hair: "I am also writing blindly. I am just lucky."
"Don't be so modest."
Manager Zhang shook his head: "I just heard you say that Director Shang invited you to join the company. Just for this reason, you are better than most of the screenwriters in the screenwriting department. You will probably be able to participate in the project soon."
"Director Shang?"
Shui Mingming recalled the middle-aged man with a kind attitude the last time he came for an "interview".
This future immediate boss seemed to be very optimistic about himself, and he even praised himself for his talent in writing "tragic and sadistic" plots.
With such a big boss protecting you, your career path should start smoothly.
It's a pity that Dong Dongshi is used to freedom and is unwilling to work. He has no companion, so he can only work hard in the mountains and rivers alone.
With random thoughts in his mind, Shui Mingming was taken to the Human Resources Department by Manager Zhang. It took him more than half an hour to complete all the entry procedures.
Holding the newly released employee card and several pieces of information, Shui Mingming was about to follow Manager Zhang to the screenwriting department when a girl suddenly ran in outside the door.
The girl is not old, she is dressed very youthfully and brightly, she is quite pretty, her little face is a bit round, she likes to smile, and she looks very friendly.
But what makes Shui Mingming even more noteworthy is that as soon as this girl walked in, Manager Zhang's face instantly turned into a smile, and he greeted her with unimaginable enthusiasm.
"Xiaoxiao, why did you come to me when you had time? Assistant Hu didn't arrange any work for you."
"Hey, Sister Hu Ya is on vacation today. It's rare for me to be free."
The girl smiled and exchanged greetings with Manager Zhang, but her eyes kept looking at Shui Mingming, and then asked.
"Sister Zhang, I heard from Tiantian at the front desk that the great master who wrote "Life Grows and Hates Water Changing East" is here."
"Isn't it?"
As soon as Manager Zhang was about to introduce him, the girl reached out her hand enthusiastically: "Hello Shuida, my name is Zuo Xiao. I am a summer intern at the board of directors' office, and I am also a fan of your books. I also joined your book club, but I often
Diving, you may not know me."
Shui Mingming hasn't figured out what's going on yet, but under the hint of Manager Zhang's crazy wink, he also vaguely understands that this little girl is not a mortal.
"Hello, my name is Shui Mingming. Thank you for your support. We will be colleagues from now on. You can just call me by my name, or Mingming."
"Great, I'll call you Sister Mingming."
Zuo Xiao was very sweet, and then looked at Manager Zhang: "Are you going to report to the screenwriting department? Can I go with you?"
Manager Zhang had a smile on his face and showed no sign of difficulty: "Of course it's no problem."
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On the way to the screenwriting department, Shui Mingming kept being pestered by Zuo Xiao and didn't take the time to inquire about this girl's background.
But at the same time, she also confirmed that Zuo Xiao was extraordinary.
Almost all of the Shanhe colleagues the three of them met on the road knew Zuo Xiao, and everyone smiled and greeted him politely like Manager Zhang. Their priority was far higher than that of Manager Zhang, a middle-level cadre.
Shui is obviously not stupid, and her writing is not lacking in imagination. Considering Zuo Xiao's surname, it is hard for her not to doubt whether this is a "relative of the emperor".
As mentioned before, in order to create a quiet creative place for screenwriters, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department is located away from the company's main office area.
But no matter how far away they are, they are still the same company. Soon, Shui Mingming and the other three arrived at the screenwriting department.
When filling out the entry materials before, Shui Mingming also listened to Manager Zhang briefly introduce the structure of the Sunward Screenwriting Department.
After all, it is a creative creative team, and the screenwriting department system is very different from other ordinary departments in the company.
The department director, Shang Qianwu, is in charge of everything, but his specific focus is on script creation, so the daily administrative operations of the department are mainly handled by the deputy director.
Under the two directors, one chief and one deputy, there are several editors-in-chief.
These chief editors are all team leaders of a certain script project. If the company has script creation needs, Shang Qianwu will assign a chief editor alone or let several chief editors work together to form a screenwriting team, and then jointly complete the script.
The benefits and wages of these chief editors are much higher than those of ordinary screenwriters, and most of them can sign their names on the scripts.
But with the current brilliant achievements of Shanhe Drama, any one of these groups with a bright resume can be called a well-known screenwriter in the industry.
Below the chief editor are ordinary screenwriters, also called formal screenwriters, who are the backbone of the Shanhe Screenwriting Department. Shui Mingming has been at this level since he joined.
If you perform well, you can sometimes sign your name behind the editor-in-chief. If you do a particularly good job, you may not be able to become the editor-in-chief and lead a project alone in the future.
Below the formal screenwriters are intern screenwriters, who are basically graduates of the screenwriting departments of major art schools or university literature departments. A small number of them are recruited after developing their talents like Shui Mingming.
Most of these intern screenwriters will become official screenwriters or chief editors in the future, and those who are unqualified will be eliminated.
The director, editor-in-chief, regular screenwriters, and intern screenwriters add up to a total of nearly 60 people in the Shanhe Screenwriting Department.
Compared to when Sunward Pictures was first established, Shang Qianwu was the only one in the screenwriting department, leaving two big cats and three small cats, and Zuo Le had to come back from time to time to help. The changes during this period can be described as earth-shaking.
Nowadays, after years of development, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department cannot be said to be the best screenwriting team in the industry, but it is definitely ranked among the top three.
Strong strength and abundant talents.
This is the current situation of the Shanhe Screenwriting Department, and compared with the current situation, it is also one of the biggest reasons for Shanhe Drama to adhere to the high-quality line.
When Shui Mingming heard Manager Zhang introduce the situation of the Shanhe Screenwriting Department before, she could not help but feel a surge of excitement and pride in her heart. After all, she would be a member of this legendary team in the future.
However, when Shui Mingming actually came to the screenwriting department and saw the somewhat messy office area, as well as the dark circles under the eyes, thin hair, and unkempt screenwriters, she suddenly returned from her dream to reality.
She just said, how come there are so many handsome people in reality who can write well...
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In fact, speaking of it, the screenwriters in Shanhe Editorial Department were not as bad as Shui Mingming thought. The main reason was that her expectations were too high in advance, which led to a huge gap.
There are dark circles under the eyes, baldness, obesity, and unkempt appearance.
But it's only a part, and these people only have certain flaws, they are not all in one body. The remaining screenwriters are all normal people, and there are even one or two handsome ones.
Regarding the arrival of Shui Mingming, a new colleague, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department burst out with great enthusiasm. The main reason is that Shui Mingming is a young girl and not bad looking.
It is not that there are no female screenwriters in the editorial department, but they are very few in number. There are only four of them except Shui Ming. One of them is an aunt, two are married, and one is single but average-looking.
In this way, Shui Mingming was particularly outstanding, and as soon as he joined the job, he became the favorite of many single male screenwriters in the screenwriting department.
However, Shui Ming could only be regarded as a delicacy, and Zuo Xiao next to her was the real delicacy.
Princess Shanhe entered the company as an intern for the first time this summer, which immediately aroused the thoughts of countless singles.
This is a well-deserved rich woman, and she is young and beautiful. If anyone can successfully win over Zuo Xiao and become the prince-consort of the country, they will not have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.
However, Zuo Xiao is not a vegetarian either. Although he smiles at everyone, he calls him "brother, sister, sister" in a sweet way.
But for more than a month, no one has really benefited from her, and as for the boys who are close to her, there is no one.
Now everyone understood that although Her Royal Highness the Princess was young, her rank was not low, and she was not someone that ordinary people could take for granted.
In front of so many people in the screenwriting department, Zuo Xiao didn't stay long. He exchanged contact information with Shui Mingming, made an appointment to hang out with her after get off work, and then left first.
Only then did Shui Mingming finally figure out Zuo Xiao's true identity, and he was overjoyed. He couldn't believe that he had a big backer just after joining the company.
Unfortunately, Zuo Xiao is a girl.
Otherwise, with Shui Mingming's ability to read all major romances, he could brainstorm a million-word workplace romance in a matter of minutes.
For example, "The Overbearing President's Brother Falls in Love with Me", "Start: The Young Master is My Little Fan", "The Young Master of the Strategy Company", "Sadomasochism, the Second Lady of an Entertainment Rich Family Runs with the Ball"...
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Not long after Zuo Xiao left, Manager Zhang made a clear handover with the deputy director of the Screenwriting Department and immediately returned to the Human Resources Department.
The deputy director asked Shui Mingming to introduce herself to everyone, and arranged a workstation for her. Then he brought Shui Mingming to a screenwriter of her aunt's generation, who was also the only female chief editor in the screenwriting department.
"Sister Dan, Shui Mingming should follow you first. It just so happens that she has written a "Lotus Lantern" fan before and has done some research on ancient mythology, so she can be considered a match."
Sister Dan was a very gentle aunt. After hearing this, she nodded and left Shui Mingming. After the deputy director left, she personally took Shui Mingming to meet the screenwriters of the same team one by one.
Shui Mingming, who had calmed down, discovered that as soon as he came to the screenwriting department, he successfully participated in the script creation of the second mythological drama directed by the director of the "Lotus Lantern" duology.
I don’t know if there are factors of Zuo Xiao in this.
Dispelling these thoughts in his mind, Shui Mingming focused on Sister Dan's introduction to the script called "The Fairy Match".
Let’s not talk about whether we have a backer or not. The main point is to establish a firm foothold on your own.
According to Sister Dan's introduction, Shui Mingming also had a preliminary understanding of the work "The Match".
In fact, Shanhe started writing this script as early as after "Lotus Lantern".
However, it was not yet confirmed whether filming would start, and a lot of energy had to be devoted to the script of "The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern", which resulted in the slow progress of the script of "The Match".
It was not until recently that "The Legend of the Lotus Lantern" became a hit, and the company and Gao Xinjian officially confirmed the filming of the next mythological drama "The Fairy Match" that the screenwriting department took this script seriously.
And since it had been written before, now that the screenwriting department has increased its efforts, the script of "The Match" has quickly begun to take shape, and now the plot outline of the episodes has been roughly completed.
The rest is to fill in the specific lines according to the graded plot, check for gaps and fill in the gaps, and constantly sort out and improve the various plots.
Shui Mingming just arrived and couldn't get involved yet. Sister Dan asked her to familiarize herself with the script before arranging specific tasks.
Shui Mingming also understood the importance, but after all, she had just joined the job, and her heart was full of newcomers who wanted to do something big and eager to try.
She came to her workstation, turned on the computer, and began to read the script of "The Match" sent by Sister Dan attentively, preparing to integrate into the team process as soon as possible.
The story of "The Fairy Match" comes from Huangmei Opera, also called "Seven Fairies Descend to Earth". The general plot is that the seven fairies descended to earth and fell in love with Dong Yong, but were later separated by the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.
Compared with the traditional plot, Shanhe's version of "A Fairy Match" has undergone a lot of adaptations.
First of all, although the male and female protagonists are still Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy, they are also mixed with other characters, such as the big, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth fairies, as well as their lovers.
In other words, the immortals in "The Fairy Match" do not just refer to the Seven Fairies, but also include several of her previous sisters.
To put it bluntly, Shanhe's version of "The Fairy Match" is a story about fairies falling in love, with some subplots about punishing evil and promoting good.
The whole plot starts with seven fairies descending to earth, and then other fairies also descend to earth one by one to find where they belong, and during their relationship, they do many good things in the world.
While doing good deeds, several fairies accidentally destroyed the conspiracy of a certain villain. The villain planned to capture the seven fairies and use them as calabash dolls to make elixirs.
Later, the seven fairies joined forces with heaven to suppress the villain. The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother also forgave their daughter for coming to earth, and they were happily reunited.
The plot of this drama is far from novel. The biggest selling point is actually the sweet romance between a group of fairies and a handsome guy in the human world, taking the route of being a light idol.
Although Shanhe has never filmed a serious idol drama, he is quite familiar with idol dramas.
For example, the "Seven Swords" series actually has a way of underestimating idols, otherwise Shui Miaomiao and Gu Xiaoge were so popular back then.
However, because "Seven Swords" is so well-produced and its results may be shocking, people unconsciously cite it as a martial arts drama, but ignore its light-idol elements.
Of course, even if it's a light idol route, given Shanhe's production requirements, it can't be topped up by those fresh-faced buds who are only popular but have no professional skills.
Therefore, although "The Match" mainly features popular celebrities, they are basically all artists with a certain reputation. Currently, there are only two confirmed roles.
The heroine Seven Fairies is played by Shui Miaomiao.
Former Shanhe No. 1 brother Gu Xiaoge plays the second male lead, an original heavenly warrior with a personality a bit like Yang Jian, who falls in love with three fairies.
Both actors are national gods and goddesses, and Shan He is responsible for his good looks. This shows the casting ambition of "The Match".
I want to create a beauty drama that will make countless faces excited...
