Chapter 43: Shifting gears and proposing a sequel to 'Underground Station'
February 17, around 10 a.m.
Station director Chen Changshan personally called Zuo Le and asked him to come to his office for a small meeting.
Just when Zuo Le rushed to the director's office in confusion, he suddenly discovered that the level of the meeting he attended today was unexpectedly high.
Station director Chen Changshan personally presided over the meeting. Two deputy directors, Wu Mao and Mo Dashan, were present. Fang Weimin of the production center and Yang Yaoguang, the deputy director temporarily in charge of the procurement department, attended the meeting. Zhang Yuan, the station director's personal secretary, took the minutes of the meeting.
Although Director Zuo has become famous in Taiwan recently and his status has soared, compared with these big guys, he can only sit down at the bottom of the table and greet the big guys one by one.
Looking at Zuo Le, the most popular figure in Taiwan in recent days, the looks and demeanor of the big shots are worth pondering.
Needless to say, Mo Dashan and Fang Weimin and Zuo Le are our own people, and their eyes and expressions are full of relief and happiness.
Because of the brilliant achievements of "Underground Traffic Station", the director of the station, Chen Changshan, now values Zuo Le very much, and his eyes and attitude are quite amiable.
Zhang Yuan is Chen Changshan's secretary, so he naturally follows in the footsteps of the leader. Chen's eyes and attitude are exactly the same as his.
Deputy Director Wu and Deputy Director of the Procurement Department Yang Yaoguang, who had a rift with Zuo Leming, looked at Zuo Leming and their expressions were obviously not so gentle.
Deputy Director Wu was fortunate enough to have a profound knowledge of the matter. He had a businesslike attitude towards Zuo Le and his eyes were neither happy nor angry, making it impossible for anyone to find fault with him.
But Yang Yaoguang obviously does not have as high a moral level as Deputy Director Wu.
"Hello, Intern"'s performance is now getting worse and worse. Last night's ratings dropped to 17th in the same period, and the average ratings have dropped below 0.45.
The Purchasing Department was greatly implicated in this. Not to mention Wang Xia, the head of the department, life was tight. Yang Yaoguang could only work for the Purchasing Department for one day, and his hair had turned dozens of gray.
Under heavy pressure, people will inevitably have random thoughts.
Although most of the current situation in the purchasing department is due to their own reasons, Yang Yaoguang, who was about to lose his temper when he saw that his rival production center was enjoying great success, inevitably felt jealous.
And Zuo Le, the initiator of the current prosperity of the production center, naturally did not get a good look from Yang Yaoguang. His face was gloomy, and he would ignore Zuo Le when he took the initiative to say hello to him.
Zuo Le was not stupid, and naturally saw Yang Yaoguang's hostility, but he didn't care much.
It’s true that your deputy minister is awesome, but you can’t stand up to the fact that there’s a mask on top of us!
Not to mention Yang Yaoguang, even if Deputy Director Wu wanted to target him, he would have to worry about the counterattack from Lao Fang and Mo Dashan behind him, and even Director Chen Changshan.
Lao Chen is determined to promote Dongshan TV to the domestic first-tier TV station, and Zuo Le has successfully gained a reputation in Lao Chen's heart with his impressive performance in "Underground Traffic Station", and is almost regarded as a future humerus general.
Anyone who touches Zuo Le will destroy the grand blueprint in Chen Changshan's heart, and Lao Chen can fight him tooth and nail.
Of course, this presupposes that Zuo Le can always produce decent results. If he is short-lived and has no achievements after "Underground Traffic Station", the matter will be discussed in another way...
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Shortly after Zuo Le took his seat, Chen Changshan announced that today's meeting had officially begun, and then talked about the theme of the meeting.
That is, "Underground Traffic Station" and "Hello, Intern" exchange schedules.
After Chen Changshan said this, Zuo Le knew that today's meeting probably had nothing to do with him.
The reason why he was called here was probably to sit in on behalf of the crew, to show the importance attached to "Underground Traffic Station" on stage. As for speaking and discussing matters, he had no role at all.
Not to mention him, even Lao Fang and Yang Yaoguang are capable of meddling in this matter. They, like Zuo Le, are here to hear the outcome.
When it comes to shifting gears, the ones who can really call the shots are the three directors, one director, two assistants, and three directors sitting at the head of the table.
Sure enough, after the meeting started, Fang and Yang, together with Zuo Le, pretended to be listening attentively, holding pens in their hands to write and draw in their notebooks, but they could not write even a single word.
Chen, Wu, and Mo did not ask the three of them what they wanted, and just discussed it fiercely with each other.
The meeting didn't last long.
Among the three station directors, Mo Dashan firmly supported the change of gears, while Deputy Director Wu opposed it. The two sides were at loggerheads with each other.
But after Chen Changshan showed his support for changing gears, Deputy Director Wu began to be unable to stand alone. Then, when Mo Dashan used the prime-time advertiser as a big weapon to attack Deputy Director Wu, Deputy Director Wu was unable to respond.
sky.
Chen Changshan took advantage of the situation and announced that today's broadcast time will remain unchanged, leaving the station to deal with advertisers. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., "Underground Traffic Station" will officially be broadcast in prime time.
Zuo Le, who was sitting below, was moved when he heard this. Tomorrow is the 18th, which is also the day when the currency station will launch "Underground Traffic Station". Chen Changshan chose to change gears tomorrow. If he hadn't colluded with the currency station in advance, he would have directly left the TV station building.
Jump down.
It seems that today's meeting was a set-up, and Lao Chen is deliberately using this to beat Deputy Director Wu...
Zuo Le thought of this and quickly looked at Deputy Director Wu. Sure enough, Deputy Director Wu had also thought about it. He glanced at Chen Changshan and Mo Dashan, frowned slightly, and his eyes gradually became cautious.
stand up.
Chen Changshan did not care about Deputy Director Wu's psychological fluctuations. He announced that the meeting was over and asked others to leave, leaving Lao Fang and Zuo Le behind.
"What's going on down there at your center?"
Lao Fang and Zuo Le looked at each other, and Lao Fang said: "The main focus of the work below the center is the remake of "Purple Faced King Kong", directed by Chu Xiaoyuan, who previously made "The Kind Grass".
Now he is sorting out the script with the screenwriter, and when the script is completed, it will be time to start the project and prepare the crew."
Chen Changshan nodded, looked at Zuo Le again, and asked with a smile: "After "Underground Traffic Station" is broadcast, do you have any plans to prepare a new drama?"
Zuo Le was stunned for a moment, then shook his head honestly: "I haven't thought about that yet. I was in a hurry when filming "Underground Traffic Station" and my brain was too tight, so I plan to take a short break to recover.
Recover your thoughts and state, and then think about the new drama."
There is another main reason Zuo Le didn't mention, that is, there are no new dramas appearing on the video player in his mind except "Underground Traffic Station". He has his own original script and he is a little unsure, so he plans to wait for a while and watch it.
Chen Changshan did not comment on Zuo Le's words, but said: "If you don't have any ideas for a new drama, I have a suggestion. Now that "Underground Traffic Station" is so popular, we can definitely make a sequel.
Anyway, when I watched the ending of the play, I didn’t solve all the villains, which just gave us the opportunity to make a sequel.
Of course, this is just a suggestion, and it’s up to you to decide how to do it, but don’t worry, no matter what you want to do, Taili will support you unconditionally.”
Chen Changshan spoke very grandly, but Zuo Le could still tell that he had great expectations for his sequel to "Underground Traffic Station".
Also, since the decline of the production center, Dongshan TV has not produced a self-produced drama for many years. Now that "Underground Traffic Station" is so popular, how could Chen Changshan not care about this ready-made IP.
However, Zuo Le is a little hesitant. There is no new movement in the video player in his mind. Without the help of Golden Finger, can he complete the script creation and filming of the sequel to "Underground Traffic Station" by himself...
