With Chen Changshan's instructions, Zuo Le joined the "New Power" project very quickly.
On Friday, "New Power" announced a partial list of candidates on the Dongshantai Fetion official account, and Zuo Le was among them.
Not long after, Fang Weimin also officially announced the project of "Underground Traffic Station" at the Television Production Center. He himself served as the producer and producer, Chen Beibai was the producer, and Zuo Le naturally became the director and screenwriter.
The three giants of the "Underground Traffic Station" crew have just formed their team...
Well, they are said to be the Big Three, but in fact, only Fatty Chen and Zuo Le are in charge. Lao Fang has other things on his hands, and the producers and producers are mainly in name only.
But even so, Fang Weimin still attached great importance to the drama "Underground Traffic Station". After the project was approved, he quickly summoned Chen and Zuo for a meeting.
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Time: Tuesday, June 11, 2015
Location: Office of the Director of Television Production Center
Participants: Fang Weimin, Chen Beibai, Zuo Le
Meeting content: Preparation of the crew and casting of actors
"Ahem..."
Fang Weimin looked at Fatty Chen and Zuo Le, who were staring at each other with big eyes. He coughed lightly and was the first to speak.
"Have the funds arrived?"
Fatty Chen, who was in charge of finance, immediately replied without thinking: "The Finance Department has allocated a total of 6 million funds, and the first batch of 2 million has arrived. Zuo Le and I have already found a studio and are going to sign a contract with the other party in the afternoon."
Fang Weimin nodded and looked at Zuo Le: "Have you found all the crew members? How long will it take for them all to arrive?"
"about there."
Zuo Le smiled: "Most of them are people from our center. I have said hello before. The makeup artist is Sister Yu, the props are from Lao Wan, the photographer is Jiang Dapeng, and the lighting and recording are all veterans. I estimate half of them are
The team can be set up within a week.”
"You're quite nimble in your movements. You got the crew up so quickly." Fang Weimin said with some surprise.
Zuo Le pursed his lips and smiled, with a loyal face, but he was filled with emotion in his heart.
He had been at the center for three years, and he knew a lot of people no matter what he was doing. In addition, with the help of Fatty Chen, a well-rounded old man, it was not a problem to set up a small crew in a short time.
"Come on."
Lao Fang asked a few more questions, and seeing that Zuo Le and Zuo Le answered fluently, he knew that the two brothers had already prepared, so he simply ignored them and clapped his hands.
"Now that your preliminary preparations are almost done, I don't have to worry anymore. It just so happens that Lao Chu's "The Kind Grass" has been filming for a while, and I haven't had time to check it out yet.
The output of our center has hit a new low this year, and now I can point to you two to give me credit."
Hearing Fang Weimin's words, it was as if a switch was turned on, and the atmosphere in the office dropped instantly. Zuo Le and Zuo Le looked at each other, and Fatty Chen took the initiative to ask based on his boldness.
"Director, Taiwan really needs to cancel its own dramas."
"They think beautiful."
Fang Weimin smiled disdainfully, looked at Zuo Le, the two subordinates he had single-handedly promoted, and said bluntly without hiding it.
"If the self-produced dramas in the station were to be cancelled, half of our center would be without food. The station director would not dare to ignore such a big thing.
You guys should relax and just focus on filming. If the sky falls, I will still be there to block it. If I can't stop it, there will still be Mo Tai and the director. They will not let the TV production center disappear.
Humph, those people don’t even think about it. Our station has been producing self-produced dramas since the 1970s. I thought that when it was at its peak, it dared to compete with CCTV. Although it is now lonely, it can’t be cut off just by cutting it off.”
"Director, you are so tough."
Looking at the domineering Fang Weimin, Zuo Le and Zuo Le expressed admiration. Fatty Chen even gave Fang Weimin a thumbs up angrily, seeming to praise Fang Weimin's character...
"Get out of here."
Looking at Fatty Chen winking at him, Fang Weimin laughed and scolded him, gave him a false kick, and then kicked Fatty Chen and Zuo Le out.
******
Zuo Le and Zuo Le came out of Fang Weimin's office with smiles on their faces, returned to Fatty Chen's territory, closed the door, and their expressions darkened.
"I'm having a hard time."
Fatty Chen took out a cigarette from his arms, put it in his mouth, but did not light it. He sucked it with his empty mouth, sipping the fragrance of nicotine, and sighed.
Zuo Le nodded aside, his expression far less relaxed than he had shown in front of Fang Weimin just now.
No one is a fool, especially the backbones of the TV station like Zuo Le and Fatty Chen who have some connections and channels. They are well-informed and can naturally hear some rumors.
Since the station director Chen Changshan took office at the beginning of last year, Dongshan Station has launched large-scale reforms and innovations.
Chen Changshan, a provincial propaganda general known for his vigorous and resolute actions, removed all the most criticized medical and technical school advertisements of Dongshan TV from the shelves when he took office as the director of Dongshan TV Station.
From Dongshan Satellite TV to various channels in the province, the advertising atmosphere of the entire Dongshan TV station is clear.
There are no more excavators, beauty salons, infertility and various male diseases that countless Dongshan people are ashamed of...
After removing these advertisements, Chen Changshan defied public opinion and removed the local variety show "You Are a Big Star" that had been broadcast in the province for more than ten years.
It also ordered the variety show department to innovate and reform, prepare a series of new variety shows, and strive to make Dongshan Satellite TV's star variety shows on par with the top-ranked satellite TVs.
Although this decision left the up owner of the ghost animal area of the currency site without a large material base, it was praised by countless Dongshan disciples, and the largest and most determined group of "black fans" in Dongshan Station cheered in unison.
Its daybreak!
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However...old diseases are difficult to treat.
Although under Chen Changshan's drastic measures, Dongshan Taiwan has rectified many problems that had existed for many years and made great strides in self-reform, the reform cannot be completed overnight.
Although the removal of the medical technical school advertisement and "You Are a Big Star" has slightly improved Dongshan Station's reputation, the critical ratings have still not been affected.
On the contrary, because the "ace program" "You Are a Big Star" was removed from the shelves, some die-hard fans of the program switched to rival channels, and Dongshan Channel's already small audience group suffered a heavy blow.
Against this background, deputy director Wu Mao proposed spending a lot of money to outsource popular TV series to attract viewers, which won the approval of director Chen Changshan.
Although due to the removal of a large number of medical advertisements, the advertising revenue of the entire Oriental Channel has plummeted, but with Dongshan as a major economic province, Taiwan's own financial resources cannot be underestimated.
I dare not compare it with first-tier satellite TV stations such as Shonan, Shanghai, Sujiang, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but compared with ordinary second-tier provincial TV stations, Dongshan is definitely one of the top TV broadcasters.
As a result, Dongshan TV spent a lot of money to purchase the first-broadcast rights of several popular dramas. The ratings were mixed, but in the end they did not lose money, and Dongshan TV's overall ratings began to show an upward trend.
It should have been a good thing that things came to this, but just because the outsourced drama was so effective, someone in the station raised the issue.
Since the outsourced dramas have completely outperformed Taiwan's self-produced dramas, why do we continue to keep the self-produced dramas as useless?
If the project of self-produced dramas is canceled, all backstage dramas will be outsourced, which will save time and effort, and free up manpower to devote to other work projects.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
As soon as this statement came out, Dongshan Taiwan was immediately in a panic. Not to mention stakeholders such as Fang Weimin, there were countless objections from other departments.
The self-produced dramas produced by Dongshan Television Production Center are not local variety shows like "Big Star", which are criticized every day. They have a glorious history. During the most glorious period of the 1980s and 1990s, the TV dramas produced by Dongshan Television Production Center dominated the list.
Numerous actors and stars have won awards from major TV series across the country.
It can be said that the self-produced dramas produced by the Television Production Center are one of the few achievements that Dongshan TV has achieved.
"Cut it off? You're fucking forgetting your roots!"
The above sentence was what Deputy Director Mo Dashan slammed on the table at the Taiwan leadership meeting. It was also the voice of all those in the station who opposed the axing of self-produced dramas.
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But no matter how loudly the opposition led by Mo Dashan shouts, Dongshantai's self-produced drama does have various problems that make it difficult to return.
The quality is mediocre, the subject matter is old-fashioned, it is obsessed with local themes and themes, and it cannot grasp the pulse of the younger generation...
From a long-term development perspective, outsourced dramas are indeed more suitable for Dongshan TV than homemade dramas.
Feelings are touching, but they cannot be eaten!
Therefore, in line with the general trend, although there are objections from Mo Dashan and others, and even Chen Changshan hopes to continue to retain the characteristics of Dongshan Station, the voice of axing self-made dramas and outsourcing them all is still heard in the station, and even intensifies.
Fang Weimin was shouting loudly, but in fact he was feeling weak in his heart. Recently, he often went to the office of deputy director Mo Dashan. Now he promoted Zuo Le, a new guy in an unusual way, and rarely went to the crew to inspect it in person.
It can be seen that the pressure he carries is not as light as it appears.
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In the same way, the butt determines the head.
Zuo Le and Chen Fatty are direct relatives of the production center. No matter what they think in their hearts, on the surface, they definitely support the continued filming of self-produced dramas in Taili.
At the same time, the unreleased "Underground Traffic Station" will automatically be included in the ranks of Dongshan TV's self-produced dramas.
"Oh, I just want to make a TV series, but why are there so many bad things?"
When Zuo Le thought about the right and wrong on the stage, his head began to hurt.
"Okay, people are in the world and can't help themselves. Brother, we can't take care of these things above. Just like Lao Fang said, we just have to film well."
Fatty Chen blew out the cigarette from his mouth, rubbed his fat face, and advised Zuo Le.
"Um."
Zuo Le nodded, cheered up, and said to Fatty Chen: "Now that the venue and crew are almost in place, the most important thing left is the casting. I have a few preliminary candidates, please see if there are any problems.
In addition, there are a few roles that I don’t have that meet the requirements. You have a lot of contacts and see if you can find suitable ones.”
With that said, Zuo Le took out his mobile phone, pulled up the photo album, and handed it to Fatty Chen: "This is the character picture I drew, take a look."
Fatty Chen took the phone and swiped it left and right a few times. His eyes lit up and he was amazed.
"Tsk, these images are really... distinct. I have to think about them carefully."
