The General Art Troupe of the Chinese Air Force has a long history. It was established as early as the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is the most prestigious art group among the military's second-level art troupes (the five major military services). It has a strong lineup of creations and actors and has won numerous honors at home and abroad.
Zuo Le had heard about Kongwen's reputation for a long time, but he didn't know that Mei Jiang was also from Kongwen, and he was a direct descendant. If he hadn't transferred to CCTV, he would probably be the deputy leader by now.
The two left the hotel and drove to Kongwen. Under Mei Jiang's proactive explanation, Zuo Le finally understood the cause and effect of the incident.
The thing is, for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the army next year, the superiors have decided to create a batch of military-themed art and cultural works and activities. As a literary and art group affiliated with the military, Kongwen naturally received such a task.
Normally, art troupes like Kongwen usually produce dramas or stage plays, but because CCTV and a certain bureau are launching a military-themed film and television project, several art troupes have started to think about it and want to participate.
After all, from the perspective of influence, dramas are definitely not as wide-ranging as movies and TV series.
However, CCTV has a very playful attitude towards this. They have money, people and resources, and they don’t care about these art troupes at all, so they don’t really want to take them to play.
The art troupe also has a bad temper. If you don’t lead me to bring them down, I will pull them together myself.
However, the resources of the cultural troupe are limited, and it is unrealistic to spend hundreds or tens of millions of money like CCTV. Even if it is to produce film and television dramas, the cost is small.
In this way, the sitcom genre came into their eyes.
Many of the leaders of the military art troupe are older generation art workers. Many of them are not used to the popular military productions that are all about aircraft, cannons, submarines, and tanks.
Although it looks majestic and inspiring, it gives the audience and their soldiers a full sense of pride.
But when I broke away from this excitement and thought about it carefully, I always felt that it was a bit unreal and could not reflect the real life of the troops in a down-to-earth manner. It was too general and had no sense of life.
And if you create a military-themed sitcom that focuses on the daily life of the troops and reflects the true style of the troops in a relaxed and friendly way, from a certain perspective, its effect on military propaganda will be no worse than those big productions of airplanes and cannons.
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However, a good sitcom is more difficult to shoot than a TV series. If you want to meet the above requirements, you need a group of excellent actors, screenwriters and directors.
The most indispensable thing for the art troupe is good actors and good screenwriters, so the only problem is to find a director who is good at making sitcoms.
The most famous sitcom director in 2016 is none other than Zuo Le, who made "Underground Traffic Station".
Needless to say, what happened next was that Lu Wen and Kong Wen, who were most interested in the sitcom project, found out that Zuo Le was in the capital and asked people to help connect them.
Lu Wen was looking for Feng Zisheng, but it was a pity that he was a step too late.
Kongwen was looking for Mei Jiang, who worked at CCTV. By chance, Mei Jiang and Zuo Le knew each other, so they acted first and drove Zuo Le straight to Kongwen Art Center, Kongwen's base camp.
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When they arrived at the place, Zuo Le got off the car and went with Mei Jiang to meet Kongwen's leader. While walking on the road, Zuo Le discovered that the art center was really big. There were office buildings, dormitories, rehearsal areas and even a performance theater. Hurry up.
I went to a university campus.
Mei Jiang is worthy of being a direct descendant of Kong Wen. People kept greeting him along the way, and he responded with a smile. Many people were curious about Zuo Le who was following him. Mei Jiang didn't tell him directly, he just said that he would know when he turned around.
Already.
Just like that, Mei Jiang went through all the trouble and brought Zuo Le to the office of Guo Xin, the leader of Kongwen Group.
When the two entered the door, Guo Xin was talking to a dark and tall man. The dark man seemed to have a good relationship with Guo Xin and had a playful expression. He restrained himself a little when he saw someone coming in, but when he saw Mei Jiang, an old acquaintance, he immediately
He returned to normal again and greeted me cheerfully.
"Oh my God, the leader of CCTV is here."
Mei Jiang laughed and scolded: "Get out of here, what trouble did you get into again? Come to the head of the group's office to be punished."
The big black man's face was full of anger: "What are you talking about? What kind of trouble could I, Zhou Binbin, have caused with such an honest and arrogant character? The head of the group called me here to praise me. He praised me for my good business during this period and wanted to promote me."
"Okay, don't talk nonsense. You didn't leave beforehand. Lao Mei and I have serious business to discuss."
As soon as the group leader Guo Xin spoke, the black man Zhou Binbin stopped talking. He said hello to Mei Jiang and was about to leave. When he turned around, he suddenly saw Zuo Le. He paused and grinned as if he recognized him.
Dazui smiled at Zuo Le, and Zuo Le nodded in greeting.
After closing the door and hiding the three people in the office, Zhou Binbin quickly took out his mobile phone and opened a Fetion group labeled "Kong Wen Future Star Group".
"Big news, Zuo Le and Lao Mei, who filmed "Underground Traffic Station", came over together and are now in Lao Guo's office."
This Fetion group is quite active, and someone responded to Zhou Binbin’s message shortly after it was sent out.
[Hong Tao]: It seems that the news that the group was going to shoot a sitcom was true, and they invited Zuo Le, who is currently the most popular sitcom director in China.
[Lin Yongjian]: I wonder if I will have the chance to play a role. I really enjoyed watching "Underground Traffic Station" and would like to collaborate with Director Zuo.
[Gao Xinjian]: I also really want to cooperate with Director Zuo. It would be best to learn directing knowledge from his side.
[Zhou Binbin]: @高新斌, what’s up, Xinjian? I’ve had enough filming, and I want to use a big speaker to train people.
[Yan Ni]: Come on, do you think this sitcom in the group can have a female character? I want to give it a try.
[Sha Yi]: It’s hard to say. I heard it’s a military theme. Even if there are female characters, there won’t be too many scenes.
【Yanni】:t^t
【Mao Xiao】: Touch your head
[Jiang Chao]: Touch the head +1
[Sha Yi]: Touch the head +2
【Zhou Binbin】: Nier, I give you a loving hug.
[Yan Ni]: Get out!
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Just when the Fetion group chat was in full swing, Zuo Le and Guo Xin, the leader of Kongwen Group, also had a conversation.
Guo Xin is in his early 60s, has a Chinese character face, wears the air force uniform of a four-star colonel, and looks very energetic.
He was very enthusiastic towards Zuo Le and immediately praised Zuo Le's "Underground Traffic Station", saying it was the most outstanding sitcom he had seen in China since the new century.
Zuo Le is no longer a rookie now. He boasted a few good words and expressed his modesty repeatedly. The two of them exchanged a few clichés. Guo Xin saw that Zuo Le was flawless and didn't bother to play tricks any more.
, and got down to business.
Kong Wen wanted to produce a military-themed sitcom, and wanted to invite Zuo Le to direct and participate in script writing.
Of course, Guo Xin also knows that with Zuo Le's current status, he has no shortage of investments and projects.
So Guo Xin expressed his position in front of Zuo Le. If Zuo Le agrees to this matter, the funds, actors, remuneration and other aspects will be within a reasonable range. Kong Wen will fully support and cooperate. If Kong Wen cannot solve it, there will be the Air Force.
The sincerity of the empty text is not lacking, and Zuo Le expressed that he was very satisfied. As mentioned before, filming a military drama requires a certain military background to back him up, even if Zuo Le has Dongshan Taiwan as his backing.
In this case, in Zuo Le's view, there is no essential difference between cooperating with Kongwen and cooperating with Dongshan Military Region.
Even because Kong Wen himself is an expert, Zuo Le will be relatively more convenient and have a tacit understanding when working together.
However, although he was interested in cooperating with Kong Wen, Zuo Le did not respond immediately. After all, he is now from Dongshan TV, and cooperating with Kong Wen to film a TV series requires the approval of the TV station.
Zuo Le thinks this matter is not a big problem. Chen Changshan and Lao Fang are not pedantic people. Cooperating with Kongwen is beneficial and harmless. They have no reason to stop it... Thank you Yuanying Ancestor 123 for your 100 reward votes.
