Chapter 57: Project 'The Story of the Cooking Class'
I was not in a hurry when I contacted Dongshan Station. Now Zuo Le wants to know more about whether Kongwen can accept his script creation direction.
Office of Chief Kongwen
"Cooking soldier?"
Guo Xin screamed in surprise, then turned to look at Mei Jiang, who was also a little shocked, and looked at Zuo Le and asked.
"Xiao Zuo, how did you come up with the idea of filming cooking soldiers?"
Although Kong Wen planned to make a sitcom that would mainly reflect the daily life of the military, Guo Xin's idea was to film pilots or ground and air soldiers, or at least ordinary officers and soldiers.
Cooking soldiers?
He really never thought about it.
Zuo Le had already anticipated Guo Xin's questions and had already thought about how to deal with the case. He considered it for a moment and then spoke slowly.
"Guo Tuan, you also know that I have never been a soldier. The reason why I wanted to make this military sitcom was because of my uncle.
My uncle was a soldier when he was young, and he was a cook in the army. When I was a child, my uncle told me about things in the army, and most of them were from the perspective of a cook.
So, ever since I had the idea of making a military sitcom, my first idea was to make a story about a cook.
Moreover, I personally think that if you simply shoot a certain military unit, it will not be able to fully reflect the life of officers and soldiers in the army. Cooking soldiers are found in all major units and are the most representative military unit in logistics. They are also the most life-oriented and relevant to the audience.
The closest military unit.
As far as military sitcoms are concerned, I think there is no other branch of arms that is more suitable than cook soldiers..."
Zuo Le's words were very sincere, but the content of his words was either true or false.
His uncle was indeed a soldier, and he was also a serious cook. When Zuo Le was a child, he did often listen to his uncle talk about military matters, but to say that he was inspired to make a TV series because of this is complete nonsense.
What really made Zuo Le pay attention to the theme of cooking soldiers was the two "The Story of Cooking Soldiers" on the video player in his mind.
Uncle or whatever, it's just a pretense.
Otherwise, how could he explain why he, a non-soldier, made a sitcom about cooking soldiers for no reason?
However, although the original intention was because of Golden Finger, the second half of what Zuo Le just said was indeed his true thoughts.
The plots of sitcoms tend to be based on daily life, and the scene funds are limited. The logistics unit is indeed more suitable for filming than the front-line troops. Even if there is no "Story of the Cooking Class" for Zuo Le to refer to and let him create his own creation, there is a high probability that he will do it.
Choose a cooking soldier.
On the other side, Guo Xin and Mei Jiang fell into silence after listening to Zuo Le's words. Guo Xin was especially touched.
He was convinced by Zuo Le!
Although Kongwen is in a cultural troupe, it is not that he has never participated in the production of TV series. Guo Xin understands the elegance and skills in film and television dramas.
As soon as he heard Zuo Le's words, he knew that Zuo Le must have done in-depth research on military sitcoms, otherwise he would not have grasped the subject matter so accurately. He did not even have the slightest idea of refutation.
I found the right person this time.
Guo Xin was very happy because he had taken action early. If Lu Wen's people got there first, he would not regret it afterwards...
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in the office
Guo Xin called several screenwriters from the group and asked Zuo Le to discuss the specific outline of the script, and Zuo Le was happy to communicate with them.
In fact, for the two "Stories of the Cooking Class" that I have in my mind, Zuo Le has already completed the initial script settings, but Zuo Le has not started writing the specific plot.
There are two main reasons. First, the era background of the original TV series is too far away from the era Zuo Le lives in now. The life of officers and soldiers has also undergone great changes. Zuo Le has not experienced it personally and cannot truly restore it in the script.
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Secondly, some of the military policies in the original TV series, including the main themes of propaganda, are also different from those of China in this time and space.
This reason is terrible. Zuo Le is not familiar with these and dare not write randomly. Otherwise, it will be a trivial matter to make a joke if he writes wrongly. If he accidentally steps on the wrong one, the whole TV series including Zuo Le may have to suffer.
This is also a big part of the reason why Zuo Le chose to cooperate with Kongwen.
Because he alone could not complete the creation of the script for "The Story of the Cooking Class", Zuo Le needed the help of professional screenwriters from the army.
This temporary script discussion meeting held by Guo Xin's office was a great success.
The screenwriter of Kong Wen is worthy of being the literary and artistic elite of the army. Needless to say, he has professional qualities. After some discussion, he gave Zuo Le a lot of help.
In order to show his sincerity during the meeting, Zuo Le also briefly introduced the outline and setting of the script "The Story of the Cooking Class" to Kong Wen. Guo Xin was very tempted and asked Zuo Le repeatedly. His attitude was so enthusiastic that he
It was almost time to decide on the project with Zuo Le.
However, Guo Xin did not let Zuo Le wait long. After seeing off Zuo Le that day, Kong Wen immediately held a meeting and unanimously passed the decision to establish the "Story of the Cooking Class" project. The next day, Guo Xin came to Zuo Le in person and said
Contacted Chen Changshan and planned to "secondment" Zuo Le.
As Zuo Le said before, Kongwen and Dongshantai are two completely different units and have no substantial competitive relationship with each other. Although Chen Changshan was a little surprised that Zuo Le wanted to make a military-themed sitcom, he still happily agreed.
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However, Chen Changshan also made two requests to Guo Xin.
First, Dongshan TV wants to invest in "The Story of the Cooking Class", with both companies investing half and both being the producers of this drama.
Second, the TV broadcast platform of "The Story of the Cooking Class" must be Dongshan TV. Of course, if this incident causes economic losses to Kongwen, Dongshan TV can compensate.
These two requests were not too much. Kong Wen himself did not make this TV series for money, but more for political purposes of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the army. Guo Xin thought about it for a while and agreed to Chen Changshan's two requests.
a requirement.
The top leaders of the two families nodded, and the matter was initially settled.
When Dongshantai sends someone over, the two parties will formally sign a cooperation contract.
The two big guys were negotiating, and Zuo Le stood by without saying a word. Only when the dust settled did he smile with relief.
Zuo Le is quite satisfied with the results.
Dongshan TV participates in the investment, and with Dong Shan as his backer, he will have more say when cooperating with Kong Wen. This is very important for Zuo Le, a director.
On September 10, Zuo Le ended his study career at the CCTV Study Club with the letter of certification issued by Kongwen, and then carried his luggage to Kongwen Art Center.
The next day, Zuo Le, with the help of Guo Xin, established a three-person screenwriting team to be responsible for the script creation of "The Story of the Cooking Class".
The three screenwriters each perform their own duties. Zuo Le is the team leader and is responsible for the overall control of the script, as well as the jokes, plot and character creation.
Screenwriter Chen Run, in addition to assisting Zuo Le in writing the above-mentioned plots, is also responsible for instilling and promoting the main theme of the script.
Zuo Le was very demanding in this aspect. He hoped that Chen Run would integrate the main theme into the plot as naturally as possible without being rigid and preachy. This was undoubtedly a problem, which made Chen Run so worried that he lost his hair every day while writing the script.
A screenwriter, Shang Qianwu, was just promoted from below. He has a good understanding of the life of grassroots officers and soldiers, and is specially responsible for the details of military life.
Just when Zuo Le was writing the script with Chen and Shang, who forgot about food and sleep, the October National Day holiday came, and "Traffic Station No. 2" was also broadcast as scheduled...
