In addition to his peers with excellent business skills, among businessmen, Xu Rong likes to chat with Liu Yanming very much. Although he always cannot do without "making money" and "profit", he is one of the few clear streams in the domestic TV drama industry.

In order to go public and stock price, Huayi treated artists as livestock, and forced artists to leave one after another. Hairun also followed the business model ten years ago, looking for scripts, organizing seminars, investing in filming, and selling films.

He also gave artists considerable autonomy. In the past, the reason why he did whatever he could do was that the status of the No. 1 brother was on the one hand and on the other hand, it was also caused by Hairun's business ideas.

Hairun has very little budget for promotional and distribution among artists and film and television dramas, because in the past they rely on their products to create brands and popularity, but now they still adhere to this concept.

Liu Yanming understands the importance of publicity very well, but he still lives stubbornly in the past. He also knows that the bloody plot is the most eager for the audience, but he still insists on what he thinks is small and beautiful, even if he can no longer keep up with the pace of the times.

This is also what Xu Rong admires the most. He knows what is "right", but he can resist following the trend.

Just like Liu Yanming often said something: "The dramas I made have made money, although I didn't make much."

As the two of them drank most of the bottle of wine, Liu Yanming looked at Xu Rong curiously and asked, "Xiao Xu, how did you make sure you must enter the movie industry this year?"

"What does it mean?" Xu Rong looked at Liu Yanming in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant, because Liu Yanming put the accent on "must".

The reason why he has come to this day is all by chance. Moreover, making movies should be one of the goals of a film and television actor.

Liu Yanming shook his head and smiled, saying, "You always say that you have good luck and luck. I admit that you helped up the sign and asked my secretary to bring down that day. It was pure luck, and Guo Si and you, as the proposer and the executor, were favored by this luck."

"Actually, the person who helped the sign that day shouldn't be you, but someone else."

Xu Rong blurted out with a "dummy" sentence. If Liu Yanming didn't mention this, he wouldn't know that there would be so many inside stories.

And now thinking about it, it is indeed quite outrageous. Guo Si does not have the ability to be the general manager at all. He is just a newcomer with little fame. As a result, Guo Si was promoted to general manager all the way, and he was forced to be the role of a male first and a male second.

"Just just to get Chang Jihong, you're playing too dark, right?"

Liu Yanming finished laughing and said, "Chang Jihong is using my resources and is still disobedient. What do I want her to do?"

Xu Rong gave him a speechless thumbs up and said, "You are awesome."

Liu Yanming pulled a tissue, wiped his mouth, and said meaningfully: "But after that, after you walked along the way, there was basically little luck. Recently, I sometimes think that even if you didn't lift that sign that day, one day, we will still sit together and drink."

"Just like you chose to enter the film industry this year, I can guarantee that there are no more than ten people in China who can understand your choice."

Xu Rong became more and more confused. He looked at Liu Yanming's slightly flushed cheeks and said, "Brother Liu, you are not, have you drunk too much?"

"I think there are not many people in the TV industry who can play, it's that simple."

Liu Yanming narrowed his eyes and stared at him with a smile, as if he wanted to tell whether his words were sincere or nonsense. After watching for a long time, he could not see why.

After putting down the wine glass, Liu Yanming sighed: "The times create heroes. I can guarantee that this year, it will definitely be a dividing point in the history of film and television."

Xu Rong felt a little curious. He heard Liu Yanming's meaning, and he seemed to have done something extremely difficult without realizing it, and said, "Tell me carefully?"

Liu Yanming was half lying on the back of the chair leisurely, and his secretary also brought a box of cigars at the right time.

"Give me one?"

“I don’t smoke.”

Liu Yanming clicked on it, took a sip, and said, "Basically, since 2007, capital has realized that the film and television industry is a new profitable industry, and the capital recovery cycle is very short. A small group of people began to enter the market. By 2008, capital entered a large number of people. Do you always understand this?"

Xu Rong first said "Yes" and said, "I know, our school suddenly had a lot of crew recruits, but the feeling was not deep at that time."

"Yes, but they are laymen after all, and they don't know how deep the water in our industry is. Looking at the clear river, I stepped in and drowned, and it fell to the bottomless and drowned." Liu Yanming laughed and slapped the smoke in front of him with his hand, drifting to Xu Rong's face. "Just like the "Forgiveness" you took, the investor thought he could make a big profit after finding two big names, but he went bankrupt. There were many like him in those two years."

"But, people lost money and bought lessons."

Liu Yanming sat upright and his face became serious: "After testing the waters over the past few years, capital has long understood the rules of our industry. Moreover, because of its strong strength, it has also formulated new ways of playing. Just like before, before the new drama was released, everyone didn't spend too much money to promote it, but now, if you don't make a budget of one million in promotion, no one can stop you from losing."

"In fact, this is still secondary. What disrupts the market the most is that the method of creating stars has changed. In the past, everyone was competing for works in a conventional manner. If the TV series didn't work, they would be amphibious and 3. But now they are competing for publicity. Whoever spends more money on publicity will be able to become famous. This is a very pathological industry situation."

Seeing Xu Rong listening seriously, Liu Yanming raised his glass and took a sip before saying, "Why do I say this is a very critical year?"

"The rise of online video platforms, the rapid development of new media, and social platforms have created fertile soil for capital operation, but in turn, blindly chasing profits has led to a comprehensive decline in the overall production level of TV series, because even if the script changed according to real events is not bloody enough, there is no love, even the true story and history, the audience cannot tolerate it, and the profit-seeking nature of capital will fully meet the needs of the public."

"Just like "The Ming Dynasty 1566" and "Look at Meteor Shower Together", perhaps in our opinion, these two dramas are not comparable at all, and in the eyes of most groups, they are not comparable either. They only think "The Ming Dynasty" is a stupid thing!"

"What do ordinary people like to see?"

Seeing that Xu Rong did not answer immediately, Liu Yanming asked and answered: "Men and women love each other, it's funny. Just these two points. If you don't believe it, turn on the TV and take a look. No matter what the subject matter, eight out of the ten are the core points."

"This is also the direction of most film and television production companies currently produce film and television. I will only shoot whatever you like to watch, and refresh your values ​​and imagination as much as possible. Over time, the entire TV series market will be ruined." Liu Yanming seemed quite indignant, and his voice suddenly increased a lot.

"So, I said that it is the best time for you to enter the film industry this year. If you are earlier, you may not have enough status and you can only play supporting roles if you go there. If you are a little later, your identity as a TV drama actor will be fixed. The decline in the production level of TV dramas will lead to a decline in the status of the entire creative group in the TV drama industry. A group of people who only know how to produce garbage, who would say what good things are they?"

"And you chose the opportunity and start of the film market. You may not understand what this means in the male lead in "The Founding of the Party". I can tell you clearly that no actor in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the Three Places can compare with you at the beginning of the film market. If it is Landlord, the first two cards you get are the king, because even the movie stars who became famous will not know whether they can make a big shot before the movie is released. You have no concern at all. When the movie is released next year, you will immediately become a first-line movie actor."

Liu Yanming said a long paragraph in anger. He probably felt thirsty. He picked up the water cup and sucked it hard. After putting it down, he asked curiously: "Give me a clear idea. To be honest, is this your idea or Jin Fangfang's idea?"

The reason why Liu Yanming is not sure is that in his opinion, both Xu Rong and Jin Fangfang are smart people, but the two people have different smart ways. However, when Xu Rong and capital began to enter the market in 2007, one of them must have planned the situation today.

Xu Rong shook his head and smiled, saying, "You made me feel so awesome after you analyzed it. In fact, I really didn't lie to you, it's really luck."

"All luck, if you look into it, will have deeper reasons."

Xu Rong and Liu Yanming looked at each other, and Jin Fangfang's face couldn't help but appear in her mind. "The Founding of the Party" was something she had made up her mind to strive for a long time.

Before Liu Yanming's words, he just regarded this movie as his film debut - a female work, and had no special feelings or meaning.

But after Liu Yanming's careful analysis, he suddenly realized that it was not the case, because the role of this drama seemed to make him jump up and land in a wider film market before the TV series was about to collapse.

Is this her plan?

He is not sure.

The two chatted a little late this time, and they didn't get up and leave until eleven o'clock.

At the entrance of the hotel, Liu Yanming reminded the secretary standing next to him and said, "I will definitely send Xiao Xu home safely."

"Good leader."

Liu Yanming patted Xu Rong on the shoulder and said, "Okay, then I'm back."

Before getting into the car, Liu Yanming turned around and said, "Listen to my brother, I advise you to consider it again. That drama is not only about whether to make money or not. I feel that I may not be able to pass the trial. Okay, let's go."

"Teacher Xu, get in the car."

Xu Rong looked at Liu Yanming's secretary Xiao Zhang in the car window, opened the car door and sat in the back seat. Although he was a little dizzy, the words Liu Yanming had before leaving made him sweat a fine cold sweat just now.

He never considered this issue because in the past, he had always been an actor and always thought about problems based on the mindset of an actor. He had never thought about other aspects. It was not until Liu Yanming reminded that he realized that whether he could make a profit was secondary. The most important thing was whether he could pass the review after the filming was made.

Before this, all sentiments, profits, etc. have to be put aside first.

Sitting in the car, he took a sip of the mineral water that his secretary had prepared in the morning, and a bold idea gradually emerged in his mind.

Zhang Heping!

As the general planner of "The Founding of the Country" and "The Founding of the Party", if he is named the general producer of this drama, the review of this level can basically ensure smooth flow.

Moreover, he also gave away dozens of People's Art Theater actors whose business capabilities are far higher than the average of actors in the TV drama industry!

Just like Hu Jun, who was performing in the People's Art Theater, lost all his confidence in his performance, but after leaving the door to the People's Art Theater, he was one of the spokespersons of the tough guys in the domestic film and television industry.

Among these people, except for a few, the pay is not high.

Besides, he didn't believe that the actors in the academy were really embarrassed to ask Zhang Heping for a salary with him, the vice captain!

The leader gives you the opportunity to show your face in the film and television industry, so be careful!

However, even if everything goes well, we have to wait until the next year.

The next day, Xiao Zhang finally got into the role with lines after joining the People's Art Theater for half a year.

But after Xiao Zhang got the script of "Thunderstorm", he only glanced at it, and his eyes were rolling back and forth on Pu Cunxi and Xu Rong, and asked, "I, just these three sentences?"

Xu Rong and Pu Cunxi nodded silently. This was the same actor who went out to film a TV series, otherwise, with Xiao Zhang's qualifications, he would not be able to make it three sentences.

The content of Xiao Zhang's lines throughout the scene is roughly as follows:

Zhou Puyuan: Here comes someone.

Xiao Zhang: Master.

Zhou Puyuan: Madam is upstairs now, you ask the eldest master to accompany Dr. Ke to the upper floor to see his wife.

Xiao Zhang: Yes, master.

Zhou Puyuan: I asked the eldest master to tell Dr. Ke that I was a little tired and would not accompany him.

Xiao Zhang: Yes, master.

The end.

Then she had nothing to do with her.

This is the norm for young actors of the People's Art Theater. If you don't play supporting roles for two years, you can play roles. It's rare.

"Oh." Xiao Zhang sighed pretendingly, "Those three sentences are just three sentences. Who made us a newcomer?"

When Xu Rong heard her tone, she knew she was going to be bad. Xiao Zhang did not have many lines, but if she had this mentality, she would be driven down by Pu Cunxi as soon as she came on stage later.

Therefore, he said without hesitation: "Xiao Zhang, within three days, about this character, I will write a character with no less than 10,000 words to me."

Xiao Zhang's eyes suddenly turned up. She only had three sentences and eight words in total. Even if the punctuation marks were counted, there were only 13 words in total. But she had to write a biography of no less than ten thousand words?!

Pu Cunxi looked at the two of them with big eyes and was about to persuade him, but suddenly he heard Xiao Zhang say fiercely: "Teacher Feng Yuanzheng said, I am not allowed to write a biography!"

"Um?"

Pu Cun saw Xu Rong's puzzled gaze coming, scratched his gray hair and did not look at him to avoid his embarrassment, and whispered: "What she said is indeed true, Yuanzheng was particularly disgusted with his students writing a biography."

"What's the matter?"

"Hahaha."

Pu Cunxi couldn't hold it anymore. This was the first time he saw Xu Rong being eaten by someone alone.
Chapter completed!