In the beginning, I just wanted to make money

Shen Xudong still refused to give up: "Then if I write a great script and submit it to..."

Zhao Linhai retorted directly: "Who are you? Delivery? Who reads your script?"

Then... there is a type of reborn person in the Internet who relies on scripts to take off, get the first pot of gold in life, and then copy various projects to attract female stars...

Isn't it not credible at all?

Zhao Xin also said: "Let's be realistic. If you are the boss of a film and television company and an unknown newcomer submits a script, will you take it seriously?"

Shen Xudong was no longer confident, but he still managed to reply: "...I might take a look..."

"...How many scripts do you receive every day? Do you read them? Do you have time to read them?"

"I'm telling you, now in the production of film and television dramas, they have to discuss the subject matter with the TV station, and then find a screenwriter to write it..."

Shen Xudong immediately answered: "What about the movie?"

“Who will invest in movies now?”

Shen Xudong was stunned...

That is, who is making movies now?

Last year, our total box office was 600 million!

Yes, that’s 600 million!

In today's era where pirated DVDs and video stores are very popular, do you want to spend money to watch movies?

Neuropathy!

Men and women go to discotheques, karaoke bars and the like for dates. If that doesn't work, you can go to a video hall. What kind of movie theater should you go to?

Making movies is a dead end...

Of course, there are still a bunch of works released every year, which are basically mission films produced by major studios after receiving funds. There are not many audiences to watch...

The only one who can make money through movies is probably Hua Yi’s Feng Pants!

That's why pants are so crazy - if I don't make movies, what will the Chinese people watch?

"Then...then...what should I do?"

"Didn't I tell you? Take the job, mix your seniority..."

The second child, Liao Gaoxiang, suddenly said: "By the way...I'm telling you, yesterday Senior Zhang took over a job and invited us to participate!"

"...What kind of work?"

"'Starscream', everyone knows about it, right?"

Shen Xudong answered: "You know...make me happy and worry me!"

"Make Me Happy and Let Me Worry" by Huajian Chow, the ending theme of "Starscream"...

"…What?"

"The ending song, "Starscream", Channel 25 has played it countless times, and I have to listen to the ending song every time..."

"What is channel 25?"

Shen Xudong was surprised: "The video channels of Anhui TV Station..." Suddenly he realized something: "Oh, you can't receive...channel 25, meet your requirements!"

"...Ignore him, second brother, go on, what project?"

"It's called "Purple Butterfly," a female crime-themed drama modeled after "Starscream." The senior said that the other party plans to shoot 54 episodes... It will require 9 small units..."

Starscream…

Zhao Xin interjected: "Real or false? I heard that "Starscream" will not be able to star..."

"It's not a star, but it sells very well, and a lot of local TV stations bought it...it's very profitable! That's why there are followers!"

"Starscream" really made crazy money, and four movies were filmed in succession...

"How's it going? Are you interested?"

Zhao Linhai shrugged: "...just go and study!"

"I'll join in too!"

"Xudong, what about you?"

Shen Xudong hesitated: "I...I'll think about it again..."

"What's there to think about..."

"Stop talking about him and give him some time to accept it!"

…

The future is bleak…

Suddenly I remembered what my father said, ‘If you learn this, no one at home will help you! ’

At that time, what Shen Xudong was thinking was, 'My brother is talented and I rely on his talent to make a living. What can my family do to help me? ’

Now I probably understand a little bit.

If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer a lot!

How could he, a pure outsider, get into the circle?

The experience in his memory told him that hugging his thigh...

Eat soft rice or hug your thighs?

He, Shen Xudong, is not this kind of person!

Did he come to the capital from Anhui Province just to gain a foothold?

It’s even more impossible to eat soft rice!

The love he yearns for is like a rainbow. When he meets someone, he knows...

You can tell at a glance that she is the one for you!

There is no point in eating soft food and wearing out shoes!

After all, that thing is for youth!

In my memory, it is really not possible for people to eat soft rice - don't think that being taken care of is a free experience.

There is no free lunch in the world.

In fact, eating soft food is also a kind of professional athlete. What professional athletes eat is youth food. Every day, they are either working out or beautifying their faces; either replenishing their kidneys or raising their whips...

Moreover, the aunties in the circle often grow up to the extreme, becoming stronger as they get older. They are as strong as their wrists but as soft as their lower bodies. They have broken through the forefront of the evolutionary chain and are at the top of the food chain.

The cannibal is soft-spoken and the taker is short-handed; I will charge you a huge sum of money to ensure your happiness!

If you can't do it, they will return it.

Those people who are shouting "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore", how can they understand the sadness behind this?

Ahem...

All in all, the future is bleak…

…

"I feel unreliable..."

"how to say?"

"It's a newly established company. The boss is an amateur, and the person in charge is also an amateur. Why should the TV station buy your drama?"

Just as I was thinking about it, the third brother came back and was discussing something...

"You don't care whether he is reliable or not, the truth is that he can receive money!"

"...Senior brother just said that we can be responsible for one unit, six episodes of scripts, each episode costs 800 yuan...six episodes is 4,800 yuan...after tax...it seems we are after tax, right?"

Hearing the money, Shen Xudong immediately became interested: "What's 800 yuan?"

His monthly living expenses are only 1,200...

Zhao Xin replied: "As for "Purple Butterfly" we are talking about... we are responsible for six episodes, and we are given 800 yuan per episode."

Shen Xudong was confused: "Don't you need to join the group?"

"It's not like I'm writing and filming at the same time..."

Shen Xudong then asked: "But I heard that the senior brothers all join the group and adjust it according to the plot..."

Zhao Xin explained: "That was in the past. Now, I receive a task, and then I write the first three episodes of the script. The producer reads it, and after I get the deposit, I find someone to write the rest..."

Zhao Linhai: "We students are the best writers. At least we know some script writing. The key is that the price is low..."

Liao Gaoxiang said: "Xudong, you can also join in, it's just 4800 and we can't divide it..."

"4800 is not easy for three people to divide?"

Shen Xudong was speechless...

1,600 per person, what’s not to share?

But he knew that this was the good intention of his second brother, so he nodded: "...Then let me follow suit?"

"Okay...here's the deposit."

Liao Gaoxiang took out a wad of money from his pocket...well, it was actually only 800 yuan. He explained: "We will get the remuneration for one episode first and the work will be completed in six days!"

After dividing the money, he continued: "Two hundred each, let's work!"

Shen Xudong was embarrassed: "...No, second brother, I don't know how to start..."

"Oh, "Purple Butterfly", like "Starscream", is adapted from real cases. The case we are responsible for is the Poison Husband Case... It is the case where Li Huijie and his mother Tian Xueqin jointly poisoned four husbands to collect the bride price... Tomorrow I will I'll give you the report, take a look..."

"...What the hell? Collecting gift money?"

"There are many perversions in this world. I have seen this case on the news. Li Huijie's mother felt that after receiving the bride price, she quickly poisoned the groom to death and then found another family to remarry, so that her daughter could continue to make money in this way..."

Shen Xudong was completely shocked: "No, how to write this thing..."

"Write first to gain experience..."

"There have been more such themes in the past two years, and the themes involved are easy to write about because there are real prototypes for reference, which is very suitable for beginners like us..."

Liao Gaoxiang concluded: "Sleep!"

Shen Xudong went to bed, feeling a little confused...