Unemployment at the beginning, I let the big devil of the music world return

Chapter 773 Stability
"The third child."

After entering the box, Short greeted his college roommates.

My roommate is the third oldest in the dormitory.

Even now, nearly ten years have passed, Short still calls him, "The boss hasn't come yet?"

He thought he was late enough because he was working overtime, but he didn't expect that the boss was even later.

"almost."

The third brother poured a glass of water for Short: "On the way, he just said in the group that their drama troupe has a drama to perform recently, and as a member of the stage design, he has been a bit busy these days."

Short wondered: "Didn't the Beijing Art Institute just put on a play called Wotou Guild Hall?"

"Hi."

The third brother waved his hand and said, "The eldest brother is no longer working at the Beijing Art Institute. Someone poached him to join the Jiangyu Opera Troupe."

"River Fish Troupe?!"
Short stopped drinking water and said, "The drama troupe that Li Yu's husband is in? That's a private troupe, right?"

"Yes."

The third brother: "I heard the salary is about the same as that of the Beijing Art Institute, but there is a share of the performance."

The eldest brother is a stage art designer, responsible for the design of the stage scenery and props for dramas. Everything from the brick walls and murals on the stage to a tree and miniature models is his job.

The choreography is divided into——

Short: “It’s quite rare.”

The third brother: "Isn't this the Big Devil's style? I remember when we were in college, there was a news report saying that the industry usually doesn't share royalties with arrangers, but Li Yu would give part of his royalties to the arranger."

of course.

Anyone who can get a share of the arrangement royalties from Li Yu is a very powerful figure in the music circle.

It's almost like professional certification.

"That's right. Boss—"

Short was about to say something when the door of the box opened and the boss came in.

"Sorry, sorry."

The boss apologized as soon as he entered the room, "I was delayed by some work."

The third brother: "Boss, the choreography work is also so busy."

Boss: "It depends on the time."

For a play that has already been staged, the stage design can be patched up and improved continuously, and you can sit in the office and drink tea when you are free. But for a new play, everything starts from scratch, so it is more busy. "We still have our own theater. If we rent a theater, the cost is very expensive. We have to race against time to get the set, so that we can have more time for the actors and technical department to synthesize and rehearse. Staying up late is common." said the boss.

but--

They also accept staying up late.

Because the actors performed well, they also got a share of the profits.

"That's pretty good."

Both Short and the third brother felt the same way.

One of them is working on game special effects and the other on visual effects. Overtime is commonplace for them, but they don't get a penny for overtime pay.

When the third brother saw that everyone was present, he called the waiter to take our order.

Here.

Short poured a glass of water for the boss: "Boss, I was planning to ask you to get me two tickets for "Wotou Guild Hall", why did you run to Jiangyu Drama Troupe without making any noise?"

Boss: "You want to go see it? I can still get you tickets."

"Really?"

Short said happily: "I am pursuing a girl. Yesterday I saw her circle of friends complaining that she couldn't get tickets for Wotou Guild Hall because all the tickets were snatched away by scalpers. Tickets that cost more than 100 yuan were sold for more than 700 yuan. It's simply robbing money."

Boss: "The script for Wotou Club was written by our boss. Wait for me to ask Director Wu."

"The Jiangyu Drama Troupe's tickets are even more expensive than those of the Beijing Theater." The third brother sent the waiter away and interrupted to chat: "The tickets for 'Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land' are almost sold out until the year after next. My wife and I wanted to go and see it, but we found that there were only scalper tickets."

Boss: "There's nothing I can do about this vote."

The tickets for Beijing Art Theater are free tickets, which is equivalent to welfare.

The ticketing of their drama troupe is strictly managed.

The boss advised him not to buy scalped tickets for the small theater: "It must be a scam. Our small theater tickets are real-name tickets, and the uncles and aunts in the square check the tickets one by one with their naked eyes."

Beer and cold dishes arrived.

They ate and chatted.

The third brother finally revealed the origin of this dinner party -

He lost his job.

He was less than thirty-five when he collapsed at this threshold.

It's more than just unemployment.

His former employer still owes him salary.

As for why his former employer owed him salary, it was because the film and television producers owed their visual effects company the final payment.

As for when the producer will pay the final payment, it will probably have to wait until the movie is released.

but--

His former employer wouldn't live to see that day.

just now.

The third child has a mortgage, a car loan, and his children are still in school. If he can't make ends meet, he really doesn't know what to do.

He also sent out resumes to look for a job. "The market is not doing well right now, there are few blockbuster movies, and many companies are already too busy to lay off employees, let alone recruit new ones."

Short nodded.

He switched from the visual effects industry to game special effects.

He knew very well that domestic visual effects companies survive by rolling projects, because to put it bluntly, except for the top visual effects companies, the rest of the special effects companies in China are very competitive, and there are no technical barriers. They just bring together those who do 3D, synthesis, and animation. Anyway, after the upstream film and television companies give 208 yuan to the stars and the directors, and have huge marketing expenses, they can only give so much to the downstream visual effects companies. It's just a 50-cent special effects. You can do it, and so can I, so I'll just lower the price.

Then--

Because the price is low, in order to maintain wages and other expenses, the company can only continue to accept projects. If it cannot get any projects, or the agreed projects are delayed, or the third brother’s former employer is owed the final payment, then it will have to leave.

and so--

It would be great if visual effects companies didn’t lay off anyone, let alone hire anyone.

The eldest brother was worried about the third brother: "Then second brother, how about letting the third brother try out the game special effects?"

All Short could do was to say, "Let's try it. I'll ask our company for you."

A few years ago, game companies used high salaries to poach people who worked in film and television special effects, and he went there at that time.

I don’t know what the situation is now.

The third brother breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his beer to thank his two brothers: "The boss is really clear-sighted. Stability is more important than anything else."

When they graduated from college, it was a time when young and old people were emerging in large numbers and full of vitality.

They are also at their age full of vigor and vitality, and are determined to make a career in this vibrant era.

He and Short never thought about the career path at Jingyi.

Short: "Hey, by the way, Boss, why are you at the Jiangyu Drama Troupe now?"

This is not stable either.

"Hi."

The boss waved his hand.

He was also in this situation by accident. "At first, our troupe's director Wu went there, and then he came back to poach our troupe's stage director. The stage director didn't want to go at first, but after director Wu took him to watch their play, he decided to go with him. In his words, their drama troupe's plays are enough to sustain us for a lifetime."

then--

The stage director brought them over.

of course.

This is also about money.

Living in the capital is not easy.

The cost of living is high, and so are mortgage payments.

After having children, who doesn’t want them to live a better life?

Although his basic salary didn't increase much at the Jiangyu Drama Troupe, the box office share was written in black and white in the contract. Moreover, the play was really good, and every show was sold out. As long as they didn't rely on their old capital, they would have a bowl of rice to eat.

Then why don't you come over.

Boss: "The drama is broadcast on Mango TV, and we get a share of the profits."

Although there are not too many people paying to watch the videos, and the money they get is only a few cents, as long as the videos are still being played, as long as they are not fired, become unethical artists, or break the law, the share will continue to be paid.

Even if they quit their job.

What's more -

The eldest brother said: "The play that our troupe is going to perform soon is another classic. You must go and see it. It's amazing."

Short: "What play?"

Boss: "The story of a man who said he was Jesus in front of a group of university professors, and the professors believed him."

Short: “That sounds good.”

"right."

The boss thinks that such a classic drama should still be watched by people decades later.

In a sense, this is also a kind of stability.

(End of this chapter)