Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

The two of them met in the office, but the meeting was delayed.

He and Chazelle agreed to come to the company today to look at the outline of the script.

The reason for choosing the company was that it involved commercial secrets, so it was better to meet in a place with surveillance.

Three minutes later, Chazelle stepped into the meeting room at the last second of the agreed time, "Wow, you're here so early."

Saying this, Chazelle pulled open the chair opposite and sat down.

In addition to being partners, the two were also friends, so there was no need to be too polite.

Chen Xiao skipped the business-to-business part and went straight to the point, pushing a small stack of documents in front of him, "This is the script outline. The rest of the project summary is not ready yet, but you won't care much if it's ready, right?"

"Well, the script is the first, as long as there are no major problems with the rest."

As he spoke, Chazelle picked up the script outline, "The Grand Budapest Hotel?"

"Well, it's an art film, but it also has documentary elements. The pictures can be shot beautifully, which meets your requirements."

After speaking, Chen Xiao pulled the teapot in the middle and filled his teacup with tea.

The Grand Budapest Hotel is not as satirical of the current society as The Truman Show, but it is also a good film.

The story it tells takes place in Europe from the 1930s to the 1960s.

There is a luxury hotel there.

The protagonists are the hotel manager "Gustave" and the doorman "Zero".

Gustave is famous for providing first-class service and seducing wealthy older women.

A wealthy elderly woman died and bequeathed a priceless painting to Gustav, who was framed for murder and imprisoned.

The two protagonists worked together to help Gustav escape from prison, find evidence to prove his innocence, and deal with property disputes among prominent families.

Overall, it is a comedy and absurd style. But behind it is the smoke of war and social civilization changes in Europe over the past half century.

This film requires all the actors to be foreigners, so it is not convenient for him to shoot for the time being.

And it is not profitable, even less profitable than "The Truman Show".

"The Truman Show" ranked 12th in the North American box office in the original world when it was released.

And this one ranked 55th that year, which is much lower. It can only be said that it was shot for art, but don't consider money.

So, he doesn't need to hold on to the position of chief director.

Let Chazelle shoot it, he is just right as a screenwriter, and looking back at the finished product, it can still be a bit novel.

Thinking of this, Chazelle on the opposite side also finished reading the outline, frowned and sighed.

Chen Xiao put down his teacup and asked, "Director Chazelle, is there a problem with the outline?"

Chazelle was silent for two seconds.

Of course there is a problem.

Good news, he likes the concept, character setting and background, and there are political elements.

Bad news, someone else wrote it.

Good news, let him shoot it.

Bad news, someone else wrote it.

Damn! Since coming here, my mood has been stable every day: I'm so annoyed.

After Chazelle jumped wildly between sadness and joy for a while, he closed the script and looked up at him, "Really shoot it for me? Are you sure?"

Chen Xiao looked at Chazelle's depressed eyes, his mouth corners raised, and his whole person looked like he was about to split, and he reacted immediately.

Brother, you are unbalanced.

It seems that he thinks the script is very good, right?

Then why not take the opportunity to get some wool from him?

Chen Xiao sighed:

"Well, am I nice enough?"

"Since I finished filming "The Truman Show", I have been staying at home every day thinking about this script and looking up information."

"I stay up until midnight every night in front of the screen."

"If there were no historical records, I would doubt that I built the pyramids this month."

"I have to do one job and hate it this month. You said last time that you should tell me the benefits directly, right? I worked hard and gave you such a good script, and you..."

At this point, Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows and didn't continue.

But Chazelle is not stupid, he must have thought of this layer, and the next sentence: You have to show some sincerity, right? Otherwise, how can there be a next cooperation?

Across the table, Chazelle stared at the outline of the script and pursed his lips.

What Chen Xiao said... must be a lie!

He is definitely pretending to be relaxed, or he is pretending to be cool!

For an art film with political color, he must have checked countless information and exhausted his efforts to write it.

How could it be so easy?

But then again, he is so loyal, and I was jealous of him just now.

I really deserve to die!

Oh!

Such a sincere friend who values ​​art must be rewarded.

Chazelle picked up the script and vowed: "Don't worry, I will definitely shoot it well. You

The next movie will be released overseas, right? As long as it does not violate the law, I will fully support it and sign a contract to support it. Don't worry! I have made you my friend!"

"Okay!"

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Xiao sent Cha Zelei away and returned to his office.

He couldn't go home for the time being. Because he had to meet Fang Rong later to talk about "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

The system task was three works.

There is still one missing.

For the last one, wait until the animation department is done with "Frozen" and let them shoot another one.

As for Sun Li, he plans to invite him to join the "To Live" crew.

Otherwise, there are too few high-level directors, and he will be under a lot of pressure.

The company also has a variety show department.

He has not taken care of this department for the time being, and has handed it over to other people in the project creative department to think about creativity. Employees have to use their brains.

Chen Xiao returned to the office room, took out a fancy gift box.

This is the jewelry that Dad bought for Mom as he said, and it just arrived today.

He originally wanted to take it back to Mom himself.

But family affection is family affection, and the thought of giving jewelry in person... always feels a bit corny.

I am a military general, not good at speaking.

Let Dad take it back, and he can tell Mom online, so that the intention is there and it is not corny.

With this in mind, he called Dad.

After Dad resigned from the school, he is now a financial consultant in the company. It is called a consultant, but in fact it is to regularly review the financial situation to prevent problems.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hello, Dad, what are you doing?"

"In jail."

"..." Chen Xiao continued to ask, "Are you in the office?"

"Yes, in jail."

Oh, it's really a job that you hate, and you curse your mother in every job.

"Is he in jail? I'm going to visit him. ”

“Come on, I’m in jail.”

“Okay.”

…

At the same time.

In a solemn white building in the capital.

Xia Hong, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, is reading the work summary submitted by his subordinates for last month.

The Cyberspace Administration of China is at the same level as the Ministry of Culture.

As deputy director, he is in charge of the Network Comprehensive Governance Bureau, the Network Social Work Bureau, the Network Communication Bureau and other departments.

He looked serious and turned the pages of the report.

In general, the current management of online public opinion still faces several problems.

First, rumors spread quickly.

Second, it requires cross-departmental collaboration to find out the ins and outs of the incident, which is difficult and time-consuming.

During this period, rumors fermented and intensified.

And people have a strong stickiness to the impressions of events that they first formed.

This leads to the third problem.

Once rumors ferment, even if there is irrefutable evidence, some people will refuse to believe the official investigation results.

Xia Hong continued to flip back.

After the problem, there are solutions proposed by various departments.

He took a quick glance.

The content is no different from before.

Strengthen knowledge education, improve media literacy, recommend practical tools, strengthen media supervision, build rumor-refuting platforms, publicize laws and regulations, etc.

They have been doing these things, but the results are always unsatisfactory.

Even if they seize the opportunity of a rumor reversal and strengthen education, most people will just express their support and don't take it to heart.

Oh... there is a long way to go.

Thinking of this, he put down the materials in his hand, got up and left the office, and walked towards the bathroom.