Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

The crew was having a meal on the second floor of a Shaanxi specialty restaurant near Zhou's compound.

Chen Xiao sat with Sun Li, Chi Yu, and Wang Rui. They were all in their twenties and thirties, and the dining atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

Sun Li took the last sip of the mutton soup in the bowl, burped with satisfaction, wiped his mouth, and looked at the menu on the wall and sighed:

"Jiangshui fish, biangbiang noodles, bubble oil cake, the names are a bit cute."

"Yeah, it's true. Our Shandong Province also..." Chi Yu was about to talk about the food in Shandong Province when his phone suddenly rang.

He clicked on the message, scanned it, and glanced at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao asked, "What's wrong?"

Sun Li stood up with great insight, "Wang Rui and I have finished eating, you two can chat."

He is just a director of the company, and Chen Xiao has several projects under his name at the same time, so don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to. Go away, don't affect their work.

Wang Rui also stood up, "Well, then we will go first, you can eat slowly,"

After the two left, Chi Yu turned the screen of his mobile phone towards Chen Xiao and said:

"Director Chen, the Literature and Art Publishing House has designed five covers for "To Live". I would like to ask you to choose one, or you can see which style or design element you like, and they will change it."

Chen Xiao took his mobile phone and clicked on the email attachment.

The five covers have different styles, including traditional ink painting style, pure white simple style, abstract art style, photography style, and hand-painted illustration style.

None of them are particularly suitable.

The more specific the picture, the less room for imagination. From this perspective, the simple style is the most suitable.

But the pure white background is not thick enough.

After flipping through the pages twice, Chen Xiao handed the phone back to Chi Yu.

The movie and the book were released on the same day, so the cover of this publication might as well use the scene from the movie's opening credits.

"Alive" with red letters on a black background.

In fact, white letters on a black background look more desolate, and it fits the tone of the book. But after all, the book and the movie were released together, so from a commercial point of view, the printing should be consistent this time, and other covers should not be considered for now.

Chen Xiao said, "Please ask the publisher to do the next step first. Then ask the visual effects department if the title screen is finished. If it is finished, we can slightly modify it based on that screen and use it as the cover of the book."

"Okay."

Five minutes later, Chen Xiao put on sunglasses and a mask and left the restaurant with Chi Yu.

In the afternoon, the sleepy sunlight sprinkled on the stone road.

The two walked along the gray courtyard wall towards the entrance.

Chen Xiao casually asked, "By the way, how is Harry Potter going?"

Last month, in early September, Chi Yu helped him find a literary agent and a lawyer.

The two will handle publishing-related matters, help him publish under a pseudonym, and ensure that his real identity is not revealed.

In late September, he had signed a contract with an international publisher and planned to publish in the UK and the US first.

Chi Yu replied, "I confirmed the progress the day before yesterday, and it is currently being typeset. It is estimated that it will be published in February or March next year."

"Okay." Chen Xiao nodded.

February or March, that's good.

"To Live" is expected to be released in mid-January.

He will announce the news at that time and say that he will take a break for a while.

Oh, wait a minute.

Suddenly thought of a question.

After "To Live" is released, netizens will definitely make jokes and complain.

Especially those netizens who watch the movie first and then read the book for comfort, they will definitely be silent after watching it and depressed for several days after reading it.

After being "scolded", he announced that he would take a break.

Will the audience think that he is depressed because of being scolded?

After he announced that he would take a break, would he suddenly sit up at night, recalling the sins he had committed by scolding others, and sighing "I really deserve to die!"

That...

That would be even more exciting!

Just do it.

Think about it, college students who just had a break, after watching movies and reading books, were depressed for several days. After scolding a few words, they still felt guilty.

Hehe.

It is happy to think that they are upset in waves.

After announcing the break, he went on a trip.

Then "Harry Potter" was published in February or March. It is estimated that various film companies should be eyeing this novel.

It is estimated that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" will be released in May.

In June, when various film and television companies are trying to obtain the copyright of "Harry Potter", they will come back to prepare for filming.

It is not bad to be able to rest for almost five months in between.

Just when Chen Xiao thought of this, he heard Chi Yu yawning next to him.

By the way, after this brother became my secretary,

From a quadrilateral warrior to a hexagonal one.

But the business is getting more and more, including administrative work, personal affairs such as online reputation, film, animation and book projects, etc. It feels like this brother is about to develop a shadow clone.

"Chi Yu, I will ask the HR department to hire another secretary later."

Chi Yu yawned halfway and coughed violently.

"Ah? Director Chen, I..."

"I won't reduce your salary, but as for work, you can divide it up. You have to have a life to spend it even if you make money."

Chi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, boss! The boss is generous!"

...

Ten days later, the actors who finished filming in the crew went back to their homes.

The rest of the people flew to Zhoucun District, Shandong Province. At the same time, other actors with roles also set off from the capital to meet here.

In the afternoon of November 1st.

Chen Xiao and others got off the plane and followed the concierge through the VIP channel. When they reached the exit, four people walked towards him.

The leading man greeted, "Hello, Director Chen, I'm Tang Rui who contacted you before."

"Hello, Minister Tang."

Chen Xiao smiled and shook hands.

After deciding to go to Zhoucun for filming, the local government contacted the company, hoping to cooperate to promote the construction of tourism and cultural industries.

He originally planned to build a real-life entertainment base or a traditional cultural theme resort. The two sides hit it off and agreed to meet today.

Tang Rui slightly turned sideways and introduced Chen Xiao to the 40-year-old lady next to him.

"This is the deputy director of our Cultural and Tourism Bureau, Ms. He Shulan."

"Hello, Director He."

"Hello, Director Chen."

After greeting the four people one by one, everyone walked towards the exit together.

——

Your Majesty is really tired of reviewing memorials every day.

Although Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, I have to take care of Your Majesty's dragon body!

Today, I will move north with my cat brother, from southern Fujian to the northeast.

Today and tomorrow, the number of memorials will be reduced by about half, and will be restored the day after tomorrow.

I hope Your Majesty will relax appropriately. The loyalty of this humble minister is witnessed by the sun and the moon!