Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

People from the two teams of "Trafficking" and "Working Adventures" chatted about their hard work over the past six months while eating.

Seeing the food gradually disappearing, Meng Lang raised his glass and said to Chen Xiao next to him: "Director Chen, let me toast you again."

Chen Xiao raised his glass and said politely: "Teacher Meng is so polite."

After the two clinked glasses, Meng Lang drank it all in one gulp, then put down the empty glass, rubbed his hands on his knees, and leaned forward slightly, "Director Chen."

"Teacher Meng, if you need anything, just tell me."

Meng Lang smiled awkwardly, frowned slightly, and said a little awkwardly: "Recently, the topic of sketches on the Internet has been very popular. Some companies also want to run sketch variety shows. I wonder if Oriental Media also has plans in this regard?"

Before this year's Spring Festival Gala, many sketch actors, or comedians, including them, were facing great difficulties, which could be described as being attacked from both inside and outside.

Let’s talk about external impact first.

First, technology has developed rapidly in recent years. With the diversification of online entertainment forms and the rise of games and short videos, the audience's attention has been distracted. Traditional comedy forms lack a platform and face fierce market competition.

Later, capital made improvements to traditional comedy forms, such as big stars performing sketches on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

This leads to the second problem - increasing commercial value, but reducing artistic value to a certain extent, resulting in unclear selling points and smaller audiences.

Of course, problems come not only from the outside, but also from the inside.

The low level of attention has resulted in a lack of young people in the industry and a lack of excellent scripts that can keep up with the trend. Of course, the problems don't end there. A series of vicious cycles form.

But now, because of this year’s Spring Festival Gala, the public is paying close attention to sketches. In terms of platforms and markets, this vicious cycle has been temporarily broken.

But if it is left to other companies to do it, there may be problems of high commercial value and low artistic value, and the popularity that was finally generated will be wasted.

For example, after participating in a variety show organized by another company, the program team asked two of their sketch actors to serve as judges to earn enough gimmicks and attract attention. Then put in a few actors who want to be popular. The audience saw that the quality was low and their expectations for comedy were not met, and they lost interest after a while.

Capital has eaten up this wave of enthusiasm, patted its butt and left.

It's okay for them and they can make some money, but what about this industry? It's a good opportunity, I really don't want to waste it.

But it is really embarrassing to ask Oriental Media to run a variety show.

It feels a bit like relying on others.

I'm so sorry.

But this seems to be the best way out.

Chen Xiao saw Meng Lang's embarrassment, put down his cup and said with a smile: "I do have plans in this regard, and I do want to ask for your help. You're welcome."

He was not comforting Meng Lang, but he had indeed considered this field.

There used to be well-known cross talk sketch companies in this world, but they gradually declined around the millennium. There were no companies as popular as Deyun Society and Happy Mahua in the previous world. Today, only some small companies or art groups still insist on following this path. It's hard to single out a standout subsidiary in the comedy world.

Taking advantage of the country's support for the development of art in recent years and the current wave of popular sketches. Oriental Media may be able to allocate some resources to develop some areas.

It also rectifies the name of Oriental Media, so that every time a tragedy is released, the audience will call Oriental Media the underworld film and television company.

"I do have plans in this area. Not only to run a variety show, but also to try to set up a department or branch in this area. But now there is a problem..."

Meng Lang's eyes lit up and his heart was pounding.

After all, there is a successful case like the traditional cultural theme park. Chen Xiao said that he wanted to start a field, but it didn’t feel very reliable!

Meng Lang smiled and said, "What's the problem? You tell me."

"script."

With that said, Chen Xiao put away the smile on his face.

Although he has a bunch of scripts, he definitely can't rely solely on his.

From my own point of view, putting out two or three scripts a year is already amazing to everyone. From an industry perspective, there is definitely a need for new people and new scripts.

Meng Lang pursed his lips.

Chen Xiao didn't explain much, he understood.

"Director Chen, in our company, some young people can occasionally write good scripts. Although they cannot be compared with "Selling Kid" and "Working Adventures", they are still remarkable. It is not so much a quality issue, but a platform issue. I'm not fooling you. In the past five years, after the government has provided more subsidies to us, the quality of scripts has improved compared to five years ago. If there is a platform, maybe people who have switched to other jobs will return to our industry. "

Chen Xiao nodded.

Indeed, the economic base determines the superstructure, and this sentence applies to every industry.

"Then if you can be the judges and film the variety show in the form of a competition, it might be feasible."

"I have had a private conversation with Teacher Li Rong and they are all willing to be judges in Dongchuan's variety show."

"Okay, I'll tell the variety show department later."

"Thank you, Director Chen."

"Teacher Meng, you're welcome." Chen Xiao raised a glass in return for Meng Lang.

Variety Show Department - the first entertainment department of Dongchuan.

First of all, the management was very wild. He only talked to the variety show writers and never directly intervened.

Secondly, the content is also very wild, and I am filming an outdoor adventure variety show.

It's time to bring him back to work.

However, this work should not consume much of his energy.

Older artists are capable, but they lack a platform.

After he handed over the work, he emphasized the premise of quality first, and then he didn't have to worry about it. For details, please ask the old artists to discuss with the variety show department.

…

After the dinner, Chen Xiao returned home, lay on the sofa, and looked at the calendar.

Today is February 10th, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

He has been on vacation for a month and a half.

At the company, "Chinese Paladin III" is now being released.

"Hachiko: A Dog's Story" will be broadcast next month.

By then, "The Ming Dynasty 1566" should also start. This will be shot by Fang Rong, and he will be given the script after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Sun Li will continue to shoot "Harry Potter".

I haven't decided what to shoot myself, I'm entangled.

Let's see if there is any opportunity recently.

But there is no rush, let's wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It is estimated that it will start at the end of March.

Later, it is expected that in early July, when the summer vacation begins, "Fox Spirit Matchmaker" will be launched. It is planned to release 101 episodes, including six chapters: Xiasha, Wangquan, Yuehong, Qianyan, Nanguo, and Zhuye.

Two episodes a day, and the last episode of the Zhuye chapter will be broadcast on August 31.

The reason why it was broadcast so quickly is that the technological level in this world is much higher, and the animation production speed is also relatively fast. Few animations choose to update weekly. However, it is indeed rare to update two episodes a day.

But for the sake of derivative income, the company finally decided not to delay until the start of school and broadcast it directly during the winter vacation. It will trigger the income of the amusement park and derivatives.

Well, these are secondary reasons. It accounts for 10%.

The main reason for the other 90% is that he is very kind and can't bear to keep the audience waiting for a long time.

I hope the audience will have eyes to discover beauty and notice his kindness.