Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Su Li naturally knew what Li Wei was thinking, and the relationship between Li Wei and Smart was actually only Zhou Xiao.Moreover, Su Li also knows that Li Wei has deep-rooted hatred for a certain faction of the Smart Office. If it hadn't been for this faction's fanning the flames, Li Wei would not have been reduced to being hidden by the company for five years and left to study in the United States.Although Li Wei expressed his gratitude for the five years of study in many interviews, the complaints in his heart were never expressed by Li Wei.Hiding in the most golden age of an idol artist for five years is almost a fatal injury.If it wasn't for Li Wei's luck to start again, then Li Wei's star dream would have been broken long ago.To be honest, in the entertainment industry, the number of cases in which Xuezang was able to stand up again after five years can be counted on one hand.

Since the cooperation with Smart is walking a tightrope, it is also reasonable to find a way out early.Su Li now begins to figure out which companies meet her requirements: there must be idol actors, especially male idol actors; the scale of the company should not be particularly large; there is potential but the current development is not particularly good.While Su Li excluded them in her mind, she also planned to ask a professional consulting company to investigate and screen them.

"If the cooperation with Smart is embarrassing, will our 'New Pure Love Series' still have an in-depth cooperation with Smart Agency?" Su Li asked a little worried, "If a large number of their artists are used , wouldn’t that help them make wedding dresses? If something goes wrong in the future, wouldn’t it be us who suffer the most?”

Su Li knows that the contract of Smart & Partners is very strict, especially in terms of portrait rights.Absolutely from Smart's contract, after an artist under its banner has filmed a film and television drama and published an album with you, you cannot use the artist's photo on promotional materials.This deceitful clause has caused many record stores and TV stations to vomit blood, so you can often see promotional covers with white letters on a green background on the sales charts of record stores, which must be the work of singer Smart; while the black silhouette on the official website of the TV series There is no need to guess, it must be the work of the actor Smart.

"I know, but this cooperation has nothing to do with it." Li Wei replied with a smile.

Li Wei knew that with the old man's temperament, he would not make too many concessions, but it was Fan Zhi who Li Wei found.Although there is peace inside Smart now, everyone knows that this is just the silence before the big storm.Both the Empress faction and the Female History faction have been temporarily suppressed, but that doesn't mean their power has disappeared.On the contrary, the two factions are frantically expanding their influence.On the one hand, I want to be an old man, and my own faction is the most suitable manager; on the other hand, I want to show it to the artists under my banner. If you follow us, you can have broth to drink, and big fish and big meat are no problem.How to get the artists and trainees in the company to lean towards me, that's more resources than anyone else.So when Li Wei approached Fan Zhi and hoped to sign Zhou Xiao's film contract for the next two years with a two-year three-movie contract, Fan Zhi almost agreed without thinking.

You must know that although APEX is the most popular group in Fan Zhi's hands, APEX, who debuted for 25 years, has to find a successor.Although Storm is hailed as "the best successor of APEX", who made Storm be in charge of Teng Jingli?Especially the recent period of self-sufficiency has caused Storm's popularity to drop a lot. It is estimated that it will take a lot of effort for Teng Jingli to push Storm to the top.

But Fan Zhi still has the group Victory Youth Group. Although they have also experienced self-sufficiency, the results in the past six months of their return have been pretty good. The new single has properly won the weekly singles chart.Coupled with Captain Zhou Xiao's outstanding performance in "The Amazing Race All-Star Season", the popularity of the whole team has also recovered a lot.Now that the captain has the opportunity to transform, Fan Zhi naturally wants to give it a push.What's more, Li Wei also expressed that there are some unimportant supporting roles arranged for other members of the Victory Youth Group, or even other group members or trainees.

Although Fan Zhi doesn't know how far Li Wei's films can go, but for artists or trainees under his banner, it is very important to have a filming experience on his resume.In view of this, when Li Wei mentioned Smart's portrait rights management system, Fan Zhi generously said that everything can have exceptions.

Li Wei told Su Li about all this, and at the same time said with a smile, "The most important thing is that the copyright of the movie is in our hands, and it belongs to us completely and exclusively, so don't worry about the Smart Agency. How internal changes affect us."

After hearing Li Wei's explanation, Su Li also felt relieved.At the same time, Su Li said: "Your new album already has four singles that have won the number one position on the singles chart. Many people are wondering if you will achieve the milestone of 'one major and five championships' within this year! Now The sales volume of your album has already exceeded 3000 million copies in China. I don’t know if you can achieve diamond sales within this year. Now your FansClub has expressed the hope that you can hold a concert next year. You are invited for the treatment of a guest performer, how do you choose? Also, there are still a bunch of interview requests here, and you can choose too."

"I see." Li Wei nodded, "For the concert, please contact the concert production company here. If there is a suitable one, we will sign a contract and prepare for next year's concert. Of course, if the production company can sell it to us It's the best. As for the awards ceremony, except for the three grand prizes, let's push the rest. Well, wait, I'd better go to MTV. As for the interview needs, you can send them to my email first, and I will come Choose it. After all, it is very important to be on the list at the end of the year. By the way, you can talk to these interview programs first. I have a request on the program, either to let Miracle Girl accompany me on the show, or when I sing Arrange the girls of the era to be my backup dancers. The newcomers in the company are only the two groups, and they are also gaining popularity."

Su Li nodded to show that she understood, "I will arrange for Peng Duoli to take charge of these matters. ——Now you have two assistant teams, Peng Duoli, Li Ke and Qin Bo are in charge of your artist status; Mi Li is your administrative assistant in the company. Our new contract with Donghai Center Building will come into effect soon, and we will move to a higher floor in the future. In addition to retaining our exclusive elevator and exclusive underground parking lot , your dream company canteen plan has also been approved."

"That's great!" Li Wei said with a smile.

Li Wei has been paying attention to the company's decoration. He deliberately took out several floors and built a canteen, gym, small movie theater and KTV; at the same time, there are capsule apartments, shower rooms, SPA and other services.Li Wei feels that as long as they are excellent employees, it is worthwhile to provide more services, because they can create more wealth.Of course, Li Wei's office still has a built-in secret door leading to Li Wei's personal lounge.This time, because the company has a much larger space, Su Li was built according to the standard of a luxury single apartment.

While arranging his own management team and program team to meet the interview needs, Li Wei is also selecting the director of his "New Pure Love Series" films.Li Wei will serve as producer, art director and screenwriter in this series of films, so he has to choose a director who is good at shooting commercial films and at the same time has a less strong personality.Pure love movies are actually a branch of art movies. In the early days, a group of old men who became directors began to nostalgia for their youthful years and girls at the same table.

Because this kind of movie has a strong style of the times, and at the same time, when these old men were young, it was the era when the thinking of China was relatively chaotic. Sexual liberation and freedom were once the mainstream ideas of that era, so there are many such movies. More or less it is a little bit beyond the standard. Basically, the DVD or BD box of this kind of movie is either "restricted" or "tutorial", so we can see.But Li Wei's New Pure Love is a commercial film, to put it bluntly, to sell feelings.

If you find an art director, God knows what they will make, so Li Wei simply finds a commercial director.And it's best for this commercial director to shoot campus idol films, so don't be too strong.You must know that filmmaking is either a director-centered system or a production-centered system, and in China, the director-centered system is considered the mainstream.If the director is too strong, he will definitely not listen to Li Wei's words. Wouldn't it make the movie different from Li Wei's expectations in the end?

After Li Wei sent his request to the directors' union, he waited for the directors' union's feedback.Li Wei had to thank Huaxia Kingdom for its well-developed and regular entertainment industry, especially the film industry, otherwise it would be difficult for a fledgling producer like himself to gather a team.Huaxia country's film industry has its own professional trade unions, and Li Wei only needs to pay to give his needs to the union.Of course, Li Wei must also produce three certificates: the first certificate is the authenticity and originality of the script certified by the Screenwriters Association; the second certificate is a financial guarantee of 500 million yuan provided by any commercial bank; the third certificate is It is the default guarantee provided by the insurance company.

In China, 500 million yuan is a line for judging formal film works and informal film works. Film investment exceeding 500 million yuan must take a professional route, bank capital verification, insurance company guarantee, and then all personnel must be dispatched by professional trade unions; If it does not exceed 500 million yuan, it can be regarded as an underground independent film or a student film. After this type of film is shot, it cannot be broadcast in regular theaters. Academic screenings.Naturally, Li Wei would not forget the three most basic documents, and naturally also sent them to the directors' union.

The speed of the directors' union was also dissatisfied. After three working days, a list of directors who met Li Wei's needs and had time within Li Wei's planned schedule was sent to Li Wei.There are a total of 15 directors on the list. Li Wei first handed it over to the company's internal review team for comparison, and half of the directors were eliminated at once.Li Wei's method of eliminating production companies is also very simple, just look at the box office.Within three years, if the director has a movie with a box office lower than the average box office of the same genre, then he will be given up immediately.Seeing the remaining 7 directors, Li Wei asked Peng Duoli to arrange for them to come for an interview.

After a preliminary interview, Li Wei chose this female director named Chen Shanyu.Chen Shanyu's resume is a bit thin compared to other directors. She has only directed three TV series and one low-budget film.But among the three TV series she directed, one was the king of ratings that year, and the ratings of the other two TV series were also excellent, known as the "godmother of idol dramas".And the low-budget movie she shot was also turned out by Li Wei. Although it was a bit too artistic, Li Wei was amazed by the delicate female perspective in the film.

So Li Wei decided to have an in-depth chat with Chen Shanyu about his "New Pure Love Movie", and then decide whether to sign the contract.

To be continued...

The author has something to say: These two chapters were updated the day before yesterday.