When Careeraholic Meets Workaholic

At the end, the meeting room was still silent, and then everyone blinked, and when they came back to their senses, the first thing they saw was Bai Lian.

Strictly speaking, the man sitting at the bottom is a big boy with fair skin and profound facial features. The hairstyle that highlights his forehead makes him look very energetic. He has big eyes that are not the same as the traditional ones. They have double eyelids, but they are similar to the European version. The eyes are different, with very obvious oriental characteristics, bright and energetic.

Probably because of the narrow cheeks, the face is relatively long and not too big. Judging from the picture, it is a very photogenic face, which can support almost all styles of ancient costumes and modern dramas.

Although it is different from the current mainstream aesthetics of exquisite teenagers, it is precisely because of this difference that it gives people a refreshing feeling, and it will be unforgettable after just one more look.

This actor is really good.

People in the circle like Lu Bao and Director Huang thought to themselves, such a distinctive face really has the potential to be popular.

Then Lu Bao set his eyes on Zhou Yao's face again, preparing words.

Rarely feel short of words.

The pilot film is only about 5 minutes long, but it seems that I have seen a high-quality movie promotional film. Whether it is the picture or the actors, including the means of storytelling in this short video, I feel like I have been severely caught.

To be honest, this pilot film is not good, but very good!

But Lu Bao is a businessman, and a businessman wants to make a profit, so he naturally has to consider a lot of things, so he is looking for the part that can lower the price.

But someone couldn't wait any longer, opened his mouth to break the silence, and said, "Zhou Yao, is this what you said you didn't do well?"

Everyone followed the voice and looked at Grandpa Liu, and the nerves in the back of Lu Bao's head jumped.

Then I heard Grandpa Liu say: "Do you know that this special effect is at the level of a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions? I said, how can you burn so fast? So you want to make big screen effects for a drama that breaks the Internet? Who gave it to you?" How dare you? With such a large capital, what should I do if I lose money? Control costs, control costs!"

Zhou Yao was reprimanded in front of his face, but he didn't get angry after touching his nose. He could tell that Grandpa Liu was belittling and praising him, and he was raising his bargaining chips for him.And he can't explain that he came back after 12 years. At that time, the level of special effects was much higher than it is now. He really couldn't accept the current level of special effects in online dramas after watching good things, so he spared no expense.

It's true that it cost a lot of money, it's very expensive, but at least he has to see what he makes, right?

When Grandpa Liu yelled, Lu Bao smiled wryly, knowing that he didn’t need to think about it any more. Liu Wei is really an old man in the industry. I have a lot of experience in this wave, and I have even dabbled in international film and television. It is unlikely that I want to lower the price under his nose.

And he is really optimistic about this drama, the IP is good, the leading film is good, and the actor's remuneration is placed on the quality of the drama, except that there are no big stars to support the stage, this level definitely meets the requirements of their company's self-produced drama, Even worse than that.

So when he spoke again, Lu Bao said, "Zhou Yao, no, I prefer to call you Yin Shang. People from our company should have contacted you to purchase the copyright of "Shen Shuo" four years ago. I actually said that proposal. I have always regretted buying the copyright of "God Says". So I can say bluntly, just for the value of the IP of this drama and the traffic brought by your own adaptation and production, I am willing to give you this amount. "

Lu Bao raised his hand and compared a number, which was 6000 million.

Grandpa Liu raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Lu Bao continued.

"And the cast of this show is not bad. At least the male and female protagonists have the potential to be popular. You are very good at choosing actors, so I will also calculate the value of the actors in your cost. Other than that, it is the quality of the play. At least judging from the pilot film, it has passed the test, as for the quality of the finished product, I will not mention it for the time being, I will only talk about a value I currently estimate."

Zhou Yao adjusted his sitting posture.

Both Jin Yi and Mei Guangxuan stretched their necks.

Bai Lian even looked expectantly, staring and opening his mouth.

Then Lu Bao raised a finger under Grandpa Liu's staring eyes.

Everyone was stunned.

1000?

Does 6000 million plus 1000 million mean?

"One hundred million is a little less?" Grandpa Liu said dissatisfiedly.

Immediately, Bai Lian took a deep breath, was he bargaining in units of "[-] million"?

Zhou Yao and his other two capable generals looked at each other and smiled at the price.

They are a small crew, and the cost is very low. To be honest, they are very satisfied to get such an estimate.

But Grandpa Liu was not happy: "One hundred million is too little, you haven't counted the investment we announced, and the quality of this drama is visible, you can take the copyright fee of the next TV series for three or four hundred million , Why did you just search and search like this when we came to our place?"

Lu Bao smiled: "You're talking about a leading film and television drama. You know in your heart whether my asking price is pertinent. Besides, this drama is planned to shoot for three seasons, and each season is only fifteen hours long. Son, even if we drag it all the time, there are only 330 episodes, and the average selling price of a single episode has reached [-] million, which is not a low price."

What Lu Bao said was pertinent, but Grandpa Liu didn’t like it, “We don’t have big stars, but we have quality, big IP, and topicality. I will pat my chest for this movie and guarantee that your company will make a profit if you buy it. , add another 3000 million, I will exclusively authorize you..."

After a pause, Grandpa Liu looked at Zhou Yao and asked, "Is it okay?"

Zhou Yao nodded, "Grandpa, you continue."

Grandpa Liu got the authorization, so he opened his mouth to seek benefits for Zhou Yao, "You can distribute it if you want, or you don't want to, but I can't give you an exclusive price. You should think about it yourself, whether you want to add money or not. .”

Lu Bao smiled, "Okay, I'll think about it, but I'll have to wait until I get the finished product. If the value is enough, you say [-] million and [-] million, then [-] million and [-] million."

Grandpa Liu naturally knew how to measure, got a verbal promise, and grinned: "Let's go, find a place to eat, and let's have a good chat."

"Then I won't feel comfortable eating this meal." Although he said so, Lu Bao had already stood up and helped Grandpa Liu out of the house.

A group of people got off the elevator and left in a car soon.

Director Huang stayed in the office building, frowning, and then asked the general secretary to get the pilot movie of "God Says" and watched it on his mobile phone. His expression changed, and he was slandered in his heart.

Who are these people!Even though the effect of the shooting is so good, it’s not enough to shout there, why would I have made such a stupid mistake if I hadn’t been misled by your words?

Just as he was thinking unhappily, a new message popped up on his mobile phone's WeChat. When he opened it, it was He Yu's WeChat.

[Director Huang have lunch together? 】

Eat a fart!

Director Huang was panicking in his heart, and immediately placed the culprit of his own misfortune on He Yu's head. If he hadn't given him "eye drops" before that, he would have been blind and couldn't see clearly. ?

This cunning and vicious bastard still wants to invite him to dinner to inquire about news, bah!He is so beautiful!

Unhappily replied, [No time. 】

He Yu was still sitting in the downstairs lobby of the Qiqi Group company. Not only did he not wait for Zhou Yao and the others to come down, Director Huang's reply also showed indifference.

He was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he was flustered, and he always felt that things started out of control without knowing when.

This feeling is too bad.

Since Director Huang couldn't find any news, He Yu could only sit back and wait for the person concerned to come down and ask directly.However, he waited from eleven o'clock until one o'clock, he was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he didn't wait for anyone to show up. Finally, he had to admit that Zhou Yao and the others should have taken the elevator directly to the underground garage and left early.

Here, Zhou Yao and the others finished their lunch and were heading towards the hotel in a seven-seater commercial vehicle.

The quality of the lunch was good and the price was high, but because Lu Bao still had work in the afternoon, he just drank a little wine for fun and chatted about business and personal matters, and the time passed in a blink of an eye.

It would not be too much to say that it is because of this that they have become friends, but if they are registered in the eyes of the boss, they will not have to worry about the platform for filming dramas in the future.

Grandpa Liu drank a little too much wine, and when he got into the car, he helped Zhou Yao: "You have seen the quotation, we all know the cost of this show, and the best way to increase the price is to strive to ensure the quality. In addition to this, it is to win a star on the satellite TV station. This part is more troublesome, and the review time is particularly long. Patience, that's all the advice my old man can give, you can discuss it yourself, I'll sleep, and call me when I get there."

After saying all this, Grandpa Liu, who was getting drunk, quickly fell asleep, and the other people in the carriage discussed it with their voices suppressed, but they couldn't make a decision.

But the joy is real.

If this drama can sell for nine figures, after deducting taxes, the company can be said to make a lot of money, after all, their cost is really low.Who is not happy after making money.

Zhou Yao also drank two cups, his heart moved, and he said, "Bai Lian, I woke up in the afternoon, come to my room to talk about my lines."

Bai Lian was puzzled: "Isn't the line correct? Okay, I'll come in the afternoon." He thought it was Zhou Yao's "Virgo" problem, and started picking words again.

But Zhou Yao said: "It's not a line spoken by God, it's a super calculation."

"Super calculation." Bai Lian's eyes widened suddenly, "Didn't you just serialize this novel?"

Bai Lian sat obliquely behind Zhou Yao, and Zhou Yao looked back at him, with a faint smile in his drunken eyes, and asked, "You know?"

Bai Lian's ears were slightly red, and he nodded: "I have paid attention to it." He was embarrassed to say that he was a fan of Mr. Zhou's books. After all, Yin Shangda had millions of fans, so what kind of person was he, but he was a fan of "Shen Shuo" The leading actor gives him a higher sense of value.

Zhou Yao said: "The filming of "God Says" has already started, and the platform has been found. I have nothing to do here. I plan to prepare a new crew. Before the soldiers and horses are mobilized, the script must go ahead."

"Is it so fast? The supercomputer has only been serialized for a while."

"Serialization here, filming over there, it's not the right time, the progress and topics are sufficient." After a pause, Zhou Yao said to Mei Guangxuan, "Director Mei, are you interested in Chaosuan?"

Mei Guangxuan finally filmed a movie that can make money, and his self-confidence has returned a lot, he said firmly, "Yes, let me read the script...Forget it, I will read the original work, do you have a lot of original work?"

"It's quite a lot, the adaptation of the first season is enough."

"What about the story?"

Zhou Yao glanced at Bai Lian, and smiled: "Xiao Ziqi and Lu Zhuo, two male leads."

This sentence, this glance, the amount of information is too much.

Everyone was looking at Bai Lian, Bai Lian's ears were so red, even Mei Guangxuan was a little sour, isn't this too much praise?As we all know, every online novel has a main character, and Zhou Yao is not a novice in online novels anymore. He dared to arrange the main characters from other novels to come to the new novel to grab the scene. Isn’t this a special arrangement?Bai Lian is really good at coaxing people, so that Mr. Zhou almost flattered him into his eyes. After all, Super Calculation was born just to make Bai Lian popular again, right?Is this how it used to be?They wouldn't believe it even if they were killed!

Bai Lian pinched her fingers, feeling very itchy, and couldn't help but said, "Mr. Zhou, can I go directly to your room?"

He wants to read new articles, and he wants to read what he wants. He not only wants to know how Zhou Yao arranged Xiao Ziqi's appearance, but also wants to know what the super calculation story is about. Seeing the reality of the archives is wonderful.

Bai Lian was overjoyed, and he couldn't see what others thought of him, and he didn't even think about how ambiguous his words were.

But Zhou Yao was hard-hearted and directly refused.

"No, I'm going to take a nap, come find me after you rest."

Jin Yi and Mei Guangxuan made a series of clicks in their hearts.

Hey, stop pretending, just take him back to the house, who doesn't know your relationship, why bother to do this in front of our eyes, why don't you sneak into the house to be gentle when you turn around.

Nap?

Ah!

They don't believe a word of it!

Zhou Yao was really sleepy. He went back to the hotel room and fell asleep. He had been at the special effects company for the past two days to stare at the leading film. Now his nerves suddenly relaxed and he slept soundly.

Bai Lian knocked on the door for a long time before waking him up.

He picked up his phone and saw that he had only slept for an hour.

Opening the door with a face that was seriously lacking in sleep, Zhou Yao supported the doorknob and silently looked at Bai Xiaolian, who was standing at the door, frowning, but he couldn't remember why he came here.

Bai Lian said happily, "Mr. Zhou, let me check the lines."

Zhou Yao closed his eyes and raked his hair before he remembered.

Putting the person in, Zhou Yao was still dizzy and just wanted to sleep, so he opened the saved manuscript for backup, then beckoned Bai Lian to sit down, pressed his shoulder and said, "Read the text yourself, and help me fix the typo by the way, Wait until I get up."

Bai Lian looked at the manuscript in front of him, his whole body trembling with excitement, he couldn't take his eyes off and nodded, "Yes."

Zhou Yao felt the trembling of his subordinates suspiciously, thinking that he hadn't woken up, so he rubbed his temples and left.

The sun slanted to the west until it slowly sank down the mountains. When the night wind blew from the mountains, Zhou Yao was still awake, and Bai Lian was also intoxicated in the world of stories and couldn't extricate himself.

Yin Shangda has always been a great master. In today's online novels with tens of millions of words, Yin Shangda's writing generally does not exceed 400 million words.

Therefore, in order to ensure the integrity of the story within a limited number of words, the rhythm has always been maintained very well, and there are very few unnecessary storylines.

Bai Lian has read all of Yin Shangda's articles, so he naturally knows that he is building a "celestial universe".

The seven energies from the beginning of the universe represent time, space, death, life, illusion, reality, and soul.

Xiao Ziqi in "God Says", because he was poisoned and dumb, he was able to return to the stage after getting the energy. What he got was spiritual energy, also known as the "Soul Stone".

In fact, from the beginning to the end, Xiao Ziqi was unable to speak, but the Soul Stone endowed him with the ability to communicate with others, and his singing with soul power can directly act on other people's souls, with the ability to confuse and induce , and the inspiring power.

According to the classification of book fans, Xiao Ziqi should belong to the "Shaman Priest" kind of figure, who is from the legal system, and the group brushes BUFF.

In the fan fiction, Xiao Ziqi even became a cosmic star through the soul stone, making all cosmic civilizations love his music, and he can fight and gather strength.

The protagonist of "Super Calculator" is another type.

"Supercomputing", as the name suggests, the protagonist is very smart and good at calculating, and is the only human on earth in Yin Shang's "Tian Shen Universe".

At the beginning of the story, the protagonist of the super calculation is Guabi who walks in the world. On the surface, his identity is a Chinese medicine doctor with wonderful hands and rejuvenation, but in fact he is a Feng Shui master who wanders among the dignitaries. Superstition, it looks like the plot of urban face-slapping monsters that are very common in some online novels.It's just because of Yin Shangda's sharp writing style, novel perspective, old soup and new medicine, people can't stop reading it.

Bai Lian is the protagonist who likes supercomputers very much. After all, after ten years, Yin Shangda once again opened a novel about the hero of the earth.

It can even be said that book fans are following the holidays, and they have created a ranking of the male protagonists of "Tian Shen Universe" on Weibo. The male protagonist Lu Zhuo of "Super Computing" has only serialized forty chapters. , topped the ranking No.2, second only to Xiao Ziqi.

There are only forty chapters, but only 20 words. It is still in the preliminary stage, and the deeper plot has not yet appeared, including the identity and background of the hero.

Now that Bai Lian had read the manuscript in one breath, he lifted a corner of Lu Zhuo's mysterious veil.

It turned out that Lu Zhuo was a military adviser from the Great Zhou Dynasty. He accompanied his lord to go to war with his lord, arranging troops and deploying troops.

And at that time, Lu Zhuo had already obtained the "Soul Stone". It can be said that he was the first owner of the Soul Stone.

It's a pity that the sky is jealous of talents, and time is fate. The sky will not allow the Great Zhou Dynasty to unify China. In the end, the first emperor competed for the Central Plains, and Lu Zhuo also died in the chaos.

Before he died, he calculated that the catastrophe of mankind would come in a thousand years, but the first emperor was not the man of destiny, so he handed over the "soul stone" to his confidant, took it to the top of the snow mountain, and hid it in the temple of soul, so that he could have a future The legendary story of Xiao Ziqi.

But Lu Zhuo was the first owner of the "Soul Stone" after all. His body was dead, and his nourished soul wandered in the mass graves for thousands of years. In the end, he even summoned the "life" energy of the universe, and finally returned to life with bones and flesh. world.

But other people are not humans, ghosts are not ghosts, they have no memory, they can cure all diseases in the world, but they can't make their own heart beat again, they can calculate other people's past and present lives, but they can't calculate their own journey back.

Until one day, he was introduced by someone and met Xiao Ziqi, who was already very famous at that time, and he was attracted and repelled immediately. The first reaction of both of them was to meet a "natural enemy".

At this point, a situation of two male protagonists was formed. The two faced each other tit-for-tat and used all methods, but they joined forces to fight under the pressure of foreign enemies, and finally became best friends.

When Zhou Yao woke up, Bai Lian was seeing "myself", that is, Xiao Ziqi, appearing on the stage. The aura between the male protagonists collided with Yin Shangda's pen like an atomic bomb bombing on the ground, bringing the power to burn everything .

The cool explosion caused goosebumps all over his body.

"Sorry for the long wait." Zhou Yao came out of the bedroom rubbing his eyes.

"Scared!" Bai Lian was so frightened that he almost jumped up on the spot, and looked at Zhou Yao with his heart beating wildly, swallowing a mouthful of saliva for a long time.

Zhou Yao had already drank a glass of water at this time, and then walked to the table holding the water glass. After scanning the computer screen, he looked at Bai Lian, "How is it? Does it look good?"

Bai Lian nodded, and she was so excited that she was about to shed tears. It's not only beautiful, it's so wonderful. How did my wealthy businessman's hands grow so that he can write such a story that makes people want to stop!

Thinking, seeing, Bai Lian's eyes fell on Zhou Yao's hand holding the water cup. His fingers were slender, fair, and well-defined. His urge to exert force with force.

"Okay then, let's write the script."

But Yin Shangda, who wrote such a beautiful story, was full of indifference. With just a flick of his little finger, he drove Bai Lian away from the computer screen. When he sat down, he was not even satisfied with the hot chair he sat on. After putting down the pillow, he sat down steadily.

Sit down.

look up.

The long and narrow eyes are slightly squinted, not angry and majestic.

Bai Lian, who was pushed aside, gradually came to his senses during this process, and the turbulent thoughts quickly faded away like a tide, and because of this, his covered eyes could see clearly who the person in front of him was again.

Zhou Yao, Mr. Zhou, his boss!

In an instant, a strong sense of distance and awe emerged.

Respectfully: "What do you need me to do?"

Zhou Yao withdrew his eyes and stared at the computer screen for a while and said, "Forget it, you can go back first, I will call you after writing a script."

Do not! ! !

The soul of the book fan poked its head out and roared, I want to see the archived manuscript!

"Good Mr. Zhou."

The real Bai Xiaolian obediently bid farewell and left, and gently locked the door.

Walking into the elevator, Bai Lian pressed the floor, the anxiety in his heart was like a kindling thrown in the dry grassland, instantly starting a prairie fire.

He sighed "ahhhhh", leaning his head against the wall of the elevator, dangling, really wanting to read the archived manuscript, really wanting to read the archived manuscript, really wanting to read... In a daze, as soon as he went out, he and Jinjin came in The linen cart crashed into.

"Hiss!" His hips hurt so badly.

Zhou Yao poured himself a cup of coffee, and planned to write [-] characters before dinner.

The "tentacle monster" that emerged from the deep sea was extremely terrifying, and the fingers even made afterimages on the keyboard.He is young now, so he wrote it again, and he typed fast himself, so he re-wrote this article. His thoughts flowed smoothly and his hands kept working. It's all written in the middle period, and the online serialization is still laying the groundwork in the early stage.

The serialization of the online novel went smoothly, and the broadcasting platform of the new drama was basically resolved. Zhou Yao had nothing to do, so he planned to prepare for the crew of "Supercomputing".

It's just that when he was sitting in front of the computer, Zhou Yao's head was full of the plot behind the novel, and he didn't know where to start the script for a while, so he had the process of calling Bai Lian and calling him away.

Zhou Yao didn't eat or drink as soon as he started working. He didn't take his hand back until the phone rang, rubbed his fingers, and connected the phone.

"President Zhou, come down for dinner." Jin Yi said.

"Okay, right now."

After hanging up the phone, Jin Yi saw Bai Lian walking in, rubbing his waist.

As an actor who is about to be launched, Bai Lian now has his own image design, and the clothes must conform to his identity. Even the walking posture has undergone professional training and requirements, so this kind of absent-minded in public places, rubbing The waist is bowed, as if the appearance of being tired all over the body is something that cannot be done after being told.

Jin Yi stared at Bai Lian's untimely behavior, and asked affirmatively, "Did you go to Mr. Zhou's at noon?"

"Yeah." Bai Lian frowned and sat down.

"How's the script? Is it going well?"

Bai Lian shook his head: "Mr. Zhou has been sleeping, and I went back without doing anything."

"..." Jin Yi blinked, tsk, what do you mean you didn't do anything, you guys did too much, you just didn't do your business!