Accidental Mark

[Accidental Mark No.16 Chapter]

Chen Yijun's "Memory Fragments" is an original song written, composed, and arranged by herself. The theme is first love, and the story happened in middle school.

In this world, most children with Alpha and Omega genes begin to differentiate in their adolescence around the age of 16. As their glands mature, they will have their own distinctive pheromone smells.

However, Beta still accounts for more than 70% of human beings.They have no glands, no pheromone smells, and no estrous or susceptible periods.

Speaking of Beta, people's first reaction is: ordinary.

At present, most of the movies and TV shows and songs in the entertainment industry will focus on Alpha and Omega—the mutual attraction of pheromones and the perfect match of genes sound like an incomparably matched fairy love.

Chen Yijun's song tells the story of two Betas.

She herself is a Beta girl, probably because of empathy, the lyrics are very substituting.

The script design of the MV is also very interesting. Chen Yijun debuted at a young age, and now she is 25 years old. No matter how she dresses like a high school student, her fans know that she is not a 16-year-old girl.Therefore, the script adopts the form of "dream back to high school", allowing Chen Yijun to travel to the dreamland. In this way, as long as the male protagonist is about 18 years old, the female protagonist will not appear abrupt even if she appears as an adult.

The reason why the filming of the MV was postponed until now is because Chen Yijun has never found a suitable male lead. It was not until she saw Cheng Xia in the office that day that she felt "eyes lit up".

She boldly asked Cheng Xia, an Omega, to play the role of a Beta senior because Cheng Xia looks very sunny, without the weakness of an Omega, fresh and natural, handsome and not as aggressive as an Alpha, which fits the image and personality of a Beta senior in high school. temperament.In the future, if fans know that Cheng Xia is actually an Omega, the cute contrast will attract a wave of attention and topics!

Cheng Xia read the script several times in the car and knew the plot by heart.

The heroine of the story is very ordinary. In the first year of high school, she secretly fell in love with a senior, who is also a Beta, but the other is the best student in the Beta school. She is too outstanding and dazzling. He confesses.

The adult heroine worked hard and finally succeeded in her career and created her own clothing brand.

The 100th anniversary celebration of the school invited her back to give a speech. When she returned to school, she saw the senior she had a crush on.The past came to her mind. That night, she had a very long dream. In the dream, she seemed to travel back to her childhood. The senior she had a crush on was very close to her, but far away.

The handsome boy is playing the piano in the music room, reading seriously under the tree, or running wildly on the court. The pictures are as clear as yesterday.

The last scene was back to the auditorium where the two met. She only had time to reach out and touch the boy's fingertips lightly. Then, the whole picture shattered like a mirror.She woke up suddenly from the bed and heard the alarm clock urging her to go to work.

A very simple story about "secret love" makes people feel sour after reading it.

The unspeakable love when I was young can only be completely buried in the memory.Although Cheng Xia has never had a crush on anyone, he feels that Yijun's song will definitely resonate with a lot of Beta boys and girls.

When I was in high school, there were rumors about "who differentiated into Alpha" and "who differentiated into Omega" everywhere in the school. It seemed that no one paid attention to Beta.

However, among the 40 students in a class, about 30 are Betas, which is quite high.Seemingly ordinary, they are not the focus of attention wherever Alpha is, nor are they protected by schools like Omega.But they will also secretly like someone, and they will also feel sad and sad because their secret love has no results.

As a popular Beta star in the entertainment circle, Chen Yijun, no matter the concept, starting point, or the theme of this song, it is especially in line with the psychology of Beta teenagers and girls.

Cheng Xia likes Chen Yijun's new song very much, and is also looking forward to what the MV script will be like when it is shot.

***

Director Zhang greeted Cheng Xia to the studio, and briefly explained to Cheng Xia the content of today's shooting: "Today is mainly to try on makeup and set the look, and the shooting is only to shoot some simple indoor scenes. I want to let the male lead play the piano in the music room first After finishing the filming of the part, according to the weather forecast, it should snow in the afternoon.”

While dancing and gesticulating, he squinted his eyes and imagined the scene: "It was snowing heavily outside the window, and in the quiet music room, a handsome young man was playing the piano as if no one else was there. Dare to interrupt... when the time comes, the two camera positions will take a clear picture of you from different angles, and edit them later!"

Chen Yijun surrounded Cheng Xia excitedly: "The post-production must combine this picture with my lyrics, the effect must be superb!"

Cheng Xia was also moved by the emotions of the two, and asked seriously: "Director Zhang, shall I sit there directly?" He pointed to the piano and stools that had been placed in the room.

"That's right, you don't need to move around in this scene, you can just sit and play the piano from beginning to end." Director Zhang paused, and suddenly asked: "By the way, can you play the piano? Come, let me see your hands."

"Yes, I have learned piano since I was a child." Cheng Xia stretched out his hands to show the director.

I don’t know if the joints have been stretched since elementary school. The young man’s fingers are white and slender. Looking at them from a close distance, they are flawless. Director Zhang couldn’t help but sigh in admiration: “These hands are so beautiful, it’s no problem to zoom in directly on the camera. Please do it!"

The part of playing the piano requires a lot of close-ups of the male protagonist’s hands. Director Zhang was a little worried at first. If Chen Yijun recruited a new hand that didn’t look good, he would have to hire another hand model as a stand-in for this part.

Although the MV is only a few minutes long, Director Zhang has very high requirements.People who don't know how to play the piano are sitting there posing for a photo, and it's too embarrassing for the professionals to see that they are playing the keys indiscriminately.

Cheng Xia can play the piano and has good-looking hands. It would be great not to need a substitute.

Director Zhang immediately made a decision: "Come on, let's try to shoot a section first, Cheng Xia, pay attention to the camera position." He pointed to the camera behind him, "Camera No. 1 will mainly shoot you later, and then it will surround you." You turn, you don’t need to worry about it, just keep your expression natural and just focus on playing the piano.”

Cheng Xia nodded, walked over and sat down on the piano bench, lifted the cover of the piano, and placed her hands lightly on the keys.

Director Zhang returned to the director's seat and gave an order: "Lighting, photography, and props are ready!"

The staff was quick to get ready.

Cheng Xia felt a little nervous. After all, this was the first time he faced so many staff and cameras. The strong light above his head hit him suddenly, and the dazzling light made him dizzy for a while.

He took a deep breath to adjust his expression, trying to focus on the piano in front of him.

Dao Zhang made an OK gesture to the cameraman next to him: "Cheng Xia plays a piece of music casually, and the No. 1 machine will be in place!"

After Cheng Xia heard it, she stroked the keys with both hands and began to play a familiar piano piece.

***

At the same time, Ronghua Building is diagonally opposite Seventeen Middle School.

Liu Xueyi was sitting in the VIP room, and it seemed that the time was almost 11:30, but the person who had made an appointment still didn't come.

The screenwriter Xu Moran who was with him couldn't help complaining: "Brother Yi, I have a classmate who is one of Pei Shaoze's childhood friends. It is said that a few days ago they went to the club to check in every night, and they didn't go back until five o'clock in the morning. How could he suddenly change his personality in a few days? I guess he was forced by his father to take over Tianxuan Group C, and he didn't want to do it seriously at all. Can the drama he invested in be reliable?"

Liu Xueyi frowned: "But I also heard some rumors that he often works overtime recently and is very serious about his work? Anyway, since he is looking for me in person, let's talk about it after meeting."

As soon as the words were finished, the outer door was suddenly pushed open, and an Alpha walked in with his assistant.

The man was tall and slender, with handsome features, and a hint of unapproachable indifference in his dark eyes. He was wearing a gray coat and a simple striped scarf around his neck.The heating was turned on in the room, and after entering the room, he took off his scarf, took off his coat and handed it to the assistant behind him, then walked up to the two of them, and stretched out his hand: "Director Liu, Mr. Xu, it's snowing suddenly outside, and there's a traffic jam at the intersection." , I'm sorry for being two minutes late."

Liu Xueyi hurriedly stood up and shook hands with him: "Hello, Mr. Pei."

Xu Moran also smiled all over his face: "It's okay, Boss Pei, we just arrived too."

Pei Shaoze said: "Sit down and chat." He leaned close to Zhang Fan's ear and whispered in a low voice: "Xiao Zhang, go to the waiter to order, and the food will be served in half an hour."

Zhang Fan understood, hung up Mr. Pei's clothes and turned to leave.

Pei Shaoze sat down and took out a contract from his briefcase: "Director Liu, I have seen your previous dramas and admired your style, so I sincerely want to talk to you about the campus drama invested by Tianxuan this time." Cooperation." He pushed the contract in front of Liu Xueyi and said in a low voice: "This is the contract I asked the legal counsel to sort out, you can take a look at it first. In addition to the fixed remuneration, the director can also benefit from the final proceeds of the show Get a certain percentage of the share."

The box office share is usually paid for by film directors, and the share of the online drama?Liu Xueyi felt that this was a big pie that Pei Shaoze had drawn for him - it was already pretty good for a youth-themed web drama to not lose money, but you still want to make money and get a share?Don't be ridiculous if you split a few hundred dollars at the end.

However, after seeing the back of the contract, Liu Xueyi's expression changed slightly: "President Pei, do you want to hurry up and shoot in time for the summer release? This... the competition for the summer vacation is fierce, and online dramas with small investments have to compete with those big IPs in the summer vacation, isn't it? ..."

"Isn't it just looking for a dead end, isn't it?" Pei Shaoze raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Liu Xueyi calmly, "The summer vacation is indeed fierce, but don't forget, the summer vacation is also the time when the traffic is the largest. We are filming a school drama , Most of the audience of campus dramas are students, and students are at home during the holidays, so they have a lot of time to watch dramas. As long as the drama is well filmed, the ratings will definitely not be too bad.”

"This..." Liu Xueyi found that the other party looked serious, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

"In terms of publicity and distribution, I don't want to invest too much money. We are using a new star this time. Excessive publicity will cause negative effects. The investment should be controlled within 1000 million, and the money should be spent wisely. The script should be carefully polished. Do it to the extreme—I believe that the most important thing for a drama to be popular is its quality and word of mouth.”

"..." Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran looked at each other in shock.Mr. Pei's words are simply a clear stream from the investors, unlike many investors who shout to find big-name stars every day and spend tens of millions of publicity fees, some dramas with an investment of 8000 million can take away [-] million in actors' remuneration , Then shoot a fart!

Quality and reputation are the foundation of a drama.

The Alpha in front of him was very young, but this kind of calm and composed aura when he spoke was really not something a dude rich second generation could have. Liu Xueyi couldn't help but look at him with admiration.Xu Moran decided to turn around and scold his bad friend for spreading such rumors!Does Pei Shaoze in front of him look like someone who goes to a bar in the middle of the night to drink until four or five o'clock?

"Director Liu, the profit sharing is not an empty promise, but I think this show will definitely make money." Pei Shaoze paused, and then said, "As for the actors, we will hold another audition after the script is revised. Tianxuan's newcomers will Participate in the audition, when the time comes, we will go to the scene in person, and we will choose whoever has good acting skills. I will only give you a reference, and I will not force you to plug people."

"Boss Pei, you trust me so much, I will definitely do my best!" Liu Xueyi's voice trembled a little, and his fighting spirit was completely aroused by Pei Shaoze's words.He is an unknown director. In the past, every time he talked about contracts and investors, he would be arrogant and point fingers. Regardless of his opinion, he would randomly insert actors into the play, and those who brought money into the crew would have to change the script and add plays. He could only bear with it. .

This time, President Pei not only gave him a high remuneration, but also promised to share the proceeds, and asked him to participate in the audition to personally determine the actor - with such great sincerity, he had no reason to refuse.

Such an investor is the best investor father in his mind!

After reading the contract, Liu Xueyi found that the last page of the contract already had the official seal and Pei Shaoze's signature. He admired Mr. Pei's neat work style even more. He took out the pen and was about to sign his name when he suddenly reacted. , looked up and asked: "By the way, Mr. Pei, who is the producer of this show?"

Pei Shaoze said calmly, "I am the producer myself."

Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran: "..."

No, do you have this experience?

Facing the questioning gazes of the two above, Pei Shaoze slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said, "Don't worry, if the first web drama I personally invested in loses everything, I won't be able to hold my head up in the company—I will definitely Take this show seriously."

Liu Xueyi was silent for a few seconds, gritted his teeth and signed his name.

Bet this time!If you win, you earn blood, and if you lose, you don't lose money.

From the point of view of Liu and Xu, Pei Shaoze has no production experience.The producer is very important in a drama, not only to coordinate all parties and supervise the shooting progress of the entire crew, but also to follow up the process of publicity, submission for review, release schedule and other processes after the completion.A good producer can make a show go smoothly, can Pei Shaoze do it?

Liu Xueyi didn't know at all that inside the shell of the Alpha in front of him was Mr. Pei from another world, who had become popular with countless celebrities and was named "the boss with the most investment vision".

Produce a youth school drama?It's a piece of cake for Mr. Pei.

The contract was signed smoothly.

When Zhang Fan asked the waiter to serve the dishes, Liu Xueyi had already signed his name.

The director, screenwriter, and producer, the three of them chatted happily, and Zhang Fan looked bewildered.

This, this is settled?

Boss Pei is really quick and resolute in his work. This is the fastest contract signing that Zhang Fan has seen since entering the industry.

***

After eating, Pei Shaoze didn't go directly to the garage, but stopped the elevator on the first floor, and walked out of the lobby.

Zhang Fan followed behind him step by step: "Boss Pei, aren't you going back to the company?"

Pei Shaoze looked towards the gate of No. [-] High School diagonally opposite, and said, "Go visit the class first."

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized: "By the way, Chen Yijun's MV was filmed in No. [-] High School!"

"Well, she greeted me specially yesterday." Pei Shaoze walked to the door of the building.It was snowing heavily outside, he held up a big black umbrella, walked slowly towards the opposite Seventeenth Middle School, and said, "After all, Chen Yijun has already signed a contract extension with Tianxuan, as the boss, I should also be responsible for the renewal of the contract." The artist we are dating shows his concern."

Visiting Chen Yijun was just an excuse, he wanted to see Cheng Xia even more.

It is the first time to face a professional camera and the strict director Zhang. I wonder if the little guy is still used to it?