The sitcom TV drama genre originated overseas.

The earliest sitcom in China is "I Love My Family", and its core character is Ying Da, who is known as the "Father of Situation Comedy" in China.

When studying in the United States, this person particularly loved the famous sitcom "The Cosby Show" from the Beacon Country.

After returning to China, he followed suit and directed "I Love My Family", a pioneering work that brought joy to countless people.

"Erbing!" At the mahjong table, female director Lin Cong played a card.

When filming "I Love My Family", Lin Cong had already begun following his "master" Ying Da as the film's assistant director and executive director.

It was not until the later "Idle Ma Sister" period that Yingda gave her the power to direct some episodes.

Later, she continued to direct the two plays "Waiting Room Story" and "Diary of a Networm" with Ying Da and her good friend Lu Xiaopin.

It wasn't until a sitcom called "Two Families" that she began to take on a leading role.

However, this film was not very successful and its performance was average.

Then, it was the TV series "Home with Kids" that made her famous.

In fact, "Home with Kids" also borrowed from the famous American TV series "Growing Pains", just like her master did back then.

Lin Cong was under a lot of pressure. After all, "Two Families", his first independently produced film, was not a success.

So many people say that she can't live without her master Yingda.

"Home with Kids" allowed her to prove her abilities.

That's why Director Lin was so happy when Zhang Yuan mentioned this movie just now.

But in fact, although Yingda is known as the "Father of Chinese Situation Comedy", his own abilities are not that strong.

Because sitcoms are the type of TV dramas that require the most scripts, the requirements for screenwriters are even higher than those for directors.

The biggest contributor to Yingda’s great success after returning to China in his early years was Liang Zuo, a famous Chinese comedy screenwriter!

From the sketches "Fantasy in the Tiger's Mouth" and "Thieves Company" to the comedies "I Love My Family" and "Idle Sister Ma", Liang Zuo has devoted his hard work and painstaking research behind them.

The long-term cooperation between Yingda and Liang Zuo led to a famous "bad fate" in the entertainment circle, that is, Yingda and Song Dandan cheated on each other. After the divorce, Yingda quickly married Liang Zuo's sister Liang Huan.

It is true that Yingda's character is worrying.

Even though he already had a son, Batu, after remarrying Liang Huan, he actually named their child Ying Rudi.

Rudi means like a legitimate son.

The legitimate son is the child born to the wife in ancient times, who has the right to inherit the family.

Giving the youngest son this name is obviously intended to disgust Song Dandan.

Moreover, this kind of thinking is full of traditional elements of feudal remnants, after all, Yingda itself is Manchu.

Teacher Ying has done more disgusting things than just this.

In 01, Liang Zuo died suddenly of a myocardial infarction.

Yingda rushed to Liang Zuo's home immediately and stole the laptop computer that Liang Zuo used for writing, which contained all of Liang Zuo's unpublished manuscripts.

Later, Liang Zuo's former good friend Wang Shuo stepped in and filed a lawsuit against Yingda University. He finally got the laptop back and handed it over to Liang Zuo's daughter Liang Qing'er.

It’s no wonder that Wang Shuo doesn’t look that good, but he is always popular with women.

Although this person is crazy, he is talented, has a righteous side, and has a special personal charm.

Since Liang Zuo passed away, the quality of Yingda's works has declined rapidly. Among the sitcoms he created later, only the alternative work "Underground Traffic Station" can be regarded as his last highlight.

It can be seen how important comedy screenwriters are as strategic talents.

One person is enough to disrupt an industry.

"If you want to invest in sitcoms, there really is one." After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, Lin Cong thought for a moment and then returned.

"I have a few friends who are preparing a sitcom with a novel theme."

"But there are some conflicts of opinion with the producer."

"If you'd like, I can arrange for you to come out and talk."

The friends Lin Cong was referring to were Shang Jing and Ning Caishen.

Back then, Shang Jing and Ying Da had already formed two new and old sitcom genres.

As mentioned above, Yingda is quite domineering and a bit mean, so deep down, he looks down on Shang Jing.

Just like poet Chen looks down on Zhang Yimou.

They always think that those great people are nothing special. They used to work under me... Shang Jing once worked and played a small role in "Idle Ma Dajie".

Later, Yingda also kept denying that "Wulin Waijia" was a sitcom. His reason was... the show did not have canned laughter.

Anyway, he is the "Father of Chinese Situation Comedy", he sets the rules, and what he says is what counts.

Fortunately, Lin never had the bad habits like her master and was a pretty kind person.

While filming "Diary of a Networm", a comedy starring Huang Xiaoming in which she first showed off her "greasy" talent, she met screenwriters Ning Caishen and Yu Baimei.

In fact, it was Ning Caishen who had been playing with financial futures. He was a top student majoring in finance.

This is also the reason why he likes to use Yu Entai so much. This Mr. Lu also loves to trade stocks.

However, Ning Caishen did not do well in the financial industry, but he gained a lot of recognition by writing novels and posting them on online forums.

Then he began his writing career.

"Diary of a Networm" was the first collaboration between him and Yu Baimei, and he was considered a co-screenwriter.

But after the film was released, he found that almost all of what he had written had been deleted. It was not used, but the title of screenwriter was still retained for him.

Therefore, he felt that Yu Baimei was a good person, so he used his connections to start cooperation with Shang Jing.

After that, the two collaborated on two works, "Urban Men and Women" and "Health Express", both of which received good responses.

However, the most popular one is still Shang Jing’s own "The Story of the Kitchen Team".

After shooting several works in succession, the two of them sat together all day and lamented that it was boring.

They feel that current Chinese sitcoms are all repeating the same content and are extremely boring!
As the two chatted, one day after drinking too much, they decided to work together on a subversive work.

This is the "Wulin Wai Zhuan" which has now been completed.

But the film ran into problems.

Simply put, it is the conflict between rationality and reality, and between investors and directors.

Ning Caishen had just taken out a loan to buy a house, so he planned to write an 80-episode script. After all, scripts are paid by word count and episode count, and he wanted to earn more.

Shang Jing also respected and liked this script very much.

But investor and producer Hao Yaning, owner of Capital Alliance Pictures, doesn't think so.

The two's previous programs "Health Express" and "The Story of the Kitchen Team" were also invested and produced by this person.

For investors, the first thing they consider is whether they can get a return on their investment.

I'm not really interested in what you two are talking about about subverting Chinese sitcoms.

I just want an honest and profitable work like "The Story of the Kitchen Team".

A period sitcom?

There is no successful precedent for this thing!

What if I lose a lot of money?
What’s more, I can’t understand the script you wrote. The plot and lines are too absurd.

There was no concept of memes back then.

After much discussion, Hao Yaning finally agreed to shoot 40 episodes first and test the waters after the broadcast because they were old friends.

If the ratings are good, then keep filming.

If it's not good, then stop there.

The boss has his reasons too, costume dramas are expensive.

The cost of producing the first part of "The Story of the Kitchen Team" was only one million yuan.

You ask me for ten million right now!

It would be strange if others could accept it.

Of course, Mr. Hao's vision is sometimes good and sometimes bad.

Not to mention Shang Jing’s films, he also invested in famous masterpieces such as “Qiao Family Courtyard”, but at the same time, he was also deeply involved in “A Dream of Red Mansions: A Marriage of Gold and Jade”…

"Okay, Sister Lin's friends must be experts like you." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"Hey, hey, hey." Xu Fan glanced at him with a smile: "Director Lin is married, you should stop praising her, it will easily cause trouble."

"That's not necessary. You are all mature women with strong self-control." After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he found that Xu Fan and Lin Cong both turned their eyes to Wang Fei.

Lao Wang curled his lips, dissatisfied with the looks of the two people: "Living happily is what's important."

"You just want to have fun." Xu Fan is mainly responsible for complaining at the mahjong table.

If we talk about the three biggest bad names in the Hong Kong entertainment circle back then, they would be Wang Fei, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.

The three of them are all passionate people and are top-notch in their respective fields.

"Life is so short. If you don't live happily, are you going to live it in frustration?" After Wang Fei touched a card, his expression changed drastically and he put it into his own deck.

Don't play cards with this expression control...

"Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, spend when you should spend, and live the way you want." Lao Wang expressed his philosophy of life.

"Speaking of spending money." Zhang Yuan continued: "I have a number of cheap housing channels here, are you interested?"

Zhang Yuan thought of Zhao Decai’s workhouse.

"house?"

"For investment, the housing prices in the capital are rising so fast now."

"That's right!" Xu Fan became excited when he heard this.

"What price, what location?"

"In Wangjing, the two-unit-per-floor apartment has an area ranging from 180 to 250 square meters."

"It's about 10,000 for the takeout, and I get less than 8,000 for it."

In those days, a house in Wangjing that sold for 11,000 yuan per square meter was considered a high-end residential area.

Zhao Decai got a total of eight floors and 16 houses to pay for the project, with a value of tens of millions. He was worried about how to sell them.

After all, it takes time to sell a house, and during that time, he would not have the funds to start other projects. So he would definitely be willing to sell at a discount in exchange for money and time.

"I want it. My Xiaogang just received his dividend from A World Without Thieves. I'm quite rich now."

"I also want to invest in one or two sets..." Lin Cong replied with a smile. "Home with Kids" also made her money.

"Fei, what about you?" Xu Fan asked, "Zhang Yuan has a cheap channel, why don't you want it?"

"I'm not very interested."

"Sister Fei, I heard that you are going to marry my brother Li in a while?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Yes, in two months, oh, you can come to the party too." Wang Fei thought for a moment and said, "I'm just planning to send out invitations, you all can come."

"Yes, of course." Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, thinking that he had to win more from Lao Wang today so as to earn the red envelope.

"The house bought before marriage is pre-marital property." Zhang Yuan said softly.

Old Wang said "oh" woodenly, while Xu Fan and Lin Cong on the side were stunned for a moment.

"Fei, did you understand what Zhang Yuan said?"

"what?"

This person's memory is only enough to temporarily memorize some lyrics.

How could Xu Fan and Lin Cong not understand that Li Yapeng was clearly marrying above his station by marrying her!

That guy has already started soliciting investments by leveraging Lao Wang's fame.

Xu Fan shook his head helplessly, and then explained it to her in detail.

"Oh." Wang Fei frowned.

She is the type who will do anything reckless once she falls in love.

Otherwise, how could she have gotten pregnant by Dou Wei when she was at the peak of her career?

As a human being, you always learn from your mistakes.

Even the most love-brained people will recall their past pain after looking at their emotional scars.

What if Li Yapeng becomes like Dou Wei back then?

"Okay, then I'll buy some and keep them." Wang Fei was quite receptive to the advice.

"That's right. It would be better to invest your cash in buying a house for yourself instead of saving it to support a man." Xu Fan said with a smile.

"Then I'll buy three layers."

Zhang Yuan: …

You and Zhao Decai are a good match. When you were talking about the house, you both lived in the same unit, on the same floor.

He negotiated with a few people about buying a house, and also made an agreement with Lin Cong to ask her to help arrange for Shang Jing and Ning Caishen to come out for a meeting.

The few of them continued playing cards. Except for the time when he asked his assistant to bring in a hot pot from outside to eat mutton, the four of them played for a whole day and night.

Only when Wang Fei lost again and was left with only his underpants did they call a halt to the game.

Socializing is also very tiring, and Zhang Yuan is very tired.

I really want to catch up on some sleep first.

But before going to bed, I called Zhao Decai.

"Hey, Mr. Zhao, I've sold that house to you."

Boss Zhao remembered that he had said before that there was a card game that would help him promote his business.

He didn't take it seriously at first.

"Ah, thanks bro, how many sets did your friends order?"

"Including me, there are seven floors in total." Zhang Yuan was also led astray by them, and his unit gradually became abnormal.

"Seven sets, that's a lot..."

"No, it's the seventh floor."

"what!"

Zhao Decai was shocked.

In less than forty-eight hours, he sold fourteen houses for me.

With your ability, why don't you be an actor? It would be better for you to be a salesperson.

"Well, my friends are all celebrities, so it's not convenient for them to appear in public. I'll just find an opportunity to see the house privately and then sign the contract."

"No problem!" Zhao Decai was extremely excited.

I was just worried, but they solved the problem by playing cards.

[Received thanks from Zhao Decai, XX endurance +1, XX hardness +1! ]

Fatty Zhao naturally thanked him profusely and said that he would treat him to a big meal if he had the chance.

Putting down the phone, Zhang Yuan shook his head.

If he didn't have to save some money to invest in "Wulin Waijiao", he would have bought the two sets on the remaining floor.

The average price of Wangjing will be nearly RMB 100,000 in the future, and there will be numerous high-end residential communities priced over RMB 100,000.

A house that costs two million now will be worth thirty or forty million in the future.

Thinking about the house, Zhang Yuan fell asleep and had a beautiful dream of becoming the largest landlord in the capital.

When he woke up, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

He stood up and prepared to wash up, and his assistant Zhao Xinxin ran over.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, someone will come to see you after you rest."

"The other party knew you were sleeping, so he didn't want me to disturb you."

"Still waiting."

"Now he is asleep on the table in the north room."

"Who is it?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.

"The Child-Fairy of Tianshan." Zhao Xinxin looked embarrassed, and was obviously a little afraid of this role.

Zhang Yuan quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face. After tidying himself up, he tiptoed to the north room, which he now used as a study and reception room.

Shu Chang tilted her head and rested her arms under her rosy cheeks.

Apparently he had waited too long and was tired.

"Dandan." Zhang Yuan called to his assistant in a low voice: "Prepare some hot water."

Zhao Xunxun turned around and went out. After a while, she came back with a washbasin.

Zhang Yuan: …

"I mean hot water to drink."

Zhang Yuan kept covering his face, wondering if his brain wasn't working properly after practicing martial arts or something.

"Sing, wake up." He gently stroked the other's back.

Shu Chang's eyelashes moved a few times, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

"Brother Yuan, are you awake?" She raised her head and rubbed her eyes. There was a red mark as thick as an arm on one side of her cheek.

Zhang Yuan found a towel, and the basin of hot water that Zhao Xinxin had poured was finally used.

"I just finished a social event. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's okay. I just need to take a break." Chang Chang said in an excited tone.

"Brother Yuan, I have some good news to share with you."

"I got a certificate in accounting, so I can help you with your accounts and money management in the future!"

While studying at the Central Academy of Drama, he also had to film and take exams. You can tell that this guy has a very smart brain.

"I can work for you from now on."

"for me?"

"Yes, Sister Cheng Hao said that you opened a brokerage company with her."

"My contract with my agent is about to expire." Shu Chang's eyes sparkled, and he was obviously looking forward to it.

"Oh..." Zhang Yuan thought about it and realized that this was another job that Cheng Hao had assigned to him.

She was in charge of the agency, and after signing Shu Chang, he became her subordinate, so she could keep an eye on him at all times...

But Shu Chang is indeed an excellent actor, and although he has an agent, he does not have a company and has always been working alone.

Zhang Yuan was also worried that she would be bullied.

If she comes to his side, he can still protect her.

"Okay, welcome aboard!" Zhang Yuan shook hands with her formally.

"Brother Yuan, I'm a little...sleepy." Shu Chang glanced to the side and said softly with blushing cheeks.

I see you are not sleepy, but you are missing Kun.

"Oh." Zhang Yuan turned around and instructed Zhao Xinxin.

"Well, go out and help buy some midnight snacks."

"Are you really buying midnight snacks, or are you buying midnight snacks like you and Sister Cheng Hao?"

Zhang Yuan: …

Can you say this to Shu Chang's face?

Zhao Xunxun was kicked out by him.

As she left, she pouted and glanced at the gate, muttering to herself.

"Why do all the pretty girls go after him..."

The next day, after getting up, Zhang Yuan called Cheng Hao and asked her to bring the agency contract to the courtyard and have Chang Chang sign it.

He went out for a walk to avoid the embarrassment of running into the two of them.

But what I didn't expect was that once the contract was signed, some troubles would arise... (End of this chapter)