Chapter 433 Mutual Benefit
Imperial Capital, Northeast, Pinggu District.

This area is considered quite remote in the imperial capital, and next door is Sanhe City in HEB Province.

There is a scenic spot in Pinggu District called Feilong Valley.

It winds down from a mountain over 1200 meters high from north to south, like a flying dragon descending from the sky, which is quite spectacular.

Because of this, this place has been favored by many film crews for location shooting.

Afterwards, the Imperial Capital Alliance Pictures built a small film and television city here, named Pinggu Feilong Film and Television Base, for shooting the film and television dramas in which it invested.

The Capital Alliance Pictures is the producer of "Health Express" and "The Story of the Kitchen Team".

"Hello, Director Shang, this is the Zhang Yuan I mentioned. He is interested in investing in a sitcom."

Outside a two-story rough house under construction, two figures, one short and fat and one tall and thin, were standing outside the door, pointing at the house.

After hearing Lin Cong's voice, the two turned around.

"Hey, hello, I've heard a lot about you."

Shang Jing came forward very enthusiastically.

"I've seen your TV series." Shang Jing held Zhang Yuan's hands: "Murong Fu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."

"Honestly." Shang Jing lowered his voice: "I think you are much more handsome than that treasure island Duan Yu."

Zhang Yuan smiled and replied, "He is famous."

After all, Lin Zhiying debuted a long time ago, and her appearance... is a baby face, with a delicate style, which attracts many young girls and rich women.

"I have also seen your works. The Story of the Kitchen Team is my favorite drama to watch while eating. I love watching it while eating and I can eat a few more bowls of rice."

Zhang Yuan also praised.

"You're welcome." Shang Jing smiled politely.

"But to be honest, I still prefer 'Man and Woman'."

"Oh, really?" Shang Jing's expression changed.

When the people nearby heard the big words "Urban Men and Women", they also pricked up their ears.

"In terms of reflecting workplace life, I think compared to The Story of the Kitchen Team, Urban Men and Women is more realistic, and the topics and content are more acute."

"I'm glad that you like it." At this moment, Shang Jing's expression and smile were more sincere than before.

Because "Urban Men and Women" is the first official collaboration work with Shang Jing!

In "Wulin Waijia", the three young protagonists Bai Zhantang, Lu Xiucai and Guo Furong were directly grafted from "Urban Men and Women".

The characters they played in "Urban Men and Women" were called Tom, Jerry and Su Qingqing, and they also played memes in "Wulin Waijiao".

Moreover, one of the leading actors in this film was Mr. Wang Jingchun, who later won the Berlin, Huading and Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in So Long, My Son.

There were also Guo Jingfei and Zheng Kai, who later became famous but were still unknown at the time, and they also made guest appearances.

It can be described as an abundance of talents.

So Shang Jing actually has high hopes for the drama "Urban Men and Women".

But the result was somewhat disappointing.

"Urban Men and Women" did not replicate the success of "The Story of the Kitchen Team".

Moreover, he was unable to appear on CCTV because he did not have the support of Hao Yaning, the owner of Capital Alliance Pictures.

They had no choice but to form a "Around the Imperial Capital" broadcast.

From Harbin TV, Gansu TV, Zhengzhou TV, Yulin TV, to Jiangsu Education TV.

But this film tells the story of advertisers in big cities.

Only the workers in first-tier cities can resonate more easily, and there is obviously a gap in the audience of these TV stations.

This results in the film itself being of good quality, but the broadcast effect being mediocre.

It is a level that is neither good nor bad, tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

Shang Jing didn't understand and was depressed for a long time.

And this movie actually had 365 episodes, but only the first 90 episodes were produced by Shang Jing, and the rest were left to others to deal with.

So when they heard that Zhang Yuan liked this movie, they immediately felt closer to this stranger.

Soulmate!
"I've read the script." After several people sat down at a wooden table, Zhang Yuan spoke first.

“This new script is a work of genius!”

Zhang Yuan slammed the table and made a direct judgment on the two of them.

When he heard him say that, he grinned with joy.

Because he felt so too.

"Deconstructing traditional martial arts, giving the word martial arts a completely different soul."

"Traditional martial arts is all about taking revenge."

"But this script does tell a story about being caught between the underworld and the secular world."

"Giving those heroes the personalities of ordinary people brings them closer to ordinary people."

"Yes, yes, this is the feeling we want." Shang Jing smiled happily and accepted it immediately.

"Starting from different perspectives, using a small inn as the visual starting point, telling a story of Jianghu."

"Also, I think the best part of this script is not its story and jokes, but its realistic significance." Zhang Yuan looked at the two of them and said gently.

"Romain Rolland once said: There is only one kind of heroism in the world, that is, to still love life after recognizing the truth of life."

“The characters in your scripts are heroes like this.”

Bai Zhantang is a thief king, but he is willing to be a waiter.

As the daughter of a great hero, Guo Furong is willing to do odd jobs.

Although Lu Xiucai was awarded the title of Guanzhong hero, he was still the poor accountant.

These people, after experiencing all the dangers of the world, were still able to sit around the old elm table, eating steamed buns and fighting over chicken legs.

This is the most exaggerated martial arts story, but also the most realistic martial arts story.

The reason why "Wulin Waijia" has become the pinnacle of Chinese sitcoms is not just because of its hilarious plot.

His positive attitude, his commitment to his original aspirations, and his inner core that is as hot and gentle as the sun are the fundamental reasons for his enduring success.

Just like the ending song says.

“There are too many things that are not satisfactory in this world.”

"But your life still has to go on."

“The sun still rises every day.”

"I hope you will always be in my heart..."

Compared with all the ancient idol dramas, romances and urban dramas with distorted values ​​in later generations, "Wulin Waijia" is simply full of positive energy.

After hearing his words, he stood up with his hands shaking with excitement.

"You understood the story I wrote!"

Shang Jing also turned to look at Lin Cong.

This director, who graduated from the PLA Art Academy, previously thought that this recently popular young actor had achieved his current success only because of his appearance.

I didn't expect that he could speak so eloquently and easily see through the core concept and content of the script of "Wulin Waijiao".

Producer Hao Yaning couldn't do this. He even didn't like reading the script and said he couldn't understand this kind of "young" stuff.

Lin Cong was also very surprised by Zhang Yuan's performance.

The two had only met twice, both times at the mahjong table.

She only knew that Wang Fei enjoyed playing cards with him.

After chatting with him, I also realized that he was quite good in both speaking and doing things.

After all, he introduced a discounted house to me.

But she never expected that she could easily touch the soft spot of a somewhat arrogant young writer.

"We all share similar interests, which is the basis for cooperation." Zhang Yuan stood up and shook his hand, then pressed his excited shoulders and pushed him back into the chair.

"That's true, but..." After hearing this, Shang Jing's smile was covered with a layer of haze.

"It's not up to me to decide on investment and cooperation."

Zhang Yuan was stunned.

Don’t want money?

Oh, you’re right.

Director Shang Jing and producer Hao Yaning mentioned that someone was willing to invest and shoot the next forty episodes.

But the CEO of Imperial Capital Alliance Pictures was not too happy about it.

Because he had already found other investors for this film, and he was a big shot in the industry.

You are just a little actor and you can take the money if you want to. I may not be willing to do so.

What if you invest money and then start to make decisions, change actors, and adjust the script? Wouldn't I be annoyed to death?
Hao Yaning knew the tempers of those young actors, especially those who brought money into the crew. He had heard about it and even seen it.

Shang Jing explained it to Zhang Yuan and he understood.

Tsk...you can't say their worries are groundless.

But we can talk about it, after all, he is very interested in this movie.

"Besides Mr. Hao, who is the other investor?" Zhang Yuan asked.

Shang Jing was about to answer when he stood up.

"coming."

Looking outside, I saw two middle-aged figures, one in black and one in white, walking towards me, talking and laughing.

"Hello, Mr. Hao and Mr. Li." Shang Jing greeted them with a smile.

"This is Zhang Yuan, he's interested in investing in our film."

He naturally hoped that Zhang Yuan could join.

Not only because this young man understood their art, but also because he was able to shoot all 80 episodes in one go.

"Oh, it's you." Hao Yaning took a look and thought that he looked good, and his facial expression did not show the arrogance of a young man.

"Zhang Yuan... sounds familiar." A middle-aged man called Mr. Li, who looked gentle and elegant, wearing black-framed glasses and had a bookish air, muttered.

"This is Mr. Li Ruigang, our major investor."

Shang Jing said hurriedly.

Ok?
Zhang Yuan keenly discovered that he added the word "big" before the word "investor".

That means Mr. Li Ruigang's investment share should be higher than Shang Jing's old friend Hao Yaning.

"Li Ruigang... this name sounds familiar." Zhang Yuan pondered.

"Oh, I remembered you." Mr. Li spoke with a slight Shanghai accent.

"The Chinese Paladin drama you starred in had good ratings on our TV station." Oh!
Zhang Yuan looked at the person in front of him again and suddenly reacted.

Magic city accent...TV station.

It was him!

This Mr. Li graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai.

His current identity is the president of Magic City SMG Group!

Moreover, a few years later, he became the director of Shanghai TV Station.

But this identity is just a "small label" for him.

He later rose to the highest positions of deputy secretary-general of the Magic City Party Committee and director of the Municipal Party Committee Office.

This is a future powerful department-level official in a municipality directly under the central government.

The current SMG was established only a few years ago, but it later took the lead in the country and was the first to complete the reform of separating radio and television production and broadcasting.

Later, he also helped Shanghai SMG Group to acquire shares and even controlled TVB.

It also cooperated with DreamWorks to form Oriental DreamWorks.

Later, two of the top seven members named Han and Yu both attended the signing ceremony of Oriental DreamWorks, which became an achievement of the two while working in Shanghai.

Finally, Mr. Li also integrated resources and acquired shares in CAA, the world's second largest agency.

After all, it is Shanghai, and it is also actively cooperating with foreign capital in the field of entertainment, which is very different from the style of the imperial circle.

It can be said that behind this Li Ruigang stands the entire Shanghai’s cultural and artistic resources.

However, the current SMG Group is just a small company under the Shanghai Television Station, with an annual revenue of just over 1 billion.

"No wonder Hao Yaning looked down on me. He brought in the future boss of Shanghai's film and television industry."

Zhang Yuan hurriedly shook hands with him and greeted him.

Fortunately, my "Legend of Sword and Fairy" left a good impression on this person.

If the movie performs well, the advertising revenue will be high, so of course the president will be happy.

Mr. Li happened to be setting up the CMC Fund, which is the Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund. Later, it was the CMC Fund that acquired TVB, cooperated with DreamWorks, and invested in CAA.

So he was also looking for partners everywhere and invested in many projects.

Today, Lao Hao invited him to come and take a look at the preliminary preparations for the shooting and inspect the work.

"You are also interested in investing in TV dramas." Li Ruigang has the elegance and decency that are unique to Shanghai people. He speaks in a gentle and polite manner, but his words are firm and sharp, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush like people in the north.

"Yes, I made some money in the TV industry, so I thought, 'I should always remember where I came from. I should always return to where I got it from.'"

"Haha, what you say is quite interesting." Mr. Li smiled and said, "But investment is not just about money."

"Because sometimes money is not worth much."

“Investment is about collaboration.”

"The premise of cooperation is that everyone can benefit from each other." Mr. Li still had a warm smile.

But the soft knife in his words was clear.

What level are you at? Why are you investing in the same film as us?
But he clearly left room for maneuver when speaking, and was not so direct or excessive.

This gave Zhang Yuan room to maneuver.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Hao, why don't we sit down and talk?"

Several people sat down at the same table again.

"It's a matter of mutual benefit. I'm not very knowledgeable, and my abilities and connections are limited, so naturally I can't compare with you two."

"But I have some ideas about the recent talent show market. I wonder if Mr. Li is interested?"

"Oh, go ahead and tell me, let's just treat it as a chat." Li Ruigang's eyes changed slightly, but he quickly suppressed it.

why?

Because nowadays in the talent show market, only Mango and Tomato TV stations are competing with each other!
Mango TV launched "Super Girl" last year.

Tomato TV launched "My Style My Show".

The champion of the former was An Youqi, and the champion of the latter was Zhang Jie... yes, the one who later became Xie Na's husband.

In fact, in the first session, everyone tied and there was basically no one who was better.

Now both programs have started their second season, and the audition and broadcast times are similar, which shows that they are obviously competing with each other.

However, something is wrong in the Magic City.

This time, Mango TV seems to be particularly powerful, completely overshadowing "My Style My Show".

That's natural. After all, the second season of "Super Girl" is Mango TV's masterpiece.

Li Yuchun, Zhou Bichang, Zhang Liangying... this show was extremely popular back then.

In comparison, who are the participants in the second season of “My Style My Show”?
The champion was Liu Wei, and Xue Zhiqian, who later became very famous, got fourth place.

But whether it is Liu Wei or Xue Zhiqian, including many artists who later came from the Shanghai TV talent show, they all wasted a long time after the show.

The reason is that the artist management of Shanghai TV is really lame!
Basically, you just sign after you make your selection and forget about it.

Their focus is on making programs rather than creating stars. This is the biggest misunderstanding of Shanghai TV!

Mango TV has overwhelming advantages from program design to personnel selection to post-training and operation.

Just one point.

Among the three champions in 05, the best in terms of singing skills and vocal conditions must be the third place winner Jane Zhang.

But the champion and runner-up were Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang.

These two neutral, even masculine images and attires were obviously deliberately chosen and directed by Mango TV.

Even after "Super Girl" lost its momentum, they repeated the same trick in "Happy Girl" and brought out Zeng Yike.

This is one of Mango TV’s wealth codes, gender contrast!
Women look like men and men look like women. This has been Mango TV’s routine for many years.

Many people even say that Mango TV is very similar to the famous Japanese agency Johnny's, which is also the agency of Takuya Kimura.

The boss of Johnny's is a well-known pervert in the circle. He not only likes men, but also especially likes white, young and thin men.

They even gave the company's teenagers drugs that inhibited their growth for a long time just to make them look childish.

Mango TV is not like this, but its preference for artists is clearly different from other TV stations in the country.

Once this differentiated positioning was established, Mango TV immediately soared in variety shows and TV dramas.

Although it is still in the audition stage, "Super Girl" has already become known throughout the country.

"My Style My Show" is completely defenseless.

As a member of SMG and Shanghai TV, Li Ruigang was naturally unhappy.

So when Zhang Yuan brought up this topic, he became slightly interested.

"Mr. Li should have paid attention to the second Super Girl Contest recently."

"Yes, I've heard of it." He replied calmly.

"I think Super Girl should be popular all over the country this time."

"Really?" He said calmly.

"As for the reason why it became so popular, I have some personal opinions." After Zhang Yuan said this, he deliberately stopped talking.

Pack!
Then install it!
Pretend not interested.

Zhang Yuan thought, I can't whet your appetite anymore?
Sure enough, in less than a minute, Li Ruigang took the initiative to speak.

"Since we have time, just tell me your opinion." His tone remained calm, but there was a slight expectation in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll say whatever I want and you can listen to whatever you want."

"I think the reason why Super Girl is successful is that it is a music talent show."

“But Mango TV is mainly about talent shows, not music!”

Li Ruigang's eyes moved but he said nothing.

“The audience chases the person, not the song.”

"The most important thing about a talent show is the show."

What kind of music talent shows do you like to watch?
It's about members interacting, quarreling, and bickering with each other, and all kinds of dramatic plots.

Of course, singing well is important, but establishing a personal image through the show is more important.

Zhang Yuan calmed himself down and paused for a few seconds before speaking again.

"Besides, I found a very interesting place."

"What?" Li Ruigang thought about what he had just said and now took the initiative to ask.

"There seems to be no talent show in China right now that focuses on sunny and handsome young men."

“I don’t know if anyone would watch if I find a group of sunny and handsome young men to sing and dance in a talent show.”

After hearing this, Mr. Li also discovered a path that no one had ever explored.

Yup!

It seems that there is no such talent show nationwide.

Now "My Style My Show" is obviously not as good as "Super Girl".

Someone in the station said that we have both men and women, but they are all women, so the positioning is more accurate, which may be one of the reasons why the other party is so popular.

He does an all-female show, so I can do an all-male show, isn't that better!
"Will this work?" Lin asked in a low voice.

"A bunch of handsome guys in their teens and twenties, wearing cool clothes, with their muscles and bodies faintly visible, are you interested?" Zhang Yuan described them to her.

goodong...

Zhang Yuan clearly saw Lin Cong, the married woman, swallowing his saliva.

She is greedy!
That's not nonsense.

Both men and women love beauty.

Not to mention the Coco Tree live broadcast room, the fact that the Fengshen Duck Group has so many fans proves that women also crave men's bodies.

Hiss... Li Ruigang rolled his eyes, then looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile.

"That's interesting, can you tell me more about it?"

Shang Jing and producer Hao Yaning, who were standing by, were all very surprised at the discovery.

Just a few words from this kid actually aroused Mr. Li's interest.

"Of course, it's mutually beneficial." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

Li Ruigang raised his eyebrows.

This kid is awesome!
The premise of cooperation is mutual benefit... These are his exact words just now.

This is returned to me.

Mr. Li became more and more interested in the young man in front of him...

(End of this chapter)