Chapter 717

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Speed Forward" Crew

Sometimes Shen Yao also found herself in a difficult spot; she had repeatedly instructed everyone not to cause trouble on set, and everyone hoped this movie would make money, but there was always someone who liked to challenge the bottom line, wanting to test just where the crew's bottom line lay.

"Screenwriter Shen, what should we do? Do we need to adjust the script?"

The responsible Screenwriter Zheng had deeper qualifications than Shen Yao, but helplessly, he belonged to the lowest rung in the crew; not a single big-name star in the group dared to be offended.

This is the result of thinking that yielding a step would help — a total loss across the board.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao pinched her chin, also speechless that these already finalized lines still had someone picking faults, demanding changes, and not forgetting to add highlights for themselves.

Tsk tsk tsk

Really treating themselves like some spotlight, going on about highlights day in and day out, never thinking about whether they were even worthy of those highlights.

Moreover, the film is an ensemble piece; every character appearing in it holds crucial weight; deleting any one person's plotline would make the story incoherent.

Especially the current case — simply absurd!

"Adjust what? The director hasn't spoken; since he wants to adjust, let him negotiate with the director and them; you just handle the original content, and push everything else onto the director." Is passing the buck that hard an operation? Running over to ask her, all she can give is "everything depends on the director's arrangement."

As for how Director Zhou You would answer such talk? No need to answer; the producer and investor over there would block it.

Screenwriter Zheng: ……

Fine, but this kind of thing indeed seems to leave only the option of passing the buck upward.

A crew-attached screenwriter like him had better not express opinions casually; just a few days ago the internet exposed a certain crew's scandal of screwing over a screenwriter; keeping his rice bowl isn't easy, and getting involved in this sort of thing holds no benefit for him.

The System, baffled: "This situation happened often in other crews before; how come there are still such people after switching to a new crew?"

Famous stars who can get ahead — shouldn't they all have a clear plan? How come it's like they've been hit with a stupidity aura, doing things ordinary people wouldn't do, frantically, afraid people might think them smart.

Why?

"Because naturally those surrounding them are all flatterers currying favor, people who need something from them."

When people interact without speaking truth, even normal thinking is hard to maintain for long; moreover, these entertainment industry actors and stars have too many honors themselves — they fundamentally don't feel there's anything wrong with changing a few lines; after all, they are professionals, and everything is for the sake of a fuller plot.

System: ……

"Hiss, this is exactly the same as those doomed monarchs of ancient times."

Shen Yao pinched her chin and hummed, indicating that was indeed the case currently; she couldn't deny they were indeed professional enough, but staying too long in a bath of praise makes professionalism turn amateurish along with complacency.

The one before her perfectly illustrates what "the bird that sticks its head out gets shot"; just wait, with such a person jumping out to cause trouble and steal scenes, the other actors in the crew should behave honestly for a good while.

What's this called?

Sacrificing the small self to fulfill the greater whole.

Sure enough, after hearing about the line-change maneuver, Director Zhou You unceremoniously pressed the other party down, and conveniently deleted a few scenes involving that person that were somewhat dispensable.

The director's reason was "unnecessary"; after all, the film needs streamlining, there's a time limit, and excessive length affects the audience's psychology.

As the party who tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, they could only swallow the bitterness into their belly.

Thus, the crew's storm subsided, and everyone could work in peace.

…………

"This is"

"A gift for you"

Jiang Han Zhou smiled cheerfully and handed a document to Shen Yao, casually pulling over a chair to sit down.

Seeing this, Shen Yao raised an eyebrow; as she flipped through the document, she clearly noted the very first line of text — several variety shows Jiang Han Zhou had selected, all possessing extremely strong national foundations in the neighboring country, and existences with only high, never low, ratings.

"Which one do you want to pick?" Taking all of them is certainly unrealistic; moreover, Jiang Han Zhou's personal energy is limited, and this is a conventional cooperative relationship with Fruit Station; if he really sank his entire net worth in, any risk or loss would affect his other ventures.

"This one; domestically it's a vacancy; if localization succeeds, it will also bring us more say in future adaptations."

Jiang Han Zhou's words directly included Shen Yao; this person clearly intends to drag Shen Yao into doing it together.

"There's my involvement too?" Shen Yao feigned surprise, put on a reserved air for a moment, and said variety show investment was too large, she couldn't grasp it.

Jiang Han Zhou: ……

"Then let's go with this show; it might suit your taste even better," Jiang Han Zhou flipped to a certain page in the document, which recorded a talent-show variety; after all, the neighboring country's national condition is entertainment supreme, aiming for nationwide debut.

As the proverb goes, the economic base determines the superstructure; being able to perform group dances at all kinds of serious occasions — that ability they truly cannot match.

Shen Yao: ……

"Domestically there's no corresponding activity stage; perhaps shaping them into an actor-type talent show, where the final winners can star in tailor-made scripts, might attract more audience," Shen Yao suddenly thought that doing an Actor 101 might also be quite good; conveniently, her main job is novelist and screenwriter — a few scripts are nothing, very simple.

This isn't Shen Yao deliberately boasting; it's because the novels she writes are all based on reality.

You must know her stories have all truly happened; whose imagined brain-hole could be this hardcore.

Shen Yao has now finished three whole novels; two were adapted into film and television dramas; one aired and exploded across the net, looped by countless people to review the old and know the new; one is about to air and is also highly anticipated.

Shen Yao doesn't mind using her own name to brush up some presence; if this actor variety show can get off the ground, she has even thought of quite a few operations to let the actors here harvest more attention.

Jiang Han Zhou: ……

Jiang Han Zhou's eyes shone bright; he thought to himself, how did he not think of this angle.

Yeah!

Domestic and foreign national conditions differ; abroad, idol status is lowest, actors who can appear in TV dramas are deeply chased by the nation; domestically, whether they can sing or dance, they're all packed into crews to act.

Shen Yao took it a step further in one go: using unknowns or minor faded stars as a gimmick, putting up her own fame and quality script resources; the general public would surely be very willing to watch — who doesn't want to personally raise to fame someone they discovered, like a raising game, except the entertainment industry's raising requires real gold and silver.

"This variety show can absolutely be built, and even has explosive points and an audience," after all, the audience has long suffered capital's ugly children; who wouldn't like watching handsome men and beautiful women act in TV dramas.

They provide the script, the video website provides the platform, and then personnel from the national open casting and other brokerage companies come to participate in the variety show.

This variety show is not limited by gender, and can even use the different genders of men and women to generate confrontation or cooperation. Jiang Han Zhou became more and more excited. He suddenly didn't want to do his own outdoor variety show anymore. It was obvious that Shen Yao was still better at grasping the psychology of what the audience is willing to watch.

"This type of variety show is very hard to get on satellite TV. Of course, once it gets on satellite TV, it will only become even more explosive.

Prioritize choosing the video platform. I will optimize this project a bit later.

Of course, the copyright issue still needs to be resolved. Otherwise, if inappropriate problems explode after broadcast, it will affect the show's reputation and cause their money bags to suffer losses.

Jiang Han Zhou signaled Shen Yao to rest assured. The document contents he could produce were all projects that had already been handled well and had no rear worries. At least he wouldn't leave himself a handle. Reputation in this circle — say it's important and it's not important, say it's not important and it's extremely important.

At least Jiang Han Zhou was unwilling to let some avoidable troubles affect his own reputation. As for other people in the circle, everyone has their own fate. Overdrafting future reputation in exchange for today's achievements — as long as they don't feel it's a loss, other people have no qualifications to say anything more.

Shen Yao:... She always felt Jiang Han Zhou was being sarcastic, but on the surface she couldn't catch the slightest fault. This person truly deserves to be the classic type with severely polarized evaluations in the circle. At least she couldn't do it.

System:...

Is this something very glorious? It's normal for the Host to not be able to do it. Otherwise, everywhere you go would be opponents and enemies. Would the career still be able to start and soar?

The two topics came to a close. Afterwards, each handled their respective perfection work.

By the time both parties agreed to meet, they were already able to hand each other a complete project process.

Among them, Shen Yao's variety show, which she had temporarily named "Actor's Birthday Diary," had clear planning in terms of personnel allocation, mentor arrangement, and script selection. Even these could become a point for negotiation with the platform and even the website. After all, who to use and who not to use — as the initiator of the variety show, Shen Yao still held certain rights in her hands.

"However, it's still best to reduce the appearance of connected people. That would affect the overall viewing experience. To a certain extent, it conflicts with our interests."

Shen Yao raised her hand and knocked on the tabletop, then mentioned that this time she also wanted to cooperate with Hongshi Network. Back then, she had also relied on writing novels to explode in popularity on this platform. What kind of script comes with its own traffic? Naturally, novels that already have a certain book fan foundation.

Cooperating with Hongshi Network means they can obtain many different types of novels at a relatively cost-effective price. Even later during filming, they can reduce the relative capital investment. Of course, in terms of final revenue, some will definitely be shared out. These are all inevitable things.

Jiang Han Zhou nodded repeatedly, expressing that Shen Yao's proposal was indeed very good.

But things must be solved little by little. To avoid their conceived creativity from being plagiarized, they should still arrange manpower to contact all parties as soon as possible and finalize the project.

"Wh-what?" Yang Tiantian was still sitting at her workstation half-dead and busy as usual. Seeing the chat software avatar flashing, she thought it was a message from some colleague or author. The result was actually related to Shen Yao.

This this this, this is one of the top big authors of their Hongshi Network.

Seeing Shen Yao's quite polite greeting, Yang Tiantian immediately replied to the message, while holding her phone and rushing directly to the Leader's office not far away to report.

Heaven knows how much she didn't want to work before. Right now, she only felt fortunate she hadn't left yet. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to personally witness such a grand event.

The negotiation with Hongshi Network went very smoothly. Because for Hongshi Network, this was a very good publicity point. You must know there are so many novel websites domestically. Although Hongshi Network is getting stronger and stronger, it is still not the domestic dragon-head enterprise after all. It lacks some heritage and accumulation.

Right now, if the variety show explodes in popularity, Hongshi Network can use this to publicize and expand. It's just sacrificing the copyrights of a few novels. Compared to the huge revenue that can be gained, it's not worth mentioning.

While still in the crew, Shen Yao's variety show had already finalized talks with all parties' platforms. She only needed to wait for this side to end, and she would join the variety show's preparation and early-stage work with the identity of Producer.

"Blueberry TV has given very great sincerity, including the opening host being the one currently heavily promoted." Shen Yao was on the phone with Jiang Han Zhou. The two were discussing the variety show that had been renamed "Actor Growth Show."

Currently already in the project establishment stage, conducting the most critical casting work.

Of course, some actors and directors, even screenwriters and producers, are all guests invited by the variety show. They need to appear in the program during a certain time period to provide these actors with help within their ability.

Shen Yao currently wants to discuss with Jiang Han Zhou. Perhaps they can select a few good performers. After the variety show ends, deepen the cooperation.

This variety show is the first time to display actors' from zero to one. It greatly satisfies the audience's understanding of this profession. At the same time, it can also make this profession no longer as high and mighty as before, not down-to-earth.

After all, we still need to promote some positive energy. This is called conforming to the overall situation.

Jiang Han Zhou couldn't help covering his mouth and stealing a laugh. He discovered Shen Yao indeed had a side he didn't know. This kind of Shen Yao looked more fresh and bright, like a star shining with light, glowing brilliantly in the dark night.

Jiang Han Zhou provided many feasible plans, and even arranged manpower to come help.

Cooperating with the TV station and even the network platform — for Shen Yao, this is both an opportunity and a challenge. If it can be done, her reputation will also count as formally opened.

Blueberry TV

Shen Yao, wearing a simple and clear work outfit, appeared in the Station Master's office.

Originally, this type of variety show wouldn't reach the Station Master's desk. But who let Shen Yao personally wield the knife — the variety show content was novel and there were other people and platforms helping endorse it.

Blueberry TV has been suppressed by other stations these years to the point of breathing with difficulty. Finally encountering this kind of variety show that easily produces a hit, of course they have to gamble once.

Being able to become Station Master, naturally one doesn't lack the courage to gamble. Moreover, the probability of this variety show winning the gamble is extremely high. The Station Master is even more impossible to let the achievement that has reached his hand slip away.

Whether it's personnel allocation or site arrangement, Blueberry TV guarantees the best. They even proactively took on a part of the casting work that easily offends people, blocking a lot of social obligations for Shen Yao.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao sat in the transparent and spacious office. Beside her was the director responsible for this variety show. The two were designing the opening department's arrangement, especially the requirements for the participating actors. Whether there is a script and the speaking range will relate to the variety show's subsequent direction.