Qin Tianzhu was discussing with Jin Guanghua, and Li Guang from the artist management company also came to the entertainment company building to discuss matters with Jin Guanghua.
"Oh, Mr. Qin is here too, just in time to take a look at the star-making plans our artist management company has prepared for next year!"
The company has a lot of dramas for next year, and the company's own dramas are the easiest to train new people and create stars. Li Guang's artist management company has always worked closely with Meihua Entertainment, using the company's self-produced drama platform to achieve the artist management company's goal of creating stars.
On the list of actors Li Guang recommended this year, Qin Tianzhu saw many familiar names. In terms of male actors, such as Deng Cao, Nie Yuan, Hu Ge and others; in terms of female actors, such as Tong Rui, Jiang Xing, Yang Mi, Tong Liya and others. Most of these actors are newcomers trained within the company, and some are already well-known in the country. In order to seek greater development, they signed with Meihua Media.
"I have no objection. This is a matter of cooperation between your artist company and Meihua Entertainment!"
Qin Tianzhu just took a look and did not interfere in these specific affairs.
"Li Guang, I heard that your artist management company has signed many famous actors these days?"
In the past, it was quite easy for Meihua Media to sign famous actors. Since the domestic TV drama market has exploded in the past two years, the worth of these famous actors has skyrocketed. In order to make more money, some actors simply do the work of agents themselves, some let their relatives and friends act as agents, and some are frantically competed by various domestic film and television agency companies.
As the most powerful film and television company in the country, Meihua Media will naturally be able to grab it if they want to compete for it. It's just that the value of these actors has increased significantly now, and if they want to sign them, the price is not small. The plum blossom itself has a strong ability to create stars. Therefore, in the past period of time, the action of signing famous actors was temporarily suspended.
???????????????????????????? During this period, the brokerage company continued to have famous actors join the company. For example, Nie Yuan became popular after he participated in a series of film and television roles such as "The Love Story of the Tang Dynasty" and "Bianji Monk". For example, Deng Cao's participation in the drama "Sauerkraut on Green Flowers" set off a drama craze in Beijing. This year, he started filming his first starring role in "The Young Emperor", and he is also a potential new star with a small reputation. In addition, powerful mainland actor Chen Daomin, who has always liked the free-spirited Tan Guoqiang, and powerful actresses Jiang Wenli, Jiang Shan and others have joined Plum Blossom in the past two days.
This makes Meihua Media, which has a strong military base, become even more starry.
Li Guang said cheerfully: "Their requirements for signing into our agency are not high now, and it's quite cost-effective. Mr. Qin, you haven't paid much attention to entertainment news these days, have you?"
"Oh, the news these days, apart from our "Swordsman", should be "Love in the Rain" that is currently being broadcast on the Imperial Channel. Is there anything strange about this?"
"Well, now because of the popularity of "Love in the Rain", Zhao Wei, known as the national idol, has once again become the darling of the media. But this time, it is not a good thing. To be precise, it should be I¡¯m so tired of it.¡±
Hearing what Li Guang said, Qin Tianzhu remembered that this was the famous military flag uniform incident.
Li Guang continued: "It is difficult for outsiders like us to tell who is right and wrong. But one thing is for sure. Zhao Wei originally hired a relative of hers to handle her brokerage business. If she had a professional If you had an agent or an agency team, this kind of thing could have been avoided. I think it was through this incident that domestic actors understood the importance of professional agents, which can effectively help stars avoid various situations. Compared with this kind of trouble and risk, the brokerage fees that celebrities lose seem to be insignificant."
The brokerage business of Plum Blossom Company was the earliest in China and its operation is the most standardized. This is why these famous actors are now flocking to Plum Blossom Artist Management Company.
Now in the domestic entertainment industry, the cake is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more competitors in this industry. The entertainment industry has always been a vanity fair, with various forces and forces mixed together. For their own interests, it is inevitable to use overt and covert attacks. If celebrities sign up with a powerful and formal brokerage company, they can also effectively resist the attacks and assassinations of competitors.
Jin Guanghua was a little distracted and didn't seem to listen carefully to Qin Tianzhu and Li Guang's talk about the military flag uniform incident. After briefly browsing Li Guang's star-making list, he placed it in the right corner of his desk.
"I will forward your star-making list to the production department and let them make detailed arrangements. However, regarding next year's filming plan, a project has encountered some resistance recently. Li Guang, some of the candidates on your list are It may not be enough.¡±
Qin Tianzhu frowned, "What's going on?"
"Young Master Qin, this is what I want to talk to you aboutSaid. "Jin Guanghua said: "The large-scale military drama "Blood-stained Style" we are planning to broadcast next year encountered trouble during the review. There is no way around it, and the entire project is in danger of dying. "
"Blood-stained Style" is a drama prepared by Meihua Media for next year's Army Day. It tells the story of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. The play is directed by Kang Honglei and written by Lan Xiaolong. This is not the first time that the two have collaborated, so their tacit understanding is not a problem. Qin Tianzhu is very relieved about the final quality of this drama.
Originally, Qin Tianzhu wanted to let the two of them collaborate and film "Soldier Assault" first. It¡¯s just that Lan Xiaolong has not yet created the prototype of ¡°Soldier Assault¡±, ¡°Elna Assault¡±. The company is now operating in a very formal manner, and Qin Tianzhu feels that there is no need for him to encourage its growth. The company's plan is to have a blockbuster military drama next year. After receiving the task, the screenwriting team with Lan Xiaolong as the screenwriter began writing the script of "Blood-Stained Style" at the beginning of this year.
Qin Tianzhu¡¯s only interference in this drama was in the selection of actors, most of whom were from the original "Soldier Assault" cast.
This drama has a huge investment and is war-themed. It is very suitable for male actors to release their male hormones. It is a star-making dream factory for male actors.
He remembered that "Soldier Assault" was unknown at the beginning because it was a three-no work. It was not until the accumulation of word-of-mouth that it slowly became popular. Even so, although this drama made the director, screenwriter, and actors famous, the producers did not make any money from this popular drama. It wasn't until the same team was used to create a movie called "My Leader, My Group" that the producers made a huge profit.
Of course, the current situation is completely different from what I remember. Meihua Media is filming "Soldier Assault" now, and there is no problem with market profits. However, it is obviously more cost-effective in terms of market returns to first make a group of tough-guy male stars famous through a big production, and then let them star in "Soldier Assault".
Qin Tianzhu knows that the preparations for this drama have basically been done, and it will start filming in a few days. I didn't expect that at this juncture, there would be a censorship issue.
"Why is this? Where does the General Administration have opinions?"
In Qin Tianzhu¡¯s view, this drama should have no sensitive content, and the theme is also positive and healthy, praising the dedication of soldiers and the heroic style of daring to take responsibility. Moreover, the State Administration for Culture and Industry has always looked upon their company, Meihua Media, with special regard, and made it much less difficult for Meihua in censorship than other units.
"It's not the General Administration. Our drama needs to be approved by the Political Department of the Military, the General Administration of Culture and Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments. The approval of other departments is no problem, but it can't be passed by the Foreign Affairs Management Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "
Jin Guanghua continued to explain: "This is not going to pass. It's not that some of the content of the drama cannot pass, but that the entire drama cannot pass. That's why I said there is a possibility that this project will die. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs * is out of concern for relations with neighboring countries. I don¡¯t want the relationship with Vietnam to have twists and turns because of this drama. In fact, except for the anti-fascist war that has been publicly discussed, other modern war themes related to foreign countries will be more or less restricted!"
Qin Tianzhu felt a little enlightened. No wonder domestic film and television dramas, military dramas about resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, etc. are so rare. It turns out that it is due to restrictions at the official level.
Qin Tianzhu, from the perspective of a cultural industry practitioner, is naturally extremely uncomfortable with this kind of restriction. But from a national perspective, it cannot be said that these restrictions are unreasonable. In the memory of his later generations, the United States was relatively lenient in this regard, but there were quite a few incidents in the United States that caused diplomatic turmoil and even armed conflicts because of the content of movies and TV series.
"Which is good or bad can only be judged by the benevolent and the wise.
Jin Guanghua said a little ashamedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, this is a huge mistake in the work of our entertainment company. The company has always been very successful in reviewing scripts in the past. For the drama "Blood-stained Style", we have It was an oversight. I just jumped on the horse in a hurry without doing sufficient argument beforehand!"
The entertainment company is indeed responsible for what happened this time. Qin Tianzhu did not act like a good person and said nice things to comfort his subordinates.
He asked: "Is the crew ready for this drama?"
Jin Guanghua nodded to confirm, because the dramas of Meihua Media have always been reviewed smoothly. In order to save time, the company has always promoted the project while reviewing. If "Blood-stained Style" is really rejected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the loss will be huge.
"Is there any room for redemption?"
Although Qin Tianzhu asked this, he actually felt that there was little hope of recovery. If there is something inappropriate about the content of the script, just go back and revise it. Now comes the whole subject.?The problem is, this is basically a death sentence.
Jin Guanghua said: "We are working hard to communicate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Our drama mainly focuses on the soldiers themselves. It has little to do with the nature of the war and politics, so it is not impossible to pass. In addition, The Military Political Department attaches great importance to our drama, and they are also helping us smoothen our relationship."
"I hope I can get through it!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)