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In fact, it was his wife Song Tangtang who invited him.

Fang Minghua didn't plan to go.

"How bad can the TV series shot by Zhang Yimou be? You and Hongjun can just go and take a look."

But Song Tangtang didn't agree.

How can you not go if you are a screenwriter? Brother Lu has gone, how can you not go? You don't support my work!

Fang Minghua had to agree.

The place to watch the TV series is in the small conference room on the second floor of Shengshi Film and Television Company.

Shengshi Group has bought this four-story building for 2.6 million yuan. All the storefronts on the first floor are rented out. The second floor is the headquarters of Shengshi Group. The fourth floor is temporarily converted into a staff dormitory, and the third floor is reserved for film and television.

In addition to the senior executives of Shengshi Group, there are also several ordinary employees in the TV show. In the crew, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, and Zhang Jiayi, who plays Sun Shaoping, and several other main actors are actually an amateur film and television work appraisal meeting.

At the beginning of the TV series, with the unique gully and distant view of the Qinbei Plateau, a majestic and desolate song also came to the face.

"It's a bit like the Qinbei folk song "Lanhuahua"?" Lu Yao asked in a low voice after listening to a few sentences.

"Yes, this is Zhao Jiping's secondary creation based on the tune of "Lanhuahua", and he rewrote the lyrics." Song Tangtang explained in a low voice.

Fang Minghua, who was sitting next to him, also listened carefully.

The song is desolate and majestic, especially the suona in the background music, which is even more breathtaking, and is not inferior to the 16-year version of "Gods Can't Stop People from Missing People".

As for the TV series pictures, there is nothing to say. Zhang Yimou's photography skills make the pictures of this TV series more textured, and it actually feels like a movie!

The actors speak authentic Qinbei dialect! To be precise, it is Mizhi dialect!

Mizhi dialect has a characteristic. This place itself is more influenced by the Qin and Han culture, and it is relatively close to Mandarin.

In this era, Qinbei is very poor, and the locals actually have a humble mentality in their bones. They don't want others to not understand what they say.

Therefore, many local dialects, especially local dialects, are not used in Lu Yao's novels. When writing character dialogues, try to stay close to Mandarin.

It seems that Zhang Yimou carefully considered whether to choose actors to speak Mandarin or local dialect. He had to consider the strong local characteristics of the TV series and the universality of the TV series, so that people from other provinces could understand and watch it, instead of using standard Baoji dialect like in "Qiu Ju Goes to Court", which sometimes could not be understood if you didn't listen carefully.

It's much better than the weird Qinbei dialect spoken by the actors in the 16-year version.

Sun Shaoping played by Zhang Jiayi is also good.

They are of similar age and have a simple Qin provincial man flavor.

It's a pity that Gong Li, who plays Tian Xiaoxia, did not appear in the first few episodes of the TV series, so we can't see her superb acting skills.

The TV series was filmed for 41 episodes in total, and it is definitely not enough to show it all at once. Fang Minghua and the others only watched the first four episodes, and they were generally quite satisfied.

"Brother Lu, Minghua, how do you think it was filmed?" Song Tangtang asked after turning off the TV.

"It's Zhang Yimou, the filming is quite good." Lu Yao praised Zhang Yimou in front of him: "Especially the actor who plays Sun Shaoping, he really brought the Sun Shaoping in my mind to life! What's his name?"

"Zhang Jiayi." Zhang Yimou said quickly.

"Young man! You have a future!" Lu Yao shook his hand again.

What's wrong with Zhang Jiayi's acting skills?

Although he just graduated from Yandian and can't be considered an old actor, he is originally from Qin, and he plays Sun Shaoping, an idealistic young man from Qinbei Plateau, with ease.

Fang Minghua thinks he is better than Yuan Hong, who played Sun Shaoping in the 16th version of the later generation.

Yuan Hong looks too clean and handsome, and the first impression he gives people is not like a rural person.

After watching the movie, Zhao Hongjun generously donated money and invited the main creative staff of the crew to Jinhua Hotel for a meal before the end.

The happiest person was Song Tangtang.

On the way back, she excitedly said to Fang Minghua while driving: "Minghua, I will go to Yanjing in two days to contact CCTV!"

This is a decision Song Tangtang had made long ago. You don't want Yanjing TV, right?

Okay, I'll contact CCTV!

After the filming of "Ordinary World" was completed in November last year, Song Tangtang went to Yanjing to contact the leaders of the relevant departments of CCTV for cooperation.

When the other party heard that it was the filming of "Ordinary World" and it was directed by Zhang Yimou, he agreed in principle, but he had to see the specific filming video before discussing the price.

This is what Song Tangtang was talking about.

Fang Minghua listened and advised:

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's already the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is just a few days away. It's still in time to go after the Chinese New Year."

"No, I can't wait any longer."

"Well, be safe on the road, follow the plan we agreed on, and find the book I asked you to help me find."

"Don't worry."

Two days later, Song Tangtang took her secretary Xu Hui on a train heading north. After a day and a night's journey, they arrived in Yanjing and found a hotel near the TV station to stay. Song Tangtang didn't care about resting, and immediately went to the CCTV headquarters building to find a deputy director named Zhu, who was responsible for the broadcast of CCTV TV series.

After the two sides contacted, Song Tangtang left the TV series master tapes she brought, and of course signed a confidentiality agreement, and then immediately agreed to come to the headquarters of the Film and Television Building for formal negotiations three days later.

After leaving the CCTV building, Song Tangtang did not return to the hotel. She wanted to visit her grandparents in the General Political Department compound.

"Xu Hui, I won't stay in the hotel these two days. You should pay attention to safety when you live alone." Song Tangtang warned.

"Don't worry, Mr. Song." Xu Hui said quickly: "It's just."

"Just what?"

"I'm just worried that if our price per episode is so high, will CCTV agree?" Xu Hui said.

Each episode costs 250,000!

When Xu Hui heard this number, she was surprised.

The first TV series "Desire" invested by the company was sold to Yanjing TV Station for only RMB 600,000, which is equivalent to more than RMB 10,000 per episode.

Of course, it was later sold to other provincial TV stations. The total copyright was sold for 4.6 million, plus advertising revenue, the total was 5.8 million, nearly six times the investment, and the profit was doubled.

And this time, the company’s lowest price is 250,000 per episode!

It’s not an asking price, it’s the lowest price!

Song Tangtang smiled softly after hearing this: "Is it more than 250,000 yuan? The 41 episodes of "Ordinary World" only cost 10.25 million yuan in total. The "Dream of Red Mansions" filmed by CCTV only had 37 episodes, with a total investment of 7 million yuan. If it is the selling price, there are How much? Our offer is not high at all.”

Seeing Xu Hui hesitate to speak, Song Tangtang said: "You don't have to worry about this matter. Just follow my instructions and go to various Xinhua bookstores in the past two days to find a book called "Yenjing People in New York". Buy it back for me."

"Mr. Song, why are you looking for this book?" Xu Hui asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, Song Tangtang had a pretty face: "Don't ask so many questions, just go and find me!"

"Okay, Mr. Song." Xu Hui was too frightened to ask any more questions.

In fact, how did she know?

Song Tangtang didn't know the reason, because Fang Minghua asked her to find it.

As for why, Fang Minghua didn't say much.