Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

Looking at Chu Ran who had calmed down, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but ask: "You are so interested in her, are you falling in love with her? If so, you're afraid you won't have many opportunities, this girl doesn't look that good.

Chase."

"The main reason is that I am currently imagining a novel, and the prototype of the heroine is based on her. I imagine that the heroine in my novel may be... in the end, and I feel a little disappointed."

"You still write novels?" Zhou Cheng was slightly startled when he heard Chu Ran's words.

"What's so surprising about me writing a novel?" Hearing Zhou Cheng's question, Chu Ran was a little dissatisfied: "Back then, I was the best writer in our class. Otherwise, Brother Li wouldn't come to me for cooperation."

Zhou Cheng rolled his eyes at him and interrupted his boasting: "Stop talking nonsense, what is the name of your novel? Is it about the Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing Zhou Cheng's words, Chu Ran was surprised. He looked at Zhou Cheng in disbelief and asked: "How do you know that I am writing about time traveling to the Tang Dynasty? I have just conceived a few chapters. Could it be that you and I have a similar mind? It's me.

Roundworms in your stomach?”

"Hey, stay away from me, your expression is too vulgar." Zhou Cheng pushed Chu Ran's head away. If it weren't for the fact that his force was not as good as his, Chu Ran's despicable look made Zhou Cheng want to give him a hand.

One punch.

"What do you know? This is called self-confidence." Chu Ran squinted forty-five degrees, showing contempt.

"Okay, don't make trouble. I know you are very confident, right?" This was obviously imitating the obscene expression of the Internet celebrity, and Zhou Cheng couldn't help laughing anymore.

"By the way, this novel of yours is about traveling to the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty? Helping Li Shimin conquer the world?" The two of them played around for a while, and Zhou Cheng asked tentatively. Is this novel a time traveling to the end of the Sui Dynasty, when heroes were competing for hegemony? Is it a time travel to the Tang Dynasty at some point?

The subject with the most articles.

"Haha, you guessed it wrong." Chu Ran said with some pride: "There are too many people writing about the early Tang Dynasty, and I am not interested. This novel of mine is about a girl who traveled to the Tianbao period and became Yang Yuhuan's niece

, Cui Wan, the daughter of the Korean lady. Tells her love story with Daizong Li Yu?"

Isn't this the plot of Chu Ran's "Tianbao Yanyun" from another world? It's just that Chu Ran in that world is a beautiful woman, so writing such a novel complements each other, but the Chu Ran in front of her is a rich and wealthy man.

Zhou Cheng was a little surprised. Could it be that Chu Ran had also worn it, and the man opposite him had the soul of a girl inside him?

Reaching out for the cigarette case on the table, Zhou Cheng lit one to cover up his inner turmoil: "Female channel? You, a grown man, actually write a female channel novel?"

"What happened to the female channel? Let me tell you, the most popular novels with female protagonists in Jinjiang Bookstore and Hongxiu Bookstore are all written by male writers." Chu Ran then said something that made Zhou Cheng's outlook collapse: "Now

There are a lot of boys playing on girl channels, Feitianxiang, Jin Lingdong are all boys, and most of these people are just like you and me, they are all screenwriters."

"Being a screenwriter? How could that be?" Zhou Cheng was so surprised by the news that he almost dropped his cigarette on the table.

"As screenwriters, we know better the development rules of film and television dramas. Influenced by the increasingly popular Korean dramas, the film and television dramas produced in the industry now have higher and higher requirements for female protagonists. The scripts we have revised the most are also increasing

So, according to our estimation, it won’t be long before our domestic film and television dramas will usher in the era of heroines taking the lead. We, the people, also practice in advance to prepare, otherwise in ten years, everyone will be unemployed

Already."

After hearing Chu Ran's explanation, Zhou Cheng's mood slowly calmed down. It seemed like it was really a coincidence: "This time should take less than ten years, not even five years..."

I thought about my colleague who graduated from the Literature Department of Shanghai Film Academy. If he in this world followed the same development trajectory as that world, this time point might be shortened to about two or three years.

Chu Ran smiled: "Haha, I hope you are right. If my novel becomes popular, I will give you the film and television adaptation rights, and then we will also produce a drama with a female protagonist. Just look for it.

Yang Luyao will be the heroine."

Whether it is Chu Ran in this world or her in that world, her writing skills are better than Zhou Cheng's. Of course, Zhou Cheng also has his own advantages. As a person who traveled from another world fifteen years later, he does not plagiarize the scripts of some excellent movies.

But it's too unreasonable. Of course, it's limited to movies. He still has the confidence to describe a movie of more than 100 minutes based on the plot. Forget about dozens of episodes of TV series, let's make plans in advance and buy the adaptation rights of some popular novels.

Zhou Cheng thought for a while and said to Chu Ran: "I can't take advantage of you. I will buy it at the market price when the time comes. Not only your novels, but also the authors of other female novels also contacted me and said that I was ready

Buy their film and television rights."

"Are you ready to take action now? Why don't you observe for a while?"

"Before others have discovered this market, you can take advantage of it." Zhou Cheng looked at Chu Ran with some embarrassment: "The other reason is that if you buy it now, the price will not be very high."

"You don't have to worry about this. Their current income mainly relies on subscriptions and rewards from online platforms. Female channels do not have a large readership like male channel novels, and slightly more popular novels will be stolen by pirated websites, so writing about female channels

People who write online novels really don’t make much money. If you can add an extra income to them, it’s also a great encouragement to them.”

"Thank you!" Zhou Cheng thanked Chu Ran: "You can promise them that as long as I have more money, I will definitely make up for the cost. This can even be added to the agreement."

Zhou Cheng didn't want to offend such a group by obtaining the rights to adapt this batch of novels due to information asymmetry. After all, a good writer's works tend to become more mature in later years, the audience will be wider, and he will be more adaptable.

Value. If you make a small profit just because of this, you will end up losing more.

Chu Ran gave Zhou Cheng a thumbs up, and he instantly understood what Zhou Cheng was doing. He was also more curious about the future of his friend. It was as if he was witnessing the rise of a film and television tycoon.

The two of them had a pot of tea, a pack of cigarettes, a plate of melon seeds and some handmade snacks made by the proprietress of the tea bar. On this summer afternoon in the alley, under the shade of several huge French palm trees, they chatted until five o'clock in the afternoon.

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Looking at Chu Ran talking eloquently, Zhou Cheng felt a little lucky that this world could make him such a good friend. By chatting with Chu Ran, Zhou Cheng had a much clearer understanding of the entertainment industry in this world, which confirmed in his mind

I believe I can handle it with ease with the memory in it.

"Find a place to have some barbecue and have a couple of drinks?" After coming out of the tea bar, Zhou Cheng, who had spent a leisurely afternoon, became energetic and extended an invitation to Chu Ran.

"I'm not going, I have a date tonight."

"Sister?"

"What do you think?"

"You're a scumbag who forgets his friends."

"Master Chu, this is to release the most primitive desires of human beings, so that I can reach a state of physical and mental relaxation, so that I can write beautiful articles..."

"This is the first time I've seen someone talking about hooking up so grandly..."

"That's because your level is too low..."

Saying goodbye to Chu Ran, Zhou Cheng wandered around, walking along Mianmian Hutong, Fuxue Hutong, Jianzi Lane and Zhang Zizhong Road, passing Bing Xin's former residence, Hejing Princess Mansion, Ouyang Yuqian's former residence, and all the way to Dongsi North Street.

These historical celebrities are all present, and their former residences are the same as those in Zhou Cheng's impression, which shows that the history of this world is not too different from that world.

He reached out to stop the taxi and prepared to go home. There were not many taxis with lights on on Dongsi Street during the evening rush hour. He finally saw one dropping off passengers. Before Zhou Cheng ran over, he was already there.

Someone got on first and left.

"When you have more money, you must buy a car. This will delay things too much. If one day you lose the opportunity to cooperate because you can't get a car, you will lose money."

Perhaps feeling Zhou Cheng's resentment, a dark blue taxi with an orange waistline stopped not far from Zhou Cheng. Zhou Cheng hurriedly picked up his small bag and ran over.

Zhou Cheng was holding the passenger door with his hand. While he was waiting for a passenger to get out of the car, a girl reached out and opened the back seat door, and the car was robbed again.

"Beauty, I stopped this car, okay? You can wait for the next one." Zhou Cheng, who was already sweating, was not ready to give in anymore.

"Don't talk nonsense. I saw this car first..." Although the girl's Mandarin is very good, she obviously has a tongue-licking accent. With her fair skin and tall nose, her eye color is different from that of Han people. She should

She is an ethnic minority girl from Western Xinjiang.

Zhou Cheng laughed angrily at the girl's sophistry: "I had already arrived when the car stopped. If the previous passenger hadn't paid to delay some time, I would have got on the car and left now, and you were in front.

I rushed over after the passengers left, so this must be the car I stopped first."

"But..." The girl also knew that she was in the wrong, but she still reached out to hold the car door. It was too difficult to take a taxi here. Just before the girl could think of a reason, a hand was put on her shoulder and a gasping voice came out.

Came from behind her: "Aisha, did you stop the car? I didn't expect you to run so fast. I can't breathe..."

"Hurry up and get in the car, or the group leader will scold us if we are late..." The girl named Ayesha spoke loudly, which made Zhou Cheng feel particularly amused.

"I tell you two, let's solve the problem of the ownership of this car first and then get in the car, okay?"

"Ayesha, didn't you stop this car?" The girl standing behind Ayesha raised her head. When she saw her companion shaking his head, he knew what the other party said was true, so she had to ask Zhou Cheng: "This

Sir, I'm really sorry, could you give us this car? We are really in a hurry. If we can't get back to the hotel before six o'clock, our group leader will scold us..."

This girl's Mandarin is obviously better than Aisha's, and her organization is clearer than hers. Even the taxi driver raised his head and said to Zhou Cheng after hearing this: "Brother, if it doesn't work, just give the car to these two."

Forget it, little girl, people have come all the way to Yanjing, we have to carry forward some traditional virtues, right?"

"Oh, okay." Zhou Cheng looked at the girl and nodded numbly.

"Thank you, Yaya, come on in, I'll take the passenger seat..." The girl named Aisha pushed her companion into the back seat, bowed to Zhou Cheng, then opened the passenger door and got in.

Also called Yaya?

The moment the girl raised her head just now, Zhou Chengcheng was stunned. When he was chatting with Chu Ran this afternoon, he asked about her. He was a little regretful when he knew there was no such girl in the drama, but he didn't expect to meet her here.

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Seeing the vehicle starting to move forward, Zhou Chengcai came back to his senses and asked the taxi: "What group are you in?"

"Xijiang Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe..." The girl sitting in the back seat stretched her head and waved to Zhou Cheng to thank her.

Xijiang Song and Dance Troupe, it should be that she in this world has deviated from the choice of life path for some reason, and the results are very different.

Watching the cars go away, Zhou Cheng continued to stop them. After several attempts without success, he tried to take the subway. Looking at the crowd of people in Wuyang Wuyang at the subway station, he decisively stepped back. He found a shady place and took out his mobile phone.

A number was dialed.