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In a small room.

Lin Suyang and Li Zhibai sat face to face.

Li Zhibai rubbed his face vigorously.

When Lin Suyang saw his action, he sighed and said, "Can you stop messing with your face? Brother, we make a living by our faces."

Li Zhibai put down his hand, looked at Lin Suyang, and said, "Brother Yang, do you think I am asking for trouble?"

"Learning to be a producer is not asking for trouble. You should suffer a little when you are young and enjoy happiness when you are old." Lin Suyang said, "Let's be honest. Now all the people who come to you are idol dramas, right? For a drama like "Nineteen Years of Crime Records", unless you do it yourself, no one else will come to you. This is the advantage of being a producer yourself. You don't have to wait for others to send you the script. It's good. It's okay if you are tired."

"I'm not tired..." Li Zhibai said with two weak dark circles under his eyes, "The problem is that neither of them is willing to compromise. What can I do?"

The two people who are unwilling to compromise mentioned by Li Zhibai are the original author Liu Jiazhen and the screenwriter Qin Yiwen.

After reaching a cooperation agreement with Dengta Video, Dengta Video was not ambiguous and immediately arranged for its first-line screenwriter Qin Yiwen to start the adaptation of "Nineteen Years of Crime Records".

However, the script has not been written yet, and Liu Jiazhen and Qin Yiwen have not reached an agreement on the direction of the adaptation.

"Dong Dong Dong".

Liu Jiazhen knocked on the door and came in.

Li Zhibai called Teacher Liu.

Liu Jiazhen walked in with a depressed look on his face and said to Li Zhibai: "Zhibai, can't we really change the screenwriter? Why do I feel that the screenwriter you found is particularly unreliable? She insisted on adding a lot of scenes that I didn't write to my original story. In fact, I am not against her adding some original content, but you can't change the tone of the original character. This is a very serious, dark-style suspense crime story. You insist on adding some comedy and funny elements to it. Isn't this nonsense?"

These words are not the first time that Li Zhibai has heard.

He served as a mediator for these two last night, and the mediation was not resolved until two o'clock in the morning. He got up early this morning to attend the meeting.

Less than ten minutes into the meeting, Liu Jiazhen and Qin Yiwen started arguing again.

Li Zhibai really didn't want to let his head buzz anymore, so he ran away just now.

Now Liu Jiazhen came to find him.

Li Zhibai looked at Lin Suyang for help. He really didn't know what else to say. He had said everything he could say eight hundred times, and his mouth was about to smoke.

Lin Suyang finally stabilized Liu Jiazhen and sent him out, and Qin Yiwen came in again.

"Zhi Bai, does Liu Jiazhen have to stay here and give orders to the script? If we have to shoot it one-to-one according to the original novel, then why do we need me as the screenwriter?" Qin Yiwen folded her hands in front of her chest. "The original novel is so long. If we don't enrich the details and add some things, it will be finished in five episodes. Can our drama be shot like this? I know this drama is a very serious theme, but when can't serious themes be interspersed with some funny comedy elements? In the past two years, which drama has not put some such elements in it? Who would be willing to watch it if the audience's spirits are stretched from the beginning to the right place?"

Li Zhibai looked at Qin Yiwen with dull eyes, and then looked at Lin Suyang.

Lin Suyang started to do Qin Yiwen's work again.

After Lin Suyang finally managed to coax Qin Yiwen away, Li Zhibai sighed and said, "This producer is really not a human being. There are too many troubles."

Lin Suyang: "Since you have chosen to be a producer, you have to hold on, adapt, and not give up halfway."

Li Zhibai: "I'm really crazy. I have to learn from Yan He to be a producer. What the hell, I can just be a star and be comfortable."

"How great it is, others want to do it but don't have this opportunity. Look, among these actors between the ages of 20 and 30, how many have the opportunity and resources to be producers? A slap in the face I can count them all." Lin Suyang advised earnestly, "This shows that the platform and investors recognize you, so they are willing to give you this opportunity. Do you think this is something that anyone can do if they want to? Look at the other artists I have brought, they are still struggling to make further progress and maintain their popularity. Artists, as long as you don't become the investor with the initiative, you can't escape the fate of being picked by others, no matter how popular you are. "

Li Zhibai: "Of course you understand the truth."

"You understand the truth, but when you complain, you don't recognize your relatives." Lin Suyang looked at him sideways.

Li Zhibai looked at Lin Suyang in disbelief, "Why are you so vicious when you speak?"

Lin Suyang: "Maybe it's because everyone finds that only this way can subdue you."

Lin Suyang also admitted it without hesitation.

Li Zhibai: "Alas, people's hearts are not the same as before."

Lin Suyang smiled.

Lin Suyang and Li Zhibai have been working together for almost a year. After spending a year together, Lin Suyang only had one feeling in his heart: Zhou Pingan was really a fool for choosing Ma Zhiyuan over Li Zhibai.

If you meet an artist like Li Zhibai, you must have accumulated blessings in your previous life. Zhou Pingan didn't cherish him and did so many things.

In the past, Li Zhibai in the media and on camera was difficult to deal with. Of course, he was similar in life. He had a bad temper and needed to be stroked. When he started to make noises, you wanted to block him.

But what else?

Such a lazy person never stutters at work, complains until your ears are calloused, and the mumbling on his lips does not become a sign of laziness in his actions.

He is also a very affectionate person. After getting along for a long time and becoming familiar with you, he will treat you as one of his own.

Lin Suyang never said anything. When there were some work opportunities, he would also offer to bring other artists brought by Lin Suyang.

As for the work assigned to him by Lin Suyang, Li Zhibai is actually a very talkative person. As long as you open up to him and tell him, this one is because of a favor, that one is because he thinks it is a good opportunity, and the other one has a mediocre opportunity, but the producer is very good, and it is a good thing to form a good relationship through this time. Li Zhibai himself didn't care about the way people are. If he made it clear to him, Li Zhibai wouldn't show his temper and refuse to accept it.

This was someone who completely exceeded Lin Suyang's expectations.

Li Zhibai never hid anything from him. Sometimes, Lin Suyang heard from other places that someone was contacting Li Zhibai and wanted to discuss cooperation on the XX project. Lin Suyang was quite nervous at first, worried that Li Zhibai would bypass him to take over these jobs, just like Ma Zhiyuan before. . But basically, Li Zhibai would hand over any project Lin Suyang heard about to him soon afterwards. Some said he wanted to take it, and some said he didn't want to take it, leaving Lin Suyang to find a reason to refuse.

Lin Suyang slowly felt relieved. He is really not a very strict and strict manager. He is not the kind of manager who is selfish and takes advantage of artists. Because of Ma Zhiyuan's incident, he was so angry that he almost became completely disappointed in this industry. After meeting Li Zhibai, Lin Suyang lamented that sometimes, don't blame the bad environment. In fact, it's just that you are not kind to the people you meet.

Later, Li Zhibai also trusted him more and more. In addition to some work matters, Li Zhibai also asked him to handle other matters. For example, this "Nineteen Years of Crime" has little to do with him.

During the production process, Li Zhibai always called him over, just like a naughty kid who would call him "Brother Yang" when he encountered a big problem.

Lin Suyang couldn't help scolding him, but he still tried his best to help him solve the problem. No matter what he did, he couldn't actually get a commission from Li Zhibai. Li Zhibai's production work has nothing to do with his status as an agent.

After comforting both parties, Lin Suyang said to Li Zhibai: "Coaxing the two sides like this is not a long-term solution. We must reach a consensus on the script as soon as possible before we can start writing. Let's also find a way to let the two of us reach a consensus."

Li Zhibai waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I sent a message to Yan He and asked him to help me think of a solution. You can take a look at this first."

He took out an agreement in a plastic stationery bag from his bag.

"What is this?" Lin Suyang asked.

Li Zhibai said: "I am very tired of being a producer. I can't handle it. I overestimated myself. Please help me."

Lin Suyang opened it and saw that it was the producer contract for "Nineteen Years of Crime".

"The reward for you is not much and the budget is limited, so just treat it as a help." Li Zhibai put his hands behind his head and said, "Help me."

Co-producer, the salary is 500,000 yuan, and he does not enjoy any subsequent share.

Lin Suyang was stunned.

An agent of his level can earn about two million a year. When Li Zhibai's business is good, the commission can be as high as four or five million.

This is the first time Lin Suyang has received an invitation to a position like co-producer.

Remuneration 500,000 yuan——

This is certainly not a small amount. Lin Suyang is an agent himself, and he knows very well what the ratio of personnel and funding for a movie is generally.

There are nearly eight or nine co-producers of this movie. Lin Suyang can guess that he must be the one who gets the most.

Lin Suyang glanced at Li Zhibai unexpectedly.

"You're trying some different ways to make extra money for me."

Li Zhibai said: "What kind of extra money? You have to do a lot of things for me. I don't want to work for this lousy producer anymore. There is nothing I can do about it this time. I have to finish it."

Lin Suyang smiled, pushed the agreement back, and said, "I'll do this for you. You don't need this agreement. You are my artist. If you develop well, I will benefit from it. You don't have to calculate so clearly."

Li Zhibai frowned, "Take it, it's not me who pays you the salary myself, Lighthouse Video pays you the money, you don't want it for nothing."

Lin Suyang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, then I'll sign."

"Also, there is a role of a college student in this play, which I think is very suitable for Chen Jing. Didn't you say before that he wanted to try being an actor? This college student's role doesn't have many roles, but it's quite good. It’s a performance space, you can let him try it out,” Li Zhibai said.

Lin Suyang looked at Li Zhibai seriously, and after two seconds, nodded.

"good."

-

Lu Yanhe took the time to go to the lighthouse video.

Seeing Li Zhibai's expression of despair, he couldn't help but laughed for nearly a minute before letting himself stop.

"Where are Brother Jiazhen and Teacher Qin?"

"We just had a quarrel, and now we are going back." Li Zhibai said.

Lin Suyang brought a bottle of mineral water to Lu Yanhe.

"Thanks."

Lu Yanhe took it in his hand and thanked him.

He asked Li Zhibai: "Ignoring what the two of them think, what about you? What are your thoughts on adapting this drama into a web drama?"

Li Zhibai: "Then I actually think Teacher Qin's idea of ​​adapting it makes sense. This is not a movie, and it is impossible to tell a story so powerfully, especially the original story. The tone is too miserable. I myself hope that You can intersperse some more soothing paragraphs and add some funny parts, of course, without affecting the tone of the main plot. "

"I actually quite like the overall gloomy atmosphere of the original work." Li Zhibai said, "But when it is made into a drama, if it has that gloomy feeling from beginning to end, it will definitely be high-end. But as an audience, I I just can’t stand it.”

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Okay, I understand what you mean. I'm going to do Brother Jia Zhen's work."

Li Zhibai heard what Lu Yanhe said and said hesitantly: "Teacher Jiazhen, don't do his work. Let me go. I just want to ask you how to do your work. You have a good relationship with him, Don’t be upset about this.”

"No." Lu Yanhe said, "Actually, Brother Jiazhen is a very good communicator. He is particularly afraid of others changing the style and adding elements that are not in the original work. This is because this was done in the previous movie version, and it was changed to Brother Jia Zhen is a novelist and doesn’t know much about film and television production. Therefore, he feels that this approach is problematic from the perspective of film and television creation. Explain to him that he is not a stubborn person."

Only then did Li Zhibai understand what Lu Yanhe meant.

"I'll go with you." Li Zhibai said, "I'll also watch and learn."

-

As Lu Yanhe said, Liu Jiazhen is not the kind of writer who does not allow others to modify a word of his original work.

He was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

"Teacher Qin Yiwen is a very experienced screenwriter. Although she is very young, she has already created several very good works. Brother Jiazhen, you can check out her past adapted works."

Lu Yanhe said to Liu Jiazhen, "I just went to find out what Teacher Qin's ideas for adaptation are, and I roughly understand why you are unwilling. It's probably because Teacher Qin's ideas for adaptation are similar to many methods in the movie version. Makes you worry about making the same mistake again, doesn’t it?”

Liu Jiazhen sighed and nodded.

"You know what I'm thinking." Liu Jiazhen said, "It's not that I don't want her to make innovative adaptations, but at least don't change the overall main line and style. Otherwise, readers will still feel cheated."

Lu Yanhe: "No, what Mr. Qin is best at is to maintain the core and theme of the original work based on other people's stories, but also add some new things to give the audience a fresh feeling. Because "Nineteen Years of Crime" Many people are already familiar with this story. Zhibai plays a murderer. As soon as he appears, everyone knows that he is a murderer. At this time, the adaptation of the series must make some adjustments to keep the audience's expectations. Teacher Qin wants to add some such elements and innovative content to the script, firstly to make the story richer, and secondly to make it funny through this kind of comedy - of course, this must be It is arranged in the right place to form a strong contrast. When the sad emotions finally reach the audience's hearts from the play, the audience will be more touched. "

Liu Jiazhen looked at Lu Yanhe dubiously.

Seeing this, Li Zhibai said: "Teacher Liu, although I am now the producer and starring of this drama, I am first and foremost a reader. I read the original script of the movie version first - not I really liked the piece of crap that was aired at the end, so I bought and read your original work.”

He crossed his hands nervously.

"As a reader, I know very well what the purpose and core elements of this story are." Li Zhibai said, "I will definitely not let these most critical points change, but as Yan He just said, in itself Your original novel is very popular and sells well. Secondly, it has been adapted into a movie version, and many viewers have seen it and know what the story is like. So we want to make the adaptation of this drama so that everyone knows. The audience thinks this story is interesting and fresh, so it must be adapted into something bigger.”

"Teacher Qin, she doesn't want to turn the whole story into a comedy. If she has this idea, don't say you object, I will definitely be the first to disagree." Li Zhibai said, "She will not modify the character. Their characters turn them into funny and funny characters, not just a spoof, but on this basis, they add some daily and relaxed passages.”

"How to add this? This can actually easily become a four-dimensional image, isn't it?" Liu Jiazhen asked.

Li Zhibai: "For example, when the police were searching for my traces, there were not many stages of investigation. In fact, they could use people in the most ordinary and urban environment to add some dead skin. The gangsters and hooligans who relied on the film refused to cooperate and were arrogant, but they didn't expect that they would be kicked on the iron plate and immediately change their faces and beg for mercy, something like this. "

Liu Jiazhen was silent for two seconds and asked, "Is this what Teacher Qin said? Did she just add these contents in these places?"

"That's right." Li Zhibai nodded. He could already tell that Liu Jiazhen's tone had softened.

Lu Yanhe also looked at Liu Jiazhen with a smile, "Why don't we follow this idea and write the script for the first episode? Do you want to take a look?"

Liu Jiazhen took a deep breath and said, "That's okay."

-

After finally resolving the conflict between Liu Jiazhen and Qin Yiwen temporarily, Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai went to have dinner nearby.

"You're treating me tonight." Lu Yanhe said, "Come all the way here and treat me to a nice meal."

"Eat whatever you want." Li Zhibai hooked his arm around Lu Yanhe's neck, his tone becoming more relaxed than he had seen in a long time.

"I found that you are indeed different after you became a producer. When you talk about these words, you always say the same thing. You have solved Liu Jiazhen's ideological work so quickly."

"I told you a long time ago, he is not the kind of stubborn person." Lu Yanhe smiled, "You know now how annoying it is to be a producer, right?"

"It's so annoying. When I was acting, I didn't have so many messy things. I just went to the studio every day and acted out, and then left. It was so easy." Li Zhibai said, "I didn't expect to write a script. The script was all I haven’t even started writing yet, so there are so many troubles.”

"Think about it, for a project with a production cost that can easily reach nine figures, a crew, from front to back, from the director to the on-set staff, with hundreds of production staff involved, how could there be no trouble?" Lu Yanhe said, "Anyway, it's impossible to film on a set without encountering some troubles and problems. That's what all the producers and directors told me."

Li Zhibai: "Are you not annoyed?"

"It's annoying, but it's useless to be annoying." Lu Yanhe said, "Unless you stop being a producer and become an actor, then you can just worry about your own acting."

I have been working well as an actor, but I chose to be a producer at this time, of course because I have more ideas and hope to take more initiative.

Lu Yanhe didn't know whether Li Zhibai would be willing to stick with it or choose to give up after trying the hardships of the position of producer.

For them, especially for them personally, transitioning into being a producer is really a chore.

They are still so young and don't have to think about transformation at all.

They can definitely live a comfortable life for another seven or eight years, and then start planning for their transformation after they have accumulated more age, social experience, and network resources.

Lu Yanhe knew that if it weren't for him being a producer, Li Zhibai probably wouldn't have thought of it so quickly.

Of course, there is another main reason. At that time, Li Zhibai wanted to star in the movie version of "Nineteen Years of Crime", but was rejected by Ruyi Pictures and asked Chen Ziliang. Looking back now, Ruyi Pictures probably regretted it so much that their intestines turned green, but the rejection at the time probably also stimulated Li Zhibai quite a lot.

Li Zhibai said: "Let's decide whether to do it in the future or not. Let's start this time. You can't just give up halfway. You have to keep doing it."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"It's not easy for you to say such things. Yan Liang should really listen to it."

"Go away." Li Zhibai glanced at him sideways, "In your eyes, I don't have any good qualities, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "The most valuable thing for a person is self-knowledge. I applaud your self-knowledge."

-

It's been a while since the two of them had dinner together.

Li Zhibai has been busy working on "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" since he returned from filming.

Originally, both of them were not on the set and had relatively free time.

Li Zhibai said: "The Lingyun Award also invited me to participate. Do you think you have any hope of winning the award this time? If you have any hope, I won't bother to go. It's boring."

Lu Yanhe asked curiously: "Invite you to present an award?"

"Well." Li Zhibai said, "I have never won an award myself, and I have never even been nominated. If you ask me to present an award, what kind of award should I give? It's not justifiable."

"That's because we value your influence." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Isn't this very good? If you go there, you can get to know a lot of people. Then if you make the show "Nineteen Years of Crime", you don't need to find a lot of people." Actors? Now you and Teacher Jiang Jun have been cast, but there are still many roles yet to be cast."

"Can those who act in movies watch TV dramas?" Li Zhibai questioned, "I found that those who work in the film industry have really high noses and cannot watch TV dramas."

"Who are they? Why are there so few people I know like this? Don't be affected by these people's prejudices." Lu Yanhe said, "Look at Sister Bi Ge, she can be regarded as a movie star." Sister, why don’t you still act in a TV series? After the first season, you have to act in the second season.”

"That's you. Let me tell you, you are the team that we usually work with. It's so good that you have less chance of encountering those monsters." Li Zhibai said, "Of course, I am not qualified to say that I have encountered many, but I have indeed met a few, oh well, I have acted in a few movies, um, I have also acted in movies by great directors, and I wish I had garlic stuck in my nostrils and carried away."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Did you meet him when you were filming a TV series?"

"Um."

"That's nonsense. If he has the ability, don't come to act in TV series." Lu Yanhe said speechlessly.

Even if there is still a chain of contempt in the industry where movies are higher than TV series, not many people will show it on their faces like this.

Those are really the most superficial people who would act like this.

Li Zhibai: "Haha, I squeezed them in the same way."

Lu Yanhe: "You are not afraid of offending others."

"I'm so scared. Who have I been afraid of since I was a child?"

"Pull him down. Aren't you afraid that Mengli will continue to pester you?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Li Zhibai: "... Why do you suddenly mention that lunatic when we were talking so well?"

"You are bragging, as if you are really fearless." Lu Yanhe complained.

Li Zhibai: "Who is bragging? You are just looking for trouble."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

Lu Yanhe: "You are bullshit."

"Fuck." Li Zhibai cursed, and his cell phone suddenly rang. He picked it up, took a look, and put it down again.

But then, the cell phone suddenly rang again.

This time it was a phone call.

Li Zhibai frowned and said irritably: "Why is it endless."

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe asked: "Who is it? Is it a harassing call?"

"Yes, a harassing call." Li Zhibai put down the phone and hung up directly.

Lu Yanhe: "Then be careful not to let anyone recognize you as Li Zhibai. If your number is leaked, it will be troublesome."

"No." Li Zhibai pointed to his phone, "It's not a stranger. I know him. He just keeps pestering me. It's annoying."

Lu Yanhe was stunned and looked at Li Zhibai in surprise. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Woman?"

Li Zhibai nodded.

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