Who are you calling powerful?

Magic City, Blue Whale Post Office Area

A fat man rushed over anxiously, looking around, and when he couldn't find anyone, he couldn't help shouting.

"Where is Xin Shuang? Where is Xin Shuang?"

An editor nearby looked up from his computer: "We were here just now. Did you go out to eat?"

"I won't eat in the morning, won't eat in the evening, and won't answer the phone. I'm really impressed by this guy."

The fat man cursed and hurriedly left. Some people couldn't help but gossip.

"What's wrong with Fatty Chen today? Don't you usually like to put on airs?"

"It's just a matter of meeting someone you don't dare to show off to."

A senior employee adjusted his glasses and looked like he had a pearl of wisdom in his hands.

"Don't forget which project Xin Shuang is responsible for."

""Undocumented Crime", the boss is here?"

Someone told them the reason, and the people around them were a little noisy, but they were not particularly surprised. After all, Boss Wei still attaches great importance to editing and post-production. He comes to them more than once to see the finished product and progress. Some projects even follow up in person. .

Everyone knows that "Undocumented Crime" is an adaptation of Boss Wei's novel, and the script has been reviewed and revised, so the project will definitely be taken seriously.

In addition, Boss Wei is often in the company recently and has done a lot of work, so it is normal to come to inspect the later stages of the project.

"Please be careful and don't take advantage of us. Maybe you can come over and see us."

Someone reminded that although most of the time Boss Wei would go to the video room or have meetings with the project leader and core members in the conference room.

But it’s hard to guarantee that I’ll take a look at everyone’s specific work on a whim. After all, I’ve had similar experiences before, so be careful.

On the other side, Fatty Chen, known to everyone as the producer of "Undocumented Crime", returned to the conference room, wiped his sweat, opened the door and went in.

"Boss, Xin Shuang seems to have gone to discuss work with the outsourcing team, and we can't be contacted for the time being."

Wei Yang, who was listening to the report from the person in charge of the post-production department, nodded and asked him to sit down first.

"...At present, our post-production is mainly divided into three parts, editing, soundtrack dubbing, and miscellaneous items. Some are managed by departments, and some are assigned to teams to work on a single project..."

The post-production department of Blue Whale does not include special effects. This aspect is handled by a professional visual company invested by Wei Yang.

More VFX, also known as [Mo] by many people, is not well-known outside, but it is a visual effects company that has risen rapidly in China in recent years.

His representative works include movies and TV series such as "Detective Chinatown 2", "Mermaid", "Qing Yu Nian 3", and "Tomb Raiders".

It can be seen from this resume that it is a direct company of Blue Whale. In fact, this is also the case. Wei Yang has nearly 60% of the shares in this company.

As a film and television company, it is impossible not to involve special effects production.

In the past, Boss Wei only maintained a small studio due to many reasons such as cost and technology. If the manpower skills were not enough, he outsourced it. However, as the Blue Whale stall has grown larger and larger, and has even become the leader in the industry, it is impossible not to consider related aspects.

Back then, I had no money and could only support a small team. With money, it was actually as simple as acquisition and investment.

More VFX, which was established in 2007, was spotted by Boss Wei at this time.

It was easy for Wei Yang to choose this company because he knew that this company would have excellent future development.

It has recruited many technical experts, and many movie special effects such as "The Wandering Earth 2", "Detective Chinatown 3", "Assassination of Novelists" and many other movies were made by this company. It can be said to be the top visual effects company in the country, and many people even think that It is number one in the industry, comparable to Hollywood.

Wei Yang took him under his wing and invested a lot of money, but the shares were restrained because he wanted to attract talents.

To put it bluntly, he is not pointing out that this company is used to make money, but to complement the system ecology of the Blue Whale system.

Of course, it would be better if we could maintain some technical advantages for Blue Whale and make some money by the way.

The special effects belong to More VFX, and the Blue Whale post-production department is mainly responsible for editing, dubbing and soundtracking, narration and subtitles, packaging, etc. The work is more complicated and the number of people is large.

After all, the film and television works of the Blue Whale series are all responsible for this. Many companies such as Bingyang, Mixing and other close companies, or non-main-control projects invested by Blue Whale, will be more inclined to hand over the post-production work here. .

After all, this place has achieved great results, has many elites, and the overall professional quality of the group ranks first in the industry.

This also leads to the fact that although the post-production department has a lot of manpower, it is often not enough, and some trivial and less important work will be outsourced.

As a boss, you can't just listen to reports, but also help solve problems. Wei Yang asked about the difficulties in the post-production department.

At this time, any smart person in charge will definitely be in trouble, and the post-production department is no exception.

Too much overtime, poor logistics benefits, low wages, limited authority in some areas, making work inconvenient, the variety show department always borrowing people and poaching...

The post-production department is mainly responsible for the post-production of film and television. It targets the film department and the television department. The advertising department also contacts them for some business.

Logically speaking, the variety show department should also be their partner, but the variety show department has a dedicated post-production team.

There are reasons why variety shows and film and television post-production work are different, and there are also issues left over from the overt and covert conflicts between the variety show and the previous film and television departments.

Later, the film and television department was split and the post-production department became independent, but the variety show department kept the department's post-production team.

However, the scale is still limited, resulting in often insufficient manpower, and from time to time the post-production department comes to borrow people, or even poach people.

The post-production department hates this, and the two heads' biggest wish is to incorporate the post-production team of the variety department into the post-production department.

Although Wei Yang is not often in the company, it does not mean that he has no information channels. He knows these disputes more or less.

The post-production department is right, and the variety department is not unreasonable.

The Blue Whale Film and Television Department is too strong. If the variety department can't fight hard, it may be framed. Otherwise, the company will not allow the post-production team of the variety department to be independent.

Sometimes, some seemingly unreasonable regulations and establishments are all for a reason.

It is too difficult to have harmony in such a large company. Even if Wei Yang is the boss, he can't do whatever he wants.

"Poaching is too wrong. Borrowing people is reasonable for departments to help each other. I will talk to the variety department later and ask them not to go too far. We are all in the same company and we should be united and harmonious."

Boss Wei habitually pretends to be stupid and muddy.

Every successful boss is an outstanding scumbag, but the scum is not his partner, but his employees.

However, what makes Boss Wei better than ordinary employees is that although he is a scumbag, he is still generous.

The matter of the variety department was muddled through, but Wei Yang promised to improve the welfare benefits of the post-production department, and the salary and performance can also be discussed.

Overtime is inevitable, but if the workload is really heavy, more people can be hired appropriately.

He didn't know much about the specific process of inconvenience in work due to insufficient authority, but he would inform the vice president in charge to deal with it and optimize it as much as possible to reduce trouble and improve efficiency.

"The boss is so considerate. On behalf of all the employees in the post-production department, I thank the boss for his support."

The head of the post-production department led the people in the post-production department to flatter him. A young man even shouted the slogan "Long live the boss."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about business. Has Xin Shuang been contacted?"

Wei Yang was a little overwhelmed. Many people in the post-production department were from a technical background. Their flattery level was too poor and their words were too awkward, which was far worse than administration and personnel.

Fatty Chen, the producer of "The Undocumented Crime", wiped his sweat as he looked at a series of unreachable voice calls and WeChat messages on his phone.

"Uh... I haven't contacted him yet. "

Hu Ya, the secretary next to Wei Yang, couldn't help but say, "Didn't you say you were talking to the outsourcing team about the work? If you can't contact him, you can always contact the outsourcing team."

Fat Chen sweated even more: "I just contacted him, and it seems that he is back. Maybe he was delayed on the way."

Hu Ya, the secretary, has a high status in the company and didn't give Fatty Chen any face at all.

"What do you mean by seem, what do you mean by possible? The boss has been waiting for more than half an hour."

Fat Chen was squeezed and couldn't speak. He cursed in his heart. Xin Shuang was not there, and it was okay that he couldn't contact him. The key was that the finished material was taken away by him, and the password to the cloud was unknown.

You know, in order to prevent the works from being leaked in advance, the management of material protection is very strict.

After all, a work is worth hundreds of millions or even more. If it is not well kept and pirated copies are launched first, it will be a big trouble.

Blue Whale suffered this loss in "Celebrating Yu Nian 2". Fortunately, there were not many leaks, and Blue Whale and the platform responded quickly, so it didn't cause a big disaster.

So, in post-production, only the project post-production responsible Only a few people, including the producer and director, can access all the materials and keep them.

Some projects are simply managed by only 1~2 people, such as "The Undocumented Crime".

Since Xin Shuang followed up the post-production throughout the process, the person in charge of the post-production did not need to manage the materials, and he could just ask him for them directly, so he did not ask for the password.

The producer Chen Pangzi personally preferred distribution and publicity, and did not care about the post-production, so he did not know.

So once Xin Shuang lost contact, Wei Yang could only wait for him to come back if he wanted to see the finished editing of "The Undocumented Crime".

"If this kid disappears, wouldn't my investment of tens of millions be wasted."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Wei Yang joked, but this joke seemed a bit inappropriate.

Fatty Chen was no longer sweating, he was so anxious that he almost cried, and hurriedly apologized and left: "I'll go look for it again."

Several people in the post-production department could not sit still, except for the two bosses who stayed to accompany Boss Wei, the others went out to look for people.

Boss Wei looked at Hu Ya innocently: "Is it that serious? Am I that scary? "

The latter smiled naively. Boss Wei's prestige in Blue Whale is very high. Even if he behaves kindly, there are still many people who are afraid of him.

What's more, this matter is really not polite. It is equivalent to leaving the boss who came to inspect here to hang out. Who wouldn't be anxious?

For example, a senior leader from above said that he wanted to meet a certain artist in the company, but he couldn't find anyone.

It's not right for the leader to stay, which would only cause embarrassment, but he said too much before, so it's not good to leave directly. A group of people can only waste time, and Wei Yang would be anxious.

"Okay, take a look at your office environment. ”

It was still Boss Wei who took the initiative to give Chen Pangzi enough time to find someone while inspecting the employees.

This time, Chen Pangzi did not disappoint Boss Wei's efforts. After Wei Yang took a look around, he finally pulled Xin Shuang away with sweat all over his forehead.

Xin Shuang had long hair and sweat on his face. When he saw Boss Wei, he hurriedly explained.

“Sorry, Boss Wei, my phone is out of battery. I happened to have something to do outside…”

Wei Yang waved his hand: “It’s okay. Just come back and take a look at the materials.”

Post-production department, audio-visual room

Double watched the rough cuts of two episodes, and then watched some highlights. Wei Yang nodded.

He was not wrong about Xin Shuang, this guy is really good.

Of the original Zijin Chen trilogy, only "The Secret Corner" was shot by Xin Shuang, "The Undocumented Crime" and "The Silent Truth" were shot by other people.

Wei Yang personally believes that "The Secret Corner" was the most successful.

"The Undocumented Crime" was the worst, but the actors were strong.

Aunt Deng Jiajia contributed her peak acting skills, Qin Hao was both good and evil, and had a bad temper, and also discovered Ning Li, a treasure actor.

Li Toyota, played by him, smoked in reverse, and became a very distinctive and influential film and television ruthless character.

"The Silent Truth", which has the best Douban score and the best reputation, relies on the excellence of the plot itself. As long as the director can shoot that kind of despair and justice, this drama is a top-notch work.

"The Secret Corner" was adapted from "Bad Kids", which talks about juvenile delinquency, involving young actors and many explorations and discussions of family and education. If you want to shoot well, you have to have a certain foundation.

Obviously, Xin Shuang succeeded in his previous life, and it can be said that the trilogy is the most popular and influential.

However, the limelight was taken away by the popular Qin Hao and some plots, and few people noticed Xin Shuang, a fledgling director.

When he really became famous, it was the later "The Long Season", which was not only very popular, but also scored 9.4 on Douban, and was listed as a masterpiece of online dramas in recent years.

Wei Yang also remembered Xin Shuang at that time. When shooting the "Weiyang Trilogy" this time, he "overcame all objections" and let Xin Shuang be the director.

Before that, Xin Shuang was just a small director who shot commercials and MVs, and had no reputation.

However, everyone has long been accustomed to Boss Wei's unique vision and the behavior of finding talents at will. Xin Shuang is just another achievement of Wei Bole.

Xin Shuang was naturally stunned by this pie in the sky, and happily ran to Blue Whale to be a director.

Wei Yang, in fact, was a little afraid of forcing his own growth, so he assigned him a senior executive director.

But some people are born to be directors!

In his previous life, Xin Shuang was a rookie, and he made a hit web drama "The Secret Corner" with a score of nearly 9.

Although he started two or three years earlier in this life, he still made "The Undocumented Crime" very well. With some practice, he will be the backbone of Blue Whale in the future.

"Do a good job, and "The Secret Corner" is also handed over to you. Don't let the book fans scold me."

Before leaving, Wei Yang specially encouraged Xin Shuang, who was surprised and happy, but still couldn't help asking.

"What about "The Silent Truth"? "

Among the Weiyang trilogy, this is the one he likes and wants to shoot the most. Since he was asked to shoot the first two, it doesn't make sense to change people at the last minute.

Wei Yang smiled and said, "As for this drama, I'll talk to you when I have time."

Let's talk, Wei Yang led people away. Xin Shuang was a little confused at first, but then he suddenly realized.

He said, how could Boss Wei not participate in the novel he wrote himself? It turns out that he has been thinking about "The Silent Truth" for a long time.

So, I can direct the boss? !

Before Xin Shuang came to his senses, several people in the post-production department had surrounded him to congratulate him, and even Fatty Chen put his arm around him, like a good brother, as if the one who was just irritated was another person.

After leaving the big boss alone for so long, the latter was not angry, and even talked and laughed with him, giving him an important task, and his appreciation was obvious.

For someone who is favored by Boss Wei, how can there be no future prospects?