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Chapter Seven The Feeling of Making Money

"Divorce Lawsuit" is really a customized drama!

In fact, the leading party in customizing dramas is the TV station. One of the benefits of doing so is that it reduces costs...

After all, there are many high-quality dramas that need to be snatched up.

How to grab it?

Basically, whoever gives more money will have a chance...

However, customized dramas are directly funded by TV stations. The most popular one is Mango Channel. Their homemade dramas are really awesome. Starting from "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", they have always insisted on making their own dramas...

In the following years, "Love History of the Tang Dynasty", "The Boy Who Came Together", "Blood Xiangxi", including "The Ming Dynasty 1566" were produced...

It's a pity that the ratings of these dramas are not high. On the contrary, "The Invincible" hit a new profit high, and then started to make various thunder dramas!

Pull it back...

The subject matter of "Divorce Lawsuit" is very topical in society.

As for divorce, just hearing these two words makes me feel that there must be something wrong behind it.

Liao Gaoxiang looked through the outline of the script and said, "Are the plot points listed? That should be no problem..."

"How much will you pay this time?"

“…2,000 yuan per episode…no deposit this time!”

"No deposit?"

Zhao Xin explained: "My uncle asked us to write a version for him to read. If it is good, we will directly give us the quotation of the TV station..."

Shen Xudong was confused: "The TV station's price?"

"It's the normal market price..." Zhao Linhai explained casually, and then asked: "Do you have any requirements?"

"What can I ask for..." Zhao Xin suddenly thought of something: "My uncle said, the most important thing is to follow the set plot points, and don't use it yourself..."

Speaking of this, he added: "Actually, my uncle doesn't recommend that we start taking jobs in our freshman year. It's best to start taking jobs in the second semester of our sophomore year. After all, we should focus on studying at this stage!"

"You only took the job in your sophomore year? The day lilies are already cold!"

"That's right, my back doesn't hurt when I stand and talk..."

"I said the same thing to him. After all, times are different now... There used to be fewer screenwriters..."

This is true. Before 1997, professional screenwriters were from various theater groups and movie theaters.

It was only after 1997 that the first batch of Chinese professional screenwriters appeared. They made a living by writing scripts, with no salary, no labor insurance, no five insurances and one housing fund...

At that time, there were probably only a few dozen in the country...

Why 1997?

Because the drama department in 1997 did not include allocations!

There were only a few colleges and universities at that time, so it was relatively easy for those people to find employment in all aspects, because when it came to finding screenwriters, these were the people.

It probably started with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" in 1995. In addition to selling these dramas to TV stations to recoup their costs, they also made videotapes and made money from the videotapes.

At that time, people really came to China Theater with sacks looking for someone to write a script, saying, 'Write whatever you want and it will be filmed!'

This group of people quickly became the mainstream, and many small jobs were handed over to the juniors...

Therefore, Shen Xudong and the others were able to come into contact with a lot of projects during their freshman year!

Although it is not as happy as the first batch of professional screenwriters - there were people who came to the door with money, but it is much happier than the group of people ten years later!



Although Shen Xudong has some memories of another person, it does not have a big impact...

It's like when you read a biography of a celebrity, what else can you do besides lamenting the timing and genius?

Just keep living your boring life!

But it cannot be said that there is no impact at all.

At least he feels like a god when he writes scripts now. Usually we have pauses when writing and are a little unsure about wording and sentence making, but he doesn't have these problems at all. It feels like writing scripts is something he... is born with.

!

And he seems to be born with an understanding of these fields...

"Divorce Lawsuit" has a lot of legal aspects involved, of course, just a little bit. How can there be any rigorous legal topics in our country?

The adversarial litigation model in common law countries makes it easy to dramatize the court process. What about us?

The social system is different. The pure proletariat actually does not need law enforcement - because by default all state agencies serve the people wholeheartedly!

So, if you want to write about legal affairs, you can, "Bao Qingtian" and "The Criminal Officer of the Song Dynasty" came into being!

Pulling back, Shen Xudong quickly handed in the manuscript.

This time I successfully received 3,000 yuan - a total of 12,000 yuan for the six-episode script, which was divided equally among the four...

After dividing the money, Zhao Xinlai said: "The specific shooting time has not been determined yet. If it is shot, I will ask my uncle to see if it is possible to join the team..."

Zhao Linhai hesitated: "But the school won't let us leave, right?"

Generally speaking, students are not allowed to go out during the first and second years of college when they are laying foundations...

Zhao Xin scratched his head: "...Let's talk about it then!"

Liao Gaoxiang suggested: "Let's go out and have a good time!"

"Xudong, what are you thinking about?"

After Shen Xudong collected the money, he felt a little emotional: "...I am the first to earn so much money by myself, two months of living expenses!"

3,000 yuan, which is 1,000 yuan more than his mother’s monthly salary!

These are just the results of his week...

Who said there is no money to be made as a screenwriter?

Zhao Linhai smiled: "Haha... I'm telling you, as long as you have work to do as a screenwriter, you can easily gain a foothold in the capital!"

The reason why Shen Xudong's family agreed to let him enter the Chinese Opera was because they wanted their child to gain a foothold in the capital!

If you can gain a foothold in a big city, what you will change is the life of future generations...

Before the college entrance examination, their class teacher said: If you can go to a big city, you must go to a big city. It is not a matter of chance, but that you have changed the fate of your family!

But Shen Xudong immediately asked: "What if there is no work?"

"Don't belittle yourself, we all think you are great!"

Zhao Xin nodded: "Indeed, the writing speed is fast, the writing is not bad, and most importantly, I am good at writing character psychology..."

"Can these make excellent screenwriters?"

"It's not enough. If you want to be an excellent screenwriter, you must have your own original project... But there's no rush, we're only freshmen..."

The key point is that there is no point in rushing. To create an original project, the most important thing is: money!

Making movies and TV series requires money...

It just so happens that Shen Xudong doesn’t have this thing!



The four of them left the dormitory and walked outside the school gate. They passed by the bulletin board and saw the notice for the Chinese Opera Student Drama Sketch Competition...

"this is?"

"A competition held by the school..."

"We will invite some leaders of the drama troupe to come and have a look. It is mainly a stage for the senior fellow students to show off!"

Shen Xudong was confused: "Didn't you hear the teacher say that?"

"Where do we have time..."

"Just wait until next year. You can sign up for sophomore year!"

"The school holds a bunch of activities every year to give students a chance to show off...otherwise what will happen if so many students graduate?"

This is true...

Just talking about the Department of Theater and Literature, China National Theater University recruits more than thirty students every year, and the employment situation is very tight.

In the past, the counterpart unit was a theater troupe, but each theater troupe needs a lot of actors, and only two or three screenwriters are enough. If one is sick, the other one can write.

Now…

The drama troupe does not recruit new people!

Even if they are recruited, it still matters...

It is basically impossible for Shen Xudong to become a topic artist in a small town like this.


Chapter completed!
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