Chapter 146 Old Comrade
In mid-November, Lin Zixuan's appointment documents were released, and he is now the deputy director of the production department of the Art Center.
The Beijing TV Art Center has administrative departments, production departments and logistics departments. Although there are only more than 100 people, although the sparrow is small and has all kinds of positions, there is no shortage of any one.
This is a state-owned unit. Don’t talk about whether to do it or not. The leadership team must be fully prepared.
The production department of the Art Center is the most important, with a total of more than 70 people, which are divided into various groups, including director groups, creative groups, behind-the-scenes groups, etc.
In general units, deputy positions are empty positions and have no real power, which is just running errands for the main positions and taking the blame.
Once something happens to the unit, the person who comes out to take responsibility is basically the deputy.
However, in the Art Center, due to the special circumstances and Li Hong's support, Lin Zixuan gained more initiative. He was responsible for the production of the center's TV series and could decide what kind of TV series to shoot.
This year is almost over, and it is time to look back on the past and look forward to the future.
Lin Zixuan is relatively busy. He wants to summarize the gains and losses of filming TV series this year, and also arranges the series to be filmed next year.
According to financial data, the Art Center has made good profits this year. Several TV series filmed have been sold, and it has an income of nearly 5 million yuan after tax. With the national annual funding, it will be able to spend 6 million yuan in shooting funds next year.
Li Hong believes that the next year, there will be at least 200 episodes to film, and there will be two long TV series.
Long-form TV series are more popular with audiences and are also the main force in winning awards.
Lin Zixuan doesn’t agree with this kind of production method that simply pursues quantity. TV series is still an artistic creation and should focus on quality. It doesn’t matter if you are slower, but you should strive for excellence.
However, he also knew that with the development of the market economy, everyone should pursue economic benefits, which would come at the expense of quality.
How to balance the relationships among them will be a difficult problem, otherwise a batch of shoddy TV series will appear.
Lin Zixuan shook his head and didn't think about this problem for the time being. He didn't care about other production units, just make up his own acre of three-point land. The Art Center has already decided on two rural TV series.
Since "Women Are Not the Moon" was broadcast, it has led to the popularity of rural dramas. I am afraid that TV series such as this will appear in large numbers next year, and the screen is full of rural family matters.
He also agreed to Zhang Guoli's costume drama and invested 1.5 million to shoot 30 episodes to try it out.
In this era, the production cost of Chinese TV series is generally 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per episode. High-cost TV series such as "The People of Beijing in New York" are just special cases.
Due to the appearance, costume TV series, the cost will be greater due to the relationship between appearance, costumes and props, and 50,000 episodes should be enough.
If the first one is popular, it can be made into a series like "I Love My Home".
In addition, there are also several short TV series to be filmed, and Lin Zixuan plans to film "Enjoy the End".
Chen Xiaoyi once mentioned to him and asked him if there was a role suitable for Jiang Shan.
Among the three golden flowers in the Theatre Academy, Chen Xiaoyi was the first to become famous and tasted the taste of becoming famous before graduation. Xu Fan successfully entered the film industry with the movie "The Great Saba" and received praise.
Only Jiang Shan is still in a half-popular state, and she needs a character that the audience can remember.
The plot of "Enjoy the End" is actually quite simple, it is the love story of a urban man and woman.
From acquaintance, love, repulsion, separation, belief, and even to the end when they meet again, the two are full of ups and downs, grudges, and bumps, similar to the men and women in reality.
It is precisely because of the truth that it resonates.
Lin Zixuan sorted out these plans and arrangements, and then reported to Zhang Jiangong, the director of the production department. This is a normal process. If he cannot report directly to Li Hong, it would be a step further.
Of course, he could tell Li Hong privately, but he must leave the process that should be taken, otherwise there will be suspicion of overthrowing the leader.
This is how you do things in your unit. You must pay attention to all aspects and reduce unnecessary conflicts and contradictions.
Zhang Jiangong originally worked in the propaganda department of the municipal party committee and was familiar with national policies. He believed that TV series and movies also played a propaganda role, and was no different from radio and newspapers.
While entertaining the public, it must also be educational.
It makes sense to say this. Taking movies as an example, it is said that Hollywood is a free and open place to shoot the movies you want to shoot, but those real American blockbusters have a common theme, that is, Americans save the world.
In the film, most of the US teams have positive images, brave and fearless death.
This is actually a kind of political propaganda. Therefore, in addition to the artistic and commercial attributes, film and television dramas also have the role of propaganda.
When he came to the Art Center, Zhang Jiangong did not blindly command the situation as soon as he came, but kept observing, understanding the situation, and doing a basic work.
He found that the people in the production department were very young, and few of them were over forty years old, and they had a kind of vitality. The core figure of Lin Zixuan was less than 26 years old and only worked for two and a half years.
When Zhang Jiangonggang knew that Lin Zixuan was Li Hong's son-in-law, he thought Li Hong was nepotism and handed over such an important job to a young man. Isn't this a nonsense?
At that time, Lin Zixuan was still in the United States and didn't know that he was being missed.
Zhang Jiangong later learned about Lin Zixuan's situation. Although he recognized Lin Zixuan's ability, he still felt that young people were prone to impulsiveness and did not consider it much, and someone needed to check it out.
He listened to Lin Zixuan's report in the office and did not mention the plan for next year. Instead, he talked about another thing.
"I read the book "Haima Dance Hall". The content is a bit negative and negative. I'm afraid it will have a bad impact when it is broadcast. I wrote a few suggestions for you to refer to it." Zhang Jiangong said calmly.
Lin Zixuan knew that "Haima Dance Hall" was the name that happened in the dance hall.
At this time, the dance halls were relatively chaotic, and all kinds of strange things would happen. This story took the path of "The Story of the Editorial Department", criticizing reality and satirizing current affairs.
Young people are easy to accept, while the elderly may look a little messy.
"The Story of the Editorial Department" was almost banned, so we should pay more attention this time. Not every time can the national leaders come forward to solve the problem.
"Okay, I'll tell them to make modifications in post-production, strive to pass the review, and not have any problems." Lin Zixuan took the revision opinion handed over by Zhang Jiangong and said seriously.
Zhang Jiangong nodded and expressed his approval of Lin Zixuan's attitude.
Lin Zixuan left, this was the first time that he and his old comrades got along. The relationship between people was a process of continuous adjustment. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!