Chapter 914 Preparations

Chen Ye came to the film department and found that Zheng Tong was not in the office. When he was about to find someone to ask, he saw his secretary and asked, "Where is Mr. Zheng now?"

"Ah? Mr. Zheng is having a meeting in the conference room now." Seeing that it was Chen Ye, the secretary thought that it was Mr. Tan who was looking for him, so he said, "How about I go over and tell Mr. Zheng?"

Chen Ye hesitated for a moment and said, "How long will it take for it to end?"

The secretary raised his hand and glanced at the time on the lady's watch: "It's been more than an hour, it should be over soon."

Chen Ye nodded and said, "Let Mr. Zheng finish his work. I'll wait for him here for a while."

In a conference room of the film department, under the auspices of Zheng Tong, a very important meeting was being held with several directors of the film department.

With competition in the film market so fierce, major entertainment companies are beginning to look for new directions, and Bright Entertainment is no exception. The theme of today's meeting revolves around the development direction of the film department in the next period of time.

If you want to find new development directions, you must understand the current market environment, otherwise your imaginary ideas will be divorced from reality and will be of no use.

What types of movies are mainstream in today’s market, and what kind of movies can attract more audiences?

Each supervisor received their respective tasks a few days ago and conducted full investigations.

Zheng Tong listened carefully to everyone's report and said: "You have done a very thorough investigation. After listening to so many market conditions, please share your thoughts."

The supervisors of various departments actively expressed their opinions and ideas. Zheng Tong recorded some feasible plans while thinking.

When everyone adds firewood, the flames are high. When there are more people, there will naturally be more ideas.

After several supervisors finished speaking, they looked at Zheng Tong.

Zheng Tong looked at the document on the computer and said: "I have summarized everyone's thoughts, and now they are roughly divided into two directions. You listen, and we will vote."

Today's meeting is mainly to discuss a general direction, and then submit the results to Tan Yue.

Whether it passes or not depends on Tan Yue's final decision.

After talking about the two options, Zheng Tongdao asked: "Is there anything else you need to add?"

Some shook their heads, others remained silent.

"Then let the voting begin."

After the vote, Zheng Tong said: “Then let’s decide on the first option.”

After saying that, he added: "Everyone, the competition in the film market is very cruel. I hope you can give 200% of your efforts during the next period of time."

The film department is developing better and better. One of the main reasons is that with Tan Yue here, Zheng Tong also wants to make achievements on his own.

"Meeting dismissed."

Zheng Tong hurriedly left the conference room with a piece of material and walked towards his office. He wanted to quickly sort out the contents of today's meeting and submit it.

If you act early, you can seize the initiative early.

"Mr. Zheng."

Zheng Tong stopped and turned around to see Chen Ye: "Secretary Chen, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Tan wants to ask you to come to the office."

"Okay, I'll go over now." Zheng Tong handed the document in his hand to the secretary and arranged: "Put this information on my desk."

"Okay, Director."

Compared with the information in his hand, Tan Yue's matters were more important, so Zheng Tong followed Chen Ye to the president's office.

Zheng Tong came to the office and explained: "Sorry, Mr. Tan, I was just in a meeting."

On the way here, he realized that Chen Ye had been waiting for more than ten minutes.

"It doesn't matter."

Zheng Tong: "Today I discussed the development direction of the film department with several department managers. The results are now available, and the information can be submitted tomorrow at the latest."

Tan Yue nodded with satisfaction and talked about the purpose of looking for Zheng Tong this time: "Now that the casting of "Forrest Gump" has been finalized, the next step is to prepare for the start of the movie."

"Don't worry if you leave it to me." Zheng Tong is basically the one doing the preparations every time, and he is already very familiar with it.

Tan Yue didn't say much about the preparations. He took out a folder and said, "Here is the list of all the actors. Take a look first."

Zheng Tong opened the folder and saw Ma Guoliang's name at first sight. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Ma Guoliang was still the protagonist in the movie.

He even thought that Ma Guoliang was still on the set of "Crazy".

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense for Ma Guoliang to play the leading role.

Tan Yue's movies are becoming more and more famous, and the audience's demands for movies will naturally increase accordingly.

There is no way around this. The audience's expectations have been raised. Even if Tan Yue makes a good quality movie, the audience may not be satisfied. The quality must be extremely high.

After reading the script of this new movie, Zheng Tong believed that this role was not very difficult, and actors with poor acting skills would not be qualified for it. He also thought about who would play the leading role in "Forrest Gump".

There is no problem at all for Ma Guoliang to star in "Forrest Gump".

Zheng Tong also heard about Ma Guoliang's brilliant record in the "Hurry" crew.

Zheng Tong knew the candidates for most of the roles on the list, but he was not sure who the male and female protagonists were.

And now the candidate is known.

Tan Yue said: "When I go back, I will make a plan and the email will be sent directly to my mailbox."

Making a good plan in advance can make all the preparatory work proceed in an orderly manner, otherwise it is particularly easy to miss some small things.

Before the film starts, all the work must be done in place so that the subsequent filming can proceed smoothly.

Zheng Tong closed the folder in his hand and replied: "Okay."

"This movie is very important. Prepare the preparatory work well and report to me in time if there are any problems."

Zheng Tong nodded, but his mind was full of thoughts.

Tan Yue reminded more than once that "Forrest Gump" is a very important movie. Even when "The Truman Show" was filmed, there were no reminders many times.

Zheng Tong muttered in his heart: What important thing did Mr. Tan do with this movie?

After the two chatted about some details of the preparatory work, Zheng Tong left the office.

'Ding Dong' the elevator door opened.

"Mr. Zheng." Someone greeted.

"Hello." Zheng Tong's reaction was obviously half a beat slower. He was still thinking about what the purpose of this movie was.

Watching the elevator door close, Zheng Tong shook his head and began to think about the plan.

The plan behind this movie has nothing to do with him, and it is not a problem he should think about.

The most important thing at the moment is to get the plan out as soon as possible so that the film can start shooting as soon as possible.

The plan is not a difficult task for him, and it can be done in a day or two.

Zheng Tong returned to the office and created a new document on the computer, ready to start writing the plan. In just a few minutes, he had a general idea in his mind.

Just as his hands were on the keyboard, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Director." Manager Liu came in with a document and said, "This is a document you asked me to organize."

Zheng Tong took the document, and Manager Liu introduced it next to him.

"From the current situation, every director has some problems to a greater or lesser extent, and they also have many things they don't understand." Manager Liu paused: "I asked some directors, they want to organize a meeting to study and discuss together, which can be regarded as mutual learning."

In the entire company, except for Tan Yue, there are almost no top directors who are very famous in the circle. Zheng Tong wondered if he could train them.

Zheng Tong nodded thoughtfully, his eyes lit up, and said: "This is a good suggestion. Let's gather all the directors of the company together and organize an academic exchange meeting in a while."

The company has never organized such an opportunity before, and he thinks Tan Yue will also strongly support it.

"Do the directors of the TV series department also want to participate?"

Although the TV series department and the film department are on the same floor, they are also two different types. Manager Liu mainly asked the directors of the film department this time, so he asked this question.

"I will communicate with the TV series department at that time. I don't think they will refuse."

As a director, the ultimate dream is of course to enter the film industry and show his works on the big screen.

This time Zheng Tong plans to organize a large exchange meeting and call all the directors of the company together.

TV directors can learn from film directors. Of course, there are many things to learn from TV directors. For example, Lin Qingye has never made a movie, but his experience is also something that many film directors do not have.

The two chatted in the office for nearly half an hour. When Manager Liu was about to get up and leave, he was stopped by Zheng Tong.

"Do you have any work arrangements next?"

Manager Liu thought carefully and said, "No for now."

Zheng Tong looked at the plan on the computer screen in front of him and said, "I'll give you a task. Write a plan for the preparation of the "Forrest Gump" crew. Give it to me before 3 pm. Is that okay?"

He also had to organize the materials from the meeting. There was a lot of content in this meeting, and he had to report it to his superiors. Otherwise, how could he prove that the development direction voted on was correct?

Zheng Tong thought about it and really couldn't spare the time.

"No problem." Manager Liu made an 'OK' gesture. He had also written a movie plan. And this time it was Mr. Tan's new movie. He had read the script of "Forrest Gump" many times. He was very happy to be assigned such a task this time.

"Go and write it. Hurry up."

Manager Liu trotted out of the office. Zheng Tong picked up the materials and started working.

The work of writing a plan is relatively simple. Manager Liu is fully capable of it. If there is anything inappropriate, Zheng Tong will improve it.

And if the content of the plan is really bad, Zheng Tong can rewrite it in a short time.

In order to finish the plan of "Forrest Gump" before 3 pm, Manager Liu took a few bites of lunch and returned to the office to work quickly, working during the lunch break.

In fact, the time is enough, but in order to write better, even if the lunch break is sacrificed, it is worth it in his opinion.

This time when writing the plan, he deliberately slowed down the speed, worried about problems.

Until more than two o'clock in the afternoon, Manager Liu looked at the written plan, checked it back and forth to ensure that there were no problems and typos, and then took the printed plan to Zheng Tong's office.

"I heard that you didn't take a break at noon?" Zheng Tong asked with concern: "If you think you can't finish it within the time, you can tell me."

He was still a little bit regretful, after all, it was the work he had assigned to do that delayed his rest.

Manager Liu said nonchalantly: "It's okay. I don't have the habit of taking a lunch break anyway. It's good to write something."

For decades, Manager Liu has never taken a lunch break and has long formed a habit.

While Zheng Tong watched, he marked some places with a pen and said: "Look at this place that needs to be modified. The plan must have a certain degree of change and be flexible. I will write out the changes directly for you, and you will Revise it in the electronic version and send it to me.”

"Okay." Manager Liu listened carefully, thinking about these issues that he must pay more attention to when making plans in the future.

More than twenty minutes later.

Zheng Tongdao: "Remember these questions and see if there is anything you haven't figured out yet. Then I'll explain them to you."

"there is none left."

Zheng Tong looked at the time and said: "It's three o'clock now. Give me before half past four. One and a half hours will be enough to correct the above problems."

There are no major problems in the plan, they are just minor problems that can be solved with a little modification.

"I'm going now." Manager Liu's steps were faster than the last time he walked.

Zheng Tong moved his neck, and he was only halfway through sorting out the materials in his hand. There was still a lot of content, and he didn't have any time to rest now.

It wasn't until 4:19 that Zheng Tong saw the plan sent by Director Liu on WeChat, and then opened it and started reading.

After a while, Manager Liu also came to the office.

"Director, I sent it to you. Are there any changes that need to be made this time?"

"Wait for me a moment." Zheng Tong's eyes did not leave the computer, reading the contents of the plan word by word.

All the places I marked just now have been modified.

After reading it, Zheng Tongtong said: "There is no big problem this time. I will just modify it. You can go back and have a rest first."

After hearing these words, Manager Liu took a deep breath, and his tense mood finally relaxed.

While writing the plan, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest, for fear of making serious mistakes.

After Manager Liu left, Zheng Tong temporarily put down the materials he had compiled and began to polish the plan.

The plan was already very good, and he only made two changes.

"There should be no problem." Zheng Tong checked it from beginning to end, nodded and said, "Very good."

Then click save and send it to Tan Yue via email.

Then Zheng Tong got up and left the office and went to the president's office. He wanted to see if the plan had been approved by Tan Yue?