Chapter 773 Stability

"The third one."

After entering the room, Short greeted his college roommate.

His roommate was the third one in the dormitory.

Even though nearly ten years had passed, Short still called him that, "The first one hasn't come yet?"

He thought he was late enough because he was working overtime, but he didn't expect the first one to be even later.

"Soon."

The third brother poured a glass of water for Short: "On the way, he just said in the group that their drama troupe will have a drama to be performed recently. As a member of the stage design, he has been busy these days."

Short wondered: "Didn't Beijing Art Institute just perform "Wotou Guild Hall"?"

"Hi."

The third brother waved his hand: "The eldest brother is no longer working at Beijing Art Institute. Someone poached him to Jiangyu Troupe."

"Jiangyu Troupe?!"

Short stopped drinking water: "The drama troupe of Li Yu's husband? It's a private troupe, right?"

"Yes."

The third brother: "I heard that the salary is about the same as Beijing Art Institute, but there is a share of the performance."

The eldest brother is a stage art designer, responsible for the design of the stage scenery and props of the drama. From the brick walls and murals on the stage, to a tree, to miniature models, etc., all of these are his work content.

There is a share of the choreography——

Short: “That’s quite unusual.”

The third brother: “Isn’t this the style of the big devil? I remember when we were in college, there was news that the industry usually doesn’t share the royalties of the arrangers, but Li Yu would give a portion of his royalties to the arrangers.”

Of course.

Anyone who can take the share of the choreography royalties from Li Yu is a very powerful person in the music circle.

It’s almost like a professional certification.

“That’s right. Boss——”

Short was about to say something, but the door of the box opened and the boss came in.

“Sorry, sorry.”

The boss apologized as soon as he entered the room, “I was delayed by some work.”

The third brother: “Boss, the choreography work is also so busy.”

The boss: “It depends on the time.”

For the plays that have been staged, the choreography design can be repaired and improved continuously, and you can sit in the office and drink tea when you are free. But for the new plays, everything starts from scratch, so it will be busier. "We still have our own theater. If we rent a theater, the cost is very expensive. We have to race against time to get the scene, so that we can have more time for the actors and technical department to synthesize and rehearse. Staying up late is common." The eldest brother said.

However——

They also accept staying up late.

Because the actors perform well, they also get a share.

"That's pretty good."

Short and the third brother both think so.

One of them is in game special effects, and the other is in visual effects. Overtime is commonplace, and they don't see a penny of overtime pay.

Seeing that everyone is here, the third brother calls the waiter to order food.

This way.

Short poured a glass of water for the eldest brother: "Boss, I was planning to ask you to help me get two tickets for "Wotou Guild Hall". Why did you quietly go to Jiangyu Drama Troupe?"

The eldest brother: "You want to go to see it? I can still get tickets."

"Really?"

Short said happily: "I am chasing a girl. Yesterday I saw her circle of friends complaining that tickets for "Wotou Guild Hall" were not available. They were all taken away by scalpers. Tickets that cost more than 100 yuan were sold for more than 700 yuan. It was simply a robbery."

The eldest brother: "The script of Wotou Guild Hall was written by our boss. Let me ask Director Wu."

"The tickets of Jiangyu Drama Troupe are even more exaggerated than those of Beijing Art Theater." The third brother sent the waiter away and interrupted to chat: "The tickets for "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" are almost sold out until the year after next. My wife and I want to go to see it, but we found that there are only scalper tickets."

The eldest brother: "I can't do anything about this ticket."

The tickets of Beijing Art Theater are free tickets, which is equivalent to welfare.

The ticket management of their drama troupe is very strict.

The eldest brother advised him not to buy scalper tickets for the small theater: "It must be a scam. Our small theater tickets are real-name tickets. The uncles and aunts in the square check the tickets one by one with their naked eyes."

Beer and cold dishes came up.

They ate and talked.

The third brother finally revealed the origin of this dinner -

He was unemployed.

He was less than 35 years old, and he collapsed at this threshold.

Not only unemployed.

The former employer still owed him salary.

As for why the former employer owed him salary, it was because the film and television production company owed their visual effects company the final payment.

As for when the production company will pay the final payment, it will probably have to wait until the movie is released.

But-

His former employer will not live to see that time.

Now.

The third brother has a mortgage, a car loan, and his children are still in school. Once he can't make ends meet, he really doesn't know what to do.

He also submitted a resume to find a job, "The market is not good now, there are few blockbusters, and many companies are too late to lay off employees, let alone recruit people."

Xiao Te nodded.

He switched from the visual effects industry to game special effects.

He knew too well that domestic visual effects companies survive by rolling projects, because to put it bluntly, except for the top visual effects companies in China, the remaining special effects companies are very competitive, and there are no technical barriers. They just bring together those who do 3D, synthesis, and animation. Anyway, after the upstream film and television companies give the stars a 208 yuan, give it to the directors, and have huge marketing expenses, they can only give the downstream visual effects companies that much, which is just a 50-cent special effect. You can do it, and I can do it too, so let's roll down the price.

Then——

Because the price is low, in order to maintain wages and other expenses, the company can only continue to accept projects. If there are no projects, or the agreed projects are delayed, or the third brother’s former employer is owed the final payment, then they can only be eliminated.

So——

It’s good that the visual effects company doesn’t lay off people, let alone recruit people.

The eldest brother is worried about the third brother: "Then the second brother, how about letting the third brother try the game special effects?"

Short could only say, "Let me ask our company for you."

In the past few years, game companies used high salaries to poach people in film and television special effects, and he went there at that time.

I don’t know what the situation is now.

The third brother breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his beer to thank the two brothers: "The eldest brother is still clear-sighted, stability is above all else."

When they graduated from college, it was a time when young and old people were emerging frequently and vigorous.

They were also at a vigorous age, vowing to make a career in this vigorous era.

He and Short never thought about the career position at Jingyi.

Short: "Oh, by the way, Boss, why are you in Jiangyu Drama Troupe now?"

This is not stable.

"Hi."

The boss waved his hand.

He was also by mistake, "At first, Director Wu of our troupe went there, and then he came back to poach our troupe's stage director. The stage director didn't want to go at first, but after Director Wu took him to see their drama, he decided to go with him. In his words, the drama of their drama troupe is enough for us to eat for a lifetime."

So--

The stage director brought them here.

Of course.

This is also because of money.

Living in Beijing is not easy.

The cost of living is high, and the mortgage is also high.

After having children, who doesn't want their children to live a better life?

He is here at Jiangyu Drama Troupe. Although the basic salary has not increased much, the box office share is written in black and white in the contract. Moreover, the play is really good, and every show is full. As long as they don't rely on their old capital, they will have a bowl of rice to eat.

So why not come here?

Boss: "The play is broadcast on Mango TV, and we get a share of the profits."

Although not many people pay to watch it now, the money they get is only a few cents. But as long as the video is still playing, as long as they are not fired, become unethical artists, or break the law, the share will continue to be paid.

Even if they quit.

What's more -

Boss: "The play that our troupe is going to perform recently is another classic. You must go and watch it. It's amazing."

Short: "What play?"

Boss: "A story about a man who said he was Jesus in front of a group of university professors, and the professors believed it."

Short: "It sounds good."

"Is it?"

The boss thinks that such a classic play should still be watched by people decades later.

In a sense, this is also a kind of stability.