Chapter 7 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 rob?

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

However, customized dramas are directly funded by TV stations. The most popular one is Mango TV. 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 Love of the Tang Dynasty", "Bloody Xiangxi", "The Ming Dynasty 1566"...

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 filming various thunder dramas!

Pull it back...

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

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's good, we can directly give us the quotation from 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 do it on your own..."

Having said 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, standing and talking doesn't hurt my back..."

"I said the same thing to him. After all, times are different now... There were fewer screenwriters in the past..."

This is true. Before 1997, professional screenwriters were employed by various theater groups and film studios.

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 they were the ones who were looking for screenwriters.

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

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 work on a bunch of projects during their freshman year!

Although not as happy as the first batch of professional screenwriters - there were people who came to the door with money, but they were 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 famous person, what else can you do except marvel at the timing and genius?

Keep living your boring life!

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

At least he feels like he has divine help when writing scripts now. Usually when we are writing, we will have pauses and be a little unsure about the wording and sentence making, but he has no such problems at all. He feels that the job of 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 Xin 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 group..."

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 still easily gain a foothold in the capital!"

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

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

Before the college entrance examination, their class teacher said: Those who can go to a big city must go to a big city. It is not a matter of chance, but that you have changed the destiny 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 you an excellent screenwriter?"

"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. Passing by the bulletin board, they saw the notice for the Chinese Theater 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...

Taking the Department of Theater and Literature alone, 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 someone like Shen Xudong.