Chapter 207 Studio Opening
"Always Think There's a Long Way to Go" is very popular on the Internet, and this song is deeply loved by middle-aged and elderly people.
The Internet is also full of videos of Xu Nuo writing songs for his mother-in-law and accompanying his father-in-law across the Yangtze River.
At this time, Xu Nuo finally had to return to Shanghai. The reason was very simple. Lao Qin had already completed the company's formalities. If he didn't go back, he would be angry.
"You kid is at home picking up girls. I'm busy enough. If you don't come back, I'll quit!"
Lao Qin rarely cursed, and Yu Zhou also weakly helped him out.
This time he had to go back.
This morning, Xu Nuo updated a Weibo post, announcing that he would set up the Star Studio and officially open it the day after tomorrow.
The entertainment industry had actually guessed it a long time ago. Since he terminated his contract, major entertainment companies have been frantically inviting him to join, with higher salaries than one another, but he refused them all.
At that time, everyone guessed that he would start an independent company. After all, with his creative ability, plus Qin Bangyan and others as a team, it would definitely be more than enough to open a small company to make a living.
But it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to become big and strong. Which of the entertainment giants has not experienced more than ten or twenty years of accumulation to have today's strength.
In the eyes of many people, Nuoyan is just young and hot-tempered. When he suffered losses, he knew that writing songs and running a company are completely different.
Fans spread the word, "Finally independent, I have long disliked Haiyin Entertainment."
"What a rubbish company, signed Shen Kaiwen for so many years, but didn't give any resources."
"People like Yu Zhou have always been on the bench."
"Yesterday, a lot of negative information about Nuoyan was published, damn it."
The Internet overwhelmingly supports Xu Nuo and scolds Haiyin Entertainment.
Some people are curious and click on the negative articles published by Haiyin Entertainment.
"Nuoyan is a big shot, disappearing from the office at any time", "He has accepted gifts from singers many times", "He is like a local emperor in the company, and everyone has to bow their heads and say hello when they see him"
The title is quite decent, but when you click in and take a look, wow, it is said in a serious manner, and it is hard to tell whether it is true or false.
"Is this true? Nuoyan is this kind of person?"
"Playing big? Local tyrant?"
Soon someone from Haiyin Entertainment couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out to clarify: "So-called playing big, isn't it normal for people to go out and find inspiration when they want to create songs? Most people in the composition department don't sit in the office all the time."
"Accepting gifts from singers is even more ridiculous. Kevin Shen and Yu Zhou send snacks every now and then, and the whole office has some."
"Local tyrant is even more nonsense. I'll show you a video and you'll know."
After saying this, the netizen who was obviously an insider showed a video.
The netizen clicked on the video, which showed Nuoyan walking into a hall, and everyone was quiet and stopped to greet him.
After watching it, some netizens said: "Damn, if I were a singer, I would do the same when I met Nuoyan. What if he was in a good mood and gave me a song?"
"No problem, I would be more enthusiastic than them, at least give me a 90-degree bow."
"What the hell, I thought he was a local emperor, I have prepared tissues, but this is it?!"
Yu Xing's actions further confirmed how high Xu Nuo's status in the hearts of singers is, and his popularity has not decreased but increased.
March 28th.
Fanxing Studio was officially established.
Xu Nuo was relatively low-key and did not invite celebrities from the entertainment industry to promote it.
But there were many people who came.
The Dream Seekers, Zhao Lei, Phoenix Group, Zhou Hongyuan...
And Yang Zheng and other big directors also sent people to send flower baskets.
Shen Kaiwen appeared at the scene despite the company's obstruction.
Lin Wanqing changed her clothes and wore a smart suit, showing the style of a workplace elite.
Xu Nuo was also dressed in a suit and stood at the door to welcome friends in the circle who came to congratulate him.
On that day, Zhou Hongyuan, Phoenix Band and others all asked Xu Nuo to write songs for them, and the studio got its first business.
All the previous orders had been sent to Haiyin Entertainment. Now that Xu Nuo had terminated the contract, the orders were naturally invalidated.
After the excitement, Fanxing Studio posted on Weibo: "Welcome Yu Zhou to join the Fanxing Studio family!"
"Welcome Xia Qi to join Fanxing..."
"Welcome Wang Xiangyang to join..."
Seven or eight messages in a row, all announcements of singers joining.
There were only texts, not even a picture or anything.
Netizens studied the list. Kevin Shen had not terminated the contract yet, and they had to wait another month.
"Where is Lin Wanqing?"
"Did Lin Wanqing not sign a contract?"
The knocker found another place to knock, "Brother, are you stupid? Have you ever seen the boss's wife sign a contract?"
"That's right."
Soon someone found the problem from the list, "Why didn't You Yong and Li Chun sign a contract? I remember Nuoyan wrote songs for them."
"Everyone has their own ambitions."
"They will definitely regret it."
Lin Wanqing became the boss's wife, Shen Kaiwen hadn't come yet, and Yu Zhou suddenly became the biggest star in the company.
At this time, the biggest star was concentrating on making tea, "Teacher Xu, this tea is Dahongpao that I got specially."
Xu Nuo rubbed his temple, "Don't do these things now, get ready, and send you a few new songs. The company now depends on you to increase its popularity."
"Okay." Yu Zhou was so excited.
Thanks to Shen Kaiwen's absence, otherwise Shen Kaiwen would be the first to snatch this good thing from him.
Xu Nuo took out a pen and paper to write and draw. He had to do more than just write songs to open this studio.
The company is seriously short of funds now. It is too slow to make money just by writing songs. The highest rate of return is in movies.
Especially for low-budget movies, the rate of return can reach ten or even dozens of times if they are well made. The return is hundreds of millions. Just writing songs will take forever.
When he told everyone about this idea, except for Lin Wanqing who was a little hesitant, Qin Bangyan and Yu Zhou and others shook their heads wildly.
"Xiao Xu, I know you are capable. You write songs and novels, and you can plan programs, but making movies is not a small matter. The investment is large, and it is tens of millions or hundreds of millions at a time. We don’t have such a family background!"
"Teacher Xu, the most important thing is that we only have a few people in total, and we are all singers, and we don’t have any experience!"
Everyone talked a lot, but they couldn’t convince Xu Nuo.
Finally, everyone looked at Lin Wanqing, hoping that she would stop it.
After all, if there is anyone in the company who can change Xu Nuo’s mind now, it is only this boss lady.
Everyone stared at Lin Wanqing. Lin Wanqing hesitated for a moment, "Xu Nuo, are you going to be an actor yourself?"
"No, I'll just be a director or producer or something."
"Then let's shoot."
Everyone: "???"
Liu Shulan snorted. Others didn't know what Lin Wanqing meant by asking.
She knew very well that being an actor would easily lead to conflicts with female stars. Lin Wanqing was worried about this.
She had long given up hope on Lin Wanqing. She was just a love-brained person and was particularly protective of her.
Qin Bangyan opened his mouth and wanted to persuade her again.
Xu Nuo took out the prepared script, "I know what you are worried about. The cost of this movie is not high. I expect it to be around 5 million, and the maximum will not exceed 7 million. As for the box office, let's be conservative and say 100 million."
"Then you are quite conservative... What the hell!"
"Twenty times the return rate, this is a miracle!" Qin Bangyan sighed and took the script doubtfully. He always felt that Xu Nuo was talented, but not very practical.
Just like what people joked about online, he likes to do all kinds of things, such as writing songs, novels, and planning. He likes to get involved in everything.
But movies are different. If there are too many complaints, the newly established studio might be dragged down.
With the idea of giving it a try, he picked up the script and read it, and the more he read, the more he got addicted.
Xu Nuo gave him not only a story script, but also the characters to be selected, every shooting schedule, the shot script, and even the shooting schedule.
Although Qin Bangyan had never made a movie, after reading this script, he suddenly felt that he might be able to do it.
This is a textbook script!
Others were so anxious, "Boss Qin, have you finished reading it? Let us see it after you finish reading it!"
Qin Bangyan grabbed the script and refused to turn it over, "Wait a minute, I'll study it again."
Seeing this, Xu Nuo took out a few more scripts, one for each person, "You can all take a look. I am very confident in this movie."
Others picked up the scripts and read them.
"Have you ever made a movie?"
Xu Nuo looked at their serious expressions and said in confusion.
"Never filmed it before." Everyone shook their heads~
Xu Nuo complained: "Then you guys are watching so seriously, I thought you were professionals."
"Really, after reading this script, I feel like I can film it too. Is it so easy to be a director?" Yu Zhou looked confident.
"I think so too."
"It seems that the outside world has exaggerated it too much. What a big director, I can do it too."
Xu Nuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You guys should save your energy. The scripts outside don't have such detailed steps."
"Really?"
"Of course, don't tell me you want to be a director!"
Everyone sighed regretfully.
"But we don't have enough people. With only a few people, we can't make up a crew."
"We have to recruit more people, and the recruited people may not be able to get started right away."
Xu Nuo waved his hand, "That's easy. Let's find a few people with some experience first, and I'll guide them."
"What about the actors? The pay for actors is not low now. A budget of several million is not enough for a name."
"No stars, the cost-effectiveness of stars is too low."
"No stars, no box office." Qin Bangyan spread his hands.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Xu Nuo took out his cell phone and called the famous director Yang Zheng. At this time, he had to rely on his connections.
The actors he wanted must have acting skills, but the price cannot be too high, otherwise he couldn't afford it.
In "Crazy Stone", the protagonists all looked ugly and were not young, otherwise he would have wanted to recruit people from schools.
After listening to Yang Zheng, he said without saying a word, "Okay, I'll make a list for you. I still have a lot of actors who don't have any movies to shoot for the time being. If you like them, just take them over. There are also people from the crew. You can borrow them if you want to use them."
"Director Yang, my budget is not high."
"Then you have to find a way. After all, I can't force actors to shoot movies with low pay."
"Thank you, Director Yang. Next time you need a theme song, I'll give you one!"
Xu Nuo hung up the phone, "Look, it's done."
Everyone gave a thumbs up.