Chapter 604

"I don't even know where you found this bunch of actors. Why are they so good at acting?"

Chen Yu and Xin Pingqing were also drinking together. After three glasses of wine, Chen Yu started talking very chatty.

"I used to film with my teacher, and every time the hardest part was finding actors. It was so hard to find good actors who fit the role, and scheduling was a big problem." Chen Yu said, "How did you do it? Everyone The actors in the roles are all so awesome.”

"The actors in Jump Up Theater are all actors who have passed auditions and have little acting experience. They will ask for performance coaches to help the actors figure out the roles. Moreover, after the team is officially formed, the director will start to think about it with the actors. Script, offline rehearsal," Xin Pingqing said, "It's basically the same as a drama. When this drama started, everyone had basically worked on it in private. "

Chen Yu was in disbelief.

"Would they be willing to invest so much time up front?" he asked.

Xin Pingqing said, "Unless it reaches the level of leading actors like Yan He, and his acting skills are very good, we will not be worried. We will not hire actors who cannot invest time and energy from the early stage. , We made this very clear during the audition.”

"Okay, you guys are awesome. If we make such a request to the actors, many actors will not come." Chen Yu said, "Dancing theater will still be different."

"No, in fact, many people stopped coming after hearing such a request." Xin Pingqing said, "But we have established a very large actor database. Every time an actor comes to audition, we will create an information file. In this way, when we select actors, many roles will be chosen directly with targeted candidates, and some actors will not come if they don't come."

Chen Yu was shocked.

"This is really something that only your Jump Theater can do. Otherwise, we might only have one project a year, or even one project every two or three years. It doesn't make much sense to build such an actor library."

Xin Pingqing nodded: "So, there are actually professional casting companies in the industry now."

"There is a problem with professional casting companies. They are actually not that familiar with the requirements of the crew. They all look for people based on a few key characteristics." Chen Yu said, "You guys are more targeted than them. accurate."

Xin Pingqing nodded, "Mainly because on average, we have to start a project every week. It is very necessary to do such a thing."

"I have learned." Chen Yu nodded, "If I can't find an actor in the future, I will come to you."

Xin Pingqing smiled.

"The main thing is that I, the leaders, have great courage. Every drama has an actor who can carry the drama, or even none. It doesn't matter. We interview actors completely from the perspective of character suitability and consideration of acting skills." Xin Pingqing said, "Except here, which crew in the industry can do this? There were all kinds of personal connections and undercurrents behind that interview. You never know who is standing behind an actor."

"Isn't this very good? Jump Up Theater is really changing the ecology of the industry time and time again." Chen Yu nodded, "I hope that all major film and television companies will follow your example in the future."

Having said this, he toasted Xin Pingqing with a glass of wine. After drinking it, he asked: "But, Brother Qing, what's wrong with Director An? Why can't he direct all of a sudden? It shouldn't be due to a sudden illness, right?"

Xin Pingqing was stunned and looked at Chen Yu with some surprise.

"You guys have already dragged me onto this boat anyway. You have to tell me what happened to the people who were on this boat before, right?" Chen Yu said.

Xin Pingqing looked hesitant.

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Liu Yuan was sent to the crew of "Silent Stairs" by Jump Up Company as a financial assistant.

He didn't expect that one day he would suddenly start working in human resources.

Before the boss came, he asked him to investigate privately who on the crew was brought over by Director An Jian, and to compile a list including all the information he could get.

Although Liu Yuan was confused, workers would not question it directly because of doubts.

He still followed Chen Siqi's request very seriously and learned about the relevant situation.

However, after he sorted it out, it became even stranger.

Logically speaking, shouldn't Xin Pingqing, the production assistant, be asked to do this kind of thing?

He has the information of everyone on the crew, so why should he, a financial assistant who is useless, do this?

He took the information and gave it to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi nodded and asked, "Is there no problem with the crew's finances?"

"Every account is clear." Liu Yuan said.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Chen Siqi nodded.

After Liu Yuan left, Lu Yanhe asked him: "Why don't you just ask Xin Pingqing to sort out these materials for you?"

"He's so busy now."

Lu Yanhe paused, "But for him, these information are all ready-made."

Chen Siqi looked back at Lu Yanhe, "Okay, to be honest, he is also the one who received the anonymous letter and is related to this matter. I want to find an unrelated person to investigate the relationship between An Jian and the crew. "

Lu Yanhe: "Do you doubt Xin Pingqing?"

"One thing." Chen Siqi asked, "Don't you find it strange? Only two people in the entire crew received anonymous letters. One is Director An Jian himself. We can all understand this, so why is the other person who received it Xin Pingqing?"

Lu Yanhe: "Because he is a production assistant?"

"Then why not give it to the producer, but to a production assistant?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lu Yanhe frowned slightly, "Because Xin Pingqing is from Linghe Film and Television, but the executive producer on the scene is from Northern Lights Video? In this person's eyes, Xin Pingqing is more trustworthy?"

"Director An Jian is the director we have decided on, not Northern Lights Video. To be more trustworthy, in terms of intimacy, it is Northern Lights Video who has the most distant relationship with Director An Jian." Chen Siqi waved her hand, "But I just doubt, There is no evidence, I just check it based on my judgment.”

"I'm just surprised that the first person you suspected was Xin Pingqing."

"I didn't doubt him for the first time, but I did have doubts about him." Chen Siqi said bluntly, "Because Hu Siwei mentioned to me that Xin Pingqing's attitude towards An Jian was not very friendly. Knowing that An Jian wanted to join Linghe, he and Hu Siwei expressed his opposition to this matter.”

Lu Yanhe was slightly stunned.

"Is there such a thing? Why is this?"

"Who knows." Chen Siqi said, "The people who can know these things about An Jian must be people who have known An Jian for a long time. After all, these things have not been exposed before, and the range of people who know about this matter is limited. I All I could think of were old people who had followed An Jian for a long time, or people who knew these old people. So, I asked Liu Yuan to help me inquire and investigate on the crew. This kind of personal relationship can be seen from the resume, but Sometimes, you can’t even see it in your resume.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"By the way, how are you communicating with Tropical Rainy Season? When is the latest time to go there?"

"Fortunately, Wang Biao coordinated with them. They can adjust my shooting time later. Anyway, I don't have many scenes." Lu Yanhe said, "The time here is much easier. If one week is really If you can’t get the shot, or if you need to take another shot, I can help.”

"That's good." Chen Siqi smiled, "By the way, I will also go to Malaysia in June."

Lu Yanhe smiled, "A visiting class?"

"Visiting class, we stopped by to talk about publishing the Chinese and English versions of "Jump Up" in Malaysia." Chen Siqi also laughed, "A cultural fund invited us to discuss cooperation, because there are many Chinese in Malaysia, and this fund is already doing research in China. Regarding the spread of culture overseas, I knew that we at "Jump Up" have been trying to make an impact overseas and wanted to go overseas, so we took the initiative to contact us."

Lu Yanhe: "That's true. Malaysia, Singapore... there are still many places in Southeast Asia where there are quite a lot of Chinese."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "Although the sales of the three books of "Jump Up" currently published in Japan are average, they have been losing money, which is really depressing."

Lu Yanhe: "Work hard to operate."

"I have already planned to have the Japanese version of "Jump Up" cooperate with a celebrity agency to see if I can get the stars to lead the production."

"It's not impossible, but the cost of cooperation should not be low, right?"

"Let's look at some kind of cooperation model." Chen Siqi said, "Jump Up Theater has started to be developed. These dramas will have the opportunity to be broadcast overseas in the future. I plan to use the influence of this to broadcast the theme of "Jump Up" wherever it is broadcast. Where does the book translate?”

"That's okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "The premise is that the film and television drama must be popular and popular in the local area."

"Anyway, let's work hard first. Fortunately, the cost of making books is not that high, and we can still afford it with our advertising fees." Chen Siqi smiled, "Especially now that we are doing theater production, our copyright operating income has soared. Let us have the capital to continue struggling.”

"Very good." Lu Yanhe nodded, "In this day and age, there are very few people who can still make advertising fees from print media."

Many people think that "Jump Up" magazine relies on advertising fees from other channels to support this magazine. In fact, many people don’t know that the income from the advertising pages that “Jump Up” distributes with the magazine every month is enough to support the magazine’s attempt to go overseas. At the same time, the monthly sales of about 250,000 copies and the sales revenue from the electronic version make the magazine's annual net profit exceed tens of millions, making it completely self-sufficient. Not to mention, the magazine’s income from copyright derivative cooperation led by Jump Up Theater.

Chen Siqi himself summed up why "Jump Up" is successful and has sustained success. There is a very key factor. This magazine has never rested on its laurels and only stayed in its own safe zone. It has been trying various cooperations, from electronic edition, went to the thatched cottage three times to invite famous writers to publish their manuscripts, From combining holidays or themes, making specials and creating topics, to in-depth cooperation with the film and television industry, whether it is columns for celebrity artists or the development of Jump Up theater, Chen Siqi and her team have never felt that the success of "Jump Up" has been over. We have reached the bottleneck and can stop here.

Everyone still believes that the readership and audience of this magazine can be larger. Constant efforts have really made the readership of this magazine continue to expand little by little, and then, a solid foundation has been accumulated for the entire jumping media matrix. User base.

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"Our kind of large-group drama is a story-telling drama based on character dialogue. Everyone's rhythm is very important. If you say a word one second earlier or one second later, it won't feel right."

What people didn't expect was that Chen Yu took several main actors to eat together every day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Every time he eats, Chen Yu will talk about his understanding and opinions of the play while eating.

Mainly because time is too tight.

Chen Yu has no other time to communicate with everyone.

If a director cannot understand his actors well enough, then for the scene, there will often be a superficial but spiritual effect - here it does not refer to the relationship between the director and the actors, but the director and the actors' understanding of the presentation of the role.

"The last slap given by Teacher Yufen in the scene just shot this morning was just right, a performance at the level of an actress." Chen Yu gave Peng Yufen a thumbs up, "It's amazing. In five seconds, she changed three emotions at once, and then a slap in the face brought the whole play to life."

Peng Yufen smiled and waved her hands, saying, "The director is so good at praising people."

Zhang Yuan immediately asked, "Director, am I acting worse than her?"

Peng Yufen immediately put away her smile and rolled her eyes at him, "How old are you and you still ask for praise?"

Chen Yu seemed to have no idea that the two of them were not getting along.

"The feeling between you two is so right." Chen Yu smiled, "After the show is broadcast, I think there will be many viewers who like your CP."

"What the hell?" Zhang Yuan's eyes widened immediately.

Peng Yufen also looked disgusted.

"The audience should eat something good, don't eat everything, it's easy to get a stomachache."

Chen Yu laughed, turned his head and looked at the photographer who was responsible for filming the crew's documentary next to him, and said: "Remember to edit this conversation, and when the audience likes this CP, play this conversation later!"

After he said this, the two people were embarrassed to continue to provoke each other, glared at each other, and stopped talking.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

It was indeed a bit funny.

However, Chen Yu was able to suppress these two old guns who were not getting along with each other. It can only be said that he is really good.

Lu Yanhe was very curious about how Chen Yu grew up. Lu Yanhe was not surprised that the young director was talented. Talent was mostly innate. He had to thank God for his amazing talent. However, it was necessary to practice the human relations and social skills to know when to advance and retreat properly.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe wanted to recruit Chen Yu to his company.

However, he dismissed this idea in time.

When "Love Letter" was made, it was troublesome enough to recruit Li Fenglei.

Lu Yanhe did not want to go through such trouble again.

Just get to know each other and maintain a cooperative relationship. In the future, there will be suitable projects to work together.

There was no need to think about recruiting people to his company just because he met someone he admired.

His company was not a warehouse where all the good things should be collected.

Lu Yanhe's mobile phone suddenly vibrated. It was a message from Chen Siqi: Xin Pingqing's father was a screenwriter in Director An Jian's company, and later committed suicide.

The smile on Lu Yanhe's face froze.

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Recommend the old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" and the new book "The Demon-Catching Sword" (End of this chapter)