Chapter 60 Chapter 60

Ever since Cheng Xin helped them to confront Fang Xiao that day, a few days later, Fang Xiao actually took the initiative to send them a message to apologize, his tone was very humble, and he even returned all the royalties he owed them before. Although they didn't know why, Yu Youxia and the others seemed to have confidence instantly.

If other colleagues in the company made them feel safe and let them carefully extend their tentacles, then at this moment, they finally found a place to take root.

Yu Youxia was grateful countless times that she met President Gu that day, which gave her the life she has now.

Everyone cherishes the current happy life, the relaxed creative environment, and the free discussion atmosphere, which allow them to spit out all the resentment of being oppressed and deceived in these years.

The solid writing foundation and the suppressed talents and gifts seemed to be released at this moment.

In addition, everyone worked together. The thinking of one person is limited, but the brainstorming of so many people is enough to continuously raise the upper limit of a story.

They can become friends and have known each other for so many years. In addition to being socially anxious, they also have similar talents, aesthetics, and personalities.

Moreover, in order to make a living over the years, everyone has written all kinds of scripts. Although the quality varies, they are not limited to their own narrow aesthetics.

There is no intrigue, no useless discussion, and even they themselves do not realize how amazing their creative efficiency is.

So, when Gu Xingshi finished his busy work and planned to pay attention to their progress, he found that there were already four or five scripts on his desk. They were

printed out by the office printer, and the cover of the A4 paper only had the title of the play and the author's name, which was quite simple.

Gu Xingshi noticed that the author column was almost never written by one person, but by several people.

He didn't think much about it, and opened a book at random, and was shocked by the quality of the script.

The structure is exquisite, the plot is tight, and the characters are distinct.

Just by looking at the script, Gu Xingshi can construct the whole story in his mind and immerse himself in it.

Even if it is taken to a big company, this quality is rare.

He only read a small part, put it down with a sense of unsatisfaction, and picked up a new one.

The temperament of this book is completely different.

The stories were bolder and more poignant, and Gu Xingshi couldn't help but applaud at the random lines.

He couldn't help but read the remaining few books.

After reading the last one, even though he had seen a lot in the past few years, he still felt the excitement and panic of having suddenly won 5 million.

These scripts have different themes and styles, but the common point is that they are all of excellent quality.

Gu Xingshi couldn't bear to put down any of them.

Although Yu Youxia and the others were very confident in their creations, they were silent when they saw Gu Xingshi. The long-lost inferiority complex came back to them, and they whispered, "Boss Gu, is the script bad..."

"It's not bad, it's great!" Gu Xingshi looked at them with sparkling eyes, "Oh my God! What a treasure you are! Such an excellent script in such a short time, you are too amazing..."

It was the first time that Yu Youxia and the others were praised so bluntly. After a moment of shock, their faces turned red.

But besides shyness, they were happy to be affirmed.

Gu Xingshi immediately fell into sweet trouble. If possible, he really wanted to shoot every one.

But considering the current situation of the company, it is really impossible to take care of so many.

An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, that is, to cooperate with Wen's.

But this idea only appeared in his mind for a moment, and he dispelled it.

If it was in the past, of course it would not matter.

But after the so-called scandal, this kind of cooperation would become awkward.

Moreover, Gu Xingshi was also surprised that he seemed to be too deeply tied to Wen's.

From the earliest limited boy group to the subsequent dramas, almost all of them have intricate connections with Wen's companies.

Experience has always told Gu Xingshi that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

What's more, now he not only has himself, but also so many artists and staff, and he must be responsible for them.

It is undeniable that Wen's is a good partner.

Wen Yue... is a nice person.

But the two parties are not equal after all.

Wen's is a huge cruise ship, and their Le Shi is just a small dinghy in the sea. Even if he has a system, he cannot guarantee that they can safely pass every wave.

It's a pity.

But maybe in the future, when he has enough strength, he can cooperate with Wen's again.

Gu Xingshi thought rationally.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he quickly made up his mind.

He picked out the most suitable one from these scripts, and then explained the reason to Yu Youxia and the others.

Although those who were not chosen were a little frustrated, they could understand Gu Xingshi's concerns very well.

They have been in this industry for quite a while, and have seen many small companies that depend on big companies, and eventually either get acquired or go bankrupt due to an accident.

They are very satisfied with their current life and don't want any changes.

Moreover, Gu Xingshi promised them that these scripts will not be wasted, and they will definitely be filmed as long as there is a chance in the future.

If someone else said this, they would just think that the other party is making empty promises for them.

But the person who said this is Gu Xingshi, and every word he said has been fulfilled without any compromise since they entered the company.

On the contrary, Gu Xingshi feels that his empty talk is not good.

He thought about his previous work as an employee, and he also hated that his boss only made empty promises without any substantial rewards.

He didn't want to become the kind of person he hated the most.

Thinking of this, he said, "You have all been working hard recently. How about this? Our company's employees have a half-month vacation every year. Why don't you go out and have some fun? You can go wherever you want, and the company will reimburse you."

The screenwriters were all stunned.

They did know about this company benefit, but aren't these vacations usually for team building?

Although they get along well with everyone in the company, for those with social phobia, team building is better avoided as little as possible. They originally planned to find an excuse to cancel the vacation.

But, was it really a vacation?

Everyone looked at each other, but Chunyan, who was the most gentle, raised her hand timidly: "Boss Gu, can I go to Baofu City?"

Gu Xingshi naturally encouraged the first person to come forward: "Of course."

But he hesitated again, "But Baofu City...are there any famous attractions? You don't have to choose such an unpopular place just to save money for the company. Go wherever you want to go, be bold!"

Chunyan shook her head: "I just want to go to Baofu City. There is the most famous ghost village in the country. I have always wanted to write a script based on the ghost village, but I have never been able to go. Now I finally have the chance!!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and her eyes lit up.

Gu Xingshi: "......?"

The other screenwriters seemed to have an idea as well.

"Boss Gu! I want to stay in a Taoist temple in the mountains for a while. I want one with few tourists and very quiet..."

"Boss Gu! I want to stay in a lighthouse for a while! I have already picked the address of the lighthouse!"

"Boss Gu..."

Gu Xingshi: "..."

Is this really a trip? ? ?

But seeing that they did not bow their heads, but were excited to discuss with others, he decided to respect them.

In short, let the administration take care of these things.

Gu Xingshi decided happily.

Everyone's demands were met, and they became more motivated.

"Boss Gu, let's get back to work!"

"I've only written 3,000 words today! Not enough! Far from enough!"

"Let's discuss the character relationships in the new script. I think we can still..."

Gu Xingshi: "?"

Wait a minute, why did it suddenly get so complicated!

I just asked you to go on a trip, not to encourage you to get complicated!

If you write seven or eight excellent scripts, but the company can't film them, won't God condemn him for wasting God's gifts? !

Gu Xingshi, who originally planned to take a little time off today, had to continue to struggle.

Boss Gu today was also in pain and happy.

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the right script, you naturally have to find a suitable director to shoot it, so that it won't be lost in the dust.

But there are only so many good directors in the industry, and even fewer who fit the temperament of the script.

Gu Xingshi approached several directors, but they were all rejected without even reading the script.

Gu Xingshi had no choice but to think hard about where he could find a suitable director. As he walked and thought, he unexpectedly walked to the vicinity of the Zhongjing City Film Academy.

There were several students promoting at the door. When he asked, he found out that the school was holding a film festival of outstanding students in previous years.

He was free anyway, so he bought a ticket and entered the academy cinema, and sat down at random.

Although it was an outstanding student film festival, most of the movies were still very immature. After watching one or two, Gu Xingshi felt a little sleepy. Just as he was about to leave, he was controlled by the short fifteen-second opening on the screen.

The theater, which was originally filled with whispers, suddenly became quiet.

Gu Xingshi sat back in his seat.

The short film was not long, only half an hour, but Gu Xingshi was immersed in it the whole time, without any distraction.

He was not a professional, but he could see that the other party's show-off narrative structure, amazing camera movements and transitions showed the director's unique personal temperament.

Most importantly, the temperament of this short film coincided with Gu Xingshi's expectations of the script.

He was instantly excited.

At this time, the short film was coming to an end, and the director's name appeared - Pei Zhuozhi.

Gu Xingshi was at a loss for a moment.

In order to find a suitable director recently, he almost checked all the directors in the country, but he had never heard of Pei Zhuozhi's name.

But how could he be so outstanding and unknown?

Could he be a student who has not yet graduated?

Gu Xingshi did not think much about it and went straight to the organizers of the film festival to ask them about Pei Zhuozhi.

The organizer's surname is Ye, and he is a teacher at the Film Academy. When he heard Gu Xingshi asking about Pei Zhuozhi, he showed a strange expression: "You said... you want to ask Zhuozhi to make a movie?"

Gu Xingshi nodded: "Why? Is it inconvenient?"

Teacher Ye: "Not really, hey, mainly because I'm afraid that you will give up after hearing about Zhuozhi's story."

Gu Xingshi suddenly became interested: "Oh?"

Teacher Ye: "Zhuozhi is the most talented student I have ever taught. He won countless awards during his undergraduate studies. He was recognized as soon as he graduated and directed his own films. However, his luck is really bad. The several films he participated in since graduation have all failed to be released for various reasons. Gradually, no one asked him to make a movie..."

Gu Xingshi: "..."

He never thought that Pei Zhuozhi's obscurity was due to this reason.

At this time, the system also popped up: [Pei Zhuozhi is indeed very unlucky. For example, the movie he shot right after graduation, just after the project was launched, the investor had problems, the funding chain was broken, and it was impossible to shoot. Later, he became his teacher's assistant director, and he shot most of the film smoothly. As a result, the male and female protagonists were photographed together. It happened that both of them had families. The double cheating incident became a hot topic, and the movie was boycotted by the audience. can be left unresolved... Not only that, he even went to direct MVs, and the singers were arrested for taking drugs, and the MVs were aborted...】

Gu Xingshi: [To be honest, I actually felt a familiar unlucky temperament in him...]

System: [...]

Gu Xingshi felt that although Pei Zhuozhi was unlucky, the fact that these films could not be released actually had little to do with him. He was just unlucky and ran into all of them.

As long as he can maintain the directing level of this short film, Gu Xingshi does not care about this little thing.

Thinking of this, he asked Teacher Ye: "If I want to find him, can you give me his contact information?"

Teacher Ye looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that after hearing about Pei Zhuozhi's deeds, he would still be willing to find him to film.

Teacher Ye looked strange: "He doesn't use his phone much. If you want to find him, you can go to Western Sichuan Province."

Gu Xingshi: "Western Sichuan?"

Teacher Ye: "Well... He is participating in the Mahjong God Competition there."

Gu Xingshi: "???"

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Gu Xingshi quickly boarded the plane to Western Sichuan, waiting for takeoff while listening to the system gossip about Pei Zhuozhi's experience.

[Isn't Pei Zhuozhi unable to continue as a director? Those film crews knew his reputation and did not dare to approach him, and he did not want to work, so every time he ran out of money, he would look for mahjong competitions. Although he was not lucky in filming, he was lucky in this aspect and could win the championship every time, and rely on the prize money to survive for a while...】

Gu Xingshi: [...]

System: [This mahjong competition in western Sichuan Province is the largest mahjong competition in China in recent years. It not only attracted mahjong enthusiasts from China, but also overseas players. It is said that the mahjong kings of the previous session in Macau and Hong Kong also participated in the competition. However, these people were defeated by Pei Zhuozhi, and Pei Zhuozhi has now entered the finals...]

Gu Xingshi: [...It seems that God closed a door for him, but forgot to close the window. 】

When Gu Xingshi arrived at the competition venue, it was already the last round.

The four finalists were fighting, and a real-time broadcast was being broadcast on the big screen in the venue. Gu Xingshi

recognized Pei Zhuozhi at a glance without the system reminding him.

Mainly because his temperament was too unique among this group of people.

Others were either wearing suits and leather shoes with big gold chains, or had gray hair and wore Tang suits. Only he was wearing a faded T-shirt and loose sports pants.

His skin was pale as if he had not seen the light for many years, his cheeks were thin, his hair was tied in a mess behind his head, his eyes were half-closed, and he had a thin, unlit ladies' cigarette in his mouth.

Compared to the others who were waiting in a serious manner, he was even more casual. He sat cross-legged on the chair and was dazed from time to time. He seemed to be nonchalant even though he had a terrible hand. He threw the cards very casually, and it was hard to see any skill.

After that, he touched the cards, and each time he touched a card, he got what he wanted, and then he won inexplicably.

If it weren't for everyone present to witness it with their own eyes, no one would believe his cheating luck.

Pei Zhuozhi didn't seem to be very happy about winning. When the awards were presented at the end, he still looked trance-like.

Gu Xingshi waited until the awards were over and everyone left gradually, and then he went against the flow of people to find Pei Zhuozhi.

In addition to him, there were other people looking for Pei Zhuozhi.

Among them was Da Jinlianzi, who had played mahjong with Pei Zhuozhi before. He said in awkward Mandarin: "Mr. Pei, your skills are so good. If you go to Macao and Hong Kong, you will definitely have a bright future. As long as you are willing to sign a contract with me..."

However, Pei Zhuozhi ignored him, put on the down jacket of the Film Academy, stuffed the bonus card into his pocket, and walked out without looking at him.

Da Jinlianzi hurriedly chased after him: "Mr. Pei, don't go. We can discuss the remuneration..."

At this time, another dark-skinned man came forward: "Mr. Pei, Macao and Hong Kong are nothing. As long as you are willing to go abroad, I guarantee that you will make a lot of money..."

"Mr. Pei..."

But no matter what they said, Pei Zhuozhi looked like he didn't hear anything.

Seeing that he was about to leave the venue, Gu Xingshi hurriedly called him: "Pei Zhuozhi!"

Pei Zhuozhi's footsteps did not stop.

The big gold chain next to him was so angry at Pei Zhuozhi's attitude that he could not help but sneer: "Don't call, this kid is stubborn and will never pay attention to you..."

The dark-skinned man also said tartly: "Which company are you from? You are such a young boy, and we can't do it. Do you think you can do it?"

Gu Xingshi raised his eyebrows: "I want to do it, what should I do?"

The dark-skinned man: "I'll give you my head!"

Gu Xingshi: "You said it."

After that, he rushed to Pei Zhuozhi's The figure behind him shouted, "I want to make a movie with you. Are you sure you don't want to talk to me?"

Pei Zhuozhi turned around abruptly, his squinting eyes opened, revealing a sharp look: "What did you say?"

In the shocked eyes of the two men, Gu Xingshi smiled and pointed at the policemen who came over, and said to the dark-skinned man, "I don't want your head anymore. Tell the police uncle about your overseas gambling."

The dark-skinned man's face changed, and he was about to run when he was held down by the police.

Gu Xingshi put away his phone.

Pei Zhuozhi was stunned, and the lady's cigarette in his mouth had fallen to the ground.

Gu Xingshi spread his hands: "Let's go."

Pei Zhuozhi glanced at him, as if he was shocked by his hand, and he no longer had the previous rebelliousness. He nodded obediently: "Okay."

Half an hour later, the two sat in a nearby KFC.

Gu Xingshi told them the purpose of his visit.

Pei Zhuozhi bit the straw in the Coke, and said casually and vaguely: "Teacher Ye should have told you about my situation?"

Gu Xingshi nodded: "He said that you are extremely talented, but unlucky. Every time the crew goes wrong, something goes wrong. Even shooting an MV will result in a miscarriage..."

Pei Zhuozhi froze and lowered his eyes: "Then why are you looking for me?"

Gu Xingshi: "The investor has problems, the leading actor cheated, the MV singer took drugs... This has nothing to do with you."

Pei Zhuozhi looked at him deeply: "They can... I don't think so."

Gu Xingshi smiled: "But I don't care about this kind of thing."

Hearing him say this, Pei Zhuozhi seemed to have no reaction, and asked: "Why did you look for me?"

Gu Xingshi: "I saw the short film you shot at your school's outstanding student film festival, which left a deep impression on me, and your style is exactly what I want."

Pei Zhuozhi said lightly: "You have good vision and courage."

Obviously, he was the one who was being evaluated, but he didn't feel confused at all.

Even after experiencing so many setbacks and falling into a trough in life, his confidence in his abilities has not been diminished at all.

And this kind of determination and mentality is exactly what an excellent director should have.

Gu Xingshi became more and more interested in him and said with a smile, "I think so too."

Pei Zhuozhi stretched out his hand: "I want to take a look at the script first."

Although his request seemed rude, Gu Xingshi was not angry and handed him the script he brought with him.

Pei Zhuozhi flipped through the script very quickly and soon finished reading the script.

Gu Xingshi was still very confident in the script and asked, "How is it?"

Pei Zhuozhi was silent for a while, and then said in a muffled voice, "It's okay."

The quality is just okay? !

Gu Xingshi was about to argue with him.

Then he heard Pei Zhuozhi ask: "Who is this screenwriter? Can you control it? Have you registered the script? Is there a time stamp? Are there any copyright disputes..."

Gu Xingshi was stunned.

Because Pei Zhuozhi asked about all the accidents he had experienced with script problems.

He looked tense, as if the straw was almost bitten off. Gu

Xingshi suddenly understood.

It's not that he thinks the script is bad, he even likes it very much, but he is afraid that something like the past will happen again, so he made this gesture.

He originally thought that the previous events did not affect Pei Zhuozhi.

He sighed softly in his heart, and said seriously: "The screenwriter is a contracted screenwriter of my company, there is no problem with the copyright, I have registered it and time-stamped it..."

He said this one by one, and Pei Zhuozhi's expression seemed to slowly relax.

After Gu Xingshi finished speaking, he asked: "How is it? Any other questions?"

Pei Zhuozhi: "Then... the investors..."

Gu Xingshi felt a little guilty.

After all, the matter of the investors is still uncertain.

But his face was righteous: "You have too many questions. Are you interviewing me or am I interviewing you? I also want to ask, has your level declined!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Zhuozhi stood up and left.

Gu Xingshi: “?”

But soon, he found that Pei Zhuozhi did not leave, but walked to the front desk, borrowed a pen from the staff, and then returned to his seat.

Gu Xingshi was still wondering what he was going to do, when he saw him spread out the napkin and started drawing storyboards on it with a pen.

He didn't even need to think, his pen strokes were very smooth.

In a short while, he filled a piece of paper.

Gu Xingshi took it, and he was shocked to find that although Pei Zhuozhi flipped through it very quickly, he actually remembered the content.

And the storyboard he drew at the beginning completely subverted the narrative of the script, but the picture was many times more exciting than Gu Xingshi had imagined before.

Pei Zhuozhi drew on several sheets of paper before he stopped writing and asked, "How is it?"

Gu Xingshi put away the papers and extended his hand: "Congratulations on your successful interview. I wish us a happy cooperation."

Pei Zhuozhi shook hands, took out his mobile phone, and turned on the recording button: "Can you say what you just said again?"

Gu Xingshi: "..."

Good man, you are not as calm as you look!