The superior that senior Zhu Yan went to see was not his direct superior, but the director of Shenghai Entertainment's film and television department, Zou Zhuoming.
The predecessor of Shenghai Entertainment was just an insignificant artist agency, and the artists signed by it have always been tepid in the circle.
Then suddenly one year, a dark horse emerged from a national talent show, won the championship with unstoppable momentum, and became the top star of the year. The word "Shenghai" came into the vision of some people.
In the same year, songs sung by singers from Shenghai Entertainment occupied the top three spots on the mainland's most prestigious pop music chart.
The following year, one Best Actor and one Best Actress were both from Shenghai Entertainment. Not only that, their artists also won other awards, big and small.
Since then, the company’s reputation has been completely established and it has become the “big brother” in the industry.
Such a sudden and rapid rise is bound to attract jealousy. Some gossip entertainment released a report with "pictures and facts", saying that Shenghai Entertainment's current development trend is due to its CEO's visit to Tyrande to worship the Four-Faced Buddha.
What's worse, some people even spread the stories of "asking for Buddha amulets" and "raising little ghosts", making them sound very serious.
While these rumors were rife, Shenghai Entertainment continued to grow in size and gradually established other departments.
The Film and Television Department was the first one to be established.
When this department was first established, it was solely responsible for serving the company's artists. From scripts to filming to post-production and promotion, almost everything was tailor-made, and even the singing of the OST was done by the company.
This model has indeed created many unique artist IPs while ensuring quality.
Afterwards, Shenghai Entertainment took advantage of the "traffic star + big IP adaptation + S-level or above big production" express train and produced several hit dramas.
For example, "Three Lives of Peach Blossoms" aired when Liu Wangxue was a freshman, which was also a phenomenal fairy tale drama at the time. The three lives of entanglement and three lives of sadomasochism earned enough tears from the audience.
Having tasted the sweetness, Shenghai Entertainment, like a wealthy nouveau riche, began to purchase a large number of film and television copyrights of original online novels, some of which it developed itself and some of which it hoarded.
As a result, the Film and Television Department has grown and expanded and is no longer limited to serving within the company.
Later on, this department had the strength to set up an independent subsidiary. But I don't know what Shenghai's CEO thinks, and there has been no news so far.
The Film and Television Department is now the largest and most profitable department of Shenghai Entertainment besides the Artist Department.
The new screenwriter support program that Liu Wangxue wanted to participate in was led by the Film and Television Department and was divided into two tracks: "IP adaptation" and "original".
Originality is more difficult, but also more valuable. Screenwriters from this field have already achieved success in their careers.
However, one of them, Zou Zhuoming, stopped being a screenwriter and became a producer, and later became the director of the film and television department. It is said that the current minister will be promoted by the end of the year, and the next minister is very likely to be Zou Zhuoming.
Zou Zhuoming's deeds provided a good example for Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yan was not that passionate about screenwriting. He felt that his creativity would eventually run dry, and the right solution was to plan other avenues as soon as possible.
He is not Tang Songhe, who can persist in doing one thing for more than 20 years and eventually explode into a god.
Therefore, he took Zou Zhuoming as a benchmark and joined Shenghai just for the film and television department.
When the film and television department was recruiting, Zhu Yan submitted his resume, but did not receive any interview notification, so he obediently applied for the screenwriter position first.
Maybe he does have some talent in playwriting, which is why he got the offer despite such fierce competition.
But he never expected that it would be neither easy to enter nor to leave the screenwriter department - Tang Songhe directly cut off his chance and blocked the door.
Zhu Yan had doubts before he came to the company. Many screenwriters in the industry like Tang Songhe, who are both famous and capable and have trained many apprentices, have already set up their own companies. Why is he willing to stay in Shenghai?
At first, he thought that Shenghai must have given him a much better salary than running his own studio, so Tang Songhe was willing to work with Shenghai. But after two years, he found that things were far from what he imagined.
Tang Songhe, this old guy, is a shameless, despicable, hypocritical hypocrite! Take Zhu Yan himself for example. When he first joined the company, Tang Songhe had already become the boss of the department. But he didn't think it was a big deal. He also sincerely respected Tang Songhe and respectfully called him "teacher".
Once, the senior who led Zhu Yan came back with a manuscript. He looked gloomy and wanted to get angry but had to hold it back. His expression looked distorted and hideous.
Zhu Yan asked with concern, and the senior closed his eyes and said it was okay. The next second, he kicked the chair and cursed a few times in a barely audible voice.
Zhu Yan vaguely heard something like "old immortal...signed...first screenwriter". He was not stupid and he knew what happened immediately.
But he felt that his predecessors were too fussy - the idea was theirs, the concept was theirs, the script framework and plot structure were all theirs, and even the flesh and blood you added to it was guided by theirs, so why can't they be called the "number one screenwriter"? When Zhu Yan started to create independently, he realized that all of the above had nothing to do with Tang Songhe!
Tang Songhe just received instructions from the Film and Television Department and sent the subject matter to the screenwriters below. The guidance he gave could not even be called guidance, and all he pointed out were insignificant points, such as typos, punctuation marks, and "de de di".
Just like that, he wants to be the “number one screenwriter”? !
Zhu Yan was cautious and declined the offer to take him as an apprentice. He then asked several colleagues about their experiences and found that everyone's experiences were similar.
After the senior left after his contract expired, he invited Zhu Yan to drink. Zhu Yan took the initiative to talk about this topic. The senior said, "Now you know why Shenghai can't keep the screenwriter, right?"
As long as I am ambitious, I will never renew the contract after it expires.
Zhu Yan asked a particularly stupid question: "Isn't there anyone reporting this situation to the higher authorities? The Internet is so developed now, it's OK to expose him."
The senior said: "He has support from the board of directors. Besides, if you have already accepted him as your teacher..."
Zhu Yan automatically completed the unfinished words of his predecessor: "Besides, he is highly respected and has both moral integrity and artistic talent. As far as public opinion is concerned, he has no chance of winning."
After returning home, Zhu Yan thought about it for a long time, summarizing the information he had heard and found on the Internet. Following the clues, he came up with a bold guess in his mind -
Could Tang Songhe's previous works have all been stolen? Shenghai Entertainment is where Xuxu's dream started, and it was also almost the place where her dream was shattered. If she is still in the circle, she must be unable to avoid it, so I will take some space to write about it.
In addition, Trash Tang also needs to be dealt with, as well as those who are in cahoots with him. When the time comes, we will wipe them out in a row and no one will be able to escape.
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