Chapter 285: Second Visit to the Thatched Cottage
Although the minister suppressed all the report materials prepared by Zou Zhuoming, Zou Zhuoming would not give up.
The minister also knew Zou Zhuoming's character. He was loyal, responsible, and had a moral bottom line. Sometimes he even had the reckless spirit of a young hero.
He always sees his younger self in Zou Zhuoming. He thinks that if he had not been so stubborn and so black-and-white back then, he might be doing better now.
Besides, no one taught him or protected him back then.
Therefore, his cultivation and promotion of Zou Zhuoming was partly due to his appreciation for talent, and partly due to his past self.
After the report materials were locked in the safe by the minister, Zou Zhuoming still made some small moves. The ministers knew about it, but they didn't care. As long as he didn't report the matter to the higher-ups and didn't get himself involved, they let him do whatever he wanted.
After meeting with the investors of the crew, Zou Zhuoming returned to the company and immediately went to find Tang Songhe and asked him for help.
Tang Songhe naturally refused.
No one knows better than himself how much ink he has in his belly - no, it should be said that how much ink is left.
If we go back a few years, Tang Songhe might have still tried. But in the past few years, he has not written for many years, either taking or snatching. Not to mention adapting, even if he copied, he might not be able to copy smoothly.
"Director Zou, you know," Tang Songhe took a sip of the coffee his apprentice had just brought him, and said arrogantly, "I, Tang Songhe, have always written my own scripts, and I never accept this kind of adaptation work."
Zou Zhuoming sneered in his heart. This old guy is really good at putting on airs. He must be "independently creating" and he can't intervene when the original author is writing. He also "never accepts adaptations". I'm afraid he can't change a single word! But he still had to be respectful on the surface. Zou Zhuoming flattered him a lot and said all the good things, but Tang Songhe still refused.
After Zou Zhuoming left, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and a young man poked his head in and looked in: "Master, Director Zou is leaving? Did you agree?"
The person who came was Tang Songhe's new apprentice, named Wu Junxiao, who just took the opportunity to overhear the conversation while delivering coffee.
That novel was written by his father Wu Hongji under a pseudonym.
The reason why he used a pseudonym was because his father had always been writing realistic suspense novels. A couple of years ago, he suddenly became fascinated with urban fantasy, so he tried to write one himself.
The publisher was very happy. The title "Teacher Wu's First Attempt" was so attractive that they asked the editor to urge the manuscript to be published. But Wu Hongji didn't want to use his real name. He was worried that his writing was not good enough and would lead to a collapse of reputation, so he gave himself a pen name.
When the book was published, I asked several friends to help write recommendations and promote it. Because the quality of the book was high enough, it sold out soon after it was put on the shelves, and the publishing house later urgently printed more copies.
Everyone felt that since the sales results were so good, Mr. Wu should be able to "claim" the credit, so the publishing house invited him to hold a book signing event.
Wu Hongji was really surprised by this result. Although he was happy, he still refused the book signing event. He thought that this book would probably be a flash in the pan, so it was fine. So he gave all the copyright matters to the publisher.
Afterwards, the film and television copyright of the novel was bought by Shenghai Entertainment. When the film and television department was negotiating the copyright contract, they hoped that Wu Hongji could cooperate with the drama's publicity, that is, posting it on WB and the like. Wu Hongji had no intention of "claiming" the book, so he naturally did not agree.
When Wu Hongji learned that his son was going to work for Shenghai Entertainment, he immediately changed his mind and wanted to try to use his identity as the original author to help his son build some connections. So he contacted the film and television department and said that they could cooperate. After the two sides communicated, Wu Hongji released it on WB.
When his son Wu Junxiao found out, he sternly refused. He felt that his father didn't believe in him, which seriously damaged his self-esteem: "As a man, since you have decided to go out and make a living, how can you still rely on your father? You must never tell anyone that I am your son! Just wait, I will rely on myself, and I will definitely be among the top screenwriters!"
Therefore, when Wu Junxiao heard that Zou Zhuoming came to invite Tang Songhe to adapt the novel, he really hoped that Tang Songhe would agree.
He had just recently become Tang Songhe's apprentice, and thought that if his master went, he would definitely take him with him, and maybe he could also contribute to the film and television adaptation of his father's novel. When his father watches the drama, he will see his son's name in the screenwriter column - hey, it's a beautiful thought! Tang Songhe waved for Wu Junxiao to come in, with a look on his face that was a bit unpredictable: "Why, do you want me to agree?"
Wu Junxiao has been protected too well since he was a child. The environment in which he lives and grows up does not require him to observe people's words and expressions, so he did not notice any changes in Tang Songhe at all.
He nodded, and said happily and yearningly, "Of course I hope so! Master, if you go, I can follow you, right? They all say that screenwriters have to go to the crew to hone their skills. I also want to improve quickly."
Tang Songhe looked at the young, energetic boy in front of him with a brilliant literary style, and suddenly changed his mind.
He had read the files of this batch of newcomers one by one, and among those who met the requirements, Wu Junxiao was the one that caught his eye the most. However, this kid just looked stupid and was actually not easy to fool.
Tang Songhe decided to give enough sweet dates first.
He pretended to be profound and said: "Don't worry, he will definitely come again."
Wu Junxiao understood immediately. Liu Bei had to visit Zhuge Liang three times to invite him out of seclusion. A screenwriter of Master's stature should at least visit him twice to show his sincerity! Tang Songhe asked him with a smile, "How is the topic I assigned to you going? Don't join me in the group and be unable to take care of both sides."
Wu Junxiao immediately assured: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely not let you down!"
The next day Zou Zhuoming came again.
Tang Songhe felt so relieved after hearing him flatter him in different ways. He put on airs and condescended to agree.
At this point, everyone was very satisfied.
So there was the scene where Liu Wangxue met Tang Songhe by chance.
Of course, as a little assistant who was bullied by the artists, Lin Zhi only knew that the investors were dissatisfied with the script and wanted Tang Songhe to be the chief screenwriter.
The negotiations between the two sides, plus the invitation of Tang Songhe, took some time. There was no script to shoot for the time being, so the crew had to stop working.
"Didn't you just come to the crew to save the day?" Liu Wangxue asked Xiaoqing, "Why were you so surprised just now?"
"No way!" Xiao Qing looked at Liu Wangxue, "Sister Xuxu, you are also a screenwriter, don't you know the status of Mr. Tang in the industry? Although this drama is also produced by Shenghai, it is not an S+ big production. Besides, Mr. Tang usually does independent original works and will not accept adaptations, let alone lead a team."
Liu Wangxue was curious about this little girl for the first time: "How do you know so much?"
"Hmm," Xiao Qing stretched out a finger and scratched her temple, "Sister Nan said that our Sister Jia Jia will definitely be famous in the future. She said that since I'm an assistant, I need to learn more about this industry and all aspects of it."
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