The producer's position is much more important than that of the screenwriter.
A producer is fully responsible for the overall planning of the script, from early preparations to forming a filming crew, calculating the funds for filming, controlling filming costs, supervising the filming process, post-production, and even assisting investors in distributing the series and applying for various awards. These links cannot be separated from the participation of the producer.
What does Wang Shuang have?
I was barely involved in the project in the early stages and approved of Wen Ying's script.
But this is not necessarily Wang Shuang's appreciation ability. It is very likely that Wang Shuang is blindly supporting Wen Ying out of personal friendship!
Ask Wang Shuang to form a filming crew and calculate the filming costs. Will Wang Shuang be able to do it?
They don’t even understand post-production and don’t have channels to distribute TV series.
When applying for the award, Wang Shuang didn't even know what the threshold was.
Wang Shuang’s only advantage is that he is the son of the major shareholder of Tianjiao Film and Television Company. Oh, and he is also Li Mengjiao’s childhood friend. If not for this, Yuan Fenghui would not bother to talk to him.
Yuan Fenghui asked Wang Shuang if he wanted to be a producer, and Wang Shuang nodded.
Yuan Fenghui then introduced the producer's job scope and asked Wang Shuang which one he could accomplish:
"You might not even be able to supervise the filming process. You can't just skip school just because Li Mengjiao is filming a TV show, right?"
That definitely won't work.
Wang Shuang thought of Li Mengjiao mocking him for being a poor student, so he naturally couldn't bring himself to admit his poor academic identity. It was impossible for him to not go to school. If he didn't go to school to become a producer, his father would break his legs.
Yuan Fenghui looked at his expression and asked him bluntly what advantages he had to become a producer.
Wang Shuang pondered for a while and responded to Yuan Fenghui's question:
"Teacher Yuan, is being thick-skinned an advantage?"
“…”
Yuan Fenghui wanted to chase this shameless person away, but Wang Shuang became more and more excited. He chased Yuan Fenghui and analyzed, "I have never been a producer. It's different from screenwriting. Screenwriting relies on talent, but I can learn by being shameless. It is precisely because I am thick-skinned that I can ask questions without feeling ashamed. Because I am thick-skinned, I dare to intervene in matters that others dare not intervene in. I am flexible and adaptable. Why can't I learn to be a producer?"
Wang Shuang summed it up himself: the producer is the steward and the mother of a drama.
You have to take care of everything and worry about everything.
What to say when meeting a popular actor, what to say when meeting a director, and how to deal with the troublemakers on the crew who act like big shots, all these require experience and, more importantly, the ability to bend and stretch.
As long as it is conducive to filming, the producer can do anything.
Experience can be accumulated, and isn't it his talent to be able to bend and stretch his skin?
Think about him, he is a great young master, he has ridden a broken tricycle in the night snack street, and washed countless crayfish with his own hands. Other students may not be able to endure such hardships, but Young Master Shuang accepted it. Why should Yuan Fenghui judge him by his own merits and think that he is useless!
Yuan Fenghui glared at him, and Wang Shuang suddenly switched from "arrogant" to playful and smiling mode:
"Teacher Yuan, please give me a chance and let me try. I'm different from Wen Ying. As an intern producer, I can do without a salary."
Yuan Fenghui did notice his thick-skinned trait.
Wen Ying said a few good words for Wang Shuang at the right time, and Yuan Fenghui reluctantly agreed.
Anyway, he doesn't get paid, and Mr. Wang is willing to spoil his son, so Yuan Fenghui has no right to interfere.
Besides, after Wang Shuang has been with the crew for a few days, they will realize that his level is not enough to be a producer, and the young man himself will back off.
After all, Master Shuang is still young and doesn't know what Yuan Fenghui is thinking. Wen Ying can see it, but she can't say it out loud to undermine Wang Shuang's confidence.
A producer needs to understand TV series shooting and how to deal with people. Even if Wang Shuang cannot stick with this job, this experience is a training for him.
Yuan Fenghui asked Wen Ying to hurry up and revise the script.
Yuan Fenghui abandoned screenwriter Zhang's script and used Wen Ying's. All the actors she had previously thought of were not suitable, so she had to look for suitable actors again.
We need to find an actor who has good acting skills but won’t overpower Li Mengjiao to the point where she is unable to resist.
The supporting role who plays opposite Li Mengjiao cannot be too pretty.
Yuan Fenghui was always considering Li Mengjiao.
Wen Ying spent another three days revising the script. This time, she had no worries about asking screenwriter Zhang for advice, as screenwriter Zhang's script had already been sold to Tianjiao Film and Television.
Li Zhentao originally did not plan to start filming immediately and wanted to put screenwriter Zhang's script on hold. The company had to start the drama starring Li Mengjiao first. Tianjiao Film and Television was originally established for Li Mengjiao.
Wen Ying, however, advised Li Zhentao to shoot the film written by screenwriter Zhang first.
"Uncle Li, good food is worth waiting for. Tianjiao has no experience in film and television production, so the filming team we hired needs to get used to each other. Screenwriter Zhang's script has a short filming cycle, which is very suitable for a quick return on investment."
It is true that the company was established to promote Li Mengjiao, but if a film and television company does not make money, how long can it last relying solely on the capital injection from shareholders?
Even if it is a shell company, you still have to pay to rent a place. Moreover, although Tianjiao Film and Television has a small staff now, it is not a shell company. It has an office space and several administrative staff, which are the costs of starting a company.
"When Tianjiao is producing its first idol drama, Mengjiao could use some time to improve her acting skills. What do you think?"
Only by being patient and calm can you create a fine product.
This is Li Mengjiao’s first drama, Tianjiao should not be in a hurry, and Li Mengjiao herself does not need to be in a hurry. Li Mengjiao’s age is an advantage, and there is plenty of time in the future for Li Mengjiao to slowly climb to the top!
Wen Ying persuaded Li Zhentao.
Wen Ying probably had a preconceived notion about screenwriter Zhang's script. She always felt that according to the story setting, the filming of the series should be completed by a team from Taiwan so as not to appear abrupt. Wen Ying understood the style of Taiwan's idol dramas, but it always felt a bit inconsistent to have mainland actors recite those lines.
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