Chapter 207

Jiang Xi thought that the TV series "White Snake" could make a lot of money. After all, the director team seemed to be really sincere in wanting the TV series copyright of "White Snake", but they were short of money.

But while they were hesitating, Jiang Xi unexpectedly received a call from CCTV. CCTV also wanted to buy the TV series copyright of "White Snake" and wanted to create a CCTV self-made drama.

In recent years, with the production of one TV station's own drama after another, more and more TV stations have begun to pay attention to their own dramas, especially the two "Justice Bao" series of Z Provincial Satellite TV and the popular "Happy Little Swallow" of Mango Satellite TV. It can be said that these two TV stations have made a lot of money and stood out among the provincial satellite TV stations. Going back further, "Good People Live a Peaceful Life" and "The Story of the Publishing House" of Beijing TV also made Beijing TV's popularity and revenue close to that of CCTV.

As the most influential TV station in the country, the big brother of all TV stations in the country, the big brother can no longer sit still as he sees the provincial and municipal TV stations below shooting and broadcasting their own dramas one by one, with the ratings and influence getting higher and higher.

Especially since the inflation in 1995, the copyright fees for broadcasting TV dramas have been getting higher and higher in the past two years. The market price has been rising. It is difficult for ordinary TV stations to afford such high copyright fees, and they are all trying to shoot their own dramas and enjoy the broadcasting rights exclusively.

For example, this time, "The King's Woman" is a TV series exclusively broadcast by their own TV station, so they can have more autonomy in choosing the broadcast time, thus choosing a more suitable time and avoiding competition from some phenomenon-level TV series, such as this year's "Little Swallow", which has more guarantees in terms of ratings and revenue.

After discussion, CCTV also decided to shoot its own TV series.

CCTV also went through some rigorous discussions and conclusions on the choice of self-produced dramas. Basically, there are two factions. One faction believes that they should keep up with current affairs and use this year's flood relief as the theme to shoot positive flood relief dramas. The other faction believes that the self-produced dramas of various TV stations now have high ratings. They should take ratings as the primary goal under the premise of "great, glorious and positive". Otherwise, if a drama is produced and no one watches it, it would be a slap in the face. After all, in the first half of this year, there was "Little Swallow", which was popular all over the country and is still popular. In the second half of the year, there was "The King's Guard", whose ratings have exceeded 30% and are about to reach 40%.

Just because it is an adaptation of a cute work, the lowest ratings of the first episode of "The King's Woman" have stabilized at around 10%. This makes those who want to stabilize their performance more inclined to the cute "White Snake".

Of course, it doesn't mean that we won't shoot flood relief works. We can shoot them together. As for which drama to choose to broadcast in the prime time after the filming, we will see the ratings of the two dramas.

CCTV has so many channels, not just one channel and prime time. Other channels and other time slots are also fine.

After a series of fierce competition and competition, Jiang Qi's "White Snake" was finally decided in the field of self-produced dramas.

Because producing and shooting a self-made drama is also a very risky behavior. Even though there are already three successful cases of TV stations, such as Z Province Satellite TV, Shanghai Satellite TV and Mango Satellite TV, the shooting of a TV station's self-made drama is still a very large investment. For a TV station as influential as CCTV, it is only allowed to succeed and not fail.

This requires extreme caution in the subject matter and works that can be selected. For example, "Stone Story" and "Three Kingdoms" that CCTV has shot before are very popular in terms of subject matter. As long as this kind of subject matter is well shot, there is no need to worry about the lack of ratings.

But they can't always shoot themes like the Four Great Classics, so the original work of "White Snake", which won the Best Picture Award this year, entered CCTV's eyes.

This is not the first time they have paid attention to this work. In the past, several works of Xi Meng were still popular among young people. After the news that Xi Meng was admitted to Peking University and became a student of Peking University came out, the popularity of several works of Xi Meng began to spread upwards. This "upward spread" is not only an increase in age, but also an "upward" in reader influence, which naturally reached the eyes of CCTV.

In addition, with the two successful works "White Snake" and "White Snake" as national popularity, it can be said that just based on the name of Xi Meng's original work, as long as "White Snake" is filmed and not filmed like shit, it will not worry about the lack of ratings, not to mention that there is also the big killer CCTV, a double guarantee.

In terms of the selection of directors, CCTV, because of its emphasis on its own self-produced dramas, will carefully select the directors. Not only directors, but also screenwriters, planners, editors, actors, etc., all must be selected from the best. They must be both national and well-known. There must not be any mistakes in the casting of actors to ensure that there are no problems with the self-produced dramas. After

CCTV had discussed the specific dramas to be filmed, someone called Peking University and found Jiang Qing through the director of the School of Mathematics of Peking University.

To others, Jiang Meng's true identity might be a secret, but to Yang Ma, all information about Jiang Meng was transparent, not to mention that Jiang Meng also attended the Wanhua Film Festival awards ceremony. Although she did not win any awards, her identity was already publicized when she walked the red carpet with the White Snake crew.

When the department head sent someone to notify Jiang Meng to come over, he looked at her for a long time before smiling and saying, "I know that there are guys who like to write poetry in the astronomy and physics departments. I didn't expect that our School of Mathematics would also produce a great writer."

Jiang Meng's fame is much greater than those guys who have published a few poems.

It can be said that everyone is writing poetry these days. As long as you are a literature lover, there are few who have not written poetry. The student union and clubs in schools also hold poetry readings regularly. From the hundreds or thousands of poems submitted by Peking University students, they select the most classic poems that everyone thinks are classics for appreciation and reading, and there are also awards.

However, such activities, from the pure literary hobby at the beginning, have now been tainted with political power factors. Many poetry readings and awards have been privately divided up in advance before they even start, leaving only the lowest ones, such as the third prize of poetry and the consolation prize of excellence, for truly awesome poems.

For this reason, many people who love literature and poetry, in order to resist this unfair behavior of "politicians", privately created many unofficial literary societies, some of which are very influential.

These literature lovers come from various departments of Kyoto University, but among the poets and literature lovers in the School of Mathematics, there are very few who are influential.

The department head had heard of Jiang Xi's name a long time ago. Jiang Xi's reputation among teachers is even greater than her reputation among students. Otherwise, this Cui Yujie incident would not have been handled so quickly and severely. Even her parents used their connections to find the department head, but nothing changed.

The department head told her that Yang's mother called her and wanted to buy the copyright of the TV series "White Snake".

Jiang Xi never expected that the TV drama copyright of "White Snake" would be picked up by CCTV.

Although her current works no longer need the halo of CCTV, its significance is still different.

It is also fate, because the TV drama copyright of "White Snake" was just a little bit away and was negotiated away by another TV station.

The two parties made an appointment through the middleman, the department director, and met at the gate of Peking University.

The producer of "White Snake" this time was the deputy director of CCTV's TV Drama Production Center. This also shows the importance CCTV attaches to this self-made drama. He brought the director and two screenwriters to Peking University to meet Jiang Qi. They did not meet outside the school gate, but directly met in Yanyuan.

In the words of the producer, "It's a good opportunity for us to visit Yanyuan."

Although the producer is a native of Beijing, he is not from Peking University.

The director and the two screenwriters also looked at this young best-selling author with curiosity.

The two screenwriters brought by CCTV this time were not the male and female screenwriters that were paired before, but two female screenwriters.

One party wanted to buy, and the other wanted to sell. The contract was soon finalized. If it was another station, Jiang Wu would have specified in the contract that the project must be started within two years, otherwise the contract would be terminated and resold. But for CCTV, Jiang Wu changed the time to five years.

The producers and directors of CCTV had seen the copyright contract sold by Jiang Wu from others a long time ago, and knew that Jiang Wu had given them a three-year leeway in their contract. Even though they knew that they would start the project and polish the script immediately after the contract was signed, they still showed goodwill to Jiang Wu and were in a good mood.

Although this was different, they had experienced it too many times, and they still felt that this girl could do things.

Jiang Wu did not even bargain for the copyright fee, giving CCTV enough face.

CCTV had also asked around, and a TV station had offered Jiang Wu a high price of 500,000 yuan, but the copyright fee that Jiang Wu and CCTV had agreed on was only half of that, which is currently far less than the value that Jiang Wu's works have brought to the TV station and the crew.

After the two sides had a good talk, the producer also asked about Jiang Wu's plans after graduation, and asked her with a smile: "Have you ever thought about working for our station after graduation?"

Not to mention that Jiang Wu is a top student at Peking University, just looking at her young age, she has achieved such results now, which is enough for them to recruit her.

Jiang Wu did not refuse, but smiled and complimented: "Who wouldn't want to work at a TV station like CCTV?"

This is a direct mouthpiece of Tongtian.

After the producer and director showed some concern for Jiang Xi's studies, they turned the topic to the TV adaptation of "White Snake", which they were most concerned about.

Everyone present had read the book "White Snake" twice.

CCTV's self-produced dramas are not only about the ratings of the TV series. Otherwise, they would have directly bought the copyright of "Little Swallow" from Mango TV and broadcast "Little Swallow". Why make self-produced dramas? CCTV

's self-produced dramas also have to play a role in publicity. For example, the self-produced drama "In Paris" written by the producer himself two years ago, they have to ensure the ratings while keeping up with current affairs and promoting positive energy. Therefore, a basic tone of the TV series is to be great, bright and positive.

For example, the theme of "White Snake", even if the "White Snake" series has been filmed badly, since it is going to be filmed, it must play a role in promoting the economy, such as promoting Hangzhou, promoting the tourism economy of Hangzhou and even the entire province, Leifeng Pagoda, Broken Bridge, Su Causeway, Bai Causeway and other scenic spots, the fairy mountain where the White Snake cultivated immortality, what mountain to choose, how to shoot, how to use Xu Xian's medicine shop, promote the traditional Chinese medicine culture of our Flower Country, etc.

This is the main tone requirement for this self-made drama, and the adaptation and development of the rest of the plot must be based on this main tone.

At present, the two most popular works of "White Snake", "White Snake" is based on the theme of eternal love, and the movie "White Snake" is based on the theme of women's struggle for self-improvement and saving the people.

For the TV series "White Snake", if they want to write something new and not just a remake of the TV series "White Snake", they need some new ideas. The two screenwriters have different suggestions on this issue.

Screenwriter Yuan Feng still wants to use "love" as the theme because the audience likes this theme. Only by using "love" as the theme can the ratings be guaranteed.

Another screenwriter Tang Jiang believes that if the theme is still "love" and the focus is on the love between the White Snake and Xu Xian, there is no need to buy the TV drama copyright of "White Snake" and directly remake "White Snake" will do: "Since we chose to buy the TV drama copyright of "White Snake" instead of remaking "White Snake", isn't it because we want to make something different? This is an era of gender equality, and the country is also vigorously promoting the family planning policy. Our theme should focus more on the White Snake's persistence and efforts in cultivating immortals. The White Snake may not want love or Xu Xian, but she wants a career. , I want to become an immortal!"

It just so happens that the director and producer are both men. Although they have written and filmed hit TV series, the dramas they write and film are all based on the career line. The emotional line is just a little embellishment written by other small screenwriters. Shooting emotional lines is really not their strong point. In addition, there are various martial arts dramas and love dramas with Aunt Qiong Yao as the main market on the market. CCTV's own self-made dramas naturally want to shoot some new ideas and sublimate the theme. After listening to the two people's arguments, screenwriter Tang Jiang was responsible for the career line, and screenwriter Yuan Feng was responsible for the emotional line.

Jiang Gui's opinion was also asked.

Jiang Wu: ...

These people are different from the scriptwriters and directors of provincial and local TV stations that Jiang Wu had met before. The four in front of him are all bigwigs of the Central Government. The producer is a native of Beijing. He can sit in the position of deputy director of a department of the Central Government. In addition to his own ability, who knows what kind of complicated relationship he has behind him?

But she is not afraid. In fact, she does not think that the ideas of the two scriptwriters conflict. Just like the TV series "In Paris" written by the producer in the early 1990s, the career line and the love line can be combined, but one is the main and the other is the auxiliary. This book was originally written by Jiang Wu, so she naturally tends to focus on the career line and the love line as a supplement.

Speaking of the love line, screenwriter Yuan Feng frowned and asked: "Shooting a TV series is not like shooting a movie. A movie is finished in two hours, and one episode of a TV series is 40 minutes long. Do we have to shoot so many episodes without a love line and let her continue to cultivate?"

She didn't understand where the point of watching this was.

Jiang Xi thought for a while and suggested: "Isn't there a section in the work where the heroine sorts out the mountains and rivers of the world? What do you think of combining this section with the flood relief in reality this year?"

Especially the sentence when the boss stood on the river bank where the flood was surging and shouted: "I will not evacuate until the flood recedes!"

It moved many people and gave the disaster-stricken people a shot of adrenaline.

The producer's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and smile at the little girl of about 17 or 18 years old: "Great!"

Previously, the station had been debating whether to buy the copyright of "White Snake" or have the screenwriters in Taiwan write a story about flood prevention and disaster relief. Although their faction won in the end, as a producer, he actually carried a lot of pressure. If the ratings of this self-made drama were not high, then he and his faction would inevitably suffer. But what if this year's flood prevention and disaster relief theme was combined with "White Snake"?

It not only describes the government's efforts in flood control and disaster relief this year, but also promotes some famous scenic spots in Hangzhou, contributes to the tourism and cultural industry, and also promotes traditional Chinese medicine.

Even if the ratings are not satisfactory, because of these promotional points, the work has played a positive role in promotion, and he will only have merits and no faults.

Because this point was raised by Jiang Xi, how to write this part of the plot in an exciting and interesting way, Jiang Xi has the most say, so the producer simply pulled Jiang Xi in as a stunner and handed this part of the plot to her.

Jiang Xi did not refuse, but smiled and said: "I have only written novels, not screenplays. There should be a big difference between screenplays and novels, right?"

"What's the big deal? When the time comes, follow your sister Yuan and sister Tang. You have such a high level of understanding, you will learn it after watching a few more times."

Among the four people present, including the director, all have written screenplays and worked as screenwriters.

The producer praised Jiang Xi for her high level of understanding, which is not an exaggeration. Not to mention the several best-selling books she wrote, and the outline and tone of the movie "White Snake" were completed by Jiang Meng, her political sensitivity is not something that ordinary people can have.

Jiang Xi did not ask whether she would be paid for her work. Even if she worked for free, wouldn't she still have more than 200,000 yuan in copyright fees?

Jiang Xi, who took on this job, not only wrote the manuscripts for the two works "The Imperial Guard" and "Star Mecha", but also wrote part of the plot for the TV drama "White Snake".

For this, Jiang Xi asked the department head for leave, not for daytime classes. She went to daytime classes as usual, but she would not go back to the dormitory at night, but would live in a rental house outside the school, because there was a computer in the rental house, and she would use the night time to work on the computer in the rental house.

When the department head found out that she was going to participate in the scriptwriting of CCTV's self-made drama, he originally thought that she was a seedling for scientific research. Unexpectedly, she, a science student, did not go into scientific research, but instead went on the road of literature and never looked back. He did not persuade her to go the scientific research route, and very reasonably approved her application. However, according to the process, she still needed to write a report and submit it to the counselor.

The counselor did not expect that Jiang Xi came to ask for leave again to live off campus just after Cui Yujie moved out of dormitory 401. He hurriedly asked her if she had any conflicts with her roommates, whether she was bullied, etc.

Since the female student's suicide case, the school is currently very sensitive and nervous about this area.

Jiang Xi briefly told his counselor about the screenwriting job for CCTV's self-produced drama. The counselor then breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was instigated by the department head and that he had already reported it to the department head. The counselor readily approved Jiang Xi's leave.

Jiang Xi did not leave without saying a word because she was not familiar with the girls in dormitory 401. Instead, she took some fruits back to the dormitory and told her roommates that she had taken a job and needed to live off campus for a while. "I will not be in the dormitory these days. When it is my turn to be on duty, you can just stand in the back of the line. I will make up for it later." She put the bag of fruits she bought on the table and said, "I have earned some money. I will not treat you to dinner yet. I will treat you to some fruits. I will treat you to dinner later when I get the money."

"Wow! You got a job? What kind of job is it?" Zhang Min's eyes lit up immediately.

Her family is in a small town, and she is not the only child in the family. Apart from the cost of college, the living expenses are not much, and she also needs to find a job to supplement her living expenses.

The best job for these Peking University students is to tutor children from other schools.

They have only been at Peking University for two months, and many of them have not found a tutoring job yet.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xi got the job without saying anything.

Thinking of Jiang Xi's participation in the Wanhua Film Festival, Zhang Min couldn't help but widen her eyes and asked, "Is it to write a script?"

They wanted to ask Jiang Xi if she was cute, but when Jiang Xi just came back, Cui Yujie's incident happened. After that, a girl committed suicide in the school, which caused a lot of uproar. Then there was Cui Yujie's punishment and Cui Yujie's transfer to another dormitory. The atmosphere in the dormitory was always very low. In that situation, even though Zhang Min and the others were very curious, they didn't ask Jiang Xi if she was cute.

Although they were already 80% sure, they still had to confirm it since they hadn't heard Jiang Xi admit it in person.

Even though they had expected it, when they saw Jiang Xi smile and nod and say, "Yes," they were still shocked and asked her, "So you are really Xi Meng?"

After getting Jiang Xi's affirmative answer, Zhang Min was shocked: "Oh my God! Even though I guessed it, I still can't believe it. You were recommended to Beijing University last year and won the gold medal in the IMO international competition!" She stroked her forehead and looked at him as if he was a monster. She said with a look of being extremely shocked: "You actually wrote more than three million words in three years when you were in the first and second year of high school, while participating in the IMO competition."

She counted on her fingers: "In the first and second year of high school, one million words a year, and they were written so beautifully, how did you do it?"

For Zhang Min, who majored in science, this was simply unimaginable. She wanted to open Jiang Gui's head to see if she had an extra brain than them.

She has been praised for her intelligence since she was a child. For her, studying is as easy as eating and sleeping. Her parents always praise her in front of outsiders: "We don't have to worry about it. She just learns it by herself."

Even during her three years of high school, when she had to participate in competitions and study at the same time, she had to put in more effort. However, she still won the first prize in the city competition. Later, she was admitted to Peking University without affecting her academic performance.

It was only after she arrived at Peking University that she realized that there were many talented people here. Her past achievements were nothing. She could no longer maintain the state of being able to easily get into Peking University without studying hard. She needed to spend a lot of energy on studying to maintain her excellent grades in this campus.

But what did the girl in front of her say? Not only did she complete the knowledge of three years of high school in two years, she won the gold medal in international competitions, was admitted to Peking University in advance, and published nearly two million words in high school, and each work sold millions of copies!

Zhang Min, who has been called smart since she was a child, realized for the first time that the gap between people can be so big!

The other people in the dormitory were also stunned after counting Jiang Xi's achievements during this period, as Zhang Min exclaimed.

"So...so you moved out this time because "The King's Guard" is about to end and you're going to release a new work?" Zhang Min could only find this reason, otherwise "The King's Guard" was also being updated before, and Jiang Xi would still sleep in the dormitory. It doesn't make sense that he would not live in the dormitory now.

Jiang Xi didn't intend to say it at first, but seeing that they all guessed that she was cute, there was no need to hide it, and smiled and said: "I took a job for Yang Ma."