As soon as Mr. He arrived, Lin Xiaoxiao began the meeting on the script outline.
"This time, Zhang Erdai was mainly in charge of the TV drama script. It's a family drama, and the requirements are that one becomes two, two become four, four become eight, and they have to make dumplings together at the end."
Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, since Miaomiao platform sponsored it, why not add a business war theme, so that the protagonist can get rich and create a shopping platform, and then make dumplings in the end?
"Background: a period drama, a business war theme, like an online shopping platform."
Lin Xiaoxiao thought that the shopping platform theme could be filmed at Miaomiao Platform Company, which would save money.
Zhang Erdai was extremely excited. She felt like she was back in her comfort zone. One becomes two, two become four, four become eight—while everyone else was still confused, she already had a solution!
Zhang Erdai patted his chest confidently and replied, "Don't worry, President Lin, I understand completely."
This made Lin Xiaoxiao a little insecure. No, she was still somewhat confused, just saying whatever came to mind, and this second-generation rich kid understood?! Seriously, is this guy that amazing?!
Seeing everyone else looking bewildered, Zhang the Second Generation confidently explained, "One becomes two, two become four, four become eight—isn't that just a typical family drama? Two people get together, so one becomes two. Then they divorce and remarry, so two become four. They marry and have children, so four become eight. The children, half-siblings, half-brothers suddenly fall in love, then separate again, and finally, all the families and children make dumplings together—it's so rich! My inspiration is about to explode! The content is just too rich!"
Lin Xiaoxiao was bewildered and puzzled. "Is this the skill of a family drama screenwriter?!" she thought, utterly impressed.
Sure enough, everyone else went from being confused to envious, and finally to admiring. It really shows that everyone has their own expertise. Zhang Erdai is really amazing.
This involves half-siblings, both from the same father and the same mother, which is confusing even to them. How can the audience understand it? What does it mean that your mother is my mother, but my mother is not your mother, and my mother is still my mother? Just listening to it is already stressful. It's extremely confusing!
With a smile in his eyes, Zhang Erdai looked smugly at Lin Xiaoxiao, seeking praise, "President Lin, am I right?"
Lin Xiaoxiao almost wanted to say, "Wow, I almost felt like I was listening to a stand-up comedy routine," and even wanted to give Zhang Erdai a round of applause. She had absolutely no idea who was whose mother or who was married, but all eyes in the conference room were suddenly on her.
Just kidding, could Lin Xiaoxiao say that was wrong? She didn't understand it at all. Anyway, as long as someone else understood, that was fine. So she nodded and sighed in her heart again, thinking that family dramas really were the comfort zone of the second generation of Zhang. No, it should be said that it was the zone of letting loose.
When Mr. He heard that he wanted to borrow the company's facilities and website for filming, he readily agreed. He was even pleased to think that Lin Xiaoxiao was a really nice person, as she was able to get an advertisement in the TV series.
So, Mr. He immediately made arrangements for his subordinates to fully cooperate with the filming.
Lin Xiaoxiao had finished reading the script, and her evaluation was summed up in one word—chaotic, utterly chaotic. The character relationships were so complex that each one or two characters could be developed into an entire character tree. It was truly astounding. Not to mention the ending where they made dumplings together—ex-husbands, ex-wives, current partners, all making dumplings and living happily ever after. You really need ten years of brain thrombosis to write a plot like this.
The first part of the story was to be filmed at the "Ten Thousand Yuan Household" park, but Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to save money. After all, the pre-sale tickets had all been sold out, so it would be better to wait until the pre-sale tickets expired before filming at the park. Therefore, she immediately decided to film the second half of the entrepreneurial scenes first.
Lin Xiaoxiao and her photography team arrived at the Miaomiao shopping platform. The secretary arranged by General Manager He to receive them was quite enthusiastic, and Lin Xiaoxiao was in a very good mood.
However, she didn't expect that this would be the best time of her day.
During filming, as soon as the actors sat down, an employee who appeared out of nowhere suddenly entered the frame and interfered, saying, "Don't move any of these things, just keep filming."
Although Lin Xiaoxiao was a little annoyed, she thought that it was someone else's workplace after all, so she didn't say anything. She just felt that this President He's arrangements were too unreliable. He didn't properly store the useful documents. They had already agreed to come and film, and they had given each other notice and a time in advance, but things still kept going wrong. There was always a problem here or there.
It's absolutely chaotic.
"Hey, wait a minute, this area can't be in the shot."
Lin Xiaoxiao felt her fists harden. It was that little leader again, never giving prior notice before appearing on camera as soon as filming started! Every single scene was a waste of money!
So Lin Xiaoxiao gave the other party more time to clear the set, thinking there shouldn't be any problems. However, when the actors were filming the meeting scene, someone started whispering again, and the voices weren't quiet.
"Hmph, you can't even use a basic internet slang term."
Lin Xiaoxiao felt she had truly reached her limit. "Where did you all come from?!"
The junior manager, feigning an apologetic smile, said again, "I'm sorry, Director Lin, none of us have ever seen a film shoot before; we're just watching from the sidelines."
"Call General Manager He down here."
Lin Xiaoxiao was genuinely amused by the other person's attitude. People can really laugh when they're speechless. She hadn't encountered such a tactless person in a long time.
"Mr. He is not here today; he is on a business trip."
Looking at the other person's ambiguous smile, Lin Xiaoxiao thought that before she could think that the Miaomiao platform was in chaos, but now she really thought it was a miracle that the Miaomiao platform hadn't gone bankrupt yet.
There are really too many turtles in a shallow pond.
"Let's pack up and head back."
Lin Xiaoxiao took the lead and left immediately. When she got back, she sent a new invoice to President He, requesting an additional investment of 500 million yuan.
"Mr. Lin, why are you asking for additional investment?"
"For the business warfare scenes that need to be filmed here, the specific projects should all be clearly stated in the filming notes."
"Huh?! Didn't we say we'd film it on the Miaomiao platform?"
“I also want to save you money, but your Miaomiao platform is just too busy. We don’t have any space or time to spare. Mr. He, please remember to make the payment as soon as possible. The projects here are all waiting for the payment.”
Lin Xiaoxiao was too lazy to waste any more words, so she hung up after speaking. Since the other party wouldn't invest further, she decided to proceed. The 500 million yuan that had already been transferred was impossible to repay anyway; it was all compensation for her and her staff's lost wages and emotional distress.
Anyway, she's not short of customers. It's easy to fleece people, and she's already done it. The project is delayed, and the station manager has a reason to complain. That's why the Miaomiao platform isn't cooperating with filming; things will have to be done slowly. Just like the whispers among the Miaomiao platform staff that day, she's just a small-time director; what could she possibly have done wrong?
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