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Chapter 363 Co-director?

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To be honest, Kou Zhun was really surprised that this happy twist suddenly appeared in his vision.

Don't surprise him, because he also knows that Happy Twist, a name that has not yet shed its true brilliance, is how good actors are working together for it.

Just say that those dozens of actors who can pick one out are quite good in the comedy world.

And they are younger, more imaginative, and creative than some established comedians.

So thinking that I might want to work with such an actor, I was really excited.

It even feels like seeing an idol.

After all, as a former movie lover, Kou Zhun is also very fond of comedies. Among them, the names of the happy twist actors are definitely his favorite.

But after all, it's not the same as in the previous life. Kou Zhun's mentality has changed quite a bit over the past year. At least when he encounters such things again, he can still remain quite calm.

It seems that what I want to see at night is just a small workshop, but in fact, Happy Twist is indeed a small workshop that only makes a difference in the field of drama.

I took a look at the time before the scheduled meeting time, thinking about Kou Zhun turning on the computer and starting to check some information about Happy Twist.

Kou Zhun really didn't pay much attention to this matter before. After all, with such excellent actors, who would pay attention to what is going on in the company of Happy Twist?

After such an investigation, Kou Zhun knew that the founder was really interesting.

Zhang Chen had an appointment with Kou Zhun this evening.Don't even think of him as the founder of Happy Twist, but in fact, his university major has nothing to do with drama, or even with literary creation. He studied architectural design, which is simply a huge difference.

And such a guy who studies science and engineering, after graduation, even invested in a drama company, and it has achieved its current scale, I have to say that sometimes the fate is really quite joking.

Since the establishment of Happy Twist in 2013, it has taken people’s entertainment service as its purpose, and strived to turn wisdom and happiness into stage plays, and also created the concept of Lunar New Year stage plays, and in the following nearly 10 years Launched nearly 20 stage plays, gradually forming its own unique comedy style, and each stage play topic selection is very sharp, very close to social hot spots, and the angle is novel and unique, which makes this comedy brand formed its own Personality label.Moreover, it has its own comedy stage in major cities with more than 3,000 performances. It can be said that it is the most popular private institution in the drama industry.

And this comedy brand also has the blessing of many stars. For example, when it was just established, if you want to eat twist, I will use He Jiong and Xie Na, who has already become a famous host.

The subsequent release of Happy Twist 2006 and Happy Twist 2007 were starring Dada lead singers Peng Tan and Liu Yan, and the French dinner for two people launched in 2008 attracted singers like Shang Wenjie to perform cross-border.

There is a direct relationship between the current market effect and this tolerance, and the style and form of the combined application. After nearly 10 years of polishing this brand has also accumulated a lot of excellent actors.

Looking at the achievements of this brand in the past 8 years, Kou Zhun is even more looking forward to the meeting this evening.

And the time soon came when the two parties agreed. Originally, Kou Zhun was going to the theater by himself, but Gong Yu offered to come and pick him up with him. Kou Zhun did not refuse.

Then at 7 o'clock in the evening, Kou Zhun and Gong Yu appeared in the theater together, and after they arrived, a middle-aged man who looked a little lean walked directly towards them.

At the same time, there is an enthusiastic smile on his face. This guy is no one else but Zhang Chen, the founder of Happy Twist.

And he didn't come alone, there was a fat guy who walked with him.

Kou Zhun didn't know each other before, but only after the introduction.This guy is Liu Hongtao, the president of Happy Twist now.

Just looking at the fat of a president in front of him, and maybe there is always a feeling of wanting to laugh, because this guy is really cute and full of joy, but he is very close to this happy twist brand.

When the two came to Kou Zhun and the others, He Gongyu greeted them first.

"Mr. Gong, I am very glad that you accepted our invitation to come to our theater. Your presence really makes us flourish."

With that said, Zhang Chen turned his head to look at Kou Zhun, eyes full of scrutiny.

As for Gong Yu, of course he knows who the protagonist is today, so just a simple polite sentence, he directly introduced:

"This is our co-founder of Kiwifruit, Mr. Kou Zhun, and the previous Soul Ferry was created by Mr. Kou as a director and screenwriter alone. It can be said to be a 10-point visionary and very creative. The founder of. This is somewhat similar to you, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Chen waved his hand when he heard this and said modestly:

"Mr. Kou, don't betray me. I just got a small theater. It's really incomparable with Mr. Kou. After all, I watched the soul ferry drama from beginning to end and I have to say, Mr. Kou is really Young talent, if I hadn’t seen Mr. Kou with my own eyes today, I really couldn’t believe that such a high-quality web drama was filmed by a young and promising young man like you. The middle-aged person of 40 is really ashamed."

Kou Zhun: "Mr. Zhang, please stop saying that. I checked Mr. Zhang's resume before. Although I just created a theater, but as a science student in architecture design, he can do Up to now, such achievements are definitely not something ordinary people can achieve, and the brand of Happy Twist is also well-known in the field of drama, so when I received Mr. Zhang’s invitation, I was really flattered. And to be honest, I really haven't watched our happy twist drama, so I am really looking forward to the wonderful performances I will see tonight."

Kou Zhun is not talking about it. Although in later generations I often watched happy twist movies and watched each one many times, but for the drama, Kou Zhun really hasn’t watched one of them. Not to mention, the drama is really a thing that not everyone benefits or has the opportunity to see. After all, there are not all these people in every city in the theater. Kou Zhun is indeed looking forward to the performance tonight, because he I also want to see what kind of wonderful drama can be produced before the Spring Festival Gala and the happy twist of making a movie.

And listening to Kou Zhun say this, Zhang Chen smiled and said:

"I don't dare to say that there are surprises, but I try not to disappoint boss Kou."

With that said, Zhang Chen and Liu Hongtao led Kou Zhun and the others towards the theater. In order to give Kou Zhun and the others a good viewing experience today, Zhang Chen and the others also specially gave Kou Zhun and them the best view. Performance position.

Because Kou allowed them to come a while earlier, there are not many people in the theater at this time, but as they sat down in the theater, they began to enter the audience.

In addition, today is Saturday, so there are many spectators, and the entire theater is already full in just over 20 minutes.

It is hard to imagine that this is a theater, but it makes people think that this is a movie theater, and what foreign blockbuster movies are showing in front.

"From the perspective of the number of audiences, this happy twist is indeed a unique presence in the drama."

Then, with his thoughts, the whole drama started today.

As for today's repertoire, it is-Earl of Wulong Mountain.

The protagonist of the show has no house, no car, no girl, no looks, no savings, no job. On his thirtieth birthday, he accidentally gets a check for one million dollars.

The protagonist is about to become a millionaire. He dreams about his future wealth, but he encounters an unreliable bank manager and a group of unreliable robbers.Later, our protagonist was inexplicably mistaken for robbers and murderers. All those who knew the truth were killed one after another. He was wanted by the police and fled to Wulong Mountain, where he began self-salvation and a series of laughable revenge plans... …

As for the starring roles, Shen Teng and Ma Li are the happy twists.

This is also an actor of the Happy Twist Meritorious level. First of all, Ma Li is known as the queen of a thousand plays, and the actor is the meritorious director and meritorious actor who created the Happy Twist box office record-Shen Teng.

Although everyone is more familiar with his actor status, in fact he is also a director. In 2010, the director of Happy Twist 2010 Soma Pirates performed in the capital for a hundred shows in half a year, and the box office exceeded 10 million. Know his abilities.

And such a drama composed of two actors is even more exciting.

Even Kou Zhun, who didn’t know what repertoire they would see tonight, couldn’t help but start looking forward to this lineup, and the next two hours proved that his expectations were not in vain. of.

Although the name Shen Teng was gradually known to everyone after he went to the Spring Festival Gala and performed several outstanding works, his ability was accumulated over time.

This is done entirely through drama. For example, the deep level on stage is actually more comfortable than what Kou Zhun saw in the movie.One baggage and one baggage were thrown out, and the audience laughed in a very cheerful atmosphere. It was also a pinch. It can be said that there is a state where he wants you to laugh and you laugh, and he wants you to cry and you want to cry. , I have to say that this really surprised Kou Zhun.

Even a veteran who has watched so many comedies in his later generations can't help but laugh many times during the process of watching this drama.

Because some of the jokes are really unstoppable pleasures, and this is not Kou Zhun alone.While watching, he also paid attention to Gong Yu beside him.

He found that Gong Yu, who is a domineering president Fan Er, laughed in the whole drama so that it was a wild flower. It really corrupted the image and even made Kou Zhun disgusted, because he really didn't expect. A middle-aged man in his 30s could still smile like a teenager.

Laughing breathlessly.

Moreover, the whole person seemed to be completely attracted by the play, and didn't even notice Kou Zhun's scrutiny.

Anyway, no matter how we communicated with Zhang Chen and the others, at least Kou Zhun didn't come in vain after seeing such a drama today.

With the continuous advancement of the plot, the whole drama is gradually coming to an end with the continuous explosion of a burden.

It was not until the entire play was completed that the audience completely withdrew from the scene before Kou Zhun and the others got up from their seats.

Looking at Zhang Chen and Liu Hongtao next to him.With some expectant eyes, Kou Zhun shook his head and said with emotion:

"It is worthy of being made by the top drama team in the country. It is really amazing. It is indeed quite good."

Kou Zhun is not stingy with his compliments.

But Zhang Chen heard Kou Zhun's praise, and they were delighted when they glanced at each other.But this joy didn't last long, it turned into entanglement.

Kou Zhun looked at them like this, but he could understand.

After all, Happy Twist has been successful enough as a golden sign of drama.

If they can continue the sign of gold, then they don’t really need to take any risks, they just need to play steadily. However, they obviously don’t want Kou Zhun today. They are limited to the current situation. In other words It is said that they want to broaden their territory, and broadening their territory means taking risks, and taking risks means the possibility of failure, and failure may lose what he once had.

It can be said that this decision is not easy to make as a boss, especially when there are already results.After all, as a boss, if you enter a field casually when there is nothing, it means taking risks, but this kind of adventure is actually not a loss, but after you have achieved results, this kind of pressure will be much more than playing lightly.

After all, it’s easy for a dramatist to make a web drama, and it’s easy to be criticized, saying that his job is not doing a good job and get some sideways. Even if the web drama is not well filmed, it will put more pressure on the drama. .

And looking at Zhang Chen and their current expressions, it was obvious that they themselves had not made this determination.

And just as Kou Zhun thought, Zhang Chen and the others were indeed very worried.

After the play ended, Zhang Chen and the others brought Kou Zhun to the office, and after Kou Zhun and the others sat down, Zhang Chen finally talked about it, and found Kou Zhun and their purpose today.

"It's too late now. After watching a drama, I believe Mr. Kou has already understood our drama strength. Although modesty is a virtue, we have indeed achieved a pretty good result in this regard. Achievements, but now we are also facing some problems. Although we have reached the top level in the field of drama, at least at the box office, our situation is not very good."

"On the one hand, as we continue to develop the repertoire, the cost of our team is actually increasing. Especially as the actors are constantly expanding, this cost has become even more. This makes us actually It is difficult to have funds to research and develop more new repertoires, and the absence of new repertoire means constant repetition for dramas. This repetition is definitely not endless, especially for our actual pursuit. It’s about updating, for a company with new comedy."

"On the one hand, with the continuous success of our drama, in fact, we have also come to a state similar to a bottleneck. It is true that Mr. Kou, such as today's drama, although it looks very successful, it is actually because of this. It only took us three months to polish the script, and it took almost half a year for us to perform it on stage."

"Although we have no intention of complaining, the cost of this input is not directly proportional to the profit obtained, even if we have achieved success in the industry. It is not that we can change by two of us, but the overall industry of China Drama Limited, this is why we want to enter online dramas. On the one hand, we want to broaden our audience. After all, in terms of drama, our audience is still very small. More than one billion people in China know our brand. Know that our drama is actually only 1%, or even less."

"So in order to survive and to develop better, we must seek change while maintaining stability."

"On the other hand, we also want to try some other fields. We actually want to try to put this kind of comedy on the screen. The theater has its advantages to help the audience create an immersive feeling, and Having other viewers watching a comedy together can actually promote the effect of the comedy. But putting this kind of comedy on the screen is a completely different matter. There is no environment support and no audience together, so what can be done? We are not sure either."

"Then what are you looking for me for?"

Kou Zhun asked the doubts in his mind, because the problems Zhang Chen said were all problems faced by Happy Twist, and strictly speaking, it had nothing to do with Kou Zhun.

Hearing Kou Zhun's inquiry, Zhang Chen did not immediately reply.The one who answered him was Liu Hongtao on the side.

"This time I found Mr. Kou. On the one hand, I wanted to communicate with you about online drama. Because we have not been in touch with this matter, we actually don’t have a good grasp of this form. The director of a successful web drama will definitely be more experienced than us in this regard."

"The other reason is that we actually want to work with you. We actually have a pretty good script here. It’s just because we don’t understand the format of web dramas, so we want you to be the director of our web dramas. ."

"Let me be your director?"

Don't say it.It really made Kou Zhun really surprised, because he thought about a lot of situations.He thought that the other party would learn about some online dramas from him, and he also thought of the other party, and might come up with some bargaining chips for cooperating with their kiwifruit website, but he didn't expect the other party to want him to be their director?

"If I remember correctly, some of the actors of Happy Twist should also have the ability to direct, like today's Shen Teng. So in this respect, you should not lack directors, do you need to cooperate with me? ?"

Try to keep the original flavor as much as possible. This is also the reason why Happy Twice can achieve such success in the film industry. That is, each of his films is actually written by the team members and directed by the team members.

It was precisely because of this that Kou Zhun felt surprised.

But after hearing Kou Zhun's words, Zhang Chen and Liu Hongtao looked at each other and they did show a wry smile.

"Mr. Kou, although there are some creative talents in our team, this is only limited to dramas, and there are still big differences between dramas and web dramas, TV dramas and movies on media platforms. , Especially for the director."

"So it’s not that I don’t trust these employees of my company, but that I really don’t want to take such a risk, because the cost will be very high. Success is fine, but if it fails, it will be good for our company. It is a big blow. After all, our company is just a company that is not yet strong. If we fail in this regard, it means that our efforts over the past few years may have been all in vain."

After hearing this, Kou Zhun finally understood why he did this. It is indeed a drama company. Although the annual box office is very high, after removing the cost, he is actually compared with the volume of a regular film and television company. There is still a big gap, even if they have a lot of staff, sometimes they will become a burden and burden.

This is why they dare not take such risks.

Associating with some operations of happy twists in later generations, Kou Zhun can also imagine how entangled Zhang Chen is. After all, it is 2011. In 2011, Zhang Chen had this idea of ​​wanting to go out of the circle, but It was not until 2012 that they started filming web dramas, and it was not until 2014 that their first film was born. It is conceivable that they have made many psychological budgets in the past few years, and then did it again. How much effort.

And he also thought that if Charlotte was troubled by the unsuccessful movie, then it is very likely that Happy Twist really can only be limited to the field of drama.

After all, the investment in a movie is already a considerable investment for Happy Twist. It can be said that this movie is not a test of water for them, but a fight against the water.

But what Kou Zhun didn't understand was.

"Know that the soul ferry I filmed before is a thriller. What do you think, let me be a director to shoot a comedy?"

When it comes to this question, Zhang Chen and Liu Hongtao's expressions have become much more relaxed. After looking at each other, Liu Hongtao said with a smile:

"What we believe more is not your ability. Of course, we are very optimistic about your ability, but what we believe more is your courage. We know that you are one of the founders of kiwifruit. We have actually learned about the changes in the past few months. Knowing that the form of online dramas is actually quite a big risk for the video platform."

"This is actually more brave than we have to enter the field of online drama."