When a person was about to drown, even if there was a straw in front of them, they would desperately grab it.
This analogy was undoubtedly very appropriate for Jiang Wei.
That was the case for him now.
It was never easy to make a name for yourself in the directing industry.
Looking at the entire entertainment industry, the most difficult profession to hone was directing, followed by photography.
This was a publicly acknowledged fact in all the film and television academies.
The reason was simple.
The former only needed one person for each production team. According to the director's management system in China, the director was the person in charge of the entire film and controlled the success or failure of the film.
In other words, investing in a TV series could easily cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions. If they lost money, it would be to the extent that the investors would vomit blood.
Under such circumstances, who would dare to hand such a big matter to a rookie with no experience, qualifications, or results?
What kind of brainless investor would dare to make such a decision?
But the problem was…
How could a new director have the qualifications and achievements if he did not get a chance?
This was an endless loop!
There was no other way.
There was only one word, endure!
To put it bluntly.
He wanted to use all kinds of methods to gain experience.
Script supervisor, assistant director, assistant director, executive director, production assistant, photography assistant. Many new directors had done these jobs before.
Writing scripts and stealing the screenwriter's job.
He was even the most bitter scriptwriter in the production team. He could change it at any time. He would listen to whoever had the most cards in the production team and change it however he wanted.
It was as if he had put down all his pride and dignity.
There were also people who went to film commercials and music videos.
There were even people who went to act to gain connections.
The more ridiculous ones might even go to the television station to write program plans. They could even become executive directors or producers. In this category, talent shows made up stories about students, legal shows made up shocking stories, and reality shows made up plots.
There was nothing they couldn't do.
He really had no choice.
Although dreams were beautiful, the process of realizing them was full of hardships.
If he wanted to seize the opportunity, he had to at least endure it first before he could slowly seize the opportunity.
As for those who studied photography…
Well,
A certain director who was known as the State Preceptor also studied photography. There were also several famous directors in the industry who also studied photography.
This gave people the illusion that it was easy for the photography department to make a name for themselves.
But in reality.
Let's put it this way, with the golden reputation of the Yanjing Film Academy, at least one-third of the graduates of the photography department were doing wedding photography and wedding videos!
That's right!
They were wedding photography and wedding videos.
Another third went to various television stations to film the legal stories written by their classmates.
Only the remaining one-third of them had really gained a foothold in the film and television industry or went to the fashion industry. The former became a photographer, while the latter became a photographer.
The former filmed movies and TV series, while the latter held photography exhibition.
Everyone was here to eat, so there was no such thing as embarrassing themselves.
Jiang Wei was such a director.
He graduated from the directing department of the Chinese Academy of Drama in 1995 and worked as a scriptwriter and assistant director. Ten years later, when he was in his thirties, he won the title of Best Newcomer Director.
In fact.
Even so, in 2006, he still went to act.
He had no choice.
Life was hard, so he had to find something to do.
This " Lurker " was a novel that he had adapted. The original text was only 20,000 words, but he had forcefully adapted it into a 300,000-word script.
Jiang Wei cherished this opportunity.
Therefore, when he heard that Huang Zhenqi's boss wanted to see him, he rushed to the company without even having dinner.
However, the moment he saw Wang Cong, he was stunned.
Too young!
This Boss Wang doesn't even look 25 years old, right?
In fact.
Seeing Jiang Wei's expression, Wang Cong knew that he must be surprised by his age.
However, Wang Cong did not mind.
After all, this was an objective fact that no one could change.
He smiled and looked at Jiang Wei." Director Jiang, right? I've seen 'Don't Talk to Strangers'. Your screenwriter is a little scary!”
"Hahaha!"
Wang Cong's words made everyone laugh.
" Don't Talk to Strangers " was a film about domestic violence. The most memorable part of the film was that the male lead, Feng Yuanzheng, often beat his wife, Mei Ting.
Wang Cong did not expect Jiang Wei to be the screenwriter of that movie.
The atmosphere became harmonious, and it was naturally time to talk about serious matters.
"Director Jiang, I've read the script. It's not bad.”
Wang Cong looked at Jiang Wei and smiled."I wonder what your budget for this movie is?”
"Ah?"
Jiang Wei was stunned. He didn't expect Boss Wang to be so direct. He asked him how much he wanted to invest.
However, he had already prepared for this movie for two years and was already familiar with everything. When he heard Wang Cong's words, he quickly said,"The cost of this movie isn't high. If we hire some actors, I'm confident that the cost will be controlled within 20 million.”
20 million was actually not a lot for a long television series.
Wang Cong and Huang Zhenqi nodded in unison.
Wang Cong's next sentence stunned Huang Zhenqi and Jiang Wei.
They had never expected this.
This young boss was actually so crazy!
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