Chapter 227 The Grand Budapest Hotel

He and Chazelle agreed to come to the company today to look at the script outline.

The reason for choosing the company is that this involves commercial secrets, so it is better to do it in a place with surveillance.

Three minutes later, Chazelle stepped into the conference room at the last second of the agreed time, "Wow, you are here so early."

As he said, Chazelle pulled out the chair opposite and sat down.

In addition to being partners, the two are also friends, so there is no need to be too polite.

Chen Xiao skipped the business mutual praise session and went straight to the point, pushing a small stack of documents in front of him, "This is the script outline. The rest of the project summary is not ready yet, but you won't look at it much after it is ready, right?"

"Well, the script is the first, and the rest is fine as long as there are no major problems."

As he said, Chazelle picked up the script outline, "The Grand Budapest Hotel?"

"Well, it's an art film, but it also has the color of a documentary. The picture can be shot very beautifully, which meets your requirements."

After that, Chen Xiao pulled the teapot in the middle and filled his teacup with tea.

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" is not as satirical as "The Truman Show", but it is also a good movie.

The story it tells takes place in Europe from the 1930s to the 1960s.

There is a luxury hotel there.

The protagonists are the hotel manager "Gustav" and the doorman "Zero".

Gustav is famous for providing first-class service and seducing wealthy elderly women.

A wealthy elderly woman died and bequeathed a priceless painting to Gustav, who was framed for murder and imprisoned.

The two protagonists cooperated to help Gustav escape from prison, find evidence to prove his innocence, and deal with property disputes among prominent families.

Overall, it is a comedy and absurd style. But behind it is the war and social civilization changes in Europe over the past half century.

This film requires all the actors to be foreigners, so it is not convenient for him to shoot for the time being.

And it is not profitable, even less profitable than "The Truman Show".

In the original world, "The Truman Show" ranked 12th in the North American box office when it was released.

And this one ranked 55th that year, which is much lower. All I can say is that it was made for art, but don't think about money.

So, there's no need for him to cling to the position of chief director.

Let Chazelle shoot, he is just right as the screenwriter, and looking back at the finished product can still be a bit novel.

Thinking of this, Chazelle on the opposite side also finished reading the outline, frowned and sighed.

Chen Xiao put down his teacup and asked, "Director Chazelle, is there a problem with the outline?"

Chazelle was silent for two seconds.

Of course there is a problem.

Good news, he likes the concept, character setting and background, and there are political elements.

Bad news, someone else wrote it.

Good news, let him shoot it.

Bad news, someone else wrote it.

Damn! Since coming here, my mood has been stable every day: so annoying.

After Chazelle jumped wildly between sadness and joy for a while, he closed the script and looked up at him, "Are you really going to shoot it for me? Are you sure?"

Chen Xiao looked at Chazelle's depressed eyes, his mouth corners raised, and his whole person seemed to be split, and he reacted immediately.

Brother, you are feeling unbalanced.

It seems that he thinks the script is very good, right?

Then why not take the opportunity to get some money from him?

Chen Xiao sighed:

"Well, am I nice enough?"

"Since I finished filming "The Truman Show", I have been staying at home every day thinking about this script and looking up information."

"I stay up late in front of the screen every night until midnight."

"If there were no historical records, I would doubt that I built the pyramids this month."

"I have to do one job and hate one job. You said last time that you should tell me the benefits directly, right? I worked hard and gave you such a good script, and you..."

At this point, Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows and didn't continue.

But Chazelle is not stupid, he must have thought of this layer, and the next sentence: You have to show some sincerity, right? Otherwise, how can there be a next cooperation?

Across the table, Chazelle stared at the script outline and pursed his lips.

What Chen Xiao said... must be a lie!

He is definitely pretending to be relaxed, or he is pretending to be cool!

He must have looked up countless materials and spent a lot of effort to write a political art film.

How could it be so easy?

But then again, he is so loyal, and I was jealous of him just now.

Damn it!

Oh!

Such a sincere friend who values ​​art must be given enough benefits.

Chazelle picked up the script and vowed: "Don't worry, I will definitely shoot it well. Your next movie will be released overseas, right? As long as it does not violate the law, I will fully support it and sign a contract to support it. Don't worry! I will make you my friend!"

"Okay!"

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Xiao sent Chazelle away and returned to his office.

He couldn't go home for the time being. Because he had to meet Fang Rong later to talk about "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

The system task is three works.

There is still one missing.

For the last one, wait until the animation department finishes "Frozen" and let them shoot another one.

As for Sun Li, he plans to invite him to join the "To Live" crew.

Otherwise, there are too few high-level directors, and he will be under great pressure.

The company also has a variety show department.

He has not taken charge of this department for the time being, leaving it to other people in the project creative department to think about creativity. Employees have to use their brains.

Chen Xiao returned to the office and took out a fancy gift box.

This is the jewelry bought for Mom as my father said, and it just arrived today.

He originally wanted to take it back to his mother.

But family affection is family affection, and the thought of giving jewelry in person... always feels a bit corny.

I am a military general, not good at speaking.

Let dad take it back, and he can tell mom online, it's thoughtful and not corny.

With this in mind, he called his dad.

After resigning from the school, dad is now a financial consultant in the company. It's called a consultant, but in fact it's a regular review of financial status to prevent problems.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hello, dad, what are you doing?"

"I'm in jail."

"..." Chen Xiao continued to ask, "Are you in the office?"

"Yes, in jail."

Oh, it's really a job that you hate, and you curse your mother in every job.

"Is he in jail now? I'll go visit him."

"Come on, I'm eating jail food."

"Okay."

...

At the same time.

In a solemn white building in the capital.

Xia Hong, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, is reading the work summary submitted by his subordinates for last month.

The Cyberspace Administration of China is at the same level as the Ministry of Culture.

As deputy director, he is in charge of the Internet Comprehensive Governance Bureau, Internet Social Work Bureau, Internet Communication Bureau and other departments.

He looked serious and turned the pages of the report one by one.

In general, the current Internet public opinion management still faces several problems.

First, rumors spread quickly.

Second, it takes a long time to find out the ins and outs of the incident and cross-departmental collaboration.

During this period, rumors fermented and intensified.

And people have a strong stickiness for the impression of the incident they first formed.

This leads to the third problem.

Once rumors ferment, even if there is ironclad evidence, some people will refuse to believe the official investigation results.

Xia Hong continued to turn the pages.

After the problem, there are solutions proposed by various departments.

He glanced at it roughly.

The content is no different from before.

Strengthen knowledge education, improve media literacy, recommend practical tools, strengthen media supervision, build a rumor-refuting platform, publicize laws and regulations, etc.

They have been doing these things, but the results are always unsatisfactory.

Even if they seize the opportunity of a rumor reversal and strengthen education, most people will just express their support and not take it seriously.

Oh... there is still a long way to go.

Thinking of this, he put down the materials in his hand, stood up and left the office, and walked towards the bathroom.