I am out of control, I don't have a pattern

Chapter 37: Just an Ordinary Business War
Signing the contract in Xiaopei District does not mean that it ends here.

Shentu Sheng said that he would take the project book to the neighboring Tieshan District TV station to see if he could sell one more first broadcast.

As for the commission, I don’t ask for much, just one thousand per episode.

Director Shentu doesn’t have a particularly big appetite.

The reason why Shentu Sheng is so confident is not entirely because of Su Ling and Su Yongzhi. Li Jie's godfather Ai Shoujin's reputation is still good.

Of course, as a children's play, the high quality of "Masked Gourd Man" is also an important reason.

In particular, Li Jie prepared the character promotional video early on.

The two short films, "Masked Gourd Man" and "Snake Queen", are already qualified promotional films, and their quality is definitely above average.

Chenpi felt excited when he knew about this. He had to either not make this money or he couldn't stop making it once he started.

Currently, "Creative Ability Co., Ltd." has rented a storage yard by the river and plans to transform it into one of the company's location shooting locations. Another location is at the urban-rural fringe of Niutou Mountain.

The main feature is that it is cheap, affordable and large in quantity.

Moreover, the kindergarten at Niutou Mountain owed Li Jie a favor, so they organized the children to show up, and the principal had no objection.

"Jiang Jiang", who was rescued by Li in the nursery, also made a cameo appearance.

"You have to stand like this. When I kick sideways like this, the camera will be coming from this side. I'm out of position with you, so when you fall, you should fall over here..."

As a professional "action director", Li Jie, wearing a red leather suit, explained the positions to the tiger mom who played the "green toad spirit".

Although I have many years of experience in performing monsters on stage, there is still a difference between children's stage plays and special effects dramas. Special effects dramas still need a sense of camera.

The perspective is also different. Most children's stage plays are no different from watching paper-cut paintings, with side faces being the main focus.

"Okay, I get it. Let's go this way, right?"

"Yes, the camera must capture the scene of being knocked down..."

It's not easy to find a qualified suit-wearing villain. Not to mention tacit understanding, knowing how to fall down without getting hurt requires experience.

Tiger Mom is a professional in this area.

Another thing is that Tiger Mom is 1.80 meters tall. If you look at her, she would look like a villain even without makeup.

With that arm swung up, a little chicken like Chenpi could be knocked unconscious with one slap.

"Brother Chen, it's OK."

Li Jie gestured "OK" to Chen Bosheng, who returned the gesture and then picked up the microphone and said loudly, "Okay, all units, please pay attention. The third round of the Green Poison Clam King begins!"

The camera moves forward, giving a close-up of the heads of the "Green Toad Spirit" and the "Masked Gourd Man". The strange scene when the two sides are confronting each other is mainly the red energy representing "power" and the dark magic power of the villains. The "light pollution" special effects are added later, and smoke is released on the scene.

As thick smoke enveloped the street and house models, the "Masked Gourd Hero" glowed red and launched a charge, followed by a handsome "flying kick"...

Li Jie's dynamic talent is clearly visible, coupled with his extremely good limb control, even without any later corrections, his legs, feet and waist are still a straight line.

The composition of the whole person is a sharp angle, and a stroke effect will be added later, making it look like a thrown spear.

For the final explosion scene of the "Green Toad Monster", there is no need for a real person; a scale model will do.

The pyrotechnician is Li Jie himself, so it saves a lot of trouble. He can set off the fireworks however he wants and doesn’t have to choose the time.

The first episode was shot in just one day, and the rest of the time was spent on post-production editing and dubbing.

Dubbing also saves money, because Jianye Art College has its own broadcasting department, and it is not difficult to recruit two people to work part-time.

"Is the filming done now?"

"if not?"

Facing the shock, confusion and puzzlement of the good-for-nothing agent Chen Pi, Li said that the good-for-nothing was just ignorant and that in the face of absolute strength, no skills were needed.

In addition to acting, although filming went smoothly, things outside of the film were not so smooth.

Student Li and several children's drama producers clashed over the "New Year's Day period". Originally, Li Jie wanted to go to the city and provincial TV stations, but now he has to compete. Jianye TV Station and Pingjiang TV Station both hope that "Creative Ability Co., Ltd." will breach the contract and sign an exclusive broadcasting agreement.

Divine gold.

The provincial station does have a chance, but it depends on the quality and has to go through the provincial station's review committee. It is relatively fair, but this is within the provincial station.

Once you leave the provincial TV station, it all depends on your own abilities.

Li Jie just posted a promotional video of "Masked Calabash Man" on his personal Weibo, and the "old black guys" haven't even started to make any effort yet, but the new "young black guys" have already stepped up their intensity.

In short, the low quality of Li Jie and his "black fans" was brought to the fore, and then a large number of people called for a boycott of the works of the "Masked Brother".

As for what the work is...that's not important.

The 5 p.m. time slots on local TV stations are basically children's dramas, and watching cartoons or children's variety shows after school is also a basic practice.

It's reasonable to eat after watching the movie or watch while eating.

Therefore, the ratings for this segment are still quite good, which leads to fierce competition.

There are several film and television companies that produce and develop children's dramas. Except for the large productions that will sign exclusive broadcasting agreements with the seven major satellite TV stations, most works also sign non-exclusive first broadcast agreements, which is not much different from Li Jie's side.

There has been no change in this field for many years, and suddenly someone comes out to steal your job, so you have to step up your game.

Ordinary business wars involve hiring internet trolls to gather fire, and negative articles flooding the air, attacking everything from the content of the works to the quality of the actors. Mr. Li is currently facing an ordinary business war.

"Did you find out who bought the pirates?"

After dinner in the evening, Li Jie was checking which company bought the black article traffic, and asked the useless agent Chen Pi about the progress.

"There are three, one is 'Little Sunflower' in Huating, two are in Sanjiang Province, one is 'Daye Film and Television' in Guangling, and the other is 'New Yuhua Culture' in Jianye."

"Have you inquired? What does it mean?"

"They say they are planning to air children's dramas on thirteen city TV stations. That means at least three TV stations per city on average. They are all non-exclusive premieres."

"Xiao Pi, do you think we have a chance to compete with them?"

"Old Li, I don't think we have a chance."

"I also think there is no chance. I didn't intend to fight for big money in the first place, but we didn't provoke anyone. Isn't it a bit bad for them to do this?"

"Master Li, how about I go and kill their boss?"

"This suggestion is very constructive, I like it. But the Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, it is about human relationships and worldly wisdom..."

After Li Jie finished speaking, he said to Chen Pi, "Send me the address of 'New Yuhua Culture'."

"No, don't mess around, Lao Li."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm really going to kill someone, Shenjin. Is it okay for me to give him a gift?"

"alright."

Chen Pi thought that Li Jie would not do something like murder or arson, so he sent him the information about "New Yuhua Culture".

The company was located in Zhuque District, not too far away. The next day, Li Jie found a local water delivery station and worked part-time for another day.

After checking in for a day and working part-time for two days in a row, I learned from my coworkers and the delivery man that the hottest secretary of "New Yuhua Culture" often goes out in pairs with the vice president.

He immediately followed them and kept watch for two days. On a certain night when "Xin Yuhua Culture" was working overtime, he saw two people playing "office play" from the opposite building. The secretary was made to support himself on the windowsill with both hands facing outside and was forced to look up. Student Li finally showed a relieved smile.

While they were doing it, someone in the opposite building was watching with a mobile phone with a 50x telephoto lens!

(End of this chapter)