393、Competition
Zhang Tan came out of He Miao's office, Jiang Rong and Wu Shiying were waiting.
"Let's have a meal together at noon, don't worry, I'll treat you," said Jiang Rong.
Zhang sighed: "Why do you want to emphasize that you treat you?"
Jiang Rong did not answer him, but smiled at Wu Shiying and said, "Zhang Tan always likes to treat us to pancakes."
Wu Shiying smiled but said nothing. Jiang Rong and Zhang Tan were close to each other and could say such things casually, but she still had to take it into consideration.
Zhang sighed: "Then I will ask you, do you like eating pancakes? The last time I asked me when I would bring you two more sets. You have a great appetite."
Jiang Rong stared at him: "Did I say bring two sets?!"
"I didn't say it or not, I heard it wrong." Zhang Tan didn't argue with her, and put the notebook and water drop pen she brought with her on her desk.
"What are you talking about with your leader? You also have to bring a small notebook. Your political awareness is really high." Jiang Rong said.
"Let's talk about it at the dinner table, let's go, what to eat? I ate breakfast well, but the lunch level cannot drop too much."
"Zhang Tan, what baby did you eat for breakfast?"
"Then I can't tell you."
"Why?"
"I'm worried that you're greedy. If you listen, you will definitely pester me to bring you tomorrow morning."
"Ph, am I like this?"
The two of them were joking while walking. Although Wu Shiying on the side couldn't get in, she was in a good mood and had a bright smile on her face. After all, Zhang Tan was actually praising her because she brought her breakfast.
The three of them arrived downstairs, and Jiang Rong said that he would come down immediately after waiting for He Chao.
"How are you?" Zhang sighed.
"Ah? Who?" Jiang Rong asked in confusion.
"You and He Chao~" Zhang Tan said. He did not deliberately lower his voice, as it would seem to exclude Wu Shiying and make people feel that he is an outsider.
"You are really gossiping and sighing. Which eye did you see that He Chao have a very different relationship? We are good friends!"
"I really don't have any eyes to see it."
"Then you say lonely."
"I heard a lot of wind in both ears."
"Goggle words have always lowered people's IQ. Zhang sighs that you must maintain your independent thinking."
There are indeed some rumors in the company that Jiang Rong and He Chao are in love because they can always see them coming and going. Although Zhang Tan asked Jiang Rong quipped, he was actually confused. Now that Jiang Rong said that it was not, he still believed it. He also felt that these two people were not close, but they were just the kind of good friends and could not get the spark of love.
Jiang Rong suddenly squeezed her eyes at Zhang Tan and said, "Zhang Tan, not only is I close to He Chao, but I also get close to you? Why is there no one rumor about our scandal?"
This is true, strange to say.
Zhang sighed: "That's because everyone thinks I'm not worthy of you at all."
Jiang Rong glanced at him and said, "Get out~"
He Chao got off soon, and the four of them walked to a nearby restaurant. While waiting for the meal, Jiang Rong did not forget the previous question: "Zhang Tan, you haven't said it just now, what are your leader looking for you?"
Zhang Tan mutes his phone, put it back in his pocket, and said, "Isn't it normal for the director of the screenwriter department to find me?"
"There is no need to bring a small notebook. Zhang Tan, you are a flatterer. Are you like on TV? The leader said on stage that you are buried in the audience, for fear of missing a punctuation mark."
"Hey, you're right. Not only did I even write down the pause, but I also showed it to the leader after I wrote it down and asked if there were any omissions."
"You should keep the will!"
"Okay, I'm talking about this behind my back, be careful that you're being beaten as soon as you get promoted."
Jiang Rong snorted, knowing that what she said was wrong. Fortunately, everyone here is good friends. If you accidentally say such things at an ordinary colleague's dinner, it might reach the ears of the person involved in the afternoon. The real workplace competition may be even more bloody than in TV series.
Zhang Tan said: "The company is going to start a new project and is collecting scripts."
As soon as the words came to an end, the other three looked at him almost at the same time, their eyes burning.
"New project? What kind of project?" The question was He Chao.
Zhang Tan said it was a TV series of the Anti-Japanese War and a TV series.
Jiang Rong said: "Anti-Japanese War dramas cannot be written casually. You have to master some real history. Zhang Tan can you write this?"
Screenwriters are not good at martial arts. Everyone has a field of expertise. For example, some great masters focus on cute kids' writing, and if they jump out, they will fail.
"I haven't decided to write it yet. The company has selected three people, and I am one of them. Everyone competes fairly to see who has the better book."
"Who are the other two?" Jiang Rong asked with concern.
"Wang Liangcheng and Cao Wen."
"Oh! I've heard of them, they are so awesome." Jiang Rong said, and He Chao nodded.
Wang Liangcheng and Cao Wen are both over 30 and 40 years old. They are co-written screenwriters of the studio. Like Zhang Tan, they signed a cooperation agreement and received commissions. Being able to enjoy such treatment means that their level is very high. Moreover, these two people are famous for writing anti-Japanese dramas, which can be said to be old.
Wu Shiying didn't understand these things, just listened with a smile.
He Chao said: "Cao Wen's last TV series failed and his reputation was very bad."
Cao Wen's previous TV series was a drama about the Anti-Japanese War, and he cooperated with other entertainment companies. He was just talking about it and was a failure.
He handed the notebook to the studio at that time, but the studio was not optimistic, so he didn't ask for it, so he found another company to take a photo.
Jiang Rong continued: "This is the only way to be more careful. If the last drama is lost, this drama will definitely be hard to win back the game."
After chatting for a while, Zhang Tan saw that Wu Shiying couldn't get in, so he changed the subject and brought her in.
The dishes started to serve. Jiang Rong picked up the teacup in front of her and said, "Before eating, I will punish myself with tea instead of wine, which dragged everyone down. Look, Zhang Tan will not say that, he is simply not a human being. He Chao has long been alone outside. Now whose children have not seen "Unfortunate Bear"?! Have you seen it? Yes, you all dumped me so hard that I couldn't see it, but fortunately, with the support of Boss Zhang, I finally caught up with a little step."
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In the afternoon, Zhang Tan stayed in the office and carefully studied the introduction of the new project sent by He Miao. He was particularly concerned about one of the requirements. What the company wanted was a main theme and relatively realistic anti-Japanese war drama!
In other words, this script cannot be written randomly, and you can write whatever you want. Although it does not require real people and real stories, at least you must find experiences similar to the protagonist in history.
After a moment of thinking, Zhang Tan understood why the company wrote this one in particular. It was mainly because most of the anti-Japanese dramas on the market are out of reality. Although they are not as shocking as those anti-Japanese dramas that Zhang Tan had watched in his previous life, they are running in that direction.
These anti-Japanese war dramas that are leaving history are becoming more and more disgusting. For example, Zhang Tan wrote "The Eight Hundred" a while ago. What investors wanted was a drama of the Anti-Japanese War. "The Eight Hundred" was far from his requirements, so the talk eventually collapsed.
Zhang Tan thought about it for a long time in the office. When he got off work, he unexpectedly met Cao Wen, who was taking the elevator with him. He smiled at him and nodded. There were many people in the elevator, so he didn't say hello.
After leaving the elevator, Cao Wen watched him leave in surprise and asked the people around him: "Who is this person? It seems that he knows me?"
Cao Wen has been away from the company for a long time and is busy with his frustrated work. He has only recently come to the company occasionally.
He is a co-written screenwriter and does not need to check in at the company every year. He comes whenever he has something to do and is free of charge.
Zhang Tan has only been in this circle for less than a year and is modest and cautious. During this period when he has no project, he is like a white-collar worker, and he clocks in to and from get off work on time every day.
The staff around him were a little surprised when they heard this and said, "This is Mr. Zhang."
Chapter completed!