Chapter 81: Meng Qi's Dilemma

  Lu Li spent the Spring Festival with her parents and then continued writing the script that was about to be completed.

  After everyone's efforts, Bie Li Entertainment finally signed a new singer who just graduated from university, named Zhang Fengruo, a very delicate-looking boy with good vocal conditions.

  Wu Chuan, on the other hand, has been secretly working on his music since arriving at Huaqing and has managed to come up with two songs. Although Lu Li thinks they're still a bit immature, they're not bad, which is a small surprise for Lu Li, who didn't expect Wu Chuan's songwriting skills to be so good despite being tone deaf.

  The company recently recruited a composer named Lü Yi, but the music producer has not been settled yet. Lu Li is busy writing the script and doesn't care about this matter, letting Wu Chuan, Lü Yi, and Gao Mu form a team to help Zhang Fengruo record the songs written by Wu Chuan.

  Although there is still no music producer, with Lv Yi as the arranger, it's definitely much better than when Lu Li and Gao Mu recorded songs together. And other people in the company also started to busy themselves with what they should do because of Zhang Fengruo this artist.

  At last, after a year or so, the script of "The Archer" was quickly completed in overtime by Lu Li.

  After finishing writing, Lu Li was about to go to Hua Hai with Jiang You. During the period of writing the script, Lu Li learned from Zhuang Yongping that Ren Tang Film seemed to be in a hurry to shoot this TV series. The crew had already been formed while Lu Li was writing the script, and the funds had also been raised. They were just waiting for Lu Li's script to arrive before they could start shooting immediately.

  Lü Lì also invested all of the remaining 180 million yuan in liquidity, while the estimated investment for the TV series "Shè Du" is 500 million.

  That day, Lu Li called Meng Qi and said: "The script of 'Shooting Hawk' has been completed. I will also go to Hua Hai with Jiang You. It is estimated that we will stay in the crew for several months. During this time, all company matters will be handed over to you. If there is anything urgent, just call me and I will turn on my phone 24 hours a day."

  After listening to Lu Li's words, Meng Qi hesitated for a moment before frowning and saying: "A Li, I feel that managing the entertainment company is a bit difficult. It was fine before, but after recruiting artists, the company officially started operating, and there are many things about the entertainment industry that I don't understand. I feel like I'm not suitable to be the general manager." Pausing for a moment, Meng Qi continued: "Although the company is mainly composed of young people, I still feel like I'm under too much pressure."

  Later on, Meng Qi's face was filled with grievances and self-blame for her own inadequacy.

  Lu Li looked at Meng Qi and only then did he notice that Meng Qi's expression was somewhat haggard, apparently she had been under a lot of pressure lately.

  Lu Li suddenly felt that he had been too busy with his own affairs, leaving the company entirely to Meng Qi, who had no experience, was a bit too much for her. He felt a little guilty and thought for a moment before saying softly: "Let's do it this way, General Manager, you'll still be in charge first, recruitment work will continue, when you see someone suitable, hire one, then you'll be in charge of the company's finances."

  Meng Qi nodded after hearing Lu Li's words: "Then you come back early."

  "Hmm, the preparations for Tang's film are quite thorough, it should be finished shooting soon." Lu Li said.

  After handing over some things, Lu Li called Jiang You to take a plane to Huahai Ren Tang Film Production Company.

  Whether in his past life or now, Lu Li was visiting Hua Hai for the first time, this economically prosperous international metropolis.

  As soon as the plane landed, Lu Li heard someone calling out to her. She looked around and saw a young man in his late twenties.

  "Hello, I'm Lu Li, who are you?"

  "Hello, just call me Tang An. Director Zhuang asked me to pick you up." Tang An said with a warm smile, leading Lu Li and Jiang You out.

  Sitting in the business car sent by Tang's film company, Lu Li looked out of the window. He had to admit that although Huaqing had developed rapidly over the past few years, it was still far behind Huahai.

  Tang An drove steadily, and Lu Li looked at the scenery for a while before closing his eyes to rest. It wasn't until the car stopped that Lu Li opened his eyes again.

  It was just the destination that left Lu Li somewhat perplexed, because this didn't look like the headquarters of a film company at all.

  "Where is this?" Lu Li looked at Tang An and asked.

  "Oh, here is the hotel where you will be staying in Hua Hai. Director Zhuang has arranged for you to rest for a night first, and tomorrow I will come to pick you up and take you to the Ren Tang Film Corporation." Tan An said with a smile.

  Lu Li nodded in agreement, feeling a bit tired after the flight, so resting for a night was fine.

  The next morning, Tang An came to the hotel to pick up Lu Li and Jiang You, heading to the headquarters of Ren Tang Film.

  "Lu Li, little brother, you're here." Just getting off the car, Zhuang Yongping came up with a smile.

  "Zhuang brother is really polite and even came down personally to pick me up." Lu Li said with a smile, already quite familiar with Zhuang Yongping.

  "Hey, what's the point of talking about these things between us two brothers? Let's go, shall we go up first? Did you bring the script?" asked Zhuang Yongping as he walked.

  "Of course I did, otherwise what's the point of me coming here?" Lu Li smiled and replied.

  "That's settled then. Let's go up first. As long as the script is fine, we can sign the contract and hold the opening ceremony tomorrow." Zhuang Yongping also smiled.

  The crew of Ren Tang's film was not like other entertainment crews with no one around, they had a dedicated scriptwriting team and also a dedicated team responsible for reviewing the scripts. So after handing over the script to the editors, Zhuang Yongping chatted with Lu Li in the living room.

  The efficiency of the Tang film company was also very fast, and the script was reviewed in less than 2 hours. After learning that there were no problems with the script, Zhuang Yongping took out a contract that had been prepared long ago.

  Lu Li took a rough look and found that the script copyright given to himself by Tang's film was 2% of the TV series' profit. Although this share ratio is very low, Lu Li did not object. For many people, they would only give a relatively good buyout price. But sharing is different, as long as the TV series' profit is high, the money you get will naturally be more.

  Lu Di is still relatively satisfied with this division plan.

  It's also a favor that Tang sold the film to Lu Li, because Lu Li has many other good options, and it's best to maintain a good relationship with him.

  Lu Li also saw the three conditions he proposed clearly written on the contract. After confirming that there were no problems, Lu Li signed his name on the contract.

  "Well, now that's finally settled, is Brother Lü going to rest at the hotel or take a walk around the company?" asked Zhuang Yongping after seeing Lü Lì sign.

  "Never mind, I'll just go back to the hotel." Although Lu Li wanted to take a look at the internal situation of the film and television company, he thought better of it.

  "That's all right, I'll let Tang An see you off." Zhuang Yongping said with a smile, and then took the contract to attend to his own matters.

  At night, Lu Li received a call from Zhuang Yongping to attend the opening press conference of the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Hero". Lu Li and Jiang You went to bed early.

  The press conference was at 2 pm, and Lu Li and Jiang You were picked up in the hotel lobby in the morning.

  Zhuang Yongping was also here, and when he saw Lu Li, he pulled Lu Li and Jiang Youdao: "Let's go, I'll introduce you to the other main creators of the crew."

  Several people entered a large room and saw that there were men and women, old and young, chatting inside. When they saw someone coming in, they all stopped.

  "Let me introduce you, this is the original author of 'The Condor Hero', screenwriter of 'The Condor Hero' TV series, Lu Li. And on his side is Professor Xiong Zhengxin's closed disciple, also one of the deputy directors of this 'The Condor Hero' TV series." Zhuang Yongping said as he saw everyone stop their conversation.

  Zhuang Yongping then introduced Lu Li to the director Yan Wenzhong, male lead He Jing Shou and female lead Gong Xuefang.

  Lu Li and Jiang You also greeted everyone one by one.

  In this process, Lu Li was relatively calm, but Jiang You became excited when he saw a few young stars and spoke somewhat incoherently.

  Lu Li and Jiang You also joined the chat. Of course, Lu Li generally speaks less and mostly listens. Jiang You talks more, especially likes to chat with female celebrities.

  Lu Li listened to everyone's conversation and learned a lot about the interesting things in the entertainment circle.

  After lunch, the press conference officially began. At this moment, many media reporters have gathered in the hall.

  At 2:10, a handsome host wearing a suit went on stage.

  "Hello everyone, I am Jiang Chen, the host. Welcome to the press conference of the TV series "The Legend of Chu Qiao". As you all know, "The Legend of Chu Qiao" is the first part of the famous online novelist Lu Li's "Chu Qiao Trilogy", a classic martial arts novel that has broken records in website subscriptions and book sales. This time, Tangren Film has not only invited Lu Li to personally write the script for the TV series, but also invited director Yan Wenchong to direct it. Are many martial arts fans eagerly waiting? Next, let's invite the main creators of "The Legend of Chu Qiao" to take the stage."

  As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Wenzhong led the male and female leads, as well as Lu Li, onto the stage, where they found their seats and sat down.

  After several people finished saying some polite words, the time was given to these reporters.

  What Lu Li did not expect was that these reporters' first question was directed at him.

  "Excuse me, Lu Li, you've never written a script before. Will you feel pressured writing the script for 'The Archer' this time?"

  "Uh, before writing the script, I studied many other excellent scripts, and since 'Ricochet' is my original work, it wasn't difficult to write the script at all." Lu Li replied flawlessly.

  "Is 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' really your original work and not Liu Li's?" another reporter asked.

  "Of course it's mine, I just forgot to register it at the time." Lu Li replied affirmatively.

  "Why is it that after 'Gong Xi Fa Cai', there was such a long time without writing songs, but now starting to do screenwriting again?"

  "Uh, because the shooting of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" is about to start, I've been busy preparing for the script. As for songs, I think after finishing "The Legend of the Condor Hero", everyone will be able to hear my works again."