The room suddenly fell silent as if the time pause button had been pressed. The staff members didn’t know the identity of this alpha and were afraid to come out in this atmosphere.
Pei Shaoze looked at Cheng Xia. “Am I right?”
Cheng Xia’s mind returned and he hurriedly nodded. “Yes, this song is Snow Fantasy. I thought about how the content of the MV is related to snow so I played this piano music.”
Pei Shaoze admired it. “You played well.”
Chen Yijun came in behind him and smiled. “President Pei has come to visit the set? I suddenly feel very honored!”
Pei Shaoze hummed, stepped forward and politely held out his hand. “Hello Director Zhang.”
Director Zhang hurriedly reached out and shook his hand with a smile. “President Pei actually came to visit the set in person. We are really flattered and couldn’t react for a moment, hahaha!”
Pei Shaoze spoke politely. “Director Zhang is being too polite. Yijun’s single is to be released on Valentine’s Day. Time is more urgent and these next few days will be hard for you.”
He glanced back at Zhang Fan and said, “I asked Assistant Zhang to help order meals for everyone. The weather is so cold and you have been busy all morning. Have lunch first and eat enough to have the strength to continue shooting.”
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There was a loud round of applause. “Great!”
“I was just feeling hungry. Thank you!”
For many staff members, this was the first time they had seen the young boss of Tianxuan Group. There were many negative rumors about Pei Shaoze but once everyone saw him today with their own eyes, they felt… President Pei was pretty good? He was concerned about the company’s artists and came to visit in person. He didn’t put on a boss’ air and even thoughtfully ordered meals for everyone.
Zhang Fan asked the delivery people to bring the lunch boxes over and everyone’s favorability toward Pei Shaoze rose even more.
Wasn’t this takeout too rich?
Braised chicken legs, tomato sirloin, fried snow peas, fish-flavored shredded pork, fried eggplant with beans, two meat and three vegetables plus a bowl of wintermelon pork ribs soup. There was also a fruit set containing watermelon, cherry tomatoes, dragon fruit and kiwi as well as a cup of oatmeal milk tea that was sealed and could be kept in the afternoon and a snack bag full of peeled walnuts, peanuts, almonds and other dried fruits.
When hungry and cold, seeing such a sumptuous lunch made everyone feel really warm!
Someone whispered, “Isn’t this lunch box very expensive?”
“There are five dishes, soup, fruit box, nut bag and even milk tea. President Pei is so generous!”
“I suddenly want him to come visit the set everyday…”
Cheng Xia was also taken aback after opening the lunch box. He usually ordered takeout worth 20 yuan which was enough for him. He couldn’t afford such an expensive lunch box. President Pei bought lunch for all the staff members today and probably spent thousands of yuan. Was this the so-called ‘rich and willful?’
Cheng Xia looked up and suddenly met Pei Shaoze’s eyes. For some reason, Cheng Xia had the illusion that President Pei was watching him? He hurriedly drove away such unreliable thoughts and showed a polite smile toward Pei Shaoze. “President Pei, aren’t you eating?”
Pei Shaoze walked to him. “I’ve had lunch.”
Cheng Xia made an ‘oh’ sound. After a few seconds of silence, he asked softly, “President Pei, do you know the song I played just now?”
“I learned the piano as a child and really liked this song.” Pei Shaoze paused and added, “However, I’m not as good as you. You got to the professional 10th level while I only learned to the amateur 6th level. I have no talent in music.”
“Ah, I was forced.” Cheng Xia smiled with embarrassment and spoke honestly, “As a child, I was too naughty and ran around making trouble. My parents had me learn the piano to calm me down. My dad personally drove me and escorted me to the piano teacher every weekend and this lasted more than 10 years…”
Escort? Pei Shaoze’s eyes became gentle as he imagined the scene of Cheng Yiming taking the naughty little Cheng Xia to learn piano. He looked at Cheng Xia and said, “There is no harm in your father forcing you to learn a talent. Look, you used it today.”
“……” Cheng Xia didn’t know how to answer. He was a bit nervous and too embarrassed to look into President Pei’s eyes. He was even more puzzled about something else. Wasn’t President Pei here to visit Chen Yijun? Why come to chat with him?
Pei Shaoze came to the set to visit and became the focus of everyone there. The scene of him walking over to chat with Cheng Xia quickly attracted the attention of the staff members. Many curious eyes were directed over there. Looking at it, everyone seemed to be guessing about the relationship between President Pei and Cheng Xia. Why was he chatting with Cheng Xia alone?
The gazes made Cheng Xia uncomfortable so he lowered his head and pretended to organize the food. Pei Shaoze noticed Cheng Xia’s difficulty and took the initiative to step back. “You eat first. I’ll go over there to see.”
The man turned and left. Cheng Xia gently exhaled.
President Pei had been very close to him just now. His heartbeat inexplicably sped up and he even had difficulty breathing. For some reason, he couldn’t help being nervous when he was alone with this alpha. He didn’t feel this way around other alphas. Cheng Xia thought about it carefully. He had lost control of his pheromones in front of Pei Shaoze, lay on Pei Shaoze’s bed without wearing anything and pestered the other person to mark him… it was natural to feel awkward when seeing President Pei.
The thought of this incident made Cheng Xia embarrassed. He didn’t want to think about it anymore and turned to leave with his takeout bag.
The shooting site had limited space. Director Zhang simply asked the school leaders to borrow a meeting room for everyone to eat in. He said, “Go to the room to eat. Remember to take away the garbage after eating!”
Cheng Xia entered the room and found his agent was also there. He sat down next to Zhou Yan and called out, “Sister Yan.”
Zhou Yan casually asked, “What did you talk about with President Pei?”
Cheng Xia honestly answered, “We just talked about the piano. He said that he also learned the piano.”
Zhou Yan replied with an ‘oh’ while feeling very puzzled. President Pei had stood outside the window just now and watched Cheng Xia intently. After entering the room, he took the initiative to chat with Cheng Xia. She thought that President Pei had different intentions toward Cheng Xia. However, he just chatted briefly with Cheng Xia before turning to find Chen Yijun. It seemed that chatting with Cheng Xia was just a boss casually caring for his employees?
President Pei’s attitude was really elusive. Zhou Yan simply gave up on guessing and said, “Director Zhang is very satisfied with the scene just now but he wants to improve it and shoot again in the afternoon. This way, there is more material that can be edited in post-production.”
Cheng Xia understood. “Yes.”
He was a newcomer and he didn’t expect to just do it once.
Everyone opened their lunch boxes and the smell of food wafted through the room. Cheng Xia was indeed hungry so he focused on the food. Braised chicken legs, tomato sirloin, snow peas, fish-flavored shredded pork… all his favorite dishes!
Cheng Xia ate with relish and satisfaction.
Outside the door, Pei Shaoze held up a large umbrella and walked into the snow.
Zhang Fan followed President Pei doubtfully. President Pei had lunch and didn’t stay with the crew. This was normal. After all, he couldn’t stand by and watch others eat, right? Then what was the meaning of walking through the school with an umbrella on a snowy day?
Pei Shaoze perceived Zhang Fan’s doubts and abruptly asked, “What do you think of the scenery of the 17th High school?”
Zhang Fan hurriedly replied, “Out of all the high schools in Rong City, the scenery of the 17th High School ranks in the top three, especially the snow scenery in winter. Many universities aren’t comparable.” So you are walking in the snow to enjoy the scenery? Zhang Fan didn’t dare ask this.
Pei Shaoze stopped in front of a lake and looked out.
The environment of the 17th High School was really good. There was a large artificial lake on the campus. In winter, the lake was covered with thick layers of ice and heavy snow fell one after another like feathers. The trees next to the lake were completely covered by snow and everything in the field of view was white. It was like a fairy tale world.
If a camera was shooting from the air then this scene must be beautiful. It could be used to make a snow scene promotional video.
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However, winter vacation was only one month in February. School would start on March 1st. Once school started, the filming of a crew would affect the students’ studies and the school definitely wouldn’t agree. If the filming was over the holiday, time would be relatively short. However, if they rushed, they could make it happen.
Pei Shaoze frowned in thought. After a while, he took a video of the surroundings and sent it to Director Liu Xueyi who he had just added as a friend. [Director Liu, there are many events in Folding Paper that happen in winter. Take a look at the snow scenery of the 17th High School. Do you think it would work if we shot here?]
Liu Xueyi didn’t expect that after signing the contract at noon, the producer would go to inspect a shooting location in the afternoon. Was this Pei Shaoze a workaholic? He took a look at the video out of curiosity and immediately replied, [It’s so beautiful! Compared to the snow scenery made of foam, this scene is countless times better! It is just that the 17th High School is a key high school. Will the principal agree to let a drama shoot here?]
Pei Shaoze said, [I will solve this problem.]
He finished this message and immediately sent another one. [We have to hurry. Go back and let Teacher Xu write a plot outline and diversity outline as soon as possible. The actors will be decided this month and then we will start filming after the Spring Festival. Director Liu, do you have any problem with this timeline?]
Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran were waiting for their flight. The two of them had flown over from another place yesterday for the meeting with President Pei and made a booking for today’s flight home. Xu Moran couldn’t help his eyes widening. “He is in such a hurry to start after the Spring Festival?”
Liu Xueyi asked him solemnly, “Just tell me if it can be done in three days. It isn’t the final script submitted to the General Office of Radio, Movie and Television. It isn’t difficult for you to write a plot outline, right?”
Xu Moran gritted his teeth. “I can do it if I work overtime!”
Liu Xueyi replied, [President Pei, Xiao Xu and I have no problems. However, isn’t it too rushed to start after the Spring Festival?]
Pei Shaoze explained, [If we miss the school holidays, it will be difficult for us to borrow the venue once school starts.]
Liu Xueyi agreed. [That’s right. Then Xiao Xu and I will work overtime these days to get the plot first. We can carefully polish the script while choosing actors!]
Pei Shaoze, [I plan to use drones to shoot from the air. Take advantage of the frequent snow in Rong City recently to film the winter parts. After the filming is finished, we can shoot the summer part in Ya’an City. The southern part of the country is now full of green trees and flowers. Shooting summer scenes there won’t violate the harmony.]
Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran tacitly glanced at each other.
In other words, the exterior of the drama would be fully shot in reality. In the past, Liu Xueyi’s low-cost web dramas were shot in a studio. The beautiful scenery was actually a canvas and the protagonists acted in front of a green screen. To be honest, even after post-processing, there was still a sense of cheapness.
Being realistic was good but it was also expensive! The entire crew had to fly to Ya’an City. Food, accommodation and transportation all cost money. The borrowing of public venues required additional expenses. The extras were also a big expense. Wasn’t this no longer the standard of an ordinary online drama?
Liu Xueyi couldn’t help saying, [The money…]
Pei Shaoze, [Tianxuan has invested 10 million and I will bring in at least 5 million investment. You can save money on the cost of publicity and the newcomers aren’t paid a high amount. 80% of the money will be spent on filming. Isn’t this enough?]
Liu Xueyi was so excited that he almost dropped his phone. [It is enough, enough!]
It was 15 million to make a youth school online drama and 80% was spent on filming. This wasn’t just enough, it was more than enough! Some people could shoot with 5 million. It didn’t make sense if they couldn’t shoot well with 15 million yuan!
Pei Shaoze, [Thank you for your hard work over the next period of time. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.]
Liu Xueyi was full of fighting spirit. [Okay. President Pei, we will go back to pack our bags. Then we will close ourselves off in Rong City and work on the script!”
Once the conversation ended, Pei Shaoze turned and headed in the other direction. He wanted to look again at the environment of the school.
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After the Tianxuan meeting last time, he told shareholders that each group’s investment below 10 million could be directly decided by the group leader. Once it exceeded 10 million, it had to be discussed at the company meeting.
This passage was actually very informative. The group leader’s investment couldn’t exceed 10 million but this didn’t mean that the investment in a drama had to be limited to 10 million—because the group leader could use his own ability to pull in investments from outside.
Based on Pei Shaoze’s contacts, it wouldn’t be difficult to attract an investment worth millions from his rich second generation friends. In addition, he hadn’t even touched advertisers, sponsors and other areas. Once the doors in these areas were opened, he wouldn’t need the approval of other senior executives of the company for any drama he wanted to make in the future. Then once the drama he invested in became hot, would he need to be afraid of losing money in the future? It was estimated that a lot of sponsors would rush to give him money at the time.
Zhang Fan finally knew why President Pei was exploring the school with an umbrella. He didn’t only come to the 17th High School to visit the crew. It was also to inspect the shooting scene for the next school drama. It was killing two birds with one stone. He planned so carefully that it was no wonder the efficiency was so high!
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