I Work Hard Every Day To Make My Husband Bankrupt

After completing the background check of Director Park Qiongcan, Lin Meng put down his mind, these are necessary work.

But looking at the real life of the other person who was brought by him and printed on the paper, Lin Meng couldn't help but be speechless.

The director Park is indeed a child coming out of Xishan.

He caught up with Dongfeng, a one-on-one help-caring project in China, and received support from tuition and living expenses. He went all the way to school. He left Xishan the year he was admitted to college and started a big city life. Poor guys are not easy.

After graduation, Park Qiongcan began a long working life.

Regarding this experience, you don't even need to do any professional investigation, just type Director Park's name in the search box. That's right, it's that simple.

Pak Kung-chan uses job search software such as Digital City, and he can download his job resume on the Internet with one click.

From the sorter at the delivery point, the staff of the photography studio, the photography of the advertising company ... He has done all kinds of professional and irrelevant occupations, and even until now, it can be found online, he is working in a photography studio Work, mainly responsible for taking graduation photos and producing graduation documentaries for local primary school students.

The personnel who sent this material accompanied Lin Meng to see at the end, and the words in his heart blurted out: "Why don't you say that the director opened a studio by himself?"

Lin Meng glanced at her, but just shook her head.

For a million people, it is not impossible to make a million; but for a person who does not have 10,000, it may be difficult to make a thousand.

Without principal, equipment, venues, publicity ... nothing can be done, and Pu Qiongcan can save money to make a movie, which is not easy.

Not to mention, he seems to have been repaying student loans and grants that year.

Lin Meng didn't let anyone know. She personally called Park Qiongcan: "Guide Park, our company decided to invest in your movie after investigation and research. We now hope that you can refine the script carefully. Specific contracts, cooperation methods, etc. come to the company to discuss in detail when you have time. "

Just after Lin Meng finished speaking, he heard the noise of the hair coming out of the phone.

She could hear the sound of a bunch of things crackling and falling to the ground, and Pu Qiongchan seemed to apologize to anyone around her.

"Mr. Lin, I ... I changed the script recently, and I'm very efficient!" Pu Qiongchan blurted out, and then quickly thought of something, "But I ... I still have some work at hand, and I close it. it is good!"

Lin Meng heard clearly, someone on the phone was calling Pu Qiongchan to take a picture.

"It ’s such a simple director. Our company plans to set up a youth director, screenwriter and dream plan. Your movie is the first step of our plan. And as a director and screenwriter, you will also get The company's financial support includes, but is not limited to, salary from film preparation to completion, film release or award-winning dividends ... "

Pu Qiongchan grabbed his cell phone, and his mind suddenly became blank. In his long life, he seemed to have encountered too much luck.

He hesitated, "But my movie ... is not very profitable."

As a director, he will not feel that he is making a bad movie, but he has to admit that he is not making a good movie that can be recognized by the market.

This sentence is almost self-packaged. The movie he wants to make is not only not very profitable, but it should not be profitable.

"It's okay, our company is not short of money." Lin Meng laughed. "You can get a little understanding on the Internet. Park Dream Entertainment is very profitable. Supporting several young directors will definitely not have any impact on the company."

And even ... the more the better.

It ’s just that there are too many directors and screenwriters in China who ca n’t meet each other. If you really want to screen out one of them for talent, it is a haystack.

If only Director Lu Daoyan could work harder ...

Lin Meng couldn't help showing her longing look, and sure enough, Lu Dao's family were good people.

As a daughter, she gave her so many excuses to buy hot search and lost liquidated damages-although she still made money in the end, there are always more reasons to spend money.

Being a mother gave her such a way to lose money.

This family is simply her blessing.

"Thank you, thank you!"

"Park Dao, this sentence may be a little offensive. I watched the" Yak and Mother River "you shot before. I think your talent should be used in the right place. I know you are working now." Opposite Lin Meng, these things that cost money, she must also explain the reasons.

"I hope you can resign as soon as possible and devote yourself to the preparation of the movie. From this month, the company will pay you the salary of the general director of our company. After that, I will let the personnel contact you. Just give her. "

"Preliminary preparations, how can you ask for money! This is what I should do." Park Kung-chan knows himself. He is such a small director.

"A good movie not only needs to pay attention to the shooting process, but the preparation in the early stage is also very important." What Lin Meng said is true. With her in-depth understanding of the producer's work, she increasingly finds that the really important work is often It's out of sight.

For example, the simplest scene selection, modeling, and props ... These don't seem to be a big deal, but they can often affect the details of the final film of a movie.

"We are not only investing in this film, but also directing you. Dreaming respects your talents. Directors should also respect your movies and your talents." Lin Meng's words came to light.

She didn't see it, the person standing opposite her was full of little stars, and she almost didn't applaud immediately.

"I ... I see!" Although Park Kung-chan knew that Lin Meng couldn't see it, he could nod his head with force, and almost shook his head. "General Lin, I resigned immediately, and I will retreat and rewrite the script later. , Report to the company! "

"That's good." Lin Meng and Pu Qiongcan talked about the revision of the script again.

To sum up, these two sentences are actually quite simple-we have no dreams and entertainment, no money, what scenes and characters are needed, despite the arrangements! As long as you dare to write and the script does not run wild, the company will invest.

That's called a wealth of money.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Meng also ordered personnel: "You can set a standard for the treatment of a young director like this. When director He Fangming does not work normally, the basic salary is lowered by one level, don't drop too much. . "

"The other thing is, Park ’s quality of life may be bad. Is n’t there more office in our company? You and the finance side arrange it, find a few free rooms, and modify them according to the standard of star-rated hotels. Materials Be sure to use it well and not have problems like formaldehyde. "

Personnel took small books carefully and wrote down one by one.

"At that time, Dao Park has arrived. Don't ask him to mention it, take the initiative to mention it, so that he can rest in the company. If anyone needs to work overtime in the future, then he can stay here overnight. Of course, remember that our company can No overtime is allowed, you should go back. "

"understood!"

Lin Meng thought for a while: "By the way, you can contact He Dao and Zhu Dao later. It is inconvenient to see them. Let them arrange a time in the past two days and come to the company to have a meeting with me. That's it."

Personnel confirmed that Lin Meng had no other orders, and took the book out. As soon as he left the office door, he took out his cell phone and initiated a message in a small group without leadership.

——Although General Lin is good, after all, leadership is leadership, and things like leadership without a small group are the joy that employees only know.

[Personnel dog: Mrs. Lin is very nice. The water in the West Lake is my tears. I almost cried! I can still blow forest for 10,000 years! She is really a person with a great sense of responsibility and respect for her ideals! 】

[Personnel dog: I feel like I can work in dream-making, it seems to be really lucky! I think everything I do is meaningful. 】

[Personnel dog: God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God, God. Mr. Lin must not lose money! 】

Pu Qiongchan hung up the phone, still suppressing his excitement ... and went to take the picture.

This is a job that was decided before. How can I escape?

Then, when I was busy, I was excited and called the number in the address book that I hadn't contacted yet.

"Hey." A little older female voice rang over the phone.

"Guo Lu! I'm Park Dom-chan, I don't know if you remember me?" When he was excited, he talked a lot, and was trying to retell the scene where the two met last time. Many people have passed, I'm afraid I don't remember him.

Lu Daoyan was indifferent at first, and suddenly sat upright: "It's you, I remember you, that's ..." Oops, she couldn't remember the director's work.

She just remembered that it was a "dirty" poor director who was not down-to-earth.

She has seen so many poor directors. If it wasn't for digging Lin Meng, she wouldn't even save the person's phone call.

"It's you! What's wrong? Is your movie progressing?" She fumbled casually.

Pu Qiongchan didn't hear it, he almost danced on the phone: "Guide Lu, I really don't know how to thank you!"

His voice was a little dumb: "You're right, Dreaming Entertainment is the company that most respects directors and screenwriters in the circle!" He whispered, and spoke like a car chant, for a long time Make things clear.

Lv Daoyan understood, and these few minutes were actually summed up, but in a word, the Lin who dreamed about entertainment decided to invest in this movie regardless of cost ... she couldn't remember the name of the movie anyway.

Lu Daoyan sneered in his heart, but what he said seemed to be a bit happy for Park Kung Chan: "That's good, Park, and I'm happy for you, so I said, to a talented person like you, always It will be found. I hope your filming goes well and you will get good results by then. "

Alas, can you get good grades?

"Teacher Lu, thank you so much, I ..." Park Tung-chan, who was scared, took up the courage. "I want to invite you to have a meal, and thank you very much." Although there is not much deposit now, you can ask I would be grateful. If it was not for Lv Dao, his movie would probably have to save money until he was dead.

Of course, what he most thanked most was General Lin!

"No, you can make a good movie, it's the biggest gift for me." Lu Daoyan spoke eloquently, and fooled the little director who was so excited to talk, and hung up the phone.

She looked at her phone with a smile on her face.

This time, Lu Daoyan was curious. Mr. Lin, shouldn't he be stupid? Is the so-called dreamer design she created on the Internet difficult or true?

She has seen the movie and prepared script by Park Kung-chan.

The guide Park ... wasn't she saying that as a small director, she didn't know anything about the ground, and the script of the second movie was a big production. ,

Lu Daoyan has made many small-cost art films, and she is also very skillful in estimating costs.

Pu Qiongchan clipped his own concept map in it. What he wanted, but the local reality of Xishan, everyone who knows this knows that the more this kind of backcountry, the often spent money is more expensive than the film and television city. Many more.

And when the shooting involves, including the people who appear in the picture, the locals may appear ridiculous, including the amazing number of group performances in the script-his group performance is not an ordinary group performance in the concept of ordinary people, it must be It can look like a "local".

And real aerial photography, natural disasters and man-made disasters ...

Alas, if you choose another reliable actor, if you shoot it like this, there are no 30 to 50 million. It can't be solved.

Lu Daoyan originally thought that Lin Meng would not agree to this project. After all, the director of Park Qiongcan not only wrote the script regardless of cost, but also said that he did not want to send films to foreign awards.

She is all ready. If the other party does not accept the project, she will go online to smear Lin Meng. As for this smear stand, isn't it?

The press release was issued, and the image of the company of conscience was shaken, wouldn't it be enough?

She wants to stun those audiences who continually blow up conscience companies. This so-called conscience company is a business film with a heart to earn money, saying that conscience is all a fool.

Unexpectedly, this silly forest manager actually accepted the project.

With several domestic art films, independent theaters, and a handful of film festivals, how can this film be returned to the original? Is it basically equal to full compensation?

Tens of millions said that she would not believe Lin Meng's heartache.

Maybe it ’s time for the duck to die. Lu Daoyan smiled sarcastically, but unfortunately the prepared marketing account and the water army were no longer available. I can think that Lin Meng will lose tens of millions immediately, and she can eat an extra bowl tonight rice.

By the way, since this general Lin wants to create such a "great image", she can help a lot to build bricks and tiles, but she has no chances to meet her, and she has more directors than the sky.

At that time, I do n’t know if there will be more and more excellent money-losing directors and scripts that come to your door ... Will this dream-making company be unable to stop losing money?

...

The question of how to save money must be answered in everyone's mind, but the four words of open source and thrift.

But how can I lose money ...

Lin Meng lost his thoughts on the word "compensation" written on the book when he did not know when.

That is to open source festival!

"General Manager Lin, Zhu and He are here."

Lin Meng quickly closed the book and looked at the two directors who came in together.

In fact, domestic directors are not as productive as imagination. The so-called seamless connection is actually not very common in the director industry.

Most directors are able to produce one work a year, and maintaining annual output, can already be regarded as high production.

Some directors, even a single movie, can shoot for three or four years. The more famous the director, the lower the output.

During this time, the company did receive a lot of invitations from He Dao to direct TV dramas.

The scripts sent are basically love dramas, or ... large-scale waterflood love dramas.

This is now the usual practice in China.

For the love cookie that can be finished in the twenty episodes, add a deputy cp, more than ten episodes, and then add some misunderstandings and supporting actors, Dongshuishui, Xishuishui, and the forty episodes. It came out.

He Fangming entered dream-making entertainment, and he couldn't help but regain his reputation.

Seeing such a water-filled script, he thought about it, but still couldn't agree to shoot it. During this time, he has been self-charging and enriching himself.

Director Zhu Xufang also began to enter a rest period after the previous high-intensity work. He was getting older and physically weaker than before. Lin Meng had originally thought about it. In the next Republic of China drama, Zhu Dao was also famous. Artistic director, usually make a cup of tea and walk around twice, and take a rest for a year and a half before going out of the mountain.

Lin Meng went straight to the theme: "Guide Zhu and He, I'm looking for you two, and I want to arrange my future work."

Yes, wit is like her. She has already thought about it. Her biggest mistake was to start only one project at a time. Although there is a possibility of a total loss, she can lose as much as possible. , The effort during that time is about zero.

Of course, there are also reasons why early dream-making entertainment was not able to undertake several projects at the same time, but it is different now.

She must make persistent efforts, learn from her lessons, change her original policies and policies, and take a multi-pronged approach.

You know, with more projects, isn't the probability and progress of this loss faster?

"You should also know that the Republic of China screenplay that Director Zhang Chenghu is responsible for has recently been drafted. It is estimated that it will take several months to complete the project. For the recently started youth director and screenwriter dreaming project, the director will be added to the project. Director Park Doom-chan is in charge. "

"So you two are not working now."

Zhu Xufang took the remarks: "I still have a few scripts on hand, but they are still semi-finished products."

He wanted to make more commercial films to compensate Mr. Lin.

But after opening his eyes to see the world and reaching out to so many young people, he found that the scripts he had put at the bottom of the box were a bit outdated.

Even some of the jokes used in it-for example, at that time, everyone knew the name of the dish and the crosstalk, how many young people now know? The story you tell is old-fashioned, and the stubble in the script cannot resonate. How can it be a good script?

The book delivered to him was actually less than the book delivered to He Fangming. After all, people knew that he had a high price and had a requirement for the book, so he didn't dare to send it randomly.

But the problem is those scripts, Zhu Xufang anyway how to see how wrong.

He Fangming also said, "General Manager Lin, the few notebooks that have been sent to me recently are not very good."

"I know that." Lin Meng also understood, "So, I have a plan."

There is a big, money-losing plan.

"I thought about it for a long time. Both of you are good people who have nowhere to look. It's a bit of a loss to just leave it in the company." Lin Meng looked at the two directors with sincere eyes, full of expectations.

"I mean, let's see what you want to do. Although the company will help you form a team and help you arrange it." She did not forget to explain Zhu Xufang, "But Zhu Dao is older, if you If there are big projects we want to do, we will slow down. "

Of course ... you can't trust the two directors too much either.

"My only requirement is that I hope that the company has developed rapidly in the past few years, and each time the project comes out, it can make people refreshing!" Lin Meng thought long ago, "I hope outsiders dream of entertainment for us The impression must be different from other companies. "

"You see, there are so many movies and TV shows right now, once they become popular, two or three will come out; or one after the other in the same series, which is not bad, but I think we can make our dreams bigger For one thing, not for profit, but for making history that belongs to our dreams. "

What did Lin Meng do before?

You know, she is one of the witnesses standing in the depths of Lin, who is the leader of the game industry in China.

There are many things in the game industry that can be put on the entertainment industry.

In the game industry, the most popular point is to follow the trend, even the same company and its own.

If the card game is red, then the card is released; if the mobile game is red, then I will also put it; the dress up game is hot and red, all right, isn't it just changing clothes? I also change.

To the sky, it is the so-called original element.

For example, your card is a card battle, my card is a card tower defense; your placement is to enhance the combat power, my placement will take a warm route, an interactive scene; your dress up is to do the task Calculate the points, my dress up is purely a step up.

You say innovation? It can be said that, in the true sense of innovation, eight times out of ten lose money.

Among so many entrepreneurs, no one is a fool. Most of the so-called secrets that no one has discovered are those that have been tried and lost.

So innovation is a double-edged sword, especially true innovation, which is separated from routine innovation ...

In Lin Meng's words, this way, you can compensate!

After listening to Lin Meng's words, the two directors thoughtfully.

"Actually Mr. Lin ..." He Fangming suddenly said, his face was uncomfortable.

Isn't this coming?

Lin Meng looked at it encouragingly: "He Dao, you can talk about your thoughts, I have always believed in your ability."

"In fact, I also thought that my ability in the film and television and director industries may not be so outstanding." He Fangming has seen directors such as Zhu Xufang and Chen Aiming, and he also feels that some people are upright, and human talents do have the difference.

"This is not the case ..." Lin Meng wanted to reassure, she never thought that only genius can survive in an industry.

"It's okay, you don't need to comfort me, Mr. Lin." The more he recharged, the more he felt shallow, and even couldn't help recalling the TV series he filmed that year. Was it really a bad environment or was he incapable of filming?

"I think my advantage is that I can capture the details in particular. When it comes to shooting love interactions, it can be said to be very sweet." He Fangming analyzed himself very carefully. "So I was thinking, I can Can't go on a love show? "

This idea appeared in his heart from time to time, but he never said it.

He Fangming rejected his thought again: "But this is not in line with our company's positioning."

This said, Lin Meng immediately refused.

"He Dao, you ca n’t do this. Everyone has it for the first time. If you do n’t try it, how do you know that you ca n’t do it? You know, the TV series you shot, but our company ’s first TV series. The film is also the first film made by the company. And you, why not do our company's first variety project? "

He Fangming was persuaded, but began to struggle: "But ... the variety team is completely different from the filmmaking team. Doesn't the company have a movie to shoot next? There are not so many people."

Unlike filming, filming variety shows does require more staff than you can imagine.

It ’s just the radio on the show scene, the photography with the guests, the variety show writers with the group ... you can count a lot, and it is the kind that does not overlap with the existing staff of the company at all.

Lin Meng was silent.

Lin Meng was amazed.

He Dao is simply ... suddenly a big move.

Her favorite big move.

Lin Meng looked at He Da, and was very surprised: "He Da, you suddenly woke me up, why should we limit ourselves to the film and television industry? Of course, professional companies are now popular to do professional things, but since we have Money is also affordable, why not try it? "

"Whether it is profitable or not, trying is a good thing in itself. If an audience will say in the future, our dream entertainment is not only good music, good movies, good TV series, but also good variety shows, I think I will also be honored with . "

Lin Meng did not give He Fangming the opportunity to hesitate. In front of him, he sent a message to personnel and finance to make them pay attention to whether there is a variety production company that can be acquired in the market. If not, he will pay a team with a high salary Come.

They are very professional in cornering.

Whether it is an acquisition or a high-paid team, it can spend a lot of money anyway, perfect.

"Well, He Dao, what kind of variety show do you want to make? Still, I hope that this variety show is not too cliché and cannot overlap with the current love variety show on the market." Lin Meng paid little attention to variety shows. , But still heard, there are quite a lot of popular love shows in the market.

When He Fangming saw Lin Meng's attention, he felt a little nervous at the same time. When people were nervous, it seemed that inspiration followed.

"I think ... we can be a different love variety show." He looked at Lin Meng's encouraging eyes and tried to trace the thoughts that had just floated from his mind.

"First of all, amateurs and celebrity guests are now standard, so let's change it. The participants in the love matching activity that are observed are still amateurs, but the lineup of observed guests is composed of the guests' parents and a few stars. "

Lin Meng nodded, so listened ... Anyway, she didn't think there was any innovation and it was not very attractive.

"What we are doing is an open love variety show ... the kind to take the brutal line." He Fangming meditated, "The process of love will be eliminated, and the guests who are not asked will leave the show, and their parents, although They are observers, but they are also mobile. "

He explained in depth: "In simple terms, the guests participating in love matching are taking a normal love course, and their parents have different ideas and see people's eyes as they look at each other. This program It will reflect the collision between two generations of spouses, and at the same time let the audience see what is the difference between parents and children's focus on the subject. "

He Fangming said more and more excited, he felt that he could shoot well, and this subtle detail, he could capture keenly every time: "The audience can also see through this program whether parents will be caught by children. Love moves. "

He has a profound meaning: "After all, I often see remarks on the Internet, don't many children and parents always complain to each other because of countless conflicts in the matter of choosing a mate?"

When Lin Meng heard this, he understood something.

What He Fangming wants is a real variety show.

Put the parents and children on the stage at the same time, so that the audience can clearly see the conflict between them.

And this conflict is very typical. It may happen to any audience.

... Is anyone really watching this variety? Lin Meng is hesitant. Seeing love variety shows normally, isn't he chasing cp? She has seen a few romantic variety reviews.

Besides, is this too cruel? Shouldn't watching variety shows be easy?

But this is what she wants, even if it is well made, no one will read it.

"Okay, Mr. He, when you have the proposal book ready, we will shoot immediately after the team is built." Lin Meng made a clean decision, "I only ask for two points, one is real, the other is the protection of the amateur, our program There must be no violent online exposure of amateurs because of their remarks on the program. Of course, I also understand that this cannot be completely avoided, but we must do our best. "

He Fangming nodded, already beginning to outline the appearance of the show in his heart.

There were more and more thoughts in his mind, and the sky was empty.

Zhu Xufang, who was sitting beside him, listened for a long time and had his own thoughts.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think about this period, as a transition, what if I go to make a documentary? If the documentary team is well-formed, I will slowly shoot, it should not be too tired." His old man was really guilty.

Documentaries can make money ... too few.

Of course, there are also ways to make money, which is to choose a suitable angle with small investment and low cost.

For example, in the past few years, the popularity of gourmet documentaries has not been too high, but the final income is very good.

"Documentary?" Lin Meng pondered for a moment, "What subject?"

If Director Zhu says she wants to make a food documentary, she's afraid she can only say sorry.

"I want to shoot some ... niche professions, or, in other words, niche professions." The idea of ​​director Zhu Xufang was born, and it became more and more intense.

In the past few years, the screenwriter has been more and more innovating. He has seen a lot of workplace dramas. But sometimes he can see more or less omissions in these scripts if he looks carefully.

Occasionally, when he tried to find a new way on the Internet, he often found that most of the niche professional questions and answers did not even answer, which even affected his choice of reporting to his son.

"When I reported my child a major, I found a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"I found that there are many majors that appear on volunteers. Even when I searched the Internet, I couldn't understand what these majors were talking about, but after a deep understanding, I found that these majors may not be so bad."

Director Zhu said that emotions were also betting in. He hesitated to the end, and he enrolled his children in Wanjinyou's business management major. Of course, this also has a factor in the score.

Later, after the child went to college, he successively learned from the side that the profession that was abandoned because of his ignorance was actually quite a market in China.

"For example, Mr. Lin, do you know that there is a major called water supply and drainage engineering? There are also blasting majors ... some provinces, and there are special majors specific to their provinces, such as those with tea gardens in the province, there is a major in tea science; There are also colleges like Buddhist colleges, where ordinary people don't even understand what they are studying. "

Lin Meng heard that this selection was really interesting, but she didn't know enough about the documentary market. It would be a profitable project.

After all, if it was her, it would not seem to mind going to see this documentary.

But it ’s okay. There is always a solution to the problem. Lin Meng thought about it and started to patch: “Then I hope you take a deeper shot. You choose a major that can be used for comparison. It ’s unpopular but good employment, and the country needs students to participate. This is a kind of upset; but in the past few years, it has gradually been eliminated. In fact, it is not necessarily a specialty that you need to adhere to. "

"We must pay attention to the hot majors. We don't pay any attention. We only focus on the real unpopular majors." Lin Meng added, "After all, those popular majors, everyone's understanding of the future development and teaching content."

The public major must not be considered. After all, there are many people studying, and people may be interested in taking a look.

Zhu Xufang nodded, he understood what Lin Meng meant.

That is, as long as the niche, this is fine. The country is so large, there are too many niche professions-of course, some majors may not be niche, and there are many students even after the transfer, but to outsiders, it can be said that I have never heard of this profession in my life.

"Another point is that the shooting must be comprehensive. From the teaching environment, to the student interviews, professor interviews ... including the employment companies after graduation, what work, and the turnover rate." Lin Meng began to add content.

"All of these should be photographed. Don't care about the money. For example, students should be interviewed. We should pay for interviews. We ca n’t take volunteers and set up scenes in schools. "

She sporadically added more places where she could spend money, and asked Zhu Xufang to ask. Are there any good teams in the industry working together on documentaries?

The best thing is to sign the contract directly and include the other party under it. If not, you can also see if you can sign a long-term cooperation contract.

In short, I, dream entertainment, make money.

After arranging for two people, Lin Meng nodded with satisfaction.

New money-losing projects are on the rise, and when Zhu Dao and He Dao's projects set sail, her dream-making plan began to be implemented.

The more you lose, the more you lose.

perfect.

Lin Meng glanced at the calendar. There was still some time before the New Year. Before that time, she still had a lot of work to do.

For example, doing field research with Director Park Qiongcan and confirming the location ...

Then when the New Year, she had to go home.

With someone who can only escape.