that was the salutation that greeted me when i opened an email referral from kemps. kemps is like an online blackbook for film and tv professionals. i signed up for it light years ago, have forgotten about it, and have received about 3 previous inquiries that led nowhere. this one jumped out at me.
its a chinese company looking for a writer for 40 20-minute episodes. forty.
first, i am rusty as when it comes to doing script quotations. the last one i did was for PLDT in 2009. has it been that long ago already! to put that in context, LP was just a month old when i quoted for and wrote those scripts. LP is now 1 year and nearly 8 months old.
second, i am jaded. yes. since moving to cebu, i have had more quotations that led to nothing than quotations that turned into paying projects. cebuanos pride themselves in being tihik (kuripot, stingy, but they'll define it as always looking for value for money) and it showed in my area of work. if i am lucky, i get a "sorry, project's not pushing through/not enough budget/can't afford you." IF i am lucky. otherwise, you hear zip zero zilch after being rushed to meet and submit a quotation. what'sup with absent manners, hey?
anyway, so i am still treating this new project as a maybe until the contract is signed. they have agreed in principle to the amount i am charging, and their lawyer is looking over the contract i sent.
wish me luck.
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