Chapter 119: Shouting from afar
Classmates are leaving school one after another, and the small theater rehearsal of "Famous" can no longer gather enough people, so it has to be stopped.
But they all agreed that "Famous" would start shooting after the National Day at the latest, and they would all come back then.
Zhang Yuanjun returned to his studio. Because of the project "Famous", the studio has been busy with work, and the work of more than a dozen people is full.
"Huayi didn't think they had much interest in investing, so two people came, met for a cup of tea, chatted for a few words and then left."
Zhang Yuanjun said: "Huayi is now firmly in the top spot in the mainland. Our film is very experimental and does not fit their style. They will not place bets on us. It doesn't matter if Huayi doesn't invest."
"Bernard has reached an agreement with them. They will pay 700,000, and the fixed income will be 820,000, and they will also jointly distribute it with China Film." After all, it is a new crew, and Bernard is not willing to gamble with Zhang Yuanjun, so he wants the safest fixed income.
"There are several other film studios, large and small, that want fixed income, and our own investment has been recovered." This is a very happy thing.
"No one is willing to play with us?" It is certainly a good thing to attract investment, but it requires fixed income. Zhang Yuanjun only feels that he is not trusted by investors.
"Yes, Xiao Ma wants a share."
"Don't they do commercials and TV series?"
"Xiao Ma really wants to get a piece of the movie market now, and from the boss to the senior executives, they are very gambling, especially their female director named Zhong, who wants to buy out our crew at the first word."
Zhang Yuanjun curled his lips: "How much did they invest?"
"1.7 million."
"It's not bad." Zhang Yuanjun was very satisfied with this number. "Let's do a good job. So many people have invested money, so don't let the investors down. The first drama is off to a good start. How is the selection of actors?"
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"Teacher Wang took the initiative to resign from playing Guan Jingnian, saying that his image was inappropriate."
"Why didn't he tell me?" Kanshu La
"We were notified yesterday, why don't we tell you today. Teacher Wang said that he is more suitable to play Lu Ziye. Guan Jingnian is a has-been actor and should be better-looking. His image is not suitable."
I have to say that my image as a teacher is indeed a bit worse.
"Okay, Lu Ziye, just Lu Ziye." My teacher is limited by his image, and most of his roles are comedy roles, but his acting skills are nothing to say.
The role of Lu Ziye doesn't have such high image requirements, so of course he can play it.
"Then the only two starring roles, Guan Jingnian and Zheng Qianli, are still unconfirmed?"
"Yes, should we find two more famous people to play these two? Now that we have secured investment, we can add some money and hire a big name to support the scene."
Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "You are chasing stars with public funds."
In fact, the current film salary for actors is really not high. For example, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun only get 3 to 5 million, while Gong Li is a bit higher.
It's hard to say for male actors. Jackie Chan, the highest paid actor, can't even hire anyone with a salary of tens of millions.
But the next level Chen Daoming can also get him for three to five million.
"No, you don't really want to invite Chen Daoming to come."
"Teacher Chen can act."
"If you can act, you can act, but he is still too expensive." Zhang Yuanjun immediately rejected their expectation of hiring Chen Daoming, "I will give you 200,000 at most. If you can hire Chen Daoming, I will consider you to be capable."<
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In Zhang Yuanjun's case, even if big names are invited to join the team, the maximum salary for a single person cannot exceed 200,000.
Zhang Yuanjun is very controlling in terms of actors' remuneration. Teacher Yu gets 100,000, while he himself gets 80,000 as an actor, and 20,000 as a screenwriter - the screenwriter is really worthless, 50,000 as a producer, 50,000 for Lu Fangsheng, 50,000 for Luo Jin and Zhu Yawen
Each person is paid 30,000 yuan, Wang Jia is 20,000 yuan, Mr. Wang appears for free, but the producer is paid 100,000 yuan.
"We actually contacted Chen Daoming before, but Sister Hua's price was too high, 500,000."
"Look at what I said." Zhang Yuanjun said with a complacency that he had expected it. "With these 200,000, I might as well ask Teacher Pu Cunxin to play Guan Jingnian. Teacher Pu has such a good image."
When Zhang Yuanjun mentioned this, he really opened his mind: "Yes, we can invite Teacher Pu. I will contact his agent now to make an appointment." After that, he got busy.
Xiao Zhao came over and informed him of today's itinerary.
"Have you almost forgotten that you are a public star?" Xiao Zhao said with a smile.
"It's true. I've been rehearsing and rewriting scripts these past few days. I've been so busy that I've forgotten that I still have work outside. What's your job today?"
"Waiting for 10 o'clock, there will be an interview. At noon, we will have dinner with Pony's executives, after all, we have invested so much money. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a joint interview with the movie channel and the TV series channel. In the evening, we will fly to Hongdu."
"Huh? What are Feihong doing?"
"I've got a business show for you."
"You picked me up randomly again." Zhang Yuanjun said dissatisfied.
"Brother, you are the only one making money in our studio now. This time I will go to Hongdu to support the opening of a shopping mall, sing a song, cut a ribbon, and give you 100,000. It will not take more than 20 minutes."
"Are you crazy?" Zhang Yuanjun is not short of money, but he was still surprised to hear that he earned 100,000 yuan for 20 minutes of commercial performance.
"You have to thank your Gan Province TV station for the broadcast of "No. 1 in the World". Your Gan Province has worked hard to promote you. You are very popular in your hometown now, but you can't make so much elsewhere."
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"Okay, I made the money." Zhang Yuanjun was quite proud of the high price he quoted for his commercial performance.
At 10 o'clock, the appointed reporter arrived at the studio on time and came from the pig factory.
The popularity of "The Best in the World" and "The Condor" have temporarily passed, and reporters did not ask him any more questions about these two dramas.
Instead, I talked a lot with him about studio issues.
"As far as I know, you should be the first celebrity to open a personal studio."
"Is it the first one?" Zhang Yuanjun asked knowingly.
"Hmm. What were your original plans? How did you come up with the idea of opening your own studio?"
"I didn't think much about it. If no company signed me up, I would just go it alone." Faced with the interview, he certainly couldn't say that he had rejected invitations from no less than 10 brokerage companies.
"Is it difficult?"
"It's difficult." Zhang Yuanjun nodded, "Actually, it's still the same as when I was a single-person gang. I did everything by myself. In the beginning, it was just me and my assistant. I couldn't take care of this one but not the other. I couldn't recruit anyone, because
No one has heard of this kind of studio, but it gradually got better."
"What about "Famous"? Why do you act on your own? There should be a crew looking for you, right?"
"There were film crews looking for it, but I was not satisfied with many of the scripts, so I thought, why don't I make one myself, and that's how I became famous.
"Actually, I'm scared when I think about it now. At that time, I felt a rush of blood, and I just did it. Fortunately, my teachers and classmates were very supportive of me, and it's been pretty smooth till now."
"Is there anything else the crew is missing now?"
"There is a shortage of good experienced actors, so I just used your website to help me shout out. Our crew sincerely invites Teacher Pu Cunxin. I hope that Teacher Pu will see this interview and meet our crew.
"Don't cut this one."
Chapter completed!