my movie universe

Chapter 4 Bigger and Stronger
Chen An took a sip of tea and didn't speak, Liu Shi pushed his glasses and leaned forward, put his hands on the table, looked at Chen An curiously and said: "No, Chen An, this is an idol drama, you really want to shoot this? You used to pursue art directors with depth and connotation, why don't you choose "Wild Talk"?"

Chen An put down his teacup, looked up at Liu Shi calmly, and said only one sentence: "I just want to make money now."

If it was before, even if he was afraid of ghosts, he would choose "Wild Tale", because this drama is difficult, deep, and exciting.

But now he just wants to make money.

He has already understood that film and television works that only pursue deep art are stupid. Although film is art, it is now a naked commercial art.

No one will invest in your art if it can't bring benefits and box office!Even movie fans will say what kind of stuff you make, and others will listen to you when you talk about art if you make money.

He used to be young and ignorant, that's why two movies failed. Now he only wants to make money.

Liu Shi looked at Chen An as if he didn't know him, as if he was looking at a promising young man who was falling into the arms of a rich woman, with a rich woman of two hundred catties on one side and a table full of money on the other...

With sad eyes, he looked at Chen An and said pitifully: "You have fallen."

If there was no smile in his eyes, Chen An would have thought that he was really sad.

Chen An was too lazy to pay attention to him, and picked up the cup of hot tea and drank it gently.

Liu Shi didn't care, wiped his face, patted the table and said, "Okay! It should have been like this a long time ago, I'll find you a handsome guy and a beautiful girl, let's make a movie about a hot idol Come out! Make it bigger and stronger! Create more glories!"

Chen An looked at him indifferently. Although he wanted to make an idol drama, it wasn't an idiot drama, okay?He didn't say anything and put down the tea cup. Looking at the cup of tea, a complex emotion emerged in his heart.

I just hope that his teacher won't die of anger when this TV series is broadcast... A winner of the short film award at a dignified film festival actually went to shoot an idol drama.

But his father should be very happy...

Shaking his head, he slowly let out a breath, retracted his hand and looked at Liu Shi again.

Make money.

Shameless.

"Let's talk about how much the TV drama company plans to spend?"

Hearing Chen An's words, Liu Shi, who was full of pride, smiled and said: "We have evaluated this script long ago, and the funding is naturally very sufficient, 2000 million! How about it, is it a lot? It is enough for you Alright."

Chen An looked at him calmly with a pair of dead fish eyes, which made Liu Shi awkwardly pick up the teacup and drink the tea without saying anything.

With 2000 million, you can't even hire a second-tier star. Although there are salary limits for actors in this world, actors' salaries are still very high. There is no way, they just have that value, no matter how low it is, it can't be any lower. .

The salary limit order in this world stipulates that the total remuneration ratio of the main actors cannot exceed 40.00% of the entire investment. The maximum salary limit for a single actor is 20.00 million yuan. Big-name actors can ask for dividends from film and television projects, but the maximum will not exceed [-]%.

Therefore, the highest salary for a Chinese actor in this world is 20.00 million RMB plus [-]% profit dividend. Although this ratio is only available to a very small number of people, don’t even think about it if it’s not a top big name or you have to do it, but even In this way, the salary of ordinary actors will not be so low, and second-tier stars with a little traffic can make tens of millions for a movie.

To put it bluntly, this price is for traffic, and traffic makes money!The highest price of a powerful faction without traffic is several million.

So don't even think about doing anything with 2000 million.

"Hey, don't look at me like that, I can't help it, and I believe in your strength, doesn't our company have a lot of new actors? It's cheap and easy to use, so you should help newcomers. This TV series is originally for cultivating It’s a newcomer to the company.” Liu Shi put down his teacup and began to complain.

Chen An didn't react too much, this kind of treatment is also conceivable, and he still thinks that he is that cutting-edge talented director who is in the limelight?

He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened his eyes after a while and said in a deep voice: "2000 million is no problem, but I will slightly change the script, the 24 episodes will remain the same, I will add some characters and scenes, and cut some slow-paced ones. Drama."

"That's no problem. You are the director, and you can change the script as you wish." Liu Shi waved his hand and said with a heroic smile, but after saying this, he asked tentatively: "But, 2000 million won't be an overrun, right?"

He knows the director thing very well. Every director has a free heart in his heart, and the budget will be exceeded if he spends money. Although Chen An didn't have this situation before, but now he can't guarantee it...

Chen An sighed and said, "No."

Liu Shi showed a silly smile and said: "That's fine, that's fine. I can't help it. The budget is only 2000 million, and even if you increase it, it won't be much more. So if you overspend, I will cut off some unnecessary scenery." Already..."

See, this is the conflict between the producer and the director...

Chen An nodded noncommittally and said, "Okay, let's talk about actors."

Liu Shi seriously doubted whether he was listening to him, but he still agreed and asked: "Then do you have any favorite candidates for actors?"

"I like Chen Tao, why don't you ask if he will come?" Chen An asked calmly.

Liu Shi smiled honestly: "Don't be joking."

Chen Tao, a new first-line actor who has risen in recent years, has a handsome face, huge traffic, and good acting skills. His salary has climbed to 6000 to [-] million. It is not something that Chen An can invite, of course. It was to hate that shameless person, but Liu Shi's face was already thicker than he imagined.

"Hey..." Chen An sighed, life is not easy.

He was completely defeated by Liu Shi. He rubbed his temples and said, "You can send me the information of suitable people in the company later to choose, both male and female protagonists."

At present, we can only choose the male and female protagonists first, and prepare the crew at the same time. The rest of the actors can only wait for the casting director to worry about it after the preparation of the crew is completed. Otherwise, there are more than a dozen main actors in the entire crew, and he doesn't have the energy to choose him. , he only needs to be responsible for the final control.

"Okay, what's your request?"

"Handsome, beautiful, good acting skills."

Liu Shi gave Chen An a thumbs up, and praised: "It seems that you are really thinking about it, so why not be the leading actor yourself, and your acting skills should be more assured. How about it, think about it?"

Chen An paused and said, "I'm not interested in debuting."

After speaking, he stood up, took the script in his hand and said, "Okay, I'll go back and revise the script first, and you prepare the crew as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's go."

Liu Shi nodded, and Chen An took the script and backed away from the glass door of the conference room. Liu Shi looked through the glass door at the female employees outside who were in a commotion because Chen An went out. He held his chin with one hand and sighed: "This It’s a waste if you don’t have good looks.”

If you acted in the previous two movies, you might not lose money?
Really...

Pity.

But seeing Chen An's changes, he has inexplicable expectations and confidence in this TV series.

No one understands Chen An's talent better than him who has worked with Chen An on two films. Before that, Chen An's only shortcoming was that he pursued the camera language and the depth of the film too much. up.

How much surprise can Chen An like this bring to the film and television industry?
Smiling, Liu Shi got up with anticipation, tidied up and went out to start working.

The crew of "Sleeping You" officially started preparations.

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(End of this chapter)