The straight man in the entertainment circle

The applause lasted for a long time, and in everyone's mind, there was still a picture of a row of horses standing between two trucks, and the sky was a fiery red.

This image was deeply imprinted in their minds.

After the applause stopped, Qiu Tian took the card from the program staff.

"All sponsors' advertisements have been selected today. Now I want to announce something that is quite cruel to everyone."

"That is...our advertising companies that rank in the bottom 10 in terms of cumulative advertising expenses today will regretfully leave..."

"Our statistical results have come out, let's reveal them from high to low."

Qiu Tian looked at the card in her hand and said: "The first place, I believe everyone knows, the forest creek advertising building, the cumulative advertising fee: 4.238 million."

"Second place is Fei Fei New Media, which has suddenly emerged, with cumulative advertising expenses: 3.68 million."

"Third place, Chuangmei Advertising, cumulative advertising fee: 3.215 million."

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Soon the top seven came out. Except for the first few advertising companies who were relatively calm, the last few were very excited when they heard Qiu Tian read the name of their own advertising company.

Because this means that my advertising company does not need to be eliminated this time and can continue to participate in the program.

This program is now supported by numerous advertisements, which will only make it more popular. If they can continue to participate in the program, it will also give their advertising company a lot more exposure. This is great for the future development of their advertising company, and they are naturally happy.

With the last place left, everyone looked at Tus Advertising Company.

As the second place in the previous period, Tus Advertising Company had a cumulative advertising fee of 1.266 million. It was a sure win. However, because they did not win the bid this time, they missed out on a large amount of advertising fees, which prevented them from ranking high.

Will other advertising companies that won the bid squeeze into the eighth place?

But if Tus Advertising Company doesn’t even make it into the top eight, it would be a disgrace to Dafa.

The top seven are all advertising companies that won the bid today. In addition, there are two more companies that also won the bid today, but the advertising fee is less than one million. If the total is added up, I don’t know if it can exceed the 1.266 million accumulated by Tus Advertising Company. .

He Maozhong's face was ugly, and he was very angry inside. This failure made it impossible for him to even keep the second place.

Being stepped on by so many advertising companies, He Maozhong felt extremely shameful and humiliated!

"eight place……"

Qiu Tian opened the card and took a look...

Qiu Tian looked at He Maozhong, and He Maozhong's heart skipped a beat. He actually felt that Qiu Tian's eyes were pitying him!

Is he really going to fail this time? !

He Maozhong felt a trace of unwillingness.

"Eighth place is Tus Advertising Company, with a cumulative advertising fee of 1.266 million!"

With no surprises, Tus Advertising Company barely ranked eighth and squeezed into the second half of the competition, relying on its accumulated advertising fees.

Everyone at Qidi Advertising Company breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like they had escaped from hell.

He Maozhong tried his best to appear calm. He breathed quietly, and then looked at Lin Li sharply.

He Maozhong secretly vowed to regain the dignity he lost this time next time!

No matter what method you use!

The program ended, and countless sponsors and advertisers gathered around the advertising building in the forest creek, like stars holding the moon.

He Maozhong left the scene without looking back.

I thought I came here to teach other advertising companies how to be a good person, but in the end, I was taught how to be a good person by Lin Li.

Back at his residence, He Maozhong became more and more dissatisfied and frightened the more he thought about it.

If I don't think of something else, I'm afraid I will suffer the same humiliation as today in the next issue.

He Maozhong could no longer bear this humiliation.

He Maozhong took out his mobile phone, scrolled through the contacts for a while, and his finger pointed at Jiang Junjie, President of IU Mobile Phones.

He Maozhong remembered that they were very satisfied with the copywriting last time, and they gave his company another big order a few days ago.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on He Maozhong's lips.

A perfect plan came to his mind.

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After recording the "I Am an Advertising Man" program, the next episode of "I Am an Advertising Man" will not start until a week later, and "The Big Show" will not be held until next weekend because the finals will be broadcast live. Lin Li finally got it. Some empty.

The show "The Big Show" was coming to an end. Lin Li told his mother that he would no longer take on the job. In the remaining few months, Lin Li would prepare his own movie.

Jiang Da has already applied for the film application materials and version number, and the filming permit has also been issued. The preliminary preparations are complete, but this is just the beginning.

First of all, there is no one in Lin Li's crew, only himself, the polished commander.

Although Lin Li recruited two actors, Ge Erdan and Zhang Chaolun, in the show "Starting the Show", they were all supporting roles. In his own movie, several important roles, except for his lead actor, were not available. .

Taking advantage of the free time now, Lin Li felt that he had to get ready.

Time is running out, and the commander-in-chief also needs to recruit and train the army before he can go to war.

When a movie is about to be shot, registration is only the foundation. What Lin Li needs now is to form a mature team.

Lin Li thought about it and suddenly thought of the director Yin Shiguang who shot the music videos for his first two albums.

Lin Li remembered that he said at the beginning that he wanted to change his career to a film director. After all, the current music market is very depressed, and MV directors really can't survive now.

Although there are not many people in Yin Shiguang's team, they have positions such as lighting, props, makeup, and field management. They must have known a lot of people after being around for so many years, so expanding the team will not be a problem.

As for the level, Lin Li has filmed two album MVs, so he knows that their level is not top-notch, but it is not bad either. After all, he is the director, and they all follow his instructions. As long as they can do what they tell them well, that's all.

Generally speaking, the quality of a movie depends on the quality of the director.

Lin Li then called Yin Shiguang and wanted to talk to him about the matter.

"Lin Li, wow, it's an honor for you to call me personally."

Yin Shiguang was very excited when he received a call from Lin Li for the first time.

"Brother Yin, are you in Kyoto now?" Lin Li asked.

"Yeah, I haven't been very active lately. Why, you're not going to release an album again, are you?" Yin Shiguang was looking forward to it.

"I don't have an album, but I do have a job. I wonder if you are willing to come."

"Oh? What kind of job is it?"

"I remember you said before that you wanted to change your career to a film director, right?"

"Haha, you still remember, yes, I want to be a film director, but there are so many people who want to be now. We all used to shoot music videos, and no one was willing to invest. We have been looking for the script for several months. I don’t particularly like it, it’s difficult…”

Yin Shiguang sounded a little frustrated. In the past two years, he has been trying to transform, but has never succeeded.

It is not easy to enter the film industry without relevant experience and achievements, and without capital support.

"In other words, if you have made a movie, it will be easy to raise investment in the future, right?" Lin Lida said.

"Not necessarily, but if the box office is good, it will definitely be good. If the box office is not good, then don't mention it."

"Then do you think if I make a movie, it will do well at the box office?"

Yin Shiguang smiled and said: "I watched your show and knew that you wanted to make your own movie. To be honest, I have made two album MVs with you. You have great ideas and are so talented. You want to be Director, the movie will definitely be good, and it will definitely be a hit at the box office."

Lin Lidao: "Since you think so, are you willing to help me as an assistant director, which is just enough qualifications? If the movie is a big hit at the box office in the future, and you go out to work alone, you will have a record, right?" "

Yin Shiguang was stunned and said, "You want me to be your assistant director?"

"Yes, you don't want to?" Lin Li asked.

"No, no, I... I thought you would look down on us. After all, we are shooting MVs and have never really shot a movie. Aren't you afraid that we will hold you back?"

Yin Shiguang was moved, but also a little unconfident.

Lin Li smiled and said, "I haven't made a movie before. You still have many years of experience in shooting music videos. Let's not dislike the other."

Yin Shiguang had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. When he suddenly received Lin Li's invitation, he felt overjoyed.

"Then...then I have no problem. Don't worry, we will listen to you in everything!"

"Okay, let's discuss the remuneration with my mother then," Lin Li said.

"It doesn't matter, just watch and give it."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Li checked his mobile banking and found that there were more than 54 million in his bank account!

Lin Li remembered that at the end of last year, an official entertainment and finance media reported on the approximate income of entertainment stars.

Lin Li had 25 million in his bank card at that time, ranking in the 80th or 90th among celebrities in the entire entertainment industry last year.

This list is not necessarily accurate, but we can see a general trend.

However, Lin Li could only count his debut for half a year at that time.

During the New Year, Lin Li's New Year's Eve party on Mango Channel and his participation in "The Masked Singer" during the Spring Festival had a huge impact. Coupled with the popularity of "The Show" and "I Am an Advertiser", Lin Li became recognized as the most popular An eye-catching young idol.

But attracting attention and attracting money are not the same thing.

To attract attention is to attract attention, and to attract money is to attract the attention of capital.

In terms of money-attracting ability, Lin Li is inferior to Xiao Miao, Wang Chuke, and Liu Yixian.

After all, Lin Li is not just for bad money.

Many endorsements and programs were rejected by Lin Li. Lin Li felt that some programs and endorsements were overdrawing his credibility and there was no need to accept them.

But for Xiao Miao or most celebrities, these things are obviously welcome.

The difference is that some people enjoy it, and some people just can't help it.

Lin Li knew that the consequences of being wrapped up in capital would often be corroded by capital.

There are too many such examples in the entertainment industry.

There are not many stars like Lin Li who have withstood the erosion of capital.

Lin Li's current income basically only has two big chunks, one part is income from albums and paid songs, and the other part is endorsement fees.

In the past few months, Lin Li has also chosen several endorsements, such as domestic brands such as Dahua Mobile Phones.

This also made Lin Li suddenly have more money in his bank card.

Lin Li did the math and found that although he didn't spend much money and a lot of his expenses went to his company account, he still spent several million in the past six months.

In other words, I estimate that I have earned at least 60 million in the past six months.

Thinking that he had earned so much money in less than a year, Lin Li felt a little confused.

Because a year ago, Lin Lidu thought that 6,000 yuan was a huge amount of money!

Of course, 54 million seems not worth mentioning when investing in a movie.

Today’s movies can easily cost hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.

Even Guo Xiaoshan, whom Lin Li has always looked down upon, claimed to have invested 400 million in his new movie called "Extinction"!

Although the claim is exaggerated, the real investment in his film is more than 200 million.

After all, after Lin Li saw the trailer, the salary of the dozen or so star actors alone was not more than 100 million.

Guo Xiaoshan promoted that his new film uses the highest level of CG capture technology in the world, claiming that it will become the benchmark for domestic CG films.

However, when Lin Li saw the trailer for Guo Xiaoshan's movie to be released during the summer vacation, he didn't see much about the CG technology, but the faces of celebrities were all over the screen.

It is estimated that half of the film's cost went to the stars.

Moreover, according to Guo Xiaoshan's urine, at least half of the budget must be spent on publicity, and the most money that can be spent on a real movie is only 30 to 40 million.

Such a small amount of money is probably enough for a top international team to produce one or two trailers for them.

No, it should be called a preview scam!

The key is that when Lin Li saw the CG images in the trailer, he didn't even have to think about how unsightly the finished movie would be.

But even so, Guo Xiaoshan's fans still gave him a hard time.

The trailer was followed by applause.

After seeing it, Lin Li could only say: Sure enough, Xuanfa's money was not wasted.

Lin Li stopped thinking about Guo Xiaoshan's troubles and focused on the movie he wanted to make.

With my current savings of 54 million, I can use 50 million to make a movie. Although it seems a bit small, the good thing is that the movie "Young You" is a feature film and does not require any special effects. The later stage is editing and subtitles and music. It's not like those sci-fi blockbusters that require long post-production.

In addition, Lin Li plays the male lead himself. As for actors, Lin Li's point of view is to find some capable actors. The salary should not be too high and the cost can be controlled to a certain extent.

Calculating it this way, an investment of 50 million should be enough to make this movie.

Money is not a big problem. The next thing Lin Li needs to consider is the cast of the movie.

Lin Li gave the script of "Young You" 80 points, but there are still some areas that Lin Li thinks can be improved.

When I shoot it myself, if I refine it a bit more, the script should reach 85 points.

As far as the script is concerned, there is no problem at all. It is definitely better than most movie scripts on the market now.

Once the script is ready, there is a foundation for the success of the movie, but the key to the final success of the movie still depends on the acting skills of the actors.

Especially the acting skills of the male and female protagonists.

It can be said that the script of "Young You" determines the lower limit of this film, which will not be too low, and the acting skills of the male and female protagonists determine the upper limit of this film!