dognovel Chapter 177 Huang Baiming's Ambition.
Chapter 177 Huang Baiming's Ambition.
Chapter 177 Huang Baiming's Ambition.
"Director Ye, you've been making trouble for a long time and you just asked me to make a movie. You just said it, there's no need to do that." Zhou Xing smiled and picked up his teacup.
"Of course it's not just as simple as filming." Ye Weixin's face was a little weird: "Hey, let me tell you the truth, the budget of this film is limited, with your current worth."
Zhou Xing thought so too. His current film salary is at least 3500 million, and the investment in [Fuse] is only 1000 million US dollars. How to shoot?
"So Director Ye means that he wants me to lower my salary?" Zhou Xing laughed.
Ye Weixin was a little embarrassed when he heard the words: "Actually, this film is also invested by Dongfang Film and Television. Mr. Huang Baiming said that if you accept it, you can convert part of the film salary into the investment."
The reason why Huang Baiming thought of this plan is because he has greater ambitions. He wants to make "Ip Man" into a series like "Huang Feihong". It won't fail for ten years.
At first, Huang Baiming wanted to use Zhen Bullet, after all, his salary was only one-third of Zhou Xing's, but Ye Zhun blocked him back, which actually made Huang Baiming figure it out.
If [Ip Man] really becomes popular, if it is made into a series, Zhen Bullet's salary will definitely rise, and Zhou Xing's salary has already reached the top of the Chinese actors, and only Li Lianjie is gone, and the rise will not go anywhere. In this case, why not invite Zhou Xing, who is more popular and has a strong box office appeal?
As for the remuneration converted into investment, it is also Huang Baiming's way to kill two birds with one stone. This not only solves the problem of insufficient funds for filming, but also completely binds Zhou Xing. As long as the first film [Ip Man] makes money, Zhou Xing gets benefits and shoots the sequel. At that time, the lion would not open his mouth. The big deal is that the salary is converted into investment. Everyone earns money. For the converted part of the film, Zhou Xing will work harder, and the quality of the film will also be improved. Why not do it?
Of course, for Zhou Xing, this plan is also acceptable. A fixed salary is like getting a fixed salary. Although droughts and floods guarantee income, the income has nothing to do with you. No matter how well a film sells, you can only stare at it. Yes, it is equivalent to owning shares and can participate in dividends.
"I only take 1500 million, and the remaining 2000 million will be converted into investment."
Ye Weixin was stunned by Zhou Xing's words. He originally thought that even if Zhou Xing accepted this method, it would be converted into a salary of 1000 million at most. Remuneration is converted.
"Just trust me like that?" Ye Weixin was suddenly moved.
In fact, in the seven years since he was in the film industry, Zhou Xing has done such things as conversion of film remuneration into investment twice. The first time was "Slimming Men and Women", Zhou Xing made several million that time, and the next time was still filming Du Qifeng's scene——[ Exile], but that time he was totally aiming at the friendship between the two parties, and Du Qifeng did not disappoint him in the end, [Exile] lost all his money, and his converted salary was also in vain.
Of course, the reason why Zhou Xing placed such a heavy bet this time is not because of his will. First of all, he is optimistic about Ye Weixin's strength. , besides Li Lianjie, he is the one who can play Ye Wen well!This is also his confidence as a kung fu superstar!
Facing Zhou Xing's confident smile, Ye Weixin didn't say anything, and directly called Huang Baiming.
"Promise him." Huang Baiming pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and replied. This is the highest ratio he can accept. The original budget of this drama is 2000 million, plus the 1.2 million converted weekly film salary, which is 16.6 million. And Zhou Xing can finally get [-]% of the net profit dividend. As a businessman, he can't give up too much profit in order to reduce costs and risks.
"Then, happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation!"
With both hands firmly held together, they don't need to worry about the rest of the contract. Naturally, someone will discuss the details.
When Zhou Xing returned to the capital from Foshan, Anli sent another script.
"Painted skin?" Zhou Xing looked at it, the script was really good, but Chen Kun had already been selected as the lead actor in this play, so there was only one role left, the lead actor Pang Yong.
"Reject it." It's not that Zhou Xingpiao didn't like the role of the second male lead, but that this drama is obviously a female lead drama, and the roles of the two female leads are too vivid, and the two male leads are completely the As a foil, there is really nothing outstanding.
"I thought you would be very interested in acting with these two actresses." Anli said regretfully.
Zhou Xing looked at her suspiciously, anli smiled and said, "The first female and the second female are Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun respectively."
Zhou Xing was stunned for a moment, not because he had any thoughts about these two actresses, but, from the cast of this drama, it can be seen that the capital is beginning to let go of mainland actors.
The investment of [Painted Skin] is about 7000 million, which can be regarded as an A-level production, but the leading actors are all mainland actors. This was unimaginable two years ago. Big productions will also trust Hong Kong and Taiwan stars more.
Seeing the big from the small, does it mean that the capital has finally seen the bubble of super high social status of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars?The spring of mainland actors is coming soon?
In fact, in Zhou Xing's opinion, the producer of "Painted Skin" is very wise. With an investment of 7000 million yuan, he has invited two mainland Huadans with top-notch box office appeal, and at the same time invited the mainland's popular traffic niche. Become a star in Hong Kong and Taiwan, if you don't have [-] million, you can't get it out at all.
What's more, it can be seen from the fact that Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses have been seriously out of stock from the mainland actress who won the Academy Award for four consecutive times.
And the misfortune never comes singly, due to the "contribution" of a part-time artist surnamed Chen, a photographer surnamed Chen, the new generation of key-trained actresses in Xiangjiang was basically wiped out. , and even left the film and television industry and disappeared.
"By the way, the filming of [Love Call Transfer 2] directed by Zhang Jianya has started. Would you like to make a cameo?" Anli reminded suddenly.
Zhou Xing slapped his forehead, he forgot about it, [Love Call Transfer] made a lot of money, and shooting the second part is also in the plan, it has been put on the schedule long ago, Gao Qunshu even specifically mentioned it to him. Pass.
"no problem."
Zhou Xing agreed without even thinking about it. Of course, it's not because the company invested in this drama, but because the heroine of this drama is Tong Lia.
However, when Zhou Xing got the script, he suddenly regretted it, because Zhang Jianya directly turned the script upside down in order to highlight the difference from the first one.
The first part is about a man who is fed up with the ordinary life and meets twelve different women, but the second part is actually about a woman who is approaching thirty and wants to get married, but meets twelve different men!
Well, it's just acting.
Tong Lia, a silly girl, doesn't know that this movie is invested by Zhou Xing. She thought she was lucky, and a big piece of pie happened to hit her on the forehead, so that some time before the filming started, she was worried about the investment all day long. Will Fang parachute a heroine and beat her up?
In fact, this kind of thing often happens in the film and television industry. When you encounter this kind of thing, you can only admit that you are unlucky. Even if you sign the contract in black and white, it is useless, unless you don’t want to be in this industry in the future.
"Mr. Zhou, it's been a hard journey." After all, this is the first self-produced film of "Zhixing Film and Television" this year. As the producer, Gao Qunshu naturally has to come to the scene to watch.
When the boss arrives, there are naturally many people to greet him. In front of outsiders, Gao Qunshu has no choice but to call Zhou Xing "Mr. Zhou".
"Old Gao, you've worked hard." Zhou Xing patted him on the shoulder. Making a movie is like fighting a war. The soldiers and horses go first before the food and grass are mobilized. The producer is equivalent to a quartermaster, who cares about everything, big or small, It doesn't have to be easy for the director at all.
Under the introduction of Gao Qunshu, Zhou Xing met some producers who were being trained by the company, and they were generally around 28 years old.
"Don't look at these guys who have no hair on their mouths, but they are all in charge of dozens or hundreds of people when they are sent down to the crew." Gao Qunshu joked.
This group of young producers smiled embarrassedly. Before they came to "Zhixing Film and Television" at this age, they were basically doing odd jobs on the crew, that is, "Zhixing Film and Television" dared to use these young people to "nonsense".
"Let's all learn from you, Mr. Gao, and strive to lead independent projects as soon as possible. There will be more and more opportunities for Zhixing Film and Television in the future. Whether you can grasp it depends on your ability." Zhou Xing encouraged.
One of the short-haired producers raised his hand timidly: "Zhou, Mr. Zhou, I heard that you are going to work behind the scenes, is it true?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the nanny's car suddenly became dignified.
Gao Qunshu glared at him viciously, but Zhou Xing smiled and waved his hands: "It's not a secret anymore, there's nothing we can't talk about."
"But, why? Mr. Zhou, you have already reached this level as an actor, why did you switch to behind-the-scenes? How great is it to be a big star? If I have your appearance, I also want to be a star." It seemed Seeing Zhou Xing is easier to talk, and someone asked a question.
Zhou Xing thought for a while: "Let's put it this way, do you think the actor or the director is more important in a play?"
"Of course it's the director."
Everyone was almost in unison. Obviously, there was no suspense about this question at all, otherwise Lao Mouzi and the others wouldn't have such a high status.
Zhou Xing nodded: "Then do you think the director or the producer is more important?"
"This"
"Director?"
"I think it's the producer."
The answer this time is very different. However, the producers who are important are actually not confident. After all, they are usually marginal figures in the crew, and at most they are sent out to supervise funds.
Zhou Xing said sternly: "In my opinion, the producer is more important than the director. You all come from majors. You should know that Hollywood is now a producer responsibility system. Don't look at our country as if it is a director responsibility system. Famous directors have gained both fame and fortune, and they look awesome, but in fact, this is all left over from other people's play."
"Hollywood movies have been leading the development for so many years. The reason why they implement the producer responsibility system must be because this system is simpler and more efficient. In a few years, maybe Huaxia's film and television companies will also adopt the producer responsibility system. "
With those words, all the rookie filmmakers seemed to see a bright future right in front of them.
Gao Qunshu secretly gave Zhou Xing a thumbs up, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he deserves to be the boss, he really has a way of pouring chicken soup!
Finally arrived at the set, Gao Qunshu waved his hand, and chased all the young people back like ducks.
"Okay, your chicken soup is more useful than giving them a 1000 yuan salary increase." Gao Qunshu joked.
Zhou Xing said with a smile: "Don't embarrass me, you are an expert in flickering, otherwise why would I agree to lower my salary to play your [Conquer]?"
High cluster trees:
The crew is filming a scene in Ocean Park, that is, the heroine Nie Bing meets Nakai Taro, but the other party actually undresses in the tunnel of the Oceanarium.
"Ka, Tong Lia, what are you doing? Where are you looking? What is so attractive to you over there? Do you know where the camera is?" Zhang Jianya cursed angrily. , Tong Lia suddenly froze.
Tong Lia was so scolded that she didn't dare to answer back, so she could only lower her head, and the corners of her eyes kept drifting to a certain direction.
"Director Zhang, I'm sorry, maybe I appeared too suddenly." Zhou Xing smiled to smooth things over for Tong Lia.
When Zhang Jianya saw the investor coming, he naturally wanted to show some face: "Forget it, let's do this for today and call it a day."
"Why are you here?" Tong Lia rushed to Zhou Xing in surprise, but she could only keep a safe distance in front of the public.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Me? Of course I'm here to film."
"Come on, tell me, did you come to visit the class on purpose?" Tong Liya almost believed it, but after thinking about it, it's impossible, isn't this a low-cost film?How can I hire this guy?
Gao Qunshu couldn't stand it when he saw the sourness, so let's slip away first.
In the hotel room, Zhou Xing hugged Tong Lia and sniffed the fragrance of her hair greedily, almost couldn't hold back, well, this girl still refused to go any further.
"How is it? Is it fun to play the leading role this time? Still with twelve handsome guys, someone won't be too happy to leave, right?" Zhou Xing teased.
Tong Lia raised her chin proudly when she heard the words: "That's the first time she played the leading role, and she actually has such benefits."
"Ahem, I'll give you one last chance to organize your language."
"Ah~~ Don't, I'm the most ticklish."
After a long quarrel, Zhou Xing was teased so much that he drank two bottles of mineral water, so he managed to avoid going off, so he had to send the little elf away.
Zhou Xing's cameo role in this drama was a handsome traffic policeman, and the filming was finished within two days, mainly because Tong Liya's nympho expression was so vivid.
In May, [Ip Man] held a launch conference, and photos of Zhou Xing as the leading actor and Ye Zhun posing in the Wing Chun pose in front of Ip Man Hall began to spread wildly on major entertainment media.
(End of this chapter)