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Chapter 159 Stand up for the director

Hearing Zhang Ruoyun's somewhat depressed words, Sun Li held the coffee in her hand and gave him a funny look: "According to what you said, most screenwriters will commit suicide. This is the first time I have seen such a type of script. You

There is no need to belittle oneself, we are all ordinary people and cannot be compared with geniuses."

Although she had only filmed for a few days, Sun Li was still very satisfied with Zhang Ruoyun's acting skills. He had quick reactions and good lines. Among all the young actors she had come into contact with, Zhang Ruoyun was among the best.

It can be seen that this young actor has great ideas for filming, and he may one day cross over to become a director.

This made her sigh that the crew's casting was very careful. She originally thought that after having herself and Deng Chao, DreamWorks would probably find young people or well-connected people to play the role. Deng Chao said that if it were him, he would

She knew how to do this, so Zhang Ruoyun's performance and the quality of the crew surprised her.

In particular, director Tian Xinye meticulously crafted every shot, and even had prepared storyboards, which every actor had to read. This was quite new to her. Sun Li could feel that the entire crew was almost shooting a movie.

While filming this drama.

A few people chatted and laughed for a long time, until Deng Chao got into the RV a little shivering. The weather was getting colder in the evening, plus it rained today, it was windy, wet and cold, so it was difficult to take photos outdoors.

The play is indeed a bit difficult to endure.

The filming of this scene meant that work was over. Deng Chao trembled and said: "Director Chen, didn't you say you'd like to treat us to hot pot? Hurry, I missed it after not eating for two days. This kind of weather is perfect for hot pot."

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Chen Jingxing stood up with a smile, opened the car door, walked to Tian Xinye's transformation, picked up a guide tube and shouted: "I'm going to treat everyone to hot pot tonight, the place has been reserved, the address will be posted in the group later, I think

After eating, go back to the hotel and wash up. The earlier you go, the better the location will be!”

Chen Jingxing was going back to Beijing tomorrow, so he decided to treat the entire crew to a hot pot meal before returning.

The "Signal" TV series is definitely a big project in terms of funding. The production cost is nearly 100 million, which is more than "Source Code".

Jiang Hongwei, vice president of Penguin Pictures, asked hesitantly: "According to previous assessments, the risk of the project "Gravity" is frightening. Lianhe Cinemas and Tianrun both rejected it outright."

Although Firefly Publishing Company in North America already belongs to DreamWorks, Universal is obviously more concerned about the special effects production of "Gravity" as one of the conditions in exchange. Although they are not worried that Chen Jingxing will break the contract, after all, normal people know that it is really

If you piss off Universal, he may not be able to accomplish anything for you, but the bad things will be more than enough.

With Sun Li's status as a celebrity, she can propose not to calculate the remuneration based on the number of episodes. Moreover, with the current trend of skyrocketing remuneration, there are many projects in the market that are asking Sun Li for 2 million yuan per episode.

In fact, several shareholders including Xu Wenshen and even Huanshi.com suggested that Chen Jingxing and Tian Xinye co-direct, with Chen Jingxing directing the first or first two episodes, and learning how Hollywood film directors "go down to earth" to operate TV drama platforms. This is also beneficial to the development of TV dramas.

Publicity, especially online publicity.

For the price of 25 million, Chen Jingxing felt that it was quite a bargain. Sun Li's name in front of the TV station was more than 25 million. The TV station's purchasing willingness and purchasing price were completely different between dramas with Sun Li and dramas without Sun Li.

But he really couldn't hide anymore. Not only was Xu Wenshen's urging, but there was also an email from Universal, asking tactfully why the "Gravity" project had not been approved yet, while admitting that the Legacy special effects team's schedule had been

It is now available and I hope to start the project as soon as possible.

It doesn't necessarily mean that someone is displeased with Tian Xinye. It can only be said that people's hearts are like this and it is completely normal.

In Beijing, Chen Zhonghuai, CEO of Penguin Pictures and Penguin Video Network, looked at the document in his hand and smiled, then picked up a pen and signed it.

Sun Li is currently one of the most commercially valuable TV drama actors.

Purely out of love for the script, I lowered the salary to 25 million. Of course, the superficial reason is that the number of episodes of "Signal" is small, only 24, but the shooting time is not as long as those of fifty, sixty, seventy or eighty episodes.

There are few TV series.

However, Chen Jingxing rejected this proposal immediately. Hollywood TV drama directors themselves are tool people, but Tian Xinye is not a tool person in his eyes. Chen Jingxing is willing and hopes to respect capable talents.

In fact, he was hiding in the crew these days to avoid several shareholders who came to the office every day to talk to him about the "Gravity" project.

Since Tian Xinye has been chosen as the director, Chen Jingxing does not need to steal other people's credit and limelight. He himself is not short of limelight.

After seeing that Tian Xinye's integration with the crew and several leading actors was on the right track, Chen Jingxing decided to return to Beijing.

The main purpose of Chen Jingxing's stay with the crew for a few days this time was actually to give Tian Xinye a platform and help him smoothen his relationship with the crew. After all, he is an original member of the crew of "Signal", so Chen Jingxing can naturally control him. Tian Xinye is not too big

An airborne director with strong qualifications may not be able to hold it down.

In addition to Sun Li, Deng Chao's salary is also as high as 15 million, which is of course much less than Sun Li. This is the current TV drama ecosystem. Unlike film actors whose salaries are higher for men than for women, in TV dramas, women are stronger than men.

Zhang Ruoyun's salary was less than 5 million. Adding in the salaries of other actors, the actor's salary alone exceeded 50 million, accounting for more than half of the production cost.

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Chen Jingxing also decided to start the "Gravity" project as soon as possible, because there is no need to delay it. Judging from the attitudes of various companies passed down by Xu Wenshen, all parties have basically made the final decision on their willingness to invest in this project.

There will be no more repetitions.

Handing over the production of such a large film directly to Tian Xinye would obviously make many people worried. Naturally, Chen Jingxing could no longer be the boss. He also went to the mountain city with the crew to film in the name of producer.

The main reason is that the salary ratio is a bit high. Sun Li's salary alone has reached 25 million. In fact, this is already a friendly discount. When she was filming "Hot Mom" ​​last year, her salary had already reached 3,000.

Ten thousand.

Even for Penguin Pictures, which has deep pockets, its investment of hundreds of millions of yuan is not a small amount.

Chen Zhonghuai showed a smile after hearing Jiang Hongwei's tactful advice and asked: "Lao Jiang, do you think this genius director Chen Jingxing has any signs of exhaustion?"

Jiang Hongwei thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I had this idea before, but after seeing the rough cut of "Source Code", I gave up the idea temporarily."

Although the post-production special effects of "Source Code" have not yet been completed, a rough cut version has been released, and Jiang Hongwei has naturally seen it. Even as a professional in the film and television industry, he had to lament that "it's mind-blowing and shocking."

"People's hearts".

(End of chapter)