Entertainment: I can refine my acting skills every day

Chapter 114 111. Preparation for new film, gathering of stars!!

Next, for nearly half the night, Su Chen and Huang Bo were determining the personnel issues of the crew.

According to their current budget of 15 million, the crew must be about 150 people anyway.

Moreover, according to the current script, they have to find a sparsely populated island with beautiful environment to shoot. However, shooting in such a place for a month or even a month and a half means that the daily cost of food, drink, housing and transportation will increase.

A lot of cost.

Conveniently, Su Chen probably has some experience because he acted with Jiang Wen.

In the middle of the night, Su Chen put down the pen in his hand and drew like this on the paper.

"Almost, probably around this number."

"If you save money and save money, you can get 12 million."

"Actors' remuneration is actually relatively low." Huang Bo pondered for a moment: "Wait a minute, if we do this, can we still make some money?

Su Chen smiled and said: "Wang Baoqiang, how much remuneration are you prepared to give him?"

Huang Bo shook his head: "I don't know. It depends on how much he wants from me."

In fact, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang are not familiar with each other yet. They are similar to Sun Honglei. They can be polite when they meet, but in terms of friendship, they really don't have much.

"Then how much do you think he will charge you for a movie?"

"No matter what, it should be two million."

Su Chen thought about it. In 2009, when Wang Baoqiang was filming "Unfortunately", his salary was only one million.

Now his is probably not that expensive, and although Wang Baoqiang is currently popular, in the hearts of movie fans, he has almost finalized the image of a soldier in an assault.

He also wanted a complete transformation.

Wang Baoqiang looks silly, but he has very clear plans for his future.

If anyone really thinks that Wang Baoqiang, who was born in a rural area and has seen all the philistines and cold eyes, is easy to fool, then they are wrong.

The poorer a person is, the smarter they are.

"It's too late now. When you wake up tomorrow, Brother Bo, please call and ask about Wang Baoqiang's salary. I consider it within one million. I read the script to him. He should want to act.

.”

Huang Bo: "Chenzi, are you so ruthless, you want to kill half of the price?"

"Brother Bo, don't be merciful. When you have been undercut by others over the years, they have not been merciful either."

Huang Bo couldn't help but show a ruthless look on his face when he thought about this.

He raised his hand and made a clean, downward swipe.

"kill!"

…

Just kill and that's it.

At this moment, the sky has begun to turn slightly blue.

Su Chen and Huang Bo once again reduced the entire budget by a large margin.

It was estimated that around 10 million would be enough to win the movie, but another problem arose.

In the whole movie, except for Sun Honglei and Wang Baoqiang, there is no flow.

To be precise, Sun Honglei does have box office appeal, but Wang Baoqiang's current box office appeal remains to be examined.

"It seems that it's you."

Huang Bo set his sights on Su Chen: "I hope you can make "October Siege" a big hit when it is released, otherwise our film will be in danger."

"The box office appeal is too poor."

He still didn't give up.

"Otherwise, we should consider Shu Qi?"

In fact, Su Chen was also very hesitant.

The movie "A Good Show" has a pretty good rating on Douban. To say it is a bad movie would be too much.

But no matter how good this movie is, it's not that good.

It can only be said to be a sincere work. Huang Bo has so many abilities as a director and he used them all.

The film critics have nothing to criticize.

The key audience members did not feel that they were cheated after watching it, which is not easy.

At that time, after the extreme challenge, Huang Bo relied on his influence and appeal to publicize on a large scale, not only by the navy, but also by the program.

Therefore, after the movie is released, it will achieve a box office result of about 1.3 billion.

But making this movie now has advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage is that the box office appeal is not as strong as other films of the same period. Also, the quality of the actors is still far behind the stars in Hong Kong at that time. In addition, the director is also a newcomer.

Of course, the advantages are also obvious.

From Su Chen's perspective, firstly, the cost of making a movie now is not at the same level as the cost of making a movie nine years from now. Secondly, today's audiences are not so picky.

Nine years later, "A Good Show" can only be regarded as a work of sincerity.

However, in 2009, it would be hard to say.

After all, this is a desert island survival theme. If the comedy elements were added more and the emotional part that Huang Bo originally put in the movie was slightly weakened, it would be a hit.

"In addition, we have to be affiliated with a film and television company."

Huang Bo suddenly thought of a question: "Where are you going to rely on? If you don't rely on it, you won't be able to get your photography qualifications."

"Rely on your sister?"

Su Chen thought for a while: "How about Brother Bo, you can set up your own studio."

"I?"

"right."

Su Chen knew that Huang Bo's fame would skyrocket in the next two months.

Because, two months later, "Bullfighting" was released in theaters. This is not the point. The point is that three months later, Guan Hu sent the film to Wanwan to participate in the Golden Horse Awards and directly received six nominations.

And Huang Bo directly won the title of the first Golden Horse Award for Best Actor in his life, which was a double hit with Nick Cheung's "The Witness".

Huang Bo also directly secured his position as a first-tier star. Although there was still a gap between him and Sun Honglei at that time, there is no doubt that he is called a half-step first-tier actor.

Therefore, there was no problem for him to establish Huang Bo Studio one year in advance.

"It's not impossible."

Huang Bo breathed a long sigh of relief. In the middle of the night, the two of them were planning to be cast and develop, and now they wanted to set up a personal studio.

There is also quite a sense of enthusiasm for starting a business.

"Then it's settled."

Huang Bo said: "I'll take care of these trivial matters first. In half a month, you go to the premiere of "October Siege" and we'll see the results. If you become popular, then our drama may be more secure."

"OK!"

Su Chen closed the notebook: "Sleep!"

"etc……"

Su Chen said to sleep, but Huang Bo remembered something again.

"Then why don't we invest our money?"

Su Chen smiled and said: "Brother Bo, you are already a veteran, why are you still having trouble with this matter? We have already voted!"

"Ah? Did you vote?"

"Yes, we invested. You invested one million, I invested one million, and Brother Chao invested 15 million."

"The movie hasn't been made yet. We'll repay you and me in full. Brother Chao's money will be used to make the movie. We'll just divide the money we make."

Of course, Huang Bo didn't know the twists and turns involved in making a movie, but he felt it was a bit uncomfortable.

"No, brother Chao looks up to us."

"The remuneration we get is actually pretty good, why do we still have to play tricks?"

In fact, not only Huang Bo thought so, Su Chen also thought so before.

But a movie is a movie, and that's how it's played.

At most, if you make money, you can give Brother Chao a big red envelope, but you still have to play like this. Besides, the current funding arrangement is only tentative.

What if I run out of money halfway through the shoot, do I still have to put in the money myself?

If the investor is someone else, then there must be no less tricks to play, after all, who can't get along with money.

But the investor is Li Rongchao.

We can still play tricks, but we just need to make it clear to Li Rongchao.

Huang Bo is still thinking about the issue of falsifying accounts: "But in this case, we have to balance the books. For example, if we clearly spent one million, we have to ask Wang Bao to issue an invoice for one million and a half million..."

"Brother Bo, Brother Bo, that's not what I meant."

Su Chen thought about it: "In this way, Brother Chao is reliable, so we have to be careful. We have to play, but we have to bring Brother Chao to play with us. The accounts are still true, and we don't make a penny false."

"However, we will use all the money saved for publicity."

"Every penny is spent wisely."

Speaking of this, Su Chen asked Huang Bo a question.

"Brother, are you confident that our show will make money?"

Huang Bo shook his head slowly: "To be honest, I really don't have much confidence in this drama. From what you say, the director is still a newbie."

"I have even less confidence."

Su Chen: "It's okay if you don't have confidence. Now let's ask the weak people to do big things. Keep this cautious attitude and the show will be stable."

Huang Bo grabbed Su Chen again.

"I still don't feel confident."

"How about if Shu Qi doesn't look for her anymore and looks for someone else?"

"How about Yang Mi? Nowadays, when making movies, in addition to capital, you also have to pay attention to popularity. Even if you come here to play a supporting role?"

He licked his lips, ready to see if he could convince Su Chen again.

"She has been very popular recently. I asked her to come to the set to play for two or three days. After the filming is completed, she will be sent away with delicious food and drinks."

"For filming, it only costs a little money, but it doesn't cost much."

When Su Chen was told this by Huang Bo, he felt that there was something in this idea, but he had to contact him and see.

Just in case Yang Mi is willing to do so.

But what if her agency isn’t happy?

What is my current status and rank, Yang Mi, to play a supporting role in your play?

The key point is that the heroine of this drama is the sister of a little-known coal boss.

It's such a shame to have Yang Mi play the female supporting role to support newcomers.

Many times, considering this, it is unlikely that Yang Mi will agree to the invitation.

But it’s okay, what Huang Bo said makes sense, there’s nothing wrong if you try it.

…

Two days later, Sun Honglei sent a message back to Su Chen. His schedule was very busy, and Su Chen said it was urgent. If the filming started in a month, he could spare about ten days at most.

Moreover, for ten days, the salary was 1.2 million.

Su Chen agreed immediately without even thinking about it. The price was not too high.

Last year's Insidious, Sun Hongleiguang's price per episode was 100,000 yuan, and that was even after the salary was reduced.

Latent has become popular this year, and it should have increased its price.

Moreover, film remuneration and TV drama remuneration are two different things, and film remuneration is slightly higher.

Huang Bo's salary was set at 800,000.

After all, it was his own play, and Su Chen's price was a little lower than Huang Bo's, a total of 500,000.

Of course, if this movie does well at the box office after its release, Su Chen and Huang Bo can still share some money, but Sun Honglei will have no subsequent income.

And Huang Bo also came back with news.

Wang Baoqiang is also very pressed for time. He can have seven or eight days, and he may be away for two or three days to participate in an event.

"How much was Wang Baoqiang's salary discussed?"

Huang Bo laughed and said with a smile: "Do you know what Wang Baoqiang said when I told him?"

Su Chen was curious: "How to say?"

"He said that he had seen your movie, and he happened to want to give it a try, so the salary is no problem, let us watch it and pay it."

"How much did you give?"

Huang Bo stretched out five fingers.

"Five million."

"ah?"

"They didn't agree."

Su Chen blinked: "Didn't he say, just watch it."

"Yes, I just looked at it and he hesitated."

"What about the end?"

"Finally we talked about ninety."

Su Chen thought about it and found it acceptable. Wang Baoqiang's ten days at this time period and ninety thousand yuan a day was quite reasonable.

During this time he made some inquiries.

There are many has-been actors in Xiangjiang, such as Wu Ma, who played Yan Chixia in "A Chinese Ghost Story". Although they have been out of fashion for a long time, their prices are around 20,000 a day.

It is completely acceptable to spend 90,000 yuan to use Wangbao for a day.

Su Chen has been quite busy these days.

The last time he shared his post-graduation experiences with his juniors at the film school, that was the time when he and Yang Mi had an intersection.

Yang Mi's personal phone number was also stored in Su Chen's mobile phone at that time.

However, after calling, the other party did not get through.

Su Chen did not continue to try,

It's true that Yang Mi is his junior high school girl, but she is now one of the four most popular actresses in Mainland China, so she may not really be willing to star in their movie with an investment of more than 10 million yuan, which is normal.

As a result, Yang Mi called back in the evening.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries.

Then Su Chen explained the purpose of his call, and Yang Mi was very interested. She didn't say anything because of the problem of too many or too few dramas.

Instead, I thought that I could film on a beautiful island and just relax.

Girls all like beautiful scenery and travel.

"But what about your economic company?"

"I have to make sure. In fact, many things here are quite tense."

Yang Mi's tone was not very good. Su Chen counted the time and knew that she should be a little worried about the conflicts between the agency and Tangren Film and Television.

"Okay, that's the case anyway, it depends on the situation."

"If you can confirm it, you can call me back within this week."

"Okay! Senior brother! I heard that your new movie will be released soon. Congratulations!"

Yang Mi's tone became lively.

"Those are all old movies shot last year."

Su Chen laughed and said.

…

After hanging up the phone, Su Chen went out, took the subway, and headed straight to Tongzhou.

Today he is wearing a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, and a hat.

Although Su Chen is not well-known to the audience yet.

But in a crowded subway, some people would still recognize him.

Wearing a hat would be slightly better.

After nearly an hour and a half on the subway.

Su Chen stopped in front of a residential building next to Zhongchuan.

This is what he must decide today.

Two days ago, Su Chen asked his classmates at the film school for the phone number of a senior student in the art department, and then found Xiao Yang's contact information in the student group!

After learning that Xiao Yang graduated, he moved directly from the North Third Ring Road to next to Zhongchuan University.

I rented a small place there and opened an advertising company, which specializes in shooting promotional videos for people, as well as doing some wedding photography and other work.

Contacted Xiao Yang on QQ.

Su Chen didn't say it clearly, he just said that he was an alumnus and wanted to shoot a film with him and asked him how much he would quote.

Xiao Yang's QQ name is "An Ugly Duckling", and his personalized signature reads: No one asks, no one cares, no one cares.

Is this how to cure depression?

When Su Chen saw this, he immediately thought that it was no wonder Xiao Yang would become a comedian in the future.

If I hadn't tasted the suffering of the human world.

It's really a rare thing to make the audience laugh.

For example, Deng Chao, who had a relatively smooth life, acted well in other roles, but when he acted in comedies, he easily stretched his hips.

Because the sadness of little people is the real essence of comedians.

…

This residential building does not have an elevator yet.

Su Chen climbed to the seventh floor step by step, but he hadn't even reached the door yet.

The iron door outside a room on the seventh floor opened.

A man came out wearing slippers and shorts and had just washed his hair.

He looked to be in his late thirties, with wet hair hanging on his scalp.

But Su Chen knew that he was only twenty-nine this year.

"Hey, junior fellow student, come on, come up quickly."

Xiao Yang leaned out half of his body from the iron gate and waved back at Su Chen with his palm upward.

She has single eyelids, silkworm eyes, a little dimples when she smiles and says hello, her face is a little round, and her eyes are both flirtatious and lost, seducing the panting Su Chen.

"What kind of work, come here, we'll tell you inside."

He made room for Su Chen: "I was thinking, we are all from the same school, so we can't see each other outside."

"The house has not been tidied up, so it may be a bit messy."

Xiao Yang rubbed his hands and closed the iron door. The room was not big, and there was a framed line of calligraphy on the sofa in the living room, with four big characters written in bold block letters - Chopstick Brothers.

"Oh, my father wrote me calligraphy in calligraphy and sent it to me. If he insisted on having me framed, I would say it's embarrassing."

Xiao Yang turned sideways to block the wad of toilet paper next to the sofa, and led Su Chen inside. There was a computer, two monitors, and standard editing dual screens in the room.

Cigarette ashes were scattered everywhere on the table, and Coke bottles were placed next to the computer. Several bottles were placed, but none were finished. Only a little bit was left and I stopped drinking.

"well."

Xiao Yang sat on the boss's chair in the back room and crossed his legs.

"Take off your hat. I know you are from the acting department and are handsome. Okay, just be casual."

He smiled and asked: "What kind of work?"

Su Chen took off his hat and sat on a small single sofa inside. He smiled and said, "I'm going to make a film. How do you quote the price?"

"If it's a promotional video, it's 1,000 for one minute. If it's over ten minutes, we'll give you a 20% discount. If it's a follow-up video, it's 800 for one camera and 1,400 for two cameras, with a camera operator."

Xiao Yang shook his wet hair: "Of course, it also depends on the quality. If you say it is a high-quality promotional video for a large company, it's not like we have never shot it before."

"When the time comes, I'll give you the entire crew. The 17 or 18 people are rushing towards that place. I'll give you a crane. I'll fix the rabbit cage on the camera. I'll put the Steadicam stabilizer on my back and watch.

Just professional and impressive.”

"If it's this kind of thing, it's expensive. It might cost around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan."

He finally swayed his hair clearly and turned his head to stare at Su Chen: "Well, please report a budget first. How much are you going to spend on making this film?"

Video advertising companies are like this these days, making hard-earned money.

A promotional video costs a total of RMB 70,000 to RMB 80,000. After deducting the cost, it is estimated that the amount that falls into Xiao Yang’s hands is just over RMB 10,000, which includes early preparation, on-site shooting, and post-editing.

After the editing was completed, Party A was not satisfied and had to go back and redo it.

Su Chen saw that there were about seven or eight duplicate videos output on Xiao Yang's computer desktop screen alone.

There are notes after each video.

Little Sheep Tongzhou store promotional video completed. Little Sheep Tongzhou store completed film revised version. Little Sheep Tongzhou store completed film revised version twice.

The revised version of Little Sheep has been carefully edited twice...

Always, seven or eight finished videos.

It can be seen that it is the same promotional video, but the name is different.

With such a workload, it would be difficult to complete a promotional video in basically a month.

When shooting this thing, no matter whether it is a movie or just a promotional video, in fact, the process is indispensable. The complexity is about the same, but the scale is different.

"Hey, what about you, junior, what is your budget?"

Su Chen thought for a while: "My budget is about one thousand and fifty."

Xiao Yang waved his hand directly: "Tsk...you have one thousand and five, you tsk...who are you?"

"Wedding photography?"

Su Chen held back his laughter and shook his head: "No, what I want is a polished film."

When Xiao Yang heard this, he almost jumped up from his chair.

"Ha, you are funny."

"I graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Film Academy, and I'll give you a thousand and a half to make a movie for you. What do you want?"

"It can't be one thousand and fifty. Just the cameraman needs five hundred a day. You're like this."

"Three thousand."

Xiao Yang pointed out three fingers and looked at Su Chen sincerely: "Junior, alumni friendship is at a premium. If you don't do it even if you lose even one point, you won't be able to make it even if it's three thousand. If it doesn't work, you can find someone else."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yang suddenly frowned.

"Oh, wait."

"Junior, you look familiar to me? Have we met somewhere before?"

Su Chen raised his face and let Xiao Yang see clearly.

"I must have seen it before, think about it carefully."

Xiao Yang squinted his eyes and opened his mouth: "You have acted in "Crazy Racing", right!"

"Ouch!"

He clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What are you doing? You told me earlier, let's do this. For two thousand yuan, brother, I'll wrap it up for you. What do you want to take a picture of?"

The next moment, he seemed to realize something and showed an expression like "men understand men".

"Is it a proposal recording and filming?"

"Two thousand, I got it for you! It's okay, I'll tell you."

Su Chen shook his head and took out a stack of documents from his backpack.

This is the crew agreement.

Huang Bo asked Ning Hao for the template two days ago.

"Brother, I'm looking for you to make a movie."

"With a budget of 15 million, your director's fee is about 500,000. From the beginning of shooting to the end of editing, it takes about three months, 500,000."

Su Chen took the Coke bottle off the table for Xiao Yang and gently placed the crew agreement in front of Xiao Yang.

"But you have to keep your word. If I want to take photos of the proposal and record, then I will only give you two thousand."

After saying that, Su Chen sat back on the sofa. The smile he had been holding back before could no longer be held back.

"..."

Xiao Yang looked at Su Chen blankly.

There was no surprise or unexpected reaction. He was probably thinking about why he brought the fool in.

"no……"

He reached out and flipped through the crew agreement in front of him.

"Why is this so neat and tidy?"

"What day is it today? April Fool's Day?"

"Wait a minute, wait for me to make a call. Are you here to play tricks on me?"

With that said, Xiao Yang stood up, and the chair under his butt fell over. He stood up and walked around Su Chen without noticing the camera, and then went to the bedroom to take a look.

"Wang Taili, come out here! You are playing with me, right?"

"Damn it, don't you know how much money our company makes? How much does it cost to hire such a professional actor?"

There was a banging sound on the door.

"Wang Taili? Okay, you've learned how to command remotely, right?"

Xiao Yang searched around outside but couldn't find Wang Taili.

No one answered the call.

Two minutes later.

When he came back, his pace slowed down and his thoughts became clearer.

It seemed that Su Chen was not joking.

Standing at the door, half of his body was exposed, holding the corner of his clothes in his hand. He turned his head and looked at Su Chen: "You really want me to be the director?"

When he said this, Xiao Yang's eye circles were red.

"No, why do you like me?"

"There are so many people in the school's directing department, why did you find me?"

Xiao Yang choked up on the last half of the sentence.

Su Chen felt a little uncomfortable looking at it. He was also in the film industry and knew what life at the bottom was like.

So after he came back from rebirth, he tried his best to go online.

When there are no scenes to shoot, I will find ways to save scenes myself.

"After watching the movie, I think you are talented."

Su Chen said.

It's impossible for him to say, I've probably seen all of your future films, "Oldboy", "Manslaughter", and "Detective Chinatown".

So I can only say this in general terms.

Xiao Yang still asked with red eyes.

"What movies have you seen of mine?"

Su Chen: "..."

He thought for a moment, pointed at the computer screen and said, "I've seen... your... Little Sheep Tongzhou store promotional video, a simplified version."

"I saw it once when I was eating mutton in the store."

Xiao Yang: "You say that, do you believe it yourself?"

(End of chapter)