This star’s style is wrong

"If you play the male lead yourself, then I'll give you a RMB remuneration, so that the actor's remuneration can be lowered. The cost per episode is about 600,000. However, you need to ask the production team to calculate the specific amount. .”

He Rongchang is a director, not a producer, so he can only give a rough estimate of the shooting costs. To find out how much it will cost, a specialized production team will have to be hired to calculate it.

However, based on He Rongchang's experience, the final shooting cost error will not be too large.

"So, this movie is definitely going to be filmed, right? Then the role of Xiangyu is mine?" Seeing that the investment matters were almost finished, Yan Lan started to talk about the character.

"Yes, it's yours." Fang Xing nodded and replied.

The sitcom that Fang Xing is planning to shoot is naturally "Wulin Gaiden".

This sitcom can be said to be the pinnacle of martial arts sitcoms.

It's not impossible to even compete for the top spot in sitcoms.

However, there will definitely be viewers who will nominate "I Love My Family" and "Family with Children".

As for which one is the king of sitcoms, it mainly depends on feelings and preferences.

Sitcoms, in terms of performance format, are somewhat similar to sketches.

Fang Xing has not acted in a TV series yet, so he is more confident to start with a sitcom.

Unfortunately, "Wulin Gaiden" can belong to the martial arts genre, and in this regard, it happens to be on par with "Blood Rain Jiang Hu".

The candidate for the male lead has been temporarily determined.

He Rongchang continued: "There is another important role in this script, which is the role of 'Guo Furong'. There is no actor I know who fits the role. I may have to find a first- or second-tier actress to play it." .”

The role of "Guo Furong" is indeed very important.

The sketch actors who collaborated with the Spring Festival Gala are all more comedic in appearance, but the role of "Guo Furong" has requirements for good looks.

Therefore, it is best to choose from the four Xiaohuadan.

However, the prices for these popular flowers are quite outrageous.

Qiao Yinghong interjected: "For a popular young actress, the salary may account for half of the total investment."

One of the bad prospects for sitcom actors is that they don’t have enough investment to hire popular actors.

Fang Xing also thought about this problem and said, "Then find one of the new actresses."

For new actresses, the price is usually not too high.

Especially those actresses who have filmed one or two dramas and have good image and acting skills, usually the price/performance ratio is relatively high.

Qiao Yinghong nodded and replied: "I will be responsible for this matter. I know the manager of Song Yutong, a rising star. We can make an appointment to chat.

"Boss, what do you think of the theme song for this show? If the boss is responsible for the theme song and sings it for the actresses, it might be more attractive."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "I can handle both the songs and the soundtrack. I can sing them to the actors. I can use them as bargaining chips to negotiate for film dates."

"If that's the case, it should be attractive to those newbies." Qiao Yinghong felt more confident after receiving this answer.

…

Song Yutong is a new young actress in the entertainment industry.

She has acted in two ancient puppet web dramas. The first one was a small hit, but the second one was a bit of a hit, and her popularity soared very quickly.

Qiao Yinghong knew Song Yutong's manager, so she made an appointment to chat.

After the chat, he reported to Fang Xing: "Boss, Song Yutong heard that they can sing the theme song produced by you, and they are very interested. However, they are not very optimistic about sitcoms, so they want to make an appointment to have a meal and discuss it in detail. "

Sitcoms are indeed a bit thankless in the current entertainment industry environment, so it is normal for actors not to be optimistic about them.

Fang Xing would not be angry because of this, and agreed: "Then make an appointment with them to have a meal and talk."

Qiao Yinghong then added: "Song Yutong's rise is very fast now, and according to the news I have received, she is being contacted for several dramas. If you want to find her to act, the salary may be difficult to pay."

"What's the approximate price?" Fang Xing asked.

"Song Yutong's agent revealed to me that the price they announced to the outside world was 500,000 per episode. However, I have known her agent for many years, and she told me privately that it could be reduced to 400,000 per episode." Qiao Yinghong replied.

Fang Xing frowned when he heard the price.

This remuneration price is actually not high for the current entertainment industry.

If the salary of those S-level actors is compared to that, then each drama will cost hundreds of millions.

According to current TV dramas, if 30 to 40 episodes are filmed, Song Yutong's salary will probably be upwards of 12 million.

This price is not cheap for an actress who has had hit dramas, but it is not very expensive either.

However, this price is indeed not expensive compared to other idol dramas.

But sitcoms are different.

Moreover, the current estimated investment for "Wulin Gaiden" is 600,000 per episode.

If Song Yutong is hired, the cost will be 1 million per episode.

Moreover, the filming of each episode of a sitcom is different from that of an idol drama, and the calculation of the pay should also be different.

Fang Xing asked: "The salary for a sitcom shouldn't be based on the price of an idol drama, right?"

Qiao Yinghong nodded and replied: "Yes, I mentioned it. Song Yutong's agent said that if she can ask the boss for another song, the salary can be reduced further. It is not based on the salary per episode, but based on the salary for the entire drama. .”

"Okay, you can go and talk about it. It's okay to invite her to sing, as long as she can sing."

If we can hire a suitable actor, another song would be fine.

After all, suitable actors are actually not easy to find.

"Okay, I'll go talk tomorrow." Qiao Yinghong agreed.

…

the following few days.

Qiao Yinghong is discussing film appointments with Song Yutong's team.

After agreeing to the invitation to sing, the progress of the talks was pretty good.

However, when it came to the schedule, something went wrong.

Qiao Yinghong couldn't make a decision on her own, so she could only come back and ask: "Boss, Song Yutong agreed to receive a total remuneration of 16 million for the entire series of "Wulin Gaiden", which is equivalent to 200,000 per episode.

"However, when it came to the schedule, something went wrong."

"What's the problem?" Fang Xing asked confused.

"They want to make a show." Qiao Yinghong replied.

A play is a term in the entertainment industry, which means that an actor takes on multiple plays at the same time.

Because when filming, not every scene has this character.

Therefore, the actor who plays this role does not need to come to the crew and can rest in the hotel when there is no role.

Some actors took advantage of this break to rush to another crew to film another film.

A situation like this is called a drama.

Because schedule coordination is cumbersome, if two crews shoot scenes on the same day, they will need to use this actor.

Then if the actor cannot be separated, problems will arise.

Generally speaking, dedicated actors, even if they don't have their own scenes, will play opposite actors who play opposite roles.

And unprofessional actors don't have their own scenes, so they just use stand-ins.

For example, in a certain scene, the male protagonist expresses his affection for the heroine.

In this scene, the heroine’s back is shown throughout.

Some unprofessional actors think that there is no need to take pictures of faces and only backs, so let a stuntman do the filming.

This means that if the male protagonist has to act in front of the heroine's double and look at the face of the double, he will inevitably be affected.

Of course, performing without physical objects is also one of the basic skills of an actor.

The substitute is secondary, there is another problem in the scene.

That is, if an actor plays two completely different roles at the same time, he will definitely be distracted and cannot achieve the best effect.

Therefore, actors are usually not allowed to participate in large-investment projects.

However, if it is not an S-level or A-level large-scale production and you want to invite popular actors to star in the film, you usually have no ability to restrict the actors from participating in the film.

Since Fang Xing is planning to shoot a sitcom this time, the initial budget is 600,000 per episode.

If this investment is placed in the film and television industry, it can only be considered a B-level production, not even an A-level one.

However, this is divided according to the investment per episode and does not represent the quality of the series.

However, during the project preparation stage, when the actors accept the role, they don’t know whether the drama will turn out to be a good drama or a bad movie.

In this case, of course, it is up to investment to take over.

A drama with an investment of 600,000 yuan per episode is not as high as the investment in some online dramas.

Therefore, looking at investment alone, it is indeed difficult to get popular florists interested.

Therefore, Qiao Yinghong had to use the singing invitation as a bargaining chip to talk about actors.

Even so, Song Yutong still asked to stop playing.

When he heard the other party's request for a drama, Fang Xing said with a serious expression: "It's absolutely impossible to do a drama. Sitcoms are different from other film and television dramas. They need to maintain a comedy state. You tell them, as long as she concentrates on finishing our For the drama, I will give her a popular song to sing.”

After Qiao Yinghong got this arrangement, she went to talk to Song Yutong.

Just, on the third day.

Song Yutong's Weibo suddenly announced that she had joined the cast of "Blood Rain" and played the second female lead.

After that, he turned down Qiao Yinghong's film appointment.

Qiao Yinghong returned to the studio and said helplessly: "I just received the news. There were indeed many crews talking to Song Yutong before, but "Blood Rain Jiang Hu" was a bit unexpected.

"I originally thought that Song Yutong just produced a hit online drama, which should not meet the standards of an S-level production.

"At first I heard that I had been found to play the third female lead in "Blood Rain Jiang Hu".

"I didn't expect that they would suddenly announce the second female lead. From the tone of Song Yutong's manager, it seems that we assisted her."

Fang Xing understood it as soon as he heard it.

Immediately afterwards, "Blood Rain Jiang Hu" also officially announced that Song Yutong will play the second female lead.

Subsequently, self-media began to publish press releases.

It is said that a B-level small production and "Blood Rain River" simultaneously invited Song Yutong to film, and finally Song Yutong chose "Blood Rain River".

As soon as this rumor came out, many netizens began to speculate about which drama this B-level small production was.

There are many guesses, but the project "Wulin Gaiden" has never been announced to the public, so netizens don't know about such a project.

However, some people in the industry have information channels. When they saw this rumor, they knew that this small B-level production was the martial arts sitcom that Fang Xing Studio was planning to produce.