This star’s style is wrong

The casting of "The Pretender" has been confirmed.

Because Fang Xing basically didn’t look at the actor’s reputation when choosing the role, only his acting skills and image.

As long as your acting skills are passable and your image matches the character in the play.

Moreover, in order to save as much money as possible on film remuneration, try not to use popular actors.

The total investment for "The Pretender" this time is 100 million. Since there are many roles, even if one actor costs 2 to 3 million, it adds up to a lot of money.

Spy dramas also need to shoot a lot of outdoor scenes, explosions and gun battles, all of which cost money.

The lower the film remuneration is, the more funds will be available for explosions, gunfights, and big scenes.

Therefore, Fang Xing's casting was still mainly based on less famous actors.

The eldest sister "Ming Jing" who plays a very important role in the drama is played by Liu Minxiu, who is not well-known. The salary is only 3 million, which is less than 70,000 per episode on average.

Fang Xing planned to play Mingtai himself, so he saved the salary.

Now, what needs to be considered is the casting of the role of "Cheng Jinyun" and whether Lin Yingxue should be used.

After Lin Yingxue's audition, the crew auditioned several actresses one after another.

However, young, beautiful and talented actresses are actually a scarce resource.

Moreover, spy dramas are different from idol dramas.

Idol dramas only need to be beautiful, and the acting requirements are not that high.

If there was no acting in a spy drama, the audience would be digging their toes in embarrassment.

But acting skills often need to be honed slowly.

There are not many young actresses with relatively little acting experience who can hone their acting skills quickly.

Actresses who are young, beautiful, and have good acting skills are actually very popular in the film and television industry, and they often have constant film appointments.

Especially those who are just starting out and have good acting skills. Because they are just starting out, the pay is not high, and the price/performance ratio is very high. Many film and television companies will use them.

From time to time in the television industry, there will be a new actress who has so many film appointments that she lives in a hotel next to the film and television base almost all year round.

Then, in the second year, two or three TV series were aired consecutively and dominated the screen for a whole year.

This kind of actress is the template for a popular little girl to become famous quickly.

The crew of "The Pretender" also tried to negotiate with one or two popular stars, but the salary was relatively high, and the schedule adjustment was very troublesome.

For such a popular agent, when negotiating a film contract, the time to join the set is calculated on a daily basis. The contract clearly states how many days to shoot, and no extra day will be allowed.

There are even some popular agents who directly ask to be part of the show.

If you are filming an idol drama or a low-budget online drama, it is not uncommon to have scenes skipped.

However, "The Pretender" is more of a group drama. The planning of shooting time is inherently difficult. If you use a popular little girl, time adjustment will be very troublesome.

Fang Xing's requirements are also high, and he is absolutely not allowed to do scenes. In addition, the salary of a popular actress starts at 20 million.

After thinking about it, Fang Xing asked the crew to give the complete script to Lin Yingxue first, and then invited her to the company for a chat.

It's Monday.

Fang Xing worked overtime and met with Lin Yingxue and her agent in the afternoon to discuss filming appointments with the crew.

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Lin Yingxue was very happy after getting the complete script of "The Pretender".

Because getting the complete script means that the director wants to use her, and the rest is to coordinate the schedule and negotiate the salary.

Monday at 2:30 p.m.

Lin Yingxue and her agent arrived at the office building where Ark Culture is located ten minutes early. After confirming with the front desk, they were taken to the small conference room.

In the small conference room, Zhang Yigao was discussing the start-up of the film with several assistant directors of the crew.

Seeing Lin Yingxue coming, he called the assistant director next to him to call Fang Xing.

"Ms. Lin, please sit down. Director Fang is next door. I'll ask someone to call him over."

"Okay, I brought some drinks. I don't know what everyone likes to drink. Just pick whatever you want." Lin Yingxue took a large bag of drinks from the assistant behind her, put it on the conference table, and pushed it to the crew members present.

After Fang woke up and came in, Lin Yingxue picked up a cup of hand-made lemon tea and handed it over: "Can I drink this?"

Fang Xing took it casually, walked to the main seat of the conference table, and said, "Have a seat. Have you read the script?"

"I have read it. I read it overnight. It is more exciting than the script I saw before." Lin Yingxue nodded and replied.

"Currently, the casting of 'Cheng Jinyun' and 'Yu Manli' has not been decided yet. We repeatedly watched the tape of the audition that day and felt that you can act, so we came to have a chat with you today. What do you think?" Fang Xing took the initiative to start. The topic is not sloppy in the slightest.

Lin Yingxue nodded and replied: "I think both roles are good, and I am confident that I can play both roles well. I will play whichever one Director Fang arranges for me to play."

The role she initially wanted to audition for was "Yu Manli".

However, she discovered that Lu Xiang'er was also auditioning for "Yu Manli" Zhibang, and felt that both roles were actually suitable.

Besides, "Cheng Jinyun" is the heroine of "The Pretender" after all.

Although "Yu Manli" is equally brilliant, the heroine's name is more advantageous in publicity.

Therefore, she had already thought of either role before she came.

In order to avoid competing with Lu Xiang'er for the role, she has already made plans to fill the role.

As for which role Lin Yingxue should be cast in, the crew had already discussed it before.

Zhang Yigao took up the topic and said: "At present, we are leaning towards finding you to play 'Cheng Jinyun'."

This is similar to what Lin Yingxue guessed.

She nodded and replied: "Okay, I will obey the arrangement."

At this moment.

Lin Yingxue's agent said: "Director Fang, Director Zhang, Yingxue really likes this script and stayed up all night reading the script for the past two days.

"However, as an agent, you still need to ask questions clearly. This is also the job that an agent should do."

"Of course, you ask." Fang Xing nodded.

"I also read the script. The role of 'Cheng Jinyun' is for the female lead, but the role is not much different from that of 'Yu Manli'. Is the arrangement of the role inappropriate?" Lin Yingxue's agent asked.

In fact, the arrangement of scenes can be changed.

It’s not difficult to change it.

For example, I want to increase the role of "Cheng Jinyun" and reduce the role of "Yu Manli".

Then, just change the partner who performs a certain task in "Mingtai" to "Cheng Jinyun".

Of course, such adjustments may lead to deviations in the character's personality and behavior style, or even a sense of fragmentation.

Fang Xing answered firmly: "The script has been basically finalized and there will be no major changes in the future."

Zhang Yigao added: "Actually, this drama is a group drama. It can be seen from the script that among the female characters, there is also a lot of scenes for the eldest sister of the Ming family, so the scenes will not be changed."

Lin Yingxue glanced at her agent and signaled her not to question this matter.

The agent agreed with his eyes, and then asked another question: "Then let's check the schedule. When will we start filming? After starting, we hope that Yingxue's scenes can be shot intensively."

Zhang Yigao replied: "The crew preparations have been basically completed. Filming will start next Tuesday. We will coordinate the shooting schedule.

"This time Director Fang plays the role of 'Mingtai', and he will definitely be with the team throughout the entire process, so the filming schedule will be arranged to accommodate you as much as possible."

Celebrities' schedules are very tight nowadays. After all, if you spend an extra day on the set, you will make less money.

Therefore, many celebrities will require that the shooting scenes be as concentrated as possible.

This can actually save the crew's expenses, because when the actors stay with the crew, the expenses for staying in hotels will be charged to the crew.

If an actor's scene is completed one day earlier, he can save a day's accommodation fee.

Therefore, the coordinator of each crew will do the filming of a certain actor's scenes together.

Zhang Yigao opened the shooting schedule prepared by the crew and said: "If Ms. Lin plays the role of 'Cheng Jinyun', the filming time with the crew will be about 50 days, probably in late January and February, and another week or so in March. The scene can be finished.”

After hearing this arrangement, Lin Yingxue's manager frowned and said, "The schedule is a bit tight, and are you with the group for the entire 50 days?"

Zhang Yigao nodded and replied: "Yes, we will shoot basically every day during the 50 days of shooting."

Lin Yingxue's agent took out the tablet, found Lin Yingxue's schedule, and said: "There is a variety show recording in January, two commercial performances cannot be postponed, and I have to take three days off. In February there is..."

When Fang Xing heard this, he frowned and interrupted: "Turn them all down."

Lin Yingxue's agent frowned when he heard this tough tone: "It's normal to take a day or two off while on the set. Other crews have similar arrangements."

Fang Xing looked a little unhappy, but the schedule was indeed a bit tight this time, and said, "If the schedule is scheduled until February, it will be difficult to coordinate this schedule."

Lin Yingxue quickly winked at her agent, signaling her not to contradict Fang Xing.

Lin Yingxue's agent also knew who had the final say now, so he had no choice but to say: "You can cancel all commercial performances, but you have to ask for leave for variety show resources. The actors will not have a day off after joining the group."

Zhang Yigao added: "Definitely, there are three days of rest every month. We only shoot for one week in March, so there are no rest days. However, we still hope that the rest time will be used for rest."

Lin Yingxue didn't wait for her agent to speak and agreed: "Okay, that's it. We will make adjustments."

Seeing that Lin Yingxue agreed, the agent had no choice but to move on to the next topic: "Yingxue really likes the script of "The Pretender", but the salary still needs to be mentioned. As you know, Yingxue's current salary is generally 1,500. It can go up to 10,000. Sometimes it even reaches 18 million.”

The last time Lin Yingxue took on "Pillow Crime", her salary was 18 million.

Although the playback volume of "Pillow Sin" is not ideal, Lin Yingxue's salary has not dropped much, and the market price is still around 15 million.

When talking about money, you need to be more rigorous.

There is a dedicated producer team in Ark Culture, which is responsible for the calculation of shooting costs and the actors' remuneration, which is also the work of the producer team.

Fang Xing is the producer and producer, but the company has a dedicated team responsible for cost accounting.

The person in charge of cost accounting finally found the opportunity to join the topic:

"Ms. Lin, it's like this. Since our drama is a group drama, although the character 'Cheng Jinyun' is the heroine, her role is much smaller than in idol dramas. The crew does not require you to follow the whole process. , so the remuneration needs to be slightly adjusted.”

Lin Yingxue's agent knew that this was a price negotiation strategy and responded: "You can adjust it, but you can't adjust it too much. After all, there were many film appointments coming to Yingxue, but Yingxue didn't take them because he wanted to save the schedule for "The Pretender" "."

The person in charge of cost accounting pushed a pay sheet to Lin Yingxue's agent and said, "This is it. After cost accounting, we feel that this amount is more appropriate."

On this salary list, in addition to Lin Yingxue's salary, there are also daily hotel accommodations, on-set meal allowances, etc.

However, the latter are expenses of the crew. Although Lin Yingxue enjoys them, they are not actually what her agent needs to pay attention to.

The reason why they are listed on the table is also a price negotiation strategy.

Lin Yingxue's agent only glanced at the top salary, then frowned and said, "Only 6 million? That's less than half of Yingxue's salary."

The person in charge of cost accounting showed his hands and said: "The crew has to spend money on many aspects. No matter how high the salary is, the filming funds will not be enough."

Lin Yingxue's market price is basically 15 million.

The price of 6 million is indeed a bit low.

However, it is natural to negotiate the price slowly.

Lin Yingxue was willing to reduce her salary, but the brokerage company would have to share the salary, so only one-third of it would go to her.

It has only been a little over a year since she became famous, and she actually doesn't make much money, so naturally she still cares about the amount of her remuneration.

Her agent shook his head and said: "6 million is too little. If I tell you this, I would think Yingxue's price has dropped."

Once the salary falls, it will be difficult to rise.

If other film and television companies knew that Lin Yingxue's salary for a film was only 6 million, who would be willing to offer 15 million?

Zhang Yigao added with a smile: "The contract will have a confidentiality clause. We have been in this business for so many years, so we don't have to worry about this, right?"

There is never an inevitable connection between a star's salary, the number of contracts signed, and the number of publicity.

Especially for some popular celebrities who want to enter the big screen, their salary is usually very low, ridiculously low.

For popular stars, being able to appear on the big screen is a great thing, and they dare not ask for salary at all.

Also because the remuneration for movies starring popular stars is generally not high, most popular stars do not advertise their movie remuneration.

This is also the reason why many film companies are willing to use popular stars in recent years to arrange a supporting role and attract the attention of fans without spending much money.

Lin Yingxue's agent still wanted to fight for the pay, saying: "I won't beat around the bush. Yingxue said that she is willing to reduce her pay a bit to star in the film, but the bottom line is 10 million."

After the two parties discussed the salary, Fang Xing finally made the decision and gave 8 million.

At a price of 8 million, it is still appropriate to sign Lin Yingxue.

After all, it cost 8 million to hire an actor with a market price of 15 million.