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Fan Xiaopang and Wei Yang are filming a movie again!

This topic quickly reached the top of Weibo's hot search list. Countless CP fans were happy and encouraged, and even passers-by were a little surprised.

From "Famous" to "Cohabitation in Time and Space", Wei Yang starred in Fan Xiaopang in two consecutive movies. This revealed information is worth pondering.

Soon, someone dug up a new company called [Bingyang Entertainment] under Fan Xiaopang's name. The only two shareholders were her and the other was a small company. After equity puncture, it was revealed that the boss behind it was... It's Wei Yang.

Tsk tsk!

They are making movies and starting a company together. The person in charge of the previously powerful Coral Entertainment was previously a member of Fan. Many people couldn't help but wonder.

Is it possible that Fan Shang succeeded?

Since "My Love from the Star" in 2009, the two have been hooking up, sometimes as a brother and sister, and sometimes as a love triangle. They haven't filmed in the same hotel before. Fan Xiaopang gave Wei Yang food and clothes. of.

At this stage, it seems that they have gone a step further and even jointly opened a company, which inevitably makes people think too much.

So at the opening ceremony of "Cohabitation in Time and Space", some media directly asked about the relationship between the two.

"If you start a company and are lovers, then the marriage certificate should not go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, but to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau."

Wei Yang was very calm: "I am a businessman, investment and cooperation are common. This Bingyang company is just a joint project between the two of us, nothing more."

The reporter was unwilling to give up: "Can I ask why you want to open a company with Miss Fan?"

"Because she is Fan Bingbing!"

Wei Yang pointed at Fan Xiaopang, who was smiling sweetly next to him, and asked with some confusion: "She is one of the most popular female stars in this country and even in Asia. Her personal brand and commercial value are a valuable asset. Is it confusing for us to start a company together?"

Putting aside the scandal between the two, there is almost no need to discuss this matter.

Celebrities of Fan Xiaopang's level especially have strong commercial value, and many companies and enterprises cooperate with them.

Even if there are no Wei Yang and Blue Whale, there are still Tangde Film and Television or other companies. From the perspective of normal business logic, it is a normal investment and operation. It is only because of the relationship between the two that it will be exaggerated.

Even now that Wei Yang has given a well-founded explanation, many people still think that business cooperation is mixed with personal relationships.

Of course, their persistence is not unreasonable. This is indeed the truth of the matter. Boss Wei is completely stubborn.

Compared to Boss Wei, who was more or less guilty, Fan Xiaopang was much calmer and even started advertising.

Just this year, "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang" jointly produced by Blue Whale and Bingyang will be officially approved. It is expected to start filming in the second half of the year or early next year, with Fan Xiaopang personally starring as the heroine Wu Mei Niang.

This is not beyond everyone's expectations, but what makes everyone more interested is whether Wei Yang will play the male lead.

Regarding this point, neither Fan nor Wei had a clear response. This was actually a tactful notification.

Wei Yang + Fan Xiaopang, the shooting cost is unaffordable.

Whether the TV station can afford it is another matter. More importantly, "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang" is a drama with a female protagonist, so there is no need to use Wei Yang as a foil.

It would be fine if the heroine was a newcomer, and Wei Yang would participate in the role to help promote the role. With Fan Xiaopang's reputation, there is no need for this at all.

It's not impossible to get Wei Yang to play the male lead, but the price-performance ratio is really poor. If it's not an exclusive project for Blue Whale, the team and even the company probably won't support it.

With this time, Wei Yang personally takes the lead in launching another project, and the income may be higher than joining "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Of course, the most important key is that Wei Yang doesn't want to.

If he really wants to put up a show for Fan Xiaopang, who can stop him? There are so many situations like this in the entertainment industry. Everything is concerned with profit and loss and position. There are really not many dramas that many big names can act in.

The reason why Wei Yang didn't want to do it was not because he felt that Fan Xiaopang was not worthy of him as a foil, but because he didn't like the script of "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Although the adaptation by the Blue Whale writing team is a little better than the original version, it still cannot escape the essence of Mary Sue.

The setting of a young emperor who is obsessed with love in the early stage + a scumbag in the middle and later stages is really not attractive to Wei Yang.

As long as Li Zhi is better portrayed in the drama, no matter whether it is positive or negative, even if he is a super invincible perverted scumbag, as long as the characteristics are more distinctive, the character setting is brilliant, and there are enough memory points, Wei Yang may consider it.

Just like Yong Zheng in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", even though she is a heroine, her space and presence are not weak at all.

However, the role of Li Zhi in "Wu Meiniang" is too mediocre, and even has some tool-like attributes. It is purely a foil to the heroine Wu Meiniang, and Wei Yang naturally has little interest in it.

These entertainment reporters are all veterans, so they naturally understand the subtext, but that doesn't stop them from still writing "Wei Yang is suspected of starring."

After all, only in this way can there be traffic and attention, and Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang would not clarify it for various reasons.

mutual benefit!

The scandal between Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang took up most of the opening ceremony, and the rest was the discussion about the movie.

This time, Wei Yang did not serve as the director of "Cohabitation in Time and Space". His identity behind the scenes was producer + chief screenwriter + producer.

But everyone regards him as the first creator of the film.

Because the directors of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" are two unknown newcomers, one named Su Lun and the other named Tian Yusheng.

The former has just graduated from college a few years ago. According to public information, he has not even participated in a formal film and television crew. His shooting experience is all in MVs or commercials.

The latter is also very young, less than 30 years old this year. He is a screenwriter. His masterpiece is "People on the Road" and has no directing experience.

For such two new directors to be the directors of "Cohabitation in Time and Space", it was certainly Wei Yang who supported the newcomers, but it also revealed that the two of them were just "puppets" and it was Wei Yang who had the most effective words for the crew.

In fact, he was right. Although Wei Yang did not serve as director, he did have the final say on the crew of "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

It's just something that outsiders don't know much about. The two new directors are not complete puppets, but real and capable newcomers.

Su Lun himself was the original director of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" in his previous life, and he has a certain grasp of color and visual images.

And Tian Yusheng single-handedly created the "Predecessor Strategy" series, and he is also considered a good player in the field of commercial romance in the industry.

Of course, although both of them will achieve great things in the future, they are still just starting out and their skills are far from perfect, so they need Wei Yang to check them.

In fact, Wei Yang originally wanted to find Xue Xiaolu to shoot this movie. She is better at love themes. She also thought about Chen Kexin, who is also a famous love director.

However, Peter Chan was busy with "Dear" and Xue Xiaolu was focused on filming "Beijing Falls in Love with Seattle", so the schedules conflicted.

In desperation, Wei Yang could only recruit two new directors and act as the producer himself.

There is no doubt that with such a lineup, the presence of the two new directors is extremely low, and Wei Yang is also regarded by the outside world as the real director and controller of "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

Many people even directly put the title of director on his head, and the two new directors were regarded as deputy or even executive directors.

Su and Tian were not dissatisfied with this, and they even thought so themselves.

In this way, Wei Yang, the leading actor, also has to assume some director's responsibilities and talk about movies.

"This is a story about time and space, somewhat similar to the original "Twinkle Twinkle Star", but completely different in setting..."

Wei Yang is known as a genius screenwriter, largely because he likes to play atypical routines.

Let’s not talk about the adaptation of web novels. Many of the original scripts like to play tricks.

For example, the famous works "Twinkle Twinkle Star" and "My Love from the Star", and the debut film "Famous".

The first two are about time and space travel, and the other is about aliens. The latter does not have so many strange settings, but it combines the Blizzard Villa mode + comedy suspense very well.

At that time, some people speculated that Wei Yang would also have some strange settings in his movies. Unexpectedly, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" would be included in the second movie.

Time and Space + Cohabitation, with just five words, it is full of gimmicks and expectations, and it has become a much-anticipated hit movie.

However, what disappoints everyone is that Wei Yang only briefly talked about the external settings and did not reveal too much. If he pressed the question, everyone would know it when they go to the cinema.

However, Fan Xiaopang talked about how he fell in love with the script, and then he felt very excited. After all kinds of teasing and hard work, he finally impressed Wei Yang and won the role, which made the media smile. There was no shortage of material when he returned.

Wei Yang glanced appreciatively at Fan Xiaopang. Apart from anything else, Fan Xiaopang was definitely the woman with whom he had the most tacit understanding in terms of cooperation in publicity and marketing.

The division of labor is clear, and he is willing to provide materials and film or do activities with her. Wei Yang never has to worry about exposure or topics.

In fact, Xiao Zhao and Da Mimi are also good at this, but their techniques and heat are much different. They are far inferior to Fan Xiaopang's effortless handling and just the right amount of propriety.

The launch conference was over and the crew had finally calmed down.

Fan Xiaopang answered an exclusive interview, while Wei Yang was drinking water in the lounge and listening to the publicity team's joint publicity plan.

Different from the group scenes in "Famous", "Living Together" is basically Wei and Fan's scenes, with several supporting roles and cameo roles.

At present, most of the other actors have not joined the cast, and the roles are really limited, so the only starring actors who still appear are Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang.

After finalizing the plan, Wei Yang took the two directors to chat about tomorrow's shooting plan.

Needless to say, the room at the center of time and space can only be set in a studio, and some of the exterior scenes can be done on location, while the rest can be done with special effects.

Since it is time and space, Wei Yang attaches great importance to texture and good props. Especially for old time and space, many real-life streets and locations need to pay close attention to details.

This movie has limited scenes and the production cost is not high, mainly in terms of special effects, scenery and actor remuneration.

Especially Wei Yang's remuneration. After "Famous", his net worth soared, and his film remuneration alone rose to the level of a first-line movie star.

The salary for a single movie starts at 8 million, which is as much as Uncle Ge before him.

There is no way, who knows that Uncle Ge is a green leaf and needs cooperation, but Wei Yang can support the project by himself. 8 million is just the starting price, and the actual invitation to him will definitely exceed this amount.

If you include the cost of screenwriting, script and behind-the-scenes production, this price is unparalleled in the entertainment industry.

What's more important is that Wei Yang doesn't just get money at all. He is very similar to Cheng Long. In addition to remuneration, he also gets dividends.

For example, in "Cohabitation in Time and Space", Wei Yang's package price is 20 million + 10% of the movie dividend.

This price is already very generous. If Wei Yang had not already occupied the majority of the investment share, he would never agree to this ratio.

For example, in Cheng Long's "Twelve Zodiac Signs", he received zero salary, but directly took more than half of the share. In other words, only one person contributed, and he didn't pay a penny. It was a "free prostitution."

Wei Yang is different. He separates himself from the company. The company's investment is investment, and he also needs to receive personal remuneration. Of course, it is basically "friendship price".

Both methods have their own pros and cons. Cheng Long maximizes his personal brand, while Wei Yang still has to take care of the company's development.

Fan Xiaopang only gets a salary from the film. Her current salary has increased significantly. The film costs 8 million. Of course, the actual price is not that high. It can be done for 6.5 million.

Even so, this increase is astonishing. You must know that when she filmed "Famous" a year ago, her friendship price was only 2.8 million.

This is also the reason why Wei Yang insisted on founding Coral Entertainment. The current salary increase for artists is so crazy.

In the past, not many first-tier artists had an annual income of more than 10 million. Now many second-tier artists are expected to exceed eight figures, and leading artists are even expected to hit the 100 million level.

We have a few top-notch and popular artists in our hands, and our profits are no worse than those of some well-known film and television companies. The key is that we can save money by using our own people.

Under normal circumstances, there are internal prices for artists to shoot their own movies, and the price depends on the conscience of the boss.

The strict ones are 70 to 80% of the market price, the normal ones take half, the unscrupulous ones are 30 to 40%, the unscrupulous ones are to give a basic remuneration or even no money at all, but few people do this.

Blue Whale is also generous to artists. Basically, the price is 70 to 80% of the market price. Sometimes it even gives the market price. When the artist becomes famous, the price will increase.

In this case, the savings are actually not much, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions, and that's about it.

But when the salaries of these artists increase, the amount saved will be extremely considerable. It can easily save tens of millions, or even tens of millions, and it is likely to be even more in the future.

Not to mention, "Why is the Shengxiao Silent" and "The Story of Ancient Swords" alone, Blue Whale has tasted the sweetness.

The combined internal salaries of the two saved Blue Whale an eight-figure budget.

As a film producer, Wei Yang hated this inflated market, but as an artist and the owner of an artist company, he was eager for his pay to take off.

It’s really painful and happy!

But no matter what, the total remuneration of Wei Yang, Fan Xiaopang and various supporting actors is almost 30 million. Production expenses + publicity, the cost of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" must be at least 60 million.

So Wei Yang is said to be ruthless in making money, and the market is changing even more ruthlessly. It is estimated that in two years, no popular movie project will be worth less than nine figures.

Two years ago, Wei Yang thought that 10 million was a large number, but now 100 million is a bit numb.

That [small goal] statement means that it is becoming more and more relaxed and comfortable...