I really just want to make money

Chapter 334 Planning to Short-Sell
Hearing Dapeng's polite words, Zheng Xiaolong also breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yu, the 100% investor, only stuffed a producer, a finance, and Liu Yan, an actress, and Dapeng just came to supervise his casting.

This degree of freedom has far exceeded his expectations.

Even the coal bosses back then rarely delegated power like Li Yu.

The boss has given face so much, Zheng Xiaolong will naturally not have any dissatisfaction.

Because he wanted to release before the end of the year, the filming time of Zhen Huan Biography was very fast. As soon as Dapeng arrived on the set, Zheng Xiaolong first arranged auditions for several of the most important roles.

Zhen Huan, Emperor, Empress, Concubine Hua.

Among them, Sun Li's role as Zhen Huan was pre-determined, and she was just going through the motions.

Jiang Xin auditioned for Concubine Hua, and Cai Shaofen auditioned for Empress. Both of them were recommended by Sun Li. They also advertised for Moyu Technology Company app for free.

At this moment, both of them were very fortunate that such a casual move had won such a good opportunity for themselves!
Another role of the emperor is Chen Jianbing recommended by Zheng Xiaolong, who is also an old drama player.

These people were all pre-appointed or semi-appointed. They were either celebrities or veteran actors. The interview process was naturally smooth. Dapeng, a rookie director, had nothing to say, and Lan Ruoxi, the author of the novel, and the supervisor had no big opinions.

Well, to be precise, Lan Ruoxi actually has a little opinion.

She felt that Chen Jianbing was a bit ugly, and it didn't match the image of the wise, martial and suave emperor she had written.

But who let the other party be recommended by Zheng Xiaolong, the key is still cheap...

Once the role is settled, the next step is the issue of pay.

Regarding the salary, Li Yu has already made it clear to Zheng Xiaolong that if he is willing to accept his condition of "linking the salary to the ratings", he will sign, and if he is not willing, he will not sign.

This point, even Sun Li, the absolute leading actor, has to implement it, let alone other people.

Moreover, the conditions given by Li Yu were not harsh.

Sign a contract and pay one-third of the salary.

After the filming is completed, one-third of the salary will be paid.

TV drama ratings reach 2% and above, and the remaining one-third of the salary will not be paid.

If the audience rating is less than 2%, the remaining one-third of the salary will be paid.

In short, Li Yu will definitely let them have the same money and fame, but he won't let them have all of them.

This remuneration policy is only for leading actors with high salaries.

As for those small roles, Li Yu did not withhold their salary.

In view of the current popularity of Zhen Huan Chuan, several leading actors agreed without even thinking about it.

In the end, Sun Li paid 30 yuan per episode, with a total of 76 million yuan for 2280 episodes.

Cai Shaofen's salary is 20 per episode, totaling 1520 million.

The remuneration of Chen Jianbing and Jiang Xin is 10 per episode, 760 million each.

The combined remuneration of the four leading actors reached 5320 million, accounting for 62% of the investment in the entire TV series.

In Li Yu's opinion, this ratio is already exaggerated, but it is actually better than the cost control of the main actors of mainstream TV dramas.

Fortunately, Li Yu is absolutely sure to cut the cost of the leading role by one-third. In this way, the cost ratio of the four leading actors will be controlled within 50%.

However, the actual cost of Zhen Huan Chuan, which claims to have invested 8600 million yuan, is only 6800 million yuan...

After solving the problem of a few default leading roles, the remaining roles, including several leading roles and a bunch of supporting roles, will all be selected through auditions.

After discussing with Dapeng, director Zheng Xiaolong immediately decided to start auditioning the actors the next day.

Following the notice from the crew of The Legend of Zhen Huan, all the actors who were preparing to audition were eager to try.

A TV series with an investment of over 70 million yuan and an explosion of popularity, took out [-]% of the roles at one time to give the actors a fair audition competition.

This kind of thing that is almost impossible to happen in the entertainment industry actually happened, no wonder it caused a huge sensation in the actor circle.

Those actors who are confident in their own qualifications and acting skills, but have no background and connections, as long as they can spare their background, they will hardly miss such an opportunity.

Of course, no matter how fair the opportunity is, there will always be a few special beings, such as Liu Yan.

As the person the boss stuffed into the crew, Liu Yan naturally has the privilege of giving priority to casting roles. Except for the four finalized roles, other roles are left for her to choose.

Of course, the premise is that her acting skills can support this role, which is what Li Yu and Dapeng specially instructed...

If other actresses knew about this privilege of Liu Yan, they might be blinded on the spot.

You must know that the current Legend of Zhen Huan is no longer the Legend of Zhen Huan half a month ago.

With Li Yu's 1 million hype, and then an additional 1 million hype, the collection data of Zhen Huan's novels is approaching tens of millions.

The popularity of Zhen Huan's TV series has also completely crushed "Scary Step by Step" and "Gong Suo Xin Yu", which were released at the same time.

Because of this, Tang Ren Films and Nanhu TV were forced to make an emergency decision to postpone the two TV drama projects.

Although it is a bit ugly to be suppressed by a new film and television company, capital is after all profit-seeking, how much is face worth?
It is precisely because of the above-mentioned reasons that there are already more than one reinforcement row of stars on Weibo, and these people are now waiting for auditions in Hengdian...

Liu Yan had already obtained the role script in advance the night before, and she was also dazzled by the densely packed characters, leading roles and supporting roles.

Fortunately, she knew what Li Yu meant, and she was self-aware of her acting skills, so she just ignored those important protagonists.

After some selection, she finally chose the role of a vase chaise concubine.

Although there are not many roles as the Vase Concubine, Liu Yan also knows that she has no acting foundation, and her only experience is to shoot dick men for Dapeng.

Well, this web drama has almost negligible requirements for the acting skills of the leading actress.

So, Liu Yan stayed up late that night...

……

next day
In a hotel in Hengdian, the crew of The Legend of Zhen Huan booked a large conference room as an interview venue.

When Liu Yan came over, the rest seats outside the conference room were already full of fifty or sixty actors, mainly actresses, but also actors.

Although she knew that she had "privileges", Liu Yan didn't show it, but found an empty seat at the back and sat down.

Just as Liu Yan sat down here, a sweet-looking girl with a small face showed a sweet smile at her.

"Hi, I'm Mao Xiaotong, what's your name?"

Liu Yan didn't expect that an actress would take the initiative to greet her. She was stunned for a moment, and then smiled back.

"Hi, my name is Liu Yan."

After the two introduced each other, the scene suddenly became a little awkward, because neither of them knew what works the other had...

In the end, it was Mao Xiaotong who resolved the embarrassment first.

"I'm a newcomer, and I don't have any works that I can sell yet."

Speaking of being a newcomer, Mao Xiaotong showed a melancholy and free-spirited smile on his face.

This expression is very complicated, and it's somewhat out of character to appear on Mao Xiaotong, a girl who looks like she's only in her early 20s.

Liu Yan didn't know Mao Xiaotong's complicated thoughts, but when she heard that the other party was a newcomer, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

She is also worried that the other party is a well-known actor, and then ignores her directly after knowing that she is a newcomer, it will be embarrassing...

"I'm also a newcomer, and I don't have any works that I can get right now."

Liu Yan quoted Mao Xiaotong's words, and after speaking, she and Mao Xiaotong both laughed.

When a newcomer meets a newcomer, both of them have tears in their eyes, which may be the situation of the two of them.

While the two were chatting happily, 4 people suddenly came in from the outside, including men and women, but it was obvious that three of them were assistants, and crowded into the queue surrounded by the woman at the front in front of the crowd.

Others were honestly queuing up, but this group of people who appeared out of nowhere jumped into the queue, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among the people in the queue.

However, when they saw the posture of this group of people clearly, the dissatisfaction in their eyes was suppressed again.

This ostentation doesn't look like a small role, they can't be provoked by young actors without resources and background...

The woman walking in front also saw the dissatisfaction in other people's eyes, but she just turned a blind eye and walked straight to the door of the meeting room.

One of the assistant-like women said something to the staff, and the staff turned and walked into the meeting room. Within 2 minutes, the staff came out again, and led the group of people in.

"Hey, I thought it was really a fair competition, and there are a lot of related households."

An actress next to her looked at the backs of the group of people going in, her eyes were full of envy, but she muttered dissatisfiedly.

There were quite a few people who had the same idea as her, and the originally quiet waiting area was immediately filled with noisy discussions.

Although these words were about those people just now, hearing Liu Yan's ears made her feel ashamed, because she also belonged to this type of people.

Mao Xiaotong's mentality was still very peaceful, as if he hadn't been affected at all.

Seeing this, Liu Yan asked curiously: "Don't you feel angry with those people just now?"

Mao Xiaotong blinked his big eyes, still with a smile on his face, then shook his head and said:

"There's nothing to be angry about. He has connections, and it's his ability. I'm already very satisfied to have such a good audition opportunity this time."

"I heard that there are many supporting actresses in this show. It would be great if we could win one. But..."

Mao Xiaotong looked at the dozens of people in front of him, and his heart suddenly became uncertain.

Opportunities exist, but there are also many people fighting for them...

Mao Xiaotong's words made Liu Yan truly realize the cruelty of competition in the entertainment industry for the first time.

Not to mention others, just Mao Xiaotong in front of him is a professional student of the Central Academy of Drama, with a sweet and lovely appearance, not inferior to himself in the slightest.

Even such a person is fighting for a supporting role, let alone an amateur player like myself...

Compared with these actresses, I am so lucky to meet Li Yu.

While the actors were waiting outside, an interesting scene was also happening in the conference room.

The actress who just walked into the conference room was named Tian Pujun, an unknown [-]th-line actress.

In terms of acting skills and popularity in the entertainment industry, no one knows her, but if it is said that she has another identity, it would be amazing...

Just at the end of 2012, Wang Shi, the president of Vanke, suddenly revealed a jaw-dropping relationship between young and old.

A 60-year-old man VS a 30-year-old female star, dead wood meets fire.

When he saw the news, Li Yu had only one thought in his mind: he didn't know his health when he was young, and he cried when he was old.I must save money and go to the system mall to buy a good figure!
After the system upgrade, in addition to being able to see the future with the drift bottle, there is also a function that can consume real money to buy physical attributes in the mall.

It's just that this function has always been relatively tasteless. There are several attributes that can be purchased in the system: appearance, figure, and duration.

Li Yu has now achieved: 80 points for appearance, 78 points for body, and 38 points for duration.

Because the funds required for each point are doubled on the basis of the previous point, if Li Yu wants to increase his appearance now, he will need 1 million yuan to buy the first point.

The figure and duration are better, and the price of buying two points is 512 million and 1024 million yuan respectively.

Unfortunately, even so, Li Yu couldn't afford it before.

Moyu Technology Company does not have enough funds for its own development, how can it have money for him to buy attributes...

Well, when the house price in Hefei soars, and then make a profit by shorting Jinkou Liquor, then you can really improve yourself.

The topic returned to the audition scene, and several people walked into the conference room.

Tian Pujun took a look at the four people auditioned. The director Zheng Xiaolong and the screenwriter Wang Yiping are both big names in the industry, so she naturally knew them.

As for the other two young people, she didn't have the slightest impression, and they should be representatives of the investors.

"Director Zheng, hello teachers, I'm Tian Pujun." Tian Pujun smiled slightly, confident and calm, and didn't feel restrained by the audition at all.

She has the capital of self-confidence, because there is Lao Wang behind her.

After being pushed behind the back by Lao Wang for so long, it's time for him to make a contribution...

Zheng Xiaolong and Dapeng knew about Tian Pujun's identity a long time ago, and Lan Ruoxi also knew about Tian Pujun's identity when the staff notified her just now. She looked at Tian Pujun with a strange look.

After Tian Pujun finished introducing his meager resume, Zheng Xiaolong nodded with a normal face, and then asked, "Miss Tian, ​​what role do you want to audition for?"

"I want to try Zhen Huan."

When Tian Pujun spoke, Zheng Xiaolong and the others were stunned.

Zheng Xiaolong frowned slightly. He originally thought that Tian Pujun just wanted to choose one of the roles he released, but he didn't expect this woman to be so ambitious.

After deliberating for a moment, Zheng Xiaolong said euphemistically:

"Well, there is no Zhen Huan in the characters we released..."

The subtext of this sentence is that Zhen Huan's role has been decided, so don't even think about it.

However, Tian Pujun didn't realize that he was rejected at all, instead he smiled lightly and said:

"Director Zheng, can you let me audition first? As long as I pass the test in acting, I can communicate with the investor about the role of Zhen Huan."

The meaning of Tian Pujun's words is that you can't be the master of this matter, but I can handle your benefactor father.

This made Zheng Xiaolong very angry.

Not to mention that he was filmed by Sun Li as a matchmaker, he couldn't just watch Sun Li's hard work being picked by others, but he said that in order to protect the dignity of his director, he couldn't let Tian Pujun succeed.

but……

Old Vanke, that's a real boss.

Don't look at Zheng Xiaolong as a senior director, but if he is hated by Lao Wang, there will definitely be no good fruit.

When Zheng Xiaolong was in a dilemma, Lan Ruoxi was already very dissatisfied with Tian Pujun's arrogance.

Isn't he just a vixen who seduces old men?

What is there to be arrogant about?
Zhen Huan's biography is Lan Ruoxi's sweetheart, she will never allow a vase like Tian Pujun who has no acting skills to ruin her novel!
"I'm sorry, but I don't think Miss Tian's acting skills can meet Zhen Huan's requirements for the time being. We still have a lot of supporting roles for concubines. If you are interested enough, you can try it."

"Ah," Tian Pujun was questioned about his acting skills face to face, and the smile on his face froze instantly, "May I ask who you are..."

"I am the author of The Legend of Zhen Huan and the producer of this TV series. My opinions can basically represent the opinions of investors."

Lan Ruoxi raised her chin, not even wanting to look at Tian Pujun.

Not to mention that she is just Lao Wang's little lover, even if Lao Wang is here, if he knows Lan Ruoxi's identity, he should be polite.

But Mr. Tian Pu doesn't know!
She felt her identity was insulted!

Just a novel author, how dare he say that about himself?

Seeing that she didn't pretend anymore, she flicked her face, stood up directly and said:

"That's fine, I'll have a good communication with the investors first to see if it's true as you said, investors will listen to you..."

After finishing speaking, she didn't care what others thought of her, so she picked up her mobile phone and made a call.

"Hey, honey, I'm auditioning for the cast of The Legend of Zhen Huan."

"There is a small problem here, and I would like to trouble you to help me communicate with the investor..."

"Well, then I'll wait for your good news..."

Tian Pujun made this call deliberately in front of everyone, the purpose is to let them know his energy.

In order to climb up the old tree of Lao Wang, apply for the MBA of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and create opportunities for chance encounters, she tried her best and even posted the white flesh, for what?
Don't you just want to use Lao Wang's name to gain the fame and fortune you want?
And Zhen Huan Chuan, this unfilmed TV series, is her touchstone.

Seeing Tian Pujun robbing the role in such a naked way, Zheng Xiaolong's face became even uglier.

As for Lan Ruoxi, she had already quietly sent a message to Li Yu, and then looked at Tian Pujun sitting there pretending to be aggressive.

……

Hefei, Moyu Technology Company
Li Yu was meeting with a sales office supervisor of Huaan Securities Company in his office.

He was going to take a loan from Hua'an Securities Company to attack the stock of Jinkou Liquor, so he naturally had to prepare in advance.

As a major client, there was no need for him to go to the securities company in person. It was just an intention, and the supervisor of the business office rushed over.

This supervisor is called Pan Changsheng, who took over the position of Zhu Youneng, the director of Jiang Wenwen's original business office.

Well, it was the one who colluded with the hot money old K gang, and was then taken over by Niu Fei from the Economic Investigation Bureau.

"Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to have an account in our business office. I just came here not long ago, and I haven't had time to visit you. It's my work mistake!"

Facing Li Yu, a new billionaire who is said to be worth billions, Pan Changsheng's posture is very low, even a bit humble.

"Hahaha, it's okay, I haven't invested in stocks for a long time, and it's normal if you don't know."

Li Yu didn't exchange pleasantries with him, and directly stated his purpose.

"Manager Pan, I'm going to make a short-term investment this month, and I need about 10 billion funds. I'm going to borrow this money from your company temporarily with real estate mortgages. You can apply for it for me first."

hiss!
10 billion!
Pan Changsheng took a deep breath.

He has only been the director of the sales office for less than half a year. During this period, let alone 10 billion, he has never encountered a large transaction of 1 million...

After finally suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, Pan Changsheng remembered another question.

The 10 billion that Li Yu mentioned was not that he used 10 billion to speculate in stocks, but that he wanted to raise 10 billion from a securities company to speculate in stocks, which is a bit difficult.

For securities companies, providing trading platforms for rights shareholders is only one of their businesses. For large investors, they also provide financial derivative services such as financing, leverage, and contracts.

A big boss like Li Yu can easily borrow tens of millions.

But a billion...

This is a bit scary.

Not to mention that he is just a manager of the business office, even his superior does not have this authority.

"Mr. Li, this amount is too large. I need to report it to the head office for approval."

"Okay, but you have to hurry up and reply to me within a week.

Besides, I won't hide it from you, I have applied in several other securities companies, if you are slower than others, don't say that I don't take care of your business..."

At Li Yu's level, there is no need to have a relationship with a securities company anymore.

He is giving money and performance to the other party, not begging for help.

And Li Yu didn't lie to Pan Changsheng. He would indeed contact several securities companies at the same time. After all, it was a financing of 10 billion, and he couldn't hang himself on a tree.

Seeing that Li Yu was not joking, Pan Changsheng immediately became nervous.

If the big business comes to you proactively, if you still can't grasp it, you really deserve to be unable to get ahead for the rest of your life!
"Okay, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will reply to you as soon as possible!"

While Pan Changsheng was talking, Li Yu's cell phone vibrated.

Seeing Lan Ruoxi's message, his eyes moved slightly, he couldn't laugh or cry...

(End of this chapter)