This star is wrong

Chapter 203 The Competition of Actresses
"If you play the leading role yourself, then I'll give you one yuan as a salary, so that the actor's salary can be lowered, and the cost of each episode is about 60. However, the production team needs to ask the production team to figure out how much it will cost. .”

He Rongchang is the director, not the producer, so he can only make a rough estimate of the cost of the filming. For the exact cost, a special production team has to be hired to calculate it.

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

"So, are you sure that this movie will be filmed? Then the role of Xiangyu is mine?" Yan Lan saw that the investment was almost done, and began to talk about the role.

"Yes, it's yours." Fang Xing replied with a nod.

The sitcom that Fang Xing was planning to shoot was naturally "Wulin Biography".

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

It's not out of the question to even compete for the pinnacle of sitcom.

However, there will definitely be audience nominations for "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 the form of performances, are somewhat similar to skits.

Fang Xing has not acted in a TV series yet, so starting with a sitcom is relatively safe.

Unfortunately, "Wulin Biography" can belong to the genre of martial arts, and in this regard, it happens to be on the same level as "Blood Rain Jianghu".

The male number one candidate has been tentatively determined.

He Rongchang went on to say: "In this script, there is another role that is more important, and that is the role of 'Guo Furong'. Among the actors I know, there is no suitable one. Maybe I need to find a first- or second-tier actress to play it." .”

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

The skit actors who collaborated in the Spring Festival Gala are all more comedic in terms of appearance, and the role of "Guo Furong" has requirements for appearance.

Therefore, it is best to choose from the four small female roles.

However, the price of these popular little flowers is outrageous.

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

One of the actors with poor prospects for sitcoms is that the investment is not enough, and they cannot afford to hire popular actors.

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

New actresses, usually the price is 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'll be responsible for this matter, I know a manager of the newly promoted Xiaohua Song Yutong, I can make an appointment to have a chat.

"Boss, how about the theme song of this show? If the boss is in charge of the theme song and sings it to the actress, it might be more attractive."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "I can handle both the song and the soundtrack, and it's fine to sing it to the actors. It can be used as a bargaining chip for film appointments."

"If that's the case, they should be attractive to those new florets." Qiao Yinghong became more confident when she got this answer.

……

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

Acted in two ancient puppet web dramas, the first was a small hit, the second was a bit of a hit, and the popularity soared quickly.

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

After chatting, report to Fang Xing: "Boss, Song Yutong heard that they can sing the theme song you produced, and they are very interested. However, they don't like sitcoms very much, so they want to make an appointment for dinner and talk about it in detail. "

In the current entertainment industry environment, sitcoms are really thankless, so it's normal for actors to be unpopular.

Fang Xing won't be angry because of this, and promised: "Then make an appointment with them, let's have a meal and talk."

Qiao Yinghong went on to add: "Song Yutong's upward trend is very fast now, and, according to the news I got, she is in contact with several dramas. If you want to find her to act, the salary may be very difficult to suppress."

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

"Song Yutong's agent told me that the price they announced was 50 per episode. However, I have known her agent for many years, and she told me privately that it could be reduced to 40 per episode." Qiao Yinghong replied.

Fang Xing frowned when he heard the price.

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

If it is the salary of those S-level actors, that drama is worth hundreds of millions.

According to the current TV series, if you shoot 30 to 40 episodes, Song Yutong's salary is about 1200 million or more.

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

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

However, sitcoms are different.

Moreover, the estimated investment for "Wulin Biography" is 60 yuan per episode.

If you want to hire Song Yutong, then the cost will become 100 million per episode.

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

Fang Xing asked: "The remuneration for a sitcom should not be based on the price of an idol drama, right?"

Qiao Yinghong nodded and replied: "Yes, I mentioned it. Song Yutong's agent said yes, if he can invite another song from the boss, the salary can be lowered. Not for each episode, but for the whole drama." .”

"Okay, you can talk about it later, the invitation to sing is fine, as long as she can sing."

If we can find a suitable actor, we can release another song.

After all, it is not easy to find suitable actors.

"Okay, I'm going to talk tomorrow." Qiao Yinghong agreed.

……

the following few days.

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

After agreeing to the song invitation, the progress of the talk was not bad.

However, when it came to schedules, something went wrong.

Qiao Yinghong couldn't make a decision by herself, so she could only come back and ask: "Boss, Song Yutong agrees to the whole series of "Wulin Biography", the total film salary is 1600 million, which is equivalent to 20 per episode.

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

"What's the question?" Fang Xing asked in doubt.

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

Rolling drama is a term in the entertainment industry, which means that actors take on multiple plays at the same time.

Because when filming, not every scene has this role.

Therefore, the actor who plays this role can rest in the hotel instead of being on the set when he has no role to play.

Some actors took advantage of this rest time to rush to another crew to shoot another movie.

A situation like this is called a play.

Due to the cumbersome coordination of the schedule, if the two crews shoot scenes on the same day, this actor needs to be used.

Then this actor can't be duplicated, and there will be problems.

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

Actors who are not dedicated to their work, without their own shots, directly act as substitutes.

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

And in this scene, the heroine is always behind.

Some unprofessional actors think that they don't need to take pictures of their faces, but only their backs, so they let the double do it.

This makes it inevitable that the actor will be affected if he wants to act in front of the heroine's double and look at the double's face.

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

The stand-in is still secondary, and there is another problem with filming.

That is, if an actor plays two completely different roles at the same time, he will definitely be distracted and fail to achieve the best effect.

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

However, if it is not an S-level or A-level big production and wants to invite popular actors to star in it, it is usually impossible to restrict actors from making plays.

Because of the sitcom that Fang Xing is going to shoot this time, the initial budget is 60 per episode.

This investment in the film and television industry can only be considered a B-level production, not even an A-level production.

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

However, during the preparatory stage of the project, when the actors took over the show, they didn't know whether the show would be a good one or a bad one.

In this case, of course, it is to look at the investment to pick up the show.

A drama with an investment of 60 per episode is not as high as that of some online dramas.

Therefore, looking at investment alone, it is really difficult to make the popular little flower interested.

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

Even so, Song Yutong still asked to cut the show.

Hearing the other party's request to cut the show, Fang Xing said with a serious expression: "It's absolutely impossible to cut the show. Sitcoms are different from other film and television dramas. They need to be kept in a comedy state. You tell them, as long as she concentrates on finishing our show drama, I will sing her a popular song."

After getting this arrangement, Qiao Yinghong went to talk to Song Yutong again.

Just, on the third day.

Song Yutong's Weibo suddenly announced that he would join the crew of "Blood Rain Jianghu" and play the second female lead.

After that, Qiao Yinghong's film appointment was rejected.

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

"I originally thought that Song Yutong was just producing a hit web drama, which should not meet the standard of an S-level major production.

"At the beginning, I heard that "Blood Rain Jianghu" was found to play the third female role.

"I didn't expect them to suddenly announce the second female lead. Judging from the tone of Song Yutong's manager, it seems that we have given her an assist."

Fang Xing understood immediately.

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

Subsequently, the self-media began to issue drafts.

It is said that a small B-level production and "Blood Rain Jianghu" sent invitations to Song Yutong at the same time, and finally Song Yutong chose "Blood Rain Jianghu".

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

Guess everything, but the project "Wulin Biography" has never been announced, so netizens don't know about such a project.

However, some people in the industry have news channels. After seeing this rumor, they know that this small B-level production is a martial arts sitcom that Fang Xing Studio is planning to produce.

(End of this chapter)