This star is wrong

Chapter 282 New Play Casting, Competitors

After some work, Penguin Video invested 1000 million yuan in this online drama project and won the exclusive broadcasting rights.

The film has not yet started, and the advertising investment income is more than 1000 million.

Adding the 1000 million invested by Lu Xianger, the total investment of 3000 million has been fully covered.

In other words, Fang Xing became the biggest investor in this project without paying a penny.

This is how a film and television project like this works.

As long as there is a capable director and crew, half of the investment can be earned back in the early stages of project preparation.

Of course, the premise is that someone in the main creative team can handle the ratings and box office.

Fang Xing has already proved his ability in this aspect with "Wulin Biography".

Moreover, this project is only a small investment, with a total investment of only 3000 million.

Even if this project goes to the street, the investor will not lose much.

Of course, if Fang Xing's project hits the street this time, then he will not have such appeal if he prepares for a new project in the future.

Since Fang Xing wanted to use this drama this time to alleviate the plight of Lu Xiang'er's family, the preparation was very fast.

The audition and casting crew were carried out simultaneously.

Since the book I filmed this time is a suspense drama, it is not He Rongchang's field of expertise.

So He Rongchang didn't participate, but he has many contacts in the film and television industry, and introduced many experienced crew members to Fang Xing.

As soon as this suspense drama project was established, Fang Xing called Yan Lan: "Sister, I have prepared a new drama."

As soon as Yan Lan heard it, she smiled heartily and said, "Tell me, is the heroine me?"

"This one……"

Fang Xing smiled awkwardly, and said, "The heroine is a student..."

Yan Lan pretended to be angry when she heard it: "What? You mean my sister is getting old?"

"No, no, my sister is in full bloom, she is a country and a city." Fang Xing hurriedly answered the words as a joke.

"Come on, when did you learn to be so glib? Tell me, is there a role for sister this time?" Yan Lan began to pick out the role, not polite at all.

"It's possible, but this time the play is relatively short. There is a positive character sister who can play, but there are not many scenes. The kind that can be filmed in two or three days together."

In the script prepared by Fang Xing this time, there is indeed a character Yan Lan can play, but this role does not have many roles, and other mature actresses can also be used.

Of course, if Yan Lan wants to act, it would be appropriate for her to act.

"Okay. I'll make a cameo for you. Send me the script later." Yan Lan has a straightforward personality.

Since playing the role of Tong Xiangyu in "Wulin Biography", her popularity has exploded overnight, and her salary has increased more than ten times.

Therefore, for Yan Lan, even if it is a guest appearance in friendship, she will also appear.

"You called me in such a hurry, you must not be looking for me to film a movie, right? Tell me, what else is there?" Yan Lan learned that there was no important role suitable for her in this book, so she immediately guessed that Fang Xing must have other roles. thing.

"Uh, sister is still so smart." Fang Xing complimented with a smile.

Although these words are glib, but they can't hold back.

Yan Lan giggled and said, "Tell me, what's the matter? My sister will definitely handle it for you."

"This time, we need a few old actors, the kind that can be fierce, cry, and perform collapse and despair." Fang Xing will be filming this time. Very demanding.

It is basically impossible for ordinary actors to play these roles.

Therefore, Fang Xing hoped to find actors from the National Theater or Military Arts.

"Understood, I want me to help you find actors. No problem, when you are free, I will take you to the National Theater to watch a performance, and then introduce some old artists to you." Yan Lan readily agreed down.

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The old actors are arranged here, as well as the hero and heroine.

Since the age of the male and female protagonists is relatively young this time, with the current domestic entertainment market, the starting price of a slightly famous male and female protagonist is in the tens of millions.

For example, when preparing for the filming of "Wulin Biography", the original role of Guo Furong wanted to find Song Yutong.

Song Yutong also reached the top of the third line, and the level of the second line was not full. At that time, the starting price was 1200 million.

Actors of the same level will only be more expensive than actresses.

The total investment for this drama is 3000 million.

If both male and female protagonists find actors of this level, they can directly eat up two-thirds of the investment.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Fang Xing decided to play the leading role himself.

Moreover, this drama does not require high acting skills for the male and female protagonists.

Therefore, Fang Xing's looks, temperament and acting skills are more than enough to play the male lead.

All that's left is to find a young actress to play the heroine.

When filming "Wulin Biography" before, it was Lin Yingxue who played Guo Furong.

After "Wulin Biography" became popular, Lin Yingxue also became famous overnight, and her salary once surpassed that of Song Yutong.

These two women were originally classmates, and they had some holidays, so the competition between them was very fierce.

After Lin Yingxue's role in "Guo Furong" became popular, the limelight has faintly overshadowed Song Yutong.

After all, "Blood Rain Jianghu" starring Song Yutong hit the street thoroughly, with both word-of-mouth and broadcast volume hitting the street, and its commercial value stabilized and declined.

This time, Fang Xing was preparing for a new play and directly asked the casting director to communicate with Lin Yingxue.

Lin Yingxue's attitude is very good, and she also wants to play the role in this new play.

However, after Lin Yingxue became popular, her salary went up, and the market price has reached 1500 million.

Of course, due to the friendship of "Wulin Biography", Lin Yingxue took the initiative to cut half of the film salary, saying that 700 million yuan would be enough to act.

Cutting the salary by half is actually very sincere.

But the web drama Fang Xing is preparing for this time has relatively few episodes, so the required schedule is not too long.

Coupled with the limited investment, Fang Xing is not satisfied with the price of 700 million, and hopes to negotiate a lower price.

Fang Xing didn't have time to discuss this matter in person, so he left it to the casting director.

Because, Fang Xing still needs to find a suitable director to co-direct with him.

In terms of directing, Fang Xing actually has some experience.

After all, he once served as the director of a musical.

When filming "Wulin Biography", I also discussed it with He Rongchang.

He Rongchang even took the initiative to propose that he and Fang Xing jointly sign the director's signature.

However, He Rongchang was still doing most of the directing work, Fang Xing rejected the proposal.

This time the new play does not require high acting skills from the male lead, and he is capable of acting, so he has more energy to take charge of the director's work.

Therefore, Fang Xing plans to find an experienced director to co-direct with him, which is a new attempt.

Therefore, during this period of time, Fang Xing was introduced to many directors who had experience in filming suspense dramas, and discussed about co-directing.

The second- and third-tier directors in the industry were very interested in joining Fang Xing's new play when they heard that they could join Fang Xing's new play, but when they heard that it was a co-director, more famous directors were not interested.

After all, in this situation, it looks like Fang Xing is looking for a famous director and bringing him the honor of being a co-director.

Not even a well-known director wants to be this tool person.

After all, co-directing itself has many problems.

For example, if two directors disagree, who do you listen to?

For this project, Ark Culture is the producer, and if there is a disagreement, Fang Xing must have the greater say.

In this way, the hired director is like a puppet.

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The framework of the crew is slowly being built, the director is talking, the heroine is talking, and the veteran actors are talking.

Fang Xing was very busy during this time, and couldn't take care of many things.

Every time Lu Xianger met, she wanted to help, but there was nothing she could do.

at the same time.

Since Lu's father and Lu's mother agreed to Lu Xiang'er's investment this time, they also hoped that this drama could help the company usher in a turning point.

During this period of time, several capitals expressed their intention to acquire Okawa Audio wholly.

Dachuan Audio is the painstaking effort of Lu's father half his life, so as long as there is a little hope, he doesn't want to give up.

Therefore, Lu's father mortgaged the villa in Tianlan Wenyuan and continued to maintain the company.

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the other side.

Chen Lipeng, chairman of Pengcheng Capital, was also a little anxious about the piece of fat that was about to be eaten in his mouth.

After all, it has already taken three months, and according to what the Lu family meant, it was going to be stubborn to the end, even mortgaged the house, and it would take time.

For capital, time is money.

The longer this acquisition project is delayed, the lower the cost performance will be.

Moreover, it is not a secret that the Lu family invested in the new drama of Ark Culture.

The Chen family received the news almost immediately.

"Dad, the Lu family has invested in a movie, and they want to rely on this movie to make a fortune." Chen Lipeng heard the news, and went home to discuss with Chen Xingye.

"Film and TV investment, the risk is so high, do you think the Lu family can turn around with one movie?" Chen Xingye was still calm when he heard the news.

Although the main track of the Chen family is in the music field, they also have investments in the film and television industry, so they are very familiar with film and television investment.

There are so many film and television projects that are approved every year, and none of them can be broadcast in the end.

There are fewer film and television projects that can make money, and those who want to make a lot of money are very rare.

Therefore, from the perspective of probability, if the Lu family wants to turn over by investing in a drama, the probability of success is very small, less than one percent.

However, Chen Lipeng and Fang Xing met head-on several times, and each time they were beaten to the point of disgrace.

So this time he was more cautious: "The project invested by the Lu family this time is Fang Xing's new play. If it really hits like "Wulin Biography", it will be more troublesome."

Chen Xingye smiled and asked, "Do you think Fang Xing can make a TV series as popular as "Wulin Biography"?"

Chen Lipeng shook his head and smiled: "It's impossible, "Wulin Biography" is a special case that cannot be copied. Even Fang Xing himself can't make a second "Wulin Biography"."

"That's right. It's basically impossible for the Lu family to turn around. However, Fang Xing's project needs to be closely monitored. If necessary, competition can be used." Although Chen Xingye felt that it was impossible for the Lu family to turn over by investing in online dramas , but to do things we must have two guarantees.

"Okay, I see." Chen Lipeng nodded in agreement.

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Pengcheng Capital has a long-term layout in the film and television industry.

The major shareholder of Ruide Film and Television is Pengcheng Capital.

Since "Blood Rain Jianghu" hit the market, Reed Film and Television suffered heavy losses last year.

In order to make up for the loss of "Blood Rain Jianghu", Red Film and Television has prepared a new project this year.

Since "Blood Rain Jianghu" is an S-level investment, it lost a lot.

This year, Reed Films turned to a conservative strategy, mainly investing in A-level productions, hoping to rely on the quality of the series and use less investment to make more money.

"Wulin Biography" is the best example.

Even "Wulin Biography" is only a small B-level production, but it leveraged hundreds of millions of profits.

What's even more frightening is that "Wulin Biography" has formed a long-term effect, staying at the top of the comedy list, and has not been down much.

Ruide Film and Television carried forward the virtue of "join if you can't beat it", and began to turn to small and medium-sized investment, and made some comedies by casting and filming, and also made some money.

This time, Ruide Films is preparing to shoot an A-level production and is selecting a script.

Since Ark Culture released the suspense drama project, Pengcheng Capital instructed Red Film and Television to also shoot suspense dramas.

Ruide Film and Television is a mature film and television company, and the crews are all ready-made, so the preparations for the project are progressing very quickly.

Casting will begin soon.

Knowing that Ark Culture was talking about Lin Yingxue, Chen Lipeng let Ruide Film and Television also contact Lin Yingxue, and offered a big contract to find Lin Yingxue to play the heroine of a new A-level drama.

Lin Yingxue originally wanted to act in Fang Xing's new drama, but the A-level suspense drama of Reed Film and Television has an investment of 7000 million, which is more than twice that of Fang Xing's new drama.

Moreover, Ruide Film and Television paid a premium for the film, asking a high price of 1800 million.

No matter what Lin Yingxue's wishes are, her agency will definitely choose Red Film and Television, there is no suspense about this matter.

One side is a B-level small investment, the other side is an A-level investment, and the other side is a salary of 1800 million.

On the side of Ark Culture, they are still suppressing film remuneration.

This simple arithmetic problem can be solved clearly with feet.

In the end, Lin Yingxue explained the situation to Fang Xing in person, explaining that the brokerage company accepted the new drama of Ruide Film and Television for her, and she was extremely sorry.

Fang Xing didn't have time to pay attention to the casting of the heroine, and kept talking about those old actors whose acting skills exploded.

Because in this play, the acting skills of the male and female protagonists are not high, but the important old characters need acting skills.

Therefore, Lin Yingxue took the initiative to apologize, and Fang Xing didn't care.

Besides, hiring someone to film a movie requires money.

Lin Yingxue's current market price is above 1500 million.

Even if the friendship price, it is impossible to drop too much.

Fang Xing was dissatisfied with her salary, so let it be if she couldn't be hired.

What's more, now is not the time to prepare for the filming of "Wulin Biography". Now as long as the news is released, some actresses will come to audition.

As long as those few old actors are finalized, the selection of the remaining heroine will be much easier.

However, Lin Yingxue's being poached also made Fang Xing vigilant, and found out that the Chen family was behind the scenes.

Judging from the actions of Pengcheng Capital and Ruide Film and Television, it is not difficult to see that the Chen family does not want the Lu family to stand up. After all, the Lu family's company is already a cooked duck, and the greed of capital does not allow this duck to fly away.

Then, the Chen family will definitely find a way to suppress the new drama that is being filmed this time.

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(End of this chapter)