When will I be the queen

Chapter 416 Binding

He doesn't have any stunning facial features, his face is crooked, and he never stands in front of the camera. His nostrils are exaggerated when he recites his lines, his lines are unclear, and he is out of breath when angry. His acting skills are just so-so, with the same expression when crying and laughing. The scene brought its own screenwriter, lines teacher, acting teacher, and three or four stand-ins. Before filming, the acting teacher performed it once, and then he acted it out. If there were parts that he couldn't act out, he asked the acting teacher to ask the director and screenwriter to change the script. The lines were also said by the lines teacher first, and he followed them, without memorizing them at all. If he couldn't say it, he asked the lines teacher to dub it for him off-site. In fact, dubbing is also required in the later stage.

The shoes were custom-made with insoles to increase height, the costumes were custom-made with fake muscles inside, and he even brought his own makeup artist. The character's makeup was clearly finalized, but he changed his makeup as soon as the filming started. After filming, he saw that the other actors had the same color tone, but he had a different color tone. After the post-production adjustments, he was still not satisfied with the finished film and asked for changes. He didn't think it was his responsibility at all. Fortunately, she was stuck in the broadcast time and didn't make the changes. She was willing to let him wear his makeup alone even if the show flopped! ! Because it was really ugly! ! He didn't have a good aesthetic sense and didn't listen to the makeup artist. He deserved it! !

  It's just this thing, with fans, traffic, and endless resources. If it weren't for the big update in the entertainment industry that year, Lu Keke really couldn't imagine how many more of these ghost things she would encounter! !

But to be honest, she was too young and not patient enough back then. If she encounters this kind of thing again now, she will just take the money and leave, and the intermediary will use a stand-in. Even if she is the director, she can still find a stand-in.

Lu Keke used to think that if she could make the capital disgust her, she could also disgust the capital. Unfortunately, she never had this opportunity. The world has changed, her status has also changed, and she herself has become the capital. As a result, the fantasy she once had seems to be possible to realize now.

Calling the assistant over, Lu Keke also wanted to find out what these good seedlings were.

  The assistant thought the boss had already seen it and buried it. Who knew that the boss had not seen it yet?

Um, "Mr. Li's idea is to let these people be extras in our project. They have scenes but no names and may have lines. They just say yes or yes. It can be counted by seconds, at least two seconds."

The requirements are not high. However, Lu Keke laughed angrily, "Even if I want to find extras, with my ability, I can find famous artists in the industry to be extras. Why should I be a stepping stone for them?"

  This arrangement is actually to use Lu Keke as an achievement. In the future, these people's resumes will look better. No matter they are artists or not, or even not in this circle, if they have participated in Lu Keke's projects, they can also use them. Now working as an assistant to an internet celebrity can have fans and establish a new business. Isn't Lu Keke's name more famous and more useful! !

Cai Cai watched the capital's tricks again and calmly watched the fun.

As a result, the Immortal King came over and gave her a good time.

"The Mist Season 3 has been approved and has been sold. You need to go over and read the script."

"." Cai Cai's eyes went dark. It turned out that she was the one causing the most excitement.

No, "Haven't we been preparing and researching this all along? How come it was sold out?"

The Immortal Lord gestured to Mei Zhang to explain.

"Gapit called and said that the script has actually been there all along, and they were just waiting for the actor who would replace Carl to be available. Now that all the actors are in place, the Giant Elephant can be sold directly. With the money, it will be easier to shoot."

This is just for fun. The money from selling the drama is not really used for filming. These are two completely different things. The funding for filming and production comes from investment and sponsorship, while the money from selling the drama goes to the producer and copyright holder.

There is nothing much to say about this. As an actor, Cai Cai doesn't need to pay attention to these things.

But, "Are Lawrence and I really the only ones returning for the third season?" Aaron had said before that he would not be in the third season, and Carl had also been prepared. He is now focused on the fashion industry and has no shortage of resources. He was reluctantly used in the second season. If it weren't for Gabit, he would have been kicked out long ago. Gabit will not keep him in the third season, and the giant elephant also wants to remake the Mist and invite more important actors to participate to increase the weight of this IP.

After all, it is Jarvis's script, and Colossus seems to be planning to make The Mist into a living IP.

To put it bluntly, the so-called living IP means that the project is freed from the influence of factors such as actors and directors, so that the IP can have its own life and can still run perfectly without any active factors. In other words, the IP can exist independently and even the investors cannot influence it. Whoever holds the copyright of the IP has the final say.

This is the means of hegemonic rule that capital is best at.

For example, Jin Yong’s IP, which has dominated the martial arts genre for more than a hundred years, has the same title, story, and characters. Many actors have played the roles, and many have been rejected by audiences and judges. However, many artists still fight for the roles, and the IP remains popular. This is a living IP.

The script of Misty Town belongs to Jarvis, but it was not written by Jarvis. It was originally an inspiration of Jarvis, and then his team found someone to write and expand it. This person is naturally the core screenwriter of Misty Town, Joey, who completed the most important plots of the detective work and deciphering the mystery. Then it was deleted and rewritten by Jarvis, and finally sorted out by the screenwriter team, that is, to improve the plot that can connect the main line and the sub-line outside the detective work, and then it became a complete script.

Generally, the main plot is the story line that the protagonist completes for a certain purpose. The fog is the story line that Claire and Grant work together to solve the case. The subplot is the story line that revolves around the character itself, such as the mystery of Claire's life experience and the pursuit of the culprit who killed the old duke. These subplots are put together in a staggered manner to form a complete script.

Joey is great at writing detective stories, but his characters' melodramatic stories are particularly melodramatic, which makes the protagonist look like a god when solving a case, but like a lunatic at other times. This is a flaw in his personal screenwriting career, but Jarvis doesn't care at all and just assigns him a screenwriting team. So when The Mist stopped filming, Joey was very panicked because he was worried that with his ability, he would not be able to continue his job as a screenwriter. At that time, Gabitt was also very sad and felt that he would be kicked out of the creative team of The Mist.

  As a result, even she was kicked out.

Think about it, the original purpose of The Mist was to tie her time down, and she signed a three-year contract. Now, the contract is about to expire, and The Mist will also change.

"Jarvis and Giant Elephant are very clear that the success of The Mist is inseparable from your contribution. So even if they replace everyone, they will not replace you. The project has already received greater investment and planning, and Giant Elephant is contacting me to discuss your renewal of a new contract. But this kind of behavior of raising an IP is indeed a real case of killing the donkey after it has done its work."

Mei Zhang called Cai Cai outside and whispered these words. It was not easy to say these words in front of Lu Keke. After all, it involved the business plan of Juxiang. Even if it was not a commercial secret, not everyone could hear it.

Cai Cai doesn't think she has any credit. People on the Internet say that her Claire is the most beautiful character with flesh and blood in all the detective and mystery-themed movies and TV series. She doesn't rely solely on her beauty, nor does she rely solely on her IQ, and she doesn't force herself to be a female fighter. She is a very real character. When Jarvis recounted this praise, he was very happy for her and said that she set the tone for Misty Town.

Cai Cai just listened to these words. As I said before, people who like you have a very subjective evaluation of you, and people who don't like you have an even more subjective evaluation of you. Cai Cai only looked at the ratings, and the Mist was indeed very popular with the audience, and the rebroadcast rate was very high.

But it doesn't mean that she has made great contributions. As the saying goes, behind a work of art, it is the efforts of everyone in front of and behind the scenes.

"Do I have to be proud or even thank them for letting me stay?" Cai Cai thought it was a little funny. This kind of rhetoric is very common during negotiations, and if you believe it, you will definitely be at a disadvantage.

Mei Zhang was actually a little hesitant. This kind of IP-raising behavior has both advantages and disadvantages for actors.

If the Mist is really successfully raised and becomes a living IP, then Cai Cai will definitely be the hall-level Claire, and no matter how many Claires come in the future, it will be impossible to surpass Cai Cai. This is a rare opportunity for an actor. How many actors can have a god-like role? This is something that is hard to come by and even harder to ask for. But the disadvantages are also obvious. In the future, Cai Cai will never be able to play a similar role other than Claire. Even if she participates in detective works, she will carry Claire's shadow and make wedding clothes for the Mist. Another thing is that when the IP matures and the audience begins to recognize the IP, Cai Cai will be the first to be replaced. Because changing the medicine can change the soup, the audience will not see Cai Cai anymore, and then they will know that the Claire era belonging to Cai Cai is over. And capital makes it absolutely impossible for actors to get together and part ways amicably. Capital only wants to squeeze out the last drop of value of the actors.

Even if it is Tsai Tsai, there is no guarantee that she will not be skinned alive by capital by then.

Another possibility is that Cai Cai will be tied to this IP in the future, and they will live and die together. That means Cai Cai and the IP are permanent, but the roles and sponsorships are transient. This is equivalent to biting Cai Cai to death and sucking her blood, making her fertilizer to support other artists. Capital will use Cai Cai as a tool to achieve success, and continuously send people to the IP, and then replace her after she is fattened up.

"It seems that the third scenario is the most likely." Mei Zhang glanced at the Immortal Lord who came over, "This is the result of our analysis." After all, Cai Cai's future achievements are just around the corner. Jarvis is holding on to Cai Cai again, and the Giant Elephant is likely to choose the third scenario and tie Cai Cai to the IP of Misty.

"There are many such retirement projects, and many actors who are tied to IPs seem to look good, but the most obvious thing is that they lose a lot of job opportunities. But you still have the big IP of Empire created by Jarvis, Blackline, and Kunlun directed by Fang. These three IPs may also want to be tied to you."

The Immortal Lord looked at Cai Cai and said, "To put it bluntly, you are a potential stock now, and the price is cheap. Now that we have signed a contract to bind you, it will be convenient for us to kick you out or suppress you in the future. The point is that your explosiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and it is a good deal that is sure to make money. In other words, Jarvis and Black Line have already done this. Empire signed you for twelve seasons, and Black Line signed you for ten movies. This is indirectly binding you to the IP. Director Fang did not maintain the IP, but his Xianxia Universe obviously wants to continue using you."

Cai Cai nodded and understood.

"What do you think?"

When Xianjun heard Cai Cai asking for his opinion, he saw that she didn't look troubled, so he said directly, "My opinion is to sign with Misty. Because if you only have one IP tied to Misty, the problem will be very serious, but the current situation is that you don't only have Misty, but you have other projects that are more mature and valuable than Misty, an IP that has not been nurtured. There is no need to tell you how strong the Black Line IP is. Even a child knows it. So I think the problem can be almost ignored. If there are other problems at that time, we will be ready to deal with them."

To put it bluntly, capital can breach the contract, and so can Cai Cai. If anyone can't come up with the penalty, he and the Cai family can just pool their money together and pull Cai Cai out of any capital's calculations! !

This is the most fundamental reason why Cai Cai is brainless and doesn't think. The lawyers of the Tang family and the Zhang family are not vegetarians. When it comes to going to court to pay compensation, who knows who will cry. It is absolutely impossible to plot against Cai Cai.

The Immortal King did not say these things because there are some things that Cai Cai does not need to know.

Cai Cai was indeed too lazy to use her brain, but she was not brainless! ! It was just because someone else had used their brain for her. Since the Immortal Lord said that it was okay to sign, Cai Cai let Mei Zhang handle it.

Only when Cai Cai went in to play with Lu Keke did Mei Zhang's expression change.

"Juxiang has lost all his dignity after seeing Cai Cai's growing potential!" Mei Zhang spat, "He even wants Cai Cai to sign the contract as Cai Guinian. It's simply a daydream and wishful thinking!"

Who knows whether they are plotting against Cai Cai or Cai Guinian, or even the Cai family behind them! !

"They want to use Cai Cai to get the Tang family into the industry. Cai Cai has made it clear that her family will not get involved in the entertainment industry, but there are always people who won't give up. Since the domestic route doesn't work, they want to go abroad, thinking that the regulations abroad are loose, and the Tang family will be tempted. Bah!! What a bunch of bastards!! If the Tang family can be persuaded, they are no longer Nannan's family!!"

Mei Zhang became angrier and angrier as he spoke.

The Immortal Lord was also angry, but these were all traps he had fallen into before, so it was nothing. As long as the Tang family could stay stable and Cai Cai didn't go crazy, then it wouldn't be a problem.

By the way, when Cai Cai was so popular, the Tang family was not shaken at all in the face of the wealth that was almost within their reach in the entertainment industry. No one was shaken. After many actors in the circle became popular, they either became capital or their families became capital. No one could make easy profits without taking any action. But the Tang family was really isolated from the entertainment industry. The family of the little devil star who loved to date female stars changed. The Tang family really did not take any action and was not tempted at all.

The Immortal Lord understood that this was not because the Tang family could bear it, but because when faced with a choice between huge wealth and the Little Devil Star, they chose the Little Devil Star without hesitation.

Since the little devil didn't let them get involved, they really listened to him.

  Zhang Xianjun often thought that the Little Demon Star was really a treasure to the Tang family.

After asking Mei Zhang to take care of it, the Immortal Lord turned around and went in to look for Cai Cai.

  Mei Zhang actually wanted to say thank you to the Immortal Lord, but he felt that it was not appropriate to say thank you at this time.

It was like rubbing salt into the wounds of the Immortal Lord.

Outsiders call Mei Zhang "Boss Mei" in a teasing way, but everyone in the industry knows that Mei Zhang is indeed worthy of the title of Boss Mei. Because all of Cai Cai's contracts were signed by him. Cai Cai has fully authorized Mei Zhang to handle all of her performance activities and income, etc., and everything related to her as Cai Cai in the entertainment industry.

This is an extremely rare thing in this circle, or even in the world.

Because even other wealthy artists only authorize their agents to sign contracts, but they still handle their remuneration and other matters by themselves. They cannot give everything to the same person, as the risk is too high. The risk is even higher than when wealthy artists sign contracts themselves.

The reason for this special authorization is that there was an artist from a wealthy family who was cheated when signing a contract and his family property was also calculated. Xianjun suffered losses in the early days, but fortunately the loss was not too serious, so he later got a special authorization. Therefore, artists from wealthy families generally get this special authorization to prevent being calculated. (Made up) But this special authorization also has certain risks. If they are not really rich, artists will not get it. Because it is equivalent to handing over their entire acting life. If the family is only slightly more wealthy than being an artist, they will not authorize it.

  After all, being an artist, becoming a star, really makes a lot of money. It even far exceeds the original wealthy family of the artist. Therefore, there are really not many artists who do this kind of special authorization. Not to mention that it seems like Cai Cai has authorized everything to Mei Zhang. People in the know say behind her back that Cai Cai is a fool, saying that Mei Zhang has means to deceive Cai Cai, and whether Mei Zhang is Cai Cai's spiritual father.

The Immortal looked at the smiling Cai Cai and thought about the comments in the circle. He couldn't tell for a moment whether Cai Cai was stupid or Mei Zhang was stupid. Or, for Mei Zhang, Cai Cai was also his treasure.

"Look at this, it's so ugly, just like garlic!" Cai Cai pointed at a photo, laughed unscrupulously, and showed it to the Immortal King.

  "." Where are your morals? Treasure? Almost a little bastard! !

The Immortal Lord took a look and thought, oh, it is AI drawing. Indeed, why should a good person be like a head of garlic?

"Is this because you are scratching your face with garlic?" The Immortal King didn't know how to do it, but he could understand it.

Cai Cai nodded, "Director Lu said that this is the first draft of the character design, and that they will make a human skin mask for the actor to wear. But I think we can just find a special actor." The human skin mask is a silicone head cover. Even though technology has developed now, both physical props and virtual designs are very realistic, but real human expressions cannot be replaced by any tools. Otherwise, there are so many AI celebrities now, but they can't replace the positions of actors at all.