I Won a Prize of 100 Million at the Beginning, and I Became a Capital Boss

Chapter 297 Visiting Songzhou!

In late November, Zheng Wentong flew to Songzhou City, from Songzhou Airport to Ulan Butong Grassland, hehe went to the airport to pick up Zheng Wentong.

The weather in the north is still a bit cold, and the lowest temperature has reached below zero.Hehe, wearing a down jacket and a scarf, covering her tightly, Zheng Wentong almost didn't recognize her.

Zheng Wentong saw Hehe and asked her, "How is it going, is this month's filming going well?"

Hehe thought for a while, "It's okay, but one of the extras was injured and fell off the horse, and was later sent to Songzhou People's Hospital."

"How is it? Does it matter? Has someone from the crew dealt with it?" Zheng Wentong asked.

"Ms. Li went to the hospital to deal with it, and helped to pay the medical expenses in advance." Hehe replied.

"Ms. Li, is Li Ligong? Something happened to the crew, why didn't anyone tell me?" Zheng Wentong was a little dissatisfied.

"This extra performer just fell off his horse and broke his arm. He needs to be taken care of, and the crew has already paid for medical expenses, so Producer Li didn't tell you." Hehe explained.

Zheng Wentong said: "If a group performer is injured, it means that there is a safety hazard in the crew. If you don't pay attention to this issue, similar things may happen in the future. Can such an important matter be solved just by paying the medical expenses in advance? "

"When Xiaolu was anesthetized when she was a child, it affected her cervical spine. Later, when she was a model, she often wore out-of-season clothes and almost got arthritis from the cold. If Xiaolu was injured instead of a group performer this time, are you still planning to Continue to hide it from me?" Zheng Wentong asked back.

Hehe was taken aback, and quickly waved his hand to deny, "No, before Xiaolu filmed, the crew would make a plan in advance, and for some difficult fighting scenes, Xiaolu would use a stand-in actor, just to ensure Xiaolu's personal safety."

Zheng Wentong said to Hehe, "Don't think that I am making a fuss out of a molehill. If this kind of thing is not handled well, the injured extra performer will be dissatisfied and talk nonsense to the reporter, which will affect the reputation of the whole movie, and may even affect The box office of the movie, this is a small loss. After I see Li Ligong later, I will go to the hospital to visit this ensemble actor."

Hehe, I don’t think it’s necessary for Zheng Wentong to go to the hospital. Zheng Wentong has never been in contact with this ensemble performer. If Zheng Wentong, a well-known rich man in the country, shows up, the ensemble performer might open his mouth. , On the contrary, the crew fell into a passive position.

The job of group acting is more like a temporary worker with a daily salary, and will not sign a labor contract with the crew or the group leader. The crew of "Mulan" is willing to pay for medical expenses.The production team looks for the group leader, and the group leader looks for the group performer. There is such a food chain in the film and television industry.

Ulan Butong Grassland is more than 200 kilometers away from Songzhou City and less than [-] kilometers away from Yanjing City. It is also known as the back garden of Yanjing City. Every year, many Yanjing tourists travel to Ulan by car. Butong Grassland Scenic Area, the scenic area also has its own film and television base, and the supporting facilities are fairly complete.

On the return journey, Zhao Hailong was driving, and Zheng Wentong and Hehe were chatting. "Hehe, it should be the first time to come to the grassland, right?"

"Yes, Xiaolu and I were very excited when we first arrived at the grassland. It was like running around the grassland. The weather was good that day and it wasn't that cold. Now it's not good. The outdoor temperature is too cold. After filming every day, I just think about it. Go back to the hotel as soon as possible." Hehe said.

Zheng Wentong shared with Hehe his experience of visiting the HLBE prairie when he was in college. It was summer and he went there with his college roommates.As a result, there were so many mosquitoes on the grassland that they bit the ground with one hand, even if they prepared toilet water, mosquito coils and insecticides, it would not work, and the mosquitoes on the grassland were very poisonous.

Zhao Hailong also shared with Zheng Wentong his experience of field training in the army, and they were not allowed to apply toilet water, which was not convenient for camouflage.However, they will wear tighter clothes, covering wrists or ankles, to avoid mosquito bites.

Hehe, Songzhou is rather strange. It is already winter, and there are still mosquitoes in the hotel. You need some mosquito coils when you sleep at night.The three chatted and chatted, and finally arrived at the scenic spot before dark.

The white deer is shooting a horse chase scene. The photographer is holding the camera and riding on the horse, moving synchronously with the white deer, capturing the changes in the expression of the white deer in real time.Wearing silver armor and holding a long spear, the white deer rode forward with a particularly heroic appearance.

After Bai Xiaolu finished this group of shots, Bai Xiaolu returned to the rest shed, hehe hurriedly helped Bai Xiaolu put on a thick coat, and then handed him a hot water bottle.When Bai Xiaolu saw Zheng Wentong, he let go of the hot water bottle, and put his little hand into the pocket of Zheng Wentong's down jacket to keep warm. Zheng Wentong held Bai Xiaolu's little hand.

Hehe, he was not angry, "You two are already an old couple, so there is no need to spread dog food like this?"

Bai Xiaolu said, "It's rare for my husband to come here. This human hot water bottle is definitely better than an electric hot water bottle."

Zheng Wentong stroked Bai Xiaolu's little hand, and found that her hand had cracked wounds from frostbite, and felt distressed, "I don't know if your hands are cracked from frostbite, so I don't know if you tell me, I'll apply some chilblain ointment to you at night."

Bai Xiaolu acted coquettishly, "You don't even come to see me, what's the use of me telling you, it's almost healed, but you can't soak it in hot water all the time, because your hands will be very itchy."

Li An saw that today's shooting task was almost completed, so he made a favor and called it a day.Zheng Wentong remembered the injured extra, and called Li Ligong over to ask what happened.

Li Ligong explained the situation. At that time, he was planning to shoot a war scene and needed several group actors to fight on horseback.This extra performer is actually not very good at riding a horse. He happened to ride a relatively docile horse during the audition before, so he was fooled.

This time for a group scene, the horses assigned to him were more tempered, and he couldn't control one of them well, so he fell off the horse.Because ordinary group performances are 200 yuan a day, and group performances on horseback are 500 yuan a day, he actually wants to get more money.

Zheng Wentong said silently that some actors earn as much as 208 million a day, while an ordinary group performer earns only 200 yuan a day. The gap between rich and poor is particularly obvious in the film and television industry.

"I have a suggestion. In the future, as long as galloping horses participate in the production of film and television works, remember to provide short-term accident insurance for group performers to ensure their personal safety. I will communicate with the insurance company about specific insurance matters." Zheng Wentong Say.

When passengers take public transport planes, trains or buses, the ticket seller will provide short-term accident insurance to passengers. When passengers buy tickets for scenic spots, the scenic spot will also provide short-term accident insurance.

The short-term accident insurance provided by the producer to the group performers is similar, and they can provide personal accident insurance for the group performers on a daily basis, but Zheng Wentong wants to prevent the producer from passing this part of the cost on to the group performers.

After Li An heard Zheng Wentong's idea, he agreed with Zheng Wentong's approach.He also introduced the practices of Hollywood. There is a special actors' union in Hollywood. Whether it is a well-known actor or a group performer, they will all join this union.Hollywood's labor union system is also the key to Hollywood films' ability to dominate the global market.

The actor union mainly plays a role in two aspects, collective bargaining and basic agreement.Before the formation of the labor union system, the producers occupied an absolute dominant position. The contracts signed by the producers and actors, directors, screenwriters and other staff lasted for several years, and there were no restrictions on the working hours and work content. Calculate.

After the union is formed, the Hollywood union will sign a basic agreement with the producer on behalf of the union members, and the producer who employs the union member must sign a contract with the union member with the basic agreement.The core clauses of these basic agreements involve the minimum wage standard, the maximum working hour limit and social security for members of the employment union.

Zheng Wentong understood in seconds. He used to watch NBA games often. The NBA labor agreement is a negotiation between the players union and the team owner. If the players union’s requirements are not met, the players union will lead the NBA players to strike. The two sides negotiate to reach an agreement. After that, the NBA can continue.

Before buying Atletico Madrid, Zheng Wentong originally considered whether to buy an NBA team. After all, the NBA’s future broadcast contracts are getting bigger and bigger, and the market value of NBA teams is also rising. From an investment point of view, buying an NBA team Definitely a bargain.

"The domestic film market still has a long way to go if it wants to catch up with Hollywood. The actors' union system is not in line with the domestic conditions. After all, these group performances are too fluid. Many people just enter the industry based on their interests and have no intention of recruiting actors. As a lifelong career. Secondly, they are not willing to hand over part of their personal income to the actors' union in exchange for the union's protection of actors." Zheng Wentong explained.

Li An knew that Zheng Wentong was right. He was more interested in the sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth" produced by Galloping Pony. After filming "The Legend of Mulan", he was going back to Hollywood to shoot the sci-fi film "Gemini Man".

Ang Lee's previous sci-fi movie "Life of Pi" was well received. He still has a lot of experience in shooting sci-fi movies, and the communication between Zheng Wentong and him also benefited a lot.

After Bai Xiaolu and Zheng Wentong returned to the hotel together, Bai Xiaolu finally understood the meaning of Li An's voice, "Li An just talked about Liu Cixin's novel "The Three-Body Problem", and "The Wandering Earth" is currently directed by Guo Fan, so it is impossible to change it halfway." Director. Is Ang Lee directing "The Three-Body Problem" by himself?"

Zheng Wentong put his arms around Bai Xiaolu's waist, "I'm not stupid. If Ang Lee didn't want to direct "The Three-Body Problem", why would he tell me some precautions for shooting science fiction films? Ang Lee is an extremely smart person."

Bai Xiaolu was dissatisfied, "I'm not like you, I'm full of my heart, you smart people like to say half of what you say, and we need to guess the rest. Are you tired?"

There is heating in the hotel room, Zheng Wentong first carefully helped Bai Xiaolu apply chilblain ointment, after applying it, Zheng Wentong went to take a bath, after a long journey, he was also a little tired today.Bai Xiaolu asked him outside the bathroom, "Honey, you've been driving all day today, do you want me to rub your back for you?"

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