my movie years

Chapter 107 Film Project Launch Conference (for Subscription)
After staying in the capital for two or three days, Da Mimi went back to Hengdian to film.

For "The Prestige", the actors have been confirmed, and the producers Liu Hao and Chen Bowen immediately contacted the actors' agents to discuss the actors' contracts and remuneration.

First of all, the most expensive ones are naturally the two popular stars Huang Xiaoming and Deng Chao.

Huang Xiaoming's current film salary is 400 million RMB, but in fact, he did not get this price for his roles in "The Wind" and "Ip Man 2: Legend of Zong".

So after Zhang Hao's "Fatal Magic", Huang Xiaoming naturally called out a salary of 400 million yuan, and refused to accept a salary cut.

The salary level can reflect to a certain extent the celebrity's current status, as well as the achievements of the past few movies.

Huang Xiaoming's performance belongs to the relatively good category. After all, "The Wind" and "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grand Master" both performed well at the box office, which made Huang Xiaoming eligible to demand a high salary.

Zhang Hao is not a big director like Guoshi, the star lowers his salary for his plays.

Fortunately, the investment in "The Prestige and Prestige" was sufficient. When Zhang Hao had the idea of ​​finding a first-line male star to star in this movie, he made a sufficient budget.

Therefore, with a salary of 400 million yuan, Huang Xiaoming officially signed an actor contract and became the first actor signed by the crew.

Thinking back to last year, Huang Xiaoming's film salary was only 150 million, and now it has increased by so much.

In fact, not only he is getting a raise, but other stars are also getting a raise. Almost all first-tier celebrities and second-tier stars are getting a salary increase.

At present, the highest paid Chinese film, needless to say, is the big brother Cheng Long, with a salary of about [-] million.This may still be a friendly price, and the big brother is usually calculated in US dollars.

Uncle Ge has the highest salary in the mainland, with a salary of about 4000 million.

This phenomenon is caused by, firstly, due to the vigorous development of the film market, the box office is getting higher every year, so that investors have enough confidence to offer high remuneration to stars.

The second is that high remuneration requires high returns, so the money needs to be given to stars with box office appeal, which will naturally increase the remuneration of these stars.

Uncle Ge has three films that will be released at the end of the year, namely "Orphan of Zhao", "Let the Bullets Fly", and "If You Are the One 2".

Uncle Ge made a lot of money, so much so that Jiang Wen said: "There is no shortage of good movies in China, but Uncle Ge."

Hong Kong Island director Chen Jiashang also said: "The main reason is that there are too few Chinese film stars with box office appeal, there are only three or five, and everyone is rushing to use them, and the value will naturally be raised."

Chen Jiashang also gave an example: "Currently there is a big-name actor in the industry, and there are 17 projects in his hands at the same time. Everyone is vying for it. Do you think his salary is not high?"

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that slightly popular stars offer high salaries.

Maybe, Huang Xiaoming's 400 million yuan salary is actually taken advantage of by the crew of "Fatal Magic".If he waited until the end of the year, brother Xiao Ming's salary could be raised by another one million or so.

Next is Deng Chao. His salary is much cheaper. After all, he has focused on the field of TV dramas in recent years and has not appeared in many movies.

As the male lead's commercial masterpiece "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" will be released on September 29th, the results are not yet known.

Therefore, Deng Chao didn't ask for a high price, and only took 100 million yuan in salary.

There is a little gap between him and Huang Xiaoming in film remuneration, and Deng Chao also understands, so he has to seize this opportunity to appear in Zhang Hao's new film.

Others, the remuneration of Yu Feihong and Xu Qing's two sisters is not high, each received 20 yuan, and Li Xiaoran received 8 yuan.

Teacher Li Xuejian's salary is 25 yuan, and Zhao Liying, who got a small role, is only paid 5000 yuan.

It is a common phenomenon in the circle that actresses get paid less than male stars.

There is also a big gap between top female stars and top male stars' pay. Later, top female stars can claim a salary that is not weaker than that of male stars.

There is also a small but very important role in the film, that is the daughter of the magician Ajie.

Zhang Hao originally wanted to find the more familiar Mai Mai to play this role.

But Guan Shaozeng introduced his daughter to Zhang Hao through his relationship.

"Brother Zhang Hao, I'm Guan Xiaotong." Guan Xiaotong, who is only 13 years old now, has initially revealed the temperament of a future little beauty.

But the problem is that this is a bit worse than the child Zhang Hao requested, almost a girl.

"Guan Xiaotong?" Zhang Hao looked at the girl in front of him.

The 13-year-old is in the puberty period, and Guan Xiaotong's height has grown rapidly, and he has reached 1.6 meters.In my impression, Guan Xiaotong doesn't seem to be short.

Guan Xiaotong looked very polite: "Brother Zhang Hao, you can call me Tongtong, or Guan Guan."

Guan Shao who was on the side smiled and said: "Director Zhang Hao, even though my daughter is young, she has appeared in many film and television dramas, she is a child star."

"I have starred in "Smoke and Float" directed by Jiang Feng, "The Promise" directed by Chen Gezi, and I have also collaborated with Jay Chou in "Thorn Tomb." The little girl talked about her brilliant resume, with a slight smug expression on her face .

This is also normal. Anyone with such a brilliant resume will inevitably feel complacent.

"Born as a child star!" Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Let's try the play briefly first to see if it fits."

"OK……"

Under Zhang Hao's arrangement, Guan Xiaotong simply acted in a scene, and his performance was remarkable.

Although the role of Ajie's daughter is not too much, it is a key figure who promotes the development of the plot.

Guan Xiaotong is a little older, but it doesn't matter.

Moreover, this is the candidate that the investor put in. Given that Guan Xiaotong performed well, Zhang Hao has no reason to refuse and refute the investor's face.

Therefore, after Zhang Hao thought about it, he agreed with Guan Xiaotong to act in his own movie.

The father and daughter of Guan Xiaotong, who got the role, were naturally very grateful to Zhang Hao. Guan Shaozeng tried his best to invite Zhang Hao to his house as a guest, but Zhang Hao declined.

Subsequently, other actors for the film were also confirmed, including foreign actors to play Tesla and his assistants, as well as the employees of the American hotel.

The actors were officially confirmed, and "Fatal Magic" also officially held a project approval conference, announcing to the outside world that the film was officially approved.

Compared with "Manslaughter" when no one cared about it and "Genius Gunner" received little attention, this time "Fatal Magic" has attracted a lot of enthusiasm.

At the press conference, the media reporters who came to see the star lineup on the movie poster felt that the cast was huge.

The cast of "Fatal Magic" is not as good as some luxurious crews. For example, "Let the Bullets Fly" assembled the three superstars Jiang Wen, Uncle Ge, and Fa Ge.

But the addition of Huang Xiaoming and Deng Chao, Yu Feihong and Xu Qing, the two immortal goddesses, Li Xiaoran, and Li Xuejian, an old drama player, still add a lot of color to the film.

At the press conference, the reporters focused more on the director Zhang Hao and the two leading actors Huang Xiaoming and Deng Chao.

"Brother Ming, what made you cooperate with a young director like Zhang Hao?"

Of course, it is for the high salary and the opportunity to improve the status.

But I can't answer that way to the reporter, so Huang Xiaoming smiled and said, "Of course I was impressed by director Zhang Hao's talent. When I heard that Zhang Hao asked me to make a film, I took the film without too much hesitation."

When asked about Deng Chao, Deng Chao said: "I was attracted by the story of "The Prestige", I never thought that a magic story could be so thrilling that I couldn't wait to join this fantastic journey. "

The reporter asked: "Can you tell us about what kind of story this is?"

Deng Chao directly threw the ball to Zhang Hao: "I'm sorry, I only got the script, so you have to ask director Zhang Hao."

The reporters looked at Zhang Hao again, and Zhang Hao replied calmly: "Actually, I have been interested in magic since I was a child. When I saw Mr. Liu Qian's magic performance in the Spring Festival Gala, I had the original idea of ​​the story. It took several years to perfect the script."

The Spring Festival Gala in recent years has also been a very hot moment for Liu Qian's magic performance, and it has also created a nationwide magic wave.

Even the sentence: Next, is the moment to witness a miracle, has also become a buzzword on the Internet.

So what Zhang Hao said was correct, and the reporter did not doubt that there was a problem.

When the reporter asked for more details, Zhang Hao refused, citing the uniqueness of this film and the need to maintain a sense of mystery.

(End of this chapter)