This actor doesn't look like a good guy

After walking around the company and listening to what Jiang Bai and the others said a lot, Liu Heping now appreciates Jiang Bai more and more, because he also empathizes with Jiang Bai's views on screenwriters.

In fact, he has been doing well until now. The more small screenwriters have no say in the crew. As Jiang Bai said, they are just workers with pens.

He has to change whatever others ask him to do.

Maybe by the end of the changes, the story has deviated from the original route.

In this way, they sat back in the conference room again, and Jiang Bai talked about the copyright of this book.

In fact, Liu Heping has always been thinking about it, because Hunan TV now takes a young route and mostly broadcasts idol dramas, and his relatively heavy and serious work may not be suitable for Hunan TV.

Moreover, he also has some understanding of Xiangtai. It all depends on the ratings. If the ratings are not good, it may not be broadcast as long as it is broadcast.

After all, people also want to make money. If a TV series is popular, it can be a real cash cow. In addition to the copyright of the TV series itself, the advertisements before the TV series starts, the advertisements between the two episodes, and the advertisements after watching can be sold. money.

The higher the ratings, the higher the price of advertising.

Although he likes his work very much, he can't guarantee how high the ratings this script will be on Hunan TV.

On the contrary, CCTV is different, because CCTV itself has a wider audience, and many families can only watch local TV stations and CCTV.

"Teacher Liu, after we have talked so much, I think you are a real person, so I thought of offering a sincere price, 100 million. What do you think?"

Liu Heping thought about it and realized that 100 million was actually enough. With 100 million now, he could buy a courtyard house in Yanjing, or even a big house in his hometown.

But he was still thinking about it at this time, because he didn't want to sell all the copyrights of his work at once, because that would be equivalent to him only having his name on this work, and then he and this work The work no longer has anything to do with it.

Jiang Bai started to offer 100 million just to test the price. Seeing that the other party did not nod immediately, Jiang Bai revealed the subsequent bargaining chip: "Teacher Liu, the 100 million I mentioned just now is just the price to buy the copyright. In addition, this work There will definitely be profits in the follow-up. In TV dramas, because we have to invest a lot and cooperate with CCTV, they will definitely have to share the money.

Even if we invest a lot in TV dramas, after all, for TV dramas, the platform is also very important, so they will definitely take away a lot when the time comes. Therefore, we cannot give you too many shares in TV dramas. , 10%, which is some of the subsequent advertising revenue obtained through this TV series or the copyright dividends resold to other TV stations. No matter how much they pay, I can give you 10% of the money we can get.

In addition, this story is also worth publishing as a physical book. In the physical book, we can give you 30% of the profit dividend. "

This means that if "Ming Dynasty 1566" can continue to sell the copyright, then Liu Heping will always be able to get money.

Liu Heping thought about it again and realized that this price was actually better. A dividend would be better than a one-time buyout.

But he was still thinking about it. Seeing this, Jiang Wen secretly looked at Jiang Bai, and then started lobbying.

In fact, the conditions given by Jiang Bai are already very good. The basic content will not undergo major changes. If there are any changes, they must be approved by Liu Heping, and Liu Heping can also serve as the chief producer.

After about 20 minutes of this, Liu Heping finally relaxed.

"Great, then Teacher Liu, should we have dinner with the leaders from CCTV tonight and talk about the work?"

"also."

So in the evening they went to have dinner with the leaders of CCTV. In fact, Liu Heping had cooperated with CCTV before, but he was a screenwriter at the time. But now that Jiang Bai's company wants to cooperate with CCTV, what about CCTV? They will also take Jiang Bai's company into consideration to a certain extent.

When he went back in the evening, Jiang Bai said that they would get the contract out tomorrow and give it to Liu Heping. Liu Heping could find some lawyer friends to see if there were any problems with the terms inside. If there were no problems, he could sign it directly.

When Liu Heping saw Jiang Bai being so cheerful, he naturally nodded in agreement.

The sale of the script copyright did not take long. Within two days, the copyright of the story "Ming Dynasty 1566" already belonged to Jiang Bai's company.

After that, Zhao Zhe and the leaders of CCTV discussed cooperation matters. After several meetings, several meals, and several meetings, the matter was finally settled.

CCTV gets 70% of all the revenue from the TV series broadcast on CCTV, and Jiang Bai's company gets 30%. The reason why the transfer is so high this time is because both Zhao Zhe and Jiang Bai want to keep the copyright of the TV series in the company. .

That's why so much was given away, and in subsequent investments, the company will provide 75% here, and the remaining 25% will be provided by CCTV.

After the filming of the TV series is completed, it will be broadcast on CCTV's prime time slot.

It can be seen that CCTV still likes this work very much.

After that, the TV series was ready to be approved. The approval process for the script was very fast. After all, CCTV interfered in the process, so the radio and television side reviewed it roughly and approved it directly without any problems.

After it passed, people from the company and CCTV were appointed to form a preparatory group.

Moreover, some departments in the crew were established very quickly. The person in charge of photography was a photography company run by a relative of a leader of CCTV. He had filmed many TV series before, and overall the level was quite good.

The person in charge of makeup was introduced by another leader. In short, there was no problem with his qualifications. After looking at their past cases and seeing some excellent film and television works, they agreed.

The rest of the props, makeup, etc. were all easy to find. I introduced some here and others, and in the end I just relied on my connections to get all the departments together.

But whether it is Jiang Bai or Liu Heping, they have no objection to companies introduced through relationships. As long as they can do a good job, there is nothing wrong with getting some kickbacks and some profit in the end.

After all, these are unspoken rules in the industry.

If there is no benefit, why would anyone arrange a prime time slot for you?

If there is no benefit, why would anyone want to cooperate with you in filming?

But they arranged people for these links, and they didn’t care much about the subsequent casting. After all, we have to make money together. Everyone has made money, and there will be opportunities for cooperation next time.

It will not work to exhaust the pond and fish.

The first person to decide on a film when it is about to start shooting is the director. They listed many people in the selection of the director, including Zhang Jizhong, because Zhang Jizhong has made magnificent historical films before.

But in the end they chose another director named Zhang Li. He became a director in the 80s, and later became the chief photographer of some works, and he also won awards for all of them.But these alone are not enough for them to choose. As a student who was admitted to Beijing Film Academy together with famous directors such as Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, and Hu Mei, in 2001 he directed a film about modern Chinese history. The drama "Toward a Republic", and two years later, he filmed an emotional war drama "Military Secrets", which showed his excellent directing ability.

When they found Zhang Li, he immediately agreed when he heard that there was another historical drama to be filmed.

Then they started to look for the leading actors. In some works, the leading actors need to be found through auditions, but in this work they planned to find suitable actors directly.

First they found Cheng Baoguo and wanted to hire him to play Hai Rui.

Because Cheng Baoguo himself has a very serious appearance, coupled with his outstanding personal business ability, he had already won the hearts of the people by playing the role of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty before this.

"Actually, before this, many crews wanted me to play the emperor, but it was boring to play the same role all the time." Cheng Baoguo said.

Jiang Bai, Liu Heping and Zhang Li, who were sitting opposite him, listened to this and nodded: "So this time we would like to invite you to play Hai Rui. With your acting skills, you will definitely be able to perform this role well."

But Cheng Baoguo had read the script before and shook his head after hearing what they said.

The few people looked at each other's attitude and felt a little unsure. If Cheng Baoguo was not willing to play Hai Rui, then they would have to find someone else.

But they didn't expect that Cheng Baoguo said after saying that: "Actually, I prefer the role of Emperor Jiajing. Although I am tired of playing the emperor before, Jiajing and Emperor Wu of Han are different, so I want to give it a try , I just don’t know if you have confirmed the candidate for Emperor Jiajing.”

"No no."

Several people quickly said: "Teacher Cheng, it would be great for you to play the role of Emperor Jiajing. How about we just confirm it and send the contract to you later?"

"Okay, hahaha, thanks to a few of you, I can be on CCTV again."

"No, no, it's Teacher Cheng. Your strength lies here."

After identifying Cheng Baoguo as Emperor Jiajing, they began to look for other people. Every role in this was very important. Finally, they found Wang Qingxiang to play Hu Zongxian, Ni Dahong to play Yansongguo, Guo Dongwen to play Zhang Juzheng, and Wang Jinsong to play Yang Jinshui. Yan Ni will play Concubine Li, the later Empress Dowager Xiaoding.

Actors are confirmed one after another, and the further back they go, the easier it is to find them, because they are looking for experienced actors. Such experienced actors usually only need to have an excellent script, a role that interests them, and other actors to work with. If all the actors can perform well, they can accept it.

The remuneration is also very low. The leading actor Cheng Baoguo's remuneration is only 20, and the rest is 15, [-], and [-]. The following supporting actors' remuneration is basically between [-] and [-].

It can be said that the combined salary of everyone in this TV series cannot keep up with Jiang Bai's salary for a movie now.

But everyone is happy with it.

"This is an old actor, worthy of admiration." Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh.

"Then you plan to play the role of Shen Yishi?"

"Yes, I want to play this role. Although the rank is very low, among all these roles, I feel that this role is more suitable for me."

"What about the salary? How much will I pay you? After all, your commercial value is relatively high now, how about I give you more?"

Jiang Bai smiled and shook his head: "No, I'm not so short of money now, and in terms of commercial value, even if I only get a thousand yuan for playing the role of Ming Dynasty, other people still have to follow the normal rules when looking for me to star in film and television works. Give me the price, don’t worry.”

"But one thousand is too low. Otherwise, I'll give you one hundred thousand. That's cool."

"One hundred thousand is high. I can get it for twenty thousand. You can't let me, a junior, get more money than the seniors, right? After all, we spend our own money."

"Okay, that's your decision." Zhao Zhe didn't say much.

But by now, most of the roles have been decided, only the role of Hai Rui has not yet been chosen.

Emperor Jiajing and Hai Rui in this script can actually be called the parallel protagonists.

Moreover, after reading it, the leaders at CCTV suggested changing the original name "Ming Dynasty 1566" to "Ming Dynasty 1566 Jiajing and Hai Rui".

Therefore, the choice on Hai Rui is also crucial.

But at first they listed many people who felt they were not suitable. Although some people recommended themselves, they never found a suitable candidate.

So we can only start preparing for the shooting first.

Among them, the costumes, props and scenes have to be done.

They decided to shoot the Ming Palace in Xiangshan Film and Television City, which has a complete palace and a variety of ancient buildings, including alleys, residences, palaces, yamen, etc.

But since they want to film, they must still do some repairs and construction inside.

You have to spend money for repairs. Since you have decided to film it, you have to invest it. Let’s not talk about how the actors are doing. Don’t let the audience look at the scene and think you don’t know. You don’t know. No, these furnishings and decorations were not like this at all during Jiajing.

If something that the audience can see is not done well, it will be a flaw.

Then Jiang Bai was responsible for the selection of costumes and various styling props. Anyway, he had nothing to do in the past few months. He might as well tinker with these things to gain a deeper understanding of history.

For this reason, Jiang Bai consulted many experts and professors who specialized in Ming history.

In terms of music, Jiang Bai is also well-rounded.

He hasn't written a theme song yet, so he plans to try it this time.

But just as they were getting ready for filming in full swing, Zhao Zhe informed Jiang Bai that in the next two months, they would attend many film festivals, both domestic and foreign. (End of chapter)