Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 395 Crazy Film Approval

The two went to Suzhou to visit their pregnant sister-in-law on Wednesday and stayed overnight. After returning to Beijing on Thursday, they both devoted themselves to the rehearsal of the new play at the theater.

There were not many major events in the industry in May, but as soon as June entered, the smoke of the summer holiday began to spread.

Movies that will be released in the summer have chosen to be promoted at the Shanghai Film Festival in early October.

Neither Zhang nor Liu had any films to be released in the summer, so they declined the invitations.

Liu Yifei doesn’t want to be scolded for being on the red carpet again.

That afternoon, Liu Yifei got up from her nap, packed up and went to the theater to prepare for the evening performance.

"So diligent?" Zhang Yuanjun was jogging in the gym downstairs when he saw her about to drive out.

"You, a first-class actor, don't know the suffering of our little actors. Theater darling, you can go if you want to, but if you don't want to, don't go. As for us, no one cares or loves us." Liu Yifei stepped into the car with one foot. After entering, he exited, walked into the gym, picked up Zhang Yuanjun's cup and took a sip of water.

"Whoever doesn't want to go, I will also perform tomorrow."

"Oh," Liu Yifei said disdainfully, "I only performed these few scenes, so I have the nerve to talk about it."

In terms of the number of performances, Zhang Yuanjun is really not as many as Liu Yifei. In the past few years, she has not missed more than 10 performances of the "Blind City" tour. Since entering the theater, she has performed in nearly a hundred plays.

In the past, Guohua's requirements for watching dramas were not so strict. It was because of her that Guohua later issued regulations that audiences were not allowed to bring support items such as banners and light signs to the drama.

After mocking her boyfriend, Liu Yifei kissed him again and said, "I'm leaving."

"You drive your own car." Zhang Yuanjun saw her opening the door of his Volvo.

"It's not convenient to drive my car to the theater." Liu Yifei's car starts at a million dollars, so it is really not suitable to drive to the theater. "Your car is just right."

"Then you drive away, I'll drive something later."

"That Mercedes-Benz. It's been four years since I gave you this car. Have you run enough 4 kilometers?" Liu Yifei smiled.

"Are you coming back to eat tonight?"

"It's too late for me to come back. It's already 10 o'clock after the performance. It's estimated to be 11 o'clock when I finish."

"It's okay, I'll wait for you to eat."

After hearing this, Liu Yifei smiled and said, "You sound like a househusband."

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Then you have to make more money, otherwise don't blame me if you can't support your family."

"Let's go." Liu Yifei didn't tease him, reversed the car out of the warehouse, stepped on the accelerator and left.

After Liu Yifei left, Zhang Yuanjun practiced by himself for a while before ending today's fitness session.

Just as he was about to take advantage of today's good weather to write a few words by the pond in the backyard, and just as he moved the table out, he received a call from his assistant.

"Aren't you going back to your hometown to do something? Is it done?"

"Not yet. Let me tell you, many people may call you today and want to talk to you about the contract for "Never Ending"."

"What happened to 'Never End'?"

"You don't want to read online."

"No, I have been busy rehearsing these days and have no time to surf the Internet."

"A movie blogger announced the current global box office of "Never Ending". As of the day before yesterday, the global box office of "Never Ending" exceeded 1.5 million US dollars. There are still more than a dozen countries that are not included, so count less. A total box office of 1.7 million shouldn’t be a problem.”

The studio wants to take advantage of this popularity and want to push you again. After all, the Hollywood leading male actor has a global box office of over [-] million. Among Chinese movie stars, apart from Jackie Chan, you are the second one. Li Lianjie does not have this achievement. ""Then what?What do you want to talk to me about? "

“There must be companies in China that want to bring the idea of ​​“Never Ending” to the country.”

"Just bring it in, just follow the normal procedures. Why are you looking for me?" Zhang Yuanjun said. Zhang Yuanjun understood after he said this, "Are you afraid that Eddie will do business?"

"Never Ending" will definitely be approved as a film, and it is impossible to give such a small-budget production a quota of imported films.

When a film is approved, why do domestic companies have to go far to talk to Eddie? The boss of Z Studio is right here.

When talking to Zhang Yuanjun, you can still win favors and get close to each other, so what's the point of talking to an American.

"It's not necessary to trick me with just those few million, is it?" Zhang Yuanjun said with a bitter smile.

After "The Expendables" took home a box office of 330 million with a film approval price of 2.14 million yuan, the concept of film approval became completely popular, and the price also went up.

But no matter how much it goes up, according to Zhang Yuanjun's concept, "Never Ending" cannot sell at a particularly high price.

Moreover, the revenue from film batches has nothing to do with the producers. Even if "Never Ends" sells for [-] million in China, Zhang Yuanjun, as the boss of Z Studio, will not get a penny more than the buyout price. As an actor, he will not get a penny more. Domestic box office revenue.

Therefore, actors in approved films generally do not participate in publicity.

Last year, Li Lianlian did not promote "The Expendables" in China.

"How many millions?" Xiao Zhao said with a smile, "I just asked a few producers that "Never Ending" currently has a rough quotation in the industry, 2000 million to 3000 million."

"These people are crazy!" Zhang Yuanjun himself felt that this was too fake, "It's just a batch film, why do you want to pay such a high price?"

"You underestimated the current popularity of the market and your own appeal." Xiao Zhao explained, "Do you know how much you are paid now?"

"How much?" The studio has always been responsible for the remuneration. Zhang Yuanjun knew that he received 1800 million yuan for starring in commercial blockbusters such as "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". As a literary film, "Her" earned him 300 million yuan. As for now it has risen to At what price, he really didn't know the specifics.

"After "Inception" and "Inception," we reported 3400 million, which is already the highest among male artists. Last year, many people said they couldn't afford to hire us, but this year no less than 10 crew members are willing to pay this money. Now The market is too hot.

"Now you have won the Best Actor Award again. "Never End" has exceeded 5000 million US dollars worldwide. There is already a boss willing to spend [-] million to hire you."

Zhang Yuanjun was speechless. This industry has been so hot in the past two years that he, a practitioner, felt it was abnormal.

Of course, the remuneration mentioned here is all subject to discussion. No stupid actor would dare to play with fixed remuneration. Not every film by Lee is worth US$2000 million + 20% of the global box office dividend.

"Anyway, if someone wants to talk to you about "Never Ending", you are so ill-intentioned." Xiao Zhao told Zhang Yuanjun.

"Don't worry, I won't care about "Never Ending"."

Although Zhang Yuanjun is the boss of the production company, it is not in line with the rules to negotiate business with the boss beyond the company manager.

Everyone does this, so what do managers do for a living?
Zhang Yuanjun added: "I haven't had enough rest. I'm so annoyed when I see these bosses now that it's too late to hide. I won't meet them."

After the two of them finished talking, as soon as Zhang Yuanjun hung up the phone, a manager from China Film Import and Export Company called and said that he wanted to talk about "Never Ending".

Zhang Yuanjun declined, saying that there were several investors behind the film, and although he was the producer, it didn't matter if he spoke alone.

China Film Group is a bit greedy in this regard. It can't get enough of the imported films and competes with private companies to approve films.

But after China Film, many domestic film company bosses called, and Zhang Yuanjun was extremely annoyed.

I have studios at home and abroad with dedicated managers to help me handle my work. Why do these bosses still like to find me?

Fortunately, Zhang Yuanjun had several numbers, and he could only be contacted directly by those few. He explained the situation politely, and regardless of whether the other party believed it or not, he pushed them through.

(End of this chapter)