Actor: My Entertainment Era

Liu Yifei found it incredible that a popular producer like Chen Zhixi could be so easy to talk to.

"I had prepared a lot of words before I finished speaking, and she agreed to cooperate with me." Liu Yifei said when Zhang Yuanjun came home from the performance that night and the two of them had dinner.

"You didn't listen to what she said. She is your fan. She likes you and wants to cooperate with you." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"I don't have such a big face. After all, there are millions of real money, but my name is not that valuable." Liu Yifei said.

"Everyone has agreed to cooperate, so don't belittle yourself here. Who would think that your money comes too easily?" Zhang Yuanjun said, "Talk to her carefully later, and work hard for what you deserve. Don't be beaten by her with 10 billion." The filmmaker’s name scares me.”

"I know, I found the screenwriter, I found the director, she can't do anything to me." How can a stubborn and unyielding person like Liu Yifei let others take away her rights, even if the other party is a producer worth 10 billion.

There were 1 movies squeezed in January, especially after the middle of the year, when schools went on holiday one after another and animated movies were released in large numbers.

However, in the mainstream market, there are only two films worthy of attention, "007: Quantum of Solace" and "Cloud Atlas".

But neither Zhang Yuanjun nor Liu Yifei had time to go to the movies.

On the 20th, Zhang Yuanjun completed the last performance of the theater's opening performance of "Camel Xiangzi", and all the work for the year was completed.

Wang Shuping also sent the first draft of the complete script of "Miss Bai" to Liu Yifei's mailbox at around 11 o'clock that night.

Liu Yifei typed it out overnight and looked through it.

But the next night, Zhang Yuanjun told Liu Yifei: "I don't like these two characters of yours."

"Why, isn't this good? I hate the couple so much that I feel itchy." Liu Yifei said.

"That's the problem. The villain couple are very similar to each other, and they are simply bad. Moreover, the emotions that these two people convey to the audience are too direct and too strong." Wang Shuping made two male and two female characters in this draft of the script. The villain is too simple, which Zhang Yuanjun doesn't like. "Let's be honest, if you want to win awards for acting in literary films, you can prove your acting skills..."

"Who wants to win the award?" Liu Yifei denied.

"You touch your conscience, forget it, let me touch it." Zhang Yuanjun really took advantage of it. Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and smiled without slapping his hand away. "You don't want to win an award for making this film?" After saying this, she squeezed it. .

"Okay, I actually thought about it secretly." Liu Yifei smiled and then slapped her husband's hands away.

"That's right, the judges are not blind. If the villain is so thin, it will definitely affect the character creation of your protagonist. I believe that if you give such a role to Sun Li, Sun Li won't like it even if she doesn't say it. You have to There should be a reason for this person to be bad, and the character should be fleshed out.”

Liu Yifei thought about it and realized that what Zhang Yuanjun said did make sense: "Okay, I'll discuss it with Teacher Shuping."

"He must be aware of this problem, but he only handed it over to you because he wanted to publish a draft before the year so that you can explain it to investors."

"Then how do you want to change it?" Liu Yifei asked.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled: "You don't give me screenwriting fees, so why should I help you change it?"

"Why are you so stingy?" Liu Yifei said.

"This is against the rules. Even if you are the producer and the lead actor, you cannot adapt the script of the drama like this. You should discuss it with Teacher Shuping first and come up with an opinion, and you can change it first. This is the first draft. It won’t sound good if you leave the screenwriter aside and say it yourself.” Zhang Yuanjun said.

Liu Yifei previously made commercial romance films such as "Space Traveler". It doesn't matter if the characters are thin, but thin characters are fatal in literary and artistic movies, especially realism-themed movies.

Liu Yifei has never encountered this kind of situation, so she will inevitably not be able to deal with it. Zhang Yuanjun reminded her: "Chen Zhixi will most likely ask a producer to come to the crew to supervise the work, so be mentally prepared."

Liu Yifei didn't take it to heart: "This is her right, let's see who will be the producer."       "In fact, it would be good to have a producer who knows how to create come to the crew to watch. The subject of domestic violence and child abuse is relatively sensitive, and there is a producer to check it, so it can be less Take a lot of detours.”

After the script of "Miss Bai" came out, Liu Yifei became even busier at work.

On the other hand, Wanda is also actively promoting the cooperation of "The Hypnotist", and Zhang Yuanjun is now focusing a lot of his energy on "The Hypnotist".

At the end of the month, when Wanda knew that Zhang Yuanjun's studio was about to go on holiday, she gave an opinion. Zhang Yuanjun's fixed salary is 3300 million. If you like, you can also choose another remuneration method: 1000 million + 17.22% of the film studio's box office share. .

According to the latter's share, a small-budget production by a new director like "The Hypnotist" needs to reach a box office of 4 million for Zhang Yuanjun's share of the film to be higher than the fixed salary.

There are risks, but there are also opportunities.

Can the husband-and-wife team of Zhang Yuanjun + Liu Yifei make a brain-burning suspense film that is rare in China take off?

Liu Yifei's team did not choose the sharing model, but received their own fixed salary of 1240 million yuan.

The reason is that the couple must have a backing up.

The team preferred to also receive a fixed salary, but when the report was submitted to Zhang Yuanjun, Boss Zhang chose to share the salary: "This is a good book, let's give it a try."

The reason is so willful.

Wanda was very happy. Not only did she pay less, but she even invited someone on board to share the risk.

After Zhang Yuanjun chose to share, Wanda's production budget also came out, which was less than 4000 million.

4000 million for 4 million, 10 times the profit. It’s not that Wanda doesn’t have confidence, it’s that few people would believe these figures. Naturally, Wanda Pictures is happy to play with Zhang Yuanjun like this.

The crew of "The Hypnotist" was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, Wanda was so awesome and invited Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei over.

But while director Chen Zhengdao was happy, he also had a faint worry in his heart. He had relatively rich directing experience, but was not well-known. He was very worried that he would not be able to control this famous couple on the set.

Although the two of them are well-known in the industry for their good tempers and willingness to work together, he is still worried that he will be ignored by big-name actors. What if their creative ideas conflict with his?

Chen Zhengdao has no doubt that Wanda will definitely stand by Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei. He knows very well what a big star, especially a big star who can sell box office, means to a crew. Once such a big star comes, there will be two more. .

Therefore, he decided to visit the two of them while he still had time to exchange creative ideas with each other, talk about the details of cooperation, and talk about their tone of voice.

The couple were surprised by Chen Zhengdao's invitation. They thought they would not be able to meet until at least the end of the year, but they did not expect the director to be in such a hurry.

The two happily went to the appointment. During the dinner, Chen Zhengdao kept asking them for their suggestions on the script and story, expounding his creative ideas, and showing them his storyboard manuscript.

The more the two of them watched, the more they felt something was wrong. The director's gesture was a little too humble.

When Liu Yifei was about to leave at the end, she said politely: "We have no objections. You are the director, and we will try our best to cooperate with you."

"Thank you two teachers. Let's see you again next year when we start school."

"Okay, thank you director."

The two sides broke up and went back. (End of chapter)