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Chapter 246 I Like You

"I'm sorry, we'll work together next time."

"We have just set up a studio, and there are a lot of things that need to be done. I'm sorry."

"If there is an opportunity, we must cooperate."

After hanging up the phone, even though there was only a verbal agreement with the producer of "Scorching Sun", Huang Baiyou himself called to apologize. After all, the contract was signed in the name of the actor himself.

Life is always full of choices. Huang Baiyou was filled with emotions at this moment. He didn't regret the spring and autumn, he just wanted to have them all.

But the crew of "Scorching Sun" can't afford to wait, and filming will start in August.

Let me tell you something that you may not know. In response to tax evasion and tax avoidance in the entertainment industry, the state has taken action through industry associations and issued the "Model Text of Actor Employment Contracts (Trial)".

The text is very long, so here are the two most important excerpts.

First, actors' remuneration must be signed in writing by the actor himself. It cannot be paid in cash or in a series of anonymous methods such as equity, real estate, antiques, etc. The operating income of the studio and company must be strictly listed, and cannot be paid with the actor. Personal income is mixed together.

Second, the remuneration of all actors cannot exceed 40.00% of the total production cost, and the remuneration of the main actors cannot exceed 70.00% of the total remuneration. That is to say, the total of supporting actors, extras, and stunt doubles must exceed 30.00%.

This is why Huang Baiyou obviously already has a Daydream Studio, but he still signed the contract in his own name.

The shooting of "Warriors" will probably be completed in mid-July, and "White Night" will start filming at the end of July. During the free time in between, "it's normal to be busy when a star is on the rise." Huang Baiyou thought this way.

If others heard this, they would definitely be confused, because Huang has been on the rise for four or five years, and now he is one of the top actors in the country. There is still room for improvement, which is really scary.

At home, someone is rejoicing.

"It's great to be working with Huang Baiyou again." Zhou Xiaochun smiled.

It's not that he doesn't have acting skills, in fact Zhou Xiaochun doesn't value acting that much.

The reason why Zhou Xiaochun is happy is that if... just if, if "White Night" fails, then the first reaction of the audience and the industry will be "the drama starring Huang Baiyou failed", not "the work directed by Zhou Xiaochun failed".

"It's great that there's a tall person holding up the sky when it falls. I'll just take pictures." Zhou Xiaochun laughed and started to go to the Daydream Studio for a meeting with a much lighter pace.

The daydream studio held a meeting today to discuss the filming business. Huang Baiyou was not in the country, so the specific content of the meeting will not be disclosed.

Then let’s talk about the filming of the Vancouver crew.

On the minibus, the crew rented several buses to pull people. Wu Xiaoxiao was the lead actor's life assistant, so she sat on the lead actor's shift.

"Brother Huang, I discovered something, I don't know whether I should tell you or not." Wu Xiao said with a smile.

"You tell me first, and I will judge whether you should say it or not."

Wu Xiaoxiao organized her words, "I feel like Chang Shudi likes Brother Huang."

"?" Huang Baiyou looked at Wu Xiaoxiao in confusion.

"In addition to my female intuition, when you were filming, Brother Huang, she was watching from the side when she was not in the scene. The look she looked at Brother Huang was simply full of love." Wu Xiaoxiao said.

"Wan Qianxu is watching my acting. Xiaoxiao, are you thinking too much?" Huang Baiyou said.

Huang Baiyou is not bragging. It is normal for his current performance to be watched.

The Wan Qianxu he talks about is Li Weilan, who plays the female inspector. Even though her hair is cut very short in the film and she is cleaner than the men, in reality she is a soft girl and her voice is a bit clipped.

Fortunately, I don't pinch it when I'm acting. "Completely different, and it's obvious from the looks in these two people's eyes that Wan Qianxu expresses admiration and Chang Shudi expresses affection."

"After listening, I think you shouldn't say this to me." Huang Baiyou said without changing his expression.

"Oh——" Wu Xiaoxiao drawled.

She has been working as a life assistant for two or three years, and she feels that Brother Huang is not from this world, and there is always a layer of barrier between him and him.

Then things got better after the Jiang Suining incident, and things got better in terms of friendship, but when it came to love, that feeling reappeared.

"Could it be family reasons?" Wu Xiaoxiao thought. She vaguely knew that Brother Huang grew up in a single-parent family.

Huang Baiyou didn't know at all that the life assistant was so concerned about his emotions. He was currently thinking about his role analysis.

Everyone in the carriage had their own gossip, including Ye Jianxuan and his nephew Zhao Dapeng.

"Xiao Peng, I've been thinking about it for a long time these days, and I still feel that you should not look to the same level as Teacher Huang." Ye Jianxuan said, "Teacher Huang's knowledge is very complex."

Zhao Dapeng knew what his uncle was talking about. Even though Teacher Huang was young, he was really knowledgeable.

Not only the knowledge about counterfeit money, but also the understanding of painting knowledge from yesterday’s scene with Chang Shudi.

"You should learn from me. I will lower my demands on you in the future." Ye Jianxuan sighed. He was worried that his nephew and Huang Bai would become more and more crooked during their study tour.

"...Okay uncle." Zhao Dapeng agreed.

To say that today's shooting location was Lions Bay, it was the scene between Huang Baiyou and Ye Jianxuan.

From the plot point of view, this is definitely not the first time they have met, but the bar scenes have to be filmed back in Hong Kong. After all, renting overseas is extremely expensive.

If indoor scenes can be filmed in China, move them to China. Otherwise, Producer Lu will bite people and save as much as possible.

The sun is shining, and bad things happen on sunny mornings.

Something unexpected happened midway——

"We signed the contract, but Lion Bay County Hall suddenly went back on its word and refused to allow us to shoot."

Lions Bay was originally a village in the northwest corner of Vancouver, no different from Horseshoe Bay and Boulder Bay. However, due to the discovery of Brunswick Beach, it gradually became a summer resort.

The reason why I chose this place as the filming location is that I can incorporate Christo Falls into the shot and use the sound of waterfalls and running water to express the emotions of the characters.

"What does rejection mean?" Producer Lu was surprised.

"It's not that our rental was temporarily canceled because of any events, but that it was strictly not rented to our crew." said the external producer.

"What about the spirit of the contract?" Producer Lu asked the external producer in a low voice, "Now that the whole crew is on the bus, you suddenly tell me that there is a problem with the venue? Isn't the Shiziwan County Hall afraid of paying liquidated damages?"

"I did some research, and it seems that the residents of Lion Bay petitioned to object, so the county government would rather pay liquidated damages." The external liaison producer smiled bitterly. He had said all the good things on the phone just now, but it was completely useless.

"The suddenness of the incident means that this matter... was really sudden." Producer Lu said sternly, "We must sue them and ask the Shiziwan County Hall to compensate us for the lost wages."

It was just an angry statement, suing an official agency on someone else's territory... That's like Trisolarans being blind - there is no logic!

Filmmaker Lu, calm down, what should we do now?Tell the director about this first, and then arrange the details later.

(End of this chapter)