I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 270 New Movie

After attending Ali's Internet exchange conference and landing in Beijing, before Wan Qingshan returned home, Ren Yuxin called.

Penguin has decided on the topic to be created.

"Mr. Ren, are you sure you are right? Many people are paying attention to this topic?"

Wan Qingshan was surprised. He never expected that the topic Ren Yuxin talked about was - cheating!
"That's right, Mr. Wan, Penguin checked it using big data. Nowadays, many people like to read news about cheating."

"Okay, then I'll just follow the script and let the screenwriter write the derailed script.

However, Mr. Ren, could you please send me some cheating news with high clicks? With the news with high clicks as a reference, the screenwriter will be more accurate in writing the script. "

"No problem, Mr. Wan, I will send the news link to your WeChat soon."

"Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Ren, let's talk about the specific cooperation after the script comes out."

"Anything is fine, everything is fine, Director Wan, these things are decided by you, I just cooperate."

After hanging up the phone, Ren Yuxin immediately sent a dozen news links to Wan Qingshan's WeChat.

Early the next morning, after Wan Qingshan arrived at Qingshan Media Company, the first thing he did was to ask his secretary to call Tian Li.

"Mr. Tian, ​​I will send you some news links on WeChat later.

As for you, ask the writing team to write a script about cheating.

In those news, the points that attract the audience must be written into the script. "

Wan Qingshan's statement was a bit confusing, but after Tian Li was stunned for a second, she instantly understood what Wan Qingshan meant.

She had seen Internet + film and television mentioned by Wan Qingshan at the film and television production exchange meeting before.

Wan Qingshan's instructions were all about creating topics and writing scripts.

"Mr. Wan, I understand."

Tian Li hesitated and continued, "Director Wan, the writing team are all fresh graduates. I'm worried that they are inexperienced and the script they write may not be up to standard.

How about asking them to write the script while also finding an experienced screenwriter from outside to write the script?

Finally, if the script written by someone on the screenwriting team is qualified, then the script written by the screenwriting team will be used. If it is not qualified, there are also scripts written by outside screenwriters that can be used. This will not waste time. Director Wan, do you think this will work? "

"You can take care of this. In short, just hand over a qualified script after one month. I don't care what you do."

Wan Qingshan doesn't care about everything. These department managers earn high salaries. If they still ask him about the specific operations of everything, then it will be too easy for them to earn high salaries.

Wan Qingshan's attitude made Tian Li immediately understand Wan Qingshan's style of doing things.

She said quickly, "Yes, Director Wan, I will definitely hand over the script within a month."

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly, then forwarded the news links to Tian Li, and asked Tian Li to go out and get busy.

After the matter here is resolved, Wan Qingshan is ready to prepare "Fairness, Justice".

Just after notifying Li Yancheng and Yan Dong to come to Qingshan Media, Zeng Maojun called.

Zeng Maojun's first sentence made Wan Qingshan a little confused.

"Director Wan, are you planning to make the entire theater an enemy?"

Wan Qingshan's thoughts raced and he immediately understood what Zeng Maojun meant.

"Mr. Zeng, what you are saying is that I also have a theater chain of my own. If I am an enemy of the theater chain, isn't it that I am an enemy of myself?

Mr. Zeng, there is no other way for my new movie to go through the online movie channel. The script cannot pass the review, so I can only go through the online movie channel.

If you don’t believe it, you can ask Director Han. I asked Director Han for help when I got the script before, but Director Han couldn’t do anything, so I turned to the online movie channel. "

After waiting for a while, Zeng Maojun's apologetic voice came.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Director Wan, I was too hasty and made a joke without understanding it clearly. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, I also have a theater network, and I understand how you feel, Mr. Zeng."

"Director Wan, thank you for your understanding.

However, Director Wan, it's best for you to let the public know about this to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

You took the lead in going beyond theaters to make online movies, and now there are voices in the industry saying that you want theaters to be eliminated! "

"I was negligent, Mr. Zeng, thank you for reminding me."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yancheng and Yan Dong came not long after.

Wan Qingshan asked Yan Dong to fly people to Malaysia to find filming locations, and then asked Li Yancheng to send out interview invitations. At the same time, he announced that his new movie was an online movie, just because of script review issues.

A few days later, when the outside world was still discussing the video of Ma Yun and Wan Qingshan's quarrel, an interview was held at a hotel near Qingshan Media Company.

Directors don't like online movies, and actors generally don't like them either.

But that's a normal online movie. Actors still flock to Wanqingshan's online movies.

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"Director Wan, I'm here to interview for the role of Cheng Feng!"

"Deng Chao, a thief who was wrongly convicted. In court, the judge announced the verdict. He will be in prison for ten years. You act out the thief's expression when he hears the verdict!"

Deng Chao was stunned. He came to interview Cheng Feng. He was the male lead and his role was a policeman.

But Wan Qingshan revealed the content of the interview, a thief?This is Liu Zhe, the second male lead!

Although I am confused, when I think of Wan Qingshan's movie, the second male lead should be the second male lead, as long as it is not a minor supporting role.

"Okay, Director Wan, let me adjust it!"

"I'll give you 1 minute!"

Deng Chao interviewed for the male lead, but Wan Qingshan asked Deng Chao to interview for the second male lead, not because Wan Qingshan disliked Deng Chao, but because Deng Chao's temperament and body shape were not suitable for the male lead.

In Wan Qingshan's mind, the character Cheng Feng is strong, somewhat righteous, and makes people feel safe at first glance. Deng Chao's body shape and temperament are too different.

The body shape and temperament were not suitable. No matter how well Deng Chao performed the role of Cheng Feng, Wan Qingshan was not prepared to use Deng Chao, so he thought of letting Deng Chao interview Liu Zhe.

Deng Chao suppressed his surprise and immediately closed his eyes to adjust his condition.

Soon, Deng Chao opened his eyes and said, "Director Wan, I'm fine!"

"Let's get started!" Wan Qingshan folded his arms, leaned back in his chair, and looked closely at Deng Chao.

Deng Chao took a deep breath, lowered his eyes, and then opened them again in an instant.

At this time, Deng Chao's eyes were filled with despair.

Then, Deng Chao showed a miserable smile on his face.

As soon as this smile appeared, Wan Qingshan spoke.

"Wait a minute, Deng Chao, you should know that the person I asked you to interview is Liu Zhe.

For the role of Liu Zhe, I don’t know if you saw the background of the character written on the interview paper.

Let me tell you again, his family has a frail mother and a seriously ill father. He stole things because he needed money for his father's medical treatment.

Do you think your performance just now was appropriate? "

Wan Qingshan's words suddenly solidified Deng Chao's expression.

"Sorry, Director Wan, I only watched the role of Cheng Feng before and didn't pay attention to Liu Zhe. Can you give me another chance?"

"Okay, I'll give you 2 minutes to adjust."

"Director Wan, thank you, thank you!"

Deng Chao closed his eyes for a while to adjust, then opened his eyes and said, "Director Wan, I'm fine."

"Then let's get started."

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Deng Chao's face was full of anger. After the angry expression lasted for a few seconds, Deng Chao suddenly laughed, his eyes full of determination.

"Okay, Liu Zhe, the second male lead, do you want to act?"

Come for the interview now!

This confirms the role!
Deng Chao was stunned in disbelief, and then he quickly said, "Play, play!"

"Then you go back first, someone will contact your studio later."

"Yes, thank you, Director Wan!"

Deng Chao couldn't hide his excitement and joy. They were all displayed on his face. After he walked out, Li Yancheng beside him couldn't help but whispered,

"Director Wan, the second male lead, has it been decided? Don't look at the people behind you."

"No need, he has already performed the effect I wanted.

This movie is mainly about the plot, as long as the actors are suitable, don't waste time. "

"Fair, Just" is centered on plot changes, and the characters serve the plot, so there is no need to dig into the characters.

This movie can't delve too deeply into the characters. Once it digs too deep, the plot and characters will all compete for the center point, and the movie will appear to be confused.

So this time, Wan Qingshan's requirements for actors are not too high, as long as the performance feels the way he wants.

As for the actors who can perform the effect he wants, Wan Qingshan can only say that it is bad luck, others are ahead of you.

"Then I will inform the actors who are interviewing Liu Zhe later that the role of Liu Zhe has been confirmed."

"Well, you go ahead." Once the role of Liu Zhe was decided, the interview became a little easier.

An hour later, the role of Cheng Feng was also confirmed, and Hu Jun would play the role.

The first and second male leads have been cast, but Wan Qingshan still has to go through interviews. Although this drama is not a group drama, the tough-style inspector Luo Yi and the outdated director Yu Guangliang are all very enthusiastic. Importantly, Wan Qingshan still had to check it personally.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the interview ends!
Only the role of tough-style inspector Luo Yi has been confirmed, and Zhu Yawen will play the role.

For the role of the has-been director Yu Guangliang, Wan Qingshan didn't like any of the actors he auditioned for.

So after the interview, Wan Qingshan thought for a while, called Wang Yanhui, his co-star in "Selection", and invited him to star in Yu Guangliang.

Wang Yanhui's acting skills as Yu Guangliang's are definitely masterful.

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"Selection" is Wan Qingshan's first film. Winning the Berlin Best Actor made him instantly famous, and also made Wang Yanhui's reputation in the industry greatly increase.

But unfortunately, whether it was ten years ago or now, investors prefer to use actors who are famous among the audience.

Therefore, Wang Yanhui could only work in literary and artistic films. Unfortunately, after several years of wandering, he did not come up with any tricks.

A few years ago in the lobby of China Film and Television, after Tang Jianshe announced the new look, the review process changed, investment trends changed, and there were fewer literary and artistic films.

Wang Yanhui can no longer hang around in literary films, so he can only fool around, playing small supporting roles in this crew, running around in other crews, and when he can't run anymore, he will act in dramas again.

After receiving the invitation from Wan Qingshan, Wang Yanhui was stunned for a moment and quickly said to his mobile phone,

"No problem, no problem. Director Wan, if you ask me to act, of course I have time."

"Brother Wang, I will ask the crew to pick you up later."

"Okay, okay, just call me on this phone."

"Okay, Brother Wang, I won't disturb you for now."

"Okay, okay, goodbye, Director Wan."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yanhui was silly and happy for a few seconds, and then shouted to the boss who was doing the accounting at the restaurant's cashier counter, "Old man Yang, get me an elbow and a bottle of Laobaigan!"

"Hey, you've got a big job, and you can even drink wine with your elbow."

"Hey, it's a big job. I guess I can get a salary increase after this performance."

Nowadays, stars' salaries are very high. Deng Chao's salary and the market price of a movie are between 500 million and 700 million.

But those are well-known stars, like Wang Yanhui. In the past, when making literary films, it took only [-] to [-] yuan in two or three months.

Now, if you play a small supporting role in a TV series or something, after a few months, it will still be [-] to [-] yuan.

It is said that the salary of actors has soared, and by then they are famous and big-name stars.

The remuneration for extras can only follow the rate of rising prices.

For people like Wang Yanhui, let alone a salary increase, it would be good if they could keep their salary from falling.

Nowadays, in a film and television project, the big-name stars take so much salary, but the investment is only so much, and the extra actors cannot be paid less. If they are paid, no one will do it, so the salary of the supporting actors can only be reduced.

There are so many people graduating from the acting departments of several major drama academies every year. If you don't act, someone will naturally do it.

If there are no professional actors to act, you can also find special extras from the extras to play supporting roles. Anyway, if you don't act, there will be others who can.

Some people are rushing to get on and want to increase their pay!It would be good if the salary is not reduced.

But even if the salary is not reduced, it is still a high salary compared to normal workers. With Wang Yanhui's salary, it should be decent.

But last year, his family moved to Beijing and bought a house. The mortgage loan was under heavy pressure, and he had to save money on food.

"That's okay. I'm really celebrating. Do you want to eat this side? If you don't want to eat it, leave it. The table is small so it won't take up space."

"Eat, eat, the salary hasn't been increased yet, so we can't waste it." After Wang Yanhui finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat the noodles.

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The main roles have been decided, and Wan Qingshan has left all the supporting roles to Li Yancheng.

Early the next morning, Wan Qingshan flew to Los Angeles, and the profits from "Ati" came down!
The Oscar for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay will have a stimulating effect on the box office of "Ati", otherwise Colombia would not extend the release time of "Ati" in North America.

But those who will go to see it have almost seen it long ago, and those who have not seen it will not go no matter how exciting it is.

The box office of "Ati" stimulated for a few days, but then declined rapidly. Colombia had no choice but to release "Ati".

The global box office is 14 billion US dollars. From the box office income, plus the director and screenwriter's dividends, Wan Qingshan can get a total of 3 million US dollars.

Like "Fire", Wan Qingshan plans to sell all the peripheral profits from "Ati".

This time, Wan Qingshan did not talk much with Columbia about the peripheral income of "Arti". Colombia offered 5000 million US dollars, and when they talked about 8000 million US dollars, Wan Qingshan agreed. He has no energy to worry about things here now. , I have a lot of things to do at home.

And the price is already at this price, and if we talk about it, it won’t go up much.

There are too few peripherals for "Ati". "Fire Flame" can also sell some models of vicious beasts from the Book of Mountains and Seas, but "Ati" only has character models.

8000 million. This is because "Ati" has a high global box office. It is an Oscar-winning movie, video tape, and TV on demand. It may be good, otherwise it will not even sell [-] million.

After waiting in Los Angeles for a few days, after Colombia transferred the money, Wan Qingshan gave Jiang Zhiqiang's share to him, and then found a lawyer to handle legal tax avoidance.

Legal tax avoidance cannot be done immediately, and Wan Qingshan cannot wait forever. He made an appointment with his lawyer, and after the processing was completed, it was directly transferred to his card, and he returned to China with Jiang Zhiqiang and his party.

Qingshan Media had prepared the budget for "Fair, Just" a few days ago, and Wan Qingshan was planning to involve Jiang Zhiqiang in this movie, so this time Wan Qingshan and Jiang Zhiqiang landed in Beijing together.

The next day, Wan Qingshan and Jiang Zhiqiang came to Qingshan Media Company together.

"Mr. Jiang, please sit down for a while."

"It's okay, it's okay, Director Wan, you go ahead."

After Wan Qingshan sat down, he picked up the budget sheet that his secretary had just put on his desk.

Wanqingshan turned directly to the end.

Budget, 3000 million!

3000 million, not counting the director's fee. Wan Qingshan thought about it and changed the number to 3000 million!
"Mr. Jiang, look at this budget?"

"Director Wan, if you allow me to participate, you are already supporting me. What else is there to see?"

Jiang Zhiqiang said this, but he was not slow in taking the budget form.

After opening the budget sheet, Jiang Zhiqiang also turned directly to the end. When he saw 3000 million, of which [-] million was for the director's time, his brows jumped.

Wan Qingshan's new movie is an online movie, and he has heard about it in Los Angeles.

Online movies are definitely not profitable, but in order to get closer to Wan Qingshan, Wan Qingshan invited him to invest before, and he agreed immediately.

Although he was prepared to suffer a total loss on this investment, Wan Qingshan took [-] million in directing fees. Wan Qingshan didn't want to cheat money!

Wan Qingshan also knew that the director's fee of [-] million would be unacceptable to Jiang Zhiqiang, so when he saw Jiang Zhiqiang's confused expression, he said,
"Mr. Jiang, you know the market price of my director's fee, which is US$20 plus [-]% dividend.

This time, I will not take the 20% dividend, but only the director’s fee, so I set my director’s fee at [-] million. "

"Director Wan, I have no objection to you getting [-] million in director's fees. It's just this movie..."

It’s hard for Jiang Zhiqiang to say what happened next. Damn it, this is an online movie, and you still get [-] million.

"Mr. Jiang, you are worried about profits, right? Don't worry about this. I have already negotiated with Colombia.

Although this movie is an online movie in China, Colombia will open up connections and release it overseas in global theaters, and then make money by sharing the overseas box office.

Mr. Jiang, let me give you a guarantee. If Colombia doesn’t get through and it can’t be released globally, I will refund the director’s fee of [-] million yuan. "

"No, no, director Wan, your director's fee is [-] million, I agree.

Even if Colombia didn't get through, Director Wan, you made the movie, so you should get [-] million. "

With a share of the global box office, Jiang Zhiqiang feels a lot more relieved.

Then, Mr. Jiang suddenly thought of something. He hesitated and whispered,

"Director Wan, since we don't rely on mainland box office to make money, we might as well change the movie to a Hong Kong movie. In this case, we don't have to worry about whether Colombia can open up relationships."

Wan Qingshan frowned. He also knew that if it were a Hong Kong movie, the risk would be smaller, but if it were a Hong Kong movie, there would have to be people from there on the crew...

"Mr. Jiang, actually the background of this movie is Hong Kong Island, but I don't even plan to go to Hong Kong Island to shoot. I plan to shoot this movie in Malaysia.

As for the reason, Mr. Jiang, you also know that you asked me to switch to a Hong Kong movie, which..."

"Director Wan, actually you don't have to worry. I'll ask people from my company to go to the set and take the positions of behind-the-scenes staff. I'll look for connections and they will definitely pass the review.

As for whether to shoot on Hong Kong Island, there are no regulations and it will not affect Director Wan’s shooting in Malaysia. "

Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Mr. Jiang, what you said is a good idea. Just follow what you said."

"Don't worry, Director Wan, I will clear up all the procedures and review issues." Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile on his face.

This matter is too simple for Jiang Zhiqiang.

Like "Ati", this time in "Fair, Just", Wan Qingshan still only allows Jiang Zhiqiang to account for 10% of the investment. When the movie is released, Jiang Zhiqiang will still need to keep an eye on Columbia to avoid falsifying the accounts. Of course, this time he will not have to The price has been increased.

Jiang Zhiqiang is also satisfied with 10%. With Wan Qingshan's appeal, movies released globally can make a lot of money at 10%.

After signing the contract and sending Jiang Zhiqiang away, Wan Qingshan immediately called Li Yancheng and asked him to contact Anle Film and Television. At the same time, he contacted the actors. The previous contract was invalidated, and the contract would be re-signed when the subsequent films were replaced by Hong Kong films.

A few days later, news came from Jiang Zhiqiang that the script of "Fair, Just" passed the review in Hong Kong Island.

After passing the review, Wan Qingshan asked Li Yancheng to re-sign the contract with the actor.

(End of this chapter)