China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 85 Learning from the King of Sunglasses

Fan Xiaopang thought to himself, Director Li, is this really okay for you?

It's easy to get beaten up, okay?

After mentally condemning Li Yu's pretentious behavior, Fan Xiaopang was very sad.

You only earn millions from her acting as a star, and that's before tax.

Look at Li Yu. Ghost sold the first-round broadcast rights to two channels in China, Hanbei and Xiangnan, for a total of more than 17 million.

It is said that Li Yu's company only holds 50% of the share, which is nearly 9 million!
  Overseas copyrights are exclusive to Hualiu Company.

Including the 10 million from Silla's sale this time, Ghost Hualiu Company has already made nearly 20 million in revenue.

After deducting the production cost of the ghost, Fan Xiaopang conservatively estimates that the profit will be over 15 million, which is faster than just stealing money.

This made Fan Xiaopang even more determined to hug his thigh.

On the first floor, Li Yu and Fan Xiaopang got out of the elevator first.

Qiao Zhenyu and Li Muge, who were still standing in the elevator, remained silent.

In the end, Li Muge made a fist gesture, put his fist in front of his mouth, coughed a few times, and then put on a serious face.

"As a director, it's normal to talk about the script with actors, right? This is a serious and responsible attitude toward work."

Yes, Li Muge himself thinks so too.

As a director, he cannot dig holes for his future self.

He also wants to communicate and improve with the actors, and he will also teach actresses about dramas in the future.

"Yes, yes, the pastor is right."

Qiao Zhenyu was praised for his high emotional intelligence.

Of course, Fan Xiaopang was not the only one to know about the ghosts being sold to Silla.

When filming resumed the next day, the entire crew congratulated Li Yu.

"The director is too strong. Another film that has been sold abroad."

"Congratulations to Director Li, you easily earned tens of millions of dollars."

Li Yu walked to the middle of the crowd, asked everyone to be quiet, and then made a speech.

First of all, today's lunch box includes two chicken drumsticks per person, and Li Yu pays for the extra vegetables out of his own pocket.

Secondly, encourage everyone to work hard.

After Xingyou is completed, Li Yu will once again spend his own money to host a sumptuous final banquet for everyone.

With Li Yu's encouragement, everyone's enthusiasm for work ignited.

The scenes between Tiantian and Qiao Zhenyu took seven days to film.

In addition to Li Yu's constant pursuit of perfection, Tiantian's acting skills are rusty and need to be gradually adjusted, which is also a factor that slows down the progress.

After entering the shooting of modern scenes, the speed obviously accelerated a lot.

After all, everyone is a professional actor.

In addition, Xingyou's brand sponsorship is a step above that of Ghost.

Last year, Louis Vuitton spent millions in sponsorships to sponsor the Ghosts, contracting all the costumes for the first, second and second men of the Ghosts.

With the popularity of Ghost, Louis Vuitton has benefited greatly, and they have asked Zu Feng to be the spokesperson of their brand in the mainland.

As Li Yu’s new masterpiece, Star You has been continuously contacted by brands and manufacturers from the day the project was established.

Among them are major international brands such as Chanel and Prada.

After they saw the success of Louis Vuitton last year, they wanted to repeat the success in Star You.

Li Yu was not overwhelmed by the sky-high sponsorship fees and put on each character a high-end luxury brand that did not fit the character's setting.

Therefore, Li Yu is more cautious about sponsorships and tries not to accept them randomly.

For example, Professor Qiao.

It is true that Professor Qiao is an invisible rich man.

But his job is as a professor at the university.

I usually ride a bicycle when I go out, and when I go out far, I just drive an ordinary car.

Letting someone like Professor Qiao wear a brand name and drive a luxury car doesn't fit the character's design.

Although Li Yu turned down many brand sponsorships that he thought were not suitable for Xingni, the sponsorship fees received by Xingni were still astonishing.

Sponsorships from clothing, lipstick, automobile and other manufacturers allowed Xingyou to earn nearly 10 million in sponsorship fees in the early stages of filming.

Compared to Ghost, the sponsorship fee has increased several times. The main reason is that urban dramas are too easy to insert advertisements into.

Li Yu proved that his works have a broad market with Full House and Ghosts, and brand sponsorships naturally come in an endless stream.

Lao Maren is in the capital and receives calls from sponsors every day.

If Li Yu only wanted to make money, he would accept any sponsorship.

Then you are very likely to be able to easily make a profit just by relying on various sponsors.

But as an ambitious and ambitious director, Li Yu obviously would not do this.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that the two houses in the high-end residential area of ​​Professor Qiao and Wan Qianqian can be purchased without spending a penny.

A developer in Star City that specializes in the development of high-end communities directly sponsored two sets of renovated houses for the crew to film.

They only have one request: that the names of the developer and the property be shown a few more times in the drama, and that there be some shots of the overall layout of the property.

Nowadays, housing prices have not taken off. The housing prices in the four cities within the capital are only 4,000 to 5,000 square meters. The housing prices in Star City are far less than those in the capital.

Therefore, it was normal for the developer to give Li Yu two houses for free and ask Li Yu to help with advertising.

It is no different from a clothing brand or a car brand spending money to ask Li Yu to help with advertising.

Just give money to one and give the house to the other. No additional money is needed.

Li Yu did not want to invest additional money in the shooting of Xingyou like the ghosts.

Because Xingyou’s current investment is sufficient, all of Xingyou’s sponsorship fees are pocketed.

During the filming, Li Yu discovered that there were some problems with Fan Xiaopang's acting skills.

As one of the Four Danshuang Bins, her acting skills and business abilities are definitely ahead of the rest of the 85 stars.

If necessary, Fan Xiaopang can definitely show very good acting skills.

But Fan Xiaopang had a problem, which was a bit similar to Yang Mi later.

It is common for them to take on several dramas a year.

If every role is carefully considered and acted, it will definitely take a lot of energy.

Maybe you get too involved in a certain character, which delays the filming of other scenes.

So they figured out a very formulaic performance method.

Therefore, many viewers commented that many of the roles they played looked similar.

In the cast of Star You, Fan Xiaopang still adopts her formulaic performance.

In scenes that do not require a test of acting skills, and in scenes that test acting, the problem is magnified in an instant.

For example, the section we are filming right now.

Professor Qiao heard Wan Qianqian singing, and then came over and rang the doorbell to ask her to stop singing.

Wan Qianqian has been scolded all day long, and bad things have happened to her throughout the day.

At night, I wanted to sing a song to vent my anger, but Professor Qiao blocked the door.

Moreover, Professor Qiao, an alien who does not understand the world, said some unpleasant things, saying that he could sue Wan Qianqian for causing noise disturbance to the people.

Wan Qianqian's mood collapsed.

This section is a test of acting skills.

Wan Qianqian was actually quite normal at first, until Professor Qiao said that she could be sued for disturbing the public.

The last straw that broke her sanity appeared, from calmness to anger, to hysteria and finally she stopped in time, switching between several different emotions.

The effect of Fan Xiaopang's performance is difficult to satisfy.

It can only make people feel the emotion of anger, with no sense of hierarchy at all.

Li Yu was not angry about Fan Xiaopang's behavior, nor did he even blame Fan Xiaopang.

He just silently imitated King of Sunglasses and let Fan Xiaopang reshoot it over and over again.

Anyway, Xingyou used the most advanced ultra-clear digital camera in China for shooting, and no film was needed.

Li Yu asked Fan Xiaopang to reshoot this scene more than a dozen times, but he still remained calm and looked like he would let Fan Xiaopang reshoot it all day long.

In the end, it was Fan Xiaopang who couldn't hold it any longer.

It's so torturous. A scene is repeated more than a dozen times, and it really makes people go crazy.

Under such torture, if an actor can still show her special skills and work hard, then Li Yu will admire her.

Facts have proved that Li Yu is right, Fan Xiaopang will have a big acting breakthrough next.

(End of this chapter)