China Entertainment: Sister, I don’t want to work hard anymore

Chapter 101 The cast is confirmed, brother-in-law and sister-in-law!
"Mr. Hui, that girl named Tongyao is pretty good!"

"Mr. Zhu, you are not interested in her and want to bring her into the team, are you?"

"No, I just think she's pretty sexy. She looks just like International Zhang, and she's more feminine than Zhang."

"That's good. She offended Teacher Guoli, so there's no need for us to wade into troubled waters."

"Mr. Hui, I know this, I have a sense of proportion."

After joking for a while, Chu Hui and Zhu Zhibin had a serious discussion about casting.

Chu Hui directly told Zhu Zhibin about the choice of heroine Shen Bing, and he decided to use a young newcomer instead of familiar faces.

As for the second male lead Shi Xiaomeng, Chu Hui had already secretly appointed Zhang Yi to play this role.

This was something that Zhang Yi had promised Chu Hui before he became famous. After receiving Chu Hui's invitation call, he accepted the play without even reading the script.

For the role of Wu Di, the third male lead, Chu Hui is torn between Jin Dong and Li Chen. In fact, both of them can play Wu Di, but in terms of fame, Li Chen is definitely more famous.

Chu Hui said disapprovingly: "Since it doesn't matter, then why do you care about her? There are so many good actors, why do we have to choose her?"

Zhu Zhibin hurriedly explained: "It doesn't matter, she and I are friends, and we worked with her on "Chinese Divorce" before."

However, since it was recommended by Zhu Zhibin, Zuo Xiaoqing took over the filming of "Yanjing Love Story" and received a friendly salary.

However, in Chu Hui's heart, he wanted Jin Dong to participate more. The main reason was that Jin Dong was not famous yet, and he was with Aunt Jiang Shan every day. He was as thin as a monkey and was almost squeezed dry by his aunt.

The joining of Li Chen will definitely make the lineup of "Yanjing Love Story" look more impressive.

"If you have a super friendly relationship with her, then I will definitely give her your face."

On the one hand, it's the friendship between the two parties, and on the other hand, they also want to rely on Chu Hui's drama to see if it can become more popular.

Zhu Zhibin said falsely: "It doesn't matter. I just think that her image and temperament are suitable for the role of Lin Xia."

Zhu Zhibin also heard the meaning of Chu Hui's words, smiled and said: "Come on, Mr. Hui, I can see it. Isn't it just that you are determined and want me to admit my relationship with her?"

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration of all aspects, Chu Hui finally chose Li Chen to play the role of Wu Di.

Even if the personal relationship between the two is not mentioned, with Li Xiaolu's current status and popularity, there is no need to support Zuo Xiaoqing and the new heroine.

Before Chu Hui had decided who would play the second female lead, Lin Xia, Zhu Zhibin took the opportunity to recommend "Zuo Xiaoqing" to Chu Hui, hoping that Zuo Xiaoqing could play the second female lead, Lin Xia.

Since Zuo Xiaoqing was suitable for the role of Lin Xia and was well-known, and Zhu Zhibin spoke for her personally, Chu Hui had no reason to refuse.

It's not just Zuo Xiaoqing. In fact, every actor is basically paid as a friend. For example, Zhang Yi, Li Chen and others all get less salary than for other movies.

As for the third female lead Yang Zixi, Chu Hui initially wanted to cast Li Xiaolu, but after thinking about it, he still felt it was inappropriate.

In Chu Hui's impression, when Zuo Xiaoqing was filming "Chinese Divorce", wasn't there a lot of scandals about Zuo Xiaoqing and Teacher Chen?

"Well, I won't hide our relationship from you, brother. It's pretty much what you think. She and I do have a special relationship."

After listening to Zhu Zhibin's words, Chu Hui glanced at Zhu Zhibin meaningfully and asked: "Mr. Zhu, tell me the truth, what is the relationship between you two?"

Chu Hui deliberately joked: "Mr. Zhu, I don't know you yet. You have many friends, including her."

Why is it related to the bald Mr. Zhu?
Chu Hui was not too surprised. After all, he had been in this circle for a long time and was used to all sorts of messy things.

Seeing that Zhu Zhibin told the truth, Chu Hui not only didn't feel happy, but also felt quite puzzled. He thought to himself that the good cabbage was given to the pig.

In the previous life, in the original version of "Yanjing Love Story", the role of Yang Zixi was played by Yang Mi.

Not finding a suitable candidate, Chu Hui thought of Yang Mi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and called Yang Mi.

Yang Mi was very happy when she received Chu Hui's call. Especially when Chu Hui came to her after he became famous, she was even happier. She smiled and joked: "Brother-in-law, are you finally willing to call me?"

The reason why Yang Mi calls Chu Hui "brother-in-law" is because of her collaboration in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" two years ago.

In the drama "The Divine Condor", Chu Hui plays Yelu Qi, while Yang Mi plays Guo Xiang. In the drama, they are brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

At that time, Yang Mi often called Chu Hui "brother-in-law", and they often flirted with each other in private. They had a close relationship and even slept together. Although Chu Hui didn't talk to Yang Mi much after filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Yang Mi has always been thinking about him.

No matter how you say it, Chu Hui is the first man in Yang Mi's life after all. Chu Hui's status in her heart is still different from other men.

Jin Dong had asked Chu Hui before, besides Li Xiaoran, who else had Chu Hui had a relationship with. Chu Hui had been hiding it from Jin Dong, but in fact that person was Yang Mi.

After retracting his thoughts, Chu Hui asked with a smile: "How about Mimi, do you have a schedule after the Chinese New Year? I have a role that is very suitable for you, and I would like to ask you to play it."

Yang Mi replied truthfully: "Brother-in-law, I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to ask my agent for instructions."

Chu Hui knew that Yang Mi's manager was Li Shaohong, and replied with a smile: "No problem, you can ask her opinion first. If she agrees, I will call her."

Soon, Yang Mi called Chu Hui and told Chu Hui that her manager, Li Shaohong, agreed to let her go out for filming.

At this point, the main cast of the drama "Yanjing Love Story" has basically been established.

The only thing that has not been finalized is the actress who will play the heroine Shen Bing.

By the way, when Chu Hui took over the filming of "The Age of Naked Wedding", he had already become popular with the two dramas "Soldier Assault" and "Struggle".

Under normal circumstances, as a second- and third-tier star, Chu Hui's salary is at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per episode.

Because it was the first drama he invested in, and in order to save costs for the crew, Chu Hui accepted "The Age of Naked Marriage" at a friendly price of 1 an episode.

After becoming popular with the drama "The Age of Naked Marriage", Chu Hui's status in the TV circle has fallen between the quasi-first-tier and second-tier, and is only one step away from the first-tier.

To put it simply, if Chu Hui can succeed in another male-led drama, his status will rise to the next level and he will become a first-line star on the same level as Huang Xiaoming.

As the leading actor, Chu Hui took over the filming of "Yanjing Love Story" this time, and his salary increased directly from 1 yuan per episode to 1 yuan per episode, with a total salary of 7 million yuan.

With Chu Hui's current popularity, even if it is 8 yuan per episode, or even 10 yuan per episode, it is reasonable. Chu Hui only takes 7 yuan per episode. For other investors, it is considered to be the most benevolent and righteous.

You know, the real price increase trend for actors in the film and television industry is no longer a day or two, it probably started in 2005.

By 2006, when Zhang Baizhi was filming the TV series "Zhou Xuan", she became the "Biao Wang" with a sky-high price of more than 20 yuan per episode.

At that time, the net worth of mainland first-line male stars was about 10 yuan per episode, and the remuneration of female stars was generally 1/3 lower than that of male stars.

But starting from 2005, the net worth of some well-known veteran actors has risen sharply. It has doubled or tripled in two or three years, which is very normal.

For example, before 2005, Chen Daoming's salary for filming an episode of a TV series was less than 10 yuan, but in 2007, it exceeded 16 yuan per episode.

When Tong Dawei filmed "Days Related to Youth" in 2005, his salary was 2.8 yuan per episode. Later, after "Struggle" became a hit, it now exceeds 12 yuan per episode.

In 2005, Huang Xiaoming took over the filming of Zhang Jizhong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The favor price was 8000 yuan per episode. Now his net worth has reached 13 yuan per episode.

However, although Chen Daomin's current TV drama salary is as high as 16 yuan per episode, it is priceless and has no market. Many production companies and producers are afraid to hire him easily.

First, his net worth remains high, and several dramas after "Chinese Divorce" received poor ratings, so it would be risky to hire him at a high price; second, Chen Daoming is relatively powerful and difficult to "serve" during filming.

Therefore, in the eyes of many film and television companies and producers, Chu Hui, who is in the limelight and has a lower salary, is obviously more cost-effective than Chen Daomin.

The price of Chu Hui's "Yanjing Love Story" script also increased to 200 million yuan as the drama "The Age of Naked Wedding" became popular on the screen.

This is also the price of friendship. At least Chu Hui is not as aggressive as Shi Kang, asking for hundreds or tens of millions before agreeing to Zhao Baogang to continue writing "Struggle 2".

As for the matter of being the director of the play, because no one agreed or supported it, in order to avoid causing public anger, Chu Hui did not dare to make a big deal, but only took a symbolic 10 yuan.

Of course, if the drama "Yanjing Love Story" is successful, the next time Chu Hui becomes a director, it won't be at this price.

Although in name only, Chu Hui claimed to have invested 500 million in the drama "Yanjing Love Story".

But in fact, excluding the 210 million film remuneration, the script remuneration was 200 million.

In addition, the director's salary is 10 yuan, so Chu Hui only needs to spend a total of 80 yuan to invest in the drama "Yanjing Love Story".

(End of this chapter)