superstar director

Chapter 136 Heroine

Although Ning Sheng has not been in the film and television industry for a long time, in just a few days, he has already felt how difficult it is for a movie or TV series to be released from scratch.

In order to avoid the problems that Fahrenheit Entertainment had at the beginning, when Ning Sheng signed the contract with Lotte Film and Television, he deliberately emphasized his two requirements again, and included the requirements in the contract.

The next step is to discuss the formation of the crew, especially the need to find a director first. Of course, before that, the people from Lotte Film and Television have already calculated the approximate funding needed for this TV series, which is a total of 3000 million Huaxia coins.

Among them, Lotte Film and Television invested 1000 million, and Ning Chen personally contributed [-] million. After the crew is formed, the funds will be credited to the account one after another, and Lotte Film and Television will send people to be responsible for the custody and use of the funds together with Lin Ling.

This is the first time that Ning Sheng has participated in a TV series from the very beginning, watching how the crew is formed step by step.Especially on the choice of director, Ning Sheng and Mr. Liu discussed in the office all morning. Of course, Ning Sheng listened to Mr. Liu's introduction of some candidate directors.

Of course, it's not the director you want to do the filming, they will do it. Ning Sheng and the others made a few phone calls and made appointments with three directors before finally confirming that Xu Weiye from Xiangjiang will be the director of the TV series.

This director Xu is not very famous, and he can't compare with those big directors in China, but his experience is richer than many famous directors.

Xu Weiye has cooperated with many directors in Xiangjiang. It can be said that in his nearly 40 years of life, he spent half of his time as an assistant director for others. However, he has also started to be a director himself in these years, but he has made a few films with poor results. It's just up and down.

The reason why Xu Weiye was chosen to be the director of "I Have a Date with a Zombie" this time is mainly because of his rich experience as an assistant director. He has a lot of experience in shooting zombie films, especially when he was still in Mr. Lin Zhengying's crew. Helped.

Moreover, this director Xu does not have such a strong desire to control as those directors, and he can listen to other people's opinions, especially for Ning Sheng's script, he is the only one who guarantees that he will not make random changes or change the main plot. After reading the script, I don't particularly dislike the various changes of zombies and Taoist priests in this TV series, but I find it very interesting.

The last reason is that the director asks for the lowest salary, as long as 100 million. Based on 35 episodes, the average is about [-] per episode. In the current market where star salaries in the entire film and television industry continue to rise, TV directors three In case of an episode, it is already considered a price of conscience that is rare among ordinary directors.

After the director was settled, the actor's contract was signed very quickly. As for the price, although Ning Sheng wanted to follow the market price, how could Ding Xuan agree to it? In the end, he successfully signed the contract with the lowest friendly price of 100 yuan per episode.This directly saved more than 700 million of the more than [-] million originally prepared for Ding Xuan, a first-line TV star.The crew's funds were instantly freed up a lot.

Of course, although Ning Cheng didn't know that Ding Xuan was severely reprimanded by Boss Chai for this reason, he also understood that even if Ding Xuan wanted to lose so much income, some people might not be satisfied.

But it doesn't matter anymore, Ding Xuan is no longer a child, so he doesn't need Ning Cheng to worry about everything.

The next thing to worry about is that for the formation of the crew and the recruitment of actors, Ning Sheng suspended the recording of the album.

Originally, Ning Cheng thought that with the script and the director, it would be much easier to choose an actor, but after three days of interviewing with the director, he realized that finding an actor suitable for the role was not so easy. It's easy, especially since Ning Sheng has the original comparison in his mind, whether it's because his acting skills are not good enough, or his image and temperament are not suitable, he still hasn't found a suitable heroine after three days of interviews.

Of course, it's not that Ning Cheng hasn't found the original heroine Wan Qiwen, but because of the time and space disorder, Ning Sheng didn't find Wan Qiwen among the famous female stars in this world. Wan Qiwen's name is not included in the cast list.

In this way, Ning Cheng knows nothing about whether there is Wan Qiwen in this world, or how old she is, where she lives, whether she is married and has children. Although not all actors will be registered in the actor's union, as long as Actors who are a little famous, or actors who are interested in developing in the film and television industry, will basically register, the fee is not high, and there is a place to appeal when something happens.

Because of this, after Ning Sheng couldn't find a suitable heroine, he simply discussed with the director, let the heroine go first, and interview other supporting roles first.

For this reason, Ning Sheng deliberately searched to see if there were any other actors in the original version of the TV series. However, apart from Yang Gongru who played Wang Zhenzhen, there was no information about the actors who played the other two important supporting roles, Kazuo Yamamoto and Kim Jung-jung.

Especially the actor who played Kim Jong-jung, he was not a fuel-efficient lamp in the last life on Earth, and now he has not appeared in the film and television circles of this world, which is considered to be one less obtrusive character.

Ning Sheng chose Yang Gongru as Wang Zhenzhen's candidate. After the director agreed, he stopped interfering with it. After all, the director was still in charge of the production crew. Apart from the original TV series, Ning Sheng's knowledge was limited, so he didn't talk too much nonsense. Going back to record songs, while continuing to look for candidates for the heroine.

Although he did not find Wan Qiwen, in the Huaxia entertainment circle in this world, the three generations of old, middle and new actors are all talented, and there are many good actors. For example, Wen Meiling, who played the most classic Huang Rong on earth in the previous life, is now 23 He is just a newcomer who just graduated from the Xiangjiang Film Academy. There are also four major actresses, four minor actresses, and new actors who graduate from the Academy of Film every year. As long as you look hard, you can always find a suitable actor.

The actor interview of "I Have a Date with Zombies" is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the crew is also being established step by step under the leadership of the director. At this time, those entertainment media have finally published "Zombies and I" There is a date" crew message.

However, Ning Sheng and the others are holding a press conference after they want to sign the heroine, so the news that the reporters can get now is the news of some actors' interviews, and no one has even discovered the relationship between Ning Sheng and this drama. Woolen cloth.

The twelfth lunar month is very cold and winter, Ning Sheng's solo album has finally been recorded, and the crew over there is basically ready, the only thing left is the female lead, because Ning Sheng is too strict with the female lead, so the director has been waiting. What about Ning Sheng's news?

(End of this chapter)