superstar director

Chapter 396 Three Dramas
Ning Sheng is carefully selecting the director candidates for the two TV dramas. The news revealed that Yolanda, the leader of the TNY team, will star in this year's Huayi's annual big production, a super TV drama "Admiration of Myself" with an investment of [-] million. It is also an overhead historical drama adapted from an online novel.

Although the production cost of Chinese TV dramas has become more and more expensive in recent years, it is generally maintained at around [-] million. So far, TV dramas with an investment of more than [-] million are almost all popular IPs adapted from online novels, such as "The Change of the Stars" The trilogy, such as "Panlong", all had to increase the production cost because of the high cost of special effects. Fortunately, because of the high quality of the TV series, the investors not only did not lose money, but made a lot of money at the same time, The excellent quality of your own brand of TV is also erected in people's hearts!
This has also led to more and more people daring to invest in TV dramas in recent years, and because high-quality TV dramas have raised the audience's expectations for TV dramas, so if you want to get high ratings, in addition to scripts and actors , The overall effect of TV series must also keep pace with the times, so, in this way, it seems that the increase in the cost of TV series is an inevitable result.

However, when many viewers were cheering for the big production and big investment of "A Lonely Girl", the announcement of the list of TV drama actors and the corresponding remuneration caused many people to be in an uproar!
"The total production cost is [-] million yuan, and the remuneration of star actors accounts for more than [-] million yuan. The leadership of Huayi is out of their minds, right?"

"This is the drama with the most abnormal salary ratio since the "Little Fresh Meat" craze many years ago. Maybe Huayi is trying to win by surprise and use the number of stars to give the audience a different experience?"

"The latest news, it is rumored that this "Admiration of a Lonely Beauty" is the result of a big boss spending a lot of money in order to support Yolanda, and all the leading actors are selected by Yolanda, even the director joined the crew after getting Yolanda's approval, So, viewers, are you looking forward to a TV series in which Yolanda dominates?"

"All the starring roles in "A Lonely Beauty" are all popular actors born in the 90s. If this is an urban idol drama, we will not say anything, but this is a historical drama. Although it is an overhead history, it can be a historical drama? According to The content of the original novel, this is a grand work with a great intention of hating the country and the family, so with these handsome men and women born in the 90s, can they afford the sense of gravity and responsibility of a historical drama?"

In response to the rumors from the outside world, Hua Yi held a press conference to clarify, ""A Lonely Beauty" was carefully decided after discussion by the company's senior management. From investment to personnel selection, as well as the joining of the director, it is the result of the company's normal procedures. As for the remuneration of the personnel exposed on the Internet, it is a false rumor. Except for Yolanda, only the director and the male lead have been confirmed. The directors of other roles are still selecting and auditioning, so please don’t believe those on the Internet. Malicious rumors, all news about this drama, the official website of the company shall prevail, thank you everyone!"

With this official news, the negative news about "Admiration of Myself" gradually subsided, but Yolanda was very unhappy, not only because all the cast list she had planned were cancelled, but also because the old guy taught her a lesson pause.

And sternly warned her, if she meddles in the director's work and disrupts the crew's arrangement like this again, then she will never even think about being the heroine.

Yolanda knew that the old guy did this because he was worried that he would mess up and ruin the TV series. It was really funny. She had spent so much effort on her own, and finally asked him for this role. How could she deliberately ruin her own future?

She feels that TV dramas are too rigid nowadays, and she wants to learn from the success of the American "Twilight Saga" and use a bunch of handsome men and women to attract attention. What's wrong with that?Americans can go to the cinema to watch "Twilight" for handsome men and beautiful women, why can't Chinese audiences watch our "Lonely Beauty" for handsome men and beautiful women?

In particular, when Yolanda knew that Ning Sheng was the brother of his mortal enemy Ning Tong, he regarded Ning Sheng as a goal to surpass in his heart.As long as his family surpasses, or is as successful as Ning Cheng, then what should Ning Tong, who is Ning Cheng's younger sister, care about? Like now, who would think that Ning Tong is more successful than Ning Cheng?
At that time, there is no need to compare, no need to compare, I will already have a higher status than Ning Tong!
Since the media and fans have always drawn her and Ning Tong together for comparison, and she is always the low-profile version being compared, it is conceivable how the arrogant Yolanda will be reconciled, and now she is almost a Her demon.Therefore, she attaches great importance to the opportunity to perform in this TV series. She even concentrated on researching it for half a month without going out. It would be exposed on the Internet, and she would be taught a lesson by the old guy.

Now, she can no longer work as a part-time director and producer, so she can only stay at home honestly pondering the script and her role, honestly waiting for the TV series to start, but she still can't help but worry about what will happen to the show?

Ning Cheng chose here. First of all, "Scary Step by Step" needs a director who is good at court dramas. Ning Sheng selected the best directors for historical dramas in China, especially court dramas. There are only two people left, one is the 75-year-old old man Qiu, and the other is Gao Yan, a famous TV drama director in Xiangjiang.

Ning Cheng sent invitation letters to both of them at the same time, but Mr. Qiu said after reading the script that he was not interested, so Gao Yan was the only one left.

Although Ning Cheng's position in the film and television industry is becoming more and more stable, the so-called colleagues are enemies, and other directors don't feel as friendly towards him as those star actors, while Gao Yan belongs to the kind who neither hates nor flatters Ning Cheng. Some kind of noble people.

After reading the script sent by Ning Cheng this time, Gao Yan thought it was very interesting, especially his studio had recently signed a newcomer he was optimistic about, and was in need of a good drama to support him. He thought this TV series was good.

So soon, Ning Sheng and Gao Yan met, and the remuneration and filming issues were basically settled. Even Gao Yan proposed to invest in this TV series, and his studio would also take a share. Ning Sheng also agreed, but when Gao Yan proposed this When the choice of actors for a TV series was all up to him, Ning Sheng said that the heroine had already been booked, and other actors could be decided by him!

Gao Yan glared at Ning Sheng and said, "Since I am the director of this TV series, I should decide who to use. Director Ning, as a colleague, won't even understand this bit of rules, right?"

Ning Sheng said directly, "This TV series is specially prepared for Shishi, other things can be discussed, but the heroine can't be changed!"

Gao Yan got up straight away and said, "In that case, then please hire someone else!"

Ning Sheng was a little puzzled by Gao Yan's reaction. He just clarified his requirements before the cooperation. Whether it's at home or abroad, it's not customary for an investor to appoint a certain actor, but it's still very common, right?

What's more, the other party didn't ask Shi Shi's acting skills at all, or whether it was not suitable for this drama, and just refused. It can be seen that this person is either pure and noble and cannot tolerate anyone making demands on him, or there are other reasons.

Naturally, Ning Cheng would not just sit around and investigate why Gao Yan was so resolute in his disapproval of Shishi being the heroine, but even if he knew that Gao Yan was doing it because he wanted to praise his female artist, Ning Cheng would at most smile and shake Just shaking his head, such a little thing, such a person, it's not worth his second look!
However, what he didn't expect was that after Gao Yan went back, he chose another court drama from the online novel that was similar to "Scary Step by Step", and the action was so fast that Ning Chen's director was still there. During the talk, they took the lead in announcing that the preparations for the TV series "Gongsuo Bead Curtain" had officially started!
Here, Ning Sheng, who was worrying about the director of "Scary Step by Step", received a private call from Li Lianlian.

The other party invited him out for a meal and a chat, and Ning Cheng thought it was time to ask Brother Jie if he knew any other directors.

The two of them ordered a table of food in the private room of the Royal Hotel. Because they knew that Ning Sheng didn't like to drink, they both drank drinks and chatted while eating, starting with the trivial things in life and then talking about it. Brother Jie So he asked directly, "Xiao Sheng, help me, do you have any good scripts, or suitable roles for my brother?"

Ning Cheng looked at Brother Jie who was looking forward to it, and silently sighed in his heart that the world is impermanent. Because of the different history, many people's life trajectories are different. In the world, some things are not good enough.

In particular, except for the debut "Shaolin Temple" and the later "Yi Tian Tu Long", other works of Jie Ge did not leave a deep impression on everyone.

And Huang Feihong, the most classic Huang Feihong in the previous life, still doesn't know that in that page of the history book, Ning Cheng put down his chopsticks, thought for a while and said, "If Brother Jie is not in a hurry, wait for me to pass this time and put the three The girl's matter has been dealt with, let's discuss it in detail, what do you think?"

Although Ning Cheng didn't give any definite answer in his words, he obviously took this matter seriously, which made Brother Jie very happy.

Just like what he said when he was discussing with his agent at home, if there is anyone in this world who can push him to a higher position with confidence, it can only be Ning Sheng.

Now that Ning Cheng didn't pretend to be perfunctory to him, but seriously said that he would talk about it after finishing his work, Li Lianlian immediately felt much more at ease.

So he asked by the way, "Then what have you been up to lately? From what you said just now, are you busy with Ning Tong's affairs?"

Ning Cheng nodded, and talked about how he was looking for a suitable director everywhere. Brother Jie also secretly admired it, and Ning Cheng could release three TV series at once, just to praise three girls. Can't say.

How many people in this circle are so busy that they will never be the protagonist in their entire lives, but some people have countless resources waiting for them as soon as they debut. This is like the "reincarnation problem" that many people complained about in the early years. "Sometimes if you cast a good tire, you can indeed win at the starting line.

Sighing in his heart, it was just a few moments of thinking in his brain. Looking at Ning Cheng, Brother Jie suddenly said, "The director you want is mainly court dramas, historical dramas, or war dramas?"

Ning Sheng said, "Mine is mainly a court drama. The war is just a brief background story. To put it bluntly, it is a love drama with an ancient court background. Why do you have a suitable director?"

Brother Jie said, "Whether it is suitable or not depends on you to investigate. I know a friend who has been working as an assistant director with other directors, such as "Daming Palace Ci", "Wu Zetian", etc. He participated in it, and later he filmed by himself. He made two movies in 1, but they didn’t get good grades, so he came back to make TV dramas. Last year, he was the one who made the movie "Prince Princess", and the results were not bad. I heard that the ratings even broke [-]% when it was the highest. You If there is no suitable candidate, it is better to investigate him."

Ning Cheng nodded and said, "I heard what Brother Jie said, it's really suitable for what I asked for, okay, then Brother Jie will leave me a phone number, and I will contact you later to see and talk about it!"

The meal was quite long, and the two chatted while eating for a long time before going home.

The next day, Ning Sheng called Li Quan, the director introduced by Brother Jie. The other party was obviously very happy to work with Ning Sheng, so he went directly to Ning Sheng's studio to talk with him on the same day. In the communication with the other party, Ning Sheng could tell that this is a very capable and thoughtful director.

Ning Chen did not rush to make a decision, but handed over the script of "Scary Step by Step" to Li Quan, asked him to go back and read it, and then asked Li Quan to give him a preliminary shooting plan, telling him how to shoot this After Ning Sheng has watched and listened to certain plots of this drama, he will decide whether to let him be the director of "Scary Step by Step".

Except for the director of "Scary Step by Step", Ning Sheng had to choose the director of "A Thousand Bone of Flowers". Either he didn't have the schedule, or he didn't like it. In the end, he just found an old friend who had worked with him on "A Thousand Bone". Director Xu Weiye of "I Have a Date with a Zombie". Later, Director Xu also filmed several TV series that were biased towards immortals. Ning Sheng went directly to Director Xu and talked with him all afternoon. Give him the script of Bone, and then let him make some preparations, and then talk to me about the shooting.

The two directors are people with real skills. Within a week, they came to Ning Sheng to have another talk. After Ning Sheng's investigation, they finally decided to make the two directors "Scary Step by Step" and "Flower Flower" respectively. Afterwards, Ning Sheng called the three directors and Ning Tong together, settled down again, and asked them to call at any time if they had any problems during filming. Then, that afternoon, he worked at Xingtong. At the entrance of the room, hundreds of media witnessed the super moments of "Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Scary Step by Step", and "A Thousand Bone Flowers" with a total investment of 7000 million, 8000 million, and [-] million respectively!
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