superstar director

Chapter 419

The highlights of July belong to "New Fist of Fist" and "A Thousand Bone Flowers". It's just the beginning.

In August, apart from those old movies that have been released for a few weeks, the most concerned ones are naturally several blockbuster movies at home and abroad.

First of all, the new domestic films that will be released in August include "Slaying the Wolf", "Cold War", "Apostle Walker", "My Girlhood", "The Great Guardian", and the foreign blockbusters that will be released together include "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" "," Now Now You See Me ", "Zootopia."

Among these five domestic films, except for one animated film "The Great Guardian", three of the other four are police and gangster films and action films, while only one is a youth romance film.

And among them, "Apostle Walker" is a movie adapted from the classic Xiangjiang TV series a few years ago, and the leading actors are all taken from the TV series. Few actors are charismatic on the big screen.

After "Infernal Affairs", "Cold War" is hailed as the most brain-burning and exciting police and gangster movie. It is also full of big names. The older generation has actor-level actors such as Liang Jiahui and Guo Fucheng, and the younger generation has Peng Yuyan. , Yang Caini and other highly anticipated newcomers, so many people are looking forward to this movie, and the expectation value on the Internet is as high as 9.6 points.

As for the other gangster film "Slaying the Wolf", it is more action-oriented. The wonderful action scenes in the whole film are the most important selling point in the promotion, and the two leading actors Donnie Yen and Hong Jingbo are well-known kung fu stars in the country. In the trailer, there is also a guest role of Kung Fu boy Wu Jing. In short, it is an action movie from the beginning to the end. Therefore, everyone is looking forward to it. The expected value on the Internet is second only to "Chill", reaching 9.2 points .

And the only clear romance film is produced by Baodao Film and Television Company, which has always been good at expressing love. expected.

Compared with the previous Hollywood hero blockbusters, this time the Hollywood movies seem to be a little lacking in strength. Although the three movies have different styles, one is an action movie adapted from anime, one is a youth magic crime movie, and one is Hollywood animation. The production cost, or the cast, is one level behind those of previous superhero blockbusters, making it seem like everyone can't get much enthusiasm.

However, as August begins, students rush into the cinema, and the box office and word-of-mouth will soon show how the film is.

However, these lively events have nothing to do with Ning Tong, Ying Bao, and Shi Shi.Because they are going to join the filming group again with the crew.

Less than three days after Yingbao's "A Thousand Bone of Flowers" TV series ended, Xingtong Studio and the three directors had already completed preparations for the crew, and the actors had also auditioned one after another. They drove to the three production crews one by one, and after assigning a small assistant to each of them, they left.

Although Sister Lin is not in charge of Ning Sheng's work now, with the popularity of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "A Thousand Bone Flowers" this year, the three of Ning Tong have come to their door to sign contracts alone. It is foreseeable that after "Scary Step by Step" is released, there will be more endorsements of Shishi, various commercial performances or platform invitations, all of which require Lin Ling, the agent, to check and carefully select.

New TV series shooting, Shi Shi's "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", Ying Bao's "Chu Qiao Biography", Ning Tong's "A Slight Smile is Alluring", these three TV series were prepared by Ning Sheng long ago, so work The studio has also prepared funds long ago, and the budget of each film has been maximized, and each film has [-] million financial support from the studio alone.

Although the cost of filming TV dramas is constantly rising these days, the ones with the biggest fluctuations are actually the actors’ remuneration. However, there is almost no such worry in the TV dramas of Xingtong Studio, except that the TV dramas of Xingtong Studio usually look for top-line celebrities. In addition to Hua Dan being the protagonist, many people are willing to take a salary cut to join in Xingtong Studio's film.

As for the three TV series that the studio is currently filming, the total investment is about 5000 million each, but because an old friend of Lotte Film and Television came to invest together, Xingtong Studio actually invested about [-] million in each of them , the other half is funded by Lotte Film and Television.

Although today's Lotte Film and Television still invests in some large and small film and television dramas every year, for them, the biggest investment and profit will always be the cooperation with Xingtong Studio.

Especially in the last two years, Xingtong Studio has started filming three TV series together for two consecutive years. In order to get the funds in place in time, Lotte Film and Television has worked hard and set up an additional payment with private deposits. Tens of millions of dollars did not cause problems with the funds for the TV series.

Of course, even if there is a problem with Lotte's funds, Xingtong Studio can immediately make up for it, but Mr. Liu obviously doesn't want to trouble Xingtong Studio or Ning Sheng because of this. All the TV series brought them together to make money, for the reason that Letian Film and Television helped Ning Sheng in the first place.

However, Mr. Liu is very happy for Ning Cheng to show face like this, but if he gave up the TV drama cooperation with Xingtong Studio due to lack of funds, who knows if he will continue to play with you next time?Mr. Liu's thinking is that even if other places can't help, they must not make Ning Cheng worry or frown when it comes to the joint funding between the two parties.

So, for so many years, every time the two companies cooperate, as long as Xingtong Studio’s TV series is approved, and then asked whether Lotte Film and Television will participate in the investment, Lotte Film and Television agrees without hesitation, and then does not ask too much. As long as you know how much money you need, and then shoot someone to supervise the use of funds together, as for other things, such as the shooting of TV dramas, the selection of actors, etc., they will not say a word, just follow Xingtong Studio to make money up.

Therefore, the people from Xingtong Studio and Letian Film and Television have become old friends through many cooperations. This time, the three TV dramas each invested a total of 1.5 million. Mr. Liu also allocated the funds happily, and then sent people to follow The crew supervises the use of funds, so they don't care.

Because of the stable source of income of Xingtong Studio, Mr. Liu is now more relaxed when making other investments, and Lotte Film and Television has also developed into an average annual profit of 2 over the years. -3 million medium and large film and television companies.

This time Xingtong Studio started three TV dramas at the same time again. Although they started to set up the crew and screen the actors in May and June, the auditions were successful in the end, and there was still no popular first-line actress. Although some were popular, their acting works were well received. The stars who questioned tried very hard to join, but after the audition, all of them were rejected without exception, which also proved from the side that these people's acting skills did have some problems.

And although Ning Sheng did not return to China to supervise, Sister Lin and the person from the studio were also present during the audition. As the funder, they are naturally one of the interviewers for the audition, even if some stars pass the agent behind the audition. , or the company has communicated with the three directors, but under the eyes of Sister Lin and the studio staff who have auditioned countless times, even the director cannot directly determine the role candidate, especially when Sister Lin or the studio clearly object when.

Moreover, because there were too many people participating in the audition, the director didn't dare to act foolishly unless he really couldn't find an actor suitable for the role. Otherwise, Ning Sheng would be alarmed, and they would definitely not be able to catch up with them.

What's more, in order to optimize the configuration of the TV series, Ning Sheng clearly emphasized in the previous meeting that the remuneration of the actors should be controlled at about [-]% of the total investment, and must not exceed [-]%, otherwise he would rather replace the actors than not hesitate .

In order to ensure the quality of the TV series, many of the important supporting roles are old actors, or second- and third-tier actors with little acting skills. These people's single salary is not high, but when there are too many people, it is not a lot when added together, so various reasons come down. Unless the acting skills are not bad but they are willing to cut their salary ruthlessly, such as cutting the salary in half, or more popular young meat, otherwise, Xingtong Studio is the most popular star with a salary of tens of millions. Definitely not going to work.

Even for the three of Ning Tong, their actual remuneration is actually much lower than their own popularity and level. This is also on Ning Cheng's intention. When they explained, they also said, "For a good work, in addition to actors, a good story and a good director are essential, and there are other dedicated staff members who are even more hardworking, so If you are participating in a bad movie for money, and the producer is also using your popularity to make money, then forget it. I think I will be gone by then. I have nothing to say about how miserable you are. That’s right. But as long as you don’t intentionally want to act in a bad movie for the sake of money, then when a good story and script are put in front of you, don’t think about money, even if you need money, wait for you to act well For such a good story, fame and fortune will naturally come to your door, no matter when, don’t miss a good work because of money! That’s the saddest thing for an actor!”

Therefore, no matter whether Ning Tong and the others understand it or not, the salary that Ning Sheng gave Ning Tong and the others for the current TV series is the price of a second-line TV drama actor, about 50 for an episode, which can only be less, not more.

Of course, with the popularity of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "A Thousand Bone Flowers", plus the previous "Tian Long Ba Bu" and some supporting roles in film and television dramas, Ning Tong and Ying Bao are already considered popular at the moment It's time for the first-line actresses, and after "Scary Step by Step" is released, Shi Shi will definitely be one of them.

According to the current salary of domestic first-line actresses, it starts from 100 million, especially for Ning Tong and Ying Bao, who have just filmed a hit drama with the ratings champion, and their salary has skyrocketed to more than 100 million. In case there was an episode.

Therefore, at the launching ceremony of Xingtong Studio's three TV series this year, when many reporters asked Ning Tong and Ying Bao's salary, when the director gave the answer of 50 per episode, the audience was in an uproar, and no one believed it. , I thought that the director didn't want to say it on purpose, so he said a number indiscriminately.

However, when the director reiterated again with a serious expression, "Ning Tong's salary is indeed 50, and Zhao Liying and Liu Shishi's new drama is also 50 per episode. It's nonsense here."

Then Ning Tong on the side also nodded with a wry smile and said, "This is what my brother ordered for us, otherwise, he would not let us film."

The reporters were immediately excited, and someone asked, "Why did Ning Cheng impose such a rule on you? Is it to save money, or is it afraid that the TV series will lose money?"

Ning Tong glanced at the man and said, "Our family dare not call it a rich man, but we are not short of the money to shoot a few TV dramas. My brother said that the three of us are new actors who are new to the industry. We have such a good film. There are so many actors working together, we are learning, so the salary of 50 yuan is not much, and we are also very satisfied, we decided that this is very good."

A reporter asked, "Then after you finished filming this movie, did Ning Sheng arrange other movies for you?"

Ning Tong said, "Not for the time being. After filming the TV series this year, we will probably have to wait for my brother to come back." Although Ning Cheng told them that the TV series will be on the big screen after filming, But Ning Tong would not say it stupidly, otherwise, everyone would complain that she was picked up by Ning Cheng. Although this is true, Ning Tong still does not want to hear those annoying words, because those Words will inevitably belittle her efforts.

"Will you keep this same salary for other directors' works in the future?" Another reporter asked.

Ning Tong smiled and said, "These two years are a special situation, just like an apprentice learning from a master, so the salary will be less, but after you leave the teacher, when you work again, the salary will naturally be different."

The reporter asked, "You mean, except for the two years that Ning Sheng requested, your remuneration will return to the market price for subsequent jobs? You mean to say that you can become a teacher after studying for two years? All the skills of an actor?"

Ning Tong shook her head and said, "Being a teacher does not mean that I am a master. We will continue to work hard to improve our abilities and bring you better works, thank you!"

When the reporter's questions started to be tricky, Ning Tong stopped answering them directly, and the questioning session on the spot soon ended.

The reporter had no choice but to watch Ning Tong leave the stage with the rest of the crew and enter the backstage, while Shishi and Yingbao's opening ceremony was similar, the three girls started their filming life again!
(End of this chapter)