Report!I don't want to be an actor

Chapter 82 Do you want to invest?

Amidst the people's complaints, the smoke about this matter also cleared up, and the dust settled.

People put on a show of mercy, sympathize with the victims, only to forget about it when the next news comes out.

Fortunately, the consultants and others finally returned to normal life.

Chu Ze, He Shuo and others are preparing for a new company, a company that allows Chu Ze to display his talents and ambitions at will. Taking advantage of the time when Duan Gang is still scandal-ridden, Dynasty also "friendly" parted A piece of soup, as the saying goes, lures a wolf into a house, it is easy to invite a god to give it to a god, but Duan Gang persuaded the high-level officials of the dynasty to support him to replace Chu Ze at the price of shares, and now he has finally tasted the bad results. Naturally, no one paid attention to Chu Ze's new developments.

The consultant also returned to the set to film. Ever since he got to know Chu Ze, he seems to have become a hot search physique. Not to mention he always recruits gangsters, the media always pays attention to his developments. The current second-tier net worth can almost have a first-tier popularity. , especially the previous few incidents, the ups and downs, but the popularity has increased a lot.

This can be seen from the number of meters divided silk.

"Brother Gu, we're here." Wang Bin parked the car and turned around to wake up the consultant.

The filming was too late last night, and the consultant hardly slept. Today he came to the production team early in the morning, and just took a nap on the road.

Hearing Wang Bin's words, the consultant muttered indistinctly, groped to the side, raised the seat a little, and without opening his eyes, he skillfully took out a wet towel and covered his face directly. The cool wet wipes jerked violently, and immediately shuddered, bouncing off the seat.

Wang Bin had already prepared warm water, poured it into a teacup, and handed it over when the consultant woke up.

Some honey was dissolved in the warm water, which was sent by Liang Kan. It is said that the set of his new drama is set deep in the mountains. It just so happens that the people in the mountains are good at beekeeping, so they bought some honey and sent it back to the consultant. Regarding this point, Chu Ze expressed that he was very calm, that he should not give away something in vain, but his expression at the time was not very good.

The honey produced by pure Scolia is small and mostly crystalline, which is not easy to melt when exposed to water. However, after soaking in warm water for a few minutes, the sweetness is soaked in the water. After drinking a full cup, I suddenly feel refreshed. a bit.

After drinking water and eating a few mouthfuls of steamed stuffed buns to pad my stomach, I checked the time and it was almost eight o'clock before I got out of the car and walked to the set.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw a few Mifensi at the door, holding a sign as if they were waiting for him.

"Advisor of advisors!!!"

Seeing him appear, several people were a little excited and kept waving signs. Wang Bin came to him and said, "They are all here to visit the class."

It is said to be a visit, but it is actually a private activity of Sanmifen. Generally, the production crew officially opens the visit, and will give a certain number of places to the leading actors. The official support club will select people, and then arrange a good time to pick up and drop off. It is also more helpful in the crew Order is to avoid problems, but this kind of official team visit is basically only once or twice. If the discussion is good, the support club can also organize team visits.

But there are not many such opportunities. Most Mifensi like to try their luck in the film and television city. After all, there are only two or three large film and television cities like the Imperial City in the whole country. Most of the domestic TV dramas are shot in these few studios. , so if you are lucky, you will not only meet your own idol, but also meet many celebrities.

The few meters among the consultants probably also had this kind of thinking, so they squatted on the set early in the morning.

The consultant said hello kindly, stepped forward to sign everyone, and several of them were still holding a bunch of gifts, saying that they were prepared by other Mifensi, and asked them to pass them on, but the consultant refused with a smile, " It's enough to like me, I don't want you to spend more money, take the gift back, I accept these letters, tell them, I am very grateful."

He thanked Mi Fensi very politely, told Mi Fensi to go home as soon as possible, and waited carefully on the road before turning around and entering the set.

"Aww! The consultant is really warm!"

"I blamed him wrongly before! I will definitely divide him firmly in the future!"

As soon as the words came out, the people next to him also laughed, gave a "tch", and said contemptuously, "Excuse me? You are the fastest to change 'husband'. You can change an idol after watching a drama."

"Well, you can't blame me, who made them all look so good-looking. But the consultant is really good!"

"That's right, I came to the film and television city once before, and I met a star, and I thought I could get an autograph. In the end, tsk tsk, that attitude was like meeting an enemy. The manager waved his hand and told us to hurry up left."

The security guard also listened to a few words, and was a little disdainful. They have seen this kind of thing a lot. Many domestic stars have filmed in this film and television base. , Hugged before going out, accompanied by a dozen assistants, after joining the group, there were a lot of demands, five-star hotels were required for accommodation, box lunches were not allowed for meals, and the set had to be cleared for filming, otherwise the performance would not be able to continue.

In fact, people have a lot of misunderstandings about actors in this matter, and they think filming is an easy task, but in fact, there are hundreds of people on the shooting site, including camera positions, and it is difficult to face these people. It is difficult to get into the situation as much as possible.

However, actors who require clearing the scene for filming are usually not very popular.

An actor with [-]% affinity like the consultant, who doesn't play big names and doesn't make demands, is already a treasure on the set.

"I'll take it." Wang Bin walked beside the consultant and took a few letters from him.

On the one hand, I don’t want to accept gifts because I don’t want to spend a lot of money, because once the start is made, more and more will be given, and the more expensive it will be, the consultants are not short of money, so there is really no need for them to spend this money on him Buying things, on the other hand, is also for safety.

Including these letters, Wang Bin has to go through them first. In the past, there were black rice fans pretending to be fans, and the letters sent to celebrities contained blood books and other threatening letters. Be careful, even some celebrities accept it with a smile in front of their faces, and it is very common to throw it directly into the trash can when they turn around.

The consultant will not be lost, but it is still necessary for Wang Bin to check it first.

He didn't care too much, and entered the group with his hands behind his back like an old cadre. When he got to him, he realized that Director Chen was losing his temper, pointing at an actor and scolding Zheng Huan. He reprimanded him for not acting well, not reciting his lines seriously, etc., but his tone was a bit aggressive.

The consultant narrowed his eyes, took a few steps around, greeted the assistant director who was watching the material, and asked about the situation.

"What's wrong with Director Chen, he got angry when the filming started."

The assistant director rubbed his eyes and stayed in front of the screen for a long time. His eyes were so sore that even the eye drops couldn't help. After rubbing a few times, he sneered and said, "You deserve it. I've been preparing for the scene for half a month. I can't remember the lines as soon as I shoot, I have to make a fuss about the dubbing, what are you kidding, this guy thinks he is something, a small [-]th-tier artist, dare to ask for dubbing, I'm pissed!"

The assistant director complained a few words in displeasure, and the advisor also agreed.

After saying a few words, the consultant asked tentatively, "Director Chen is not in a good mood today?"

It's not a day or two for one or two actors in the crew to have this kind of problem, and they didn't say they were so angry before, so why did it break out today.

"Isn't it because—" the assistant director stopped abruptly, touched his round belly, his small eyes rolled around, and without continuing to speak, he lit a cigarette and sat on the chair to puff. .

Wang Bin took two steps forward with good eyesight, stuffed a pack of cigarettes in, and said flatteringly with a smile, "Brother, give me some advice."

The assistant director patted Wang Bin's shiny forehead, raised his eyebrows and said, "Good boy, something will happen! Well, just say a few words, and don't sell me out later."

"Definitely." Wang Bin nodded and bowed.

The assistant director glanced around, seeing no one, then lowered his voice and said, "The producer is going to withdraw the capital."

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, startled Wang Bin and glanced back at the consultant with some doubts, the two looked at each other, and the consultant also spread his hands, indicating that he did not hear the wind.

"Didn't you say that the current producer is Director Chen's brother?"

Although they are not biological brothers, the friendship between serving in the army and retiring together is not comparable to that of ordinary people. After retiring from the army, they go to sea to do business together, and they have some small assets.One went back to school to study, became a famous director, and often cooperated with each other. How could he say that he would withdraw the investment if he said that he would withdraw the investment.

Wang Bin conveniently stuffed two more packs of cigarettes in the past, and the assistant director went on to say a few more words.

"What can brothers do? These days, for the sake of profit, not to mention the brothers who ask for help, brothers can stab a knife in the back, or I say you haven't experienced enough, learn a little bit. Our drama , I made a budget before, but firstly, there was a delay for a while, and secondly, Director Chen was too meticulous, and the budget was overrun before the filming was finished. The production company is only a small company, and it is impossible to pay any more money. , But, actually, that’s not the point.”

The assistant director took a puff of cigarette and fell silent again. Looking at him like this, Wang Bin felt his teeth itch with hatred, but he listened to the words halfway, and was even more upset when he gave up halfway, so he simply handed over a red envelope.

The assistant director tore open the slit in the red envelope, took a look at it, and laughed dryly in satisfaction. After laughing, he happily said the rest.

"Money is not an issue, the point is that it can't be sold at all, not to mention the David TV, even the local stations are not willing to take it, saying that it is the popular fairy tale drama this year, and they are all waiting to buy the second and third rounds of those dramas. .”

"The copyright is all in the hands, it is impossible to change the webcast, this kind of literary film, even if it is webcast, it is estimated that it will not be able to recoup the cost, that's why they want to withdraw the capital, now the withdrawal can pay less, and then Wait, you have to pay for your underpants."

The inside and outside of the words are still because they can't make money.

And judging by the assistant director's attitude, I guess he doesn't have much confidence in "Xiaoyao". It's the same, domestic TV dramas are all to cater to the tastes of the audience. When Xianxia dramas were on the air, they filmed Xianxia dramas one after another. When ancient costume dramas became popular, they all followed suit and filmed ancient costume dramas. But this kind of popular drama, You can also make a small profit.

Filming TV series like "Xiaoyao" is a disadvantage in itself, and there are mostly third- and fourth-tier artists in the drama. Except for the consultants who can bring up some topics, they basically don't even make a splash. The publicity team It's not good enough, and now even the production company is planning to withdraw their capital, so it makes sense for Chen Zhongping to be so angry.

The current schedule is also rather embarrassing, because it is already May, and in the next one or two months, the high school and college entrance examinations are almost over, and the students should also have summer vacation. To get a piece of the action in the summer, the first-tier satellite TVs have no shortage of dramas, it just depends on how they choose, the second-tier satellite TVs are eager to win the second round of premieres, and earn some ratings at the end of the summer vacation, the third-tier satellite TVs can’t afford the rights to big-budget TV dramas, Only some "sacred dramas" that have been broadcast countless times in the past can only be broadcast. Among them, there is no way for small-produced TV dramas to survive.

Especially a drama like "Xiaoyao".

It sounds good as a historical TV series, but it sounds bad as a literary film that promotes Taoist culture. It has no gimmicks or hot spots, so it is naturally difficult to sell.

After talking with Chen Zhongping, the consultant realized that the situation was far more difficult than expected.

Because the management of the crew is too strict and the roles are heavy, these people may have also heard the news at 01:30 from the side, which made several supporting actors quit, and would rather pay liquidated damages than quit the group. Of course, these For an unknown artist, the salary is not high, and the liquidated damages will not lose too much, but this made the crew panic.

The screenwriter that Chen Zhongping was optimistic about was scooped up by other crews, leaving only an unrevised script. Very helpless, excellent screenwriters are not so easy to find, but he really has no reason to let others give up high salaries to help him realize his idealism.

The screenwriter has withdrawn, and the staff has not been paid last month's salary for a long time. The entire crew is almost paralyzed.

"How could this be?"

The consultant was a little puzzled. Even if the budget was overrun, the staff would not be in arrears with their salaries. How much could the salary of hundreds of crew members add up?

Chen Zhongping said with a wry smile, "From the very beginning of joining the group, the salaries of the actors have been paid. This is all included in the budget, including your salary. 600 million has already been transferred to your account. You still give it to me." The friendship price, other third-tier artists have already reported a price of 400 million, and there are only 26 episodes. Think about it, after calculating these costs, more than half of the entire production budget has gone. Liquidated damages were paid, but the fee was directly returned to the production company, and I didn’t have a dime, how do you say the salary.”

The consultant was a bit speechless when he heard that, he was just an actor, and he didn't know the production situation behind the scenes, so he really didn't know much about it. In terms of actors' salaries, it is not difficult to imagine why the investment in TV dramas is getting larger and larger, but the production is more shoddy.

Prices are soaring, and the value of actors is also increasing exponentially.

Chu Ze showed him a price list of Prosperous Times. A few years ago, the quotations of domestic first-line TV drama stars were about 3000 million, but now they have basically doubled. Even the second line can quote tens of millions, and the producers have nothing to do. If you don’t invite popular actors, you won’t get ratings. With repeated compression, the quality of TV dramas is getting lower and lower.

There is a huge difference between domestic and foreign TV dramas. Foreign TV dramas don’t recognize people. It doesn’t matter how handsome you are. If the plot is not good and the acting skills are not good, it’s useless. However, the domestic meme effect is too strong, and the audience worships blindly. As long as it’s a TV drama starring an idol , all pay the bill, and the plot of Duo Leiren can be amwayed everywhere without conscience.

"This is also impossible."

The consultant didn't know how to comfort him, but just watched Chen Zhongping smoking one after another, and the cigarette butts piled up on the ground, feeling a little sad.

In fact, this drama has received invitations from sponsors before, and the request is to implant their products in the drama and also require advertisements. This phenomenon is actually very common. A few years ago, a certain cocktail brand sponsored I have watched several TV dramas, so in the TV dramas, I will find that all the wine in the bar is this brand of cocktails, and the wine is placed in the most conspicuous place in the store, and even the villas of billionaires have this wine , the most ridiculous thing is that even though he has no prescription, he will still get drunk after drinking.

There are quite a lot of such product placements. Even in Hollywood blockbusters, they drink a certain domestic brand of milk in outer space, so it's not surprising.

The problem is, Chen Zhongping was approached by a brand of sanitary napkins...

Although the background of their drama is in modern times, the modern plot is basically just strung together into a main line. 90.00% of the five plots took place in the Warring States Period. To restore the grand occasion at that time, why the hell did the ancients use sanitary napkins?How about another compliment?

Think about it, in the flames of war in the Warring States period, women went to the toilet, then held a certain brand of sanitary napkins, gave a thumbs up and said: "360-degree side leakage prevention, no longer afraid of turning over at night when sleeping."

When this situation flashes through your mind, you feel creepy, okay? ! !

It is naturally impossible for Chen Zhongping to agree, let alone sanitary napkins, even if there is something that may appear reasonably, he cannot agree.

"There is no one who does not love money, but since I have decided to complete a good work, I will not compromise at all." Chen Zhongping said.

After listening to the consultant, he also had a bit of respect. In fact, as Chen Zhongping, if he is willing to shoot those TV series adapted from big ip, investors will rush to him. Judging from the current situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a businessman who values ​​profits. , only consider profits, but will not invest in the cultural heritage of the motherland.

Until the consultant's last filming, he was still thinking about what Chen Zhongping said. This simple man moved him somewhat. In fact, in the final analysis, this drama cannot be a big hit, but it is just like the reason why he is willing to lower his salary to act. , this is a good drama.

Putting aside subjective factors, such as ratings or the number of online broadcasts, "Xiaoyao" is a rare and good script from the completeness of the plot to the novel angle of entry, including the concept. Chen Zhongping and the consultant are all happy to see it , Unfortunately, the reality is more cruel.

Something was about to move in his heart, which made the consultant feel a little itchy, but right now he still had to do his job well, he came back to his senses, and checked the scene with the opposite actor before re-entering the state.

Because most of the actors who did not withdraw from the group before have completed their individual roles, most of the remaining scenes are now consultants, so his task is very heavy, and he has to shoot more than a dozen scenes in a row before he can take a break from his busy schedule.

Standing for a long time made the consultant feel a little backache. After the director shouted "Ka", he squatted directly on the ground, his face was a little pale, and he kept sweating. After a while, he was supported by Wang Bin. On one side, the deck chair was too hard, so Wang Bin hung a hammock for him between two trees.

There are two layers of thin blankets on the hammock, which can withstand a weight of about [-] kilograms. It is quite strong and feels soft when lying on it.

"It just made me dizzy." The consultant rubbed his eyebrows, took the paper to wipe off his sweat, and called Chu Ze.

After the phone rang, I heard Chu Ze's voice with a smile, "Filming is over?"

"No." The consultant muttered, "It will be my show again later."

"Are you tired?"

"Fortunately."

Chu Ze expressed disbelief, "It's no wonder you're not tired, why are you calling at this time, are you hungry?"

"No." The consultant lay flat and looked at the sky. The trees were luxuriantly shaded, and the only bit of sunlight shone through the intersecting branches. It was a little warm, and he didn't feel the sun was dazzling. He thought for a while, no Said with certainty, "Our crew and producer withdrew their capital."

"After all, it is a small company, because of copyright."

Chu Ze wasn’t surprised at all. Although he didn’t get the exact news, he knew that this kind of thing would definitely not be sold. The reason why the production company agreed to invest was because of the personal relationship with the director, but the company didn’t say anything. If it is destined to lose money, no one will let the company's leaders mess around, and those senior executives with interests will be the first to object.

But listening to the tone of the consultant, it seems that it is not for this purpose.

"You want to invest?"

The consultant was so shocked that he choked on his own saliva, coughed violently a few times, and moved his body while shaking, his lower back felt like a piercing pain like a needle prick.

"hiss!"

Taking a deep breath, the consultant signaled Wang Bin to come over and press it for him, and then said to the phone, "Chu Ze, you are the roundworm in my stomach." He didn't say a word, but nothing came out. Let Chu Ze guess right, and his thinking is too sharp.

Chu Ze said with a smirk, "Isn't that good, I really want to enter your body."

The consultant made a "cut", and realized the meaning of this sentence after he realized it, his ears turned red immediately, "Bah!" He took a sip and said, "You can't learn well at such a young age!"

"Ha ha!"

Chu Ze laughed heartily a few times, as if he had swept away all the gloom of the past few days, and then said seriously, "If you want to take over, then do it. Wang Bin's undergraduate degree is economics. You can leave all the questions to him, and I will give you how much it cost."