At one o'clock in the morning, Zhao Mingyang and Liu Bingbing returned to Shanghai and checked into a five-star hotel without returning to their respective homes.
After Zhao Mingyang and Liu Bingbing washed up, Zhao Mingyang lay on the bed and looked at Liu Bingbing and said, "Do you want to make a debut?"
"Yes, summer vacation will be over in a few days. I will be a junior. Junior year is the life and death line for us acting students. In fact, everyone who can go out in the sophomore year will choose to go out. When we graduate in the senior year, there will be fewer opportunities.
It's so pitiful. Every year, major production crews and directors come to the school to cast actors. If you have good qualifications, you will be selected to film in your freshman year.
There is still one round left in the sophomore year, and everyone is working hard to perform. By the junior year, the opportunities are getting less and less, and you have to compete with the freshmen and sophomores. The senior year is the worst, the directors have chosen you in the third round, and you are fourth.
The wheel is also difficult.
A few days ago, a film crew came to cast, and I was selected as the third female lead in a palace drama. I was asked to play a concubine. You know, this may be my last chance. I don’t want to miss it.
When I was growing up, I had a dream of becoming a star.
I have been holding on to this dream, but it seems that I am not suitable for this industry. Until I met you, you told me. Last time I came to cast, I followed your instructions and played myself, a concubine, nothing more than money.
Although I didn't know the status of the concubine at that time, I tried my best to act like some wealthy wives I knew. As a result, I was accepted and said that I performed well.
I have really wanted to enter the entertainment industry for a long time, enjoy the stage, and enjoy the attention and applause of the crowd. I see many classmates at the same time as me, and some of them already have fans. I am really envious and want to have them."
"So you are ready to live a life without privacy and become a public figure living under the camera. In the past two days, you and I have experienced everything you can. Is this the last privacy?" Zhao Mingyang asked.
"Yes, I don't want to have any regrets, and I couldn't interpret my charming expression before, but now I can show it. After I debut, I have to be a star that everyone likes.
Zero scandals, this is what all fans want the most for a star. Even the kings and queens cannot achieve this. They can ignore scandals and ignore them. As long as your partner is exposed, your career cannot be the same as before, unless you get older. It is very realistic.
, this circle is like this.”
How could Zhao Mingyang not know this? In a sense, celebrities are the best ideal partners for fans. If a celebrity has a significant other, fans will feel cheated, and their favorite things will be taken away.
Turn into black powder.
Not to mention idols, Uncle Long, who was powerful and influential back then, had been secretly married for decades, and his son only revealed it when he was in his twenties.
Liu Bingbing is right. As you get older, you can be more exposed, because your fans are also older, have families, are more tolerant, and don’t want to chase stars anymore, especially the first-tier ones. In fact, most of them
Celebrities are all second-tier stars. What counts as first-tier stars?
Simply put, if you have a huge fan base, you don't need to rely on hype to maintain popularity. You can make a movie every two or three years and have fans.
Nowadays, some of the so-called pseudo-A-listers have to appear frequently to stay popular. Many celebrities choose to get married and then get divorced, only to find that they really have no attention and no jobs after getting married.
To put it simply, fans don’t buy it anymore, and after the divorce, they are single again, and there is still a group of fans who can accept the idol who got married and divorced. This group of people will still buy one, and there is a market for fans again.
If we talk about the entertainment industry, which type of celebrities really live a clean and well-organized life, they must be the top and first-tier ones. They know their own value and pay great attention to their private lives. For example, Gu Yue Geqian and Yu Yan, they
There is no private life at all. As long as there are no scandals, people are not afraid of reporters. But if there are scandals and they get married, they may lose a large number of fans quickly, which will reduce their market share and narrow their acting career.
There is a very important reason here. Male fans rarely spend too much money to chase stars. We cannot say male fans, but at most the male group who likes the star. The real main force of consumption in the entertainment industry is female fans. You can buy love for them.
Dou spent tens of millions to advertise, and the fan base of female celebrities is only 55%. The premise is that these fans cannot accept female celebrities falling in love and getting married.
For reference, after Sister Shenxian first exposed her relationship, its popularity continued to decline for several years, and eventually they broke up.
Falling in love is a taboo in the entertainment industry, a very taboo, among the four returning sons. The only two who are active in front of the camera and are still sought after are the two singles. Reporters have been following them for many years, but they have not caught any scandals.
This is self-control. The longest and most popular person in the end must be the one who has always been single.
If you don’t have a general idea of celebrity privacy, please refer to the photo of Pheasant’s eldest brother being photographed by a paparazzi twenty years ago.
The paparazzi stayed on the tree outside the actor's house for a long time, and finally photographed the actor watching... a movie in the living room of his home. This was still an era when filming equipment was not so developed.
It is conceivable that if celebrities want to go far, they have to give up their personal privacy.
This is why Liu Bingbing has been so crazy these past two days, because she knows that she may have no privacy in the future.
There is also a jargon in the entertainment journalist circle called "betting", which is aimed at newly debuted artists. If you think this artist may be popular in the future, then you can shoot him before he is famous. You will definitely get more things to shoot, and when you wait
After an artist becomes popular, he or she will show some photos to the artist, and either pay money or sell them to other media. Generally, for more explosive photos, such as romance photos, the asking price starts at 100,000 yuan.
Artists will end their relationships early before they debut, and of course they will have to pay breakup fees. This cannot be negotiated, and various scandals about the artists will be revealed later on.
In order to make long-term profits for artists, management companies are now becoming more and more strict in controlling the romantic relationships of artists. If they find out that they are in love, they may hide it directly.
"Don't go and act. If you think about it, I will help you and let the director come to you. Moreover, the role given to you is very important, and it is a big director." Zhao Mingyang said.
"What do you mean? How can you help me?" Liu Bingbing asked.
"Simple, it means that you have unintentionally attracted attention when you debut, similar to the strong wives of the past. If netizens like you, capital will intervene, that is, the capital will find you and let you star. And the capital that can find you is nothing more than two types. The first type
Those with small capital will not be considered in this category. Those with larger capital will recommend you to directors, maybe ten big directors at a time.
Of course, you have to sign a contract with them and they will build your stardom, but they will have many requirements, such as who you want to eat with, who you want to work with, who you want to spread rumors with, etc. You can't choose yourself.
like.
Of course, you have other options. After you become popular, you can choose to terminate the contract and compensate the other party for a huge fee. Another option is to take the civil service examination, which does not require a termination fee. After three to five years, you can resign from the system and set up your own studio.
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Liu Bingbing looked at Zhao Mingyang with a confused look on her face and asked, "No penalty for taking the civil service examination?"
"Yes, the prerequisite is that you have to pass the exam. In the entertainment industry, the difficulty level is even more difficult than winning Best Actor and Best Actress. Cultural students who want to make their debut have a higher chance of taking the exam, while art students take the exam, and the chance is too low.
If you persist in preparing for the exam for five or six years, you will still have a chance.
Of course, you also have a third option, which is to set up your own studio first. This is very difficult because there are few resources, but it is more beneficial to later development. Many artists end up using their own studios.
You can set up your own studio and take another approach, take the literary and artistic film route, and exchange your popularity for a role. Of course, there will be no salary and no commercial value. Use your popularity to help investors earn some box office. This
Very few big names would star in such movies.
In art films, there are only two Chinese directors who can get big names to take the initiative to star in them. One is Director Li and the other is Wang Xwei. For the rest, no matter how many award-winning directors you have, it is difficult for big names to star in them, because these two
A director can ensure the combination of art and business.
To put it bluntly, other art films may not be able to go to theaters, so they go abroad to participate in competitions to win awards. The awards they win are not major film festival awards, such as the best art film in major film festivals.
, basically have to meet the commercial value, so you can only star in some literary films first. Although they may not have box office, you can star in films by well-known directors, and then transform.
Even if the male and female protagonists of these films win awards, they may not be famous, so if you want to transform later, I will help you run it.
Another point I want to make clear to you is that if you choose the studio path, you will have to invest a sum of money in the early stage, including publicity fees, various operating expenses, and company team expenses."
Liu Bingbing looked at Zhao Mingyang and asked: 'How much do you need?'
"At least five million. This money will allow you to save ten times the termination fee in the future, and I can guarantee that I will not let you lose money on your investment. Of course, I will help you maintain this company behind the scenes.
To build an entertainment company that belongs to you, my help will not be in vain, you have to promise me one thing." Zhao Mingyang said.
"What's the matter, tell me." Liu Bingbing said.
“First, I want absolute management rights, and I don’t need any shares. Of course, if I have money, I won’t let you contribute any money.
I, Zhao Mingyang, am an upright man, and what I cannot accept the most is spending the money of the woman I love.
Second, you must follow my plan, and I will arrange an agent for you. If you listen to that agent, the other party will definitely benefit you without any harm.
Third, don’t worry, I will never wait for you to become popular and use our relationship to blackmail you, so in order to dispel our mutual concerns, I will sign a confidentiality agreement with you and never make our relationship public. Violators will be liable.
Legal Liability and Indemnity.
Of course, I know that this contract is difficult to constitute legal liability, so I need you to buy me a house and use the house as a bargaining chip. If I breach the contract at that time, I will compensate you ten times or twenty times the price of the house.
There is a monetary transaction here, so if I breach the contract, I will be legally responsible. This is the greatest protection for you.
This is my greatest protection for you and your greatest trust in me.
Of course the house is still yours, and the knowledge is in my name, which reassures you. Once I threaten you with emotional matters, you can sue me with the contract. If I breach the contract, you can also sue me for blackmail.
I threaten you with love and ask you for a house as hush money, so that you will no longer have any scruples."