"I may be different from other agents in China." Liu Zhenzhen got straight to the point.
"The current agents, who say they are agents, are actually just handymen and resource brokers. They don't know how to build artists, and they don't provide 'customized' services. They let you compete based on your ability."
"However, ability does not equal value."
“Being valuable doesn’t mean that the value can be realized.”
Liu Zhenzhen took out the report.
It’s talking about the recent wave of celebrities terminating their contracts - taking Huaxia Film and Television, the leading representative of domestic private film and television companies, as an example. Since the new century, more than 70 artists have chosen to terminate their contracts, start a partnership, or set up an independent studio.
However, these studios are still disconnected from the original company and are subject to constraints everywhere.
For example, Bingbing, who cannot be mentioned, received a commitment from Poly Huayi to subscribe for dry shares after he opened his own studio in 2008. However, he soon discovered that it was a scam. Not to mention dry shares, he could not even get promising roles.
She was eliminated in the competition for female roles in "Mulan" and "Like a Dream".
You still have to do things that you can control.
"What I hope to provide you with is a full range of 'customized' services. Moreover, I originally only hoped to work with already-famous artists, package them, and take them to the next level."
Fang Yi asked: "Am I famous?"
Liu Zhenzhen nodded, "You are special. You would have become famous without me. I just came here in advance."
"I wasn't sure about this at first... After you shot the commercial, you took on a few more roles. I checked them all and confirmed them."
Fang Yi clasped his hands and listened quietly.
This time, Liu Zhenzhen's posture was much lower than last time.
But, do artists really need management companies?
not necessarily.
A brokerage contract is actually a transaction in which the artist obtains the relevant resources and conveniences he or she needs by transferring his freedom and personal rights.
Because most of the time, artists are just like Takagi thought, when they themselves do not produce resources, in any case, they are just tool people of different levels, needing to wait to be "arranged".
Fang Yi asked, "What if my personalized service means no trouble?"
Liu Zhenzhen was stunned, "What do you mean?"
"That's it, I shoot when I want to, and I don't shoot when I don't want to."
Liu Zhenzhen smiled, "Then you are suitable to work alone, you can feed yourself, and the whole family will not have to worry about it. Or..." She rolled her eyes upwards, showing a thoughtful look, "You are the boss, so you can make decisions based on your strength.
Already."
"What you said makes sense."
Fang Yi stood up and planned to leave.
Liu Zhenzhen still wanted to work hard, "Fang Yi, I saw that you are only a freshman, but you are already thinking like those artists who have become famous in their forties or fifties. You would rather do nothing than waste."
"It means I have confidence."
Liu was anxious, "What's your confidence?"
Fang Yi circled around her, like dancing a ballet, letting people see every line clearly. He didn't say much.
However, Liu Zhenzhen understood.
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Liu Mi read the news from the newspaper and heard that Fang Yi was in Hengdian and it turned out that he was the star of "New Three Kingdoms". She asked Fang Yi to meet him before he left.
"Fang Yi, you are in Hengdian, but you don't come to visit me. Isn't this wrong?"
"Why do we want to visit your class?"
"We know each other."
"so what?"
She said in a somewhat bitter tone, "Fang Yi, I don't know anyone of the same age in this crew, and it's really boring every day. They are all old women. They don't like me, so they are waiting for you to save their lives, brother."
She emphasized, "We... have a friendship of standing together."
Following the address given by Liu Mi, Fang Yi went to the crew of "Beauty's Scheming".
First, we went to the pier to find the lead actor Lin Xinru. After all, we were considered colleagues.
Lin went back and forth between the two crews of "New Three Kingdoms" and "Beautiful Heart", and mainly focused on the latter. Since they were both filmed in Hengdian, there was not much delay.
With her light, Fang Yi was not stopped on other people's territory, and a slap-in-the-face scene happened that everyone loved to see.
Lin's attitude towards Fang Yi was excellent. Her eyes shone and she kept flipping her hair. "Fang Yi, I'm not free now. I'll find an assistant to take you around Hengdian? In the evening..."
"Need not."
His tone turned calm, "Oh, who are you looking for?"
"Willow honey."
"ah!"
Lin Xinru shouted exaggeratedly and asked the assistant to find Liu Mi.
In addition to Liu Mi, a short, fat man with glasses and a plaid shirt also came in the middle. When this man saw Fang Yi, he was even more excited than the two women. He looked at him up and down and stammered when he spoke: "Fang...
Fang Yi?"
"Who are you……"
The man stretched out his hand and said, "I am... my name is... my name is Yu Zheng, the producer and screenwriter of "Beauty's Scheming"."
"Hello, Teacher Yu Zheng."
"Have you ever considered filming a costume drama?"
Liu Mi interjected, "He was filming costume dramas before."
"Then...then..." The man named Yu Zheng stared at Fang Yi closely, a bit like a fan meeting his idol.
He left a business card to Fang Yi. "I hope we can cooperate in the future."
Liu Mi went back to the lounge, changed into a set of ancient clothes, and looked like she was wearing light makeup, and asked Fang Yi, "Teacher Yu Zheng is very talented, a rare male romance screenwriter in the industry, what TV series is he preparing, and are he casting?"
, I didn’t know where I saw you once, and I was stunned. I thought about you often on the set."
Fang Yi didn't know Yu Zheng, and thought it was strange that such an unknown screenwriter knew about him, "How did he know about me?"
Liu Mi looked up at him with a complicated expression, "Maybe you are already very famous in the eyes of these romance screenwriters."
"——Don't talk about this, that old woman, Lin Xinru, you should have less contact with her."
"What's wrong?"
"She... always looks down on people. You are very beautiful, so she only looks at you more."
Fang Yi shrugged.
Liu Mi pointed at herself, "How do I look like this?"
"good."
The woman was very happy and said, "I just put it on for you to have a look and let you know that I am no worse than you. If I give you another chance, tell me again, what do you think?"
"good."
I asked Liu Mi's assistant to come and take a photo of the two of them. When I showed it to the owner, she looked like a fox, pumping her fists and barking.
Fang Yi seemed to feel something, "You don't want to send it to someone, do you?"
Liu Mi retorted: "You are also qualified to ask me to send it to others! I was taking pictures of myself and accidentally took pictures of you!"
He exited again and waited for Liu Mi to change her clothes back. She came out fully armed and covered her forehead with her bangs.
When she saw Fang Yi's face, her pupils shrank, which was obvious because most people would focus on her eyes.
Liu Mi said, "Fang Yi, you should change too."
"What to change?"
"Hide your face."
"No one recognizes me."
"Change!"
Can you reason with women?
Fang Yihui.
He demanded the reason, "You're teaching me how to do things."
But Liu Mi's mind was very flexible. She rolled her eyes, thought of an idea, and said, "If you don't cover it up, but I do, normal people will know that it's wrong. If the report gets out, you will affect my career."
."
This is very reasonable.
Fang Yi wore a mask, and Liu Mi explained to him the recent break.
"I plan to change jobs. Everyone in Rong Xingda knows that they will leave me alone. Now that I don't have the resources, I want to take on a few more dramas, but there is nothing I can do."
She sighed quietly, but with a smile on her face, "As soon as I was free, I felt afraid that the audience would forget about me. I know nothing but acting, but where did I get so many roles from?
"
"Can't you wait?"
But Liu Mi said, "I'm not you. As long as you're sitting there with a good face, the screenwriter will contact you. I..." paused here, "It doesn't seem to be to this extent."
Frustration emanated from her body, and she jumped up and said, "But, Fang Yi, I have something to tell you."
"say what?"
Her face gradually turned red.
"Wait a minute and go out first."
Fang Yi waited for her obediently outside the set. However, he soon received the news that Liu Mi could not go out.
Her agent, who has been with Liu Mi for a long time, came to explain to Fang Yi on her behalf, "For some reason, the director temporarily asked her to act in the scene at night."
"to whom?"
"Lin Xinru."
Fang Yi asked on the phone what Liu Mi wanted to say.
Unfortunately, I didn't wait until I fell asleep.
The next day, he had already left Hengdian City when he saw the text message Liu Mi sent in the early hours of last night.
