Yes, how much remuneration are you going to pay these actors?
Nowadays, domestic actors' salaries can be described as a hundred schools of thought contending. One is higher than the other, especially for popular artists and young talents. Even though they have no acting skills, the salary is tens of millions. How much investment can be enough to cause such a disaster?
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On the other hand, in Wang Fan's movie, most of the money was spent on special effects, and the actors' remuneration was reduced to a very low level.
It's less than hundreds of thousands, like Uncle Da's, it's only 200,000, and many of them were even tricked, especially Jingzi, who didn't even get a penny of pay, and relied on Wang Fan's old face.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be called a beggar director.
Of course, now that he is making money, Wang Fan is currently preparing to supplement the salary of some old friends, but this is a story for another day.
If the actor's salary accounts for a large proportion of the investment, the director's influence on the crew will be reduced, and it will also affect the quality of the film.
Especially in the science fiction genre, if you don’t have money for special effects, can it still be called science fiction? Can a martial arts film without a fight scene be called a martial arts film? If there is no gun battle scene, can it still be called a police film?
When making a movie, you can't put the cart before the horse and say it's to boost the box office. Isn't that funny?
If the quality of the movie is not good, how much box office can the actors alone bring in?
In fact, he didn't care about this kind of thing at all before, but now he has to talk. After all, you asked me to invest in you. I am getting money, not newspapers for you to burn as you like.
"The remuneration hasn't been decided yet, but we have already agreed on the actors, but it's hard to change. Besides, brother, let's put it bluntly, it's just about making money. Why do you care about those things? Don't you think so?
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Obviously, Director Teng has not given up yet and wants to persuade. Although a lot of people want to invest in science fiction movies now, and taking advantage of the popularity of the film "The Wandering Earth", he is not short of investment, but, he still
I want to get Su Qing’s investment.
Firstly, he knew that Su Qing was capable of providing huge sums of money. Secondly, Su Qing had a precedent of investing in "The Wandering Earth", which was a good publicity point.
Even with the relationship between Su Qing and Wang Fan, they can even be invited to provide guidance when the time comes. Anyway, there are many benefits.
[The total remuneration of the actors in "Fortress" is nearly one-third of the total investment. In addition, the waste of various departments, the small leaders' demands for food and work, the consumption of filming, and finally the funds for special effects are very few.
few.
The random adaptation of the lines has been criticized.]
Good guy, listening to the narration's prompts, Su Qing called out in his heart, good guy. If he knew just now that this was a bad movie, but now he discovered that it was bad in all aspects. Speaking of it, it had to do with the actors.
It’s really not a big deal, after all, it’s the director who makes the decision, and sometimes the actors can’t help themselves.
Actors' remuneration can account for such a large proportion. If this movie is good, then there's something wrong with it. It's not an urban romance movie. It doesn't use special effects. It only requires good acting skills and a good script to achieve the effect.
This is a science fiction film, and it’s all about special effects. What are special effects? Simply put, it’s money. If you have money, you’ll get special effects.
In response, Su Qing nodded: "That's true. Although I don't care whether I make money or not, I don't want to lose money. According to what Director Teng told me, I really don't see how this movie can make money.
, so I still won’t get involved. Of course, I still wish Director Teng can make a good work, slap me in the face, and wish you a big box office hit in advance!”
Su Qing's tone was very fast, and she almost sealed the matter without giving him a chance to persuade him again.
The straightforward refusal made Director Teng and the two of them unable to react. They were stunned for a while, and finally smiled awkwardly.
"It should, it should. It's a pity that I can't cooperate with me this time. It's okay. Since I don't like this script, I will come back to me later when I have a better script."
"Of course, I also welcome Director Teng to take care of my business!" Su Qing nodded and smiled, speaking very politely.
Tang Nan on the side was a little embarrassed, but she was relieved when she saw Su Qing's last polite look. After all, it was a step down for Director Teng.
"Come on, come on, have a drink, I'll be the host today, eat well and drink well!" Tang Nan stood up and poured wine for several people.
Soon the atmosphere in the private room recovered somewhat, but the trace of embarrassment still existed.
Within half an hour, Teng Hua and Wang Tao said they had something to do and stood up to leave. In response, Tang Nan naturally got up to see them off.
"Brother, something's not right with you today?" While Tang Nan was seeing Teng Hua off, they were the only ones in the private room, and Wang Fan couldn't help but laugh.
"What's wrong with this? It's just that I didn't like their script. Although I don't care whether I make money or not, I definitely don't want to lose money! Brother, do you think they can make this movie?"
Su Qing asked with a smile, picking up a glass of wine.
In response, the big one and the small one looked at each other, then smiled at each other and drank the whole drink.
It's not that he doesn't drink, it's that he doesn't like drinking with those two people. Of course, there are also reminders from the narrator that preconceptions have affected him.
"To be honest, I don't think you are an insider, but your comment just now really hit the point. The core of science fiction films is science fiction. Love and romance can be polished, but they must not take up too much of the scene.
The second is the arrangement of funds. Sci-fi movies are expensive, and you absolutely cannot save money on special effects. As for actors' remuneration, it doesn't mean you can't pay high prices. As long as you can attract enough investment, don't be stingy with special effects.
But the domestic market is so big, and a box office of more than 5 billion is the top. To put it simply, there will be an upper limit on investment, because once the investment is too large, even if the box office is good, the benefits will still be reduced."
Wang Fan completely agrees with his point of view. As for popular artists who have no acting skills? There are also a few newcomers in his crew, isn't that okay?
But the main thing is that we can't let popular artists without acting skills become the protagonists and take on most of the roles. They can't hold it back.
There are indeed many capable actors in "The Wandering Earth" who can hold the line. But when Teng Hua talked about the actors in their crew just now, Wang Fan listened and realized that they were too far behind. None of them could hold the line.
people.
Obviously, the two directors have different styles. Wang Fan focuses on the plot, characterization, and special effects production, while Teng Hua wants to focus on the starring role and use the popularity of the starring role to drive the box office. In addition,
With the current popularity of science fiction films, there is naturally a lot of room for maneuver.
Because in the domestic market in the past two years, such operations have been common, and there are many ways to make money. It cannot be said that Director Teng has such an idea because he has a cognitive problem.
"Ha, you two even got drunk, especially you, Su Qing, you are so disrespectful to your sister today!"
At this moment, Tang Nan pushed the door open and saw the two people drinking. He immediately lost his temper, took three steps at a time, grabbed Su Qing's ears and shouted.
"Hiss~~~ It hurts, it hurts, my ears are going to fall off, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
Seeing his appearance, Tang Nan chuckled, then waved his hand and said:
"Tell me, what were you thinking just now? Didn't you want to set up a film and television investment company? Why did you offend people as soon as you started?"
Su Qing: "It's not that I offend them, it's that they are too good."