Zhou Xingchi wore a peaked cap, looked around, then lowered his head and walked quickly into the Phoenix TV building, as if he were a thief, fearing that he would be recognized by acquaintances.
Today is the first test of the Phoenix Artist Training Class. If you pass the first test, there will be a retest next week. Only those who pass both tests can pay tuition to enter the training class to learn acting or behind-the-scenes production.
Zhou Xingchi took the registration form and entered the examination queue. He waited in line for more than an hour before he finally reached the door of the performance room. He only heard someone shouting: "No. 27, Yuan Danqiong... Where is Yuan Danqiong? It's your turn."
Got it!"
"Here we come!" A short-haired beauty standing in front of Zhou Xingchi responded. She took out a small mirror and applied foundation before entering the performance room with her bag.
An applicant who had just finished the first test walked out and walked past Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, brother, my name is Zhou Xingchi."
The applicant was very handsome and looked a bit mixed-race. When Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to chat with him, he nodded and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Huang Qiusheng."
Zhou Xingchi asked in a low voice: "Why does it take other people two or three minutes to take the exam, but you only took half an hour?"
Huang Qiusheng was confused and said: "I don't know either."
Zhou Xingchi asked: "Then what did the examiners test?"
Huang Qiusheng replied: "You just asked me to walk, and I kept walking for half an hour."
"Walking?" Zhou Xingchi opened his eyes wide.
Huang Qiusheng said: "I was asked to walk like an old man at first, then like a club boss, and then like a rich man, a fool, an office worker, a young and Dangerous boy, a beggar, a policeman, a hawker, a drunkard, and a losing gambler."
"Oh." Zhou Xingchi nodded. In his heart, he was secretly envious of Huang Qiusheng. Based on his experience in taking the wireless artist training class for two consecutive years, the more time applicants spent on the exam, the higher the chance of being hired. Because only
The examiner is very optimistic about the applicant and is interested in spending a lot of time to consider his talent or potential.
Zhou Xingchi was thinking about how he would learn various walking postures if he was tested to walk. The team behind him suddenly became noisy. Zhou Xingchi looked back and saw that it was the boss of Phoenix TV Station Kang Jianfei and the program director McDonald's who came side by side.
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"Hello Mr. Kang!"
"Mr. Kang."
"Director Mai."
"..."
As Kang Jianfei and McDonald's Bear walked over, the applicants for the training class greeted each other one after another, and some women even kept ogling Kang Jianfei.
Zhou Xingchi watched the two big shots coming over, his palms sweating. He was thinking hard about how to impress his boss, but he didn't know what method to take.
After hesitating, Kang Jianfei walked up to Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi only dared to bow and greet like others: "Hello, Mr. Kang, hello Director Mai."
Kang Jianfei was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw Zhou Xingchi. Huang Qiusheng, who passed by him just now, was a student in the ATV training class in parallel time and space. So it didn't surprise Kang Jianfei, but Xingchi should be at the wireless station this week.
"Not bad, perform well!" Kang Jianfei patted Zhou Xingchi on the shoulder, smiled and walked away.
After Kang Jianfei and McDonald's Bear left and entered another room, the applicants in line gathered around Zhou Xingchi and asked, "Do you know Mr. Kang?"
"May I have your name?"
"Brother, let's go to a food stall together tonight."
"..."
Zhou Xingchi turned a deaf ear to the chirping sounds around him. He was still in wireless surprise. When Kang Jianfei patted his shoulder just now, Zhou Xingchi felt that all the bones in his body were light.
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Although McDonald's was very aggressive in everything he did and said, he was actually very considerate in being able to become the program director of a TV station. When he saw Kang Jianfei encouraging an applicant for no reason, he immediately tried and said: "There are a lot of people signing up this year.
It’s also thanks to Mr. Kang that we can attract so many people.”
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "It's the TV station's own reputation, but it has nothing to do with me."
The history of the Lishi training class is longer than that of the wireless training class. McDonald Xiong himself is a talent trained by the Lishi training class. Nowadays, some of the most popular TVB actresses such as Wang Mingquan, Li Siqi, Huang Shuyi and others originally graduated from the Lishi training class.
, and later switched to wireless stations.
McDonald's Bear made an insinuating comment: "The young man just now looks pretty good."
Kang Jianfei knew what he was thinking and nodded: "Yeah, not bad."
McDonald's Bear immediately paid attention and planned to say hello to the person in charge of the preliminary test later and ask them to take care of him to some extent.
The matter about Zhou Singchi was just mentioned casually, but McDonald's quickly got down to business: "The Kowloon Tong Police Station has already reached an agreement. After they understood the script, they agreed to assist in the filming of "Sister Tuoqiu"."
Kang Jianfei asked: "How is the casting going?"
McDonald's said: "It has been initially decided. I am going to let Zheng Wenya play the role of Zhu Su'e. She is a Hong Kong sister and has a dignified manner. She is very suitable for playing the role of a policewoman."
Zheng Wenya was the Miss Hong Kong champion three years ago. She was initially signed to a wireless station, but now she is free.
Generally speaking, whether she is a Hong Kong sister or a TVB training class background, TVB will only sign a two-year contract with the artist initially. If she performs well in these two years, then she will sign an additional five-year, eight-year or ten-year contract;
If the performance is poor during the year, the artist will be reduced to a handyman.
Zheng Wenya originally signed a two-year contract, but things didn't go too smoothly after that. After the two-year contract expired, the wireless station did not ask Zheng Wenya to renew the contract, so Zheng Wenya left TVB.
Zheng Wenya was one of the female leads in last year's film "The Little One" directed by Zeng Zhiwei. She also signed a contract with LiTV and starred in two LiTV dramas.
Kang Jianfei's understanding of Zheng Wenya does not come from her identity as a Hong Kong sister. It is that this woman participated in the design of the Hong Kong Film Awards trophy in a parallel space. The goddess trophy of the Hong Kong Film Awards was completely built according to Zheng Wenya's body proportions.
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"I'm going to make "Sister Tuoqiang" into a series. I'm afraid Zheng Wenya's casting contract is not appropriate." Kang Jianfei said worriedly, "If you talk to her again, you can either ask her to sign a long-term contract or replace it with another actor.
Play the heroine."
"Okay, I'll go communicate with her again," McDonald Bear continued, "As for the male lead, Chen Xiaosheng, I'm going to let Wan Zixing play the role."
Kang Jianfei frowned and said: "The character of Chen Xiaosheng is honest and loyal, and sometimes a little cunning and humorous. Is it suitable for someone with a big brother temperament like Wan Zixing to play him?"
In the past, McDonald's always acted arbitrarily, but now his two leading roles have been questioned by Kang Jianfei. If it had been anyone else, McDonald's would have turned his back.
But Kang Jianfei is the chief planner of "Sister Tuoqiang", and the creative idea of the script also came from Kang Jianfei, and Kang Jianfei is also his boss, which made McDonald Bear have to endure it and patiently explained: "Mr. Kang, you
Don’t worry at all, Wan Zixing can definitely do the job.”
Since McDonald's insisted on using Wan Zi Xing, Kang Jianfei could no longer object and said, "Okay, you are the producer and you make the decision."
McDonald's Bear continued: "I originally wanted to use He Jiajin as the second male lead, but now I have to use Mok Shaocong."
He Jiajin has filmed many dramas in LiTV in the past two years, and he can be regarded as LiTV's leading niche. However, Kang Jianfei has decided to cast He Jiajin as Xiang Shaolong, so McDonald's can only reluctantly give up. As for Mok Shaocong, this person joined LiTV the year before last.
Yes, he has filmed four TV series in total, and is slightly less famous than Leslie Cheung.
McDonald's said: "As for the second female lead, I haven't made up my mind yet, so I arranged the audition today."
Kang Jianfei pulled a chair over and sat down, asking: "Can the production cost of "Sister Tuoqiang" be reduced?"
McDonald's Bear smiled bitterly and said: "It's definitely impossible to shoot like Mr. Kang's "Royal Senior Sister", where cars crashed and exploded. Therefore, "Senior Sister Tuoqiang" can only shoot as many literary dramas as possible to strive for the quota of each episode.
The average cost should be less than 12,000."
The current drama production of Hong Kong TV stations, taking costume films as an example, costs 6,000 to 30,000 yuan per episode, but the average cost per episode is only about 8,000 yuan.
When filming a TV series, actors are paid monthly, and labor costs are basically kept to a minimum. Most of the production costs come from the cost of film during filming. Occasionally, if there is a circus or an outdoor scene, the cost will increase greatly.
"Sister Tuoqiang" is a fashion drama, and there are often scenes of handling cases. The average performance per episode is less than 12,000, which is already the limit. If someone else is the producer, it will be at least 15,000.
Kang Jianfei thought for a while and said: "Necessary explosions or chases and gunfight scenes can also be included. Basically, every seven or eight episodes should be enough to keep the audience entertained. This drama is Phoenix TV's premiere drama. It must be well-produced. I
You are allowed to have an average cost of fifteen thousand per episode."
The average production fee of 15,000 per episode is almost twice that of TVB dramas. The results will naturally be different, but McDonald's Bear said hesitantly: "Mr. Kang, if you over-produce like this, I'm afraid the profit figures will be lost."
It doesn’t look good.”
Kang Jianfei said firmly: "My bottom line for this "Sister Tuoqiang" is that I don't lose money. Even if I lose a small amount, as long as it can get good ratings, it is worth it. In addition, this is a modern drama
, clothing, restaurants, cars, etc., you can ask the marketing department to solicit sponsorship. As long as the product placement is not too excessive, the audience will not be disgusted. "
Nowadays, even Hong Kong movies don’t have many product placements, let alone TV series. Unlike watching movies in later generations, TV is just like watching a collection of advertisements.
McDonald's is very good at making TV dramas, but he is a little nervous about sponsoring product placements. He is thinking about where in the dramas he can place advertisements. Xu Zihao, the assistant director of "Sister Tuoqiu", brought several women with him.
The child came in and said, "Mr. Kang, Director Mai, I brought someone here."
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