203 Whoever owns the film and television resources is the master of the artists
In the afternoon of that day, Dong Xuan came to Fanxing Audition, and the girl she had been with in the cafeteria came with her.
The cast of "The Family" chose a freshman in the cafeteria for the female lead. Now it has become a big news in Nortel. Even many teachers know about it, and even the drama next door has heard about it.
There is no way, the drama "Golden Pink Family" is very famous in the circle now.
There is an original novel, and many people know that the character of Leng Qingqiu is outstanding, and he plays the role of Cao Xuan, the popular king. It is an absolutely top resource, and no one will be greedy for it.
The popular little girls are all rushing to get it, let alone these students who have not yet become famous.
If you are selected, it will be a real step to the top.
Dong Xuan's class teacher called her specifically to find out about the situation. She originally wanted to accompany her, but after all, it was a trial, so if she didn't succeed, it seemed that they were more cautious.
After all, this is Nortel, one of the two major art schools in China, so you still have to maintain your attitude.
After all, "The Family" is just a TV series, not a Hollywood movie, directed by Lao Mouzi or Chen. It is too grand, and it looks like the teachers and students of Nortel have never seen the world.
Therefore, the head teacher only helped identify the identities of Brother Liu and others, and let the two of them come to the audition by themselves.
Brother Liu personally received the two people, and Dong Xuan only then knew that Brother Liu was the executive producer of "The Golden Family". Apart from a few giants, he was also a senior leader on the crew. Currently, he and another deputy director were mainly responsible for
Casting work.
Or rather, it was the casting of the heroine Leng Qingqiu, because the other roles had basically been decided.
Logically speaking, casting usually involves interviews at the same time at the same time, but due to the special nature of this time, there is only one role, so there is no need to be so rigid.
More importantly, Brother Liu was very optimistic about Dong Xuan and recommended her to several leaders, winning her the opportunity to have this solo interview.
Brother Liu originally wanted to show off his merits and show his favor, but seeing that Dong Xuan was too nervous, he relented and did not put pressure on her. Instead, he found a small office for the two of them to rest.
"Mr. Cao is not in the company now. Please wait here for a while. I will call you when people arrive."
After Brother Liu finished speaking, he went to work first. Dong Xuan couldn't hide her nervousness: "Yueyue, do you think I can be chosen?"
"Believe in yourself, you can do it."
Guan Yue cheered hard for her good sisters. Not many Nortel level 00s were famous, but Dong Xuan was considered the most popular.
The most popular actor is probably Cui Peng, who is the Wuhua monk in the fat version of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang". He is also a film and television model where the second male lead's appearance turns the protagonist into a scumbag.
Guan Yue is actually not very famous, but she has a good husband, Tong Dawei. After getting married, she takes care of her husband and raises her children, and her life is considered stable.
In addition to these two, Dong Xuan's classmate also has Yin Xu, who is not well-known, but is the sister-in-law of International Chapter, and later served as International Chapter's agent for a period of time.
In addition, there are two people in the 00-level vocational class who are famous.
The former is [Jia Qian Runge] Zhou Wei, and the latter is a car kid whose ex-husband became an old man and became a hot search topic.
Dong Xuan and Guan Yue have a very good relationship. They are rare non-plastic sisters in the industry. When Dong Xuan encounters problems, they support her in every way. They take photos at daily gatherings on Weibo. They even took pregnancy photos together when they were pregnant.
Well, I definitely don’t have any of these “good girlfriends”...
With the comfort and encouragement of her good sisters, Dong Xuan slowly got rid of some of her nervousness and took out the book "Golden Pink Family" she had just bought on the way and read it slowly, hoping that it would be useful for the audition.
Guan Yue didn't dare to disturb her, so she silently took the magazine in the office and flipped through it to relieve her boredom.
In less than an hour, Brother Liu came over and called someone: "Mr. Cao is here. I will take you to change clothes. Well, your classmates should follow."
Maybe it was because of the two girls, Brother Liu took good care of Dong Xuan and the others and tried his best to ease their emotions.
A makeup artist and costume designer were specially hired to change Dong Xuan's clothes and put on makeup, and then Brother Liu took her to the interview small conference room.
"It's scheduled to start filming on April 5th. If this is suitable, I don't need to say more. If it doesn't work, I'll shoot other scenes first."
"Is Zhou Xun really bad?"
"No, she has a movie called "Orange Is Red" by Rong Xinda, as well as two movies from Hong Kong and Mainland China, and the schedule is not enough."
"..."
Dong Xuan listened outside the door and was so disturbed that she simply listened and concentrated on recalling the original work of "The Golden Fen Family" before unconsciously following Brother Liu into the conference room.
The people who were discussing in the conference room stopped talking when someone came in, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
I saw Dong Xuan wearing a sky blue female school uniform of the Republic of China, a long black skirt, and two pigtails. She had pure eyes and a delicate appearance. She had the aura of a girl and a somewhat demure and cold temperament.
Since ancient times, sentimentality has hurt parting, and it is even more embarrassing to be left out in the Qingqiu Festival.
I dare not say that Dong Xuan is Leng Qingqiu from the book, but at least so far, she is definitely the most consistent image among all the auditions.
At least in Cao Xuan's view, it is not inferior to the original Dong Jie. Even because Dong Jie comes with his own "filter", he is more pleasing to Dong Xuan.
"Director Liu, what do you think?"
Although he is an investor, Cao Xuan still respects Liu Guoquan's ideas. Otherwise, the director would not like the heroine, and there would be no need to film this scene.
"Let's try acting first."
An old director like Liu Guoquan is very cautious about such an important role and will not express opinions easily.
Cao Xuan nodded, and Liu Guoquan picked a clip and gave the script to Dong Xuan to act. Dong Xuan thought about it for a few minutes. After the performance, Liu Guoquan picked several clips one after another. Even in the last scene, Cao Xuan even acted in person.
Chatted with her for a while.
After performing a few scenes, Liu Guoquan asked Dong Xuan what he thought of the role of Leng Qingqiu. He thought that the actor he had just hired today was just a routine question, but Dong Xuan actually answered.
"The character Leng Qingqiu is a tragic character. He has a little bit of vanity, but he is also full of a beautiful yearning for love. Faced with Jin Yanxi's pursuit..."
Dong Xuan said a few hundred words, although the words were very simple, and most of them were original works, and there were some inconsistencies. It was obviously a temporary make-up.
But to a certain extent, having this heart means wanting to play the role well, which is a plus in the director's mind.
Of course, the premise is that the director takes a fancy to you. If he doesn't, it's useless even if you memorize the original work of "The Golden Family" backwards and forwards.
Producer Ding Ying, who had been silent, asked Dong Xuan to go out and wait for news, and they could discuss it.
Dong Xuan came out in a daze, and Guan Yue, who had been waiting at the door, immediately came over.
"How about it, what did they say."
Under normal circumstances, after a long continuous audition like this without going back and waiting for news, the result can basically be determined.
Many mature actors knew directly what was going on, but Dong Xuan was a newcomer after all, and she really valued this role and was worried about gains and losses.
"I don't know. They just told me to wait outside."
Guan Yue was also a freshman and was confused, but Brother Liu had a smile on his face.
"Congratulations!"
When he said this, Dong Xuan also reacted and asked in surprise: "Did you say it's done?"
"It's almost like ten."
Sure enough, as soon as Brother Liu brought the two of them back to the small office, he saw a woman in a suit walking in. Brother Liu hurriedly said hello.
"Mr. Jiang."
"Um."
Jiang Yue nodded, looked Dong Xuan up and down, and introduced herself: "I am Jiang Yue, the deputy general manager of Fanxing Entertainment. I am responsible for the company's artist management business. I would like to ask if Ms. Dong has signed with other companies."
"No."
"Then are you interested in joining our Fanxing Company?"
Jiang Yue acted like a strong woman in front of Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, let alone in front of other people. She was full of aura, like a devil in the workplace. Dong Xuan felt worried, but she still had the courage to ask.
"If I don't join, I won't be able to play the role of Leng Qingqiu."
"Not necessarily, but this is the most likely result."
"Then I'll sign it!"
Dong Xuan is also a decisive person at heart. Otherwise, she would not have to worry about her husband's troubles and run around to find a guarantor. When things calm down, she will get divorced directly.
When she understood that she could only get roles by signing with Fanxing, she agreed to sign the contract without much hesitation.
Jiang Yue glanced at her appreciatively, feeling a little fond of the girl who was about to be brought under her banner.
"The contract is for 8 years, and the split is tentatively set at 28%. Don't be too little. If you become famous later and the contract is fulfilled for a certain number of years, the split will increase. This is written in the contract.
After signing the contract, the company guarantees that you will have one drama per year, with a guaranteed number of at least three female lead roles, and no less than three female lead dramas. We will also make arrangements for other advertising endorsements, commercial performances and other resources accordingly."
Dong Xuan didn't understand what favors were, and she didn't have a choice anyway. Jiang Yue meant whatever she said.
But in fact, this contract is considered very generous in the industry, especially for newcomers.
What's so generous is not the share of the salary. The best newcomers get about 70% to 30% to 60% to 400%, but newcomers like that are usually under special circumstances.
What is really generous is that one drama and three female protagonists are marked every year. In this era of few film and television resources and many actors, the treatment can be said to be highly praised.
This contract can attract several popular stars, let alone a newcomer like Dong Xuan.
This is also the biggest core competitiveness of Fanxing Artist Agency.
Cao Xuan has a lot of dramas on his hands, and he can arrange his own actors, or exchange them for other roles in the crew, so he dares to promise to give others as many dramas as the contract period.
And most agents don't have that many film and television resources.
It's fine if you're a popular star and there's no shortage of film deals, but for ordinary artists, even newcomers, it's hard to push them to the top.
You can't just use the popular celebrities you have on hand to repay others' favors every day, just once or twice. As time goes by, the popular celebrities may have to run away.
Therefore, agents and companies that do not have stable film and television resources dare not sign these similar terms.
Sister Hua, the mainland’s top agent, why she has to be with Huayi? Isn’t it because she wants to watch Huayi’s film and television resources?
Later, why a large number of celebrities followed her was because Huayi did not pay attention to these people, and Chengtian promised some film and television resources, so Sister Hua gave an order and everyone ran away.
For artists in the entertainment industry, whoever has enough film and television resources is the boss.
Therefore, although there are not many artists in Fanxing, Cao Xuan never worries.
Because he knows that as long as the basics of Fanxing Film and Television's production are stable, whether it is directly poaching popular stars or promoting potential newcomers, it will easily attract a group of Fanxing stars.
However, these artists in the entertainment industry have too many scandals, and Cao Xuan does not dare to sign people easily to avoid being exposed.
Like Sunshine at Noon in later generations, why did they eliminate the artist management department that was developing well? It was because they found that the gains outweighed the losses.
On the contrary, it would be better to just make movies and TV shows honestly and not get involved in such messy things as celebrities. The major entertainment companies are still rushing to let their own actors appear in the movies, and they can make money comfortably in the sunshine at noon.
Cao Xuan wanted Fanxing to do this at first, but later he discovered that the film and television market was not yet developed, and artist managers were a big piece of the puzzle.
If you don't eat it, the celebrity bonus you hold will be eaten by others, so Cao Xuan got involved.
In the future, if the film and television market becomes huge and Cao Xuan doesn't care about petty profits, he may consider cutting off Fanxing's artist management business and concentrate on film and television.
Otherwise, today we are worried about our artists being used as toothpicks, tomorrow we are worried about TMD being annoying, the day after tomorrow we are worried about someone getting high, and the rule of law is in progress every day.
The little money he earned was not enough, and Cao Xuan was worried...
