The reason why Jiang Siming became so popular is very simple.
I have worked hard to improve the quality of the national film and television industry, improve the treatment of veteran actors, and set up drama awards.
For what? Could Jiang Siming make a lot of money by doing this?
Doesn't he just know that the common people have long been disgusted with today's garbage soap operas and want to watch some real movies and TV series with quality and acting skills?
Moreover, he has been saying in public that his company will take the lead and Huayi will not accept any star who has no acting skills and only relies on hype and other means to become famous.
Even if you have it before, you will return it immediately after the contract expires.
To be honest, what was the film and television industry like before Jiang Siming made these moves?
If a movie or TV series has a total investment of 100 million, half of it will be used to hire popular stars.
On the other hand, the script and acting skills are not important at all. Those directors only recognize traffic and popularity.
With the veteran actors and actresses hired for this drama, the pay may not even be a fraction of that of the popular star.
Is this reasonable?
Take Yang Y as an example. Her previous salary for a film and television drama was about 60 million on average.
She still felt that it was missing, and felt that she was completely worth the price.
But do you know what level of actors you can hire in Hollywood with a salary of 60 million? You can hire four Phoenix from "Joker", you can hire three Dwayne Johnson, you can hire two from "Iron Man"
Downey, and even a little more money, you can hire DiCaprio.
This is by no means admiring foreigners, but anyone who has watched the above Hollywood movies will have a clear understanding of it.
This outrageous phenomenon in China has also changed significantly since Jiang Siming intervened.
Nowadays, the quality of film and television dramas is constantly improving, and the salaries and wages of actors with real abilities and acting skills have also increased a lot on average.
Seeing that the evil trend in the past was about to be curbed, Jiang Siming's own company and director took the lead in violating it.
Can Jiang Siming not get angry?
After Fan Jiu and the associate producer left in disgrace, the general manager of Shanghai Huayi Branch hurried over soon after.
Also accompanying him was Wu Fan's agent.
As soon as Wu Fan explained to his agent, the agent came over and made a stern protest to Jiang Siming.
The language is still in English. A Chinese person talks to a Chinese person in English.
"Shut your mouth, foreign languages are used to communicate with foreigners. Have you even forgotten what your parents are called?" Jiang Siming replied.
The agent was angry and started to speak Chinese, but as soon as she started speaking, Jiang Siming scolded her again: "You are too low-level to talk to me, so get out of here."
"You...you..." The top agent was so angry that he couldn't even speak.
"Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry, something like this happened, and I bear a lot of responsibility." The branch manager quickly came up and admitted his mistake.
Jiang Siming did not forgive him immediately and said, "Do you know about Fan Jiu's invitation to Wu Fan?"
The branch manager quickly shook his head and said: "Chairman, I really don't know, because we are only the artists responsible for managing the operation of our companies and signing contracts with the companies. As for filming, we leave it to the director, investors, and producers."
"I really didn't know that Fan Jiu would hire a popular celebrity. If I knew, I would never tolerate it."
"Manager Zhang, what do you mean by this? How come our Wu Fan is a traffic star? He is also capable. Do you know how hard Fanfan works?"
The manager's words really amused everyone, and even Director Chen couldn't help but keep his expression tense.
The agent thought that everyone didn't believe it, so he immediately explained: "It's true. My Fanfan has been studying his acting skills and memorizing his lines every day for this drama. Moreover, he has not been late for several days in a row. He is always early.
To the crew."
Hearing this, Jiang Siming looked at him like an idiot.
"Has he studied his acting skills intensively? At the level just now? Memorized his lines? Memorized numbers?"
The manager said awkwardly: "He just didn't remember some lines. He also memorized a lot of lines. It's already very rare."
Hearing this, even Director Chen couldn't stand listening anymore.
"When did it become an honor for an actor to memorize his lines and not be late? If you don't want to be shameless, you are the one who eats this. Isn't it normal for him to memorize his lines and arrive early on the set? What's more, he doesn't even know how to do it.
I never recited a decent line."
The manager's face darkened and he said in a bad tone: "Teacher Chen, I respect you as an old actor and my family Fanfan, but you shouldn't talk nonsense."
"Why should it be considered appropriate? Listening to your tone, do you still want to take revenge?"
Jiang Siming stood in the middle, looking at the agent with disdain, and said: "Let me put it this way, if you have the ability to retaliate, I have the ability to make it impossible for you to survive in China. Do you believe it?"
He didn't even mention that he was in the entertainment industry, which made Jiang Siming angry and she couldn't stay in China.
The corner of the agent's mouth twitched. She did not dare to doubt the authenticity of Jiang Siming's words.
"Mr. Jiang, you misunderstood what happened today..."
"I told you that you are not qualified to talk to me, so get out of here."
After Jiang Siming finished speaking, he didn't bother to talk to her, and turned to the branch manager: "I believe you don't know. I want a perfect result in handling this matter today. If you can't satisfy me, you, the branch manager, don't do it."
The branch manager was sweating profusely and nodded quickly to ensure that he would do it.
"In addition, we will rearrange a director to shoot the e-sports online drama, and hire an acting teacher to teach my friends how to act."
"Okay, okay, no problem."
Jiang Siming finally calmed down and apologized to Director Chen: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I'm afraid I'm going to waste your time. We will kick Wu Fan out and hire another actor."
Director Chen waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "Boss Jiang is too polite. You are here for the quality of the film and television series. I can definitely afford to wait."
"That's good. It just so happens that we haven't arranged an actor yet. Do you have any young actors that you like? If they are suitable, we will hire them directly as you say."
Director Chen was stunned after hearing this. It was always the director and producer or investors who chose the roles, so who got to choose the actors?
"This isn't appropriate."
Jiang Siming smiled and said: "What's inappropriate about this? Every line is like a mountain. You are a professional and naturally have the best vision. I believe you, just say it."
When Director Chen heard this, he was not too pretentious. He thought about it carefully and said, "I personally think that Dong Zijian and Zhang Yishan are both good young actors."
Jiang Siming's eyes lit up and he said, "I quite like these two, too."
The branch manager understood immediately without Jiang Siming opening his mouth and said: "Chairman, I will ask the company to contact you immediately."
"It would be better if you can sign in if you have the opportunity." Jiang Siming explained.
Young and capable actors are of course promising actors, and it would be best if they can be recruited into their own company.
[Author's digression]: The second update is here~ (To be continued)