Chapter five hundred and thirty fifth a bit despicable
A few minutes after Tang An returned to the office, Xu Zheng walked in anxiously and told Tang An some bad news.
The filming of "The Hypnotist" has been completed and is in post-production, and "囧" is already looking for locations, and the actors should also be confirmed.
This time the heroine Xu Zheng still found Zhao Wei, and the second male lead Wang Baoqiang.
The second female lead happened to be Tang Yan who had finished filming the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". The lead actress's brother-in-law found Wang Xun and several other actors from Hong Kong.
It's called "囧 in Hong Kong", and few Hong Kong actors are not suitable.
In fact, "囧囧" initially cast Wang Xun, but Wang Xun was unavailable at the time, so he recommended his good friend Huang Bo.
The actors were all present and most of the deals were settled. But something went wrong when it came to Zhao Wei and Wang Baoqiang, both of whom wanted to participate in the investment.
After hearing Xu Zheng talk about his contact with the two of them, Tang An frowned, "Do I have to participate in investment?"
"That's right, and the intention is very strong. Although I haven't said it's dead yet, it seems that I have to invest."
Xu Zheng was not in a high mood. He was pointing at this movie to make a comeback. Unexpectedly, someone wanted to share a piece of the cake.
In addition to the director's share, he only has a 30% investment share in the studio, and Tang An occupies the majority of the studio.
If he had been working hard for more than half a year and the two of them finally lost the money, Xu Zheng would definitely not want to do it.
Furthermore, he and Han and Tang both signed a contract, and the investment ratio was written in the contract. Even if a few points were to be given up to the two of them, who would give up?
Tang An was not surprised. The original "囧" had Zhao Wei's investment, and Wang Baoqiang was rejected because of his request to participate in investment and took over "Detective Chinatown".
Wang Baoqiang had an investment in "Detective Chinatown".
It's normal for big-name stars to bring money to join the group, but don't even think about getting a share of the box office.
Neither Cheng Long nor Jet Li received a share of the box office in Mainland China, they both used their remuneration to become shareholders.
In this regard, actors are still not as strong as directors. Big directors can get box office dividends, but big stars cannot.
Tang An thought for a while and said, "Are there no other candidates besides them?"
"There definitely is, but the two of them are the most suitable candidates in terms of image and popularity."
Xu Zheng sighed and continued, "The heroine Cai Bo is a middle-aged woman. First of all, she cannot be beautiful. There are several female celebrities who are not beautiful, let alone popular and attractive."
"Cai Lala is completely based on the character set by Wang Baoqiang. Both her lines and image are tailor-made for him."
It's true. Although not all stars in the entertainment industry are top beauties, they can at least be considered beautiful. If they don't have enough looks and figure, they won't even be able to get into the film and television academy.
Of course, it would probably work to find a female star in her thirties or forties and let him appear on camera without makeup.
But if someone agrees, there will be trouble.
It’s okay to put on makeup and look ugly, but if you go on camera without makeup, not many people will agree.
If you deliberately act ugly and fans know it’s fake, that’s okay.
But if the audience and fans see her without makeup, she may lose her followers...
Besides, the character of Cai Lala is easily disgusting if you just read the script.
Including the characters of Wang Baoqiang in "囧" and "囧路", if you put yourself in their shoes, if you were Xu Lang and Li Chenggong, given their situation at the time, how could you not hate having such a person around you?
That is to say, Wang Baoqiang has so many honest and honest classic characters in the past. Only if they are well-loved by the audience can they not be disliked by the audience.
Tang An thought for a while, went through the post-70s actresses in the circle in his mind, and suggested, "Only one can be kept. I will give up 4% of the investment share. Wang Baoqiang will keep it, and Zhao Wei will be replaced by Qin Hairu and Yuan Quan, what do you think?"
Qin Hairu is nicknamed "the ugliest movie queen in history". Although she is not ugly, she is not very beautiful either and her acting skills are adequate.
Yuan Quan has a good temperament, but in terms of appearance, she is not very beautiful, so there is no problem in playing this kind of role.
If we really need to change him, it would undoubtedly be most appropriate to replace Zhao Wei. He was scolded a lot after the movie was released.
Of course Xu Zheng was happy to see Tang An give up 4% of his investment share.
Let alone 4%, it doesn't matter if he gives up 40%, as long as Xu Zheng gets a lot of his share.
But if only one could be exchanged, Xu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Dr. Tang, if I can only keep one, I still want to keep Zhao Wei. Her husband Huang Long has a very good relationship with Director Ma from Ali, and we promised to keep him." I’ll do my best to get Ah Li’s resources to promote the movie.”
Then Xu Zheng whispered, "It is said that Huang Long has a background in the Ming Dynasty, and more than ten banks and insurance companies in which he has shares can provide loans for the film."
Tomorrow...
There seems to be a saying that Huang Long wears white gloves tomorrow.
Anyway, there are various speculations that Ah Li later took the shell of Wenhua Zhonghua from Dong Ping, and Wenhua Zhonghua was another shell bought by Dong Ping.
Dong Ping's Peking University Huayi is a joint venture with Peking University Culture, a subsidiary of the Tomorrow Department. It borrowed the shell of Shanglian Cement and renamed it Cultural China. After going public, Peking University Culture's shares were pledged into the listed company Culture China.
Basically, Tomorrow Department put Peking University Culture in the media industry into Peking University Culture, and then sold it to Ma Yun.
After Ma Yun won Cultural China, the stock price skyrocketed.
Cultural China had a market value of HK$5 billion at the time. Ma Yun spent more than 6 billion to buy 60% of the shares, and the stock price was twice as high as the market value.
After the acquisition was completed, the market value became more than 36 billion, and Huang Long bought nearly 10% of the shares for more than 3 billion.
If Huang Long is really a member of the Tomorrow Department, 6 billion will come and go, which is equivalent to a trick played by the Tomorrow Department and Ah Li. The value of the shares in his hands has doubled several times without spending more money.
It's all a game of capital.
Of course, I don’t know if it’s true or not, I’m afraid they have to ask themselves.
Although Tomorrow Department has invested in more than a dozen banks and insurance companies, Tang An is not short of loans at all.
As long as it is his movie, the four major banks will not reject it, and the interest rate is also the lowest.
Compared to Zhao Wei, Tang An still hopes to keep Wang Baoqiang, and it doesn't matter if he gives him three or four points of investment share.
In terms of importance, Zhao Wei is far from comparable to Wang Baoqiang in this movie.
He advised, "I still think it is more appropriate to keep Wang Baoqiang."
Xu Zheng insisted, "I can find suitable candidates for Director Tang and Wang Baoqiang, but there is still a gap between Qin Hairu, Yuan Quan and Zhao Wei."
Tang An felt a little strange, so he didn't answer and looked at him twice.
The combination of Xu Zheng + Wang Baoqiang has already had successful precedents, but now they gave up Wang Baoqiang in order to keep Zhao Wei.
Xu Zheng felt a little guilty when he saw him, he lowered his head slightly and took a sip from the tea cup.
"Okay, you are the director. I won't interfere with the actors. If you want a share of investment, you can only give one, four points at most. It's up to you to decide." Tang An thought for a while and nodded.
It's still acceptable to give out three or four points for one portion, and seven or eight points for two people is not impossible, but for the next one, it should be twenty or thirty points.
Xu Zheng said quickly, "As for Tang Dong, I will find a suitable actor right now to ensure that he fits the role and will not be worse than Wang Baoqiang."
After leaving Tang An's office, Xu Zhengcai breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, suddenly, the thoughts in his mind came up again.
If Wang Baoqiang is given up, this series will become his alone, and it will no longer be a partner movie.
As for whether it can be successful, he no longer doubts it since "Detective Chinatown" was able to break one billion thanks to the reputation of "囧".
As long as the pictures are not bad, one billion is at least.
Moreover, it was Tang An who made the decision, and it had "nothing to do" with him.
...
In the office, Tang An roughly understood Xu Zheng's thoughts after a while.
He smiled and shook his head. No matter who Xu Zheng hired, it didn't matter to him. Even if it was Bao Baoer in the end, there wouldn't be much loss.
"Embarrassed" faces "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". Even if Wang Baoqiang is used, with the capacity of the current market, the two movies combined during the Spring Festival will only have a box office of 22.3 billion at most.
Even if we lose, with the popularity of this series, one billion is still safe.
The next Tang An movie can lower the price.
It seems a bit despicable.
But there was nothing Xu Zheng could do if he persisted. Tang An had promised not to interfere in the casting, so he couldn't go back on his promise.
If you speak out, you have to count.
In the future, if the company casts the wrong actor in every movie or TV series and Tang An intervenes and replaces the actor, then those directors will definitely feel unhappy.
It was okay once or twice, but every time I interfered, the capable people would have run away.
Even Wang Zhongjun couldn't interfere with Feng Dapao's role in the movie. The box office was high and everything was a hit, earning Hua Yi so much money.
Unless Feng Dapao is defeated, and it's a big one, then he won't have the confidence to refuse Wang Zhongjun's placement of actors.