Chapter Five Hundred and Two: First Heard of Beijing Circle
****, Hu Ge’s hair was combed sideways and he was wearing a straight suit. He was very handsome. Fang Jing felt that he was in a relationship with him.
"I've just been here for a while. I saw you guys chatting without interrupting me. Mr. Fang, I'm looking forward to cooperating with your company. If you find a suitable role, please let me know. The salary is easy to talk about."
Over the years, Hu Ge has been taking root in the TV industry, working steadily and step by step. Although his output is not large, the quality is good and he is becoming more and more popular.
I used to play small roles in costumes, and almost got stuck. Starting from Xuanyuan Sword, I kept challenging myself, playing different roles, Xuanyuan Sword, The Pretender, and Langya Bang, each one became more popular than the last.
For his role as Mei Changsu in Nirvana in Fire, he won the title of Magnolia Magnolia Emperor, which is a confirmation of his debut more than ten years ago.
But since he got the title of "Shidi", his career has reached its peak, and it is difficult for him to make further progress. If he doesn't accept bad movies easily, his character will be ruined if he does.
But good scripts are rare and cannot be encountered casually. Even if you don't act for three to five years, your popularity will be consumed a lot.
Fang Jing and his company have produced many good film and television dramas in recent years. If the script is good, Hu Ge would like to cooperate with them.
"You're so polite. You are a senior in this career as an actor. Just call me Fang Jing. Let's leave each other's phone numbers and we will let you know if there are roles suitable for you later."
"Thanks!"
Seeing that Fang Jing also left his phone number with him, Hu Ge sincerely thanked him, which showed that the other party was not just perfunctory.
After chatting for a while, the meeting began. All the leaders on the stage were present, and the host announced the list of leaders.
The first person to speak was the leader of the TV station. He first criticized the entertainment industry for high pay and then announced the big news.
"For the sustainable development of the film and television drama market, it is recommended that the production cost of TV dramas and online dramas be controlled within 4 million per episode."
As soon as the words came out, there was a buzzing discussion below. Each episode is four million, and now a drama only has about fifty episodes, which means that it cannot exceed 200 million at most.
However, actors’ salary expenses are the largest part. Two or three leading actors will account for more than 100 million. The rest must be paid to supporting actors, venue fees, crew fees, lighting, art, screenwriting, special effects, editing, camera...
How much does it cost to make one set? It’s not even enough to take a photo.
Regardless of these people's comments, the people on the stage continued to announce, "The remuneration of the film crew should be reduced by 30% at the same time. At the same time, the excessive remuneration of the main creative and starring personnel needs to be further adjusted to avoid causing the main creative, performers and ordinary professional workers to
Income imbalance.”
"According to international practice, the remuneration of the screenwriter, director and leading male and female lead actors of a TV series or online series shall not exceed 10% of the production cost."
"The remuneration of the entire cast shall not exceed 40% of the production cost."
Boom! The bottom exploded. If the previous notice was for the producers, then the next one is for the actors. No matter how famous they are, personal remuneration must not exceed 10% of the production cost.
What is this concept?
Nowadays, the investment for a drama in the market rarely exceeds 200 million, and most of them are between 80 million and 150 million. This means that in the future, actors' salary will generally be around 10 million, and these are still the top ones.
There are only a few million for second- and third-tier actors. Even if you continue to film three or four movies a year, you will only get 20 million for the whole year. Regardless of the agency's squeeze to 700 or 800, this is one-fifth of what it used to be.
Not only actors, but also Fang Jing was shocked, and his salary was drastically reduced. The first-line stars were the first and hardest hit, with their income reduced by at least 70%.
There was a salary limit order before, and at that time it was a 30% reduction.
“Quiet everyone!”
Taking the microphone, Chen Daoming spoke, expressing his unconditional support for this decision and boycotting a series of behaviors by actors who act like celebrities and are not dedicated to their work.
"Some people are simply trying to smear our industry. Learn art first and learn morality first. I hope everyone will not forget about art and morality when making money."
After Chen Daoming finished speaking, the relevant persons in charge of the three largest domestic video websites, Ai, Teng, and You, stood up and announced a boycott of actors who acted dishonestly, threatening to blacklist them and never cooperate with them.
From the leaders of radio and television to the president of the Actors Association, and then to the three members of Actinyou, the three spoke together, and the topics became more and more serious each time, which made many popular stars in the audience feel chills in their hearts.
The reduction in film remuneration is just to make less money. Now, if the performance is not good, it will be banned.
"Next, we invite Zhongtian Film and Television, Noon Film and Television, Hairun Film and Television, Qianyi Film and Television, Happy World, Sugar Man Film and Television, Nanjing Film and Television..."
The twelve most influential film and television companies were invited to the stage. Fang Jing buttoned up his suit and walked up, very conspicuous.
There were men and women among the twelve people, but they were all in their forties or fifties, mostly in their fifties or sixties. Only one of them was in his twenties, and there was nothing he could do to not stand out.
Twelve people spoke, resolutely agreeing and implementing the arrangements of the superior leadership. Half an hour later, Fang Jing stepped down from the stage after taking a group photo, and the meeting ended.
Some are happy and some are worried. If the previous salary limit order was the film and television winter, now it is the film and television Cambrian. From now on, I don’t know how many popular stars will lose their golden jobs as actors.
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"Fang Jing, are you free tonight? I'll take you out for a walk." Wu Gang said as he came out of the conference hall.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Wu, I have an appointment tonight."
"Can I tell you who you have an appointment with?"
Without hiding anything, Fang Jing told the person Huang Lei introduced to him.
"Academic, I understand." Wu Gang nodded and smiled, "We will take a flight at noon tomorrow, and you will accompany me to Renyi in the morning."
Academic school? Fang Jing was a little confused when he heard this word for the first time. He knew about academic school, but the academic school Wu Gang mentioned was definitely not the academic school he understood.
Wu Gang left and waited for the driver to drive over at Fangjing Station.
Not far away, Hu Ge smiled and greeted his friend. After seeing Fang Jing, he came over and said, "Isn't the car here yet? Wherever you go, I'll see you off."
"It's okay, I won't bother you, just wait a few minutes."
"What's the trouble? Let's get together."
"Thank you." Looking at the long queue of traffic, Fang Jing called the driver and then got into Hu Ge's car.
In the car, the two chatted for a while, and Fang Jing asked about the academic school.
"You don't know this?" Hu Ge was surprised. "The entertainment industry is divided into circles whether it is big or small."
"The three most famous circles are the Beijing Circle, the Northwest Circle, and the Hong Kong Circle on the Xiangjiang side. The academic circle you are talking about should be the small circle of Beidian teachers and some accomplished actors who have graduated from schools here in Yanjing."
"There is a difference between closeness and distance. Sometimes with the same resources, you must take care of your own people, you know."
Hearing this for the first time, Fang Jing asked with great interest: "Is the Beijing Circle the largest among them? What circle are you in?"
“Beijing’s circle must be the largest under the emperor’s feet.” Hu Ge smiled and said, “Ninety percent of the mainland stars in the 1990s were made famous by them.”