Thinking about this, the man picked up his cell phone and made a call. Within ten minutes, a woman who looked like a hot-tempered woman came over. As soon as she entered the door, she started asking questions hurriedly.
"Yunzhe, what you said on the phone is true. Do you want to play the role of that third-rate director?"
There was a gentle smile on the man's face, and everything he did seemed relatively quiet.
"Why, it can't be done? Or am I not qualified enough?"
The woman's head shook like a rattle, with a hint of bitterness on her face, "Are you kidding? If you are really interested, you won't be able to join any domestic film crew."
These three words, Fan Yunzhe, are a golden brand in the Chinese entertainment industry. If any crew can hire him, then this is the biggest guarantee.
Ten years ago, a fairy tale drama was thought to be the beginning of domestic fairy tale dramas, but unexpectedly it became the pinnacle.
A drama that immediately became a classic.
The following dramas are all deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the past two years, there have been very few dramas, and basically no one has heard of them. But if they really try to gain popularity, all those who are popular now will have to do it.
Stand aside.
As Fan Yunzhe's agent, Hu Qian is naturally the target of countless film crews.
If he revealed that Fan Yunzhe wanted to take the role, countless crew members would rush to send him the script.
However, the other party actually said that he wanted to take over the script from Lu Yuan, a third-rate young director. She had also heard of this person. He was unknown before, but he became quite famous because of the hit "Really Unexpectedly".
However, these are not serious dramas, and the popularity is only temporary. If you want to be recognized, you must at least have a major drama or movie that can be produced.
Fan Yunzhe smiled, picked up a bag of Elf Hearts from the table and ate it, "When I take a role, I like to follow my own preferences. I think this script is interesting."
"Also, I am very curious about the boss behind this script, who can actually produce such a magical product."
While he was talking, half of the bag of elf hearts was eaten.
When Hu Qian heard this, she shook her head helplessly. Although she was an agent, at Fan Yunzhe's level, she was no longer at a level where she could lead the way. Many decisions, not to mention her, were difficult to refute even at the company level.
The worst-case scenario would be to break up, and the company wouldn't be able to bear the price anyway.
For a company like this, its profits mainly depend on its top performers. It doesn't need to be many, just one or two are enough. If one loses one, the company will basically collapse in half.
"Yunzhe, even if you want to film it, they probably won't be able to pay you for the performance."
According to Fan Yunzhe's current quotation, a movie costs at least 50 million in performance fees. Can Lu Yuan's third-rate small crew afford this price? Hu Qian expressed doubts.
Why do so many big-name stars appear in half of the movies of some top directors? Without him, small directors basically have no money. Unlike big directors, investors have abundant funds and give them a lot of money.
When investing in a movie, the male and female protagonists basically share 50% of the cost, and the rest is shared by other people. The production cost is basically less than 10%.
Hearing this, Fan Yunzhe was stunned and frowned, "Otherwise, I'll order less."
"No, with your status, 50 million is already the minimum. If it's any lower, we will be hostile to others, thinking that we want to destroy the market of this circle."
Hu Qian immediately refused. With his current position, it can be said that he has stood at the top of this road. If he takes a step back, he will definitely not be regarded as kind-hearted, but will be regarded as having lost his popularity, so he will lower the price.
Because only actors who are no longer needed will have their prices reduced.
This is absolutely not allowed. In the past, there were actors who lowered their quotations because they could not get roles. As a result, it became an avalanche. The lower the price, the more no one would use it. Later, if they wanted to improve it,
He was even scolded miserably.
The reputation is also completely bad, no matter which program or crew it is in, they don't dare to use it anymore.
On the contrary, when someone raised the price, he was approached and invited enthusiastically.
Therefore, in the face of this weird phenomenon, price reduction is absolutely not allowed, unless there is a reasonable reason, such as helping a friend, charging a friendly price, or doing a voluntary program, appearing for free without paying a penny.
Hu Qian carefully analyzed the pros and cons to Fan Yunzhe, and finally said, "If you really like it, then Lu Yuan must offer 50 million before you can take it."
Hearing this, Fan Yunzhe sighed softly, "I heard that this crew was just established not long ago, so they probably don't have so much funds."
"This is their business. If they can't afford it, that's their own business."
Hu Qian said with a smile.
If she can't afford the best, to be honest, even if she gets 50 million, she feels like she's at a disadvantage. For such a third-rate director, Fan Yunzhe is always lowering his own standards.
"Okay, please contact me."
Fan Yunzhe nodded.
Although Hu Qian was reluctant, she could only agree.
…
In Tianyi Building, Lu Yuan is screening roles. This movie not only has male and female leads, but also second male, third male, second female, third female, and some very important supporting roles.
As the chief director, he needs to finalize almost ten people.
Naturally, other assistant directors will help select other supporting roles.
"Director Lu, this is the coffee I brewed, you can try it."
Lu Yuan had his own special office. At this time, Luo Fei knocked on the door and came in. He held a cup of coffee and said with a smile.
Lu Yuan looked at this scene, stood up quickly, took the coffee, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Director Luo."
Luo Fei sat across from him, holding his chin in his hands, looking at the pile of resumes on Lu Yuan's desk, and said with a smile, "Director Lu, are you choosing the male and female protagonists?"
Lu Yuan took a sip of coffee and sighed inwardly. He came anyway, knowing that this cup of coffee was not so cheap.
However, Chen Yao was very dissatisfied with Luo Fei before. This time he was granted 50 million in filming funds, and he immediately bought a better filming machine.
The hardware alone cost more than seven million.
It's completely Xiaomi's gun-for-gun replacement.
Therefore, he had a bit of a headache regarding Luo Fei's arrangement. If before, he could at least arrange a second female role.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan laughed dryly, "It's just a casual look."
As he said this, he was about to put away all these resumes, but Luo Fei took the initiative to take them over and said with a smile, "I wonder if there are any roles suitable for me?"
"Yes, of course."
Lu Yuan immediately showed a smile and handed over a piece of information, "What do you think of this role? There are many scenes and it is challenging..."
Luo Fei took it, glanced at it briefly, and curled his lips disdainfully.
"A female number three just wants to get rid of me."
Luo Fei was a little angry. Even though Lu Yuan was bragging so much, he couldn't hide the fact that this character was the third female lead.
Therefore, her face was a bit ugly. Seeing her face, Lu Yuan felt helpless. He couldn't offend anyone on both sides. Chen Yao was his boss, so she gave him the 50 million, but Luo Fei
It seemed that he had some unclear relationship with Hao Ren, and he didn't offend him in any way.
"Women are really difficult to deal with."
Lu Yuan thought angrily in his heart.
"Director Luo, if you don't like it, how about this role?"
Lu Yuan immediately changed it.
This time it was the second female lead, but Luo Fei was still not satisfied. What she wanted was the first female lead.
These days, people only remember the first place, and the second place is not important at all.
"Director Lu, am I not worthy of playing the female lead?"
Luo Fei said with a somewhat dissatisfied voice.
Lu Yuan smiled bitterly and waved his hands, "Don't get me wrong, Director Luo, I didn't mean not to give you this role. This was the order of Manager Chen. He said that you have more affairs and the female lead has too many scenes, which will make you confused on both ends."
I can’t take care of it, so…”
He didn't want to take over this hot potato anymore. He should leave it to Chen Yao and let her solve it by herself, or let Luo Fei fight Chen Yao head-on.
When Chen Yao heard this, she knew in her heart that without the consent of Chen Yao or Hao Ren, her dream of being the female lead would probably be lost.
"Okay then, I'll go find Mr. Hao. You can keep this role for me first."
After saying that, Luo Fei stood up and left, but when she left, she paused and took away the information of the third female lead, "That girl of mine is quite suitable. I can let her try this female lead."
Lu Yuan watched helplessly without saying anything, knowing that Luo Fei was referring to Zuo Rou, a young girl who had just graduated and had joined the crew before and became a glorious cast member.
A female number three, take it and take it.
He is also quite satisfied with that little girl, who is willing to endure hardships and learn. After the previous drama, her growth was extremely obvious.
Luo Fei left Lu Yuan's office and sent a message to Hao Ren, asking if Hao Ren was free and wanted to treat him to dinner.
Hao Ren had just finished what he was doing, and immediately agreed.
At night, in a western restaurant.
Hao Ren and Luo Fei sat opposite each other, while Daniel was far away.
"What's up?"
Hao Ren rubbed his eyebrows and asked directly.
"Why can't I come to you if I have nothing to do? Or should I say that you have become the big boss now and won't admit it when you put on your clothes..."
Luo Fei took a sip of red wine and said in a coquettish tone.
Hao Ren smiled bitterly, "Don't talk nonsense, we are innocent."
There was a strange color in Luo Fei's eyes. Perhaps, after tonight, he would no longer be innocent.
Luo Fei did not talk about the characters, but talked about interesting things he had encountered, trying to find some topics that Hao Ren was interested in.
A man and a woman alone chatted and drank, and the topics gradually became more open.
"Tell me, who is more beautiful than Chen Yao or me?"
Luo Fei's face was as red as a red apple, so delicate that one couldn't help but want to take a bite. Today, she was wearing a pink waist skirt that highlighted her figure, and a pair of red boots.
Wearing delicate light makeup.
Gorgeous and dazzling.
Luo Fei asked this, and Hao Ren himself was stunned. He didn't plan to drink at first, but couldn't bear Luo Fei's advice, so he took the initiative to drink a lot, and his eyes were a little blurry.