Huayang Media is the first listed film and television company in China and the largest artist management company in China, with a large number of first- and second-tier stars.
It has more actors, and even though it produces more movies and TV series every year than other companies, it is still not enough for its actors.
The four major studios, a special team, and six major agents are almost openly fighting each other, and the fight between them is no less than the fight between two companies.
And each studio has a large number of actors, so internal competition is extremely fierce.
Even if Huayang and Li Qian don't seem to have a good relationship, it doesn't affect several big managers from sending all the information about their artists to Li Qian.
This is definitely not enough. To do things domestically, you need connections everywhere.
However, Li Qian was not involved with anyone. After searching around, he focused on Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, and Wang Baoqiang. Only three of them had cooperated with Li Qian.
Zhang Hanyu is a bit better, he is older and has senior qualifications. In some respects, his achievements in the past two years are the highest among so many artists in Huayang.
"Assembly", "Frequency of Life and Death", "Perfect World", three classic movies, with a box office of more than 700 million, and several movie stars at his disposal, no actor in China can compare with him in the past three years.
Wang Baoqiang, who is loyal and honest, is not like Zhang Hanyu. He is harassed a lot. Not only do the actors from the same studio come to talk to each other and talk to each other, but even actors and agents from other groups come to him from time to time.
There are even young and beautiful actresses who make Wang Baoqiang very uncomfortable. Although he was famous before, nothing like this happened.
As Deng Chao, who has collaborated with Li Qian the most and is a fellow countryman, it is even more inevitable.
Zhang Siman, who had taken care of Fan Binbin before, treated Deng Chao to a meal with his subordinate Xiuxuan, which almost made him think he was here to pimp.
Li Binbin, who also played a role in "Detective Dee: The Heavenly Empire", also introduced her to two newcomers from their studio, Chen Shicheng and Li Chen.
Huang Feng from the special team didn't look for him. The only actor in Huang Feng's team was Zhou Xun.
Even Huang Xiaoming invited Deng Chao to drink, and the wine was still good.
As for his own agent, he also came to the door, but compared to other circumstantial tests, Zhong Shuai asked directly. After all, it was his own artist.
"Zhongshuai, I just learned about this. He never mentioned it to me before."
"Didn't you mention it at your New Year's party?" Zhong Shuai didn't quite believe it. Although I don't know the specific requirements for the leading actors in these three films this time, Deng Chao is suitable in terms of age.
Deng Chao himself had a wide range of roles, ranging from low-level gangsters to domineering presidents and emperors. There was always one suitable role for each of the three roles.
Based on their relationship, if there really was a suitable role, Li Qian should just find it and tell Deng Chao.
There was no casting for "Perfect World", Li Qian directly found Zhang Hanyu.
There is also his Wang Baoqiang, and Xu Zheng came to him directly for "The Man on the Road". There was no audition, and he signed the contract after meeting him.
"I haven't talked about my role, nor my work." Deng Chao still shook his head.
We got together once during the Chinese New Year. Is it true that Li Qian didn't tell him about any roles? Deng Chao is now wondering whether there are really no roles suitable for him in these three movies.
Or has Li Qian forgotten?
But regardless of whether it was true or not, Zhong Shuai did not pursue the question, but told Deng Chao that he had the opportunity to support the new people in the studio.
"Huang Xiaoming's contract expires in less than half a year. It seems that it will not be renewed. In the future, the company's resources will be tilted towards you, and I will also fight for more from Mr. Wang."
After saying such empty words sincerely, Zhong Shuai left.
When he came to open the door, Deng Chao immediately taunted the corner of his mouth.
I really thought he was easy to fool.
At first, he was fooled by the two dramas "Assembly" and "Li Mi's Conjecture". He thought that Huayang would really take him seriously and would not hesitate to fall out with the Oriental Pearl Tower.
As a result, after three years, these two roles and the other supporting roles in the movie were of no importance at all.
There was a TV series called "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", but that was it. The "The Deer and the Cauldron" should have been his.
What's more, when "Yitian" was released, Huayang was highly praised for An Yixuan.
Actresses have a natural advantage in advertising and endorsements.
In this year's "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire", Xu Ke finally chose him instead of Hua Yang's predetermined role.
Xu Ke is a free agent and can win over anyone. He has absolute freedom in employing people.
The film resources Huayang gave Deng Chao were not even as good as what they got from Li Qian.
It is impossible to say that there are no complaints.
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The actors and agents under the banner were running back and forth, but the Huang brothers had cold faces.
"This Li Qian is too greedy to make three movies at once!"
Huang Zhonglei said with an unhappy face, "If Wu Jing's "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" were all released this year, there would be four movies!"
"Strictly speaking, there are five films, and "The Man on the Road" is also from this year." Huang Zhongjun added.
"Five movies, what does he want to do!"
Huang Zhonglei's voice became louder, "He only has five movies in his family, and one movie a month takes up half the schedule. This is not giving others a way to survive!"
In fact, five movies a year for a family is not much. Huayang invests in more than ten movies a year.
But this is not a concept. The movies produced by Li Qian have never failed. This is the really scary thing.
Regardless of whether the directors he discovered are really geniuses or whether it is purely his appeal, the facts are here.
It can be said that it is a coincidence once or twice, but with the continuous coincidence, "The Road" even surpassed Cheng Long and the popular Zhen Zi to win 200 million box office, not only making the theaters but also the audience appreciate the film produced by Li Qian
It has enough confidence that other companies regard it as a powerful opponent.
Who can bear it, five movies a year? It can basically cover the Spring Festival, May Day, summer vacation, National Day, and Lunar New Year.
"Zhonglei, don't be so excited and make people laugh!"
Although Huang Zhongjun was equally worried inside, he was still very calm on the surface.
"Li Qian's own new movie is a big-budget post-apocalyptic movie. Even if he shoots it quickly and can catch up with the Lunar New Year holiday, the other two films are now in preparation. They will be in the Lunar New Year holiday in seven or eight months at the soonest. It can't be three
We squeezed all the movies together."
Huang Zhongjun analyzed it step by step, "At most it will be the same as this year, two movies will be released during the Lunar New Year period, and Wu Jing's one will be filmed early. It is expected to be released during the summer vacation and National Day.
Our "Tangshan Earthquake" will be released during the summer vacation. Xu Ke's "Di Renjie" on National Day is his specialty martial arts film. Wu Jing's film is an action film or a modern action film, so don't worry.
The Lunar New Year movies "If You Are the One 2", "The Orphan of Zhao", and "Let the Bullets Fly" are about to be released, Cheng Kaige can even break the 100 million mark with "Mei Lanfang", "The Orphan of Zhao" will not be bad, "Let the Bullets Fly" Jiang Wen this
It's hard to say, but with Zhou Runfa and Ge You here, it can't be any worse."
Analyzing this year's film market, Huayang has every advantage from summer vacation to Lunar New Year.
The summer and National Day schedules are definitely covered, and even if Li Qian's new film is released during the Lunar New Year, he won't be afraid at all.
"If You Are the One" has sold 360 million yuan. This sequel is simply not too stable. 500 million yuan is the minimum.
Listening to his brother's analysis, Huang Zhonglei felt more relieved.
"but."
Huang Zhongjun turned around and said, "This is not the answer. This year we will produce four films a year, and next year and the year after that. What if every time the films he produces continue to be big hits, what if he produces seven or eight films a year? Isn't it domestic?"
The market is occupied by him alone!"
"Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry, not only do we not want to see this kind of thing, other companies won't think about it either, and Mr. San will not allow this kind of thing to happen."
Although the expected situation was very bad, Huang Zhongjun didn't worry too much and chuckled.
"Humph, I'm not afraid of dying!"
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Like the Huang brothers, Li Qian was preparing three movies at the same time, which also stimulated companies such as Bernard, Guangxian, Xiaoma, and Chengtian.
Although the market is getting bigger, it is still mainly in the summer and Lunar New Year periods. If a blockbuster wants to sell high box office, the best choice can only be in these two periods.
The more movies you take, the more competition there will be, not to mention that Li Qian, a competitor, is not a small one at all.
Each boss has his or her own thoughts, and it does not affect the actors below at all.
Actors and agents from large companies like Huayang are taking action, as are other small and medium-sized companies.
Hairun Film and Television.
Liu Ye auditioned for Li Qian's film twice but failed, and Chang Jihong did not give up this third opportunity.
Long Xinda, after the company's number one actress Zhou Xun left, the contract of Yang Mi, the new generation of four actresses who was highly praised, was about to expire and would not be renewed. Li Xiaowan urgently needed to bring out new young actors, and it just so happened that Li Qian needed young actors.
The actor, with the mentality of giving it a try, sent the resumes of several young actors in the company. At the same time, he also inquired about the contact information of Li Qian, Guo Fan, and Su Lun.
Liu Xiaoli, who was filming "Love Announcement" with her daughter in Shanghai, also hurriedly returned to the capital. Liu Yufei has not made a movie since "The King of Kung Fu" two years ago, and now she only has "Love Announcement".
It's just a romance movie.
Although the Huayang ban reported online is not entirely true, the relationship with Huayang Media is definitely irreversible.
Hollywood was also unreliable. For a while, her daughter had no movies to shoot, which made Liu Xiaoli anxious to death.
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In Hengdian, Tong Liya is making a guest appearance on the set of "The Strange Man Iljimae". This has been negotiated for a long time. Jiangning TV Station also has investment, but it is not easy to push it because "Living Together" became popular.
Besides, it's just a cameo, with no role.
No one would want a more famous actor to play a supporting role for a less famous actor, but it's different with a guest appearance, it doesn't matter much.
The sugar people also have no intention of using Tong Liya to praise their own family members. You must know that they have often stepped on Liu Yufei to praise Liu Shishi before.
Tong Liya is not comparable to Liu Yufei, let alone her relationship with the great director Li Qian, the Jiangning TV station behind her is enough to flatter people.
In the crew, Tong Liya also enjoys the treatment of a big star. "Sister" and "you" have become the most commonly heard addresses.
Although they are quite useful, forget about Liu Shishi and Ma Tianyu, after all, they are a little younger than me.
But even Huo Jianhua, the male protagonist who was several years older than her, called her Sister Yaya when they first met, which really made Tong Liya unbearable and made her scalp numb.
The guest appearance was supposed to last for two or three days, but the filming was completed today. Tong Liya still had to prepare for Su Lun's movie.
However, Cai Yinong came over very early in the morning, asked about his welfare, and specially prepared a sumptuous and exaggerated breakfast.
Tong Liya probably guessed what Cai Yinong was here for. Yesterday afternoon, news of the casting of Li Qian's three films spread in the industry.
Somewhat surprisingly, Cai Yinong had nothing to do with this aspect. He just came to reminisce and connect with each other. As they chatted, Tong Liya fell into Cai Yinong's rhythm and almost thought they were old friends for many years.
Before leaving, he didn't mention the movie or the role, leaving Tong Liya confused.
Later I figured it out. If I really said those things, I would definitely make myself disgusted. It would be better to get closer to each other.
However, Tong Liya didn't take this kind of thing to heart. She took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Li Qian.