Wang Jinghua left with a very unhappy look on her face, taking Hu Jun with her, who was a little confused.
Deng Chaogang is still chatting with Hu Jun about roles. They have worked together in "Assembly", so they can be considered acquaintances.
Although it’s a bit baffling. Didn’t you go well in the audition? Why did you suddenly leave like this?
However, he didn't ask any more questions. He shouldn't interrupt in such matters.
However, Guo Fan didn't have so many worries and asked directly, "Boss, what's wrong?"
"fine."
Li Qian shook his head, "It's normal that we haven't reached an agreement."
No matter who he collaborates with, Li Qian's bottom line is that no one can interfere with his film.
If he is really willing to lower the salary to star in the role, he will reciprocate the favor and if there are other suitable roles available, Li Qian will first consider Wang Jinghua.
But if he took the initiative, Li Qian would rather change to another actor.
There are so many actors in China, no one is indispensable.
As soon as they left, Zhong Shuai, the big manager of Huayang Media, came to help Deng Chao check the contract.
Although Deng Chao has not yet signed Huayang, Zhong Shuai is now responsible for all aspects of his business, and the role in "Assembly" is also coming to Zhong Shuai.
There was no problem with the contract. As one of the leading actors, Deng Chao was paid 400,000 yuan.
It can be considered a salary cut. Although there is no movie released, he is still a first-line niche. Normally, it would be at least five or six hundred thousand.
However, the remuneration also follows the film investment, and the remuneration for large-scale productions is usually higher. The recent "Painted Skin" that Chen Kun took on was said to cost as much as 80 million, and Chen Kun received the highest remuneration of one million in his acting career.
For a big production with a cost of 80 million, we don't care about the salary of more than 100,000 or 200,000.
Moreover, the salary is still small compared to the income of an actor. Last year, Zhou Xun's annual income on the Forbes celebrity list was 19 million, but she filmed a movie "The Night Banquet" last year.
Mainland actors can't make money making movies. Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun only earn 2 million for one movie. This is already the salary ceiling for other actors except Ge You, Gong Li, and Zhang Ziyi.
If you want to make money, you still have to film TV series, commercials, and take on commercial roles.
So many celebrities signed up with Huayang just to take advantage of China Huayang Media’s advertising resources.
Without box office appeal, you won’t be able to receive good movies. If you can’t receive good movies, how can you get box office appeal? This is an endless cycle.
Deng Chao was also very satisfied with receiving a small salary and receiving the leading role in a commercial movie with an investment of tens of millions.
After Zhong Shuai confirmed that there was no problem with the contract, Deng Chao signed his name.
After signing the contract, when Zhong Shuai remembered it, he happened to see Wang Jinghua's car driving out of the door, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask.
Auditions followed, but there was still no candidate that satisfied Li Qian.
Li Qian does have backup candidates, but they are a little older and lack the obvious contrast across time and space.
Glancing at Zhong Shuai who had not left yet, Li Qian remembered that he was also Zhang Hanyu's manager, so Li Qian asked if Zhang Hanyu had any schedule.
"Zhang Hanyu?"
Zhong Shuai was stunned. This Li Qian rejected Huayang and asked Deng Chaolai to play the leading role.
It can be said that Deng Chao is his fellow countryman and has this kind of relationship.
But now Zhang Hanyu is asked to play another leading role, which makes Zhong Shuai confused as to why he didn't just cooperate with Huayang before.
After calling Zhang Hanyu and telling him the address, Zhong Shuai said half-jokingly, "Director Li, why don't you just come to Huayang? You won't have to go through such trouble finding actors in the future."
Li Qian smiled and said, "No need to bother, but there are other troubles. Director Ma was very unhappy some time ago, so I'll forget about it."
Zhong Shuai had nothing to say. Ma Xiaogang was unhappy because of him. He was the one who got the role in Deng Chao's "Assembly".
"However, I heard that Director Li plans to release it before New Year's Day, and "Assembly" will also be released in December. Zhang Hanyu will have to run both ways during the promotion."
"It's been half a month. It doesn't matter. The road show will only go to a few big cities."
Seeing that Li Qian had no ill intentions towards Huayang, but just didn't want to be tricked by the company like Ma Xiaogang, Zhong Shuai was interested in talking to Li Qian.
Now Huayang's four major studios and a special team are all responsible for their own profits and losses, and their major agents are also under great pressure.
Not long after, Zhang Hanyu hurried over.
After explaining the situation, Zhang Hanyu read the script and found it quite interesting.
It's just that playing Deng Chao's father made him want to laugh a little.
This tough guy on screen is still a very casual person in reality. He smiled teasingly at Deng Chao and said, "We just played comrades, and now we are father and son. I have taken a big advantage. How about we two get used to it first?"
one time?"
Li Qian smiled and said, "Brother Chao, don't be embarrassed. We are all dedicated to art."
Deng Chao's head was full of black lines and he didn't say a word.
After joking for a while, but time was a bit tight, Li Qian gave Zhang Hanyu some advice.
Half an hour later, the audition started, and it was the same as before.
It passed smoothly. Zhang Hanyu's performance was far from being as simple as his appearance.
Moreover, the kind of affection between father and son is not inconsistent with harmony, and can even perfectly present the brotherly affection between father and son.
Li Qian also asked them to try out one more scene, where the father was really sure that he was talking to his son twenty years in the future.
Zhang Hanyu also did a good job in expressing the feeling of being at a loss and a little uncertain, clumsy like a distant relative whom he has not seen for a long time.
Such a tough guy, but his emotions are extremely delicate.
It was confirmed that Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao were partners, and Zhang Hanyu's contract was signed immediately.
It’s also 400,000 yuan. The two protagonists get the same treatment, but one is more and the other is less.
After settling the two male protagonists, Li Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
Watching the three of them leave, Guo Fan finally expressed the doubt he had been holding in his heart, "Boss"
But Li Qian knew what he was going to say at a glance. He waved his hand and said, "I know what you want to ask. I have no grudge against Huayang Media. Besides, even if there is grudge, there is no conflict with Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chaolai for filming.
Just because we don’t deal with Huayang Media, we can’t turn everyone in their company into enemies.”
Relationships in the entertainment industry are complicated, and almost everyone can relate to them.
It does not mean that A and B are enemies and B and C are friends, then A and C must be enemies.
If you think about it this way, there are enemies everywhere.
"Boss, you are too rational."
Although this was the truth at first thought, Guo Fan still felt that Li Qian was a little too rational. If it were him, he might not be able to do it.
"Hey, what's the point of being irrational? Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao are good actors and they fully meet my requirements. It's that simple."
Li Qian shook his head, "Okay, don't think about it so much. The leading role is taken care of. You go to Guang Xian and ask Guang Xian to make an announcement based on the requirements of the other supporting characters. They will also take care of the supporting roles as soon as possible, mainly the murderer.