New Age Artists

Chapter 287 Preparation for the birth of the first child 2, profit sharing negotiation (23)

Next are two important tasks.

Preparing to start filming the TV series "Proud Boy" and auditioning for "Happy Birthday 2".

Shen Santong first handled the audition for Sheng Kuai 2.

Life Comes Fast 2 will start filming next month and will be released within the year.

We guarantee that Locomotive Film Company will release a high-quality film to the audience every year.

There will be some new characters joining this drama.

Shen Santong held a meeting with the casting team and he would personally enforce the crew's discipline.

His plays can in turn make money for the actors.

Many actors will do anything to get a role in a film. Not only will they not ask for money, they will also spend money to build connections.

When casting for "Red Cliff", he dealt with a lot of behind-the-scenes personnel, many of whom had followed him for two years.

There were also some more egregious behaviors that were dealt with.

Shen Santong finally understood that a lot of the negative news in the entertainment industry was spread by some bastards in the industry themselves.

Screening, those who are willing to take the bait.

Some young girls and young men who were eager to become famous and had poor brains believed it to be true.

Especially the grassroots extras, who have a romantic or illusory fantasy about this industry.

I think the unspoken rules are the explicit rules.

I accepted it first and offered it to my door.

Little did they know that, let alone Shen Santong’s project, even a slightly larger crew was not something that could be used by anyone to play around with.

During the "Red Cliff" project, Shen Santong dealt with a marginal behind-the-scenes worker.

A stagehand slept with five young girls and made all kinds of promises to give them roles that would involve shots.

After the filming started, the promise could not be fulfilled, so two people came to us.

Shen Santong gave instructions to the producer in charge and asked him to deal with the matter seriously.

Call the police and send the staff in.

Then the two little girls ran away when they heard the police were called. They still wanted to be famous, so they didn't sue.

Shen Santong was speechless about this.

It's hard for someone with this kind of brain to make it in the entertainment industry.

Finally, Shen Santong sent the crew member to jail for committing a duty crime, which severely intimidated a group of people and allowed him to completely control the crew.

There are many such things in the circle.

Many middle-aged veterans are very skilled at their work and it is difficult for others to find fault with them.

The stagehands, lighting, styling, props and the like all boasted about how great they were, but after cheating people out of their money and their bodies, they simply confessed that they were invisible people in the crew and could not decide anything.

Young people who want to be famous can only suffer the consequences themselves.

Many crews regard this as a crew benefit.

Shen Santong does not accept these things happening behind the scenes, nor does he accept actors accompanying investors, and he does not accept these unspoken rules.

Shen Santong emphasized: "My movies are not a tool for anyone to make money or sex."

Everyone was shocked and expressed their opinions.

After the success of several plays, Shen Santong's power grew.

After being reborn, he still engages in petty intrigues. He might as well just retire.

For each of Shen Santong’s crews, they would set the rules from the very beginning of preparation.

It is inevitable that some people are blinded by profit, but if we are determined to deal with a group of them, the atmosphere will improve quickly.

As for those who do not accept his style of doing things, he is free to come and go.

Besides, not everyone wants to play by the unspoken rules. Not doing these things will attract more people who work normally.

After Shen Santong finished the audition preparation meeting, he also asked about the work of the props team.

Then I had a meeting with the distribution department.

Shen Santong said bluntly: "For the movie Happy Birthday 2, we need to negotiate with the theaters for distribution. It's not a one-point or two-point negotiation, but a higher share of the profits."

He wants to increase the share of the students' profit from 2% to % or %.

A movie can sell for four or five hundred million yuan, which is comparable to the sum of many Hollywood blockbusters. It has bargaining power and should also receive special treatment.

His films are unique.

It has been more than two years since Supermarket was released in January 05, and no similar movies have emerged. It has been more than a year since Happy Birthday was released, and there is no movie like Happy Birthday.

Being a director is not something that is commonplace yet, and not everyone can become one.

On the mainland side.

Not to mention ability, I'm not willing to shoot at all.

Many academic directors know full well that commercial films are not easy to make.

Feature films and art films are still better.

If the movie doesn’t make box office, you can criticize the audience for not understanding it and for not having the aesthetic sense.

What if a comedy fails?
There is no need to take risks and wade into muddy waters.

Hong Kong directors are willing but lack the ability.

They can’t produce the flavor that mainland China likes, and they don’t have much investment capital of their own.

Trying to make a comedy with a mainland flavor is too risky.

The Hong Kong film industry flourished in the 1980s and 1990s because many people wanted to make money.

After 97, this window period passed.

The next window period will be after 08, when Macau becomes popular, the mainland loosens its monetary policy and there is a need to wash rice.

Only if you are not afraid of losing money can you wave checks freely.

Shen Santong continued, "The cinema chain will definitely not agree to this, but they will pay you back if you ask for a high price. My bottom line is a 50-50 split. If they don't agree, they won't cooperate. We will cooperate with the cinema chains that are willing to cooperate."

The distribution department was excited.

If they can negotiate it, their year-end bonus will definitely double.

Moreover, since it is a play produced by one's own boss, one has the right to negotiate the price.

The theaters showing "Red Cliff" can be packaged and negotiated together.

"Red Cliff" is Shen Santong's first blockbuster, and also the first historical blockbuster in China aimed at the domestic market.

From the start of the project until now, especially after the bombardment of a series of costume blockbusters that have torn the audience apart, such as "The Promise", "Seven Swords", "The Night Banquet", "The Warring States" and "Curse of the Golden Flower", the audience is extremely looking forward to Shen Santong's "Red Cliff".

The company only accounted for 2% of the investment in "Red Cliff", while "Birds of a Feather" was the full investment. Of course, "Birds of a Feather" was more important.

Shen Santong only focused on executing the progress nodes and continued the meeting.

Promote the TV series "Proud Boy", which is a TV series he attaches great importance to.

Idol dramas can be filled with personal opinions.

Shen Santong approached the Shanying team for collaboration, with Kong Sheng as the lead, Jian Chuanzhi as the deputy director, and Li Muge as the executive director.

Kong Sheng has extensive experience and strong abilities. He has already directed "Crossing the Guandong", but it has not been broadcast yet.

After the broadcast, Kong Sheng's career will reach its peak.

Jian Chuanzhi has experience in directing TV dramas and has also shot digital films.

In their previous life, Jian Chuanzhi and Kong Sheng co-directed "Ode to Joy".

Li Muge majored in Computer Information Management at Peking University and is a newcomer in the industry.

However, it is only a matter of time before you become successful. There are not many people with high IQ in the entertainment industry, and those with this kind of academic qualifications are even rarer.

He was the director of "East Palace" and "Sito" in the previous life.

Shen Santong consciously cultivates young directors.

In terms of movies, Ning Hao has already come out, Guo Fan will go to Beijing Film Academy to study for a master's degree in management next year, and Wen Muye, Lu Yang and others are also interning in the "Red Cliff" crew.

We have also started to make plans in the field of TV dramas.

Modern and ancient idol dramas can be popular for a long time and are scarce in the market.

Control the scale of investment, don’t worry about selling, and support people.

Shen Santong and director Kong Sheng discussed "Proud Boy" (a modified version of "Let's Watch Meteor Shower Together").

Kong Sheng asked, "Isn't the plot a bit exaggerated?"

This is what Shen Santong was worried about. There is absolutely no problem with Director Kong Sheng’s ability.

Campus idol dramas are not difficult, or even very easy to produce.

But I’m afraid that the director will have too much logic and rationality, otherwise it will not be an idol drama.

Shen Santong: "Idol dramas are aimed at students, whose thinking is different from that of adults. We can't be too realistic."

(End of this chapter)