I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 604 I suspect you are implying something about me (23)

The idol is known as the ratings queen!

Of course, it’s just the fans’ boasting…

It's not entirely exaggerated. Back then, those post-85s, Zhao Liying, Yang Mi, and Tang Yan all had their so-called "basic ratings base", which means they could guarantee that the average ratings of the TV series they starred in would be above 1%. It didn't matter who the male lead was, or the quality of the TV series itself. Therefore, the TV series they starred in sold very quickly, were broadcast on relatively good satellite platforms, and there were not many cases of dramas being shelved.

After Eternal Love, only The Interpreter had good ratings…

"The Interpreter", exclusively broadcast on Mango TV!
However, the performance of the subsequent Mango TV series was very poor, such as "Negotiator", "Dream of Love", and especially "Dream of Love", which could at least maintain 0.8% in the early stage, but only 0.3% in the later stage...

Things are different now...

Recently, "The Legend of the Pearl" has received very bad reviews and its ratings are also very poor.

Yang Mi is thinking about transformation again...

After all, she is already 35...

At this age, she can almost give up on ancient idol dramas. Even if she has another hit drama, it will not help much for a female star like her who is in her thirties and in urgent need of transformation...

Yu Wanqing had a script called "Little South Wind" - later directed by Yao Xiaofeng, called "Pale Fire"...

It's a suspense drama, but overall... it's very similar to the low-profile "Beautiful Legend of Sicily"...

The heroine is a beautiful woman who is collectively bullied by the people in the small town, a "slut" who is slandered by her husband, and a goddess in the eyes of high school students...

Yang Mi is very suitable for this kind of role!

The problem is... Jiaxing might not agree.

Because this drama has an experimental tone - it has 24 episodes.

In other words, it is unlikely to pay according to the market price!
The total cost is only 5000 million.

Yu Wanqing introduced; "A young man from a small town falls in love with a mature woman with a tragic and mysterious life experience. The two experience crime and secrets together..."

"We invited Sun Zhou to be the producer. He had previously directed "Zhou Yu's Train" and has a clear grasp of this tone."

Yang Mi immediately became interested: "Teacher Sun Zhou is the producer? What about the director?"

"Director... Liang Ge recommended Director Wang Zheng... a new director with good skills..."

"What's the problem?"

"The biggest problem... we want to find a male lead who is around 20 years old, but... the actor who is of the right age doesn't have good acting skills... those with outstanding acting skills are too expensive... we can't get it without million!"

Yang Mi understood instantly: "500 million?"

"Our drama has a bit of an experimental tone, and the total cost is no more than 3000 million..."

“How long will it take?”

"It will take about two months... We plan to shoot on location in Wuyuan. The buildings in Wuyuan are three-dimensional, and the mountains are staggered. The staggered feeling can create depth and three-dimensionality in the photos, which looks good visually. Secondly, the buildings with green tiles and white walls naturally have a sense of story and mystery, and the atmosphere is also suitable for this story."

Yang Mi thought about it for a while, then nodded: "I'll take this role..."

"Really? That's great... Do I need to confirm with your company? What about the salary?"

"Just give your money as you see fit..."

"Then it's hard for us to come up with the market price... your company is quite difficult to deal with!"

Yang Mi smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll go and tell her..."

"say what?"

Shen Liang walked in and just happened to hear this sentence, so he asked casually.

"We are talking about "Little South Wind"..."

"That low-profile version of "Sicily"?" Shen Liang glanced at his idol: "That drama is very suitable for you, but they don't have much money..."

“As long as the script is good!”

"Your company is difficult to run..." Shen Liang sat down, took the cup of water handed to him by Yu Wanqing, and took a sip: "How many scenes do we have left?"

"…There are only two scenes left…We can finish the filming in the afternoon!" Shen Liang nodded, looked at Yang Mi, and said, "Then let's go to BJ together tonight!"

Yu Wanqing asked curiously, "Promoting "Famous"?"

"Um…"

“What is this movie about…”

“…Let me tell you this, it was originally called “The Birth of a Movie”…An investor found a group of filmmakers and wanted to make a movie about a shocking murder case called “The Three Elders Case”…”

Yu Wanqing understood instantly: "Script meeting?"

"Yes..." Shen Liang nodded: "In order to inspire creative inspiration, the investor even brought the arrested murderer out of prison... so that the murderer could personally reconstruct the case at the crime scene. In the process of tracing the truth, everyone found that this case was too complicated..."

"Oh..." Yu Wanqing nodded: "This is interesting!"

“It starts showing tomorrow…”

"Isn't it a preview?"

"17 screenings were directly arranged, which is higher than the schedule of "The Antique Bureau Mid-Game". There is no such thing as a preview... In fact, it is a theatrical release..."

Advance screenings are usually a way for a movie to be released in advance on a small scale for the purpose of word-of-mouth marketing.

大规模点映，每天14:00-21:00排片，黄金场占比超过了60%…

Objectively speaking, large-scale previews do squeeze out the space for other films released in the same period.

"Word-of-mouth marketing... By the way, I discussed it with Zimo and decided to shoot a few short videos and put them on TikTok for marketing..."

Yang Mi was very curious: "Short film? What short film?"

“Oh, this is one of the scripts I wrote… I’ll send it to you…”

Yang Mi opened her phone, accepted it, and then browsed through it. She was so angry that she almost threw her phone: "What do you mean by this?"

The script of the short film is very simple. Li Jiahui goes to the crew for interviews, and Bai Ke and Kodak act.

The two of them were filming a scene, Bai Ke's performance was not good, and he made the excuse that 'I couldn't get into it...'

Koda quipped: "An actor who can't memorize his lines... keeps looking at the prompter, then he really can't get into the role!"

Bai Ke: "I've been so busy lately, taking on four dramas at the same time. Unlike you, you can focus all your attention on one work. I envy you so much..."

"This dog is thinking about four piles of shit at the same time, and it can't eat any of them warm."

"How can you talk like that! Who said I can't eat something hot?"

It’s the Douyin extra of “The Killer Is Not So Calm”…

Shen Liang appropriated it and used it in "Become Famous", which was meant to mock 208 anyway...

Yang Mi immediately thought of herself: "Are you mocking me?"

Shen Liang was stunned for a moment, then he thought of something and quickly explained: "I was satirizing the phenomenon of overlapping roles... You haven't been overlapping roles recently, have you?"

Sister Mi revealed that she filmed five dramas in four months...

"without…"

"That's okay."

Shen Liang waved his hand and looked at the time: "Okay, I'm almost done resting. I'll go finish the last bit of the scene right away. I'll leave first..."

Yu Wanqing also stood up: "I'll go make some arrangements..."

Yang Mi was curious: "What are you planning?"

"Brother Liang's scenes have been completed, we must have a wrap-up ceremony..."

"…His scenes have been completed? The crew hasn't completed the filming yet?"

"The crew will have about another month to shoot, so we will focus on filming his scenes..."

(End of this chapter)