Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 338 Meeting (24)

Recently, many producers have complained about actors' exorbitant price increases...

The exact words seemed to be, "We could afford to hire them last year, but we can't this year!"

Shen Yan didn't really have anything to say about this.

After all, his salary is also increasing...

If someone is willing to offer this price, it's unlikely they would voluntarily take a pay cut!

Ning Hao asked Shen Yan about her salary...

"I don't usually take a salary," Shen Yan shook his head, "I take a share of the box office revenue!"

"Save on production costs?"

"Not really... Relatively speaking, I'm at a disadvantage because I get a fixed salary..."

"That's true. You've only been in the industry for two years, so simply calculating your fixed salary is indeed a bit low..."

Guan Hu said, "In my 'Tiger Lie La,' several of the main actors joined the project without receiving any payment; everyone gets a share of the box office profits!"

Instead of receiving filming fees, they participate in investment by contributing their fees as equity, maximizing production investment. If the acting and filming are good and the audience loves watching, they then receive a share of the box office revenue.

"I feel this model can be promoted!"

"...The actors definitely won't agree to this..." Shen Yan shook his head: "After all, no one can guarantee that this method will earn more than receiving a fixed salary!"

“But… in this model, the actors are also the bosses, so they are definitely more dedicated to their roles.”

"It's no use if the actors put their heart into it... Whether a movie is a box office success depends more on the movie itself!"

Blockbuster movies are something you can't force!
It mainly depends on fate.

Even if you asked Qu Chuxiao to guess a hundred times before "The Wandering Earth" was released, he still wouldn't have guessed that the movie would gross 46 billion!
Relying on actors to sell movies is not stable. Let alone idols, what about the six middle-aged generation?
Huang Bo's "Gone with the Light" grossed less than 7500 million yuan at the box office;
Deng Chao's self-directed and self-acted film "China's Ping Pong: The Last Stand" almost failed to break 100 million yuan at the box office!
Even Wu Jing and Shen Teng, in genres they weren't good at, suffered setbacks—the former with "Zero Limit" and the latter with "The Reverse Scale"...

For actors' agencies or entertainment companies, this model is too risky. It's better to take a fixed high salary, which at least guarantees income regardless of circumstances.

We chatted enthusiastically for a while, then it was almost time to say goodbye and leave…

Everyone is very busy.

……

Jing Tian has been enjoying the gossip lately…

First, it was Donnie Yen versus Zhao Wenzhuo, then Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping had a public feud... mainly because Zhang Weiping revealed some 'dirt' on people...

Another backstabbing incident has occurred recently!

It's truly a case of one scandal after another.

The "Backstabbing Cult": Actress Bian Xiaoxiao's assistant, "Zhixin Yu," posted a Weibo post accusing actor Yin Xiaotian of physically assaulting Bian Xiaoxiao on the set of "Gunfire and Bullets" due to a "creative disagreement."

Subsequently, Yin Xiaotian responded on Weibo, denying that he had attacked Bian Xiaoxiao.

Bian Xiaoxiao then personally stepped in to confirm that he was the one who had been beaten.

And there are video screenshots...

Following this incident, people in the entertainment industry took sides, with Du Chun, Li Chen, Wang Luodan, Jia Nailiang, Bao Jianfeng, Xue Jianing, and others joining forces to condemn Yin Xiaotian…

Two or three days later, the complete video finally arrived. The video showed that apart from one shoving incident, there were no scenes of the male protagonist pulling the female protagonist's hair or beating her.

The most disgusting person in this whole affair is Yang Zi—he's one of the producers, he had the video, but he refused to release it from the beginning. First, he accused Yin Xiaotian, then he released the video and said something…

I don't know what this person's mentality is... Anyway, Jing Tian doesn't understand this mentality at all.

He simply asked Shen Yan, who was also watching the drama unfold, and Shen Yan replied directly, "He's a giant troublemaker. Wherever there's trouble, he's there. He probably thought he could control public opinion, but he didn't expect Yin Xiaotian to call the police!"

Oh, Shen Yan finished her performance at Chunyan in Nanjing and rushed to Shanghai overnight for a meeting with the cast and crew of "My Love from the Star"...

"No, what I mean is, he clearly had evidence, so why did he frame Yin Xiaotian? Did they have a grudge?"

"I don't know," Shen Yan shook his head, adding casually, "There are some people whose behavior you don't need to analyze, because they may not have any logic at all..."

"How profound!"

"What's so profound about it? It's just idiot..."

"No," Jing Tian quickly said, "I mean what you're saying is very profound!"

“…Haha,” Shen Yan chuckled, turned to look at her, and was about to say something when he noticed that she was wearing an off-shoulder short dress, her hairstyle had been redesigned with big wavy curls, and her chest was full. He complimented her, “You look great!”

“…Me?” Jing Tian smiled and then explained, “The costume designer and stylist on set designed it for me!”

"That's great, you can keep this pose!"

"I think so too..."

The two chatted for a while, then Sha Weiqi and Che Liangyi came in, followed by Zhu Yilong, Dilraba, and Li Naiwen. Finally, Cheng Yi arrived; he was there to play Qian Songyi's younger brother, Qian Yuncai…

By the way, the actor who plays lawyer Zhang Yingmu is Tian Yu…

Lawyer Zhang Yingmu, the only one who knows Du Mingjun's secret, is the comedic relief!

We can't exactly ask Shen Teng, can we?
The meeting was basically just everyone introducing themselves, since many of the actors didn't know each other...

Oh, Jin Chen went to film a movie—"201314," she's the female lead!
She made a movie in her second year as an actress, and she was the female lead...

These resources are amazing!

I inquired about the main creative team...

The director is Kong Lingchen, whose representative work is "Play Cool Youth". It's not that the movie is particularly good, but it made Lu Liping a Golden Horse Best Actress winner, the same generation that Feng Xiaogang criticized by name!
The main cast of "201314" includes Guo Xiaoran, Niu Qun, Jiang Chao, Wang Luyao, and Shao Sihan…

Good heavens, I've never heard of any of them except for cattle.

But for Jin Chen, being able to make movies is definitely a priority, especially since she plays the female lead in "201314"!

So, she proactively said she wouldn't be coming to "My Love from the Star"...

From this perspective, Dilraba landing the second female lead role was a perfect storm of timing, location, and personal connections…

……

After the meeting, the group had dinner at the hotel, a small get-together for the film crew...

Li Naiwen suddenly asked, "Director, did you come up with this story, or did Yan Ge (Brother Yan) come up with it?"

“Brother Yan provided the character designs and the script outline, the turning points of the story… I’m responsible for filling them in…” Sha Weiqi smiled: “I couldn’t have come up with character designs like Do Myung-joon and Cheon Song-yi!”

"Brother Yan, tell me about it!"

Shen Yan laughed: "I just wanted to play a top-tier character with encyclopedic knowledge, occasional precognition, a built-in GPS for locating the female lead, and superpowers seven times that of an ordinary person. That's why I wrote the character Du Mingjun..."

Jing Tian interjected, "What about Qian Songyi?"

"Have you seen *Notting Hill*, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant? I remember Julia Roberts' character, a movie star, tearfully telling the male lead, 'Actually, I'm just a girl, standing in front of the boy I like, begging him to love me.' That scene was incredibly moving. I also want to portray a movie star… And their relationship is one where Cheon Song-yi takes the initiative, actively pursuing him, disregarding her pride, repeatedly facing rejection, and relentlessly pursuing him…"

(End of this chapter)