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Chapter 193 Sky-high pay?

[“More than half of the production cost”… The actors’ value is equivalent to real estate, and the television industry is complaining bitterly.

Like real estate prices, which fluctuate from morning to afternoon, actors' salaries are soaring. It's common for new actors to command 5000 million won per episode, while rumors of newly minted actors demanding 8000 million won per episode, even after reaching leading roles on terrestrial TV, have spread, sending shockwaves through the television industry. Pay is skyrocketing, while ratings are plummeting, and the wailing within the television production industry is growing louder.

Also, the actors want to take copyright income in addition to their salary, and they want to invite production companies with top stars.

When Quan Xuanhe saw this news after joining the crew and starting filming, he was shocked to find that the protagonist of this so-called "rumor" seemed to be him.

Why is it as if?

Because the adjective in front was missing, Quan Xuanhe assumed that it was not him who was being talked about, so he just had to make a fortune in silence.

As mentioned in the previous article, the so-called terrestrial stations, which are the three traditional TV stations, pay actors much lower salaries than cable stations and OTT platforms, and the salary that Quan Xuanhe received for signing with Squid Games broke his personal salary record.

The salary for "True Beauty" that Kwon Hyun Hyuk just signed has reached 65 million won per episode, which is a considerable figure considering his status and all aspects.

But Squid Games directly raised the price to 80 million.

Originally, when Kwon Hyun Hyuk joined this project, it was equivalent to being brought into the group by Lee Byung Hun, so his pay was more appropriate. It was normal to be lower than that of "True Beauty". It would be fine to just give him a similar number as a friendship price. It was already very meaningful for him to be able to join such a big project.

But anyway, it can be considered as a return of favor from Kim Min-young, the president of Netflix Korea, whom she had met before. The return gift for helping her to connect with the production company of "Goddess Advent" directly raised his value to 80 million.

Of course Quan Xuanhe was happy. His pay represented his worth and status, and reflected his rise among actors. After the increase, he would definitely ask for a price based on this when taking on projects in the future, and there was no reason to lower it.

This operation is also one of the real phenomena that OTT platforms are waving huge amounts of money to invade the Korean film and television industry. The pay is getting more and more inflated, and the pay alone can account for half of the total production cost or even more. Under the invasion of capital, the industry is in complete chaos.

Does this scene sound familiar? To put it simply, it's a sky-high paycheck.

This is very similar to the chaos that occurred after domestic Internet capital invaded the entertainment industry.

So in terms of sky-high pay, the domestic version is ahead of the overseas version. Not only is it criticized in China, but South Korea is also criticizing it. It’s just that there is a wall between us, so they don’t know much about it.

As for the controversy over the so-called sky-high pay, Quan Xuanhe doesn't care. The actors are the beneficiaries of the sky-high pay, and it is impossible for him to sit on the wrong side of the rules and voluntarily reduce his pay.

If there is a project he wants to act in in the future that is not worthy of his salary, he can just claim to have reduced his salary to act in it, and then market it to the outside world, which will be a good story and will not affect his subsequent asking price at all.

Quan Xuanhe put away his phone and started filming.

The main filming location of Squidward Idol was not in Seoul, and only a small part of the film needed to be shot in Seoul and Incheon.

The main filming location was in Daejeon City, in the Daejeon Yongdong Image Filming Park in Chungcheongnam-do, south of Gyeonggi-do. Because the content was mainly in the studio, there were not many outdoor scenes.

Kwon Hyun Hyuk did not join the crew together. When he joined, the filming had already started for a few days, mainly because he was waiting for Lee Jung Jae.

The crew gave him a styling job, and Quan Xuanhe's hair was cut a lot shorter. As a policeman, it was really unrealistic to have long hair, so the hair he had kept since preparing for the movie "Innocence" was cut shorter again, and then he changed into a rather simple outfit.

Although clothes make the man, Quan Xuanhe still looks very eye-catching even when he changes into ordinary casual clothes.

"Action!" The first scene since Quan Xuanhe joined Squid Game was progressing in an orderly manner.

Under the camera, Lee Jung-jae spoke to the policeman sitting there in a very intense manner about how Squid Game was a murder game. At this time, Kwon Hyun-hyuk walked in with a drunk street thug. Seeing this, Lee Jung-jae and Kwon Hyun-hyuk, two strangers, looked at each other, and finally Lee Jung-jae excitedly opened the door and walked out of the police station.

"who's that person?"

Quan Xuanhe asked with a flat expression, while the actor opposite him started to perform.

"He's from Ssangmundong, he's like a madman, I'm so annoyed today."

While reciting his lines to the actors, Kwon Hyun-hyuk saw the invitation card from Squid Games on the table, took a closer look at it, but didn't say anything.

It was so brief, but I needed to capture it from many angles, so I shot it over and over again.

After this scene ended, Quan Xuanhe moved to shoot the interior scenes. The role of his character line is to be parallel to the protagonist group and have no intersection. He wanders behind the game like a solitary puzzle adventure.

Therefore, most of his scenes were not filmed with the main characters, but were all solo performances by him. Although he is ranked fourth in terms of star status, he is third in importance in the plot, so he can also be the second male lead.

In order to prepare for the role, Quan Xuanhe was also very busy. He found a professional coach to practice boxing and kicking. It was like sharpening a knife before a battle. Although it was not fast, it was bright and it looked like the role was done properly on the surface.

That night, the filming lasted until the early morning, and it was almost entirely a one-man show by Quan Xuanhe. This part of the plot was about him exploring clues and discovering that his brother was related to the game, so he prepared to sneak into the game.

The crew's machines caused heavy rain to fall on the set, and all the crew members were ready.

In the narrow and dim alley, Kwon Hyun Hyuk was holding an umbrella and waiting for Lee Jung Jae, who was drunk and drenched like a drowned rat in the rain.

"Cheng Qixunxi?"

Kwon Hyun-hyuk walked forward with his long legs, stopped the downtrodden Lee Jung-jae, and showed his police officer ID while speaking.

"I'm Hwang Jun-ho from the Dobong Police Station."

He is tall and stands in front of Lee Jung-jae, looking down at him, which gives the scene a sense of oppression as a policeman, and at the same time contrasts with Lee Jung-jae's fearlessness and decadence at this moment.

"I heard there's a murder game"

Lee Jung-jae showed impatience. He had already given up hope on the police and lost his patience with Kwon Hyun-hyuk. He passed him by and prepared to go home.

Quan Xuanhe stopped him, with a serious expression and a sincere tone, "Cheng Qixunxi, please help me"

The biggest project he'd ever been involved in was moving along at its usual snail's pace.

　By the way, let me tell you that some of the dramas you have seen were actually filmed a year or even earlier. The reason is the scheduling or the long film cycle. If the novel is really written like this, it will definitely affect the reading experience. You may not see the exciting parts of the broadcast for hundreds of chapters or even hundreds of pictures. Therefore, I will make appropriate adjustments to the filming of some projects in the later plots, and reduce the time difference in between. There will be notes to avoid misunderstandings.

　　
　
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