Chinese entertainment: Top stars have no holidays

"Can you play the drums?" Da Peng asked first.

Jiang Bai shook his head frankly: "This... I really haven't learned it."

He actually quite likes music, and even taught himself guitar for a while during his student days, but his skill level was only enough to flirt with girls.

As for other musical instruments, he knew nothing about them.

After a moment's thought, Dapeng said nonchalantly, "That's not a problem. Drums are easy to learn. You just need to learn a few simple drum rhythms from the teacher."

"Are you okay with having your head shaved after joining the crew?"

"In my mind, the character of Dynamite is someone who appears wild on the outside but is actually shy on the inside. Only when he plays the drums will he shed his shyness and unleash his inner frenzy."

"So in terms of appearance, it needs to be more wild and rock-and-roll, highlighting the contrast between appearance and personality."

"That's no problem," Jiang Bai nodded confidently. "I can accept it even if you shave your head completely, let alone a buzz cut."

Jiang Bai is very serious about his work.

As long as the production company pays, they can film however they want, and as long as it doesn't violate public order and good morals, they can cooperate.

Besides, Jiang Bai has been fat in his life, but he has never been ugly.

It's said that a buzz cut is the only true test of a handsome man, and he's confident he can pass that test too.

Dapeng was also satisfied with his answer.

As for child actors, if they can obediently follow the director's instructions, then they are qualified.

Dapeng leaned back, sinking into the sofa, and asked in a relaxed tone, "Then try saying a few words in your Taiwanese accent."

Unlike television series, movies generally require original sound recording on set and rarely allow actors to use post-production dubbing.

After all, no matter how well the dubbing is done, when it's shown on the big screen, there will always be some sense of incongruity in the lip movements.

Dubbing is only used when foreign artists really can't speak Chinese.

In the movie "Sewing Machine Band", the character Dynamite is set up to come to Northeast China from Taiwan in order to find his beloved tattoo artist Lili.

Therefore, the accent of someone who speaks with explosives must have a curved intonation.

This was not difficult for Jiang Bai.

He thought for a moment, recalling a popular video he had seen in his previous life, featuring interviews with Black people in Taiwan, and said with a somewhat amused expression, "Don't let my easygoing nature fool you."

"But what if you step on my landmine?"

"I'm difficult to deal with!"

"I'm not exactly a nice guy!"

Jiang Bai spoke fluent, authentic Taiwanese-accented Mandarin.

Da Peng forced a smile, his face crinkling with wrinkles.

"Okay, okay, this is exactly the flavor I wanted."

Sure enough, it's not difficult for actors from Fujian to adopt a Taiwanese accent.

The only problem that Da Peng was worried about was solved so easily.

He stood up and shook hands with Jiang Bai, saying, "Then I have no further questions. Let your agent handle the rest."

Clearly, Jiang Bai passed the audition.

Although Jiang Bai's acting skills haven't been tested yet, Da Peng has already decided to use him.

Dapeng is quite confident in himself.

Even though Jiang Bai is a complete newcomer actor, Da Peng believes he can make a good use of him, at least to achieve a passable performance.

Moreover, after noticing Jiang Bai, Da Peng went to learn more about him.

Privately, Da Peng judged that Jiang Bai was likely to be a core actor that Huace would heavily promote in the future.

He got a second male lead role right from his debut, and I heard he also has a TV series where he plays the male lead waiting to start filming.

He had essentially bet everything on Jiang Bai.

If Jiang Bai becomes a hit after these two dramas air, then "Sewing Machine Band" can gain free publicity when it is released.

It's like getting a popular actor who's worth a lot of money for a small amount of money.

Even if neither drama becomes a hit, using Jiang Bai won't be a loss.

Because Da Peng's budget for the role of "Dynamite" was not high to begin with, he only planned to find an unknown young actor from Taiwan.

The worst outcome would simply be replacing him with a new mainland actor, which wouldn't make a difference.

But if Jiang Bai explodes, then it's a huge profit.

The shrewd Dapeng knew how to calculate this.

As a result, his negotiations with Xu Xu went very smoothly, as the producer.

Around 3 p.m., the two left the studio of Hecheng Film Industry.

At the same time, they also took away a letter of intent.

"The talks went well," Xu Xu said with satisfaction on the return flight.

"Your role doesn't have many scenes, so your billing is only at the fourth or fifth level."

"Director Dapeng is willing to pay 50 yuan, which is already quite a lot."

Don't be fooled by the fact that Jiang Bai earned 300 million yuan for playing the second male lead in the drama "Rush to the Dead Summer".

However, TV series and movies are different, and the value of the same actor is also different.

The salaries for the two cannot be commensurate.

Although currently, film actors are considered more prestigious than television actors.

But in this golden age of Chinese television dramas, the pay for acting in TV dramas was much higher than that for making movies.

Therefore, even top-tier TV drama actors have to drastically reduce their pay if they want to act in movies.

For example, Zhao Liying was a top-tier actress when she filmed "Princess Agents". She could earn 70 yuan per episode of the TV series, and her total salary for filming a series was as high as 3500 million yuan.

However, during the same period, she took on the film "Duckweed" and only received 1000 million yuan in salary.

The official reason given was the short filming period (only 30 days), and that she was willing to voluntarily reduce her salary to give a "friendship price".

But in reality, it's because Zhao Liying doesn't have box office appeal in the film industry.

The production company is unwilling to offer the price of a top-tier film actress (2000-3000 million).

Zhao Liying wanted more film opportunities, so she naturally had to lower her fee to take on roles.

By comparison.

Jiang Bai, a newcomer actor with no achievements in the film industry, received a salary of 300 million yuan for "Rush to the Dead Summer".

However, his market price for playing a supporting role in a movie is only around 10 to 30 yuan.

Even so, there's still no market for it; no film offers will come knocking.

The fact that Da Peng was able to earn 50 yuan for "Sewing Machine Band" is already a testament to his confidence in Jiang Bai's future, which is why he gave her a salary higher than the market rate.

"I've already discussed it with Director Dapeng."

Xu Xu continued, "The Sewing Machine Band started filming on April 7th, but at that time your A Love So Beautiful hadn't finished filming yet."

"Director Dapeng will postpone your scenes and film the scenes with the male and female leads first."

"The band scenes involving you will be filmed after you join the crew on May 4th."

"Your filming period is expected to be only one month."

You only need to join the crew for a month to earn 50 yuan.

This was already a very good deal, and Xu Xu couldn't be more satisfied.

Moreover, after reading the entire script, Xu Xu was quite optimistic about "Sewing Machine Band" and was happy to let Jiang Bai make an appearance.

Even if Da Peng ultimately messes up the film and makes it a bad movie, it doesn't matter.

How many new actors can earn hundreds of millions or even billions at the box office with their very first movie?

Young actors the same age as Jiang Bai don't even have the chance to make movies these days!

It's already incredibly lucky to be able to act in a movie right after your debut; Jiang Bai has no right to be picky.

Jiang Bai wouldn't be picky; he knew how well the movie fared at the box office and received positive reviews after its release.

It will definitely bring him a positive influence.

As long as his first film doesn't fail, the door to the film industry will have been opened for him.

In the future, there will be more opportunities to receive film offers.

Although making movies doesn't pay as much as making TV series.

However, if they can achieve success in the film industry, the resulting influence and national recognition can boost their commercial value.

Jiang Bai: "It looks like I'll be very busy starting after the New Year."

"Cherish this holiday before the New Year." Xu Xu glanced at Jiang Bai and said expectantly, "If nothing unexpected happens, you're going to be a huge star next year."

"At that time, the word 'vacation' will be a luxury for you."

"Top celebrities don't get holidays."

Jiang Bai smiled and said, "Then I sincerely look forward to that day."

holiday?

He prefers making money to this!

After all, I was terrified of being poor in my past life!