Brilliant Entertainment Headquarters.

After the audition, Liu Shiying returned to the company and held a meeting with several senior executives to discuss this cooperation.

"How was the audition? How was Fang Xing's evaluation?" Vice President and Artist Director Wang Xingfa was the first to ask.

"It should be okay, but Fang Xing's expression was flat. He didn't show that he was very satisfied, but he didn't say that he was dissatisfied. In fact, I haven't participated in an audition for a long time, and it felt quite fresh." Liu Shiying laughed as she said it.

As a top-tier actress who is currently popular, Liu Shiying has no shortage of filming opportunities since she became famous.

When she reached her celebrity status, film and television companies came to her with scripts and begged her to film them.

Because she has made one hit and one hit, there are almost no blockbuster dramas. Even the dramas with low ratings are considered to be at a passing level.

The only standard for the film and television industry is broadcast performance, that is, ratings and playback volume.

Who can carry the show has the final say.

If Liu Shiying's drama is popular, then her acting method is right.

Even if the director thinks there is a problem, he may not dare to point it out, because if the person is popular, as long as the audience likes it, no matter how he acts, it will be right.

About three or four years ago, Liu Shiying was willing to take on a drama, and the producers were happy to support her. Do you still need to audition?

In a sense, audition is the process by which actors obtain the director's approval by demonstrating their performance abilities.

When an actor plays a role that is so popular that the entire industry will imitate it, there is no need for an audition.

The situation this time is a little special.

Ark Culture requires auditions.

Brilliant Entertainment wants Liu Shiying to audition and demonstrate her acting ability. As long as the director feels that her performance is good, then she will have leverage when negotiating a contract.

However, after Liu Shiying's audition, she didn't see a very satisfied expression on Fang Xing's face, but there was no dissatisfied expression either.

Wang Xingfa laughed and said: "This is normal. Even if Fang Xing is satisfied, he won't show it. This is a negotiation strategy. The remuneration offered by Ark Culture is basically based on the lowest price."

Ark Culture has indeed never offered sky-high salaries to actors, and many actors are even willing to lower their salaries in order to get roles.

Even when Song Li acted in "Dark Glory", she was paid according to the lowest market salary.

If the pay is low, you can naturally spend the money on other things.

Service, location, and post-production all cost money. If you want to hire a good team, you have to spend your money wisely.

Now.

Ark Culture and Brilliant Entertainment are in a tug-of-war stage.

Brilliant Entertainment wants to use Liu Shiying's card to get more benefits, and even get some privileges when working on the crew.

It is normal for big-name stars to get special privileges on the set.

For example, other actors are with the crew throughout the whole process, have food and accommodation on the set, and are not allowed to go out for business.

Big-name stars don't have to be with the crew the whole time. Even if they are on the crew, they can take time off to attend business activities. They can even ask the crew to film the scenes together and finish them in the shortest possible time.

What's more, they refused to take any outdoor shots, and they all shot in the studio and cut out the pictures later.

Because the speed of studio shooting is much faster than shooting on location.

In short, the time saved is money.

With Liu Shiying's popularity right now after being blocked from watching, her appearance fees have reached the million level.

How could Brilliant Entertainment not make this money?

…

Ark culture is just the opposite, especially for Fang Xing's drama. The lead actor is with the cast throughout the whole process and cannot skip the show. Except for the fixed monthly rest days, he cannot take time off at will.

These terms are all written in the contract, and the post-viewing contract is no exception. Song Li's film contracts are all signed in this way.

However, Song Li and Liu Shiying are somewhat different.

Song Li rarely accepts business activities, and even if she does, it's mostly to return a favor.

Because the company is her own, and she only shoots one drama every two to three years, there is no possibility of cheating.

Liu Shiying is different. She wants to make money, and Brilliant Entertainment also wants to make money.

Moreover, if she could, she wouldn't want to go to Ning Province to eat sand. Who would want to go to Ning Province to eat sand when she could make money comfortably?

Of course, outdoor shooting and studio shooting can actually go hand in hand, with part of the studio shooting and part of the outdoor shooting taking place.

In fact, most film and television projects are shot on location or in studio.

If the contract is negotiated in detail enough, it can even stipulate how many scenes will be filmed on location and how many scenes will be filmed in studios.

Calculate how many days the shooting time can be accurate.

…

Wang Xingfa looked at the management team and asked: "What about you? What do you think of Ark Culture? What are the conditions for accepting it?"

Liu Shiying's agent thought about it and said: "Judging from the quality of Fang Xing's past TV series, this drama should not be too bad, but I read the script and it's hard to tell the plot of the heroine in this drama, and the audience may not necessarily

Like to watch.

"If the audience feels uncomfortable watching it, it may end up being poorly received."

In the film and television industry, it is very common for a film to be well-received but not popular.

When viewers watch TV series, they mainly focus on entertainment. If they are not happy, they will choose not to watch it.

Some dramas are obviously well shot and the actors' performances are good, but they are just too frustrating to watch. In the end, the ratings are very high, but the ratings are miserable.

Ark Culture’s script this time has this tendency.

Another executive broker also echoed: "I also have this worry. In this script, the male protagonist and the female protagonist are not together in the end. There are even very few emotional scenes. The female protagonist is aggrieved, and the male protagonist is also aggrieved. This kind of

It’s a drama, and it’s very likely that the ratings will suffer. However, if it’s done well, it might be able to win awards.”

Wang Xingfa waved his hand: "Shiying has no shortage of awards now. She should film more hit dramas."

Now Liu Shiying has just won the Gladiolus trophy. At her current age, it is enough to have a trophy for the trophy, and there is no need to rush for other awards.

Moreover, the difficulty of winning the Flying Eagle Award and the Golden Eyebrow Award is higher than that of the Gladiolus Award, because the first two awards pay more attention to performances and are more academic, and ignore the popularity of the TV series itself.

In other words, Liu Shiying can win the Gladiolus Award for "Feng Lin Chao", but she may not be nominated for the Flying Eagle Award and the Golden Eyebrow Award.

Song Li also started competing for the Flying Eagle Award in the past few years.

Compared with Song Li, Liu Shiying is still relatively young and has at least ten years left. The best strategy at this time is to shoot more hit dramas.

Wait for a few years to settle down before competing for awards.

The agent continued: "Furthermore, Fang Xing's new drama is a male protagonist drama, and the main role is played by the male protagonist. Even the male protagonist's father has more roles than the female protagonist.

“After this drama is filmed, it’s not the female lead who shines, so whether you want to take this role or not, you need to seriously consider.

"Of course, if Ark Culture can agree to our request, this drama can still be accepted. If it can get a nomination, it won't be a loss."

Wang Xingfa turned to ask: "By the way, have you read Fanfan Entertainment's poverty alleviation script? That "Spring River Plumbing"."

Liu Shiying nodded and replied: "I saw it."

"how do you feel?"

"From the perspective of the script alone, "Spring River Plumbing" has more female protagonists, but I don't know what the effect will be. It depends on the director's level." Liu Shiying couldn't tell which one of the two scripts was better, but

Relatively speaking, the female protagonist in "Spring River Plumbing" has much more roles.

Wang Xingfa smiled and said: "You can rest assured, this "Spring River Water Warm" was used by Fanfan Entertainment to praise Zhu Yiting. Zhu Yiting became famous with "The Lonely Suspect".

"Fenfan Entertainment has reaped the benefits this time. It is currently talking about a big director to take over "Spring River Plumbing", and it has been confirmed that S will invest."

S investment means that the investment in this drama will reach 300 million.

The investment in Ark Culture’s new drama is only S-level.

Although investment height cannot be used as a criterion for judging the quality of TV series, when the level of directors, actors, and crew are not much different, naturally the greater the investment, the higher the quality of the film.

Now Zhu Yiting is the most profitable artist of Fanfan Entertainment, and among the popular celebrities, Zhu Yiting is indeed relatively good at acting.

At this time, Fanfan Entertainment is of course spending money to support Zhu Yiting.

Wang Xingfa continued: "I just talked with Mr. Hong of Fanfan Entertainment. They are planning to use "Spring River Water Warm" to create a positive screen image of Zhu Yiting, improve national popularity, and then enter the big screen."

There is already a successful example of top-notch meat entering the big screen, and that is Jia Haochen of Shengqi Entertainment.

In recent years, Jia Haochen has made a lot of money for Shengqi Entertainment by relying on his reputation as the "youngest Mr. 5 billion". He has been endorsed by various big names. It can be said that he has harvested all the big international names.

Fanfan Entertainment is also preparing to promote Zhu Yiting on the big screen route.

Of course, if the fandom replicates Jia Haochen's route, there will be no way out.

Fanfan Entertainment has made some adjustments to prepare Zhu Yiting to enter the big screen with another image. Before that, it will first use "Spring River Plumbing" to increase national popularity.

Wang Xingfa continued: "Now we have two cards in hand, we can cooperate with Ark Culture. If we can't reach an agreement, we can also take on "Spring River Water Warm".

"Right now, Fanfan Entertainment is trying to find a post-viewing director, Zhu Yiting, and they are trying to contact us, as well as Deng Huiling.

"So, if you are optimistic about "Spring River Plumbing", this project can be done.
To be continued...