"Didn't you agree to let Pinhe's character debut in the third season first? This can also warm up, so that the audience of "Seventeenth Story" will become interested in spin-off dramas and pay attention to the development of spin-off dramas."
Zhang Yuezhen sat opposite Jiang Lan, and was a little confused about the latest news that Jiang Lan told her.
Jiang Lan explained with a smile: "The main reason is that when we were discussing the script, we found it difficult to arrange Pinhe's character. You also know that if a character is added incorrectly, it will have the opposite effect. . In fact, the starring of Pinhe, coupled with the popularity accumulated by the series "Seventeenth Floor", Pinhe appeared in the third season, and there is definitely no shortage of attention. This is because Pinhe has been in TV series after many years. .”
Zhang Yuezhen looked at Jiang Lan silently.
For a moment, she didn't know whether she should believe Jiang Lan's remarks.
However, Jiang Lan’s statement also makes some sense.
"Maxine has already won the broadcast rights of overseas streaming media in advance for this spin-off drama." Zhang Yuezhen said, "As far as I know, their bid should be not low, right?"
Jiang Lan laughed and said, "The first season of "Seventeenth Layer" was very good on Maxine, and the price of the second season had reached the first-line purchase price of Maxine. As for the spin-off drama, well, indeed, it's the same as the first-tier one. The purchase price in the second quarter was almost the same. "
Zhang Yue was really stunned.
She originally wanted to say that Maxine's purchase price for the "Seventeenth Floor" spin-off drama was only so expensive for the sake of starring Chen Pinhe, but she didn't expect Jiang Lan to answer like this.
However, what price can the second season of "Seventeenth Layer" reach?
Zhang Yuezhen learned from his own channels that Maxine's purchase price for the "Seventeenth Layer" spin-off drama. That price is definitely the top price figure in the history of overseas distribution of Chinese dramas.
Is what Jiang Lan said true or false?
The Seventeenth Layer is not as popular as "Squid Game", and it is not even as popular as "Friends" in Maxine.
Will Maxine give such a high price?
Zhang Yuezhen tends to doubt deep down.
But, Jiang Lan's smile seemed to notice nothing. She said: "We also hope that Pinhe can take the "Seventeenth Floor" series to a higher level. In fact, the pay we paid Pinhe is higher than that of Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige. He should be able to feel our sincerity towards him."
"Of course." Zhang Yuezhen nodded, "However, for the spin-off drama of "Seventeenth Floor", you are planning to let Pinhe take the ratings alone, completely with Pin He mainly has roles, and his roles are much more than Chen Bige and Lu Yanhe in "The Seventeenth Story"? "
"The Seventeenth Story" is actually a group scene.
Jiang Lan: "Yes, to be honest, I was quite surprised. Bi Ge, Yan He and Jiang Jun are all willing to return to the third season and finish filming this story with beginning and end. I am quite grateful. Many of their actors will not return to star in the second season."
Zhang Yue really laughed. "So Jingtai signed a two-season contract with Pinhe in one go?" "We are planning to shoot back-to-back and two seasons together." Jiang Lan said, "It's so convenient. Production can save a lot of production costs."
Zhang Yuezhen: "Will director Lianbei continue to direct the spin-off drama of "Seventeenth Level"?"
"We are talking to him, he He directed three seasons of "Seventeenth Layer" in one go. If you want to do other projects, we are trying to keep him as much as possible. "Jiang Lan said, "After all, he is the most familiar with this series and is also the most suitable director. If he really keeps it, he will stay. If we don’t come down, we will definitely invite the most suitable director to take over. We want to use this spin-off drama as a king-level project that will continue "Seventeenth Level". "
Zhang Yuezhen: "I really believe that Jiang Tai will definitely use all his strength to do this project, otherwise we will not accept it." Jiang Lan: "You gave me two resumes before. We have evaluated internally. We are initially satisfied with these two people and our image is very good in all aspects. However, we still hope to try the show first before making a decision. After all, they have not had much performance experience for us before giving us a lot of performance experience before giving us. Reference. "
Zhang Yue was really dissatisfied and said, "Their acting skills have been praised by Lian Pinhe. You are Lian Pinhe's Can't you believe in the vision? "
"How can we believe in the movie hero's vision? However, acting is not just about good acting skills, but you still have to be a good actor to know the real effect after you act." Jiang Lan helplessly Shaking your head, "You have never done our job, and you definitely can't feel it. Many actors, when we watch photos or even videos, think this actor is very suitable, but when we see a real person, they are disappointed. There are many. "
Zhang Yuezhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let them take a test show."
Jiang Lan laughed.
"Also, Yuezhen, there is something I have to say hello to you in advance." Jiang Lan said, "The two main female characters cannot be taken by the actors you recommend. .”
Zhang Yue was really stunned. "Do you have any other ideas?" "This drama is created by our Beijing-Taiwan as the drama king, and we must have something we need to balance." Jiang Lan said, "You should understand this?"
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Chen Ziyan got out of the car, and there were several people squatting at the door, carrying the camera in her hands, and there were also people who were broadcasting live here with machines directly on their own.
She glanced at them, walked into the studio without taking off her sunglasses.
The filming scene of "Friends" is never short of media squatting here.
Even if you just take photos of some actors going to work and getting off work, you can get a lot of traffic.
Chen Ziyan came to the set of "Friends".
Everyone is setting.
The actors stood aside and chatted.
Chen Ziyan took off her sunglasses and greeted Hu Siwei first.
I happened to meet Hu Siwei.
"All the filming goes smoothly?"
"So smoothly. Everyone has worked together many times and they have a tacit cooperation." Hu Siwei said with a smile, "Why did Mr. Chen come today?"
"Tell me something about Yan He." Chen Ziyan smiled, "By the way, the Golden Globe Awards are about to be announced. "Friends" season 1 may receive several nominations, which is what Maxine told me News. "
"Really?" Hu Siwei showed surprise.
"Yes, the broadcast of "Friends" on Maxine is very stable, and the results are better than the results of each season." Chen Ziyan said, "Just Yan He said at the beginning, the drama has a strong potential. According to Maxine's backstage data, the repetition rate is much higher than that of ordinary hit dramas."
Hu Siwei nodded.
"I'm gradually understanding why Yan He said that the drama has strong momentum." Hu Siwei smiled, "Sometimes when I eat alone, I open "Friends" to watch it. The episode is twenty minutes, and it’s just the time to have a meal.”
Chen Ziyan nodded with a smile.
"This is the characteristic and advantage of the sitcom type." She said, "If Friends can really win the Golden Globes, then for our second season of Friends globally The broadcast has greatly promoted and helped. Now Maxine is waiting for the list of nominations for the Golden Globe Awards to be announced. They attach great importance to this series. "
Maxine attaches great importance to the adaptation that has been bought from Beijing and Taiwan. Right, I have to make a version of the English version of "The Six People".
But it hasn't been photographed yet.
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Lu Yanhe came over immediately after he noticed that Chen Ziyan had come over.
"Sister Ziyan."
Chen Ziyan nodded to him and said, "Jiang Lan said that the members of the protagonist group of the "Seventeenth-Level" spin-off drama can leave us one. Location, however, because "Seventeenth Floor" is preparing for commercial spin-off development, she hopes we can give them the right to use your portrait for the role you play."
"What do they want to do? Do they make figures?"
"Everything." Chen Ziyan said, "The development of figures, toys, animations or comics may even include games."
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Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "They are quite business-minded and discovered what is the greatest value of a subject like "Seventeenth Layer". "Chen Ziyan smiled. "What do you think? Portrait use right."
"It can be granted, but we need to agree before every use." Lu Yanhe said, "In addition, all the places involving my portrait use rights must be divided into the income that should be given to me. These must be clearly written in the contract. .”
Chen Ziyan nodded.
"By the way, did they only ask me for the portrait use rights, or did other actors also want it?"
"It should be that all the members of the protagonist group wanted it." Chen Ziyan Say, "As far as I know, what they value most is game development. If the game character modeling cannot use your portraits, it will lose a lot of appeal to fans, and the figures are also-but, The market for figures in China has always been small, it is a niche market, mainly games. "
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Ziyan asked: "I am going to send Minglan to the crew of the "Seventeenth Floor" spin-off drama. Do you have any ideas?"
"Minglan?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, "Let Minglan play the role of a woman." The protagonist? "
"Yes." Chen Ziyan said, "If Minglan goes to play, with Minglan's current status, she must have played the heroine, otherwise it will be difficult for others to compete with the heroine. I heard that Chen Pinhe also gave Jiang Lan the resumes of two actresses to him, and wanted Chen Pinhe to act in this drama. In addition, the "Seventeenth Layer" spin-off drama is definitely aimed at the global market. Minglan wants to show her face in "Source Code", and the spin-offs of "Friends" and "Seventeenth Layer" will help her to browse her face internationally in the next few years."
No mistakes are made The first post, one content, one in 6, one in 9, one book, one bar, one bar! "Okay, if Minglan is suitable, let her go." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Ziyan explained so much, probably because she was afraid that he would think too much.
Because of the protagonist group of the "Seventeenth Floor" spin-off drama, Jiang Lan was mainly for the sake of Lu Yanhe's face, and for the derivative development of "Seventeenth Floor", Lu Yanhe also needed Lu Yanhe's Cooperation on the side.
It is equivalent to the resources replaced by Lu Yanhe, and Chen Ziyan is planning to use them for Wen Minglan.
However, no matter how popular Wen Minglan is or how much money she earns, it has nothing to do with Lu Yanhe.
She is Chen Ziyan's artist, not Lu Yanhe's artist.
Unlike artists like Huang Feng, Jiang Jun, Cai Na, Zhang Ruozhi who signed in because of Lu Yanhe, Lu Yanhe personally won’t get any dividends from Wen Minglan’s brokerage business, and the former’s brokerage Business income, Lu Yanhe not only receives dividends from Shihuo's shareholding, but also directly from their brokerage business income. Through this arrangement, Chen Ziyan ensures that Lu Yanhe's interests will not be due to Shihuo and Linghe. Differences in focus are compromised.
After all, the businesses of the two companies are clearly divided, one is a broker and the other is a production and copyright operation.
If Chen Ziyan doesn't do this, it means that all the artists who signed in to Shihuo because of Lu Yanhe's relationship will only be able to enjoy the benefits brought by Shihuo's shares in the end, and that will actually be a loss. ─
After all, Linghe can sign the agent contract of these actors by himself to monopolize the agency income.
Wen Minglan has obtained a lot of resources from Lu Yanhe since her debut.
"Friends" that made her popular is, the first Hollywood movie "Source Code" is, and the current "Seventeenth Layer" spin-off series is still.
If there were no such resources, Chen Ziyan could of course make Wen Minglan famous, but it is hard to say whether she could have the current momentum.
All Chinese actors who can truly go international are in a sense, in a way that has struck the trend of the times.
Because China does not have a mature global star manufacturing industry chain, all Chinese actors need to have popularity and influence in the world rely on luck, their own charm and talent, and almost everyone's path is It cannot be copied.
There are so many famous stars in the United States that many of them can replicate their paths to becoming famous. Because they are the product of industrialization themselves.
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Chen Ziyan did not expect that in just a few years in Hollywood, Lu Yanhe had accidentally established a way to lead other Chinese actors to the international stage.
Although this road is still very narrow, it can only accommodate a few people.
But, who knows whether this road will become wider and wider in the future.
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Lu Yanhe himself really doesn't mind Wen Minglan using these resources to go to the next level.
Because he knows Chen Ziyan very well.
The biggest difference between Chen Ziyan and Zhou Ping'an is that Chen Ziyan is not the kind of way to borrow the boss to supplement the others, nor will she be confused about the way to use the boss to make up for the boss and the poor Li Zhibai.
If Wen Minglan can really go to the next level and become a more influential and popular actor, it will be a great help to him and Chen Ziyan.
This is beyond doubt, and it can also strengthen their strength.
Just like Jiang Jun finally successfully won the movie "Doom Day".
If Jiang Jun had not successfully become popular around the world with "Squid Game", no matter how capable Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan are, they would not have been able to force him to star in a movie of "Doom Day". "Speaking of this, I haven't seen Tu Song for a long time. Where has he been?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Ziyan brought three artists at Xingyu, one is Lu Yanhe, the other is Wen Minglan, and the other is the only singer, Tu Song.
Chen Ziyan said: "He is in school and studying music. He has been working much less in the past two years. I just let him sing a few OSTs in film and television dramas steadily every year, and release a single to keep him alive. but did not push him hard. His voice conditions are limited, I hope he can still give his martial arts more, learn more, and strive to be a singer-songwriter in the future, which will be more powerful for his career .”
"Singer creator?"
"Yeah." Chen Ziyan nodded, "The singer-songwriter's requirements for voice conditions are not that extreme. In fact, whether you, Li Zhibai or Yan Liang, you are all good at being singers. The conditions have certain basic skills, but in my eyes, the quality of becoming a top singer is still a little worse, but if you are following the path of singer-songwriter, you can make up for the shortcomings of your voice."
< br>Lu Yanhe nodded and understood what Chen Ziyan said. "You have written so many songs, but you can actually go this way," said Chen Ziyan.
"I...I'd better be an actor honestly and sing. I occasionally write a song or two and sing it on stage. This is OK. It makes me really become a singer like an actor. Until now I feel that I don’t have the ability.”
"Whatever you do, you still think you are an ordinary person and have no talent." Chen Ziyan doesn't believe in Lu Yanhe's self-moodiness at all, "It's OK, but this time, you three of you went to the Spring Festival Gala and finally decided to sing "Love" "
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe said, "We had a rehearsed version of this song last year, and this year it's enough to be familiar with it." "
"I heard that the director team is there Maybe I hope you sing another song, they seem to have arranged one for you." Chen Ziyan said, "But it hasn't been decided yet, and it is also possible that they finally decided to sing this song for others."
Lu Yanhe: "It depends on their arrangement, it's fine."
Chen Ziyan nodded.
"The Golden Globe Awards will be announced soon. Have you ever thought about which awards do you want "Friends" to nominate?"
"Who knows, maybe someone else is just trying to give us a few. A less important department." Lu Yanhe said, "Anyway, I believe that the two departments of Best Work and Best Director will not be mentioned. Best Actor... It's so bad. My role doesn't need to show any acting skills. There is hope. It's actually Yan Liang and Zhan Yun, but the characters in "Friends" are not good at acting skills, who knows. "
The original "Friends" is so popular, and those starring actors seem to have not won many of them with weight. Performance Award. "It's enough to be nominated." Lu Yanhe said, "For dramas like us that are not English-language dramas or non-American companies, nominations will be recognized."
"I can only think so. "Chen Ziyan nodded, "However, I still feel that you have the hope of nominating the Best Script Award, and even have the hope of winning the award."
"I don't think so, don't breastfeed me." "Look, every time I think you can do anything, your first reaction is that you can't do it." Chen Ziyan shrugged, "You are the number one who is overly modest."
Lu Yanhe: "...I really feel that there is little hope. We are not in other people's gaming circle unless "Friends" really breaks some record. Then they might give us a reward." (The end of this chapter)