Chapter 107 Your sincerity impressed me (first update)
"Five hundred and fifty thousand Xiangjiang coins, so much?" Zhou Yan was stunned when he heard this number.
Xu Feng said with a smile, "The salary market has soared this year."
Zhou Yan pursed his lips. Xu Feng told the truth. Whether in Hong Kong or the Mainland, actors' salaries have increased dramatically this year. .
But no matter how much the price rises, 550,000 Xiangjiang coins is definitely a lot. After all, you can hire an ordinary first-tier star with more than 1 million.
From an actor's point of view, Zhou Yan has only participated in the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" before, and he didn't have many roles. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to pay too much.
As Zhou Yan had expected, if Tsui Hark and the others were generous, a dozen or two hundred thousand Xiangjiang coins would be very good.
"This 550,000 yuan is just the actor's salary, right?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"Well, it's just the actor's salary, not including the score. In fact, you have to think about it this way. If Leslie Cheung is chosen for the role of Xu Xian, the salary will be at least two to three million, and it will only cost you fifty-five. Wan, that’s a lot less.”
Xu Feng’s logic is obviously problematic. Asking Leslie Cheung to act is completely different from asking him to act. If Leslie Cheung is cast, the salary of two to three million is. You can make money directly by relying on actors, but how many viewers know him to act?
But from Tsui Hark's perspective, there's no guarantee that they wouldn't think so. After all, they really saved money.
And Zhou Yan also knows that the reason Tsui Hark can give such a high salary is probably inseparable from Xu Feng. With Xu Feng in the middle, Tsui Hark and the others naturally cannot negotiate remuneration as they did with other mainland actors before.
Actually, Xu Feng was a little surprised that Tsui Hark and the others could give him such a high salary.
At first, when Xu Feng went to discuss this matter with Tsui Hark on behalf of Zhou Yan, he also followed Zhou Yan’s wishes and went to talk to the character Fahai.
Then Tsui Hark expressed the hope that Zhou Yan would consider the role of Xu Xian and made an offer. The initial offer from Xu Feng was 300,000.
For Zhou Yan's qualifications, 300,000 is actually quite sincere, but of course Xu Feng did not agree. They talked several times during the period, and Tsui Hark also raised the salary to 400,000. Seeing that Xu Feng still disagreed, we would discuss it later. Never mentioned it.
But today Xu Feng suddenly received a call from Tsui Hark. Tsui Hark said that he was willing to give Zhou Yan a salary of 550,000 yuan to play the role of Xu Xian.
At this price, Xu Feng knew that it was impossible to negotiate any higher, so he told Zhou Yan about it.
Seeing Zhou Yan was silent, Xu Feng thought he was unwilling, so he smiled again and said, "Don't have any psychological burden. If you really want to play Fa Hai, then we will continue to stick to Fa Hai. Fifty Fifty thousand, to be honest, it’s not even...”
Before Xu Feng finished speaking, Zhou Yan said with a smile, “Sister Feng, we can’t live with money, take it!”
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Xu Feng was slightly startled, and then he also laughed, "Okay, I'll go and communicate with Xu Hark and say that you agreed to take Xu Xian. I didn't expect that I would make money from you so quickly. "
Zhou Yan signed a separate agency agreement with Tomson, which included film, television and music. All the money Zhou Yan earned from film, television and music would be given to Tomson's company. as commission.
This is just an appointment with the agent. If Zhou Yan later produces a music album and leaves it to Tomson to distribute it, there will be another profit sharing model, but the agent's share cannot be escaped. For example, if Zhou Yan releases an album and splits the money with Tomson, he will still give 10% of the money he gets to Tomson.
The ratio of ten percent is already relatively small. Tomson is not an artist company, and its main business does not have this business. It is incidental to do it for Zhou Yan.
They will not only help Zhou Yan handle various business processes, but also help Zhou Yan handle matters such as remuneration collection and income tax payment.
This time Zhou Yan received a salary of 550,000 yuan, and they, Tang Chen, could get a commission of 55,000 yuan. Of course, it was nothing to Xu Feng, but this was also the first money earned from Zhou Yan personally, so Xu Feng felt Very happy.
Of course, Tomson will soon be able to make a second money from Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan will also work with Huang Zhan on the soundtrack for "Green Snake".
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan was in a good mood. After deducting taxes from this round of film remuneration, he still had two to three hundred thousand left. In the future, he would get some remuneration for the soundtrack, plus he had Yes, you can have a lot of money.
He is now considering whether to use the money to renovate the two courtyard houses owned by him and Zhou Hong, or to buy another house near the Third Ring Road.
In addition, he also considered whether to buy a car.
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When it was time to have lunch the next day, Zhou Yan went to Yanjing Studio.
Yang Zhanjia, who was smoking at the entrance of the yard, saw Zhou Yan and joked with him, "Director Zhou, you are really accurate at the time. Are you coming to the cafeteria to eat?"
Zhou Yan also smiled. He replied, "Haha, if you are not active in eating, you have a problem with your thinking."
Yang Zhanjia gave a thumbs up, "That makes sense."
Zhou Yan poked his head into the yard, "How was the filming today?"
"Some minor problems have been solved." Yang Zhanjia shrugged, "These two days have been simple scenes. It's not difficult in itself."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, let me go in and take a look."
After talking to Yang Zhanjia, Zhou Yan walked into the yard. He took a step forward and met Li Bihua coming out of it.
Li Bihua was very happy to see Zhou Yan. She already knew that Zhou Yan had agreed to take over "Xu Xian". However, she didn't know that Tsui Hark gave Zhou Yan a salary of 550,000 yuan, and thought that the reason why Zhou Yan was able to change his mind was mainly because the script was revised. "Director Zhou, I'm glad you can change your mind." Li Bihua said with a smile.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It was mainly because of your sincerity with Director Xu that I changed my mind. Mr. Li, will you stay in Yanjing during this time?"
Li Bihua nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, I will stay in Yanjing. When the filming of "Farewell My Concubine" is finished, I will probably be able to catch up with "Green Snake"."
"Then Okay, if there's an opportunity later, let's go there together."
Zhou Yan said casually, then smiled, and when he was about to continue walking inside, he heard Li Bihua say, "Director Zhou, the soundtrack of "Green Snake". , do you have any ideas now? ”
"The soundtrack of "Green Snake"." Zhou Yan turned around and said with a smile, "I actually wrote one a few days ago."
"Have you already written one?" Li Bihua looked surprised. , "Can I listen to it?"
Zhou Yan didn't even tell Tsui Hark about the music, so Li Bihua naturally didn't know.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow, I will practice this piece with the orchestra at home tomorrow morning. If you have time, you can come and listen to it. You also know my home address."
"No problem." Li Bihua nodded repeatedly, and then asked, "Can I bring a friend to your house tomorrow?"
Zhou Yan didn't ask who Li Bihua's friend was, and simply nodded and said, "No problem, you can bring ten."
Li Bihua shook his head and said, "I won't bring ten, I only bring One."
Hearing Li Bihua's serious answer, Zhou Yan also smiled. Sometimes he felt that Li Bihua and Leslie Cheung were of the same type, and both had unusual brain circuits.
Of course, Leslie Cheung is actually better than Li Bihua. Li Bihua is the kind of person who is very sensitive and easily takes other people's words seriously. She could take the simple joke just now and take it seriously.
A character like Li Bihua is actually very difficult to live in Yanjing City. Many people in Yanjing talk about being poor. Sometimes they make jokes that many other outsiders cannot understand, let alone someone like Li Bihua. Yes.
Li Bihua doesn't like Chen Kaige, maybe not only because of conflicts in the script, but also because she can't stand Chen Kaige's ruffianism.
With people like Li Bihua, Zhou Yan knew not to joke too much. He just nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for you and your friends at home tomorrow. I'll go inside first to see how the shooting is going."
Li Bihua smiled and nodded, "Yeah."
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Going inside, a scene had just been filmed, and several actors were listening to director Chen Kaige's speech.
Chen Kaige likes to tell actors about plays very much. He not only tells actors, but also different types of work such as photography, screenwriters, assistant directors, props, art, etc. He not only tells stories, but also plays these roles.
If there is something in an actor's performance that he is dissatisfied with, he will personally demonstrate it. The same goes for other types of work. As long as there is something he is dissatisfied with, he will do it.
When the filming is finished, there will be a routine training.
This is Chen Kaige's habit on the set, and Zhou Yan actually thinks it's okay. Although Chen Kaige is stubborn and doesn't really listen to other people's opinions, he is definitely a serious and responsible director.
After training the actors, Chen Kaige chatted with Zhou Yan for a few more words, and then he immersed himself in the room and read the script.
Chen Kaige is indeed a hard-working person. He comes early and leaves late every day, and he is indeed quite talented.
If someone can keep suppressing him from behind, his later works may be better.
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After lunch, Zhou Yan spent the afternoon on the set.
The afternoon filming was a very important scene. Xiao Douzi’s mother, who was a prostitute, took Xiao Douzi to the theater to ask Master Guan to accept Xiao Douzi.
Xiaodouzi has an extra finger, but Master Guan doesn't want to take it.
In order for Master Guan to accept Xiaodouzi, Xiaodouzi’s mother knelt down directly to Master Guan, but it still didn’t work. In the end, she cruelly cut off Xiaodouzi’s extra finger.
This scene includes many scenes. This afternoon we only filmed the scene where Xiaodouzi’s mother pleads with Master Guan in the house, so the half-day scene was mainly about watching Jiang Wenli’s performance.
I have to say that Jiang Wenli is indeed talented in being able to move from a waterworks worker to the big screen. She gave a very special feeling to a role that was not originally particularly eye-catching.
Especially the change in Jiang Wenli's expression when she knelt down gave people a very strong visual impact.
(End of this chapter)