Chapter 2066 Are you trying to force that Yuan Li to release him?
"Why not use artists signed by our own company?" Ye Qing asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Because Xiangying Group was established by the former Piaoxiang Pavilion, and Piaoxiang Pavilion is a very unique existence. All disciples can only be women, so the artists of Xiangying Group are all women, and there are no men.
"Zhou Yaru shrugged and said: "Although we have signed some male artists in the past six months or so, the real first-line actors have all been signed by other companies, so now we can only sign some second- and third-tier actors.
Actors cannot yet support the backbone of a drama, so they need time to develop."
"Oh!" Under Zhou Yaru's explanation, Ye Qing suddenly realized, and then he remembered some of the regulations of Piaoxiang Pavilion.
Although many male employees in the Xiangying Group also claim to be disciples of Piaoxiangge, in fact, they are only the descendants of the real disciples of Piaoxiangge.
There is no way, just because they are men, they cannot join Piaoxiang Pavilion, but their hearts are the same as their mother's, and they are still quite loyal to Piaoxiang Pavilion.
"Can the next drama's male lead be the one you are talking about?" Ye Qing asked thoughtfully.
"Director Ning feels that this actor's image is very suitable to be the male protagonist of our next movie." Zhou Yaru shrugged and said, "Besides him, there are several candidates, but Director Ning is a little dissatisfied."
The director Ning mentioned by Zhou Yaru is named Ning Zhigang. He is the chief director of Xiangying Group and a relatively famous director in the industry. Well...he has won the Best Director Award.
Ning Zhigang is considered a high-level figure in the Xiangying Group. Ye Qing also needs to know about this person. This person is actually a descendant of the disciples of Piaoxiang Pavilion. He is a director specially trained by the former Piaoxiang Pavilion, so for Xiangying
The loyalty of the group is quite high.
Ye Qing not only read his information, but also met him. Ye Qing could tell that he was a pretty good person.
It's just that Ning Zhigang is not here today. Well... he is not the director of the film being filmed now. After all, he is not the only director in the Xiangying Group, but there are many others. He cannot be the director of Xiangying.
Director of all films invested by the group.
However, regardless of whether he is the director or not, as long as it is a film invested by Xiangying Group, as the chief director, he must provide guidance when selecting actors for each film, and his opinions are very important. After all, his
With experience there, one can judge which actor is most suitable to play the movie role.
However, Ning Zhigang is also an extremely stubborn person on the road of art. As long as he is determined about something, no one can convince him.
This also means that if the actor he is interested in cannot be negotiated, the film may be delayed. Ning Zhigang is definitely the kind of character who will not compromise when it comes to art.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing squinted his eyes and asked: "How far has it reached?"
"Basically everything has been negotiated. The only difference is the price, but Shunda Pictures is asking for a very high price." Zhou Yaru responded with a shrug.
"How high?" Ye Qing asked doubtfully.
"One hundred and fifty million." Zhou Yaru said helplessly.
"Then what is our budget?" Ye Qing asked again.
"The total investment in the movie is 400 million, and our original budget for actors and staff was 100 million," Zhou Yaru responded.
"This means that signing this actor will not only take up all our personnel budget, but also cost an extra 50 million?" Ye Qing asked thoughtfully.
Zhou Yaru curled her lips and said: "It can't be such a simple calculation. In addition to him, we also have to sign other actors, as well as staff salaries and so on. Adding them all together, we will have to pay about 100 million to 150 million more."
million, if we control the cost, then the actual money invested in the movie will only be more than 100 million, and the quality of the movie will inevitably decline. If we do not control the cost, the cost will be much higher. Can we
It’s hard to say how much it will return.”
"Haha..." Ye Qing smiled coldly and said, "I think the chaos in the film market now is caused by these bad actors."
"Actually, you can't blame the actor." Zhou Yaru said with a shrug.
"Why?" Ye Qing asked puzzledly.
"According to the report from the person in charge of our negotiations with Shunda Group, all matters are negotiated with us by the business department of Shunda Group. This actor has never shown up before," Zhou Yaru said helplessly: "It's not ugly from this.
When he came out, he was just like me back then, with no autonomy at all in Shunda Pictures."
"Why do you think he has no autonomy?" Ye Qing asked again.
Zhou Yaru said with a wry smile: "Our people contacted him and he really wanted to act in this drama, even if the price was lower, but he also told our people that he had no say in the company and asked us to continue to work with him.
Let’s talk about Shunda.”
"What's the name of this actor? How is he?" Ye Qing asked, squinting his eyes.
Zhou Yaru responded: "My name is Sun Lei. His acting skills are not bad. Among the young actors nowadays, he is relatively good. He is also a good person. He is not as impetuous as other young actors after becoming famous. He is quite calm. In the circle
The reputation is also good.”
After a pause, Zhou Yaru shrugged again and said: "Of course, because he signed a contract with the agency affiliated to Shunda Pictures, Shunda Pictures, in order to maximize profits, has accepted a lot of variety shows for him in the past two years, so that
He doesn't have time to polish his acting skills, so he hasn't improved much in the past two years. However, the person in charge who we contacted him told me that she can feel that as long as Sun Lei can calm down and polish his acting skills, the improvement will be huge.
He will soon grow into a movie star-level actor, but it's a pity that Shunda Pictures won't give him this time."
"Since the reputation and acting skills are good, let's find a way to recruit him!" Ye Qing pursed his lips and said.
"But the problem is that he signed a long-term contract with Shunda Pictures. If he changes jobs, he will face sky-high compensation. It is said that the liquidated damages he signed are as high as more than 2 billion. If we force him to join the Xiangying Group,
We will naturally have to pay this liquidated damages, but it is not worth paying such a high price to poach him. This requires us to sign a contract with him for at least ten years, and maybe we can get back the money, but he can sign with us for such a long time.
An appointment?"
"What if we can win over Sun Lei without spending any liquidated damages?" Ye Qing asked with narrowed eyes.
"If that's the case, of course it would be best, but is this possible?" Zhou Yaru shrugged, then thought of something, looked at Ye Qing, and asked: "Do you want to force that Yuan Li to let him go?"
"Isn't this possible?" Ye Qing looked at Zhou Yaru and asked without answering.