This time, he came to Chen Ming for the third time with a script that he was very satisfied with.
He knew that Chen Ming was as talented in screenwriting as in singing and filming, but he felt that his script could arouse Chen Ming's interest.
He even hopes that Chen Ming can play the male lead in this movie.
Of course, if the extravagant request was more unrealistic, he would have hoped that Chen Ming could bring funds to join the cast. After all, he didn't have enough funds on hand for filming.
Times have changed.
A few years ago, Wan Youcai was a well-known director in Yuncheng. He was even nominated for an award at a film and television celebration one year, although he did not win the award in the end.
But this also proves his ability as a director.
pity!
After a few years, he went from being a moderately famous director to the miserable situation that no one cares about now.
His old friend Liao Pingshui, who he had worked with for many years, no longer contacted him, and the New Year's film he made on impulse at that time also failed miserably.
Over time, his reputation was completely ruined.
To be honest, Wan Youcai's loneliness has little to do with Chen Ming.
Ever since the plagiarism settlement, Chen Ming has never caused trouble to Wan Youcai again and has not taken him to heart.
Everyone is from the film and television industry.
Chen Ming upheld the mentality of looking up and not looking down, and gave Wan Youcai a chance.
The reason why Wan Youcai is so depressed today is actually mainly due to himself.
At the beginning, Liao Pingshui sincerely advised him not to make that New Year's film, warning him that he would definitely do it.
But he didn't listen.
This is the most terrible thing!
Today he came to see Chen Ming because he was attracted by Chen Ming's popularity and hoped to make a comeback.
Chen Ming did not deliberately ignore Wan Youcai.
He came here three times and wanted to meet him at least once. What's more, Chen Ming also wanted to know why Wan Youcai wanted to see him.
Under the guidance of the young lady at the front desk, Wan Youcai came to Chen Ming's office with some restraint.
At this time, Chen Ming was thinking about the script of "The Grand Summer" with his head down. When Wan Youcai came, he closed the script and put it aside.
"Director Wan, you are fine."
Chen Ming smiled.
I haven't seen him for a few years, and Wan Youcai's vicissitudes of life are surprising. His original shrewdness has completely disappeared, and he still feels a little nervous when facing Chen Ming.
You know, when Chen Ming met Wan Youcai for the first time a few years ago, Chen Ming was the nervous one.
Chen Ming poured a cup of hot tea for Wan Youcai and sat on the sofa opposite Wan Youcai.
Wan Youcai hurriedly said thank you, took a sip of tea, carefully looked at the layout of the office, and then said: "Mr. Chen, I would like to ask you to make a movie."
Wan Youcai originally wanted to call Chen Ming by his full name, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind.
Hearing this, Chen Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, but his smile remained unchanged: "What type of movie does Director Wan want to make?"
To be honest, Chen Ming was indeed somewhat interested in a script that would make Wan Youcai go to great lengths to visit Chen Ming three times.
Wan Youcai took out a stack of medium-thick white paper from his inner pocket and handed it to Chen Ming.
There are a few big words written on the top: "Autobiography of a Genius".
Chen Ming opened the script in front of Wan Youcai and read it patiently.
To put it simply, the plot of this script is somewhat similar to "Psychological Crime: City Lights".
genius and prodigy;
The showdown between madmen and madmen.
When a person is too smart, the line between genius and madness becomes blurred.
In particular, this script was inspired by a mental patient.
There are many seemingly unreasonable settings in the script.
But if you think about it carefully, in fact, this is just the consistent thinking of normal people. Put aside the normal perspective, these plots will become very reasonable, and even conform to a small part of the logic.
Chen Ming spent more than ten minutes reading the script.
Wan Youcai remained tense throughout the whole process.
He was afraid that Chen Ming would refuse if he opened his mouth, so he would really have no way out.
After a while, Chen Ming asked doubtfully: "There are many bloody scenes in your script. Are you sure it will pass the review?"
The first part of "Psychological Crime" has been harmonized.
The script of this movie is essentially not much different from "Psychological Crime".
Many times, this type of film and television works are banned, and there is only one reason for the ban: excessive amplification of the dark side of society, which may cause adverse effects.
This is also the reason why there are so few police and gangster films in China.
Originally, the crime rate in China is not high. What if people suddenly want to commit crimes after watching these movies and TV shows?
This is the most worrying thing above.
After hearing Chen Ming's question, Wan Youcai fell into silence. He had not thought about this question well.
In other words, he felt that once Chen Ming agreed to participate in the show, it would be easy for him to pass the review based on Chen Ming's connections on national television.
It can only be said that he imagined Chen Ming to be too tall.
It is true that the name Chen Ming can indeed be accommodated to a certain extent on national television.
But there is an upper limit to this accommodation.
Movies like this that deeply depict the dark side of human nature have touched upon Guodian's sensitive areas.
Not to mention Chen Ming, even Feng Yiping didn't work well.
Wan Youcai's palms trembled slightly, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of hot water, and asked anxiously: "If it doesn't work, I'll go back and revise the script."
Chen Ming was speechless.
He only revised the script when he was not optimistic about Wan You.
This script probably came to him in a flash of inspiration. If he revised it, it might not be the same.
After hesitating, Chen Ming expressed his thoughts: "I can star in your movie, and I can even help you revise the script."
In an instant, huge surprise surrounded Wan Youcai.
But the next second, Chen Ming continued: "But I won't invest a penny in this movie. You need to pay for all the filming costs. You don't need to pay me in advance. After the total box office results come out, I will
I have to take 10% of the total box office as my remuneration."
"Can you accept this?"
To put it bluntly, Chen Ming only plans to have one person.
Apart from that, everything must be taken care of by the Almighty.
Chen Ming will not provide him with other help.
Wan Youcai's expression of surprise was dull on his face. What he lacked most now was money.
After all, his entire fortune was basically lost on that New Year's film.
In addition, Wan Youcai’s greater hesitation lies in the second half of Chen Ming’s sentence.
He wants to take 10% of the total box office!
This is a very exaggerated proportion!
You know,
In the total box office sharing project, the proportion of the crew is actually not large.
For example, let's say a movie has a total box office of one billion.
first,
Guodian wants to take 3 to 5% of the profits, so it is impossible for them to give you a free trial.
Secondly,
The major movie theater chains will share 30 to 40 percent of this.
Without these cinemas, there would be no place to watch the movies produced, and that's as it should be.
The most important thing is,
The tax deduction ratio for cultural works is 3.2 to 3.7 percent.
After excluding this series of expenses, the actors' remuneration and the salary settlement of the set staff still need to be paid, which are not included in the early shooting expenses.
Because how much money actors and stage staff get depends on the box office. The better the box office performance, the more money they share.
The remuneration paid to actors in the early stage can only be regarded as basic remuneration.
Chen Ming opened his mouth to get 10% of the total box office, which is even more cruel than tax deduction...