Chapter 992 The hesitant Zhou Xingxing

At this time, Zhou Xingxing said very happily: "Miss Zhao Wei, welcome to join the crew of Shaolin Football Players. I think we will have a pleasant cooperation."

It has been decided that Zhao Wei will play the role of a heroic heroine in this movie.

Cooperation is something that can benefit both parties. Therefore, Zhou Xingxing's invitation at this time is not surprising at all. Zhao Wei also readily extended his hand and said: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."

This is the beginning of the cooperation between the two parties. Zhou Xingxing is actually very rational when he is not in a filming state. More generally speaking, looking at Zhou Xingxing's private performance, he is more like It's like a teacher, it's like a teacher's silent charm.

This may be the real Zhou Xingchi, who is completely opposite to the overbearing one during filming and the humorous one in the movie.

At this moment, Zhou Xingxing took out the contract and said: "Miss Zhao Wei, let me reiterate, if you say that we signed this contract, then we will act in accordance with the contract when filming. If you say who violated the contract If so, it would be very bad.”

What is this called? This is called ugly talk. Speaking of which, it seems that only Zhou Xingxing can say this kind of thing so confidently. Naturally, this is not the first time that Zhao Wei has come out to hang out.

And in such a situation, no matter what, she is a professional actor. Zhao Wei nodded and said, "Of course that is. If there is no problem with the contract, we will naturally stay in love according to the contract."

Generally speaking, contracts in the entertainment industry have their own formats, and the difference is just in the details. For example, the contract of Zhou Xingxing's crew will at most change in details. But we also need to prevent him from making any traps in the details.

As a professional actor, you must see this clearly. Otherwise, you won't have to blame others for suffering a loss.

Therefore, Zhao Wei picked up the contract and looked at it very carefully, naturally to see if there were any traps in it. Then Chen Rong also looked at it, and looked at it more carefully than Zhao Wei. As an agent, She will naturally be responsible for Zhao Wei.

Therefore, special attention will be paid to some details of the contract. After reading it, Chen Rong nodded and said, "No problem, you can sign this contract."

Everyone's cooperation has gotten off to a good start. In fact, with Zhou Xingxing's status, if he really plays tricks on details, it will be a joke.

There is no need for Zhou Xingxing to use this method to plot against other actors. Standing there, he is at the peak of his Chinese skills. He will never plot against others in such a low-status manner. Therefore, the contract given by Zhou Xingxing is a relatively formal contract.

It's just that this salary is relatively stingy. Looking at the salary offered by Zhou Xingxing, this is really speechless.

Zhao Wei said that he comforted his sister-in-law and said, "I acted in Zhou Xingxing's movies not for the small salary. The whole world knows that the salary for Zhou Xingxing's movies is very small." This point. It's a fact. The movie Zhou Xingxing invested himself can be regarded as a loss of his own wealth.

This is actually the biggest taboo for directors when filming. If the director has someone to invest in such a situation, then there is no problem. He will just get his own remuneration. Box office and other matters are the company's business, and investors will naturally figure out how to make money on their own.

But if you talk about the director’s own investment, then basically all of them, except for a few top directors, ended in tragedy. Coppola’s filming of Apocalypse Now can be called one of the classics in the history of Hollywood movies. War and the depiction of human nature are quite powerful, but this movie is an art film no matter how you look at it. In the end, Coppola almost lost his pants.

If he hadn't immediately gathered people to film the third part of The Godfather, the result would have been even worse. By the way, Apocalypse Now was funded by Coppola himself. This is actually the gap. If a director wants to invest in a movie, he will also have to find a few villains to share the risk.

Spielberg, the king of Hollywood commercial films, is such a director. He has his own film company, but he will never invest all his own films. Of course, a film with a small investment of several million cannot Calculate. For big movies that always require billions of dollars of investment, Spielberg also directly seeks cooperation from his enemies.

Anyway, there are a lot of movies around the world that are willing to collaborate with Spielberg, so he doesn't have to worry about no one cooperating with him. This time Zhou Xingxing became his own director and invested his own money. This is a big taboo for directors.

It would be easy to say that it succeeded, but if it failed, then Zhou Xingxing could go back to before liberation overnight.

Therefore, when filming, he controlled the cost of his movie very strictly, and the remuneration given to the stars was just as you can imagine.

Even a big star like Zhao Wei is only paid a mere 500,000 yuan in salary. This is already hinted in the contract, and it will be somewhat exaggerated during publicity, but the actual salary is only 500,000. This is very rare for a phenomenal actor like Huanzhugege. No wonder Chen Rong also felt that Zhou Xingxing was very stingy.

After Zhao Wei left, Fang Nan said with some worry: "Isn't it a little less to give Zhao Wei such a salary? I'm worried that if reporters find out, it will be detrimental to our film. If this is the case, it will It makes people think that our crew is short of money.”

For an actor of Zhao Wei's caliber, even if he plays a supporting role in a movie, his starting salary is one million. What's more, Zhao Wei was invited here in the name of the heroine, and it cost 500,000 yuan. This is indeed a bit inappropriate.

Zhou Xingxing said without any embarrassment at all: "What's so embarrassing about this matter? Just spend a million to publicize it. After all, in such a situation, we have to do it for ourselves." The crew is considering it.

For my own investment, I have to control the costs myself. If Shu Zhao Wei really refuses on the pretext of salary, then I will replace him immediately. Although I may lose some popularity by doing this, money is even harder to find.

If you can give Zhao Wei 500,000 yuan, that is already a pretty good price. In such a situation, Zhao Wei should feel lucky. "

Yes, starring in Zhou Xingxing's movies will always make some people famous. Although Zhao Wei doesn't need Zhou Xingxing's movies to prove himself, under such a situation, Zhao Wei also needs Zhou Xingxing's movies. Bring yourself the market of Hong Kong City.

In Hong Kong City, at least on the big screen, Zhao Wei really has not been able to prove his work. Therefore, at this time, although Zhao Wei said that he felt that the salary given by Zhou Xingxing was not ideal, However, she did not get entangled in this matter. As Zhao Wei said, under such circumstances, she did not shoot Zhou Xingxing's movie for money.

Fang Nan nodded and said: "Zhao Wei is very smart. She wants to use our movie to open up the big screen of Hong Kong's entertainment industry. Therefore, in such a situation, she has no idea about the remuneration and so on. He may not care much, but if Ye Ming uses such a method to deal with it, it would be a little inappropriate."

Ye Ming and Zhao Wei are different. Zhao Wei has his own expectations for Shaolin football players, but Ye Ming is different. Ye Ming is a superstar, an undisputed superstar among newcomers, and he also has a huge market in Hong Kong City. , it can be said that in Hong Kong City, Ye Ming is also a superstar.

Therefore, a superstar must have the price of a superstar.

If nothing else, just say that if Ye Ming has a title like Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to support him, then there is no way to hire Ye Ming for a million dollars. Zhou Xingxing is also in a bit of a dilemma. It can be said that he went bankrupt for this movie.

His villa has been mortgaged. But under such a situation, if Ye Ming is invited to come, then the salary cannot be too small at all.

Zhou Xingxing thought for a while and then said: "How about 1.8 million? This number is also very auspicious. Ye Ming is just a supporting role, so giving him this number is already very high."

Being able to give a supporting role 1.8 million yuan, such a salary is indeed relatively high in China.

But under such circumstances, compared with Ye Ming's fame, such a salary would not match it no matter what.

Fang Nan shook his head, took out a piece of information and said: "Director, I have a statistic here, which is the change in Ye Ming's salary. Now let Ye Ming play a supporting role, two million is the starting price, and even if you give After receiving the money, it’s really hard to say whether Ye Ming is willing to perform there, so at this time, I think there’s nothing more to say about two million,”

Although Fang Nan actually knew very well that in such a situation, he must remind Zhou Xingxing. Even if this reminder plan was of no use, he must carry out it. Otherwise, it will be Fang Nan's own regret.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing said reluctantly: "Two million, you are crazy. Who do you think Ye Ming is? Give him two million, just a supporting role. How can you ask for such a high price?" "

Fang Nan said helplessly: "Even if it is this, it should be a friendship price. Many film crews with higher salaries than this and obviously going for Ye Ming's fame are also contacting Ye Ming. If it is because of this, we It would be ridiculous if we missed Ye Ming."

As an executive manager, Fang Nan is actually very conscientious. Two million is the starting salary for Ye Ming. Therefore, even if Zhou Xingxing is said to be stingy, this starting price is indispensable.

But it just happened that Zhou Xingxing was poor, and he was not willing to pay for the two million yuan in salary, because at this time, buying shares meant that if he gave Ye Ming two million now, then in the process of filming His family will shrink back and become very unhappy.

This is something Zhou Xingxing doesn't want to see no matter what. This is quite contradictory. If you can't offer such a high price, it is impossible to invite Ye Ming to come over. But if you offer such a high price, future filming will be hindered.

Therefore, Zhou Xingxing also said with some helplessness: "This, two million, is simply impossible. Under such a situation, we don't have any characters that can have this price. I am like this myself. He has two million, what will others say? Wu Mengda has been with me for so many years, how much salary should I give him?

Give Ye Ming two million, how can I explain it to a few of them, and Zhao Wei, now that I know they all have to get a salary increase. And I asked him how I would shoot this movie in the future. "

Originally, in Zhou Xingxing's plan, shooting this movie required a lot of funds. If the money was not enough at this time, it would definitely affect the shooting of the movie. Of course Zhou Xingxing was not willing to give Ye Ming two million in such a situation.

Fang Nan didn't seem to notice that Zhou Xingxing was angry, or maybe Fang Nan was used to Zhou Xingxing's roaring.

Therefore, at this moment, Fang Nan said without caring at all: "There are many reasons not to invite Ye Ming, but there is only one reason to invite him. He is very suitable for this movie. Of course, how to hype this movie specifically?" It all depends on how you think about it, boss."

At this time, the decision-making power naturally lies in Zhou Xingxing's hands. If Zhao Wei was originally signed, then this killing plot would also be very good news for Zhou Xingxing.

But if the next person we have to face is Ye Ming, and Ye Ming’s salary is also very surprising, then it is really difficult to say clearly what to do when things are like this. Tangled, Zhou Xingxing's mood was extremely tangled at this time.

If money is given, there will naturally be some discussion, but two million, what is the difference between this and poaching a piece of Zhou Xingxing's body. Ye Ming's price is still the basic price. If Ye Ming improves it a little more, it is not impossible.

Therefore, even if he is given two million, it is difficult to say clearly whether Ye Ming will really agree to play this role.

If the price was offered, Ye Ming would not agree at all. Now, Zhou Xingxing would be embarrassed and humiliated. (To be continued)