Chapter 734: Remuneration Theory

Lee Mong-ryong was relatively methodical in his work. After the male and female protagonists were initially determined, he worked hard on changing the script for the next two days, while constantly sending it to Yoona and Lee Kwang-soo for review.

What can Lee Kwang Soo say? No matter how bad the script is, he will accept it. What's more, the script is good and scary. He can see the characteristics of this male protagonist. He is not the kind of perfect male protagonist, but more life-like.

Lee Kwang Soo couldn't even make any comments. He just kept telling Lee Mong Ryong that the script was already very good and there really was no need to change it. At the same time, in order to repay Lee Mong Ryong for caring about him, and of course for himself, Lee Kwang Soo turned down the script. In all other schedules except Running Man, I focus on studying the script and characters at home.

After all, he still lives outside. Yoona is the first-come-first-served person to live close to the water. It is convenient for the actress and the director to live together. As for the role itself, Yoona has been preparing for it earlier, and there is also the personal guidance of Li Menglong.

So in the past two days, she has been reading more of the scripts. When the mature scripts came out one after another, Yoona seemed to be reading a novel, waiting for Li Menglong's update every day. She was already a fan of this new script. .

Now she has no objection to casting Lee Kwang Soo, because the current role is really suitable for him, and the script is so exciting that Yoona can't wait to film it and show it to everyone.

Afraid of falling in love with her, Yoona even gave the script to her sisters to read. As a result, "You" gained nine fans from the script stage. This didn't matter to Li Menglong, but it gave Yoona great confidence.

As a result, Li Menglong's quality of life has skyrocketed recently. After all, it is only natural for a heroine to please the director. Although she slacked off a bit some time ago, Yoona quickly regained her feeling.

The maid outfit was also put on, and she wandered around in front of Li Menglong with her long legs exposed every day. If she had anything to do, she would come over and ask for instructions: "Master, are you hungry? Master, are you thirsty..."

"I think you're done! There must be a limit to disgusting people!" Li Menglong, a person who doesn't understand the charm, naturally said what he had to say.

Yoona almost jumped up to fight with Li Menglong. Isn’t she, Lin Yoona, cute? Isn’t she Lin Yoona beautiful? Is her maid outfit unattractive? Does Li Menglong have an aesthetic problem?

Of course, you should just think about these words in your heart. You have sacrificed so much for this heroine, and now the filming is about to start at any time. How miserable it would be to replace her again.

However, Yoona also had her own little thoughts. She sneaked into Lee Soon Kyu's bed at night and planned to blow some pillow air. Although she couldn't say it too loudly, it was still acceptable to say that Lee Mong Ryong secretly looked at her butt.

It's just that Yoona's nature is to forget about food and not fights. Besides, she always wants to challenge the relationship between the two, so the result is that Yoona is teased by the unscrupulous couple repeatedly, back and forth, in various singles and doubles.

Li Menglong looked down at Yoona's useless efforts, while Lee Soon Kyu looked at the little lamb that was delivered to his door. If he didn't do anything, he would be sorry for Yoona's warm friendship from thousands of miles away.

As a result, the room became evil. Kim Taeyeon, who was washing up over there, looked at the two squirming bodies covered with quilts on the bed. She almost thought that she had broken the good relationship between the hungry couple, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Fortunately, Yoona got her head out and waved to Kim Taeyeon pitifully, trying to get this Ernie to rescue her lost little lamb. However, Kim Taeyeon also belonged to the big bad wolf, so she turned back. Close the door...

Li Menglong was still doing the final revisions of the script. Although it was already late at night, it would be finished soon. Li Menglong didn't plan to take a rest. He just looked at Xu Xian holding a pillow and wearing pajamas at the door. He couldn't figure out what it was. mean.

"Uh, are you trying to bribe the director?" Li Menglong rubbed his chin and deliberately showed a lustful expression.

"Don't be kidding!" Xu Xianyi said righteously. She would not be as unruly as Yoona: "It's the unnies who are arguing again. I plan to come to the living room to sleep!"

Although I don’t know what the specific content of the quarrel was, but it could make Xu Xian next door so noisy that it was probably quite exciting. As for Xu Xian’s little eyes, he kept looking at Li Menglong’s bed.

The look in his eyes was almost squinting. Li Menglong was not blind and could naturally see it. He really wanted to tease the little girl again, but considering the time, he let her go: "Sleep in my bed, I will do it today." Stay up late!”

As if waiting for Li Menglong's words, Xu Xian bowed with a smile and thanked him, and helped Li Menglong make another cup of coffee. Then he got in without hesitation, with the quilt pulled up to his eyes, as if he was playing hide and seek.

"Expose your nose, otherwise it will be difficult to breathe!" Li Menglong stepped forward to help her straighten the corner of the quilt, and turned off the headlight, leaving only a lamp beside his table: "Do you have any schedule tomorrow morning? I'm calling you!"

"Thank you oppa..." Xu Xian answered in a very low voice, as if Li Menglong had magic power here. In less than a minute, Xu Xian's tiny snore floated over, and Li Menglong started a new round of love in the night. Attack the enemy.

Li Menglong originally planned to hide this TV series, but Yoona, a big talker, wanted the whole world to know about it, so Li Eunxi called him early in the morning to accuse him.

It is similar to what Li Menglong thought. Li Menglong's current TV series is not helping but adding trouble. The company only has so many people, and it is still a bit stressful to start two TV series at the same time.

However, Li Menglong's words are still very good. Let's pick something nice to say: Li Eunxi, a big president, can't just shoot one movie after another. It will be inefficient for a year.

So since sooner or later multiple TV series and movies will be launched at the same time, let’s start with Li Menglong. With the support and guarantee, he finally got the official approval of the company.

"The heroine is Yoona? Have other roles been decided? Do you want me to help you find an actor?" Lee Eun-hee is now familiar with all the processes of TV dramas, so she asked very skillfully.

"If nothing else goes wrong, the leading actor will be Lee Kwang Soo!" Li Menglong didn't even have time to say the next sentence, because everyone who heard the news for the first time was quite excited.

"I'm telling you, I don't agree!" Li Enxi was really anxious: "There are so many suitable people for him, if you can't find me to find him!"

Lee Eun-hee's considerations are more commercial. How much addition can Lee Kwang-soo bring to the TV series? It’s hard to say whether it has a positive effect or a negative effect. Besides, there are so many Korean actors, so it doesn’t have to be so extreme, right?

Fortunately, Li Menglong had accumulated a lot of experience when persuading Yoona. Even Yoona, who was closely involved, could agree. Li Enxi was naturally convinced: "But don't come forward about this. I will negotiate the price with their company. This price You must not cum anymore, this is not a human thing!"

"Understood, but don't go too far, it's almost like you can see past it!"

"You don't need to worry about it. Are there other characters? Isn't Liu Jae Suk coming over too?"

"Isn't that true? I may have arrangements with the second female lead. Please help me contact the second male lead, third male lead and third female lead!" Li Menglong still knows how to share the rights. If these roles are taken out, Li Enxi can probably change them. He received a lot of favors and it was regarded as his contribution to the company.

I like Lee Mong-ryong’s sensible appearance. Lee Mong-ryong actually has a good handle on the relationship between business and art, company and director. People like Lee Kwang-soo would not agree to be employed in ordinary companies if they were beaten to death, but Lee Mong-ryong insisted. Got it! At the same time, the casting of some supporting roles was left to the company, which was a huge compromise.

"Okay, let's wait until you are sure about the money before we check it out!" Li Enxi thought about the price, and looked at the two leading actors and knew that it was another low-cost TV series.

The golden ratio of investment in TV dramas is about 40% of the total investment in actors' salaries. However, it is better for idols to act in dramas. For big-name actors like Yoon Eun-hye, the salary plus total salary usually accounts for more than 60%. There is no way to control it according to market rules.

So either we need to invest more to hire big names, or we keep the original funds and save from other parts. Therefore, it is normal for the scenes of many TV series starring big names to be somewhat shoddy. The crew has no money.

As for Lee Mong-ryong's drama, it's easy to say. Yoona is a girl of her own. One episode is worth 10 million yuan. If it's too much, it's suspected of being flattering. In the end, just add some ratings bonus. As for Lee Kwang Soo, it's really not easy to position him. The salary of top actors is high and there is no cap, but generally the minimum guarantee is around 50 million per episode.

"Isn't Lee Kwang Soo's offer of five million per episode too little?" Lee Eun Hee tried to ask.

"My chief president and representative is also a leading actor after all. Don't you feel embarrassed when he says he'll be given five million per episode?" Li Menglong said with a wry smile: "Forget about the dividends, just give him ten million per episode. It’s already very cheap!”

"Let's talk about it. Anyway, you should take care of the things in your hands first. I will give you specific news tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!" Li Enxi said vigorously. She felt that the spring of SW was coming again. Two dramas were released at the same time. Will SW ever dominate the world?

Li Menglong did a simple calculation here. According to the normal salary structure of the crew, it is impossible for the remaining actors to be higher than the leading actor Yoona. That is, the six main actors of three men and three women combined together will definitely not be paid more. Over 50 million episodes.

"Isn't it a bit too cheap?" Li Menglong himself muttered a little. After all, Li Menglong spent a lot of money when filming. How much can the production cost of this episode be spent? Sometimes the money is not enough. It makes people a little nervous.

Just at this time, Yoona came down yawning after being tortured all night, and glared at Li Menglong resentfully. Because of him, Yoona was bullied again last night, but she didn't keep her face sullen for more than a minute. Then I heard Li Menglong's muttering.

"Give me more pay, Oppa, why should you hesitate! I won't give you 100 million per episode!" Yoona jumped over excitedly.

"I dare to give it, but you also dare to ask for it? Isn't this the price Kim Tae Hee can pay for a movie? When did you, Lin Yoona, have the same status as her?"

"Nani? Yoona is on the same level as me? Are you kidding me, I'll dump her several times in a minute!" Kim Taeyeon heard someone say this and she replied.

"It's Kim Tae Hee! Not Kim Tae Yeon!" Yoona corrected depressedly: "Besides, I'm more popular than you two..."