The cost-conscious Wei Lan was only encountered in the first film. Now that she has sufficient funds, she has become the Director Wei in her previous life who devoted everything to the film and did not care about anything else.

If all the problems with Gu Yun's contract could be solved at once, allowing him to focus on filming, Wei Lan felt that a price below 10 million was something he wouldn't need to consider.

Because the nature of the roles in this movie poses a great challenge to the mental state of the actors, Wei Lan has to pay an advance for "mental damages", especially as she is planning to shoot a series of movies and needs to sign long-term contracts with the actors to ensure that she will not have to replace them in other movies due to actor factors.

Of course, Wei Lan wasn't the type to try to bribe anyone, so the discussion of Gu Yun's termination fee and specific remuneration was left to Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang was also quite troubled when he received this request the next day.

Director Wei is good in every way, but ever since the good box office results, he has started to pay less attention to the production costs. As Wei Mingjie's producer, he still stands on her side. Anyway, Wei Lan said he wanted to invest without any hesitation.

When it comes to the staff who are responsible for the implementation, such as Secretary Wang, her economic acumen and professional ethics make her unable to help but try to save production costs as much as possible.

Starting from the supporting roles in "The Queen" and the preparations for this open casting, Secretary Wang took on the job of "patching up" Wei Lan.

As the saying goes, when the leader opens his mouth, his subordinates run around for him. This is the truth.

However, looking at the generous bonus on the salary slip, Secretary Wang said that he could still take on more responsibilities.

"Mr. Gu, this is the contract we offer."

In this contract, in addition to paying all the termination fees for Gu Yun, he was also given an additional salary of 5 million.

Negotiation is a process of bargaining. Wei Lan gave a standard of 10 million. For Secretary Wang to demonstrate his working ability, he naturally had to reduce the other parts of his remuneration while providing Gu Yun with a termination fee.

According to industry standards, although Gu Yun is not a newcomer, for a star of his status, the salary of five million for this movie is very generous.

This condition was given because Wei Lan provided a sufficient budget and Secretary Wang provided another role agreement. In other words, in order for Gu Yun to receive a second pay in addition to the termination fee, he needed to sign a role agreement.

There will be a series of movies after this one, and Gu Yun must be able to cooperate in the performance and reshoots, regardless of whether he is the protagonist or supporting role in the series.

In addition, the pay for subsequent films is determined according to the box office ratio of the previous film. This standard is very reasonable, and at the same time, an upper limit is set to prevent actors from asking for exorbitant prices later on.

Gu Yun brought a lawyer with him, who was a good friend of his.

Although he has been unknown in recent years, he has still made some close friends, and Lawyer Zhou is one of them.

Because he had wanted to terminate his contract with the agency a long time ago, he consulted Lawyer Zhou at the time. It was also through him that he learned that his original agency was a big scam that made money through termination fees.

"The content of this contract is roughly as follows..."

Lawyer Zhou explained the detailed terms to Gu Yun. The contract was considered fair, but from the perspective of protecting the interests of his client, Lawyer Zhou still told Gu Yun that there was room for growth in this agreement, because everyone knew Wei Lan's commercial value. If this movie could perform at the level of her previous films, there would be great potential in the future.

Yang Xingyuan is a good example. From an unknown supporting actor to today's movie emperor, the leap is enormous.

The best solution for Gu Yun right now is not to sign a role agreement, but to wait for a higher price after finishing the film and then sell it.

As a result, after listening to Lawyer Zhou's explanation, Gu Yun directly took the pen and signed his name on the two agreements, which was even more straightforward than when he signed the contract with the previous agency. Although he fell into the trap at that time, he still went back to study it. However, he did not have any connections in the entertainment industry and thought it was a normal contract.

But it is different now. Wei Lan has pulled him out of hell. Even if he is not given the extra pay, just to resolve the contract issue, Gu Yun is very willing to participate in the filming of this movie... No, even if the contract issue cannot be resolved, Gu Yun is still willing.

Seeing this scene, Secretary Wang and Lawyer Zhou were both stunned.

Because according to their past experience in business negotiations, the two sides should have a tug of war, and finally Secretary Wang signed the contract according to the standard of 10 million given by Wei Lan, and Lawyer Zhou could also get more benefits for Gu Yun in the role terms.

“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”

Secretary Wang stood up and extended his hand to Gu Yun.

Gu Yun also shook hands with her with a smile on his face. Lawyer Zhou on the side did not say anything when he saw this. Although this contract had more profit margins, the terms were still very generous and reasonable.

Overall, a result that both parties were very satisfied with was reached in the end.

Looking at Gu Yun with a smile on his face and an excited expression, Secretary Wang couldn't help but wonder what Director Wei had done to make Gu Yun so devoted to him.

It was not until some time later, after Gu Yun terminated his contract with the original agency and signed with Wei Lan Studio, that Secretary Wang suddenly realized -

It turns out that Director Wei is on the third floor!

"Ah... sneeze..."

In the Wei family villa, Wei Lan sneezed. Ye Luoxue, who was standing by, saw it and picked up a coat to wrap her up.

"It's October now, it's already autumn, you've been busy during this period, don't get weak and catch a cold."

Wei Lan, wrapped in a plush coat, didn't want to talk. She just wore the coat. She didn't believe there was no bad taste in wearing this panda-shaped plush sweatshirt!

During this period, Wei Lan was still busy with casting. He had confirmed one of the main characters, Gu Yun, and most of the supporting roles were chosen based on their fit with the role. The most famous among them was Qiao Jiamu.

It’s not that there are no other people who can play this role, but Qiao Jiamu is the best one in terms of both appearance and fame.

Qiao Jiamu was very surprised after receiving Wei Lan's invitation. It was also because of Wei Lan's straightforwardness that a wonderful misunderstanding was created, making him think that he had been rejected. After learning that even if it was a supporting role, Qiao Jiamu readily agreed to perform.

As an artist under the studio, the versatile puzzle-type actor Yang Xingyuan still participated in this movie this time. Wei Lan only invited him to guest star in a difficult role because he recently took on the leading role in a movie. When there were other people who could play the supporting role, Wei Lan did not want to take other people's gratitude for granted.

"Don't you have any idea about the other protagonist?"

After dinner, Wei Mingjie took the initiative to find Wei Lan and ask about this matter.

Wei Lan shook her head. The preparation time for this film far exceeded her previous record because the casting had not been finalized yet. One reason was that the role was difficult, and also because this was a series of films, there were many factors to consider, and it was necessary to find actors who could guarantee continued cooperation.

Wei Mingjie said: "Have you heard of the actor Chu Mo?"

As if he had vaguely heard of this name, Wei Lan asked, "Actress?"

"Yes." Wei Mingjie said, "She is known as a rare talented actress in decades. She won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actress in her first movie five years ago. She was only sixteen years old at that time. Later, she skipped a grade and went to Capital University. She graduated this year. She just registered as an actress with the Actors Guild two days ago. She has not signed a contract with an agency yet. Currently, almost half of the agencies in the entertainment industry are contacting her..."

After Wei Mingjie said this, Wei Lan remembered that she had seen the name Chu Mo before. After all, there are not so many young and talented actors in the entertainment industry. When Wei Lan watched it at that time, she did not get the news that Chu Mo could play the role. Another point is that after confirming the role of Gu Yun, Wei Lan tended to choose a male of the same gender as another protagonist.

Because the relationship between the two protagonists is very subtle, if a woman is chosen, the audience's thoughts and attention will inevitably diverge towards love, but this movie obviously has nothing to do with love.

Wei Lan roughly explained his idea. Wei Sijia, who was standing by, thought about it and said, "But can you stop the audience from shipping the couple?"

Wei Lan: “Eh?”

It seems like I have discovered a blind spot in my thinking.

Wei Sijia said: "I suggest you check out the matchmaking site on D Station."

Wei Lan followed the advice and opened Station D. He read all the bizarre matchmaking on Station D with the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone. Gender is not an obstacle, species is not an obstacle, even the worldview is not an obstacle... Wei Lan suddenly felt that his considerations were really unnecessary.

"I think you can invite her to audition first. She is the most talented actress who can meet the requirements of your role in the entire entertainment industry." Wei Mingjie also chimed in, saying what he thought of, and joked, "Chu Mo is someone that all major companies are trying hard to win over. I heard that Chengguang has spent a lot of money to sign her. If you can get her into your studio, the top management of Chengguang will probably be furious."

No matter from which aspect, inviting Chu Mo to audition is a good choice. Wei Lan nodded and immediately contacted Secretary Wang to invite Chu Mo to audition.