Chapter 298 Entertainment Prosperity
Meng Bai guessed correctly, Liu Jun really knew about this.
"The costume drama that we cooperated with Huace some time ago was auditioning, and the director happened to think that Xiao Yang had a good image, so he asked her to play a small role."
The costume drama Liu Jun was talking about was "Chef Fang in the Flower Room" that Meng Bai mentioned before.
The overall style of this drama is quite simple, it is an ancient puppet drama with the shell of "food and detective".
The female lead "Fang Yishao" was firmly won by Zhu Xudan, and the actor of the male lead "Shen Yong" was selected by Xu Haiqiao.
The total production cost of this drama is only about 20 million, which is a small production among all the projects of Arc Light this year.
Including the cooperative platform Fang Qiyi TV, only an "A-" level resource was assigned to this project, and this was for Meng Bai's face.
After all, everyone knows that this is a trial work of Arc Light, and they don't take it too seriously.
The role played by Yang Chaoyue is called "Miao Shitou", a little girl with a pitiful life experience who was taken in by the male and female protagonists.
There aren't many scenes, and there aren't any complicated plots to perform, but it suits her quite well.
According to the crew's plan, it will take about half a month to finish filming.
The girl was very confused at first, after all, she never thought that she would be able to film one day, even though it was just a small supporting role.
Her first thought at the time was to ask her boss. Unfortunately, Meng Bai was not there at the time, and she didn't dare to contact him, so she could only hold it back in her heart. Her
colleagues all advised her to give it a try, but Yang Chaoyue hesitated for a long time, and was almost crying because of the entanglement.
Finally, she remembered a person she knew before, who was not very familiar, but should have experience to help her-Meng Ziyi.
Because of the oolong incident on the day of the interview, the two girls knew each other.
Later, Meng Ziyi came to Arc Light several times, and saw Yang Chaoyue again. She felt very destined and added WeChat.
Occasionally, they would chat and be considered a half-familiar friend.
Meng Ziyi was immediately interested in her friend's "life consultation" and firmly stated that she would go.
"Give it a try. What if you suddenly find that you have a talent for acting? Even if it doesn't work, you can just go back to work as your front desk girl. There's nothing to lose."
Encouraged by her friend who wanted to "watch the fun and not mind the trouble", Yang Chaoyue finally decided to give it a try.
Liu Jun, who worked in the company, knew about this and didn't object.
His idea was similar to Meng Ziyi's. Let the girl give it a try.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. It's just a small supporting role. At most, the crew can change someone. If they really find a seedling that has not been buried, it will naturally be better.
So he finally happily approved Yang Chaoyue for more than half a month of "unpaid leave"
"Why, is there any problem?" Liu Jun asked.
"Nothing." Meng Bai shook his head and sighed, "I just feel that this girl's luck is really good." She
has just been here for half a year and won the special prize of 100,000 yuan at the annual meeting. Standing at the front desk, she can also be picked by the director.
"Or don't put up the God of Wealth at the door of the company next year, and hang two photos of Xiao Yang." Meng Bai joked.
Liu Jun laughed: "It's not all luck. The girl is really pretty. Let's see how she performs. Maybe she can really become an actress."
"Brother Jun, what you said is not objective. Given the current situation in our industry, is acting still closely related to acting skills?" Meng Bai said with a bit of sarcasm. In
the past two years, with the entry of Internet capital and the rise of the online drama market, the film and television industry has ushered in a wave of explosive growth.
At the same time, more and more people are entering this industry, hoping to get a piece of the pie. There are
hundreds of film and television bases of all sizes across the country, and almost every day there are 10 to 20 crews starting filming.
In the coffee shops outside every film and television company in Beijing, Beijing, Shanghai and Shanghai, there are always directors and screenwriters holding project books to look for investment, and there are also investors holding money to look for projects.
If "The Wandering Earth" was not a science fiction film, but a comedy, action, war or other theme, let alone the gap of 80 million, even if there is another 80 million, investors are still indispensable.
The influx of a large amount of hot money has brought about a direct impact, that is, the soaring fees for various IP copyrights and the sharp rise in actor pay.
Singers, models, idols, whether they have studied acting or not, have all turned to acting.
Popular first- and second-tier actors with large traffic have many projects on their hands, and seamless transitions or direct awkward acting have become the norm.
If they are too busy, they use a stand-in; if the scene cannot be changed, they use a cutout; if they cannot memorize all the lines, they just say the numbers and wait for the dubbing in the later stage.
Since the beginning of the year, similar things have been frequently exposed.
For example, the "The Princess Weiyoung" produced by Huace at the beginning of the year, after the broadcast, the female lead Yang Tianbao was complained by the audience for her outrageous acting skills and "background cutout".
There is also the "Princess Agents" starring Li Qin. Although it has not yet been broadcast, it has been revealed that the female lead Zhao Liying used more than a dozen stand-ins during the filming.
Not to mention the dubbing of actors, it is almost becoming a unique feature of the global film and television market.
Veteran actors such as Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo, and Wang Jinsong have complained more than once that the actors in the play do not read the lines and directly say the numbers.
But even so, the hot atmosphere of the entire market has not subsided, but has intensified.
Big IP + popular actors + fan economy + data brushing have almost become the standard configuration of the film and television market.
Of course, the audience has been complaining about this for a long time, but there is no good way to resist in the short term.
The only choice to express one's attitude is to strive to support those teams that always maintain sincerity and high standards.
This is also one of the reasons why companies such as Arclight Film and Noon Sunshine have been able to rise rapidly in recent years.
However, Arclight and Noon are still a minority after all. The market is still filled with various bad dramas.
People in the industry are naturally happy and encouraged by this situation of picking up money with sacks, and they also gave it a name-Entertainment Prosperity!
But industry executives like Meng Bai have slowly begun to worry.
After all, anyone can see that today's film and television market is a bit overheated.
More importantly, no one knows how long this anger will burn.
"Based on my more than ten years of industry experience..." Liu Jun sighed and shook his head, "For capital, there is no recession after the overheating, only a sudden cold winter."
Think about the "blockbuster era" at the beginning of the century, and the "coal boss era" of about 10 years.
History repeats itself again and again, except that the protagonists have changed one after another.
Meng Bai frowned: "Brother Jun, do you mean that our development strategy should be more conservative next year?"
"That's not the case. Our Arc Light is in a period of rapid growth, which is different from those companies."
Liu Jun waved his hand and said, "But we can indeed keep more funds in preparation, and maybe we can find some opportunities."
Thanks to the high-quality projects provided by Meng Bai, Arc Light's financial situation has remained healthy without introducing financing.
At least so far, there is no debt.
So even if the cold winter really comes, they will definitely be able to hold on to the last wave.
But speaking of it, even Meng Bai and Liu Jun, who are not optimistic about the future of the market, think that this upward trend can at least last for three or four years, so there is no need to worry in the short term.
After chatting for a while, the two began to discuss the various projects that Arclight will launch this year.
As Liu Jun said before, Arclight is now in a period of rapid growth.
Not only are the projects that have been approved for production scheduled from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but the projects that will be broadcast have also been one after another since the middle of the year.
First was "Psychological Crime 2", then "Day and Night Chase", and later there were "Peace Hotel", "Chef Fang in the Flower Room", "Hello, Old Time" and so on.
These dramas are either projects controlled by Arclight, or they are co-produced with other companies, with Arclight participating in the investment, and they are basically scheduled to be broadcast in the second half of the year.
With more and more online drama projects, it is difficult to continue the situation where a large-scale drama occupies a month's schedule as in previous years.
Even Arclight can only ensure that its own projects do not collide.
(End of this chapter)
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