Chapter 1091 Pay taxes! Pay taxes! Pay taxes!
This TV series is also a series. The protagonists are none other than Li Xiaodong, Lu Bingyang and Zhou Xiang, who are nicknamed the "Three Little Ones" in the Earthling Studio by the outside world.
Among them, Lai Siu-tung has become a new first-tier artist with the movie "Detective Chinatown". Lu Bingyang has also become a quasi-first-tier artist with the two works "A Little Thing Called First Love" and "A Noble Family". To become a first-tier artist, all it takes is one more excellent film or TV series.
Zhou Xiang, like Lu Bingyang, is also a quasi-first-tier star, but she is currently filming a movie, which is her official entry into the first-tier works.
As long as this work does not fail, Zhou Xiang will become a formal first-line artist after the movie is released.
As for whether the movies produced by Earthling Studios will be bad, there is no need to explain further.
So even though everyone still jokingly calls them the "three little ones", in fact, they are only the "three little ones" in front of Lin Fan and Xia Yan.
Outside, in the entire entertainment industry, the three of them are already big names that cannot be underestimated. No matter where they go or what occasion they attend, they will be pampered by the organizers and the program crew.
More importantly, the three of them were also the fastest people to be promoted from a nobody to a top-tier talent, apart from Lin Fan and Xia Yan! It took less than five years!
Moreover, in the past five years, Earthman Studio has produced a total of five first-tier celebrities. Such a success rate and such a speed of promotion can be called a miracle! So many people have tried their best to sign with Earthman Studio, but were ruthlessly rejected: As the size and scale of the studio grew, Yang Hongxia did not relax the requirements when signing new people, but became more strict.
When other entertainment companies sign newcomers, they first look at whether the newcomers are popular with the audience, and then look at their acting skills and abilities. Or those whose abilities are so outstanding that people can completely ignore the requirement of popularity with the audience are also included in the selection.
Or, they are very good-looking and have great potential for future development.
All in all, it is still within the scope of what the public can understand.
However, when Yang Hongxia signs a new person, the first thing she examines is the person's character, whether his psychological quality meets the standards, and whether he has criminal tendencies.
Then we consider the newcomer's acting skills and strength, as well as other factors such as audience appeal, development potential, personal appearance, etc.
This screening method is not only difficult for newcomers to adapt to, but also difficult for many netizens to describe when they first heard such assessment requirements: It is easy to define whether someone is law-abiding and has no criminal tendencies, but how do you define good character? Do you want to see if this person has helped an old lady cross the road since he was a child? Has he ever picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to the police?
Even if I say yes, I can't provide any evidence!
But this is the process and requirement for Earthling Studio to screen new people, and it does not violate any laws and regulations. If you don’t accept it, then don’t come to apply for a job here!
Lin Fan's dazzling achievements gave Yang Hongxia and the entire Earthling Studio sufficient confidence in the face of such things, and they did not need to explain to anyone why they did so.
But privately, Yang Hongxia couldn't help but be curious and asked Lin Fan: "What are your considerations for formulating this process and conditions for selecting new people?"
Lin Fan sighed with a vicissitudes of life: "Sister Xia, you don't understand the pain of waiting for a drama or a variety show for a long time, but because of the personal reasons of a bad artist, the entire drama or variety show cannot be released."
Yang Hongxia really didn’t understand: “Have you ever been a celebrity chaser?”
Otherwise, how could you feel this way?
Of course Lin Fan was the one who never chased stars, mainly because he had no money. When he became rich, Lin Fan himself was the brightest star, and there was no need to chase other stars.
But this did not prevent Lin Fan from complaining about the place where he used to live on Blue Star, the various bad artists and bad phenomena in the smoky entertainment industry.
Especially now that he is a giant in the entertainment industry, Lin Fan doesn't want such a thing to happen to him.
Therefore, Lin Fan has always been law-abiding! Every time he gets his income, the first thing he does is to urge Yang Hongxia: Pay taxes! Pay taxes! Pay taxes! Pay taxes! Not a penny can be missed!
Don’t miss a penny in tax payment!
Don’t miss a penny in tax payment!
Important things must be said three times! Under this selection system, Earthling Studio has always been short of artists, so much so that when filming a group drama, it has to publicly bid for roles.
What made the entire entertainment industry collapse was that all the stars who participated in Lin Fan's movies had to be taxed by Lin Fan's producers at the first time! The actors also had to sign a special clause that if the actors' movies were removed from the shelves or remade due to various scandals, the actors would have to pay more than ten times their salary as compensation.
This clause alone scared away many people who had ulterior motives.
Therefore, every time there is an open competition for a role, it causes a lot of fuss, and it is no exaggeration to say that the entire entertainment industry is alarmed.
Lin Fan really dislikes such noise and trouble. In order to avoid such trouble, Lin Fan would rather choose to shoot non-group portrait dramas, or simply go abroad to shoot. It is always better than having his every move being watched by the entire entertainment industry, or even the entire Chinese audience.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6-9!
Therefore, there are many excellent group portraits in the Earthling Studio, but they have never had the opportunity to be filmed, which Yang Hongxia still feels very regretful about.
But this time, Liang Wen took the initiative to volunteer and picked a group drama from a thick stack of scripts: "I think this drama can be invested and filmed. When Director Lin's new movie is finished and Zhou Xiang's movie enters the post-production stage, we can start to compete for roles.
If everything goes well, we should be able to start filming next year, and the show will be available online by the end of next year at the earliest, or the middle of the following year at the latest.”
When Yang Hongxia saw the script Liang Wen picked out, her eyes lit up immediately: Group portrait drama! Group portrait drama is good! Group portrait dramas are often classic works when they are well shot, the kind that can be played repeatedly. Although the Earthling Studio has never lacked classic works, no one dislikes having too many trump cards in their hands.
“But who will take the photo?”
Yang Hongxia had to face this problem: "Next year, the second part of Pirates of the Caribbean will be filmed, as will the second part of Gu Xi and Xiao Bao's movie, and Detective Chinatown by Li Xiaodong is also on the filming schedule."
Lin Fan and Liang Wen were both unavailable, so who else could be the director of this play? Liang Wen knew Yang Hongxia's thoughts, but since he had taken the initiative to bring this up, Liang Wen certainly had his own ideas: "Let me do it."
Anyway, even if I don't shoot, you and Director Lin will team up to trick me into working overtime. Instead of being tricked by you, I might as well take the initiative to choose the scripts I'm interested in! And as long as I have enough work on hand, you won't have the chance to trick me again.
Yang Hongxia immediately smiled happily: "Oh, it would be great if Director Liang could take the lead! Whatever requirements this play has, whether it is in terms of investment or actors, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse!"
Liang Wen didn't have any special requests, but he had to mention one thing: "Boss Yang, with this drama, I will be so busy next year that I won't even have time to rest. You can't increase my workload!"
Yang Hongxia smiled awkwardly: I can promise not to increase your workload, the key is whether you believe it yourself? (End of this chapter)