Chapter 18 You Will Never Be Able to Eat Four Dishes in Your Life
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"Considering that you, Mr. Yu, have no previous works and no fame, we are prepared to offer you a salary of 50,000 yuan per play. What do you think, Mr. Yu?" Song Zhigang said lightly.
"I'm a loyal fan of Director Lin, and I've admired you, Director Song, for a long time, so I'm willing to act in our 'Escape' for free and do stunts for our crew for free. In addition, I'll also let our crew use my song 'Devil Angel' for free." Xu Kai said with a smile.
Song Zhigang was stunned for a moment, then said in astonishment: "Mr. Yu, don't joke."
"Director Song, you were the one who made the joke first." Xu Kai put away his smile.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Song Zhigang said unhappily.
"I make 100,000 yuan for every jump from a building. If Director Lin fails 10 times, I make 1 million yuan. Director Song, please give me a reason to act in a whole movie with you for 50,000 yuan. Please don't mention the opportunity to become famous to me. You know I don't care about that."
Song Zhigang was left speechless.
The key point is that the reason why Xu Kai could earn 100,000 yuan with just one jump was all because of Song Zhigang.
Up to now, Song Zhigang has not figured out how to explain this matter to Wang Bin.
"Don't go too far. Don't you know why you can earn 100,000 yuan for one jump?" Song Zhigang said in a low voice.
"If you think my 100,000 yuan is not worth it, you can find someone else. Maybe someone is willing to jump for 20,000 yuan."
Xu Kai said calmly: "Oh, by the way, with my successful example, maybe Ji Zhaode will jump himself, and then you don't have to spend a penny."
Do you think Song Zhigang has never had these thoughts?
In fact, just as Xu Kai jumped over, Song Zhigang ran to find Yuan Xiaoliang and said, "Director Yuan, this move is a little scary, but it's not that difficult. Do you have any martial artists willing to take over this move? It's also 100,000 per jump. Let's keep the benefits to ourselves and keep the meat rotten in the pot."
But Yuan Xiaoliang immediately poured cold water on Song Zhigang: "That's because it's not difficult for Yu Qingyun to do it. If others want to do it, they still have to be careful. So, even though there is Yu Qingyun's successful example, no martial artist would try it except for those fools who don't understand the tricks. If you let those fools do it, the crew will have to be prepared for accidents that may happen."
If an accident really happens, not to mention paying compensation, the film "Escape", which is about to start shooting, may be forced to stop or even be delayed.
In fact, this was one of the reasons why many people disagreed with Linda doing this drama.
Now that Xu Kai has done this, not to mention Mad Dog Linda, Wang Bin and other investors who also know the huge commercial value of this action will certainly not give up on it.
Unless Song Zhigang can find someone who is willing to do this and can really do it, Xu Kai is irreplaceable.
In this case, let alone the fact that Xu Kai just wanted the 100,000 yuan they agreed to, even if he was slandering them, given Linda's character of only considering the quality of the work and never considering other factors, he would definitely accept Xu Kai's slander.
In this situation, if Song Zhigang messed up the matter, not only would Lin Da definitely not let Song Zhigang feel good, even Wang Bin might punish Song Zhigang.
So, after much hesitation, Song Zhigang asked, "How much do you want?"
"My idol, 1 million is not too much for me, right?"
Xu Kai stopped looking at Song Zhigang, who could never accomplish anything great, and instead asked Lin Da, who had been drinking tea quietly on the side.
1 million? Hearing the remuneration Xu Kai wanted, not only did Song Zhigang think that his ears were defective, but even Xu Yun and others were stunned! Who would have thought that Linda put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Not much, you are worth this price."
When Linda said this, Xu Yun and the others all gasped: "It's so easy to earn 1 million?"
No wonder Xu Yun and others were surprised.
Things like film pay are generally calculated based on the actor's popularity. It is related to the protagonist and supporting role, but the relationship is actually not that big.
There is a ready-made example right in front of us. Xu Li got the fifth male role, which is supposed to be a not-so-small role, but the crew of "Escape" only gave him a salary of 30,000 yuan per play.
But this has made Xu Li very happy.
Therefore, even though Xu Kai has much more roles than Xu Li, considering that Xu Kai is not as famous as Xu Li, his pay will not be much higher than Xu Li's.
Therefore, Song Zhigang offered Xu Kai a salary of 50,000 yuan per film. Although it seemed low, it was not particularly outrageous.
In fact, Xu Yun and others felt that a 100,000 yuan salary for Xu Kai was already a lot. If Xu Kai could be paid 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, they could celebrate it in a big way.
Who would have thought that Linda would agree to Xu Kai's request for a 1 million yuan salary! Xu Yun and others were all thinking: "Am I unable to keep up with the pace, or is the world changing too fast?"
Just as Song Zhigang was about to stop Lin Da, Lin Da glanced at Song Zhigang unnoticeably.
Seeing this, Song Zhigang weighed the pros and cons, and finally chose to wait and see reluctantly.
"If you want to use my song 'Devil Angel', the usage fee is 100,000. That's not too expensive, right?"
"I can accept that."
"Then can you give me the 100,000 I earned from my first jump and the 100,000 I earned from using Devil Angel first?"
"You can go to the finance department to collect the 200,000 yuan in a moment."
"Okay then. I'm fine."
"Come the day after tomorrow to sign the formal contract, do your makeup, and shoot promotional posters."
"OK."
When passing by Song Zhigang, Xu Kai said calmly: "You are too narrow-minded. You won't be able to eat four dishes in your life."
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By the time Song Zhigang realized that this was definitely not a nice thing to say, Xu Kai had already taken Xu Yun and others out.
Song Zhigang quickly turned to Lin Da and said, "Director Lin, how could you agree to Yu Qingyun's outrageous conditions? He is slandering our crew!"
"Even if he is black, it is because he has the value of being black."
"Xiao Song, I'm happy today, so I want to tell you a few words from the bottom of my heart."
"I am both happy and annoyed that you spent 15 million to invite Ji Zhaode to take charge."
"I am happy that with Ji Zhaode in charge, the box office is almost guaranteed, but I am worried about who to find to play opposite Ji Zhaode?"
"There are only a few people in the industry who can fight. We don't have the budget for the famous ones, and I'm afraid that the unknown ones won't be strong enough and will ruin our show."
"As for your suggestion of Huang Zhiheng, that's completely nonsense. I really had no other options at the time, so I reluctantly agreed to give it a try, instead of agreeing to use Huang Zhiheng."
"In fact, while considering Huang Zhiheng, I have never given up looking for the real Yu Lianying."
"Finally, God let me touch the grand prize of Yu Qingyun."
Linda said frankly, "Don't think that this 1 million is a lot. Not to mention that this 1 million is definitely not as much as the 3 million we paid to hire Huang Zhiheng. I dare to bet with you that if we want to invite Yu Qingyun to act in our play again next year, he may not be willing to come even if we add a zero to the end."
“Ssss!”
"Add a zero, 10 million? Doesn't that make Yu Qingyun a top action star?"
Song Zhigang didn't believe Xu Kai had such great potential, so he said: "Director Lin, you think too highly of Yu Qingyun. He is just a dead extra who knows a little bit of Kung Fu. If he could be famous, he would have been famous a long time ago."
Seeing that Song Zhigang didn't believe him, Lin Da shook his head and said, "Good words can't persuade a damned ghost, and great compassion will only kill people if it doesn't save them." Then he got up and called Wang Bin...
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(End of this chapter)
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