Chapter 181 I’ll tell you a secret, don’t tell anyone else
While several bigwigs were discussing the direction of the entire movie in an air-conditioned room with an excellent view, other people on the set were not idle either.
At this time, a man and a woman who seemed unable to fit into the circle were leaning against the wall and talking.
"You must seize this opportunity, understand?" Qi Zhang, the Hongyao company agent who came with him shamelessly, said to the actress with a cold face, "No matter what role is assigned to you, you must act seriously!"
In order to get an opportunity to act in a movie, Qi Zhang traveled to other places, treated people to meals, and bought an expensive gym membership. The total cost was close to 200,000 yuan.
He just received a notice that the role he got was a minor role of "the male lead's ex-girlfriend" and the salary was 240,000. Both the casting and the salary gave him a big surprise! Originally, Qi Zhang had no intention of making a profit, but just wanted to take advantage of Director An's success to gild his actors and pave the way for future acting careers.
Anyone with a discerning eye in the industry can see that after continuous accumulation, An Zhou, who has filmed the online drama "The Dragon Son-in-law", is very likely to make another hit movie.
Qi Zhang did not catch the limelight of "Dragon Son-in-law", and he definitely cannot miss this movie, whose name has not even been released yet.
Once An Zhou's name becomes well-known and the actors of Kuiguang Group become famous one by one, it will not be so easy to use money to smooth over relationships.
Think about it, in the masterpiece by the great director An Zhou, the role played by his own actress is the male protagonist's ex-girlfriend. Although it is obvious that she is not one of the leading actors, she is definitely an important supporting role, which is enough to scare people.
With this identity, it might be easier for me to get roles in the future, and the money I spent on this could be earned back later.
Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the actor has a certain level of ability.
After all, this is not an ordinary company or an ordinary project, where employees can slack off...
It is easy to tell whether an actor's performance is good or not, and whether he has put in a lot of effort.
Therefore, Qi Zhang repeatedly instructed his actor to perform well.
But who knew that this crew was so generous that they were willing to pay 240,000 yuan for a small supporting role. Not only did they not lose money, but they even made a small profit of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.
Qi Zhang didn't know that Yang Ruoqian only gave 240,000 not because he only wanted to give 240,000, but because this was the upper limit of the system.
It is impossible to offer a higher salary for a role that can be played by anyone pulled from the street - if it weren't for the fact that the other person has a 120,000 yuan gym membership, the 240,000 yuan salary would probably be judged as a violation by the system.
"Brother Qi, don't worry!" Seeing that people in the studio had already started urging her, the pretty-looking actress said confidently, and then walked towards the shooting location.
Watching his actors walking towards the studio full of green screens, Qi Zhang felt worried, but at the same time he sighed that the people of Kuiguang Group were really honest and would really do their job as long as they were paid.
Originally, after being rejected by An Zhou and having to meet the leaders of Kuiguang Group in his shorts, he had lost all hope and was ready to return empty-handed.
Who knew that things would actually work out in the end and that I would get so many benefits.
Should I give Lin Cao a kickback?
Suddenly, a message popped up on the top of Qi Zhang’s phone screen. The sender was a colleague with whom Qi Zhang had a good relationship in the company.
"How's it going? Have you settled your business? I told you that Anzhou will take off soon, and it will be hard to smooth over this relationship with money."
Qi Zhang proudly recorded a video at the conference and sent it to his colleagues along with a voice message: "I haven't settled the matter with An Zhou yet, but I know an inside scoop. I spent tens of thousands of dollars to treat Director An to a meal and finally got it. Do you want to hear it?"
The idea of inviting An Zhou to dinner was completely nonsense. In the end, the three of them paid for the meal and drinks on their own. An Zhou did not take advantage of Qi Zhang for even a penny.
But this little episode did not affect Qi Zhang and his colleagues' bragging.
The colleague was not polite at all: "Hurry up, I have work to do, stop talking nonsense."
The two of them have a relationship where they can lend money to each other, so it's not that unfamiliar.
If you have first-hand information, you will naturally communicate it.
Qi Zhang said mysteriously, "Let me tell you, although Director An's connections are difficult to smooth out, he has a strong relationship with Kui Guang Group. As long as you smooth out Kui Guang's connections, Director An's problem will be half solved."
Although the role I will get is uncertain, at least I have a role, and the pay is not low.
A minute later, a colleague sent a message: "Don't keep me in suspense!"
Qi Zhang glanced at the actors who had already changed into their costumes, and then looked around furtively. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he quietly sent a voice message: "Apply for a card. Kuiguang Group has a hidden swimming pool project. The price for the card is 126,000. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Apply for a card?"
"Yes, it's about applying for a card... I can't tell you more about it, it's confidential. Anyway, you can just guess on your own, and don't tell anyone else!"
Just after sending the voice message, Qi Zhang saw his own actor walking out of the studio, looking confused and at a loss as to what to do.
Qi Zhang, who was originally showing off in front of his colleagues with great pride, suddenly lost his mind.
Why did you come out of the studio so soon?
It's been less than ten minutes since he entered! Qi Zhang's heart sank. Could it be that the director kicked him out because his performance was too bad? He walked up quickly and asked nervously, "What's wrong with you? Did you offend the director?"
If we offend An Zhou, things will be very difficult.
"No, no..." The actress still looked confused. "The director said I filmed very well, so I can leave now."
"What do you mean by 'it was filmed well, we can go now'?" Qi Zhang was also confused. "Is this the end of your part today?"
As the protagonist's ex-girlfriend, she had so few scenes on the first day. Could it be finished in just a few minutes? For the sake of confidentiality, none of the actors would get the entire script at once. And because the beginning of the plot was just changed, neither Qi Zhang nor the other had seen the latest version of the script.
The actress shook her head, the confusion in her eyes not fading at all: "Not today, but all of them. The director said that all my scenes are finished and I can get paid for the final scenes."
But, she only filmed a dozen seconds of the scene...
The entire movie is probably less than three minutes long, right?
She was just smashed into pieces by the villain "Sprinter", and that was the end of it?
Qi Zhang was even more confused: "What the hell? Are all the scenes gone?!"
The actress doesn't start filming immediately after entering the studio. She has to read the script and wait for other actors' segments. Some segments may even need to be re-shot... The actual part she can complete is less than two minutes at most.
For a role of less than two minutes, he received a salary of 240,000 yuan.
A small supporting role, and the pay is calculated by the second? No, Qi Zhang spent so much effort just to gild his actor and use the high exposure of the movie to make everyone notice this supporting role.
But the role is so limited, and there are actors with Qi Zhang in the cast list, but it doesn't serve the purpose of gilding at all! Other companies are not fools, they can still tell whether this actor has some real skills.
But with such a small role, how can an actor's ability be reflected?
A salary of 240,000 is a small matter, and the small profit of 20,000 or 30,000 is also a small matter. Qi Zhang may not even make this money...but the more roles he has, the better.
Otherwise, the company, the actor and the agent will share the meager twenty or thirty thousand dollars, which will be meaningless and have no stamina at all!
Qi Zhang couldn't understand or accept it at all, and wanted to have a good argument with the director. The pay was easy to talk about, but could the role be a little bigger? But he had just taken two steps forward when the security guard on the set came over and said politely, "Please move outside, because the following plot is confidential. Please understand."
After saying that, the two "people with connections" were politely escorted out of the set by the security guards and looked at each other in bewilderment.
(End of this chapter)
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