Chapter 990 What to do if the actors’ salaries are too high
In the general manager's office, Zhou Anan, who was sitting on the sofa, took the tea brought by the beautiful secretary and chatted with Wen Xinghe beside her: "We didn't choose your company's artist this time, so Manager Wen made a wasted trip."
"Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. There is no certainty when it comes to auditions."
Taking the tea handed to him by the female secretary with both hands, Wen Xinghe replied politely.
He came here to take the female artist to audition just by chance. The real reason was to discuss the follow-up cooperation of the two film series with Blue Whale.
Compared with the film cooperation between the two parties, this is not a big deal at all.
A disturbance in the Hong Kong entertainment industry at the beginning of the year caused heavy losses to the contracted artists under their company. If it weren't for the collaboration with Blue Whale on "Overheard", which achieved a box office of 150 million yuan and made a huge profit, they would still be unable to recover.
"Cold War", which will be released during the National Day holiday, is their company's most important project at the moment, no doubt about it.
At this time, there is no way to offend Blue Whale, which is leading the project.
"Boss Wen, the copyright of the TV series Myth is still in your company, right?"
After chatting for a while, Zhou Anan went straight to the point, which made General Manager Feng raise his eyebrows.
The movie starring Cheng Tian a few years ago did receive a good response. If it were adapted into a TV series, I think it would also be a good script.
The eyes of this major shareholder are still so sharp, he is worthy of being a super screenwriter.
"Great. How about your company's interest in producing a TV version of The Myth?"
Hearing the young CEO's question, Wen Xinghe couldn't help but brighten up his eyes and asked with joy on his face.
At this moment, any high-quality project is like a shot in the arm for Huangying Entertainment.
Especially for Blue Whale Entertainment, which produces many excellent works, and even says that all of its works are excellent, for any entertainment company in the industry, cooperation is a win-win.
"Mr. Zhou, we have already filled up our production quota for this year. We are currently filming two TV series and three movies, and we will be producing three new TV series in the second half of the year. Isn't it too hasty to start a new series at this time?"
At this time, Feng Jiming, who was sitting next to him drinking tea, kindly reminded the major shareholder.
"Really? Then let's put it aside for now."
Raising her eyebrows, Zhou Anan said with some regret after hearing what General Manager Feng, who never complained about the company's dramas, said.
Although Huangying Entertainment is now a grasshopper between summer and autumn, who knows whether the other party will ask for an exorbitant amount of money. It is always better to be prepared.
The initiative must be in your own hands.
"No, CEOs. I'll contact CEO Yang right away. If your company needs us to do anything, we will fully cooperate."
It was obvious that the two were acting in cahoots. Wen Xinghe, knowing that he had the advantage as he held the copyright, did not dare to make any mistakes and quickly made a promise.
Their company does have a series of copyrights for "The Myth", and many companies wanted to cooperate with them to produce a TV series version, but they were all rejected by the company's top management.
It’s not that the company’s top management doesn’t want to cooperate, but they don’t want to waste the best copyright in their hands.
Previously, they intended to jointly develop the project with Huang's Film Company, the largest company in mainland China. Unfortunately, the other party simply looked down upon TV drama production, so the TV drama copyright of "The Myth" has been shelved until now.
If the other party had not proposed a cooperation plan this time, their company would have taken the initiative to cooperate with Blue Whale Entertainment. He came here this time to find an opportunity to cooperate with Blue Whale Entertainment.
"Then Manager Wen should ask Mr. Yang for instructions first."
After hearing Manager Wen's decision to back down, Zhou Anan decided not to take advantage of the situation and smiled as she asked the other party to call for instructions.
Negotiations are not easy these days. The other party’s sincerity in cooperating is so real that it is hard to bargain.
"Let me go make a phone call first."
Wen Xinghe did what he said. Led by the other party's secretary, he walked to the next room and called the company's general manager.
"I was just casually asking about the copyright, and now you're talking about cooperation, isn't that a bit too hasty?"
After Manager Wen left, Zhou Anan took a sip of tea and asked General Manager Feng, who looked indifferent, speechlessly.
He asked this question just now, and he really had no intention of acquiring the copyright of the TV series immediately.
After all, the company is really busy with film and television drama production right now, and even the Jiying Special Effects Company has several of the company's dramas piled up.
"You saw it just now. As soon as we heard about auditions, more than a dozen female artists from our company came to try their luck. Just now, I asked that female artist in ancient costume to sign a contract with the company. With so many people waiting to eat, why don't we arrange a few more TV series for them and let them get a basic salary from the company?"
Feng Jiming rolled his eyes and began to complain.
Only when you run a household do you know how expensive food, oil, salt and other materials are. The company has signed contracts with so many artists, but does not allow them to go out to work. Are they expected to live on the basic salary of tens of thousands of yuan?
With that kind of salary, female artists can't even afford to rent a nice piece of clothing when they attend those ceremonies.
As the general manager, he always cares about the artists under the company.
"Okay, you have to keep a close eye on the director and producer."
Faced with such a legitimate reason from General Manager Feng, Zhou Anan once again backed down and agreed with the other party's statement.
"Don't worry. In the entire industry, our company is probably the only one that puts the investment money into practical use. It's hard to imagine that the quality will be poor."
Feng Jiming, who is already familiar with film and television production, replied in the affirmative and was very calm.
After working in this industry for a long time, Feng Jiming discovered an important trick.
The TV series that are complained about by audiences online are not because they are poorly produced, but because the capital is spent on the wrong things.
Control the script well, choose the right producer and director, and make sure the investment funds are put into practice, and the ratings and audience response of the TV series will not be bad at all.
Among the top ten TV series in terms of ratings in the past two years, more than half were produced by their company. It’s not that their Blue Whale Entertainment is too strong, but that their competitors are too weak.
There is no way, I have to rely on my peers to set off me. I am ashamed, ashamed.
After finishing his business, Feng Jiming talked about a recent problem in the industry: "This year, a lot of foreign capital has entered our entertainment industry, and the pay of first-line artists has been raised a lot. This phenomenon is a bit troublesome. Although it has not had a big impact on our company, this sign has affected many movies that are being prepared. I have heard other people in the association complain several times."
"Are you afraid that those famous artists in our company might have some ideas?"
Hearing General Manager Feng's concerns, Zhou Anan directly proposed a solution: "We can let the company's artists set up private studios, and the company will cooperate with the artists by holding shares."
This model was also the method that many film and television companies came up with in the following years.
To put it another way, it means allowing artists to bring money into the crew, exchanging their pay for shares, and they all prosper together and suffer together.
Relatively speaking, film and television companies are less burdened with maintaining artist expenses and can devote more energy and funds to film and television production, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
"Good idea. I'll have someone work out a plan."
Feng Jiming's eyes lit up at the major shareholder's suggestion. He thought it could be tried out and would save the company at least tens of millions of dollars in a year.
After all, Blue Whale treats its artists very generously. The expenses on dresses alone amount to millions, and there are also the expenses of nanny cars, entourage, accommodation in four-star hotels and above, etc., which are all considerable expenses.
"Mr. Feng, Mr. Zhou, our Mr. Yang has authorized me to be responsible for all matters related to your company."
Walking back to the general manager's office, Wen Xinghe said to the two CEOs with a look of joy: "If your company is willing to produce the TV series "Myth" with us, our company is willing to provide the copyright of the TV series "Myth" free of charge."
After hearing such generous conditions from the other party, Feng Jiming looked at the major shareholder, then smiled and shook hands with Manager Wen: "Happy cooperation."
(End of this chapter)
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