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Chapter 349 More and more insane salary
Fan Xiaopang and Wei Yang are filming a movie again!
This topic quickly reached the top of Weibo's hot search list. Countless CP fans rejoiced, and even passers-by were a little surprised.

From "Famous" to "Cohabitation in Time and Space", Wei Yang starred in Fan Xiaopang in two consecutive movies. This revealed information is worth pondering.

Soon, someone dug out a new company called [Bingyang Entertainment] under the name of Fan Xiaopang. The only two shareholders, one is her, and the other is a small company. After equity puncture, the boss behind it is It's Wei Yang.

Gee!

It was filming again, and starting a company together, that is, the person in charge of the huge and powerful Coral Entertainment was originally from Fan, and many people couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be that Fan Shangwei succeeded?
Since "You Who Came from the Stars" in 2009, the two have been hooking up, a sister-brother relationship for a while, a love triangle for a while, and they haven't photographed the same hotel before. Fan Xiaopang sent food and clothes to Wei Yang. of.

At this stage, it seems that they have gone a step further, and even joined forces to start a company, which inevitably makes people think too much.

So at the launch ceremony of "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space", some media directly asked about the relationship between the two.

"If starting a company is a lover, then the marriage certificate should not go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, but to the Industry and Commerce Bureau."

Wei Yang was very calm: "I'm a businessman, and investment and cooperation are common. This Bingyang company is just a cooperation project between the two of us, nothing more."

The reporter was unwilling: "Then can I ask, why did you start a company with Ms. Fan?"

"Because she is Fan Bingbing!"

Wei Yang pointed at Fan Xiaopang, who was smiling sweetly next to him, and asked with some confusion: "She is one of the most popular female stars in this country and even in Asia. Her personal brand and commercial value are a valuable asset. Is it confusing for us to start a company together?"

Putting aside the scandal between the two, there is almost no need to discuss this matter.

Stars like Fan Xiaopang have strong commercial value, and some companies and enterprises cooperate with them.

Even if there is no Wei Yang and Blue Whale, there is Tang De Film and Television or other companies. From the perspective of normal business logic, it is a normal investment and operation. It is only because of the relationship between the two that it will be exaggerated.

Even now that Wei Yang has made an explanation, and it is well-founded, many people still think that business cooperation is mixed with personal feelings.

Of course, their persistence is not unreasonable. This is indeed the truth of the matter. Boss Wei is completely stubborn.

Compared to Boss Wei, who was more or less guilty, Fan Xiaopang was much calmer, and even advertised.

Just this year, "Legend of Wu Meiniang" jointly produced by Blue Whale and Bingyang will be officially launched.

This did not exceed everyone's expectations, but what made everyone more interested was whether the male lead was played by Wei Yang.

Regarding this point, neither Fan nor Wei responded clearly, which was actually a kind of euphemistic notification.

Wei Yang + Fan Xiaopang, the cost of this shooting is unbearable.

Whether the TV station can afford it or not is another matter. More importantly, "Legend of Wu Mei Niang" is a drama with a major heroine, so there is no need to bring Wei Yang as a foil.

If the heroine is a newcomer, that's fine. Wei Yang participated in the show to help carry coffee, and with Fan Xiaopang's reputation, there is no need for this at all.

It's not impossible to get Wei Yang to play the male lead, but the price/performance ratio is really bad. On the premise that it's not an exclusive project of Blue Whale, the team and even the company probably won't support it.

With this skill, Wei Yang will personally take the lead in another project, and the income may be higher than joining "Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Of course, the most important thing is that Wei Yang doesn't want to.

If he really wants to put up an airs for Fan Xiaopang, who can stop him, the entertainment industry has become more and more like this, everything cares about profit and loss and status, and there are really not many plays that many big names can act in.

The reason why Wei Yang didn't want it was not that Fan Xiaopang didn't deserve him as a foil, but because he didn't like the script of "Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Although the adaptation by the blue whale screenwriter team is better than the original quality, it still cannot escape the essence of Mary Su.

The setting of a young emperor with a love brain in the early stage + a scumbag in the middle and late stage is really not attractive to Wei Yang.

As long as Li Zhi in the play is better portrayed, whether it is positive or negative, even if he is a super invincible perverted scumbag, as long as his characteristics are more distinctive, the character setting is brilliant, and there are enough memory points, Wei Yang may consider it.

It's like Yongzheng in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", although it may not be considered as a major heroine, but its space for development and sense of presence are not weak at all.

However, the role of Li Zhi in "Wu Meiniang" is too mediocre, and even has some tool-like attributes. It is purely a foil to the heroine Wu Meiniang, and Wei Yang naturally has little interest in it.

These entertainment reporters are old-fashioned, so they naturally understand the subtext, but that doesn't prevent them from still writing "Wei Yang is suspected to be in the role".

After all, there will be traffic and high attention in this way, and Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang will not clarify for various reasons.

mutual benefit!

The scandal between Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang took up most of the opening ceremony, and the rest was about the movie discussion.

This time "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space", Wei Yang did not serve as the director, and his behind-the-scenes identity is the producer + chief screenwriter + producer.

But everyone regards him as the first creator of the film.

Because the directors of "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space" are two unknown newcomers, one named Su Lun and the other named Tian Yusheng.

The former has just graduated from university for a few years, and has not even participated in a formal film and television crew to make public information. His shooting experience is all in MVs or commercials.

The latter is also very young, less than 30 years old this year. He is a screenwriter. His masterpiece is "People on the Road" and has no directing experience.

Such two pure rookie directors can become the directors of "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space", although it is Wei Yang who supports the newcomers, but it also reveals that the two are just "puppets", and Wei Yang is the one who speaks for the crew.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with that. Although Wei Yang is not appointed as a director, the crew of "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space" is indeed what he says.

It's just something that outsiders don't know much about.Those two rookie directors are not complete puppets, but rookies with real skills.

Su Lun himself was the original director of "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space" in his previous life, and he has a certain grasp of color and visual images.

And Tian Yusheng single-handedly created the "Predecessor Strategy" series, and he is also considered a good player in the field of commercial romance in the industry.

Of course, although both of them will have some achievements in the future, they are still fledglings now, and their skills are still far behind, so Wei Yang is needed to check them out.

In fact, Wei Yang originally wanted to find Xue Xiaolu to shoot this movie. She is better at love themes. She also thought about Chen Kexin, who is also a famous love director.

However, Chen Kexin was busy with "Dear", and Xue Xiaolu was focused on filming "The Capital Falls in Love with Seattle", so the schedule conflicted.

In desperation, Wei Yang could only recruit two new directors and act as the producer himself.

Undoubtedly, with such a lineup, the presence of the two new directors is extremely low, and Wei Yang is also regarded by the outside world as the real director and controller of "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

Many people even directly put the director's name on him, and the two new directors were regarded as assistants, or even executive directors.

Regarding this, Su and Tian didn't mean to be dissatisfied, and they even thought so.

In this way, Wei Yang, the leading actor, also has to bear some director responsibilities, and chatted about movies.

"This is a story of time and space, somewhat similar to the original "Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle Star", but completely different in setting..."

Wei Yang is known as a genius screenwriter, largely because he likes to play atypical routines.

Let’s not talk about the adaptation of web novels. Many of the original scripts like to play tricks.

For example, the famous works "Twinkle, Twinkle, Shining Star", "My Love from the Star", and the debut film "Rise of Fame".

The first two are about time and space travel, and the other is about aliens. The latter does not have so many strange settings, but it combines the Blizzard Villa mode + comedy suspense very well.

At that time, some people speculated that when Wei Yang's movies would play with strange settings, he didn't expect that the second movie would have "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

Time and space + cohabitation, just five words filled the gimmick and anticipation, and became a popular movie that everyone is looking forward to.

But to everyone's disappointment, Wei Yang just briefly chatted about the external settings, and didn't reveal too much. If you forcefully ask, everyone will know when they go to the cinema.

Instead, Fan Xiaopang talked about how he liked the script, and then felt very moved. All kinds of soft and hard things finally moved Wei Yang, won the role, and made the media smile. There is no shortage of material when he goes back.

Wei Yang glanced at Fan Xiaopang appreciatively, not to mention anything else, Fan Xiaopang is definitely the woman he has the most understanding with in terms of promotion and marketing.

The division of labor is clear, and he is willing to provide materials and film or do activities with her. Wei Yang never has to worry about exposure or topics.

In fact, Xiao Zhao and Da Mimi can also do this, but their technique and fire are much worse, far inferior to Fan Xiaopang's lightness of lifting weights, and his sense of proportion is just right.

The launch conference was over and the crew had finally calmed down.

Fan Xiaopang accepted an exclusive interview, while Wei Yang drank water in the lounge and listened to the publicity team's promotion plan.

Different from the group portrait drama of "Being Famous", "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is basically the roles of Wei and Fan, with a few supporting roles and cameo roles.

At present, most of the other actors have not joined the group, and the roles are really limited, so the only leading actors who still show up are Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang.

After finalizing the plan, Wei Yang took the two directors to chat about tomorrow's shooting plan.

Needless to say, the room at the center of time and space can only be set in a studio, and some of the exterior scenes can be done on location, while the rest can be done with special effects.

Since it is time and space, Wei Yang attaches great importance to texture, props must be done well, especially in old time and space, many real streets and locations need to pay close attention to details.

The scenes of this movie are limited, and the production cost is not high, mainly in terms of special effects, setting and actors' remuneration.

Especially Wei Yang's remuneration. After "Rising Fame", his value has skyrocketed, and his film remuneration alone has risen to the level of a first-line movie star.

The salary for a single film starts at 800 million, which is on par with the previous Uncle Ge.

There is no way, who made Uncle Ge belong to the nature of green leaves and needs to cooperate, and Wei Yang can support the project by himself. 800 million is just the starting price, and the actual invitation to him is definitely more than this amount.

If you add the cost of screenwriting, script and behind-the-scenes production, this price is also unmatched in the entertainment industry.

More importantly, Wei Yang doesn't just take money at all, he is very similar to Cheng Long, except for the film salary, he also wants to get dividends.

For example, in "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space", Wei Yang's package price is 2000 million + 10% movie dividend.

This price is already very generous. If Wei Yang himself had not already occupied the vast majority of the investment share, he would never have agreed to this ratio.

For example, in Cheng Long's "Twelve Zodiac Signs", he received zero salary, but directly took more than half of the share. In other words, only one person contributed, and he didn't pay a penny. It was a "free prostitution."

Wei Yang is different. He separates himself from the company. The company's investment belongs to the investment, and personal compensation is also paid. Of course, it is basically a "friendship price".

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Cheng Long has brought his personal brand to the extreme in this way, and Wei Yang still has to take care of the company's development.

Fan Xiaopang only takes her salary, and her current salary has risen sharply. The asking price of the movie is 800 million. Of course, the actual price is not that high, 650 million can be settled.

Even so, this increase is astonishing. You must know that when filming "Famous" a year ago, her friendship price was only 280 million.

This is also the reason why Wei Yang insisted on founding Coral Entertainment. Artists' current salary increase is too crazy.

In the past, there were not many first-tier artists with an annual income of over [-] million, but now many second-tier artists are expected to break through eight figures, and top artists are even expected to hit the [-] million mark.

We have a few top-notch and popular artists in our hands, and our profits are no worse than those of some well-known film and television companies. The key is that we can save money by using our own people.

Under normal circumstances, there are internal prices for domestic artists to shoot their own plays, and the price depends on the conscience of the boss.

The strict ones are [-] to [-]% of the market price, the normal ones take half, the unscrupulous ones are [-] to [-]%, and the unscrupulous ones are to give a basic remuneration or even no money at all, but few people do this.

Blue Whale is also considered generous to artists, basically [-]% to [-]% of the market price, and sometimes even gives the market price, when the artist's fame and popularity come up, the price should also increase.

In this case, the savings are actually not too much, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions, that's all.

But when the salary of these artists rises, the amount of savings will be extremely considerable. It will easily save tens of millions, or even tens of millions, and there may be more in the future.

Not to mention, Blue Whale has tasted the sweetness of "Why Sheng Xiaomo" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan".

The combined internal remuneration of the two saved Blue Whale an eight-figure budget.

As a film producer, Wei Yang hated this inflated market, but as an artist and the owner of an artist company, he was eager for his pay to take off.

Really painful and happy!

But no matter what, the total remuneration of Wei Yang, Fan Xiaopang and various supporting actors is almost 3000 million. Production expenses + publicity, the cost of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" must be at least 6000 million.

So Wei Yang is said to be ruthless in making money, and the market is changing even more ruthlessly. It is estimated that in two years, no popular movie project will be worth less than nine figures.

Two years ago, Wei Yang thought that 1000 million was a large number, but now [-] million is a bit numb.

That [Small Goals] statement is about getting more and more relaxed and comfortable...

(End of this chapter)