China Entertainment started from Nortel 96

Chapter 218

As the saying goes, if you want something, you will be tired.

This time when Zhao Benshan met with such enthusiasm, it was because there was something he liked about Qi Wei, or he wanted to get something from Qi Wei.

During the Spring Festival Gala last year, although Qi Wei was already a big star at that time, his influence was mainly reflected in the music scene.

Extraordinary "creation" ability can write two songs at will to praise people. At the beginning, Liu Tianwang asked Qi Wei to invite songs, and Qi Wei "created" for him "Men Cry, It's Not a Sin to Cry" and "Yellow Race" for him to record directly. Big sale, this is a good example.

This also led to Qi Wei's first Spring Festival Gala, and it was the singers who took the initiative to show enthusiasm with Qi Wei.

As for Zhao Benshan, he is a sketch actor, his career has almost nothing to do with music, he has nothing to fear if he wants nothing, naturally he is not as enthusiastic as those singers, and with his status, he is polite at best.

In the past year.Because his second album continued to sell well and achieved great success, Qi Wei's title as the King of Pop in Mainland China was completely confirmed. The record company also recruited other music talents and successfully released records for others.

The music industry can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds, and the same is true for the film and television industry.

The popularity of "Carrying Love to the End" made Qi Wei one of the most popular niches in the TV circle, and the box office of "Love in the Internet Age" proved that Qi Wei has a certain box office appeal.

As a newcomer who just debuted, the actor's start is undoubtedly a success.

Of course, these are not the places where Zhao Benshan attaches great importance to Qi Wei.

Where Zhao Benshan attaches great importance to Qi Wei is in Qi Wei's film and television company, and in Qi Wei's capital.

Although Qi Wei's film and television company was established a year before Qi Wei's first Spring Festival Gala, Qi Wei only invested in the movie "Party A and Party B" at that time, and invested in the movie "Carrying Love Through to the End". TV dramas even brought money into the group.

"Party A and Party B" invested 150 million yuan, and "Carrying Love Through to the End" invested 100 million yuan. The investment is not high. In Zhao Benshan's view, this is just a small fight.

But the small fights became the climate in just one year of development last year.

Last year, Qi Wei's film and television company invested in "Never Close My Eyes" and "Daming Palace Ci" in TV dramas, and invested in "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog" and "Be There or Be Square" in movies.

These film and television dramas started with a minimum investment of 200 million and a maximum of 500 million, and initially involved film and television production (Qi Wei's film and television company is the nominal producer of "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog").

More importantly, last year Qi Wei's film and television company announced the film and television project that the company will prepare for this year, and it is currently in progress in an orderly manner.

In the circle, Zhao Benshan's news is very well-informed, and none of these can escape his ears.

Zhao Benshan is a big star in the circle and a well-known actor, but more is reflected in the sketch industry.

In fact, he has been striving to break through these years and develop towards the film and television industry.

As early as 91, he filmed the TV series "Passing This Village" and acted as the leading actor in the play, and won the second prize of "Flying Apsaras" for this play, and later won the Huabiao Award in 98 for the movie "Male and Female Directors" Excellent actor.

He even starred in Gao Jianli in the commercial blockbuster "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" directed by Director Chen.

But it is precisely because of Director Chen's "Jing Ke Assassination of the King of Qin" that his otherwise smooth film and television journey has cast a shadow.

In the circle, actors have a chain of contempt, while sketch actors are at the lower level of the chain of contempt.

The vast majority of film and television professionals in the industry, when considering actors, never focus on sketch actors.

The reason why Zhao Benshan can participate in so many film and television dramas is because he is famous. He has participated in the Spring Festival Gala many times and has become a household name, which can provide ratings or box office guarantees.

Director Chen also had this in mind when he invited him to star in "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin".

However, "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" failed disastrously at the box office of domestic movies, but it was a slap in the face, which proved that he could not bring much box office.

Other filmmakers have noticed this too.

After "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" was released, Zhao Benshan's film and television invitations suddenly decreased a lot.

But Zhao Benshan himself was naturally not reconciled, he was looking for a way to break the situation, so he turned his attention to Qi Wei.

Of course, Zhao Benshan is also a smart person. If he wants to get along well in the circle, he will naturally make more friends and less enemies.

Qi Wei is an upstart in the film and television industry, so it must be right to show enthusiasm and make friends with him.

After all, he was acting in a skit, and the funny jokes came at his fingertips. After chatting casually, Qi Wei was amused by him and laughed heartily.

Seeing that Qi Wei was in a good mood, Zhao Benshan didn't ask Qi Wei for film and television resources immediately.

Instead, he smiled and asked: "Xiao Wei, we also have many fans of yours in Northeast China. Your songs are played in the streets and alleys, and I can hear them every day. I remember that you didn't seem to go to our Northeast commercial performance once , you are sorry for our fans in the Northeast, have you considered going to our Northeast commercial show to go out?"

Qi Wei naturally didn't think about it, there is no way, there are too many snakes in the Northeast now.

You must know that Liu Tianwang was detained in the Northeast in later generations, and in the end you, Zhao Benshan, came forward to solve it.

Of course, Qi Wei couldn't say these words, he said with a smile: "Isn't there no chance?"

Zhao Benshan thought that what Qi Wei said about the lack of chances was because he was not satisfied with the remuneration given by the merchants in the Northeast. He said with a smile: "I have a friend who is a die-hard fan of yours. He has a company. It will open in the Spring Festival recently, knowing that I will come to the Spring Festival Gala, let me send you an invitation for him.”

Zhao Benshan paused for a while and continued: "He hopes that you will sing at least ten songs at his company's opening ceremony, and you will be paid 30 yuan for each song."

30 for one song and 300 million for ten songs.

This offer was too sincere, which made it difficult for Qi Wei to refuse.

Qi Wei could clearly feel that Zhao Benshan wanted to make friends with him. With his influence in the Northeast, the business he introduced should not be in the same situation as Liu Tianwang.

"My business activities such as commercial performances are usually handled by my agent. This is my agent's business card. You ask your friend to contact my agent."

As soon as Qi Wei finished speaking, Wang Jinghua took out her business card from her bag and handed it to Zhao Benshan.

After receiving Wang Jinghua's business card, Zhao Benshan already understood that Qi Wei was willing to accept this commercial performance.

"I'll let him contact your agent." Zhao Benshan replied with a smile.

Now that Qi Wei accepted his kindness, Zhao Benshan began to talk about the topic.

"By the way, Dandan told me before that she was invited by director Li Shaohong to appear in "Daming Palace Ci". You are the investor of this drama. It seems that because of your suggestion, Dandan did not act like this. A drama, isn't that the case?" Zhao Benshan asked.

Qi Wei glanced at Zhao Benshan and at Song Dandan beside him, but nodded generously.

He said with a smile: "Brother Stupid Shan will not come to Xingshi for sister Dandan to question her."

Then he explained: "As Brother Stupid Shan said, I am the investor of this show, so I have to proceed from the interests and consider the ratings of this show. Now, with the appreciation habits of TV audiences, a role actor can get a lot of money. If there are too many, it will give people the impression that the drama is too much, which will affect the ratings. My suggestion to director Li Shaohong is not aimed at Sister Dandan."

"Really?" Song Dandan pouted at the side to express his disbelief.

"Well." Qi Wei nodded, and then said: "Sister Dandan has excellent acting skills, and she is a rare domestic actor. Brother Benshan is working with you this time because of this. In fact, I have been working with you all the time. We plan to cooperate, and we are planning to invite you to film a movie!"

"Oh, really?" Song Dandan's eyes lit up with surprise.

"Of course." Qi Wei continued: "The film and television project that my company is preparing, there is a suitable role for you, even if the leading role is not too many, and the salary is not as good as "Daming Palace Ci"."

Hearing this, Song Dandan suddenly lost interest.

At this time, Song Dandan became a well-known actress because of her appearances in the skits "Lazy Blind Date", "Super Guerrilla Team" and the sitcom "I Love My Family" in the Spring Festival Evening. The reason for "Daming Palace Ci".

Although she was almost forty at this time, and had already passed the fame of being the leading role, but she was so famous, she still wanted to play the leading role or a supporting role with a heavy role when she took over the filming of film and television dramas.

It's not that she doesn't have film and television invitations, if she wants to play a supporting role that doesn't have many roles, she has plenty of film and television invitations, so there's no need to join Qi Wei's play.

Just when Song Dandan was hesitating, Zhao Benshan tapped her behind her back.

Song Dandan immediately understood Zhao Benshan's meaning, she immediately smiled at Qi Weidui, and then said with a smile:

"It's okay, I hope your film and television company will send me an invitation as soon as possible. I don't want to be missed like in "Daming Palace Ci" again."

There seemed to be a little resentment in the words, but Qi Wei pretended not to hear, and replied with a smile:
"As soon as the rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala is over today, I will ask my company to send you an invitation when I go back."

"It's almost there."

It was almost time, Zhao Benshan asked: "I wonder if there is any suitable role for me in the film project your company is preparing?"

"Yes, there are, but there are not many roles."

"It doesn't matter, as long as there are movies to shoot, just like I am not picky about food, I am not picky."

"That's fine, I will also send you an invitation."

That's how things settled.

Chatting and chatting, several people had already walked into the rehearsal room before they knew it. As soon as he entered the rehearsal room, Qi Wei was immediately surrounded by some people who wanted to get close.

At this time, Song Dandan pulled Zhao Benshan aside, felt a little wronged and asked in a low voice: "Why did you let me take over his scenes, and he didn't have many roles."

Zhao Benshan couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, then asked, "How much do you know about this young man?"

This question made Song Dandan frown.

In fact, Song Dandan's deepest impression of Qi Wei is the popular singer, followed by the popular film and television niche, because "Da Ming Gong Ci" Qi Wei will also invest in some film and television dramas, and he has no impression of others.

"He has quite a lot of rumored girlfriends." Song Dandan thought of something again, and complained.

"Uh..." This complaint made Zhao Benshan speechless for a while. He looked at Qi Wei who was surrounded by other people enthusiastically, pinched his chin and thought: "He is indeed a romantic boy, and we can start from this aspect in the future."

Song Dandan couldn't help looking at Zhao Benshan, a little incredulous, wondering if you still want to please him.

Zhao Benshan seemed to have seen through Song Dandan's thoughts, and said with a smile: "This young man established his own film and television company. If you carefully study the film and television projects invested by his film and television company after its establishment, you will find that this young man is People are never simple."

Zhao Benshan went on to explain: "When his company was first established the year before last, he invested in two films. He invested 150 million in the movie "Party A and Party B". The movie finally made more than 600 million at the box office, which more than tripled his 3800 million investment.
Afterwards, he brought money into the group and invested 100 million yuan in "Carrying Love to the End". The cost of this TV series is recovered by selling the first broadcast rights. You also know how crazy the ratings of this TV series are, at least it can bring him twice as much above income”

"It's just luck, it won't last forever." Song Dandan said unconvinced.

But as if Zhao Benshan heard his own voice, Song Dandan heard Zhao Benshan say again: "At first I thought he was just lucky, and he will definitely not be so lucky all the time, but soon I found out I was wrong, at least for now his good luck is still there.

The movie "Love in the Internet Age" also has his investment. A small-budget movie with an investment of less than 300 million has achieved a box office of more than [-] million after it was released. earned again"

The movie "Love in the Internet Age" has achieved a box office of over [-] million, which is not unrelated to the over one million publicity expenses invested by Qiwei Company.

The millions of publicity fees plus the song "created" by Qi Wei for this movie, in fact, the movie didn't make any money.

Of course, Zhao Benshan didn't know such details.

He went on to say: "He also fully invested in a small-budget literary film called "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog", with an investment of more than 300 million. You also know how unpopular literary films are nowadays, and most of them are sold at a loss. , he invested in this movie just to hand in the task, but in the end, his movie was sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars just by selling the distribution rights of Dongying, which is rice dollars, not RMB.”

The more he talked, the more excited he continued: "There is also the recent hit "See You or Be Square". He also invested 200 million in this movie. The production cost of this movie does not exceed 800 million. Now the box office has surpassed that of "A Party B, it’s only a matter of time before the box office exceeds 4000 million.”

Zhao Benshan looked at Song Dandan, and asked: "These are the films and TV dramas he invested in, and his company has also invested in the two TV dramas "Never Close Your Eyes" and "Daming Palace Ci". Do you think these two dramas will lose money?"

The TV dramas directed by Zhao Baogang have guaranteed quality and ratings, and "Never Close My Eyes" is a well-known IP, so it is basically impossible for this drama to lose money.

As for "Daming Palace Ci", when Li Shaohong invited Song Dandan to act, she agreed without hesitation. The high salary of 50 yuan was one reason, and the more important reason was that she was very optimistic about this drama after reading the script. It will be on fire when it comes out.

This is also the reason why Song Dandan, who didn't act in this drama, has always been a little brooding about Qi Wei.

Song Dandan couldn't help shaking her head, suddenly she realized something.

"He...he invested in a film and television drama without losing money!"

This is so unusual!

We must know that it is difficult to attract investment in film and television dramas at this time, because the risk of investing in film and television is too high.

Most film and television dramas are at a loss, and naturally no one wants to do a loss-making business.

And none of the film and television dramas that Qi Wei invested in made a loss, and some even made a lot of money.

This made Song Dandan feel incredible.

"You should now understand why I asked you to agree."

(End of this chapter)