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Chapter 269 The game in "Swordsman"

Now Xu Qing has signed the artist contract with Qi Wei's company. She has also been to Qi Wei's film and television company several times, so she is relatively familiar with it.

At this moment, she was taking Zhang Jizhong to visit Qi Wei's film and television company like a guide.

"Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Do you think it's okay, Director Zhang?" Xu Qing said as she welcomed Zhang Jizhong into her office.

At this time, Xu Qing was already a relatively big-name actress in China. After signing into his company, Qi Wei reserved an office for her.

"You are quite humble. Among the domestic private film and television companies, I have not seen a few that can match it." Zhang Jizhong couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, he had learned from Xu Qing that Qi Wei had planned this entire building. The reality of buying an office building.

From the restaurant on the first floor to the gym and other leisure venues, the investment in decoration alone is at least several million.

Not to mention the tens of millions spent on off-the-plan property.

It’s really a lot of investment.

"This is also the reason why I joined his company. From this aspect, I can see his ambition to become bigger and stronger." Xu Qing replied with a smile.

Zhang Jizhong nodded and said with a smile: "I am becoming more and more curious about him now."

"I have sent someone to inform him. Director Zhang, you can see him soon."

Cao Cao was about to arrive. As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, and then Qi Wei appeared in front of them.

Today, Xu Qing is wearing a white shirt, and her semi-professional attire adds a bit of intellectual and capable charm to her enchanting and sexy look.

Qi Wei couldn't help but let his eyes stay for a while longer.

As soon as she saw Qi Wei, Xu Qing immediately showed her iconic dimple smile and greeted him with a smile.

She skillfully took Qi Wei's arm and pulled Qi Wei to Zhang Jizhong to help introduce him.

At this time, Zhang Jizhong was almost 50 years old. After all, he was a producer and director. At this moment, he no longer paid much attention to his image. His hair had partly turned white and he had begun to grow a beard.

Qi Wei politely extended his hand to him and said, "Nice to meet you, Director Zhang."

"Me too, nice to meet you." Zhang Jizhong looked at Qi Wei with a smile.

Zhang Jizhong didn't say a few polite words, and said straight to the point: "Qi Wei, you should know the purpose of my visit this time."

At this time, Xu Qing had already sat obediently next to Qi Wei. Qi Wei hugged her waist without any scruples. He looked at Zhang Jizhong and nodded, and replied directly: "Senior Sister Xu mentioned this to me before. Director Zhang wanted me to play Linghu Chong in "The Swordsman"."

"Yeah." Zhang Jizhong nodded and asked, "I wonder what you think about it?"

Hearing this, Qi Wei shook his head and said, "Director Zhang, you are making me a little embarrassed."

Although Qi Wei already had the idea of ​​filming this movie in mind, after all, the cooperation with Zhang Jizhong was about business. This was also a game. If there was a chance, he would definitely strive for greater benefits.

Xu Qing and Qi Wei talked about "Swordsman" a few months ago. In fact, no matter how busy Qi Wei is, if he has the idea of ​​meeting Zhang Jizhong, he can still squeeze out some time to meet him early. .

The reason why the two parties have delayed meeting until now is because they are waiting for the situation after "Never Rest" is broadcast.

"Never Close Eyes" was broadcast on the 21st of last month. On the first day of its premiere, it achieved an average ratings of over 30%, directly becoming the ratings champion of the day.

You must know that "My Fair Princess 2" was on the air when "Never Close My Eyes" premiered. This rating was achieved in competition with "My Fair Princess 2".

This is very rare and valuable.

After that, the ratings of "Never Close My Eyes" began to rise steadily. After "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2" was broadcast, the unmatched "Never Close My Eyes" directly soared to an unimaginable level.

Especially at the climax of the finale when Xiao Tong, played by Qi Wei, was shot dead, the peak ratings directly reached 65%.

The average ratings of the entire drama also exceeded 45%, which was a big drop from the less than 2% average ratings of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 30".

You must know that the competition for ratings among TV stations has become fierce at this time, and it is basically impossible for one drama to dominate the ratings in the past.

But "Never Close Eyes" played by Qi Wei directly broke this situation.

There is no doubt that "Never Rest" will become the ratings champion this year, even if there is still more than half of this year.

As for the biggest beneficiary of the drama "Never Close Eyes", there is no doubt that Qi Wei.

No way, in this drama, the character of Xiao Tong played by Qi Wei is really good, and the ups and downs of the plot are very sad. Qi Wei's performance is very successful. After the drama was broadcast, the role of Xiao Tong was directly cast Deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Even at yesterday's concert, some fans shouted "Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong" directly to Qi Wei.

Especially when Qi Wei sang the theme song "Come Back Soon" from "Never Close Eyes" at the concert.

It's a direct break from the circle.

Before this, in the field of TV dramas, Qi Wei was only one of the popular niche actors, but after the broadcast of "Never Close Eyes", Qi Wei directly became the most popular niche actor.

None of them directly left competitors such as Zhou Jie and Huang Haibing behind.

This gave Qi Wei more bargaining chips, and also strengthened Zhang Jizhong's determination to invite Qi Wei to star in Linghu Chong.

Zhang Jizhong is very knowledgeable about film and television promotions. The TV series he leads, such as the current "Swordsman" and the future "Dragon" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", etc., almost every drama, from the preparation and selection When the actor started to appear in the TV series, almost every aspect was done with great fanfare and everyone knew about it.

When he selects actors, he actually tries to select those who are as popular as possible, which Qi Wei is very consistent with.

Not to mention that Qi Wei has proven himself in the field of TV dramas and has become a guarantee of ratings.

"I don't know where the difficulty is for you. I hope you can tell me so that we can negotiate." Zhang Jizhong asked quickly, his expression unchanged.

Qi Wei showed his true qualities as an actor, made a look of embarrassment, sighed softly, and then said:

"Director Zhang, to tell you the truth, I have made up my mind that I will not take on any outside dramas. Director Zhao Baogang asked me to shoot his new dramas before, but I declined them politely. In fact, these TV dramas of my company , if I didn’t need my popularity to open up the situation, I wouldn’t plan to film it. After the company gets on the right track next year, I won’t plan to film any more TV series.”

Qi Wei's half-truth and half-false words made Zhang Jizhong frown.

His conviction came true.

After all, Zhao Baogang is now trying to attract investment for his new drama "Like Wind, Like Fog and Like Rain" under the pretext of cooperating with Qi Wei again.

As an insider, Zhang Jizhong naturally knew about this.Qi Wei rejected Zhao Baogang, which is understandable. After all, water flows to lower places and people seek higher places. If an actor at this time has the opportunity to make a movie, he will definitely not choose to make a TV series.

And Qi Wei himself has no shortage of film resources.

The success of "Love in the Internet Age" at the "box office" proves Qi Wei's appeal at the movie box office.

There are many crews outside looking for Qi Wei to make movies, not to mention that Qi Wei has his own film and television company that can provide him with movie resources.

Zhang Jizhong knew that Qi Wei was preparing a commercial blockbuster called "Hero" with Lao Mouzi.

"I can understand what you are saying, but what I want to tell you is that the "Swordsman" I prepared is the most important drama for our CCTV next year, and it is also an attempt of our CCTV. I believe this After the show is aired, it will have as much impact on you as any other movie."

This is true. CCTV has unique resources, and its propaganda capabilities are far beyond what other TV stations can match.

Zhang Jizhong's words also have another meaning. He used the banner of CCTV to tell Qi Wei that this time you sold CCTV a favor, and sooner or later, this favor will be doubled back to you in the future.

Although there are suspicions of painting a pie, one thing is for sure.

If you want to do well in the film and television industry, there is no problem in making good friends with CCTV.

Qi Wei nodded and replied with a smile: "My agent also said something similar to Director Zhang. I also think it makes sense. This is why I am so busy and want to meet you. But I haven’t made up my mind yet.”

Zhang Jizhong understood that Qi Wei wanted to persuade him with more conditions.

Zhang Jizhong glanced at Qi Wei's agent Wang Jinghua, then looked at Qi Wei and said: "I don't know how much your salary is for filming "Never Rest in Peace". I am willing to pay you for "Swordsman"." Double, of course I also know that your salary has increased a lot now, so I am willing to give you this price."

As he spoke, Zhang Jizhong stretched out two fingers to Qi Wei, and then felt it was inappropriate, so the two fingers turned into four.

"Four million?" Wang Jinghua couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Jizhong smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's 400 million."

The salary for "Young Bao Qingtian" discussed earlier was only over 100 million. Even if the salary increased a lot after the broadcast of "Never Rest", it would not exceed 200 million under normal circumstances.

This is normal market conditions.

Of course, if Qi Wei is willing to make a TV series, there are still crews outside who are willing to pay 200 million for the film.

But 400 million is doubled again, which is a lot of premium.

Given such a high salary, it can be seen that Zhang Jizhong really attaches great importance to Qi Wei and looks like he is bound to win.

Qi Wei and Wang Jinghua glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhang Jizhong.

He smiled and didn't show any emotion.

The salary of 400 million is indeed very high, but compared to Qi Wei's current net worth, this amount of money is not worth mentioning at all.

Moreover, Qi Wei knew very well that since Zhang Jizhong gave him a salary of 400 million yuan, he could use his fame to help the drama "The Swordsman" attract at least ten 400 million yuan investments.

At this time, although capital continued to flow into the field of TV dramas and the production costs of TV dramas continued to rise, excluding CCTV TV dramas, the production costs of outside TV dramas still did not exceed 3000 million.

For example, the production cost of "Da Ming Palace Ci" filmed by Qi Wei was only 2500 million.

As for CCTV TV series, such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", the investment has already reached hundreds of millions.

Zhang Jizhong himself was the producer of "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" before. When he was preparing for "The Swordsman", he naturally hoped that the more investment he would make in this drama, the better, and strive to be like "Three Kingdoms". "Like "Water Margin", the investment is over [-] million.

In this case, there will be enough funds to make "Swordsman" more perfect.

Of course, there is more room to fish in troubled waters and get some benefits for yourself.

But "The Swordsman" is different from "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". After all, "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" are the four great classics. The preparation and production of these TV series actually have some missions.

Therefore, producers like Zhang Jizhong do not need to think too much about investment. There is always a way to solve it.

But "The Swordsman" is different. Although the leaders of CCTV regard this drama relatively seriously and have given support, it is not as much as "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".

Zhang Jizhong approached CCTV for some investment, but more investment needed to be made by himself from outside.

With Zhang Jizhong's influence in the field of TV dramas, it is relatively easy to attract investment from outside. But if you want to attract investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, you must have more influential stars in the country to join.

And Qi Wei, who is at the height of his power, is obviously the most suitable.

In particular, Zhang Jizhong also received a favor ticket from Qi Wei from Xu Qing. He felt this personally at the concert yesterday.

This is also the most important reason why he is so persistent in inviting Qi Wei.

Zhang Jizhong knew that Qi Wei was rich and might not care about the 400 million yuan salary, so he added: "Xu Qing strongly recommended you to me. She really wants to play a real couple with you in this drama. I miss you." It should satisfy her wish.”

In fact, whether it is CCTV or Zhang Jizhong, the number one choice for the role of Ren Yingying is not Xu Qing, but Ning Jing.

After all, Xu Qing was already 30 years old at this time, and although Ren Yingying was once called "mother-in-law" by Linghu Chong in "The Swordsman", she was actually just a girl of eighteen or nineteen.

Even though the ancients matured precociously, a girl of eighteen or nineteen should look like she is eighteen or nineteen. Xu Qing's appearance is inherently mature, and it is really hard to imagine that she can perform the aura and charm of a little girl of this age well.

Although Ning Jing is not young anymore, she is still a few years younger than Xu Qing, and she is still more suitable in their opinion.

Xu Qing, who was sitting next to Qi Wei, looked at Qi Wei with a pleading expression, which seemed to be telling Qi Wei: If you don't participate in this drama, it will be difficult for me to get the role.

This made Qi Wei frown.

Seeing that Qi Wei was still hesitating, Zhang Jizhong continued: "Actually, for the role of junior sister Yue Linshan, I have always felt that one person is very suitable. That is Zhang Ziyi who filmed "My Father and Mother" with you. What do you think? ?”

Upon hearing this, Qi Wei suddenly looked shocked.

Did Zhang Jizhong ask Zhang Ziyi to film this movie in later generations?Why don't I have any impression of this matter?

Qi Wei heard Zhang Jizhong say again: "There is also Gao Yuanyuan, who has filmed "Love to the End" with you before. I think she looks good in ancient costumes. I will also invite her to audition. Of course, if you have the right one, If you want to choose someone, you can also recommend it to me and I will consider it carefully."

Speaking of this, Qi Wei began to feel excited.

(End of this chapter)