China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 168 Kiss Scene and Pricing

9:[-] a.m., County Town Hotel, Banquet Hall
Crew members are busy preparing.

There are many scenes today, and they are quite interesting.

After Chen Xiao arrived at the scene, he first wandered around the dressing room, and then began to search around. Finally, he found the actor who played the groom in a white suit and was reading the script over and over again in the corner.

Chen Xiao leaned forward: "Hi buddy, let's get acquainted, I'm acting"

"I know, I know, I'm Lei Jiayin." He stood up and shook off his suit: "Play the groom."

The two introduced themselves to each other, but they didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Chen Xiao came here because he wanted to take out the chewing gum he had prepared earlier and give it to him, but when he arrived, he felt a little insulted.

On the other hand, Lei Jiayin was a little envious of Chen Xiao who became the male number one in the movie at a young age, but also refused to admit defeat. He felt that his acting skills would definitely beat him, but he didn't have a good opportunity, so he was reluctant to talk.

But this atmosphere didn't last long, Li Jiahang and Jin Shijia came together.

"Hey, do you know each other? I introduced the one from that province." Jin Shijia said.

Chen Xiao let out an "ah".

Seeing this, Li Jiahang smiled and said: "This is my senior brother in the show, you don't know it?"

"I do not know."

Lei Jiayin also smiled when he saw the two of them approaching: "Thank you for introducing me to the characters."

"Brother, you don't mind. Director He told Sister Su that he wanted to find someone who looked older, so I immediately thought of you, haha."

Several people talked and laughed, and the atmosphere finally became harmonious.

In fact, to be honest, Lei Jiayin was also very puzzled when he received this role, because he was really not familiar with these two juniors.

Jin Shijia was admitted to the Shanghai Opera in 2005. At that time, Lei Jiayin was already a senior, and the two basically had no interaction; Li Jiahang only went there in 2006. He had already left the school at that time, and the two had never seen each other. Pass.

He didn't know how these two juniors would recommend him, but it was a good opportunity after all, and he was very grateful to them.

In fact, it was Lei Jiayin's idea that he was not familiar. Jin Shijia and Li Jiahang knew him too well.

"As soon as I entered school, I heard our teacher talk about two people"

"One is Brother Hu. Our teacher said, if you want to be an idol, you should first look in the mirror and see if you are as handsome as Brother Hu? If not, you should die quickly."

"The other one is Senior Brother Lei, who ranked first for four consecutive years. Our teacher first took us to see Senior Brother Lei's performance. Tell us, this is what we are working hard for."

"Me too, a few students in our class went to watch your play specially, the acting is really good"

Lei Jiayin felt a little shy when he heard this, and quickly waved his hand to stop him: "Don't, don't, I'm even embarrassed to say that."

At the same time, he was a little melancholy and dazed, so what if his acting skills were good, he had no connections, no background, and even no luck.

"Then Lei Ge will be happy to cooperate in a while." "It's okay."

"I have the Green Arrow, do you want it?" Chen Xiao took out the gum and chewed a piece by himself, then raised his hand to signal Lei Jiayin, just like handing cigarettes.

"Then I'll take a slice too." Lei Jiayin was not stupid, and immediately understood what he meant, and reached out to take a slice.

Not only is it lively here, but so is the dressing room.

Liu Yifei cooperated with the makeup artist to arrange the clothes, and praised Gao Ye beside him:

"You look so pretty today."

Gao Ye rolled his eyes speechlessly: "How beautiful can you be as beautiful as you? Do you know when a woman is the most beautiful in her life?"

"It's the moment when you put on your wedding dress."

After Gao Ye finished speaking, she started to stare at Liu Yifei, making a 'Zi Zi Zi' sound while watching.

I saw the long hair of the girl in front of me was pulled up, the tulle was draped over thousands of blue silks, and the mermaid dress with a tube top mopping the floor was dotted with lace patterns layer upon layer.

The gauze stretching from the neck to the tube top does not look revealing, but also brings a sense of holiness. Coupled with the crystal high-heeled shoes under her feet, Liu Yifei, who is already beautiful and moving, is like a fairy who does not eat fireworks.

"Sissy, tell me if Director He took you to pick this out, it's really suitable for you."

Liu Yifei's starry eyes flickered, her cheeks were slightly red, and she pursed her lips without retorting.

She only remembered that when she walked out wearing this wedding dress, her boyfriend's gaze was cast on her in a daze, and she didn't respond to screaming or not, as if she lost her mind, which amused the shop assistants at that time.

"I can't do it with your expression, Sissy, how about the two of us."

Liu Yifei was ashamed: "Oh, what are you talking about."

"I'm not kidding, I don't mind you"

"Yezi, you say I'm angry again."

In the morning, the crew first filmed the scene of the six people at the dinner table, and waited until the afternoon for the main scene to start:
"Get ready, the 103th shot of the 8rd scene"

"action!"

The groom played by Lei Jiayin is eager to see through the main stage
Now the lights dim, the music plays, and the doors open
Liu Yifei appeared in front of everyone in a white wedding dress.

The sound of "wow" suddenly sounded, but Liu Yifei was not affected at all. Holding flowers, she walked through the center of the banquet hall until she met the groom's eyes.

Then she turned around and stood next to the groom, and Lei Jiayin quickly squatted down to help straighten the skirt.

"Crack!"

"It's great, Lei Jiayin's movement is very good." He Hua picked up the loudspeaker and boasted.

He thought Liu Yifei would attract all the attention in this scene, but he didn't expect this kid to be quite capable. He designed such an action, not only did he not get robbed of the scene, but he also brought the character to life, making the scene more vivid.

Lei Jiayin didn't expect the director to remember her name, and she was instantly happy.

Not long after that, there was a kiss scene between the two, um, it was about Lei Jiayin and Chen Xiao.

"Come, come, prepare for the 104th scene of the 8th scene"

Everyone in the crew who had nothing to do gathered around.

"It's just a kiss scene between two men, what a fuss, really." Chen Xiao slandered in his heart, that is to say, their first lesson in acting was to liberate their nature, otherwise he would be really embarrassed to stand here.

"Ready, action!"

Gao Ye laughed at the side: "Haha, you guys have a wishful thinking."

Before finishing speaking, Chen Xiao rushed towards Lei Jiayin
Lei Jiayin kept backing, backing, and backing, knocking down the drinks and chairs on the table, and barely stopped until his back hit the edge of the table.

Of course, it would be good to just take a picture of Chen Xiao's back. The two of them only had a little contact at the beginning, but this also made the boring crew members very happy.

Then there is a scene where Chen Xiao kisses Liu Yifei in his memory.

The original work used the camera rotation method when shooting this clip.

Of course, He Hua can't accept Liu Yifei's kissing scenes with other people. It used to be a thing of the past, but now she is his girlfriend, so he definitely can't, so he simply borrowed the filming here, as long as it is beautiful anyway.

"Come on, get ready, start"

Liu Yifei showed her left face and leaned forward on the right side, while Chen Xiao's right face leaned back, and their heads were slightly twisted.
"Crack! Passed"

Chen Xiao played tricks and shouted: "Director, don't you need to keep one?"

"You kid is finished, let me tell you." He Hua pretended to be in a panic and said.

Everyone in the crew was happy, and Liu Yifei also smiled and beat Chen Xiao.

After the filming of this scene, the filming of the crew's off-campus scenes is basically completed. Next, the crew will rest for two days. On the one hand, let the crew members relax. Everyone is tired after working continuously for so long; There are still two days left before the school grounds are on holiday.

He Hua specially invited Lei Jiayin to have a meal after the filming. He really likes this actor, whether it is Xiao Dongbei in "Golden Robbery", Chen Junsheng in "My First Half Life", "Chang'an Twelve Zhang Xiaojing in "The Hour" or Zhou Bingkun in "The World", he can grasp the soul of the character very well, and use his superb acting skills to draw the audience into the story.

"I will find you again when I have a chance."

During the two days of rest, the rest of the crew went out to relax, but He Hua couldn't leave. He was busy holding a video conference to discuss the promotion and broadcast of "Age of Awakening".

Yes, "The Age of Awakening" has already passed the review, and the General Administration is very strong this time, and it was approved in less than 20 days.

Of course, this is also related to the meticulous work done in the early stage and director Kong Sheng's ability to control his desire to confide.

The people in the General Administration mainly look at the difference between the TV series and the script. After all, the script is approved by the Ministry, and the scale has already been set.

"When I went to the General Administration, CCTV sent me a message." At the beginning of the meeting, Huang Lan dropped the big news.

"Two days ago, Director Liu from the General Administration called me and revealed what he meant in this regard." He Hua also added.

Youhua Entertainment is well-known in the industry for its excellent production and good at producing blockbuster dramas. What's more, this time the production is still the main theme and tribute drama, so "Awakening Age" has received great attention before the filming started. Some people say that this drama is 09 The drama king of the year, if it weren't for the large number of newcomers employed by the later crew, this title would have been confirmed long ago.

CCTV's attention is also expected, but He Hua and the others did not expect that CCTV would also ask people to say hello in advance.

This made Youhua feel a little bit embarrassed, should we hold a movie viewing party?

Let's do it, people have said that they want the right to the first round of screenings, and they are still given the prime time of CCTV1 evening, so it seems a bit embarrassing for me to do this;
Don't do it, isn't that a pure waste of money? The 8000 million investment in this show doesn't seek to make money, so it can't be too bad.

He Hua thought for a while and said: "Yes, of course we still give priority to CCTV."

After all, CCTV's size and special status are here, and it is the best choice for the main theme tribute drama "Awakening Age".

"Try to raise CCTV's bid with the price of other satellite TV."

"But if it's much worse, then we'll talk about it later."

After all, you CCTV produced an episode of 60 yuan, and others jointly got 160 million yuan, and there was a difference of 4500 million yuan in the middle.

As for the influence, it is enough to sell it to CCTV at a low price for two or three rounds, although it will definitely not be in the prime time.

The boss has set the tone, and the next thing will be much smoother. They have held film screenings several times, and they are already familiar with it. Now they just divide the work and appoint a specific person in charge.

After talking about the broadcast, then there is publicity.

Yang Ming explained the strategies initially formulated by his department to everyone:
"1. Heat up the power of your brand."

"We can use this drama to directly promote the company's brand, and let the audience know that the TV dramas they are familiar with and like are all produced by us."

"Let them generate in their minds the concept of 'youhua products must be high-quality goods', and we can't let this sentence only spread in the industry."

"In fact, Mr. He and Mr. Huang have laid a solid foundation for us in this area. We only need to work a little harder to succeed."

As soon as the words came out, everyone nodded in unison.

He Hua wanted to laugh when he saw this, this group of people.

"Then comes the second point, expanding the influence of the theme of the work."

"Our Show"

He Huazheng listened carefully, when he suddenly heard the door lock rattle, and then saw his girlfriend walking in with big bags, he quickly put up his fingers and let out a 'shh'.

Liu Yifei nodded her head when she saw her, and then tiptoedly began to take things out of the plastic bag.

When it was almost done, he took the cut fruit to He Hua's side.

While watching He Hua's video conference and listening to them talk, he fed the fruit in his hand to his boyfriend.

He Hua habitually opened his mouth and ate it, only after he ate it, he remembered that this was a video, everyone could see it, and stared at his girlfriend speechlessly.

Liu Yifei had an innocent expression on his face.

Forget it, anyway, I am the boss, so what's the matter with eating as much as I want, He Hua should just be more casual.

When Yang Ming finished explaining the third point of relying on 3 interactive media platforms, He Hua directly added:
"In August, Sina will launch a new social platform called Sina Weibo. I think it has great potential. They saw my influence on the blog and invited me to join."

He Hua knew that blogs were doomed to be eliminated by looking at the barrage on the player. Basically, the word blog is rarely seen in TV dramas after 14 years. They are all Weibo, WeChat, Douyin, and Kuaishou.

What does this mean, they are the future trend, so He Hua thinks they can be the ones who eat the first crab.

"The specific conditions have not been negotiated yet. I think these two things can be put together, the promotion of the crew and the entry of stars. Xiao Yang, you can chat with them."

"Okay." Yang Ming immediately took a pen and wrote it down in his notebook.

"Other channels will not be given up, and blogs will continue to be used."

The new things are definitely not as good as the old ones in the early stages, not to mention that He Hua has accumulated so much old popularity on his blog, so he must not give up casually.

Liu Yifei on the side also listened, but didn't pay attention: You can tell by the name, micro-blog, boring.

In mid-July, when Liu Yifei and others were pretending to be young in the county high school, Youhua also held a screening of "Awakening Age".

The screening was very successful. Under the pressure of other satellite TVs, CCTV won the premiere rights of "The Age of Awakening" at a price of 100 million yuan for a single episode, with a total transaction price of 4500 million yuan.

This price made He Hua a little surprised, how could it be so high?Later, I learned from Huang Lan's explanation:
Although CCTV is not short of money, due to its strong position, it will lower the price when purchasing copyrights. Because of this, it often has conflicts with the producers. For this reason, it has missed the exclusive broadcast opportunities of many good dramas such as "Three Kingdoms".

But CCTV has had a hard time in the past two years.

In 2005, it won the top three ratings by virtue of "Moment in Peking", "Hanwu Emperor" and "Bright Sword".

In 2006, there were also "Country Love" and "Wulin Biography", which still maintained the first ratings.

But in 2007 and 2008, it didn't fare quite as well.

With "Latent" and "Snail House", BJ Satellite TV has won the first place in the ratings list for two consecutive years, which made the leaders of CCTV lose face.

In order to ensure that such a situation will not happen again this year, CCTV has increased its investment in the market, which is why it has a high price of 100 million yuan per episode.

(End of this chapter)