China Entertainment Anchor

Chapter 930 Gentle Scum
Zhang Yang wanted to laugh after hearing this. The Internet has raised the prices of actors, and now they can't stand it anymore and want to limit their salaries. You are really something.

"Where are you?"

"At XXX Hotel in Beijing."

"That hotel won't work. Come to my Ocean Mandarin Hotel at 2pm. I'll vacate the Chinese Knot Hall and we can discuss it slowly."

After making his decision, Zhang Yang chatted with him for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

He sent another text message to Manager Sun, asking him to be prepared.

When Producer Hou hung up the phone and told everyone what happened, everyone was speechless for a moment. It was not a matter of moving to another place, but once they were there, they would have less initiative.

Zhang Yang is still so strong.

Yang Weidong looked at them with a smile and asked them to invite Zhang Yang.

Sun Huaizhong said calmly, "Then let's meet in the afternoon. I've stayed at the Ocean Mandarin Hotel before. It's really nice."

The others nodded as well, and the group of people slowly dispersed.

Zhang Yang put down his phone and continued to watch the movie's post-production.

He did not return to the courtyard at noon that day, but went directly to the villa in the hotel.

At 1:40 in the afternoon, the assistant sent a message saying that Producer Hou had arrived.

Zhang Yang immediately stood up and went to the Chinese Knot Hall on the seventh floor.

When Zhang Yang arrived, the assistant was entertaining producer Hou.

"Boss Hou, is this conference room okay?"

"Director Zhang, there is a big red peony on the carpet, and the surrounding walls and ceiling lights are warm yellow.

There is only a Chinese knot hanging behind the main seat. This Chinese Knot Hall is a bit unworthy of its name.” Producer Hou pointed at the carpet and then the Chinese knot hanging on the wall and complained.

"Hahaha, you don't know the Regal Global East Asia Hotel in Shanghai. I went to attend the Directors Forum.
The name of the hall is Emerald Hall, but the wallpaper, carpet, lighting, tables and chairs are all bright yellow. I wonder why it is not called Yellow Sapphire Hall. "Zhang Yang also joined the ranks of complaints.

Manager Sun, who had just come in, listened to Zhang Yang's words and silently kept it in mind. Next time the boss came, he would let him see a real Chinese knot hall.

The two chatted for a while, and then Producer Hou gave Zhang Yang a general idea of ​​what they had discussed before.

"5000 million, 100 million per episode, will anyone listen?" Zhang Yang was not optimistic about this rule at all, as it had too many loopholes.

"I can't think of a better way at the moment, so we have to listen to the advice from above." Producer Hou said indifferently.

"It seems that in front of our afternoon sun, there is no actor whose salary exceeds 5000 million." Zhang Yang looked at his expression and guessed the answer instantly.

The actors are not fools. As long as they can cooperate with Afternoon Sunshine, they are willing to take a pay cut. It is unrealistic to say that all his dramas will be hits, but it is certain that all of them will be high-quality.

Producer Hou also smiled confidently. What Zhang Yang said was the truth.
Even Huang Xiaoming and others, whom he introduced, received pay that was lower than the market price at the time when they acted in Nirvana in Fire 2.

"Let's go sit over there." Zhang Yang said as he walked to the main seat and sat down.

Here we introduce the styles of Chinese knot hall.

There were originally two chairs at the main seat. Manager Sun took one away when he knew that only Zhang Yang was coming.
There were nine chairs on each side. Zhang Yang sat in the main seat, and Producer Hou sat in the first chair to his left.

The two did not talk about what they were going to discuss today, but instead talked about the situation of the TV series.

After a while, Teng Xun, Xin Li and Lemon's people came in together.

After they saw the situation in the Chinese Knot Hall, Sun Huaizhong calmly walked to Zhang Yang's right and sat down directly on the first chair.

However, the two CEOs of Xinli and Lemon were sitting very scattered on the left side.

Zhang Yang also turned around and started chatting with Sun Huaizhong. After a while, other people arrived one after another.

Finally, on the left sat Afternoon Sunshine, Huace, Ciwen, Xinli, Yaoke and Lemon, and on the right sat Tencent, iQiyi and Youku.

When everyone arrived, Manager Sun went out. This group of bosses' assistants also needed someone to entertain them.

The assistant stayed and stood behind Zhang Yang.

"Director Zhang, are you busy recently?" Yang Weidong was the first to speak after the scene quieted down.

"Normal life, what's so busy about it."

"Many film and television studios are going to be busy recently." Yang Weidong said casually.

The biggest change in the film and television industry recently is that the amount of money that film and television studios have to pay has changed from a little over 6% to around 42%, an increase of 35%.

Affected by this, many film and television companies have declared bankruptcy, and more than 70 film and television works that were ready to be filmed have been stopped.

Because currently in the industry, most of the pay paid to celebrities is after-tax.

Of course Yang Weidong knew that Zhang Yang would not steal or leak the money, but he thought it was necessary to make up for it. He wanted to secretly give Zhang Yang a little warning.

“Mr. Yang may not know that my boss’s studio has never been a simple film and television studio. The funds it manages…” Zhang Yang did not say anything, and his assistant helped him explain.

This rectification is mainly aimed at film and television studios, including Zhang Yang's Ocean Studio, of which his own film remuneration only accounts for a small part.

The box office revenue and investment income after the release of other movies are not included in personal income tax.

Yang Weidong was stunned after hearing what Assistant Zhang Yang said and was about to refute.

Zhang Yang's assistant continued with a proud tone: "As for the personal income of my boss and his wife,
I have never used the studio to avoid taxes, and I always pay according to the individual income tax standard."

Look, the boss and the boss's wife are competing with each other, which makes him speak very confidently.

Zhang Yang listened silently, and even took a sip of water from the Yibao in front of him.

By the way, the hotel used to use Chunyue before, but after Zhang Yang took over, Manager Sun replaced them all with Yibao. This group of people knew that Zhang Yang was very self-disciplined, but they didn't expect him to go to this extent. Of course, it may also be related to the fact that he has too much money and doesn't care about this little money.

After the assistant finished talking to Yang Weidong, he always felt that he was a scoundrel.

His feeling was actually not wrong. Yang Weidong was a scoundrel.

From 16 to 18, when he served as the boss of Youku, he made more than 800 million in illegal income. In December this year, he was sent to jail by Ahri to peel beans.

By the way, he also kept a college student, spending only 2 yuan a month on her, so she doesn’t seem to be top quality.

"Mr. Yang, please tell us what happened." Seeing that the scene had quieted down again, Zhang Yang said to Yang Weidong with a smile.

"Okay." Yang Weidong seemed to have no objection to this and simply explained the matter in a concise manner.

Although he is a scumbag, he is indeed talented and speaks clearly and to the point.

"I think a blanket cut of 5000 million is not a good idea and is not realistic."

"Why is it unrealistic?" Yang Weidong leaned against Ali and remained neither humble nor arrogant even when facing Zhang Yang.

“There are too many positions in a crew that can earn money, such as being a supervisor or a producer, and you can easily get more money.

This is still good. If they are even more shameless, it is not impossible to transfer benefits privately through other channels. "The examples Zhang Yang mentioned all happened later.

Look at "Traveling with Phoenixes" starring Zhao Liying. Why is she given the position of producer? She is a shit as a producer.

The road behind is the route that Fengpishuang takes.

They were all a little shocked when they heard Zhang Yang point out the flaws so quickly, and what he said seemed to make sense.

"I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks?" Sun Huaizhong asked politely.

"Let's make a hard rule that the pay cannot exceed 3000 million in cash."

Zhang Yang then elaborated on his thoughts. In any case, actors cannot receive more than 3000 million yuan in cash in a drama.

Want more? Just invest your salary and share the risk.

This can also make them act more seriously. This is not a new trick, many Hollywood crews do this.

Zhang Yang discussed this plan with them, and the final result surprised him and his assistant a little.

This group of people actually felt that 3000 million was too much and directly set the price at 2000 million.

Well, they are indeed businessmen, and it is incredible when they become hard-hearted.

Everyone was very happy that the matter was settled so quickly, and the group started chatting and laughing.

Zhang Yang suddenly said, "Not only that, but also the pay for movies, TV series, and variety shows should be capped."

"That's not necessary!" Yang Weidong was the first to disagree. For the platform, making its own variety shows is the most profitable. If you don't pay more, which big star will come?

“I think it’s necessary.”

"The country also encourages the development of variety shows."

"It was a different time. At that time, China had not experienced the baptism of variety shows, so it was necessary to develop, otherwise the domestic market would be easily occupied by foreign variety shows.

Over the past few years, our domestic audiences have seen all kinds of things, so we can lower the heat on variety shows." Zhang Yang said indifferently.

"Our Internet platform has had a difficult time developing in recent years. If this continues, the industry will regress." Yang Weidong looked like he was considering the industry.

He is currently promoting variety shows on Youku, such as "This! Is Street Dance", "This! Is Slam Dunk", and "This! Is Singing" are all produced by him.

By the way, there is also a variety show called "This! Is Armor", which is best known for bringing together Feng Pishuang and tournament director Zhang Heng.

Moreover, he makes the most money and it is easiest for him to do so in variety shows, so he cannot agree to it both publicly and privately.

Yang Weidong's words made Sun Huaizhong and Dr. Gong nod their heads. What he said made sense.

"That means your development path is wrong. Look at what online variety shows are doing.
Linking with offline channels, buying things and voting, those deceived young people just scan the QR code after buying things and then throw them away, what a huge waste..." Zhang Yang looked serious and babble, criticizing the online variety show.

People from the other six major film and television companies chose to remain silent this time. They have a love-hate relationship with online variety shows.

The reason for love is that their own artists have made a lot of money through variety shows, and they have also made a lot of profit from it.

What I hate is that since variety shows became popular, it has become a normal thing for big-name actors to take time off to participate in variety shows after filming TV series.
How can they concentrate on acting if this is the case? The quality of the TV series will definitely decline.

Seeing that they were silent, Zhang Yang reminded them: "If you don't mention it now, do you think the company will ignore it?"

There is a pay limit for TV and movies now. If there was no limit for variety shows, why would actors still act? Wouldn’t they just go on variety shows?

The people on the three major platforms are not unaware of this, they are just blinded by their own interests.

Take talent show variety shows as an example. As long as a few big names are invited to be mentors at a high price, the show will become popular and bring so many benefits.

These players are nothing but cattle and horses to the Internet platforms.

The profit sharing between them and Internet companies is mostly 30% to 70%. Does that seem okay?

But in all talent shows, the debut is done in groups, and a group usually consists of 9-11 people. In the end, the one who becomes really popular will be forced to take the rest of the team with him.

Take Rocket Girls for example, who have been gaining popularity recently due to the movie “The Richest Man in Xihong City”. They currently earn around 1100 million per endorsement.

The team received 330 million, which was divided among eleven people, so each person received 30.

Don’t forget that these contestants originally had their own agencies, and the share of profits between them and their original agencies was approximately 20% to 50%.

(End of this chapter)