Actor: Thank you.

Zeng Jia felt a little nervous.

Ever since she had dinner with Zhang Yuan, she had been full of energy and in an excited state for several days.

After all, being able to become Zhang Yuan's agent would greatly increase both fame and income, which would be of great help to one's career.

What is a broker?
To put it bluntly, it's actually a bit like a Pokémon trainer.

It doesn’t matter how strong your fighting ability is.

The key is to see what is locked in the Poké Ball in your hand.

After you see the potential of a Pokémon, you can train, tame, upgrade, evolve it...how much reward you can get in the end depends on your level.

There are also many people who have been attacked by Pokémon.

Zhang Yuan is undoubtedly an SSR with both potential and ability.

And Zeng Jia doesn't need to worry about backlash.

Because the premise of backlash is the master-servant relationship.

The master-servant relationship between them is the opposite of that between ordinary agents and artists, so how can there be backlash?

But after the excitement wore off, Zeng Jia began to think carefully.

That sounds good, give me 3% share.

But he won’t find all kinds of excuses and reasons to delay payment or avoid sharing the profits, right?

Most of the bosses are not stingy.

Most of them eat with their mouths full of grease, but their subordinates have to stamp their feet and curse even if they just drink a sip of soup.

When she was thinking about how to avoid such situations so as not to suffer losses, she received a call from Zhang Yuan.

Now there is a situation where two people are sitting opposite each other in the tea room.

"I'll take you to broaden your horizons tomorrow."

"Come with me to Hong Kong on a plane tonight."

Zhang Yuan said calmly, and at the same time took a copy of the script from the coffee table beside him.

"Here, start reading it now. You can also read it on the plane later."

"Read the script first so you can help me negotiate tomorrow."

"The Assassination of Ma..." Zeng Jia took the notebook.

Theoretically, she is still a lucky person and her contract has less than a month left.

Although the contract has not been renewed, as long as there is one day left within the contract period, he will be an employee of another company.

So Zeng Jia was very careful when she came today.

“Whose play is this?”

The script does not list the director, leading actors, etc., only the characters.

"Director Chen Kexin." Zhang Yuan said slowly after taking a sip of tea.

"The leading actors are Li Lianjie and Liu Dehua."

"The role I'm auditioning for is male number three."

"In the film, I am sworn brothers with the two of them, so as for the roles they play," Zhang Yuan thought about it.

"Probably in the order of 5, 3, 2."

Zeng Jia was stunned after hearing what he said.

Chen Kexin...she is a big star who won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards twice for "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" and "If Love Is a Dream".

The key is that there are Li Lianjie and Liu Dehua, who are also top names in the Chinese film industry.

It would be amazing if such a group of people got together!
At least she couldn't get access to projects of this level at Xingyunda.

"Think about your negotiation strategy while you read the script."

"This time I'm taking you there mainly to learn."

"It will help you understand how to negotiate with top crews, especially about money."

"My desired price is at least 1000 million," Zhang Yuan said slowly.

"Oh...ah!" After hearing this, Zeng Jia raised her head and opened her mouth wide.

"What's the problem?" Zhang Yuan tilted his head and looked at the other party after seeing this.

"This...no."

She was shocked by the figure of 1000 million.

I was just about to ask if that was too much.

But then I thought again.

Zhang Yuan participated in two projects this year, one worth US$100 million and the other worth US$150 million.

This is his current net worth, there's nothing wrong with it.

I recall that the other person said he wanted to broaden my horizons.

I haven't even been there yet, but I've already broadened my horizons.

When Rong Yao arrived, the two strongest actors in the company, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun, were far from receiving this amount of pay.

That's the magic of Hollywood.

Just like the "bathing crab" in Yangcheng Lake.

Zhang Yuan did not deny that he just brushed against the door of Hollywood but did not rush in.

But as long as it can increase your own value and influence, then everything is worth doing.

Anyway, everyone in and out of the industry believes in this, so why not do it?

"The budget of this film is nearly 400 million yuan, which is definitely enough to pay my salary." Zhang Yuan was very confident.

"So the question is whether the other party is willing, not whether they can."

"After all, my opponent in this role is Takeshi Kaneshiro."

"Takeshi Kaneshiro!" Zeng Jia was startled again.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is so awesome!
"Isn't it a bit difficult to compete with him? After all, he is in the Hong Kong circle." Zeng Jia said cautiously.

Zhang Yuan chuckled.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is very capable and influential.

The protagonist of the 01 Japanese game "Onimusha" used his face model.

"Onimusha" is a masterpiece of Capcom, and the person in charge is Keiji Inafune, a great producer who has participated in the first "Street Fighter", "Mega Man" and "Resident Evil 2".

This person is almost equivalent to Zhang Yimou in the island country's gaming industry.

However, Takeshi Kaneshiro was chosen as the male protagonist in his masterpiece, which shows his influence in the island country.

But the problem is that Takeshi Kaneshiro's influence is strong, but only in Asia.

Since he is Japanese, it is normal for Japanese people to like him.

In addition, Hong Kong supported him and Taiwan was pro-Japanese in nature, so he did have a large market in the early days of his rise in the mainland film industry.

But if you look at his works, any of those with excellent reputation or box office success were not solely caused by him.

Is it that he doesn't want to take the lead?

At most, he can only serve as a supporting role to Liang Chaowei.

He couldn't sell the tickets on his own.

"It's just a skewer." Zhang Yuan didn't care.

Zeng Jia was stunned.

Chuan'er is the local dialect in the imperial capital used to refer to hybrid cats and dogs.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is an islander and a treasure island life...

I can't refute what you said.

"Li Lianjie recommended me to go, and Brother Hua will definitely vouch for me."

"Plus, I also know Chen Kexin. We've had dinner together and worked together before."

"So you don't have to be afraid, just talk boldly."

"Don't worry if the discussion goes badly. I'm still here for you."

"Oh..." Zeng Jia nodded to show that she understood.

This is not a job for me, but a lesson for me.

"Also, although we haven't signed the contract yet, our cooperation will start from this play." Zhang Yuan looked at the other party with a smile.

Zeng Jia frowned and then her mind turned.

Ah!
She got it!
Starting the cooperation from this film, that is to say, her share of the profits with the other party will start from this film!
A film salary of 1000 million, a 3% share is 30!
In other words, as long as she could get this role, the money she would get would be equivalent to working for Rong Xingda for a year.

This is the person who personally helps me with my classes and feeds me!

After hearing this, Zeng Jia's previous worries that Zhang Yuan would refuse to pay his share disappeared by 99%.

I haven't even officially arrived yet, but people have already given me the opportunity to make money.

If it really comes, I will not be stingy anymore.

Zeng Jia has already felt the difference between Zhang Yuan and other bosses.

That night, Zhang Yuan took his assistant and Zeng Jia and rushed to Hong Kong.

After landing, I took her to have some midnight snack and then went back to the room to rest.

The next afternoon, I came to Chen Kexin's studio.

"Zhang Yuan, long time no see!" Director Chen, who had a set of long silver and black hair, greeted him cheerfully.

"Please sit down first and let's talk."

They didn't go to the meeting room, but went directly to Chen Kexin's office.

Zeng Jia watched.

There is a big difference between going to a conference room and going directly to a private office. Zhang Yuan said that he has a good personal relationship with Director Chen, and what he said is true.

"Your daughter?" Zhang Yuan pointed to the photo on the table.

"Hahaha, he's just over one year old. This is a photo taken when he was one year old." Director Chen picked up the photo frame and introduced with a smile.

This is his and Sandra Ng's daughter.

He and Sandra Ng are not married, but live together like in the West.

They didn’t get married, but they were de facto husband and wife.

We chatted about family matters for half an hour.

Those who start talking about business right away are either too busy or don’t have the right connections.

Chinese people always talk about feelings first and then talk about business.

"I heard from Lian Jie that it was not the first time."

"He called me several times to recommend you."

"Andy also called me and said he was very happy to work with you several times."

It’s not surprising that Liu Dehua would help with recommendations. Brother Hua is quite helpful.

Li Lianjie is a relatively rare person who would recommend someone.

But what he said makes sense.

There are a lot of fighting scenes, and he is good at fighting, which is just right.

After thinking about it, it’s not surprising, after all, Zhang Yuan was filming a movie with Lao Li.

It's possible that they developed feelings for each other during the filming.

But what surprised Chen Kexin the most was a call from another person.

Zhang Yuan knew that this film was actually Chen Kexin's token of allegiance to the mainland film and television industry.

So who did he vote for?
Imperial circle!

And it is the core of the imperial circle, China Film.

And he is from the lineage of Lao Han from China Film Group.

Later, he established a studio in mainland China and had long-term cooperation with Bona.

Bona’s boss Yu Dong is Han Sanpin’s old subordinate when he was at the Beijing Film Studio.

Lao Han is the factory director, and Yu Dong is the factory's specialist in charge of channels and communication with local theaters.

It was also because of this job that Yu Dong hooked up with the daughter of the owner of a Nanjing cinema chain.

After they got married, with the woman's financial resources and Lao Han's resources, Bona was born.

Of course, after Bona became successful, Yu Dong immediately kicked his wife out, and Jin Qiaoqiao, who was known as one of the three golden flowers of Beijing Film Academy along with Chen Zihan and Jiang Qinqin, became the boss lady of Bona.

Therefore, Bona’s position in the imperial circle is actually much stronger than Huayi’s.

Bona was deeply involved in tribute works such as "The Founding of a Republic" and "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

Huayi couldn't even get close to it.

So Yu Dong is very arrogant and he always puts his hands on his hips when speaking.

But the person who called Chen Kexin was not Lao Han or Yu Dong.

It was another director named Huang Jianxin.

Who is this?

He is still a core figure in the imperial circle.

After Chen Kexin surrendered, the person who directly contacted him in Diquan was Huang Jianxin.

Later, in "Founding of a Republic", the director was listed as Han Sanpin, but it was actually directed by Huang Jianxin.

He participated in the production of "The Founding of a Party", "Operation Mekong" and "Changjin Lake".

In 83, after leaving Emei Factory, Lao Han went to Beijing Film Academy for further studies.

Huang Jianxin was Lao Han’s classmate in the Beijing Film Academy’s advanced training class!
After all, they are all from the same nest.

At the same time, Huang Jianxin is also the producer of "The Warlords", which is equivalent to the supervisor of Chen Kexin in Diquan.

Therefore, this person's importance is very important to Chen Kexin, much more important than Li Lianjie.

How did Zhang Yuan come to talk to this person?

Good program.

Cheng Hao has collaborated with Huang Jianxin three times, the most recent one being "Please, Praise Me" starring Fan Wei, in which she had a bare back.

Accompanied by my good sister, I had a meal with Director Huang.

Of course, Lao Han was also invited to the table.

From this conversation, I knew he was interested in this play.

Lao Han is still cooperating with him, and China Film also holds shares in "Crazy Racing", so that's all easy.

Actors are naturally inferior to directors.

Even Li Lianjie is at most on the same level as Chen Kexin.

Of course it’s good that Lao Li promoted him.

But in order to be safe, Zhang Yuan adopted the method of "dimensionality reduction attack".

After all, there are only a few top productions in the Chinese film and television industry throughout the year. If you miss one, you will have to wait for a year.

When the opportunity comes, he will not let it go and will definitely come up with a perfect plan.

Now it's done, the producer and the two leading actors all recommended him.

By doing this, Zhang Yuan is targeting the Hong Kong people's mentality of protecting their shortcomings.

People from Hong Kong always want to cram more people from Hong Kong into the crew.

He has to put enough pressure on him.

Zeng Jia was listening with a confused look on her face.

"There is also this matter..."

"He has already arranged for the producers to join, so what are we doing here today?"

Once you have established the relationship and reached the required level, then you will be convinced.

"Okay, how about we give it a try?" Director Chen asked after the greetings were complete.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

He did not let Zhang Yuan perform directly, but gave him a page of lines and asked him to read it first.

In the play "The Warlords", although the male lead is Pang Qingyun, the whole story unfolds from Jiang Wuyang's perspective.

Jiang Wuyang is both a character in the film and tells the story from the audience's perspective.

Therefore, all the narration in the film had to be read by Jiang Wuyang.

This happens to be Zhang Yuan's strong point.

He has learned a lot from a group of veteran artists, especially old guys like Zhang Guoli who are good at dubbing.

There is no need to talk about speaking clearly and loudly, that is the basic skill.

Rhythm, ups and downs, and emotion are the standards for advancement.

Chen Kexin was listening with her chin in her hand, and could hear a hint of sadness and despair in his narration.

This is indeed in line with Jiang Wuyang's character.

Especially compared with Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Director Chen thought that Xiao Wu still had a bit of a Taiwan accent.

Zhang Yuan’s voice is almost like that of CCTV broadcasters.

The gap is extremely obvious.

"Okay, good."

Chen Kexin finished the script with a smile.

"As for performance, I've seen your acting skills. If you perform normally, it shouldn't be a problem."

Director Chen had seen his performance in "The Disciples" and was deeply impressed by his professionalism.

"The character of Jiang Wuyang has a lot of fighting scenes."

"Lian Jie said that you are very good at fighting scenes."

"Yes, this is one of my specialties." Zhang Yuan was not polite at all.

"Okay then..." Chen Kexin bit her nails, thinking that he met all the most important external elements of this role.

I thought to myself that he was indeed suitable.

"Well, go put on the costumes we prepared and try them out."

"I'll also take a few photos and then record a VCR of the performance."

"So that I can show it to other members of the crew. After all, I don't have the final say on the film alone."

"No problem." After Zhang Yuan agreed, he got up and went to the prop room next door to change clothes.

The assistant and Zeng Jia also went to help.

Chen Kexin thought, that’s about it.

I also have to give an explanation to the imperial circle.

I hope this guy can help the film's box office.

But just when he was about 70% to 80% sure and felt it was almost stable.

His cell phone started to ring.

Pick it up and take a look.

It was Takeshi Kaneshiro who called... (End of this chapter)