Actor: Thank you.

People cannot walk with only one leg, otherwise one foot will be deep and the other shallow, and they will limp every time they take a step.

The same goes for career.

Putting all your hopes on one person is like putting all your eggs in one basket.

Keep all your money in the same account.

Put all the women in the same neighborhood...

If something goes wrong, it's all over.

So while Zhang Yuan was in close contact with Lao Han, he also had to interact with Shanghai Film Group.

After all, Lao Han can't be the president of China Film Group forever.

And he just happened to be friends with the young master of the vice president of Shanghai Film Group.

Take this opportunity to talk.

In the evening, he asked Wang Yuan to invite his old man out for dinner.

"Xiaoyuan, did everything go well today?"

When they arrived at the restaurant, Vice President Wang first showed concern for his son's career.

"It went smoothly. It went very smoothly." Wang Yuan knew what was going on.

The launch conference during the day would never have been so popular if Zhang Yuan hadn’t been there in person to promote it.

He also helped to settle the issue of filming.

It stands to reason that it is unreasonable to receive an advance on film remuneration.

But since he was the one who asked, Wang Yuan did a favor and asked the crew's finance department to make preparations and withdraw the money the next day or the day after tomorrow, and give half of the remuneration to Li Jinming first.

It’s also cheap, Li Jinming only charges 1500 yuan per episode.

Newbie, that's the price.

In fact, when Zhang Yuan heard the price, he hesitated for a long time.

He didn't receive this treatment when he first debuted.

After all, this girl is a professional actor and she can earn so much money from her first movie.

There are 20 episodes in total, and it would cost 3 yuan to shoot one season.

But this is in Shanghai, and 3 doesn’t seem like a lot of money.

Zhang Yuan thought that after all, she was a fair-skinned girl with some good looks and a good figure, so her starting point was not low.

At least you don't have to "roll in the mud" like I did in the past to earn dozens of dollars a day.

Wang Yuan took this opportunity to say a lot of good things about Zhang Yuan.

If the father and son really have something to say, they will talk about it in private. Speaking to him in person is mainly to express their attitude.

Comrade Zhang Yuan is progressive, excellent, and trustworthy...that's about what I mean.

"It's all what we should do. I also hope that this drama will be popular and make money."

"I see your family has been specialized for generations, so it should be pretty close."

"Hahahaha...you're welcome." Vice President Wang toasted with him politely.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the dishes on the table.

Six cold ones, eight hot ones, and four fruit plate snacks.

A hot dish of stir-fried mackerel with sauce that can be eaten cold costs 298 yuan, which is enough for an ordinary person's food expenses for a month.

The three of them had a small gathering and created this scene on the revolving table.

On the other hand, the new actors have to share a box lunch divided into two meals, which can be eaten for a whole day.

Do you think that young people in their teens and twenties would have a distorted mentality after experiencing this kind of gap?

Can values ​​remain unaffected?

When I become rich in the future, I will have to act like that.

"Xiaoyuan said that you have a project that you want to cooperate with us at Shanghai Film Studio."

Vice President Wang spoke, bringing his thoughts back from the dishes.

"Yes, I know that Shanghai Animation Studio is a unit under your Shanghai Film Group."

"When it comes to animation, even China Film Group is not as knowledgeable as Shanghai Film Group."

"Thank you for the compliment." After the other party said politely, he puffed out his chest with some pride.

"I'm not bragging, you're right."

"In the history of the Republic, most of the well-known animations were produced by our Shanghai Mei Studio."

"Our Magic City is the cradle of domestic animation."

Zhang Yuan did not refute.

But what the other party said is both right and wrong.

Shangmei Factory is indeed powerful.

However, its origin is the art stock of Northeast Film Studio.

Therefore, the birthplace of Chinese animation is actually Changchun, Jilin.

But it is definitely the credit of Shanghai that it was developed and pushed to the peak.

"The Tadpole Looking for His Mother", "Three Monks", "The Nine-Colored Deer", then to "Black Cat Sheriff", "Magic Cube Building", "The King of Sloppiness", "Shuke and Beta", and "Calabash Brothers".

There is also the "Journey to the West" which shocked China and the world and opened the eyes of the whole world.

Osamu Tezuka, the "manga master" of the Japanese nation and the recognized master who best represents the Japanese nation's manga, was influenced by the work "Princess Iron Fan" by the Uehara Film Studio and entered this industry.

Later, he was shocked by "Havoc in Heaven" and used it as inspiration to create a comic book called "My Monkey King", which was serialized for more than 8 years.

This veteran master has also publicly expressed his admiration for Chinese animation on many occasions.

So in 80, I was invited to visit and exchange ideas at the Shangmei Factory.

But this exchange made Mr. Tezuka unhappy.

It’s not that Shanghai didn’t entertain me well, or that I’m not used to Shanghai food.

Japanese cuisine is considered half of Shanghai cuisine, so how could you not get used to it?

But after the old man visited the Shanghai Mei Factory, he found that the old painters who produced "Havoc in Heaven" in the 60s had all retired, and there was no one to inherit their skills!
"Havoc in Heaven" was drawn picture by picture.

It all depends on the skills of those old craftsmen.

To impress foreigners with your skills is called ability.

But this job is tiring and no one is willing to learn it.

So no matter how glorious the past of Shangmei Factory was, it is useless.

The most core competitive advantage has been lost.

This is also in line with the temperament of the city of Magic City.

Higher, faster, more profitable.

Old stuff is also being eliminated extremely quickly.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan did not ask an American studio to make the animation.

I just want to borrow the distribution resources of Shanghai Film Group and Shanghai Animation Studio.

There are still three pounds of nails in a broken boat, and even if you are poor, you still have five ounces of copper.

When it comes to animation production, the Shanghai Animation Studio has clearly regressed.

But when it comes to distribution, especially animation distribution, no one in Shanghai can rival it.

The story goes back to a while ago.

A few months ago, Huang Weimin called him.

It is said that the animation of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" has been broadcast for a while and is quite popular.

Zhang Yuan had talked to him about making an animated film before, and after thinking about it over and over again, he felt that it had potential.

Of course Zhang Yuan encouraged him to do it.

If you don’t have enough money, you can pay for it yourself.

The other party smiled and said no, as the animation company had been making a lot of money from this animation in the past two years and had no shortage of start-up capital.

After discussion, they decided to make this animated film with a total budget of 1200 million.

The budget is the same as the last glory of Shanghai Meifang Film Studio in 99, "The Lotus Lantern".

Zhang Yuan understood one thing: the worst thing when doing things is for an amateur to guide an expert.

So he doesn't interfere with the other party's production.

He only does what he is good at.

That is to help the other party figure out how to make money.

Logically, Zhang Yuan had close cooperation with China Film Group, so he first talked to Lao Han.

He brought it up when he was having dinner with Rong Xinda a few days ago.

As soon as I heard it was a low-budget animated film... In Lao Han's eyes, a movie with a cost of 10 or 20 million is a low-budget movie.

He prefers blockbusters with a cost of over 100 million yuan.

It was a low-budget film and he was not familiar with the animation field.

Plus I drank too much and have been busy with the filming of "Founding of a Republic" recently.

Due to multiple factors, he was not very interested in this project.

Even though "The Lotus Lantern" was made into such a big deal and everyone in the country watched it, it only grossed 2500 million.

In the same year, Feng Xiaogang's "Never Ending" grossed over 3000 million.

Zhang Yimou's "My Father and Mother" grossed over 5000 million.

Old Han naturally looked down on it.

At best he could make 20 or 30 million...that's what he thought.

Under his leadership, China Film Group is known for its blockbuster films.

Although I often lose money...

This is also the reason why China Film Group produces a lot of blockbusters every year, but its annual profit is far lower than that of Shanghai Film Group.

There are fewer films on the screen, but they basically don’t compensate.

But simply saying that Lao Han wastes money and is ambitious is actually biased.

While he was ambitious and ostentatious, he was indeed the founder of the modern Chinese blockbuster industry.

However, Zhang Yuan still felt that he only cared about eating and not about being beaten.

"Red Cliff" lost so much money that John Woo used public funds to promote a group of Hong Kong stars.

I haven't thought about creating some small and beautiful works yet.

Well, he never thought that Old Han would be interested anyway.

That’s why I’m here in the Magic City today.

He came specially to the launch conference of "Love Apartment" and promoted it vigorously, just to sell it well first, improve his personal relationships, and make it easier to get things done.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf..." Vice President Wang pondered for a moment and said, "I've heard of it."

The upper shadow is not like the middle shadow, and a mosquito leg is also meat.

The distribution work makes money based on a percentage, at least 5% of the box office.

If your relationship is a little bit lower, and your film has never had a chance to be released, or the market thinks it is average, it may need 15 points, and only then will the big distributors pay attention to you.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is very popular now. I can guarantee that it is the most popular animation work in the country today.

Its popularity far exceeds that of Shangmei Factory’s signature product “Big Ear Tutu”.

It's obviously not the kind of work that no one cares about.

Some are making money, isn’t that a good thing?
In Shanghai, even if you have a personal relationship with someone, you still have to show money before they will be happy to be with you.

The next morning, Zhang Yuan went to the Shanghai Film Group to discuss distribution matters in detail.

After a brief chat, the other party was also straightforward. Publishing is no problem, no problem.

But the money has to be discussed.

The issuance fee, they want 10 points.

Of course Zhang Yuan didn't agree.

After some discussion, he decided on a step-by-step plan for his artists.

If the box office is less than 3000 million, the distribution share will be 13%.

5000 million or more, 8 points.

If the amount is above 8000 million, you will get at least 5 points of profit.

After this discussion, both parties felt satisfied.

Shanghai Film Group doesn’t think the animation can reach 8000 million, but even at the lowest level, it can still make millions, so it’s not a loss.

Zhang Yuan agreed to this condition on the condition that Shanghai Film Group must guarantee that the animation would be released during the crucial time of the 09 Spring Festival.

The key is to avoid "Madagascar" which was released at the beginning of the year. This animation is quite fierce.

And Zhang Yuan was laughing in his heart.

This is the first domestic animation in Chinese history to have a box office of over 100 million yuan. Only he understands its value.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is a work that set a precedent for the Lunar New Year animation competition.

Wang Yuan helped a lot in making this deal happen.

So a day later, he went to the set again and brought some gifts to this person.

Then I plan to invite all the actors to dinner in the evening so that they can get to know each other better.

Most of the people in this film will be future pillars of society, so it never hurts to get to know them.

But as soon as he arrived, Zhang Yuan frowned.

The woman's noisy voice was heard again.

It sounds like the cry of an old crow, and it hurts people's ears.

"I'm telling you, you're affecting the filming like this."

"He said he graduated from a professional college, but I don't think he's that professional."

"If you cause damage to the crew, you have to compensate."

"What's wrong again!" Zhang Yuan deliberately shouted at a louder volume than usual while walking inside.

As soon as it heard his voice, the old crow stopped immediately.

"Hello." The smartest Chen He stood up and greeted him.

When this person first met Zhang Yuan, he actually felt a little guilty.

Because he knew that his cousin, the poet Chen, and Zhang Yuan did not get along and had said something bad to each other.

He was afraid that once people knew about their relationship, they would take revenge on him and fire him as an investor.

But I saw that they didn’t take it seriously the day before yesterday.

He also helped his classmates to smooth things over.

He and Li Jinming are classmates and know each other.

In addition, this person was smart and realized immediately that Zhang Yuan was covering up for his classmate.

So now I muster up the courage to step forward and talk to him proactively.

"Jin Ming's foot was injured. He sprained it on the way home."

"So I walked with a limp during filming and was scolded by producer Liu."

"Oh." Zhang Yuan responded and then asked, "How did you sprain it? Is it serious?"

"I sprained it while walking."

"Walk on flat ground?"

"what."

Is this some innocent heroine from an anime?

Fall flat?
"Can you still sprain your ankle while walking?"

"I walked a lot." Chen He replied with a grin, "Several kilometers."

"Why do you walk so much? To lose weight?"

"go home……"

The thing is, in order to save on bus fare, this person walked several kilometers to get home and ended up spraining his ankle.

In order to save two dollars on bus fare, I ended up spending twenty dollars on medicine...

The poor are frugal, the poor are frugal, the more they frugal, the poorer they become. This is exactly what she is like.

"Didn't you get paid in advance?" Zhang Yuan asked Wang Yuan again.

"Give it today."

"Okay, that's it."

He just watched from the side, waiting for everyone to get off work and go out to eat together.

But the more I looked at it, the more something seemed wrong.

It's not a sprained ankle problem at all.

It was obvious that after Zhang Yuan helped to rescue him that day, Producer Liu felt embarrassed and so he deliberately targeted him.

In order to prove that you are right, you must prove that others are wrong... This person is obviously doing things with this zero-sum game attitude.

So during the filming process, I would curse from time to time.

Say that the other party is not working seriously.

Can't remember words.

unprofessional.

Bad acting.

Zhang Yuan also discovered that these people’s acting skills were average.

It's normal for her to have some bad performances since she just debuted.

A few talented eccentrics.

The lines in this film are indeed not short, but Li Jinming was indeed not as well prepared as the others.

The other party was swearing, and the reason he gave was understandable, but it was obviously full of personal emotions.

Just like students, the more the teacher scolds them, the more nervous they become, and the harder it is to answer the questions.

But the more I failed to answer, the more the teacher scolded me.

This is a vicious cycle that can easily cause students to give up.

The atmosphere on the set was also ruined by this person.

It wasn't just Li Jinming who got scolded.

This guy always brings up his acting when he swears in the street.

These people are all from the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Wang Chuanjun and Jin Shijia, the two more stunned ones, have already clenched their fists.

"We can't go on like this." Zhang Yuan looked at the situation and frowned.

Wang Yuan said that due to his father's relationship and the fact that the other person was a senior at the Shanghai Film Academy, he could only say a few words of consideration and it would be difficult for him to turn hostile.

Moreover, the crew used Shanghai Film Studio's equipment, and many staff members were also borrowed from Shanghai Film Studio.

Not to mention anything else, affecting the filming means affecting my ability to make money.

If Li Jinming is squeezed out and replaced by someone else, the effect will be greatly reduced... These are all unstable factors.

After a while, during the crew's break, Wang Yuan came to him with a sad face and whispered.

"I heard that Producer Liu's niece is also an actress."

Oh... Zhang Yuan’s thoughts are now clear.

There is also this one.

It's nothing more than wanting to get rid of a few people and make room for their own people.

This is very common in all major companies.

If your leader starts using cold or hot violence for no apparent reason, it's probably because he's unhappy with you and wants to take revenge on you, or he's trying to take one of his own people away from you.

The one who loves to do this kind of thing the most is Ah San.

This is how they "parasitize" major foreign companies.

Just like cockroaches, once you see one, by the time you come to your senses, a whole nest of them has already formed.

Zhang Yuan understood the crux of the problem and took the initiative to step forward and talk to the other party.

"Hello, Producer Liu."

"Hello." The other party replied stiffly.

"You are very experienced and you just gave me a good lesson."

This person was stunned for a moment.

Still praising me?
“But we still need to give young people more opportunities.”

“Just give them room to grow and say a few words.”

"I see you're tired too."

"Why don't you take a rest for the next few days?"

Are you trying to... drive me away?

This person's eyebrows immediately stood up.

"As a producer, I have the obligation to supervise the crew and I can't run away."

"As an investor, I want to make one thing clear. I have the right to choose the casting." Seeing that the other party was putting on airs, Zhang Yuan did not hesitate to be polite.

I won’t pretend anymore, I’m going to show my cards. I’m an investor and I’m going to act like a big shot!

"I have the final say on who to use and who not to use."

"I don't agree. No one can leave, and no one can come."

"understand?"

Zhang Yuan's tough attitude touched his sore spot and his face immediately turned gloomy.

“So don’t do anything petty.”

"They are all thousand-year-old foxes, so forget about Liao Zhai."

"I advise you to take a break so that we can all keep our dignity, okay?"

Zhang Yuan's "persuasion" made this person angry instead.

He started swearing in the Modou dialect.

Zhang Yuan was not very familiar with the Wu dialect, but he still understood it roughly.

You can understand by looking at the expressions of the people around you.

It probably means...

You stinky outsider, come to us and beg for food.

Zhang Yuan has come into contact with many people from Shanghai, and most of them are very decent.

The average quality is still slightly higher than that in poor rural areas.

But just like there are bastards everywhere, there are also people who like to curse in the imperial capital, and they cannot be avoided.

There's nothing we can do about it.

If she is decent, let her be decent.

She is not decent, so we have to help her become decent. (End of this chapter)