Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 262 Anyway, just a shudder
The crew was busy. Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian squatted on the ground and watched Chen Sicheng and others filming in the distance.

Liu Tianxian was very curious about one thing.

"That man is corrupt, why do you still trust him so much? It seems he has not been punished?"

"If we don't use him, wouldn't it be better and more loyal to use the next person? At least he is loyal and considerate of me, and that's enough." Fang Hong explained.

He and Lu Dabo have known each other for three years and have been through a lot in those three years, but Lu Dabo has never revealed any of the dirty things he has done with him.

When something goes wrong, he is willing to take the responsibility on himself, that's enough.

In fact, Lu Dabo knew very well that he would never meet another person who could allow him to drive a BMW in his entire life.

He had been poor before and knew how miserable it was. He had been looked down upon and scolded by others. The principal not only gave him money, but also made him look up to by others.

If the principal falls, he will fall too!

Although I spent 300,000 yuan to recruit extras, as long as I keep doing it, I will earn the money back sooner or later.

The crew has a huge number of people, food, drink, defecation, and accommodation, and the consumption is huge. There are all kinds of expenses, and the money can be earned from various other places.

It's just that I earn less than before.

And Fang Hong is not forbidding him to have grey income, but he is telling him not to have too much and not to expose it. If it is exposed, it will be cut off. He is asking him to be more restrained and benefit more of his subordinates.

This time, the purpose is to first expose his gray income to the public, and then spend money to launder it.

It gives people the illusion that Lu Dabo took the initiative to disclose his gray income, as if exposing himself to the sun, and people naturally feel a sense of trust in him.

If you talk about replacing people or something, the next person might be even more ruthless than Lu Dabao, greedy for both the outside and the inside.

Lu Dabao was only greedy for the money spent by the crew and took back some of it, but he was not greedy for the money inside the crew. He knew the seriousness of the situation.

Having said that, Fang Hong certainly knew how Lu Dabao was taking kickbacks, but it was impossible for him to make the people who followed him unable to even afford a house!
"I don't understand what you are doing." Liu Tianxian supported his chin with one hand and looked into the distance.

Of course she understood something about this kind of thing. The world is not black and white, there is also gray. But she would pay more attention to Fang Hong.

He also knew that Fang Hong was doing nothing wrong, and he needed a few people he trusted to be a little biased.

As time goes by, Liu Tianxian's previous fashion photos also appeared on the covers of China's five major magazines in September.

This is a fashion photo taken in August, but it’s just been released now.

The five major domestic fashion magazines, including Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Marie Claire, and Cosmo, achieved a cover grand slam.

These magazines are frequently sold out, it seems that Liu Tianxian's fans are still very powerful.

This is a display of honor and recognition from the market!

One netizen joked: "The fairy really keeps silent and makes a fortune quietly!"

"It's hard to find a star more low-key than Liu Tianxian. She didn't even make a fuss about being on the cover. This approach is really admirable."

"Liu Tianxian is a female star who does not need marketing. She can win everyone's love with her works and image."

“Very beautiful, high-end feel!”

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These are of course positive reviews, but there are also negative reviews, saying that her look is rustic, shocking, weird, etc.

The cover of the August issue of VOGUE Asia was criticized in this way before. The style was very strange, without any fairy spirit, and it was more neutral.

This is the case with foreign fashion magazines. I don’t know what the aesthetic taste of these high-end photographers is, but they always like to shoot women in a masculine way. Is this what is considered high-end?
The designs of domestic fashion magazines are much more normal. Although they are a bit flashy, they are still feminine and in line with the aesthetic tastes of Chinese audiences.

Recently, Liu Tianxian has frequently appeared on the covers of fashion magazines, proving her status and position in the entertainment industry, and by the way, squeezing out other female stars from the covers.

Of course, there is also constant negative information and slander.

"In the magazine cover competition, Liu Tianxian was crushed by Da Mi Mi and Xia Jie."

Such news headlines can be found on Weibo and in news reports, and have accordingly triggered verbal battles and mutual attacks among fans of several groups.

Recently, Xia Jie has become very popular thanks to "Xuan-Yuan Sword", and Yang Mi has been popular from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

So both companies have a lot of fans.

Nowadays, the Internet spreads information very quickly, and TV dramas can expand the influence of celebrities.

TV series can make stars famous much more easily than movies because TV series are free to watch, people can watch them at home, and have a much wider audience.

Moreover, the length of the film is long enough to allow the stars to perform slowly and watch the film slowly.

Movies are only one or two hours long, and unless the acting is exceptionally good, it's simply not going to be memorable.

This is also the reason why Jing Tian is not popular no matter how many blockbusters she appears in, because no one can remember her at all.

On the contrary, the TV shows he acted in are all pretty good.

In addition to these things, there was another piece of news recently that a reporter heard that Yutu had increased the salaries of all extras.

The reporter interviewed several extras, and one of them wearing a straw hat was asked, "Is this true?"
"It's true. The principal increased the salary of all of us extras to 200 yuan. From now on, we only need to give 20 yuan to the group leader." The extra held up two fingers.

The reporter asked: "Why do we still need to take your money? Isn't it all given to you?"

"Of course we have to smoke. If we don't, who will lead us, who will call us together? The bus we take also costs money. 20 yuan is very little. It used to be much more than this." The extras were very enthusiastic.

The reporter asked: "How much did you get before?"

“About 80 or 100.” said the extras.

The reporter asked: "Why did you take so little before?"

Journalists can sometimes really ask a lot of weird questions, as if they are just eating meat.

It seems like we are not living in the same world!
"It was swallowed up, by the extras and the crew."

The reporter asked, "How much did they swallow?"

"I don't know, no one told me." said the extras.

The reporter asked: "Then how do you know that the principal didn't take your wages?"

"The principal is the one who pays us, how could he take our wages? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." The extras acted a little excited.

"That's right. How much the principal gives, how much is given to the group leader, and how much we get. It's all public and we can check it." Another extra added excitedly.

The group was not happy when the principal was criticized. The reporter continued to provoke them by asking, "Aren't there other expenses that can be deducted from your money? For example, meals or something like that."

“No, three meals are provided, but accommodation is not.”

Such news quickly became a hot topic in society, and the fact that the principal gave a salary increase to all extras appeared in reports on major portals and print media.

"The salary of the extras in Jade Rabbit has increased from 100 yuan a day to 200 yuan a day."

"Extras' wages have skyrocketed, the increase is astonishing!"

"Hitting a record high, the daily salary of Yutu extras has risen to 200 yuan."

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As soon as the news came out, netizens flocked to watch the fun. One famous extra posted his day's wages, and also noted that food and drinks were included, but accommodation was not.

Such treatment made many netizens feel uneasy.

"Is there anyone who can play a dead body? I can lie there for a whole day!"

"This is higher than Hengdian. In Hengdian, I only get 100 yuan for ten hours of work. I want to work with the principal."

"Mad, I don't even have a hundred bucks."

"I've already resigned. Is there any brother who has connections? I want to work for the principal. I don't want to work in the factory anymore. They won't even give me 100 yuan a day."

"Principal, have a good conscience!"

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Netizens were watching with excitement, but the incident continued to ferment on the Internet and was quickly flooded with comments from netizens.

Just because the salary exceeded their expectations.

It is also beyond the salary level of most people. It is at least 180 a day, and food is included. Nowadays, many people can hardly make even 100 a day, and food and accommodation are not included.

This matter quickly became a hot topic in society.

But as the incident escalated, an article appeared on a certain financial website that was particularly eye-catching.

"Malicious salary increases hurt others and yourself!"

The general meaning is that Yutu's behavior disrupts the market order, and for ordinary people, getting high salaries does more harm than good.

Another article says:

{Yutu uses salary packages far higher than the domestic industry standard to corrupt the people. What is its intention?
They use sugar-coated bullets to buy people's hearts, sow discord between extras and domestic companies, and destroy the environment of the film and television industry. Their wolfish intentions are obvious.

Those who are promoting the principal's conscience are all accomplices of Yutu.}
The article was very eloquent, saying that the principal had ulterior motives and that he had destroyed the domestic industry environment, which was an unforgivable crime.

Fatty Yu came out again to seek recognition. He said:
"It's understandable to pay extras, but we also have to consider whether other companies can afford it. If other companies can't afford it, and you charge them arbitrarily, it's not a contribution to society and the industry, but a harm."

He was very good at saying this.

However, he did not receive the support of netizens, but instead received criticism from them, who called him a bloody capitalist.

“I will never watch another Bona movie again!”

But Fatty Yu was not saying this to netizens, nor to his subordinates, but to the CEOs of other film and television companies.

Just because Fang Hong did this, the costs for film and television producers in the entire industry have been invisibly increased.

If others add, you can't help but add, which also increases the cost of capital invested in film and television.

In the past, they could find a bunch of people to work for them for 100 yuan, but now it has increased to 200 yuan, and the labor cost has increased infinitely.

In the past, you could make a movie with 1000 million, but now you need 1500 million.

With the same amount of budget, you can hire big names. If you don’t have enough money, you can only hire smaller names. The extra money will have to be given to extras and temporary workers.

The principal is committing a sin by giving away such huge sums of money to the poor. We don’t know if he will increase the salary in the future!

As a result of Fang Hong’s actions, he was jointly boycotted by the bosses of the film and television companies, and they also sued him.

However, the higher-ups didn't ask Fang Hong to do anything, they just asked him to come out and explain a few words.

The salary increase was wrong, these people are really!

On the set, Fang Hong was interviewed by a CCTV reporter and said: "Yutu regards every employee and every extra as an important asset of our company.

The increase in wages for extras is for efficiency and quality, to ensure that the work is completed on time. I think it is reasonable, and it is too little. They should be given more. "

I don't care what the CEOs of other film and television companies think of this. I just want to add it. What can you do about it?

This incident made other domestic film and television companies look inferior to each other, which was equivalent to putting them on the fire.

But Fang Hong didn't care at all. He was used to being alone. If those people provoke him, he would increase their costs.

The CCTV reporter came with a mission, and after the interview, he happened to see Liu Tianxian leaving the stage.

By the way, I went over to interview him with a microphone: "Tianxian, did you just get off the set?"

"Well, yes, I just shot a wire scene." Liu Tianxian replied.

"How does it feel?" the reporter asked.

"It's okay, it's just a shiver." Liu Tianxian seemed quite casual.

"Your face looks like there's some dirt on it," the reporter said.

"Really? Let me see."

Liu Tianxian stretched her head to look at her face in front of the camera and found that there were indeed some black spots on her forehead, which she wiped with her fair arms.

"It's probably stuck with some dirt," the reporter said.

"Maybe. My arm is scratched, but this is normal." Liu Tianxian said indifferently.

"Then you need to deal with it quickly." The reporter asked with concern.

"Okay, see you later."

Liu Tianxian waved her hand and signaled to the reporters.

I know that the interview was not with me, but with Fang Hong.

(End of this chapter)