Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 190 Bao Qiang's Job Change
Huang Bo needs to stay to accept media interviews as there is also a crew party in the evening.

Qin Chuan and Bao Qiang were outsiders, so they didn't stay long and left together after watching the movie.

Qin Chuan asked Baoqiang to get in the car and took him to his home.

After preparing some side dishes and two bottles of wine, he took out the script for the role of Niu Geng from the study and showed it to Baoqiang.

Without rushing to eat, Wang Baoqiang took the script in his hand and read it carefully. After reading it for more than ten minutes, he said, "This is a highway script. Brother Chuan can do it."

Road scripts are considered an entry-level writing style for movie scripts. Through the events that occur during the journey, the protagonist's soul is elevated and he finally wakes up.

There is another way of writing at the entry-level, and the professional term in the industry is "there is a monster in the house."

It means trapping the protagonists in a space and putting a monster in it.

In order to survive, the protagonist began to fight wits and courage with the monster, and finally defeated the monster and successfully escaped from danger.

The house here is not necessarily a real house. It can be a hospital, a school, a cruise ship, or an airplane.

Monster does not necessarily mean a monster. It can be a ghost, a killer, a bomb, an alien, etc.

Although Qin Chuan’s road script is entry-level, writing well and filming well are two different things. If used properly, it can also be a clever trick.

Wang Baoqiang watched and laughed himself to death.

"The script is quite interesting. The character Niu Geng is a bit similar to the Sha Gen in The World Without Thieves that I played before, but he is even dumber than that one."

Qin Chuan filled his glass with wine: "It is tailor-made according to your personality. How about it? Is it okay?"

Putting down the script, Wang Baoqiang picked up his glass and said, "It's possible, but it's not challenging enough."

He can play this kind of role with his eyes closed, it doesn't take any effort at all.

Qin Chuan laughed and said, "I told you you were fat and you're still panting."

After a glass of wine, Bao Qiang smacked his lips and said, "It's not that I'm panting. I've played roles with this kind of personality in recent years. There are too many of them."

Qin Chuan looked at him and asked, "Why, do you want to transform?"

Baoqiang nodded and said, "Yes, I do. I miss you so much."

“Have you made enough money?”

"No."

"You bought a large single-family villa?"

"No."

"Have you saved enough money for the wedding of the century?"

"No."

"You bought the Rolls-Royce?"

"No."

Qin Chuan asked again: "Do you still want to transform?"

Wang Baoqiang shook his head: "I don't want to think about it anymore."

There is a conflict between transformation and making money. He is very good at playing this kind of fool role, and there are a lot of scripts looking for him to act, and the offer is also very attractive.

The cost of transformation is too high, not to mention whether there is a suitable script. If there is, if the box office is not good, it will be a big blow to popularity.

Actors need to be careful about their reputation. Capital only recognizes money, not people. If a few of your movies fail, no one will hire you anymore.

And sometimes, if you want to play a certain type of role too much, such as in art films, you will reduce your pay to perform, but still not make any money.

Qin Chuan picked up his glass and clinked it with Bao Qiang's: "Let's eat first, then talk about art."

Wang Baoqiang grinned: "I think so too."

The two drank it all in one gulp.

Qin Chuan put down his wine glass and ate a few bites of food to fill his stomach: "You are such a fool, you think you have too much money when you are in your twenties."

"Listen to me, earn more money while you are young, and it won't be long before you can make a transition after you turn 30."

"Brother Chuan, when did you become an artist? Was it also after the age of 30?"

"I don't want to be an artist, it's too tiring. I just want to make some money."

Wang Baoqiang can be an artist. Although he has little education, he has a persistence and spirituality in acting. He is a natural actor.

Once they have made enough money and have enough food to eat, this type of people will naturally want to pursue a higher level.

Qin Chuan can't do that. He is just an ordinary person who only wants to make money and enjoy life.

The two of them ate and drank for a while, and Qin Chuan showed Wang Baoqiang the outline of Lost on Journey.

In this way, the two of them ate and talked, discussing the roles, the script, and the core of comedy... In the end, they talked about foot washing, beauties, marriage, family, international affairs, spaceships, and the origin of mankind.

After sleeping a night at Qin Chuan's house, Wang Baoqiang walked out of the room in a daze the next morning with a messy hair.

The table that was a mess from last night's drinking has been cleaned up.

Qin Chuan is having breakfast at this moment.

"Brother Chuan, what time is it?"

"It's late, eight fifty."

Sitting down, Wang Baoqiang picked up two slices of bread and stuffed them into his mouth: "What time did we go to bed last night?"

"About two or three o'clock, I don't know the exact time." Qin Chuan clapped his hands and took a sip of milk.

Wang Baoqiang also noticed Qin Chuan's vest and messy hair: "Didn't you go for morning exercise? I remember you used to exercise every day."

After wiping his mouth, Qin Chuan said, "No, I'm not going. I need to gain 15 or 16 pounds to prepare for the next role. I have to train every day. When will I be able to gain weight?"

In fact, he has been quite slack in the past two years.

Since I became rich, my self-discipline is still a little lacking. It has been a long time since I started practicing boxing, horse stance, and singing in the morning.

In the past, he didn’t understand those martial arts stars who were so powerful when they were young, but after middle age, they had big bellies and became fat, and even had difficulty doing somersaults.

Now I understand.

The land of pleasure and the cave of money are indeed like a knife scraping your bones.

With an annual income of tens of millions, surrounded by beautiful women, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks every day, sleeping in a mansion and driving a luxury car, who would still endure hardship?

Nodding, Wang Baoqiang said, "Do I need to manage my body shape?"

Qin Chuan looked at him and said, "You don't need to. What you need to do is to explain clearly to Huayi why you don't want to be paid to act for me."

Wang Baoqiang stuffed the bread into his mouth and widened his eyes: "I don't want any pay. Did I say that?"

"You said it yourself when we were drinking last night." Qin Chuan pointed to the surveillance camera in the corner of the living room and said, "No, let's check the surveillance camera."

"Fuck!" Baoqiang swallowed the bread, pulled his hair and said to himself, "Drinking will cause trouble."

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "But don't worry. Am I the kind of person who gets things for free? I'll convert your film remuneration into shares. We can make money together when the time comes."

Baoqiang immediately said with a straight face: "Brother Chuan, what you said is true. I will shoot it even if you don't give me shares!"

"Really? Then you won't give it to me?"

"I've already given it to you. Let's do it next time."

Wang Baoqiang smiled bitterly.

Qin Chuan frowned and said, "How are you going to explain to Huayi? They were suppressing you in the first place, and now you come to me to take the role. Can you explain it clearly?"

Wang Baoqiang straightened his back and said, "I told you this after I got drunk?"

Qin Chuan nodded: "Yes."

Bao Qiang was discouraged and sighed, "The company is going to go public early next year, and they said they would give me shares if I renewed the contract."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"It's good, but I don't like being controlled by others. The roles I've played in the past few years are all the same type. I'm almost sick of it. I want to be the boss and play some roles that I haven't played before."

Looking at Qin Chuan, Wang Baoqiang said with a complicated look: "Originally, I wanted to come over after you opened your business, but you didn't invite me."

Huang Bo, Hu Ge, and Liu Sisi are all in Qin Dynasty Entertainment, and they thought Qin Chuan would call him.

I waited for several months, but there was no news.

I wanted to ask this during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, but was interrupted and never mentioned it again. "Huang Bo is not doing well, I have to help him. Hu Ge is at the bottom of his life. If I don't save them, they don't know how long they will last."

"You are different. You are the best actor and best TV actor. Your development is getting better and better every year. You don't need me."

"Even if I want to recruit you, I have to do it when you are out of fashion. Now you are doing well. If I ask you to come here, I will harm you."

It’s not that I haven’t thought about poaching Baoqiang before.

The reason why no action has been taken is that Baoqiang is doing too well and Qin Chuan feels embarrassed to disrupt his life.

Baoqiang and Huang Bo are different.

The other two are in their low period, while Baoqiang is in his peak period.

It's okay to enjoy life with your brothers, but Qin Chuan really can't do such a thing as dragging others into trouble.

"Brother Chuan, you are treating me like an outsider." Bao Qiang said angrily: "Given my current situation, working anywhere is not the same as working."

"I had no intention of renewing my contract with Huayi in the first place. It was only a matter of time before I came to join you."

"It's settled. I'll be switching jobs here soon."

He was so famous, yet he still came to visit. This was the first time Qin Chuan had seen him. He said, "You still have a few years left at Huayi, right? Can you leave now?"

"If I can get away, I'll just have to pay some money. I don't want to stay any longer anyway." Wang Baoqiang poured himself a glass of boiled water and said, "Where's your outline? Let me see it. I drank a little too much last night and I forgot what the story was."

His contract with Huayi has only been in place for a few years. If he leaves now, it would be a unilateral breach of contract and he will indeed have to pay compensation.

But he would rather lose money than freedom.

Huayi is a commercial company that wants to make money, so it treats artists and selects scripts at the most expensive prices.

He admitted that the films he made in recent years have all made money.

But he is a relatively pure actor, and he really can't accept playing the same type of role all the time.

He wants to play a fool, a killer, a bad guy, and a country guy.

When he told his agent about these demands, the agent looked at him as if he was a fool.

He knew at that time that he couldn't stay in Huayi forever.

"Wait, I'll go look for it."

Qin Chuan fiddled with it and took out the script.

Over the next few days, the two discussed the script, during which Wang Baoqiang put forward many opinions and ideas.

He also started an argument with Qin Chuan.

Sometimes we quarrel so much that our faces turn red.

But in the evening, after a few drinks, the two of them got along well again.

A week later, Wang Baoqiang officially resigned from Huayi and jumped to Qinchao Entertainment.

In the office, Jinlian personally handled the contract for him, smiling and very enthusiastic.

"Baoqiang, we are a family from now on. If you need anything, please tell me at any time. I live across from Qinchuan. Remember to come visit when you are free."

"Okay lady."

"I won't arrange any work for you for now. You and Qin Chuan need to be busy for a while. We can talk about it after you finish filming Lost on Journey."

"Just to my liking."

Qin Chuan watched from the side and said jealously: "Sister Jin, you don't treat me like this usually. You can't be partial to one and treat the other differently."

"Can you compare with Baoqiang?" Jinlian said disdainfully, "He is the best actor."

"me too."

"I'm embarrassed to even mention your title of Best Actor. Also, are you the Best Television Actor?"

"I won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards."

"Are you the TV King?"

“I was on the cover of Time magazine.”

"Are you the TV King?"

Well, Qin Chuan is definitely not the TV King.

This thing is extremely difficult. The right time, right place and right people are all essential.

It requires a good script, a good director, and a good cast.

It’s not enough for the movie to have high ratings after it’s released. Its competitors during the same period must also be poor. If you’re unlucky enough to meet a big shot, you can only watch him take the trophy.

In recent years, the Best Actor award has been won for phenomenal TV series or works with mainstream themes.

Bao Qiang is the one who won the Best Actor Award for Soldiers Assault.

Qin Chuan has filmed quite a few dramas, most of which are costume dramas. They are very popular, but it is not easy for him to win awards. The judges all agree that the artistic content is too low.

Qin Chuan stood up and said, "Let's go and have a meeting to coordinate the preliminary work of Lost on Journey. We will divide the work among the various departments and let everyone do their job."

"Baoqiang, you come too."

"Does this have anything to do with me?"

"I'm going to give you the title of producer."

"Fuck, you beast."

Without paying him a penny, he was asked to act, participate in the script writing, and do the early preparations.

This is even more evil than capitalists.

Ten minutes later, conference room.

Qin Chuan distributed the work to different people. Some people were responsible for renting equipment, some were responsible for attracting investment, some were responsible for publicity, some were responsible for distribution, and some were responsible for the remaining script creation...

Qin Chuan and Wang Baoqiang led the team to survey the terrain for filming.

After the meeting, Qin Chuan and Wang Baoqiang went home to pack their luggage and set off that day.

The two first visited the villages around Peking, inspecting suitable filming locations along the way, and then took a train south.

It seems like traveling, very relaxing, and in fact it is really relaxing.

Take photos whenever you come across a suitable location: woods, country roads, highways, county towns, hotels, buses, train stations, airports…

Wang Baoqiang swore that he had never traveled to as many places as he had during this period of time with Qin Chuan.

More than half a month passed, and the two took five or six hundred photos and traveled across half of China.

This is not the end yet. The next step is to select the suitable place for shooting from these photos.

Each filming location should be as close to each other as possible. If the distance is too far, it will be too troublesome and costly for the crew to travel back and forth.

After confirming the filming location, you also need to negotiate the site fee with the local cultural tourism and village, and file a record with the police station.

If he weren’t a creator, Wang Baoqiang wouldn’t have known how tiring the early preparations were.

At the same time, Huang Bo's movie also ended.

The total box office was 15 million.

Almost didn't get back the cost.

Excluding the share of the cinema and taxes, the producer received about 5 million yuan, and after dividing the profits among the theaters, Qinchuan Entertainment received more than 3 million yuan.

Qinchao Entertainment invested eight million and received more than three million.

I lost almost five million.

Huang Bo felt bad for losing so much money in the first investment, and the media also criticized Qin Chuan for having poor vision and being a prodigal son.

Regardless of whether the movie has good reputation or not, it is the box office that will ultimately decide the movie.

The fact that he lost five million in one go shows that Qin Chuan’s vision is indeed not very good.

But Qin Chuan didn't explain. It was his own money, so he could invest it however he wanted.

On the other hand, he also comforted Huang Bo and told him not to feel any psychological burden. He thought it was a good deal as he got five million for a chance to show his abilities as the leading actor.

(End of this chapter)