Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 209: First round to get a star, second round to get a star, third round to get a star again.

As a producer, Chen Cheng did not interfere too much in Wu Jingyuan's specific filming.

Only occasionally would Chen Cheng exchange ideas with Wu Jingyuan after he finished filming.

So as a producer, Chen Cheng has had a very relaxing time these days.

Because basically, he doesn't need to do anything.

For Chen Cheng, who was used to getting up early and working late to shoot movies, he suddenly realized that the job of producer was really great.

Not only do they have great power, but they also don't have to work very much.

If he has time, Chen Cheng can also go to the crew.

Just be a good person when nothing happens.

When the director was scolding the actors, Chen Cheng went over to comfort them.

For a while.

Those actors who were scolded are full of fighting spirit again.

"Director Chen, let's watch TV together tonight."

"What are you watching on TV?"

"Love Apartment, wasn't it you who filmed it?"

"Uh...you guys are paying so much attention."

"I've been following it for a while now, and it's finally going to air."

"Okay, let's finish work an hour earlier this afternoon, have dinner early, and watch Love Apartment together."

The filming lasted for a week, and seeing that everyone was so looking forward to Love Apartment, Chen Cheng let Wu Jingyuan finish work early.

All the actors were very excited.

Wash up quickly and have dinner.

In order to make this group watching of TV series more lively.

Wu Jingyuan also set the viewing location at the crew square.

A huge curtain was hung in the center.

With the help of a projector, the crew members found their positions one after another.

"So many people."

"Yes, everyone is looking forward to the Love Apartment."

"Really."

Chen Cheng nodded.

Also picked a location.

he knows.

The reason why we all got together was that we had been filming a drama for a week and wanted to relax.

More importantly, it is the expectation for myself.

The Myth has just been filmed, so they don’t know whether it’s good or not.

But no matter whether it is good or not.

They all hope that the TV series they participate in can appear in front of the audience.

It would be best if we could create a small fire.

Chen Cheng is the director of "Love Apartment" and the producer of "Myth".

The expectations for Love Apartment are also the same as everyone’s expectations for The Myth.

Other people really cannot understand this subtle psychology.

"here we go."

After the opening theme song ended, Love Apartment officially began to air.

The first round of broadcast was on Dragon TV.

This is also a treatment that many TV dramas do not have.

To know.

Back then, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" hadn't even been aired on TV for the first time.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Although Love Apartment is just the beginning.

But as a funny comedy, the funny aspects of Love Apartment are reflected in almost every part.

At the beginning, the plot shows Lu Zhanbo preparing to go find his sister Hu Yifei.

As the elder sister, Hu Yifei is planning the wedding of her best friend.

The plot is very simple.

but.

It's such a simple plot, but he makes people laugh everywhere.

Everyone only watched it for 5 minutes, and all the crew members couldn't stop laughing.

"It's nice. Love Apartment is a bit like the previous My Own Swordsman."

"There are also some like "Home with Kids" and "Stories of the Kitchen Team."

"Yes, they are both sitcoms, but obviously, Director Chen's Love Apartment is more fashionable and more in line with our daily lives."

Sitcoms were not invented by Love Apartment.

Such sitcoms have existed in the country for a long time.

same.

These sitcoms have all received very good results.

On the one hand, Love Apartment absorbs the advantages of these sitcoms, and on the other hand, it takes it to a higher level.

He put the core of the whole story on urban youth.

then.

As the plot progresses, a series of jokes almost always catch the audience's attention.

"Ladies and folks... Wow, what a talent."

"This Lu Ziqiao is such a social genius. He's almost making me laugh to death."

"I feel Zeng Xiaoxian is also mean, I like him very much."

Love Apartment is not only funny, but each member has a unique personality.

Lu Ziqiao, the master of social skills.

The mean host Zeng Xiaoxian.

Hu Yifei has a hot temper and is quick and decisive in his work.

Mika is very silly and cute.

Each of these characters has obvious strengths and weaknesses, yet they are all so likable.

It took over an hour.

unconsciously.

Two episodes of "Love Apartment" ended here.

"Director Wu, how is it?"

At the end of the two episodes, Chen Cheng asked about Wu Jingyuan.

Wu Jingyuan said: "Why do you still need to ask me? Just look at everyone's expressions. I just don't know how many viewers it is."

"I'll ask Dragon TV."

Chen Cheng sent a text message to the person in charge of Oriental Satellite TV.

The other party replied within a few seconds: "3 points."

Think about it.

Dragon TV was also very excited.

With such a small cost of only 2200 million yuan to purchase, "Love Apartment" achieved a viewership of 3 points right from the start.

This is even more popular than those blockbuster dramas.

"I'll go, it's 3 o'clock as soon as I get here."

Seeing Chen Cheng holding up three fingers, Wu Jingyuan and the crew members on the scene were also very excited.

As an industry insider.

They know too well what a 3-point rating means.

In this era where a show with a viewership rating of over 1 point is considered popular.

A viewership of 3 points is synonymous with being a big hit.

"Okay, we've watched enough TV, everyone go to bed early and get up early to film tomorrow."

Wu Jingyuan waved his hand and announced that today's group TV viewing activity was over.

None of the crew members had any complaints.

in contrast.

After watching two episodes of "Love Apartment", they felt like they were injected with chicken blood.

Especially for the actors in this drama.

A fire was ignited in their hearts.

They hope that the drama they starred in, "The Myth", will become as popular as "Love Apartment" as soon as it is broadcast.

……

"It's really a Chen Cheng production. Last night's Love Apartment was so good."

"Oh, did you watch it too? It's really funny. There are a lot of jokes that I've never heard of before."

"Me too, from the beginning to the end, almost every shot is hilarious."

The popularity of Love Apartment does not require the participation of media.

The next day.

Countless comments about "Love Apartment" also came in.

"I suddenly remembered Feng Xiaogang at that time."

"What does this have to do with Feng Xiaogang?"

"Do you remember the recent competition between Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One and Chen Cheng's The Besieged City?"

"remember."

"At first, Chen Cheng's October Besieged City was not very popular because it was a mainstream film. Feng Xiaogang also kept hyping it up, and later, he even launched personal attacks on Chen Cheng."

"I remember that Chen Cheng used Love Apartment to fight back."

"I didn't take Love Apartment, I took the trailer of Love Apartment."

"I see, what you mean is that when the full version of Love Apartment was broadcast, If You Are the One was tortured to pieces."

"What do you think?"

"agree."

of course.

There isn't a lot of discussion about this kind of thing.

More importantly, it is about "Love Apartment" and its ratings.

But what they never expected was.

I thought Love Apartment would be a big hit if it broke 3 points.

the next day.

However, the number of viewers of Love Apartment increased by another 10%.

The ratings went from the original 3 points to 4 points.

Such ratings shocked Dragon TV.

"Four points. Are you sure it's four points?"

"determine."

"Oh my god."

A 4-point viewership means more than just being the box office champion of the year.

With the ratings exceeding 4 points on the second day, the person in charge of the program team of Dragon TV knew that the ratings of Love Apartment would continue to explode.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

Day three.

Fourth day.

After the broadcast of Love Apartment, its ratings hit new highs almost every day.

One week after the broadcast of Love Apartment, it had broken 6 points.

And also at this time.

The broadcast rights for the second round of Love Apartment have once again become the object of competition among media outlets.

finally.

Chen Cheng sold the second broadcast rights of Love Apartment to Mango TV.

As for the price, it’s not much, only 1000 million.

Although it could sell more.

But Chen Cheng did not do so.

Generally speaking, according to the rules, the grant price in the second round will be significantly lower than that in the first round.

Also.

The second round of broadcasting rights are often purchased by some local TV stations, and satellite TV stations generally will not purchase them again.

In other words.

Love Apartment was broadcast on TV in the first round.

Second round, you can still get on the star now.

This is not something that can be bought with any amount of money.

Moreover.

Many times Chen Cheng’s thoughts.

As long as he makes money in the first round, Chen Cheng will sell it at a very low price or even for free.

As for the purpose.

That is to cultivate the market.

Chen Cheng wanted to cultivate the market on a large scale and ultimately feed back into the box office, thus fully unleashing the potential of the domestic film market.

Although Chen Cheng knew.

Sometimes it takes three, five, or even ten years to cultivate a market like this before it can produce results.

But Chen Cheng persisted.

Therefore, Chen Cheng only charged 1000 million for the second round of broadcasting rights.

"Director Chen, we'll start broadcasting tomorrow."

Mango TV greeted Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng was a little surprised.

To know.

The first round on Dragon TV has not yet ended, but the second round on Mango TV has already started.

This seems a little unwise.

After all, Dragon TV has already aired 16 episodes, and you have only just begun. Others are about to reach the finale, and you have only just started airing.

Who will look at you?

But Mango TV seems very confident.

result.

Contrary to everyone's expectations.

Although it was the second round of broadcast, Mango TV's ratings on that day actually broke 3 points.

This situation really stunned many people in the industry.

After some research, they discovered.

It turns out that "Love Apartment" has such magical power.

He doesn't care which episode you are on or when you watched it.

Anyway, you can watch any episode you want.

After you've watched episode 10, you can continue watching episode .

If you have watched episode 10, you can go back and watch episode 3.

Don't think that this is just because you are bored. How can you watch TV like this?

But that’s the case with Love Apartment.

You can watch it at any time without being affected and you can still enjoy it.

And when the TV stations discovered this.

The third round of broadcasting rights for Love Apartment has once again become the focus of pursuit by a number of TV stations.

finally.

The third round of broadcasting rights for Love Apartment were acquired by Jiangxi Satellite TV, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, Jiangsu and Jiangnan Satellite TV, Elephant Satellite TV, and Capital Satellite TV.

A total of 5 satellite TV stations won the award.

As for the price, it is also very cheap.

Only 200 million per family.

Although the price is not the highest in the country.

but.

Love Apartment was broadcast on TV for the first, second and third time, which made this sitcom cover almost every corner of the country.

As for the fourth round broadcast rights.

Later, Chen Cheng only collected a symbolic amount.

As long as he was given 10 yuan, Chen Cheng would allow all TV stations to broadcast it.

then.

More than 50 companies have purchased the rights to broadcast the fourth round of "Love Apartment".

at this time.

You will see a very strange phenomenon.

As long as you turn on any TV station, you will see that these programs are playing "Love Apartment".

If this TV station is not broadcasting this drama, then you just have to wait a few minutes and then it will start broadcasting.

……

The filming of Shinhwa is still going on.

Because this period of time was filmed in Hengdian.

So Chen Cheng goes back to his studio most of the time.

Early one morning, Chen Cheng didn't use any transportation and walked directly to the crew.

When passing by the Hengdian Actors Guild, Chen Cheng saw several extras standing there waiting for their turn.

Chen Cheng walked forward and said, "Brother, it should be over. If you want to wait for the show, you should hurry up."

Chen Cheng was wearing a hat.

In addition, he rarely appears on camera.

For a moment, several extras did not recognize Chen Cheng.

After hearing what was said, several extras said, "We know that, but we don't have anywhere to go. We just want to see if there are any directors who need a few extras in the afternoon, so we'll wait here. A few days ago, the crew of "The Myth" needed a few extras, so we went."

"Hey, you guys have also been on the crew of a myth drama, how was it?"

"It's great. This is the best crew I've ever been on."

"How to say?"

Chen Cheng became interested and started chatting with several extras.

“It’s just comfortable.”

"What's the best way to feel comfortable?"

"First of all, the salary. Normally, when we take on a show, we get about 50 yuan a day, and the Shinhwa crew gets 60 yuan a day."

"It's only 10 yuan more, not much."

"It's not just 10 yuan. The Shinhwa crew not only pays generously, but their lunch boxes are also delicious. There are four dishes, three meat dishes and one vegetable dish. The food standard is quite high. And during the breaks, there are drinks, fruits, and even coffee. I love the Shinhwa crew so much."

"Hahaha……"

Chen Cheng laughed when he heard this.

All of these were formulated by Chen Cheng.

The reason for this arrangement.

In fact, Chen Cheng did some calculations.

If we really talk about funding, the expenses for extras account for a very low proportion of the entire filming.

But the reality is that none of the extras have any good income.

50 bucks a day is good.

Many extras haven't gotten any roles for several days.

Chen Cheng also came from the bottom.

I also worked as a field worker back then.

He got along well with the other extras at that time.

He fully understood how difficult it was for them, so naturally he provided a lot of benefits in this regard.

"You guys, you make me want to join the Shinhwa crew."

"Dude, are you new here?"

"Yeah, I've only been here a few days."

"Go back early."

"why?"

"It's okay to be an extra for fun, but it's almost impossible to make money here. I also plan to go back after a while."

"Don't want to film anymore?"

"I want to, but I can't support myself by filming. I have no choice."

"really."

Chen Cheng also nodded.

Chen Cheng already knew about the living conditions of extras.

In the previous life, there was a movie about group performances called "I Am No. 1".

It reveals the bitterness of countless extras.

But a pity.

The film was a box office failure.

Not only did it fail at the box office, but after the film came out, there weren't many changes to the extras.

Chen Cheng had no way to do it before.

but.

When Chen Cheng heard what the extras said at this time, he had an idea.

"My friends, I have some connections with the assistant director of the Mythology crew. Come on, I'll take you to the Mythology crew."

"Really?"

"Of course, the Mythology crew is not far away, just follow me."

"That's great, bro. Sorry, I thought you were new here. Come on, have a cigarette."

"You're welcome, brother."

Chen Cheng took the cigarette.

I went to the crew with a few brothers.

"Fuck, brother, who did you come in with just now?"

Watching Chen Cheng bring several extras to the crew.

Some of the other extras were stunned.

"With... uh, I forgot to ask his name, we met today, this guy was very enthusiastic, he said he knew the director. We thought he was bragging, but we didn't expect he really knew him."

“That’s necessary knowledge.”

"Uh, man, you know him?"

"Of course I recognize him. All of us in the crew depend on him for our livelihood."

"Then who is he?"

"Chen Cheng."

"You mean, he is Chen Cheng, the producer of The Myth?"

"How else."

"Lying on the grass..."

Several extras couldn't believe it.

……

After bringing several extras to the crew, Chen Cheng entered the office.

He was thinking of a plan for the education of extras.

There are too many extras in Hengdian.

But why is it so difficult for extras to stand out?

There are many reasons behind this.

For example, the extras have poor acting skills, they have no resources... and so on.

So a lot of the time.

There are tens of thousands of extras in China, but only one Wang Baobao stands out.

No one else stood a chance.

Chen Cheng had no way to change before.

Now that Chen Cheng has a little more power, he wants to create more opportunities for this industry.

It doesn't mean that all extras should be trained to become big stars.

This is impossible, and Chen Cheng doesn't have that ability.

Chen Cheng’s idea is to provide certain training to the extras and thus pave a clearer path for their career advancement.

In this.

The most important thing is to have a platform to train them and certify their qualifications.

Hengdian Film and Television is a very good platform.

As long as Hengdian Film and Television can provide them with certain training, they will be awarded qualification certificates after the training meets the requirements.

Then.

These extras now have a clearer career plan.

Relying on such planning.

Even if they cannot become big stars in the future, they can still be special guests or 18th-tier actors or something like that.

In one afternoon, Chen Cheng wrote the plan and sent it to the email address of Xu Wenlong, general manager of Hengdian.

……

the other side.

With the broadcast of Love Apartment on many TV stations.

It is meaningless to count the ratings of Love Apartment.

Because almost a lot of TV stations in the country are now broadcasting Love Apartment.

At this time, using a more useful indicator, you can know more clearly how popular Love Apartment is.

This indicator is called audience share.

With an audience share of more than 30 points, "Love Apartment" stands out from the crowd.

When seeing such a viewership share.

Wang Zhonglei, who has always been very sensitive to the market, was a little excited.

"Brother, Chen Cheng's Love Apartment's audience share has broken 30 points, it's really terrifying."

"Zhonglei, don't be so excited."

"How can I not be excited? Brother, you know that we just invested in "The Myth" produced by Chen Cheng not long ago. It is said that Chen Cheng has made more than 2000 million from Love Apartment. If it were me, I could make at least 5000 million."

"You, you, all you care about is money. You don't even look at Chen Cheng's plan."

"Layout, what layout?"

"Forget it, it's nothing."

Wang Zhongyu rolled his eyes and didn't want to talk about this.

Subsequently.

Seeing Wang Zhonglei who was still very excited, he said: "Do you think that the popularity of Love Apartment is a good thing for us?"

"Is not it?"

"If we look at the investment in Shinhwa, it is true. However, this could be a disaster for our If You Are the One 2."

"Brother, what does this have to do with If You Are the One 2?"

"No, take a look at these."

Turning the computer screen around, Wang Zhongqi said, "These are some netizens' comments on Love Apartment."

"Let me see."

Wang Zhonglei felt a little strange and started reading one by one.

"Love Apartment is so good, but there are too few episodes. I watched all 20 episodes in one go."

"Yeah, every episode is hilarious. The director is such a genius."

"Hey, it's much better than If You Are the One."

"I just realized it now. Who told you to go and see it in the first place?"

"I couldn't help it. Love Apartment wasn't airing at the time, so I could only watch If You Are the One."

"what about now?"

"Now, I just want Feng Xiaogang to give me back a movie ticket."

Look at these reviews.

Wang Zhonglei finally realized that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)