After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 10: The entertainment industry is full of ups and downs
Zhang Wei was looking at the invoice while tapping on the calculator.

More than two hours later, Zhang Wei looked at the number on the calculator and found that it was almost the same as the account number, except for a little more than a thousand yuan.

"You have done a good job with the account. The second payment will arrive the day after tomorrow."

"Not today?"

"No."

"The crew stopped working for two days, so who should pay for the lost wages?"

"It's not like we're not paying you. It will be in your account the day after tomorrow."

"Extras and stagehands are paid on a daily basis. I can't work without money."

"However much it costs, I'll pay for it first."

“It’s not about money, it’s about the attitude of cooperation.”

After Li Mingyang finished speaking, he picked up his bag and left, which made Zhang Wei very angry.

"You're young but you're so hot-tempered." Zhang Wei thought for a while and decided to call Manager Qiao and tell him about the suspension of work.

When Manager Qiao heard that work was going to be suspended, he was furious. He was still waiting for his self-produced drama to come out so that he could show off in front of his boss.

"How's their filming going?"

"Okay."

"Are there any good films? The company spent so much money, it can't be a pile of rubbish!"

“I’ve seen some clips and they seem OK.”

"Bring back some sample films and show them to us. If they're good, we'll give him the second payment today." Manager Qiao said and hung up the phone.

UGC (user-generated content) piracy is indeed good for attracting traffic, but if Youku wants to go public, it must completely cut off piracy.

Without UGC piracy, original videos from ordinary users would not only consume huge bandwidth costs and fail to generate revenue, but would even cause copyright troubles.

Now all video websites are buying copyrights, price wars are raging, and the prices of copyrights are getting higher and higher.

The company urgently needs to produce its own dramas to liven up the scene and increase traffic.

The most important thing is to earn advertising fees.

No matter how high the pirated traffic is, it cannot attract advertisers. Who is crazy enough to invest in pirated videos with copyright risks?
"How can this thing be so vulgar..."

"Health care, haha, interesting."

"This woman is pretty good! Very busty!"

"Specialize in the lower three routes, specialize in the sinking market! This is a big treasure!"

“It’s just too expensive.”

"Accountant Zhang, have you figured out the other party's production process?"

"Now that we have figured it out, do you want to kick him out now?"

"Kick him out now, what are you thinking? We have to finish filming this drama first." Chen Liren, director of Youku's marketing department, pondered for a moment and looked at producer Dong.

Upon seeing this, Producer Dong cleared his throat and said calmly, "For this kind of patchwork web series, the most important things are the screenwriter and the leading actors, followed by the people behind the scenes. The director is not that important."

"This crew is his. If we suddenly kick him out, it will take a long time. We have to wait until he finishes filming and see the results. If the results are good, we can contact other crew members privately and follow his routine and replicate it endlessly."

clap clap clap!
"Producer Dong said it well. He spoke my mind. Did Accountant Zhang understand?"

"understood."

……

Room 503, Beijing Film Academy Male Dormitory.

"Mingyang, I wronged you. You are not a gigolo. You just don't have the opportunity to display your talents." Zhang Ruoyun said with a grin as she looked at the bag full of cash.

Li Mingyang smiled, took out a stack of banknotes from his bag, counted out two thousand, and gave the remaining eight thousand to Zhang Ruoyun.

Although Zhang Ruoyun is a second-generation star, she has guest-starred in several TV series and lives a privileged life.

But I have never received a high salary. All the movies I filmed were invested by my father, and I was paid as an extra, under the pretext of training...

"Brother, I'm here too." Qiao Shan said with a silly smile while rubbing his hands.

Li Mingyang took out another stack of money from his bag, counted out four thousand yuan, and gave the remaining six thousand yuan to Qiao Shan.

The actors' remuneration is not paid in one lump sum. Li Mingyang paid it in three installments of 334 according to the payment method and time given by the investor.

Part of the money will be paid when the contract is signed, part of the money will be paid during the process, and the entire amount will be settled on the final day.

Zhang Ruoyun's official salary was 6, but in reality it was .

Qiaoshan’s nominal amount is 5, but in reality it is .

With 6,000 yuan left in his hand, Li Mingyang took out another 10,000 yuan from his bag to pay salaries to other students.

Sixteen people, one thousand yuan each, just right.

After paying the male actors' salaries, Li Mingyang took the cigarette handed to him by Zhang Ruoyun, took a sip, carried his bag to the school cafeteria, and paid the actresses' salaries.

Tan Songyun 9000, Zhong Xiaoyu 6000, Zhang Xiaofei 4000, and other female extras 600.

The most expensive person in the entire crew is Tan Songyun, whose actual salary is 3 yuan.

The little squirrel's baby face is still very popular.

The leading actors are paid on a stage-by-stage basis, while extras are paid on a daily basis.

After paying the actors' salaries, Li Mingyang went to the photography department, and Wu Zhikui's dormitory received the wages for behind-the-scenes work, which was paid according to the stages.

Wu Zhikui is a top student in the photography department. He has already graduated and will start working at Oriental Television in August.

His dream is to make movies.

When Li Mingyang asked him to shoot Goodbye Jinhua Station, he agreed with almost no effort.

He helped to bring together half of the other people behind the scenes, and his appeal is extremely strong.

"Mingyang, you'd better be careful. The producer Zhang Wei has bad intentions and seems to want to kick you out." Wu Zhikui took the 20,000 yuan and gave the money to his roommate.

"Really?" Li Mingyang murmured.

"When you went to the bank to withdraw money, Zhang Wei called me and asked if I wanted to work at Youku... Hey, isn't this poaching?" "What did you say?"

"I said I'd think about it."

"Amateurs are troublesome. They don't think they can just find anyone to take the photo without me, right?"

"That's right! A bunch of idiots."

"Let's just hold off for now and test the other party's attitude. If the filming fails, we won't have to waste any more money."

Wu Zhikui nodded.

After chatting with Wu Zhikui for a while, and waiting for his roommate to count the money, Li Mingyang left Wu Zhikui's dormitory.

Coming downstairs, Li Mingyang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and exhaled a puff of thick smoke. In the smoke, Li Mingyang's mouth curled up and revealed a smile.

Beijing Film Academy is one of the three major film and television academies in China.

No matter which department, not everyone can get into it.

Tens of thousands of people compete for hundreds of places, and the admission rate has been hovering around 5%, and at its lowest point it has fallen below 2%.

Among them, the admission rate of the Performance Department is the lowest, and including the higher vocational classes, it barely hovers around 1%.

Getting into the Beijing Film Academy only means that you are a little better than ordinary people, but it does not mean that you will definitely be able to succeed.

Among the many majors offered by Beijing Film Academy, the one that is easiest to find a job and get work is actually not the acting department which seems to be very popular to outsiders, but rather the film and television literature major.

Of course, to be a gunman.

The Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy selects students from among thousands of candidates, and basically produces a few star students every year.

Plus a dozen or so minor actors who just played supporting roles in the production, who finally managed to get the title of veteran actor or become famous by making a comeback. For example, Zhang Songwen.

There is also a large part that is washed away by the great waves.

Changed career, got married, started business, became a civil servant, etc.

It's not that their conditions are bad. Those who can be admitted to the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy are selected from thousands or tens of thousands of people, and none of them are waste.

What everyone lacks is opportunity.

Even after the rise of self-media, the rise of short videos and live broadcasts, the dominance of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, and the popularity of short dramas... the opportunities have increased greatly.

But opportunities in the entertainment industry are still few and far between.

Taking shortcuts is not something that everyone can do.

There is never a shortage of men and women in the entertainment industry who want to take shortcuts.

In order to get a role, many students work as mistresses for assistant directors or photographers for several years, but in the end they never get another opportunity.

In comparison, screenwriters, because they have the support of Beijing Film Academy and their professional ability, are very trustworthy outside, and the salary is cheap as they are still students. They don't get the main work, but they can get a lot of work as ghostwriters for big screenwriters who have the right to sign their names.

Of course, it is not uncommon for people to not get paid for various reasons after completing the work.

As long as the other party is not afraid of having his reputation ruined, there is nothing you can do to him.

In the end, becoming an independent screenwriter with authorship rights is no easier than being an actor.

The most difficult department to succeed in Beijing Film Academy is the directing department.

The domestic system is director-centered.

A crew only needs one director.
The director holds the key to the success or failure of a play. Who would dare to hand over such a big task to someone like you who has no experience, no qualifications, and no achievements?

But if you never get the first chance, where do you get the qualifications and achievements?
Dead end!
You can only endure!
Try all kinds of ways to get through it!
Script supervisor, assistant director, assistant director, executive director, assistant production, assistant photography, I do everything!

Write scripts and steal the screenwriters' jobs. Even be the most miserable screenwriter who follows the crew, and change the scripts at any time. Listen to whoever has the most powerful cards in the crew and change them in any way they are asked to.

Shooting commercials, MVs, and even romantic action movies.

Some also go into acting to build their network.

Some also go to work as program planners for TV stations, and eventually they can become executive directors or producers.

In this category, talent shows write about the life stories of trainees, legal shows write about shocking stories, and reality shows write about imaginary plots.

Just keep going!
You have to stay in the circle first before you can slowly come across opportunities.

As for the photography department...

Let me put it this way, with the golden signboard of Beijing Film Academy, at least one-third of the graduates of the photography department over the years are engaged in wedding photography and wedding videography!
Another third went to various TV stations to film short legal stories written by their classmates.

Only the last one third have either really established themselves in the film and television circles, or have gone into the fashion industry.

The former became a photographer, and the latter became a photographer.

The former makes movies and TV series, while the latter holds photography exhibitions.

These are all people who have made it big. Those who haven't can only take private photos, taking pictures of models, and they might end up in jail one day.

Of course Wu Zhikui knew what he would do if he joined a TV station.

If I can film a drama, I will definitely give it priority.

These are all qualifications!
If the drama becomes popular, joining the crew is much better than doing odd jobs at a TV station, and it is easier to get ahead.

Zhang Wei and Youku, the company behind her, have set their sights on Wu Zhikui. They are truly extraordinary amateurs.

Not to mention that the two are alumni of Beijing Film Academy and belong to the same trench.

Between the director and the photographer, it’s a direct superior-subordinate relationship.

If Wu Zhikui dares to stab me in the back, he will no longer be able to stand in the entertainment industry.

Unless... Youku is willing to let him be the director?
is it possible?
"It's not impossible..."

Youku is too amateurish.

Li Mingyang smiled slightly and was not worried at all.

The entertainment industry is very realistic, he has seen it a long time ago.

So he hid several tricks when he was photographing the loser man.

(End of this chapter)