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

Chapter 125 Shocking Contract

"Brother Dan, when will Ip Man 2 be filmed?" Li Mingyang asked.

Zhen Zhidan didn’t become famous because of Ip Man.

But Ip Man is indeed his most successful series of films, just like Li Lianjie's Wong Fei Hung series and Jackie Chan's Police Stories series.

This series of movies means a lot to him.

It was also from this time that he became the third domestic action superstar after Li Hecheng.

"The filming will start next month. Do you want to give it a try?" Zhen Zhidan thought that Li Mingyang wanted a role, and he admired Li Mingyang's physical fitness very much, so he didn't mind giving him a chance.

"Brother Dan, you misunderstood. I can't do that! I can't bear the hardship..." Li Mingyang waved his hands quickly.

Zhen Zhidan sighed regretfully, "The life of an action actor is indeed very hard, and it is not easy to get ahead. You are a director, there is really no need to suffer this."

“Brother Dan, don’t be discouraged. I may not want to do it, but there are others who are willing. When Shishi comes later, you’ll see that she is very hardworking.” Li Mingyang said.

"You mentioned Shishi so many times today that my head is about to explode." Zhen Zhidan put his hands to his ears and made an exaggerated gesture, "Your girlfriend?"

"We're just ordinary friends. I have a date, Jing Tian. Haha, you'll get to know her in the future."

Special identity! The movie where you and Lao Zhao had a passionate encounter.

Zhen Zhidan rolled his eyes and pointed at Li Mingyang, not quite believing it.

When Cai Yinong brought Liu Shishi here, Zhen Zhidan became even less convinced of Li Mingyang's so-called ordinary friends.

"Brother Dan, this is Liu Shishi, the heroine of The Spy." Cai Yinong pulled Liu Shishi in front of Zhen Zhidan and introduced her.

Zhen Zhidan took a look at her and said with an ambiguous smile: "The little girl looks very dignified and decent. She will definitely be a good wife in the future."

Liu Shishi blinked her eyes in a silly way, not quite understanding why the senior said that.

"Brother Dan was just joking." Li Mingyang resolved the situation with a smile, motioned for everyone to take a seat, and asked the waiter to serve the food.

Brother Dan wanted to eat hotpot today, so Li Mingyang specially booked a hotpot room.

The table is not big, it is square and just right for four people to eat.

Liu Shishi and Li Mingyang were next to each other, and opposite them was Zhen Zhidan.

Zhen Zhidan looked at Liu Shishi who was so close to Li Mingyang and so far away from Cai Yinong, and smiled with his head down.

In the entertainment industry, there is no such thing as purity or impurity.

But this girl named Liu Shishi, I don’t know whether she is unfortunate or lucky, there is still innocence in her eyes.

Zhen Zhidan poured a glass of beer, clinked glasses with Li Mingyang, and drank it in one gulp, "Xiao Liu, were you a dancer before?"

"Yes, I started learning ballet when I was six years old and graduated from the Ballet Department of Beijing Dance Academy."

Zhen Zhidan asked curiously, "You graduated? How old are you?"

"It's been three years since I graduated...22."

"Well, I thought you were younger than Mingyang, but I didn't expect it to be a sister-brother relationship."

When Liu Shishi heard this, she looked at Li Mingyang and her face immediately blushed.

"My wife is also called Shishi, and her last name is Wang." Zhen Zhidan thought for a moment, then turned around and took out a red envelope from the bag on the sofa, stuffed a handful of money into it, and handed it to Liu Shishi. "This is a meeting gift, and when you get married, you can give me a bigger one."

“No, no…he…his girlfriend is not me…” Liu Shishi waved her hands repeatedly.

"Haha! Maybe one day." After putting the red envelope on the table in front of Liu Shishi, Zhen Zhidan returned to his seat, looked at Li Mingyang, and looked at Li Mingyang again. He felt that the two of them looked like a couple.

Of course, he is also in the circle, and he knows that whether the two can be together is a matter of great variables. It's just a red envelope of a few thousand yuan. More friends mean more paths.

Liu Shishi picked up the red envelope and for a moment she didn't know whether she should return it.

"Brother Dan, just accept what you give me. Haha, Brother Dan, do you have anything for me?" Li Mingyang smiled and stretched out his hand.

Zhen Zhidan took a sip of wine, turned around and took out a red envelope from her bag, stuffed some money into it, and gave it to Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang was not polite. He took the red envelope, took out the money and counted it. As he counted, he said, "This is a good way to get rich. Later, Shishi, let's go out more often together and meet more people like Dan Ge. Why bother filming? We can make money while walking."

Liu Shishi's originally warm heart was suddenly cooled, and she became a little depressed.

Zhen Zhidan looked at him, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Mingyang, you've gone too far with this joke. Girls need to be coaxed."

"Brother Dan, young people have their own ideas, so let's not talk about them. Let's talk about the drama. Do you have time to join our crew tomorrow? I have specially arranged some fighting scenes for Shishi." Cai Yinong turned the topic to the TV series.

"There should be time..." Zhen Zhidan said while eating, "Xiao Liu, tell me what you think about martial arts TV series?"

Cai Yinong had taught Liu Shishi about this, and Liu Shishi immediately started to tell the whole story.

Li Mingyang shook his head secretly when he heard this.
Cai Yinong held his forehead and sighed, he spoke so fluently, you could tell it was taught by someone.

Zhen Zhidan felt very embarrassed, but he didn't know what to say.

Next, Zhen Zhidan asked Liu Shishi some more questions, such as whether she was afraid of hardship, whether she was afraid of getting hurt, whether she could accept real fighting, her height, etc.

After chatting for a while, Zhen Zhidan also finished eating. Before leaving, he pretended to be surprised and said, "I thought about it and I may not be free tomorrow. I have a friend to meet and I have to go back to Shanghai tonight. I won't go to the crew tomorrow. Next time, next time."

Zhen Zhidan declined tactfully, and Cai Yinong didn't want to drag her along, so she could only say it was okay and watched Zhen Zhidan enter the elevator.

"Sister Cai, did I say something wrong?" Liu Shishi said dejectedly.

"It doesn't matter. I'm the one who chose your heroine. He can't control it. I said you can shoot it, and no one can replace you."

Li Mingyang's words touched Liu Shishi. She nodded, held the red envelope in her hand, lowered her head and waved goodbye to Li Mingyang.

Cai Yinong rolled her eyes when she saw Liu Shishi's attempt to cover up her guilt.

"Xiao Jie, go take care of Shi Shi and send her back. Director Li and I have something else to discuss."

Cai Yinong asked Liu Shishi's assistant to take care of Liu Shishi. Then she said with some regret: "Do you still remember what you said in my office last year?"

"What? This is not the first or second time I've been to your office. Which time?"

"If you don't remember, forget it." Cai Yinong thought for a moment, "I showed your script to our Tangren director Li, and he said that your approach is too innovative, and no one has filmed it before, and it feels not stable enough."

"is it?"

"Why don't you buy a novel and revise it? Don't waste the top-notch cast of Mr. Ba and Brother Dan. They are like gods descended from heaven to film a TV series. The TV stations will definitely go crazy for them."

"Please don't give me any advice. What you said last time almost made me doubt myself. This time I will stick to my own ideas. If I think it works, it works." "You want to have the final say so soon? Zhen Zhidan and Mr. Ba are usually easy to talk to, but they are a completely different kind of people on the set. You want to command them? It's pure dreaming!"

"If you don't listen, it must be because you haven't paid enough. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Li Mingyang looked at the weird Cai Yinong and suddenly smiled, "Mr. Cai, you are twenty years old, so don't worry so much. Just count the money honestly."

Cai Yinong sneered, too lazy to say anything more, and turned away.

Li Mingyang watched Liu Shishi and Cai Yinong leave.

He turned and walked to the third floor to find Mr. Zhao from Huace in the lounge.

No matter what, for people in the circle, money is the most important thing.

Baidu is currently the richest and most willing to spend money.

Compared with later actors who often received hundreds of millions of yuan in pay, during this period, the pay of mainland stars was generally not high, and few could get more than five million yuan.

There are not many people in Hong Kong and Taiwan who can earn more than 10 million.

Li Hecheng and Chow Yun-fat received tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in film remuneration and participated in dividend distribution because they returned from Hollywood.

Only part of the copyright can be obtained.

Li Mingyang suddenly wanted to do something big on the eve of his film pay skyrocketing!
Of course, the prerequisite is to kick Huayi out first.

How to kick?
Additional investment, until they dare not follow!

……

Famous Entertainment.

It was late at night. Li Mingyang poured himself a glass of beer, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at where Huace was from afar, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

Recently, there has been something lingering in Li Mingyang's mind, like a shadow that can't be shaken off.

The things around the bouquet must have been sold out.

And the number is not small, some even have half a million...

He had been standing under the bouquet for so long, trying to figure out who had made the payment.

He asked many people indirectly and waited for that person to come to him, but no one came to him and he never found that person.

Until today I met Boss Zhao.

Only then did he know who had placed the order.

This is done by Mr. Zhao from Huace, and has nothing to do with Baidu.

And the amount swiped was not 500,000, but 1 million.

The reason he said this at this time was that Boss Zhao wanted to sign a contract with him.

A huge contract that would shock the domestic entertainment industry once it was made public.

Three TV series in three years, the director and leading actors received a total salary of 100 million!

In 09, a film contract worth million yuan...

There are two people in the Chinese entertainment and film industry who can get this salary, such as Li Lianjie and Jackie Chan.

In the TV industry, it is really difficult to make over 10 million...

Huo Jianhua became even more popular because of "Chinese Paladin 3", but his salary for one movie only increased to around million.

If it were anyone else, even the two Bing and four Dan stars who mainly focus on the film industry, they would not hesitate to sign the contract immediately after seeing it.

But Li Mingyang didn't sign... because it was too little.

The details of the contract are explained: one film per year, and the money is paid for each film.

Starting next year, the three years are 10, 11 and 12.

If we shoot it next year, we will make money.

I've been losing money since 11.

In 12, the pay for movies exploded.

The pay for second-tier stars starts at tens of millions, while first-tier stars not only want pay, but also want shares to attract them.

Blood loss!

Li Mingyang didn't want to sign and played Tai Chi, demanding to pay back Boss Zhao one million and five hundred thousand including principal and interest.

Who would have thought that Boss Zhao would take the contract back and instead give Li Mingyang a shockingly large contract that almost knocked him out.

A staggering contract worth 1.5 million.

The conditions remained the same, but the pay increased directly to 1.5 million.

As expected, Huace has raised the pay of artists to sky-high prices...

A TV series costs 50 million!

No matter how you look at it, it’s not a loss!
Li Mingyang wanted to sign it right then, but Boss Zhao blocked it with his hand and took out a new contract.

1.5 million, half stock and half cash.

This is to lock him into a rhythm.

Li Mingyang didn't want to sign again.

Boss Zhao did not use moral blackmail and just said a few words before leaving.

Li Mingyang suddenly realized that the competition between capital and the entertainment industry might have already begun...

"Baidu is Baidu, Huace is Huace, and we are ourselves. Fence-sitting will only make both sides unhappy. The more capable you are, the more dangerous you are."

"The light is lagging behind too much... The light can't beat Huayi, and you can't beat Feng Kuazi either."

"Don't ever believe that Zuoshandiao will be fair. He has never been fair. If there is fairness in the film industry, why do we need him?"

"Think about it carefully before the end of the year."

(End of this chapter)