My wife always wants me, a big star, to eat soft rice

Chapter 167 Lu Ming Wants to Find a Sponsor

Xu Mulin doesn't like to shoot TV series, mainly because the content of TV series is stinky and long. In order to increase the number of episodes of TV series, the screenwriters usually waste a lot of unnecessary plots. The content is corrupted.

However, there is no way to do this, because the screenwriters also follow the requirements of the capital side. In this era, the more episodes of TV dramas, the more money they earn. Even if netizens like to skip and watch, it doesn’t matter. They have to pay anyway.

So usually the first few episodes of TV dramas are particularly amazing to attract users. After the number of users increases, then the water will be flooded later. Most viewers have the habit of chasing dramas. Some people will watch it, as long as the plot content of this TV series does not obviously stimulate the audience, even if the plot is a little dull, there are still many viewers who can follow the entire TV series.

Xu Mulin will take over Lu Ming's play, the biggest reason is that the rhythm of the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is very good, neither fast nor slow, it won't make people feel that the plot is developing fast, and it won't give people a sense of intentionality. The feeling of episodes.

This kind of TV series is rare in this era, and the story of this script is very well written, so Xu Mulin decided to follow up.

Of course, although he accepted the show because of the script, the director's fee still needs to be negotiated. He is also a top-tier director in China, and the director's fee paid by Lu Ming must be worthy of his status. Just like last time, give the director a little fee.

He didn't charge more money last time, largely because of his daughter's face. Now that his daughter has gone to Hualin and is no longer in Tianmeng Company, he doesn't have to give face anymore. The director's fee will be as much as he wants How much, otherwise, when he goes to other companies to make film and television dramas in the future, others will use his directing fee from Tianmeng Company to talk about it, and then take the opportunity to bargain.

He is rich, but he doesn't care about the director's fee. His current money is enough for him and his wife to support their retirement. The reason why he still charges money is mainly to maintain the director's fee.

If he, a top-tier director, doesn't have much director fees, those second-tier directors, and those third-tier directors, even less, and he will be scolded to death by his peers.

In the afternoon, the first thing Xu Mulin did when he came to Tianmeng Company was to bargain with Lu Ming.

Lu Ming also knew that this time he would definitely not be able to pay Xu Mulin as little as the director's fee like last time, so he raised the director's fee a little bit.

However, Xu Mulin still proposed a higher price. Of course, Lu Ming did not immediately agree. He used the reason that Tianmeng Company only needs money for the development of a new company, and negotiated the price with Xu Mulin, and finally set the director's fee at 2000 million.

2000 million director's fee is not too much for a big director like Xu Mulin, or even a small amount. If it is to make a movie, according to his share in Shiyue Group, he can earn a few dollars for a movie. [-] million.

Of course, he doesn't care about money so much now, he is now making movies and TV dramas, at most it is a hobby, and he doesn't like to be idle.

After negotiating a good price, the two officially signed a cooperation contract, and then they began to discuss the issue of casting.

Xu Mulin said: "I roughly calculated that Legend of Sword and Fairy needs about [-] full-time actors. This TV series has relatively high requirements for actors' acting skills. I am afraid it will be difficult to control the cost."

Lu Ming said: "The supporting role is not a big problem, but it is probably more difficult to choose the leading role."

There is no doubt that Lu Ming will play the leading role, but the role of Zhao Linger is not easy to find. After all, it is difficult to find a woman as immortal as Liu Yifei in that world.

He does know a woman who is more immortal than Liu Yifei, but that woman cannot be an actress, because this woman is his wife Shi Huan, let alone whether Shi Huan will agree to act, even if she agrees, Lu Ming will not Expose her to the public.

And actors don't just look at who is beautiful, they also look at their acting skills.

Actors who are beautiful and have good acting skills are not unavailable in this world, but most of these actors are in those big companies. If you want to hire these actors, the salary can be anywhere from 8000 to [-] million, or even hundreds of millions. .

Tianmeng Company needs so much money now, they definitely can't spend all the money on hiring actors, and in the current situation, they may not be able to hire those first-line big stars, after all, he has been blocked by the two major groups , and most of the first-line big stars, actors with particularly good acting skills are mostly in these two groups. In order to block Tianmeng Company, artists under these two groups will definitely not participate in the film and television dramas they shoot.

At this time, Xu Mulin asked: "Are you still going to play the male lead of this TV series?"

From Xu Mulin's point of view, Lu Ming is already a capital player, so he doesn't need to be an actor anymore, he just needs to run a company professionally.

Lu Ming replied, "Well, I'll act, which can save costs."

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Xu Mulin didn't say much. There are many young people who like to be famous these days, especially those from rich families. They don't like to keep a low profile. For example, Shen Yunfeng is a typical example. It's not that Lu Ming wants to act. what a strange thing.

There is indeed one leading actor, but there are more than one starring role in this show, and there are several roles.

With the current situation of Lu Ming Company, it is not so easy to hire actors.

Xu Mulin said: "Your father-in-law seems to have issued a banning order within Shiyue Group. I'm afraid it will not be so easy for you to find a suitable role."

Although there are many brokerage companies that have nothing to do with Shiyue Group, these companies must have known about Shiyue Group's ban on Tianmeng Company, and they are likely to be worried that if their company's actors participate in Tianmeng Company For film and television dramas, what will Shiyue Group do when the time comes to block their actors? It's hard to find the right actors.

After hearing Xu Mulin's words, Lu Ming pondered for a moment.

At this time, Xu Mulin continued: "Why don't I go to Hualin Film and Television Academy to help you recruit a few more students?"

"Nowadays, the film and television industry is in a downturn. Many film and television college students change careers after graduation. It is relatively easy to recruit new actors."

Hearing this, Lu Ming smiled, and then said: "Student actors are good recruits, but I'm afraid there is no way to guarantee their acting skills."

Xu Mulin said: "Some actors are born to act. Since I personally help you go to Hualin to recruit people, I will naturally recruit some more talented actors for you."

"And I read the script you gave me. The heroine Zhao Ling'er in it is a young, pure and lovely girl. Such a heroine is the most suitable for starting a new actor, especially those girls who have not yet entered the society."

Xu Mulin has a great characteristic when choosing roles, that is, he chooses roles based on people's personalities or characteristics.

Although some actors have particularly good acting skills, in Xu Mulin's view, the actors who are closest to the characters themselves are more natural than those who use acting skills to act.

The role of Zhao Linger, the purer the girl is, the more suitable it is. Although today's universities are becoming more and more socialized, there are still many girls who have such a pure temperament among college students who have not left school.

After listening to Xu Mulin's words, Lu Ming felt that there was some truth, and Xu Mulin's vision of seeing people was quite accurate. The newcomers that Xu Mulin helped Tianmeng Company brought back before, although their acting skills were not particularly good, they had relatively high understanding , Xu Mulin only needs to dial a little bit, and they will know how to act.

But having said that, if their company continues to increase the number of actors, I am afraid that the pressure on their company will also increase. It takes a lot of resources to train new actors. There are relatively few resources in terms of resources, and the most important thing is that their funds are relatively small.

After thinking for a while, Lu Ming said to Xu Mulin: "Director Xu, our company can only sign three artists at most. If there are too many artists, we may not have so many resources to train them."

Xu Mulin said: "It's not necessarily necessary to sign all of them. Nowadays, many of the student actors have no filming, and no film and television company is looking for them. There is no opportunity to practice. If you give them a role, you are already giving them a chance."

Hearing what Xu Mulin said, Lu Ming felt that it made sense. However, if they didn't sign the contract, after "Legend of Sword and Fairy" became popular and the fame of those actors rose, other film and television companies would definitely take the opportunity to sign them away , especially the two major groups, Haile Group and Time Joy Media, they like to do this kind of thing the most.

After the two of them signed those actors away, it might not be so easy to find those actors to cooperate with in the future.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming decided to adopt the strategy set when filming "Charlotte Annoyance". All actors who play the leading role must sign a contract. As for the others, it is their ability to become popular. Where do they want to go in the future? Where.

Lu Ming then said: "Okay, then I will trouble Director Xu to make another trip."

Xu Mulin said: "No trouble, I happened to go to Hualin to see my daughter."

Speaking of this, Xu Mulin stood up and continued: "Okay, that's all for today, I'll go back first, and I'll go to Hualin early tomorrow morning, and I'll give you a call when the actors are settled. "

At this time, Xu Mulin thought of something, and continued: "By the way, send an employee of your company to go with me tomorrow."

After all, it was Tianmeng Company that wanted to recruit actors, so their company definitely needed someone to go.

Lu Ming said, "Okay, I'll let the employee from last time go with you."

"Okay, let him buy the ticket for tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

Having said that, Xu Mulin left Lu Ming's office directly.

After Xu Mulin left, Lu Ming went back to his desk and sat down, and roughly calculated the cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". After doing the calculation, he found that the cost of this TV series would easily exceed [-] million yuan. .

5000 million is not much for a TV series, especially in today's era when actors are paid more than [-] million, and some actors are paid [-] million.

Although the cost does not seem high, Tianmeng Company needs money today. No matter where it is, it can save as much as possible. [-] million is definitely a lot for Tianmeng Company.

Lu Ming put his left hand on the desk, stroked his chin with his right hand, looked at the computer with both eyes, and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of a way, why don't he find some sponsors and pull the entity Capital enters the market. In this way, their company does not need to spend much money, and they have a share in making money. If they lose money, it is not their own money.

Pulling physical capital into the market was very common in the past, but the entertainment industry has entered a capital winter in the past two years. People no longer have much trust in the film and television companies in the entertainment industry, and there is not much capital willing to flow into the entertainment industry. Gradually, there are fewer and fewer sponsors.

But it is also a troublesome thing to attract real capital to enter the market. At that time, his father-in-law may come to trouble him again.

The last time Chen Hai used their family company to promote "Charlotte Annoyance", but Shitian came to him at night.

At this time, Lu Ming stretched his waist. That was something his father-in-law should worry about, not his business. If he wanted to surpass Shiyue Group and Haile Group, it was necessary to attract other capital to enter the market.

The two major groups, Haile Group and Shiyue Group, are listed companies, and they have a steady stream of financial support. He is a non-listed company, and if he wants to do these two groups, the best choice is to go public. After the IPO, I'm afraid Tianmeng Company will not be his final decision. He is still very clear about this, so he has not considered IPO yet, but he can still do it by attracting real capital to invest in film and television dramas.

Of course, if you want to attract physical capital to enter the market or find sponsors, you must show the commercial potential of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". In other words, it will be easier to attract sponsors only after the TV series becomes popular .

In the past, looking for sponsors for filming TV dramas was to find sponsors first before filming film and television dramas, and then set up the crew and start filming film and television dramas, but the times are different. Now those companies have learned to be smart. Fried dough sticks have been fooling around with the phrase "art is to burn money" for so many years, and it's time to wake up.

Next, they should honestly shoot a few episodes of the TV series before they talk about it. Once they gain popularity, it will be relatively easier to get sponsors.

a week later.

On Friday morning, Xu Mulin came back from Hualin. This time Xu Mulin took a longer time to go to Hualin, mainly because it took him a while to find his daughter.

He never thought that his daughter went to work in a pig raising company, which made him very shocked and incomprehensible, and Xu Ziyi was reluctant to say what she was doing at first.

Although people often say that occupations do not distinguish between high and low, but Xu Ziyi's things from childhood to university have nothing to do with raising pigs. She is a girl full of artistic cells and ran to raise some pigs.

Although Xu Mulin was a little angry, he didn't force Xu Ziyi to leave the company. After all, Xu Ziyi had grown up, and he couldn't control it anymore.

Originally, he planned to let Xu Ziyi play Lin Yueru in "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but later he had to find another person from Hualin Film and Television Academy.

(End of this chapter)