Feverish actress cried after being angered by haters, but discovered the real culprit was at her bed

Yu Nan and Lu Yan entered the office, and with that, the entire main cast was present.

Huo Jianqi introduced everyone to each other one by one.

"This is the male lead, Lu Yan."

"This is the female lead, Rika, and also Mr. Teru Kagawa, who plays the mute character."

Lu Yan nodded to the two of them and took the initiative to shake hands. His gaze swept over Li Jia. Young Li Jia was truly a different kind of beauty. She wore the simplest clothes and looked the most beautiful.

Her skin was as white as pink, and she wore a light green tank top that perfectly showcased her figure, along with super short hot pants.

They are jade feet!

From a modern perspective, the outfits may seem outdated, but in this era, they are a symbol of fashion.

Li Jia is currently just an ordinary actress with no fame or works. She mainly takes on some commercial projects. Being selected as the female lead this time was purely by chance.

But Lu Yan knew that after this film, Li Jia's value would undergo a leapfrog change, from a small actress who only earned two thousand yuan for a role.

After years of becoming a top actress with a single film salary of seven or eight hundred thousand, Li Jia, who had achieved fame, once recounted her experiences before becoming famous. The story she told is exactly what she is like now.

"Hello?"

"Ni Hao!"

Rika and Teru Kagawa nodded to Lu Yan. Teru Kagawa spoke Chinese with an Osaka accent; yes, this guy was from an island nation.

Why would an island nation participate in the film? This has to do with Huo Jianqi's rise to fame.

In the 1990s, Huo Jianqi had a film called "Postmen in the Mountains" which was a critical and commercial success. This was his directorial debut.

This marked the beginning of his directing career, and the film was initially released in Japan.

He also won many awards there, so Huo Jianqi's reputation and influence in the island country at this time were far greater than in China.

For Huo Jianqi, Japan is a very important market. His previous film, "Postmen in the Mountains," was a box office and critical success in Japan, so "Warm Spring" targeted the Japanese market from the early stages of production.

In order to make this Chinese art film "land" in Japan, he specially replaced one of the lead actors with an influential local actor from the island nation.

This person is Teruyuki Kagawa. At this time, Teruyuki Kagawa already had a certain degree of fame in Japan, and his participation would greatly increase the film's attention.

Speaking of Teru Kagawa, Lu Yan has quite a few impressions of his screen image. Not only is he a mute, but if he remembers correctly, he also appeared in the movie "Devils on the Doorstep" which was filmed during Jiang Wen's era.

He plays a captured Japanese soldier, and this guy is probably one of the most active Japanese actor in the country.

Huo Jianqi's move to appoint Teru Kagawa was very successful in the previous life. He achieved great success in the Japanese market and won the Golden Kirin Award. Teru Kagawa was also known as the Tokyo Film Festival Best Actor.

Like the two main characters, he achieved both fame and fortune.

"I called you all here today to meet you in advance. Due to time constraints, we only have about a week to rest. During this time, you should rest well, familiarize yourselves with the script, and get into the right mindset."

The group then chatted idly. Lu Yan had a pleasant conversation with Li Jia and Xiang Chuan, but unfortunately, he couldn't speak Chinese. He just kept babbling and making the translator speak.

Li Jia and Kagawa Teru were the first to leave, while Lu Yan stayed behind to discuss the film's pay.

  

Rika and Kagawa Teru have already agreed on their salaries, but he, as a temporary transfer student, hasn't.

With Yu Nan protecting him, Lu Yan's salary, while not quite top-tier, would certainly not be taken advantage of.

There are two main methods for settling actor fees: buyout contracts and daily payments. These are the two methods that most actors use nowadays.

Yu Nan negotiated the deal for Lu Yan, a one-time buyout for 20 yuan. This fee is a very reasonable price for a new actor, and even slightly exceeds what Lu Yan should be paid.

Undoubtedly, the thigh muscles are exerting their strength.

Huo Jianqi could afford to pay for this, after all, the production cost of this film was originally a full eight million, more than twice that of "Awakening of Insects".

The payment method for film remuneration shall be in accordance with industry norms.

A 30% deposit is required upon signing the contract, another 30% after half of the filming is completed, and the remaining 10% is due as part of the promotional arrangements.

After the contract was signed, Lu Yan and Yu Nan left Huo Jianqi's company. When they got back to the car, Lu Yan was still thinking about the 20 yuan.

I had no one to tell about the excitement and excitement I felt. I'd been poor for half my life, but now I was finally rich!

In the early 2000s, 200,000 yuan could buy a house directly, demonstrating extremely strong purchasing power.

His parents worked hard for many years but still couldn't save this much money. The actor's salary alone is so high for a movie. If he invested in a movie himself, the profit would be huge!

Yu Nan shook his head repeatedly at this spineless appearance.

Yu Nan started the car and was about to drive off when he remembered something and turned to Lu Yan to explain it.

"By the way, if you have time, try to set up a studio."

"studio?"

Lu Yan was puzzled, wondering why they were making this.

"You will have to pay taxes on your future film remuneration. If your personal income tax exceeds 50,000 yuan, you will have to pay 40% tax. If it is 100,000 yuan, it will be 25,000 yuan."

"If you have a studio, the film remuneration is recorded as income from the studio's operations. You can apply a progressive tax rate of 5%-35%, and you can also deduct operating costs such as rent and assistant salaries. If the tax amount is 100,000 yuan, after deducting other things, you should only need to pay about 12000 yuan in the end."

Lu Yan felt a pang of unease after hearing this. What the hell? I haven't even had a chance to warm up this money before I have to throw away 5 yuan!

At this moment, he seemed to understand why so many celebrities in his previous life tried every means to evade taxes; the tax rate was indeed quite high.

He only earned so little money, and a quarter of it was confiscated.

We absolutely must set up a studio.

.......

Lu Yan returned to school and went straight to Lao Wang's office.

Inside the office, Wang Jinsong, who was soaking goji berries in a thermos, heard Lu Yan's speech and sprayed a jet of goji berry water forward.

Lu Yan: "..."

He brushed the goji berries off his face.

"Teacher, does spraying water mean I agree or disagree?"

Wang Jinsong picked up a tissue from the table to wipe his mouth, then pushed up his glasses: "You're taking another long leave, this time for a month! And you passed your audition again."

"Old Wang knows me best! That's right, I'm going out to film again. Time is tight and the task is heavy. Moreover, I am the male lead this time. I have to finish reading the script this week. I really don't have time to go to class, you know."

Noticing Wang Jinsong's unfriendly gaze, Lu Yan quickly raised his hand: "But don't worry, after I finish filming this movie, I will definitely come back to class properly."

Wang Jinsong smiled and shook his head. Could he possibly stop this kid?

In the end, Wang Jinsong readily approved the leave slip.

When Lu Yan's roommates Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin found out that Lu Yan could skip classes for a week—no, a whole month—the two of them cried and wailed for a long time.

Thanks to those two big mouths, Lu Yan's successful audition and subsequent film offer quickly spread throughout the class. Not only the 02 students, but also many of the 01 and even 00 senior students knew of Lu Yan's existence.

In just a few days, Lu Yan went from an unknown nobody to a star player like Liu.

Most of the students in the acting department have no acting experience. A guy who is also a student but has repeatedly acted in movies by famous directors is obviously an anomaly in the crowd.

Putting everything else aside, several classmates are already thinking of asking Lu Yan to introduce them to resources.

However, Lu Yan had no time to pay attention to these rumors. He had been working on the materials and finding a solution for the studio these past few days. He didn't know what to do until he found out.

This whole process drove Lu Yan crazy. The first difficulty was the business location. Originally, Lu Yan thought about finding an industrial park to affiliate with, but after thinking about it, he realized it was unreliable.

All his attempts seemed to fail, so he finally gave up and went to Yu Nan, using her company address to set up a branch.

It took him two days, accompanied by an official from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, to complete all the paperwork. He will have to go back to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to register again a month later to complete all the formalities.

Lu Yan, exhausted and carrying his business license, returned to the boys' dormitory. He was about to go upstairs when he happened to see Liu Yifei standing downstairs, doing something, with a string of candied hawthorns in her hand.

"Gurgle..."

"Liu Yifei, what is she doing here?"