Chapter 33 The perfect ensemble debut day
Sheng Tianlin came down the hillside and took out his phone and called the producer of "Breaking Dawn" - Tu Zheng, the boss of Qiang Sheng Film and Television.
In recent years, the film and television industry has become very popular, and domestic film and television companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. But Qiangsheng Film and Television is an established domestic film and television company.
Unlike other newly emerging film and television companies in China, Qiangsheng Film and Television has always preferred to invest in film and television works with solid themes.
In recent years, he has been deeply involved in period dramas and war/spy dramas. He has maintained good cooperative relationships with major TV stations and has a good reputation in the industry.
Sheng Tianlin's mentor and friend Liu Yun is a gold medal director under Qiangsheng Film and Television. Sheng Tianlin himself is also a contracted director under Qiangsheng Film and Television.
Sheng Tianlin had known Tu Zheng since he was the chief photographer for Liu Yun, but they didn't have much contact with each other.
Sheng Tianlin was really angry at Yan Shuang today. He gritted his teeth and directly filed a lawsuit.
The call was quickly connected, and Tu Zheng on the other end seemed to be in a good mood.
"Hey, it's rare for Director Sheng to call me. Is there something wrong?"
"Mr. Tu..."
Hearing Tu Zheng's voice, Sheng Tianlin hesitated for a moment. But thinking about how angry he was that day, he still gritted his teeth;
"Mr. Tu, I can't direct the "Breaking Dawn" scene! Today, Yan Shuang was scheduled to have a scene in the morning and afternoon, but it turned out that this guy couldn't wait to come, so I called his agent six or seven. I made a phone call, first telling me to attend the event, and then telling me to have dinner with the event organizer, and asked me to wait.
By the time it’s past one in the afternoon, guess what? My manager called me directly and told me that the big star drank too much and couldn't come! We, a whole crew of nearly 300 people, just waited like this for a whole day.
The wages of the extras, the rent of the venue, and the losses of each technical team totaled more than 70,000 yuan! Mr. Tu, tell me, how will I film this movie in the future? Let me leave it at that, this crew has him but not me, both me and not him! "
As Sheng Tianlin finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone.
It took a long time before Tu Zheng's voice, both salty and soft, finally came through Sheng Tianlin's anxiety.
"Yan Shuang's popularity has been pretty good recently. I want to take advantage of his popularity for the promotion of the drama "Breaking Dawn"."
"But Mr. Tu, the impact of what he did on the crew is too bad! He is the second male lead, so what will the other actors think? What will the lead male think? If they are all so passive and slow in work, how can we control the cost of filming? How to control the progress? The original cost budget of "Breaking Dawn" is not large. If the film continues to suffer losses like this, will it be blamed on me or who else?"
Hearing Sheng Tianlin's complaint, there was another silence on the other side of the phone.
"Then what do you want to do?"
Seeing that Tu Zheng had loosened his tone, Sheng Tianlin secretly took a breath and said seriously:
"Mr. Tu, I know it is unrealistic for the company to withdraw the film contract now, but I must give Yan Shuang a warning about this! I remember that "Breaking Dawn" should be promoted intensively in the past two days, right?"
"Yes, at seven o'clock tonight, the company is going to release a promotional video for Yan Shuang's part of "Breaking Dawn" on Weibo."
"I suggest that this promotional video be removed!"
Sheng Tianlin said categorically, but Tu Zheng on the other side of the phone didn't seem ready to accept his opinion;
"The hot searches have been arranged. If we withdraw them now, won't the company's public relations expenses be wasted? Tianlin, this is not a loss of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan."
Of course Sheng Tianlin knows the current Xuanfa market.
If nothing else, let’s just talk about a hot search on Weibo’s entertainment list. If you want to be ranked, you will be charged by the hour.
Prices are different for morning and noon, Saturday and Sunday.
In the prime time of today's Friday night at 7:08 pm, if you want to put a promotional video for a new film in the top ten and stay there for 12 hours, you will definitely not be able to do it without 200,000 yuan.
"Mr. Tu, I also know that the company is in trouble, and it is impossible for the company's public relations expenses to be wasted. The promotion period for the new drama is not limited to today. My idea is to push back the promotional video for Yan Shuang's part.
At least postpone it for a few days, so that everyone knows that our strength cannot be easily manipulated by actors. As for today’s announcement, I have some good material here.
Although there are no big stars, the content is very good and fits the theme and tone of our "Breaking Dawn". In this way, I will send the materials to you via email in a while, so you can take a look.
If you think it's okay, we'll do it tonight. If that doesn't work, I won't make the call today. In the future, if the budget is overrun because actors always give up, or the schedule is not met, then you can't put all the blame on me, the director! "
Sheng Tianlin was soft and hard at the same time, which actually amused Tu Zheng on the other end of the phone.
"You kid, are you still playing this trick with me? What's the matter? In addition to teaching you how to film, Lao Liu has also taught you how to deal with me in the past few years? Okay, I understand what you mean. First Send that material over, I’ll take a look at it and then talk about it.”
Without giving Sheng Tianlin a chance to speak again, the call was hung up.
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Sheng Tianlin took a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Damn...it's really stressful to talk to the boss directly.
You were waiting for me to become famous and make a few hit movies!
Secretly pressing Tu Zheng to the ground and meowing, mentally completing the workers' counterattack against capital, Sheng Tianlin waved to the assistant director in the distance.
"Compress the clip of the student demonstration that I took this morning and send it over! I want to use it!"
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Sheng Tianlin's face was filled with success, and Li Youzhi calmed down.
Looking back on the first day of my career as an extra, I basically acted like a monster.
No matter how strong Brother Rao Shizhi's fighting ability is, he still feels a little tired - it's psychological, definitely not physical.
In the afternoon, Li Youzhi gathered the students from Agricultural University who came to run with the crew and taught them some simple Japanese tactical commands. While returning the costumes and props, he greeted the two prop masters from the prop team.
When Li Youzhi took the initiative to come to the props team to help, all members of the props team welcomed him with both hands.
The costume team of "Breaking Dawn" currently consists of four people. These four people are responsible for the costumes and props required by more than 200 extras and the protagonist.
Let's put it this way: I dragged the donkeys from the production team to the service team of "Breaking Dawn" to work for two days, and I had to cry and miss the old grinding days while working.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, after Zhou Yuan and several other prop crews had finished cleaning up, Li Youzhi's group performance debut finally came to an end.
When I returned to school, it was already half past six.
Go out in the morning and come back in the evening. The so-called wearing stars and wearing moon is roughly like this.
Even though they were exhausted when helping the prop team clean up at night, Zhou Yuan and the others were still excited after returning to school.
The crew must be tired after running down this day. But think about it, today has been so fulfilling!
Originally, the idea of Zhou Yuan and others entering the crew was to see how the crew worked. No one expected that they would show their faces in front of the camera today and even talk to the director in the afternoon.
Because of Li Youzhi's relationship, several people also received an extra 60 yuan in labor fees.
Including the 110 yuan that Liu Hai received from the film after he was pumped, he made a net profit of 170 yuan a day. For a few guys whose living expenses balance was already seriously insufficient, it was simply a blessing.
"Brothers! We will work for Mi Xi in the second cafeteria tonight. I am happy today. I, Mr. Zhou, will pay for all the expenses!"
There are four cafeterias in Agricultural University, and the fourth cafeteria is closest to Li Youzhi and his dormitory.
But it is recognized that the food is the best in the second cafeteria closest to the teaching building.
The food prices there are relatively expensive, so only those who are not short of food money, and those who are tired of the pig food in the fourth cafeteria and want to improve their food will go there.
Upon hearing Zhou Yuan's proposal to pay, the shareholders suddenly burst into cheers.
Losing himself in the shouts of "Dad", Zhou Yuan took Li Youzhi and others into the second cafeteria with a majestic step.
Except for Li Youzhi, everyone's activity level this day has exceeded that of everyone else in the past week.
The salty lunch at noon had already been completely digested by the afternoon's hard work.
In less than ten minutes, the one hundred and seventy yuan that was still warm in Zhou Yuan's wallet turned into six full dinner plates.
Just when everyone was happily finding a long table and preparing to enjoy Mr. Zhou's banquet, they saw a group of tall and thin handsome men coming across from them carrying dinner plates.
Seeing Li Youzhi and the others, the leader was stunned.
Immediately, his unhappy face dropped.
"I'm making money by doing a side job, so why don't I come to the second cafeteria to spend money?"
Hearing the mocking greeting, Li Youzhi and Zhou Yuan turned their heads and looked over.
"Hey, isn't this the devil from this morning?"
"The shoe print on your face seems to be mine! What kind of class do you deserve to eat in the second cafeteria?"
Seeing Huang Ming who still had shoe marks on his face, Zhou Yuan laughed, picked up his chopsticks and pointed at him.
PS: Great work, brothers! It entered the top ten on the urban new book list last night! But in the morning, I was pushed to the eleventh place by the big boss behind me... I shamelessly asked for a reward. Let's poke forward. After all, the exposure of the top ten of the new book list is much better than the eleventh place... Two idiots Thank you for your support, gentlemen!