The hour was fast approaching, and the audition was over.

Zhang Ran called Jing Tian and the four of them to the audition room, and showed them the performance just now.

Yang Fan and the three of them were very surprised when they saw Jing Tian's performance. Jing Tian is the worst acting skill among the four of them, who didn't expect her to be able to act to this extent.

Zhang Ran looked at Yang Mi, then at Huang Shengyi, and sighed slightly: "I'm very disappointed in the two of you, I handed over the script to you three months ago, but now you are acting like this." It's not that you can't act well, it's not that you don't have the ability, it's that you don't have the heart at all. is still the same for my plays, and the plays for other people are naturally more perfunctory. In the last year or so, your plays have been getting worse and worse, can you tell me what's going on? Why is this happening?"

Yang Fan knew that she didn't perform well today, and she also knew that she couldn't defend herself at this time, so she could only bow her head and admit her mistakes.

Huang Shengyi whispered: "I don't want to either, but there is no way!"

When Zhang Ran heard this, he immediately became angry: "If you act well, who can force you to deliberately act badly! I think you have fallen into the eyes of money! If you want to say that you love money, who can compare to Zhang Ziyi? But she knows very well that if you want to make a lot of money, you must act well, and good acting is the foundation of everything, and what about the two of you? I don't understand such a simple truth! I think you have been kicked in the head by a donkey!"

Huang Shengyi retorted in a low voice: "It was originally true!"

Zhang Ran raised his voice and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, I see how you can't help it!"

Huang Shengyi cried and said, "Teacher Zhang, I really have no choice. I was so confused that I signed a gambling agreement with someone. The VAM agreement has performance requirements, and after the VAM agreement, I can't act as calmly as before, and I can't wait for the script I like and the role I like like before. In the past, if the event and advertising were not good, I would not accept the price no matter how high it was. But now, in order to complete the performance, I even accept micro-business. There's really no way, you can't complete the performance, and you have to lose a lot of money!"

The VAM agreement is not a new thing in the film and television industry, and Zhang Ran used the VAM agreement to completely defeat Huayi. In recent years, with a large amount of hot money pouring into the film and television industry, in order to grab resources, various bets have emerged in an endless stream, betting on box office, ratings, performance, and so on. VAM agreements are very risky, in order to complete performance, from companies to artists, from distributors, directors to artists, the ubiquitous VAM agreements have made the film and television industry more and more impetuous, and the phenomenon of box office injection, buying ratings, and fast food has become increasingly serious.

Zhang Ran talked to Huang Shengyi about the gambling agreement, but he didn't expect them to sign it with others, he turned his head to look at Yang Mi, and said coldly: "You also signed a gambling agreement with others?"

Yang Fan glanced at Zhang Ran and nodded weakly.

Zhang Ran sighed deeply and said: "I told you about the gambling agreement at the beginning, but you just didn't listen, who did you sign it with, and what is the specific content?"

Huang Shengyi said: "In December 2011, Haohai Film and Television signed a VAM agreement with Shishang Culture, and they acquired Haohai Film and Television for 1.5 billion yuan. We couldn't refuse the price, so we agreed. After the completion of the acquisition, the net profit of Haohai Film and Television from 2012 to 2017 will not be less than 100 million, 150 million, 200 million, 250 million, and 300 million respectively. If the promised performance is not completed, Haohai Film and Television will compensate Shishang Culture. This year's gambling target is 200 million net profit, which is very difficult, and a few of us are desperately taking on the drama and advertising. ”

Zhang Ran looked at Yang Mi and said coldly, "How did you sign it?"

Yang Fan said in a low voice: "I, Huang Xuan, and Shanshan established Guardian Film and Television in March 2012, and it didn't take long for a company to come to the door and propose to acquire 70% of our company's shares for 1 billion yuan." They also made claims for profits from 2012 to 2017. If we don't fulfill the promised performance, we have to make up for it with our own money. ”

Zhang Ran turned his head to look at Bai Ling and asked, "Bai Ling, have you signed a gambling agreement?"

Bai Ling shook his head: "No, my contract is still in Rongxinda!"

Zhang Ran looked at Huang Shengyi and asked, "Our classmates, what else have you signed a gambling agreement with others?"

Huang Shengyi said: "Jia Milk Liang and several of their Tianren films and television have also signed, I don't know about the rest." Speaking of which, she added: "We just watched Jia Milk Liang sign it, and we signed it." ”

Yang Mi immediately said: "We also signed with Shishang Culture, and we were hesitant to sign it at first." But the people of Shishang Culture told us that Huang Shengyi and Jia Niliang had signed their companies, so what was there to worry about? I called Jia Niliang and Sister Shengyi and asked if they had signed. And they said yes. We were reassured, and then we signed. ”

Zhang Ran was a little surprised to hear that this company called Shishang Culture had signed a VAM agreement with so many companies. There are roughly two situations when signing a VAM agreement, one is to use this method to bind stars, in the past, film and television companies used to bind stars through signing, but now most stars have their own studios or companies, and it is difficult to bind them when they sign a contract. In this case, film and television companies began to achieve the purpose of bundling stars by acquiring star holding companies. The other is to operate and list the acquired film and television companies to pit the money of shareholders.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of VAM agreement is also signed with one or two companies, and this company called Shishang Culture currently knows about the VAM, and I don't know that there may be more. With so much money and gambling against so many companies, what do they want to do?

Zhang Ran couldn't help asking, "Do you know anything about this company?"

Huang Shengyi explained: "The company is a formal company, funded by several funds, including Sequoia Capital, as well as domestic funds, whose purpose is to invest in high-quality film and television projects, original IP, and film and television equity projects. ”

Zhang Ran felt that he couldn't ask any useful information from Huang Shengyi, so he said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Huang Shengyi said helplessly: "What else can I do? Now I can only find ways to complete the bet." When the bet is completed, I won't sign it again. How comfortable my life used to be, filming one or two dramas a year, taking a few commercials, and living a very comfortable life. Now he's as busy as a dog, and he's being scolded by the audience. But I had no choice but to grit my teeth and get through!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "You two go back first, Jing Chu has prepared a lot of delicious food, and I will eat at home in the evening." ”

Huang Shengyi and Yang Fan looked at Jing Tian and Bai Ling enviously, said hello to Zhang Ran, and left the room.

Zhang Ran looked at Jing Tian and then at Bai Ling, and smiled with satisfaction: "Both of you are performing well, but there is only one who can be the heroine, Jing Tian performs better, and this role will be given to Jing Tian!"

Bai Ling exhaled softly, before Zhang Ran announced the answer, she knew that this was the result, Jing Tian's performance was indeed better than herself, but she was still a little disappointed in her heart. In order to play this role well, she put a lot of thought into it, but she didn't expect to lose.

After Jing Tian heard Zhang Ran read out his name, he was a little incredulous. When she looked at Zhang Ran with an inquiring gaze, and saw him smiling and nodding at herself, tears instantly welled up in her eyes, and then fell down. In the past few months, she has been worried and her heart has always been tormented. At this moment, all the pain and grievances in her heart came up, and she cried with a wow.

Zhang Ran knew that Jing Tian had suffered a lot of grievances and suffered a lot in the past few months, and crying was a normal reaction. However, he ignored Jingtian, looked at Bai Ling, and said with a smile: "Compared with Xia Xuejiao, the role of the female No. 2 Cheng Wen is more difficult to play, I need an actor with particularly good acting skills, how about it, are you interested?"

Bai Lingmei opened his eyes and smiled: "Interested! Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me, you won this role by strength." Okay, you go back first, I'll talk to Jing Tian for a few words. Bai Ling smiled and said, "Goodbye, Teacher Zhang!" Zhang Ran added: "Come home for dinner in the evening!"

After Bai Ling left, Zhang Ran saw that Jing Tian was still wiping his tears, took out a pack of tissues from his pocket, and handed it to Jing Tian: "Okay, don't cry! Such a big girl is crying, what does it look like, quickly wipe it!"

Jing Tian took the tissue and wiped away his tears: "Thank you, Master!"

Zhang Ran saw that Jing Tian's eyes were red from crying, and said gently: "Your performance today is very good, I thought you would definitely lose, but I didn't expect you to act better than Bai Ling, it really gave me a surprise." I told you a long time ago that your biggest problem is that you don't have a sense of reverence for acting. For you, everything is too easy, with your family holding it, your uncle and uncle taking care of it, and when you enter the entertainment industry and I am the master, everyone treats you as a treasure.

We know a truth, the easier it is to get something, the less you will cherish it, and what you can't get is always the best. If it's your hard-earned money, even if it's a cent, you'll be very cautious when you use it, and if it's a windfall, it's the money you've picked up, and even if it's 10 million, you'll spend it quickly.

In your eyes, acting is a fun game, of course, you like to act, always very seriously, but you don't work hard for it. Many people think that acting is easy and fun, just like making a game, but in fact it is not, it is a very difficult and painful process for an actor to turn himself into a character, and it is necessary to feel the joys and sorrows of the character. Xia Xuejiao is very painful in her heart, if you want to play this role well, you have to bear those pains, which is very difficult for you who are pampered.

This role is a hurdle for you, and if you can get past it, you'll become a real actor, and if you can't, then your performance will be like that. I'm glad you've passed this hurdle, and now you should have a sense of reverence for acting and the profession of an actor. You have to remember the experience of these few months, it is the treasure of your life!"

Jing Tian nodded gently, the experience of the past few months has really given her a new understanding of actors and acting. She exhaled softly and said, "Master, you said that actors have always been warriors and actors are nobles, but I didn't understand it before. But now I understand that being an actor is a special profession, and you need to constantly dissect yourself, discover everything that the character has experienced from your heart, cry like the character, laugh like the character, and live like the character. To become a good actor, you must use your heart to bear all kinds of suffering, joys and sorrows in the human world, which requires a noble and strong heart. I'm still far from being called an actor, but I'll try. ”

Zhang Ran smiled sincerely, now Jing Tian is really in awe of actors and performances: "If you can say these words, it means that you are already a real actor! I'm really happy!" He put his hands together: "Okay, that's it, you can go! Remember to go home for dinner in the evening!"

After Jing Tian got up, he bowed deeply to Zhang Ran: "Master, then I'll go first!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go!"

After Jing Tian left, Zhang Ran remembered Huang Shengyi's gambling agreement, and his brows furrowed again, and he always felt that this company was a little strange. After he pondered for a while, he dialed the phone of the person in charge of the public relations department of the peak of the century: "You check the company Shishang Culture and see what is going on with this company." ”