Chapter Ninety-Eight: Independent Brokers
When talking to Li Xiaowan at that time, Di Yun was indeed moved, but after coming down, he thought about it calmly and felt that six years was too long, so he considered this consideration for more than ten days, and it was not until Lao Xu returned to the capital after filming from the magic capital that the topic was brought up again.
June 28, in the house of the garden.
The smell of the newly renovated house was so strong that Di Yun opened all the windows.
Lao Xu took a closer look at the house, nodded from time to time, quite satisfied.
"Hey, when are we going to buy furniture?" Lao Xu asked.
"Let's wait until the thesis defense is over."
"Okay." Lao Xu nodded and said, "How much money do you have left?" β
When she left before, she also kept her 30,000, plus Di Yun's 30,000 and the remaining 30,000 when she bought a house, a total of more than 90,000. He replied: "The design fee and the decoration fee together cost more than 20,000 yuan in total, and there are 70,000 yuan left." β
"I still have 50,000 here." Her salary for filming "Love to the End" has increased a lot, from more than 3,000 episodes to 5,000, this drama has a total of 20 episodes, and her role in it is expected to have ten episodes after editing, and she will settle the salary of 50,000 yuan. "Together, 120,000 should be enough to buy furniture. Oh, you can take it. β
"What am I doing with it?" Di Yun didn't answer, but took out the check for 70,000 yuan from his pocket and put it in her hand and said, "You should keep it." β
The girlfriend between the two is the backbone of making money, and he doesn't have the cheekiness to be a shopkeeper.
"Do you really want me to keep it? Aren't you afraid I'll cut off your cigarette money? β
"Forehead......" Di Yun touched his nose, was he cocooned himself?
Anyway, the money will be used to buy furniture after a while, and Lao Xu will not argue with him about who is the shopkeeper.
After putting away the passbook, he asked: "I remember that you mentioned some time ago that a company asked you to sign a contract, what is the specific situation?" β
"The name of the company is Rong Xinda, didn't I shoot a TV series "Thunderstorm" last year, just produced by this company, a company that has just been established, you probably haven't heard of it."
"Then you're wrong, I've heard of this company."
"Heard?" Di Yun was surprised: "Is it famous?" β
"It's a bit famous in the circle, mainly because this company was established by Li Xiaowan and Li Shaohong, these two people were originally the directors and producers of the old Beijing Film Factory, and their reputation is not small, and they formed this company after the old factory was disbanded the year before last." Lao Xu said: "Then what conditions do they give you?" β
Di Yun said the meaning that Li Xiaowan expressed that day.
"That's good, what do you think?"
"It's pretty good, but the contract is too long, six years!" The main reason why he can't accept this time is because of his girlfriend's relationship, she has only signed a contract with the Beijing Film Studio for three years, and she can choose to renew the contract or seek another development after three years, with a high degree of freedom. And he didn't want to be tied up in one place.
"Six years is a long time." Lao Xu said: "How many years do you want to sign?" β
"Three years."
"We can discuss with them again to see if this time can be shortened, if it can be shortened to three years, or if it is still such a condition, you can sign it, okay?"
"Yes, you can."
So Di Yun called Li Xiaowan to make an appointment, and the two went over together.
College students, who haven't graduated yet, are all naΓ―ve and innocent, and it turns out that they are naΓ―ve.
Generally, newcomers and film and television companies sign contracts for about six years, the shortest is only five years, and even ten years in the long term. The main reason is that newcomers are not famous, the first two or three years need the company's packaging and publicity, which is a process of input, and the next few years can bring output and benefits to the company with fame. If you only sign for three years, the company has just packaged you, you have a little fame, and the contract expires, if you don't renew the contract with the company, then the company won't the money in the first two or three years be wasted, and you will make a wedding dress for others in vain. Even if people value your potential, they won't do this kind of trading that doesn't make money.
Li Xiaowan naturally won't accept it, her request is a minimum of five years. And five years is still too long.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction, and the contract cannot be signed as a matter of course.
Although the contract was not signed, Li Xiaowan was a little regretful, but she still said with a pleasant face: "I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." Before leaving, he also left a piece of incense and gave him the business card of an independent agent.
Di Yun put away his business card, but did not contact him immediately, he felt that he was not very clear about these Taoists in the circle, and wanted to find someone to understand before making plans.
Who do you want to know? It seems that there is no one else. Looking around, Jiang Wen is such a senior and half-friend who is old and can speak.
So he called someone out, and by the way, he also called Xia Yu and pulled him over to accompany him.
Jiang Wen didn't come alone, he was followed by a girl, it was his sister Jiang Huan, who had a relationship.
This girl is different from his two elder brothers, she did not go to art school to learn acting, but went to a relatively unpopular water conservancy school in Shaanxi Province. Still a genius, sixteen years old into college, twenty years old, graduated at the age of twenty, after graduating last year because of the health did not participate in the work, returned to the capital has been idle at home, today I heard that the eldest brother is going to come out to see friends, or all know each other, so I came with it.
"What is Brother Jiang busy with this time?" After taking his seat, Di Yun smiled at Jiang Huan and nodded in greeting, and asked Jiang Wen.
"Retreat and write a book."
"What? Writing a book? Di Yun was frightened. It's understandable that you're an actor or not, and it's understandable that you've developed into a director, but what happened when you started writing books again? Could it be that it will not be able to develop in the future?
"Haha, scared? Everyone who heard that I wrote a book had that look on your face. But man, I'm really writing books during this time. β
"I can testify." Jiang Huan next to him raised his hand and smiled.
"Well, it's up to her to modify it for me all this time."
"What book did you write?" Di Yun was curious, "After the publication, the younger brother also bought a book to observe and observe. β
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just some of the process of filming "Sunny Days", and the follow-up summary and so on. I was asked to write about it, and I thought it was funny, so I said yes. Then he waved his hand and said, "It's still early before publication, so let's not talk about it." Tell me about you. You should be graduating soon, right? β
"I didn't sign it."
"Oh? Isn't there an assignment in the school, what's going on? β
Di Yun talked about his problems in general, and also talked about the things between him and Rong Xinda.
After listening, Jiang Wen said: "There is no way to solve this problem, whether it is a large company or a small company, the strategy for treating newcomers is similar. The main reason is that the newcomer is not well-known and has no output, and the company cannot work hard to cook a duck and then let it fly away, and be caught and fed. Therefore, the time is naturally long, and you must earn back the investment in the early stage. Of course, if you become famous now, you won't have these problems when you become a big name, and at that time, even if you don't sign a company, you will have your own resources, and you won't have to worry about no filming, and the time of the contract will be very free, five years, three years, or even a year or two, depending on your mood. β
Di Yun smashed his mouth twice, but this premise is to be famous first.
Immediately, Jiang Wen gave the two of them a rough overview of the process of film and television casting, the relationship is complicated, investors, companies, and favors sometimes stuff people in, and these people alone can't be used up, and it is very unlikely that a single gang will play a role in a big system. Exploded some insider story, which sounds scary anyway.
After finishing speaking, he said: "It's okay if you don't want to join the company, so it's easier to be at ease, but there must be an agent, and some opportunities still depend on an excellent agent to fight for." β
Di Yun and Xia Yu next to him were thoughtful.
At this time, Jiang Huan, who had been silent, suddenly asked: "How much does the agent usually take from the actor's salary?"
"This depends on the level of the actor, if you are a newcomer, between 20% and 30%, higher ones are possible, and the more famous you are, the lower the commission, 10% or even lower." Jiang Wen said.
Jiang Huan turned to Di Yun and Xia Yu and said, "Either I'll be the agent for the two of you, and only 10% will be taken." And our contract does not stipulate the number of years, both parties can terminate the contract at any time, how about it? β
"It's none of my business, it's none of my business, I'm just here to make a bottle of soy sauce." Xia Yu hurriedly said.
Jiang Huan and Xia Yu had known each other for a long time, and they didn't speak as politely as they did to Di Yun, and hummed: "What? You don't want me to be your agent and look down on me for being inexperienced? β
"Ha, no, come on, you can do it if you want."
Jiang Huan turned his gaze to Di Yun again.
Di Yun only thought it was a joke on a whim of the girl, and said with a smile: "Yes." β
Di Yun and Xia Yu didn't take it to heart, but Jiang Wei next to him was a little surprised, with his understanding of his sister, it seemed that he really wanted to be an agent. He looked at Di Yun and Xia Yu, who were smiling and teasing children, with strange expressions, and turned their heads and didn't speak.
A day later, Di Yun received a strange phone call, Jiang Huan.
Inexplicably, after coming to the appointed location, I found that Xia Yu was also called, and I felt a bad premonition in my heart. This girl doesn't really plan to be an agent for the two, right?
Sure enough, after sitting down, the girl laid out the two contracts straight to the point and said, "I went back last night to find someone to draw up a contract, and you can see if there is any problem." β
Di Yun and Xia Yu glanced at each other, both a little worried. Eldest sister, let's just make a joke, are you still here?
Xia Yu was even more depressed in his heart, he went to accompany him yesterday, and he didn't even feel a sense of saving zΓ i, and now he is only a sophomore, and he didn't think about signing any agent at all. As a result, he was implicated by Di Yun, and was knocked to the ground at once, who to reason with?
The two reluctantly opened the contract and looked at it.
The contract is very simple, simply a little like a child's house, and there is basically no binding force. The meaning is very clear: as long as I find the play for you, I will take a 10% commission. None of the others.
After Di Yun finished reading, he looked at Xia Yu next to him, but the goods were still looking closely, and he didn't mean to speak at all, so he had to face his scalp and say, "Little Jiang...... Well... Xiaohuan, that, we thought you were joking yesterday...... Hehe......"
"Do you want to say that you haven't thought about it yet, and you want to go down and think about it for ten or eight years?" The girl had a rare smile on her face, but there seemed to be some coldness in her long, slender eyes.
"Uh... That's not what it means...... Di Yun was a little embarrassed, and he blamed himself for not closing the door yesterday and saying "yes".
"Are you still not men anymore? I regret what I promised the next day, which is worse than a woman. I'm afraid I'll earn 10 percent of your commission......"
"Well, it's ......" Di Yun didn't know what to say.
Jiang Huan realized his gaffe, took a deep breath and calmed down and said, "I'm sorry, I was excited just now." It seems that we still don't know each other and lack the most basic trust. In this way, I'll help you collect crew information first, and this contract can be put down first, and we'll talk about this after you shoot the scene I contacted. β
After saying this, the girl got up and kicked away.
Di Yun and Xia Yu looked at each other speechlessly.
"I used to see this girl quietly, but I didn't expect to be so strong." Xia Yu smacked his mouth and said.
Di Yun exhaled, yes, not only strong, but also a little naΓ―ve.