Chapter Ninety-Two: Showdown!
got Wei Jiahui's reply that he had completed the contract of Liang Jiahui's "Embroidered Spring Knife", Shao Yingying finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he has this contract in hand, even if Liang Jiahui goes, he must appear in the movie "Embroidered Spring Knife", otherwise the huge liquidated damages are not just the number of a film contract.
After completing the above plan, Shao Yingying began to completely enter the state of praise, first led the whole staff of "Soldier Assault" to start publicity, and then began to hype up in all talk shows that 'Wang Baoqiang is a very good actor, can endure hardships, be obedient, and will hardly refute any arrangements of the director in the crew, such an actor, we will do our best to support it'; Otherwise, his studio would not have invested Chen Sicheng to shoot "Beijing Love Story" immediately after filming "Soldier Assault". Of course, Shao Yingying is not only praising these two, Wen Zhang, Tong Dawei, Li Chen, and a series of artists Shao Yingying who have signed a contract with the studio and have a rising momentum are all full of praise, as long as their new TV series is broadcast, Shao Yingying will definitely be present to say a few good words.
During Shao Yingying's extremely busy period, "Soldier Assault" appeared on the small screen, without a female character, and the film focusing on brotherhood, comradeship, and men and soldiers attracted popular ratings as soon as it was broadcast.
It's a pity that there are many types of TV series at present, and it is obviously impossible to make "Soldier Assault" achieve the effect of Shao Yingying's filming and starring, in the year that Shao Yingying left the small screen. There are even very few TV dramas that can break through 30% of the national ratings, which shows that people have more choices, as long as the TV series you shoot is flawed, or there is a situation that can't attract attention. The common people will change the channel and not give any face.
At this point, Kang Honglei is very smart, he did not make "Soldier Assault" into a suspenseful TV series, nor did he show the killing between the generals and brigades, he chose to highlight human nature, Xu Sanduo, Chengcai, Wu Liuyi, Yuan Lang and other soldiers are flesh and blood and affection in front of everyone. To tell all the audience bluntly, they are also human beings, and they are also selfish. They will also shout slogans and look down on everyone and everyone.
Kang Honglei succeeded, and "Soldier Assault" started with a rating of 15.7% in one set, and it took three days to break through 21.6%. This increase in ratings is unimaginable for TV dramas at this stage. Because times have changed.
The news of the film's popularity spread to the crew of "Beijing Love Story", and Chen Sicheng, who was filming a TV series, was wearing a military coat while filming a TV series, grinning and snickering with dimples. He felt that he was on the right path, and he immediately got strong praise when he signed a contract with Shao Yingying Studio, not only made him a director, but also quickly put into filming "Beijing Love Story".
Also having this idea is 'Zhang Yi', in the earliest days, Zhang Yi worked as a gunman for a famous screenwriter and lived on a pitiful manuscript fee. If he didn't work, he had to go hungry, and no one asked him to act at that time. He was able to act in "Soldier Assault" because he played Yuan Langhe in the drama "Erna - Assault". Unexpectedly, the director and screenwriter of "Soldier Assault" insisted that he play Shi Jin, and even brought him to the superstar Shao Yingying, who won a 5-year contract from "Shao Yingying Studio" after 2005, which was really unexpected.
Without this contract, he would not have been able to meet Chen Sicheng, and without the friendship in the filming of "Soldier Assault", it would be impossible for him to play an important character in "Beijing Love Story".
And the starting point of this qiē is because he met Shao Yingying and got the contract.
The hit of "Soldier Assault" made Shao Yingying's studio earn another 42 million, which is not gross profit but pure profit, because Shao Yingying's "Soldier Assault" did not follow the old path of the original drama!
The original "Soldier Assault" did not make much money, in history, Wang Baoqiang's single episode in the play was paid less than 10,000 yuan (because he starred in "Blind Well" and "No Thieves in the World"), and others were paid even less, and this TV series did not have female characters and relied on men to support the sky, and it was not favored by any TV station, and in the end, the money and investment earned in the first three rounds of broadcasting were equal, and the two producers only shared 300,000 each. That's right, the interest of the entire "Soldier Assault" is only 600,000 yuan, and Shao Yingying also found the original words that Wang Zhonglei said when facing the media in his computer: "The industry generally believes that a popular drama like "Soldier Assault" can earn at least 5 million yuan, but the reporter learned that "Soldier Assault" only earned 600,000 yuan, and the show was jointly produced by two people, so the two people each got 300,000 yuan. Yesterday, the reporter asked Wang Zhonglei for confirmation, although he was unwilling to admit the specific amount, but admitted that the economic benefits were very average, because the outside world was not optimistic about the show at first, but later it was hyped up by the Internet, so the second round of broadcasting gradually got the attention of the TV station. ”
See? Even if the soldier assault was later popular, the media only predicted to earn 5 million!
The problem is that the actors are not famous, the production is not magnificent, and the investment is not large, so that the major TV stations have no sense of expectation, which is why the collective is not optimistic. Even the time when it was hyped up on the Internet was after the second round of broadcasting, that is to say, at that time, the second round of broadcast rights had been sold, how much could you make from the third round, bulk sales and audio-visual product rights?
But Shao Yingying did not sell it according to the sales method of the original drama, he backed the big tree of CCTV is capital, but he couldn't rely on this TV series to ask for a sky-high price, he only asked CCTV for the cost price of "Soldier Assault" and 25% of the advertising layer. It doesn't matter if you CCTV is not optimistic about "Soldier Assault", your letter is Shao Yingying's name, right? After so many years of cooperation, you can't even have a little trust, right? As long as you believe and you broadcast, every problem can be solved.
Yu Shengli also thought about it when he bought the film, but Shao Yingying's ratings in recent years have been too strong, whether it is the TV series he invested in or starring himself, they all make a lot of money, he doesn't want to push the TV series printed with the trademark of 'Shao Yingxing Studio' to eight sets, so he can only reluctantly agree.
Here, Yu Shengli just agreed. Shao Yingying began to invest 5 million to hire a fledgling profession for Internet hype, this profession is - water army!
The water army he hired began to be overwhelmingly hyped on the Internet almost a month before the broadcast, some scolding "Soldier Assault" and some praising "Soldier Assault". One by one, they kept saying that "Soldier Assault" had been leaked out when it was not broadcast, and they watched the whole show!
Actually, this qiē is all!
It is not for nothing that the mainland of TV series leaked before it was broadcast, it is "Guzhen Dahe" adapted from the famous novel, the novel is called "Rice", and it can only be remade later, which has nothing to do with Shao Yingxing's "Soldier Assault".
In 2004, when the Internet era was gradually taking shape, "Soldier Assault" became popular all over the Internet before it was broadcast. In this case, it is not surprising that "Soldier Assault" finally won 27.7% of the ratings, making Shao Yingying's studio earn 42 million.
At the same time, Wang Baoqiang's worth jumped from a few thousand to fifty thousand. Chen Sicheng reached 40,000, and the other actors were collectively bullish.
Wang Zhongjun saw the opportunity of "Soldier Assault" and began to call one by one, after all, now signing a new artist has boosted Hua Yi's morale, and now Wang Jinghua has no showdown. I guess it's been these two days. He can't sit still.
"Hello? Bao Qiang? I'm Wang Zhongjun, you haven't signed a company yet, have you? ("No Thieves in the World" has not been filmed yet, Feng Xiaogang filmed "Night Banquet" first) Huayi wants to invite you to join and make every effort to build you, what do you think? ”
"Wang, Mr. Wang...... I signed a contract, I signed it before filming "Soldier Assault", if I don't sign a contract, Director Kang said that he won't let me be in the play......"
"Which company?"
"Mr. Wang. I still have something to do, I'll call you back later......" How can Wang Baoqiang, who has just become famous, have the experience of dealing with a big boss like Wang Zhongjun. Shao Yingying gave a gag order again, how dare he speak at this time. There is no other way but to hide.
Wang Zhongjun held the phone in his office and looked at the microphone and said, "Am I so terrible? He thought he was scared of Wang Baoqiang.
"Hey, Wen Zhang, "Struggle" is good, look at when you have time to come to the company and talk about the renewal of the contract? After all, you signed a short-term contract with the company because of "Days Related to Youth...... What the? Do you have diarrhea? Did you go to the hospital? The company will send you a car...... Okay, call back at the hospital, don't let me worry about it......"
"Hey...... Xiao Tong (Tong Dawei) ......"
"Hello, I am Tong Dawei's assistant, Tong Dawei is back to his hometown, who are you, is there anything wrong?"
Syllable.
Wang Zhongjun put the phone down, he thought it was a bit strange.
Next, as the boss of Huayi, no matter how he called Chen Sicheng or Zhang Yi, no one answered, and the whole thing was so weird inside and out. There is only one explanation, Wang Jinghua!
When, when, when.
There was a knock on the door of Wang Zhongjun's office, and Mr. Wang, who had put the phone on the phone again, said with a trace of tiredness on his face: "Come in." ”
Wang Jinghua walked in, Wang Jinghua pushed the door and walked in, and there was no longer the respect on his face.
"Mr. Wang, isn't my contract about to expire, let me talk about the contract."
Call!
Wang Zhongjun finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Wang Jinghua was willing to come to talk about the contract, then none of the artists in the entire Huayi company that expired in 2005 would be able to leave, Wang Jinghua could let this group of people stay in Huayi one by one, turning this danger into a false alarm.
"Sit." Wang Zhongjun's posture suddenly relaxed was a little ugly, and the whole person seemed to pile up his tall posture.
"Mr. Wang." Wang Jinghua said: "You have seen everything I have done for Huayi all these years in Huayi, right?" When Shao Yingying and Hua Yi were in trouble back then, and no one could cope with it, it was me who held Shao Yingying down, right? I don't want to say whether this matter is a big deal, but I don't seem to have received any reward, Shao Yingying's agent contract was transferred from you to me after this incident. Wang Jinghua counted the merit books: "Later, I opened a blog for all the artists in the company, and I planned it again, you praised me, and then handed over Huayi Music to Wang Zhonglei...... I, Wang Jinghua, am chilled. ”
Wang Zhongjun persuaded: "Give Huayi Music to Zhonglei, this is an elder brother's expectation that his brother can also support the sky, I hope to understand." ”
"What about "Heroes of Heaven and Earth"? I've told you more than once that I want to be a producer, right? As a result, as soon as "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" was launched, the producer was still Wang Zhonglei, and you know what the final result will be......"
"Heroes of Heaven and Earth" ......" Wang Zhongjun didn't explain, he found that Wang Jinghua seemed to count the merit book not so much like he was going to renew the contract, but like he was coming to a showdown!
"What do you mean?" Wang Zhongjun asked.
Wang Jinghua smiled: "I want to leave Huayi, this is my resignation letter, and I will leave after the contract period expires next year." ”
Wang Zhongjun stopped talking, no one could persuade Wang Jinghua at this time, he couldn't do much except wave his hand weakly to let Wang Jinghua go out and not be an eyesore in front of him.
Wang Jinghua got up and slowly left his seat, and the conversation between the two was not noisy, but it was destined to part ways.
Tick, tick, tick.
At this time, the phone in the office rang, Wang Zhongjun picked up the phone, and there was a thunderclap inside: "Zhongjun? I'm Feng Xiaogang. I thought about what we talked about before, I still want to go out and try it alone, but don't worry, when I'm tired of staying outside, I will only go back to Huayi. ”
Wang Zhongjun's hand was shaking, facing Wang Jinghua, who got up and did not leave, he reluctantly controlled his hand, slowly put the phone back in its place, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”
Wang Jinghua said with a smile: "Someone asked me to bring a message to Mr. Wang, Jiang Wen said that he also wants to get his own studio, and after the contract period ends, he does not plan to renew the contract with the company." ”
"What!" Wang Zhongjun couldn't suppress it, and suddenly a loud cry came out, and he reached out to take off his glasses, as if he felt that his ears hurt when the frame was stuck.
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Wang, as a reward for your years of cultivation, I will take away all the artists in my hands."
"Wang Jinghua, don't forget why you are here today!"
Wang Jinghua shook his head and said: "Mr. Wang, I came today just to let you not forget why you are today, if you think Wang Zhonglei can support the collapsed Huayi, you can let him try." Wang Jinghua's face changed: "I don't want to let myself lay the foundation with my own hands, and the building I built has Wang Zhonglei's name on it, do you think it's fair?" ”
"Goodbye, Mr. Wang, before the contract period, I want to take sick leave, if you don't agree, I can come to work every day, as long as you don't look annoying."
"Get out of here!" Wang Zhongjun suddenly shouted in a fit of rage.
Wang Jinghua smiled happily and said, "I'll approve it for you." ”
……
Jingxi, in the wild, a crew is filming, it is a chase scene, a fugitive is chased by the police.
Zhen Jie plays a policewoman, but he thinks that this crew is quite amateur, there is only one camera, one or five field workers, and none of the actors who are filming are known to him, the most important thing is that this group of people doesn't look like a professional no matter how they look at it, and they even deal with things when acting, is this really the crew?
She has doubts, but if this is not the crew, who would make such a big formation? It's been two days since this scene was filmed, can't you make a crew specifically to deceive yourself?
"Zhen Jie." Da Liu walked over with a smile, holding an envelope containing a stack of banknotes.
"Producer Liu."
"I'm sorry, I had an urgent matter a few days ago, so I took some money from you, and I'll pay you back now."
Zhen Jie took Da Liu's money, glanced at Da Liu and said, "The crew's money has arrived?" ”
Da Liu sighed and said: "This group of people, I'm afraid we are going to find someone to invest again, and the investor has withdrawn...... Paying back the money, people say that our crew can't guarantee the benefits, hey, I'm worried to death. ”
Zhen Jie smiled, and she knew that this was the result: "Producer Liu, how much does our crew invest in total?" "She has read the script, and the script is very good, but the group of people filming is too bad.
"Not much, one million and two million, small system."
Zhen Jie nodded: "Then what if I can't attract investment?" ”
"Break up, I don't know how many crews in this circle are broken up by these investors every year, but it's a pity that it's a good book."
Zhen Jie waited for more than a year to shoot the scene and faced a disbandment, in her opinion, it was a pity that this good script was really a pity. (To be continued......)