Chapter 102: Hook-up with Yuan Baye
The supper was very enjoyable, and when the whole crew was eating seas in the largest hot pot restaurant in Hengdian, Liang Jiahui was very deliberately close to Shao Yingying. When he is not acting, Shao Yingying is still the boss in addition to the identity of an actor, if this boss is just messing around in the crew, then no one will pay attention to him, on the surface, he can get by, it's a big deal to get together and pat a few words, but this boss is not only knowledgeable, but also an acting school, which makes Liang Jiahui happy. Who knows which day the moon is round and which day is missing? In case he falls out with Orange Sky one day, it may not be bad to follow Huayi, a knowledgeable boss.
This is like some companies in which laymen lead insiders to make the people below unconvinced, and experts in the industry are leaders, and these guys have to obey, this is the same reason, at least Shao Yingying, who is an actor, will not force Liang Jiahui to take over the plays he is unwilling to act, and Orange Sky is currently working hard to turn Liang Jiahui into their cash cow, almost filling every schedule of Liang Jiahui. How can Liang Jiahui, who is already tired of living a busy life in Xiangjiang and wants to come to the mainland to live a leisurely life, be satisfied? But the new company recruited more than 50 artists from Huayi in one go, and it would not be good if there was no big move, so he could only endure it silently.
"Boss Shao's drama is really good, I don't dare to think about what you looked like when you joined the group now." Liang Jiahui and Shao Yingying made good-natured jokes, and at the same time handed over the wine glass in their hands.
Shao Yingying clinked glasses with Liang Jiahui very sincerely, and then drank a small half glass of liquor in one gulp, Liang Jiahui drank no more and no less, in response.
"I'm a lot worse than Brother Hui, even if it's worse than Wu Zhenyu. I came out of the small screen. I haven't left the small screen until now, and this is the third film I've worked on, the second time I've played a major role. Brother Hui has to teach me. Shao Yingying felt that he was talking so seriously and awkwardly, mainly because these actors rarely teased the poor with them, even if they were poor, they had misunderstandings about their respective slang, and only by speaking like this would they not cause misunderstandings.
There is a very interesting thing here, when I first entered the hot pot restaurant, Wu Zhenyu greeted the proprietress of the hot pot restaurant in very non-standard Mandarin and almost didn't have a misunderstanding, Wu Zhenyu said at the time: "Boss, I have to praise you so late." Robbery or not. ”
The proprietress was stunned, and quickly shook her head and said: "We open a restaurant, and Hengdian has a crew that comes to eat in the middle of the night every day." We haven't robbed once, you can eat at ease, there is a police station not far away. ”
This made Shao Yingying laugh, and even after a long time with the Xiangjiang actors, he laughed out of tears. Wu Zhenyu said that the discount was a robbery because of his accent. I didn't expect the two sides to make such a big oolong.
"You don't need to teach." Liang Jiahui heard Shao Yingying's politeness, and sincerely appreciated: "It's not the first time I've worked with a mainland crew, and it's not the first time I've come to the mainland to work, but the mainland crew is rarely so efficient. The boss who can bring out this kind of crew is still so good at acting. You're doing well. ”
Liang Jiahui praised him, and Shao Yingying also understood. Climbing up the pole, he raised his wine glass, and the two touched it again.
Not only Liang Jiahui, Yuan Heping is also very interested in Shao Yingying, he once personally recommended Li Lianjie to the crew of "Booming Sky Cannon 4", as a result, Li Lianjie only used three scenes and a sentence of English dialogue after the raptors crossed the river to leave a deep impression on foreign audiences, and a new generation of kung fu superstars was born overseas, which also made Lao Mouzi's "Hero" only print an image of Li Lianjie on foreign promotional posters.
"What does Boss Shao think of Xiangjiang movies?" Yuan Heping interjected when Shao Yingying and Liang Jiahui were chatting enthusiastically, Xiangjiang movies are the pride of their Xiangjiang people, and they are almost a topic that must be talked about when people in their circles communicate, not to mention that everyone in front of them is an insider, Shao Yingying has starred in "Infernal Affairs" again, so it is natural to ask Shao Yingying what he thinks of Xiangjiang movies.
Shao Yingying didn't want to tell lies, and he didn't want to offend Yuan Heping and said: "Xiangjiang has its own era, and I respect Xiangjiang movies very much." ”
"Boss Shao, everyone is in the circle today, and we are in the same crew again, just compliment." Yuan Heping is very sincere and direct.
"Okay......" That's all said, Shao Yingying would be a little perfunctory if he didn't express his opinions: "I think the current film market in Xiangjiang is very chicken." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Yuan Jiaban and Liang Jiahui all looked at Shao Yingying's face, and everyone was waiting for Shao Yingying's next words, a little frozen.
Shao Yingying said without any discrimination: "The reason why I said that Xiangjiang movies are chicken is very simple, first of all, the population of Xiangjiang is too small, even if one tenth of the six million people contribute to the box office of the movie, the number of moviegoers is only 600,000, and Xiangjiang movie tickets can't be sold for 1,000 yuan, right?" I don't know how much a movie ticket costs in Xiangjiang, 100 yuan should be a big mark, even if 600,000 people go to see a movie once, you can only get a maximum box office of 60 million, is it wrong what I said? That movie with an investment of more than 30 million yuan will not be able to recover the box office, after all, it will still have to be post-produced and promoted. ”
"In a market that can't even recover 30 million investments, in addition to letting small investment movies test the waters and play the routine of fighting big with small ones, everyone, what else do you think?"
Shao Yingying put down his chopsticks and said: "The Xiangjiang film market in the eighties was really booming, because at that time, the prices were cheap, and the actors were not as high as they are now. By the way, after the movies invested by Xiangjiang are returned to their original costs in the mainland, you will also go to Baodao Province, which is the way to really make money. ”
"I respect Xiangjiang films, your glory in the 80s is still influencing generations of filmmakers in the mainland, but this trend will pass sooner or later, and even the star lineup of Xiangjiang will be in short supply, and now you still have Nicholas Tse, but what about after him? It is not yet known whether he can fight for a Nicholas Tse. ”
"Pessimistic." Yuan Heping refused to admit it, but in fact, he couldn't refute it. It is a fact that the population of Xiangjiang is small, and more and more movies are starting to play small and big because they cannot recover their investment in the local area, but not everyone in Xiangjiang has Du Qifeng's two sons. Not everyone can make "Gunfire", and today's Xiangjiang Film Market is desperately stuffing stars into movies, and playing is no longer creative.
Liang Jiahui shook his head and said, "Pessimistic? Let's be honest. ”
If he hadn't seen the essence of the Xiangjiang market, he would never have come to the mainland to open up a new territory, and the sinking of Xiangjiang's films has become a trend, and it must be replaced by the rise of the mainland market, and the population is the absolute advantage of the mainland.
Shao Yingying shook his head. Even if a filmmaker like Yuan Heping admits the fall of Xiangjiang in his heart, he still has hope for the Xiangjiang film market, isn't it like after the reform and opening up, even if the state-owned enterprises begin to be inefficient, some people still think that state-owned enterprises are iron rice bowls?
When the whole table fell silent, it seemed that neither side wanted to talk, and the lively atmosphere suddenly became cold.
Xu Qing felt a little uncomfortable in such an atmosphere. smiled gently, and said to Wu Zhenyu in half-baked Cantonese: "Pretty boy, do you want to rob or not?" ”
Rumble!
The whole room burst into laughter, and even the proprietress who had just come out of the house leaned back and forth with laughter.
Wu Zhenyu raised his eyebrows suddenly. It took a long time to figure out what Xu Qing said. The atmosphere said: "Beautiful girl, don't talk about robbery, you have to pack." ”
At the moment when the atmosphere became active again, Yuan Heping rubbed his eyes with a smile, he was not young anymore, in addition to not admitting the decline of Xiangjiang, in fact, he was also slowly leaning towards the mainland, for example, "Night Banquet" was an action shot designed by him himself.
"Eighth Master."
Shao Yingying didn't continue to shout 'Yuan Guide'. This makes it more intimate: "I know that Yuan Jiaban will not run out of food with just these three words, but as far as I know, the dragon and tiger martial artists in Xiangjiang have always been in a state of living by relying on the top boss to eat mixed rice. For example, the family class, the Hong family class, and your eighth master's Yuan family class are all like this, but did the eighth master ever think that the environment would change one day? ”
Yuan Heping, who raised his head slightly, didn't understand Shao Yingying's words too much: "What do you mean?" ”
"I mean, Xiangjiang is becoming more and more rare to see big-investment movies, and almost all of the movies with more than 100 million investment are from the mainland, did the eighth master ever think that one day the crew of Xiangjiang would not be able to hire the three famous classes? Or I'll be more straightforward, there are definitely not many dramas with an investment of more than 10 million yuan in Xiangjiang every day, and the dramas of 20 million or 30 million are basically large-scale productions, but Yuan's class will cost a lot of money, once there are other teams that become a microclimate, your business will plummet, this is not a problem of quality, but the market is cooling, and many movies can't afford to hire you big names. ”
"Recently, our company has built a platform, and people in the circle will register on it with a clear price, and even the crews such as photographers, lighting, and art have a place. We all know that the future is a network society, and the Yuan family class can also be broken into pieces and land on our website with a good martial arts guide, if other crews want to use the Yuan family class and can't afford to invite you to the eighth master, they can also use the people of the Yuan family class, and the contact is very convenient, as long as you book your schedule online, in this way, everyone in the Yuan family class can start work with their skills, and everyone has a detailed list of the production of the movie under their name, and the eighth master doesn't have to carry the entire team so tired, isn't it? ”
Shao Yingying is a thief, and when the relationship is getting better and better, he wants to enrich the 'Huayi Performing Arts Network', so that the entire website is covered with people in the circle, and when the director wants to build a group, he can directly select his own team on the Internet, and he doesn't have to inquire anymore. And the Yuan family class, the team that has participated in the production of "The Matrix", once it appears on the 'Huayi Performing Arts Network', it will definitely cause the major crews to scramble, as long as there are action scenes, martial arts guidance is needed, even if it is a serial drama, since there are cheap martial arts instructors in the Yuan family class to choose from, why bother to find stragglers on the mainland who have not formed a climate?
The most important thing is that 'Huayi Performing Arts Network' will shock everyone once.
"Eighth master, as long as you are willing to log in to the 'Huayi Performing Arts Network', Mr. Wang and I are here to promise you that we will only take one-tenth of it, and never take more!"
Wang Zhongjun really pulled off Shao Yingying's hair to see if it was all hollow, this kid had an idea you couldn't think of at any time: "Yes, only take a tenth." Wang Zhongjun immediately picked up. (To be continued......)