To be honest, Xiaobai has never met a star with a particularly ruthless price.

Think about it, who is the highest-paid person so far when he films?

Xu Zheng!

30 million plus personal dividends, but that is based on the premise that he himself has invested in "God of Medicine"!

Besides, isn't Xu Zheng worth 30 million?

Therefore, although he knows that there are a bunch of celebrities in the film and television industry, he has not experienced it firsthand!

At the same time, a star salary appeared in the LED background behind it, which was the one circulating on the Internet...

Feng Xiao just opened his mouth and came: "... The current celebrity offer is too powerful, sign for 50 days, dare to ask for 50 million! With these 50 million, I can make another movie! ”

"And I'm very annoyed by the gang of stars with assistants, a star with eight assistants."

"Do you know how their time is calculated? He takes one step at a time. For example, a protagonist shoots 12 hours a day with a salary of 1 million, and they start to calculate the time from the time they go out, including 2 hours by car, 3 hours of makeup and touch-ups, and 5 hours are spent here. There are only 7 hours left to shoot, you tell me, where can I take these big names to film? ”

"So, I use newcomers, this time I filmed "Fanghua", I used all newcomers, there was no plastic surgery in that era, it was a particularly natural and natural beauty, and it was really hard to pick out these people from those who had never had plastic surgery! By the way, our actor, Huang Xuan, starred in zero pay! ”

"The male protagonist of our film is a very, very good person, who is loved by the whole art troupe, and is very kind to others. Through my contact with Huang Xuan, he gave me the impression that he was a very friendly person, and Huang Xuan controlled himself very well and did not let himself overflow, which is very good! ”

Chen Kexin has not filmed in the past few years, and has been busy bringing his son to his friends, supervising Zeng Guoxiang's "July and Ansheng" and "Sister Ling's Havoc in Mengguifang", which is also "Demon Bell", of course, later became the director's work of his fiancée...

When it comes to celebrity salaries, he should have the most right to speak, "Vote for Fame", Li Lianjie's salary is as high as 100 million!

"If you are so simple-minded that you only have such a small goal as making money, then you can throw money at it, don't complain that celebrities are expensive; If you really want to create a warm and affectionate world on the screen, then you need to spend a lot of time, energy, and the director himself needs to have a fairly high level of cultivation. The things that can be solved with money are simple, but creation is the hardest, and this kind of creation is not only a script made out of nothing, but also means creating an actor's drama soul. ”

It was clear that he was deliberately avoiding the problem.

is talking about the high salary of stars, but he is talking about movies...

"I haven't met a particularly well-paid actor, maybe I've made too few movies... However, I don't think the actor's salary has much to do with the director, and the decision on the salary is the producer's business, and it has nothing to do with the director! ”

Xiaobai opened his mouth, and without waiting for Liu Zhenyun to speak, he continued: "Anyway, I film normally, and the actor's salary can only account for 40% of the cost at most, and if it exceeds this amount, I won't shoot!" ”

"Well, of course, there are exceptions, for example, I just finished filming a drama "I Am Not the God of Medicine", which is a play that is supported by actors, and the actors' salaries account for 60%, and the highest person takes 30 million!"

"And do you think he's taking too much?"

"Is 30 million a lot? I really don't know this, I just know that he acted very well, and he exceeded my expectations for him, especially the two crying scenes, I almost cried when I cried! Of course, the most important thing is that the money is not given by me, it is calculated by the investor! ”

"What if you invest it yourself?"

“… I also invested in that play, and they couldn't find investors at that time, so I liked the story so much that I just invested! ”

"Do you think it's worth it?"

"It's worth it, it's a great feeling to see a star who everyone is very familiar with devote himself to acting, and under his interpretation, the character is formed, and the story is slowly formed. Of course, this guy has to make me feel comfortable, it's impossible for him to bring seven or eight assistants on the scene or something... Professionalism must be there, you have to show your own skills, convince me that you are worth the price! ”

"What would you do if you were given a project and asked to use a traffic star at the same time?"

"I usually don't take on other projects, I only shoot my own works, and I rarely care about how many fans he has in my casting, I only care about whether the actor himself fits the role and whether the acting skills are up to standard."

Liu Zhenyun saw that Bai Xiaofei didn't want to talk anymore, so he picked up the hand card: "Then let's change the topic, do you think the celebrity's salary needs to be restricted?" ”

Feng Xiaogang leaned on the sofa: "The so-called high salary of actors, this is a market behavior, determined by the market. I also saw some crooked tricks, how to set a separate tax for high-paid actors, this is all legally blind, you set a single tax for Wang Jianlin and Ma Yun, what has become of the national law, it has changed day by day. He made a lot of money, and he paid more taxes. A celebrity's annual taxes can feed many people, he takes tens of millions, and he has to pay tens of millions in taxes.

There are also some theories, such as how much money scientists get. This is not just China, the whole world is like this. For example, Messi is from Argentina, and Argentine scientists certainly don't make as much money as Messi, but what can be said about this contribution? The same is true in the United States, where Hollywood stars may be higher than scientists compared to American scientists, and the economic benefits he brings are not necessarily small. ”

Now we don't always talk about the rule of law, so we have a premise for discussing any issue, that is, to talk about this matter from the rule of law and the law. ”

Chen Kexin agrees with this point of view: "I have been making movies for so many years, and the Hong Kong film industry where I am located is a market-led place. If you're able to make a movie that you love and still don't lose money, it's really not easy.

I have always believed that as a filmmaker, our responsibility to capital is to recover costs. Although with the development of the mainland film market in recent years, the situation has improved, and there are more money-making movies. But to see, on the whole, it's really hard to make a movie that doesn't lose money.

The price of the actor increases with the fluctuation of the market, and they naturally know how much they are worth. Moreover, there are always few actors who can make money, and when there are many investors, it is understandable that actors are getting more and more expensive.

I have also experienced the highs and lows of Hong Kong movies for so many years, in fact, actors have always been the ones who can ask for the most price. The value of an actor comes from the market, and your market return determines your value. I think the actor is expensive, don't invite it! ”

It was Bai Xiaofei's turn, and many people were shocked when he opened his mouth: "There is a company that wants to spend 30 million to buy the film and television adaptation rights of my "Triple Gate", if I am willing to direct, they package and quote 120 million, I didn't agree!" ”

“… First, I wrote several versions of the script for "Triple Gate" myself, and I was very dissatisfied, and if I wanted to make a movie, I had to at least convince myself first; Second, 120 million, to be honest, a bit less! ”

"Ahh

The media and audience in the audience were a little shocked, and Dai Jinghua and Liu Zhenyun on the stage were also a little surprised.

Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kexin are relatively calm, these two are both big directors, and it is normal for the projects they handle to be 4 or 500 million!

But for the general audience,! 120 million, you're still too little?

"I made two films, the first "Knocking on the Door of Heaven", the director's contract is a stepped sharing contract, the remuneration is already more than 120 million, and the second part earns more than the first one. So, 120 million, it's really not high! ”

"Now they are talking about high salaries, if the ratings and box office performance can be accounted for in the salary, I think everyone may not be so hostile!"

"Of course, I know this is unlikely, but it's not so easy to limit high salaries, for example, some time ago, there was a crew who wanted to find Tang Xiaoyu to film, I won't say which crew, their public price is 8 million, but they privately told us that they were willing to pay 15 million!"

"If Tang Xiaoyu accepts the invitation, she will sign a salary of 8 million, and the tax declaration and the like will also go according to 8 million, but the actual income is indeed another contract, that is, a contract of 15 million! Of course, we refused, this thing is illegal! ”

"You say that it is so easy to limit the salary of celebrities?"

This is a hornet's nest...

The big and small contracts themselves are confidential events in the industry, and they were told in public by Xiaobai, so you can imagine what the future reports will say...