In mid-May, Xu Zhen signed an acting contract with the crew of "Three Kingdoms" and officially confirmed to play the role of Zhou Yu.

The estimated production cost of this epic masterpiece is only 95 million, and the main reason why the crew can keep the price so low is the actor's salary.

The influence of "Three Kingdoms" is too great, and the actors are willing to reduce their prices.

Therefore, the crew simply stinked and shameless, and lowered the salaries of all the actors to the price of cabbage, Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang 50,000 episodes, and Liu Bei 1 million to take away.

This price is basically only about one-quarter to one-fifth of the market price of these actors.

Although Zhou Yu's position is high, the role is not too heavy, and in the end, the two sides reached an agreement on 30,000 episodes.

Qiao Feng felt very acceptable.

Because although this price is low, in horizontal comparison, it is equivalent to raising Xu Zhen's market price to the level of second-tier students.

A very obvious example is that when he first competed for "Blue Blood Sword", the difference between Xu Zhen and Chen Zhenghao's value was more than ten times, but now it is less than double.

Xu Zhen silently recited several times in his heart, "wealth is in people, such as honey on the blade", and roughly accepted this price.

It's just that because he has been spending money for the past six months and has never made money, he is deeply worried about his small treasury, and suddenly has a strong desire to start work.

……

At the beginning of June, this year's college entrance examination battle officially began.

Xu Zhen returned to Ganzhou to take the exam, I don't know if it was because he usually brushed too many ghost animal mock questions, he actually felt that the real questions of the college entrance examination were unexpectedly simple.

In the examination room, Xu Zhen unexpectedly received the attention of the audience.

The chief invigilator is an old man who is about to retire, he not only has to repeatedly reiterate the discipline of the examination room, warn other candidates not to peek at Xu Zhen, but also take care of the two young deputy invigilators under him, and don't go to Xu Zhen's side frequently to inspect them, feeling extremely tired.

After the last exam, Xu Zhen deliberately found the chief invigilator and apologized to him, and the old man waved his hand happily, indicating that it was okay, and handed him a crystal signature pen and a stack of very professional signature pads.

Xu Zhen: "......"

I think I can introduce my master to you, and you should be able to talk very well.

……

Out of the test room, Xu Zhen used a baseball cap and a medical mask as a camouflage, and walked away from the vicinity of the test center to a secluded alley about two kilometers away.

Qiao Feng and Zhou Xiaoman were already waiting here in the car.

"How's it going? Do you want the right answer? Qiao Feng saw him get into the car and asked with interest.

Xu Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and said, "You can answer so early?" ”

Qiao Feng said: "It's not a standard answer, it's just sorted out by some educational institutions, so you can get it right." ”

Xu Zhen looked at the mobile phone page he handed over, shook his head, and said, "No, I think it should be no problem to cross the line." ”

Qiao Feng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "So confident? Did you get the question right? ”

Xu Zhen said: "It's not my thoughts, it's that the admission score of the acting department is not high. ”

"In recent years, the liberal arts admission line of Chinese opera and Beijing Film in Ganzhou has been more than 300 points, and I have recently been able to get 500 in the Huanggang mock paper, and the college entrance examination cannot be lower than this."

"I've been doing my best to prepare for the exam before, but I'm afraid that I will encounter some unexpected situations such as fever and diarrhea, and since I haven't encountered it, it should be stable."

When Qiao Feng heard him say this, he didn't insist on letting him answer.

He understands Xu Zhen's character, and there will be room for everything, and there are only six or seven points out of ten.

He's already said so sure, it must be really fine.

"The college entrance examination is over, and we're going to start work," Qiao Feng flipped through the itinerary in his hand and said, "I haven't picked up the endorsements and the inside pages of the magazine, and you have to make up for them all this summer." ”

"You didn't go to the award ceremony of the Flying Eagle Award, the trophy of the 'Best Newcomer Award' was received by Song Yu for you, and the celebration banquet must go."

"Then there is, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is expected to be broadcast on Channel 6 in early July, and you have to go to CCTV to record an interview show in the near future."

"Also, the one I told you last time, the company plans to tailor a digital movie for you, and now the project has been approved, and it will start in mid-June, and the specific things will be talked about when we return to the capital."

“……”

Zhou Xiaoman drove all the way in front, and Qiao Feng held a small notebook in the back and read to Xu Zhen all the way.

Xiao Xu, who had just finished the college entrance examination, did not experience the joy of escaping like other candidates, but felt like he had fallen from the eighteenth layer of hell to the nineteenth floor.

Yes! Why is an entertainer's life so complicated!

I'm only in charge of filming, and leave everything else to the team, can't I?

Multi-line work makes people so devastated!

Of course, this can only be thought about.

Xu Zhen, who has already stepped into the entertainment industry, still has to abide by the life guidelines of this circle, and can only make certain trade-offs within a limited range.

……

On June 9th, returning to the capital, Xu Zhen didn't have time to go back to his residence after getting off the plane, so he went directly to the Dongyue Film and Television Headquarters for a meeting.

According to Qiao Feng, this meeting should have been held a week ago, but Xu Zhen was preparing for the college entrance examination at that time, and Cai Shijian was unwilling to disturb him, so the time of the meeting was delayed until today.

This made Xu Zhen very curious.

What is so important? Do I have to attend?

I'm just an actor, not a decision-maker in the company.

At half past ten o'clock in the morning of the same day, Xu Zhen came to the small conference room on the 12th floor of the headquarters as required by the notice.

Pushing the door to see, he was surprised to find that although there were not many participants today, each of them was the core of the company.

Including Chairman and General Manager Cai Shijian, Director of the Costume Drama Division Lin Huimei, Chief Screenwriter Jiang Manling, Chief Director Chu Xiaoxiong, Contracted Artists Song Yu and Lin Jia, and himself who just came from the airport.

What would require such a group of people to come together?

Is it just a new drama project? It doesn't seem that simple!

"Xiao Xu is here, hurry, just waiting for you!" Cai Shixian saw Xu Zhen and waved at him enthusiastically.

Song Yu pulled the chair next to him out and patted the seat, while Xu Zhen sat down with a smile.

Cai Shixian looked around and said, "Everyone is together, let's have a meeting." ”

"Most people may already know the content of today's meeting, but for the sake of discussion, let's briefly explain a few words first."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and gestured to Lin Huimei, and said, "Mr. Lin, you can tell everyone." ”

Hearing this, Lin Huimei picked up the document at hand and said, "The theme of today's meeting is about participating in the preparations for the first digital film festival. ”

"At the beginning of this year, the General Administration issued a new policy on the current digital films, especially online movies, and some shoddy films with over-the-top content were permanently removed."

"At the end of May, Penguin Films took the lead and jointly held the first Digital Film Summit with relevant departments, and put forward the initiative to produce high-quality digital films and guide the transformation of digital films from mud and sand to big waves and sands."

"This is the background and origin of the 'first digital film festival' that we are going to talk about today."

As she spoke, Lin Huimei raised her head, looked around at everyone, and said, "This year's theme is 'martial arts', and our Dongyue Film and Television also plans to produce special works to participate." ”

"This festival may be dispensable for other big companies, but it is very important for Dongyue."

"Because, winning this film festival not only represents our company's strength in the field of martial arts dramas, but also means a large order worth more than 1 billion."

"Penguin Films promises that the production company that won the first prize of this film festival will become a long-term partner of Penguin Films."

Lin Huimei turned her head to look at Xu Zhen across the long table and said, "Xu Zhen, the company plans to use you as the actor of this movie, do you have the confidence to take it?" ”

Xu Zhen was thrilled by this huge cake.

He looked into Lin Huimei's gaze and immediately responded: "Have confidence!" ”