"I'm sorry, you can set one more filter condition, a single-day salary of 1,000."

As he spoke, Fang Bo thought about it and felt that this number was indeed too little, so he rose again, "No, let's change it to 2,000, the single-day salary is less than 2,000 or the single-day salary is less than 50,000." ”

"Uh, are you sure?" Li Wei was stunned and reminded: "At this price, you can only find it from the special actors." ”

Although the name of the special actor sounds good, if you are an outsider who doesn't know how to do it, you may think that this title is quite lofty, but in fact, it is the opposite.

The so-called "special actors" are actually upgraded extras, but group performances can generally only play some passers-by and do some things as background boards, while special actors can play some face-revealing shots and have a few lines.

Generally speaking, the acting skills of special actors will be better than ordinary group performances, but in the final analysis, they are still not out of the category of group performances, and can only play some small supporting roles with only a few shots.

Let a special actor be the leading actor, this sounds very unreliable, and it is no wonder that Li Wei will remind him.

"Well, so be it."

Faced with questions, Fang Bo was a little helpless in his heart, but he still gave a positive answer.

There is no way, the total budget of this film from preparation to post-production is only 400,000. Renting shooting equipment, forming a crew, formal shooting, post-production, etc., all the money has to come from these 400,000 miles, so he can only save as much as possible.

50,000, say no more, say less, no less.

To say less, the average special actor's daily salary is between a few hundred and thousand, and 50,000 yuan is only used as a month's salary.

can say a lot, the total budget of "Night Club" is only 400,000, and it will take out one-eighth of it for an actor, which is already the greatest sincerity that Fang Bo can give.

It was not until this moment that he finally deeply understood what it meant to be "a penny is hard to beat a hero".

As the producer and director of this film, when he thinks that movies cost money everywhere, he really wants to break a penny in half and spend it.

"Okay, then I'll reset it."

Li Wei nodded, but he didn't say much, but that perfunctory attitude was already overflowing.

Fang Bo didn't care, who let himself make a small-budget independent film, of course, he wouldn't be treated like those big directors.

But he is also convinced that this will not happen forever.

One day, he will become a great director, and then he will be able to make only the movies he wants to make, regardless of the amount of investment.

……

Coming out of the Actors' Guild, it was already noon.

Fang Bo sent audition invitations to more than 20 actors in one go, and the audition scope covered all the main roles in the film.

If all goes well, the main cast of the film will be determined after all the actors have auditioned.

The actor's affairs came to an end for the time being, and he didn't have time to rest, so after a hurried lunch, Fang Bo threw himself into the next preparatory work non-stop.

In a blink of an eye, it was two days later.

Today is the centralized audition date agreed by Fang Bo and the actors, and the audition location is placed in a private room in the "Fuyuan Hotel".

Seriously, auditioning in a private room in a small roadside restaurant does give people a nondescript and ridiculous feeling.

But there is no better choice for Fangbo.

In order to save money, he has been staying in an old hotel for dozens of yuan a night for the past few days, the room is quite cramped, and there are no extra stools, so he can't be allowed to audition in that environment, right?

According to him, the private rooms in this hotel are much better, the venue is much more spacious, and there is enough space for the actors to perform live during auditions.

What's more, this is a small restaurant, and business is not too good on weekdays, and there are rarely full days, so the boss's offer is also very low. After some bargaining yesterday afternoon, Fang Bo only spent 200 yuan to occupy this private room for two days.

Of course, as a condition for bargaining, he also promised the boss that when the crew officially filmed, if he needed a boxed lunch, he would order it all here.

At just seven o'clock in the morning, Fang Bo walked out of the hotel.

On an early spring morning, the mist had not yet completely dissipated, and the surroundings were hazy.

"Whew."

As soon as he came out of the warm environment, he was standing there and stretching his waist, when a cold wind suddenly penetrated his collar, making him shiver involuntarily.

Fang Bo hurriedly zipped his coat, stomped his feet on the spot, moved his body a little, and walked in the direction of Fuyuan Hotel.

At this point in time, Hengdian has become lively, many crews are preparing to start work, and along the way, I saw a lot of "fancy clothes" walking on the street.

I bought two buns and a bag of soy milk at the breakfast stall on the street, and it happened that the distance between the Fuyuan Hotel and the hotel was not very far, and he ate while walking, and when he arrived, breakfast had just been eaten.

The restaurant had no business in the morning, and the fat boss was bored squatting at the door smoking a cigarette, and after seeing Fang Bo's figure, he stood up and greeted Fang Bo from a long distance.

"Fang Dao'er, I'm here so early."

It may be an accent problem, the fat boss of the hotel always speaks with a childish voice, and every time he hears the words "Fang Dao'er" from the mouth of the boss with a big waist and a round waist, Fang Bo can't help but want to laugh.

"Boss Zhang, good morning." Fang Bo greeted the owner and chef of Fuyuan Hotel with a smile.

With a polite smile unique to a small businessman, Boss Zhang habitually took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and remembered that Fang Bo didn't smoke, so he put it back again.

"Fang Dao'er, the private room is reserved for you. I cleaned it last night to ensure that it was clean and there was no dust at all. ”

Boss Zhang's words revealed extraordinary enthusiasm.

Of course he knew that Fang Bo was going to make a small-budget movie, but no matter what, the crew always had to eat, no matter how small the scale of a film crew was, there would always be people in the first and second decades, right?

Aside from breakfast, if the lunch box of the twenty people at noon and evening is ordered in his Fuyuan Hotel, and then take some drinks or something, the profit of a day is three or four hundred yuan, to say the least. If this movie had been filmed for a month, wouldn't it have been more than 10,000.

What's more, the crew also has a start-up banquet and a finale banquet, and they usually get together a few times for dinner, and they can still make a lot of money in the end.

Therefore, Boss Zhang seemed very attentive and made up his mind to negotiate this business.

Facing Boss Zhang's courtesy, Fang Bo scratched his head in embarrassment.

He knows the reason for this, but Boss Zhang's abacus is doomed to fail, because "Nightclub" is not an ordinary movie.

This movie tells the story of a night supermarket, and the whole movie is basically a night scene, so it was shot at night.

Of course, Fang Bo will not let the crew members work all night hungry, and will definitely order some meals during filming as everyone's supper in order to replenish their strength.

But compared with what Boss Zhang expected, it is naturally not so profitable.

But this kind of thing can't be said explicitly, it's a big deal to order a little more when the time comes.

"Boss Zhang, then I'll go in first. When the actors who are going to audition come, you just let them take turns coming in. ”

"Okay, no problem, don't worry, Fang Dao'er."