Chapter 160: Competing for the Rankings

"If Jiang Yan's script is terrible, why should I do this kind of price dropping?"

Qin Deming asked rhetorically.

The agent is silent, Qin Deming has been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years, and became an actor at the age of forty-three, so he naturally knows the importance of worth.

In other words, Jiang Yan's script is so good that Qin Deming is willing to act with a low salary.

"Lao Qin, if this movie can make you win the Golden Rooster Award for the fourth time, let alone three million, it's worth the zero salary!"

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Dongsheng Company, on the twentieth floor, Jiang Yan walked out of the elevator.

The six stray cats that Jiang Yan had adopted in the nearby square before, under Xi Youle's care, were all as fat as leather balls.

Some lazily crawl in sunny places to enjoy sunbathing, and some stand at their desks and meow, craving the caresses of the employees next to them.

"Xiang Dao, what have you been busy with lately?"

In the most remote corner of the office area, Xiang Xingxian was in a daze.

Seeing Jiang Yan standing in front of him, Xiang Xingxian had a smile on his face.

"I'm working on a new film, but if it's going to be filmed, it's at least next year."

Xiang Xingxian scratched his head and stared at the computer screen at the script he had written.

"Jiang Yan, you're just in time, help me read the script." Xiang Xingxian stood up to make room for Jiang Yan.

"Director Xiang, you take a look at my script first, it's already sent to your email."

Jiang Yan said.

He and Xiang Xingxian are old friends, the champion of "New Director" has a film investment bonus of 30 million, Jiang Yan has 20 million, and Xiang Xingxian has 10 million.

As for Xiang Xingxian's directorial career, Jiang Yan has also heard a little.

It can be summed up in one word.

Mold!

Xiang Xingxian graduated from university and joined Dongsheng Entertainment Company, with an investment of 30 million, and the box office was only a pitiful 2 million, and he lost all his money!

I heard that the martial arts movie market was hot, Xiang Xingxian followed the trend to make martial arts movies, and the loss was even worse, and the faces of the company's top executives were green.

If it weren't for the fact that Xiang Xingxian's brother is a famous director Wan Hongbo, and the relationship between the two is very good, Xiang Xingxian would have been dismissed long ago.

Some people commented that Xiang Xingxian couldn't catch up with the hot.

At the beginning of the year, Xiang Xingxian broke the kettle, and his senior brother Wan Hongbo said that he was out of his mouth, and the company allocated 20 million yuan of investment to Xiang Xingxian to shoot "Thriller Wave", with a box office of 500 million.

Even so, Xiang Xingxian still did not get the attention of the company's top management.

Eight movies have been made in ten years, seven have been lost, and only one has exploded at the box office.

In the eyes of the company's top management, the success of "Thriller Wave" is mostly lucky, after all, there were no big-budget movies in the same period when it was released, and the market was in a cold period.

Xiang Xingxian sat straight on the chair, slid the mouse and carefully flipped through Jiang Yan's script.

Buried Alive

The story takes place in the war-torn country A, and the male protagonist is a truck driver in country B, whose job is to deliver supplies between country A and country B.

Once in transit, the male protagonist was attacked and fainted, and when he woke up, he found himself lying in a coffin.

There were only three things in the coffin, a mobile phone, a lighter, and a pencil.

After failing to save himself, the male protagonist fell into despair and was ready to die.

However, a phone call came suddenly, and it turned out that the kidnappers buried the male protagonist in the coffin, demanded a ransom of five million, and asked the male protagonist to record a distress video.

Just when the male protagonist hesitated, the official asked him not to record a distress video, reassuring the male protagonist that he had found a live burial location, and he would be able to save the male protagonist immediately.

The male protagonist just ignited hope, but was doused with a basin of cold water.

The official found place of live burial is not where the male protagonist is!

The male protagonist is full of hope again and again, and he is hit by reality again and again and falls into despair!

"I'm sorry..."

With the constant repetition of sorry on the phone, the male protagonist was buried alive in the coffin and stopped breathing!

Smack-

After reading the script of "Buried Alive", Xiang Xingxian slapped the table excitedly, causing the people around him to look sideways.

"Jiang Yan, it's too good, compared to your script, my script is just a piece of!"

Xiang Xingxian pulled Jiang Yan into the staircase.

"Let me calm down." Xiang Xingxian lit a cigarette.

"Jiang Yan, this movie is absolutely popular, but it takes an actor with particularly good acting skills to control this role!"

Xiang Xingxian said.

There is only one actor in the whole process of "Buried Alive", there are no other supporting roles, and the movie that starts at 90 minutes means that the audience can only see the actors in a small coffin throughout the whole process.

The quality of the actor's acting skills depends on whether the audience can have the desire to continue watching!

"What do you think of actor Qin Deming?"

Jiang Yan looked at Xiang Xingxian, who was excited.

"The first thing I thought of was actor Qin Deming, but his salary is very expensive, starting from 10 million!" Xiang Xingxian flicked the cigarette ash.

"He's agreed, I'm short of a director right now."

Jiang Yan said.

He is not a professional director, but Xiang Xingxian is a good candidate.

"I'm coming?" Xiang Xingxian smashed his mouth, his eyes were full of expectation.

Jiang Yan nodded.

As for Xiang Xingxian's remuneration of two million, it is also in line with Jiang Yan's heart.

"If all goes well, filming can start tomorrow."

After talking to Xiang Xingxian about the specific details of the shooting, Jiang Yan returned to the office, and Zhang Dan had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Jiang Yan, you exposed your identity in "The Masked Singer", and now you are in the limelight, and many variety shows want to invite you as a guest."

"In addition, there are many endorsements and commercial performances, all of which are named by name." Zhang Dan said with a smile.

Yesterday, her phone was about to burst, the directors of those variety shows, the first thing the spokesperson said was, does Jiang Yan have a schedule?

Zhang Dan did not give an accurate answer, although she was Jiang Yan's agent, Jiang Yan still had to nod and agree to everything.

"Forget about endorsements and commercial performances, I'm not interested, variety shows can be considered."

Jiang Yan said.

"Buried Alive" is about to start filming, Jiang Yan has to focus most of his energy on this movie, and he also has to find time to write "Covering the Sky" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" every day, which is really unstoppable.

"I know, it's almost the end of the month, do you want to compete for the new song chart in October? If I want to compete for the top of the list, I'll prepare in advance." Zhang Dan remembered the most important thing to find Jiang Yan this time.

After the identity of "The Masked Singer" was exposed, Jiang Yan made his official debut.

The first place on the list of new songs in September is Jiang Luoli's "Day does not understand the darkness of the night", and there are four days to go until October, Zhang Dan wants to know if Jiang Yanfa will release new songs to compete for the list.

"What's New on the Song Chart?"

Jiang Yan turned on the air conditioner and felt the cool breeze gradually fill the room.

The new song list of Chinese music is the touchstone for many singers who have just debuted, and it is also the list with the highest gold content, and a large number of singers will release new songs at the beginning of each month to compete for the list!

"I've never been number one on the New Song Chart."

Jiang Yan said.

Zhang Dan nodded.

"Since you're sure to compete for the new song chart next month, I'll prepare in advance for promotion!"