"Brother Wen, it looks like you've gained a lot."

Qin Muchu poured a glass of water and handed it to the man opposite.

His face was tired and tired, his skin was blackened by the vicissitudes of life due to the wind and sun, his lips were broken and scarred, and there were several bloodshots in his eyes.

Compared with Zhang Songwen a few months ago, it can be said that they are like two people.

Although he was not beautiful before, at least the whole person was still very "full", and he could feel a sense of spirit and a bookish atmosphere, and he could still feel the difference in ordinary people.

And now it is completely a social animal who has been miserably polished by society, downcast and ordinary, busy with work, and tired of running around.

Zhang Songwen took the water handed by Qin Muchu and held it in his hand.

Only then did Qin Muchu notice that his fingers also had chilblains, which looked thick and ugly.

"I have gained a lot, and I saw how ordinary people on Hong Kong Island live, so I realized that the suffering I had suffered before was nothing, and the life of ordinary people I thought was already very good."

Zhang Songwen sighed with emotion.

Qin Muchu smiled and patted Zhang Songwen's shoulder:

"You don't have to wear makeup to play that role now. Rest for a few days and get ready to shoot. ”

Zhang Songwen was obviously shocked when he heard this, his life experience in the past six months was for the movie.

At that moment, he stood up excitedly, with uncontrollable joy on his face.

After a moment of confusion, he remembered something again, and frantically searched for something on the ground.

After a while, he picked up a frayed schoolbag on the ground and took out a palm-thick notebook from it.

"Director Qin, this is a biography of a character I wrote, you can see if the direction is right."

Character biographies, many actors will write this thing.

Because the character scripts are all "fragmented", the movie only intercepts a certain part of the character's life experience.

This character has other experiences, it's just that the movie wasn't filmed.

The character biography is the actor's supplement to the other experiences of the character's life, which helps the actor better understand the character and shape the character.

For example, if the script only writes that the character is a cold-blooded killer, how can he act in flesh and blood?

Facial paralysis, killing without blinking?

This killer was bought by traffickers since he was a child, and he has undergone brutal training, and has been trained and grown up in assassination missions again and again.

The actor sets such a past for this killer role, and if the character is plumped up a little bit, then the acting will be much more specific.

If you add the difficulty, although this killer is cold-blooded, he hesitates when he learns that the target he killed is a little girl.

Why?

The script was not written.

But the actor can add the killer experience himself.

Because this killer had a younger sister at home before being abducted by traffickers when he was a child.

With such a reason, the actor will have a greater sense of conviction in acting.

If the actor himself doesn't believe that the character he is performing is real, then the audience is even less likely to believe it and feels fake.

Normally, an actor's character biography will be much thicker than the character script.

……

Qin Muchu took the character biography handed by Zhang Songwen, such a thick book, it can be published as a short story in terms of word count.

Turn the first page.

Zhang Wen, born in Guangdong in 1976, died of his parents when he was a teenager, went to Hong Kong Island to work hard, and in his early years, he relied on the promotion of medical equipment, and his life was quite passable.

Later, he met his wife, had a daughter, and the family lived in a rented house.

Later, the economy was sluggish, the cost performance of medical devices was not high, and they lost their economic resources and were busy selling products every day.

The wife became increasingly dissatisfied, and finally left him and his daughter behind and left ......"

Qin Muchu glanced at it hastily, then closed the character biography, this thing couldn't be finished for a while, he took it back and looked at it again.

He put the small biography into his bag, stood up, and said to Zhang Songwen:

"Okay, I'll go back and see. You have a rest of mind for the past two days, and I will notify you when the machine is turned on. ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for the notice."

Zhang Songwen smiled, his tense nerves relaxed a little, and then sent Qin Muchu to the door.

Qin Muchu stopped, turned around and pressed Zhang Songwen's shoulder:

"Okay, Brother Wen, don't send it, just come here...... That's right,"

As if remembering something, he took out a thick envelope from his pocket and put it in Zhang Songwen's hand.

Zhang Songwen's smile disappeared instantly, and he pushed back the envelope:

"What is this for, I can't ask for it!"

He said seriously:

"Director Qin, Xiao Qin! If you really treat me as Brother Wen, take this money back. The hotel you arranged for me is luxurious enough, and I will join the group after two days, and it doesn't cost me! ”

Qin Muchu didn't care about it, and directly pressed the envelope on Zhang Songwen's hand,

"You quit your job for the movie, Yan Ying's job was resigned, and the house rented by Yan Jing was also refunded, and you went to work to experience the role, don't tell me that you still earn money from your part-time job."

"I ......"

Zhang Songwen opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

After making a fart of money, after paying the rent and water and electricity every month, the rest of the money is tight.

Even many times, he didn't have a place to live at all, and like the characters in the movie, he slept in bridges, subway stations, and roadside parks.

The ticket money for the return from Hong Kong Island was still borrowed by his parents.

When he was thirty years old, he asked his parents for money, and his phone call was brewing for several days......

"You didn't go back for the New Year, did you? Buy clothes and send some money back. This money is not given to you for free, it is deducted from your salary. ”

After speaking, Qin Muchu turned around and left.

And Zhang Songwen, his fingers pinched the envelope so that it was deformed and almost torn, and silently bowed deeply to Qin Muchu's back.

……

"There really are such people, it seems that you are halfway through this play."

In the courtyard, Jiang Wen held a cigarette in his mouth, and after listening to Zhang Songwen's affairs, he squinted his eyes and admired.

He flipped through Qin Muchu's script, exhaled a long smoke, pointed to a line on it and read:

"What would you think if someone came to an interview without even a shirt on? What would you think if I ended up hiring this person again?

Then the pants he wears must be very elegant......"

Jiang Wen clapped his hands and laughed, laughing and laughing, and suddenly sighed melancholy.

Qin Muchu glanced at his eyes, and knew what Jiang Wen was sighing for, and asked:

"Sister Yun's delivery period is only these two months, right?"

Jiang Wen nodded:

"Late next month."

Qin Muchu counted the time in his heart, it was the end of April.

"I can't film, I can't act, it's itchy?"

"I know, I still ask."

Jiang Wen didn't have a good airway.

Seeing Qin Muchu's stunned appearance, he was even more angry.

So I started to find faults:

"I asked you to fall in love, what about your girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?"

Qin Muchu pretended to calculate for a moment, and then said:

"According to the normal age difference between the director and his girlfriend, she shouldn't have been born at this time, no, maybe her father and her mother don't know each other."

As he spoke, he dodged Jiang Wen's slap and ran to the other side with a smile.

Jiang Wen is angry and funny,

"You don't fart much, am I talking about my wife? I ask you what about your girlfriend!? ”

"Comrade Xiao Jiang's thinking is very dangerous, there is a great man who said that love without the purpose of marriage is a hooligan."

Qin Muchu leaned against the wall and looked at Jiang Wen with disdain.

Jiang Wen pursed his lips disdainfully,

"In this society now, especially in our circle, if you fall in love for the purpose of getting married, you are a hooligan!"

Qin Muchu thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case.

Clenching your fist and arching your hands:

"Listen to your words and read the book of Confucius and Mencius in vain."

Jiang Wen rolled his eyes, and his tone became serious:

"Xiao Yang's girl is good, clever, and a ...... with ideas."

He paused and looked at Qin Muchu:

"The most important thing is that she can control you."

Qin Muchu was puzzled and sat on the sofa:

"You said she was clever and I admitted that she had an idea, but where can I see that she can control me?"

"You know it in your own mind."

Jiang Wen took a puff of his cigarette, did not give Qin Muchu a chance to defend himself, and continued:

"Men, you have to have a woman who can control yourself, so that no matter how you spend outside, the home is stable, and it won't be too off-line, do you understand?"

"Are you calling Sister Yun?"

Jiang Wen's face darkened, and when he saw that Qin Muchu didn't have a straight appearance, he knew that he didn't listen to his words:

"Lao Tzu is really a special horse playing the piano to the cow!"

Waved his cigarette butt into the ashtray, and didn't bother to talk about his "girlfriend".

With Qin Muchu's appearance, Jiang Wen never worried that Qin Muchu would lack women, but he was worried that this kid would have a tendon, and he would use the idea of ordinary people to fall in love and talk to people in the entertainment industry.

That way, it's easy to get hurt.

Elder brother...... No, Dad is from here.

"Lao Mouzi's "Golden Armor" has been lost, you know this, right?" Jiang Wen changed the topic.

"It's not too much of a loss, although the box office has lost money, but if you sell disc rights or something, you shouldn't lose much." Qin Muchu said.

"Golden Armor" was released in December and a half, and in more than a month, what kind of gimmick was a global release, with a domestic box office of more than 300 million, and a total global box office of more than 80 million US dollars, which is converted into about 650 million yuan.

If you only look at the box office, the box office with a cost of 350 million is only 650 million, which must be a loss.

But with the addition of copyright and disc sales, it should be about the same.

But with a cost of more than 300 million, it is already a loss if you don't make money.

After all, this money is put in the bank for a year or two, and the interest is almost 10 million smaller.

"What are you talking about?" Qin Muchu asked.

Jiang Wen is not a person who likes to talk a lot, although he has always had the idea of competing with Lao Mouzi in his heart, but he will definitely not fall into the trap and watch people's jokes.

Jiang Wen laughed:

"This piece is a good loss, do you know where the good is?"

"Fortunately, I'm still the No. 1 director at the domestic box office?"

“……”

Jiang Wen pretended not to hear, took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, and slapped it on the table:

"Look at this."

"Can I not watch it? It's like you're going to the toilet and you're not using it......"

Although Qin Muchu was disgusted, he still picked up the paper.

On the top are a few big words written crookedly:

"Bullet" cast.

Zhang Mazi - I (0)

Master - Ge You (430)

Huang Shilang - Zhou Runfa (4000)

Six Sons – Sons (0)

……

"What's the price behind the name?" Qin Muchu asked.

"Yes."

Jiang Wen nodded, frowning:

"I calculated, the cost is not small, the actor's salary alone will be fifty or sixty million, and this is not counting my salary......"

"Then why isn't it mine?" Qin Muchu interjected to interrupt Jiang Wen's words.

"You are a TV actor who has never acted in a movie, I am willing to give you a role, what kind of salary do you want? You're a cameo. ”

Jiang Wen waved his hand:

"Don't interrupt, I'm not done yet......"

Qin Muchu couldn't help laughing, he hadn't thought about the salary in the first place, but Jiang Wen's shameless style really hasn't changed at all.

Although the sixth son died early, his role was not small, and he became a cameo in Jiang Wen's mouth.

"Originally, if "Golden Armor" was a box office hit, Zhou Yanfa's salary would have to rise again, but now it's a loss, haha, I'll have to bargain!"

Jiang Wen smiled proudly, his eyes narrowed.

"Forty million actors can still laugh, it's really sad."

Qin Muchu put down the cast list of "Bullet" and leaned back on the sofa.

With a salary of 40 million, it is estimated that except for Fang Long and Li Lianjie, there is no one in China that is higher than Zhou Yanfa.

"There is a reason why it is expensive, acting skills aside, "Bullet" is a commercial film in the end, and it has to make money.

Zhou Runfa has box office appeal, otherwise Lao Mouzi can spend so much money to invite him? My 40 million was paid according to the salary given by Lao Mouzi. Jiang Wen Zhenzhen has words.

"Golden Armor? I can remind you that Lao Mouzi and Zhou Yunfa did not cooperate very happily. ”

"Oh? What's unpleasant? ”

It was the first time Jiang Wen heard the news, and when it came to the actor he wanted to use, he sat up straight.

"Playing a big name, 40 million yuan, and I want a luxury RV, I can't go to the public toilet, the most important thing is ......"

Qin Muchu looked at Jiang Wen:

"He changed the play, thinking that his role in "Golden Armor" was less, and he wanted to add a play, and if he didn't add it, he wouldn't shoot it, and finally he almost surpassed the straw Lun......"

Jiang Wen fell silent.

It doesn't matter if you play a big name, as long as it doesn't affect the shooting, then it's okay, but changing the scene, especially adding a play, will touch his reverse scales.

When some directors meet an actor they like, they will take the initiative to add drama to him.

But no director would like an actor who threatens the director with "no filming" to add drama to himself.

"Is this accurate?" Jiang Wen asked.

"What Director Zhang and Straw Lun told me, you are accurate or not." Qin Muchu replied.

Looking at the pensive Jiang Wen, he said again:

"It's not that 40 million can't be given, but it's not such a way to give, spending so much money and rushing to beg him.

If you consider his box office appeal, it doesn't have to.

The role of the county magistrate's wife in this is given to Zeng Li, and I play the sixth son, and I use "Star You" to hype a wave, how can it be more appealing than him. ”

There was silence for a long time.

Jiang Wen slapped the coffee table suddenly, shaking the water glass.

"Made, it's this reason, 40 million Lao Tzu still has to beg him, what is it!"

"Do you know how Hollywood sets the salary of actors?"

Qin Muchu suddenly spoke,

"If you make a blockbuster movie, the next movie will immediately increase in salary, and others will beg you to act in the script.

But if you lose one film, it's impossible to keep the salary the same, if you don't reduce the price, others won't look for you at all.

It's realistic, but I think it's a good model that allows the actors to see exactly where they are, and they're very dedicated. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"Send him the script, ask the actors to tell him too, and ask him if he would like to act. Don't be in a hurry to bid the money, wait for him to come out, anyway, you're not in a hurry to shoot, isn't it too early? ”

Listening to Qin Muchu's words, Jiang Wenming came over and smiled:

"Pressure?"

"Press it."

"Okay, then press it!"

……

Sending Jiang Wen away, Qin Muchu thought about what had just happened and couldn't help but shake his head.

The film industry of the Celestial Empire is several notches behind Hollywood, but the treatment and temper of the actors are far ahead of them.

Others ask for a salary of $10 million, and they can carry $100 million or more at the box office.

40 million yuan, can you carry 400 million?

The total cost of "Bullet" is estimated to be about 150 million, of which the salary of a certain actor accounts for 40 million.

If it was Qin Muchu's movie, it would be absolutely impossible.

Even if Xiao Lizi came, it was impossible for him to give such a high proportion of the cost a salary.

If the proportion of actors' salaries is too high, the quality of the film will inevitably be affected.

With that money, wouldn't it be nice to make the story and pictures a little better?

Do you have to hire an actor? Is the acting so good that it is unique?

Qin Muchu pouted, the Celestial Empire has never lacked actors with acting skills.

Give them a chance, and they may not be worse than Zhou Yanfa if they play Huang Shilang.

"Made, some actors don't dare to ask for money in an envelope, some actors post money when they encounter a good script, and some actors dare to ask for 40 million yuan......"

Qin Muchu muttered, and suddenly snorted:

"Dute is used to it!"

(Recently, I have had some physical problems, so try to adjust the time to write during the day, don't stay up late, and get up early to write during the day tomorrow.)

The time to post it later should be one chapter at noon and one chapter at night)

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