Chapter Seventy-Five: With This Money, I'll Sing for a Night's Last
After the audition, there are some details behind.
It's thin, but it's sharp.
For example, remuneration.
"Mr. Jiang, the play is finished, let's go to the office and talk." Li Xiaofei said with a smile.
Jiang Hongye used the cover of calming the wrinkles on his clothes and stroked his stomach from top to bottom: "Okay." β
Everyone walked to the office together.
Jiang Hongye asked Dong Fei casually: "What have you been busy with lately?" β
Dong Fei smiled mysteriously: "I was selected to act in a martial arts drama before, and during this time, I was in contact with a new script, "Liang Zhu". β
Li Xiaofei, Xu Mu and others were silent, wanting to hear what Jiang Hongye had to say.
Jiang Hongye raised his head: "Liang Zhuhao, promote traditional culture, if there is anything you need my help with, you can say Ang." β
Jiang Hongye knows how to end water, Xu Mu and Dong Fei are actually the descendants of his fancy in "Acting Training Class", so he has never favored one over the other.
The last time I went to participate in "Journey to the West", the two of them called it together.
Dong Fei seemed to be encouraged: "Okay! β
"Mr. Jiang, this is our office." At this time, Li Xiaofei interjected at the right time to divert the topic.
"Good, good."
Everyone sat down, poured a few polite words of water, and began the formal topic.
"Mr. Jiang, let's be honest, we are not going to release this drama in theaters, so the investment may be less." Li Xiaofei still decided to talk about it in front.
Regarding the fact that "Ocean Paradise" is not in theaters, Xu Mu agrees.
And he thinks the same way.
People still have to respect the market.
The 220,000 Citroen are old-fashioned, and the 120,000 Citroen are mature and steady.
On Earth, according to the "21 Movie Audience Survey Report", 69.5% of viewers choose cinema to watch movies for social interaction, followed by couples dating and family activities.
In such a situation, who would spend dozens of dollars to watch a somewhat sadistic movie?
Moreover, cinema viewing and online viewing are very different in experience, in the process of cinema viewing, in the dim room, the large screen is the only light source, and the viewer is in a "passive" state, whether you want to or not, the movie will not pause or fast forward for you, and people will be pressed there to be output by the big screen.
In this case, the viewer's experience will be more intense, and at the same time, the story rhythm of the movie will be higher.
Online viewing will not, the viewer has the initiative, and the emotional experience will be relatively weak.
Therefore, there is a greater tolerance for the pace of the story.
Xu Mu doesn't understand the above knowledge, but judging from his own experience, he may not spend dozens of dollars to watch "Ocean Paradise" in the cinema.
But it's okay to spend a few bucks on the web.
So Xu Mu agreed with the company's decision.
Jiang Hongye nodded: "I know." β
He makes genre films, and of course he knows the audience in theaters now.
""Slaying the Wolf 2" is going to be released in theaters, and the amount of investment is relatively large. But Xu Mu is a newcomer in martial arts movies after all, so the salary ......"
Jiang Hongye thought for a few seconds and said: "700,000, I'm afraid his role will take about a month." β
If it was Xu Mu two years ago, this would definitely have to be followed by a zero, and even the number in front would have to be doubled several times.
If it is Xu Mu who has just crossed over, the 700,000 yuan has to be given to people by Qiming, commonly known as bringing capital into the group.
And now Xu Mu, with the momentum of the dissolution of the illiterate group, the popularity has recovered slightly, and the popularity of passers-by has gradually improved.
So that's pretty much the price.
With a monthly salary of 700,000 yuan, if it was Xu Mu before the crossing, he would be able to draw it.
But now he has evolved and can smile slightly and never smoke.
Li Xiaofei and the others glanced at each other, and everyone didn't have much opinion on this number.
"What about you? What is your ideal salary for the movie "Ocean Paradise"? Li Xiaofei asked.
Jiang Hongye smiled: "It's just 400,000, but you don't have to give it to me, it's counted as my investment." β
"I'm here to act in this movie, in fact, everyone knows that I'm not going for a salary."
Jiang Hongye thought very clearly, if this movie loses, it means that his transformation has not been successful, and his publicity focus will be: "Jiang Hongye helps warm movies, and he has not taken a penny." β
If this movie makes money, it means that this movie will have some popularity, and then his publicity focus will be: "Jiang Hongye strives for a breakthrough, don't want to pay dividends, just because he has confidence in his own literary drama!" β
No matter how you do it, you can't lose anything.
And his goal this time is to win over Xu Mu for the Holy Church.
Later, everyone talked for half an hour, basically there was not much change, and Jiang Hongye's salary was not 400,000, but 10% of the dividends.
After the conversation, everyone happily went to have a meal.
Jiang Hongye didn't drink too much during the banquet, claiming that he had something to do in the afternoon, and after drinking two glasses of beer, he rubbed his stomach and said that it was a little up.
During the meal, everyone also talked about the details of the movie.
The preparations are carried out immediately, casting, location selection, and team building, these things will take at least half a month.
In the past half a month, Jiang Hongye will not only be busy with "Wolf Slaying 2", but also prepare for the filming of "Ocean Paradise".
After the meal, Jiang Hongye was sent away, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"It went much smoother than expected." Hu Yueping sighed.
Li Xiaofei nodded: "Well, this movie is just the beginning, and there are more opportunities for cooperation in the future." β
Then he looked at Xu Mu: "Shall we talk about your remuneration?" β
"Okay."
In this movie, Xu Mu, as the screenwriter, must get the copyright fee, and at the same time, he stars as the protagonist, and the salary is also to be paid.
A yard is a yard.
Li Xiaofei asked the others to go back to rest first, and then went to the office with Xu Mu.
"The salary for this drama will give you 200,000, do you see if you can do it?"
With the lesson of last time, Li Xiaofei directly bargained this time.
Xu Mu thought for a while: "Mr. Li, I'll save some money for the company." β
Li Xiaofei: "??? β
She tilted her head.
Meaning I should hear what's going on?
Xu Mu prepared a wording: "Actually, my relationship with the company, salary and copyright fees are not easy to talk about. β
Li Xiaofei said in her heart, you are still not easy to speak?
It wasn't like that the last time you opened your mouth and came 30%.
Xu Mu smiled: "So why don't I change to red like Teacher Jiang......"
Then the two of them discussed.
After more than half an hour of discussion, it was finally decided.
Xu Mu's copyright fee plus salary, almost seven or eight hundred thousand, in exchange for 18% of the box office dividends.
After Xu Mu left, Li Xiaofei sat on his chair and let out a sigh: "Such a movie, they are all rushing to pay dividends, and it is not certain whether they can make money." β
Xu Mu was also thinking on the way back to the apartment.
Now the investment in this film is about 4 million, which is less than the 7 million on the planet.
Whether he can return to his original capital, Xu Mu is not sure, but he feels that it should be about the same.
At least from his point of view, it seems that by the time of the earth in 2023, this movie is still being discussed.
So it should at least pay for itself.
In fact, if Xu Mu has the habit of checking data on the earth, it will be very clear.
On the earth, some people say that "Ocean Paradise" is niche, and some people say that it was so popular because of "unit organization viewing".
Very simple.
Use the Baidu search index to simply replace the web search volume.
According to the Baidu index, the average index of Ocean Paradise in the past year in 2023 is 517.
"The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", which was released three months later than this movie, has a box office of 160 million and a search index of 365.
From the perspective of time, both movies have been released for nearly 13 years, and from the perspective of the director and starring team, Xue Xiaolu, heraldic and Li Lianjie, the popularity in 2023 may not be greater than the national teacher who gave up using one shot to the end, right?
So where did this search index come from?
Could it be that the audience who was forcibly organized by the unit to watch the movie still holds a grudge and searches for it at every turn?
The numbers don't tell the whole story, but they do tell the story.
β¦β¦
Coming out of the building of Qiming Building, Xu Mu saw Xie Chen squatting at the door and smoking.
"Brother Chen."
Xie Chen stepped on the cigarette butt and stood up: "How are you talking?" β
Xu Mu smiled: "Let's talk about it, I want to share dividends." β
Xie Chen: "??? β
He couldn't understand his little brother more and more.
"Do you have time in the afternoon? I'll get you down to business. β
"What?"
"It's got to be a sturdy one."
Xie Chen understood it today, and Xu Mu couldn't withstand their range of movements, ordinary suits.
"Let's go."
The entertainment company must have its own clothing channels, and Qiming used to be in the modeling business, so Xie Chen found a few old acquaintances.
That afternoon, Xu Mu listened to the most words: "I'll measure your size." β
The most common thing to say is: "The crotch must be strong." β
When I got home after all this mess, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.
Xu Mu looked at the time, Jiang Hongye should have landed at this time.
He called Jiang Hongye.
"Teacher Jiang, are you home?"
Jiang Hongye smiled: "What's the matter, there is still something to find me?" β
Xu Mu smiled: "Something, I want to ask, can you recommend some tutorials of Xingyi Boxing?" β
He remembered that Jiang Hongye said today that he was very familiar with Xingyi Boxing.
However, this matter is not easy to say in front of others, Xu Mu can only say it in private.
Hearing this, Jiang Hongye on the other side smiled.
This kid is quite affectionate at this time.
"Want to learn?"
Xu Mu said seriously: "I want to learn." β
Jiang Hongye: "I'll teach you." β
Xu Mu was stunned, it's as simple as that?
Didn't you say it lightly?
Jiang Hongye on the other side smiled: "I just said to teach, how much you can learn depends on your ability." And I've taught students that you've seen, so don't say I'm hard for you when the time comes. β
Xu Mu said: "Definitely not." β
Jiang Hongye: "I still have one condition, if there is a drama looking for you here in the Holy Hall in the future, you can try it more." β
Xu Mu felt that there was no problem at all.
He didn't mind using himself as a bridge to bridge the relationship between Qiming and the Templar.
"No problem, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Hongye snorted: "When you arrive in Jin Province in two days, I will teach you face-to-face." Hang up, hiss......"
Xu Mu looked at the phone that had been hung up and smiled.
Teacher Jiang finally stopped tense.
β¦β¦
According to the plan, Hu Yueping will conduct casting in the next few days, and they will leave for Jin Province on September 22.
Xu Mu was occasionally present during casting.
When he wasn't there, he practiced swimming or practicing the basics of boxing, and read books at night.
He doesn't read new books anymore.
Just read those few boxing books over and over again.
And those books related to music.
During this time, Xu Mu has been enhancing his musical literacy.
The general knowledge of music theory in the system column has also been increased to B (0/50).
But his pitch still hasn't changed much, and the system doesn't have explosion-related skills.
In the blink of an eye, it's September 19th.
Xu Mu was reading a book that night, and Xie Chen came to knock on the door.
After entering the door, Xie Chen asked, "Xu Mu, there is a matter, do you want to get involved?" β
Xu Mu: "What's the matter?" β
Xie Chen scratched his head: "The company has made a promotional activity for the Fool's new song "The Whale Who Incarnates a Lonely Island", and I want to let all the people who are a little famous under it participate as much as possible." β
Xu Mu: "What's the matter, do you want me to cover it?" β
Brother Chen, you know me.
If I do a cover, it will be a big problem.
Xie Chen smiled: "Actually, it's just playing, and a lot of incomplete pentatonic people also participated." β
Xu Mu asked, "For example?" β
"Dong Fei."
Xu Mu was not ready to compare with Dong Fei.
Xie Chen sat on the sofa: "The company is also very interesting, saying that everyone brings a bit of heat together, it doesn't matter if you don't sing well, anyway, many actors are not ready to be singers." β
Then he looked at Xu Mu: "That's right, you're not going to be a singer." β
Xu Mu found that he couldn't refute it.
Because everyone knows that he can't sing.
Xie Chen thought for a while: "It's okay, let's not join them, we don't want this money." β
Xu Mu: "And money?" β
Xie Chen raised his head: "Yes, a singer who is a little hot in the company can get 10,000 or 20,000 yuan for participating in the event, and your popularity is estimated to be about 20,000." β
"This time it's actually a company's image public relations, in order to tell everyone that our company's atmosphere is free and the like."
After speaking, he waved his hand: "Forget it, we are really not suitable." β
"But there is one thing, I have to tell you, after your group was disbanded, you now have nearly 10 million fans on Weibo, and you occasionally post a news or something."
"In the past two days, "Little Journey to the West" will be launched soon, and your episode will be broadcast soon."
"Heat it up."
Xu Mu nodded: "Understood." β
Then the two said a few more words, and Xie Chen left.
Xu Mu sat on the sofa, no matter what he thought, it was wrong.
If you participate in a cover event, you can get 20,000 yuan.
And he still has 10 million fans, if this can drive two or three percent, the contract he signed as a fool before will also be profitable.
"I'll try."
Xu Mu's voice is fine, but his pitch is problematic.
What is called a problem with intonation, that is, a certain tone or several sounds are not pronounced accurately.
It's out of tune, it's not completely out of tune.
For example, Mr. Zhang Songwen on the earth has a good voice and enough breath.
But when he sings, he somehow collapses on certain pronunciations.
This is not good for pitch.
Xu Mu is the same.
But this situation can also produce songs.
The stupidest way is to sing it over and over again, record it, and then listen to which one of your notes is wrong, and then adjust it the next time.
And it's all about feeling.
This kind of singer is difficult to be a tuner, and he can't sing live.
Last time, Xu Mu sang "Smug Laughter" along, it was mixed in other people's voices.
But in fact, everyone knows what Xu Mu sings like.
At that time, when the illiterate group first debuted, they went out to sing a few songs, and someone pulled out Xu Mu's audio track and removed the background music.
It's the same as Mr. Zhang Songwen's feelings.
So when Xu Mu participated in the release of the song "Smug Laughter" before, everyone was very tolerant of him.
I know he can't.
But men can't say no.
Xu Mu calculated carefully.
There will be 20,000 yuan for participating in the event.
Add to that your 10 million followers, and if you can drive 10% of people to participate in this event, that's 150,000.
That adds up to 170,000.
Xu Mu shook his head.
I'm not in it for the money.
I just wanted to challenge my weaknesses.
PS: References: from Wu Gang. The change of viewingββA trial of the online viewing mechanism of the network/video website[J].Film Literature,2020,No.749(08):10-14.)
Also, I respect the data most of the time and don't blow it around, and the second chapter will be later.
(The above paragraph is what I added later.,It's not moneyβββββ|)
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