June 2002.

Jiang Bai returned to Yanjing.

It's summer now, but it's not the hottest time in Yanjing yet, but it's still a little sunbathing outside.

As soon as the weather is hot, people don't want to move, including Jiang Bai.

That is, it was a little refreshing in the morning, but as soon as it was past nine o'clock, the temperature began to rise.

After coming back, Jiang Bai rested at home for a while, the previous shooting made him a little tanned, and Dong Hyun also bought Jiang Bai some cosmetics for Jiang Bai to take home, but Jiang Bai is not used to applying these things.

So it's useless to just leave it there all the time.

It's just that on the morning of the seventeenth, Jiang Bai had just finished memorizing the words when he received a call from Zhao Zhe asking him to go to the company, saying that there were several important things to say.

There was no way, Jiang Bai had to get up from the bed again, and drove to the company in short-sleeved shorts.

After entering the door this time, it was rare to find that Ning Hao and Zhao Zhe did not quarrel, but were talking about something amicably.

But Jiang Bai saw the fortune tree in the house, which seemed to be much bigger than before.

It couldn't be put on the table, and Zhao Zhe also made a shelf for it.

"Brother Zhao, your fortune tree grows very well." Jiang Bai said with a smile.

"What's good, I just got a new pot some time ago." While talking Zhao Zhe, he looked at Ning Hao with resentment, if this guy hadn't quarreled with him every day, how could he have been so diligent?

"It's better to take care of the fortune tree as much as possible, even if Brother Zhao raises a few more pots of pothos, the thing itself will grow fast and cheap."

"Well, that's what I intended." After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhe asked Jiang Bai to sit on the sofa first, and he skillfully made a pot of tea and poured it for a few people: "Jiang Bai, there are three things to call you over this time, the first thing is that the salary on the hero's side has been talked about for you." ”

And this is exactly what Jiang Bai is concerned about, hearing this, he immediately sat up straight: "How much?" ”

"Eight hundred thousand." Zhao Zhe said.

"Eight hundred thousand?" Jiang Bai frowned, "It shouldn't be, Director Zhang shouldn't be such a picky person, the snowflake goddess dragon still gave me this price, Director Zhang only gave 800,000 yuan for such a big director?" ”

But at this time, Zhao Zhe looked at Jiang Bai with a smile and said, "US dollars." ”

"$800,000?"

"Yes, Director Zhang values you and offers you a high price, to be honest, I was stunned when I heard this number, I originally wanted to give you more, but people gave it so high, I don't know how to speak, I guess I plan to cooperate with you often in the future, you must seize the opportunity this time for filming." Zhao Zhe said.

Jiang Bai got so much money, and he was also happy from the bottom of his heart, because the more Jiang Bai earned, the more he earned.

And now in addition to Jiang Bai, Dong Hyun has also begun to make money, and the future will only get better and better.

"Brother Zhao, I have another question, how much is 800,000 US dollars converted into our RMB?"

"That's a lot, now one dollar can be exchanged for more than eight dollars, so if you calculate it, it must be at least more than six million!"

Jiang Bai was shocked when he heard this number!

More than six million!

Not to mention that it was put in the past, even three minutes ago, Jiang Bai didn't dare to think that he could earn more than six million in one play!

"Outrageous, am I already worth so much now?"

"Yes, otherwise you think so, but don't be complacent, among those leading actors, you are already a relatively small wave, Li Lianjie's salary is the highest, three million US dollars, and this is still a lot of money in order to make Zhang Yi's friend, otherwise Li Lianjie will now be paid tens of millions of dollars to act.

The remaining Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu are almost one million US dollars, which is higher than you, but Chen Daomin's salary is the least, a total of 100,000 US dollars, but people don't pay so much attention to money, mainly because they like that role. Zhao Zhe explained.

Jiang Bai was stunned when he heard this, although he already knew Li Lianjie's worth before, but there was no comparison at that time, but now that everyone is put into one crew, this comparison will come out.

"Whenever I can act in a movie, I can make 10 million dollars."

"Hahaha, this day will come."

Zhao Zhe's eyes were shining when he spoke.

Then Jiang Bai looked at Zhao Zhe again: "What about the remaining two things?" ”

"The remaining two things, one of which is our crazy stone, we did all the post-production work some time ago, and now the approval results have come down, and some of them need to be changed, but for us, we don't need to reshoot, just let them re-cut the video.

It is estimated that it will be released early next month, and it will be just in time for the summer vacation, which is also relatively good news. ”

"And what's the third one?" Jiang Bai asked again.

"The third thing actually doesn't have much to do with you, mainly about Baoqiang, yesterday I went out to a drinking party, the main participants are well-known directors and screenwriters in some circles, and some people in cultural circles, I met a director at the wine party, he has a good book in his hand, and he is looking for actors.

Originally, after I heard this, I thought if I could find you another job, but after asking, I found out that the other party planned to shoot a work with a realistic theme, and your image is not very suitable, but the script is really good, although the subject matter is a little sensitive, but if it can be filmed, it will be absolutely awesome.

So I talked to the other party again, he doesn't have much money in his hands now, which is not much different from our previous situation, so he can only find some actors who are not famous, and it is best to look like the kind of village atmosphere, I immediately thought of Baoqiang, and I tried to recommend it to him at that time.

However, I didn't go back early last night, and I only sent him Baoqiang's information to the mailbox this morning, and he was very satisfied. ”

"Brother Zhao, this means that Baoqiang is going to film? What role? ”

"Male number one."

"Damn, awesome! Sure enough, Brother Zhao knew if there was anything as soon as he made a move, from me before to Dong Hyun later, and then to Bao Qiang now, he was the male number one as soon as he made a move, Brother Zhao, do you have any powerful background at home, and then test me here?

Don't worry, I'll definitely follow you to the bottom of my heart, so don't hide it from me, what is your backstage? I promise not to go out and talk nonsense for you. ”

"What kind of background do I have, it's such a coincidence, I didn't expect people to agree immediately after a glance."

"Forget it, Brother Zhao, since you don't want to say it, then I won't ask, but if you decide to expose your identity one day in the future, don't forget to bring my younger brother with me."

Zhao Zhe couldn't laugh or cry.

"By the way, Brother Zhao, what is the name of the film that Bao Qiang played?"

"Blind well."

But while they were chatting, Wang Baoqiang also hurried here, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Boss, boss, I'm here." ”

Apparently on the phone, Zhao Zhe also told him about the male number one.

How can Bao Qiang not be excited when he hears this?

Originally, he thought that he would not have much work in the future after he came back, so he also went to apply for a new monthly pass, preparing to earn some extra money during the transition period in the middle.

Anyway, Zhao Zhe has already said that the group performances and dragon sets that he picked up by himself don't draw money, and even if he lies at home every day, he can get 300 a month, but if he goes out and takes some work, even if it is not every day, why can't he break 1,000 in a month?

That's a thousand dollars, and he has never made so much money in a month since he was a child.

Originally, the Beijing Film Studio had already squatted for the role of a stand-in, was beaten, and earned forty yuan a day.

As a result, before he got in the car, he received a call from Zhao Zhe.

Hearing this, he quit his job there on the spot, saying that he had something urgent, and then he didn't care about the other party scolding from behind, turned around and ran on the bus that happened to stop at the stop.

Then I returned to the company with excitement.

"Boss, Brother Jiang, can I really play the male lead?"

"Of course, they've already called me to confirm."

After Wang Baoqiang reconfirmed it from Zhao Zhe's mouth, he began to jump up in place excitedly, like a monkey.

After waiting for a while, the excitement on his face still didn't fade: "Thank you boss, thank you Brother Jiang, you are my nobleman!" If it weren't for you, I'd still be performing there as a group performer, thank you so much, I'll invite you to dinner tonight! ”

Zhao Zhe opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was not in a hurry to eat in advance, but before he could say anything, Jiang Bai directly agreed: "Okay." ”

Because Jiang Bai knows the character of people like Wang Baoqiang, he is very honest, although he doesn't know how to speak many times, but they will also use their most simple way to thank others for their help to him.

Although not eating this meal tonight can at least save Wang Baoqiang a hundred yuan, after eating this meal, the other party will be even happier.

Because it's not a matter of one or two hundred dollars at all.

"By the way, boss, what kind of character am I? Is there a script? I want to see it in advance and memorize the lines. ”

"I haven't got the script yet, and I won't have it until you join the group, but don't worry, I've already asked for you, this is a role that suits you very well."

"So what genre is this movie? What is it about? ”

"Content, I don't know, anyway, this director is actually quite powerful, although this is his first time directing a movie, but he made a documentary in Germany as early as ten years ago, and later after returning to China, he also made a domestic documentary and directed a TV series."

"Bao Qiang, your salary for this drama is 10,000 yuan, although it is not much, but if you can become famous with this film, you can get more than this 10,000 yuan in the future, I think when Jiang Bai played the male lead for the first time, the salary was only one dollar."

After Wang Baoqiang heard that his salary was 10,000 yuan, where would it be too little, even if the company took out some of it and paid the tax, he could still have thousands of yuan left.

"A lot, a lot, a lot, the director really thank you so much."

"No thanks, okay, there's nothing to do here, you can go and get busy with you again, wait a few days to tell me when the filming will be, and I'll tell you."

"Okay director, then I'll go back first, I'll come back in the afternoon, let's go to dinner together then, I'll have a treat!" Wang Baoqiang has never closed his mouth happily from just now to now.

But just as he was about to leave after finishing speaking, he turned his head back and looked at Jiang Bai: "Brother Jiang, when I get paid, I will return the money to you to buy a mobile phone, you still paid for this mobile phone to buy it for me before, it is very useful." ”

"It's okay, it's okay to pay it back in the future, you can come here to rent a house first with these thousands of yuan, and you don't have to crowd the rental house all day."

"That's not good, I have to pay you back when I have money, anyway, I'm used to living in the rental house." Wang Baoqiang still insisted.

"Okay, then you can do it yourself."

In this way, Wang Baoqiang left.

"Brother Zhao, is the quality of Baoqiang's film really good?"

"It's good, although I haven't seen the script, but just listening to the director can feel that the film is very level."

"Then you still told Baoqiang just now that you don't know?"

"It's not that I'm afraid that he will have concerns, after all, there are some of those kinds of shots in it, and I said in advance that I am afraid that Baoqiang will not want to act."

"That kind of shot? Bed scenes? ”

"Almost."

"Envy Baoqiang, it's the first time I have this kind of play."

"Hahaha, what do you envy? It's not like you haven't acted. ”

"Can this make money?"

"Make money?" Zhao Zhe smiled, "I can't make money, if this kind of film could make money, I would have made a fortune a long time ago, this is a literary film, it would be good to be released in China, and I am counting on it to make money, but it doesn't matter if this film makes money or not, it doesn't matter if he is strong, anyway, he is paid, and this director makes films one by one as if he is doing charity, not to make money at all."

Anyway, as long as they think it's good, they start preparing with their heads, and it's naturally good to be released in the end, it doesn't matter if it can't be released, it can also be taken abroad, in their eyes, it is more important to get a few awards than the box office, and for them, if they don't make a few films that can't be released, they can't raise their heads when they say it. ”

Jiang Bai nodded, he didn't expect there to be such a person.

"Okay, there's nothing to do here, the hero won't start filming until August, it is estimated that you will have to stay in this crew in the second half of this year, Zhang Yimou's requirements are not ordinarily high."

"That's fine, after all, people give a lot."

"This is true, but you are estimated to be busy all the time, the Legend of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is about to start broadcasting, you have to cooperate with others to promote, it is estimated that there are still some activities to attend, and I didn't pick up a few commercials for you before, two of them are ready to find you as a spokesperson, and the price has been negotiated, one million a year, both of them."

"A million? Or dollars? ”

"What do you think? Unless you can play a few heroes in such a film, you have to be the leading actor, otherwise even if there are more than this, it will not be much, but even if the two of them asked early, otherwise it will not be worth this after you finish playing the hero. ”

"Okay, anyway, Brother Zhao, come on, try to give me more good projects, and we will have money to earn together."

"That's good to say, if you have good resources, I will definitely fight for you as soon as possible."

(End of chapter)