Zhou Yan is lamenting Li Xuejian's strong ability to memorize lines, and Li Xuejian is also lamenting Zhou Yan's excellent memory.

He memorized the lines for a while, which belonged to strong memory, and he glanced at the script halfway, but Zhou Yan, from beginning to end, didn't look at the script, but he was able to say the lines in it word for word.

Even if the script was written by Zhou Yan, it feels incredible.

After this audition was over, Zhou Yan applauded lightly, "Teacher Li, your performance is very good." ”

"Director Zhou has a good reputation."

Since this is the case, Zhou Yan did not waste any more time, and told Li Xuejian about the situation of the movie.

"Mr. Li, our film is expected to start in April next year, but before that, I hope you can go to CCTV for a period of music training, which may start soon."

"No—"

Li Xuejian was about to say that there was no problem, but he suddenly thought of Zhang Yimou's invitation, "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" will be started in a while, if he agrees to Zhou Yan to train, there will be a conflict with that side in time.

If he has to take care of both ends, he is worried that there will be problems, and he will not be able to take care of both ends at that time, but the gains outweigh the losses. So, he had to choose between two films.

Zhou Yan saw that he hesitated, so he asked, "What's the matter, is there a problem with time?" ”

Li Xuejian shook his head, "No problem, I can do it." ”

Although I haven't seen Zhang Yimou's script yet, Li Xuejian has already decided to choose "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class".

This script is so much to his liking, and he is still playing the leading role, and "Shake, Shake" can only give him a supporting role.

Seeing that Li Xuejian agreed, Zhou Yan was also very happy, but he still had to say some things in front, "Mr. Li, there is one more thing, that is, the setting of Zhou Xuewen's character is bald, and it may be ...... when the time comes."

Li Xuejian waved his hand, "This is a big deal, just shave one when the time comes, isn't it very simple." ”

For the role, Li Xuejian has done a lot of crazy things, and shaving his head is really nothing.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Okay, this matter is so decided, in terms of specific treatment, what do you think, Mr. Li?" ”

Li Xuejian thought for a while and said, "Or, 20,000 yuan?" ”

Zhou Yan and Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at each other, good guy, this teacher Li Xuejian doesn't know much about the market.

Although the remuneration of mainland actors is low, with the entry of private capital and the increase in per capita wages in the past two years, the remuneration of actors has also increased a lot.

And Li Xuejian's 20,000 yuan is indeed said after weighing, when he played Jyl a few years ago, the salary was 8,000, and it will naturally rise in the past few years, so he raised 20,000, which is his real psychological price, and it can even drop a little.

He doesn't know much about the market, also because he hasn't acted in a few movies over the years, and none of them are the protagonists, and they are basically movies in the system, so the salary is naturally not high.

Zhou Yan definitely won't just give Li Xuejian 20,000, but he didn't rush to raise the price, just nodded and said, "What do you think, I will tell the producer, the producer has a unified pricing for the salary, it won't be too high, but it won't be too low, you play the leading role, and it must not be lower than the supporting role." ”

Although Zhou Yan didn't say it directly, the meaning is obvious, and Li Xuejian will definitely be paid more in the future.

After that, they didn't talk about the salary, Li Xuejian asked about other roles, "Have other actors been decided?" ”

He also cares a lot about who is playing against him.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, first determine the protagonist, and then start to choose other roles." In the next step, I am going to decide on the role of principal, but there is no suitable candidate for the time being. ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan was going to choose the role of principal, Li Xuejian became interested, "I can recommend someone to choose." ”

"Yes, Mr. Li, who do you want to recommend?"

"Wang Xueqi, I don't know if you recognize Director Zhou."

Hearing Li Xuejian mention Wang Xueqi, Zhou Yan's eyes also lit up, yes, how could he forget Wang Xueqi.

Compared with Li Xuejian, Wang Xueqi's fame is not so big, and there are not many masterpieces, but Wang Xueqi's level is definitely not bad.

And Wang Xueqi is indeed very suitable for the role of the principal, that is, the kind of person who looks at the suit and leather shoes, looks like a person, but is very ruthless in his heart, such a role, Wang Xueqi can perform the taste.

However, Wang Xueqi should be playing some decent roles now, can he agree to play the villain?

Zhou Yan said tentatively, "Teacher Li, the role of the principal is a villain, if I remember correctly, Teacher Wang should often play a soldier." ”

"Director Zhou, do you think he doesn't want to play a villain?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "I'm worried about this. ”

Li Xuejian smiled, "No, I know Brother Xueqi very well, and he won't care about this." ”

Hearing Li Xuejian call Brother Wang Xueqi, Zhou Yan felt quite weird, although he knew that Wang Xueqi should be older than Li Xuejian, but he always felt that Wang Xueqi was younger.

On the one hand, Wang Xueqi was indeed in good condition, and later when Wang Xueqi played Zhu Di in his seventies, he was still full of momentum and did not look old at all.

On the other hand, Li Xue's fitness has always been bad, and she is a little rickety in her sixties.

Before Zhou Yan could speak, Li Xuejian said good things to Wang Xueqi again, "Brother Xueqi knows several musical instruments, and from this point of view, it is also very suitable for the role of principal." ”

"Really?" Zhou Yan was quite surprised, he didn't know that Wang Xueqi was so versatile.

"That's right, when we were in the air government before, we often listened to him play the flute, and he almost applied for the conservatory of music back then."

Li Xuejian and Wang Xueqi were both in the air government before, and the relationship was very good, so when they saw a good role, they immediately thought of their good brothers.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll contact Mr. Wang and invite him to audition." ”

"It's okay, I'll help you get in touch."

Zhou Yan didn't know the relationship between Li Xuejian and Wang Xueqi, and it was quite surprising to see Li Xuejian so attentive.

Li Xuejian looked at him with very few words, not like the kind of warm-hearted person who loves Zhang Luo, if he can be so attentive, he should really hope that Wang Xueqi can get this role.

Zhou Yan is also very happy, he is very optimistic about Wang Xueqi, if the audition is okay, he is equivalent to solving two important roles at once.

"Then there is Teacher Lao Li."

……

Zhou Yan and Wang Xiaoshuai sat in the Experimental Theater for more than an hour, discussed some script issues with Li Xuejian, and then got up to leave.

Out of the building of the Drama Theater, Wang Xiaoshuai sighed with emotion, "Mr. Li's asking price is too low. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "It's really a bit low, I have to mention it later, if he only gets 20,000 yuan, then there is no way to set the salary of other actors." ”

The budget for the filming of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is actually higher than that of "The Sixth Sense", which is 20 million yuan.

When filming "The Sixth Sense", the combined salary of all the actors was 3.1 million, accounting for less than 20% of the total production cost, which is already relatively low.

But this time during the filming of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", Zhou Yan's actor salary accounted for even less, only 15 percent, that is, 3 million yuan.

Although 15 percent is a small percentage, 3 million yuan is not a lot at all.

The last time I filmed "The Sixth Sense", most of the salary was taken by Wang Zuxian and Leung Jiahui, so I spent so much money.

And this time, if you don't invite Xiangjiang actors, most of the money will be saved, and you may not be able to spend three million.

The cost of this set production may be high, and the school in the movie is likely to build a school according to the description in the script.

In addition, the cost of recording will be higher.

In fact, there is an overflow of 20 million, even if it is cut in half, only 10 million, Zhou Yan can make a movie.

Here, Li Xuejian waited until Zhou Yan and the others left, and then went to call the air administration.

After the phone was connected, Li Xuejian said, "Uncle Huang, please help me find Wang Xueqi." ”

……

The next day, Zhou Yan met Wang Xueqi in the studio.

He originally thought that Li Xuejian had agreed with Wang Xueqi that he would personally go to the air government and meet Wang Xueqi, but he didn't expect Wang Xueqi to take the initiative to come over.

Probably Li Xuejian and Wang Xueqi praised "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class" very well, so Wang Xueqi was also very interested in this script.

Wang Xueqi is nearly fifty years old, but his mental state is very good, his body is very upright, and he looks like he is about forty years old.

The audition process is also very smooth, and Wang Xueqi is indeed very suitable for the role of principal.

It should be that Li Xuejian told Wang Xueqi about the role of the principal in advance, so when Wang Xueqi came, he deliberately wore a very upright Zhongshan suit and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, which is very in line with the image of the principal.

The role is also very well handled, and it must have been prepared in advance.

At that moment, Zhou Yan made a decision to let Wang Xueqi play the principal.

After the two important roles were determined, Zhou Yan called Xu Feng and reported the matter.

Knowing that the two actors have been decided, Xu Feng is also very happy, "This is a good thing, and then, things will be easy to do." Lin Ai, didn't you also have a choice, then the rest of the roles are easier to choose. ”

"Regarding their salary, my idea is that Li Xuejian will set 150,000 yuan, and Wang Xueqi will set 50,000 yuan."

Xu Feng smiled heartily, "It's okay, you can decide this matter yourself, give you 20 million, and you can spend it as you like." Although I have the name of a producer, you are actually the producer yourself. ”

"That's not good, Sister Feng, you have to come over and grasp the overall situation."

"Don't worry, I'll go over in a while, and if there's anything I need to do then, just tell me. If you don't have enough money, tell me in advance so I can prepare. ”

"20 million is definitely enough, and you can still leave enough for the cost of publicity."

"The movie hasn't started filming yet, don't make a conclusion too early, otherwise you will have to be the same as Kaige." Xu Feng mentioned Chen Kaige again.

"What's wrong with Kai Ye? Did you have a problem with the filming of "Wind and Moon"? Zhou Yan said curiously.

Xu Feng sighed and said, "Hasn't it been raining all the time before?" The filming of the movie has dragged on for a long time, and the middle crew has encountered some small problems, and the movie will definitely not be finished next month. But it is impossible for an actor to be in this crew all the time, Guorong and Gong Li have their own things. Next month, Gong Li will join other groups, and when their group ends, it is estimated that it will be April or May next year, and the filming of "Fengyue" will be restarted at that time. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, Xu Feng was right, the crew stopped and moved like this, in fact, the consumption was very large, which was also the thing that the producer was most afraid of.

Not to mention anything else, so many people in the crew have to spend a lot of money to eat every day, as well as equipment transportation, set maintenance, and venue rent.

"Which group does Sister Li go to?"

"Zhang Yimou's new movie seems to be called something shaking. The budget for "Wind and Moon" has basically been spent, and if it continues like this, the final production cost may double. ”

Xu Feng's budget for "Fengyue" is more than two million US dollars, and if it is doubled, it will have to break four million US dollars, which is even higher than "Farewell My Concubine".

Looking at it this way, Xu Feng will lose a lot of money in the movie "Fengyue".

However, for the current Tomson Film Company, losing this money will not hurt the bones, and the three films produced by the company in the past two years have helped the company make a lot of money.

Zhou Yan is not worried that the budget of 20 million is not enough, but the incident of "Fengyue" also reminded him that he still had to determine the filming location as soon as possible.

If they want to build a school, they must do it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be winter, affected by the weather, it is likely to affect the construction period, although it will not cost much more, but it may affect the start-up, and then it will be troublesome.

After talking to Xu Feng on the phone, Zhou Yan called Wang Xiaoshuai and Xiao Can.

Xiao Can is the executive director that Zhou Yan asked from Yanjing Studios, and he has served as an assistant director in several films before, so he has a lot of experience.

The main reason is that Zhou Yan has been in contact with Xiao Can many times, and he feels that this person is quite down-to-earth, so he asked Han Sanping for him.

With Wang Xiaoshuai and Xiao Can, Zhou Yan had a simple meeting.

"We have five more important tasks next, the first is the crew office, now we are all working in the studio, but this is not a long-term solution, so we need to find an office location as soon as possible, I have already told Director Han about this problem, he will help us solve it."

"Second, the composition of the team, I have drawn up a list, this time the production team needs about forty people, of which twenty-six have been determined, some people are already on their way, and there are more than a dozen people you are responsible for the selection."

"Third, casting, now we have two roles that we have completely decided, one is the protagonist Zhou Xuewen, the other is the principal, and the others still need to be found."

"Fourth, the location, my idea was to organize a temporary location team that would be managed by a member of the director's team."

"The fifth task has a lot to do with the fourth, the two of you have a heavy task now, and you definitely can't be distracted to manage the framing team, so the director team has to recruit two people, do you have any candidates to recommend?"

Xiao Can thought for a while and said, "Director Zhou, can I recommend someone?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course, if you can recommend suitable candidates, it is the best, and it is convenient to cooperate in this way, who do you recommend?" ”

"Huo Jianqi, the art designer of our factory." Xiao Can said.

Wang Xiaoshuai was puzzled, "Art design?" Has he ever worked as an assistant director or assistant director before? ”

Xiao Can shook his head, "That's not true, he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Yanjing Film Academy, and he has been in our factory for eleven or twelve years, and he has always been an art designer." ”

When Zhou Yan heard Huo Jianqi's name, he narrowed his eyes.

Huo Jianqi is not an unknown person, Zhou Yan especially likes a movie he made "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog".

"You don't have to be an assistant director or assistant director, as long as you have the talent in this area."

Xiao Can patted his chest and said, "I dare to guarantee this, although Huo Jianqi has never been a director, his understanding of movies is even better than that of ordinary directors." To be honest, he's better than me. It's just ......"

"Just what?"

Xiao Can pursed his lips, "It's just that he used to work as an art designer in "The Great Satan", and he has a good relationship with Xia Gang. ”

Zhou Yan immediately understood that Xiao Can was worried that he had a dislike for Xia Gang and didn't want to use an acquaintance with Xia Gang.

In fact, the relationship between him and Xia Gang is really not bad, but since the incident of "The Great Satan", the two have rarely been in contact.

But the gossip can't be stopped, maybe the people in the factory have already said that he and Xia Gang are enemies.

After all, everyone in the factory knows that it is not easy to offend Zhou Yan, just look at Teng Wenji's fate.

When he came to the factory before, Teng Wenji was so majestic that even Director Chen had to give him three points.

Now it's okay, Teng Wenji has directly become a marginal figure in the factory, and he doesn't even have to make a movie.

People who don't know the inside story may think that Zhou Yan is a person who will be revenged.

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Isn't that just right, my relationship with Director Xia is also very good, as long as Huo Jianqi is willing to come, I am willing to accept it." ”

Xiao Can said happily, "Okay, I'll tell Huo Jianqi when I go back, he will definitely be willing." ”

Of course Huo Jianqi is willing, whether it is a scene record, lighting, art, or photography, as long as he is a little self-motivated, he hopes that he can become a director.

Xiao Can just knew that Huo Jianqi wanted to make movies by himself every day, so he recommended him.

"Okay, Huo Jianqi is an alternative, do you have any other recommendations?"

At this time, Xiao Can and Wang Xiaoshuai were silent, and Zhou Yan nodded, "That's okay, that's it first, I'll ...... later."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Xiaoshuai suddenly spoke, "Director Zhou, I have another candidate." ”

"Who?" Zhou Yan asked.

"My classmate Lou Ye."

"Lou Ye?" Zhou Yan looked surprised, "Can he come to be an assistant director?" ”

Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai are classmates, but the development is actually earlier than Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye has always been an independent director in recent years, and he has made two feature films.

People who have made movies independently rarely go to others as deputies again, Wang Xiaoshuai is in a special situation after all, he is an assistant director for Zhou Yan, which is an element of repaying gratitude.

But why did Lou Ye come, just because he had a good relationship with Wang Xiaoshuai?

"He should be able to come."

Zhou Yan nodded, "If he is willing to come, of course it is good." ”

"I'll go back and contact him today, and I'll write to you tomorrow morning."

"Yes, you can."

Of course, Zhou Yan hopes that Lou Ye can come, this guy is different from Wang Xiaoshuai, his movie is rich in elements, and the narrative rhythm is also very special, if he comes, he can provide Zhou Yan with some new ideas.

……

Four days later, Zhou Yan met Huo Jianqi and Lou Ye in the office arranged for him by the Yanjing Factory.

Huo Jianqi served as the assistant director, while Lou Ye was the executive director.

At this point, all the members of their director team have been gathered.

Looking at the team in front of him, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, their director team lineup is too luxurious.

Xiao Can is also weak, and the other three people can take charge of themselves when they are carried out.

However, Zhou Yan just values Xiao Can the most, because he knows that after this time, Wang Xiaoshuai and the three of them will probably never come to be his deputy again, and Xiao Can is different, and it can be used in the next movie.

The key is that whether it is Wang Xiaoshuai, Huo Jianqi, or Lou Ye, they are all gentle and gentle, speaking slowly and logically, and very elegant.

In terms of human sophistication, Xiao Can performed better than several of them.

There are many things that only Xiao Can can do, and Wang Xiaoshuai and the three of them can't do it well.

Just like when filming "The Sixth Sense" before, although Li Hong was only an assistant director, he played a very obvious role in the filming process, and his intermediary coordination skills were outstanding.

Xiao Can can play the role of Li Hong, although he lacks Li Hong's momentum, but he has more experience.

Zhou Yan handed over the casting to Huo Jianqi to lead, and the location search was handed over to Lou Ye.

I had a morning meeting with a few deputies, and when it was time for dinner, Zhou Yan looked at his watch and said, "You guys go to dinner, I'll go first." ”

Xiao Can was surprised, "Director Zhou, aren't you going to eat in the cafeteria?" ”

"I'm going to eat at the studio, there's something going on over there."

Hearing that Zhou Yan had something, they didn't ask much, so they went to the cafeteria to eat together.

Zhou Yan drove to the studio by himself.

The studio is very close to the Yenching Studio, and it doesn't take too long to walk there.

The reason why he is coming back is because today Shizuka Kudo came to the studio to record the album.

When Zhou Yan arrived at the studio, Shizuka Kudo had already finished recording in the morning and was resting in the lounge.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Shizuka Kudo, who was originally sitting on the sofa in a daze, stood up suddenly, "Zhou Yan, you're finally back." ”

Shizuka Kudo's Chinese has improved rapidly recently, and this sentence is quite clear.

Zhou Yan nodded, "How was the recording in the morning?" ”

Shizuka Kudo shook her head and said, "It's not good, you're not here." ”

Zhou Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes, Shizuka Kudo really regarded herself as the producer of her new album. In fact, for this album by Shizuka Kudo, she is a producer herself.

As soon as they arrived at the studio today, Shizuka Kudo asked Zhou Yan why he wasn't there, and asked Liu Hang to call Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan ignored her because she had something to do in the morning.

"Miss Kudo......"

"You call me Shizuka, Miss Kudo is too outward." This sentence, she also said in Chinese.

Zhou Yan relented, "Miss Shizuka, our studio's business does not include me to assist you in recording the album. ”

"But we're friends, aren't we? Shouldn't friends help each other? ”

Zhou Yan pouted, "So, what problems did you encounter when you were recording?" ”

Shizuka Kudo tilted her head and said, "I can't say it either, you can go to the recording studio in the afternoon and listen to it." ”

Zhou Yan sighed slightly, "Then let's eat first." ”

"Will you be there in the afternoon?" Shizuka Kudo asked.

"I'll see again in the afternoon."

Zhou Yan put down the next sentence and went to the studio cafeteria first, and Shizuka Kudo also jumped up and down.

Her agent, Nangong Matsuko, looked at her like this and couldn't help sighing, Nangong Matsuko felt that no matter how active Shizuka Kudo was, it was useless, and Zhou Yan didn't eat this at all.

(End of chapter)