Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 723 Audition

The company has many employees, good profits, stable development, and Micro-Entertainment Co., Ltd. to maintain its capital base. No matter how you look at the industry, Bright Times is one of the best.

As the scale of Bright Times becomes larger and larger, the topic of ‘when will the company have its own office building’ has been circulating as early as last year.

Not only the employees of the company have visions for the group building, but the management of each company also hopes that their office space will be more superior, more centralized, and have a sense of belonging.

Regarding the group building, Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua had fantasies about it several years ago.

Whoever runs a business doesn't want to have a chassis that truly belongs to them? Of course the siblings also have aspirations.

It's just that a few years ago, when the company was still in its early stages of development, this vision didn't have the opportunity or foundation to realize it, so it was just a thought at best.

Until this year, the capital flow business of Longyou's "Super Battery Life" was transferred to the company. After the company was grouped, the scale of the Bright Times family was even greater. After all, it was now a Bright Times Group, and the office space was still rented out. It would seem very inappropriate for an office building.

Before the conglomeration, Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua had considered the matter of the group building.

After the conglomeration, the company's administrative model changed, and Wang Jinhua and other senior executives had to actively adapt and cooperate, so this matter was temporarily put aside.

As the impact of the Western real estate financial crisis in China became more severe, Wang Jinhua made a thorough plan for this matter after seeing the relevant news and getting some information.

If you want to build a building, you must first have land.

You don’t just buy land when you want to, and you don’t do whatever you want with land after buying it.

If the bidder is not qualified enough, the application to purchase the land will be rejected.

If the purpose of the bidder's land purchase is not in line with the planning of the relevant departments, even if the bidder buys the land, he cannot build according to his own ideas. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a violation and he will be subject to a large fine.

With the size of the Brilliant Era, the qualifications for purchasing land are definitely sufficient.

The only thing to consider is which piece of land under which urban planning bidding project can be used as construction land for the media and entertainment industry.

Wang Jinhua browsed the official websites of relevant departments online and learned about a situation.

In the first half of this year, relevant departments in Beijing released 40 square kilometers of land for urban construction and planning. The planned commercial scope of the land development project includes but is not limited to super-star hotels, ecological art parks, fashion art streets, large Stadiums, exhibition centers, cultural ecological chain areas, etc.

Whether it is an ecological art park or a cultural ecological chain area, the business scope of Bright Times and the attributes of the group park it wants to create fall within the scope of these two plans.

In other words, if you bid for land in this project and sign the project documents, the purchased land can be used to build an entertainment, film and television cultural park.

If the relevant departments do not launch this urban project, even if there are one trillion yuan, the entertainment park cannot be built in the capital.

Of course, mysterious channels don’t count.

This is the characteristic of state-owned land. There is unified national planning, and the country can build whatever it needs. Although it is not as private and free as in the West, it is easier to coordinate and coordinate to benefit the people.

Wang Jinhua had an in-depth understanding of the situation of this project through the trust relationship, and went to the relevant departments to find out some information from civil servants. Then she considered several locations on the planning map of this urban project.

Cities are divided into city centers, urban areas, suburbs and suburbs. According to this division, land has different construction functions and values.

It is impossible to even think about building an entertainment park in the city center.

The urban area is basically dominated by commercial streets, CBD and housing. It would be too expensive to build a park.

The suburbs are too far away and transportation is inconvenient.

After a month of consideration and investigation, Wang Jinhua finally set her sights on the suburbs of the third ring road in HD District.

The reason why we locked it here is that in addition to the large area of ​​land here and the estimated value is not too high, the other reason is that the China Film Group Building and the China Film Group Studio are also in this area, and they will cooperate in depth in the future. It's very convenient.

"This is not far from Huaying." Chu Xuan walked onto a barren land, looking at the desolation nearby with the cold wind blowing.

The group of them had lunch at a street shop, and Li Hun, who was behind them, also came over with the chairman of each subsidiary company.

"It's not far, only about 3 kilometers away." Tang Jili said from behind. "At the Gate" is still in post-production at Huaying Studio. He has been running here a lot in the past few months, so he is very interested in the HD area. I know this area quite well.

"Is this the whole place?" Liu Yifei was wearing gloves, a plush hat and a thick scarf, fully equipped to keep warm.

Wang Jinhua looked far into the distance and raised his hand to draw circles in the void.

No one knew how big the circle she drew represented. They only heard her say: "56 square meters."

"56 square meters!" Liu Yifei glared: "You want to buy such a large piece of land?"

The 2000-square-meter villa garden at home is big enough. What does 56 square meters mean?

She couldn't imagine it and was extremely surprised.

"0.56 square kilometers." Li He calculated.

"Okay, I'm pretty good at math," said Huang Bing, chairman of the brokerage company.

"Shall I praise you?" Li He looked at him with a look of laughter and tears on his face.

She was praised for saying something that a primary school student knew, which made her speechless.

The conversation between the two made everyone more interesting in the cold wind. Han Sanping took a step forward and stood side by side with Wang Jinhua with a faint smile: "Huaying Studio covers an area of ​​20 square meters, and it is still a single entity, bright and bright. At this time, we need to build a park and include the production industry, so 56 square meters of land is basically enough."

Wang Jinhua put his hands in his pockets and nodded slightly: "You Huaying still only engages in the film module. Brilliant Era has TV and variety shows. If these two aspects of the production industry are included, the scale of the comprehensive studio will only be larger than yours." big."

"Yeah." Han Sanping nodded.

Wang Jinhua raised his hand and pointed around: "If we can successfully acquire this piece of land, I will initially plan that 30 square meters will be used to develop the production industry chain, and the rest will be used for office buildings, greening, and whatever needs to be done."

When Liu Yifei heard what they said, she suddenly felt that 56 square meters was not that big.

But compared to the domestic entertainment companies I have seen, the existence of a single office building is far less grand than the grand picture planned by Sister Hua.

"What do you think? What are your thoughts?" Wang Jinhua turned her head and looked at the chairman of each company.

Everyone looked at you, you looked at me, they all seemed to have no idea.

It is a good thing that the group wants to build a park. It means that the group has a stable base and gives each company a more sense of belonging in its corporate culture. They are in favor of this.

As for how to build the park, they had no idea for a while, and they were not the ones paying for it. They could build it however they wanted.

Besides, the land hasn't been purchased yet, so all the ideas are empty talk.

Wang Jinhua also saw this, and she said: "When the land is obtained, we can all come together to discuss it."

Immediately, Wang Jinhua took everyone around the land and took a look at the nearby environment. When they came to the future park planned by the company for the first time, everyone felt somewhat confident and had some imagination.

The weather outside was really too cold. After walking around and chatting for less than an hour, everyone dispersed and waited for the day when the land was taken over.

A normal film and television investment fair lasts three to five days. The investment process and sponsorship process over the past few decades have become like an assembly line industrialization, and a film and television investment fair will not take long.

However, due to the bosses' favor for "My Love from the Star", the investment fair lasted for half a month before it came to an end.

It’s not that we can’t reach an agreement, the main reason is that there are too many people to invest and sponsor, and the business transactions are beyond the expectations of the investment team. The lack of manpower can only use more time to sort out all aspects of the numerous businesses.

The investment promotion ended this morning, and the last few contracts were still unsigned. Several bosses were still waiting to get their contracts back. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei visited the lower land environment, and then rushed to Century Culture with Li He.

Zhou Jielun was waiting in the office. He didn't expect that the investment promotion meeting would take so long. His next concert was just a few days away. After finishing this matter, he had to catch a plane to Hangzhou to prepare for the concert.

Although he wasted some time in the capital, when he got the final report data from the Investment Promotion Association, he was shocked and felt that the trip was worth it even if it wasted a little time.

"3800 million." Zhou Jielun stood up from the sofa and greeted Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Li Hed as they entered the office.

"How much?" Liu Yifei seemed to have heard wrongly and asked again.

Zhou Jielun gave the document to Liu Yifei and let her read it for herself. After taking it, Liu Yifei lowered her head and saw that the total amount of sponsorship was really 3800 million.

总投资4000万，璀璨时代投40%占50%，也就是投1600万占50%股份。

The sponsorship fee was 3800 million, and 1900 million was recovered. Bright Times has already earned 300 million from the drama "My Love from the Star".

This has exceeded Li Hu's estimated sponsorship, that is, it will probably be able to return the capital. This is not only the return of capital, but also a profit of 300 million.

"Is this considered illegal fund-raising?" Chu Xuan said.

There were about ten people in the investment recruitment team in the office. They couldn't hold back their laughter when they heard Chu Xuan's words.

The sponsorship fee of 3800 million yuan is absolutely sky-high in China.

This year Leslie Cheung's urban life drama "Golden Wedding" is the most popular drama in the urban genre. It is said that the sponsorship fee of 2200 million broke the industry record.

2200 million is a record, so what is 3800 million, a Guinness record?

In their view, this sky-high sponsorship fee undoubtedly proves the unparalleled commercial value of the boss and his wife.

On this basis, there is also the bonus brought by their boss’s speech at the investment meeting on the first day.

What did the boss say? We have accomplished billions and tens of billions of things, so what does a few hundred million mean?

It is because of this sentence that many sponsors do not even look at the integration of the project into the plot, and just send money to bid.

This is also the charm of the boss, he is so awesome.

It was also the first time for them to lead such a hot investment fair. It was clear that talents were the negotiation part of the investment promotion. Many people came to the hotel late at night to come to them and come to the door to give money. This was really a wonderful experience.

In one word, cool.

"What does this mean? The ecosystem of the film and television industry will become broader and broader in the future." Li He sat down in the office chair.

The number of 3800 million is unexpected, but it is also in line with the increasing popularity of the market.

Of course, the existence of Chu Xuan triggered an investment boom, which is the blessing reason for reaching this number.

But even without the blessing of Chu Xuan, who is only an actor, it is expected that the sponsorship fee of "My Love from the Star" will exceed the 2200 million of "Golden Wedding".

For him, the higher the sponsorship, the more expensive the copyright fee. This figure also made him mentally prepared to negotiate the copyright fee with Mango Channel.

"The next step will be left to you. I have two concerts before the year, so I may not come here. After the year, I will free up my concert plans for two or three months, and join a group to engage in art with you." Zhou Jielun signed the last few sponsorship contracts.

The investment fair ended successfully, and the intact situation made him feel better. He also owns 20% of the shares. Now he can share five to six million after tax, which will make anyone happy.

The cooperation with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had not yet officially started, but it gave him a wave of surprises. This kind of situation had never happened in previous cooperation, and it was quite magical.

The Baodao entertainment industry evaluates Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei as the new kings of the mainland entertainment industry. This makes sense from the perspective of commercial value.

"You go about your business. I'll make a specific shooting plan and let you know." Chu Xuan took the contract from Zhou Jielun and signed it.

"Jielun, I wish your concert a complete success." Liu Yifei took the contract signature from Chu Xuan and wished Zhou Jielun a blessing.

After signing several contracts, the investment promotion matter was completely concluded.

There was nothing for them to do here, so they said goodbye and left.

Zhou Jielun's luggage had already been packed, and he got in the car and went straight to the airport.

After Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said goodbye to him, they drove to the literary company.

……

"My Love from the Star" began script planning in mid-October, and now it's been two months. With industrial efficiency, the complete script, which combines literary scripts, character scripts, and storyboard scripts, can be completed within a day or two. .

After the script is finalized, it’s time for the actors to audition.

The male and female protagonists are Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei themselves, and the important supporting roles are Huang Bo and Liu Xiaoli. Apart from the villains, there are no other very important roles.

The actor audition stage mainly focuses on a vanity fair situation.

The teachers in the directing team all have their own circles of contacts, favors, or interests.

When facing a drama with great potential, they will more or less recommend some actors to audition. These actors have their presence behind them, so the audition is just a formality.

These actors will owe a favor, or the company behind the actor will owe a favor.

This is not over yet. Roles that are not highly competitive may be won by such actors in one fell swoop. For roles that are highly competitive, capital or capital representatives will talk to Li Hed about resource replacement.

These are all hidden rules and belong to a kind of "culture" in the entertainment industry.

Whether Huang Lei, Ning Hao, or Tang Ji Li, they are not exempt from vulgarity.

Even if they don't want to promote actors, a lot of people will ask for their help.

Maintain an unhelpful attitude. As your connections leave you one by one, you may have no friends in this circle in the future.

If you want to help, randomly stuffing actors will not only affect the quality of the work, but also lose face in front of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had experienced this situation when they were the producers of "Zhu Xian".

Now that the situation of "My Love from the Star" has resurfaced, the couple also has some plans.

"Teacher Wen Zhengrong will play the villain's manager, Teacher Zhang Songwen will play the villain's capital, and Yang Rong will play the female star who has been unwritten. Are these three people a team of villains? Are you sure?"

"I'm extremely sure. Trust me, Yang Rong won't say anything. Teachers Wen Zhengrong and Zhang Songwen are very capable. Their villain roles are definitely the highlights."

"Okay, these three important roles that affect the main plot will be decided. If the other roles are suitable for the recommended actors, then the ones recommended by the teachers will be used."

"Okay, let's do it."

The villain is very important, no less important than the protagonist.

Many of the protagonist's auras need to be complemented by the villain.

Whether the villain is played well or not will directly affect the emotional tone of the entire play, thereby affecting the core quality of the play.

The couple discussed in private and directly decided on the three villains. No matter what interests were involved or not, they wanted these three actors to play the villains anyway, so that the quality of their drama could be guaranteed.

As for the rest of the characters, if you want to discuss interests, go talk to Li Hao and the teachers. As long as the actors fit the characteristics of the characters, the couple will use them, which can be regarded as taking care of the interests and face of the teachers.

"Let's go to the audition, they are getting ready."

This morning, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei set off from home to the hotel.

The script was all finalized last week, and the crew sent audition invitations to major domestic entertainment and talent agencies, artist studios or the actors themselves.

The audition was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, which had heating. It was a courtesy to the actors who came here to have people come for the audition in the middle of winter.

The invitation email contained some outlines and plots of the character script. After a week of preparation, some actors rushed to the capital a day or two in advance.

Today is the day of the audition, and they are also preparing to accept the assessment from Producer Liu and Director Chu.

(End of this chapter)