At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 872 August
Shen Xudong didn't mean to deceive people.

For Nazha, working on online dramas is much better than acting in TV series and movies!

This is the case in the entertainment industry. First-rate stars connect with first-rate resources, and second-rate stars connect with second-rate resources. There are very few cases of skipping levels.

Moreover, to be honest, Nazha's acting skills are definitely not excellent, at most they are passing.

The kind of person who plays a vase in a commercial movie...

The key is that Nazha can’t be a traffic star yet…

Traffic stars are a kind of product. You cannot judge them by the standards of actors. More often than not, they are presented to the audience as a product. The function they want to achieve is to satisfy the audience's entertainment, recreation, worship, imagination and dream creation. need.

Therefore, they not only need to keep fresh materials coming out for business, to maintain the curiosity and freshness of the audience; they also need to occasionally speculate on CP and Lili people, and frequently brush their faces on variety shows to keep the exposure and popularity stable at a reasonable level. within range.

For traffic stars, they are actually the product of market drive and fan shaping. They have to become whatever the market needs. If the market wants them to look like sissies, they have to be sissies. The market wants them to be muscular men. They need muscular men!
Traffic is their greatest value and the basis for their survival in the entertainment industry.

Don't let the traffickers play the real drama, it will be a disaster!
In variety shows, it's good to play puppet shows.

Nazha, Reba and Yang Zi all want to take the actor route...

Then use the web drama...

In the past, online dramas were known as low. In fact, there are many online dramas with low production standards. After all, there is no threshold for making online dramas. You need to get a DV, find two classmates to shoot, and do post-production. Just process it.

Even the well-known "Mao Lie" - the last episode of the first season of "Mao Lie", the fox chasing Dongdong, the long shot of Xiaobao, and the part where the police chase Dongdong after being baited by Zhao Ning, Running wildly and arresting in the street attracted a large crowd of onlookers, quite like the style of various crime documentaries in the 90s.

Why do you shoot like this?

No money!
Moreover, the TV drama market has fallen into a vicious circle: if there are no big stars, it will not be easy to sell, TV drama audiences still recognize celebrities, and hiring big names will lead to an increase in production costs, so it is even more necessary to rely on celebrities to make money and sell them at a high price...

Web dramas do not have these problems.

Firstly, because of cost constraints, secondly, audiences are used to not seeing TV cafes in online dramas, and thirdly, even if there are no big names, video platforms will still pay for it. If so, why not spend money on production?
As for traditional TV dramas, do online viewers not buy them?
If you think too much, there is only one type of content that audiences won’t buy: junk content!

This is why Shen Xudong looked down on a group of so-called new media workers, all of them were arrogant, and all of them treated the workers in traditional industries who had worked hard for decades in the sea of ​​blood as a joke.

Only those who feel poor and playful are called online dramas!

tsk...

It's just that these people don't understand the content...

……

Nazha came over to visit and then left. The production team of "Wuxin Master" is Hou Hongliang's team, the chief director Li Xue, and the screenwriter is Shen Xudong's screenwriting studio. Seven or eight screenwriters together...

The total cost is 1800 million.

"Ancient Mirror", "Wuxin Master", and "Psychological Crime" are three high-quality dramas, and the cost is around 2000 million.

The opening work "Ghost Blowing Lanterns Only Exquisite Ancient City" cost 3200 million yuan, which is a super web drama!

It can only be said that today's actors are not so rich, and they can easily earn eight-figure salaries - the starring cast of "The Ancient City" is Pan Yueming, Jiang Chao and Lu Jingshan...

The combined salary of the three is only 550 million.

A total of 32 episodes, according to the plan, the total investment is close to [-] million...

The company has a large number of half-red and half-red actors, as well as many potential new stars and popular new actors.

Arrange everything!
……

The company, or the studio to be precise, Shen Xudong is discussing with a group of people about the cast of "The Thief".

Commercial blockbusters must use big stars.

Generally speaking, the leading actor is either Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming from the mainland, or Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

In 2012, Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are still quite popular.

Of course, this kind of thing does not exist in Tianmei Media. The male lead must be a mainland actor. Shen Xudong's idea is to use a mainland actor who is around 30 years old.Deng Chao + Brother Hu.

It just so happened that Deng Chao had acted in "Old Thousand" before and had received card cutting training. He was very suitable for the male lead, an expert in poker fast hands, and his tricks are superb.

Brother Hu plays the one among the four magicians who is good at picking locks.

That leaves me with hypnosis and the man who appears to be a police officer but is actually the organizer’s second-in-command.

As for the only female magician, the one who is good at escape techniques, there is no need to choose at all, Jing Tian will act!

Jing Tian invested 6000 million in this script, accounting for 20% of the investment...

— 25% premium.

In fact, if he is willing to change hands, increase the price by 4000 million, and sell it to the receiving investor at a price of [-] million, there will definitely be investors who are willing to take over.

After all, "Now Now You See Me" is the work produced by Shen Xudong!

Bringing it back, Liao Gaoxiang made a suggestion: "Why don't we find a capable actor to improve the performance level of the crew?"

"...With an investment amount of 2.5 million yuan, who can you look for?"

"...Then looking for both strength and popularity...Huang Bo, what do you think?"

"can!"

"Wait a minute!" Shen Xudong interrupted and wrote down the name: "What else?"

"Why don't the police behind the scenes find a Hong Kong actor?"

"Tony Leung?"

"Zhang Jiahui is also good!"

"Liu Qingyun can also..."

"No, this group of people can tell they are good people at a glance, and there is no sense of surprise in the reversal!"

"That's right... Hong Kong gangster movies are over and over again, only those few people will always play the leading roles... always be positive characters, and they have a fixed impression!"

"I heard that it is because of the influence of Cantonese opera that it is strictly divided according to the division of Sheng Dan, Jing, Mo and Ugly!"

"No, I heard it's the upper chin and the chin. The upper chin is the protagonist and the chin is the supporting role..."

"Damn it, how can Xie Tianhua's standard chin actor play the leading role?"

Shen Xudong asked Liao Gaoxiang who was sitting next to him: "What do you think?"

"Wu Zhenyu or Huang Qiusheng..."

"Then Wu Zhenyu..."

Shen Xudong wrote down Wu Zhenyu's name, and was about to interrupt the discussion of a group of people when someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

Chen Xi walked in with a stack of documents: "They're all here...I'll find Chairman Shen..."

Shen Xudong was quite curious: "What's the matter?"

Chen Xi didn't evade, and asked directly: "..."Nine-story Demon Tower" has a box office of more than [-] million in three days. Has the studio of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" contacted you?"

"...Yes, they have said they want to continue to develop extras, "Nu Qing Xiangxi" and "Dragon Bone Book"..."

"You refused?"

"...Come to your office to chat!" Shen Xudong got up and left a sentence: "You guys continue to discuss, and discuss the director candidate by the way..."

(End of this chapter)