Rebirth of Deep Entertainment

43.

"A good news or a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Ji Min said to the young man in front of him in the office on the seventh floor of Tianniao Media.

"Let's tell the good news first." Chen Bomao took the fan on the desk and fanned it. The heating in the room was turned on a little high. He was wearing only a shirt and felt very hot.

"The good news is that next month there will be an audition opportunity for the leading male lead."

Chen Bomao was a little surprised: "What drama??"

""Hussar General Gan Feiying" is jointly invested by Tomato and Fox. Although the investment is not large, it has been confirmed and will be broadcast on Tomato and Fox."

"Who are the director and other actors?"

"The actor has not yet been decided. The director is a newcomer, Chen Qi's son, and Yan Kaicheng is the assistant director." Chen Bomao nodded, and he heard Ji Min's subtext.Chen Qi's son should just be the main person to learn experience, and the director's job is done by the assistant director Yan Kaicheng. There are many such things in the circle.Although Yan Kaicheng has qualifications, he has no resources or contacts, so for him, he is very happy to do this kind of thing that can get in touch with the famous director Chen Qi.

"What about the bad news?"

"The endorsement of Senyu men's clothing was not won."

Chen Bomao looked at his agent in surprise. Senyu Men's Wear is a cheap men's wear brand from Fusang, and the requirements for spokespersons are not very strict.Hearing Ji Min's tone two days ago should be sure, but he didn't expect to be intercepted?

"Shimo is fixed, it was directly appointed by Fusang's head office." Ji Min shook his head regretfully, "There is nothing the agent can do, they have all the contracts ready, and they are just waiting for us to sign the contract. I didn't expect... ...I heard that Shimo got the endorsement at a low price."

Hearing the word "low price", Chen Baimao suddenly realized.His reputation is far less than that of Shimo. If the endorsement fee is the same, it is a matter of course that the brand will choose Shimo.

However, Ji Min couldn't figure it out. She had been with Shi Mo for several years and knew his character very well.She had helped Shi Mo get the endorsement of Senyu Men's Clothing before, but the other party didn't like it at all, and the two had a big fight because of it.At that time, Shi Mo had just started to become popular, and his popularity was not even comparable to that of Chen Baimao today.

Ji Min still remembered the disdain in Shi Mo's tone at that time, "Such a low brand will be pushed directly next time, so I don't have to drag my image down."

For Shi Mo's behavior of high-sightedness and low-handedness, she strongly disagreed and wanted to suppress it. However, Shi Mo passively resisted by saying "If you dare to sign, I will make a big noise at the endorsement scene". As a last resort, she had to give up on Senyu. endorsement.

Ji Min couldn't help guessing: Could it be that he didn't do well in the new company?Some artists in the industry who have no works, in order to increase exposure, will use extremely low prices to get endorsements, and then use the Internet marketing to "famous artist *** endorses ** brands at sky-high prices", giving the public the false impression that this artist is still very popular.

The brand side is also happy to see this kind of thing succeed, on the one hand, because the marketing of artists has greatly increased the exposure of the brand; on the other hand, after the figures of millions of endorsement fees are publicized, it can show the public the strength of the brand Well, anyway, the tax bureau doesn't know how to check accounts, so why not do it?

Ji Min can't comment on this kind of behavior, after all, everyone wants to be popular, but this kind of damage to the market is huge.Because there are too many monks and too few porridges, brand endorsement has always been a buyer's market, coupled with this behavior of grabbing orders at low prices, resulting in lower and lower endorsement fees.

Some artists don't even ask for endorsement fees in order to grab endorsements.And the brand side is not a fool. Artists who don't need endorsement fees are generally not well-known.If such an artist is really invited to act as a spokesperson, not only will it fail to bring benefits to the company, but it will drag the brand down.

In this way, the strange phenomenon of "short-term endorsement" was born. In order to cover up its unofficial spokesperson, all kinds of weird titles such as ** best friend, ** ambassador, etc. dazzled the people who eat melons, although the artist team used these titles Collectively referred to as "spokesperson", but the brand side will not point out the wrong name.However, almost without exception, these so-called ambassadors and close friends were replaced by other people within a few months at most.But the star earns fame from it, and the brand saves endorsement fees while increasing exposure, and both sides are happy.

Could it be that Shi Mo also started to use this method after just over a year?Ji Min immediately denied this conjecture. A youth film starring Shi Mo had just been released last month. Although the box office was not high, it met the film's expectations.Under such circumstances, with Shi Mo's character, it is absolutely impossible to see Senyu's endorsement. Is it because of the refreshing chewing gum?

But Chen Baimao didn't know that his manager's mind had gone full circle. Seeing that the other party was frowning, he comforted him: "With Shi Mo's popularity, it's normal for him to be willing to lower the price for Senyu to choose him. Sister Ji Don't take it to heart."

Seeing that the young man came to comfort himself instead, Ji Min smiled and did not express his guesses, and said: "You should read the script of "Hussar General Gan Feiying" first, and figure out the characters."

Chen Bomao took the script on the table and asked, "When is the audition?"

"Early next month."

Chen Bomao nodded, and began to look at the script in his hand. Gan Feiying was based on a well-known national hero in the history of Huaguo.The main line of the story is: Gan Feiying, the son of the great general, concealed his identity and joined the army. In the process of fighting Beidi, he rose from soldier to general step by step.During this process, Gan Feiying and the female bandit Liu Yanyan knew each other and loved each other, and cleared up the grievances of her framed father.

Although the title of the play is "Hussars General Gan Feiying", love occupies a large proportion of the whole story.Chen Bomao doesn't like this, but he also knows his current status, and being able to receive this kind of script is already the limit.The male lead who was able to receive "Shocking Change" before was due to various coincidences, which led to the fact that there were four people in the casting team who were inextricably linked with me.Now without these relationships, you need to get the role by yourself.

Perhaps he was lucky, the director did not choose a plot about love during the audition, the whole audition process went smoothly, and the director looked very satisfied.

"Although the audition results are good, if you don't sign the contract, you haven't settled it." Ji Min adjusted Chen Baimao's collar, "Pay attention to Luo Xing's eyes later, toast when it's time to toast, and compliment when it's time to compliment." Luo Xing is the director of Qingmangtai, and also the person in charge of this dinner, and has always had a good relationship with Ji Min.

Chen Baimao couldn't help nodding, silently remembering his manager's reminder in his heart.

"Try to win Producer Hu tonight and sign the contract tomorrow." Ji Min asked loudly, "Are you confident?"

The young man straightened up hurriedly: "Yes!" But the thought of having to fight for wine made him feel bitter again, and his voice lowered, "A little bit."

Ji Min glared at the bitter-faced young man: "Give me a little bit!"

Chen Baimao immediately straightened his back and made a confident and satisfied look: "Obey!"

"That's right." Ji Min nodded in satisfaction and led the way into Fuding Building.They are here today to make connections, commonly known as flattery, according to Luo Xing, this producer Hu likes to drink.Since he didn't know what kind of wine the other party liked to drink, Ji Min asked the waiter to prepare a good bottle of red, yellow and white, and then add more depending on the situation.

The two waited in the box for half an hour, and Ji Min received a call from Luo Xing, saying that he was stuck on the road, and it would take more than an hour to arrive.

"During the audition, I met Chen Yanbin." Chen Bomao said suddenly.

Ji Min raised his eyebrows: "How do you feel?"

Chen Bomao didn't speak for a long time, and Ji Min didn't urge him. In his opinion, this is a newcomer who just entered the circle, and his mood is depressed because of being stabbed in the back by a so-called friend.

Holding the cup in his hand, Chen Bomao couldn't help thinking of what happened half a month ago.As soon as he walked out of the room after the audition that day, Xiao Xia came up to him and listened to a recording for him.

The voice in the recording is very familiar, but after listening to the recording, Chen Baimao did not regain his senses for a long time.

It turns out that Chen Yanbin not only knew about the leak of the shockingly changing script, but he planned it all by himself.Chen Bomao did not expect that he regarded Chen Yanbin as a good friend, but when the other party conflicted with his interests, he did not hesitate to draw a knife and stab him.

"Don't take it to heart, the entertainment industry is like this, where does true friendship come from?" Ji Min comforted, and after thinking about it, he said, "Even when you're dating Yu Yuanbai, you have to remember to be careful. Now that he is the film king and you are the rookie, Little Transparent, the relationship between the two of you can be harmonious. When you catch up with him in the future, you will also compete with him and have resource conflicts, and then will be the time to test you."

Hearing the other party mention Yu Yuanbai, the young man felt a little guilty: "You are confident in me. There are few artists who can reach the height of Mr. Yu."

"That's not necessarily true." Ji Min glanced at his artist, "The world is impermanent, who knows what will happen in the future, give yourself more confidence."

The young man scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Haha"

Seeing the uneasiness on Chen Baimao's face, Ji Min couldn't help but sighed: "I know you two are close now, and you can't listen to such words, but love is the most unreliable thing."

Embarrassment suddenly appeared on Chen Bomao's face: "Sister Ji, you know..."

Ji Min poked the young man's forehead with hatred: "The eyes of the two of you treat the people around you like air, do you really think that no one will see it? Actually, you know everything!"

Chen Bomao: "..." He really thought that he and Yu Yuanbai were doing it in a very secretive way, did he expect that many people would have seen it?

"I don't care about it in private, but I have to restrain myself in public places in the future, in case something is caught by paparazzi..." Ji Min's tone became serious, "Once this kind of thing is exposed, it is just a mosquito to Yu Yuanbai Scratch an itch, but ruin your career."

Chen Baimao had no choice but to nod his head in embarrassment.