Chapter 254 The Wise Director Wu Is Going to Create a Group Of

Chapter 254 The wise director Wu is going to create a group of 85 flowers that belong to him!

After gathering with a group of friends, Wu Yuan became busy again.

As the spiritual leader of a large company and a great director, Wu Yuan can't be idle even if he doesn't have a movie to shoot.

While preparing for Liu Yifei's birthday party, which is more grand than the 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, he also has to meet with Li Xiaoping and the company's senior management.

With the continuous expansion of Light and Shadow Times in the past few years, the company has transformed from a shell company when it was first established to a professional large-scale film and television company.

TV series production department, film production department, publicity department, distribution department, administrative department, financial department, plus the branch special effects department, and the newly established artist department.

Light and Shadow Times currently has a total of seven departments and one subsidiary, not counting Light and Shadow Times Cinema Media.

The TV drama production department has the most employees, and together with the crew members signed by the company, there are nearly 300 people. The artist department has the least employees, with only three general agents, and each of them has three agent teams.

Normally, he can miss these meetings when he is not in Beijing because of filming, but now that he is in Beijing, he tries not to miss the meetings.

After all, the company is his, and he cannot stay out of the company's affairs for a long time.

Although he doesn't understand business operations so well, with more than 20 years of experience in his dreams, Wu Yuan is not the kind of person who is easily fooled. After a few more meetings, he has a clear grasp of the company's current situation.

After another regular meeting, Wu Yuan specifically kept Li Xiaoping and the head of the artist department, the agent Lu Liqiong who was poached from Huayi.

After signaling his assistant to make tea, Wu Yuan smiled and said, "The company is still developing smoothly."

"But we still need to strengthen the artist management."

When he first started working at Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan looked down on the small profits of being an artist manager, because in those years, mainland actors didn't make much money at all. At most, they made a few million a year, which was nothing compared to the nine-digit income he made from a movie.

But now it's different.

This year is already 2007. The Warlords, which will be released at the end of the year, will feature three major superstars, among whom Jet Li's salary reached 100 million yuan.

Although his salary cannot be regarded as a common practice, the phenomenon of high salary in the circle has indeed begun.

One obvious point is that Liu Yifei, who had just finished acting in Your Name two years ago, offered 3 million yuan for a movie, but basically no one was willing to ask her to act, and she was in a situation where there was a price but no market.

Now her offer has risen to 4 million yuan, but there are many film contracts looking for her, and some are even willing to offer 5 million or 6 million yuan to ask her to act.

Yes, it's that group of coal bosses.

With the entry of coal bosses, the bonus period for actors is coming.

The pay of the four Dan and Shuang Bing has generally doubled, and the male actors have increased even more. Regardless of Hong Kong and Taiwan, the top salary of male actors in the mainland has reached eight figures.

A year ago, when Zhang Guorong was preparing "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", the pay of the top male actors in the mainland was only 4 to 5 million per film.

In the next ten years, this number will increase 20 times.

The pay of popular actors is 80 million to 120 million per play.

The price of TV actors for one episode can be 1.5 to 2 million.

Wu Yuan cannot stop this trend of sky-high pay by himself, and he will even become one of the promoters.

Because the better the mainland film and television industry develops and the larger the market, the more the actors' pay will naturally increase.

Just like Hollywood's first-line actors can easily get 40 to 50 million US dollars for a movie (pay + dividends), this is the result of normal market development.

Once the market cools down or is unpopular, the actor's pay will also fall.

In the last few years of Wu Yuan's dream, the pay of mainland actors, after experiencing the peak period from 2012 to 2017, quickly dropped again, returning to the "normal" price of about 20 million yuan for first-tier companies.

Wu Yuan certainly won't just sit and wait for the pay to skyrocket and then drop again.

Since you can't stop it, then join it!

As one of the top three film and television production companies in China, Guangying Times is very attractive to actors and artists. As long as he waves, countless actors are willing to become artists of Guangying Times, even if they already have a signed company.

It's just that Wu Yuan is not very interested in the so-called 85 flowers and traffic male actors that emerged later.

The top 85 flowers are mainly about having no acting skills.

Tangtang is silly and sweet, Shishi has blind eyes, and although Mi Mi is crazy about her career, she only loves to play multiple roles and doesn't care about acting performance at all. She will do it if she is paid.

Let alone Xiao Ming's young models from Hong Kong.

And they were completely wiped out on the big screen, the kind that can't be trained.

His beloved Miss Liu Yifei is considered the tallest among the short ones.

Although she can't get any good scripts, at least she has established a foothold in the film industry and has no shortage of movies to shoot.

The only 85 flower that Wu Yuan likes is Bao Ziying.

As for the popular male actors, let alone.

It's okay that they don't have acting skills, but most of them can't control their lower body.

Before Wu Yuan woke up from his dream, 80% of the popular male actors he knew had already collapsed, either sleeping with fans or attracting glances, and the more serious ones have even gone to work on sewing machines.

Actors active on the small screen and even the big screen are all born in the 1990s or even the 1995s.

The top actors of the post-85s generation of domestic entertainment are all dead, regardless of gender.

Rather than letting Wu Yuan pick some of these actors to praise, he might as well start anew.

With the influence and production capabilities of the current light and shadow era, coupled with Wu Yuan's forward-looking vision, what actor does he want to praise that he cannot?

Even if he wants to choose actors from amateurs like Lao Mouzi and create his own Yuan girl, there is absolutely no problem!

So even if Wu Yuan plans to take a share of the upcoming era of sky-high remuneration, he doesn't have to dig up those 85-year-olds and traffic stars who will be popular in the future!

His index finger tapped the table rhythmically. After Wu Yuan thought quietly for a while, he said without any doubt: "Agent Lu."

"Here!" Lu Liqiong stood up immediately. The serious Director Wu was still a bit scary, which made her feel uneasy.

"In this way, I have recently selected a group of good actors from the Mainland, all of whom I think have the potential to become famous and can be made good."

"Go and sign all these people into the company as soon as possible."

"I said, you remember."

"Okay!" Lu Liqiong quickly sat down again, opened the notepad he brought specially for the meeting, and picked up a pen to write notes.

Wu Yuan then continued: "The first one is Wang Likun. She has a TV series called "Agent Team No. 5" broadcast this year and plays the heroine in the TV series."

"Although I am not an acting major, I have good talent. When I was still in my junior year, I was selected by Xu Ke because of an inadvertent glance back in the practice room. I became the heroine of the TV series "Seven Swordsmen" and made my debut. ”

"Director Xu Ke still has a very good vision."

"The second one is Jiang Xin. She played Mu Wanqing in the bearded version of "Tian Long Ba Bu". She also played the roles of Nu Yuan and Jiang Waner in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" invested by the company, and her acting skills are also good. OK, it can be cultivated.”

"The third one is Qin Lan. I'm sure I'm familiar with this guy. I'm a Qiong Yao girl. I'm a Zhi Hua in My Fair Princess 3. I'm currently filming Qiong Yao's "Another Dream"."

"The other one is Chen Zihan, who has also acted in many TV series, but she is not popular even in dramas. She also played Guo Fu in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"."

"There is also an actress named Hai Qing. You can also get in touch with her. She is a 97-level student at the Film Academy and is a student of Huang Lei. She has acted in "Jade Guanyin"."

"By the way, there is an actress named Yang Rong in the "Youngster Bao Qingtian 3" that is being aired recently. She is also quite spiritual. She has also been signed."

After smacking his mouth with unfinished thoughts, Wu Yuan thought of someone else and added: "By the way, don't forget about Wang Ou, who plays the company's "The Best of Us", let's sign it together."

Lu Liqiong, who had been immersed in writing, suddenly heard the conference room become quiet, and raised his head in surprise.

"Director Wu, is that all?"

"They are all actresses, no actors?"

Is this signing an actor, or choosing a harem?

If Lu Liqiong hadn't known that Wu Yuan has always been famous for keeping a clean mind in the industry, he would have almost thought that he was not in the office of the Light and Shadow Era, but in the office of Huayi.

"Actor." Wu Yuan frowned.

It's a bit tricky.

He doesn't really like the batch of popular actors who will emerge in the next few years. The few actors he likes are difficult to recruit.

For example, people like Chen Kun, Liu Ye, etc. actually don't value the agency very much anymore, and they have enough network resources to take over the drama.

Wu Yuan also didn't want his relationship with them to change from a mere friend to a subordinate.

Apart from these, the one that he is most optimistic about is Huang Xiaoming.

Although our brother Xiao Ming is a little too greasy to play a domineering CEO, he can still hold up the role in serious dramas. He is also a rare actor born in the 1980s who has made achievements in the film field.

"It's a pity that Huayi will definitely not let me poach Huang Xiaoming away." Wu Yuan sighed.

"Hey!" Suddenly, he slapped his thigh: "By the way, Huayi also has two male actors who must have just signed in. One is Zhang Yi and the other is Duan Yihong. You can go and get in touch and see if you can Dig it!"

Zhang Yi retired from the Comrades Repertory Theater of the Political Department in 2006, and then by chance participated in "Soldier Assault".

The investor of this TV series is Huayi, and according to Huayi's usual routine, if you act in movies and TV series invested by it, you must sign with the company, otherwise the role will not be given to you.

Therefore, several of the leading actors in "Soldier Assault", Wang Baoqiang, have already signed with Huayi. Chen Sicheng, Duan Yihong, Zhang Yi, and even Zhang Guoqiang and Da Hei Niu, who have very few roles, have also signed with Huayi.

So there was the later film "My Commander, My Regiment", which almost starred the original cast of "Soldier Assault" and was also produced by Huayi.

These two TV series are almost Huayi's own homemade dramas.

Wu Yuan thought, if he hired Zhang Yi and Duan Yihong, when the time came to film "My Captain, My Group", where would Huayi find Long Wenwen and Meng Fan who performed such exquisite roles?

"People poaching Huayi?" Lu Liqiong was a little confused after hearing Wu Yuan's instructions, "Director Wu, it's not good for us to have friction with Huayi."

"Huayi and we are considered the number one and number two private film companies in the country. If there is friction over this trivial matter, it is not worth it."

"What kind of friction is poaching two young actors?" Wu Yuan didn't care.

"I don't want to dig up Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and other pillars of Huayi."

"We didn't even poach Zhou Xun, who has the best relationship with us."

"We just poached two young actors who have just signed with the company for less than a year. What's so good about Huayi that it's worth it to go against us?"

Wu Yuan still knows his limits.

He also knows that the big and small Wangs of Huayi are a bit stingy, but they won't go against Guangying Times for two insignificant young actors.

As for the business style of the big and small Wangs, when they heard that Wu Yuan wanted these two young actors, they might take the initiative to terminate the contract and send them to him in exchange for Wu Yuan's favor and try to use this opportunity to discuss cooperation with Wu Yuan on his next movie.

If the two Bingbings or Huang Xiaoming or any one of Deng Chao can be stuffed into Wu Yuan's new movie to play the leading role, let alone these two young actors, Huayi is willing to give Zhou Xun to Wu Yuan without hesitation.

Anyway, the fact that the three leading actresses of Huayi are competing for the top actress is really a headache for the big and small Wangs.

The big and small Wangs regret signing so many top actors, and the internal resources are simply not enough to allocate.

"Oh, right." Wu Yuan suddenly thought of someone, "Yan Kuan signed with a small agency, right?"

"It's a waste for him to stay in that agency, so go and contact him and give him an olive branch."

It's a pity for Yan Kuan, he is one of the four beauties in the world, but he has the worst development.

He signed with a small, unknown company in the early days, and later signed with the declining Bona. It's the same with no company, and he missed a lot of opportunities.

Wu Yuan thinks that a handsome man in ancient costume like him is still very marketable in certain films.

And the company also has to sign a handsome guy, it has to have a facade, right?

Don't worry about it for a long time that the most handsome person in the company is actually him, the director, that will really make the outside world have some strange ideas.

"There is also Pan Yueming, he is not bad either. The Legend of the White Snake he starred in with Liu Tao became a big hit after it was broadcast on CCTV this year. He can be signed to the company for training."

It's a pity for Pan Yueming. He was an honest and dedicated actor who put his heart into acting and had no bad private life. As a result, his acting career was ruined by Dong Bailian.

Fortunately, he later proved himself with "Day and Night Chase" and became popular again.

This actor is still worth training. At least he is dedicated and treats acting purely, which is rare in the circle.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan added, perhaps because he felt that there were indeed not enough male actors, "There are also Luo Jin and Jia Nailiang who have acted in the company's dramas. Try to sign them as well."

After hesitating for a while, Wu Yuan finally said, "There is also Yuan Hong. There is not much room for him to rise in Tangren. Hu Ge, who is above him, has the same acting style as him. He can only play supporting roles for Hu Ge."

"Cai Yinong will definitely not let Hu Ge go. Try to dig Yuan Hong. With Hu Ge in hand, Cai Yinong should not care too much about Yuan Hong's stay or departure."

Lu Liqiong nodded while quickly recording all the actors mentioned by Wu Yuan in the notebook.

Of course, Wu Yuan is not an emperor who can sign anyone he wants.

The people he mentioned can only be said to be signing targets. In the end, the company can sign half of them, which is enough to be secretly happy.

Wu Yuan did not expect the company to rely on digging to sign artists in the future. The proper route still has to start from the three major theaters to discover new talents and cultivate them.

After setting these poaching targets, he waved his hand and said, "Collect the information of students in the acting department of the Drama Academy, Film Academy and Shanghai Opera as soon as possible."

"There are many good seedlings in the school, waiting for us to discover!"

After so much time, Wu Yuan can no longer remember which famous actors in later generations are still students, but it doesn't matter, he will remember them after seeing the list!

Wu Yuan has made up his mind that in his light and shadow era, he must cultivate a group of 85 flowers and 85 young actors who can take the lead in acting!

He also has the confidence and ability to create a group of top-tier actors in the light and shadow era!