Chapter 872 August
Shen Xudong didn't mean to trick anyone.
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-class stars are connected with first-class resources, and second-rate stars are connected with second-rate resources. It is rare to skip a level.
And, to be honest, Nazha's acting skills are definitely not excellent, at best they are passable.
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, speculation and dream creation. need.
Therefore, they need to constantly have fresh materials coming out to maintain the curiosity and freshness of the audience; they also need to occasionally stir up CPs, establish characters, and frequently show their faces on variety shows to stabilize exposure and popularity at a reasonable level. within the 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 traffic people act in drama, it will be a disaster!
It's good to show off your face in variety shows and perform in ancient puppet shows.
Nazha, Reba and Yang Zi all want to take the actor route...
Then focus on web dramas...
In the past, web dramas were known for being low. In fact, there are many web dramas nowadays with low production standards. After all, there is no threshold for making web dramas. You can just get a DV yourself, find two classmates to shoot it, and do the post-production. Just process it.
Even in the highly acclaimed "Mao Liar" - the last episode of the first season of "Mao Liang", the long shot of the fox chasing Dongdong, Xiaobao, and the scene where the police chase Dongdong after being baited by Zhao Ning, Running wildly in the street and being arrested attracted a large number of people to watch, and it was quite similar to the style of various crime documentaries in the 1990s.
Why shoot like this?
No money!
Moreover, the TV drama market has fallen into a strange circle: if there are no big names, it will be difficult to sell. Most TV drama viewers still recognize celebrities, and hiring big names will cause production costs to rise. It is even more necessary to rely on stars to make money and sell at a high price...
Web dramas do not have these problems.
Firstly, because of cost constraints, secondly, the audience has become accustomed to not seeing TV celebrities in online dramas, and thirdly, even if there are no celebrities, the video platform will pay for it. In this case, why not spend the money on production?
As for traditional TV series, online audiences don’t buy them?
If you think about it too much, there is only one type of content that audiences won’t buy: junk content!
This is the reason why Shen Xudong looks down on a bunch of so-called new media workers. They are all arrogant and treat the workers in traditional industries and those who have been working hard for decades as a joke.
Only those who feel poor and make fun of jokes are called online dramas!
Tsk tsk…
It can only be said that these people do not understand the content...
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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 18 million.
"Ancient Mirror", "Wuxin Master" and "Psychological Crime" are three high-quality dramas, all costing around 20 million.
The opening work "The Ghost Blows Out the Lantern and Only the Ancient City" cost 32 million and 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 of them was only 5.5 million.
There are a total of 32 drama series. According to the plan, the total investment is close to 500 million...
The company has a large number of actors who are not yet popular but also have many potential new stars and popular new actors.
All arranged!
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In the company, or to be precise, the studio, Shen Xudong is discussing with a group of people about the actors for "The Thieves".
Commercial blockbusters must use big stars.
Generally speaking, the male protagonists are either Deng Chao or Huang Xiaoming from the Mainland, or actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Currently in 2012, Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are still relatively popular.
Of course, there is no such thing in Tianmei Media. The male lead must be a mainland actor. Shen Xudong’s idea is to use mainland actors around thirty years old.
Deng Chao + Brother Hu.
It just so happened that Deng Chao had acted in "Old Man" before and had received card-cutting training. He was very suitable for the male lead. He was an expert in playing poker and was excellent at blinding.
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, Jing Tian will play it!
Jing Tian invested 60 million in this script, accounting for 20% of the investment...
——25% premium.
In fact, if he is willing to resell it, increase the price by 40 million, and sell it to the receiving investors for 100 million, there will definitely be investors willing to take over.
After all, "Now You See Me" is a 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 250 million, who can we find a strong person?"
"...What do you think about finding someone with both strength and popularity...Huang Bo?"
"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?"
"Nick Cheung is not bad either!"
"Liu Qingyun can also..."
"No, these people can be seen as good people at first glance. There is no surprise in the twist!"
"That's right... Hong Kong police and gangster movies are about those few people who always play the protagonists... who are always positive characters and have a fixed impression!"
"I heard it's because of the influence of Cantonese opera, which is strictly divided into raw, dan, pure, mouchang!"
"No, I heard it's the upper chin and the chin. The upper chin is the protagonist and the chin is the supporting role..."
"What a fool, how can an actor like Xie Tianhua with a standard chin 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 let's go to Wu Zhenyu..."
Shen Xudong wrote down Wu Zhenyu's name and was about to interrupt a group of people's discussion when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Chen Xi walked in with a stack of documents: "Everyone is here...I'm looking for Director Shen..."
Shen Xudong was very curious: "What's the matter?"
Chen Xi did not shy away and asked directly: "..."Nine-Storey Demon Tower" has a box office of over 200 million in three days. Has the studio of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" contacted you?"
"...Yes, they have said they want to continue to develop extras, "Nu Qing Xiangxi" and "Dragon Bone Book"..."
"You refused?"
"...Let's talk in your office!" Shen Xudong stood up and left a message: "You can continue the discussion and discuss the director selection by the way..."