Chapter 410 Variety Show Guests

Money can solve 90% of worries and problems, so after Jiang Heng said that he was not short of money, iQiyi and Tencent Video signed a contract with South Korea's SBS at light speed to introduce their variety show "Running Man".

To be honest, the senior executives of SBS were very happy to see the contract signed and the copyright fees coming in.

Because SBS is heavily in debt at the moment, it was originally by selling the copyright of "Running Man" that the debt was paid off.

And what they paid, in addition to the so-called copyright, was just to send two directors to China to assist in filming.

iQiyi and Tencent Video, Li Xiaoping and the head of the variety department began to draft the guests for "Running Brothers".

The first choice is naturally someone from within the company.

However, domestic variety shows are not yet popular at this moment, and most stars and artists still look down on the positioning of "variety show stars".

The signed artists of iQiyi and Tencent Video are all determined to make a name for themselves in the film and television industry, but no one is willing to serve as a fixed member, but it is no problem to be a guest for a few episodes.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoping hurried to report to Jiang Heng.

In fact, under normal circumstances, as the vice president of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, Li Xiaoping also makes many decisions on a single word.

For many large-scale TV series, the final reports to Jiang Heng are only very broad things such as investment, ratings, response, and profits, without too much detail.

However, this variety show renamed "Run, Brothers" is not the case, because Jiang Heng insisted on introducing even the only female fixed member to Yang Tianbao.

In the case that the company's male artists are unwilling to become fixed members, they must ask Jiang Heng.

"It's normal. The artists in our company are all dedicated to making a living on the big screen. They feel that acting in TV is a waste of talent, let alone participating in variety shows and making the audience laugh!"

There is another reason that is not mentioned, that is, participating in too many variety shows will hurt the actor's foundation, which is commonly known as "out of play".

The most typical example is Sun Honglei, who was once the top of the "Four Evils" in the mainland entertainment industry. His acting skills have been recognized by the industry and the audience, and he has a lot of representative works and classic roles.

As for the major awards such as Golden Eagle, Feitian, and Magnolia, he also easily won them.

Because he had participated in "My Father and Mother", Zhang Yimou once commented on Sun Honglei, saying that he "has no trace of acting, as if the character is him".

But after he participated in four seasons of "Go Fighting", the audience watched his film and television dramas and saw the smile on his face, and felt that his acting was exaggerated and out of place.

Feng Xiaogang also expressed his regret for Sun Honglei, thinking that he had lost the texture of acting.

Another person who was deeply hurt by variety shows was Huang Lei. He played Xu Zhimo in "April in the World" and became the male god in the hearts of countless literary girls. Later, he became "Teacher Huang".

But after participating in a lot of variety shows, he was questioned by the audience for acting in film and television dramas.

The advantage of variety shows is that the pay is high, and the money is made quickly and easily. The disadvantage is that it will hurt the foundation of the actors.

But not all actors are dedicated to making quick money. Wang Baoqi was able to withdraw in time and return to his acting career.

Therefore, Jiang Heng's first reaction to the fact that the company's contracted artists were unwilling to serve as regular guests was relief.

However, the program still needs to be recorded, and guests still need to be found.

Jiang Heng recited a few names without hesitation and asked Li Xiaoping to contact them.

The latter was a little confused. Deng Chao and Wang Baoqi were fine, and they were quite famous at the moment.

Li Chen debuted for more than ten years, and Wang Zulan was from Hong Kong, and was also considered a fellow villager of Director Jiang.

That Chen He and Zheng Kai were completely small actors. She still had some impression of the former, who played Zeng Xiaoxian in "Love Apartment".

As for the latter, Li Xiaoping had no impression at all.

Although she didn't know how Jiang Heng decided on these candidates, with many years of work experience, Li Xiaoping knew that there was no need to question it, and just do what Director Jiang said.

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact their agency right away, and it shouldn't be a big problem. It's just that their fame...!"

"Don't worry, the first episode will definitely be a hit!"

Li Xiaoping stared at Jiang Heng blankly, thinking of a certain possibility in her mind, her eyes widened, and her expression became more and more surprised.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, Jing Tian and I will participate in the first episode of the program!"

"In this case, the ratings of the first episode will definitely be explosive!"

Li Xiaoping walked back and forth a few steps in surprise, and then said: "But boss, your and Jing Tian's pay is too expensive, the program team can't afford it, can you give me a discount?"

Jiang Heng laughed, "You, you don't want to give the boss a little more money, but you actually want to cut my labor fee!"

Li Xiaoping said: "Isn't this a tight budget!"

This kind of thing is also the norm in the industry.

It can be said that the budget of most film and television dramas is tight.

Because no matter how much money you give, the crew will find a way to spend it all.

If the budget is not strictly controlled, you will often spend a lot of money, but what you shoot is a pile of shit. There are too many such things.

Jiang Heng said: "Go talk to Jing Tian, ​​she shouldn't have any objections!"

Li Xiaoping said: "I'll go find her right away!"

After that, she went out in a hurry. On the way, she was still thinking that Jiang Heng and Jing Tian's participation in the first episode of the program would not only guarantee a "good start" for the program, but also be used to "bargain" with those people in terms of pay!

For many actors, Director Jiang Heng is a rare big shot. If he takes a fancy to him, not to mention starring in his special effects blockbuster.

Even if he plays a minor role, or participates in the films of iQiyi, Youku, and Tencent Video, it is also a rare opportunity!

So when Li Xiaoping communicated with the agents of those regular guests, she first mentioned that Jiang Heng would participate in the recording of the first episode of the program.

Then she talked about the salary. No one hesitated, and they said they could sign the contract without even bargaining.

Therefore, the program "Running Brothers" was prepared very quickly and efficiently!

Jiang Heng continued to revise the script, thinking about the emotional line between Wukong and Zixia.

On this day, Lu Feng, CEO of Iron Fist Technology Company, came over and first reported the super high performance of "Zhu Xian" and "League of Legends".

Then he said hesitantly that he wanted to develop 3A games.

The reason why he was so unconfident was that the development time of 3A games was long, often three to five years, and required funds and patience.

Secondly, the audience base is small. Gamers in the Chinese mainland market can be said to have directly entered the online game stage from zero, skipping the stand-alone game stage, resulting in many users not having the consumption habit of stand-alone games.

In addition, the development of 3A games is very expensive, which is difficult for ordinary game companies to afford.

Of course, considering the profit level of Tekken Technology, that little cost is nothing.

In addition, 3A games are more "configuration-intensive" and have very high hardware requirements.

Of course, this is also a good aspect, which can be regarded as a reverse push for technological progress. For example, Nvidia started out by developing graphics cards for stand-alone games.