Chapter 348 The Increasingly Outrageous Pay

Fan Xiaopang and Wei Yang are filming a movie again!

This topic quickly became the number one hot search on Weibo, and countless CP fans were delighted and even passers-by were a little surprised.

From "Famous" to "Time Travel", Wei Yang has starred in two consecutive movies with Fan Xiaopang. This information is worth pondering.

Soon, someone dug out a new company called [Bingyang Entertainment] under Fan Xiaopang's name. The only two shareholders are her and the other is a small company. After equity puncture, the boss behind it is Wei Yang.

Tsk tsk!

Filming a movie again, and starting a company together. Even the person in charge of the previously powerful Coral Entertainment was Fan's man earlier. Many people can't help but be curious.

Could it be that Fan succeeded in getting promoted?

Since "My Love from the Star" in 2009, the two have been flirting, sometimes sister-brother love, sometimes triangle love. Before, they were not filmed in the same hotel, and Fan Xiaopang sent food and clothes to Wei Yang.

At this stage, it seems that they have taken a step further and even jointly opened a company, which is inevitable. People think too much.

So at the opening ceremony of "Time Travel Cohabitation", some media asked directly about the relationship between the two.

"If opening a company means being lovers, then the marriage certificate should not be taken to the Civil Affairs Bureau, but to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau."

Wei Yang was very calm: "I am a businessman, investment cooperation is common, this Bingyang company is just a cooperation project between the two of us, that's all."

The reporter was unwilling: "Then can I ask, why do you want to open a company with Miss Fan?"

"Because she is Fan Bingbing!"

Wei Yang pointed to the smiling Fan Xiaopang next to him, and asked in confusion: "She is one of the most popular female stars in this country and even in Asia. Her personal brand and commercial value are a valuable asset. Is it confusing that we are cooperating to open a company together?"

Putting aside the scandal between the two, there is almost no need to discuss this matter.

Stars like Fan Xiaopang have strong commercial value, and some companies and enterprises cooperate with them.

Even if there is no Wei Yang and Blue Whale, there are Tangde Film and Television or other companies. From the normal business logic, it is a normal investment and operation. It is only because of the relationship between the two that it will be hyped up.

Even though Wei Yang has made an explanation now, and it is well-founded, many people still believe that the business cooperation is mixed with personal feelings.

Of course, their insistence is not without reason, and this is indeed the truth of the matter. Boss Wei is completely stubborn.

Compared with Boss Wei, who is more or less guilty, Fan Xiaopang is much more calm, and even advertises.

Just this year, "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang", jointly produced by Blue Whale and Ice Ocean, will be officially launched. It is expected to start filming in the second half of the year or early next year. Fan Xiaopang will personally play the heroine Wu Mei Niang.

This is not unexpected, but what makes everyone more interested is whether the male lead will be played by Wei Yang.

For this point, neither Fan nor Wei has a clear response, which is actually a euphemism.

Wei Yang + Fan Xiaopang, the shooting cost is unstoppable.

Whether the TV station can afford it is another matter, but more importantly, "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang" is a drama with a strong female lead, and there is no need to use Wei Yang as a foil.

If the female lead is a newcomer, it would be fine. Wei Yang's participation in the show would help to raise the profile. With Fan Xiaopang's fame, there is no need for this.

It is not impossible to get Wei Yang to play the male lead, but the cost performance is too poor. Under the premise of non-exclusive projects of Blue Whale, it is estimated that the team and even the company will not support it.

With this time, Wei Yang can personally lead another project, and the income may be higher than joining "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Of course, the most important key is that Wei Yang does not want to.

If he really wants to build a scaffold for Fan Xiaopang, who can stop him? There are too many such cases in the entertainment industry. Everything is calculated based on gains and losses and rankings. There are really not many plays that many big names can play.

The reason why Wei Yang does not want to do it is not that he thinks Fan Xiaopang is not worthy of him as a foil, but that he does not like the script of "The Legend of Wu Mei Niang".

Although the adaptation of the Blue Whale screenwriter team is better than the original, it still cannot escape the essence of Mary Sue.

The setting of a young emperor with a love brain in the early stage + a scumbag in the middle and late stages is really not attractive to Wei Yang.

As long as Li Zhi in the play is better, whether he is a good or evil, even if he is a super invincible perverted scumbag, as long as the characteristics are more distinct, the character setting is brilliant, and there are enough memorable points, Wei Yang may consider it.

Just like Yongzheng in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", although it is a drama with a big female lead, his room for performance and presence are not weak at all.

However, the role of Li Zhi in "Empress Wu" is too mediocre, and even has some tool attributes. It is a pure foil to the big female lead Wu Meiniang, so Wei Yang is naturally not interested.

These entertainment reporters are all old-timers, and they naturally understand the subtext, but it does not prevent them from still writing "Wei Yang is suspected to be starring".

After all, this will have traffic and high attention, and Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang will not clarify for various reasons.

Mutual benefit!

The scandal between Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang occupied most of the opening ceremony, and the rest was the discussion about the movie.

This time, Wei Yang did not serve as the director of "Super Time and Space Cohabitation". His identity behind the scenes was the producer + chief screenwriter + supervisor.

But everyone regarded him as the first creator of this movie.

Because the directors of "Time Raiders" are two unknown newcomers, one named Su Lun and the other named Tian Yusheng.

The former has just graduated from college a few years ago, and according to public information, he has not even participated in a formal film and television crew. His shooting experience is only MV or commercials.

The latter is also very young, less than 30 years old this year. He is a screenwriter, and his representative work is "Lost on Journey". He has no directing experience.

The fact that these two pure new directors can become directors of "Time Travel Together" is certainly because Wei Yang promoted newcomers, but it also reveals that the two are just "puppets" and it is Wei Yang who has the final say in the crew.

In fact, it is not wrong. Although Wei Yang is not a director, he does have the final say in the "Time Travel Together" crew.

It's just that outsiders don't know much. The two new directors are not complete puppets, but real newcomers with real skills.

Su Lun himself was the original director of "Time Travel Together" in his previous life, and he has a certain grasp of color and visual images.

And Tian Hanyu created the "Ex-Files Guide" series, and he is also a master in the field of commercial love in the industry.

Of course, although both of them will achieve success in the future, they are still a rookie and have a long way to go, so Wei Yang is needed to check.

In fact, Wei Yang originally wanted to find Xue Xiaolu to shoot this movie. She is good at love themes. He also thought of Chen Kexin, who is also a well-known love director.

However, Chen Kexin is busy with "Dear", and Xue Xiaolu is preparing to shoot "Beijing Loves Seattle", and the schedule conflicts.

In desperation, Wei Yang can only pull in two new directors and be the producer himself.

There is no doubt that under such a lineup, the presence of the two new directors is extremely low, and Wei Yang is also regarded by the outside world as the real director and controller of "Time Travel".

Many people even directly put the title of director on his head, and the two new directors are regarded as assistants, or even executive directors.

In this regard, Su and Tian did not mean to be dissatisfied, and even they themselves thought so.

In this way, Wei Yang, the leading actor, also has to bear some responsibilities as a director, and talked about the movie.

"This is a story about time and space, which is somewhat similar to the original "Twinkle, Twinkle Star", but the setting is completely different..."

Wei Yang is known as a genius screenwriter, largely because he likes to play atypical routines.

Not to mention the adaptation of online novels, many original scripts like to play some tricks.

For example, the famous works "Twinkle, Twinkle Star" and "My Love from the Star", and the film debut "Famous".

The first two are time and space cycle travel, and the other is aliens. The latter does not have so many strange settings, but it combines the Blizzard Villa mode + comedy suspense very well.

At that time, some people speculated that when Wei Yang would play some strange settings in the movie, but he didn't expect that the second movie would come out with "Time and Space Cohabitation".

Time and space + cohabitation, just five words have filled the gimmick and expectation, and it has become a popular movie that everyone is looking forward to.

However, what disappointed everyone was that Wei Yang just talked about some external settings briefly, and did not reveal too much. If you forcefully ask, you will know when you go to the cinema.

Fan Xiaopang talked about how she liked the script and felt very moved. She persuaded Wei Yang with all kinds of soft and hard work, and finally moved Wei Yang to get the role, which made the media smile and no shortage of materials.

Wei Yang admired Fan Xiaopang. Apart from other things, Fan Xiaopang was definitely the woman who had the best tacit understanding with him in terms of publicity and marketing.

The division of labor was clear, and she was willing to give her materials. When filming or doing activities with her, Wei Yang never had to worry about exposure and topics.

In fact, Xiao Zhao and Da Mimi also did this, but their techniques and timing were much worse, far less than Fan Xiaopang's ease and just the right sense of proportion.

After the launch conference, the crew was quiet.

Fan Xiaopang took an interview, and Wei Yang was drinking water in the lounge, listening to the publicity team's cooperation and publicity plan.

Unlike the group portrait drama of "Famous", "Time and Space Cohabitation" is basically the role of Wei and Fan, with a few supporting roles and cameo roles.

At present, most of the other actors have not joined the crew, and the roles are really limited, so the only two main actors who appear are Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang.

After the plan was settled, Wei Yang pulled the two directors to talk about tomorrow's shooting plan.

Needless to say, the room at the center of time and space can only be set in the studio, and then some of the outdoor scenes are on the ground, and the rest can be done with special effects.

Since it is time and space, Wei Yang attaches great importance to texture, and the props must be well made, especially in the old time and space, many real streets and sections must pay close attention to details.

The scenes of this movie are limited, and the production cost is not high, mainly in terms of special effects, scenery and actor pay.

Especially Wei Yang's pay. After "Famous", his value soared, and the movie pay alone rose to the level of first-line movie stars.

The pay for a single movie starts at 8 million, which is catching up with the previous Ge Da Ye.

There is no way, because Ge Da Ye is a supporting role and needs to cooperate, while Wei Yang can support the project by himself. 8 million is just the starting price, and the actual invitation to him is definitely more than this number.

If you add the screenwriter and script and the behind-the-scenes production costs, this price is also worth a lot in the entertainment industry.

More importantly, Wei Yang does not only take money. He is very similar to Cheng Long. In addition to the film salary, he also wants dividends.

For example, for "Time Travel Cohabitation", Wei Yang's package price is 20 million + 10% of the film dividends.

This price is already very generous. If Wei Yang himself did not occupy the vast majority of the investment share, he would never agree to this ratio.

For example, in Cheng Long's "The Chinese Zodiac", he took zero pay, but directly took more than half of the share, that is, he only contributed one person and didn't pay a penny, which is a "freeloader".

Wei Yang is different. He separates himself from the company. The company's investment is investment, and personal remuneration is also required. Of course, it is basically a "friendship price".

Both methods have their pros and cons. Cheng Long has brought his personal brand to the extreme, and Wei Yang has to take care of the company's development more.

Fan Xiaopang is purely paid for the film. Her current pay has increased greatly. The movie is priced at 8 million. Of course, the actual price is not that high, and it is 6.5 million.

Even so, this increase is amazing. You must know that when she filmed "Famous" a year ago, her friendship price was only 2.8 million.

This is also the reason why Wei Yang insisted on founding Coral Entertainment. The current increase in artists' pay is too crazy.

Originally, there were not many first-tier artists with an annual income of over 10 million. Now many second-tier artists are expected to break through eight digits, and top artists are even expected to hit the 100 million level.

With several top-tier and popular artists in hand, the profit is not worse than some well-known film and television companies. The key is to save money by using your own people.

Under normal circumstances, there are internal prices for their own artists to shoot their own dramas, and the price depends on the conscience of the boss.

The more particular ones are 70% to 80% of the market price, the general ones take half, the unscrupulous ones take 30% to 40%, and the unscrupulous ones give a basic salary or even no money, but few people do this.

Blue Whale is also generous to artists, basically 70% to 80% of the market price, sometimes even the market price, and the price should be raised when the artist's fame and status rise.

In this case, the savings are not much, at least hundreds of thousands, at most millions, that's it.

But when the salaries of these artists go up, the amount saved will be extremely considerable, easily saving tens of millions, or even tens of millions, and it is likely to be more in the future.

Not to mention the distant past, Blue Whale has tasted the sweetness of "Why Sheng Xiaomo" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan" alone.

The internal remuneration of the two added up, saving Blue Whale eight figures of budget.

As a film producer, Wei Yang hates this kind of inflated market very much, but as an artist and the boss of the artist company, he hopes that the remuneration will soar.

It's really painful and happy!

But no matter what, the remuneration of Wei Yang, Fan Xiaopang and various supporting roles adds up to almost 30 million. The production cost + publicity and promotion, the cost of "Time Travel Cohabitation" must be at least 60 million.

So everyone says that Wei Yang makes a lot of money, and the market changes even more fiercely. It is estimated that in two years, the popular film projects will not be less than nine figures.

Two years ago, Wei Yang felt that 10 million was a large number, but now he is a little numb to hearing 100 million.

The saying of "small goal" means that it is getting more and more relaxed and comfortable...