Shen Teng studied the script carefully again, and then imagined the production team. He felt a little messed up, so he couldn't hide his excitement and said:
"You didn't drink too much now, did you? Do you really want to hire me to make a movie? No kidding? Besides, how much did you invest in this movie? Can you afford Huang Bo?"
The reason why Shen Teng asked this question was because Huang Bo was at the peak of his career at this time. It can be said that it is basically two or three years from 13 to 15. The most popular movie actor in the domestic entertainment film and television circle, then It must be Huang Bo!
As we all know, Huang Bo's starting point was "Stone" in 2006 and "Racing Car" in 2008¡ª¡ª
Then in 2012, "Thailand", which he cooperated with Xu Zheng, sold 1.2 billion, crowned the annual box office champion, and officially established his status as a super first-line movie star.
Then in 13 years, "Journey to the West Conquering the Demons" won the championship again with 1.246 billion. In the same year, his "101 Marriage Proposal", "Actor, Cook, Rascal" and "No Man's Land", the four starring works accumulated a box office of 1.91 billion. The year was also dubbed "Huang Bo's year" by the media.
Then in 2014, that is, this year, Huang Bo mainly has two films, one is "Dear" which has not been released yet, but Yuan Hua has heard that the film has a box office of 344 million and a score of 8.3.
The other one is "Blooming Hearts", which has just been released. The summer file broke the box office record in the first week with 600 million yuan in 6 days.
Then at this time, if you open the box office rankings of movies in mainland China, you will be surprised to find that the top three domestic movies are "Lost in Thailand", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and "Blooming Heart". The same person is on the starring list of the three movies ¡ª¡ªHuang Bo.
From "Tai‡å" in 2012, to "Conquering the Devil" in 2013, then "Blooming Hearts" in 2014, and "Looking for the Dragon" in 15 years, Huang Bo starred in movies for four consecutive years and broke the billion mark, which shocked everyone's attention , and won the annual box office champion, champion, runner-up and third runner-up respectively.
There is no need to describe too much, just from these rankings, you can clearly feel what kind of terrifying dominance this is?
? In the era when the domestic box office was just taking off, it was not easy for ordinary stars to have movies released every year, and it was even more difficult for the box office to break one billion. However, only Huang Bo has truly achieved high production and high quality.
It can be said that the current Huang Bo is really red and purple, and he is completely synonymous with box office appeal. Basically, any movie he acts in is popular. In the past few years, none of the movies he has produced has lost money
The film appointments that people receive every day can be filled with sacks, and the schedule is unknown until the year of the monkey, so it is normal for Shen Teng to have doubts. Even if Yuan Hua can really invite Huang Bo, the price is probably not small.
You might say, Huang Bo is so popular at the moment, can Yuan Hua afford him? How high is that price?
In fact, it is really affordable, after all, Huang Bo is not a fresh meat!
You may think that since Princess Shuang can get 160 million in salary for a movie, with Huang Bo's resume, and considering the increase in salary in recent years, it should not be too much to cut him in half and then in half. Bar?
Actually, you think too much!
Wanda Films announced its financial report as early as 2016, and it clearly stated in the financial report that Wanda Films paid 30.25 million yuan (excluding tax) to "Huang Bo (Shanghai) Film and Television Culture Studio" in 2016 .
In the public content, Wanda Pictures clearly stated that the remuneration is the production cost of the movie "Master of Memory".
First of all, this movie was made in 2016. The producer Fang Wanda and the director Chen Zhengdao have no personal relationship with Huang Bo.
In addition, the total investment is 150 million, which is quite sufficient for a suspense film. Combining the above two points, it is basically possible to rule out the case of a salary cut.
Considering that Huang Bo's salary will definitely only go up but not down, so his salary in 2014 must be lower than this, and it may be much lower
Didn't expect that? Huang Bo, who has the most box-office appeal this year, paid less than 1/5 of the peak Sister Shuangzi's salary for a movie in 2016!
Two years later, the salary for a movie will only be 30 million, so it will be even less now, and the market price will be around 20 million. Of course, the premise is that he has to like the script.
The main reason is that domestic ticket prices and the number of screens have not soared these days. Unless they are from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the remuneration of ordinary mainland film actors will not be too exaggerated.
These days, it would be great to have a movie with a box office of more than one billion. Last year, there was only one "Conquering the Demon", and this year, including "Change 4", there are only three. It's not like three or four years later, bad movies are slightly marketed It can reach a billion.
If the script is good, and then you can build relationships, Huang Bo is not the kind of person who has no artistic pursuits. He should be able to consider reducing his salary to play the roleof¡¡
After all, last year he starred in director Guan Hu's "The Actor, Cook and Ruffian" with no pay, but after all, director Guan Hu is the leader and guide of his acting career, and this kind of kindness is beyond comparison!
If Yuan Huaneng invites Guan Hu or Ning Hao to direct "The Unknown", Huang Bo's salary reduction should not be a big problem.
But the key point is that these two are also big directors now. If they have no relationship with each other, they rush to invite them, and the fees are definitely not cheap.
Besides, this kind of great director is very thoughtful, assuming you really recruit him, can you shoot according to the script you set? Will you change the play and add another play on your own? When the time comes he listens to you? Or do you listen to him?
Taking a ten thousand step back, even if he really gave Huang Bo 30 million, Yuan Hua didn't mean that he couldn't afford it. First of all, the quality of the movie "The Unknown" is here, and the Douban score is as high as 8.1.
In the previous life, when there were almost no big-name stars joining, the production cost was less than 30 million, and it still won nearly 800 million box office by virtue of word of mouth.
Other copyright revenues are - 20 million (movie channel copyright) + 70 million (network copyright) + 10 million (overseas distribution copyright) + 2 million (other income), totaling 102 million.
In other words, even if the box office remains unchanged, Yuan Hua's investment in this movie can earn about 380 million yuan.
First deducting the production cost of 30 million, and then deducting the additional expenses of Huang Bo's film remuneration of 30 million, it should also make a net profit of 320 million.
If it is true that Huang Bo and Shen Teng can be attracted to join, with Huang Bo's appeal at this time, plus the new one-billion comedian Shen Teng, and the genre is a comedy, it shouldn't be difficult to break the one-billion box office, right?
After all, "Crazy Alien", also starring Shen Teng and Huang Bo, with a rating of 6.4 and a poor reputation, has a box office of 2.2 billion. It makes no sense that this film will be much worse!
Therefore, if Huang Bo can be recruited to join, Yuan Hua's total income may be far more than 300 million yuan. He can not only make a lot of money, but also win word of mouth, so why not do it?
And the key is that Shen Teng is still very cheap at this time. If you sign a contract with him at this time, it will not only save production costs, but also win his favor
After all, he is still a little anxious at this time, and he is also a little confused about his future. Now that Yuan Hua asks him to star in a movie, it is a kindness to him.
If you wait until after "Charlotte Annoyance" is sold before looking for others, then it belongs to Shen Teng to save face, which in turn becomes Yuan Hua's debt to him, and he has to give him a raise.
Not only Shen Teng is cheap, but the other leading actress, Su Xi, should also be very cheap at this time.
Because she is now a little-known drama actress, the big movie "Donkey Gets Water" that made her famous, probably hasn't had time to approve the project yet!
Finding her to act in a movie is definitely something I can't ask for now, and I can pay for it with a little money
And as an investor, he doesn't need to be paid, so that the three leading actors can save a lot of money, and the saved money is just enough to supplement Huang Bo.
Thinking of this, Yuan Hua said confidently:
"Don't worry, our script is so hard, there's no reason to ask Huang Bo not to move, if it's a big deal, just spend money on it!
The production cost of this movie is estimated to be 30 million, and I'll give him another 30 million, I don't believe he won't be tempted"
Shen Teng was dumbfounded, looked at Yuan Hua for a long time before saying quietly:
"Tsk tsk, you little fresh meats can really make money!
Alas, you said our mother ~ if only I was born ten years later! "
"Pfft~hahaha"
Yuan Hua was directly amused, let alone that Shen Teng was a well-known military art school grass when he was young, and he can be called a model of creamy niche.
? If he was born ten years later, maybe Shen Teng could really thrive in the era of traffic. Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong era just like Tang Guoqiang.
When Mr. Tang first debuted, he was a standard butcher, but in that era, old drama characters were more popular. When he became an old drama character, small fresh meat became popular again!
It can be seen that personal struggle is important, but sometimes the process of history must also be considered.