Chapter 42 Notes for Artist Appointments
The production manager is a middle-aged man with a big belly, which looks like a ten-month pregnancy. After the assistant invited the two of them in, the ten-month pregnancy immediately invited the two to sit down and looked at them with a smile: "Two, I wonder which of you is Long Jiahao and which is Chu Yue?"
He roughly introduced himself, sat down after ten months of pregnancy, looked through the script and smiled: "I like this book very much, and I should have achieved certain results! However, Mr. Long, your request is a bit difficult! Otherwise, you will sell the book to our company directly?"
Long Jiahao's straightforward personality is definitely not suitable for negotiations on such occasions, so only Chu Yue took action: "Manager Chen, Ahao means that he would rather not sell his notebook than want me to play the leading role!"
Tenyue Pregnant glanced at Long Jiahao in surprise. He didn't understand. Now the screenwriter's book is amazing. This guy is still picking and picking up. After pondering for a while, he raised his head and looked at the two of them, with a serious expression: "Whether it is our company or other companies, there are most of the only three purposes to start the show!" Chu Yue and Ahao looked at each other, what are the three purposes?
"First, to make money, second, to win awards, I believe you can all understand this!" Ten months pregnant with a smile, laughing, laughter and body shape: "Third, to maintain the situation where the company has a chance to play, as long as it doesn't lose money, and don't consider whether it makes money or not!"
Chu Yue was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized that Light and Shadow and several other film companies are listed companies. If there is a show, at least they can maintain the stock price not falling. If they don’t even open the show, the stock price will definitely fall. Therefore, most large companies must keep opening new shows and avoid the waste of human resources.
"To be honest, your book is very good, but now the market is so miserable, no one can figure out what kind of play can be sold, and there is no way to sell it. If this book is done according to your ideas, it is unrealistic to make money, and this only matches the third type!" Ten months pregnant, he was quite frank.
"But if this drama can help big stars like Qi Huazai and Weizai, they will definitely have huge box office potential!" The meaning of ten months of pregnancy is obviously to despise Chu Yue's box office appeal, but the facts seem to be the same: "So, I still recommend that you buy the notebook for our company. I can give you great benefits in terms of price. At most, if there is a show in the future, I will act for Mr. Chu again!"
Ah Hao stood up stubbornly: "Manager Chen, I just need Ah Yue to be the male lead in this drama. As long as I solve this, everything is easy to discuss!" After that, he turned around and wanted to leave!
"Wait..." Tenyue's pregnancy quickly called out Ahao, looking at the impulsive Ahao with a smile, said: "Young people, don't be too impulsive. You can always talk about things in one go. It is not impossible to solve this problem, but..."
In Chu Yue and A Hao's puzzled eyes, Ten Yue waved his hand with a smile, looked up and down at Chu Yue, and nodded repeatedly: "There is another way. Mr. Chu can sign a contract with our company and become an artist under the company. In that way, it will be natural to invest in this drama!"
Chu Yue and Ahao were shocked. Is this OK? Think about it, it seems that this is really the only way. Otherwise, it would be absolutely unrealistic to think about investing in the drama of Light and Shadow and giving it to outsiders for no reason.
They did not agree immediately, but expressed their intention to go back and think about it. When they arrived at a tea restaurant, they sat down and smiled bitterly after asking for milk tea. This trick was considered to have hit Chu Yue's vital point. After a while of silence, Ah Hao couldn't help but tempt: "You really don't want to be an artist, but that's really good. If you can, I want to!"
Chu Yue shrugged. He couldn't see what it's good to be an artist. He was followed by paparazzi all day and his life was unstable, for fear that he would be photographed secretly at any time. As an artist, he was in public all day and was under a lot of mental pressure. Lan Jieying, who was formerly known as "The Beautiful Wutai Mountain" (Wutai Mountain was the five major TV and radio stations in Hong Kong back then), had mental problems.
As an artist, at best, he feels a little more glamorous, and at best, he feels a little bit of a furious horse. What else can he do? It’s better to be a director. As a director, he is also a movie, but he is too low-key. Besides, he is very satisfied with his current life. He is behind the scenes and occasionally makes guest appearances. How comfortable and leisurely!
Oh, forget a little bit, you can make a lot of money by being an artist! However, whether Chu Yue is a makeup artist or playing football, these are just his interests, not his profession. He is definitely not lacking in the ability to make money. Although he can't make a lot of money, it's okay to be a middle class who is eating and drinking.
However, he was worried that Ah Hao, who was very enthusiastic about the movie, otherwise how could he write scripts that were dissatisfied with each other for two days and two nights? If Ah Hao had the best script so far, if he couldn't start the show, he would definitely have to turn to other ones, which made him unable to bear it.
This is really a fucking embarrassment! Chu Yue sighed sadly. He didn't want to tie his life to this. He also wanted to play football and do something else he wanted to do!
After drinking the milk tea, Chu Yue still didn't make a decision, and all kinds of thoughts were still entangled in his mind. Being an artist is a little tired, but he can get in-depth access to his favorite movies, perhaps music, anyway, he has only been doing it for two years... Thinking of this, Chu Yue's eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he was hinting at his mentality when making this decision: "Okay, sign it!"
Signing a contract is also a very troublesome thing. Chu Yue and Qiao Xuan are now in the Light and Shadow Production Department. In addition to ten months of pregnancy, there are also leaders of the agency department. Qiao Xuan slowly studied the previous two contracts, one was an artist contract and the other was a movie contract with "Preface to the Fire Service".
"Manager Chen, I and my parties are very satisfied with your contract!" Qiao Xuan exchanged a look with Chu Yue with satisfaction. This movie contract is actually about Chu Yue starring in the drama "First Line Service Prequel". As long as Chu Yue signs an artist contract, he will immediately sign the film contract and become the male lead of the drama.
However, this artist contract made Chu Yue and Qiao Xuan very dissatisfied. The artist made Chu Yue sign a three-year drama contract with Light and Shadow Company and four dramas in three years! The problem is that if Chu Yue breached the contract, he would have to bear a penalty of tens of millions of dollars, and the Light and Shadow Company could automatically terminate the contract with Chu Yue at any time without paying any fees! Moreover, the above mentioned that Chu Yue’s pay will be 100,000, and it does not mention the increase in the future!
"Manager Zhang, I'm afraid someone will laugh at you if you take out a contract like this!" Qiao Xuan asked the man who looked gentle but insidious in front of her. Before she came, she asked her seniors about the details of the contract related to it, and of course she had a general understanding.
Manager Zhang smiled generously, as if the contract was not what he prepared. Chu Yue glanced at Manager Zhang, nodded to Qiao Xuan and said, "At most, you can sign a two-year contract, you can do whatever else!" Two years, this is Chu Yue's bottom line.
"Manager Zhang, two years, this is Mr. Chu's request!" Qiao Xuan obviously didn't want to let go of Manager Zhang in front of him like this, and pushed forward step by step: "The liquidated contract fee is too large and must be reduced by half. Your commission is too much, and the pay must be increased. Moreover, your company cannot terminate the contract with Mr. Chu at any time without paying a little price!"
Manager Zhang smiled cunningly and pondered for a moment: "It's okay to have a two-year appointment, two dramas a year. In terms of film remuneration, we can talk about it slowly, and liquidated damages can also be discussed, but it is impossible to terminate the contract at any time. In the circle, any company signs newcomers, there must be such conditions. If this is not agreed, there is no need to talk about it!"
In the end, Chu Yue and Qiao Xuan made concessions on the voluntary termination of the contract. As Manager Zhang said, the newcomer must have such a clause to sign the contract. The result of the negotiation basically satisfies both parties, and the liquidated damages were reduced to 7 million, with a total of two years of appointments, with two male lead dramas every year.
In terms of film remuneration, the reward for starring in "The Prequel of Fire" is 150,000 yuan, and the increase of the next one is 30%. Of course, this is the reward for the play starring Chu Yue without any box office. If the box office of the play starring Chu Yue is good, for example, "The Prequel of Fire" is 10 million yuan, then Chu Yue's net worth must be increased by 500,000 yuan. If it exceeds 20 million, it must be mentioned one million yuan. If it is 30 million yuan, it is of course another price.
Of course, this is just such a drama. If the box office of the three dramas after this drama can exceed 10 million, then Chu Yue's net worth will reach at least 3 million.
Light and Shadow Company just wants Chu Yue’s drama appointment. If Chu Yue shoots commercials, acts in TV series, or releases records, the agency company will draw 30% of the time. After all, he is a newcomer. If it is Hua Zai, which agent dares to draw 30% of him?
After all this was negotiated, Chu Yue signed the contract very readily. From then on, in the next two years, he will be labeled with a deep light and shadow, becoming a money-making tool for light and shadow.
Although newcomers often have no right to choose, Qiao Xuan still tried her best to fight for Chu Yue. The contract stated that during the holidays stipulated by the government, Chu Yue has the right to refuse to work! However, this seems more like Qiao Xuan is working hard for the time she spent with Chu Yue...
Of course, it is definitely not that simple for artist appointments. For example, Chu Yue will not accept any jobs, such as shooting dew point films, these need to be noted, otherwise you will definitely suffer a great loss. For example, what agent Chu Yue is assigned to, etc., a good agent is the key to success in his career!
Chapter completed!