Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 287 285. You need to invest even in poor Yao dramas to make money!

The first snowfall in 1997 did not last long, and now there is no snow on the road.

It was past ten o'clock and the bright sun was still very warm on his body. Chen Li'an sat in the yard and basked in the sun. He waited until a black Mercedes-Benz appeared at the door before he stood up and walked out.

Before Chen Li'an could reach the car, the driver had already got out of the car, opened the door, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Teacher Chen, I am the new driver. My name is Li Juan."

The new driver is a very capable-looking woman, about thirty years old, who looks like a practicing practitioner.

Chen Li'an asked curiously: "Have you practiced? Which Kung Fu did you learn?"

"I have never practiced Kung Fu. I have been a martial artist for a few years and just retired from the army." Li Juan replied immediately.

Chen Li'an glanced at her in surprise and nodded: "You were not assigned a job after you retired? Why are you still a driver?"

"It was distributed, but I didn't earn much." Li Juan explained.

Chen Li'an nodded and asked to get in the car. After Li Juan closed the door and got in, he said, "Next time, you don't have to get out of the car and open the door for me."

Li Juan glanced through the rearview mirror and replied, "Okay."

After saying that, the car fell into silence. After a while, Chen Li'an came to the company. Zhang Guoli, who had been waiting in the company, saw Chen Li'an coming in. He immediately stood up and took the initiative to greet him and said, "Teacher Chen, long time no see."

Chen Li'an looked at him calmly, nodded and said, "Let's go to the office to chat."

Zhang Guoli immediately agreed and said yes, but had no reaction to Chen Li'an's indifferent attitude, at least on the surface.

After arriving at the office, Zhang Guoli looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Teacher Chen, now Kangxi has sold the first and second rounds. The first broadcast is on Beijing Satellite TV and will start broadcasting next month. When will our next drama start filming?"

After Chen Li'an took a look at the Kangxi data, he found that the rights to broadcast the first and second rounds had been sold for a total of more than 12 million.

The TV series was indeed much more profitable than the movie. After Chen Li'an watched it for a few times, Zhang Guoli said: "Don't be in a hurry for the second part. We'll see the ratings after the first round is aired."

"What's more, there may be problems with the filming now." Chen Li'an looked at Zhang Guoli and smiled and said, "What if I run out of money halfway through the filming this time? What do you think we should do?"

Zhang Guoli knew that Chen Li'an was picking on him, so he quickly put on a smile and said: "Teacher Chen, last time it was because we were inexperienced and lacked sense of propriety! That's why this problem occurred. I promise there will be no problem this time."

Zhang Guoli now has a lot of money in his hands, but the contract he signed with Chen Meiren at that time was for three movies, and the copyright was not in his hands, so he couldn't even think of going it alone.

Chen Li'an smiled, knocked on the table and said, "Have you finished the script for the second part?"

"It's done!" Zhang Guoli immediately took out the script from his bag and handed it to Chen Li'an and said, "This is the script for the second part. Teacher Chen, please help me take a look."

Chen Li'an took the script and put it on the table and said, "I will read it when I have time. How much investment do you plan to make in the second part?"

"Seven million."

Chen Li'an nodded. The money was not much. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I understand, but I need to think about this matter for a few days."

Zhang Guoli looked at Chen Li'an and said tentatively: "Teacher Chen, I want to participate in investment this time, so that it can also reduce the company's financial pressure."

Reduce my financial pressure? Who are you looking down on?

"The company is not short of money, but it's not impossible if you want to invest. The company will consider it and let you know when we have a plan." Chen Li'an glanced at the time and said to Zhang Guoli: "I have something to do later, so I'll be there first today. Here it is."

Zhang Guoli's expression froze, and he immediately said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll go back and wait for the news."

After Zhang Guoli left, Li Dabai came to the office and looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Teacher Chen, how are you going to handle this matter?"

"Don't worry, wait for him to do it again." Chen Li'an sat up and looked at Li Dabai and said, "You must let him know your position. Don't think that you can turn around and suppress investors just by having two popular TV series. .”

Li Dabai nodded, and then said: "Will the company still invest in TV series this year?"

"Let Mei Chen come back in the next year and let her decide." Chen Li'an thought of Liu Tao and asked, "How is the new assistant?"

Li Dabai smiled and said: "Very good, I learn things quickly. I can start my job in two days."

Chen Li'an is quite optimistic about Liu Tao. Judging from her subsequent development, she is much more powerful than Li Dabai.

But now Li Dabai is no longer what he used to be. He grows up very quickly. Li Dabai followed Chen Li'an and went to so many places for more than a year. He has experienced everything big and small. He is no longer comparable to his peers. .

Li Dabai's path is really very different from that of her predecessors. She probably won't have the chance to be a star in this life. She probably wouldn't be happy even if she was asked to film a movie now.

Chen Li'an didn't make any suggestions for Li Dabai's future. Everything depends on her. She can do whatever she wants, and we're not short of money.

At this time, Meiren Chen, who was at home, was chatting on the phone with Qiong Yao from Wanwan. Qiong Yao from 1997 wanted to film two dramas. One was to ask Meiren Chen to introduce young actors, and the other was to ask Meiren if she had any questions. Not interested in cooperating.

Chen Meiren, who was still in confinement, had already been idle for a long time. When faced with Qiong Yao's idea of ​​cooperation, she immediately agreed.

However, this cooperation is not between Chen Meiren as an actress and Qiong Yao. Qiong Yao now feels that Chen Meiren is older. She just knows that Chen Meiren is now dependent on Chen Li'an and is making film and television investments in the mainland, so she wants to cooperate.

Qiong Yao and Chen Meiren chatted for a long time, and finally decided to ask her daughter-in-law to come and discuss cooperation with Chen Meiren in person.

After Chen Meiren hung up the phone, she looked at Zhengxiang's son who was sleeping, kissed his little face and said, "Son, mommy is going to earn money for you to find a wife."

However, when working with Qiong Yao, Chen Meiren was a little worried that Chen Li'an would not agree. Every time she told Chen Li'an about Qiong Yao's drama, she was disliked.

Chen Meiren sighed helplessly. It was normal for artists to look down on poor Yao dramas, but they still had to make money.

When Chen Li'an came back in the evening, Mei Chen told him about it.

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said, "No problem, business is business, and I'm not a stickler for the past."

"Really?" Chen Meiren looked at Chen Li'an happily and asked, "What do you think I push Yuanyuan over?"

"She can't do it." Chen Li'an said without thinking: "Qiong Yao won't use such a pure newcomer, let Jiang Qingqing and Chen Zihan give it a try."

Beauty Chen suddenly became unhappy, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "I know how to take care of your little lover!"

"Okay, I won't say it anymore, then you can think about it yourself." Chen Li'an didn't want to quarrel with Chen Meiren over this kind of thing.

Chen Meiren snorted, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, just them, but I still have to see if there are others who are more suitable. There are several good freshmen from Nortel and China Theater." Seedlings?"

Chen Li'an said nonchalantly: "There are a few, you can go back and take a look, but it's not necessary for the middle drama, and you can't go out to film."

"I know, but I still go take a look and dig out a few good seedlings in advance so that I can promote my own people if I invest in them later."

Chen Li'an suddenly remembered something, looked at Beauty Chen and said, "Is there a character named Huanzhugege in the two Qiong Yao dramas?"

"Yes, she came to me because she wanted me to invest in this drama. She didn't communicate very well with Mango Channel." Chen Meiren explained.

"Then vote more. I feel like this show will be popular."

Return of the Pearl is a truly phenomenal TV series. Even though it was criticized so much later, it is really popular these days.

Since you are doing business, do it well and make more money.

Chen Li'an has no hard requirements for what the company invests in. He has to invest in books he likes whether they make money, and he has to invest in books he doesn't like if they make money.

The main principle is flexibility.

However, if Chen Li'an is acting himself, he will definitely choose the roles carefully. He will not embarrass a role that he strictly dislikes just for money.

Chen Li'an's tentative plan for next year is only a singer, and there are currently no other movies coming to him, so he is quite free.

The days before last year were leisurely, and Chen Li'an enjoyed a rare holiday.

But it’s very annoying how to celebrate the New Year this year.

What Chinese people pay attention to during the Chinese New Year is family reunion, but Chen Li'an now has too many families, and he can't take care of one family or another, so he simply goes to Gong Lina's in the morning, stays with Chen Meiren at noon, and returns to the courtyard in the evening.

People have a holiday during the Chinese New Year, but Chen Li'an wants to go to work during the Chinese New Year. Whether he is happy or busy, Chen Li'an doesn't want to say more about the things inside.

What’s so strange about the Chinese New Year?

But after the New Year holidays, life gets busy.

Chen Li'an was busy in the studio working on the Venice Art Exhibition in August. Liu Tao, who had already taken up the post of assistant, stuck his head out and stood at the door and whispered: "Teacher Chen, there is a man named Fan Bingbing looking for you."

Chen Li'an was stunned for a moment, turned to look at her and said, "Did the phone hang up?"

"I've hung up. I said I'd call back later." Liu Tao walked in, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Then I'll leave the phone here for you."

"Okay, go out." Chen Li'an said without raising his head.

Liu Tao said "Oh" and went out. He felt that Chen Li'an didn't like him very much. The assistant was not as good as he thought. Apart from the high salary and being able to see handsome guys every day, there was nothing good about him.

Liu Tao is extremely busy every day. He can help Chen Li'an answer dozens of work calls a day. They are either looking for him for interviews or investment, and occasionally for filming.

In addition, when Chen Li'an was creating with peace of mind, she also had to help deal with Chen Li'an's "girlfriends". Only then did Liu Tao understand why Li Dabai trained him for so long and signed a confidentiality agreement.

Liu Tao really didn't expect Chen Li'an to be such a scumbag, and his affection for him dropped a lot.

Chen Li'an in the room had no time to care about what an assistant thought, even if she was Teacher Bai in everyone's mind.

Chen Li'an looked at the painting in front of him and was thinking about why Fan Xiaopang called him. He had only seen him a few times in Shanghai last year.

Fan Xiaopang's phone call came soon. Chen Li'an answered the phone and said hello before hearing Fan Bingbing on the other side whisper: "Are you Chen Li'an? I'm Fan Bingbing. We met in Shanghai before. Yes, you were still..."

"No need to say so much, I remember you." Chen Li'an interrupted Fan Bingbing, feeling that this little girl was still too young and very nervous.

After hearing what Chen Li'an said, Fan Bingbing breathed a sigh of relief. She mustered up the courage to make this call.

Chen Li'an took his cell phone and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

"Well, I have one or two things I want to ask you for help with," Fan Bingbing said anxiously.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but frown, but still asked patiently: "Tell me what's going on first, I may not be able to help."

Chen Li'an's calm voice seemed to have a hint of impatience, and Fan Bingbing immediately said nervously: "It's a small matter, I just have a character who is hesitant, and I don't know who to consult, so I thought of you."

"Have you received the role?" Chen Li'an asked curiously. In his memory, Fan Bingbing seemed to have filmed a TV series before Returning the Pearl, and the filming had already been completed by this time.

"Yes, a movie, but there are some relatively large-scale scenes in it." Fan Bingbing said with some trepidation: "I was worried that it would not be good after acting, but the director really wanted me to act."

Chen Li'an wondered if Fan Bingbing had been deceived. Who would find a minor to film a large-scale scene? Isn't this a joke?

"What play? Who is the director? Have you been deceived?"

Fan Bingbing immediately said: "No, no, it's not a liar, it's Chen Chong, and the movie is called Tianyu."

When Chen Chong and Tian Yu heard about it, Chen Li'an immediately remembered it, but he was very curious. Wasn't Li Xiaolu starring in this movie? The seventeen-year-old movie queen had been teased all her life until she had her hair done.

Chen Li'an leaned on the chair and recalled the movie "Tian Yu". There were indeed many large-scale scenes in it, and it was a banned movie in China. Chen Chong did not get a filming certificate, and was banned from filming for several years. .

This movie has indeed won many awards, but it is not necessarily the best choice for Fan Bingbing, at least not the best choice for the teenage Fan Bingbing.

Now she only thinks about filming more movies to become popular. As for winning awards and becoming a capable person, she has not yet realized this.

Fan Bingbing asked nervously: "You are the most powerful person I know. When you asked me whether I should accept this movie, my teacher even advised me not to accept it."

"If you are just worried about large-scale scenes, you can choose a stand-in. This can be negotiated with the director." Chen Li'an paused and said to Fan Bingbing: "If you just want to be famous, then I suggest not to accept it and become popular in TV series." faster."

But I don’t have any TV series to shoot.

Fan Bingbing sighed silently, thought of another thing, and said to Chen Li'an: "A sister I know introduced me to the TV series of Qiong Yao. I heard that you invested in it. If I can make the TV series, I won’t accept it. Do you think I’m suitable for a role in a TV series?”

Hearing Fan Bingbing's words, Chen Li'an realized that his feelings were waiting for him here. Fan Bingbing probably had already decided not to take pictures of the sky bath, but he just changed the topic in a circle to return the beads.

But he was still too young, and his means and purpose were too obvious. Chen Li'an couldn't help but shook his head and said to Fan Bingbing on the other end of the phone: "Are you in the capital now? Come to the company tomorrow and talk about it."

"Okay!" Fan Bingbing agreed immediately and breathed a sigh of relief.

If Chen Li'an is willing to see her, that means there is a chance! And since we meet at the company, we don’t have to worry about anything else.