Rebirth Begins with a Manga Adaptation

The next day, Jing Yu and Liu Neng continued to select actors.

First of all, the actors who auditioned yesterday were notified to sign the contract early in the morning.

This step is basically not troublesome. About half of the final list of actors is the actors pushed by the acting agency, and the remaining half is the students selected from various colleges and universities.

Although the total investment of Jing Yu's drama is more than ten million, the filming cost of this drama is not low. Many scenes definitely require professional-level musicians to score.

And there are also many concert scenes in the play. All in all, there is no problem with this investment in filming. If you want to hire some big-name actors, there is still no film. Otherwise, Jing Yu and Liu Neng would not set their sights on so many students. It is cheap. ah!

But today's selection is the choice of the protagonists when they were children.

For example, the characters appearing in the play, such as You Er Gongsheng, Gongyuan Kaoru, Jin Hui, Xiang Wu, etc., all have part of their childhood scenes.

But the selection of these people is naturally based on the appearance characteristics of the actors in adulthood the day before.

Of course, it doesn't make much practical sense. Looking at the audition materials in hand, it's obvious that these so-called child stars look pretty average.

"It's over." Looking at Jing Yu's disappointed expression, Liu Neng said comfortingly.

"After all, child stars are expensive! All the well-known child stars in China have gone to advertise for major manufacturers. Although you look at this Liu Haochen, although there is a high probability that he will not be as handsome as Mr. Jing Yu when he grows up, but he is already a child. Li is very beautiful, she is only eleven years old, and she has learned piano for five years, which is very rare."

"And this Yuan Sisi, it's true that she is a little baby fat, but her sassy temperament is still very similar to Xia Yining."

Children want to pass the test of acting skills, and they can cry and laugh freely when they arrive on the set. They are basically child actors trained and trained by their parents since childhood. Even these lesser-known child and adolescent actors, their fees are relatively high.

"That's the only way to go." Jing Yu let out a long breath.

The filming will start tomorrow, how can he be picky now?

Fortunately, he was quite satisfied with the selection of the main characters in April's drama.

The choice of the four roles You Gongsheng, Du Liang, Ze Chun, and Gong Yuan Kaoru, except that Ze Chun's casting of "Liu Yushi" is a little worse, Chen Zhongyi and Jing Yu Yu Youqing, who are well-known handsome guys in the film and acting department of Lanzhou University Standing together, it will not look awkward at all.

Just like if the makeup photo is sent out, it must be the kind that can firmly catch the attention of fans.

The production mode of the screenwriting system of the Dazhou film and television industry has such a little advantage, there are not too many messy airborne actors.

In Jingyu's previous life, there were so many film and television dramas, and the actors selected were messy, and the various characters did not match the script. Could it be that the aesthetics of the directors and screenwriters really did not match the public?

People also have to eat, and the funder's father, the investor, must fortify those people into the film crew, what can they do? They are also very desperate!

On the contrary, Jing Yu doesn't have so many messy things here. As far as appearance and acting skills are concerned, they are relatively easy to choose.

All the work proceeded in an orderly manner. In the evening, Gao Wencang led the people to Jingyu's office with a large stack of documents.

"How is it? How is the signing going?" Jing Yu and Liu Neng asked quickly.

"No problem, there were a few people stuck in traffic on the road, which delayed the time for half an hour, but the contract was finally signed." Gao Wencang was also exhausted.

Jing Yu, Liu Neng and others are auditioning other actors here, and he is in charge of signing contracts on the other side.

Dazhou shoots film and television dramas under normal circumstances, and the main creative personnel, such as directors, screenwriters, main actors, and producers, generally have an industry standard in terms of capital ratio.

5% for the screenwriter team, 5% for the director and producer, and 20% for the main actors (non-session fee), try to keep the online production cost less than one-third of the total production cost, so that the quality of this drama can be guaranteed .

In fact, in this drama, the remuneration of Jing Yu and Yu Youqing's two leading actors is about three to four points each.

And Jing Yu strongly demanded not to ask the team to help build the script, so Jing Yu’s screenwriting fee plus actor’s fee accounted for 9.4% of the total investment. Thirty thousand income.

"If the father of the original owner of the body didn't love to gamble, with his status in the stage, he has a net worth of tens of millions for so many years, how can it be my turn to travel here and fight for nothing!" Jing Yu sighed.

"Then now, all problems are gone." Jing Yu looked at Liu Neng and Gao Wencang.

"Gone."

"I have notified all the crews in place, and the rental procedures for the filming studio for the crew will be straightened out tonight. I will sign the contract at eleven o'clock." Liu Neng also nodded.

Upon hearing this, Jing Yu nodded and said.

"I don't have so much time to hold any opening conference. After all, I'm a realist. It's better to spend the money wisely. But since it's all started, we always have to set a goal for this show."

Liu Neng and Gao Wencang looked at each other, and then said.

"Indeed, having a goal can better unite people's hearts."

"Our drama is broadcast at 8 o'clock on Friday night. At this time, the drama broadcast in the past two years has an average rating of 0.68% in the whole week, and the audience rating in Lanzhou is 11.3%. And it is on-demand at this time. For the dramas produced, the average investment from the station is 13.56 million."

After all, Jing Yu's qualifications are too low. Even though Shi Teng, the head of the production department, won him the opportunity to start filming a new drama, when Chuyou applied for filming funds from Taili, Xu You still talked about it. Jing Yu's qualifications are too low. For the reason, the 14 million filming funding application submitted by Chuyou was mixed up into 11 million

Just like this, Shan Jingyu's income from this drama has been reduced by about 300,000 yuan.

After hearing what Liu Neng said that the filming funds in April were so much lower than the investment in the drama broadcast at 18,000 on Friday, Jing Yu thought of this incident again. His eyes became serious. Xu You and Jiang Shiqing were messing around before. He was just generally angry about the means of nonsense, but this...he said he couldn't let go.

He, Jing Yu, is still greedy for money.

"However, even if the investment in our drama is not high, the ratings must not be low." Liu Neng looked at Jing Yu and said.

"There is no shortage of film and television drama production teams whose ratings are only at the average level. Mr. Jing Yu"

"After tomorrow, many people in the station are looking forward to you. After all, after tomorrow's two episodes are aired, the average ratings will be much higher than 1."

"As for April, it is a quarterly drama and we lower some requirements. If the ratings of the entire drama can be above 0.9, then Mr. Jing Yu, your status in the station will be completely confirmed, and the station will definitely appreciate your potential. Re-evaluate, if it's low... the average rating of the whole show, don't be lower than 0.7."

There are always ups and downs in people's level. Jiang Shiqing's White Lover has an average rating of 1.38, but his other dramas also have a rating of only 0.6. Who can always be at the peak?

When Liu Neng proposed this goal, he also considered various factors such as Jing Yu's lack of experience.

In fact, 0.7 is not too bad. In this period when the average rating is only 0.68, it is already above the average.

But the problem is that Jing Yu offended Xu You, the head of the production department in Taiwan. If he only showed the average level of the screenwriting team in Taiwan, he would not be able to get the project until he reconciled with Xu You.

Therefore, this drama in April must not be mediocre

"Too low," Jing Yu said.

"The goal is too low, please have a little confidence in me."

They are all comic dramas, and Jing Yu can also see the influence that will be produced in the Great Zhou Federation tomorrow. Obviously, people in this world love works of this style. If they are broadcast on the platform of Jinhui TV tomorrow, there will be If the audience rating is a few o'clock, then April will not be lower than it.

"That's right. Let's focus on the average rating of 1 for this drama." Gao Wencang was aggrieved and said immediately.

What 0.68, 0.7, 0.9, Liu Neng is too conservative.

"I think we can hit the highest record in the station in the past ten years. I remember that the average ratings for the whole week is 1.89, right?"

Liu Neng was stunned when he heard the words

"That show's highest score is 1.89, and the average is less than 1.7, and it's on a Sunday night schedule, not Friday."

"It doesn't matter. The average rating of our show is above 1.9, and the highest rating is 2."

Jing Yu thought for a while, and said a little conservatively, he has watched all the film and television dramas in the world, anyway, he thinks those film and television dramas with ratings below 3 and 5 are pretty average, but they broadcast them on a good TV station, so.

Considering the influence of Jinhui TV station comprehensively, Jing Yu said in a conservative way.

"Teacher Jing Yu, you...you"

Liu Neng wanted to say, young people, don't be arrogant.

But wouldn't that make him a villain? His EQ does not allow him to offend Jing Yu by saying such things.

"I think it's okay." Liu Neng blinked and said.

Is it necessary to contradict Jing Yu? The goal is just a slogan, let alone an average of 1.9, Jing Yu just shouted an average of more than 2, the highest ratings broke 3, and tomorrow he will fly to the sky, which is also Jing Yu's freedom.

Anyway, the actual ratings are not affected by the goals I and others set here, and the actual ratings depend on the preferences of the audience.

Although Gao Wencang loves to dream, Jing Yu's idea of ​​breaking the records of the film and television dramas on the stage made him a little exaggerated.

His chubby face puffed up, and a few seconds later, his EQ also came online.

"That's right, Jing Yu, what's the difference between a man without dreams and a salted fish? Now we don't even dare to think about a drama with the highest rating breaking 2. How can we produce a drama with a rating of breaking 10 in the future?"

Liu Neng almost coughed out the ratings breaking 10, so you, a chubby director, dare to think about this.

Jing Yu looked at the two of them and didn't explain much.

You think I'm joking!

Forget it, let the facts speak.

One night. Jing Yu, Gao Wencang, Yu Youqing, Liu Neng and others all had insomnia

On December 18th, at 6:50 in the morning, it was still dark, but all the crew members were present.

After all, it was the first day of filming. Even those who did not have a shooting task today were required to be present. It was a way for everyone to get acquainted with each other, and then the main crew members got to know each other.

After speaking briefly, Jing Yu looked at the team of hundreds of people in each division of the crew

There are still some small achievements in my heart.

Jing Yu, as the core of the crew, had to give a speech first. With Gao Wencang and Liu Neng standing beside him, it was clear at a glance whose status in the crew was high or low.

"Today, the filming starts in April. Many people in the film and television industry of Lancheng, including other TV stations, are also ready to watch our jokes. They think that the show tomorrow will be a flash in the pan. It is a wrong decision for Jinhui TV to believe me."

Many actors and crew members in the audience didn't sound like they had any sense of substitution. They just joined the April crew, so how could they feel anything.

But only Yu Youqing and some members of the production team who had been in the "Jian Tomorrow" crew felt that Jing Yu's words had aroused their emotions.

Xia Yining looked at Jing Yu, who was in the middle of the crowd, and curled her lips. This guy doesn't have a piano level, but like the principal of the school's opening ceremony, he likes to make this kind of conference presentation.

It's not like preparing to talk for hours.

Jing Yu also hates that kind of long speech, and he is not going to waste time.

"I can assure you that you have chosen to participate in the drama in April. If you choose to develop in the film and television industry in the future, this will be the most correct decision you have made so far."

Jing Yu looked at Yu Youqing, Xia Yining, Chen Zhongyi, Liu Yushi and other main cast members took a deep breath.

"The filming of this drama starts today, and before the filming starts, I want to clarify my goal for this drama with everyone. I want to make it the highest-rated film and television drama of Jinhui TV in the past ten years."

"Above! My speech is over."

"Eh~~~?"

Surprised and shocked voices rang out throughout the studio.