Chapter 354: Settling the world, the huge influence of first-tier red stars

Jin Li pushed open the door of Fang Jie's office and found that someone was already sitting inside, that back...

Her eyes lit up: "Pearl, why are you here today?"

Yu Guan Mingzhu smiled brilliantly at her: "If I say I give you a surprise, do you believe it?"

Jin Li also smiled: "Believe, your appearance in my company is a surprise."

The atmosphere was just right, and Sui Lingfang also opened happily: "Pearl has already discussed the needs of the brokerage contract with me. Chenxi will draft the contract in these few days, and Pearl will sign an intention contract with us."

She clapped her hands: "Although Pearl hasn't officially joined Chenxi Entertainment yet, she can already change her mouth in advance!"

"Good!" Jin Li and Yu Guan Mingzhu both applauded very face-to-face.

Sui Lingfang went to pour a cup of water to drink. Yu Guan Mingzhu whispered to Jin Li: "I came over early in the morning to talk. Your manager is very professional. She is very serious when talking about business. No wonder Meng Meng is sometimes afraid of her."

Jin Li thought about it: "I think it's okay. She is actually very easy to communicate with. It's just that you all met her when you were famous, so you only saw her professional side."

"Like when I was relatively down and out a few years ago, Fang Jie was very easy-going. She never forced me to take announcements. Every month or two, she would bring a lot of food and supplements to visit me, and she would also help me tidy up the room."

Yu Guan Mingzhu thought about it and shook her head: "With your weak look a few years ago, any manager with a bit of heart wouldn't ask you to run announcements, right? If you fainted on the spot, who would be responsible for this?"

Jin Li was happy, "You are right."

Yu Guan Mingzhu looked at her a few times and sighed: "Seeing your state without makeup today, it's as if you are as radiant as if you were wearing makeup. I feel that Chenxi Entertainment has taken good care of you."

"Every time I see you, I think of your weak appearance before. Red gas really nourishes people. Your body has been raised better and better."

Jin Li whispered the truth: "This really has nothing to do with Chenxi Entertainment. It was clearly cured by metaphysics."

The truth was told, but in this day and age, no one believes the truth.

Jin Li simply asked about Yu Guan Mingzhu's requirements, "What other conditions did you add?"

Yu Guan Mingzhu didn't hide it from her: "The distribution ratio is the same as Meng Meng, all three-seven points, the company three, we seven, and we bear the team expenses ourselves. The company will not subsidize additionally."

"At the same time, I also emphasized the degree of freedom. As long as it is an announcement that I explicitly refuse, Chenxi Entertainment will not persuade me a second time. I specifically asked them to write this into the contract."

Jin Li complained: "You are more afraid of trouble than Meng Meng."

Yu Guan Mingzhu sighed: "I was scared by Century Entertainment. What if another similar one comes? It's better to destroy it from the source."

Jin Li said bluntly: "But this is not the root cause. In actual communication, the team will have countless opinions, which will be determined after repeated discussions. It is difficult for you to determine the final result in the first round."

Yu Guan Mingzhu thought about it: "But I still want to write it into the contract. If it is written in, it is equivalent to me having a veto power. I can not exercise this right in the actual process, but I cannot think that I don't have it."

Jin Li nodded: "This is quite good."

Except for emphasizing the degree of freedom, other contract details are similar to Xi Sister Meng Ze.

Unless first-tier stars have something truly special going on, their contracts are basically based on standard public templates; after determining the most critical profit-sharing ratios, the rest all require actual communication and adjustment.

A contract can only guarantee the lowest baseline between a company and an artist, but in actual practice, the standards are usually higher than those set in the contract.

Yu Guan Mingzhu thought about it and said: "Fang Jie mentioned the shortcomings of Chenxi Entertainment to me, saying that the company doesn't have many resources in singing and dancing stages, I am afraid that I will have to appear on some variety shows in the future, but they will help me identify whether it is high-quality, and will give priority to those popular variety shows that take the initiative to find me."

She asked puzzledly: "Won't the company take the initiative to help us find high-quality resources?"

Jin Li smiled and shook her head: "This is a very common operation mode of Chenxi Entertainment. I don't know how they operate second- and third-tier artists, but here, the announcements of first-tier artists are basically obtained by themselves."

"Someone asks us to record a program, the team considers it and then considers whether to take it. As for the company."

She paused and said euphemistically: "After all, it is just a second-tier company. Before I turned red, it was just a small company outside the 18th tier. If entertainment companies in the circle list a ranking, they can't squeeze into the top 50."

Fang Jie once mentioned this to her, and also jokingly said that the company's real strength is only third-tier, the departments are not complete, many things cannot be solved independently, and need to seek professional outsourcing teams.

But it may be that she turned red too fast, and other entertainment companies didn't want to admit that they were overtaken by nameless small companies, so they sent out press releases saying that Chenxi Entertainment is second-tier.

As a result, Chenxi didn't have the infrastructure of a second-tier company, but was lifted to a second-tier status.

The facts are so coincidental.

When heaven loves you, you don't need to exert force yourself, others will automatically put you in a better position.

Because Yu Guan Mingzhu wanted to know more about the way the company and artists get along, she asked Jin Li if she could listen in when they talk about things later. Jin Li naturally could.

After a while, Fang Jie slowly brought three cups of tea, thought about it, and agreed.

Each artist's announcement is different, so the way of discussion will be different. What she and Jin Li are going to talk about next is a script that has not been set yet. In fact, the fewer people who know, the better.

But Jin Li doesn't mind, so she doesn't mind even more.

After all, wanting to invest in this matter is also dominated by Jin Li.

Jin Li and Fang Jie quickly entered the topic and talked about the feasibility of her investing in the crew with her salary.

Fang Jie said bluntly: "This drama has not pulled investment yet. I found a friend to ask, saying that the biggest is two reasons."

"One is that it is not certain whether the niche market can rise and return to the cost. The other is the questioning of the director, not sure if he can film another good work."

"And the core script of this drama, everyone who has read it has given good reviews. If it weren't for the fact that the film and television industry has been a bit depressed in recent years, placed in a prosperous market, this kind of drama can definitely pass the investment evaluation, and can also pull a price that makes everyone very satisfied."

Fang Jie summarized: "So I don't think Ye Dao will refuse your proposal. So now the problem is what salary you want to set, and how much share you want to occupy in the crew."

Jin Li asked back: "What is your opinion?"

Fang Jie handed a document to Jin Li: "This is the share that first-tier actors generally occupy if they want to invest in the crew with their salary."

Jin Li opened the document, which indicated many celebrities' salary investment proportions.

Most of them do not exceed 10%, and only a few are as high as 20-30%. This is no longer investing with salary, but completely changing from a shooter to an investor, and I am afraid that they will invest more money.

Sui Lingfang said: "The investment proportion is a bit vague, but the 5%-10% range is a good choice. My suggestion is to take 6%."

"Because the subject matter is very special, there are actually some government support funds that can be applied for. I suggest that your salary can be 20% lower than the market price, let the crew pay you some cash salary, and the rest will be invested."

The salary of first-tier celebrities is very flexible. The status can be very high or very low. The standard salary formulated by the industry is the lowest standard.

First-tier celebrities often have other ways to obtain greater benefits, not just from salary. For example, this kind of salary investment is also a dividend model, as well as other advertising dividends, live streaming dividends, etc.

Jin Li has no opinion on this. The reason why she mentioned investing in the crew with her salary is just to relieve the capital pressure of the crew.

If the crew can pay her full salary, she can also not invest. She has no ambition in investment. It is all based on support. If she can help, she will help.

After Jin Li finished reading the plan made by Sui Lingfang, Fang Jie is becoming more and more professional, considering many things, and also considering some things in the future.

Jin Li thought for a while and asked: "Although you think Ye Dao will not refuse me, what if he refuses?"

Sui Lingfang smiled lightly and said indifferently: "Jin Li, there is no if in this matter."

"The influence of first-tier celebrities is huge, especially you, a female actor who has just had an explosive movie. Many people will aim at your next one."

"As long as you sign the intention to appear in this drama, the project valuation of his drama can increase by 20%~50%. Investors will only rush to invest, and worry about not being able to divide the share."

"In addition, his subject matter is actually very clever. Ye Weijie should also have thought of this, so he specifically produced a script that is related to 'rural revitalization'."

"He can obtain special fund applications for rural construction support, and can also cooperate with government and enterprises to develop, carry out the implantation of cultural tourism scenes, and the producer can also collect tourism revenue dividends from it."

"And this film has many natural advertising implantation positions. Didn't you find it? The whole film can be implanted with 10-20 brands. Just relying on the investment of advertisers, maybe you can fill all the investment in film and television dramas and reduce production costs."

Jin Li and Yu Guan Mingzhu looked at each other. From Fang Jie's mouth, the future of this drama is obviously brilliant, so why is it still lacking investment?

Although the market prospect may be small, he can pull a wide range of investments, gather here and gather there, it should be able to film.

Jin Li said her thoughts.

Sui Lingfang looked at her meaningfully: "Because investors are not optimistic that this drama can make a profit. If a TV series wants to make money, it must first have heat."

"Ye Weijie's statement to investors is that he doesn't look for traffic celebrities to film, but looks for strength actors to film. Capital feels that there is no money-making effect, so they are not interested."

Reality dramas filmed by strength actors generally take the national support route, and the country connects and bridges for the crew to solve the funding problem.

If it is this kind of drama, capital is very willing to take over, because the country will help with after-sales, from production to scheduling to publicity, all paid for by the country.

For example, CCTV will often broadcast such dramas, and has formed a fixed group of audiences.

But it is clear that *My Mediocre Life* may be able to get special support funds for rural construction, but it has not been favored by relevant units and has not been given after-sales service.

Sui Lingfang: "But once you decide to appear in this drama, everything will become very different. Capital is profit-seeking. They invest in this drama on the surface, but they actually invest in you."

Jin Li realized after the fact that since when did she have the status of "settling the world" in the film and television industry.

Although prosperity is likely to be temporary, once a drama is ruined, it will not return to the past, but such a feeling...

It is still quite fascinating.

If it were an ordinary person, perhaps they would lose themselves in such power, but put it on Jin Li, she quickly calmed her thoughts and ended with a "Oh".

Yu Guan Mingzhu listened for a long time and summarized: "So as long as Jin Li decides to participate in this drama, she can play the role of attracting investment and stabilizing the sea god needle, so Ye Dao cannot refuse."

Sui Lingfang agreed: "Yes."

Yu Guan Mingzhu suddenly laughed: "Then I think only collecting 6% of the dividends is really too cheap for the crew. Why don't you collect 10%?"

Jin Li hadn't spoken yet, Sui Lingfang and Yu Guan Mingzhu hit it off, Fang Jie's voice was full of appreciation and joy for "people on the same path", "Exactly my intention!"

Jin Li thought for a while, and whispered: "Why don't you give the director so much pressure, 6% is fine."

Sui Lingfang and Yu Guan Mingzhu turned to look at her in unison: "Don't talk!"

Jin Li:...

Ye Weijie's lunch was tasteless.

Because he couldn't pull investment for a long time, taking advantage of Xu Wenwen not looking for him to eat together today, Ye Weijie released a big move and said to the investor:

"Actually, the starring role of this drama has an intended candidate. The heroine is Xu Wenwen. Do you know this actress? She is the second heroine of the movie *Dream Builder* this year."

Hearing that the heroine is "Xu Wenwen", the investor hesitated for a while.

This actress is also considered a very powerful second-tier actor, and she also exploded a movie this year. Her acting strength is there, but she is relatively weak in terms of fans.

But these are the common problems of strength actors. Often strength actors don't care about traffic management, thinking that they can mix well in the entertainment circle by acting.

But even if they really want to exert force in terms of traffic, it is actually very difficult.

Fans have too many opinions and will seriously interfere with the actor's play path.

For strength actors, a fixed play path is a very serious career crisis.

In the end, the investor did not directly refuse, but said: "Let us discuss it first."

Ye Weijie couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Not directly refusing means there is a play.

Not long after hanging up the phone, a new phone rang, and it was a strange number again.

Ye Weijie is not worried that this is a scam call, because he can't squeeze a cent

After listening for a while, Ye Weijie was a bit confused: "Wait, who did you say you are? Sorry, I might have misunderstood. You said you are an agent from Chenxi Entertainment?"

Ye Weijie's eyes widened, feeling as if a huge pie had smashed onto his head, making his brain instantly dizzy.

Jin Li wants to star in his drama?

Jin Li is coming?

That is Jin Li!!!