Zhou Xingchi took a peaked cap, looked left and right, and then walked into the Phoenix TV building with his head down, as if he was a thief, for fear of being recognized by acquaintances.

Today is the preliminary examination of the Phoenix Artist Training Class, and if you pass the preliminary examination, you will have to take a re-examination next week. Only those who pass both exams can pay the tuition fee to enter the training class to learn acting or behind-the-scenes production.

Zhou Xingchi took the registration form and entered the test team, and he waited in line for more than an hour before he finally arrived at the door of the performance room. I only heard someone shouting: "No. 27, Yuan Danqiong...... Where is Yuan Danqiong, it's your turn! ”

"It's coming!" A short-haired beauty in front of Zhou Xingchi answered, took out a small mirror to make up the foundation, and then entered the performance room with her bag.

A registrant who had just finished the initial test walked out of it, and when he walked past Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to greet him: "Hello brother, my name is Zhou Xingchi." ”

The applicant is very good-looking, and he looks a little mixed-race. was accosted by Zhou Xingchi, and he also nodded and smiled: "Hello, my name is Huang Qiusheng." ”

Zhou Xingchi asked in a low voice: "Why do other people take exams for two or three minutes, and you alone take half an hour?" ”

Huang Qiusheng said confusedly: "I don't know what to do." ”

Zhou Xingchi asked, "What did the examiner test?" ”

Huang Qiusheng replied: "It just told me to walk, and I walked for half an hour." ”

"Walking?" Zhou Xingchi's eyes widened.

Huang Qiusheng said: "At first, I was asked to learn how to walk as an old man, then as a club boss, and then as a rich man, a fool, an office worker, an old boy, a beggar, a jǐng cha, a hawker, a drunkard, and a gambler who lost money." ”

"Oh." Zhou Xingchi nodded, but he was secretly envious of Huang Qiusheng in his heart. Based on his experience of taking the wireless artist training course for two consecutive years, the more time the applicant spends on the exam, the higher the chance of being hired. This is because only if the examiner is very optimistic about the candidate and is interested in spending a lot of time considering his or her talent or potential.

Zhou Xingchi thought in his mind how he would learn various walking postures if he was tested to walk. The team behind suddenly became noisy, and Zhou Xingchi looked back, but it was Kang Jianfei, the boss of Phoenix TV, and McDonald's Bear, the program director, coming side by side.

"Hello Mr. Kang!"

"Mr. Kang."

"Director Mai."

“……”

Kang Jianfei and Mai Dangxiong walked all the way, and the applicants for the training class greeted one after another, and even the women kept throwing winks at Kang Jianfei.

Zhou Xingchi watched the two big men come over, sweating in his palms, thinking hard about leaving an impression in front of the boss, but he didn't know what method to take.

After hesitating, Kang Jianfei had already walked in front of Zhou Xingchi, and Zhou Xingchi only dared to bow and greet like others: "Hello Mr. Kang, good Director Mai." ”

Kang Jianfei was obviously stunned when he saw Zhou Xingchi. Huang Qiusheng, who staggered by him just now, was born as a student of the ATV training class in parallel time and space, so it didn't surprise Kang Jianfei, but this week Xingchi should be on the wireless station.

"Yes, good performance!" Kang Jianfei patted Zhou Xingchi on the shoulder, smiled and walked away.

After Kang Jianfei and McDonald Bear left and entered another room, the applicants in line gathered around Zhou Xingchi and asked, "Do you know Mr. Kang?" ”

"What's your name?"

"Dude, let's go to the food stall together in the evening."

“……”

Zhou Xingchi turned a deaf ear to the chattering sounds around him, he was still in the wireless surprise, when Kang Jianfei patted him on the shoulder just now, Zhou Xingchi felt that the bones in his body were light.

……

Although McDonald Bear is very impulsive in his work, he can be the program director of the TV station, and his heart is actually very fine. Seeing Kang Jianfei encouraging a sign-up for no reason, he immediately said tentatively: "There are a lot of people who have signed up this year, and it is thanks to Mr. Kang that so many people can be attracted." ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "It's the fame of the TV station itself, but it has nothing to do with me." ”

The history of the Lishi training class is longer than that of the wireless training class, and the McDonald Bear itself is a talent cultivated by the Lishi training class. And now Wang Mingquan, Li Siqi, Huang Shuyi and others among the major TVB actresses, in fact, originally graduated from the Lishi training class, and later switched to wireless stations.

McDonald Bear knocked on the side and said, "That young man just now was okay in appearance. ”

Kang Jianfei knew what he was thinking, nodded and said, "Yes, it's not bad." ”

McDonald immediately paid attention, ready to greet the person in charge of the initial examination later, and let them take care of it a little.

The matter of Zhou Xingchi was only mentioned casually, and McDonald Bear quickly got down to business: "The Jiulongtang jǐng department has already negotiated, and after they understood the script, they agreed to assist in the filming of "Sister Tuogun". ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "How is the casting going?" ”

McDonald Bear said: "It's preliminarily decided, and I'm going to let Zheng Wenya play Zhu Su'e." She is from Hong Kong, and her demeanor is dignified and atmospheric, which is very suitable for playing a female jǐng. ”

Zheng Wenya was the champion of Miss Hong Kong three years ago, and she was originally signed by the wireless station, but now she is zìyóu.

Generally speaking, whether it is a Hong Kong sister or a wireless training class, TVB will initially only sign a two-year contract with an artist. If you do well in those two years, then sign a five-, eight-, or ten-year contract; If the performance is bad within two years, the artist will be reduced to a handyman.

Zheng Wenya signed a two-year contract at the beginning, but the development did not go too smoothly after that. After the two-year contract expired, the wireless station did not ask Zheng Wenya to renew the contract, and Zheng Wenya left TVB.

In the "Little Life Afraid" directed by Zeng Zhiwei last year, Zheng Wenya was one of the leading actresses, and she also signed a head contract with Lishi and starred in two Lishi dramas.

Kang Jianfei's understanding of Zheng Wenya does not come from her identity as a Hong Kong sister. But this woman participated in the design of the Hong Kong Film Awards trophy in a parallel space, and the goddess trophy of the Academy Awards was completely created in accordance with Zheng Wenya's body proportions.

"I am going to make a series of "Sister Tuogun", and Zheng Wenya's head appointment is probably inappropriate." Kang Jianfei was quite worried, "You talk to her again, either let her sign a long-term contract, or change to another actor to play the heroine." ”

"Okay, I'll communicate with her again," McDonald continued, "As for the actor Chen Xiaosheng, I'm going to let Wan Zisheng play it." ”

Kang Jianfei frowned and said: "Chen Xiaosheng's character is honest and loyal, and sometimes he is a little cunning and humorous, is it appropriate for Wan Zisheng to play with the temperament of a big brother?" ”

McDonald Bear used to be arbitrary, and now his two protagonists have been questioned by Kang Jianfei. If it were someone else, McDonald Bear would probably have turned his face.

But Kang Jianfei is the chief planner of "Sister Tuogun", and the idea of the script is also from Kang Jianfei, and Kang Jianfei is still his boss, which made McDonald bear have to endure it and patiently explained: "Mr. Kang, you don't have to worry about this at all, Wan Ziying is definitely competent." ”

Since Mai Dangxiong insisted on using Wan Ziying, Kang Jianfei couldn't object anymore, and said: "Okay, you are the producer, you are in charge." ”

McDonald Bear continued: "I originally wanted to use He Jiajin for the second male, but now I have to use Mo Shaocong. ”

He Jiajin has filmed a lot of dramas in Lishi in the past two years, and he can be regarded as the leader of Lishi, but Kang Jianfei has decided to use He Jiajin to play Xiang Shaolong, and Mai Dangxiong can only endure the pain of cutting love. As for Mo Shaocong, this person joined Lishi the year before last, and he has filmed a total of four TV series, and his reputation is slightly worse than Zhang Guorong.

McDonald Bear said: "As for the female number two, I haven't made up my mind for the time being, so I arranged today's audition." ”

Kang Jianfei pulled the chair over and sat down, and asked, "Can the production cost of "Sister Tuogun" be suppressed?" ”

McDonald Bear smiled bitterly: "Shooting like Mr. Kang's "Royal Senior Sister", it crashed and exploded, it must not be possible." Therefore, "Sister Tuogun" can only shoot as many literary dramas as possible, and strive to keep the average cost of each episode within 12,000. ”

At present, the production of drama series on Hong Kong TV stations, taking costume films as an example, ranges from 6,000 to 30,000 yuan per episode, but on average, each episode costs about 8,000 yuan.

When filming TV series, actors are paid monthly salaries, and labor costs are basically kept to a minimum. Most of the production costs come from the cost of film during shooting, and occasionally there is a circus or a location trip, which greatly increases the cost.

"Sister Tuogun" is a fashion drama, and there are often case-handling scenes, and the average instinct pressure per episode is within 12,000 is already the limit, and it is at least 15,000 or more for someone to be the producer.

Kang Jianfei thought for a while and said: "Necessary explosions or chases, and gunfight scenes can also be had, basically every seven or eight episodes to let the audience enjoy it." This drama is the opening drama of Phoenix TV, and it must be produced jīng liang, and I will allow you to achieve an average cost of fifteen thousand per episode. ”

The average production cost of 15,000 per episode is almost twice that of TVB dramas. The effect of filming is naturally different, but McDonald Bear hesitated and said: "Mr. Kang, if you overproduce like this, I'm afraid it won't look good in terms of profit data." ”

Kang Jianfei said in a resolute tone: "This "Sister Tuogun", my bottom line is not to lose money. Even if it is a little bit of a loss, as long as you can get good ratings, it will be worth it. In addition, this is a modern drama, costumes, restaurants, cars, etc., you can call the marketing department to pull sponsorship. As long as the product placement doesn't go too far, the audience won't be disgusted. ”

Nowadays, there are not many product placements in Hong Kong movies, let alone TV dramas, which is like watching movies and TV in later generations is like watching advertising highlights.

McDonald Bear is very good at filming dramas, but he is a little apprehensive about pulling sponsors to engage in product placement. He was pondering where advertising placement could be placed in the series, and Xu Zihao, the assistant director of the drama "Sister Tuogun", came in with a few girls and said, "Mr. Kang, Director Mai, I brought people here." ”

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Continue to code words in the Internet café, damn it, there is a lot of smoking here, and Lao Wang's pharyngitis has recurred. (To be continued.) )