The most direct reflection of a star’s status in the industry is his or her pay.
Jiang Se's current movie pay has increased to 30 million, which is also a recognition of her by the circle. She has been promoted to the ranks of quasi-first-line actresses, but she is not proud of the increase in pay at this time. Instead, she is relieved about the reduction of debt. Xia Chaoqun was amused and even Zhao Rang laughed at the signing ceremony.
Once the 30 million is deposited into the account, even if the company takes 60% of it, there will still be a lot left after paying taxes and repaying debts.
Since entering this circle and signing with Century Galaxy, this is Jiang Se's first film that actually makes money, instead of always being in the negative financials.
Once the investment for the film is in place, Zhao Rang and Century Galaxy will have to prepare to form a crew. Before this, the drama "Devil" was already in the process of adaptation. Since Zhao Rang was particularly interested in this drama, he also participated in the adaptation of the script. Once it is submitted for review, the remaining actors and the script and shooting of the storyboard are confirmed, and the filming will soon be scheduled to start.
Jiang Se didn't care much about these things. He only knew that around mid-April, he heard that the crew had been formed, and the script review was quickly passed because of the relationship between the investor Xiang Qiuji brothers. If sufficient funds are in place and subsequent matters go smoothly, the filming should start in June.
Although the crew was very low-key about this, news still inevitably leaked.
When the news spread online that Jiang Se was about to collaborate with Liu Ye to start shooting a new movie, many people on the Internet went crazy.
Most people are skeptical about this matter. Many people went to Liu Ye's social account, studio, and Yang Boxi's account to leave messages, asking whether this matter is true or not.
The media industry has also been feeling overwhelmed recently.
There were rumors in the circle that Liu Ye and Jiang Se were interested in working together. It was said that Zhao Rang had been in frequent contact with Liu Ye at the beginning of last year, but Liu Ye did not reveal anything at that time.
When interviewed by the media at the film festival, he clearly did not mention this about his future work plans.
Although the previous rumors were very intense, in the eyes of everyone, this was most likely a hype by Century Galaxy's Xia Chaoqun and Liu Ye, with the intention of promoting Jiang Se to the top.
This is one of the common methods used in the circle, where celebrities with extremely high fame and status use bundled news to help newcomers gain fame and improve their status, so as to increase their price when they get future roles.
No one expected that Liu Ye would actually agree to cooperate with Jiang Se!
He is a male star in China in recent years who no one dares to claim to be the first if he is called the second. He has many fans and great appeal. He is an actor who speaks with his works. He has won the Best Actor award at the film festival twice. Compared with Jiang Se, he is several levels higher than him.
In comparison, although Jiang Se had previously won the Best Supporting Actress award at the film festival and her performance in "Beijing Great Event" was quite good, she had not produced many works before that, and most of the roles she played in the movies were vase or minor roles. How could such a newcomer possibly work with Liu Ye
The public is eager to know the truth, and major media outlets also want to get first-hand news and find out whether this matter is true or false.
But the crew seemed to be intent on keeping a low profile, and when the media called Yang Boxi's cell phone and wanted to interview Liu Ye, a group of people discovered that Yang Boxi had shrewdly anticipated that such a situation might happen and had turned off his cell phone early on, making it impossible to contact him at all.
Xia Chaoqun had no intention of explaining.
At the same time, as this incident became a big deal on the Internet, a group of people began to attack Jiang Se for tying up the best actor for hype, and rumors emerged that Jiang Se used Century Galaxy and the financial backer behind Jiang Se to force Liu Ye to participate in the filming of a new film in order to help her get promoted.
When the news that Liu Ye and Jiang Se were going to co-produce a movie came out earlier, the matter itself caused a big stir. In a short period of time, not only on Weibo, but also on Twitter and major social networking sites, this matter was forwarded and discussed by many people, and it immediately became the hottest topic on the Internet. Even the headlines of major portal news that day were changed to the news that Liu Ye was suspected of co-producing a movie with Jiang Se.
At this time, as the news that "Jiang Se threatened Liu Ye to shoot a movie to elevate himself" came out, it was forwarded by a large number of netizens who were unaware of the situation, and naturally attracted more attention.
There were even different versions of this rumor, such as 'Jiang Se has a dark background' and 'Liu Ye was forced to agree to cooperate with newcomers in order to preserve his career'. Within a day, these accounts emerged and caused a lot of sensation. Many of Liu Ye's fans finally couldn't sit still anymore.
On forums, news and social networks, many netizens are seeking the truth.
On Weibo, the number of messages under Liu Ye's account reached nearly 200,000 in just half a day.
Gardenia Blooms or Not: I have liked Ye Ge for many years, and have been following him since he filmed "The Emperor and the Assassin". I know that it was not easy for him to get to this point. He has put in a lot of hard work in every movie, and only then has Ye Ge's current status. I can't bear to see Ye Ge being involved in such a whirlpool. What is the truth of the matter? I hope someone can come out and explain it clearly. If Ye Ge is threatened, at least we are here to support him.
Assassin Jing Ke: There were some rumors about this matter in the industry earlier, but I always thought it was just a rumor. After all, after filming "Rescue Operation" and cooperating with Director Zhang, it was obvious that Yip Brother wanted to enter Europe and the United States. As far as I know, several well-known European and American production companies have been in contact with Yip Brother some time ago. This has always been Yip Brother's dream and he should not miss it. But now it suddenly came out that he wanted to make a movie with Jiang Se. Excuse me, even if the rumors on the Internet are not necessarily completely reliable, I think this matter is also strange.
This ID named 'Assassin Jing Ke' obviously has a job related to the entertainment industry, and what he said leaked some information.
His words made Liu Ye's fans very uneasy, and some of them couldn't help but start scolding Jiang Se.
Pingzi: I watched "Beijing Grand Event" before, and the little good impression I had for Jiang Se was suddenly gone. Can you do whatever you want just because you have a background and connections
There is no Bodhi tree: I hope this is not true. I have read two film reviews written by Mr. Shu Peien for Jiang Se before. I hope Jiang Se will not disappoint the old man's expectations and focus on improving his acting skills and acting well in movies instead of relying on cheap rumors to gain topics and popularity.
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Jiang Se's accounts on various social networking sites were occupied by Liu Ye's fans and people who didn't know the truth. Most of them expressed their dissatisfaction with the rumors, and some hoped that Jiang Se would express his attitude. Many people cursed and used all kinds of dirty words. Mo Anqi scrolled for a while and was so angry that her face turned red. (To be continued)