Shen Leqiu chose Mei Zihan's recent script for a reason.
The box office of "The Shit Shoveler" is beyond doubt. It broke many comedy records, and Mei Zihan's performance in it was enough to earn him a nomination for best actor. Such a movie has caused Mei Zihan's value in the film industry to skyrocket several times. Some directors or investors who would not consider using Mei Zihan in the first place have to reconsider Mei Zihan's appeal.
Mei Zihan's manager Liu Tianyi has always been a thorn in the hearts of Shen Leqiu and others.
At the beginning, Li Ruo's starting point was lower than theirs, but if he could receive so many good resources in a short period of time, Liu Tianyi's handwriting would be indispensable. When Li Ruo and Liu Tianyi terminated the contract, Shen Leqiu also sent an invitation to Liu Tianyi, but Liu Tianyi refused.
Shen Leqiu couldn't say anything when Liu Tianyi left the circle in the later stage, but he never expected that when Liu Tianyi came in again, the contracting partner was an ordinary Mei Zihan. But in less than two years, Mei Zihan had already proved to the world that Liu Tianyi's vision was right.
Mei Zihan's current box office popularity is not lacking, the only thing he lacks is an award to prove his worth in the film industry. Of course, the scripts carefully polished by those big directors are not Mei Zihan's turn now. But ordinary movies are useless, so the script of the next movie that Mei Zihan and Liu Tian chose out of thousands must have its uniqueness.
Mei Zihan and Xiao Qian faced each other head-on, not only did they not lose, but they even won by a large margin. No matter whether Mei Zihan has this idea or not, Mei Zihan has indeed threatened the status of Shen Leqiu and others.
The four of them have maintained a balance for many years. Although their individual achievements cannot compete with Li Ruo, they are still in their prime after all. The acting career of male actors is much longer than that of female actors, so they are not in a hurry.
In the eyes of Shen Leqiu's people, there are so many new young students in the entertainment industry who are just juniors with a bit of aura, not enough to threaten their status. The time and year that Qin Ling became popular was far longer than that of Mei Zihan, but Shen Leqiu never thought of snatching his script and suppressing him. The only person who gave him this sense of crisis was Mei Zihan. Since it didn't matter, sooner or later, they would face each other. Instead of waiting for Mei Zihan to grab his resources and let himself be passive, it is better to take the initiative.
The members of the Qinglong Drama Troupe never expected to receive a call from Shen Leqiu's manager now.
The other party actually came to ask "The Great Devil"
The head of the repertory troupe was almost stunned for a moment. At that time, Mei Zihan's agent came to call to inquire, and he was already very surprised. He didn't expect that it was Shen Leqiu's turn now? Shen Leqiu is the best actor of many literary and artistic films. In this kind of dramatic drama circle, he is naturally famous.
But the group leader remained rational after all, and after earnestly thanking his manager, he euphemistically stated that Mei Zihan had already been selected for the film.
Shen Leqiu's manager laughed, "Mr. Leader, don't worry too much, we just want to read the script and feel a little interested."
The team leader and the agent fought back and forth several times, and finally ended in the failure of the team leader.
After all, he is the actor's agent, and he just wants to read a script, so can he still block the conversation
After hanging up the phone, the head of the group couldn't help finding his two friends, "You said that Shen Leqiu suddenly came to ask me about the movie, what exactly do you want to do?"
Their repertory theater troupe had never made a movie before, and it was a high-spirited experience to invite Mei Zihan. How could the actor come over to inquire about the script in person? Their script should not be so good yet
"We didn't release much information in advance. The only possibility for Shen Leqiu, who is the film king, to pay attention to our script is that the reason can only fall on Mei Zihan." Tong Heng expressed his opinion frankly.
"Mei Zihan has only appeared in two movies now, Shen Leqiu, as the actor, shouldn't be able to suppress him?"
Suppressing juniors to grab scripts shouldn't happen to movie kings.
"It is precisely because Mei Zihan has only starred in two movies now, so we have to start early. Mei Zihan's first "Blood Pond Picture" and the second "Shit Shovel Officer" are separated How long? But Mei Zihan's performance in the two films is completely different."
Anyone who is not blind can see the potential in Mei Zihan.
And Tong Heng had close contact with Mei Zihan and helped him train his lines, so he naturally knew more about the possibility of Mei Zihan. Not to mention that behind Mei Zihan, there is a good teacher who is a regular Hollywood performer to help teach.
"Our "Big Devil" is just a small temple, and it cannot accommodate the great Buddha of the actor. We can't even afford Mei Zihan's film salary, let alone the actor's film award?" The finance minister suddenly sighed.
"We actually signed a contract with Mei Zihan. The other party is still an investor. Of course I can't change him." The team leader couldn't help laughing, "Where are you thinking? Since the actor is just to suppress Mei Zihan, And choosing our script proves that he doesn't really care about our movie. An actor who doesn't care about our movie, and an actor who devotes wholeheartedly to our movie, even if the latter's acting skills are a little immature, I don't care. I am willing to choose Mei Zihan."
Of course, if Mei Zihan hadn't signed a contract with them and spent real money, maybe he would really be tempted.
There are no ifs in everything.
Do you really think that an investment of 50 million is so easy to get
What happened at the Qinglong Drama Troupe soon reached Liu Tianyi's ears.
For Shen Leqiu's little trick, Liu Tianyi didn't think it was a big deal. If those film stars hadn't discovered Mei Zihan's threat to them, it would be a waste of time in the entertainment circle these years.
What's the point of going smoothly all the time? It's just fighting wits and courage with these people, and life in the entertainment circle is so colorful.
What's more, Mei Zihan is already an investor in "The Great Devil", if Shen Leqiu really wants to grab the role, he has to pay real money! But to be honest, the box office performance of the movie "Big Devil" is destined not to be very high, and in most cases it is basically not a loss. If Shen Leqiu really wanted to step in, he would have to pay more than 50 million. If that was the case, it wouldn't matter if the role was given to Shen Leqiu, after all, the box office would teach him how to behave.
"Shit Shoveler" has been released for more than a week so far, and the box office has accumulated to 700 million. The follow-up film schedule and growth rate have slowed down. The final landing point will probably be around 1.2 billion or 1.3 billion.
At present, the movie box office dividends, the producers can get about 40% of the total box office, which is nearly 500 million. As one of the main investors, Mei Zihan can get more than 100 million in box office dividends alone.
In addition, after the movie is released, there will be some copyright income related to the movie on the online platform, peripheral product development, etc., and 200 million yuan can be obtained no matter what.
With an investment of 50 million yuan and four times the profit, all that needs to be paid from the beginning to the end is only one or two years from the start of filming to the release of the film, plus Mei Zihan's own salary and those who cannot be paid by pure money. In terms of resources and popularity, the movie "Shit Shovel Officer" can be said to have made Mei Zihan a lot of money.
The same Liu Tianyi reached 5 million and is about to become 20 million.
The investment in a movie not only allows Mei Zihan to pay back 100 million with interest, but also has a large amount of funds that can be moved. With this 100 million, it is not enough to open any studio, but to open a film and television company. up!
Even those film kings, even Li Ruo, who is currently the most popular, may not be able to easily come up with 100 million movable funds.
It’s no wonder that many famous actors have to go behind the scenes in the later stage, and become producers or investors by themselves. The profits they can get from investing in a film and TV series are much higher than being actors.
Liu Tianyi couldn't help sighing a few words, and then called Mei Zihan and Jiang Ying, "Congratulations Mei Zihan, you are now finally regarded as a future competitor by people at the actor level."
“…Thanks, but I’m not really happy about it.”
"There's nothing to be unhappy about. Think about it, you've made more than a billion dollars now!" This is faster than robbing a bank.
"Hehe, do you want to invest in "Big Devil"?"
"No thanks, I don't think this movie will make money."
Some people on the Internet have also begun to seriously calculate how much profit "Shit Shovel Officer" can bring to investors.
In the film market in the past two years, there are also many movies with a higher box office than "The Shit Shovel Officer", such as "Blood Pond Picture" shot by Mei Zihan before. However, "Blood Pond Picture" was filmed by a well-known director, and the production cost from the early stage to the production cost was much higher than that of "Shit Shovel Officer". With the subsequent marketing and publicity, the final profit was only 1.5 to 2 times the profit.
"Everyone, please remember that if you are reborn, you must work hard to make money to invest in the movie "The Shit Shovel Officer"." Under the post on the forum about whether Mei Zihan was reborn, someone deliberately said such a sentence, which aroused everyone's approval .
Just as everyone was discussing, if they were really reborn, would it be quicker to buy a house or invest in movies, suddenly another answer was posted downstairs, and the people who were scrolling this post suddenly felt a trance feeling.
"I received accurate information that Mei Zihan terminated the contract peacefully with Qun Yu Company because the company did not believe that the film "The Shit Shovel Officer" could earn back its capital, so Mei Zihan bought "Shit Shovel Officer" at a high price of 50 million out of his own pocket. 1/4 of the investment amount of "Official". Because of the premium of more than 20 million, the company is too embarrassed to let Mei Zihan go... But now, Qunyu Entertainment may be so regretful."
Although everyone was guessing whether Mei Zihan was reborn, in fact, I still thought it was a boring joke. Everyone used the stalk of rebirth to tease Mei Zihan to their heart's content in this forum building.
But now if the news is true, they will really doubt whether their guess is true
This routine is really exactly the same as the rebirth article!
The author has something to say: People in the forum: Qunyu Entertainment is the brainless cannon fodder in the rebirth article. To be cheated by Mei Zihan in this way must be because she was sorry to Mei Zihan in her previous life.
Mei Zihan: ...
ps: Since everyone wants to know how much money Meimei earns, I will simply calculate it for everyone, it is probably this much~ But ah, the share of different films is not the same.
T^T I remembered it wrong, it was Shen Leqiu, not Chen Juntao, I changed it.