Chapter 143: Starting to Get Involved in the Brokerage Industry

On the congested roads in Shangjing, Wang Hao was controlling the car to move with difficulty while dealing with Wang Jinhua on the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Wang, you are really well-informed, but there is really no suitable position for Teacher Chen in my new film. Otherwise, if Teacher Chen is willing to join, I would welcome him and there is no way I would refuse."

"That's right."

Wang Jinhua felt that Wang Hao's words sounded sincere and didn't seem fake, so she just laughed it off.

"Since you said so, Director Wang, I definitely believe it. I'm sorry to bother you. I'll host you when I have time, and we can get together. We're all in Shangjing City, so we should keep in touch."

Wang Hao responded to Wang Jinhua with a "OK, OK", and then the second call came in.

I picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was Xu Zheng.

"Hey, Brother Zheng, how come a big star like you has time to call me?"

"Oh, Director Wang, how dare I call myself a big star in front of you? I still need your support.

I heard that you have a new project coming up soon. I wonder if we still have a chance to work together. The remuneration is negotiable. As long as Director Wang opens his mouth, I will do it even if you pay me for it.”

Xu Zheng was talking a lot over there, but Wang Hao just laughed after listening to him.

This guy is very smart, otherwise he wouldn't have done something like breaking away from the director of "Lost on Journey" and secretly registered and filmed the "Lost" series of movies.

Now he is trying his best to curry favor with Wang Hao because he thinks he is still useful to him. If Wang Hao is no longer useful to him, he will probably turn around and throw Wang Hao aside.

However, Wang Hao himself had no intention of making close friends with Xu Zheng. Even in the development of the "囧" series of movies, he would be wary of this guy. Therefore, he did not immediately discuss the "Lost on Journey" project with Xu Zheng, but smiled and said:

"Even if you didn't call me, I would have come to you. The protagonist of the new movie "Wushuang" is the villain 'Painter' in your last movie. Maybe you will be needed to make a cameo appearance then."

"Oh, I see. Okay, okay."

After hearing what Wang Hao said, Xu Zheng lost interest instantly, but in order not to offend Wang Hao, he still agreed.

After hanging up the phone, another call came in.

In this way, Wang Hao drove all the way and answered the phone all the way, and the phone continued to ring until he arrived at the company.

Among these continuous calls, some were from classmates and friends that Wang Hao had met at the Beijing Film Academy, and some were leaders and managers of certain film and television companies. Anyway, they all came for the movie "Wushuang" like cats smelling fish.

This is enough to show that Wang Hao's current position in the film and television industry is already very important, and any action he takes can attract attention from all parties.

Wang Hao is not really bothered by this. Attracting attention means he is successful in his career.

If no one cares about you in the entertainment industry, then there is a problem.

Moreover, although the project of "Wushuang" has been confirmed and there is no chance to distribute the profits, what Wang Hao wants to do is to create China's own science fiction movie universe.

For such a large project, the support from Huaying and Huayi alone is far from enough.

Apart from other things, just the actor, one person can only play one role and cannot play the role repeatedly, which means that the movie universe needs a lot of high-quality actors, which provides a basis for extensive cooperation. So Wang Hao also accepts all comers, and politely explains the situation to the other party, leaving the possibility of continuing cooperation in the future.

I was busy like this until the afternoon, when the phone gradually subsided and did not ring as frequently.

Wang Hao then had time to start asking his subordinates about the preparations for "Wushuang".

In this regard, the establishment of the behind-the-scenes team of the crew is the simplest and quickest.

After all, Wang Hao had already filmed the "Maze of the Heart" trilogy before, and many of his people had been working with him since "Buried", and most of them even signed their agency contracts with his newly opened agency, Xingdou Culture.

Yes, in order to explore the industrialization model of Chinese films, Wang Hao also decided to imitate Hollywood's innovative elite cultural agency (CAA), get involved in the film and television agency industry, and explore a "project packaging" model that is more suitable for the Chinese mainland market.

The so-called "project packaging" model should be more vividly translated as "bundled sales", which is to provide a film and television project with a one-stop cooperation model that packages everything from project planning to writers, screenwriters, producers, directors, and actors.

In this way, the production company saves time in setting up a meeting and finding people, and the members of the production team also greatly enhance their bargaining power by working together.

Especially the latter, this is the most critical.

You must know that in the Chinese film and television industry, those working behind the scenes have always been the least valued grassroots force.

Compared to those stars and directors, the workers behind the scenes, except for the famous photographers, artists, costumers and music, have little bargaining power and cannot get any extra profits from the popular projects. The bulk of the profits are taken away by the directors and actors, and the most they can get is a red envelope as a token of their appreciation.

The most tragic of these may be the screenwriter industry. Except for some big authors who have switched to screenwriters, it is difficult for new screenwriters to make a name for themselves.

When facing big companies, they can only be regarded as weaklings. This is different from the celebrities on the stage. After the celebrities on the stage become famous, they can choose to terminate the contract with the company or bargain.

The staff behind the scenes don’t even have the opportunity to sign a contract with the company, and unlike in Europe and the United States, they don’t have industry unions to rely on. Once there is a problem, they can only negotiate with the big companies on their own, and it is almost inevitable that they will suffer losses.

The advantage of ACC's "project packaging" model is that it bundles the behind-the-scenes workers together and negotiates with the big film and television companies as a whole. This greatly enhances their voice and prevents them from being seriously bullied by the big companies.

The reason why ACC can operate in this way is also due to their "light" brokerage model.

China's traditional brokerage model imitates the Japanese and Korean models and can be called a "heavy" brokerage model.

Under the "heavy" model, the company signs a "dead contract" with the artists for ten or eight years. Then, while the company takes the lion's share of the profits, it also has to be responsible for all of the artists' food, drink, and defecation. It not only has to train the artists, but also help them develop and provide them with resources.

This is also a characteristic of traditional culture in Eastern countries, and is more like the apprenticeship system in traditional crosstalk and drama industries.

The characteristics of this model are a long training period, large investment, and high risk. Moreover, once the artists become popular, they like to terminate the contract, and the company has no way to stop them.

Especially with the development of society and the rise of the Internet, this model has become even more difficult to adapt to the trend of the times.

Haven’t you seen that even apprentices in the crosstalk world have had conflicts between masters and apprentices?

Therefore, many large film and television companies later gave up the related brokerage business, and celebrity personal studios began to flourish everywhere.

Compared with the traditional "heavy" brokerage model, CAA's "light" brokerage model is more suitable for the Internet era.

(End of this chapter)

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