Chapter 694: Domestic Entertainment No. 1 Brother

Chapter 694: Domestic Entertainment No. 1 Brother

I forgot which year the actors' pay increased so much.

Liu Xiaolingtong filmed Journey to the West for six years and only received a salary of 2,000 yuan, which was the highest salary at the time. Li Xuejian filmed Water Margin for 4,000 yuan per episode and was scolded badly afterwards for being paid too much.

It is said that a veteran actor like Ge Da Ge only earned around 500 million yuan last year after a year of hard work. In his previous life, he only received million yuan in salary for starring in "Let the Bullets Fly", which was reported wildly by the media, leaving some impression on Fan Wumian.

Changes in actors' pay are directly related to Fan Wumian's business.

After Huang Baiming got off the boat, he recalled carefully for a while and found that the process of the skyrocketing actors' pay was divided into several waves. While the income of ordinary workers increased, the actors' pay increased even more exaggeratedly. At first, a pay of millions was still considered a high price, but suddenly it started at tens of millions everywhere, and in the end even some top second-tier stars could earn tens of millions from a movie.

The Yanjing Olympics will be held next year. The mainland economy is in a period of rapid growth. As the box office scale increases, the pay of many well-known first-line artists has begun to be adjusted.

Second- and third-tier actors are still cost-effective, and the phenomenon of internal competition is quite serious. When they encounter top-level productions, they will reduce their pay at any time in order to compete for opportunities. They are even willing to work for free just for a chance to be exposed, even at a loss.

After another two or three years, it was around 2010.

As capital began to enter the market on a large scale, the number of regular cinemas in the mainland increased dramatically, cable TV became more popular, and satellite TV and Internet platforms raised their pay in order to compete for audiences and high-quality film and television resources, which also drove the further increase in star pay.

It was not until around 2015 that major satellite TV stations and video websites began to compete frantically for traffic, giving actors another valuable opportunity to get rich. This situation continued for several years until a certain Shuang was revealed to be earning 208 million yuan a day, which aroused public outrage and really began to rectify the salary cap.

With Fan Wumian's Tudou.com joining forces with several satellite TV stations to almost monopolize the video website business in the mainland, the increase in actors' pay should not be as exaggerated as in the past. However, in order to compete with Tudou.com for film sources, the prices of purchasing film and television drama copyrights by video websites supported by Sohu and Alibaba have indeed increased this year compared with last year.

However, seeing that they could not compete with Tudou, the more they invested, the greater the losses would be. Neither Sohu nor Alibaba really spent much effort to compete with them, which led to Fan Wumian not taking them seriously.

Analyzing the situation, if there are no major changes, Tudou.com can maintain its current market share for a long time. Then, while opening up new sources of revenue, it can also intercept traffic and create more revenue for Fan Wumian.

He does not seek to profit by exploiting others, but only wants his pay to be kept at a reasonable level. This way, the cost of incubating Tudou.com can be greatly reduced. At the same time, it can also prevent actors and film and television companies from collectively "rebelling" and joining forces to boycott Fan Wumian, allowing competitors to seize the opportunity and snatch market share from Tudou.com.

After quickly coming to the conclusion of "feed them a little, but not too much", Fan Wumian had a rough idea of ​​what to do next. He planned to raise the price of purchasing online copyrights, and at the same time, hire more actors from outside, actively cooperate with other film and television companies, strive to play the role of "the number one in domestic entertainment" and expand his path.

now.

Fan Wumian received a call from Dadario, who said that she had returned to the mansion, washed up and prepared for bed.

I was still on the yacht with Liu Shishi and Dilireba, enjoying the night view. The evening breeze was cool, the night view was charming, and the atmosphere was just comfortable.

Dilireba wanted to say something but hesitated, and finally couldn't help asking:
"Um. Excuse me, is it my ears that are not working, or did that person just now really say that Jet Li can make 1 million by making a movie? Is it really the kind of 0 million with a lot of '1's at the end?"

Listening to Dilraba Dilmurat's tone, Fan Wumian tasted a hint of "Nanyanwen".

He asked in surprise, "Huang Baiming, he acted in "Happy Ghost" and "All's Well, Ends Well", how come you don't know him?"

".Is he famous? My family didn't have VCDs before. My parents told me to study hard and go to college, so I didn't have the chance to watch much TV. I was the only daughter in the family, and they always controlled me."

Thinking she had said something wrong, Dilireba's face became redder and redder.

Fan Wumian smiled and said:

"That's the 1 million Hong Kong dollars you were thinking about. You can earn that in three or four months of filming. Now you understand how valuable an opportunity I gave you by signing you, right? It's no problem to say that you will become extremely wealthy. Remember to repay me well when you become famous in the future. I think you can become famous and it won't be difficult for you to be worth hundreds of millions in the future."

"Learning is still very important. It would be even better if you could enter a professional school to learn and experience it. Then you can find some teachers to give you tutoring lessons. You should also try to practice your Mandarin well so as not to distract the audience."

"Also, take time to watch more TV dramas, learn how others perform, how to accept interviews, and figure out what you can say and what you absolutely cannot say."

Dilireba was smart enough to grasp the key point accurately and said in a serious tone:
"I am very grateful to you, boss. I will never forget your cultivation of me." As a native of Yanjing, Liu Shishi always subconsciously felt that it was a bit inappropriate to hear Dilireba say the word "you", but considering the differences in cultural habits, she just pretended not to hear it.

The market is large enough to accommodate many actors. Originally, Liu Shishi and Yang Mi were worried that the increasing number of actresses signed by the company would affect their own development, allocation of resources, etc.

Later I found that there were too many job opportunities to take on, and I had no time to rest throughout the year. As my fame increased, my income also increased greatly, which immediately dispelled my worries.

In order to gain more presence, Liu Shishi looked at Fan Wumian and said:
"Teacher Jet Li dares to ask for so much salary because he is very influential internationally, right? The highest-paid celebrities, including Zhuang Muxi and Feng Ying'er from our company, all made so much money every year because they made a name for themselves in Hollywood."

Fan Wumian said casually:
"He's a little famous, but his box office appeal is far less than Jack Long's. Even my own international influence cannot compare to Jack Long's. He has been popular for so many years and has a very deep foundation."

"Yesterday, James Cameron, the director of Avatar, sent someone to contact me. It was Jack Long who helped to make the connection. I might get some shares and some copyrights of Avatar from the great director Cameron. I can get the dividends and find an opportunity to shoot the second part in the future."

"There are not many directors I admire. James Cameron is definitely one of them. He makes a lot of money. The box office of his Titanic is still difficult to surpass. I wonder what kind of work can break its record."

Others like to talk about artistry, connotation, and exploration of human nature and society, but Fan Wumian is a vulgar person who only likes directors who can make money.

Thinking of the global box office charts in film history, Fan Wumian naturally thought of the United States' suppression of mainland films.

The fact that "The Wandering Earth", which has a good reputation, was only released in dozens of theaters in the United States shows how xenophobic Hollywood is. Washington is quite good at brainwashing the world through cultural soft power, and of course it will be on guard against the mainland adopting the same approach, which will subtly influence people's perceptions.

For example, how Americans saved the world, how poor Americans turned into rich people, how much the United States respects the rule of law and human rights, etc., have obviously changed many people's views on the United States and brought them countless benefits.

In addition, Washington and the military-industrial complex like to rely on movies to find a legitimate reason for countless wars, never mentioning how many families have been destroyed and how much national wealth has been looted, in an attempt to make people forget the fact that it is a bully, a bastard, greedy and cold-blooded.

Fan Wumian saw all of this and was thinking about how to quietly make his own voice heard without offending anyone.

The best way is obviously to incubate a global video website, under the banner of reducing costs and diversifying content, to move the production location of film and television dramas from Hollywood to overseas, bypassing the restrictions of US tax incentives and cultural policies, and thus avoiding interference in the creation of film and television works.

In terms of reducing costs and making more money, the Hollywood giants and Fan Wumian obviously have common interests. The word "making money" serves as a bond to maintain their relationship. Maybe they can really rely on Hollywood's film library to create a video website covering the world.

In this way, Fan Wumian will have the opportunity to take the initiative in selecting works to fill the film library and avoid being like Miramax Films, which was suppressed by Washington and ended up being just an empty shell, existing in name only.

The idea is good, but the company is currently short of money and cannot come up with enough chips. It will undoubtedly be difficult to attract giants such as Disney, Paramount, and Sony Pictures to cooperate.

Many thoughts circled in my mind, but I had to put them aside for the time being.

Inadvertently, Fan Wumian discovered that Dilireba's eyes were staring at his face repeatedly without blinking. When he looked over, the girl glanced away calmly.

Fan Wumian understood this kind of passionate and obsessed look very well.

For example, Liu Shishi next to her often uses similar undisguised gazes to reveal her true thoughts.

Dilireba is still young, at the age when she is easily in love, and has not seen much of the world. She came into contact with Fan Wumian as soon as she went out, which was too devastating to her.

Knowing that the girl was only 15 years old, Fan Wumian dared not cause trouble for himself. Sensing that something was wrong, he quickly found an excuse saying that he was sleepy, got off the boat, took a bus home and went to sleep.

After returning to the mansion at 89 Repulse Bay Road, I was surprised to find that Daddario was still awake.

When Fan Wumian mentioned that he needed to go to bed early today, it was clear that the white girl breathed a sigh of relief.

Daddario usually likes to go shopping, but tonight he walked around and his legs felt sore and weak, as if his body was hollowed out. (End of this chapter)