thefictionvixens Chapter 175
Chapter 175
"Ahem, of course forget it, it's just that the second condition is even better."
Director Four looked at Yang Mi with resentment, and awkwardly made up a non-perfect answer.
After finishing speaking, he drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat before continuing,
"The second condition is that my company will produce a costume fantasy movie next year,
directed by me personally, you can be sure of the quality.
The preparatory work for the early stage is almost done, and now we just need a leading actor.
I have watched many of your movies, and I think your image and temperament are very suitable,
So I want you to play the leading role in my movie. I wonder if you are interested. "
After saying that, seeing that Qi Jia's expression was calm, the fourth director patted his chest again and said,
"As for your movie, don't worry, I have arranged everything for you.
After finishing this ancient costume fantasy film, I will immediately help you shoot "I'm Waiting for You at the End of Time." "
Qi Jia's expression was not calm, but he hadn't reacted yet. He really couldn't keep up with the fourth director's brain.
It's normal to make a scene, it's nothing, but I ask you, where is your script?
I don't even know what you are going to shoot? You want me to star in your movie with your chrysanthemums opening and closing.
Did you drink too much Sanlu when you were a child, or did you drink Sanhua evaporated milk as a traditional soup when you grew up?
Qi Jia tried to calm himself down and asked,
"Director Four, where is the script? I have to know what I am playing before I can give you an answer, right?"
When he heard Qi Jia asking about the script, Director Four looked a little strange. After strategically drinking a sip of water to cover it up, he smiled and said,
"The script is not important. I will personally direct and write the script, so you can rest assured!
I am not bragging. I have invested a lot this time. If it were not for Mi Mi, this opportunity might not have come to you.
Listen to me about the salary first, and you will agree after listening.
Considering that you have just been promoted to the first-line and have such high popularity, I will give you 25 million this time. What do you think?"
Director Four stretched out two orchid fingers and looked at Qi Jia proudly, expecting to see surprise on his face.
He was not disappointed. Qi Jia was indeed a little surprised.
Because with his current first-line status, the average salary in the industry is about 15 million.
Director Si immediately offered 25 million, which was more than the industry average of 10 million.
It was almost as much as his price for variety shows. He was generous.
At this moment, Qi Jia suddenly felt his calf being gently kicked by Boss Yang's high heels.
Looking at her expressionless face, it was obvious that she was reminding Qi Jia to be careful of fraud.
In fact, Qi Jia had already reacted without her reminder.
With Director Si's personality, since the salary was so high, the script was probably a huge pit.
You must know that the wool comes from the sheep. Director Si was willing to give himself a premium of 10 million,
which proved that what he wanted from him must be more than 25 million.
"Hehe, Director Four, I'm not interested in money. I mainly like good scripts.
I can't wait for your masterpiece. Can I have a sneak peek?"
After saying this, Yang Mi's expression was obviously relaxed, but Director Four's face was not very good.
But Qi Jia's words were beautiful, and he couldn't lose his temper.
So, he had to take out a script, handed it to Qi Jia arrogantly with one hand, and said,
"Since you insist, then take a look first, but I have confidence in my script."
"That's right, that's right." Qi Jia didn't care. He took it with a fake smile and planned to read it carefully.
But soon, he understood that this was just a pile of shit wrapped in words.
No wonder Director Four hid it at the beginning and didn't want to show it to him.
When he first saw the slightly pretentious title of "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity", he was a little surprised.
He thought that the fourth director had learned from his mistakes and would stop making bad movies and start to go for the high-quality route!
After watching it carefully, he realized that the fourth director was still the fourth director and still couldn't change his habit of making pretentious and second-rate movies.
First of all, the plot of the movie gave him a headache.
In one word, it was "chaotic". The relationships were messy, the dialogues were messy, and the plot was messy.
Then there were the names of the characters. Although it sounded impressive, it was too difficult to pronounce.
As an actor, he had to watch his role several times before he could remember his name.
Is it a fantasy to expect an audience who has not read the script to remember the names of your leading actors under the interference of the visual and auditory senses in the cinema? If the audience can't even remember the name of the protagonist,
then do you think he can watch the fast-paced narrative for two hours?Understand what you are shooting?
The last point, which is also the point that Qi Jia cannot accept the most, is that this script has two male protagonists.
Qi Jia does not dislike this setting. On the contrary, he respects the setting of two male protagonists, of course, the premise is that the protagonist is not him.
Moreover, from the lines of the script of the fourth director, he vaguely smelled a strong smell of calcium between the two male protagonists.
How can he, a sunny teenager who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, accept this!
If he accepts it, when it is released, let alone whether his fans can bear it,
Even Zhang Ruonan will start to doubt him, whether he has any special hobbies.
After returning the script to the fourth director, Qi Jia smiled and said tactfully,
"I'm sorry, fourth director, my schedule is too full next year, and the filming period of your movie is too long.
I'm afraid it will delay the work of the crew, so I won't trouble you. We can work together again next time."
Although he couldn't praise the fourth director's personality and reputation,
but he was Yang Mi's friend after all, and there was a lot of capital behind him,
and he offered himself a sky-high price of 25 million.
So, Qi Jia rejected him very tactfully based on the principle of not offending anyone,
and he didn't even have the nerve to say that your script was too bad and I didn't want to act, but said that it was his schedule problem.
The atmosphere dropped to the freezing point in an instant,
The fourth director didn't expect Qi Jia to reject him so eloquently,
his face became a little unfriendly, and he wanted to turn his face away.
But when he thought of Qi Jia's current high popularity and high heat, as long as he could invite him to be the leading actor,
then his movie would be half successful!
After thinking it over again and again, he still resisted the urge to turn hostile, laughed twice and said,
"Don't rush to refuse, I'm very sincere,
So I'll give you another 5 million in pay, a total of 30 million, what do you think?"
Qi Jia actually wanted to say it was not very good, and some anchors didn't make as much as they did by selling eyebrow pencils and fake wine.
However, the urgent attitude of the fourth director confirmed Qi Jia's guess.
He must be worried that he would lose money if he made a flop, and it would be difficult to explain to the capital behind him.
So, he wanted to pull himself in as the leading actor.
When the contract is signed and the filming starts, even if he finds something wrong, he can't say anything.
After the release, he will use his own name as the leading actor to wield a big knife to cut the leeks of fans,
even those passers-by. After all, after the release of "Better Days", plus the several movies he participated in before,
In the eyes of passers-by, he is more or less a guarantee of the quality of the movie.
In this way, Director Four not only earned back the 30 million yuan he was paid for the film, but also made a lot of money. As for Qi Jia's reputation collapse, what does that have to do with him? The lady got injured while serving customers, you can't blame the husband, right? "Sorry, Director Four, it's not about money, I just don't have time. Why don't you try Cai Xukun, he not only has a good image, but also can sing, dance, rap and play basketball, he meets your casting requirements better than me." Although the tone of his words was still polite, anyone with long ears could hear that Qi Jia's attitude was very firm, Director Four was not deaf, so his face fell.