A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 329 The audition went awry

Chen Jinnian's alcohol tolerance is definitely huge compared to most people, but compared with these people who grew up in wine barrels, he is still slightly inferior. It didn't take him too long to get drunk.

Even after he sobered up at night, he had forgotten that he had signed Zhao Jinmai. It was only after Wang Yidi reminded him that he vaguely remembered that he had made the promise.

Although many of the words said at the dinner table were not counted, Chen Jinnian had no intention of going back on his word, so the next morning, Zhao Jinmai came to the company again to sign the formal contract.

The contract term is five years. A 10% labor fee is charged for the acting contracts and announcements connected through the company's resources. The individual will not be charged for subsequent resource companies. At the same time, a symbolic penalty of yuan is charged, which does not restrict the other party's future choices at all.

As I said, you can leave anytime you want.

Signing a brokerage agreement is just to facilitate signing contracts and filing taxes. If it is not for these purposes, the company can just issue a notice to the outside world and there is no need to sign an agreement.

Chen Jinnian had no intention of turning Zhao Jinmai into a popular artist. Coincidentally, Zhao Jinmai's parents also had no intention of doing so. They believed that letting their daughter act was the biggest concession they had made.

As a minor, Zhao Jinmai completed the signing process accompanied by her father. Her smart eyes turned slightly and she asked, "So should I call you brother or boss from now on?"

"It's all fine. I'm your boss anyway. You can copy it anytime if you don't like it." Chen Jinnian said listlessly. He slept too long yesterday afternoon and couldn't fall asleep at night, so he ran to the company to edit the video and just stayed up all night.

"That's not the case. I'm the top star of Xingyao Nianhua now. How could I abandon the company so easily? Other agencies wouldn't treat me so well."

Zhao Jinmai is just young, but actually quite mature. She knows that most of the agencies that her father helped to contact are unknown, and the only one that has some say in the circle is the agency founded by Wang Jinghua's son.

In the early years, Sister Hua was the top agent in mainland China. She had managed countless stars and had connections throughout the Beijing circle. She could even compete with Huayi. But today, several groups of people have changed at the table, and Sister Hua's remaining resources have been used to pave the way for her son.

If she signed with the other party's son's company, she would definitely not get any resources.

"Sister Yi, don't dream. Whose company's number one sister is a junior high school student? And, let me emphasize again, I don't run an agency, so don't go out and tell me nonsense."

Chen Jinnian gave a solemn reminder, then couldn't help yawning, "Ah, have you had breakfast? I'll ask Sister Tingting to order some more."

"No, I still have to act with the actors who are auditioning. If I'm late, the director will rush me again." Zhao Jinmai stuck out her tongue, stood up happily and said goodbye to him, then followed her father to the audition site.

Chen Jinnian forced himself to stay awake to see Zhao Jinmai off, took a short break in the office, and then continued to edit the film in the machine room. The movie was scheduled to be released in early June, leaving him only about five months to do the actual post-production and promotion.

His own exams and review took another two weeks, so time was even tighter.

The previous movie suffered a loss in publicity and promotion. If it weren't for the emoticon package that went viral, it would not have made more than 300 million yuan at the box office. Therefore, he maximized the publicity expenses for "Bad Genius", which was almost equal to the production costs.

Chen Jinnian was busy editing the feature film and the trailer, while Guo Xun was so worried about the choice of the male lead that her hair was falling out one by one.

Everyone knows that his crew is small, shabby and has no money. Any actor with a little fame would ignore him. At that time, who would star in The Wandering Earth when they have received hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration?

The only two actors who did not discuss money were Wu Jing, who had already agreed to help out in a guest appearance, and Chen Jinnian, who was stuck on the creative concept of the character.

But from Guo Xun's heart, he really felt that Chen Jinnian was a good fit, especially after watching his movie, the idea became even stronger.

"Stop, that's enough. Thank you for coming to the crew for the audition today."

Guo Xun raised his hand to stop the performance in front and signaled his co-star Zhao Jinmai to take a break.

After the auditioned actor left, Gong Geer came over and asked, "Did you have any questions just now? Why did you stop so early? He was found by Lao Yu from Hengdian. He has the right appearance and is a senior student at the Central Academy of Drama. His performance is also no problem."

Guo Xun didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Did you watch the movie last night? What did Chen Jinnian's Luo Xiaoyi make you feel? Without considering the external performance, just considering your feelings at the time, do you hate Luo Xiaoyi?"

"Not annoying." Gong Geer shook his head.

"But he's a small-time gangster who likes to fight." Guo Xun asked.

Gong Geer frowned, and continued to recall his feelings at that time. "Maybe I didn't like Luo Xiaoyi's character when he first appeared, but I really couldn't hate him either. Mengzi, what do you want to say?"

Guo Xing stood up, walked to the computer, and pulled up the audition video.

"I think we were too focused on the obvious because we knew Liu Qi so well that we cast a beautiful light on the character. We knew deep down that Liu Qi was the protagonist and the driving force behind the story. We knew that Liu Qi was using his outer shell to protect his inner fragility, so when we were watching the audition actors' performances, we had already hypnotized ourselves in advance."

Then, he pointed to the screen and said, "Now I want you to forget everything. Forget completely. Forget about this actor playing Liu Qi. Watch the performance again for me."

Everyone frowned and looked again. Even Zhao Jinmai, who was standing next to them, couldn't help but come over and stand on tiptoe to peek inside.

At first, they did not understand Guo Xing's intention, but as they watched, they suddenly got the point.

Shit, the more I look at him, the more he looks like a nasty little punk.

Once this feeling arises in my heart, the feeling of disgust becomes stronger, and the originally good rivalry also becomes awkward. It is no longer like the relationship between brother and sister, but more like school bullying.

"Why don't you change to someone else's? Didn't we have a few actors who auditioned well yesterday?" Gong Geer urged Du. His heart began to beat fast, and he felt that the direction of his recent work was wrong.

After watching the auditions of the remaining actors from beginning to end.

"Fuck, this is the wrong direction. They shouldn't have chosen an actor who looks like a greenhorn to audition for the role of Liu Qi."

Gong Geer slapped his thigh in regret. "What a fool I am! How could I have forgotten that appearance reflects the heart? I actually let someone who looks like a gangster and has the temperament of a thug play the rebellious Liu Qi. I am really crazy. How can I call him rebellious then? I might as well just put the word "bastard" on his forehead."

The crew, which was already not well-off, was suddenly hit even harder, and this was not the key point. The key point was that they had to start all over again and select another round. The Spring Festival was coming at the beginning of next month, and it was unknown how much time would be wasted if they were to look for new actors now.

Guo Xun turned around and saw Zhao Jinmai standing behind him. He asked, "Maizi, which of these people do you want to be your brother?"

"Him." Zhao Jinmai pointed at the actor who had just left, but then added, "But can I not choose it?"

"Why?" Guo Xun wondered.

"I feel like they are just bullying me as brothers." Zhao Jinmai said weakly.

"Alright." Guo Xing waved his hand and let out a long sigh. "Let's revise the script. I'll talk to Chen Jinnian after we're done."

"Ah, brother, you still have to revise it. It has been revised for more than ten times." Screenwriter Yan Dongxu said painfully.

"What can we do? If we don't change it now, we'll have to change it later. You don't think it's finalized, do you? I'm kidding! We'll have to revise it four or five times before filming starts."

"We don't even know the market price for Chen Jinnian to star in the film, and he's not cheap. I heard that he paid himself four million yuan for the new film just for the starring role." Gong Geer was also very troubled by this. As a film producer, he was more worried about the funds than Guo Xing.

Seeing everyone's distress, Zhao Jinmai offered advice, "In fact, it's not necessarily paid. My brother didn't get any money for starring in Wu Jing's movie, but it was converted into investment."

Of course she has her own little thoughts, and being able to act with someone familiar is definitely a good thing.

Guo Xing and his friends looked at each other for a long time, and couldn't help but admire in their hearts: The old ones are still the wisest, why didn't we think of getting it for free first and paying later.