1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Five hundred and fifty thousand Xiangjiang coins, so much? Zhou Yan was stunned when he heard this number.

Xu Feng said with a smile, Remuneration prices have soared this year.

Zhou Yan pursed his lips, Xu Feng told the truth, whether in Hong Kong or the Mainland, actors' salaries have increased dramatically this year.

But no matter how much the increase goes, 550,000 Xiangjiang dollars is definitely a lot. After all, you can hire an ordinary first-tier star with more than 1 million.

From an actor's point of view, Zhou Yan has only participated in the movie Raise the Red Lantern before, and he didn't have many roles. Under normal circumstances, the salary would not be too much.

Zhou Yan had previously expected that if Tsui Hark and the others were generous, a dozen or two hundred thousand Xiangjiang coins would be very good.

This 550,000 yuan is just the actor's salary, right? Zhou Yan asked again.

Well, it's just the actor's remuneration, not including the remuneration for the soundtrack. Actually, if you think about it this way, if Leslie Cheung was chosen for the role of Xu Xian, the remuneration would be at least two to three million, and I would only give you 550,000, which is a lot less. .”

Xu Feng's logic is obviously problematic. Asking Leslie Cheung to act is completely different from asking him to act. If Leslie Cheung is cast, the two to three million salary can be earned directly from the actor, but if he is cast, , how many viewers know it?

But from Tsui Hark's perspective, there's no guarantee that they wouldn't think so. After all, they really saved money.

And Zhou Yan also knew that Tsui Hark's ability to give such a high salary was probably inseparable from Xu Feng. With Xu Feng in the middle, Tsui Hark and the others naturally cannot negotiate remuneration as they did with other mainland actors before.

In fact, Xu Feng was a little surprised that Tsui Hark and the others could give him such a high salary.

At first, when Xu Feng went to discuss this matter with Tsui Hark on behalf of Zhou Yan, he also followed Zhou Yan's wishes and went to talk to the character Fahai.

Then Tsui Hark expressed the hope that Zhou Yan would consider the role of Xu Xian, and he also made an offer. The initial offer from Xu Feng was 300,000.

For Zhou Yan's qualifications, 300,000 is actually quite sincere, but of course Xu Feng did not agree. They talked several times during the period, and Tsui Hark also raised the salary to 400,000. Seeing that Xu Feng still disagreed, we talked about it later. Never mentioned it.

But today Xu Feng suddenly received a call from Tsui Hark. Tsui Hark said that he was willing to give Zhou Yan a salary of 550,000 yuan to play the role of Xu Xian.

At this price, Xu Feng knew that it was impossible to negotiate any higher, so he told Zhou Yan about it.

Seeing Zhou Yan was silent, Xu Feng thought he was unwilling, so he smiled again and said, Don't have any psychological burden. If you really want to play Fahai, then we will continue to stick to Fahai. Five hundred and fifty thousand, to be honest, That’s not even…”

Before Xu Feng finished speaking, Zhou Yan said with a smile, Sister Feng, we can't live with money, take it!

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Xu Feng was slightly startled, and then he also laughed, Okay, I'll go and communicate with Xu Hark and say that you agreed to take Xu Xian. I didn't expect that I would make money from you so quickly. ”

Zhou Yan and Tomson signed a separate agency agreement, which included film, television and music. Any money Zhou Yan earned from film, television and music would be given to Tomson Company as a commission of 10%.

This is just an appointment with the agent. If Zhou Yan later produces a music album and leaves it to Tomson to distribute it, there will be another profit sharing model, but the agent's share cannot be escaped. For example, if Zhou Yan releases an album and splits the money with Tomson, he will still give 10% of the money he gets to Tomson.

The ratio of ten percent is already relatively small. Tomson is not an artist company, and its main business does not have this business. It is incidental to do it for Zhou Yan.

They will not only help Zhou Yan handle various business transactions, but also help Zhou Yan handle matters such as remuneration collection and income tax payment.

This time Zhou Yan received a salary of 550,000 yuan, and they, Tang Chen, could get a commission of 55,000 yuan. Of course, it was nothing to Xu Feng, but this was also the first money earned from Zhou Yan personally, so Xu Feng felt Very happy.

Of course, Tomson will soon be able to earn a second sum of money from Zhou Yan, who will also work with Huang Zhan on the soundtrack for Green Snake.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan was in a pretty good mood. After deducting taxes from this round of film remuneration, he still had two to three hundred thousand yuan left. In the future, he would also be able to get some remuneration for the soundtrack. Plus, he would have a lot of money in his hands. Money.

He is now considering whether to use the money to renovate the two courtyard houses owned by him and Zhou Hong, or to buy another house near the Third Ring Road.

In addition, he is also considering whether to buy a car.

…

Before lunch the next day, Zhou Yan went to Yanjing Studio.

Yang Zhanjia, who was smoking at the entrance of the yard, saw Zhou Yan and joked with him, Director Zhou, you are really accurate at this time. Are you coming to the cafeteria to eat?

Zhou Yan also smiled and replied, Haha, if you are not active in eating, you have a problem with your thinking.

Yang Zhanjia gave a thumbs up, That makes sense.

Zhou Yan poked his head into the yard and asked, How was the filming going today?

Some minor problems have been solved. Yang Zhanjia shrugged, These two days have been simple scenes, which are not difficult in themselves.

Zhou Yan nodded, Well, let me go in and take a look.

After talking to Yang Zhan's family, Zhou Yan walked towards the yard. After taking a few steps, he met Li Bihua coming out of the house.

Li Bihua was very happy to see Zhou Yan. She already knew that Zhou Yan had agreed to take over Xu Xian. However, she didn't know that Tsui Hark gave Zhou Yan a salary of 550,000 yuan, and thought that the reason why Zhou Yan was able to change his mind was mainly because the script was revised.

Director Zhou, I'm glad you can change your mind. Li Bihua said with a smile.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, It was mainly because of your sincerity with Director Xu that I changed my mind. Mr. Li, will you stay in Yanjing during this time?

Li Bihua nodded and said, If there is nothing else, I will stay in Yanjing. When the filming of Farewell My Concubine is finished, I will probably be able to catch up with Green Snake.

Okay, if there's a chance later, let's go there together.

Zhou Yan said casually, then smiled, and when he was about to continue walking inside, he heard Li Bihua say, Director Zhou, do you have any ideas about the soundtrack of Green Snake now?

The soundtrack of Green Snake. Zhou Yan turned around and said with a smile, I actually wrote a song a few days ago.

Have you already written a song? Li Bihua looked surprised, Can I listen to it?

Zhou Yan didn't even tell Tsui Hark about the song, so Li Bihua naturally didn't know.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said: Tomorrow, I will practice this piece with the orchestra at home tomorrow morning. If you have time, you can come over and listen to it. You also know my home address.

No problem. Li Bihua nodded repeatedly, and then asked, Can I bring a friend to your house tomorrow?

Zhou Yan didn't ask who Li Bihua's friend was, and simply nodded and said, No problem, you can bring ten of them.

Li Bihua shook her head and said, I won't bring ten, I will only bring one.

Hearing Li Bihua's serious answer, Zhou Yan also smiled. Sometimes he felt that Li Bihua and Leslie Cheung belonged to the same type of people, and both had unusual brain circuits.

Of course, Leslie Cheung is actually better than Li Bihua. Li Bihua is the kind of person who is very sensitive and easily takes other people's words seriously. She could take the simple joke just now and take it seriously.

People with a personality like Li Bihua's are actually very uncomfortable in the city of Yanjing. Many people in Yanjing are very poor-mouthed and sometimes make jokes that many other outsiders can't understand, let alone someone like Li Bihua.

Li Bihua doesn't like Chen Kaige, maybe not only because of conflicts in the script, but also because she can't stand Chen Kaige's ruffianism.

With someone like Li Bihua, Zhou Yan knew not to joke too much. He just nodded and said, Then I'll wait for you and your friends at home tomorrow. I'll go inside first to see how the filming is going.

Li Bihua smiled and nodded, Yeah.

…

Entering inside, a scene had just been filmed, and several actors were listening to director Chen Kaige's speech.

Chen Kaige likes to tell actors about plays very much. He not only tells actors, but also different types of work such as photography, screenwriters, assistant directors, props, art, etc. Not only does he tell, he also plays these roles.

If an actor is dissatisfied with something in his performance, he will demonstrate it himself. The same goes for other types of work. As long as there is something he is dissatisfied with, he will do it.

After the filming is finished, it will be a routine training.

This is Chen Kaige's habit on the set, and Zhou Yan actually thinks it's okay. Although Chen Kaige is headstrong and doesn't really listen to other people's opinions, he is definitely a serious and responsible director.

After training the actors, Chen Kaige chatted with Zhou Yan for a few more words, and then he immersed himself in the room and read the script.

Chen Kaige is indeed a hard-working person. He comes early and leaves late every day, and he is indeed quite talented.

If someone can keep suppressing him from behind, his later works may be better.

…

After lunch, Zhou Yan spent the afternoon on the set.

We filmed a very important scene in the afternoon. Xiao Douzi’s mother, who was a prostitute, took Xiao Douzi to the theater to ask Master Guan to accept Xiao Douzi.

Xiaodouzi has an extra finger, but Master Guan doesn't want to take it.

In order for Master Guan to accept Xiaodouzi, Xiaodouzi's mother knelt down directly to Master Guan, but it still didn't work. In the end, she cruelly cut off Xiaodouzi's extra finger.

This scene includes many scenes. This afternoon we only shot the scene where Xiaodouzi's mother pleads with Master Guan in the house, so the half-day scene was mainly about watching Jiang Wenli's performance.

It has to be said that Jiang Wenli is indeed talented in being able to move from a waterworks worker to the big screen. She gave a very special feeling to a role that was not originally particularly eye-catching.

Especially the change in Jiang Wenli's expression when she knelt down gave people a very strong visual impact.