Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 44: Playing this trick?
Huang Xiaoming’s remuneration has not yet been negotiated.

The producer spent half a month negotiating with Zhou Siwei, lowering the price from 300 million to 260 million, but the crew didn't even want to pay 260 million.

The producer thinks that Huang Xiaoming's current value in the film industry is between 100 million and 150 million. This judgment is basically accurate. No one is looking for Huang Xiaoming in the film industry now. It's useless to be popular in TV series. The gap between TV series and movies is too deep.

"It's hard to find an action actor like Cheng Xiazi, but I can't find a villain like Yuwen Ying?" The producer threatened Zhou Siwei that if the contract was not confirmed, he would replace him.

Huang Xiaoming is a very conflicted person: film opportunities are rare and he wants to seize them, but Yuwen Ying is a villain and he doesn't really want to play the role.

He had previously left the deal on hold and let his agent negotiate, hoping to reap the benefits. Now that the producer has threatened to replace the producer, he suddenly panicked and urged his agent to quickly negotiate the contract, as the duck in hand could not fly away.

Zhou Siwei was not negotiating the salary with Huang Xiaoming, he was fighting for his own share, but he also knew that his offer was ridiculously high. Zhou Xun's current salary was only two or three million.

But he asked for a sky-high price and then paid a low price. The remuneration can be negotiated slowly. No one would come up and ask for a replacement.

Li Qiutang did not indulge Zhou Siwei at all and went to meet the actors the next day. This move scared Huang Xiaoming so much that he kept urging Zhou Siwei to sign the contract quickly and promised to increase his agency share. He would take less himself rather than let Zhou Siwei suffer any loss.

In the end Zhou Siwei had no choice. He could see that if he didn't sign the contract, Li Qiutang would really replace him.

In the end, the deal was sold for 130 million, with a 27-day contract. I didn’t even dare ask for the RV or the luxury suites for my assistant and agent.

Fan Bingbing's salary was negotiated smoothly, 100 million yuan for 35 days, she had no objection to the salary, she is now independent and can make her own decisions, she knows that she has not established herself in the film industry, so she chooses to ask for less salary and more opportunities, to act in more films, to show her face more, and to make more connections.

Besides, how much money can you make from filming? Endorsements are the main source of income.

Huayi knew that Fan Bingbing took the initiative to audition for the "No One" crew and won the role of Qin Niang, but did not interfere.

The three roles of Ni Yan, Qin Niang and Yuwen Ying were all played by actors from Huayi or related to Huayi. Cheng Xiazi should at least listen to Li Qiutang.

Huayi seemed to have agreed to let Li Qiutang handle Cheng Xiazi. The stalemate lasted for so long, and just as Li Qiutang said, Huayi could not find a more suitable action actor than Zhao Wenzhuo.

Zhao Wenzhuo is not the best person to play a blind man, but he is the most suitable one that Li Qiutang can choose at the moment.

It's not that he is without flaws. For example, Zhao Wenzhuo's acting skills are not particularly good, but "No One" is an action movie, and Cheng is blind and basically keeps his eyes closed the whole time, so it doesn't require high acting skills. Zhao Wenzhuo's line delivery skills are not very good either. Sometimes his lines are unclear, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is good enough, and at worst he can use dubbing.

The producer went to Zhao Wenzhuo to sign the contract with great joy. After signing the contract, the most important work of the "No One" crew before the New Year was completed, and they could take a vacation smoothly.

But if nothing unexpected happens to the crew, something unexpected will definitely happen.

Zhao Wenzhuo and his agency both attach great importance to this collaboration. This is the first time Zhao Wenzhuo has taken on a big screen work in 6 years. After returning from Hong Kong, he was basically eliminated from the film industry and could only "come down to earth" to shoot TV series.

Four hit TV series, "Storm Warriors", "Eternal Love", "Storm Warriors 2" and "Seven Swordsmen", saved his career, but he still yearned for the big screen.

The obstacle this time came from his newlywed wife, who got married in the middle of last year and is now pregnant and taking care of the baby at home.

I don’t know if it’s the mood of a pregnant woman or if it’s just her personality.

Seeing that the crew of "No One" seemed to have to have Zhao Wenzhuo, she wanted to raise the price, thinking that 88 yuan was too low, and asked for 188 million yuan. She also said that she would bring the nanny at home to the crew to take care of her husband, and asked the crew to pay for a presidential suite for their whole family, and the crew also had to bear the nanny's housing and salary.

The producer who went to sign the contract's expression suddenly changed. Zhao Wenzhuo and his agent's expressions were not good either, as his wife had not informed them in advance.

Zhao Wenzhuo reacted very quickly. When he saw the producer was about to speak, he interrupted and scolded his pregnant wife: "What are you talking about! The pay and conditions were agreed upon long ago. How can they be changed at the last minute like this? If everyone does this, what will happen to the crew and how will the show be shot?"

After that, he smiled at the producer and said, "Don't worry about her. She's pregnant. She can do whatever she wants. Just follow what we agreed on before. No changes."

"No more changes?" the producer asked with a smile.

"No need to change it, let's sign the contract quickly." Zhao Wenzhuo's agent said with a wry smile. No one wants to see such a thing happen right before signing the contract.

Zhang Danlu was scolded by her husband and sat there without saying a word, watching Zhao Wenzhuo and his agent sign the actor's contract.

The producer verbally informed Zhao Wenzhuo of some other matters before leaving his house with the contract. As soon as he left the house, he spat on the ground: "Bah, you're playing this trick on me!"

When Li Qiutang learned about this, she just smiled and said, "It's fine as long as the contract is signed in the end. As long as it doesn't delay the filming, it's up to him."

The filming crew is the most important. As long as it does not delay the filming, it doesn't matter if the actors poke a hole in the sky. But if it delays the filming, Li Qiutang will curse his ancestors even if the king comes.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Qiutang announced that the crew would be on holiday. Except for some sporadic work that needed to be continued, most of the staff were able to go home.

At five o'clock the next morning, before daybreak, Li Qiutang loaded a car with things, stepped on the accelerator, and drove back to Fengtian alone.

There were not many cars on the road, and the road was very smooth. After about nine hours, Li Qiutang finished two buckets of instant noodles and drank two cups of coffee, and his small Land Rover drove into the residential building of No. 2 Middle School. Driving this kind of car on a long-distance highway is really too painful!
As the car slowly drove into the residential area, Li Qiutang called home and asked her parents to come downstairs to get something.

The parents were wondering, why did they have to go downstairs to get things when the child just came back with two hands?

As soon as Li's parents came down, they saw their son standing in front of a Land Rover, chatting and laughing with the neighbors. Li Qiutang was also quite knowledgeable. He didn't smoke himself, but when he went home during the Chinese New Year, he would put a pack of cigarettes in his pocket and give them to people around him.

Now I am lighting a cigarette for my neighbor Mr. Deng’s son.

"Brother, your car is not cheap, it's a Land Rover, it's really domineering."

Seeing Li's parents coming over, Xiao Deng smiled and said, "Aunt, Brother Qiutang has made a fortune in Yanjing."

"What kind of wealth can he make? He's just fooling around." Mother Li said with a smile.

I have no good words to say, but I am so happy in my heart.

The New Year's goods that Li Qiutang brought back filled the entire trunk. The family of three made three trips back and forth to move all the things. Li's father even blamed him: "How can your mother and I eat so much?" But his hands never stopped, and the smile on his face never stopped.

The New Year is coming to an end, and schools are closed. There are many people in the community. Anyone who sees the Li family's scene will praise them: "Qiu Tang is really capable."

"This car costs hundreds of thousands, right?"

Li Qiutang didn't want to tell her the price, so she just smiled.

"This is a Land Rover! A luxury car that costs over a million!"

"It's so expensive! This is the best car in our school."

"Teacher Li is enjoying a good life."

"Aunt, you can close the store and go to Yanjing with Qiutang."

After dinner, Li's father went out in a hurry. After he left, his mother said to Li Qiutang, "What else can you do? Go and show off your son."

Li Qiutang smiled. He drove back in such a luxury car just to show off to his parents. Otherwise, it would have been much easier to come back by plane.

After her father went out, Li Qiutang took out something mysteriously: a gold gift box containing a set of four items: a ring, a bracelet, a necklace and earrings.

Mother Li knew that her son made money from filming the movie, but she didn't know exactly how much. She thought that the money should be from the car downstairs. When she saw her son take out the four-piece gold suit, she blamed Li Qiutang: "Spending money recklessly again!"

Li Qiutang said, "How can being filial to my mother be considered as wasting money?"

Mother Li happily accepted it and said, "Then I'll keep it and give it to your wife in the future."

Li Qiutang clicked his tongue and followed her mother.

(End of this chapter)