Chapter 188 I Want the Soundtrack Album Proceeds Well, although it may seem a bit arrogant at first but it's still money making, it's not shameful. After confirming that Wu Mu really intended to invest in their project, Yang Rongfa's attitude immediately became enthusiastic. At this moment, their company really needs someone to take over this project. The current situation of their company can be said to be very bad. They had already lost all their money on the previous film and owed a large sum of money. They had to use the reason that their company was going to make a profitable TV series next to barely convince the debtors to give them some time. Unexpectedly, their new project would encounter such a weird thing. Li Hu was arrested, and the promised investment was undoubtedly gone, and no other investor was willing to make up the difference. If this continues, their project will really fail, and all the preparations and costs invested during this period will be wasted. That would undoubtedly make their company's already bad situation even worse.
Now that there are finally people willing to take over and invest, we must seize the opportunity. Yang Rongfa immediately forgot about the previous unpleasantness and enthusiastically introduced Wu Mu: "We currently need an investment of around 50 million. Li Hu and Phantom Entertainment have both withdrawn their investments. Based on the previous investment amount, the funding gap is around 70 million. However, we have cut some project expenses, so we can reduce the gap to 50 million." Fifty million? Wu Mu thought about it and asked, "How much is Zhou Yu's pay?" Zhou Yu’s pay? Why is this person asking this? Yang Rong was stunned for a moment, and had a bad feeling in his heart, but he hesitated and replied: "His package price for the film is 22 million." The package price is 22 million? This price is quite reasonable. Wu Mu was surprised. There are two main ways to calculate film pay in the industry. One is package pay, which involves reading the project script and giving a total price after an overall assessment. Another way is to calculate based on the number of episodes, and the pay is based on the number of episodes in which the actor appears. Although he doesn't know the exact pay figure for a top film and television star like Zhou Yu, he is sure that it will not be less than million per episode. For an ordinary drama with 40 to 50 episodes, the salary alone is almost 100 million. Although it cannot be said that the salary was reduced when filming Yang Rongfa's project, it is definitely a relatively reasonable price. The price offered by Zhou Yu and his team is indeed very conscientious, mainly because their purpose is not to make money. Zhou Yu and his team intend to consolidate their public image as top-notch film and television stars through this drama directed by Wang Ren. As long as the project has a good reputation and can bring about an increase in fame, it doesn't matter if you make a little less money. Unfortunately, they ran into a wood block. Wu Mu said directly, "Replace Zhou Yu and let me play the role." Oh, I knew it.
Yang Rongfa sighed in his heart. When he heard Wu Mu asking Zhou Yu about his pay, he roughly guessed what Wu Mu wanted. but. Yang Rongfa shook his head, "He can't be replaced." Wu Mu looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean?" Yang Rongfa thought for a moment and then spoke: "We invited Zhou Yu to our project for two main purposes. One is to let him bring in traffic and attract fans and audiences. With a popular top star like him, we can also make an offer to the film and television platform." "The second reason is that Zhou Yu's company has resources from Penguin. Their company agreed to let Zhou Yu star in this project, and Penguin can give us a guaranteed price to buy the film." Yang Rongfa naturally knew that the outside world was not optimistic about their project, although he himself was confident, otherwise he would not have filmed it. But they also know how to find insurance for their projects. The penguin behind Zhou Yu is the insurance they find for themselves. If they sell it at that bottom-line price, even if they make a loss, it won’t be too big. Wu Mu didn't expect that there was such a secret behind this, but when he thought about it, this kind of thing was actually quite common in the circle. The company behind Zhou Yu had investment from Penguin, so Penguin would definitely prefer to buy Zhou Yu's film, which would be equivalent to putting part of the money from the left pocket into the right pocket. Seeing that Yang Rongfa obviously didn't want to replace Zhou Yu, he shook his head and said, "It seems that there is no chance of cooperation. If I can't replace him, then I won't invest." Yang Rongfa was undoubtedly very uncomfortable, as they really needed this kind of life-saving money. But in his opinion, replacing Zhou Yu with Wu Mu was like drinking poison to quench thirst. Not only will the insurance behind them be gone, but it may also affect the quality of their series. This drama of theirs requires a certain level of acting skills. What is well known in the circle is Wu Mu's acting skills, which are recognized as his expressionless acting skills. In terms of popularity, they also need Zhou Yu's popularity to negotiate prices with other film and television platforms. Zhou Yu, a top film and television star who has a good reputation among both fans and passers-by, can help them raise their prices. As for Wu Mu, not to mention that we still don’t know whether he has fans or not, he seems to be in a quantum superposition state. Even the reputation of passers-by is definitely not up to standard. If you ask people in the circle now, who is the star with the most fans, there will definitely be many different opinions. But if you ask who is the star with the most black fans in the circle, a certain top star with a collapsed reputation will definitely be ranked first. Yang Rongfa tried to persuade Wu Mu. He did not talk about popularity and resources, but started from the drama itself: "Teacher Wu Mu, it's not that we don't want to invite you, but this role really doesn't suit you. This role requires a more outgoing and lively type, which is very difficult for you to perform." However, as soon as he said this, Wu Mu hadn't responded yet. Wang Ren, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "We can change the script and make Wang Chuang's character more like Wu Mu." Yang Rongfa frowned and looked at Wang Ren, wanting to ask this man which side he was from. And changing the script? If you just change the characters' personalities, then you'll end up with a bad story, right? Wang Ren had his own ideas. He said seriously, "I think the character Wang Chuang is too weak in persuasiveness. The image he presents is not convincing enough for everyone to believe that the heroine Lin Mo would like such a person." "In many ways, his character lacks his own essence. He is just needed for the plot. He has a lot of scenes, but his performance is not very eye-catching." Wu Mu looked at Wang Ren in surprise. He had actually noticed that the character's personality was a bit unsuitable, but he had originally planned to rely on the system's lottery to act it out. Unexpectedly, Wang Ren would go a step further and was willing to change the script directly. He recalled the contents of the script he had read before and roughly understood what Wang Ren meant. Overall, the role of the second male lead, Wang Chuang, is a bit of a tool. The plot requires the female lead to like him, so the female lead falls in love with him. Overall, his role is a bit unconvincing. It's a good thing to be able to change the script.
Wu Mu saw that Yang Rongfa still didn't agree and seemed to be trying to convince him, so he said directly: "Mr. Yang, it is a necessary condition for me to play this role. If I can't do it, then I won't invest." "In addition, I will be in charge of composing the music, and all the proceeds from the soundtrack album must belong to me." Wu Mu put forward his second request. (End of this chapter)