NOVEL NEXT Chapter 76 Reality
It took about more than a week, including several late nights, and a serious script was finally completed by Xia Haoyang. Xia Haoyang was very happy. After all, this was the first movie script he had completed and it was his. It’s a lot of hard work, and he is very confident in the story, so he feels even more at ease with these pieces of music.
After returning to the company, Xiao Liu contacted Zhu Longyi Studio, but he did not tell the specific matter. Instead, he asked the other party to meet at a cafe near the Workers' Stadium. Xia Haoyang planned to interview him in person. The reason why we made an appointment at the Workers' Stadium is because Zhu Longyi's studio is in the Wangjing CBD area in Chaoyang District, Yancheng. In fact, most artists' studios are nearby. Wangjing CBD is also a famous cultural, media, and commercial center. There are many art venues and entertainment venues in the surrounding area. It is truly unbelievable to place a studio like Xia Haoyang in a purely commercial office area like Shangdi Third Street.
They had never met, but had only heard about each other. Xia Haoyang asked Juzi to accompany him to the agreed cafe. The other party only brought one agent, who was already waiting for Xia Haoyang.
"I'm sorry, I was a little late when I left. I'm very sorry." When Juzi saw that the other party had arrived first, he apologized to himself.
"No, we just arrived, and it's not the agreed time yet. Hello, I'm Zhu Longyi." The other party stood up and shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. I'm Xia Haoyang." Xia Haoyang also extended his hand to the other party.
After the four of them exchanged greetings, the other agent's manager took the initiative to speak.
"Mr. Xia Haoyang is a well-known songwriter in the industry. I heard that your company's girl group has been gaining momentum recently. Everyone in the industry expressed their admiration when talking about it, but I don't know what they want from us, Long Yi?"
Juzi looked at Xia Haoyang, and Xia Haoyang nodded to Juzi, indicating that it was better for him to speak. Juzi also nodded, took a sip of coffee and said nothing.
Xia Haoyang prepared a little and took a sip of coffee. "To be honest, we want to shoot a MV this time. I think Brother Long Yi is the most suitable male protagonist, so I came here this time."
After hearing this, the other party looked at each other.
"MV?" Zhu Longyi wondered if he heard correctly.
"It's different from ordinary MVs. If Brother Long Yi is willing to spend some time, you can read my script." Xia Haoyang took the initiative to hand over the script.
Zhu Longyi took the script with a blank expression and read it carefully. His agent brother also frowned and leaned over to watch together.
Roughly ten minutes.
"Mr. Xia, did you write this script yourself?" the agent asked.
"It's just a MV script? Are you sure it's not made into a movie?" Zhu Longyi was also curious.
"It should be said that I just wanted to make this music MV into a movie-like quality, so I came to see Brother Long Yi." Xia Haoyang was very candid.
"However, after this is produced, it can only be released as a song. With so many plots, three to five minutes is enough?"
"As you can see from the plot, the content is quite rich. My personal plan is to make it into a 30-minute musical film, divided into two parts, fifteen minutes each. The upper part is mainly about the music "cry cry", and the second part is The first half is mainly composed of two songs. The scenes involving the heroine and the hero are mainly "Aren't we in love?" The background music for other fighting scenes is "lovey dovey". Brother Long Yi, of course, is the man who plays the MV Lord, for the role of a bounty hunter. I will use our Tara girl as the heroine." Xia Haoyang said frankly without reservation.
"30-minute micro movie?" Zhu Longyi pondered.
"Although it is said to be a musical film, after you make this film, it should not be released in theaters. It can only be released as a song." The manager also asked frankly.
Xia Haoyang nodded. "Yes, although I may produce it according to the specifications of a movie, it should be released as a separate music MV."
The other party looked at each other again, and then the manager spoke, "Mr. Xia, although you said this is a music movie, it is actually a song MV. With all due respect, we, Long Yi, are on the rise this year, but actually we don't care. It’s the same for any job, but if fans or other media or colleagues know about it, they will think that our Longyi price has dropped. You should also know that the values of TV drama actors and movie actors in the industry are different, not to mention that you still go here Shooting a MV? I'm worried that Long Yi's fans won't be able to accept this."
Xia Haoyang and Ju Zi also looked at each other.
Juzi spoke for the first time: "Actually, it also depends on the work. If it was just to shoot a three- to five-minute MV, we wouldn't come to Mr. Zhu Longyi. With our Mr. Xia's music creation ability, I think you should also I’ve heard that the first album created for Tara, who has only been in the band for half a year, has sold more than 600 million copies in three months from July to now.”
"We believe in Mr. Xia's creative ability. There is no doubt about this, and it is widely rumored in the industry." The other party's manager also highly praised Xia Haoyang's music production ability.
"Yes, so this time our Mr. I really want to create a music movie, not a cheap MV. I think if the performance is really brilliant, your fans will only think that Brother Long Yi does not care about other things for the pursuit of art. How can they not accept it? So the root cause is that we can It can't be made well!" Juzi also tried his best to convince the other party.
The other party thought for a while, and then the manager spoke up: "With all due respect, how much is your production cost? How much can we, Long Yi, give you in salary?"
This is the most realistic problem, and it is also the fundamental reason why Fat Cat Studio feels that the actor will not come to participate at all. They have learned in advance that "The Vanishing Man" has a box office of 35 billion, and the male protagonist Zhu Longyi's salary will be divided according to the movie. But it's up to 8000W. In the industry, it is estimated that the production of a song MV will not exceed 80 yuan. Is it possible for you to ask an actor of movie star level to shoot a MV?
After a while, Xia Haoyang spoke again: "We have no restrictions on production fees for the time being. For Brother Long Yi to join, the condition we can give is 10% of the total amount of song downloads. Take the album I produced before as an example: The total download volume is 600 million, the download unit price is 25, the total amount is 1.5 million, 10% is 1500 million before tax."
"But you won't give the price of this MV as high as 25. The album will have 12 pieces of music." The manager raised the question again.
"Yes, the specific price is estimated to have to be communicated with the music website later." Xia Haoyang said.
"That means you can only pay the remuneration based on the share of downloads from the music website? Instead of a fixed remuneration?" the agent asked again.
"Yes, in fact, there are two types of movies, one is box office share and the other is fixed salary, but for our music production, I can only provide it with share, otherwise the production fee will be too stressful." Xia Haoyang explained .
The other side looked at each other again.
"Then I'll think about it. No matter what, it's my honor to know an outstanding music producer in the industry like Mr. Xia." Zhu Longyi stood up and shook hands again.
"Similarly, it's our honor to meet Brother Long Yi." Xia Haoyang also shook hands with Zhu Longyi again.
After the two left, Juzi asked Xia Haoyang: "Do you think he will agree?"
"I don't know, I'm not sure." Xia Haoyang replied, staring at their retreating figures.