Wearing a peaked cap, Zhou Xingchi looked around, then walked into the Phoenix TV building with his head down and hurried, like a thief, for fear of being recognized by his acquaintances. [;Starting]

Today is the first test of the Phoenix Artist Training Class. If you pass the first test, there will be a retest next week. Only those who pass both exams can pay tuition to enter the training class to learn acting or behind-the-scenes production.

Zhou Xingchi took the registration form and entered the test-taking team. After waiting in line for more than an hour, he finally reached the door of the performance room. Only someone shouted: "No. 27, Yuan Danqiong... Where is Yuan Danqiong, it's your turn!"

"Come on!" A short-haired beauty in front of Zhou Xingchi responded. She took out a small mirror and filled up her foundation before entering the performance room with her bag.

An applicant who had just finished the first test came out and walked past Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi took the initiative to say hello, "Hello, my name is Zhou Xingchi."

The applicant was very handsome and looked a little mixed race. Being approached by Zhou Xingchi, he nodded and said with a smile, "Hello, my name is Huang Qiusheng."

Zhou Xingchi asked in a low voice, "Why do other people take the exam for two or three minutes, but you took half an hour by yourself?"

Huang Qiusheng said at a loss: "I don't know either."

Zhou Xingchi asked, "Then what did the examiner test?"

Huang Qiusheng replied, "Just tell me to walk, and I've been walking for half an hour."

"Walking?" Zhou Xingchi's eyes widened.

Huang Qiusheng said: "I started to learn to walk like an old man, then I learned to walk like a club boss, and then I learned to walk like a rich man, a fool, an office worker, a young man and a beggar, a beggar, a policeman, a hawker, an alcoholic, and a losing gambler."

"Oh." Zhou Xingchi nodded, but he was secretly envious of Huang Qiusheng. Judging from his experience in taking the wireless artist training class for two consecutive years, the more time spent in the exam, the higher the chance of being hired. Because only the examiner is very optimistic about the applicant, will they be interested in spending a lot of time considering their talent or potential.

Zhou Xingchi was thinking about how he would learn various walking postures if he was tested to walk. The team behind suddenly became noisy, and Zhou Xingchi looked back, but it was the owner of Phoenix TV, Kang Jianfei, and the program director, McDangxiong, coming side by side.

"Hello, Mr. Kang!"

"Mr. Kang."

"Director Mai."

"..."

Kang Jianfei and McDonald's came all the way, and the applicants for the training class greeted them one after another. There was even a woman who kept winking at Kang Jianfei.

Zhou Xingchi watched the two big men come over, his palms were sweating, thinking hard to make an impression in front of the boss, but he didn't know what to do.

After hesitating, Kang Jianfei had already walked in front of Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi only dared to bow like everyone else and say, "Hello, Mr. Kang, and hello Director Mai."

Kang Jianfei was obviously stunned when he saw Zhou Xingchi. Huang Qiusheng, who passed by him just now, was a student of the ATV training class in a parallel time and space, so Kang Jianfei was not surprised. But Zhou Xingchi should be on the radio station this time.

"Not bad. Do well!" Kang Jianfei patted Zhou Xingchi's shoulder. Smile and walk away.

After Kang Jianfei and McDonald's left and entered another room, the applicants in line gathered around Zhou Xingchi and asked, "Do you know Mr. Kang?"

"What's your name?"

"Dude. Let's eat food stalls together tonight."

"..."

Zhou Xingchi turned a deaf ear to the chattering sounds around him. He was still in the wireless surprise. When Kang Jianfei patted him on the shoulder just now, Zhou Xingchi felt that all the bones in his body lightened.

...

Although McDonald's is very aggressive when he does things, he is actually very careful to be the program director of the TV station. Seeing Kang Jianfei encouraging an applicant for no reason, he immediately said, "There are a lot of people who signed up this year. Thanks to Mr. Kang, we can attract so many people."

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "It's the fame of the TV station itself. But it has nothing to do with me."

The history of the Lishi training class is even longer than that of the wireless training class. McDonald's Bear itself is a talent cultivated by the Lishi training class. And now, among the top actresses of TVB, Wang Mingquan, Li Siqi, Huang Shuyi and others actually graduated from the Lishi training class at first, and then they switched to TVB.

McDonald's slapped sideways and said, "The young man just now looked okay."

Kang Jianfei knew what he was thinking and nodded, "Yes. Not bad."

McDonald's immediately paid attention, ready to say hello to the person in charge of the initial test later and let them take care of it a little bit.

The matter about Zhou Xingchi was just a casual mention, and McDonald's quickly talked about the business: "The Kowloon Tong Police Station has already negotiated. After they understood the script, they agreed to assist in the filming."

Kang Jianfei asked, "How's the casting going?"

McDonald's Bear said: "It's settled initially. I'm going to let Zheng Wenya play Zhu Su'e. She was born in Hong Kong and has a dignified and dignified manner. She is very suitable for playing a policewoman."

Zheng Wenya was the champion of Miss Hong Kong three years ago. She originally signed with a wireless station, but now she is a freelancer.

Generally speaking, whether it is a Hong Kong sister or a wireless training class, tvb will only sign a two-year contract with an artist at first. If you do well in two years, sign up for a five-, eight-, or ten-year contract; if you do poorly in two years, the artist will become a handyman.

Zheng Wenya signed a two-year contract at the beginning, but it did not develop very smoothly after that. After the two-year contract expired, the wireless station did not ask Zheng Wenya to renew the contract, and Zheng Wenya left TVB.

In the film directed by Zeng Zhiwei last year, Zheng Wenya was one of the leading actresses. At the same time, she also signed a contract with LiTV and starred in two LiTV dramas.

Kang Jianfei's understanding of Zheng Wenya did not come from her identity as a Hong Kong sister. It is this woman who participated in the design of the Hong Kong Film Awards trophy in a parallel space. The goddess trophy of the Film Awards was created entirely according to Zheng Wenya's body proportions.

"I'm going to make a series of episodes. I'm afraid Zheng Wenya's head appointment is not right." Kang Jianfei said with concern, "If you talk to her again, either let her sign a long-term contract, or use another actor to play the heroine."

"Okay, I'll talk to her again," McDonald's continued, "As for the actor Chen Xiaosheng, I'm going to let Wan Ziying play."

Kang Jianfei frowned and said, "Chen Xiaosheng's character is honest and loyal, and sometimes he is a little cunning and humorous. Is it appropriate for Wan Ziying to play a big brother?"

McDonald's used to do things arbitrarily, but now his two leading roles have been questioned by Kang Jianfei. If it were someone else, McDonald's Bear would probably have turned his face.

But Kang Jianfei is the chief planner, and the idea of ​​the script is also from Kang Jianfei, and Kang Jianfei is also his boss, which made McDonald bear bear it and explained patiently: "Mr. Kang, you don't have to worry about this at all, Wan Wan Ziyi can definitely do it."

Since McDonald's insisted on using Wan Ziying, Kang Jianfei couldn't object anymore and said, "Okay, you are the producer and you decide."

McDonald's continued: "I originally wanted to use He Jiajin for the second male lead, but now I have to use Mo Shaocong."

He Jiajin has filmed a lot of dramas in Lishi in the past two years, and he is regarded as Lishi's niche, but Kang Jianfei has decided to use He Jiajin to play Xiang Shaolong, and McDonald's can only reluctantly give up his love. As for Mo Shaocong, this person joined Lishi the year before, and he has made four TV series in total, and his reputation is slightly worse than that of Zhang Guorong.

McDonald's said: "As for the second female lead, I haven't made up my mind yet, so I arranged today's audition."

Kang Jianfei pulled the chair over and sat down and asked, "Can the production cost be reduced?"

McDonald's said with a wry smile: "It's definitely impossible to shoot like yours, Mr. Kang, and it will crash and explode. So we can only shoot as many literary dramas as possible, and strive to keep the average cost of each episode within 12,000. ."

Now, for the production of TV series in Hong Kong TV, taking costume films as an example, the cost per episode ranges from 6,000 to 30,000 yuan, but the average cost per episode is about 8,000 yuan.

When filming TV dramas, actors are paid monthly, and labor costs are basically minimized. Most of the production cost comes from the film cost when shooting, and if there is an occasional circus or an outdoor location, the cost will increase greatly.

It's a fashion show, and there are often case-handling scenes. The average instinct is under 12,000 per episode. It's already the limit. If you change someone to be the producer, it will be at least 15,000 or more.

Kang Jianfei thought about it and said, "The necessary explosions, chases, and shooting scenes are also possible. Basically every seven or eight episodes, the audience can enjoy it. This drama is the opening drama of Phoenix TV. It must be well-made. I Allows you to get an average cost of fifteen thousand per episode."

The average production cost of 15,000 yuan per episode~lightnovelpub.net~ is almost twice that of a TVB drama. The effect of the filming is naturally different, but McDonald's hesitantly said: "Mr. Kang, if it is over-produced like this, I am afraid it will not look good in terms of profit data."

Kang Jianfei said firmly: "My bottom line is that I don't lose money on this one. Even if I lose a little bit, as long as it can get good ratings, it's worth it. In addition, this is a modern drama with costumes, restaurants, For cars or something, you can ask the marketing department to get sponsorships. As long as the placement of ads is not too much, the audience will not be disgusted.”

Nowadays, there are not many advertisement placements for Hong Kong movies, let alone TV dramas. It is like watching movies and TV shows in later generations.

McDonald's is very good at filming dramas, but he is a little nervous about sponsoring and placing advertisements. He was pondering where in the show where advertisements could be placed, when Xu Zihao, the assistant director of the drama, brought in a few girls and said, "Mr. Kang, Director Mai, I brought people here."

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Continue to code words in the Internet cafe, damn, there are a lot of smokers here, so that Lao Wang's pharyngitis has recurred.