"Red Sorghum" exposure salary: Mo Yan 10 million, Zhou Xun 30 million
A few days ago, Wang Pengju, vice president of the China TV Series production Industry Association, revealed that in the 50-episode TV series Red Sorghum, the producers spent 10 million yuan on Mo Yan's adaptation rights, Zhao Dongling's screenwriting fee of 10 million yuan, Zheng Xiaolong's director fee of more than 10 million yuan, and Zhou Xun's salary of 30 million yuan.
"one original work, one screenwriter, one director and one leading actor is already more than 60 million yuan." Wang Pengju said that overproduction and rising costs have not stopped the influx of hot money, and the "bubble" in the TV industry is being inflated. Wang Pengju also said that more than 17000 episodes were issued the year before last, while national television stations premiered less than 9000 episodes last year, indicating that more than 8000 episodes of the licensed play were not broadcast last year. This caused the producers to do everything possible to hire big names, believing that only big names could be guaranteed. As a result, the salaries of front-line actors soared, followed by well-known screenwriters and directors whose prices exceeded 200000 yuan per episode. "A-tier actors are paid more than 500000 yuan for a single show, with some quotations reaching 1 million yuan, and second-tier actors getting 300, 000 or 400, 000 yuan. In the end, extras have risen from 100 yuan a day to 200 yuan."
strong > adjust the advertising fee of abandoning 10 million yuan / strong >
in response to the spirit of the literature and art forum that "literature and art cannot be slaves to the market," the broadcasting platform of "Red Sorghum" urgently adjusted the broadcast schedule, shortening the usual 3-4 minutes of advertising time originally broadcast before the play to about 30 seconds. Although it is a few minutes of advertising time, but the cumulative total of the whole play has directly led to the loss of a lot of advertising expenses, worth nearly 10 million yuan. Earlier, when many TV dramas were filmed and broadcast, they would pursue commercial interests to the maximum, and many broadcast platforms re-edited the episodes in order to pursue advertising revenue, in order to prolong the advertising time and increase revenue. In the face of this "decision" of Zhejiang Satellite TV, it has also aroused the recognition of many people in the industry, "although these 3-4 minutes may have little impact on the audience, it will effectively put an end to the over-commercialization of satellite TV platforms in the future."
strong > spoiler passed / strong >
after three auditions.viewers who have seen the movie Red Sorghum know that the TV version of Red Sorghum has added a lot of characters that are not in the original, and Zhang Junjie, played by Huang Xuan, is the first love of his childhood. Yesterday, the reporter learned that Huang Xuan had three auditions to get the approval of director Zheng Xiaolong.
anyone familiar with Zheng Xiaolong knows that as the most senior director in the industry, Zheng Xiaolong rarely uses the same actor to play an important role in two consecutive films. But in Red Sorghum and Legend of Miyue, Zheng Xiaolong put Huang Xuan in the leading role. When it comes to the origin of the cooperation between the two, Huang Xuan seems a little embarrassed. It turned out that in order to win the role of Zhang Junjie in the play, Huang Xuan had three auditions. This is a bit of a dilemma for him, who has little audition experience before. Therefore, during the first audition, Zheng Xiaolong was somewhat disappointed in the face of this actor who others described as acting very well, which also frustrated Huang Xuan's self-esteem. However, after some adjustment, Huang Xuan accepted the second test, and this contrast made director Zheng Xiaolong look forward to it, so Zheng Xiaolong gave Huang Xuan a third audition. Zhou Xun also praised Huang Xuan, "it is very comfortable to play opposite him, because he knows very well what his opponent wants, and he is a very clever actor."