Zhang Hehuan watched An Ran leave. An Ran knew the relationship between them and was much more troubled in love than himself. His experience made him look at feelings much more open-minded than most people. He also hoped that time could teach An Ran to let go of the burden of feelings and face life calmly. If she could really do it, maybe he would be relieved, blessed, and lost, but he would never be sad. But if An Ran couldn't let go and came back to find her, he would still treat her as before.

Zhang Hehuan is not a good person, but he is definitely not a bad person.

Two girls upstairs at the guesthouse stood in front of the window and looked at the figures downstairs. They were silently guessing what had just happened, but their young lives could not guess the mystery.

The casting contract for "The Legend of Qin" has officially begun. Recently, because capital has focused on the film and television industry, the actors' pay has increased.

Sun Shuli seriously miscalculated this point. He originally planned to make excellence and make the most representative masterpiece since he started working. The preparations were always ideal. With his relationship in the film and television industry, it was no problem to get 50 million yuan in investment. In addition to the investment of the TV station, the 50 million yuan in compensation had also been paid.

It is initially estimated that the total investment will be controlled at 120 million yuan, of which 30 million yuan will be used for the cast and crew pay, and 90 million yuan will be used to produce this 60-episode TV series. The production cost of 1.5 million yuan per episode is quite reasonable, but after the actor pay generally increases, the situation has changed.

The first male protagonist originally decided to set Lin Feng. His past salary in mainland China was 150,000 yuan per episode. After the general increase in the salary, the price was 500,000 yuan per episode, and 600,000 yuan was 30 million yuan, which was more than three times. This did not count the heroine's salary, which meant that Lin Feng had used up his salary budget alone.

Director Jiang Jiajun has signed a contract, and he didn't expect that the mainland's pay was so outrageous recently. He couldn't help but talk about the unstandard Hong Kong Pu in the internal meeting: "I really couldn't imagine that when Lin Feng was on TVB, the pay per episode was 18,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it was already a sky-high price when he came to the mainland. Now the bid was 500,000 yuan. The money from the mainland is really easy to make."

Sun Shuli had a heavy expression and sniffed a cigar and said, "I can't accept 500,000 per episode. There are many young actors like him in China."

Luo Peihong said: "Sun Tai and Huang Xiaoming are 500,000 yuan per episode, and they should be more popular in the mainland than Lin Feng."

Director Jiang Jiajun shook his head and rejected: "No, he can't play Xiang Shaolong. Have you ever seen the summer of bubbles? I still have bubbles with pantothenic acid in my stomach."

Zhang Hehuan couldn't help but feel happy as she listened. Jiang Jiajun's views on this aspect were the same as hers.

Sun Shuli said: "Have you noticed a review on the Tianzhiya Forum, the four beauties of Tianya, and these four people dressed in good costumes."

Jiang Jiajun said: "I have seen that Jiao Enjun is too old, and Zhong Hanliang is also the problem. Qiao Zhenyu can't bear the ratings. Yan Kuan is too yin and is more suitable for the villain Lian Jin, and their pay is not low."

The director's four beauties proposed by Sun Shuli made all beaten up. He sighed and said, "As you say that, there is nothing suitable?"

Jiang Jiajun said: "It's not that there is no." His eyes turned to Zhang Hehuan.

Zhang Hehuan inhales and straightens his chest. Director Jiang still has vision. Although his acting skills are not good, his appearance is definitely not worse than the four beauties in the world. The most important thing is that he has an advantage in terms of age.

Jiang Jiajun said: "Teacher Zhang is the screenwriter and the author of the original novel. You should have the right candidate in your heart, right?"

Only then did Zhang Hehuan realize that he was thinking too much. He smiled and said, "Actually, Gu Tianle should be the most suitable candidate if he was ten years younger."

Jiang Jiajun said: "His pay is amazing, and he has not been filming TV series for a long time. We can't invite anyone. It's difficult to find someone with both appearance and popularity."

Sun Shuli said: "How is Hu Ge? He is of the right age and has a tall and handsome appearance."

Luo Peihong said: "He is also one of our candidate actors. His pay is not high, but he has no schedule recently."

Sun Shuli said: "Lu Yi, Cheng Kun, the pay of these first-line actors will not be less than 500,000 yuan per episode."

Jiang Jiajun said: "So, I still want to use Lin Feng. A 500,000 episode is an external offer. If the negotiation goes well, you can talk about a 20% discount."

Sun Shuli shook his head secretly. Even if the 20% discount and 60 episodes were filmed, it would cost 24 million. According to the budget of the initial total pay of 30 million, there would be only 6 million for other actors. Unless all second- and third-tier actors are used, how can we get the lineup together? If we insist on using first-tier actresses, the pay will inevitably exceed the standard. If the total investment remains unchanged, we can only compress production funds.

Compression in this aspect means that it goes against the original intention of excellent large-scale production. Maybe it will eventually become shoddy. If both parties want to take into account, they must invest additionally, which will make the risks uncontrollable.

Jiang Jiajun said: "Lin Feng is very popular, his appearance and acting skills are OK. We use him as the protagonist, and the heroine can be compressed, so that the pay can be saved a lot."

Several people looked at Zhang Hehuan. He was the screenwriter. According to Jiang Jiajun's proposal, the script had to be very active.

Zhang Hehuan said: "Don't look at me, I have no problem writing the script. If you want to change it, you will find someone else to modify it, but I won't change it."

Jiang Jiajun said: "I have another suggestion, but it's a bit risky. This actor is still a newcomer, with a low pay, but his appearance and acting skills are very good. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and played Lu Li in "Die Renjie: The Empire of the Heavens". He is currently an artist of Huan Entertainment. He has just finished filming "Confucius" and has not yet starred in a film and television drama."

Zhang Hehuan's heart moved. Could it be Chen Xiao?

Jiang Jiajun's next words solved the answer: "His name is Chen Xiao."

Several participants who attended the meeting began to search for Chen Xiao’s information. Zhang Hehuan saw that it was really him. Isn’t this the actor who played the new version of Yang Guo? Chen Xiao’s costume looks are indeed good, but the sunshine is more masculine.

Chen Xiao is the most suitable candidate in terms of age and appearance. The key is that he has a high cost performance. His current salary is 20,000 yuan per episode, and it is still worth more than one million in 60 episodes. It can be said that he is good at quality and low price.

Sun Shuli was a little moved, but was worried that Chen Xiao's new face could not afford the ratings.

Zhang Hehuan suggested asking two famous actresses to join him, first set the actress and take the opportunity to kill him.

Jiang Jiajun said: "Chen Yanxi is good! I feel that she can play Zhao Qian."

Zhang Hehuan's heart trembled, my god, these couples can't escape this evil fate even if they hide in this parallel world.

Sun Shuli said: "Is Chen Yanxi the heroine of "Those Years of Chasing Girls"?"

Jiang Jiajun nodded repeatedly and said, "It's her, she is very popular."

Zhang Hehuan said: "I think it's OK!"

Sun Shuli said, "Isn't that expensive?"

Luo Peihong said: "Her pay is not high, 200,000 yuan per episode."

Zhang Hehuan added: "Princess Zhao died early, and she actually only had twenty episodes of scenes, and the price was not low."

Sun Shuli said: "It's decided, it's her, and the newcomer I mentioned before. I'm particularly optimistic about her playing Wu Tingfang."

Luo Peihong said: "Catch Liying."

"Yes, it's her!"

Zhang Hehuan stopped talking, and the gods cast the role. These three people gathered together, and there was a chance!

Luo Peihong said: "Director Jiang, what role do you think we Director Zhang are suitable for guest appearances? He is the fifth beauty in the world."

Zhang Hehuan said: "Sister Luo, please stop ordering my show. I won't let me play Xiang Shaolong, I'm not interested in anything else."

Jiang Jiajun said: "I also found that Teacher Zhang's appearance is great. Otherwise, how about Lao Ai?"

Sun Shuli was almost choked by cigarettes. According to the records of "Records of the Grand Historian", Lao Ai was a legendary figure. He was infiltrated in the harem and gave birth to two sons with Qin Shihuang's mother Zhao Ji. This guy has a specialty. He walks with his Yinguan Tong wheel. In modern language, this guy has a unique talent, so he can turn the wheel.

Zhang Hehuan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll forget my acting skills."

Jiang Jiajun said: "Lao Ai doesn't need acting skills, you just need to be good-looking."

Zhang Hehuan's original intention was to play Xiang Shaolong himself, and even thought about getting An Ran to play Ji Yanran. He took a step back and barely played Ying Zheng, but he never thought about playing Lao Ai.

Sun Shuli added a slander and said, "I think it's OK, Lao Ai must have you."

After the main actors were decided, the next step was to go through the signing process separately, and the signing process went very smoothly.

Chen Xiao heard that Chen Yanxi, the most popular pure jade star on Taiwan, made a statement, and that he was able to play the first male lead in this drama, so he agreed without hesitation. The total salary was 1.2 million yuan, but he generously erased 200,000 yuan, and signed all one million yuan.

The signing of Chen Yanxi and Zhao Liying was also going very smoothly. One wanted to open up the mainland market and the other was a newcomer. It can be said that the signing of the actors this time was definitely a profit.

Zhang Hehuan did not easily express his opinions. According to his past experience, of course he knew who would become popular in the future, but if he used the prophet to speculate, he would likely be punished by the centurion system.

You have Zhang Liang's plan, I have had a wall ladder, Zhang Hehuan now tries to use the centurion card as little as possible, and the most important thing is to use the system to exchange health points. He also discovered some loopholes in the system, such as when buying a house, he guided his mother to take the initiative to speak, and for example, he followed the actors and agreed, which minimizes the system's punishment for him.

Zhang Hehuan has been holding TV series preparation meetings these days. According to Sun Shu’s plan, the filming must be started at the end of the month. Before the Spring Festival, he can shoot some winter scenes. The shooting cycle is booked for four months, and strive to catch up with the Beijing International TV Week in June to promote the TV series.

After the last meeting of the day, Zhang Hehuan went out and called Pan Kai back. During the meeting, Pan Kai called him three times, and he all replied that the meeting was in progress.
Chapter completed!