Chapter 182 [Play tricks, take the opportunity to wipe the oil]
The next day, Li Keqin heard about this from Andy Lau.
He had lunch with Liang Kun and asked curiously: "What are you with Ahua? Why did I go out to shoot MV for a day and he decided to start a company in the mainland with you? This is not a trivial matter."
Not long ago, Andy Lau and Li Keqin chatted and said he planned to open another film company in Xiangjiang. As a result, today he said he was going to open the company in the mainland, and he also wanted to invest in TV series and cooperate with Liang Kun.
Liang Kun briefly explained the situation of filming TV series in the mainland and also gave some suggestions to Andy Lau.
After hearing this, Li Keqin also felt that it was imperative for Xiangjiang artists to develop in the mainland. He also filmed TV on TVB last year, and knew what kind of virtues are in the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang and blatantly squeezed actors. Some old actors in TV series are eating dirt, and their pay is pitifully low. The third brother of his eight siblings, Li Jiasheng, is doing a miserable life now.
When Li Keqin thought of his friend's current situation, he was angry and wanted to help him decide to leave TVB immediately, making too little money.
He said seriously: "If there are characters suitable for my age in the TV series, I have a friend who wants to recommend them. If he is willing to go to the mainland to develop, you and Brother Hua will take care of him. His name is Li Jiasheng, I don't know if you have heard of his name."
Liang Kun smiled. "Haha, do you know Feitianwa?"
"Yes, he played Lei Zhenzi in "The Investiture of the Gods" last year, hehe." Li Keqin also smiled.
The nicknames of the starring actors in this movie are really painful, three-eyed baby, fire-breathing baby, and flying baby, is this a god or a funny guy?
"The Investiture of the Gods" ranked ninth in Xiangjiang in the year with a rating of 31 points, and the same as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which is slightly better than the outsourcing drama "Deep Love in the Rain".
Li Jiasheng rarely played an important role, Lei Zhenzi was one of the leading actors. But his efforts were simply unpaid. He did not show his face in the film, and his popularity was incomparable to other starring actors. His pay was also the lowest among the several starring actors, and he could not rank in the top ten in the entire crew.
Li Keqin felt that his friend was already in trouble, but in fact, the time for his unluckyness was not yet here.
Li Jiasheng, who is in a parallel world, has been very miserable. He is a handsome guy with acting skills, but he has not become famous until he is about to retire. He has been in the entertainment industry for 30 years and is still a small supporting role. Liang Kun remembers him because he has played too many roles. He is a supporting actor for TVB and a low-level salary-bearing actor.
The paid artist has a basic salary on TVB and has a fixed salary every month. In addition, the TVB filming dramas will be paid according to the number of episodes. The paid artist is also paid outside the job, and the TVB, as its manager, will take a commission. It sounds pretty good, but in fact, the TVB does not allow Li Jiasheng to be the protagonist at all, and the salary and basic salary given to him are very low.
Li Jiasheng has filmed many dramas and played many different types of roles. He can play both silly boys, perverts, strong criminals, and policemen, and has created many classic supporting roles.
However, TVB never paid attention to him. He was hit until his nose was broken while filming, and no one asked him.
In 2005's "The Legend of Ah Wang", his acting skills were praised by Chow Yun-fat, saying that he deserved the award. As a result, he was not invited to attend the stage celebration that year.
Li Jiasheng has always been straight and straight, but in the end all his friends around him have become successful. He has not become famous yet, but he is not jealous and is very good at enlightening himself.
But when talking about TVB, he would grit his teeth. "98% of the people in my company have chats, and the other 2% are senior executives. I don't have to be afraid of offending them because they look down on me at all and don't have me in my eyes, so how could I mind what I say?"
In fact, TVB not only does not pay attention to the supporting actors, they do not even pay attention to the leading actors.
As long as there is no butterfly effect, Zhang Weijian will become the pillar of TVB because of starring in "The Monkey King" this year, bringing 200 million yuan in profits to the other party, and the highest ratings reached 40%, which is almost everyone watching.
But behind so much profit, Zhang Weijian got very little money. Later, Zhang Weijian revealed in an interview that he only earned 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and shared the income of each episode, which is less than 3,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode.
This is undoubtedly a ridiculously rare for a super popular star.
So when filming the sequel, Zhang Weijian took the initiative to ask for a price increase, just hoping that TVB would increase to 10,000 yuan for each episode. Unexpectedly, the person in charge said directly: "Jianzi, are you stupid? Don't think that playing Sun Wuzi will be popular. Let me tell you, it is worthless to have no sticky hair on your face!"
Zhang Weijian shaved his head in anger and then was hiding. He not only withdrew from the shooting, but also withdrew from TVB.
How annoying is this TV station, which netizens call "Blackhearted Factory"? People who have never worked there can never imagine it. By 2018, the famous actors had already been exposed.
Li Keqin planned to persuade Li Jiasheng to try it in the mainland. There will definitely be no future in staying in Xiangjiang.
TVB shoots TV series, and they use those actors back and forth. If the audience watch too much, they will get out of the show. For example, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wudang Sect hides dirty defilements, Jiumozhi, Weng Wencheng and others are all there.
The age of the actors in that film is not in line with the age of the original character. Zhang Cuishan is 51-year-old Liu Songren, Yin Susu is 45-year-old Mi Ce, and Persian saint Lao Zhao, who can play the role of the Purple Dragon King. Chen Shaoxia, the youngest, is 24 years old, but she is an old face. She played the role of husband and wife with Liu Dehua in "Heaven and Earth" in 1994.
Li Keqin introduced: "My brother has great acting skills, but his personality is too straightforward and can easily offend people. Then I will ask him if he is willing to go. It is really not a solution if this continues."
"I will definitely pay attention to the right role when we can film."
After talking about the film and television company, Liang Kun talked about music again. "I wrote another new song, which should be good for the concert, better than the single you want me to sing, please take a look."
"If you want to sing this song, it's fine. I believe the quality must be very high." Li Keqin took two pages of manuscript paper and started reading it.
The new song written by Liang Kun is called "An Xiang", which is the theme song of the parallel world "The Golden Powder Family". The melody and lyrics of this song are very simple and very beautiful.
Liang Kun was not satisfied with Li Keqin wanted to sing "Sernery in the Moon" with him at the concert. Although this song is very famous, it is not enough gimmicks. How can the new songs be attractive when singing old songs? So he wrote this song out.
After watching it, Li Keqin felt it and praised: "Good song, I like this Mandarin very much. If you sing this single, it will definitely become popular. The chorus version is more interesting. Do you want to sing with gigi (Leung Sung-qi)?"
"Yes, I want to play some tricks as a performer." Liang Kun knew that there were not many opportunities to perform.
Li Keqin smiled and said, "Sing with her in bel canto? I like this trick, and the atmosphere on the scene must be very good."
Liang Kun was inspired by the future variety show "Masked Singer", and "Dark Fragrance" sung by Yu Wenwen and Zhou Shen. Zhou Shen used bel canto singing, which was very amazing. This singing method is very suitable for concerts.
Liang Kun also learned bel canto singing. He has practiced well recently and is confident that he can sing well. This is taught by Alan Tam. He usually doesn't know how to use it, but he has studied it. Liang Kun also liked the musical "Phantom of the Opera" very much in his previous life. He has heard many bel canto singing songs and can find out the feeling.
Liang Kun suggested: "The first three concerts were still planned. We sang "Sernery in the Moon" and I sang "Silentin" alone. After it spread, I sang "Silentin" with Gigi in the next three shows, and I will sing "Silentin" with Gigi to change it."
"Wait, don't I have only five concerts?" Li Keqin smiled.
"You will definitely be popular. There is a high probability that you will have to add one. Be prepared."
This time, Li Keqin announced that he would sing more new songs, which attracted the attention of many fans. In addition to a few songs by Liang Kun and Gigi Leung, there is also a new song "Victory" (the theme song of the World Cup 2002 in the wireless program).
Li Keqin was very happy in the afternoon. Liang Kun's song "An Xiang" added a lot of color to his concert. Although it was not sung by him, if Liang Kun doesn't release an album, fans will have to buy the discs of his concert if they want to listen to "An Xiang".
This may increase the sales of his concert discs.
At the same time, Liang Kun also better promoted himself. Li Keqin's albums and concert discs were sold well, and he could also pay dividends.
In the next few days, Li Keqin began to shoot several MVs of Liang Kun's songs.
Liang Kun joined the work and put forward some good suggestions. He has seen many future high-quality MVs, and some impressive scenes, which can be discussed with Li Keqin and the director of MV.
The director admitted that some of Liang Kun's ideas were very good. After the filming was finished, he and Li Keqin were allowed to watch the camera. Everyone in the crew was convinced that Liang Kun could not shoot and had first-class appreciation ability.
The content of the MV of other songs is relatively simple, and Liang Kun speaks less. He put forward a lot of opinions on the MV in "Fairy Tales", and the story was written by him. After communicating with the subconscious, he recorded some pictures very clearly, and he could tell what content was taken in each part.
The two couldn't help kissing each other while watching a love movie, and the heroine was also shot.
Li Keqin took photos four times before he was laughed at by Liang Kun. "You guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes will take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation?"
"I didn't mean it, there is fake blood." Li Keqin smiled awkwardly. This was not a pleasure, although his girlfriend didn't come to the filming.
The 170cm tall actress has delicate facial features and long hair draped over her shoulders, and is very beautiful. She doesn't feel that she has been taken advantage of. After the filming, she sincerely thanks Li Keqin for giving her this opportunity.
This is also a microcosm of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. It is not that you can play an important role in a TV series with high appearance. People who can become famous are one in a million. Some actresses are cruel to betray their bodies and cannot make a good role. The reality is so cruel.
It is already lucky to meet someone like Li Keqin who knows how to unspoken rules and shoots MVs seriously.
"Good luck, I promise this mv will definitely increase your popularity." Liang Kun told the actress that he was very confident in this story.
"Thank you." The actress smiled at Liang Kun.
This is indeed an opportunity. Zheng Jiayu, who was filming MVs with Guangqian, increased his popularity and later filmed several TV series. Liang Kun specially searched for her information, and the dead heroine was always impressive.
Chapter completed!