I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

Even ten years later, top celebrities are reluctant to act in online dramas unless it is a big-budget project.

Otherwise, there would be no such term as web drama celebrity.

At this time, online dramas had just sprouted, and they were synonymous with rough production. No 18th-tier young actors were willing to act in them, let alone top-tier actors like Liu Yufei.

Many people are even ashamed of starring in online dramas and feel that they are cheap.

This is like someone telling the popular Yang Function and Zhao Xiaodao, "Would you like to star in a big online movie?"

How do you think they would feel?

This is how Liu Yufei feels now.

She forced a smile and said, "Brother Zhe, are you kidding me?"

"Of course I'm not kidding." Li Zhe leaned on the sofa and put his arm around her waist.

"It is true that this is a web drama, but it is a large-scale production with an investment of more than 30 million. It will be co-produced with South Korea and is mainly aimed at overseas, especially the Asian market."

The new drama Li Zhe arranged for Liu Yufei was not "Star You", but Li Manyue's "Moon Hotel".

That is "Hotel Del Luna".

"Star You" He was about to press back.

The show "Moon Hotel" is a bit like a combination of "Goblin" and "Pawn Shop No. 8".

The Moon Hotel is a magical hotel, and its guests are all kinds of ghosts. They all have more or less obsessions and demands in their hearts and do not want to be reincarnated.

The owner of the hotel, Zhang Manyue, is responsible for helping them fulfill their last wishes and receiving a certain amount of remuneration.

Li Zhehui wants to film the drama "Moon Hotel", mainly because the plot of this drama is indeed quite creative, especially since there are no film and television dramas such as "Happy Family" and "Ghost" that fulfill the wishes of ghosts.

The themes of domestic film and television dramas are still relatively restricted. For example, ghosts cannot be included in TV dramas and movies.

Fortunately, the review department has not yet supervised online dramas at this time, and the themes can be filmed as desired.

This "Moon Hotel" will definitely become a hit after it is broadcast online, just like "Soul Ferry".

Because ghost and supernatural themes are so rare in China, they are extremely attractive to audiences.

However, the good period for online dramas to flourish is only in the past few years. When the review department strengthens the supervision of online dramas, online dramas will no longer be allowed to be filmed casually, just like Taiwanese dramas.

Therefore, Li Zhe plans to use the past few years to shoot more films and TV series involving supernatural and time-travel themes.

After listening to Li Zhe's explanation, Liu Yufei understood, but was still reluctant.

She doesn't even want to film TV series anymore, let alone web series.

If it hadn't been for Li Zhe, if it had been anyone else, she would have refused.

Li Zhe glanced at her and said, "Sissi, who is the highest-paid actress in domestic TV dramas now?"

"I don't know much about this, but the salary of first-tier stars in TV series is roughly 150,000 to 200,000."

Liu Yufei paused and said, "Brother Zhe, why are you asking this?"

At present, the salary of domestic stars has not skyrocketed. The highest paid male actor is Li Youbin, 200,000 per episode, and the highest paid female actor is Jiang Wenli, 150,000 per episode.

Other first-line male and female stars probably have between 100,000 and 150,000.

This salary is extremely high compared to ordinary people, but it is far from being compared with the astronomical salary in later generations.

80 million for a play? Baby Yang: I work very hard when I act, and it’s worth the price.

"The maximum is 200,000, right?"

Li Zhe looked at Liu Yufei and said, "I'll give you 200,000 per episode."

Based on a 45-minute episode, this "Moon Hotel" will take about 25 episodes. In other words, Liu Yufei can get 5 million for this one drama.

This is absolutely a sky-high price for the current actresses in the industry.

When Liu Yufei heard this, she quickly said: "Brother Zhe, this is not about money!"

This is indeed not a matter of money. An actor like Liu Yufei will not accept any drama just for money.

At least the price wasn't enough to hit her.

Li Zhe smiled, hugged Liu Yufei into his arms, stroked her back and said, "Qianxi, believe me, I will definitely not cheat you."

"If this drama is done well, you can become famous throughout Asia."

Liu Yufei rested her head on his shoulder, bit her lip and thought for a while, then said, "Okay, Brother Zhe, I will listen to you, but you really don't need to pay such a high salary."

200,000 per episode, which is more than a veteran in the industry like Jiang Wenli. This is putting her on the fire.

"Then it's 150,000 per episode. It can't be lowered any more. You are worth this price."

Li Zhe paused and said, "The salary represents the celebrity status. Because it is a web drama, your salary cannot be lower."

Why did he have to let Liu Yufei star in "Moon Hotel"?

Because the current influence and user exposure of online dramas is still too low, and it is far from being able to compare with star dramas. Especially at this time, one drama has four stars, and its influence is too great.

It is not difficult for "Moon Hotel" to become a small hit on the Internet, but in order to explode and become a phenomenon-level drama that is sought after and discussed by the whole people, it must have top-notch franchises.

Top celebrities like Liu Yufei bring their own popularity and topics.

If you ask people to buy tickets to go to the cinema, it is estimated that not many people will buy it except her fans, but if it is a TV series that can be watched for free, then her influence will be too great.

Not to mention that this is her first appearance in a TV series after four years. This stunt alone is enough to make countless viewers look forward to it.

Besides, Liu Yufei is also very suitable to play Zhang Manyue - a character who is arrogant, cold and lonely inside.

She is suitable for playing this kind of airy and ungrounded role.

Liu Yufei is best suited to play leading female roles, and transitioning to making movies, especially literary films, is just a fool's errand.

Wouldn't it be better to make a vase with acting skills?

Li Zhe let go of Liu Yufei, looked at her and said, "The actor you are starring with is called Chen Xiao. He is a newly signed artist by the company. He has graduated from a major and has a good appearance, but he is not famous."

"The second male lead and the second female lead are both South Koreans. One is named Lee Ji-eun and the other is Kim Soo-hyun. They are also newcomers, so this drama relies on you to take the lead."

Li Zhe not only signed Lee Manyue and Lee Ji-eun, but also recently asked the South Korean branch to sign Kim Soo-hyun.

Kim Soo Hyun is more suitable for the role of Professor Do.

What he calls a co-production is left-hand and right-hand. Quku Entertainment co-produced it with the South Korean branch LZ Entertainment, and the actors are all artists under LZ Entertainment.

Co-productions have policy advantages and are also conducive to entering the South Korean market.

Besides, the subject of ghosts and supernatural beings is still relatively sensitive in China, even for online dramas.

It doesn't matter if it's not popular. If it explodes, it will easily attract the attention of the superiors.

But if it were a co-production, it wouldn't be that eye-catching.

Liu Yufei nodded and said, "Brother Zhe, don't worry, I will perform well."

Li Zhe smiled and said, "I'm sure I'm not worried about you."

In terms of dedication, Liu Yufei has nothing to say. She is very serious and hard-working in filming and can endure hardships. Apart from other things, she completed many of the difficult fight scenes in "The Condor" by herself.

For this alone, few of the traffic stars of later generations can do this.

After "Moon Hotel" is filmed, Li Zhe will let Bilibili and Qudong Video broadcast it simultaneously.

And get paid advance screenings out in advance.

If "Moon Hotel" can succeed, it proves that the model of dual-platform broadcast + top-notch production works.

From now on, the TV series produced by Quku Entertainment will mainly be broadcast online and sell overseas copyrights.

Li Zhe doesn't want to sell the TV series directly to the TV station. If he wants to sell it, he has to wait until the TV series becomes popular on the Internet and the TV station takes the initiative to buy it.

To sell TV dramas in China, it all depends on the TV station's attitude. When selling TV dramas, you need to build relationships. After the TV series is broadcast, you need to buy ratings. After the TV series is finished, you still have to worry about the payment. There are too many sad facts.

In the next two years, the online copyrights of popular dramas will skyrocket.

This year's hit drama "Who's in Charge of My Youth" has a sky-high price of 2/10,000 episodes, but it's normal to buy a "solo drama" for 20-30 million in 2011.

Penguin Video even bought the yet-to-be-aired "Palace Lock Bead Curtain" at a sky-high price of 1.85 million per episode.

At that time, the TV series produced by Quku Entertainment can be sold to other video platforms at high prices even if they are not played on Qudong Video.

After talking about business, Li Zhe hugged Liu Yufei and tilted his head. He buried his head in her fair neck and rubbed it, and his hands became restless.

Just when he was thinking about having an office scene with her, Liu Kaiyue opened the door and walked in with two cups of coffee.

Seeing the intimate scene between the two of them, she was stunned for a moment, with a playful look on her face, as if she was caught in bed.

"Ahem!" She coughed twice.

Only then did Liu Yufei notice that someone was coming. She quickly pushed Li Zhe away and stood up with a blushing face.

Why didn't this secretary even knock on the door when he came in?

Li Zhe glanced at Liu Yufei who looked embarrassed, then looked at Liu Kaiyue who looked playful, and smiled casually.

His face is thicker than the city wall now, and he is no longer the introverted boy who blushes after saying a few words to a girl.

"Zhe...Mr. Li, if nothing happens, I'll leave first." Liu Yufei said.

"Okay, I'll see you off!" Li Zhe stood up with a smile.

He sent Liu Yufei to the door of the president's office, watched her walk away with her assistant, and then returned to the office.

Outside the office, Zhuang Qian, Bai Wei, Huo Mengyan and more than a dozen girls, all dressed in small shirts + white shirts + hip-covering skirts, were sitting at desks and busy with their work.

Li Zhe looked them over. Each pair of beautiful legs in stockings had its own characteristics.

He was getting tired of seeing them wearing stockings every day.

Huo Mengyan stood up from her desk, pointed to a pile of documents on the table, and said, "Mr. Li, these documents were just sent from below and need to be reviewed by you personally."

After saying that, she picked up the file.

Li Zhe walked to Huo Mengyan and said, "No need to trouble you, I can just take it in myself."

With that said, he took the document from her hand.

After returning to the inner office with the documents in hand, Li Zhe found Liu Kaiyue sitting behind his desk, leaning back on the seat, with a pair of beautiful black legs together, looking at him with a half-smile.

She looks a bit like a beautiful CEO.

These long legs are really getting smaller and smaller. Can she sit in that position? If she wanted to sit in that position, she could only sit on his lap.

Li Zhe put the documents on his desk, looked at her with a smile, and joked: "Mr. Liu, these documents have just been sent from below. You need to read them in person."

Liu Kaiyue smiled reservedly, "I understand, little Lizi, please get out!"

Little plum?

Li Zhe was angry and funny. He came to Liu Kaiyue, pulled her up from the chair and put her on the desk. Then he raised his hand to her buttocks and slapped her hard.

"Snapped!"

"Let you be neither big nor small!"

"Hmm!" Liu Kaiyue grunted after being beaten, turned her head and looked at him with resentful eyes.

"Husband, didn't you say you were not interested? Why did you become interested again when you saw Liu Yufei?"

This guy pushed her back and forth, but he was very positive about being a dragon knight.

After hearing this, Li Zhe lost his composure and got angry and hit her again.

"Snapped!"

Can you blame him? It all needs that damn freshness!

"Okay, get up!" Li Zhe let go of Liu Kaiyue.

Liu Kaiyue got up from the table and hugged him like a baby, "Husband!"

"Hey, don't move!"

…

Entering late January, approaching the Chinese New Year, the weather in Shanghai is getting colder and colder, with the lowest temperature reaching minus 2 or 3 degrees Celsius.

In the past half month, Li Zhe finally felt a little more relaxed. He made a new schedule for Xiao Qiao and Zhou Ziyu.

He takes turns spending one day a week with them and one or two days off.

However, it is impossible to say how relaxed it is. He still has to talk on the phone with Wang Zhining, play with Liu Yufei, and take care of Luan Xiaolin and others.

In addition, as the end of the year approaches, the company's affairs are also extremely busy. It can be said that we are busy all day long.

January 22nd is the Laba Festival.

In the evening, after Li Zhe got off work from the company and returned to the villa, he saw Xiao Qiao and Shen Xin sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and discussing something.

Shen Xinyi was stuffing snacks into his mouth from time to time, and his mouth was bulging.

The TV show is "If You Are the One".

It's not the movie "If You Are the One", but the dating show "If You Are the One".

This program was broadcast on January 15th. When the third episode was broadcast on the 17th, a female guest named Ma quickly ignited public opinion by saying, "I'd better sit in the BMW and cry!"

It is better to cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle. This sentence has also become an Internet buzzword.

With the popularity and topic brought by this incident, "If You Are the One" began to explode.

Seeing Xiao Qiao and Shen Xinyi seriously discussing which of the three female guests the male guest would choose, Li Zhe couldn't help but said, "This is all fake, you two can just watch it for fun, don't take it seriously!" "

It was later revealed that this show was scripted, and many of the guests were patrons. It was an entertainment show with a blind date gimmick, but now many people are watching it seriously.

Xiao Qiao and Shen Xinyi like to watch this show very much. They don't need to go on a blind date. What's the use of watching this thing?

"Fake?"

Xiao Qiao turned around and glanced at Li Zhe, "You've never been on a show, how can you be so sure?"

Suddenly, she thought of something and her eyes lit up.

"Husband, why don't we both go to the show? I'll stand on the stage, and then you'll hold my hand?"

When Li Zhe heard this, he was speechless.

This little Qiao is really whimsical!

He, a rich man worth tens of billions, went to participate in a dating show? What kind of international joke are you kidding?

If word got out, he would be embarrassed to hang out among the rich.

"If you want to be on the show, just go. I won't bother you anyway!" Li Zhe said angrily.

Xiao Qiao curled his lips and said, "If you don't go, I won't go. Why are you so mean?"

At this time, Zhou Ziyu wore an apron and walked out of the kitchen, followed by Zhao Mingyao.

In the past half month, she often brought Zhao Mingyao to live here, and Xiao Qiao also often brought Bai Wei to live here. The two seemed to be competing with each other.

However, Li Zhe suffered from their rivalry.

There are two beautiful grasses on the edge of the nest that dangle in front of my eyes from time to time, but I can only look at them but not eat them, which is a bit torturous.

You can't blame Li Zhe for being too carefree, I can only say that men are greedy for novelty.

Zhou Ziyu helped Li Zhe take off his coat and said with a smile: "Honey, today is Laba, so let's not go out to eat. I cooked Laba porridge and made some home-cooked dishes with Mingyao."

Li Zhe also smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then he looked at Zhao Mingyao, "Mingyao can also cook?"

Zhou Ziyu glanced at Zhao Mingyao with a smile, "Her skills are quite good!"

Seeing Zhou Ziyu being courteous to Li Zhe, Xiao Qiao realized that she was outcompeted by Zhou Ziyu again... again.

The fox is so scheming this week!

Xiao Qiao is more casual and lazy by nature, and her ability to look at others and serve others is completely incomparable to Zhou Ziyu's.

She also has a three-minute enthusiasm for doing things. Before, she was determined to be a blockbuster. She signed up for a lot of talent cram schools such as speaking, painting, playing piano, etc. But recently, her enthusiasm for learning has faded. She spends three days fishing and two days drying nets, and she doesn’t go to cram schools very much. .

Xiao Qiao also made an excuse for herself. She had to prepare for next year's postgraduate entrance examination and was busy preparing for a beauty club.

In fact, she was not prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination, and she didn't care much about the beauty club.