Night Gathering

"Bye-bye." Several regular guests came out and saw the guests off from the Mushroom House. Next, they would film footage of the departure.

"Teacher He, it's like this. I'm going to direct a film soon, and I estimate it will be a while before I can come back, when it gets cold."

But before we come back when it gets cold, shouldn't we fix the stove in the house? Otherwise, it'll be freezing cold. We'll need to hire someone to install it, and we can't do that ourselves.

After returning to the Mushroom House, I filmed some other footage and mainly chatted with Wang Zhengyu for a while. Didn't that give me a reason?

Huang Lei is going to become a director, which can be seen as a way to promote his movie, although it's unclear when the show will air.

The movie that Huang Lei had mentioned to Shen Ze is indeed going to be filmed. Talking with them, it seems that once the Wuzhen Theatre Festival is over, the project will be launched directly.

As long as it's not a big-budget production, it's quite easy to attract investment. However, the speed is indeed quite fast. It can only be said that the path for actors to become directors has been basically paved by others, such as Deng Chao, and He Jiong. Although "Gardenia in Blossom" did not receive good reviews, its box office was not bad.

Although the investors lost their bet on "Gardenia in Blossoms," the production company made a fortune. This does not mean that investors no longer have a positive view of He Jiong, or the actor-director model.

In short, you can be optimistic, but don't have too high expectations. Given Huang Lei's current popularity, it's still possible for the film to break 100 million yuan at the box office.

Furthermore, He Jiong and Huang Lei have a very good relationship, both personally and financially. They've even co-founded a company, so their company will definitely try to get a piece of the pie in this film investment. As long as they can control the costs, they're absolutely in the game.

Huang Lei even invited Shen Ze to play around with the film, actually just to take advantage of him. If it worked out, great; if not, forget it. If they were really close, Shen Ze wouldn't mind.

However, it's clearly not that important. You should know that although Shen Ze isn't a top-tier star, his salary, especially for movies, is about the same as that of top-tier movie stars, unless they are top-tier movie stars like Xu Zheng and Huang Bo.

In variety shows and TV dramas, his salary is not as high as those of the top stars like the "Four Returned Sons of the 85 Flowers" (a group of celebrities who returned to China after 1985). However, in movies, even the top stars, except for one or two, do not earn as much as him.

However, his high salary is not without reason. That's how the film industry works. As long as your movie has high box office, it means you've succeeded. If you're lucky with your first movie, the second movie will have even higher box office, which means the public's approval of your money.

The system now considers his reasonable fee to be 15 million. This doesn't mean his studio is making wild guesses; it's also an external recognition of his normal fee. Of course, whether someone will accept such a high fee is another matter, but if you ask for it out loud, no one will think it's too high.

As for variety shows and TV dramas, the pay is low, simply because there are no representative works. Although the characters like Xiao Bao Zong are popular, the benefits are actually reflected in the movie pay. It's not that movie stars will definitely become popular when they make TV dramas. Let them prove themselves first.

With his salary, even if he were to make a cameo appearance in a movie that looks commercially viable, the pay might be lower, or he might even accept a small bribe. The studio would definitely agree to that. For example, when the director is making a new movie, even if it's just a cameo, the studio encourages Shen Ze to go even if he doesn't want to.

However, if it's a movie that's obviously low-budget and low-quality, we'll consider it even if they offer a high price. Of course, if the price is really high enough, we'll definitely agree to a cameo role for ten or twenty million.

However, for Huang Lei's movie, they definitely can't afford to hire Shen Ze. Huang Lei is just taking a chance, whether he agrees or not, he won't lose anything.

So, using Huang Lei's filming as an excuse, they suspended filming of "Mushroom House." If the variety show can continue later, this will be a good way to promote it.

Next, everyone went out, went to the small shop that was disguised as a supermarket, and ordered a stove. This was just to kill time.

That evening, no guests arrived and there was no recording. Led by Wang Zhengyu, everyone helped out and cooked, and they had the most sumptuous dinner ever in the Mushroom House. This could be considered a kind of farewell dinner.

Of course, we still spent the night at the Mushroom House. Although there were no guests, we still had to pay for the filming. It's their business if they don't come, but you can't just run away.

The next day, everyone slept in late and didn't make breakfast. When they went out, they saw everyone packing up. They filmed a little more footage, and then everyone could go home in the afternoon. To be honest, it was a day earlier than scheduled. There were no guests, and everyone was just doing their own work. It wasn't that they couldn't film, but the production team was short of money and didn't have much of a motivation.

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"Dahuang, it'll be a long time before I see you again." He Jiong hugged Dahuang and Ai Chi. They had been filming together for a long time now, and they all knew that Dahuang didn't bite and could be petted freely.

"Teacher He, it's rare to have so much time. I don't have much work here, I've reserved all my time for this. Anyway, I'm not leaving until the day after tomorrow, so how about we come to my house for dinner and drinks tonight?" Huang Lei said.

"Sure," He Jiong readily agreed. He actually had a lot of work, but like Huang Lei, he had reserved these two days entirely for filming a reality show. However, who would have thought that after filming only one episode, the guests for the second episode would quit halfway through, and everything would be fine in no time.

"Shen Ze, this is the first time I've invited you to our family dinner. You don't have any other work to do, do you? My daughter Duoduo has been wanting to meet you for a long time." Huang Lei turned to Shen Ze.

"No, not at all." Shen Ze wouldn't make up anything, since everyone was in the same situation. Shen Ze also understood that this family dinner was most likely just about building relationships and discussing what to do next. The fact that the production team stopped filming halfway through was indeed a bit of a problem.

From a perspective of mutual benefit, the three regular guests are a unit, and if they have any disputes with the production team, they will definitely stand together.

"Shen Ze, you must come! I'll send someone to pick you up. You haven't been to my house before, have you?" Huang Lei said.

"No need for that trouble, Shen Ze. Just give me an address, I'll go to the company first, and then I'll pick Shen Ze up later," He Jiong said.

"That's fine too."

That afternoon, the group left separately. There was no need to go directly to their house for dinner that evening; you can't go empty-handed. Anyway, Shen Ze first took the dog back.

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