The Third-Gen Chaebol Becomes a Genius Actor

Ch 86

Director Park looked at Itaegyeom with a strange expression.

"Does he really understand?"

Is it believable that a manager would voluntarily negotiate down the appearance fee for an actor? Frankly, it doesn't make sense. If it were someone like Yeonseo, it wouldn't matter even if the fee were high. Because he holds capital. And it's the director's job to coordinate that from behind.

Sometimes there were controversies over Yeonseo's appearance fees from viral marketing companies, but he wasn't easily shaken by such controversies.

"What kind of influence does he have... You have to make use of everything."

Director Park didn't particularly like Yeonseo, but he still acted in the interest of his affiliated actors. Negotiating down appearance fees voluntarily is unacceptable.

Except in specific situations, is he really understanding those specific situations well?

"Taegyeom, come out for a moment."

Director Park decided to test Itaegyeom.

"Why did you want to ask?"

As Itaegyeom followed Director Park out into the corridor, scratching the back of his head, he spoke.

"I'm not saying we should lower the average, I'm saying we should adjust it according to the situation."

"According to the situation? Specifically, what do you mean?"

"Didn't Mr. Anojun's film, which Junsoo mentioned earlier, enter with a reduced budget?"

"That's right."

Anojun was a director who caught both commercial and artistic success, a young master in the Korean film industry who had achieved good results in various domestic and international award ceremonies. He was a director preferred by investors because he had proven ticket power.

"But why wasn't Yeonseo cast? He's similar in age to Junsoo."

"Of course, we were offered the opportunity too. We made a deal at that time, but Junsoo offered to cut his appearance fee in half. He said it was for a director he deeply respects. Yeonseo, we couldn't force him to go below the predetermined amount."

Casting in the film industry is like a negotiation market.

Supporting roles or minor roles are cast by the production company through auditions to find suitable actors, but leading roles usually don't audition.

Instead, the production company sends materials to almost all actor agencies saying, "We have this project, who's interested?" Then they contact interested agencies and negotiate appearance fees, asking questions like "How much did someone else offer? Are you not interested? Can you lower it more?" So, it's not about "Would you like to do this project? How much?" but rather about "Do you like this project? How much can you lower?" Since there are many actors who can replace each other, it's possible. Casting is done by negotiating with actors to get the lowest appearance fee.

"I'm talking about those kinds of situations too. His acting has improved, but he can't always be the 'hope of rookies.' He should also try being in works by such people."

"I see..."

Yeonseo has been able to consistently maintain a leading position so far because he holds capital. He mainly invested in writers, directors, and newcomers who lacked name recognition.

But for some well-known people, Yeonseo's investment is not regrettable. Because they already maintain good relationships with big investors. And having such people's works in their filmography also helps the actors in their careers.