Shocking the Whole Internet! You Are Not a Psychologist at All!

Chapter 466: Pay to Work, Pay to Act

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“I can only say that the analysis of the chat is partially correct.”

Chen Yu said with a smile. “However, it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.”

“Hiring university students to act as extras and crew members can solve your manpower shortage. As long as you can negotiate properly, it won’t be a problem to exchange their internship certificates for free participation.”

“But after solving the problem of manpower, another problem has arisen. Money.”

Raising a few fingers, Chen Yu casually said, “The staff expenditure is only the basic expenditure for a drama. You need money to rent the filming location, purchase the photography equipment, purchase the cosmetics, and produce the special effects.”

“Sound effects and music production, publicity fees, insurance fees, food and accommodation, all of these require money.”

With every sentence he said, Chen Yu withdrew a finger.

Suppose the production team recruited hundreds of college students to fill up the various departments. Excluding the remuneration, their daily food and accommodation, and insurance during the filming period, it was still quite a large sum of money.

Nono wanted to cry. In the end, was Chen Yu giving her an idea or deliberately sabotaging her? Since she knew that this method could only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, why did he have to say it?

The chat sent out sympathetic comments.

University students were just thinking about fun and novelty, and none expected that they would still need to spend money on other places during the filming process.

“You don’t have to be overly depressed, dear patient,” Chen Yu said with a faint smile. “Next, it’s the core content of this method.’

“What core content?” Nono forced herself to ask.

“I suggest that your girlfriend’s production team make two recruitment posters,” Chen Yu said. “One recruitment poster will offer a certificate of passing the internship, food, accommodation, and guidance provided. University students are hired as extras, assistants, and helpers in various departments.”

“The other recruitment poster will release some web drama roles for students to pay for. I call this method a combination of cosplay and scripted acting.”

Nono was stunned as the chat stared at each other.

It was fine if they didn’t pay their extras.

Chen Yu’s subsequent suggestion was actually to have the university students pay to act out of their own pockets.

Although people often teased that university student’s eyes were filled with pure stupidity. However, it didn’t mean that university students were really stupid.

Good heavens, the first method was still reliable. By providing food and accommodation and giving proof of internship, they could encourage students to participate in the show for free.

The latter method was simply ridiculous. He actually asked university students to spend money to act.

“For example,” Chen Yu continued, “if a character has a few lines and can show its face once or twice, you can charge 3,000 to 5,000 yuan for it. For small roles that have scenes with male and female leads, the fee can be set at 5,000 to 10,000. Of course, the follow-up characters can also be customized.”

“According to the money paid, give him or her a tailor-made role. The price is at least 50,000 to 100,000. As for the fees for the other roles, according to the level of the scenes, and so on.”

Nono swore. She had lived for over twenty years, and the words she heard today were the most ridiculous.

One could even customize a character during the filming process of a film or television series?

You had to pay to act in a role?

Moreover, they all started at 1,000 yuan.

The students were innocent, not stupid.

Once this recruitment poster was published, the production team would probably be trending for stupidity again.

“Dr. Chen, I’ll discuss this with my girlfriend,” Nono said with a defeated sigh.

“I still have something to do later. After paying, I’ll go offline.”

Nono looked for her phone in despair.

If she continued to listen, she would break down before her girlfriend.

What kind of idea was this?

If she could really make money from a university student’s wallet, she would kowtow to Chen Yu, recognizing him as her big brother on the spot.

“I can’t laugh anymore. Dr. Chen has given a new meaning to bringing money into the production team.”

“You pay to work before and after, and then you pay to act. The real world is always more exciting than the story.”

“Mom and Dad: Son, what role are you playing in this drama? Son: The character that was blown up was me.”

“University student extras: food and accommodation included, 3,000 yuan in return.”

“If I can act like the female lead, I can consider paying to act.”

“Me, me! I’ve always wanted to be a police officer since I was young, but my body doesn’t allow it. If I can act as a police officer with a role and lines in two episodes of this drama, I’m willing to pay.”

“I’ll be frank. This is much more interesting than cosplay.”

Without comparison, there would be no harm.

When some viewers compared this to a live-action action cosplay, a large group of viewers suddenly felt that… Chen Yu’s suggestion didn’t seem to be that ridiculous.

The cost of participating in the filming of an online drama was much higher than the cost of a live-action show.

But don’t forget, the two were fundamentally different. The latter could act alongside internet celebrities and A-list celebrities. The costumes, props, and setting were all professional versions, surpassing a scripted set.

The most important thing was… After the filming was done, the person could appear on the big screen.

“Dear patient,” Chen Yu crossed his arms and asked, “your girlfriend is a director in the entertainment industry. You should have heard quite a bit of gossip about the industry, right?”

Nono nodded subconsciously.

“For the sake of exposure, many second, third, fourth, and fifth tier artists would rather spend a lot of money to appear on various variety shows. Am I right?”

“That’s right.”

“If I charge you 50,000 yuan and give you a chance to rehearse your lines with your idol, will you pay the money?”

“Maybe…” Nono said.

Chen Yu tapped his temple and said, “Nothing stays the same in the industry at all times.”

“As long as you open up your mind, you can often get unexpected results. In today’s society, it’s all about opening up the structure. There are paid jobs, crowdfunding investment projects, and letting the masses pay to act in movies and television dramas. What’s so strange about that?”

“At the same time,” Chen Yu shrugged, “you can also appropriately raise the fee standards according to their requests. ‘I want to play the role of beating up the male lead, or shoot a more intimate scene with the female lead.’ The price must be high.”

“The cost of acting as a bad guy exceeds the cost of acting as a good guy. Why is that?” Nono said blankly.

“You’ll have to ask your viewers about that,” Chen Yu said with a faint smile.

In the next second, a large number of interesting emojis appeared in the chat, especially those with evil smiles on their faces.

Dr. Chen really understood the thoughts of young people these days.

After listening to Chen Yu’s narration, countless netizens were moved.

While they couldn’t afford tens of thousands to be a custom-made character in the show, spending a few thousand yuan to act as a minor character seemed pretty good..