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Chapter 453 Director Chen: It's getting cold, "Titan Rick" should come down from the top
Regarding the casting of "Painted Skin", it has been torn up from November to December, and various actors have appeared frequently. The crew of "Painted Skin" deliberately spread the heat, and their attitude was ambiguous.

During the most intense period, several companies even exposed each other's scandals, and Tianya and Tieba were crazy about it, eating melons and eating them to their fullest.

But no matter how lively it is, it will eventually end one day.

"Painted Skin" publicly stated that Zhao and Li Bingbing did not match the roles of the crew, and the two withdrew from the election.

Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses such as Zhang Yunu were just trying to make up the numbers at the beginning, and it was impossible for them to compete for roles with artists under Fanxing. Sun Niangniang, Xu Qing and others had limited celebrity positions, so they basically just ran with them.

So after a lot of fighting, although there are still people hyping other actors, some media and industry gossip experts have basically drawn out a few final candidates.

Hu Jing, Fan Xiaopang, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Gongzi and International Zhang.

Hu Jing doesn't need to say much, there are even rumors that the two heroines have already decided on one of them, and the rest is just fighting for one of them.

Fan Xiaopang, as a strong contender for the First Sister Fanxing, has played the heroine of "New World" and "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" successively before, so "Painted Skin" is very likely to become a joint performance of two generations of First Sister Fanxing.

Gao Yuanyuan is also a star star, although not as good as the first two, but she is still a first-line star, and she has also starred in a star movie, so she might have a chance to counterattack.

But soon, Yinghuang announced Cheng Long's new film "Baby Project", Gao Yuanyuan is the first heroine.

Although this does not mean that Gao Yuanyuan is out of the game, but the probability is definitely much smaller.

These three are artists under Fanxing, according to Cao Xuan's habit of giving priority to his own people, the outside world is more optimistic about them.

But Mr. Zhou and International Zhang still have many people supporting them, and they also have their own advantages.

Cao Xuan has always admired Mr. Zhou's acting skills. He once publicly stated that Mr. Zhou is the business benchmark for actresses of his age.

Afterwards, Cao Tianwang was almost "domestic violence" by two actresses who did not want to be named...

More importantly, Mr. Zhou and Cao Xuan are old friends for many years. They have been very good friends since 1999. They have also had scandals, were photographed at private parties, etc., and they will support each other when they have anything to say.

【Young Master Zhou】This nickname also came from Cao Xuan.

Mr. Zhou of the original time and space has this nickname because in the movie "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate", the woman disguised herself as a man and was quite temperamental, and then he was slowly called away.

Cao Xuan is used to calling Zhou Xun the young master of Zhou. He once leaked his words in the media, and explained afterwards that he felt that Zhou Xun had a masculine and heroic personality, but also a beautiful and smart appearance. The combination of the two gave him the chicness and handsomeness of an ancient prince. So call her Young Master Zhou.

Mr. Zhou himself quite likes this nickname.

She feels that son is not a gender, but an induction of personal temperament. She especially likes the sense of unrestrained and unrestrained and calm in honor and disgrace in the word "gongzi".

My family was happy, so under Cao Xuan's lead, friends gradually cheered, and even fans took this as a nickname.

The same experience happened to Fan Xiaopang, although she was not fat at this time, not even plump, and she was a little thin.

However, due to the large frame, sometimes it is unavoidable to appear a little "strong" in the camera. Once, Cao Xuan teased Fan Xiaopang on the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife 2".

However, Fan Xiaopang didn't like this nickname very much, but she didn't dare to refute when the boss spoke, so she could only hold back to lose weight.

But fans of Fan Xiaopang really like this nickname, they think it is a bit cute, and it also avoids [Bing Bing] colliding with another name. Now fans comment on her blog frequently saying "my little fat".

Of course, there are also small black fans who like to use two nicknames to attack Mr. Zhou as "fake man" and Fan Xiaopang as "obese".

Anyway, there are advantages and disadvantages, and everything has two sides, just like Liu Tianxian, her nickname was meant to be ridiculed, but later it became a synonym for immortality and a pet name,

Cao Xuan's own nicknames such as Cao Daguanren, Cao Ma, Cao Thief, and Babaizhan also have multiple purposes such as ridicule, fan nicknames, and ridicule.

There are various indications that Cao Xuan and Mr. Zhou have a very good personal relationship, and there have been rumors on the Internet that Mr. Zhou might join Fanxing, although the rumors were later refuted by both parties.

But there is an emotional basis here. Many people think that although Mr. Zhou is not a star artist, he still has an advantage.

The situation in the international chapter is more complicated.

At the end of November, "Memories of a Geisha" starring International Zhang, Gong Li, and Yang Ziqiong, the three major Chinese actresses, was released in the United States, and the box office results were not bad.

The international chapter became famous in the first battle, coupled with the accumulation of the previous few movies, she has gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, and the nickname of the international chapter is worthy of the name.

Sure, it did well at the box office, but the movie got a bad rap in Asia.

People in China feel that three Chinese actresses, including two pure Chinese (Gong Li did not change her nationality in 2005), played Japanese women, hurting national sentiment.

And the Japanese scolded even more, angry why the Japanese let a group of Chinese act, and many details of the movie did not conform to the facts at all.

This is actually not surprising, the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" is based on a novel by an American man.

The original book and movie are full of Western men's obsession with certain things. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as an alternative reprint of "Miss Saigon".

Fortunately, the international chapter is playing a Japanese geisha this time. Although he is scolded, he is not guilty of death. If this movie is set in China, the consequences may be even more serious.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there is a domestic version of "Miss Saigon", it can directly nail the actor to the pillar of shame for the rest of his life.

Especially in the tense environment between the East and the West, let's think about changing careers as soon as possible.

But it's hard to say, the later generations of "Squinting Boy" still committed crimes against the wind, not only grossed 2.5 million at the box office, but also scored 8.3 points on Douban, and it will be the number one Chinese-language movie in 2021.

The integrity of capital and the lower limit of some people are hard for ordinary people to imagine, so a certain platform deserves to be rectified...

But in any case, the box office and results of "Memoirs of a Geisha" are here, and International Zhang is also the only Chinese actress who is expected to earn more than [-] million US dollars in box office.

Not to mention, she won the Golden Rooster Best Actress last year, and this year she won the Golden Image Best Actress again with "2042".

With the combination of popularity, achievements, influence and awards, she deserves to be number one at her age, and she has faintly surpassed a certain Zhao to become China's number one floret.

Even if it wasn't for her popularity and word-of-mouth reviews, China's No. [-] Xiaohua would already be sitting firmly.

Under such circumstances, Huayi under pressure invited International Zhang to participate in "The Banquet". Although the outside world was not very optimistic, they did not dare to remove International Zhang from the candidate list of "Painted Skin".

But don't forget, the international chapter is Hu Jing's college classmate and "good girlfriend". When the pillow blows, many things can be changed.

There is a lot of noise from the outside world, but in fact, in December, the crew of "Painted Skin" has basically already pre-appointed the relevant leading actors.

Cao Xuan played Wang Sheng, Hu Jing played Pei Rong, and Xiao Wei was played by Mr. Zhou.

The role of Sun Niangniang in the original version was really redundant, so it was deleted. The role of Zhen Bullet is still there, and I made some synthesis with the role of Sun Niangniang, similar to Yan Chixia, who is a demon-killer.

But there is no emotional drama between this demon-subduing man and Pei Rong, he came here just for the sake of the demon-eating people,

One of the main highlights of the original "Painted Skin" is the special effects, and the other is the unsatisfactory shemale love triangle.

But I don't know if it's to make time or to praise the actors. In addition to the core three actors, I also got a hexagonal love.

The lizard spirit likes Xiao Wei.

The role of Zhen Bullet is Pei Rong licking the dog.

Sun Niangniang fell in love with Zhen Bullet again.

Falling in love in circles is such a mess, it not only breaks the rhythm, but also adds a bit of blood to the movie.

The starry version of "Painted Skin" retains the two major selling points of the original version, cut off some useless details, and reduced the bloody settings.

The Demon Slayer is played by Duan Long, and the Lizard Spirit is also retained, but there is no emotional drama with Xiao Wei, just a little boy tool man.

He was once rescued by Xiao Wei, and he is loyal. At the same time, he may like Xiao Wei as a metaphor, but he has never confessed to him. He is an invisible licking dog, played by Huang Bo.

These two are now also Fanxing's powerful artists who are focusing on developing into movies. They have participated in several supporting roles in Fanxing's movies, especially Huang Bo, who is now a bit of a buffoon.

But for Huang Bo, it is great to be able to participate in a movie and get a role that is not weak.

In addition, the plots of other movies are roughly the same as the original version, but there are also many details changed, and the selling points of "Painted Skin" [love] and [evil] are dug deeper as much as possible.

Although "Painted Skin 2" has a very good box office, but the reputation is too bad, there is no way to do it. The story has already been told, so it can only be fried. Except for the heart-to-heart exchange, there are some bright spots, and the rest is almost entirely supported by Mr. Zhou alone. .

Cao Xuan doesn't plan to make another "Painted Skin 2", but plans to put more effort into "Painted Skin" and strive to make it a classic.

The role has already been decided, and Fan Xing is already entering into a contract with Mr. Zhou. In order to get this role, Mr. Zhou only needs a friendship price, and the sum of all conditions is only about 50.

Zhou Gongzi’s current movie market price is 150 to 300 million, and in most cases it is below 200 million.

There is no way, although she is a four-star actress, her box office value is mediocre, and she has no international influence. The film projects are more wolves and less fleshy, so the salary must be weaker.

In fact, most domestic top-tier floret movies are paid at this level, there are more or less, but almost none of them can break through the threshold of 500 million.

Don't read the draft and brag, the cost of the film is here, and most of the heroines are not the same. If it is really tens of millions to pay the film, the investors will burn more money.

At present, the salary ceiling for female film actors in China is Gong Li, but it is only around 1000-2000 million. The international chapter will enter Hollywood this time, and it is estimated that it will also rise a wave.

Others that do not have outstanding box office results and international influence are basically around 100 to 200 million.

Of course, for some gray film crews or movies that don't attract stars, they can only spend money on them.

For a high-quality project like "Painted Skin", many people are willing to compete for a low salary, or even no salary.

For example, Li Bingbing bluntly said that he does not want a salary, and Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhou also lowered the price significantly.

For a first-line actress like Zhou Gongzi, at least 2 months of shooting schedule, 1 month of promotion schedule, and other cooperation, 50 yuan is definitely a cabbage price.

Xu Laoguai's director fee is 600 million, Hu Jing's salary is 200 million, Duan Long and Huang Bo's salary are both 20, and Da Mimi who plays the role of the little maid is 5.

Because it is a joint venture, Fanxing's artists did not take the internal price, but the market price, and some of them were even on the high side.

For example, Da Mimi and Huang Bo, normal production crews, the former will be dismissed for 10 yuan, and the latter will definitely have to keep the price below [-] yuan.

Old Freak Xu's 600 million is not too much. After all, he is also the director of two movies with over 600 million yuan. In addition to the [-] million, there are follow-up bonuses in the contract.

If the income and box office of "Painted Skin" reach a certain limit, it can easily earn tens of millions, or even more.

Great directors are very popular in the industry!

For example, Director Chen not only has a guarantee, but also receives dividends. Feng Xiaogang is more comfortable in Huayi than Old Freak Xu in Fanxing.

He had left Huayi before, and Cao Xuan was eyeing him covetously. The brothers of the Wang family wanted to hold him in their hands, and cut off a lot of flesh, for fear that he would run away.

Lao Mouzi is a bit miserable. Boss Zhang in the new picture is a bit picky about this. At least compared to the outsiders, he doesn't give Lao Mouzi much money.

Afterwards, the two parted ways. On the one hand, it was because of Boss Zhang's interference in artistic creation and all kinds of tossing, and on the other hand, Boss Zhang gave too little money.

No matter how good-tempered Lao Mouzi was, he couldn't stand it even because a certain project didn't make any money.

Cao Xuan is not generous to the director, but he is definitely not stingy.

Some of the directors who worked with him thought he interfered too much, some thought he was too strong to get along with, and some even had conflicts, but no director questioned Cao Xuan on the issue of money.

Xu Laoguai, Ning Hao and others are willing to join Fanxing, Cao Xuan wants to recruit Lin Chaoxian, and the other party is also impressed immediately, and the artists also aim to join Fanxing.

Although due to Fanxing's strong strength and wide channels, Boss Cao's good reputation for being generous and generous also contributed a lot.

They're all part-time workers, who wouldn't want a good boss who pays a lot of money...

.........

The roles of "Painted Skin" have already been decided, and even the start time has been set. It will be filmed in Fanxing Film and Television City and other places in March next year.

However, the news has not been announced to the outside world. Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Xiaopang are the smoke bombs released by Fanxing to help maintain the popularity.

As for the international chapter, it should be to suppress the negative word-of-mouth of "Memoirs of a Geisha" with this matter. In addition, Huayi also has the idea of ​​rubbing the heat.

"The Banquet" and "Painted Skin" are both big productions next year, and being tied together is a good marketing hype.

It's not just Huayi who thinks so. After entering December, seeing the New Year's Eve is approaching, "Xiu Chun Knife 12" and "The Promise" also automatically began to bind and hype.

《无极》首映是12月15日，《绣春刀2》的首映是12月12日，双方相差仅三天。

There is no way, the Lunar New Year file is not like the summer file, there can be a gap of 15 to 20 days between two blockbuster films.

The Lunar New Year files are basically released in mid-to-late December because they want to grab New Year's Day, and very few are in late December.

This year, because the Spring Festival is at the end of January, and a certain schedule is squeezed, it can only be released in early and mid-December.

But this is not bad, at least there are still a few days to buffer, luckily I can squeeze out ten days and a half months.

In the past few years, the Spring Festival file has been formed, and the reunification will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. That is a real frontal fight, and there is no buffer room at all.

Of course, the short three-day gap is less gimmicky than the same-day release, but it is not inferior.

Cao, Xu, Fan VS Chen, Xie, Zhang, Liu
This Lunar New Year file battle has excited countless people who eat melons. In addition, Lao Mouzi's literary film "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles", and "The Great Sage of Love" starring Chef Xie also announced their participation in the Lunar New Year file.

The gimmicks and lineups of these two films are weak, but they should not be underestimated.

But Lao Mouzi's reputation lies here, and the leading role is Gao Cangjian, who has a certain influence in the mainland.

"Love Epilepsy" is directed by Liu Zhenwei, a well-known comedy director in Xiangjiang, starring chef Xie and Twins and other popular Xiangjiang stars. The most important thing is to catch a wave of "Journey to the West".

In the past two years, Master Xing's "Journey to the West" has become more and more popular, almost becoming a god, and has a wide influence among movie fans.

Under such circumstances, the original director Liu Zhenwei made another "Journey to the West" magic love movie, how could it not make people daydream.

To put it bluntly, "The Great Sage of Love" is even more popular than Lao Mouzi's "Riding Alone" in this year's Lunar New Year.

But even so, more than 70% of the eyes of this year's Lunar New Year file are on the two movies "Xiu Chun Knife 2" and "The Promise".

Whether it is the two film crews themselves, the media, or the general public, they all intentionally or unintentionally bring the two films together and let them be ranked high and low.

At the end of November, Cao Xuan came out to promote "Xiu Chun Dao 11", and expressed his confidence in an interview with "China Movie Channel".

"We have made a series of extensions and refinements to the plot and fighting scenes of "Xiu Chun Knife 2", and also retained the characteristics of the previous one, breaking the situation with small things, peeling off cocoons, and showing a bigger conspiracy...

I talked with Director Xu, and based on the popularity of the previous film, we think that the box office should catch up with "Embroidered Spring Knife". "

The box office of "Xiu Chun Knife" is 1.5 million. Cao Xuan said that he wants to catch up, because he hopes that the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife 2" will be more than 1.5 million.

You know, now that the end of the year is approaching, the total box office in 2005 is less than 20 billion.

Experts estimate that there will be about 3-3.5 million plates for the Lunar New Year stalls, with a high probability of no more than 4 million.

Cao Xuan opened his mouth to ask for more than 1.5 million, which is already very confident.

However, no matter how confident Cao Tianwang is, he is still a younger brother to Chen Dao. When Chen Dao was interviewed again, he publicly stated.

"I think the market and the audience will give a film full of sincerity 100 points of respect.

I'm not going to predict the box office of "The Promise", that's for the future, but I hope it's good enough, "Titanic" is a good movie, but it shouldn't be the representative of China's box office chart. "

As soon as this remark came out, countless media netizens applauded, praising Director Chen's domineering spirit.

There are also people who push Cao Xuan down, catching up with his predecessor's box office is nothing. A good filmmaker like Director Chen is dedicated to adding luster to Chinese movies.

Cao Xuan was a little dumbfounded.

To be honest, Director Chen's mentality is worthy of praise. It is the heart knot of all Chinese filmmakers that "Titanic" tops the box office list in the Mainland.

But ordinary filmmakers really dare not say that they can catch up with "Titanic". Director Chen dared to speak out, which is absolutely commendable.

If it was at any other time, Cao Xuan might give it a thumbs up, but thinking about "The Promise", he really doesn't know how to comment on this matter.

Director Chen of the original time and space is not so arrogant, why is he so fierce now.

After thinking about it, Cao Xuan can only suspect that this summer's "New World" won the box office of 2.25 million, which gave Director Chen enough confidence in the market.

So, he was going to kick Cao Tianwang, all the old schemers, trample Cameron on the soles of his feet, and shout that I am the king of Chinese...

The overwhelming support made Director Chen even more elated.

When accepting an event held by Penguin News, the host Liu Yan who was specially invited to interview asked what to do if the box office did not meet expectations. Director Chen was furious and walked away on the spot.

Afterwards, she even reprimanded Liu Yan at the press conference, saying that she had ulterior motives for asking this question. Before the movie was released, this question was like participating in a child's full moon wine, asking what to do if the child is about to die.

How should I put it, Liu Yan's question may be inappropriate, but it is indeed within the normal range. Similar interviews are actually very common.

For example, when Cao Xuan promoted "Xiu Chun Knife 2", some people asked what to do if the box office and word-of-mouth were not good.

Director Chen's reaction was a bit too intense, so he just walked away, and he even scolded Liu Yan afterwards, which seemed a bit narrow-minded.

The original time and space also had such an incident, and Liu Yan was also interviewed, and the situation was generally not bad.

At that time, Liu Yan was still a newcomer. After offending the big director, she was so frightened that she had nightmares for a month, and even apologized repeatedly when talking about it on the show.

However, now that Liu Yan is the host of Fanxing, with her back on a big tree, she has no fear of Director Chen.

On the contrary, Liu Yan was very stubborn and posted her interviews and video materials on Cao Xuan, Liu Tianwang, Cheng Long, Lao Mouzi and other similar issues on her blog.

With the same type of questions, other big names were very calm, even behaved very modestly, and the interview atmosphere was extremely friendly.

Although Liu Yan only posted pictures and didn't say a single word, it was worth a thousand words.

While the media excitedly reposted the melons, they were also shocked by Liu Yan's toughness, and suspected that Cao Xuan was behind it.

Regarding this, Boss Cao can only say——

You guessed it!
Liu Yan was very aggrieved before, and she cried when she heard that she went backstage, but she didn't dare to challenge the big director, she was ready to bear it, and even wanted to apologize through a blog, but was stopped by Cao Xuan.

Boss Cao, who protects his shortcomings, doesn't care if you are Dao Chen or Dad Arthur.

If Liu Yan was wrong, he wouldn't protect her, but Liu Yan was right, and Dao Chen couldn't bully his star-studded people.

When his surname Cao died?
He himself didn't get angry directly, mainly to save face for Mr. Han, and besides, Director Chen and his master Li Xuejian still had some kindred spirits, so he was too embarrassed to take the initiative to provoke him.

But it was not convenient for him, the person involved could come, so Cao Xuan called Liu Yan.

If you bear it, I don't care.

If you don't want to bear it, don't worry, I will help you with any consequences.

Of course Liu Yan didn't want to bear it. She wanted to apologize before because she was afraid of offending Director Chen. Now that the boss is protecting her, it's over.

Not long after, Liu Yan, together with a news crew from Sohu, went to Yunnan Province and made an urgent interview feature——

"A Movie Ruined Shangri-La"

When Director Chen's "The Promise" was filmed in Shangri-La, it caused irreparable damage to some of the local natural scenery.

For example, the production team flattened the 100-[-] square meters of century-old alpine rhododendrons, paved a rough gravel road that had hardened and was difficult to restore, and built more than [-] piles in Tianchi, leaving a lot of construction and domestic waste.

In fact, this matter has been revealed before, but almost no one cares about it. Who would have thought that Liu Yan would be fierce enough, so she directly brought people to a special report.

This news was a slap in the face to Director Chen and the crew of "The Promise", and the negative effect it caused was immeasurable.

The local official deputy was directly dismissed. Director Chen and the crew apologized publicly. Not only did they contract all the costs of restoring the scenic spot, but they were also fined more than 90 yuan.

If it weren't for the cover of Han Sanye and China Film Group, "The Promise" might not be released smoothly, but the prospect of the film is cast in a layer of gloom.

No one expected that Liu Yan, a weak woman, would have such terrifying fighting power that even Cao Xuan looked up to her with admiration.

He originally thought that Liu Yan could only fight with Director Chen. Afterwards, "The Promise" hit the street, which was just a good time to ridicule him. Unexpectedly, Liu Yan directly made a big move and almost took "The Promise" away.

Liu Yan herself was also very relieved, didn't she say that her problem was harmful to others, not only was she harmful now, but she also poured medicine on the "child" herself, making it worse.

There is a saying, green bamboo snake mouth, wasp tail needle, never underestimate the consequences of offending a woman...

(End of this chapter)