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Chapter 405 Arrangement
Before Cheng Yu'an left, he found Guo Fei for the first time and said that he would make a TV series.

Since the film and television department became independent, Cheng Yu'an has basically stopped participating in the TV drama department except for drama king-level projects like "Before Dawn", "Scary Step by Step" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Now it is rare to come here to arrange a drama.

""Red Sorghum"?" Guo Fei was surprised when he heard that he was going to make "Red Sorghum". "Nowadays, all dramas talk about online marketing. Period dramas are at a disadvantage here. We haven't done period dramas for several years." .”

Why did Cheng Yu'an make "Red Sorghum"?It's not because he knows that Mo Yan will win the Nobel Prize in October next year.

Now let's talk about the adaptation rights, the price is also cheap, and after the auction next year, if you resell it, you will make a lot of money.

The company is not one-sided, and Cheng Yu'an had to persuade Guo Fei to make "Red Sorghum": "Look, we are going to cooperate with Zhang Yimou soon."

"He doesn't make TV dramas." Guo Fei wanted to take advantage of Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum", but even if Zhang Yimou cooperated with the company, she couldn't direct Zhang Yimou.

"Who said he made it. You still don't know how to catch the heat? When the time comes, you can say that the movie version of "Red Sorghum" is the benchmark. I will write an award-winning script for Director Zhang next year, and give it another push."

"Won't Director Zhang feel disgusted by such rubbish?"

"No, this is a normal marketing method. We are not people like Zhang Weiping. If you communicate with him in advance, he will cooperate." Cheng Yu'an said.

"Besides, I plan to ask Mr. Zhou to play Jiu'er. Just say, can this kind of "Red Sorghum" make money?"

"She hasn't acted in a TV series for ten years!"

"That's why I invited her for a role like Jiu'er," Cheng Yu'an said.

"How much will it cost to invite her?" Guo Fei was a little bit reluctant to part with the money. The salary of Mr. Zhou's "Painted Skin 2" has already exceeded tens of millions, and the TV series will only double and increase.

"Get ready for 3000 million." The original time and space Mr. Zhou's salary for playing Jiu'er was 3000 million.Although the two have a good relationship, they can't blindly lower the price.

"3000 million! If she takes 3000 million by herself, then the whole show won't cost hundreds of millions." Guo Fei's boss is unwilling to pay this money, and spends hundreds of millions of funds to make a TV series, except for the four famous novels and "The Great Qin Empire" Such a historical drama, how can other films pry such a big market.

"Red Sorghum" is really not a hot IP, otherwise the copyright would not be still in Mo Yan's hands.

"I'll try to talk to Mo Yan first, and if we agree on the right to adapt it, we will do it." Guo Fei finally let go, "There are many directors who can make period dramas, but since it is "Red Sorghum" and Mr. Zhou, then You have to follow the standard of a drama king."

Guo Fei immediately listed several directors who can play the leading role: "Huang Ke, Liu Jiang, Zheng Xiaolong, Zhang Li."

"Red Sorghum" would not be bad for any of them, but Cheng Yu'an still asked another director's schedule: "What is Kong Sheng doing?"

"He is filming "Wenzhou Family", which is Dongyang Noon's first drama. He and Li Xue attach great importance to it. Do you want to hand over "Red Sorghum" to him?"

Cheng Yu'an nodded: "You can't just give money but not the project."

Kong Sheng left Shanying to establish Noon Sunshine, and Yuan Yuan is a partner of Noon Sunshine.

"Okay, I'll talk to Kong Sheng later." Guo Fei didn't think Kong Sheng would refuse at all.

Cheng Yu'an will definitely be able to handle Mr. Zhou, "Red Sorghum" + Mr. Zhou, the king of remote dramas, no domestic director would refuse.

After arranging "Red Sorghum", Cheng Yu'an left: "That's it, you make an agreement with Xun first, and ask her to set aside a schedule. I will tell her the details when I return to China."

"You don't need to stay. She has been resting since she finished filming "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate". This movie has given her a lot of trouble. She will have "The Wind Listener" and "Cloud Atlas" next year."

"She still accepts "Cloud Atlas." Cheng Yu'an had advised her not to accept "Cloud Atlas" before, but it was obvious that Mr. Zhou didn't listen to him.

When she was persuading her, she pouted:
"You don't make Hollywood movies for me."

Cheng Yu'an was speechless at the time.

But the conscience of heaven and earth, it's really not that Cheng Yu'an doesn't want to shoot her, it's that he really can't find a scene that suits her for a while.

She can't be allowed to act as a beating girl.

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Two days later, Cheng Yuan flew to the United States with the delegation.

Negotiations were a long and arduous process. Cheng Yu'an was only a staff member with the regiment, and the regiment also valued his right to speak in Hollywood.

The group also knew that he had to deal with his own company affairs when he came to the United States with the group, so he did not restrict his personal activities.

After Cheng Yu'an settled in the hotel, he went out to the company by himself.

The "Twilight Saga" series will end this year and next year, and two sets will be released in a few days.

"The Twilight Saga" is the highest-grossing series of a major film company. It has brought the company a total of more than 5 million US dollars in revenue in the past three years, and now it still receives 5000 million in dividends every year.

The successor to "Twilight" will be the "Hunger Games" series, the first of which will be released in March next year.

Cheng Yuan rushed to the company without jet lag. Cheng Lingfeng was not there, and Sarah presided over the company's daily work.

"Keira Knightley has signed with us to cooperate with all four films of "The Hunger Games". Her salary for the first film is 4 million US dollars, and it will gradually increase later."

Don't look at KK's claim to be "British Rose" and "Hollywood's highest-grossing British actress", but in fact she accepts more literary films, such as "The Hunger Games", which is still a female lead, and her offer has not been high. .

It's also because there are too few big heroines in Hollywood, and the big heroines who need to carry the box office will basically not find her.

Cheng Yu'an is not worried about "The Hunger Games", the original book has a huge fan base, and Keira Knightley's performance will not lose to Jennifer Lawrence.

Mainly to take a look at the situation of several upcoming and new plays.

"Sherlock Holmes 2" will be released in December and will be introduced in China in January next year.

The company is very optimistic about the box office prospects of the second film. Downey is very hot in Hollywood now. Everyone in the company admires Cheng Yu'an's decision to cast the addict Downey as the leading role in spite of the entire company's opposition.

But also because of this, when the company wanted to launch the third part, Downey hesitated.

Now that he is full in Marvel's car, he is a little reluctant to play Sherlock Holmes.

Cheng Yu'an heard Downey's complaints, and said: "If you don't want to act, then don't act. The first and second parts of "Sherlock Holmes" are independent stories. If he doesn't act, we will stop temporarily. There is no loss to us."

Just wait for the end of the first phase of the Marvel Universe and Downey get out of Marvel's car.

""Ex Machina" will start filming early next year and will be released at the end of the year. Cheng, Koreans are really rich." Sarah's last addition was a bit funny.

Cheng Yu'an also wanted to laugh when he heard it. It seems that Cheng Lingfeng and Sarah have made SM bleed a lot: "Slay them when they should, but don't treat them as fools. Koreans are smart."

The two were chatting, and Cheng Lingfeng came in from the outside: "You can transfer Qianxi's schedule for the beginning of next year."

"Sissy is currently filming "BJ Meets Seattle" in Vancouver, and she will join the group of "Pacific Rim" after filming. There is no time at the beginning of the year. Why are you looking for her?"

"I asked her to shoot "Now You See Me", and there is a female magician in it."

"She is not suitable for this kind of group portrait heroine right now. You can give this role to other people in the company. Hey, no, give it to Sissy."

As soon as Cheng Lingfeng heard him say this, he knew what he was thinking: "You want Sissy to take this role as a favor?"

"Well." Cheng Yu'an said, "There are already complaints about Sissy within the company, saying that she has monopolized our role in Hollywood. Let her find someone for this role."

Cheng Yu'an taught Liu Yifei before, asking her to know how to deal with the company's actors, and some roles that she didn't want to play or were not suitable for acting could be used as favors.

(End of this chapter)