my superstar girlfriend

Chapter 183 Is it worth it

Is it possible to create a world of martial arts movies?

Nature is possible, and only possible.

It is difficult to do nothing.

Of course, if someone is willing to spend money, it is very easy.

However, the Guoshu film world produced in that way is obviously not a success.

How to be considered a success, the success of a Chinese martial arts master movie, that is considered a success.What if it was piled up with money?

Not only to make money, but also to have influence.

The reason why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is successful is undoubtedly because of the success of a single superhero movie and its great influence.

If "Iron Man" fails, will there be a later "Avengers"?Is there such a thing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
DC has Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Cyborg, Captain Marvel, Constantine, Martian Chaser and other superheroes and Justice League. Have you heard of the DC movie universe?

Maybe, but not successfully.

Although kung fu movies are showing signs of recovery, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to make them into the world of martial arts movies.

If a film fails, it becomes more difficult to succeed.

Of course, even if it was only possible, Mu Chen was willing to try.

Besides, he didn't intend to direct it himself.

Even, at best, he would give some opinions on the script of the film, and would not write it himself.

It is naturally best to be successful.

It doesn't matter if you can't succeed.

The investment in kung fu movies is not big in itself, Chenxi Film and Television can afford it, and so can he.

Mu Chen is not interested in the martial arts movie world, but he is very interested in the Marvel movie universe.

That is definitely a money-absorbing weapon.

Not only because each film is a box office hit, but also because it can be made into comics, games, etc.

This is a world-class market, not just domestic.

Mu Chen had already thought about it.

Even he is already thinking that it would be better to add a few Chinese superheroes to make Marvel Universe movies.

For example, replace Doctor Strange and other related characters with magic with practitioners full of Chinese characteristics.

In the station in New York, the Chinese Sword Immortal appeared, I don't know if it will be more exciting.

In addition, the role of Xingjue can also be replaced by a Chinese actor, so it should not affect the overall layout.

"Let's talk about this movie first." Chen Fuhai was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said.

In the world of martial arts movies, Chen Fuhai is far less enthusiastic than Mu Chen and Yuan Hong.

Mu Chen himself is a martial arts practitioner, while Yuan Hong is an action actor, action director, and director who has been famous for many years. They have different feelings for this type of film than other filmmakers.

"This is just an idea of ​​mine!" Mu Chen said with a smile, "We'll wait until the reaction of this film is released. It's too early to say."

Yuan Hong also smiled.

Talking about how to cooperate Yuan Hong and Chen Fuhai.

As for how to shoot this film, Yuan Hong would naturally ask for Mu Chen's opinion.This is not just because Mu Chen is an excellent director, but most importantly because he is the screenwriter of this film.

After Yuan Hong and Chen Fuhai left, Mu Chen fell into deep thought.

He felt like he had planned well.

After "Wolf Warrior 2", should I plan to hit the international market and enter Hollywood?

If you want to make a Marvel movie, I'm afraid you have to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood first.

This has nothing to do with whether you can get investment.

When Mu Chen rushes to the international market and enters Hollywood, Chenxi Film and Television will also follow.What kind of film he wants to make, naturally there will be no shortage of funds.

"Wolf Warrior 2" is being prepared in an orderly manner, and after the audition of the relevant actors, they are gradually confirmed.

Qian Bida and Mu Chen invited Yu Wenshun to audition.

This famous comedian who graduated from the director department of the Film Academy, his acting skills exceeded Mu Chen's expectations.

He invited him to audition out of sheer curiosity.

Because Yu Wenshun reminded Mu Chen of the actor who played Qian Bida in the original version.

Both of them graduated from the Film Academy with a major in directing, and both have become big names in the cross talk world.

Of course, the two are similar in this respect.

Yu Wenshun still has rich performance experience, which is why his acting skills are not bad.

As the captain, He Zheng, an actor who has collaborated with Mu Chen in "Bright Sword", starred.

Zhuo Yifan is starred by Zhang Tao, the popular little fresh meat.

"How much is he asking for?" Mu Chen looked at Chen Fuhai in surprise.

"4000 million!" Chen Fuhai said.

"Substitute!" Mu Chen said without thinking.

"Stop talking?" Chen Fuhai said.

"What are you talking about!" Mu Chen said angrily, "Liu Guohua's salary is not that high! Although he is popular, popular, and has many fans, how strong is his box office appeal? This film still needs his Box office appeal?"

In Mu Chen's view, this asking price was too insincere, and he even felt that he was being taken advantage of by the other party.

Mu Ze is not saying that he is in full swing now, he is definitely hotter than those little fresh meats, and the box office appeal is not known how much stronger they are.But Mu Ze's current film salary is only 2000 million yuan. If the script is good or the relationship is good, he will give a friendship price.

The asking price of Feng Zhaohui's film that Mu Ze is shooting now is only 1000 million.

What's more, Zhuo Yifan is a supporting role, and his role is relatively small.For such a role, the pay is generally discounted.

Mu Chen is not short of funds now, even if the box office share of "Infernal Affairs" has not yet arrived.

The investment in "Wolf Warrior 2" is not small, but the budget does not set an upper limit.

However, Mu Chen prefers to spend his money on other places instead of actors' remuneration.

Of course, the most important thing is that Mu Chen feels that Zhang Tao is not worth the price.

Liu Guohua's salary for starring in "Infernal Affairs" is only 500 million.

Although it is a friendly price, if it is a full price, it is not 4000 million.

There are a lot of popular young fresh meat, and Chenxi Film and Television has one, and Li Yunyi's popularity even surpasses Zhang Tao's.

It's just that Li Yunyi's schedule is too full now, and he can't spare the time, and there's no need to.

Otherwise, how could it be Zhang Tao's turn.

"The market is like this now." Chen Fuhai said with a smile, "There is a TV series looking for Li Yunyi, and the asking price is 8000 million, and 9000 million is negotiated!"

Mu Chen opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

Hearing this, Mu Chen couldn't help asking Chenxi Film and Television to cultivate a few more fresh meat to make money.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Yunyi to charge such a high price for starring in the company's drama.

Generally, actors who star in their own company's dramas get the internal price of the friendship price.

Small fresh meat means flow.

Mu Chen naturally understood.

No one regards Mu Chen as a fresh meat, but his self-contained traffic is far higher than those popular fresh meat, so he doesn't pay much attention to this.

Today traffic is attention.

However, whether they are worth the price is a matter of opinion.

Maybe Zhang Tao is worth 4000 million yuan in salary, but "Wolf Warrior 2" doesn't need to spend 4000 million yuan to hire him.

"Who are you going to invite to audition?" Chen Fuhai continued to ask.

Mu Chen wanted to change, so there was no need to talk about it.

"Wolf Warrior 2" has the box office appeal of Mu Chen and Mu Ze, so there is really no need to spend 4000 million to invite Zhang Tao.

"No need." Mu Chen shook his head, then picked up the phone and dialed out.

"Hey, why is Director Mu calling me when you have time?"

A moment later, Cheng Jie's voice rang from the phone.

"In May, does Cheng Cheng have a schedule of two or three months?" Mu Chen asked directly.

Cheng Cheng was handsome in appearance, not much worse than those little fresh meats.

This has to admire his luck.He doesn't look like Cheng Jie, but like his mother.

Of course, there was another reason why Mu Chen approached him, and that was that Cheng Cheng was not only the second generation star, but also the second generation rich.He is willing to endure hardships in filming, but his temperament, which was cultivated from a young age, has quite the characteristics of "rich second generation".

It fits the role of Zhuo Yifan very well.

"Yes! If not, there must be!" Cheng Jie laughed, "Is there a sequel to "Wolf Warrior"?"

"That's right! It's not the main character, but it's a character that plays a lot of roles, and it's quite brilliant." Mu Chen said.

"Thank you very much! Let's have a meal together someday when you are free." Cheng Jie said with a smile.

Is Cheng Cheng short of filming?

Apparently there is no shortage!

However, Mu Chen's "Wolf Warrior 2" is undoubtedly an opportunity for Cheng Cheng.

Why didn't Mu Chen call Cheng Cheng directly, but Cheng Jie?
It was nothing more than to let Cheng Jie remember him as a favor.

Relationships in the entertainment industry are undoubtedly very important.

The main actors are gradually determined, but the preparations for "Wolf Warrior 2" are far from over.

As for Mu Chen's change of roles in the new film due to the lack of agreement on the film salary, it has not been reported, but it is not a secret in the circle.

There is also some controversy in the circle about Zhang Tao's dismissal of 4000 million yuan in salary.

Some people think it's high, some people think it's low.

High and low, value is not worth it, it varies from person to person.

Shortly after the Golden Dragon Awards, the Golden Phoenix Awards arrived as scheduled.

Mu Chen is now turning to the big screen, but he is still invited to attend this year's Golden Phoenix Awards.

He was nominated for the best screenplay for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and it is reasonable to be invited to participate.

What's more, last year's "Bright Sword" almost swept the Golden Phoenix Awards and won the Best Director Award. According to past habits, he will also be invited to be the award presenter of this Golden Phoenix Awards.

The face of the Golden Phoenix Award must be given. Although Mu Chen is not in the TV circle, Chenxi Film and Television has not given up and will not give up the production of TV series.

TV series accounted for a large proportion of Chenxi Film and Television's income.

Whether it is "Shooting the Condors" or "Sword of Heaven", Chenxi Film and Television has made a lot of money.

The ratings and word-of-mouth of these two TV series are very good, and they are definitely one of the TV series that cannot be avoided last year.

This year's Golden Phoenix Awards received many nominations.

Of course, the second season of "Love Apartment" was also the most popular TV series last year, but as always, it didn't get nominated for a single award.

Although he didn't get it, Marin still led the crew onto the red carpet of the Golden Phoenix Awards.

For this reason, the crew of the third season of "Love Apartment" took half a day off.

The cost of filming this TV series is not high, the crew is not big, and the half-day vacation will not cause much loss.

"What? Do you have an idea about the Golden Phoenix Award?"

Seeing Ma Lin looking enviously at the people on the podium, Mu Chen said with a smile.

He didn't sit with the crew of "Shooting the Condor" or "Legend of Sword", but with the people of "Love Apartment", right next to Marin.

"Which person who makes a TV series has no idea about the Golden Phoenix Award?" Ma Lin said with a curled lip, then suddenly looked at Mu Chen and said, "I have an idea, do you have a solution?"

"The company's screenwriting team completed the script of a spy war drama not long ago." Mu Chen said with a smile.

""Latent"?" Ma Lin said immediately, "The drama prepared for Mr. Li Hongbin? It seems to be the outline of the script written by you, right?"

"Yes! I watched it, and I'm quite satisfied." Mu Chen said, "If you finish filming this drama well, it's entirely possible to get what you want."

"Spy war dramas are not easy to shoot." Marin said, "Are you really going to let me shoot?"

"Then you have to come up with a good plan to convince Lao Chen." Mu Chen smiled and said, "Xu Lin is busy filming "The Legend of Condor Heroes", Gao Xin is preparing for "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", you If you can't convince Lao Chen, then this drama will probably invite directors from other companies."

Marin nodded, apparently consciously.

The ratings of dramas like "Love Apartment" are extremely high, but the chances of winning an award are too low.

Which filming does not want to win awards?

It's just that the ratings are high, so there are inevitably some fly in the ointment!

Although the third season of "Love Apartment" has not been launched for a long time, the shooting of this drama is relatively simple, and the actors are also very familiar with the characters, so the shooting speed is naturally much faster.

What's more, compared to before, Ma Lin's director level has improved a lot, and he is more comfortable shooting.

There is definitely no conflict in time.

Marin hasn't read the script of "Latent", but the spy war drama is really difficult to shoot, which is a challenge for him.

But this is also an opportunity.

He could also tell that this was the opportunity Mu Chen had won for him.From Mu Chen's words, he could tell that Chen Fuhai didn't care that he directed the film.

Marin didn't want to miss it.

The competition for the Golden Phoenix Award this year is still very fierce, perhaps every time it is.

However, from the perspective of nominations, Chenxi Film and Television is undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

Chenxi Film and Television was established not long ago, but it has developed rapidly, especially in TV dramas, even those first-line big film and television companies are somewhat difficult to compare with.

Large quantity and high quality.

Since the establishment of Chenxi Film and Television, there has never been a Golden Phoenix Award where it has not appeared.

Even if Mu Chen no longer makes TV dramas.

"Shooting the Condor" and "Legend of Sword" were nominated, but Mu Chen didn't win the best screenplay award with a one-half chance.

In the eyes of many people, this award is undoubtedly "upset".

Mu Chen has never watched the award-winning TV series.

People like them don't watch TV much.However, Mu Chen never thought that this award belonged to him.

Mu Chen didn't win the award, but Chenxi Film and Television became the biggest winner.

Miao Xun won the best actor for the role of Guo Jing and became Shidi.

Su Xiaowan won the Best Actress for the role of Huang Rong and became a queen.

A TV series won the best actor and actress, which shows the excellence of this TV series.Even if this TV series didn't win the best director and best film and television series.

And Li Yunyi won the Most Popular Actor Award for his wonderful performance in "Sword of Heaven".

Of course, winning this award has something to do with Li Yunyi's popularity.

The three of them are contract artists of Chenxi Film and Television.

The success of the two TV dramas of Chenxi is not only due to the amazing ratings and the Golden Phoenix Award, but also because the two dramas have made many actors popular.

The current income of Chenxi Film and Television does not only come from movies and TV, and variety shows, but also from contracted artists.

When a contracted artist becomes popular, the remuneration, appearance fee, announcement fee, endorsement fee, etc. will naturally rise.

(End of this chapter)