The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 102 Let Him Audition

The story line of "Signal" is very clear, and there are actually only six important characters.

Father and son are the two leading actors.

The father's wife is the heroine.

The serial killer is the ultimate villain.

In addition, there is the captain of the police force, the father's friend, and the son's childhood playmate is a slightly more supporting role.

Chen Jingxing did not distribute scripts to many star actors like many film producers.

Although his status is not as high as that of the national teacher, Wang Molin, Feng Xiaogang and other great leaders, he has also got rid of the level of being selected.

It's not the actors who choose him, he chooses the actors.

The thick stack of documents on his desk is the proof.

"Wu Tingxuan? Isn't he the idol of the Korean Universe? Does he have time to go back to China to make a movie?" Chen Jingxing picked up the document on the top and asked with a frown.

Sitting opposite him is Wang Peng, the assistant director of "Signal". He has been the executive director since the filming of "Fatal Identity". Chen Jingxing is still very satisfied with his ability. He has already signed a contract with DreamWorks, and he is regarded as an employee of the company. up.

"You may not have paid attention to the news in the entertainment circle these days. Wu Tingxuan not only filed a written request to terminate the contract with the Korean company, but also filed a lawsuit in the court, requesting that the contract be declared invalid. Of course, it must take a long time to go to court, and it may not be possible in one or two years. However, this does not prevent Wu Tingxuan from unilaterally withdrawing from the group." Wang Peng explained.

Chen Jingxing nodded: "So he is going back to China soon?"

Wang Peng replied: "That's right, and...his agent is also his mother. Not long ago, she came to the company to visit Mr. Xu in person. Maybe she was dissatisfied with Mr. Xu's answer. She said she wanted to have an interview with you. Wu Tingxuan is fighting for the leading role in "Signal."

Chen Jingxing sneered in his heart, and kept calm on his face: "I'm gone, you are the casting director, you go and tell him, let him audition for this role, it doesn't matter if Wu Tingxuan is inconvenient to go back to China now, just make a video Pass it on to us, whether you can get this role, I will talk about it after I watch the video."

Wang Peng looked up at the character Chen Jingxing was pointing at, and was a little dumbfounded.

It's the protagonist's younger brother.

Seeing Wang Peng's somewhat embarrassed expression, Chen Jingxing smiled: "You can just tell her what I mean, whether she is willing to accept it or not, by the way, don't give her the whole script, just choose this role The plot at the very beginning clarifies the relationship between this character and the protagonist."

Chen Jingxing was also a little tired. In his previous life, those top-notch idols who played a supporting role in a big director's play would happily send out drafts everywhere. Why did he pick up Joe here?Look down on him?

"Director Chen, why don't you give him the supporting role directly? Wu Tingxuan is now the No. It can all help a lot.”

Seeing Wang Peng's careful persuasion, Chen Jingxing looked helpless, and asked directly: "Okay, just tell me what Mr. Xu explained to you?"

Xu Wenshen had already led the team to build a studio, and it must have left something for Wang Peng before leaving.

Wang Peng breathed a sigh of relief: "President Xu means that of course he can't be allowed to play the leading role. After all, he has always been an idol on the stage and has no acting experience. We can't be his test product. We can pretend to give him the chance to audition for the leading role. If he doesn't pass the audition, let's give him a supporting role, and try to keep him, and make full use of his market appeal without greatly affecting the quality of the film.

"Signal" is likely to be his first film back in China, and it will be of great help to the publicity. After all, we are going to show it on the National Day file, and the opponents are relatively strong, so there is still a lot of pressure on the publicity.

And...his mother hinted that as Wu Tingxuan's first film back to China, the remuneration can be negotiated. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Mr. Xu thinks that a symbolic remuneration can be negotiated, so this is a very good deal. After all, Wu Tingxuan's name is worth 2000 million publicity fees. "

Chen Jingxing sighed in his heart. After all, this is only 2014. Even an experienced producer like Xu Wenshen must be cautious about the appeal of top idols.

He is actually not surprised, because this is the normal logic of capital.

Both domestic and foreign film capitals are keen on making sequels and adapting big IPs.

This is the instinct of hedging risks, because the first thing capital wants is to return the capital, and then to make money on this basis, and sequels and big IPs have a basic market, and capital likes to invest in works with a basic market.

It is the same logic to pursue traffic stars. Capital also regards the traffic of stars as a basic market. Before Wu Tingxuan returned to China, many film and television companies have issued film contracts to him. Isn’t that because of his “2000 million fans”? ?

If there are really 2000 million fans, not to mention all of them can be mobilized to go to the cinema, even if only one-tenth of it is mobilized, it will still have a box office of nearly [-] million.

Isn't this basic disk attractive?
Of course, capital often overestimates the mobilization ability of celebrities to fans and the financial capabilities of fans themselves.

Although Chen Jingxing was a little upset, he knew that what Xu Wenshen said was reasonable.

Even if Wu Tingxuan's fans are not willing to spend real money to go to the cinema to support idols, it is still no problem to mobilize them to do data promotion on the Internet. After all, it costs money to ask the navy to publish a draft, and fans with traffic are free labor. ah.

If Wu Tingxuan can really play a supporting role with a low salary, it will be quite cost-effective from an economic point of view.

However, Chen Jingxing didn't want to settle the financial score, so he drew out several documents and wrote down their corresponding roles on them, and handed them to Wang Peng.

"These people sent them out to audition, but they still can't send out the script, just choose a paragraph."

It's time for Chen Jingxing to consider keeping the script secret. After all, the movie "Signal" has been exposed to a lot of attention from the outside world since its inception. If someone really leaked the script to the media, it would be very bad. Signing a non-disclosure agreement can recover the damage, but it cannot save the loss.

Of course, this is also a manifestation of his growing fame, and the public has a strong sense of expectation for his works. If other ordinary directors throw the script in the face of media reporters, they will not bother to report it.

The most important thing is that the movie "Signal" cannot be spoiled. For some movies, it doesn't matter whether the audience knows the script or not, but once some settings and key plots of "Signal" are spoiled, the viewing experience will be greatly reduced. .

Wang Peng saw that Chen Jingxing skipped the subject of Wu Tingxuan, so he wisely said no more. Anyway, Mr. Xu's explanation was conveyed in place, and the final decision on the role was still made by Chen Jingxing.

After Wang Peng left, Chen Jingxing looked down at the actor information in his hand with a thoughtful expression.

In fact, he already has someone to choose the main actor in his heart, but he still has to watch the audition, not to mention whether there can be sparks between the actors, but there must be no sense of disharmony, especially the two leading actors, father and son, must not make the audience think awkward.

(End of this chapter)