The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 112 "Source Code" Casting
"Source Code" is a standard leading actor, and it can even be called a one-man show.

From a normal point of view, such a one-man show must of course invite first-line actors to perform, and the acting skills must also be above the standard.

As a result, the range of choices is actually not many.

It is a pity that Deng Chao, as the candidate that Chen Jingxing and Xu Wenshen both agreed to, had to miss due to objective reasons.

Chen Jingxing and Xu Wenshen could only propose candidates they thought were feasible, and then they were rejected by the other party.

"...What do you think of Hugo?"

"Hu Ge..." Xu Wenshen was slightly hesitant: "Nationality and fame are good, but the performance on the big screen is a bit lacking. After all, the protagonist of "Source Code" is the most difficult among the few movies you have made. He There is no big problem with the image, but can the acting skills hold up?"

Chen Jingxing said: "Actually, there is no problem with acting skills. After all, movies are not TV dramas. Whether an actor performs well or not depends mostly on the director, and his acting skills are actually not bad. The production cycle of "Source Code" is not tight. , I don't think it's a big problem."

After all, "Source Code" is a commercial film from the ground up, no matter how the characters have room to express themselves, Chen Jingxing doesn't expect the actors to contribute any amazing actor-level performances.

"As for box office appeal..." Chen Jingxing shook his head.

In his opinion, box office appeal is the right person to meet the right theme at the right time.

There is no such thing as "box office appeal" that exists independently.

Hu Ge didn't have any outstanding performance on the big screen, and of course he didn't have any box office appeal, but he was famous enough.

In Chen Jingxing's opinion, this was enough.

The reason why "Source Code" invites a first-line actor to star is actually more from the perspective of publicity and film scheduling. If a movie does not have enough famous actors to sit in it, whether it is publicity or theaters Talking about arranging films will encounter many difficulties.

In fact, he didn't expect the leading role to have much box office appeal.

Xu Wenshen seemed to think of something again, and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, Hu Ge is still filming "Langya Bang", so the schedule may not be able to be adjusted."

Xu Wenshen is a senior producer in the industry, and he has always paid attention to the development of some film and television drama projects in the industry.

"Langya Bang"?
Chen Jingxing remembered that this drama was also a phenomenon-level hit drama. Although the ratings were not too high, it was quite popular on the Internet.

Chen Jingxing stretched out his index finger and tapped twice on the edge of the table: "Then how is the filming progress of this movie? This movie has been filming for a while, right? It is estimated that it will be finished soon, if it is really not possible, it doesn't hurt to wait."

Chen Jingxing still didn't want to give up easily. After all, Hu Ge was also his childhood idol, and his performance in TV dramas was considered very good, but the movies really didn't have any good works yet.

It is also a happy thing to let an actor you like star in your own movie, and maybe it can make Hu Ge's career to a higher level.

From the perspective of movies, it's not a loss. Hu Ge is indeed a first-line actor, but he is not a movie star, and he is not a shortcoming in publicity.

In Chen Jingxing's view, Hu Ge's performance on the big screen may be because he really has no box office appeal.

Or maybe it's just a lack of movie resources.

After all, his acting skills are worse than Hu Ge's, and he is not a trafficker, and has no box office appeal, and there are quite a few resourceful people who can make one movie after another.

……

"Old Hu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why hesitate?" The agent paced back and forth anxiously.

""Langya Bang" will be finished in early June, and director Chen's "Source Code" will start filming in July. Isn't this a seamless entry? As far as I know, Deng Chao really wants to take on this movie, but there is no way, he The agreement has already been signed, and the schedule conflicts, it will be your turn, after passing this village, there will be no such shop, how many people are staring at this cake."

Hu Ge's expression was a little struggling: "Then I'm not also a schedule conflict?"

The manager was speechless: "...Deng Chao has already signed the agreement, and he has to pay liquidated damages. That's called a schedule conflict. Where are you going? You don't even write a word."

"Didn't I also verbally agree?"

The agent's face darkened, and the schedule conflict Hu Ge was talking about was another movie about "Qin Shimingyue", and it was a package of TV series and movies, which was the next key project of Tangren Films.

"What is a verbal promise? What kind of agreement is a verbal promise? Lao Hu, you really treat yourself as a nanny? You can't turn the earth away? If you don't act in "Qin Shi Mingyue", there will be no one to act? "

Hu Ge has verbally agreed to play the male lead in the TV series and movie version of "Qin Shi Mingyue".

"That's right, "The Bright Moon in the Qin Dynasty" is also a movie, but you have to know that a movie project is different from a movie project." The agent hated Hu Ge's character: ""Source Code" is not only a genius director like Chen Jingxing Directing, and with an investment of nearly 4.5 million, it is a real big production. Don’t you always want to make a breakthrough on the big screen? This is the best opportunity. Tangren itself does not have any film resources. If you want to enter the film industry And stand firm, the box office results are your only capital, and the movie "Source Code" can get you this capital. Chen Jingxing's "Fatal Identity" took 8 million at the box office, and it even got nearly [-] million overseas. The audience is looking forward to him the most, even if the quality of "Source Code" is not as good as the previous one, it can still get hundreds of millions of box office, and you would be a fool to miss this opportunity."

To say that Hu Ge is unwilling to take the role in "Source Code" is of course a lie. After receiving the call from the producer of "Source Code", he himself felt pleasantly surprised. First-line Mesozoic actors like Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming.

Although his reputation is not weak, he does not have any big screen achievements, he can only be said to be a TV drama star.

He never even thought that he could get this movie, because some of the movies he acted in before were basically supporting roles. There is no way, the company he works for is really broken in terms of movie resources.

But the shackles of favor, the company's expectations and verbal promises made him fall into a dilemma of choice.

"Old Hu, opportunities should not be wasted. You are not the boy you were ten years ago now. It's time to think about your future career. If you don't take this step now, you will only be farther and farther away from the big screen in the future." further away.

If it was just an ordinary movie project, I wouldn't be in such a hurry. Look at Luo Chen, he has been going downhill before, but just one movie brought him back to the peak in terms of commercial value, and he even made some progress on the road to transformation. Big step, if "Signal" is successful again, he can even complete the transformation directly and step into the ranks of first-line superstars. Even if he no longer makes Chen Jingxing's movies, he will not lack good movie resources.

The Tang people don’t have good movie resources now, and there won’t be any in the future. How many people want to get on board with the director Chen Jingxing now? A big-budget sci-fi movie like “Source Code” is going for the box office. Once it succeeds, the domestic Mainstream film resources will open the door to you.

At that time, you can also feed back Tangren. Your success is also the success of the company. The higher you stand, the company will also benefit. "

Hu Ge is not an indecisive person, and the manager's last sentence also gave him a reason to go back on his verbal promise.

And he had a hunch that "Source Code" was indeed a rare opportunity. If he gave up, he might regret this decision countless times in the future.

"You're right. I can't let my future self regret it. I'll call the company now."

(End of this chapter)