The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 147 Sun Li's Joining

"Really, you believe that my role is really suitable for you..."

Deng Chao looked at Sun Li, who was soaking her feet, and couldn't help laughing: "It's not worth it if you accepted this drama, but you still want to drag me in. It's an appointment for you."

"What do you mean by an appointment only for me? Director Xiao Chen told you in person that the role of Li Shi'an, the policeman, is reserved for you."

When Chen Jingxing was eating with Deng Chao and his wife, he not only sent Sun Li a play appointment, but also handed over the script to her on the spot, and invited Deng Chao to participate in the performance together.

The role invited to play by Deng Chao is the "old detective" Li Shi'an in the past timeline 20 years ago in the "Signal" TV series.

Chen Jingxing believes that Deng Chao's acting skills are absolutely no problem in shaping this role. In the original TV series, this is a classic character. As half of Deng Chao's fans, Chen Jingxing naturally hopes that he can portray as many characters as possible before he devotes himself to the field of comedy without hesitation. Some classic characters are left to movie fans.

Just like expressiveness on the big screen is a talent, becoming a good comedian requires more difficult and higher talent.

Although Chen Jingxing could feel that Deng Chao's character was very humorous during the meal conversation, but humor in reality and being a comedian are two different things.

Of course, Deng Chao didn't care about it at the time. Unexpectedly, Sun Li couldn't put it down after reading the script after taking it back. He said that it was the best script she had received in recent years, and encouraged him to take the role of police officer Li Shi'an as well.

"Isn't this just a TV show?"

"Why, don't you look down on TV dramas?"

Deng Chao quickly clarified: "No, no, I definitely don't have such an idea. TV dramas are also art."

Although Deng Chao said so, in his heart there is indeed a difference between movies and TV dramas. He has not filmed TV dramas for several years. After becoming a movie star, he really has a hurdle to go back to film TV dramas.

Sun Li snorted softly, he naturally knew what Deng Chao was thinking: "The variety shows you accept are more advanced than TV dramas."

"The variety shows give a lot of money."

Sun Li rolled her eyes: "Okay, I won't force you, you can read the script once, no problem? After you read the script, let's discuss this issue. Anyway, I think this role is no worse than Xin Xiaofeng. It's really quite rare." If you miss it, you will definitely regret it."

Deng Chao was taken aback. Xin Xiaofeng was the protagonist in the movie "Scorching Sun", and also the most dramatic role he has played in recent years. The filming of this movie was finished last year, but it has not been released yet.

Sun Li has also read the script of this movie, and knows that Deng Chao has put a lot of effort into this movie, but she said that the characters in a TV series are not inferior to Xin Xiaofeng, which really aroused Deng Chao's curiosity. Knowing that Sun Li's character is definitely not the kind of person who talks nonsense.

"Okay, if you put it that way, I really want to take a closer look at what is so magical about this script."

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Chen Jingxing didn't know that after reading the script, Sun Li had decided to take over the role, and helped him persuade Deng Chao to take over the "Signal" drama as well.

In fact, in Chen Jingxing's mind, it wasn't that Deng Chao had to be, but on the one hand, Deng Chao's acting skills were absolutely adequate and suited the role very well.

On the other hand, the reunion of the couple in the TV series is definitely a very good gimmick, and it will also be a stimulus to the ratings. Thinking about Deng Chao and Sun Li starring in a TV series again after six years, this is enough to make all David TV crazy Grab this show.

If Deng Chao is unwilling to play the role, Chen Jingxing does not have a substitute in his mind. Lei Jiayin can actually play this role, but he has already accepted the sequel of Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife". The schedule may not be convenient. If there is really no The solution is not to wait.

And Sun Li is the actor that Chen Jingxing attaches the most importance to and must ensure. Of course, the fit of acting skills and roles is an important reason, but more importantly, Sun Li is the guarantee of ratings and the biggest trump card that can make the first-line satellite TV buy TV dramas.

There is a big difference between the two fields of movies and TV dramas. The first-line actors in TV dramas like Sun Li are not satisfactory in movies.

In addition to the different performance requirements of the big screen and the small screen, box office and ratings are also two completely different concepts.

Don't look at Chen Jingxing's movies that can earn hundreds of millions of box office during the National Day, but the TV series he made may not be bought by the audience in front of the TV. addition.

Those TV drama projects that came to want him to be named mainly because his name still has some weight in Southeast Asian film studios.

Not to mention that the biggest difference between TV series and movies is that TV series are purchased first and then broadcast, and the audience's right to choose is not that great, or his right to choose is lagging behind.

When a TV series is filmed, the first headache is who to sell it to, which satellite TV is willing to buy it, and how much it is willing to pay for it.

Although by 2014, the price of online copyright has reached a high level, the purchase price of the TV station is still a very generous cake. For the top TV series, the purchase price of a single episode is usually more than 100 million - this is a disadvantage of "Signal" , after all, the number of episodes is small.

As for the TV series in which Sun Li participated, the purchase price of one million episodes is just the bottom line. According to the current market, it is not a problem to talk about two or three million yuan, and it is not even necessary to go according to the number of episodes.

Of course, all these projects are on paper now, and the most urgent thing before Chen Jingxing is the second round of financing of DreamWorks.

It has only been 2 months since the first round of financing in early February this year, which is considered fast among Internet companies.

Originally, both Xu Wenshen and Yang Dairong had some objections to Chen Jingxing starting financing again so soon. They were not opposed to financing, but felt that the shares sold would be more valuable after the release of "Source Code" next year.

But Chen Jingxing believes that the time has come, mainly because DreamWorks will carry out a new round of expansion and start to launch larger and more projects.

The holding of the special effects company Morevfx (Mo) was negotiated before the release of "Signal". Needless to say, after it becomes a holding subsidiary of DreamWorks, Mo itself will also expand to cooperate with Chen Jingxing's next project. plan.

DreamWorks will also get involved in TV drama production next, and the TV drama version of "Signal" is just the beginning.

The following "Gravity" project was even more of a money-burning behemoth. DreamWorks must have sufficient funds in hand to allow him to have the confidence to advance independently when the main partners are afraid or unwilling to invest a lot of money.

"Signal" can indeed bring considerable profits to DreamWorks, but Chen Jingxing is still a bit stretched for what he will do next, and the income from "Signal", especially the box office split, is relatively slow.

The box office distribution of "Fatal Identity" was not fully recovered until August, and the recovery cycle of "Signal"'s box office distribution cannot be shorter than half a year. This is not aimed at Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks. The domestic theaters are like this, expanding too fast , Liquidity is extremely tight, not to mention half a year, there are many people who only pay back after more than one year.

(End of this chapter)