The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 404 Envy, Jealousy, Hate

Outside the window, the evening has passed, the night is rising, the road is still full of traffic, and the neon lights are adorning the city that never sleeps.

A large conference room at DreamWorks was still brightly lit.

A group of first-tier and second-tier stars in the outside world sat around the long table, chatting and laughing, until a person pushed open the door and swaggered in.

"The starlight blinded my eyes!"

"Brother Lei? Sister Yue!"

"Yo, the Martians are here!"

"Are you coming to guest star too?"

"I want to play a guest role, I'm afraid you will hit me!"

Today is the fifth script reading of "Inception". All important characters have to go through their lines with performances. Except for no makeup, no costumes, no body language, no actions, no There is basically no difference between walking outside and a formal performance.

"Inception" does have more stars, and they need to take care of their itinerary and schedule. In addition to "The Martian", it is difficult for Chen Jingxing to spare time, so several script readings took half a month.

Today's reading has been passed twice, and now it is going through the third time. Chen Jingxing answered a phone call, and when he was not in the conference room, the leading actors started chatting.

Unexpectedly, Lei Jiayin and Wu Yue, the two leading actors of "Mars", opened the door and walked in. This conference room has experienced countless script readings and creative discussions. Lei Jiayin and Wu Yue are also frequent visitors. It's like my own home.

Zhou Dongyu laughed mischievously: "Sister Yue, Brother Lei, you have to treat us to dinner."

"Why should I invite you to dinner?" Wu Yue smiled.

"Sister Yue, you broke the record last year, won prizes all the way and got soft hands, swept the Golden Rooster not long ago, and now you are non-stop preparing for another round, don't give us some comfort."

Zhou Dongyu intentionally made an envious and jealous expression and tone, and he couldn't help but feel a real sourness in the middle of the sentence, which saved the performance.

Although Wu Yue is much older than her, the two are not competitors on the same track, but which actress is not envious or eager for Wu Yue's box office and awards?

"Gravity" is the leading heroine. Although "The Martian" does not have many roles, it is also the number one actress, and it is also the second only to Lei Jiayin. It has a high-profile role. "Gravity" has 34 billion domestically. The box office, if you count the global box office, it is 10 billion US dollars, more than 65 billion.

Although "The Martian" has just been released, according to the current reputation and popularity, it will not be much worse than "Gravity".

It has been released for three days, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 9.2 million. It has already broken a series of records set by "Spike II".

What is the highest single-day box office, breaking 3 million in a single day in a row, the fastest breaking 5 million, the fastest breaking 10 billion and other records.

Of course, it does not mean that "Mars" will surpass the 43 billion box office record of "Spike II".

This year's National Day file "Mars" basically dominates the theaters, and there are no threatening competitors to split films. World" has avoided this schedule.

After "Gravity" and "Matrix", Chen Jingxing's prestige has made most of the film studios not even dare to gamble on the misplaced competition.

For the first time, Chen Jingxing got the treatment of Zhang Yimou when he was the most famous more than ten years ago. During the popular time of National Day, he didn't need to rush to arrange movies, he didn't need to have relationship with the theater, and he didn't need to invite the theater manager to dinner.

If you have the ability, if your theater does not arrange "The Martian", what would you arrange if it does not arrange "The Martian"? "Steel Flying Dragon: Goodbye Ultraman"?

As a sci-fi blockbuster that almost exclusively dominates the National Day file, coupled with a strong audience reputation, "The Martian" will not be weaker than last year's National Day file "Matrix", 30 billion is not difficult.

Therefore, Wu Yue will soon become the first actor with a box office of over [-] billion.

The first [-] billion actor!Regardless of gender.

Even if only the domestic box office is counted, it is at least more than 60 billion. If the second female lead of "Source Code" is counted, it should be calculated within three times, and the domestic box office alone may exceed [-] billion.

Such a box office result, not to mention Zhou Dongyu, who is also an actress, who can be indifferent to all the domestic actors?

It is said that actresses rely on awards, and male actors rely on box office. Wu Yue has both hands.

Although they both have the trophies of the Three Golden Actresses, and the Golden Horse is not inferior to the Golden Rooster in terms of gold content, everyone knows that there is no comparison between the two.

Through "Gravity", Wu Yue almost swept the domestic awards for more than a year, including Hundred Flowers Best Actress, Golden Rooster Best Actress, and more than a dozen other best actress titles. In fact, many people think that Wu Yue was nominated for Golden Globe or Oscar Actresses are also eligible.

The role of the heroine in "Gravity" is too heavy. Not only is the role almost a one-man show, she is even better than Lei Jiayin in "Mars", and she is also a rare leading heroine in the history of domestic films. It also has a position, which makes the audience impressed and unforgettable.

Wu Yue also really contributed a remarkable performance.

With this kind of movie, the gold content of the best actress for such a role is definitely the top.

Wu Yue couldn't help laughing, and shook his head lightly: "Why is there another round, what awards can I get? Supporting actress?"

In fact, she doesn't have many roles in "Mars". She is the leading actress in name, but in essence she is similar to Lei Jiayin in "Gravity".

Moreover, although her role as the commander of Zhu Rong is already considered a more complex role with more room for performance besides Lei Jiayin, she is still far away from winning the award, and it is very difficult to get nominated for a supporting actress.

Of course, she doesn't feel any pity. Wu Yue is not the kind of actor who has a lot of desires. She has a kind of indifference, even if she has gained such fame and fortune, she can leave a deep impression on the audience. She is already very satisfied, and it is really a blessing to be able to achieve the current box office and results.

However, there are not many actors in the conference room who have achieved career satisfaction like Wu Yue and have no strong desire to move forward.

"It's Lei Ge's turn this time? After Sister Yue harvests the shadows, how many movie stars is Lei Ge going to take?"

Luo Chen's tone became more sour, he and Lei Jiayin were also old partners, and they had always had a good relationship, so their tone was more casual.

Luo Chen has maintained a good relationship with the actors he has worked with, especially Chen Jingxing's movies, which are also investment in connections.

He is sour and sincere, and he can't be blamed for eating what is in the bowl and looking at what is in the pot. It is really the hero of "The Martian" that really makes people greedy.

In "Signal", he was still good, but after only a few years, Lei Jiayin has surpassed him, and he is afraid that he will be crowned best actor soon.

Lei Jiayin is very humble about this, and it may be to build up character for herself: "The competition for actor is very difficult. Although I have enough roles in this role, it is still not enough to stand out. Let it go, gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people. if I get it I am lucky, but if not, it is fate."

Of course he also wants to win the three Golden Actor Awards, especially since this year the Golden Rooster Awards will be held every two years instead of once a year - domestic films have indeed been established, and DreamWorks alone can produce several excellent works every year. In addition, other studios can more or less produce one or two works above the standard. In recent years, the average quality of the works shortlisted for major domestic awards is indeed good.

And Lei Jiayin also thinks that the character she portrayed in "Mars" is not bad, although it looks flatter than the heroine of "The Center of the Earth", after all, she is a brave and intelligent character from the beginning to the end, and there is no obvious growth change.

But he still performed the fear and loneliness that he tried his best to cover up under the appearance of humor, wisdom and bravery.

Many film critics and audiences have also mentioned this.

This shows that he has fully portrayed this role, and with the addition of the main theme of "The Martian", the golden rooster actor is not hopeless.

However, if Lei Jiayin wants to win Best Actor, DreamWorks will definitely not invest resources to push it. DreamWorks itself has won the Golden Rooster for two consecutive times, and it is impossible for Chen Jingxing to devote more energy to fight for it.

Chen Jingxing didn't even care much about awards such as best director and best film. Of course, they were limited to domestic awards. If Cannes or Oscars gave him another award, he would be happy to collect it.

This is more or less the trouble of Lei Jiayin's happiness. The director Chen Jingxing is really good, with high box office and good reputation, and he can win awards for himself, but he is not good at winning awards for actors. The script and story written by Chen Jingxing are wonderful , but the characters rarely have a special room for interpretation, and they are just like tool people.

Lei Jiayin is already considered lucky, she was able to win the Best Supporting Actor in Hundred Flowers with "Signal" before.

But how can there be such a beautiful thing in the world? For a movie like "The Martian", he wouldn't trade ten best actor and Lei Jiayin for him. Awards are the icing on the cake for first-line actors like them, and it's not that there is no best actor trophy, and the audience will not recognize him. acting.

After all, Luo Chen was eating "something in the bowl". He thought that the script of "Inception" was no less than "The Martian" and even had more commercial value.

Moreover, he has cooperated with Chen Jingxing three times, and he is no worse than Lei Jiayin, nor does he feel that Lei Jiayin is more "favored" than himself, and he can still maintain a relatively peaceful mind towards Lei Jiayin.

The most uncomfortable thing in his heart was Chen Kun. When he was angry, Luo Chen and Lei Jiayin didn't know where they were. Now he can only listen to a few people teasing each other and show a polite smile, but the flame in his heart It is more vigorous.

In all fairness, does he have a flair for comedy?No.

As a non-comedy actor, there has been a saying in the past two years: "I want to get into the factory"

This "factory" refers to DreamWorks. At first, it was just a saying that was close to ridicule by some netizens and fans of DreamWorks.

However, with the release of "Gravity" and "Matrix", it seems that they have become more convincing, and it is true that Lu Hongzhe has stepped into the first-line star mark with a "Matrix".

And he also participated in the premiere of "The Martian" and saw Lei Jiayin's performance in the theater. He is absolutely a hero. An actor can have such a box office and word-of-mouth work in his life. It is too enviable to contribute a high-light performance.

Although "Inception" is only a supporting role, he must grasp it well. Fortunately, Chen Kun felt that the impression he left on Chen Jingxing was still very good, and this was a good start.

As soon as Chen Jingxing entered the door, he saw the scene of the actors happily mixing together.

Well, yes, it seems that the actors are on good terms, he looked down at his watch, and simply waved his hands: "It will be the celebration of "The Martian" later, and anyone who wants to come can come. Jinxing Hotel, sister Lei Geyue, why don't you go first, I still have something to do."

(End of this chapter)