The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 540 "Battle of Double Thunders" and word-of-mouth recharge

The No. 2 studio hall of Huanshi.com.

Chen Jingxing is recording a special series of interactive interviews co-planned by Movie Channel and Huanshi.com.

To be precise, it is a promotional program specially planned for "Interstellar", which will be broadcast simultaneously on the movie channel and Huanshi.com.

The main purpose is to invite the main creators of "Interstellar" to talk about the interesting things during the filming period, exchange some inside information and information about the film production, and then intersperse some tidbits of the film and the like.

There are roughly three episodes in total, the main guests of the first episode are Chen Jingxing and Lei Jiayin, and the second episode will have Chen Kun and other leading actors.

The main reason is that the main creation schedule of "Interstellar" is really difficult to coordinate.

Chen Jingxing's schedule was basically filled by "[-]". Naturally, he and Guoying wanted to catch up with this year's National Day as much as possible. In addition, shooting was difficult and the production cycle was not relaxed.

The leading actors have even started promotional activities. Chen Kun, Yuan Wei and Nini have already started to appear on various programs and even started to run offline promotions.

And Lei Jiayin has another movie "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" that will also be released during the Spring Festival.

One is the protagonist and the other is a supporting role. "Yunshan" is still a Korean war movie. Lei Jiayin can only focus on the promotion of "Beacon Fire Yunshan" because of the choice, and the schedule is even more tight than Chen Jingxing, he was able to participate in this episode mainly because he had just finished recording the special promotional program of "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" on the CCTV next door, so he came here by the way.

This is also the reason why Chen Jingxing has to take time out of his busy schedule to participate in this talk show. With Chen Jingxing's appeal and the title of the final chapter of the space trilogy, if "Interstellar" is like "Matrix III" If you go to other schedules, you will definitely be able to make a flat trip.

It's just a pity that Huaguo's Spring Festival stalls are probably the most crowded and competitive in the world. Even if Chen Jingxing joined for the first time this year, it didn't have much clearing effect, and the intensity of competition was not much lower than last year.

Neither Chen Jingxing nor DreamWorks dared to be negligent in the announcement of the film, especially if there were such huge gift productions among the competitors.

However, even if there are only Chen Jingxing and Lei Jiayin, it is enough to support this episode of the program. The audience in the studio is basically Chen Jingxing's fans, and Lei Jiayin's nationality is second among the current first-line actors. No one dares to say Say first.

Moreover, this is the second time that Chen Jingxing has been interviewed on TV after "The Martian". In the past, even in movie promotion, he mainly did text, telephone interviews, or media meetings for road shows.

Get to know the style of an international director.

Obviously, this kind of low-key can burst into power when the situation is right, commonly known as hunger marketing.

Some viewers even lined up to the back door of the studio, and there were many staff members standing at the door.

"How about "Beacon Fire and Cloud Mountain"?"

The recording of the program will start soon, but Chen Jingxing and Lei Jiayin are not too nervous. Chen Jingxing has experienced many battles. He has experienced premieres and road shows in Huaguo and the United States. Lei Jiayin is similar, and the Spring Festival Gala is also I've been here many times, and this kind of interview is trivial.

Both Lei Jiayin and Chen Jingxing did not wear headsets, but he deliberately lowered his voice: "The time for shooting and preparation is still a bit tight."

Chen Jingxing nodded, knowing it clearly.

Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. Although Chen Jingxing has confidence in the quality of "Interstellar", he still cares about competitors, although the actors may not know what the final film will be like.

In the production process of film and television dramas, the actors actually have no control over the final quality of the work, but because they are the characters on the stage, most of the blame is placed on the actors.

Of course, it doesn't mean that actors are innocent or wronged. After all, the works are popular and praised, and the actors benefit the most, and the salary is not for nothing.

It's just that an actor like Lei Jiayin who has worked hard for so many years, and is also the leading actor, basically knows the final presentation quality of the movie.

When others asked Lei Jiayin, of course they would not tell the truth, how could anyone blame him, Chen Jingxing tactfully revealed a little bit when he asked.

The sentence that the time for shooting and preparation is a bit tight actually expresses many problems.

Last year was mainly a tribute to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This year, the war tribute films will be released one after another. "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" was only completed in September last year, and the post-production time is indeed quite tight.

Moreover, the preparations for "Beacon Fire and Cloud Mountain" were also very tense. Although Lei Jiayin took over the project in the second half of 18, there was actually no script at that time.

From script creation to preparation to filming, post-production and submission for review and release, it took more than a year to complete, which is indeed too stressful for an industrial blockbuster.

Chen Jingxing's production speed is purely a special case, and it is really more reference. For example, Tian Xinye's "Skyhawk Warrior" was approved in May 18. It took half a year to create and prepare the script. There is still an animation storyline for reference. , it took another half a year to complete the filming, and the post-production is still not complete yet.

Wu Jing's "Spike III" started writing the script at the end of 17, and finished the script at the end of 18. The preparations did not start until August last year, and the filming has not yet been completed.

Chen Jingxing really doesn't believe that other people have his "ability". Usually, the projects that are particularly tense from preparation to filming to release are mostly problematic.

Lei Jiayin made him affirm his guess.

"Director, you are too careful. "Interstellar" is the best of the space trilogy in my opinion. Do you still need to worry about competitors?"

Chen Jingxing: "Go, go, you don't feel back pain when you stand and talk, and you are the biggest winner in the battle between two thunders, so of course you don't have to worry about it."

"You're burying me. What a double-thunder battle, it's beautiful, but in fact, it often consumes word-of-mouth and popularity."

Chen Jingxing looked at the big head seriously: "It's a good thing you think so."

The two most popular blockbusters in the National Day file last year were Chen Kaige's tribute movie "My [-]" as the chief director and the war film "Under the Taihang Mountains". This is also the main reason for "Matrix III" to abandon the National Day file.

Coincidentally, both films have Lei Jiayin, he is the protagonist in one of the units of "My [-]", and he is also the protagonist in "Under the Taihang Mountains".

Therefore, it is also jokingly called the Battle of Double Thunder.

This year's Chinese New Year's Day movie "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" and Chen Jingxing's "Interstellar" can also be counted as the double thunder battle.

It can be said that Lei Jiayin is definitely the hottest first-line actor in Huaguo's entertainment circle at the moment, even Luo Chen can't compare, the main reason is Lei Jiayin's strong plasticity.

On the contrary, because of "Spike II", Wu Jing, who directly entered the list of first-line actors, because of the preparation and director of "Spike III", except for a cameo in "My [-]", he didn't do anything. play.

Of course, the first-line actors who have reached the level of Wu Jing and Lei Jiayin are not ignorant of the importance of being cautious when taking on roles, avoiding casual consumption of popularity, and maintaining a sense of mystery.

Even though there are many differences between the film and television industry in Huaguo and the United States, there are some similarities, that is, for super A-list filmmakers, it is very important to cherish feathers, maintain a sense of mystery and the hunger of the audience.

Even a filmmaker like Xing Ye who has accumulated the feelings of several generations will use up the movie ticket IOUs accumulated for decades in two or three movies. Who else has thicker blood than Xing Ye?

No matter how thick the blood is, it can't help the endless variety shows and all comers.

Of course, some are for money, some are for repaying favors, and some projects you cannot refuse, so there is no way to be harsh.

It’s just that Wu Jing has the project of “Spike III” and the support of DreamWorks, so he has an excuse to block the show. Lei Jiayin does not have this condition. He has no way to refuse some projects, but fortunately he has always avoided it. On a variety show.

"Look at what you said, I'm not a person who can't figure it out. I'm going to take a break after filming "The Great War". Isn't there not so many good projects? Director, is your "Once Upon a Time on Earth" suitable for me?" The role? How many films in total? I heard that Hao Lei will participate in this project a while ago?"

"Waiting for me here?" Chen Jingxing thought for a while: "The first part of "Once Upon a Time on Earth" has almost all the characters set, but there is a character in "Special Mobile Team" that can be reserved for you. Yes, but you also know that this is a big heroine movie."

""Special Mobile Team" is about to start filming? Ha, I know which character it is... this character is also fine."

Naturally, Lei Jiayin has also watched the animation of "Special Mobile Team". The character that Chen Jingxing gave him is probably the loyal subordinate of the prosthetic heroine, the heroine's golden partner, and he has developed feelings for the heroine.

Although I don’t know the plot of the movie version, but the role in the animation can be said to be more or less the male number one. After all, the animation is composed of cases, and there are not many outstanding villains in the scene, so I didn’t think much about it. I readily accepted.

If there is a difference between the thickness of an actor's blood, then in his opinion, the works of DreamWorks are full of blood, and taking other variety shows or film and television dramas with a mediocre or even poor reputation is bloodletting, exchanging his own accumulation for money.

He clearly knew where his current status came from. If his first bole was Ning Hao, then the second and most important bole was Chen Jingxing.

It was "Signal", "The Center of the Earth" and the most important "The Martian" that pushed him all the way to the position of a first-line actor. All the roles he took after "The Martian" were actually based on his accumulation in Chen Jingxing's movies. In exchange for his fame and audience popularity, these movies will also consume his word of mouth and audience popularity.

He's not going to reward himself with a bad film for making a good work like Brother Xiaoming, and neither "[-]" nor "Beacon Fire and Cloud Mountain" are bad films, but the principle is similar. There are many movies, word-of-mouth and audience popularity. It's time to recharge.

"Who is the heroine? Yan Xiaoyue?"

Chen Jingxing was stunned, a little puzzled: "The project hasn't been approved yet, so you guessed it?"

Lei Jiayin: "Hey, no one can guess this. There are not many Daomadans in China, and besides, you and Xiaoyue are old...cough, that's it."

"Lei Datou, I warn you, don't slander me, I am innocent..."

"What did I say? Cough cough, recording is about to begin..." Lei Jiayin took the lead in putting on the headset at the director's signal.

"Three, two, one!"

"Good evening, viewers and friends, and the special talk show "Crossing Interstellar" produced by the Movie Channel Media Center and Huanshi.com..."

(End of this chapter)