The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 557 "Special Mobile Team"

Yan Xiaoyue looked at Chen Jingxing with a slightly surprised expression: "It sounds like this is a brand new story."

"Of course, if it weren't for the new story, I might not have approved the project. It's not easy to make an animation IP into a movie."

Chen Jingxing said with a smile: "What I just told you is just a general story. Some problems were found in the script during the meeting of the project review committee, and it is still being revised and improved, but the training should start as soon as possible. Can the schedule be adjusted? "

Yan Xiaoyue glared at him: "You know what you're asking, right? I've been preparing for this for half a year, and I even pushed "The Wild Goose Falls Down the Mountains and Rivers", and "Brother Ben" invited me. I don't have such free time in the entertainment industry anymore If I go on with such an empty window, the fans will send blades to Mr. Lin and my manager.”

"The show "Brother Ben" has long passed its peak period, and with the big change of guests, you are not a variety show star, and you don't lack fame and fans. If you go, you will suck your blood and damage your screen image and reputation. future value.

Not to mention ancient puppets, you are not a fairy sister who hits the streets with all the movies. No matter how big your IP is, you are all ancient puppets. If you really pick it up, aren't you afraid that your fans will tear it up on the Internet? "

Listening to Chen Jingxing teasing Elder Sister Tianxian, Yan Xiaoyue smiled slightly.

The hottest topic in the circle right now is not the Spring Festival wars that have already ended, nor is it the first zombie-themed film " The Walking Dead: Resident Evil.

Although there were some deletions in the version released in the mainland, "Biochemical" also won a box office of 10.6 billion in one fell swoop by virtue of the zombie craze and the IP of "The Walking Dead", and the global box office exceeded 4 million US dollars.

In addition to DVD, Internet, TV and other copyright benefits, DreamWorks and Universal have made a good start in the film development of "The Walking Dead", a globally popular IP.

But now it is late May, and the hottest topic at the moment revolves around some blockbuster films.

"Hua Mulan".

This Disney live-action princess drama, which was completed at the end of 2018, chose May [-]st to be released in China ahead of schedule, half a month earlier than in North America, which also shows that Mickey Mouse has high hopes for China in terms of the film's commercial prospects.

Of course, the reason why Mickey Mouse has such high hopes is not only because "Mulan" is a movie with Chinese faces, but also because of the gathering of many Chinese stars in the movie.

The most worth mentioning is naturally the fairy sister who plays Hua Mulan.

Although its movies hit the street repeatedly, but the bloodline is too thick, the nationality is too high, and the appearance is too good-looking, so no matter how long it takes, it can make a comeback.

When "Mulan" was cast in the second half of 2017, many female actors in China participated in the casting, but Yan Xiaoyue was a special case. After all, "Matrix I" was released on the National Day file in 2016. Naturally, she was not envious of "Mulan" Opportunity.

However, Yan Xiaoyue is still quite concerned about the release of "Mulan" this year.

After all, there must be angels on the list of domestic actresses who can threaten Yan Xiaoyue.

Coupled with the fact that both of them have the character design of Daomadan, they are definitely competitors in some resources.

In the past few years, she thinks that her biggest advantage is not only the heroine of "Matrix", but also the identity of Daomadan.

Among the younger generation of actresses, there are really not many who are really capable of filming action scenes. Good action scenes cannot be shot by substitutes, special effects and editing. Whether actors can play is crucial to the final presentation of action scenes There is a world of difference.

Not to mention that "Mulan" is definitely an international big IP. Regardless of word-of-mouth, Disney's princess films are very popular at the box office.

With the blessing of this movie, it's no wonder that Yan Xiaoyue doesn't regard Tianxian as a competitor.

However, "Mulan" is really competitive, not only the word of mouth, but also the box office. In addition to getting 1.7 million box office on the first day, it started diving from the second day.

Accompanied by overwhelming complaints, "Mulan", which was released on May 4.8st, earned a total of 2000 million yuan in more than half a month. It only got a figure of just over 4000 million yuan on the first day of its release in the North American market, and [-] million yuan in the first weekend. The box office trend is as follows: Diabetes insipidus is difficult even if it breaks [-] million.

It is estimated that the global box office may only be 3 million U.S. dollars, which can be said to be a hit for a blockbuster movie with a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars. Even if copyright, peripherals and other benefits are added, it will definitely be a loss-making business.

The ones who are most excited about this are naturally other domestic actresses and their fans.

Yan Xiaoyue is naturally one of them.

Her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and she replied with some resentment: "I know, my ears are callused after hearing what you said. Of course I understand the truth, but that is the price you have never seen before. I am in "Matrix" The combined remuneration for the three films was less than half of the asking price, when my agent called them, she was going to object, but she was knocked out."

Chen Jingxing was a little surprised: "Is it such an exaggeration? Then it must be more than 1 million?"

"Hmm, 1.2 million."

Chen Jingxing was speechless for a while.

DreamWorks has always had great bargaining power over the remuneration of actors. Among the three films of "Matrix", Yan Xiaoyue received a total of more than 5000 million in remuneration, which can be said to be quite cheap for a film series such as "Matrix".

Switching to Hollywood, after the success of the first film, the male and female leading actors in the second film will be able to ask for tens of millions of dollars, and the third film will definitely not be able to win without a 2000 million dollar salary plus box office dividends.

Of course, DreamWorks is not Grandet either, and has signed a dividend agreement with the actors, but it is not comparable to Hollywood's dividend. It is not a dividend at the box office, but a dividend in profit, and the total ratio is only 5%.

If you calculate the general ledger, Yan Xiaoyue's dividend income from "Matrix" in the past few years and in the future will be at least 6000 million.

The 5000 million film remuneration plus 6000 million dividend income can get a total of hundreds of millions of returns. Don't think it is high. These are three films, and they are the first sci-fi film series with a total box office of over 30 billion US dollars and other revenues of more than one billion US dollars.

The salary of an ancient puppet is reached.

But Chen Jingxing knew that this was no ordinary puppet even though he was speechless.

"The Wild Goose Falls and the Mountains and Rivers" is jointly invested by Tianrun Films and Penguin Video. Not to mention the IP adaptation of the well-known novel, the most important thing is that the producer is quite ambitious.

The establishment of the project claims to regroup Yan Xiaoyue and Lu Hongzhe, the matrix CP. Although the "Matrix" trilogy cannot be said to have successfully created a great love story, the CP of Lu Hongzhe and Yan Xiaoyue is also well-known at home and abroad, and everyone knows it of.

The gimmick of reuniting the hero and heroine of the Matrix to play an ancient puppet is absolutely shocking.

However, Chen Jingxing only knew that the producer had indeed invited the two first-line actors whom he personally promoted, and while Lu Hongzhe took over, Yan Xiaoyue refused. Of course, it was closely related to the strong opposition from her fans.

As we all know, CP fans are a temporary state, and only fans are the final stable state.

Even if there are cp fans of the two who like this pair of handsome men and beautiful women teaming up again in the puppet, the only fans are obviously clear-headed, and they all think that their masters are all first-line movie stars, young, and have a bright future. This is not the time to shoot old puppets.

Before that, Lu Hongzhe was a little puzzled about taking over this puppet, but now Chen Jingxing understands it.

This is indeed a big deal. Yan Xiaoyue's ability to tell him this is obviously not money laundering, but genuine film remuneration.

Yan Xiaoyue's 1.2 million, no matter how the two people added up, it would have to double or even more.

However, when it came to his family's stinginess in terms of salary, Chen Jingxing, as a qualified capitalist, could only ignore Yan Xiaoyue's resentment and pretend nothing happened to change the topic.

"You can't always look at the total amount, you also have to look at the average episode? I heard that this show seems to be divided into two parts, with a total of 80 episodes? The average episode is only 150 million. Do you still think this is high?
I have always attached great importance to scripts, and you don't know that a good meal is not afraid of being late. After tomorrow, your jade rabbits will feel proud? "

Chen Jingxing carried the tripe in the bowl to his mouth, chewed and said, "If you don't eat it, it will be gone. This may be your last delicious meal this year."

Yan Xiaoyue snorted, but her body was honest, she picked up her chopsticks and picked up dishes from the steaming hot pot. After all, DreamWorks' film training and shooting took at least half a year, or even longer. The master's requirements for body curves are not as low as "Matrix". After today, I'm afraid I don't want to think about hot pot.

Yutu is the name of Yan Xiaoyue's fan, and she can be regarded as one of the most popular among Xiaohua's fans. After all, she is also a super first-line movie actress with a box office of more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Compared with other actresses, she is completely out of status.

Even though they are not the same, she is also the heroine. At present, there is really no second actress in China who can match her in commercial performance. Although Wu Yue can still compare with Yan Xiaoyue with "Center of the Earth" and "Mars" Compared with Yan Xiaoyue, but it is the Tsing Yi route after all, and it is not a competitor with Yan Xiaoyue in terms of age and style.

However, Yan Xiaoyue has been silent in the past six months since the release of "Matrix III". Of course, she still has top resources in commercial endorsements and fashion covers, but she has basically never appeared in variety shows, and she has not accepted any film appointments. People feel is quite low-key.

Most of the time, fans are more concerned about their careers than the main character, so although they are elated by Sister Tianxian's "Mulan", they are also quite worried about Yan Xiaoyue's weird quietness.

Fans are proud that their idols have joined the group seamlessly. After "Matrix III" was finished, Yan Xiaoyue has not joined the group again, and she rarely appears on variety shows. Those who didn't know thought she was gone.

Over the past few months, there have been voices from fans who can't stand it and denounced the studio's inaction.

But hard work paid off, Yan Xiaoyue still waited for her long-cherished project, and the live-action movie version of the heroine's "Special Mobile Team" entered the project approval process.

It also broke Yan Xiaoyue's heart, although in terms of role suitability, she felt that she was the most suitable, with the right age, the right appearance, and enough action skills.

But this year also saw an increasing number of actresses hitching a ride with DreamWorks.

"Interstellar" has benefited the most, apart from the leading actor Chen Kun, Yuan Wei and Nini have both gained momentum, and their performances in "Interstellar" are also remarkable.

Although the filming of "Once Upon a Time on Earth: Prelude" has not been broadcast yet, it is said that Wan Qian's performance in it is quite impressive.

Since Liu Shishi took over the new Dreamworks drama "Elysium", which has been kept in a state of high secrecy, his popularity has also risen sharply.

Yan Xiaoyue is still under a lot of pressure, just like "Matrix", who knows which work can make a female star rise to the top in one step?

Finally got the role she wanted, and Yan Xiaoyue also invited Director Chen Da, who had just finished filming "[-]", to have a feast at a well-known hot pot restaurant near the DreamWorks headquarters.

Director Chen Da, who is about to go to Shanghai as the chairman of the jury of the film festival, also generously spared time to have a long-lost gathering with old friends.

After all, it was a few years ago since the two of them had dinner last time, Chen Jingxing had risen too fast, and now there are really not many people in the film and television circle who can communicate with him as friends.

(End of this chapter)