The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 98 Luo Chen's Anxiety

If a commodity can do something that others cannot, it has special commercial value.

The box office of "Fatal Identity" exceeding 2200 million in two weeks also means one thing, that is, Chen Jingxing's next film will almost certainly be sold to a major Hollywood studio.

Hollywood believes in experience.

There are both successes and failures.

At that time, Guoshi's "Hero" was a success at the North American box office, and the overseas copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" could also sell for 2000 million US dollars.

After "House of Flying Daggers" failed at the North American box office, it will be difficult for Guoshi's next film to sell at a high price.

At a time when it is difficult for other domestic filmmakers to make breakthroughs in the North American market, Chen Jingxing is a rare exception, which makes him of special value.

In a villa, Luo Chen and his manager were discussing matters related to Chen Jingxing.

"What did Xu Wenshen say?" Manager Yang Xiaohui looked anxious.

Luo Chen sighed: "Mr. Xu said that he will make up his mind on this matter after Director Chen comes back, but the good news is that he revealed to me that the role of Director Chen's next movie has not yet been decided."

The casting of Chen Jingxing's new film is currently the top priority in the minds of Luo Chen and his agent Yang Xiaohui.

In fact, since "Fatal Identity" was released, Luo Chen had already talked to Chen Jingxing, but the reply he got was that the script was not ready yet.

After the news that Chen Jingxing's new film was being prepared came out, he had already gone to the United States and asked Fantasy World.com, which said that DreamWorks was in charge of casting and they would not interfere.

When asked about DreamWorks, Xu Wenshen replied that he had to wait for Chen Jingxing to come back.

Luo Chen and his manager had already figured it out, Chen Jingxing's thigh had to be hugged tightly.

This idea didn't come out because "Fatal Identity" was released in North America recently, it's just that its box office performance in North America made Luo Chen and his agent firmer in this belief.

The influence and changes brought about by success are very rapid. "Comet" has word-of-mouth and topicality, but it has no box office, and "Fatal Identity" is all three.

After two successful films in a row, DreamWorks' next film will definitely receive widespread attention, which is enough to make many actors flock to it.

Now the relationship between Chen Jingxing and Luo Chen has been completely reversed. When Chen Jingxing was filming "Fatal Identity", he relied on Huanshiwang's "seduction" to invite Luo Chen, a popular idol, to star.

Moreover, in the eyes of his fans from the outside world, Luo Chen is considered inferior, especially when he rejected the award-winning drama directed by Li Junping. The fans supported him but were secretly worried about him. Everyone else was probably waiting. Watching his jokes.

This is also the reason why the so-called breach of contract can burn so big.

However, ever since "Fatal Identity" won the Orlando Gold Award, the wind direction began to reverse. The time after the movie was officially released made Luo Chen feel as if he had returned to the time when he just returned to China. Fans, even the official media reported him not as a "popular idol", but as an "excellent young actor".

In the current film market environment, usually if you want to make money, you will be scolded, and if you don’t want to be scolded, you will not be able to make money. It is really rare to be able to make money standing up.

And the creator of all this is Chen Jingxing.

In a sense, it is impossible for an actor like him who is not too good at acting to really grasp his own career, and he does not have the ability to "carve flowers on shit" to create brilliant characters in bad movies. It can be said that if the play is bad, he will be bad, and if the play is good, he will be fine.

If possible, he would participate in Chen Jingxing's new play even with zero pay.

After all, these days, who still relies on film remuneration alone for a living? The remuneration of TV dramas is much higher than that of movies, and it is easier to make money in variety shows and commercials.

But movies, especially movies with word-of-mouth and box office can improve an actor's status and bring high-quality resources.

Fashion resources, advertising resources and even film and television drama resources, and this benefit is long-term.

Everyone understands this truth, which is why so many big-name stars are scrambling to act in major directors at the expense of reduced pay or even zero pay.

Although Chen Jingxing has not yet reached the level of a big director, but he also knows that there must be many actors staring at this cake now, and Luo Chen has also changed from the emperor's choice of concubine to the chosen one, which really brought him some anxiety.

Manager Yang Xiaohui also knew that there was no rush for this kind of thing, and she thought that Luo Chen still had the upper hand, so she changed the subject, took out a thick notebook from her bag and handed it to Luo Chen.

"No, Xiaofeng said the script is good, do you want to read it?"

Since Luo Chen left Jianghe to set up his own studio, at Yang Xiaohui's suggestion, he recruited two staff who specialize in screening scripts, and the scripts sent to Luo Chen would be read by the staff first.

Originally, Luo Chen didn't think it was necessary, how long it would take him to read the script, but he didn't expect that it would come in handy soon.

Since "Fatal Identity" was released, the scripts and drama appointments received by Luo Chen have directly increased by an order of magnitude, and he and Yang Xiaohui really can't finish watching it.

Luo Chen picked up the script and patted it on his hands, but he was still a little uninterested: "I don't know when Director Chen's play will be filmed yet."

Yang Xiaohui persuaded: "You can read it first, Xiaofeng's vision is still good, if you think it's good too, we can delay it, anyway Director Chen will be back soon."

The implication is to treat this script as a spare tire, in case Chen Jingxing's new play is not staged, you can also settle for the next best thing, and you can't lose both watermelon and sesame seeds.

Seeing that Luo Chen seemed a little moved, Yang Xiaohui threw out another piece of good news: "Dior is a little bit relieved, the title of global ambassador should be no problem."

"Really?" Luo Chen showed some joy.

Although there are already three global brand ambassadors for Dior, plus Luo Chen, there are four, which is not so rare, but it is still qualitatively different from the Huaguo endorsement and the Dahuaguo brand ambassador.

If this matter is finalized, then Luo Chen will be "the only scorpion shit" among the young stars.

Although there is no shortage of global ambassadors for certain brands in the Huaguo entertainment circle, there is still a difference between a third-rate brand and a world-renowned luxury brand like Dior.

It's a bit of an exaggeration, this can be called a leap in Luochen's fashion resources and endorsement resources.

Because with the rapid rise of several Huaguo members in a three-generation South Korean group, even if they haven't returned to China, they have already grabbed the endorsement resources and fashion resources of many brands in Huaguo.

And the biggest victim was Luo Chen, after all, he was following the same route, and it was fast for fans to climb the wall.

Luo Chen was in such an embarrassing situation that his front wave hadn't successfully transformed yet, but the fierce back wave had already shot at him.

Dior's global ambassador is equivalent to sounding the horn of reversal.

And how did all this come about?
It is due to the brilliant performance of "Fatal Identity" in North American theaters.

The Hollywood media estimated that the box office of "Fatal Identity" will almost certainly break through the 5000 million mark.

This means that millions of North American viewers will pay to watch Luo Chen's performance on the big screen in the cinema, and it is not a supporting role but a leading actor.

This is the fundamental reason why he was selected by Dior as the fourth global brand ambassador over another Hallyu star.

And this is the value of "Fatal Identity", the value of Chen Jingxing.

It is difficult to have a second director or film in China that can provide such commercial value. The top Hallyu can also enter the European and American markets, but he is an idol, and he knows how hard it is to perform on stage. Are you injured?Hallyu stage performances are not as simple as standing up and singing.

Even Li Xiaolong, Cheng Long, and Li Lianjie are fighting for their lives. Being a star is more difficult and dangerous than Korean blood-sweat idols. How can it be so cool to be able to enter thousands of households in Europe and the United States by making a movie easily.

(End of this chapter)