Actor: I picked up attributes on the set

Chapter 176 Jackie Chan's Invitation

Looking at Chen Desheng on the caller ID, Lin Yuan immediately thought of the script "Journey" in his hand.

He left a total of four scripts before. Among them, the director of the movie "Journey" is Chen Desheng. Unfortunately, this movie is a big movie on the Internet, and it will only be shown on the online video platform and will not enter the theater. After roughly reading the script of the movie, Lin Yuan also directly excluded the movie "Journey".

It's just that what he didn't expect was that before he rejected the other party, the other party ran over to find him first.

When Lin Yuan answered the phone, he subconsciously thought that the other party was looking for him to take pictures of the journey, so he was ready to decline immediately, but before declining, he asked politely: "Director Chen, I haven't contacted for a long time, what can I do to ask my brother?" ?"

Chen Desheng's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Congratulations, you starred in a movie that sold well at the box office. I really have something to do with you. You haven't accepted the movie yet, have you?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was even more sure that Chen Desheng must be looking for him because of the movie "Journey".

But he can't just refuse people directly, no matter what, he has to let people explain their intentions, and find an excuse himself, so that both parties can have a step down.

Considering this, Lin Yuan pretended to be confused and asked: "Not yet, I'm still thinking about what movie to take."

"That's great. Brother, there is a movie that still lacks a leading role. Are you interested in trying it?"

As Chen Desheng's excited words came over, Lin Yuan was stunned on the spot.

He originally thought that Chen Desheng came here to have a relationship with him, and then asked him to star in the movie "Journey". After all, the two had collaborated before, and the box office performance of the movie was very good. It was also good to ask Lin Yuan to "continue the frontier". Human nature.

But now after hearing Chen Desheng's words, Lin Yuan was a little confused.

"Director Chen, do you mean that elder brother will also star in the movie "Zhengtu"?"

Chen Desheng shook his head, and explained with a smile: "No, how can my eldest brother appear in my movie? It is "Kung Fu Yoga" directed by Tang Jili. There is still a lack of a leading actor. I thought of you immediately. If you are willing to act If so, I'll tell director Tang Jili right away, and I'll give the starring position straight away."

Originally, the starring list of the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" has been finalized, and the filming will start next month, but the lead actor Li Zhiyan has participated in too many variety shows. The recording of "Running Man", so it is very likely that there will be scenes during the filming process.

In order not to delay the filming process of the crew, director Tang Jili had to choose to change people.

Brother Jackie Chan also casually complained about this matter, but the speaker had no intentions, but the listener had intentions, and Chen Desheng immediately thought of Lin Yuan.

The reason why he thought of Lin Yuan was because the script of the "Journey" movie he was preparing to shoot had already been sent to Lin Yuan, and he knew that Lin Yuan hadn't accepted the film yet, and there was a possibility of co-production, and secondly, he also knew that Lin Yuan The possibility of Yuan Yuan appearing in the movie "Journey" is not high.

In this case, he might as well sell a favor and recommend Lin Yuan to his elder brother.

as predicted.

When Jackie Chan heard this, he nodded again and again, thinking that Lin Yuan is indeed a very good starring candidate. Not only is he very popular, but he also heard that he could do a little bit of kung fu when filming "One Man's Martial Arts" before, so he just happened to be able to play in this movie. Action movies can be useful, so I asked Chen Desheng to contact him to see if he would like to play this role.

After listening to Chen Desheng's words, Lin Yuan also quickly gave his answer: "Since I have the opportunity to film with my eldest brother, of course I can't miss it, so I would like to ask Director Chen to explain it to me."

"I'll send a message to Director Tang Jili right now, and he will explain the specifics to you when the time comes, so I'll hang up first."

"Okay, Director Chen."

After Chen Desheng learned that Lin Yuan had agreed to come down, he was also planning to tell Tang Jili the good news immediately, so he hung up the phone without being too polite to Lin Yuan.

Besides Lin Yuan, there is a reason why he agreed without thinking.

One is that Jackie Chan is getting older and older, and will only star in fewer and fewer movies in the future. Maybe in a few years, the eldest brother will retreat behind the scenes like the star master. Now that the eldest brother can still film, he can follow It is the dream of many actors to co-produce such an international kung fu superstar, and Lin Yuan is no exception.

The second thing is that Chen Desheng contacted him, apparently at the request of his elder brother. After all, Chen Desheng's own crew has not yet decided on the leading role, so how can he have time to help other crews contact the leading actors!

Of course, the most important point is that Lin Yuan values ​​Brother Jackie Chan's box office appeal!
Don't look at Jackie Chan's movie reputation has declined sharply in recent years, but thanks to his popularity, the box office of these movies has remained high, and the worst-performing New Police Story also has a box office of 4.5 million, and this is still three years former movie market.

So no matter from that perspective, it is very necessary to star in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga".

After agreeing, Lin Yuan also called Sister Xia.

It is still necessary to tell the agent about taking over the movie "Kung Fu Yoga", not to ask for the agent's opinion, but to prevent sister Xia from being kept in the dark, and helping him screen the script everywhere.

The call was quickly connected by sister Xia.

Lin Yuan cut to the chase and said, "Sister Xia, help me push those four scripts away."

"What's going on, didn't you pick any of them?"

Miss Xia's tone was a little anxious, but it was understandable. After all, Lin Yuan only picked out these four scripts from twenty or thirty movie scripts. Only a suitable script will do. I don't know how much time will be wasted.

After hearing Sister Xia's tone, Lin Yuan quickly explained: "You can put it this way, but I have already accepted a movie, "Kung Fu Yoga" co-starring with Jackie Chan."

As soon as the words fell, Sister Xia's shocked voice came from the other end of the phone: "Are you filming with Jackie Chan?"

Lin Yuan nodded, and said in a flat tone: "That's right, Director Chen Desheng contacted me just now, saying that the crew was short of a lead actor, so I agreed directly."

"That's great, I'll help you contact the four crews and say that you have received a suitable movie now, and help you push the invitations of other crews as well."

Sister Xia couldn't hide the joy in her heart, and hung up the phone hastily after saying a few words.

This is also understandable, no matter the celebrity's agent, if he hears that his artist can cooperate with a character like Jackie Chan to make a movie, he will probably behave like this.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan was just about to take a break when a strange call came in.

"Hello, is this Mr. Lin Yuan?"

Hearing the unfamiliar voice on the phone, Lin Yuan was still a little puzzled, but he still replied: "Yes, it's me, what's the matter?"

"I'm Tang Jili, the director of "Kung Fu Yoga". I'm very glad that Mr. Lin Yuan is willing to act in our movie. I'm here to chat with you about some movies."

After learning that the opposite was the director of the movie "Kung Fu Yoga", Lin Yuan also greeted enthusiastically: "Hi Director Tang, I have watched many of your movies, but it's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to cooperate with them."

Tang Jili's happy voice came from the phone: "Hahaha, that's just right, this time Mr. Lin Yuan will appear in "Kung Fu Yoga", and we can be regarded as a perfect match."

After the simple business bragging, the relationship between the two has also been shortened a lot.

Director Tang Jili also got back to the topic: "Brother Lin Yuan, our film crew has limited investment, and we have to shoot scenes in Iceland, India, and Dubai, so the tentative remuneration for you is 2000 million. What do you think?"

If Tang Tan's movie hadn't been released, the 2000 million remuneration would be just in line with the current market price of Lin Yuan's film, but the problem is that when Tang Tan's movie became popular, the 2000 million remuneration was obviously much less.

From the fact that director Tang Jili directly put this matter on the bright side, it can be seen that he, the director, also knows that the salary offer is a bit low for Lin Yuan now.

After Lin Yuan heard the 2000 million salary, he didn't think too much, and replied directly: "No problem."

For him, if other movies pay 2000 million yuan, he may have to think about it. After all, the purpose of increasing his fame is to get more salary, but the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" is different.

This movie is starring Jackie Chan. Taking Jackie Chan's current box office appeal, the box office of this movie is at least [-] million, and it is not a problem even if the box office exceeds [-] billion. In this case, starring in this movie Movies are also of great help for Lin Yuan to win the title of tens of billions of box office as soon as possible.

Considering this reason, Lin Yuan is also willing to take a little less pay to appear in this movie.

Seeing that Lin Yuan agreed, director Tang Jili also heaved a long sigh of relief. The reason why he didn't contact Lin Yuan to act in this movie at the beginning is that Lin Yuan's popularity is too high now, and this movie will be filmed in various countries. , The cost is too high, so in terms of actors' remuneration, we can save as much as we can.

Tang Jili called Lin Yuan for this matter. Since Lin Yuan agreed, he has nothing else to say now, so he strikes while the iron is hot and directly confirms the matter: "Well, brother Lin Yuan, if you I'm free these two days, let's make an appointment, come out and sign the contract, and bring you the script by the way."

"no problem!"

The two agreed on a time, and after a few simple words, they hung up the phone.

Lin Yuan was lying on the sofa, and he couldn't help feeling emotional. If he had just debuted before and was not well-known, if he wanted to join the film crew, he had to go to the film crew to audition first. If the director felt it was suitable, he would be successful. Into the crew filming.

Now that his popularity has risen, he has produced several high-grossing works, and even won the title of Golden Goblet Award. These directors basically don't think much about his acting skills. Basically, as long as the salary is negotiated, they will directly pay We can finalize the matter of filming together.

After confirming that he will star in "Kung Fu Yoga" next, Lin Yuan is also planning to take advantage of these two days to take a good rest, otherwise it will not be so easy to take a good rest during the four or five months of filming with the crew.

During the rest of the past few days, Lin Yuan took the time to have a meal with director Tang Jili.

The movie is expected to start filming at the end of May and early June. Director Tang Jili also asked Lin Yuan if he has any plans for his next itinerary. He was afraid that Lin Yuan would be in conflict with Li Zhiyan's schedule.

Director Tang Jili was also relieved to be sure that Lin Yuan didn't have any other movies or variety shows to shoot.

After all, most of the time for this movie is filmed abroad. If there is something in the middle, it is not unacceptable to delay for a few days, but if they are participating in variety shows or filming other film and television dramas, then their I don't know how long the shooting process will be delayed.

The film "Kung Fu Yoga" has basically been dealt with. Originally, the salary was said to be 2000 million yuan on the phone. I didn't ask too much, since people are willing to pay him more, can he politely say no?
While waiting for the "Kung Fu Yoga" crew to start filming, Lin Yuan basically focused on two things, one was reading the movie script, and the other was Tang Tan's movie box office.

His [role comprehension] attribute has already reached the actor level. It can be said that it is easy to play the role of Lee Jones in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga". The script of the movie, so that it can get twice the result with half the effort when entering the film crew later.

In his spare time, Lin Yuan takes time almost every day to watch the box office growth of Tang Tan's movie.

Sixteen days have passed since Tang Tan's movie was released on April 7000. Except for the first three days of the May Day holiday, the box office almost broke [-] million every day, and the highest box office in the following days was only [-] million.

But even so, just yesterday, halfway through the release of Tang Tan's movie, the box office of the movie finally broke through to [-] million!

There are still fourteen days left, and it is basically a sure thing to win [-] million box office and break through the billion box office mark.

Just on May 5th, Wanda Media, the investor of Tang Tan’s film, launched a topic discussion on Weibo [If you want her to smile, take her to see Tang Tan] through operations.

I don't know if it's because tomorrow is the special day of 520, or because the management spends money to operate it. The topic rushed to the third place in the hot search list in the afternoon, and the topic of Tang Tan's movie is also hot. It improved a lot all of a sudden.

Lin Yuan also clicked on this topic out of curiosity.

He thought that there would be many girls discussing this topic, but he never expected that the most commented on this topic are not girls, but boys who rarely use social software such as Weibo.

Jiangnan No. [-] was affectionate: "Brothers, I want to improve my relationship with my girlfriend tomorrow. Is there any practical way?"

The big-headed father and the small-headed son: "To enhance the relationship, you have to care about her all the time, remember to let her drink more hot water!"

I am your Grandpa Niu: "Brothers who have a girlfriend, listen to my advice. If you don't want to go shopping with your girlfriend for an afternoon, it is best to take her to the movies. A movie lasts for two hours. You don't have to walk, you don't have to Carrying big bags and small bags, the most important thing is that a movie ticket is only 35 yuan, which is simply the best choice to accompany your girlfriend!"

I'm really not 0: "Good brother, I want to ask if this method works for roommates?"

Ashtray fish farming: "Excuse me, if I don't have a girlfriend, will the movie theater send a girlfriend to watch movies with me?"

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Almost 70.00% of the boys in this topic are exchanging their dating experience with each other. If they want to take advantage of this special day to further their relationship with their girlfriends, it is best if the other party catches his handle, and he can also find the other party’s loopholes .

I have to say that the emergence of this topic has given many boys in love a choice. Compared with shopping and eating with their girlfriends, watching movies is the best choice. It can not only enhance the relationship between the two parties, but also pass the time. , the most important thing is that it is cheap.

Many boys who saw this topic have already made a decision in their hearts. When tomorrow is 520, they will not go anywhere except hotels and movie theaters!
As the topic fermented, more and more netizens paid attention to it. Movies such as "BJ Meets Seattle: A Love Letter" and "Dream Partner" also focused their attention on the special day of 520.

Originally, the box office of these films was not very satisfactory. Even under the impact of Tang Tan's film, these films have not even earned back their investment capital. How can the director and the management not be anxious?
The one-month release period is coming to an end soon, and May 5th can be said to be their last chance to turn the tables. If they can't even grasp this opportunity, judging from their current box office, they can basically directly announce their success. street.

In particular, the distributor of the movie "BJ Meets Seattle's Love Letter", after seeing Tang Tan's movie started to promote, immediately followed suit, directly following the operation method of Tang Tan's movie, and also started operating online. A related topic: [Wait quietly for love, you and her are like BJ meeting Seattle].

"BJ Meets Seattle" was originally a romance movie. On the special day of May 5, it is naturally easier to attract couples to buy movie tickets than Tang Tan's movie.

Facts have proved that their strategy is indeed correct.

On the night of the 19th, the pre-sale box office of "BJ Meets Seattle: The Best Love Letter" reached a terrifying 8000 million the next day, directly becoming the box office champion of the day.

After seeing this amazing data, the director and distributor of the crew of "BJ Meets Seattle" finally got a good night's sleep during the film's release.

However, on the afternoon of May 5th, the movie "BJ Meets Seattle" was scolded by netizens, and the word-of-mouth that was finally stabilized took a sharp turn for the worse.

The reason is very simple. Originally, couples went to the cinema to buy their movie tickets, just to watch a beautiful love story and enhance their relationship. But now, it’s a good thing. After watching the movie for two hours, the relationship between the couple has improved. I don’t know. Anyway, after watching the movie, the two of them don't even have the desire to kiss, let alone go to the hotel to open a room.

Where is this a romance movie?It is clearly a standard fake literary film moaning without illness!
With the lessons learned from the past, other netizens also hurriedly avoided the lightning, and directly exchanged the movie tickets they bought for Chinatown Detective. Although Tang Detective is not a romance movie, at least this movie has comedy elements. It is better than watching such a bad movie. Much better.

Under such circumstances, Tang Tan's movie box office also broke through the one billion mark that day, and directly began to hit the box office of 11 billion!
Following the five films of "Lost in Thailand", "A Blossom on the Road", "Charlotte's Annoyance", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and "Scorching Sun", another film with a box office of over one billion was born, and this It is also the first suspense comedy movie directed by Chen Sichen!
This news immediately aroused discussions among many netizens on the Internet.

Even Lin Yuan suddenly became the center of discussion on this topic. The reason is very simple. Among the five films with a box office of over one billion, Lin Yuan starred in three of them, among which "Scorching Sun" and "Tang Detective" both It is the lead actor, although "Charlotte Annoyance" is not the lead actor, but Lin Yuan's role is equally important.

You must know that before Lin Yuan, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo were the leading actors in high-grossing movies. Although Lin Yuan is quite famous, compared with these two big shots, he is still far behind.

As a result, Lin Yuan has starred in the most billion-dollar-grossing movies now!
At the same time as the audience was discussing, the official blog of Tang Tan's movie had just released a poster with a box office of over one billion. In less than a day, on May 5, with the blessing of the Saturday holiday, the box office of Tang Tan's movie was directly It exceeded 21 billion!
This box office rate is even more exaggerated than the increase during the May [-]th holiday!
However, as 520, a day with special meaning, passed, the box office of Tang Tan's movie finally returned to normal.

In the last week of its release, it earned 1.3 million box office, with a total box office of 12.3 billion!
Although this box office result did not break the box office record set by Charlotte Annoyance, it also gave Chen Sichen and Tang Tan's crew great confidence.

If the first part can achieve such a result, wouldn't Tang Tan's second part be even more explosive?
At the same time when the box office results of the movie released on the May [-]st schedule came to an end, Lin Yuan also received a call from director Tang Jili. The two talked for a long time, but in fact it was summed up in one sentence: the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" , shooting is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)