Actor: I picked up attributes on the set

Chapter 225 Standing on your own?Invest in "Manslaughter"

Seeing this, several other film and television companies also chatted with Lin Yuan about cooperation.

Almost all of them told Lin Yuan how brilliant their company's script was, and now everything was ready, just waiting for a talented actor like Lin Yuan to play the leading role.

Having said that, as for whether they have any good notebooks, Lin Yuan doesn't know anyway.

If Lin Yuan can be convinced that he is willing to cooperate with them, it is a big deal to spend a lot of money to buy a better script. Anyway, considering Lin Yuan's current popularity and box office appeal, before making any bad movies to ruin his reputation, The box office is basically nothing to worry about.

"Thank you for your kindness from the bosses, but I have a lot of things recently, and I don't have any plans to accept a movie yet, but if there is any suitable script in the future, please take care of the bosses."

Lin Yuan politely declined the kindness of these bosses, and he still understood the principle of waiting for the price.

Unless these film and television companies really have any good scripts on hand, they can only come up with a salary that satisfies him.

If he had just come out of Hengdian, this method might still have worked for him, but now, it is obviously impossible to fool him into cooperating in a movie just by talking about it.

Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't let go at all, the bosses also sighed in their hearts.

In 2016, when Huang Bo, a powerful actor like Huang Bo, made "The Master of Memory", his film salary had already reached more than 3000 million, which can be regarded as the highest film salary of an inland actor. He is very popular now, and compared with Huang Bo, his salary is only high but not low.

It seems that if you want to cooperate with Lin Yuan, you have to go back and discuss it carefully to see what price is suitable for Lin Yuan's remuneration.

After talking politely with the bosses of these film and television companies, Lin Yuan began to entertain his friends in the circle.

Basically, it’s just saying hello and a few words of pleasantries. After all, there are so many people at the banquet. No matter what, Lin Yuan, the host, can’t just chat with one person. Xu Zheng and Ning Hao are in charge of entertaining a group of people, and Lin Yuan is in charge of some people. , the division of labor is clear, and it saves a lot of embarrassment.

Since the end of the movie "Lost in Thailand", the relationship between Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng has not eased up to now.

The reason why Wang Baoqiang wanted to make "Havoc in Tianzhu" was more or less to prove his point. Even if he didn't cooperate with Xu Zheng, he, Wang Baoqiang, could still make a movie that exploded at the box office.

However, the result is that, under the banner of Wang Baoqiang's self-directed and self-acted comedy film, although the box office of "Havoc in Tianzhu" is not low, its reputation in the hearts of the audience has directly collapsed, and the results of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" starring Xu Zheng this time In comparison, it can be said that there is a big difference.

In this situation, one can imagine how embarrassing the atmosphere when the two met.

Lin Yuan walked up to Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sichen, and said politely, "Director Chen and Director Wang, congratulations to the box office success of the two films."

Chen Sichen's "Tang Detective 2" invested 4 million yuan, and the box office exceeded 30 billion; Wang Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" had a total investment of [-] million yuan, and the box office exceeded [-] billion. Although the word-of-mouth of the two films is not ideal, at least from the box office Judging from the results, both movies can be said to have made a lot of money.

Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sichen smiled, first congratulated Lin Yuan for winning the box office of tens of billions, and then made a few simple polite remarks.

Chatting and chatting, Chen Sichen naturally talked about the movie "Tang Detective 3".

Compared with "Tang Detective 2", although the reputation of "Tang Detective 1" has declined, the box office is almost three times that of the first film, with a box office of 30 billion. Which director is not tempted by this?
It is no exaggeration to say that if "Monster Hunt 2" during the Spring Festival this year can have a box office of 15 billion, Blue Star Films will not choose to put the IP of "Monster Hunt" aside, let alone achieve better results than "Monster Hunt 2". Monster Hunt 2 is even better than Tang Detective [-].

Relying on the IP of "Tang Detective", as long as the quality of the third movie is not too bad, it is basically no problem to maintain the box office at around 20 billion. Even if the film's publicity and distribution work properly, it is not impossible for the box office to surpass "Tang Detective 2".

Even if Chen Sichen doesn't want to make a sequel, Wanda Pictures won't miss this good opportunity to make money.

Lin Yuan thought for a while, but did not give his own answer directly.

As the leading actor in the movie, he is the clearest about the quality of the scripts of the two films "Tang Detective". "Tang Detective 1" is Chen Sichen's turnaround work, and he has spent a lot of time polishing the script.

However, the script quality of "Tang Detective 2" has dropped significantly.

If Chen Sichen and Wanda Pictures only want to make money from the IP of "Tang Detective" instead of thinking about how to operate the IP of "Tang Detective" benignly, the quality of the third film will basically not be guaranteed. "Exploring" movie, naturally needs him to think carefully.

While chatting, Lin Yuan glanced left and right, and then asked, "Where's Xiao Yang?"

It is said that after Xiao Yang transformed into an actor, his acting skills have also improved by leaps and bounds, and his performance in "Tang Detective 2" is obvious to all.

It stands to reason that "Tang Detective 3" will definitely have Xiao Yang in the role, but now he has not seen Xiao Yang, which makes Lin Yuan a little curious.

"He's busy now." Chen Sichen was about to explain to Lin Yuan, but swallowed the words when he got to his mouth, pouted his mouth behind Lin Yuan, and said, "Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, can't people come? "

Lin Yuan turned his head and saw Xiao Yang walking over talking with a young man of almost the same age.

The wine glasses in the hands of the two were already empty, and it seemed that they had just toasted with someone.

It wasn't until he got closer that Xiao Yang noticed that Lin Yuan was looking at him with a smile, and quickly greeted Lin Yuan, congratulating Lin Yuan on winning the tens of billions of box office.

Lin Yuan joked with a smile: "You're not bad either. Thanks to the two "Tang Detective", the box office has already exceeded 50 billion, and I don't think it's far from the box office of [-] billion."

Xiao Yang laughed straight away, since he transformed into an actor, his luck has improved all of a sudden.

As he spoke, Lin Yuan looked at the young man with glasses next to Xiao Yang. He looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it all at once.

After thinking about it, he finally asked directly, "Who is this?"

"Oh, this is Ke Wenli, Director Ke, who wants to make a movie with me." Xiao Yang hurriedly introduced Lin Yuan.

Even after hearing the name, Lin Yuan didn't remember who this person was for a while.

But this is also normal. Ke Wenli is a director from Malaysia. In 2014, his first short film "Free Man" was shortlisted for the Academy Awards Live Action Short Film Award and even won the Best Short Film at the 51st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. prize.

This result can be achieved, but Naihe's works are not very popular, so Ke Wenli is not well-known in the domestic circle.

As for why Ke Wenli, a Malaysian director, suddenly found Xiao Yang to make a movie, Lin Yuan still didn't understand for a while. Could it be that Xiao Yang has become popular in Malaysia?
Ke Wenli seemed to see Lin Yuan's doubts, and explained: "It's like this. I think Teacher Xiao Yang's performance in "Tang Detective 2" is very good, so I want to cooperate with him to remake a Thai movie."

"Remake?"

Lin Yuan was a little puzzled.

There are not many domestic remakes of foreign movies, such as "Twelve Citizens", a remake of "Twelve Angry Men", and "Twenty Years Old", a remake of "Strange She", etc. The reputation of the movies is not bad, but the box office is a bit horrible. up.

After all, it is not an easy task for a remake of a movie to surpass the original.

What's more, to remake a foreign film, one must first obtain the adaptation copyright of the other film, and the cost of filming is also higher than that of many original films. Once the box office fails to meet expectations, it will really lose everything.

Ke Wenli nodded: "That's right, it's an adaptation of an Indian movie, "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky."

After hearing the name of the movie, sporadic movie clips quickly flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

This movie is one of the few Indian movies that echoes the viewing experience of Chinese people. At least there are no abrupt dances in the middle of the original movie, and there will not be any exaggerated plots. It can be regarded as a high-scoring masterpiece.

Just when Lin Yuan was about to end this topic, Xiao Yang suddenly thought of something, and blinked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked at Xiao Yang winking, and didn't understand what he meant.

Xiao Yang pretended to cough twice, then pulled Lin Yuan two steps aside, and said in a low voice, "Brother Yuan, are you interested in investing in this movie?"

"Invest in this remake?"

"That's right." Seemingly afraid that Lin Yuan would refuse, Xiao Yang quickly patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I'll use 100% of my acting skills to make this movie when the time comes, and I promise I won't lose money!"

Lin Yuan glanced at Xiao Yang with interest: "Are you sure you can guarantee the movie's box office?"

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After two seconds of silence, Xiao Yang forced a smile on his face and said, "It's a bit difficult to box office, but I can guarantee that the movie's reputation will definitely not be bad!"

Xiao Yang is still very self-aware.

Don't look at him now becoming popular with "Tang Detective 2" and suddenly becoming a first-line actor, but he has no box office appeal at all.

Previously, the movie "Old Boy: Raptors Crossing the River" was able to obtain a box office of 2.08 million, and it was all due to the influence of the Chopsticks Brothers.

Now let him star in a movie, how much box office will he get, he really has no idea.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan understood what was going on.

No wonder Xiao Yang and Ke Wenli held wine glasses in their hands and looked sullen just now. It seemed that they were looking for those film and television companies to attract investment, but the results were not ideal.

"I remember you invested in "Tang Detective 2" with your salary, you should not be short of money to make a movie." Lin Yuan asked.

Relying on the movie "Tang Detective 2", Xiao Yang can at least get hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration, and then Director Ke will randomly pull in tens of millions of investments. It should be no problem for the two to cooperate in remaking a movie.

Xiao Yang smiled resentfully, and explained: "Isn't the money all spent?"

The reason why Lin Yuan was asked to invest in the film was because other film and television companies were not optimistic about this film, and they were only willing to invest 200 million. For the entire film production, this amount of money was completely a drop in the bucket, and the second was because Xiao Yang knew him. Among people, Lin Yuan is the only one who has the strength to invest in an entire movie at once.

It is no exaggeration to say that Lin Yuan's salary for a movie now can match the shooting cost of a small-budget movie.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Yang's own money is no longer enough to invest in the remake of "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky".

"Flowers?"

"Well, I'm going to direct and act in a movie by myself, and I'll bring in my good brother Wang Tingli." When Xiao Yang said this, his voice became much quieter.

Before Chopsticks Brothers became famous, Wang Taili's father didn't want him to pursue these unrealistic star dreams.

However, Wang Tingli has always wanted to prove himself to his father. Unfortunately, when filming "Old Boy", Wang Tingli's father died of illness, which led Wang Tingli to choose to return to the life of ordinary people in a down-to-earth manner. Stop chasing your star dreams.

Now that Xiao Yang has fulfilled his dream back then, he naturally wants to give his brother a hand. No matter how you say it, he wants to make a real movie on the screen to fulfill his dream.

He spent all the money he earned from investing in this movie, and now he naturally has no money to invest in the remake of "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky".

"Okay, I voted for this movie, but if the movie loses money by then"

Before Lin Yuan finished speaking, Xiao Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, if I lose money, I'll sell myself to pay back the debt!"

Thinking of Xiao Yang's appearance in "Memoirs of a Geisha", Lin Yuan immediately lost interest in Xiao Yang selling himself to repay the debt.

Lin Yuan didn't talk too much, he just asked Director Ke Wenli to talk to Sister Xia about investing in the remake of "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky", anyway, he has a lot of savings now.

The film remuneration of "A Good Show", "Kung Fu Yoga", and "Predecessor 3" alone has reached hundreds of millions of yuan, plus the final box office dividends of "Tang Detective 2" and "I'm Not a Drug" The director's fee and actors' remuneration for the movie "God", no matter how you say it, I still have a 0.5 cool deposit, which is more than enough to invest in a movie.

After the celebration banquet, Lin Yuan returned to Xitian Company. There were too many things to do and no time to procrastinate at the banquet.

Tell sister Xia about investing in the remake of "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky".

Investing in movies is normal, but in this time period, it is somewhat sensitive. Even Miss Xia couldn't help asking: "Lin Yuan, are you planning to start your own business?"

Just like after Ning Hao made a few films and became famous, the film studio transformed into Bad Monkey Films. Although it is not as good as the film and television companies such as Enlight Media and Wanda Films, it is still very popular in the circle. Since then, more and more films have been invested.

Lin Yuan's current operation is more or less similar to Ning Hao's, so it's no wonder Miss Xia asked this question.

"I want to start my own business, but unfortunately I don't have the capital, but Director Ke and the others can't get much investment. I think this movie has a bright future, so I'm just helping out." Lin Yuan explained slowly.

Now is the period when his career is on the rise. Isn't it a fool's move to transition from in front of the screen to behind the scenes at this time?
As for investing in movies, it is entirely because of the recognition of Xiao Yang's acting skills, coupled with Xiao Yang's performance in "Tang Detective 2", and also echoing the thoughtful image of the hero in "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky". The movie was an instant hit, and he could make a lot of money from it.

Sister Xia also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Lin Yuan's words.

She didn't object to Lin Yuan doing it alone, but she was afraid that Lin Yuan would want to eat a big fat man in one bite, but now it seems that she was worrying too much.

After writing down the matter of investing in the remake of the film, Miss Xia suddenly said: "By the way, the major film companies will make a big move at the end of the year. It is said that the major domestic film companies are planning to jointly produce a movie with a full cast. , Mr. Wang of Enlight Media asked me to tell you, pay attention to adjust your schedule."

Wang Changtian, the boss of Enlight Media, can personally tell him, and there is a full-scale cast, and the major film companies will jointly produce the same movie. You don't need to think about it, there must be some big moves.

Hearing this, three words popped up in Lin Yuan's heart: come alive!
(End of this chapter)