Actor: I picked up attributes on the set

Chapter 231 Invitation from "Shanghai Fortress" and "The Wandering Earth"!
"The box office champion is out, and Marvel's latest movie "Avengers 3" won the box office champion of this year's May [-]st period in one fell swoop!"

"The May 3st melee ended, and "Avengers [-]" overwhelmed domestic films such as "The Player Behind the Scenes", "The Later Us", and "God of War" to win the May [-]st title!"

"How far is the gap between domestic directors and world famous directors?"

"With a difference of [-] million box office, "Ready Player One" just missed the box office champion!"

"Four 4 million-dollar box-office movies in May [-]st, the total box office of the film market hit a new high in recent years!"

""Avengers 3" is one of the most anticipated movies by fans this year. It is not a success. It has a super cast + gorgeous special effects, and won over 20 billion box office, setting a record for the highest box office of a Marvel movie!"

"The movie "The Player Behind the Scenes" starring Xu Zheng failed at the box office, and failed to continue the explosive performance of "The God of Medicine"!"

"Lin Yuan made his debut in a Hollywood film for the first time and received acclaim from all walks of life. The Chinese elements shocked audiences at home and abroad. "Ready Player One" is undoubtedly the most sincere imported film this year!"

It can be seen from the content of the major media reports that this year's May 3st domestic film was once again overwhelmed by foreign imported films. Before that, "Ready Player One" gave enough pressure, and after that, "Avengers [-]" came menacingly .

Although the domestic film "The Later Us" and "The Player Behind the Scenes" starring Xu Zheng have done a lot of publicity work before the release, filmmakers in the circle still do not have much hope for these two films. Simple, all Hollywood movies are sci-fi movies with excellent special effects, and the main focus is a visual shock.

On the other hand, the domestic films released during the May Day period in China are either suspense films or romantic literary films, and they are not rivals of these Hollywood films in terms of box office appeal of the film genre.

The box office has come to an end, which also means that the May [-]st schedule is over, and both students and office workers are back to being busy again.

The domestic film market has also entered an unprecedented off-season.

However, this off-season will not last long, and in less than a month, with the coming of the college entrance examination, the film market will usher in the carnival of the summer vacation schedule.

As "The Richest Man in Tomatoes" and "Jurassic World 2" and other films have begun their early publicity work, the attention of the media and audience has also shifted from the two films "Ready Player One" and "Reunion 3" to the upcoming New piece above.

"Hey, sister Xia, okay, then I'll come over here."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan put the phone aside, got up and stretched.

Since he returned to Shanghai and started busy writing the script of "My Motherland and Me", he hasn't been out much, and he treats it as a long vacation for himself.

However, Lin Yuan reckoned that his vacation would be over here, because he had just received a call from sister Xia, saying that he was asked to go to the company to discuss work matters with him.

The so-called work matters, you don’t need to think about it. Nine times out of ten, the film crew wants to find him to play the leading role, or other film companies have some scripts and want to talk to him about cooperation. Other than that, Lin Yuan really couldn't think of any other matters that Miss Xia wanted to ask him for.

Of course, Lin Yuan has no objection to this. After all, "My Motherland and Me" won't start shooting for a while, and I have to find something to do in the spare few months, otherwise there will be no exposure, and sooner or later it will be recognized by the audience. Forgotten, what is the difference between being hidden in the snow.

After tidying up briefly, Lin Yuan quickly rushed to the company.


"Brother Lin Yuan, good morning, long time no see, brother Lin Yuan, you have become handsome again."

The artist at the front desk immediately burst into a smile when he saw Lin Yuanjin's company. His voice was so sweet that it made people's bones shudder. You must know that Xitian Media can achieve its current scale. The biggest contributor is Lin Yuan. If you can cooperate with Lin Yuan If she has a good relationship, she will not be far from being famous.

But Lin Yuan just nodded to her and didn't say a word during the whole process.

It's not that he wants to pretend to be cold, but other artists in the company are already heading towards the front desk after hearing the movement. After hearing the sound of footsteps coming from far and near, Lin Yuan hurriedly walked towards the office with his head down Go, he really can't bear the enthusiasm of the company's female artists.

Lin Yuan pushed open the door, greeted Sister Xia, and sat down straight after pulling away the stool.

"Sister Xia, what can I do for you?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that there are two crews who want to ask you to make a movie. Here is the script. You can read it first." Sister Xia handed the two scripts on the table to Lin Yuan, and then got up to take a cup for Lin Yuan. warm water.

Lin Yuan took the water glass, took a sip, and focused on the two scripts in front of him.

The two scripts are "The Wandering Earth" and "Shanghai Fortress".

Lin Yuan is no stranger to these two scripts. In 2014, China Film Co., Ltd. decided to start filming the movie "The Wandering Earth", and "Shanghai Fortress" is not too late. In 2013, he started writing the script. It is said that in order to present the "Shanghai Battlefield" in the original work, the crew also specially built a real scene of 15500 square meters in Shanghai.

The shooting of these two big-budget movies is not a secret in the industry at all, but no one knows when the two movies will officially start shooting.

While Lin Yuan was flipping through the scripts, Sister Xia explained some news about the two scripts to Lin Yuan: "It just so happens that these two scripts are both domestic sci-fi movies, and they are both based on the same name. It is adapted from a science fiction novel, but "The Wandering Earth" has too many starring candidates for the time being, and it has not yet been determined, but the director of "Shanghai Fortress" Teng Huatao said that as long as you confirm the role, the male lead will definitely be reserved for you."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help asking: "Is the director of "Shanghai Fortress" Teng Huatao?"

There are not many works directed by Teng Huatao, including the TV series "Snail House", "Wang Gui and Anna", as well as love movies such as "Waiting for the Wind" and "Love Home Express". Of course, the most famous movie of this director is definitely " "33 Days of Broken Relationship" is the biggest dark horse in the annual box office market.

The level of this director must be high, but judging from the film and television dramas he has filmed, the style of film and television dramas he is good at is obviously romance films, and now he is working again after a few years, and he will shoot sci-fi movies as soon as he comes up , really made Lin Yuan somewhat unexpected.

Sister Xia immediately heard the surprise in Lin Yuan's words, and explained, "What's the matter, the director of "The Wandering Earth" is still Guo Fan."

Sister Xia’s meaning is very simple. Judging from the works, Guo Fan and Teng Huatao have similar styles. One masterpiece is "You at the Same Table" and the other is "33 Days of Broken Love". And judging from the number of works , Guo Fan's experience is not as good as Teng Huatao's.

However, it cannot be said that way.

Although Guo Fan has directed relatively few film and television works, he is better at being young. Letting a young and cutting-edge director make a sci-fi film, and making a domestic sci-fi film with a six-generation director must have a greater advantage for the former.

But Lin Yuan didn't intend to explain, but changed the topic and asked: "Sister Xia, have the other actors of these two movies been settled?"

"Wu Jing is the only actor confirmed for "The Wandering Earth", but whether Wu Jing is the leading role or a supporting role is still uncertain, while for "Shanghai Fortress", the heroine has already been decided. Shu Qi who has cooperated."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded in agreement.

In a sci-fi film like this, female characters definitely cannot appear as vases, and among domestic actresses, there are not many female characters who can play heroic female characters, and Shu Qi is one of them.

What's more, Shu Qi is more suitable in terms of image, popularity, remuneration, and the relationship between actors.

"The male second candidates are Lu Han and Gao Yixiang. Both of them are currently popular stars. They will be of great help to the popularity of the movie and the follow-up publicity and hype."

The warm water in Lin Yuan's water glass was getting colder, and when she heard Sister Xia's choice of the second boy, she suddenly frowned, looked up at Sister Xia, and interrupted her with her hand: "Sister Xia, please wait a moment, I I want to ask, isn’t this a sci-fi war movie?”

"correct."

"Then how did Director Teng Huatao think of casting Lu Han?" Lin Yuan was puzzled.

Gao Yixiang is justifiable as the male number two, and he is also a popular star, but his image is here, and he can’t fault it in this kind of sci-fi war movie, but Lu Han is really at odds with the character image in the script .

The atmosphere suddenly froze, Miss Xia hesitated for a moment, and then slowly explained: "There is no way, the film investor is CTV Entertainment."

There are not many artists under China TV Entertainment, but there are many agency artists who have signed contracts, and Lu Han is one of them.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt a headache, which was indeed a bit embarrassing. Nowadays, there are much fewer traffic stars starring in the leading role, but the number of traffic stars appearing on the big screen is increasing. Every month, big and small brokers The company will let the little fresh meat enter the big pot of the entertainment industry like dumplings.

There is no other way, now that there are fewer and fewer opportunities for newcomers to be exposed, apart from debuting in variety shows, they can only leave an impact on the audience on the big screen by appearing in film and television dramas.

"Sister Xia, please continue."

"Okay, then the other characters are"

Lin Yuan didn't intervene until Sister Xia finished speaking, but from later on, the names he heard were all unknown or lesser-known stars who had just debuted.

Lin Yuan can basically be sure that China Television Entertainment invested in the film "Shanghai Fortress", in addition to being stimulated by the two sci-fi movies "Ready Player One" and "Avengers 3", there is another purpose, that is To promote the newcomers vigorously, and to ensure word-of-mouth, Lin Yuan, an evergreen at the box office, was needed to lead them to fly.

Now the casting of filming roles is basically positioned in this way. Small fresh meat attracts money, and capable actors guarantee word-of-mouth. This combination has become the most commonly used routine in domestic filming.

Before Guangguang Media spent energy to send Lin Yuan to the director position of "My Motherland and Me", it was nothing more than the same idea.

Lin Yuan can understand this.

Besides, he himself does not wear colored glasses for traffic stars. After all, most traffic stars are relatively young and have to spend time learning to sing and dance rap basketball. The schedule is very tight, and it is normal for his acting skills to be inferior to those of professional actors. Things, it doesn't matter, as long as you are willing to learn, just like when Zhang Yixing was filming "Kung Fu Yoga" before, Lin Yuan admired him for his seriousness and dedication.

However, Lin Yuan has never been in contact with traffic stars like Lu Han, and he doesn't know their attitude when they are filming, so he is a little disgusted with such casting, but it does not affect whether he will star in the movie.

The most important thing now is that he has to check the quality of the script "Shanghai Fortress". If the script quality is average, he naturally has no reason to act in this movie.

Lin Yuan accelerated the speed of flipping through, but when he was halfway through the flip, he frowned.

Although he has not read the original work, after seeing the plot in the script, he directly "sentenced the death penalty" to this movie in his heart. From the beginning to the present, nine out of ten domestic sci-fi movies are bad. Only one can barely make it to the pass line.

In Lin Yuan's impression, the current domestic sci-fi movies are basically looking for a bunch of handsome men and women who are seductive, make a look that looks exaggerated, and then make a few gestures in front of the green screen, and there is no interaction between the actors. .

Ridiculous styling, empty content, and boring stories, these are the shortcomings of most domestic sci-fi movies. In the past, they could use the excuse of insufficient special effects to prevaricate the past, but now the domestic special effects are not much different from foreign countries. The script is still so bad.

Only those who have read the scripts of domestic sci-fi movies know that domestic sci-fi movies have never made a serious sci-fi movie at all.

"Shanghai Fortress", which has been in preparation since 2013, is no exception.

Five years have passed, and it is clear that the original book is about an alien dark force raiding the earth in the future. Jiang Yang follows the female commander Lin Lan into the Shanghai Fortress to become a commander, and fights against the alien invaders together with the Gray Eagle team. story.

But after reading the script, Lin Yuan felt that the whole story seemed to be about the love story between the protagonist Jiang Yang and the female commander Lin Lan at the moment of doomsday crisis.

Lin Yuan could only open the script and read it slowly, hoping for a reversal in the future, but unfortunately, his brows became tighter and tighter. As Lin Yuan expected, the script was really bad.

But fortunately, at least he has finished reading it carefully now, and can refuse openly.

"Sister Xia, I'm afraid I have to thank director Teng Huatao for his kindness. I feel that the protagonist image of the movie "Shanghai Fortress" is really not suitable for me. I'd better watch "The Wandering Earth"." Lin Yuan still reserved for director Teng Huatao. Save some face, after all, this script is not in charge of other directors.

Now I can only hope that the script of "The Wandering Earth" can give him a little surprise.

After hearing Lin Yuan's answer, Sister Xia also realized that the quality of the script of "Shanghai Fortress" may be substandard, but from the perspective of actual interests, Sister Xia definitely hopes that Lin Yuan will star in the movie "Shanghai Fortress" of.

The reason is very simple. Both "Shanghai Fortress" and "The Wandering Earth" are big-budget films. The investment of the former is 10 million, and the lead actor gets 4000% of the salary. Lin Yuan can get at least [-] million. Although the author claimed to have an investment of [-] million yuan, rumors of Wanda's divestment have already spread.

I'm afraid Director Guo Fan invited Lin Yuan to act in the film because he wanted to use this method to stabilize Wanda Pictures so that the other party would not withdraw their capital.

As Lin Yuan's manager, Ning Luoxia must have the obligation to remind him.

"Lin Yuan, the situation of the crew of "The Wandering Earth" is a bit complicated. Wanda Pictures seems to be planning to divest its capital, and the crew has already rented eight studios in the film and television base of Oriental Movie Metropolis. Judging from the current situation, the crew The remuneration that can be given to the actors is not ideal”

Compared with other types, sci-fi movies relying on special effects and large-scale productions are the most expensive in terms of cost, which is why major domestic film companies have been reluctant to shoot hardcore sci-fi movies.

One is that the level of special effects in China is too low, and the second is that the cost of film production is too high.

The cost of making a hard-core sci-fi movie can completely make two or three comedy movies that hit the box office champion. In this case, the major film companies that value commercial interests are naturally unwilling to spend money on sci-fi movies. shot above.

If it weren't for the box office stimulation of sci-fi movies like "Ready Player One" and "The Avengers", I am afraid that sci-fi movies like "The Wandering Earth" and "Shanghai Fortress" would have to be postponed for another two years before their official shooting.

After talking about the situation in "Wandering Crew", Sister Xia also gave her own suggestions seriously: "If you think there is something wrong with the script of "Shanghai Fortress", I think you can discuss it with Director Teng Huatao, I believe Director Teng Huatao And the screenwriter is still very willing to modify the script."

Miss Xia's words were not wrong.

With Lin Yuan's exaggerated popularity now, if it is confirmed that he can star in "Shanghai Fortress", even if the screenwriter is unwilling to modify the script, the investor, CTV Entertainment, will obediently ask the screenwriter to modify the script according to Lin Yuan's ideas.

No way, who made Lin Yuan the box office guarantee for the domestic film market now?
After hearing Sister Xia's words, Lin Yuan asked in surprise, "The crew of "The Wandering Earth" rented eight studios?"

"I also heard from my friends at the Oriental Movie Metropolis. There should be no mistake. It is said that people from the props team have already gone to work on the set." Sister Xia explained.

As a qualified agent, one must be well-informed about the gossip in the circle, not to mention that the crews of other people have invited artists to star in movies, so it is natural to inquire in advance.

I originally said this to make Lin Yuan reconsider "Shanghai Fortress", but unexpectedly, after hearing this answer, Lin Yuan became more interested in the movie "The Wandering Earth" in his heart.

When filming "Looking for the Dragon" before, the crew rented ten vacant film and television bases in Huairou's film and television base for filming. Director Wu Ershan can be said to have spent all the investment money wisely. The production of special effects coupled with a high-quality script, plus a starring lineup such as Huang Bo, Lin Yuan, and Shu Qi, it is only natural that "Looking for the Dragon" won the box office champion in the National Day schedule after its release.

Now the crew of "The Wandering Earth" is also spending their money wisely. If the quality of the script passes the test, once this movie is released, it is very likely to become the benchmark of science fiction movies in Chinese movies!

As for the divestment of Wanda Pictures, after Lin Yuan had experienced the divestment of "In the Name of the People" before, he was quite used to such things.

However, this kind of thing doesn't have much impact on him. Anyway, he has enough balance in his card now. Since he was able to invest in "In the Name of the People" and "Manslaughter" before, why can't he invest in the movie "The Wandering Earth"? ?

Of course, the premise is that the movie "The Wandering Earth" has a level for him to invest in.

With this in mind, Lin Yuan became more serious when he read the script of "The Wandering Earth".

After spending nearly half an hour reading the script, Lin Yuan had only one thought in his mind: he didn't know the level gap between the two directors, Guo Fan and Teng Huatao, but the screenwriters of the two crews were obviously not on the same level.

The script of "Shanghai Fortress" focuses on the relationship between the male and female protagonists and the characters of the Gray Eagle team. There are too few portrayals of the group portraits during the disaster, and it is difficult for people to substitute for the alien dark forces raiding the earth. Going in a crisis, on the contrary, there is a feeling of vigorous love in the end of the world.

But "The Wandering Earth" is different. In addition to the detailed description of the actions of the protagonist and his party, it also has a strong image of the ordinary people in desperate situations.

Comparing heart to heart, if Lin Yuan was asked to choose a movie to watch as an ordinary audience, he would definitely choose the latter, there is no doubt about it.

After all, who is willing to spend 70 yuan for a movie ticket in the giant screen hall to watch a romantic movie?
After closing the script, Lin Yuan rubbed his eyes, and said seriously: "Sister Xia, help me contact Director Guo Fan, tell me that I am interested in this script, and ask him if the actors have been settled yet."

Sister Xia glanced at Lin Yuan, and immediately agreed: "Okay, Director Guo Fan has answered and I will tell you."

After returning to the apartment, Lin Yuan received a call from director Guo Fan that night.

In fact, Guo Fan himself did not expect that Lin Yuan would be interested in the movie "The Wandering Earth". Generally, popular and powerful actors in China are almost unwilling to appear in domestic science fiction movies. After all, the quality of domestic science fiction movies is so poor. That is obvious to all, and no one wants to star in this kind of movie and ruin their reputation.

So after learning that Lin Yuan was interested in the script, Guo Fan directly asked for Lin Yuan's phone number from Ning Luoxia, and called him impatiently.

Although Lin Yuan said he was interested in the script, he still seriously asked about the current situation in the crew.

For example, Wanda Pictures' divestment, film remuneration, list of confirmed actors and so on.

After hearing Lin Yuan's question, Guo Fan smiled helplessly: "Wanda Films is indeed planning to divest its capital, but it has not been confirmed yet, and the producer and I are already looking for other investors, so I guarantee that it will not affect the film. Normal shooting."

This kind of thing is not something that Guo Fan can hide if he wants to hide it, it is better to admit it openly.

The actors have been confirmed so far, and there are only Zhao Jinmai and Uncle Da, and the combined salary of the two is less than 50, so Guo Fan is also embarrassed to mention Lin Yuan's specific salary.

There was no way, Wanda Films was planning to divest, and now they had to get not only the part of Wanda Films’ divestment investment, but also enough investment to pay Lin Yuan’s film salary.

However, domestic sci-fi films want to attract investment, which is not easy.

Huayi Brothers and Enlight Media focus on the transformation of small-budget films, and the other on domestic animation films. Wanda Pictures, the only company that has investment intentions, is now withdrawing capital due to various circumstances. The film company has attracted investment, and the amount of investment will definitely not be too much.

"Mr. Lin Yuan, that's it. I can't decide on the salary for the time being. I have to discuss it with the producer, but I can guarantee that the salary given by our crew will never be lower than that of your last movie. How about it?"

This is already the biggest guarantee Guo Fan can make. Originally, Lin Yuan’s salary was not low as a top star, but now he won the box office champion in this year’s Spring Festival schedule and became the first domestic actor with a box office of over 5000 billion. Naturally, his salary is also high. A rising tide lifts all boats, and Guo Fan conservatively estimates that it is around [-] to [-] million.

With the current situation of the crew of "The Wandering Earth", it is obviously impossible to spend so much money to pay Lin Yuan's film salary, so we can only try to bargain with Lin Yuan with a cheeky face.

Lin Yuan could also guess the crew's current predicament from Guo Fan's faltering answer on the other end of the phone.

It is impossible to say that he doesn't care about the salary, anyway, with his current position, the minimum salary is 4000 million, let him act in a commercial movie with zero salary, let alone he disagrees, even Xitian Media and Guangguang Media behind it will not agree either.

Seeing this situation, Lin Yuan tentatively said: "Director Guo Fan, otherwise, the film salary will be considered as my investment in the movie, how about it?"

Guo Fan on the other end of the phone's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was a little surprised if he heard it wrong. It took two seconds for him to react, and he quickly replied: "Of course, I will call the producer and say One sound."

You must know that Lin Yuan's film salary is at least 4000 million. Even if Wanda Films did not withdraw its capital, it would be difficult for the crew to come up with 4000 million film remuneration, not to mention that Wanda Films may withdraw its capital now.

Now Lin Yuan is willing to use his salary to invest in the film, which can be said to have solved the urgent need of the crew.

The crew only needs to raise an investment of 3000 to [-] million yuan, and basically they can officially start filming.

After finishing the call with Director Guo Fan, Lin Yuan also made a special call to Director Chen Kaige to inquire about the preparations for the crew of "My Motherland and Me". It's time to cut the show, let the crews on both sides run back and forth.

Fortunately, the filming will not start until the end of the month, but at the end of the month, the cast needs him to take time to go there.

After getting the accurate information, Lin Yuan also felt relieved. Judging from the current situation, he just had to wait for Director Guo Fan to give him an answer.

(End of this chapter)