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Chapter 253 Movie Casting and Meeting Liu Tianxian for the First Time
"Rising Fame" is a project that Wei Yang hesitated for a long time before deciding on.

This movie will be released in 2021 in the original time and space, with a box office of nearly 10 billion. It doesn't seem like a lot, but considering the cost and the main creative lineup, it is definitely a dark horse.

For Wei Yang, if he wants to make money, the best way is to make youth films.

With his popularity, as long as he adds a well-known and well-known Xiaohua, the box office will definitely not be much worse, and the same is true for romance movies.

The theme of "Being Famous" is more comedy and drama, with certain suspense elements, and it is not his best and currently popular theme.

Moreover, this movie is a group portrait show, so the bonus to him is not particularly strong, and it is also a disadvantage.

However, Wei Yang hesitated again and again, and chose this movie because he wanted to make some breakthroughs.

In terms of TV dramas, he has already become a representative of idol dramas. If the youth and romance films made in his debut film are successful again, his acting career will be limited.

Wei Yang is not afraid of being limited in the way of acting, he is a producer himself and can tailor other themes, but he is afraid that the audience will not buy it if he makes too much impression on the audience.

Compared with the box office, in Wei Yang's view, the word-of-mouth of his first film is more important.

To impress people, Wei Yang has a few tricks. Not only is he good at idol dramas, but he is also good at making movies.

But this movie can't be too powerful, it has both word of mouth and room for follow-up development.

Otherwise, Wei Yang filmed "I'm Not the God of Medicine" first and was immediately praised to the sky. Then he will be exhausted in everything he shoots, and Director Chen will be second.

Movies and TV shows are two different things. The latter does not cost money, while the former requires people to pay for tickets.

So not only must you be able to yell and bring in other audiences, but you must also make them feel that the ticket money is worthwhile, so that they will continue to spend money to support you later.

Wei Yang thinks very openly, making a movie is not a one-shot deal, even if the results of "Rise to Fame" are not satisfactory, the follow-up movies will also benefit from word-of-mouth.

Wei Yang doesn't plan to make youth films anymore. This kind of films are usually made by newcomers. With his current status and reputation, unless it is to praise people, there is no need to make this subject again.

Don't worry about romance movies, there are plenty of opportunities in the future, and Boss Wei won't be in trouble with money.

In addition, Wei Yang also has a selfish intention, that is, after all, it is his first time as a director, and it is likely to be the only time as a director.

When making a youth film or a romance film, Director Wei has no sense of presence, but group portraits and drama films such as "Being Famous" can make Director Wei look good.

From Wei Yang's point of view, even if his personal actor bonus is not high in this group portrait play, it would be another matter if he added the director's bonus.

Once "Being Famous" is successful, even if he does not serve as the director of the next film, but has titles such as screenwriter and producer, the audience will still think it is his work, which can be regarded as a box office appeal.

In the final analysis, Wei Yang has the right to be self-willed due to his popular popularity and abundant funds.

Even if it is the first movie, he doesn't need to focus on making money like "You Who Came from the Star" back then, but can mix in some other ideas.

Of course, even so, Boss Wei's business policy of focusing on money remains unchanged.

The first goal of "Rising to Fame" is to gain word of mouth, but if word of mouth can achieve a double harvest at the box office, he couldn't be happier, so he tried every means to create momentum for the film.

From the official announcement of the film, the crew began to hook up with popular celebrities in various ways. Uncle Ge, Huang Bo, Jiang Wen, and Liang Chaowei were rumored all over the place.

Some of these rumors are true and some are false. For example, Liang Chaowei is false, but Uncle Ge's crew really sent out the invitation.

The character is a past actor, and his role is not weak, but he is also very good. Uncle Ge doesn't care about his position, and he is also interested in the script, but his salary is really not low.

You know, last year Uncle Ge starred in three movies, "The Orphan of Zhao", "If You Are the One" and "Let the Bullets Fly".

The salary of any mainland actor is low, and if you want to invite him to play, you can't afford less than 500 million.

Uncle Ge doesn't make many movies. On the one hand, he has to choose the script, on the other hand, the salary is too high, and the box office effect is not ideal for one person, so the price/performance ratio is limited.

Whether it's worth it or not is aside for "Rise to Fame," but it's a little over budget.

After all, Wei Yang's own salary is not low, and it is expected that the salaries of other leading actors are not small.

Fortunately, "Rising to Fame" itself is a secret room script, and the cost of the scene is limited, and the bulk of the expenditure is the actors' remuneration, so it is not impossible to discuss.

Except for Uncle Ge, the others are pure hype.

No, it's not entirely hype. Jiang Wen didn't invite him, but the crew and his younger brother Jiang Wu sent him an invitation to play the down-and-out tycoon.

In addition, the competition for the film's only female lead actress, the Vase Queen, is extremely fierce.

Xu Cainv, Zhou Gongzi, Liu Shishi, Da Mimi, Fan Xiaopang, Zhiling sister and most of the popular female roles have scandals with "Fame and Li Wan", and most of them are true.

Some female artist teams took the initiative to contact Blue Whale, and some Blue Whale sent audition invitations to the artist team.

As an existence that is likely to become a major publicity hotspot and attract box office like Wei Yang, Blue Whale attaches great importance to this so-called heroine candidate.

The little flowers in the TV drama circle like Liu Shishi and Da Mimi are just making up numbers, and Blue Whale never planned to choose them from the beginning to the end.

Liu Shishi had known the situation from Wei Yang a long time ago, and he had no hope at all. He was already preparing to join the group "Xuanyuan Sword: Scars of the Sky", but the Tang people did not give up and tried hard.

Da Mimi was also told the truth by Wei Yang early on, but she was not reconciled, believing that things are human-made, so she has been fighting for it.

Talented girl Xu doesn't match Mr. Zhou's images, sister Zhiling is out of consideration, and Wei Yang's personal favorite is Fan Xiaopang.

This was not decided by him patting his waist. She is the most suitable candidate for her figure, appearance, acting skills and influence, combined with the comprehensive condition index.

However, Blue Whale still launched another person to fight with her, that is--Liu Tianxian.

In terms of popularity and topicality, Liu Tianxian is not inferior to Fan Xiaopang, and her appearance and figure also agree with the requirements of the role. The only weakness is her acting skills, but her vase attributes are somewhat similar to this character in the movie.

When "You Who Came from the Star" was so popular, the topic of Fan Xiaopang and Fan Qianqian's combination of dramas contributed a lot.

If Liu Tianxian can reproduce the original topic and the characters are similar to real people, it will be of great benefit to the quality and publicity of the movie.

Not only Liu Tianxian's crew, "Rising Fame" even wanted to find Fatty Xiangjiang Wang, intending to let him play the role of director of bad movies, and he is also the prototype of this role.

Not to mention, Wei Yang had never considered Liu Tianxian before, but just because of this suggestion, he really hesitated.

Although he was more optimistic about Fan Xiaopang, he still asked the crew to send Liu Tianxian an audition invitation.

Anyway, give it a try, there is nothing to lose, maybe you can run into the curse of 85 flowers that will explode when they see him...

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The preparation speed of "Rising Fame" is not slow, and the first batch of actors was announced soon.

Rookie Policeman - Lin Gengxin
Showgirl Nightingale - Nazha

The person in charge of military control——Zhang Songwen
Hollywood Actors - Wu Jing

The first three are Blue Whale artists, and if their film projects are suitable, they must show their faces.

As for Wu Jing, he has always been a supporting role in Xiangjiang. In fact, it is a bit similar to the role in the movie where he went to Hollywood and was discriminated against by others.

Catch up with the past two years, Wu Jing has been intending to return to the mainland for development, and even filmed a TV series.

Wei Yang invited him, and his current romantic partner is an artist under Guangguang, one of the investors.

As for Wei Yang himself, he did not announce the roles because he is still uncertain about the actors for the two roles of screenwriter and murderer.

Now I am in contact with actors, whoever is left will be played by him.

These two characters are more brilliant as the murderer, but the performance is difficult, and Wei Yang wants a rough guy, so that there is more iron-blooded tenderness and a sense of contrast between the rough outside and the thin inside.

Therefore, it is biased towards Sun Honglei, Liao Fan, Duan Long and others. There is a high probability that he himself will act as a screenwriter, with the most roles, which is also his old profession.

In late August, Chef Xie and Zhang Yunu announced their divorce, and the XX family, which had been raging a few years ago, had a new drama.

Inside and outside the circle, it can be said that the whole people eat melons, but Wei Yang is busy with auditions besides eating melons.

Magic City, Blue Whale Company
Liu Tianxian looked curiously at this company that has been in the limelight in recent years. The office location is more... plain than she imagined.

Mother Liu, who came with her, whispered some things to her daughter. She was both happy and worried about the blue whale's invitation.

The happy thing is that my daughter is still full of blood. When she came back from the Hong Kong circle, not only did she catch the light, but even the famous Wei Yang couldn't help throwing an olive branch of cooperation.

Although Wei Yang has never made a movie before, the girl Wei is very famous, and the outside world is still very optimistic about him.

What is worrying is naturally Wei's reputation. At best it sounds suave and suave, but at worst it sounds evil.

It was rumored that all the actresses who worked with him were murdered. Her daughter was famously good-looking and had a clean reputation in the circle. It was hard for Liu's mother not to worry about some evil thoughts in Wei's heart.

Liu Tianxian felt a little anxious after being teased by his mother. He couldn't help but think of the revelations he had read before he came here, and the image of Wei Yang in his heart gradually became greasy and wretched.

After staying in the lounge for a while, the Liu family's mother and daughter were led to the meeting room by the staff.

Wei Yang was chatting with several people in charge, when he saw them coming, he got up and greeted them with a smile.

"Hello, thank you two for a trip."

"It should be, and we also want to thank Mr. Wei for his appreciation."

"Dare not, if Yifei can join our crew, it will be even more powerful."

"..."

Wei Yang and Liu's mother greeted each other, boasting about each other's business, and Liu Tianxian quietly looked at him from the side.

The expression is natural, unrestrained and handsome, much more refreshing and positive than the image she imagined and described by her mother.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Wei Yang shook hands with Liu Tianxian again. The latter was not very talkative, so he didn't talk too much, but he was very emotional in his heart.

Huayu was reborn in this period of time, and it took almost 80 characters to meet Liu Tianxian for the first time. Who else...

(End of this chapter)