If you are asked to make a graduation film, you will win the Golden Bear Award?

Chapter 237 Top Chinese actors scrambling to appear
Liu Xiaoli also pricked up her ears to listen.

I also want to know who is behind this super Chinese production.

Of course, the movie will definitely be a gathering of talents, and it will definitely focus on top Chinese movie stars.

The daughter will also star in this super big production, and her reputation will definitely increase again. By then, her daughter's status will not lose to Zhang Ziyi and others.

What Liu Yifei was thinking about was not how many top movie stars would star in the movie, but thinking about being able to stay by Shige's side again.

"The name of the movie is "The Wandering Earth", and it is adapted from the novel of the same name written by the well-known mainland science fiction author Liu Yanxin." Lu Chen did not hide anything about the movie about Chen Long, "As for the actors, most of the roles have not been officially confirmed, but these few We'll talk about it someday."

"Director Lu, then you are the first to talk to me." Chen Long cupped his fists at Lu Chen to express his gratitude.

It can be heard from Director Lu's tone.

Director Lu will definitely put all his efforts into this "The Wandering Earth", and it will definitely be a masterpiece.

With such a high investment, this must be a movie that will change the history of movies. Chen Long is very proud to be able to participate.

"Brother Long, we have cooperated a few times. If there are excellent works, I will definitely consider you." Lu Chen smiled and said, "Didn't you say before, Brother Long, that you are tired of fighting and killing in movies and want to retire."

"So in this movie, you have almost no action scenes, all of them are literary dramas, the same as your guest star in "Changjin Lake", of course, the role is much more important than "Changjin Lake", it is a most important role in the movie. "

"Director Lu, this is what you said. I won't be happy if my role in the movie is too small." Chen Long joked.

The previous guest movie "Changjin Lake".

The records broken are countless.

The first film in the Mainland to exceed [-] billion, and the first film in the Mainland to exceed [-] million in a single day.

The success of "Changjin Lake" is not only in the Chinese film industry.

It is the result of China's economic reforms over the past few years, allowing the world to see that the people of China have become rich and able to consume, and let the world see, a more than one billion, a huge consumer market.

As for Chen Long, he was sincerely proud to have participated in this "Changjin Lake", and he was very grateful to Director Lu for his invitation.

That's why Chen Long agreed without hesitation in the previous "King of Kung Fu".

In the film crew, they will not compete with Li Lianjie for the first place, they fully cooperate with the filming, Li Lianjie sometimes asks for changes in scenes, Chen Long never asks.

Of course, this is not for director Wu Ershan's face, but for director Lu's face. Although this director rarely comes to the set, Chen Long will not complain.

"Brother Long, don't worry, you have a lot of roles." Lu Chen changed his tone, "However, in the movie, the most roles are a few young actors."

When Liu Xiaoli heard it, she immediately smiled. This meant that Yifei was the main character in the movie.

"Director Lu, it seems that your movies will focus on using young actors in the future." Chen Long has been paying attention to the news in the mainland film industry recently.

"Youth in Youth" was a big hit, bringing the genre of youth love movies into flames.

It also gives young actors more opportunities to stand out.

I know that young mainland actors regard Director Lu as their great benefactor. It is only because of "Young You" that there are more movies starring young actors.

The use of young actors will do more good than harm to the development of the entire industry.

It's just not good for the studios.

For the sake of box office, the film company will definitely use more old actors and actors with an audience base. There are certain risks in using newcomers.

Unless they are the film company's own actors, or people requested by investors.

As for the current Xiangjiang film industry, movies like to use old actors.

There are reasons for the decline of Xiangjiang Films. There are not as many talents entering the film and television industry as before, and everyone has a better way out.

Of course, the bigger reason is that Xiangjiang Film Company is unwilling to take risks and uses veteran actors. No matter what, the box office is guaranteed.

It’s just that this is not conducive to the development of the entire industry. If it goes on for a long time, there will definitely be a situation of lack of success, and it will enter a vicious circle.

There are no newcomers, only a group of old people, and the audience will experience great visual fatigue.

Unlike Director Lu, he began to use more new actors to cultivate talents for the mainland's future film and television industry.

Chen Long could imagine that in the future, the mainland film industry might surpass Xiangjiang and replace Xiangjiang as the representative of Chinese-language films.

"Brother Long, you are lamenting that you are getting older." Lu Chen looked at Chen Long's thoughtful look and joked, "Brother Long, you are actually in the prime of life and can still fight. How about I I'll give you an extra scene in the movie."

Chen Long immediately waved his hand, "Director Lu, actually I want to challenge literary drama more than fighting scenes. After the filming of "The King of Kung Fu" is finished, I will also join the crew of "Rush Hour 3". There will be fighting scenes. I have already I’ve had enough fighting and I don’t want to fight anymore.”

In Chen Long's heart, he always wanted to make a literary film.

I was already tired.

It is necessary to play in the movie, just to guarantee the box office, which is also a requirement of investors.

It was really the first time for Chen Long, someone asked him to make a movie, and he didn't need to do it himself, which was very satisfying.

"Brother Long, in fact, the audience likes to watch your fight scenes. Your fight scenes are unrivaled in the entire Chinese film industry." Liu Xiaoli flattered her.

This time, my daughter collaborated with Brother Chen Long again. This is a great opportunity to increase her reputation, and Xiao Chen personally directed it.

Liu Xiaoli can feel that after this movie, her daughter will be a real international Chinese actress, on the same level as Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

"Mrs. Liu, if you say so, Director Lu will arrange an action scene for me." Chen Long also flattered her a little, which also showed that Liu Xiaoli has an important role in Director Lu's heart.

Liu Xiaoli laughed happily after hearing this.

Lu Chen chatted with Chen Long about the movie for a while, and then asked Chen Long to go back and rest.

"Xiao Chen, won't you go back to the United States with us?" Liu Xiaoli asked, and she will go back with Chen Long tomorrow to finish filming the overseas scenes of "The King of Kung Fu".

The film is now in its final stages.

When this movie is finished, my daughter will concentrate on waiting for the super big production "The Wandering Earth".

"Aunt Liu, you guys go there first, I have to confirm the other actors of "The Wandering Earth"." Lu Chen had to finish this matter before going to the United States to continue working.

Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli winked at her daughter.

Liu Yifei stepped forward and took Lu Chen's hand, coquettishly, "Brother, how about you stay with me today? I have to leave tomorrow, and we have to separate again."

As he spoke, his eyes revealed a lovely and pitiful look.

"Okay." Lu Chen had no choice but to agree, anyway, where to sleep is not to sleep, and after going to bed, he can also eat the home-cooked food cooked by Aunt Liu, in two aspects, he can eat enough.

"Then I'm going to buy vegetables now, and I'll have dinner at my house at that time." Liu Xiaoli got up, and was about to arrange food, "Xiaochen, when you come in the afternoon, don't bring any gifts, we are all family now, don't see foreigners anymore gone."

"Aunt Liu..." Lu Chen wanted to say, don't buy Dabu's dishes anymore, home-cooked dishes are fine, but Aunt Liu left too fast, before she could say anything, she had already disappeared at the door.

"Senior brother, let's go to the movies later, shall we?" Liu Yifei is already arranging a date, and will return to work in the United States tomorrow, so he must spend a good time with his senior brother today.

Otherwise, next time, I will have to wait until Senior Brother comes to America to work again.

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America, the crew of "Batman: The Dark Knight"

"Director Lu, phone." The female assistant brought the phone over.

"Tell me that I'm working, and I don't have time to answer the phone right now." Lu Chen leaned back, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

Since returning to the United States, the phone calls have been constant.

Of course, when we were in China, there were already a lot of movies.

Most of the callers are actors who want to star in their new movie. Of course it is not "Hua Guo Partners", but the super-produced Chinese 3D movie "The Wandering Earth".

I don't know where this news came from.

Those who are well-known in the Chinese film industry now know that they are going to shoot a super big production.

They all wanted to play roles in the movie, including director Lu's acquaintances, famous movie stars such as Ge You, Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-fat, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Ziyi, etc., all actively expressed their desire to play in the movie, and some even wanted to play in friendship.

This made it hard for Lu Chen to refuse, but it was impossible for the movie to have so many characters, let alone the protagonist of "The Wandering Earth" was a young man.

And among these callers, not all of them are starring in movies.

supporting role?

Will they take a look?
Of course, they would really take a look at Director Lu's movie, and they would agree, saying that supporting roles are fine, as long as they can play.

The main reason is that they know the importance of this movie.

I heard that the investment amount of this movie started at [-] million US dollars!

When they heard the news, 90.00% of people thought it was false.

How could it be possible to invest so much in a Chinese-language film? Even Director Lu couldn't guarantee that he would be able to get his money back.

Some acquaintances also asked Director Lu.

Of course, Lu Chen didn't disclose the amount of investment. The movie hasn't been filmed yet, so it doesn't need to be popular, and if it is released in advance, it will steal the topic of other movies.

This "The Wandering Earth" is still early, at least two years away.

Although Director Lu did not give the exact figure, Ge You, Gong Li and others can guess that the investment is at least over [-] million US dollars.

And it's a Chinese movie.

It must be another big movie that creates myths.

Director Lu's previous major Chinese-language productions were "Changjin Lake", which was the first mainland film to exceed [-] billion and the first film to exceed [-] million in a single day.

The previous major Chinese-language production was "Let the Bullets Fly", which broke the six-year record held by "Titanic" in the Mainland, made Chinese-language films top the box office in the Mainland, and regained the face of Chinese-language films.

Therefore, this new Chinese-language major production "The Wandering Earth" will definitely be another movie recorded in the history of movies. Of course I am willing to participate in it, and supporting roles are also fine, as long as I can participate.

After all, this is a great opportunity to leave a mark in film history.

"Director Lu, do you have a headache?" Gao Yuanyuan saw Lu Chen rubbing his temples, and trotted over, his little hands were very gentle and careful to help press his head.

Director Lu's service is meticulous.

Whether I'm on the set or I'm back in my room after work.

Gao Yuanyuan took very good care of Director Lu. She did this in order to please Director Lu, so as to get more love.

If it weren't for Director Lu, Gao Yuanyuan knew that it would be impossible for her to play an important female supporting role in "Batman: The Dark Knight".

"Okay." Lu Chen asked Gao Yuanyuan not to press the button, and got up from the chair.

Gao Yuanyuan followed behind and became a female assistant, ready at any time.

"Director Lu!" The film demolition team, Heath Laijie and Heath Laijie saw Lu Chen approaching and greeted respectfully.

"How did you tell Xislaijie?" Lu Chen asked.

Next shoot.

It's the scene where the clown blows up the hospital building.

The detonator held by the 'clown' played by Heath Lager is also a real detonator.

Lu Chen's arrangement is also for the realism of the movie. An excellent movie must strive for excellence in every aspect.

But Xislaijie is not a member of the professional film blasting team, so let the professional, first explain the safety knowledge of blasting to Xislaijie to prevent any accidents from happening.

The next blasting scene is comparable to the blasting scene in "Changjin Lake" directed by Lu Chen, and "Changjin Lake" is a large-scale war movie.

"Director Lu, everything has been explained." The members of the demolition team answered.

"Director Lu, don't worry, these are professionals, nothing unexpected will happen." Fred from Hua Na Brothers came over, smiling all the time in the crew.

I heard that Director Lu's works are particularly prolific.

Now I have seen the real reason for the high production of works.

It is that Director Lu's shooting work is extremely efficient.

I can arrange all the work well, and I will not do useless work, nor will I overthrow the previous shooting and start from scratch.

Every day you can see the progress of the shooting progress.

It's just too much love.

Fred has also collaborated with several well-known directors in the world. When they were filming a movie, sometimes they wouldn't see any progress for half a month. They simply didn't regard investors' money as money.

Director Lu will never waste investment money.

But now Fletcher feels that Director Lu Chen requested that a hospital be rebuilt specifically for the less than 2 minutes of footage in the movie.

Isn't that too arrogant?

This hospital cost 500 million to build and was blown up in the movie.

Of course, Friede just murmured in his heart that Director Lu's efficient filming and the saved production costs are nothing compared to spending 500 million to build a building and blowing it up directly.

For a movie with an investment of more than 1 million US dollars, 500 million is a sprinkle of water.

"Mr. Fred, stand a little further back so that you won't be hurt when there is an explosion." Lu Chen asked members of the crew's safety team to quickly check the surroundings to ensure that no one is near the building.

Wait until it explodes.

The amount of explosives can blow down the building.

If anyone is nearby, they will die immediately.

Fred was directly pushed back by the crew's security team, almost fell to the ground, and felt very upset, because he didn't know that he was the investor of the film, or the boss.

Of course, if the members of the security team know what Fred is thinking, they will definitely fight back, but everything you tell them must be listened to by Director Lu. Director Lu is just like the emperor of ancient China on the set. No one can disobey Director Lu. The command.

"Director Lu, there is no one around." The members of the security team checked carefully and came to Director Lu to report their work.

"All departments are ready, and ambulances are on call at any time." Lu Chen picked up the walkie-talkie and gave the order. Finally, he called Heath Laijie, who played the 'Joker', and warned, "We have to go to the safe area later. , can detonate it, but never detonate it in advance, is that clear?"

Xislaijie nodded heavily.

"Okay, go back to the predetermined position and read the instructions. Once you have the instructions, you can immediately enter the performance. You must also go to the safe area before detonating." Lu Chen warned again. This is about safety. If you make a mistake, your life may be in danger.

Since Lu Chen returned to the United States, he has accelerated the progress of filming.

I also want to film "The Dark Knight" before October, so as not to delay subsequent work and affect the entire work plan.

"Director Lu, everything is ready." The assistant director came over to report, and waited for Director Lu's order to start filming.

The staff outside the venue all opened their eyes wide and looked at the building in front of them. Did they know that the building was filled with explosives, and when it exploded, it must have a special visual impact.

　I wish you all a happy Chinese Valentine's Day and have fun!
　　
　
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