Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 484 Big Red Man

It's really amazing for a literary film to earn 3100 million yuan on its first day. "The Grandmaster" is such an amazing literary film.

Judging from the first-day results, this will probably be Wang Jiawei's highest-grossing film.

Moreover, "The Grandmaster" had a very good reputation when it was first released. It was praised not only by experts and scholars, but also by the audience, and even friends of actors and directors in the industry.

Praising "Wang Jiawei is still the same Wang Jiawei".

Praise "Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung Chaowei for their good acting".

The initial good word-of-mouth and box office success wiped away the worries of the creators.

But Zhang Ziyi is not yet relieved. She wants to rely on "The Grandmaster" to make a comeback, and she can't just be satisfied with this result.

She worked particularly hard in the promotion of "The Grandmaster". Of course, he still acted so indifferently and didn't care much about the film's performance. He said that the result is not important and that the experience is the most important.

Many viewers don't like Wang Jiawei, thinking that he pretends to be a cup and has a petty bourgeois sentiment, but "art is to pretend to be a cup", but he just pretends to be a good person.

Throughout Wang Jiawei's films, he never focuses on the so-called pattern, nor does he focus on the expression of ideas and values. Sometimes he does not even focus on the story. What he plays with is light, shadow and audio-visual. This is also his genius. .

Liu Yifei came back after watching "The Grandmaster" and was full of praise: "It was well shot and acted well."

Zhang Yuanjun joked: "Better than your acting?"

"Oh, you are such a person!" Liu Yifei refused.

No kidding aside, Zhang Yuanjun got down to business: "How's your movie "Miss Bai" going?"

Liu Yifei didn't let her husband take care of "Miss Bai". She wanted to make the film by herself. Zhang Yuanjun except for asking a few questions from time to time, really didn't care.

Speaking of "Ms. Bai", Producer Liu has a big problem: "It's difficult. The script has not been released yet. I have contacted several well-known producers and producers in the industry in the past few days. When I heard that I was going to do a domestic child abuse case, I They didn’t even want to vote for it. They also suggested that I should still make a romance film like "The Time Traveler"."

Producer Liu has made the transition from commercial romance films to realistic literary films, so investors will certainly not believe her easily.

In fact, Liu Yifei still hasn't told her husband. When she talks to investors about "Miss Bai", she is always asked a question: "Will Zhang Yuanjun act?"

After receiving a negative answer, all the investors said something similar: "If you let Zhang Yuanjun act, I will invest in this film."

The cruel fact proves that despite the success of "Space Traveler", investors still do not believe in Liu Yifei's new identity as a producer.

Although "Her" is also very successful, investors still don't believe in Liu Yifei's performance in the field of literary films.

Not to mention that it is extremely difficult to make literary films now, and investors will not invest money in a new producer.

But Liu Yifei refuses to admit defeat in her bones. She really likes the story "Miss Bai" and feels that she has a sense of mission in doing this kind of story - she has to do it even if she loses money!

She must prove that she can achieve great results without relying on her husband.

However, Liu Yifei is not the kind of person who takes advantage of others easily. She held her breath but still had reason to speak her mind: "I plan to change the direction."

"what?"

"I want to specialize in female investors." Liu Yifei smiled.

Cases like "Miss Bai" are indeed easy to impress female investors.

"There are only a few female producers in this industry, including Zhong Lifeng, Li Xiaoping, Chen Hong, and Cai Yinong. The latter two are impossible. I think you have seen the first two."

Liu Yifei nodded: "They don't want to do this theme. I said they could invest two to three million, but it still didn't work."

"So who else are you looking for now?"

Liu Yifei smiled slyly: "You'll find out later."

"You invited someone to your home?!"

"Yes, this is the only way to be sincere." Liu Yifei stood up, "Bring the box of tea leaves from the drawer in the study."

"That's good tea."

"I don't want it if it's not good. Don't be stingy. The producer I made an appointment with today is a famous person. I also went through a lot of trouble to get his contact information."

Zhang Yuanjun went up to get the tea leaves: "I want to see if she has multiple noses or multiple eyes." Zhang Yuanjun took the tea leaves and brewed them for the two of them first.

Not long after, a black nanny car that looked like it was used by entertainers parked at the door.

"Here we come." Liu Yifei went out to greet her.

The visitor came in with Liu Yifei. Zhang Yuanjun saw it and stood up to greet him.

When the visitor saw Zhang Yuanjun at home, he took the initiative to shake hands and say hello, and said to Liu Yifei: "Yifei, you didn't say that Yuanjun was also at home."

Before Liu Yifei could speak, Zhang Yuanjun spoke first: "You talk about yours as if I don't exist."

The visitor smiled: "That's not okay. I am a guest. How can I pretend that the master does not exist?"

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Yifei still didn't tell me who was coming today, so she just said it was a famous person."

"Why am I famous? No matter how popular I am, I can't be more popular than you and your wife." The visitor smiled.

Liu Yifei said: "You two, stop complimenting me and sit down."

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "We haven't done anything for a year, but you are different. We just made a billion-dollar movie, and it's totally unreasonable for you not to be popular."

Liu Yifei's guest today is none other than Chen Zhixi, the producer of "囧囧".

The three of them chatted for a while, and Zhang Yuanjun left the space for Liu Yifei: "You guys chat, I'll go out."

Chen Zhixi said: "Isn't it inconvenient for me to come?"

"No, I really have to go out to do something." Zhang Yuanjun waved his hand, asking her to relax.

Chen Zhixi saw Zhang Yuanjun driving away. She originally thought that Zhang Yuanjun would act like the head of the family. Even if he didn't act in "Miss Bai", as her husband, he would listen to the whole process, give some opinions, and even do some work for Liu Yifei. .

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuanjun was really gone.

Chen Zhixi asked Liu Yifei: "Does he really not care about this project?"

"I won't let him control it." Liu Yifei smiled.

The two began to talk about work. Liu Yifei first introduced the general story of "Miss Bai" to Chen Zhixi, and then showed Chen Zhixi a large amount of research materials prepared by her, Wang Shuping, and Xue Xiaolu.

To show that I am really prepared for this story.

He also showed her part of the script Wang Shuping had written so far.

"I think it's very meaningful to make a film like this..." Producer Liu started to play the emotional card. She knew that Chen Zhixi was an actor, and she knew very well how sensitive an actor's mind is.

As expected, Chen Zhixi could cry when she read the information prepared by Liu Yifei.

"Actually, I often cry when reading these materials. The one in my family even said that I have no future." Liu Yifei persuaded her, "Our drama was written by Teacher Shuping, and the director I hired is Teacher Xue Xiaolu."

"This play is not expensive." How expensive can realism be.

"It's not expensive," Liu Yifei said. "We made preliminary calculations and found that we can start with ten to ten million."

"How much difference is there now?" Chen Zhixi asked again.

"The project has just begun." Liu Yifei felt a little embarrassed when it came to talking about money, "There is still eight to nine million left."

Chen Zhixi realized that this was equivalent to not getting any money.

But Chen Zhixi still gave Liu Yifei confidence: "This drama can be done."

But Liu Yifei put the ugly words ahead: "This drama may not be profitable, so I plan to invest my own money in it."

"It's okay. These three words Liu Yifei can sell some copyrights. If I recover the cost, I won't do it in vain." What Chen Zhixi values ​​​​is the three words Liu Yifei. The cost of tens of millions, she believes that she can recover it with Liu Yifei's brand name.

The matter was settled in this way, and the specific details will be discussed later. Liu Yifei stayed with her to eat, but she left early on the grounds that she still had work.

(End of this chapter)