China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 446 A celebrity as big as cabbage [two-in-one]

What kind of man can be called a true warrior?

There are different opinions on the answer to this question, but there is one that should definitely be considered.

That is.
Fight bloody battle!

But obviously, Sun Yi is still far away from becoming such a warrior. In this peaceful era, it is hard to say whether he will have such an opportunity.

During Liu Yifei's maintenance period, Sun Yi had no choice but to devote all his energy to work.

The project of "The Wind" started directly, and the script was handed over to director Chen Guofu for final review. Of course, it was a superficial respect for him as a director. It was just a meaning. The completion level of this script was already very high. There was really nothing to worry about. Changed place.

Chen Guofu also tacitly understood it, changed some simple scenes at the beginning and end, and changed a few lines before finalizing it.

Regarding the specific arrangement of actors, the two still have some differences.

"Mr. Sun, you can't use all of Xingkong's people. We can't be too independent in this circle."

Chen Guofu had no choice but to discuss it with Sun Yi in the tone of someone who had experienced the situation.

As for whether to eat alone or not, Sun Yi certainly understood, but if it was just an ordinary movie, he had to let it go. At least he had to give priority to his own people.

"Director Chen, I understand what you mean, but if your own actor is suitable, why would you choose someone else who is far away from you? Do you think that's right?"

Chen Guofu was a little helpless.

"That's right, but Mr. Sun, you have to leave some soup for others."

Sun Yi remained calm on the surface, but he was thinking about something in his heart.

He understood that it was a lie that Chen Guofu arranged for actors to talk about eating alone in the starry sky, but it was true that he wanted to fight for the corresponding director rights.

In fact, he has no agency or actors, and some of his celebrity friends are also crooked people. Some of the Chinese characters in the film are definitely inconvenient to play, so the actors have little to do with him.

Sun Yi thought about it for a while. In his previous life, Lao Chen also made good films. The majority of the investment and the control of the project were also in Xingkong's hands. He was treated as a tool, so there was no harm in giving him a favor.

"Let's do this, Director Chen. I want Li Ningyu, Gu Xiaomeng, the two heroines, and the role of Wu Zhiguo. You can take care of the rest. As for the specific shooting, Xingkong Hara Ue will not interfere, but The final editing rights of the film must be taken back to the company, and we will follow the Hollywood model."

Chen Guofu was born in Colombia and was no stranger to the Hollywood producer system. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that Sun Yi had made some concessions, so he nodded in agreement.

In the end, Li Ningyu was played by Chen Shu, with a salary of 100 million, Gu Xiaomeng was starred by Zhou Xun, with a salary of 300 million, and Wu Zhiguo was played by Zhang Songwen, with a salary of 50.

As for Liu Yifei, Sun Yi still didn't let her star. After all, he was not a director, and he was afraid that Xiao Nizi wouldn't be able to grasp it.

Other roles were assigned to Chen Guofu.

Chen Guofu also made his own choice. Wang Tianxiang still chose Wang Zhiwen. Bai Xiaonian was going to find Su Youpeng. As for Takeda, he didn't have a good candidate at the moment.

Sun Yi recommended Huang Xiaoming to him. Speaking of which, this senior brother had made appointments with him many times, which made him feel a little embarrassed. In his previous life, Takeda was the most representative role of Huang Xiaoming's acting skills, and this time it was still the same. Give it back to him.

Moreover, Huang Xiaoming followed Fan Bingbing's lead and opened his own personal studio last year. Now he is semi-independent and can be his own master.

In the end, the total production cost of the entire film was 4000 million, and Chen Guofu paid 400 million himself and subscribed for 20.00% of the quota. Sun Yi also left [-]% to China Film. For a film with a theme like this, it would definitely be beneficial and harmless to introduce investment from China Film.

The external publicity cost of Huayi's film in the previous life was 8000 million. Putting aside the conventional water, it was probably 5 to 6000 million.

But now this film, including the main actors and crew, are all Xingkong's own people. Therefore, the remuneration and wages are much lower than those of Huayi. It is not that Sun Yi is squeezing the wages and remuneration of his stars and staff, but the rules here at Star Sky are like this. There is no commission or token for his company's projects. If they smoke a little bit of sex, they don't earn a lot. On the contrary, it will be higher than other jobs outside.

Therefore, production costs have also dropped accordingly.

After negotiating with Chen Guofu, Sun Yi felt that there would be nothing to do with "The Wind" in a short time, and the rest of the preparations could be followed up by Star's production department. Unexpectedly, the next day, he learned that he recommended the role. Brother Xiao Ming made a special trip to visit him.

Huang Xiaoming called Sun Yi directly. When he learned that he and Liu Yifei were at home, he went straight to the door for fear that Sun Yi would run away, and blocked him and Liu Yifei in the small courtyard. He wanted to treat them to dinner no matter what. .

Sun Yi couldn't resist, so he could only take Liu Yifei to the banquet with him.

Speaking of which, the three of them all worked at Beijing Film Academy and starred together in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Their relationship is really extraordinary.

Huang Xiaoming found a very secluded high-end restaurant. It seemed that he was very familiar with treating guests to dinner.

Speaking of which, Sun Yi, Liu Yifei and Senior Brother Huang haven't seen each other for a while. When the relationship with Huayi was the most tense last year, Huang Xiaoming called them to apologize. What he said implicitly meant that he was really ill. Since he is a company and a friend, he really has no choice.

Sun Yi understood the situation very well. It was a good thing that he didn't stand up and add insult to injury at that time. After all, in the entertainment industry, friendships between people are all plastic. This senior brother can make special calls and has never targeted Xingkong and others. Liu Yifei's speech is enough to be a friend.

Liu Yifei was also very happy to see Huang Xiaoming. Speaking of which, she is a very friendly person at heart. However, either because of misunderstandings from outsiders, or because her status was a bit aloof when she debuted, after so many years, she has been in the circle. I haven't made many close friends, and I don't even have many superficial friends.

When the three of them met, they talked about old times and talked about many interesting things from the time of "The Condor". In particular, Huang Xiaoming joked that Sun Yi was fighting for Liu Yifei at that time and fought against the extras who took advantage. Now it seems that it must be early. There is a purpose, just for the hero to save the beauty.

Sun Yi was speechless.

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly and said that she regretted being on the pirate ship now, which made Huang Xiaoming laugh.

Halfway through the meal, Huang Xiaoming brought a glass of wine and thanked Sun Yi solemnly:
"Junior brother, thank you so much this time. I read the script of "The Wind" and I like it very much. This villain role is also a challenge for me."

After Sun Yi toasted in return, he nodded and said: "Brother, you are too polite. After all, we are from the same school, and we should help each other. Besides, I think this role is suitable for you. You have played the villain role well. It will make a deeper impression on the audience, and I have a hunch that the character Takeda will be one of the representative characters in your acting career."

"Then senior brother will accept your good advice."

Huang Xiaoming was very happy after hearing this and thanked him repeatedly.

Liu Yifei also took a sip of the juice. It wasn't that she didn't want to drink, but that Sun Yi didn't let her drink during the maintenance period. At this moment, she could only complain: "You two should stop thanking each other. I am the most unlucky one." Well, he didn’t even let me act.”

After saying that, he rolled his eyes at Sun Yi deliberately and unhappily.

Huang Xiaoming laughed: "Yifei, junior brother, there are so many good scripts there. Who in the circle doesn't know that Xingkong's script library is a big treasure. You, the first-come-first-served, are still short of this. I guess, junior brother I must have made arrangements for you."

Liu Yifei held her chin up and looked at Sun Yi with a look of doubt on her face.

Sun Yi laughed dumbly, shook his head and sighed, and replied to her word by word: "The Founding of the People's Republic of China."

Liu Yifei didn't react at all, but Huang Xiaoming became excited first, giving a thumbs up and sighing with emotion.

"Junior brother, you're awesome. I've trusted a lot of people with this film, and I can't even show my face in it. You, with Yifei, can do it as soon as you ask."

"No, no, I haven't seen the script yet. The specific roles haven't been decided yet."

Sun Yi is telling the truth, because he didn't watch the whole movie. In his previous life, when this movie was released, he was still in college. College students of his time were really disgusted by this kind of main theme movie. They started from elementary school. , the school organizes it every year. If you don’t watch it, you will be deducted points.

I had a strong desire to rebel against movies with this kind of main theme. It was not until I graduated and entered society, matured mentally, and understood more that I realized that this is the history of this country and even the nation that cannot be forgotten.

March [-], China Film Group.

Today is the preparatory meeting for the "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" project. The preparatory meeting is not a film preparatory meeting in the usual sense, but rather, how should I put it, a director's meeting. Preparations for the project have already started after the year, including staff mobilization, shooting locations, outdoor scenes, and arrangements for some non-main actors and extras. Today's meeting is about some special issues that occurred during the preparation period, and we will meet to solve them.

Assistant director Sun Yi was also notified to participate.

He arrived very early and saw the large oval conference table, so he sat behind it consciously.

There's nothing I can do about it, I'm really at a disadvantage given my age.

After a while, everyone arrived. Han Sanping took the lead with fellow director Huang Jianxin, followed by Director Chen and Feng Xiaogang.

Huang Jianxin and Director Chen said that this was the first time they met Sun Yi in private.

Sun Yi said hello first.

Huang Jianxin was very enthusiastic and waved to Sun Yi: "Xiao Sun, why are you sitting so far away? Come on, come on, sit next to me."

On the contrary, Director Chen was more "reserved" and just nodded towards Sun Yi as a response.

Sun Yi sat down as he was told, and after a brief conversation, he learned that director Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping were classmates, so no wonder he had a good impression of him.

In fact, speaking of it, Huang Jianxin's position in the Chinese director circle is still a bit embarrassing. Which generation of directors does he belong to?
If calculated by age, there is no doubt that he and his teacher Tian Zhuang are of the same generation, about the same age.

But he is a halfway monk. In terms of film school, there is only one class between him and sixth-generation directors Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye.

Just like Sun Yi himself, it is quite difficult to distinguish.

In the 80s, it was the fifth generation of directors who began to reflect on the national era through movies. In the 90s, it was the sixth generation of directors who began to pay attention to personal souls through movies. It is the seventh generation of directors who emerged in the new century and began to explore commercial films.

To put it this way, Sun Yi is considered the seventh generation director, but if his age is taken into account, he has not yet graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He should be ranked as the eighth or ninth generation.

Therefore, Sun Yi can be regarded as an outlier in the Chinese director circle, a one-man show.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Han Sanping sat in the main seat and got straight to the point.

"I won't say much about what day this year is. Some of you here include well-known directors and artists of our older generation, as well as young directors of the new era. I hope that everyone will unite and cooperate and devote 60% of their energy to This film "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is a tribute to the [-]th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China."

"Jianxin, take over the role of executive director. When the time comes, you will lead a team to shoot the exterior scenes, and I will be in charge of the indoor scenes."

"Kaige, Xiaogang, you two have rich experience. You are responsible for selecting actors and acting as casting directors. You are responsible for arranging the main roles."

"Xiao Yi, you are the youngest here, the smartest, and the most knowledgeable about new technologies. You are responsible for the special effects of the movie. I will be a special effects director. Is that okay?"

"Don't worry, Director Han, it's absolutely fine."

Sun Yi originally thought that he was just a name, and would just help out when the time came. Unexpectedly, he actually arranged specific tasks for himself, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

But fortunately, there shouldn't be many special effects shots in this kind of film.

At most, there are some air force and naval scenes, but there are still no fierce battles. With the current special effects capabilities of Starry Sky, it is completely trivial.

Although Han Sanping has arranged the responsibilities of several people, he does not say that he is the boss, but is responsible for catching the boss. After all, his status is extraordinary, and he still holds the position of chairman of China Film Group, so he cannot spend time on the set every day. .

"Kaige, Xiaogang, the main actors, do you two have any suggestions?"

"Old Han, I think the great man has to play the role of Tang Guoqiang. It just so happens that he is also 56 years old this year, the same age as the great man back then. Isn't it God's will to support him with talents, and a wise man is willing to go against it. It would be unsightly to use someone else."

Oops I rub!

Director Chen would recite a sentence or a half at every turn. Sun Yi had seen this today.

However, the two of them are really experienced and have a deep understanding of actors in the Chinese entertainment industry. After a while, they had a lot of recommendations for the leading actors, and they were all quite suitable.

Including international superstars such as Cheng Long, Jet Li, etc., as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars such as Liang Jiahui and Andy Lau, have also been properly arranged.

As Sun Yi listened, he once again realized how awesome this film was. Just like what Huang Xiaoming told him a few days ago, he wanted to appear in the film after relying on countless connections, but he still failed. .

At this moment, more than ten national first-class actors such as Ge You, Chen Baoguo, and Fan Wei were arranged.

In the entire Chinese entertainment industry, counting from the beginning down, every big-name star and actor is like buying cabbage in the vegetable market, being picked and picked around by several people in this conference room.

And they only talked about the role, not a word about the remuneration.

Who dares to raise the salary for this film?

"Now there is a question. Originally, I was planning to cast Jiang Zhiqing and Chen Daoming. He played Chiang Kai-shek to perfection in "The Long March". But unfortunately, he has a film appointment now, so he can only make a guest appearance. Since we don’t have such an important role, who do you think would be better?”

Director Chen: "How about Sun Feihu."

Feng Xiaogang: "Are you too old? This person must be 70 this year."

Several people recommended several actors, but none of them were satisfied.

"Director Han, what do you think of Zhang Guoli?" Sun Yi interjected when he saw several people thinking hard.

"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. Lao Zhang is a bit rich. Historically, Jiang Zhiqing was a very thin person."

Sun Yi smiled and said: "Director Han, you don't know. Before Zhang Guoli starred in my movie, he lost 20 pounds and has not recovered yet. It should be able to meet your requirements."

"If you say that, it might actually work. Jianxin, make a note of it and let Lao Zhang try it."

"Ok."

The questions for the main characters were almost arranged, and Han Sanping asked several people in the room again.

"Kaige, let's play General Feng Yuxiang, Xiaogang, let's play Du Yuesheng, and Xiaoyi, what role do you want to play?"

At the end of the arrangement, Han Sanping asked about Sun Yi.

Sun Yi really has no idea in his mind. This is the situation. You can make whatever arrangements you like.

"I can do either, it depends on your arrangement."

Han Sanping frowned slightly, Sun Yi was too young, and the problems with this character were really difficult to handle.

At this time, Huang Jianxin turned over the script from the side and suggested: "Kong Lingkan, the eldest son of the Kong family among the four major families in Shanghai, and the general manager of Yangzi Company."

Han Sanping pondered for a moment, then clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Well, that's good. The son of a noble family, he is cunning, domineering, and hoards goods. He is a good match for this boy. That's it."

Sun Yi felt as if ten thousand grass and mud horses were running past him.
　Please give me a monthly ticket. In order to stabilize the order, I have to issue a joint stamp.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)