This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

"Brother Xing, you are just relaxing during the shoot, so why bother about it so much?"

This is a bit sarcastic, and everyone here is not stupid, so how could you not hear it? ?

The speaker is called Meng Jun, he was the director of Zulan's last film. It can be said that he has some ability, but he has a foul mouth.

During the [script seminar], Meng Jun was sarcastic almost all the time, and he was even extremely dissatisfied with the script changes.

The reason is very simple. Meng Jun believes that this kind of gold diggers exist, and there are many of them like the heroine.

Therefore, Meng Jun believes that this type of approach is the easiest to attract attention, especially in the current public opinion environment.

"Nowadays, male-female confrontation is the easiest way to get box office success. If you don't believe me, take a look at the three recent movies, "A Way Out," "Divorce Cooling-off Period," and "Happy Breakup." Aren't the promotions all based on teasing relationships between men and women?"

Meng Jun believes that public opinion is like this now. If you don’t seize the opportunity, others will.

These three movies basically insult men, and some even use the slogan "Stay away from men, stay away from tragedy" to promote them.

Overall, the core of the three movies is the same, and the worst-performing movie of the three, "Happy Breakup", has grossed over 3 million yuan, while "Divorce Cooling-off Period" has the highest box office, reaching million yuan.

You have to know that Zulan invited so many people to her last movie, but the total box office was less than 2000 million.

Because all the guest stars are actors from TV dramas, and they can't carry the box office.

Because of this, Meng Jun believes that on the one hand we need to stir up the topic, and on the other hand we need to invite some movie actors to make guest appearances.

In Meng Jun's opinion, this is normal.

As a result, Lin Xing rejected all of Meng Jun's suggestions.

What nonsense are you talking about?

Manipulating public opinion to conduct extreme oppositional marketing may indeed gain a certain amount of box office revenue, but this will not only damage the film market, but will also be extremely detrimental to one's own personal IP and reputation.

The reason is simple. The first person who engages in extreme opposition marketing makes money. The second and third may also make money. What about the latter? ?

Lin Xing could guess that there might be more movies of this type coming out in the future until the audience is completely tired of them, and then even if there are good movies later, it would be useless.

The market was ruined by these people.

Lin Xing can't control others, but he will never allow the works he participates in to do this.

Besides, creating opposition between men and women and going to extremes may be helpful for the box office at most, but it cannot play a decisive role.

Because most passers-by are actually fed up with this kind of extreme confrontation, and one thing will definitely end up in a quarrel.

Lin Xing even thought Meng Jun was crazy. While everyone else wanted to get out, he suggested that everyone jump into this cesspool together.

What are you talking about?
As for inviting some movie actors to make guest appearances, that is even more meaningless. Lin Xing always feels that the three words "carrying box office revenue" are a false proposition.

Whether an actor can carry the box office ultimately depends on the team, the cast, the script, and the final film.

Without this, you expect to carry the box office by yourself? ?

Stop it.

Even God can't do it.

It is for this reason that Lin Xing specifically talked about this matter at the launch conference of "Love Is Not Easy" yesterday.

"I hope that when you report, you won't always say that I am the one who carries the ratings. The success of a TV series is inseparable from the joint efforts of everyone in front of and behind the scenes..."

This is what Lin Xing really thinks.

This is not only true for TV series, but also for movies. Lin Xing does not believe in things like box office success.

Therefore, we only choose suitable actors instead of those who are famous or even those who can carry the box office.

no need.

Besides, "Parallel Cohabitation" is a low-budget movie, and it invites famous actors to carry the box office, so the production cost will not be small.

If you say that it is a guest appearance, then that is even more ridiculous, because you should know that free things are the most expensive.

If you use your personal connections to invite them to participate today, will you have to repay them tomorrow?

Precisely because of this, Lin Xing is still prepared to find a suitable one that is both good value for money and even someone who wants to take the initiative to try his hand in the film industry.

You know, there are too many such artists in the entertainment industry.

Well, Wu Qifeng was invited to play the villain Lin Xing in "Parallel Cohabitation" because he is quite good at playing this kind of gentlemanly villain.

Since "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Wu Qifeng has reached a small peak in his career, but it is only limited to TV dramas.

If you ask Wu Qifeng whether he wants to enter the film industry, the answer is definitely yes, but there are really no good scripts at the moment.

He doesn't want to act in bad movies at first glance, and he never gets a chance to act in big movies. They don't even consider him as a TV drama star.

It's no use having acting skills.

To be honest, what the entertainment industry lacks the least is often people, and there are actually a lot of people with good acting skills.

That's exactly the case. It can be said that as soon as Wu Qifeng received Lin Xing's call, he came without even reading the script.

First of all, he believed in Lin Xing. Think about how good Lin Xing is at reading scripts. He has never failed in the past four years. Secondly, Wu Qifeng also wanted a chance to act in a movie, and he had a lot of parts in this movie.

In this case, what is Wu Qifeng hesitating about? ?
As for the pay? ?
It doesn’t matter, it’s fine as long as Wu Qifeng makes a guest appearance and I’ll pay him what I want.

Apart from Wu Qifeng, there are two others, not to mention.

We are acquaintances among acquaintances.

First of all, let’s talk about Ren Yi. Although he won the Best Actor Award, he is temporarily planning not to film TV series after the flops of his two dramas, "Long Time Before" and "Darkness Before Dawn".

Slowly.

As for the film industry, there is no need to mention it. After Ren Yi starred in Huo Bing's "The Vanishing Daughter" which flopped, he starred in another one, which also flopped.

As a result, Ren Yi basically has no resources in the film industry.

So Ren Yi is now giving himself some time off.

When he received a call from Lin Xing about coming to make a cameo appearance, Ren Yi directly said, "I'll just stay in your crew. I'm bored anyway, so I'll just stay with you in your crew."

Lin Xing thinks this is okay.

The same goes for Guan Peng. He was also on vacation recently, so he just came to the crew.

In the words of Guan Peng and Ren Yi, it's only a month or two anyway, so if you, Axing, have some fun, we can have some fun too.

At the [script workshop], the two of them were particularly satisfied when they learned about their roles.

Even Ren Yi said, "Ah Xing, even Director Zu recognizes your ability to read scripts, so just do it according to your own will."

Guan Peng even said: "Ah Xing, I really don't have any advice for you, I'm just here to make a cameo appearance."

In short, apart from Meng Jun, people like Wu Qifeng, Ren Yi and Guan Peng are all familiar faces in this crew. As for Wang Lu, there is no need to mention her, as she cooperates with Lin Xing in all aspects.

As for Meng Jun, to put it bluntly, he relied on his seniority and connections in the circle, so he was a little unhappy when Lin Xing rejected his suggestions twice in a row.

What made Meng Jun even more upset was that you rejected all my opinions and what’s the point of talking about this?

Especially since Lin Xing said at the launch conference of "Love Is Not Easy" yesterday that filming was relaxing for him, so Meng Jun naturally made a few sarcastic remarks after hearing Lin Xing's words.

"Director Meng, I can relax, but that doesn't mean I can't be serious..."

Lin Xing smiled at Meng Jun and said, "Although this movie is a small production, I think if it is well made, it will definitely be liked by the audience..."

"Haha, I believe Brother Xing on this point."

Meng Jun laughed dryly: "After all, you are the best in the film industry."

"Just trust me."

Lin Xing didn't seem to notice Meng Jun's sarcasm at all. He turned to Zu Lan and said, "Director Zu, we'll start shooting tomorrow. Sister Fei will be here tomorrow. She'll be the producer of this show..."

This time for "Parallel Cohabitation", Lin Xing still plans to use Wei Fei as the producer. After all, they have worked together several times and are very familiar with each other, so a lot of communication can be saved.

In the evening, Lin Xing, Wu Qifeng, Ren Yi, Guan Peng and Wang Lu had dinner together.

Ren Yi said to Lin Xing, "Ah Xing, I think Meng Jun is a bit of a troublemaker. He's the only one who talks the most during these few days of [script discussion]."

Guan Peng also said: "Yes, he is obviously an assistant director, but he looks like the director, and even said that he thinks it should be shot in such and such a way. What a bullshit!"

Because Ren Yi and Guan Peng have a better relationship with Lin Xing, they can be more straightforward.

Wang Lu told Lin Xing about this last night when they were in bed.

As for Wu Qifeng, he didn't say anything. For him, he tried not to get involved in the crew's affairs.

"What's the big deal?"

Lin Xing said nonchalantly: "It's normal for capable people to have a bit of temper. As long as you can do your best during the filming, the rest is not important."

Besides, the purpose of [script discussion] is to discuss different opinions. Lin Xing would rather everyone express their dissatisfaction during the [script discussion] than to argue during the filming.

However, Lin Xing still overestimated Meng Jun.

For Meng Jun, although he is not too old, he is considered capable in the industry after all, has connections, and more importantly, he still has some face.

In fact, Meng Jun was in charge of most of the plot of Zu Lan's previous film, and it was even more like two-thirds of that film was Meng Jun's work.

And this time, Meng Jun actually still wanted to make the decision, because Zulan still listened to him after all. Meng Jun was half-disciple of Zu Ming, and he and Zulan had known each other for more than ten years and had a good relationship.

Therefore, Meng Jun believed that what he thought was right, and he even planned to let Lin Xing know who was right before filming began.

Let the facts speak for themselves.

This was Meng Junxiang's natural thought. He thought that Lin Xing's temper and personality were good during the [script discussion], so this made him think about challenging Lin Xing's patience.

As a result, when the challenge came, Meng Jun was dumbfounded.

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...(End of chapter)