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Chapter 164 The starring role is finalized

"The director is considered a public figure, right? But you rarely appear on shows and don't accept many media interviews. Do you dislike it, or simply think that the director is not a star and does not need to show his face."

"It's not about whether I like it or not. I'm the kind of person who keeps work and life as separate as possible. If I have a work, it's okay to appear on programs and accept interviews. If I don't have a work, I can return to normal life."

"In other words, if you need box office, come out and hype it up; if you don't need it, just stay at home."

The audience's laughter stopped, and Xiao Cui said: "As a client, what do you think of the movie marketing model that suddenly emerged last year? Many people say that you are a marketing expert."

"The general trend is that it will become more and more serious in the future."

"Will it be more intense? I thought 'Pirates' and 'Heroes' were intense enough."

Jiang Liu smiled and said, "I think it will be more intense."

"I really don't want to see the literary and art world become a mass of demons."

After expressing his emotion to the camera, Xiao Cui smiled again and said: "The penultimate question, do you think domestic movies are getting better and better, or are they inferior to each other?"

Jiang Liu affirmed: "It's getting better and better."

"The "New Film Management Regulations" promulgated by the country this year are to promote the prosperity of the Chinese film market and support domestic films."

"Policies such as strengthening theater chain reforms, tax rebates, officially recognizing the status of private film and television companies, and more relaxed script review are conducive to the rise of domestic films. In the next few years, domestic films will surely usher in an era of blowout."

"Last question, did you tell the truth today?"

Jiang Liu said without hesitation: "It's half true and half false."

"Lying is not a Chinese virtue, and it is even more immoral."

"The bottom line of morality is not to violate the law. I am a little higher than the bottom line stipulated by the law. My personal moral standards are too high and life is too tiring, so why bother."

"Mr. Lu Xun said that Chinese people always like to choose the middle. I think many people in China also like to create saints, but I would rather be an ordinary person who can tell lies."

"I told the program team that this episode cannot be broadcast and must be cut."

After Xiao Cui finished mocking the column team, he extended his hand and said, "Thank you for accepting CCTV's invitation to tell the truth. I personally think today's interview was a success."

"The column team can do whatever they want, whether to cut it or not."

Jiang Liu actually elaborated on his personal code of conduct in a hurry. If the column team believed that it was instigating and leading young people to have bad morals and should be cut off, he would have no problem with it.

He never likes to teach others how to do things or how to behave.

"Sign some autographs for the audience. Many young audiences here today are your fans."

Jiang Liu readily agreed, and it took him about twenty minutes to sign the signature. Jiang Liu and Xiao Cui left the studio together.

"Finished recording?"

"Well, let's go."

Xiao Cui was surprised to see Li Xing, who had never appeared before, backstage. Seeing her extremely familiar communication with Jiang Liu, he couldn't help but curious: "You two know each other?"

"My wife just got married in April."

"No wonder, I didn't hear anything from you. You are a talented man and a beautiful woman. Congratulations."

"Thank you. You're busy. Let's go and have dinner at home when you have time." Jiang Liu said politely.

"Okay, let's go to your house and take a look sometime."

After leaving the comprehensive channel, Li Xin wondered: "Why did the recording take so long?"

"The column team temporarily decided to record the first and second episodes. I thought I would just get off work with you so I agreed."

"How about lunch?"

“It’s just so so, I didn’t want to eat the second one after the first meal.”

"Hey, you're quite picky."

Arriving in front of the elevator, Li Xing was the first to fall silent. The CCTV was still very serious at this moment, so it was inappropriate to laugh and talk.

But Jiang Liu's star is particularly dazzling. In this era, there is a word specifically to describe people like him - diamond king and laowu.

Therefore, there were many eyes lingering on the two of them, which could be regarded as a boost of presence for Li Xing, who was about to complete his one-year internship.

After turning the steering wheel and exiting CCTV, Jiang Liu parked the car in front of a bank and handed the card he received from the bank manager to Li Xin.

"Why do you give me a bank card?"

"You're married, you have to hand over your salary." Jiang Liu smiled and opened the trunk.

Li Xin held her bank card and said inexplicably: "Do you still have salary?"

"As I said, it's [-] yuan a year, but the salary doesn't arrive until the end of the year. The money in the card is the salary."

Yixin's director and actor's remuneration has now been settled in three installments.

One-third will be given after the contract is signed, one-third will be given after the movie is released, and the final payment will be settled within six months of the movie.

The director and screenwriter of Jiang Liu's "Monster" paid a tax-paid remuneration of 300 million yuan, and Kali's actual salary was 100 million yuan.

He had never given Li Xin any money, but now that he was married, he left his remuneration and wages to the other party.

Otherwise, with her small salary, it would not even be enough to do some simple maintenance on Jiang House on weekdays.

As expected, Li Xian was not as pretentious as before she got married. She said softly: "It's really annoying to compare people to each other. Your salary is so much higher than mine. What are you doing next?"

"The benefits provided by the bank are probably Maotai, Zhonghua, etc. Alcohol, tobacco, etc. You should hurry up and learn to drive. I will collect it by myself when I am not at home."

Li Xin raised his forehead and said: "My outlook on life has almost been completely overturned by you."    "Stab your butt with a knife - it should open your eyes."

"Screw you."

The two of them were flirting, and the bank manager said through the driver's seat glass: "Mr. Jiang, we've finished loading the car and we're not satisfied with the items. Please tell me and we'll rearrange them next year."

"Okay, I'll talk to you later. Thank you."

"That's very kind of you. I wish you a safe journey!"

As soon as the car got on the road, Jiang Liu received a call from Ma Weidu: "Boss Jiang, where are you?"

"On the way home."

"Don't go home. Come to Grand Hyatt and I'll treat you to dinner."

"Then use more chopsticks."

"Ten pairs will do."

After changing the route and arriving at Junyue, he and Li Xing got off the car and the phone rang again: "Who are you?"

"I'm your family, where are you? I want to talk to you about the script."

"Old Jiang? You can really fool around. You and I are from the same family. Before you, Ma Weidu happened to come to me for dinner at Junyue."

"almost there."

"Who is this?"

"Jiang Wen, let's go, leave him alone, let's go up."

Xing Aina suggested that Yixin should take the lead female role in "Monster", but Jiang Liu was doubtful and did not agree immediately.

Later, the script was handed over to the screenwriting department. A screenwriter used the content of the script and the actual situation to refute the wrong behavior of Yixin who did not want the male lead character on the spot.

His reasons are twofold:

First, the family in the script is an immigrant, and their daily communication is likely to be in Chinese and Korean alternately.

The male lead went to South Korea in 94, and it took ten years until the monster appeared.

However, because the male protagonist went to Korea as an adult and has a fixed mindset, Korean is not as fluent as Chinese.

On the contrary, my aunt and brother are younger and have gone to school in Korea, so their Korean is more standard.

In the same way, the protagonist’s daughter is the most fluent in Korean because she was born in South Korea.

Therefore, the male lead must be Chinese, and the male lead’s sister, the female lead, can be Korean.

Two, although "Monster" is a co-production.

But the main market is domestic. Considering the audience's emotions, the male lead must also be a Chinese actor.

The two reasons were persuasive, but Jiang Liu still reminded: "The protagonist's family went to South Korea because of the Korean language advantage."

"The audience only knows that Chinese people should speak Mandarin. Furthermore, don't all Koreans not speak Chinese?"

At this point, Jiang Liu accepted the advice of the screenwriting department and began to look for actors.

At first, he thought Wang Zhiwen was good. In the first few episodes of "The Way of Heaven", Wang Zhiwen performed a kind of laziness that sees through life.

After looking at Wang Zhiwen's photos, he felt bad again. Wang Zhiwen's eyes were too sharp.

After that, he thought of Jiang Wen, who was currently developing his career as an actor because of the ban on directing.

But Jiang Wen was an actor who loved to point fingers, and Jiang Liu was really afraid that the two of them would fight on the set.

So I thought of Jiang Wen's younger brother Jiang Wu again.

In the end, they simply handed each of the brothers a copy of the script.

"It really means that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived and just mentioned your house."

Ma Weidu stood up with a smile: "Let me introduce you to the actor Guan Shaozeng, his wife Li Jun, and their daughter Guan Xiaotong. This little girl is very sharp-tongued."

When Guan Xiaotong, who was six years old at the time, saw Ma Weidu asking her, she couldn't help but lie down on the round table and said, "I don't have anything to say."

When the river flows, one hears the sound of strings and knows its elegant meaning.

Today's dinner party could be anything other than the Guan family coveting the role of the little girl in "Monster".

Guan Xiaotong did not have a Beijing movie, and his age and all aspects really fit the role, and Jiang Liu was happy to return Ma Weidu's favor.

Then he smiled and said: "It's really neat. This is my lover Li Xin. Jiang Wen is on the way."

"It has arrived."

Jiang Wen's voice sounded outside the box: "Boss Jiang, what he did was not honest. He gave me the script and gave it back to my brother. Are you sincerely asking us brothers to turn against each other for the role?"

"Nonsense, I just can't make up my mind. Let's see who of you is more sincere."

Jiang Wen slapped the script on the round table: "That's it, I'm here to eat."

"Sure, have you seen the little girl playing your daughter? It just so happens that you two can sit together and cultivate your relationship."

Guan Xiaotong glared at a few people and said with a smile: "Hey, hey, I just have a meal, why do so many dads come out?"

(End of this chapter)