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Chapter 573 Thank you
However, although Wang Shu said this in a serious tone, in fact, he hadn't asked Sun Li to act in a movie for a long time. If he didn't arrange one for her, Sun Li would be a little upset.

I can't just keep saying what's on my mind and not actually give you any benefits.

There is indeed no problem doing this in the short term.

But as time goes by, anyone who is not a fool will realize that something is wrong.

Of course, when Wang Shu does things, he usually wants this, this, and more. He wants it all.

Just as he explained to Chan Hao just now, having Sun Li play the leading role would indeed create a gimmick for the two of them to work together again on a science fiction film to attract audiences to buy tickets.

In other words, inviting Sun Li to play the leading female role was an extremely suitable choice.

The pay is not high, there are gimmicks, and the cost-effectiveness is extremely high.

This move not only gave Sun Li a chance to act, but also satisfied the other party's emotional value.

Still, it’s a very cost-effective choice.

In other words, because of the publicity gimmick, Sun Li was suitable for this drama.

Therefore, even if there were no other reasons, he would have asked Sun Li to play the leading role.

The current situation is that Sun Li was originally asked to star in the film, but this incident was used to satisfy Sun Li's emotional values.

Moreover, this is not the first time that Sun Li’s emotional values ​​have been satisfied.

It was a chance to ask Sun Li to play the leading female role.

This is the second time that Deng Chao is asked to play the second male lead.

Sun Li often mentioned Deng Chao to Wang Shu, suggesting that Wang Shu should ask Deng Chao to play the second male lead.

In Sun Li's mind, it was because of her that Wang Shu, the big Hollywood director, gave Deng Chao such an opportunity.

That is, her emotional value was satisfied the second time.

Similarly, Liu Yan's role as the third female character can also satisfy Liu Yan's emotional value.

She is a newcomer, and both Sun Li and Chen Hao are more famous than her.

She didn't play the first or second female lead, but the third, and she couldn't find any fault with it.

Chen Kun plays the leading male role and can also satisfy Zhou Xun's emotional value.

Chen Kun is Zhou Xun's close friend, and she has recommended him to Wang Shu many times, and her meaning is self-evident.

This time, giving a male lead the role will definitely satisfy her emotional value.

It is undeniable that Zhou Xun would definitely feel bad when she found out that she couldn't act in this drama.

But it’s not indefensible.

Wang Shu could have easily used Sun Li's availability and the gimmick of working together again, as well as the fact that they were sitting at the same table at the Huabiao Awards and happened to talk about these things as reasons to fool him.

In addition, Chen Kun was chosen to play the leading male role, so even if she felt a little jealous, she couldn't find any fault with it.

In general, this play not only allows Wang Shu to try to leverage a large box office with a small cost, but also satisfies the emotional values ​​of many people and solves many hidden dangers that may arise in the future.

After all, if someone always acts like he or she loves you but doesn't give you a penny for a long time, anyone can tell that something is wrong.

Chen Hao smiled and nodded: "Hearing what you said, Sun Li is indeed quite suitable."

After saying that, he blinked and jokingly said, "Since this is a publicity stunt for collaborating on a science fiction film again, why don't you ask Zhou Xun? Hasn't she also worked with you before?"

This tone is deliberately teasing.

Wang Shu smiled and replied, "First, Zhou Xun is very busy and may not be available."

"Second, Zhou Xun's salary is 500 million yuan."

"Sun Li's pay is 100 million yuan."

"Third, Sun Li took on the role in "The Treasure Box" directed by Liu Zhenwei. This drama will definitely attract attention by riding on the popularity of "A Chinese Odyssey."

"By then, Sun Li's popularity should have risen significantly, and my drama can just happen to take advantage of her popularity."

This theory made perfect sense and there was nothing wrong with it, so Chen Xu was immediately fooled.

Little did people know that "A Chinese Odyssey" was a bad movie. Although Sun Li gained some popularity because of this movie, it was not much.

Chen Hao knew that what Wang Shu said made sense, but he still joked: "As an Oscar-winning director, do you still need to ride on other people's popularity?"

Wang Shu looked away from the other person's playful and cunning face, and replied with a smile: "Let's put it this way."

"If a movie wants to guarantee box office success, it must maximize its publicity."

"It would be a waste not to take advantage of this kind of popularity that comes right to your doorstep."

Chen Hao thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "No wonder your movies always achieve good box office results. It turns out that you are not only good at making movies, but also understand these things."

"Haha." Wang Shu did not hide it and laughed, "If a movie wants to be successful at the box office, the quality of the movie is never the most important thing. The publicity and promotion are the most important things."

“Even if a movie is of average quality, as long as it is well promoted, it can achieve good box office results.”

For example, the movie "Hot as Hell" earned more than 3 billion yuan through publicity and promotion.

Of course, the reason why it was able to make more than 3 billion yuan is mainly due to the reputation accumulated by "Hello, Li Huanying".

Wang Shu is now planning to do the same thing.

His previous films have already built up a good reputation for him.

This time, he plans to make a low-budget movie with a production cost of less than 1000 million yuan, and rely on publicity and promotion to leverage the box office.

Of course, although he is doing the same thing, "The Night the Comet Came" has a Douban score of 8.6, which is not bad.

So, even though he is doing the same thing, his reputation will not be damaged.

If the reputation is ruined, it means that the audience can't understand it.

If the audience doesn't understand, he can just reproduce the classic quotes of director Chen Kaige.

Chen Hao was a little confused and asked in confusion: "If a movie wants to have high box office, shouldn't quality be the priority?"

"Haha." Wang Shu knew that Chen Hao didn't understand these things at the moment due to cognitive reasons. But when capital came in and many bad movies made big box office through publicity and promotion, she would know what was going on.

Then he smiled and explained, "Movies are like good wine that needs no bush."

"Normally, it only takes a month for a movie to be released in theaters and then taken off the screen."

"Piracy is rampant nowadays. Pirated resources will be available online within half a month at most."

“If the promotion is not good enough, only a few people will go to the theaters when the movie is first released.”

“Even if the quality of a movie is excellent, it takes time for word of mouth to ferment.”

"But once word of mouth spread, not only were pirated copies quickly available online, but they were also pulled from theaters within two weeks."

“So even if the quality of the film is very good, it won’t make much at the box office.”

"I think you also know that the bulk of the movie box office revenue is always in the first one or two weeks."

"So, as long as the publicity and promotion is in place and more people go to the theaters when the movie is first released, the box office will not be low."

"On the contrary, if there is insufficient publicity in the early stages and word of mouth slowly spreads, the pirates will benefit instead."

These days, it usually takes a month for a movie to enter theaters and be taken off the screen after a month. A few films can get keys to extend their release period.

It is not three months after many years. Some films can even get a half-year extension after getting the key. Chen Hao is just an actor and has not done much research on these. After listening, he seemed to understand and couldn't help but smile: "I know that publicity is very important."

“I just knew it was important before, but I didn’t quite understand why it was so important.”

"Now that I hear you say that, it seems that publicity and promotion are indeed more important than the quality of the film."

Wang Shu smiled and replied, "Not absolutely."

“Movies are divided into commercial films and art films.”

"For commercial films, box office is the most important thing, so publicity and promotion are definitely the most important."

"For art films to win awards, the quality of the film is more important."

Chen Hao nodded, staring at Wang Shumei with his big eyes, praising her: "You know a lot. It's fitting that your movie will have high box office and win awards."

As the conversation went on, she gained a deeper understanding of Wang Shu.

Understand that Wang Shu’s success is not accidental, but he is really excellent.

The more she understood Wang Shu's excellence, the more she admired him.

Moreover, Wang Shu is not as indecisive as Wu Kebo, and is really a good candidate for a partner.

However, due to the age gap and the difference in status, Chen Hao could only fantasize about it in his heart.

"Sister Ou is not only a good actress, but also very beautiful." Wang Shu responded with compliments.

Sure enough, when Chen Hao heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his emotional value was satisfied.

There is no one who doesn't like to hear compliments, even if they are soulless compliments, people still like to hear them.

When Wang Shu heard Chen Hao's praise, of course he accepted it.

The effect of just agreeing to something is obviously not as beneficial as praising the other person in return.

In Chen Hao's eyes, Oscar-winning directors like Wang Shu praised her for her good acting skills and beautiful looks. The weight of his words was completely different from the compliments from ordinary people, which greatly satisfied her emotional value.

In daily life, some guys who are average looking and poor are able to hook up with a bunch of girlfriends just because they are sweet-talkers.

This is the art of talking.

In other words, even a guy with average looks can trick a lot of girlfriends into surrounding him through his eloquence, let alone an Oscar-winning director like Wang Shu.

His status and position give him a natural advantage when it comes to female artists.

Chen Xun's emotional value was satisfied, but she felt a little embarrassed. She pouted and said, "I was obviously talking about you, why did you mention me?"

Wang Shu laughed and said seriously, "Because Sister Xu is a good actress and pretty, I'm telling the truth."

A serious face is a must.

Because only a serious face can make Chen Hao feel your sincerity, otherwise it is just polite talk.

If it was just a polite remark, Chen Xu would most likely curl his lips.

But if he was sincere, Chen Hao would avoid her gaze like this, somewhat afraid to face her.

This is an expression of embarrassment.

Compared to many female stars in the entertainment industry, Chen Hao is more thin-skinned after all. She changed the subject and snorted, "Who did you learn to be so sweet?"

"I'm not being sweet, nor did I learn that from anyone. I'm just telling the truth!" Wang Shu was indignant.

Seeing this, Chen Hao's emotional value was satisfied again, and a happy smile appeared on his face, but he snorted, "Huh, he must have learned this from someone."

Wang Shu had no choice but to sigh.

Chen Hao saw all this and immediately laughed happily.

After laughing for a while, she looked at Wang Shu, blinked, and asked playfully, "Are you really going to ask me to play the second female lead?"

Although she was the former number one in Orange Sky, that was because of Wu Kebo.

If she wasn't Wu Kebo's girlfriend, she wouldn't be worthy of the title of "No. 1 Sister" because of her popularity and fame.

Even now, she is only considered a first-tier TV actress, let alone breaking into the film industry.

I didn't get in at all.

It is undeniable that 2003, 2004 and 2005 were the three years when she became famous.

But now, the popular actresses are the Four Dans and Two Bings (excluding Xu Jinlei), Liu Yifei, Sun Li, Li Xiaolu and others. After leaving Orange Sky, Chen Hao’s resources have not kept up and her career has been going downhill.

In other words, in her mind, a TV actor like her who is on the decline is not qualified to be chosen by an Oscar-winning director like Wang Shu to play the second female lead in a movie.

If she were asked to play the leading or second female role in a TV series, she would not think so.

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She didn't even make it in and was one of those TV actors looked down upon by movie directors.

Every TV actor wants to break into the film industry, and every actor who wants to break into the film industry knows that movie directors look down on TV actors.

It’s like Zhang Yimou advising Zhang Ziyi not to act in TV dramas. If he looked up to TV actors, he wouldn’t have said this to Zhang Ziyi.

For many film directors, it is better to go to school to find newcomers who have little acting experience than to recruit TV actors to join the crew.

This is because, many TV actors are accustomed to performing in the same way as they do in TV dramas when filming movies, and they also self-righteously use the theory of performing in the same way as in TV dramas to argue with film directors.

The film director is undoubtedly looking for trouble by hiring such actors to join the crew.

Therefore, apart from those TV actors who bring money into the crew, or are selected by investors, or those who can actually act in movies, other TV actors are basically not considered by film directors.

When making a movie, they would rather hire newcomers than actors from TV dramas.

Chen Xun knew this, so he asked.

Wang Shu looked at her and replied speechlessly: "Didn't I just say it? I will choose whoever I want to choose."

"Aren't you afraid that I won't act well?" Chen Hao teased with a smile.

Wang Shu replied with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm here."

Chen Hao curled her lips when she heard that. She was just teasing on purpose, but when she saw Wang Shu being so confident, she found it boring.

She thought about it for a moment, thinking that Wang Shu was so confident because he thought her acting was good, and she pouted secretly.

The two walked for a while, then Chen Hao paused, turned his head to look at Wang Shu, and said in a muffled voice: "It's getting late, I should go back."

Wang Shu nodded upon hearing this and said, "It is indeed late."

After saying this, Chen Hao was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Thank you."

"Ah?" Wang Shu looked puzzled.

Chen Hao blinked, then said seriously: "Anyway, thank you for asking me to act in a movie."

Wang Shu saw how serious Chen Hao was and understood her feelings.

Although Chan Hao officially entered the showbiz industry in 1998 with the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", she has been hanging around in the TV industry since then. It was not until she became the top star of Orange Sky that she took on a movie and then retired to the TV industry again.

I want to break into the film industry, but I can't get in.

Although she also starred in the movie "Founding of a Republic", the movie had an all-star cast, so it doesn't count.

Apart from Wang Shu's invitation now, the only movie she has truly starred in is "Please, Praise Me" when she was the number one star of Orange Sky.

(End of this chapter)