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Just after the crew of "Don't Talk to Strangers" was ready, Lin Zhimo also received a call from Zhang Yimou - the hero crew will start filming soon.

The drama "Heroes" has attracted wide-ranging reports from the media at the beginning of filming, not to mention other things, just looking at these actors can almost include the essence of the three generations of Chinese actors, whether it is Chen Daoming's seasoned acting skills , Li Lianjie's wonderful fight, Liang Chaowei's outstanding melancholy, Zhang Manyu's penetrating three-pointer, Zhang Ziyi's aura is compelling, or Lin Zhimo's superb. Almost every one of them can make an independent movie alone, but in Zhang Yimou Under the call, they gathered together.

So when the media knew about the list of actors, the first thought was that Zhang Yimou was crazy, and the second thought was to start guessing how much box office this movie would eventually earn, because if the box office is not high, I am afraid this show will become a Chinese movie. The largest pit in history.

Li Lianjie's salary alone needs at least 5000 million yuan, plus Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu, the two top actors and actresses in Xiangjiang, and Lin Zhimo, a new international actor, the film salary alone will exceed 7000 million yuan. Coupled with the grand scene revealed by Zhang Yimou in the interview and the worldwide filming, the production cost may eventually exceed [-] million yuan.

And the total box office of Chinese movies in the previous year was only more than 2 million yuan. How can Zhang Yimou guarantee to recover the cost and make money?

Of course, these things have little to do with Lin Zhimo. He has been thinking about the role since he received the script of "Hero" a few days ago.

It is different from Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".Zhang Yimou's "hero" is more like a martial arts movie in comparison.Of course, like "My Father and Mother" before, Lin Zhimo couldn't imagine what the film would look like after seeing the script, because the script was too short.

The thickness of this "hero" script is a bit shabby compared to its huge investment amount - there are only three or four thin sheets of paper in total, and the dialogue between the characters is also very concise. It can be said that the film spends most of its time in the Above the fight scene.

Lin Zhimo plays a knight-errant in this movie—Chang Kong. In order to help his good friend Wuming complete the great cause of assassinating Qin, he chooses two people to cooperate to stage a fight in front of Qin warriors, and then By pretending to be dead in order to hide the truth from Qin Shihuang, Wuming can go up ten steps forward to have a drink with Qin Shihuang.

There are not many scenes in the sky.Among the several male actors, he has the least number of roles.But Lin Zhimo still chose to join the crew.In addition to wanting to see how several actors with superb acting skills act, he also wants to learn from Zhang Yimou how to be a good director.

Whether in China or among the many directors in the world, Zhang Yimou is the top master in the use of film color, and there will be strict color changes in each of his works.This may have something to do with his background as a photographer.And now Lin Zhimo has a strong interest in any director's shooting skills.

But for Lin Zhimo to join the "Heroes" crew.There are some differences among his fans on the Internet.Some of them support Lin Zhimo's participation in this kind of big production.In addition to gaining great fame, you can also make your own connections; the other part is those blind fans. They think that Lin Zhimo now has the ability to be the leader.Why would you rather be a phoenix tail than a chicken head?

Although Lin Zhimo has already invested in Tencent, he is not a netizen who loves to surf the Internet. He is not very clear about the opinions on the Internet, and he only learned about them after Huo Xiwen told him.

"Zhimo, I think you need to make a clear statement about this at the launch conference later, otherwise it will have some very adverse effects on you if you don't handle it well." Huo Xiwen said to Lin Zhimo with a serious expression.

Lin Zhimo didn't pay much attention to this at first, after all, the fans of any actor are not monolithic, there will always be some rational fans and fanatical fans.It wasn't until Huo Xiwen said so that he became cautious: "Sister Wen, is this strange?"

Huo Xiwen shook his head: "I don't know exactly what changes will happen, but it's hard to say if someone is making trouble behind this time."

Lin Zhimo was taken aback for a moment, then was startled, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.Just like what Huo Xiwen said, if someone is behind the scenes at this time, it will be a huge harm to Lin Zhimo!

Those who dislike Lin Zhimo don't need to show their faces and directly attack Lin Zhimo, they just need to pretend to be Lin Zhimo's fans and post some words mocking Li Lianjie and Liang Chaowei, etc. Supporting roles, how can you play the leading role?

In this way, Lin Zhimo's reputation can be easily discredited on the Internet, at least a big hat of disrespect for the seniors in the entertainment industry will be firmly placed on Lin Zhimo's head.

Wanting to understand this point, Lin Zhimo didn't dare to be careless, and carefully discussed with Huo Xiwen how to deal with it.

Sure enough, as Huo Xiwen expected, at the launch conference of "Hero" later, a reporter asked maliciously: "Lin Zhimo, do you think being able to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou and Li Lianjie Liang Chaowei and others means that you are now Is it No.1 among the new generation of actors?"

Lin Zhimo cursed in his heart when he heard the words, but asked with a strange face on his face: "Hey, why do you have such an idea? Didn't Director Zhang introduce it just now? I'm just a small supporting role in the film." .If I am the number one of the new generation you mentioned, why shouldn’t I want a leading role, and if I am only satisfied with a supporting role... Is it because the "number one of the new generation" you mentioned is too low-grade or the level of director Zhang Yimou Not high?"

Because he was very dissatisfied with these solicitors, Lin Zhimo spoke quite bluntly, and directly rejected the other party's question.Sometimes in the showbiz, just having a friendly face will not work, it will only make people think that you are a character who is easy to bully, and you must be able to bend, stretch, soft and hard.

The reporter's face turned blue and red after being refuted by Lin Zhimo, as if he was juggling, but in the end he didn't know what to say and could only sit down awkwardly.

However, even after he sat down, the reporter did not give up. He continued to stand up and asked, "Then Lin Zhimo, can you explain to us why you chose to play a supporting role in this film?"

Lin Zhimo knew that this problem was the key to solving the problem, so he replied cautiously: "There are many issues that an actor needs to consider when choosing a script, but I can guarantee that whether the role is the protagonist or a supporting role is definitely not what an actor needs most. Considering it, there are even many actors who will take the initiative to turn down the opportunity of starring and choose a supporting role instead, because this supporting role may be able to better display their acting skills and reach a kind of resonance with themselves."

Speaking of this, Lin Zhimo smiled slightly: "This film is like this. Maybe I am not the protagonist in the film, but I think the role of Chang Kong is as if director Zhang Yimou tailor-made it for me. I received this script. I told myself in my heart that I am the sky. I think my performance in the film will definitely not disappoint those who support me."

At this time, Zhang Yimou also picked up the microphone and said: "I personally am very optimistic about Lin Zhimo. After I made this book, the producer asked me who I need as an actor. The first name I said was not Li Lianjie is not Liang Chaowei or Zhang Manyu, but Lin Zhimo! I was the first to name Lin Zhimo and let him play the role of Sky."

A hammer!

With Zhang Yimou's words, it can be said that the potential risk of Lin Zhimo has been completely eliminated.Although Lin Zhimo didn't know whether what Zhang Yimou said was true or not, he still bowed to express his gratitude.

In August, Lin Zhimo came to Hengdian Film and Television City to participate in the production of the film, and when Lin Zhimo was carefully preparing for the shooting, a whirlwind about Lin Zhimo from the outside world was gradually taking shape.

The reason is because a TV series - Love is Deep and Rainy is about to start broadcasting officially.

This TV series has already been broadcast in Taiwan, but due to the strict review mechanism in the mainland, the review has not been completed until now, and compared to the version broadcast on Taiwan, the mainland version has a few less episodes.

At the beginning of the TV series broadcast, the crew put out the golden signboard of "Huanzhugege's original crew" when promoting. Of course, the focus of the crew's promotion was still on Gu Juji, Su Youpeng, Lin Xinru, and Zhao Wei. For Lin Zhimo, it only seemed important, but after careful consideration, he mentioned nothing.

But even so, the audience began to discuss enthusiastically what role Lin Zhimo would play in the play. After all, Lin Zhimo can be said to be the most famous actor in this play now, so although everyone knows Lin Zhimo It's a small supporting role, but everyone is still very concerned about the demeanor of Lin Zhimo, an international actor.

At the same time, Zhao Baogang's "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" also started to broadcast the previous publicity. Compared with the half-covered and half-covered "Love is Deep and Rainy" crew, Zhao Baogang's measures are much more generous— — Directly play the funny tidbits of Lin Zhimo on the set.

I have to say that Zhao Baogang knows what the audience likes very well. Once Lin Zhimo's filming highlights were released on the Internet, the click-through rate has been rising steadily, and correspondingly, the TV series "Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind" His reputation also began to rise with the tide.

And the broadcast time of the two dramas is also very coincidental. The day when "Love is Deep and Rainy" ended happened to be the day when "Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind" started. The ratings of the two dramas can have a direct impact. Compared. (to be continued..)