superstar director

Chapter 280 New Drama (Two in One)

However, those investors who participated in the investment of "The Promise" are idiots, such as Jiang Quan, seeing the box office of "The Promise" in the third week of less than 1000 million, his heart is so cool, his [-] million investment In this way, it was in vain again!
Seeing the results he wanted to see, Ning Sheng didn't pay any more attention to the movie market. The bad reviews of "The Promise" and the media's ridicule directly made this year's summer file more impetuous. It was staged as scheduled, and Ning Sheng didn't pay much attention to it.

Now Ning Sheng has officially graduated from the university. After busy forgetting the concert, he quietly went to the school to get back his graduation certificate.

From then on, Ning Sheng finally broke free from the special "cage" of the school, and had more free time. Of course, it was precisely because of his studies in school that he could better pursue own future.

Ning Sheng took away his student's label, and as an adult, took Ning Tong and Emma, ​​who were on vacation, to go skiing in Sweden. After hearing the news, Ding Xuan and Britney also chased after them, and the five of them enjoyed themselves together. Relax and have fun.

2009 came to an end like this, but in January, because Super Boy won multiple nominations at the American Music Awards, Ning Sheng and the others went to the United States again and received an award, the best pop group of the year , Best Pop Album of the Year, Best Newcomer of the Year, Best Single of the Year, Best Artist of the Year!Superboy won all five awards and swept the awards ceremony that night, becoming the biggest winner.

After receiving the award in the United States, Ning Sheng returned home and spent the Spring Festival with his parents. He watched the Spring Festival Gala. The Twelve Girls Band performed on the Spring Festival Gala for the second consecutive year. Although there are many light music performing groups nowadays, there is no one Can achieve the results of the Women's Twelve Band.

The Twelve Girls Orchestra is loved by the royal families of various countries, and they perform for the royal family of a certain country for at least one month of the year, so they are also called the Royal Orchestra!
Because of the new album of the Twelve Girls Band, performances in various places, and the popularity of Super Boys, Huijie Records has made considerable profits this year, and their stocks have also risen all the way.

After the new year, Ning Sheng called his own band together, wanting to practice and play. After all, it has been playing for a year, and it is really unreasonable to see each other again, and it will also affect the tacit understanding of each other.

Because Huang Bai is now running on the road of "50 billion emperors" and the previous guitarist left, so this time he wants to meet the two newcomers in person.

The new guitarist is Zhang Feng, and the keyboard player is Qian Bin. They have been with the band for almost a year. Because Ning Sheng was either busy and didn’t have time, or he forgot, so he never signed a formal contract. It can be regarded as a formal conclusion of the contract.

Both of them have good skills. They have cooperated with the rest of the band for nearly a year and have no problems at all, so the signing went smoothly. Being able to follow Ning Sheng, not only can perform on stage, but also have a good salary guarantee, this is the best job.

Ning Cheng got to know the band for a few days, and then went into the recording studio to start recording songs. He didn't want to finish recording the album this time, or something, he just wanted to sing, so he came in and recorded it. When you want to release an album, you can just choose from these recorded songs, saving time and effort.

Therefore, this recording was very easy. I recorded when I wanted to record, and went out to play if I didn’t want to. In the end, I made an appointment and recorded three songs, one "White Pigeon" and one "Crying Hard". My People" and "My Name" are the works of Wu Bai, a singer from Taiwan in the previous life.

This day Ning Sheng was about to go into the recording studio to shout a few more voices, but was stopped by Lin Ling's phone call.

"Xiao Sheng, that Jiang Quan has made another move, this time it's a big move. Jiang Quan invested 3000 million from his own company, and cooperated with another film and television studio that invested [-] million in a new movie called "Surprise Along the Way" ", is a road comedy, and now it's just starting to recruit actors!"

Ning Sheng said, "Who is the director? And whose studio is it?"

Lin Ling said, "The director's name is Yan Zhengxun. He came from South Korea. He has made some comedy movies in South Korea. The box office is not bad in South Korea. The studio he cooperates with Jiang Quan is also run by an artist from South Korea. His name is Jin Taiji, he has filmed a lot of TV dramas before, he was popular in Huaxia for a while, and later filmed two comedies with Yeon Jung-hoon in South Korea, the results were good, he opened a studio in Huaxia last year, this time he cooperated with Jiang Quan "Surprise Along the Way" is their first new work!"

It took Lin Ling finished speaking for a while, but she didn't hear Ning Sheng's voice, "Xiao Sheng, Korean directors may not be well-fed in China, we don't care, maybe it's another "The Promise", or worse than "The Promise"."

Ning Cheng hummed and said, "Okay, I understand, thank you Sister Lin, you can be busy."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Cheng began to think, he would not really pin his hopes on the possibility of the other party's movie hit the street as Sister Lin said.

Although in the last life, neither Korean directors nor Korean movies were very good in the Chinese market, and they were far behind their TV dramas and boy and girl groups.

But now this world is different from the previous life. In this world, South Korea is more deeply influenced by China. Although de-Sinicization incidents also occurred, they were forced to end hastily. Not to mention other things, let’s just talk about the entertainment industry. Today’s Korean music is basically Chinese is the main language. Although most TV dramas and movies are in Korean, there are countless Chinese and Chinese cultures involved in them, and more than [-]% of Korean artists, directors, and staff have studied in China. Or learned from Huaxia.

Ning Sheng is now in the Chinese land of the world. Although most of the big directors are Chinese, there are also many directors and artists from South Korea, Japan, and Western countries. Just like Hollywood has directors and actors from all over the world, especially Western countries, and others. staff member.

It's the same in China. Successful foreign directors are not rare. Who can guarantee that Yan Zhengxun will not be successful?

When Ning Cheng was silent just now, he was actually thinking about which movie to use to attack this "Surprise Along the Way".

Road comedy originated in the West, but in China, Ning Sheng was most impressed by the "People on the Journey" with Chinese characteristics.

Ning Sheng decided on the film to be shot, and immediately began to search for actors. The special actor "Baby" did not appear here, and he did not know which track changed the appearance of "Baby". Without this special actor, for "People on the Journey" is definitely half the eclipse.

Ning Sheng didn't bother to find other roles. Except for Niu Geng played by "Baby", other characters can be replaced by other actors even if they don't have prototypes. But Niu Geng's characteristics are too obvious, so it's really not easy to find.

Ning Sheng searched the Actors Union's files for a whole day but couldn't find any suitable ones. In the end, he could only sigh and give up. It seems that he can only openly recruit people. I hope that suitable people will show up.

"Xingtong Studio's official website has released new news. Ning Sheng's "People on the Journey" funded by director Ning Cheng has officially approved the project, and is openly recruiting actors for the leading actor, Niu Geng, to the whole society!"

On the official website, the requirements for the role of Niu Geng are introduced in detail. First, it needs soil, and the character has a local flavor at first sight.

Second, be stupid. The stupidity here is not mentally handicapped, but a kind of simple and simple character.

Third, pass the acting skills. For the protagonist of a movie, basic acting skills are a must!

Few people questioned Ning Sheng's ability to direct TV dramas after the two hit TV dramas, but they naturally had doubts about Ning Sheng's ability to know movies, and before the actual work, people were optimistic about it.

But still, because of Ning Sheng's success in directing TV series and his status as a film school, some people questioned him at the age of [-], but no one stood up stupidly and said that Ning Sheng would definitely not be able to make a good movie.

The focus of everyone's attention is whether Ning Sheng's first movie, "People on the Journey" can be as popular as his TV series, or is it not suitable for movies like many TV series directors, In the end, he withdrew sadly, or did he succeed after a few practice works?

Jiang Quan didn't think too much about guessing. As soon as he saw Ning Sheng's studio announce the film plan of "On the Journey", he immediately knew that he was wrong. Sometimes, he also had to target himself, but Jiang Quan didn't believe that Ning Sheng could know in advance that "The Promise" would fail because of his indifference to "The Promise".

Maybe it's just because "The Promise" involves too many producers, too many forces behind it, and too much investment, so Ning Cheng is showing weakness for the time being.

However, no matter why Ning Sheng didn't do anything about "The Promise" at the beginning, now Ning Sheng's "People on the Journey" is indeed clearly aimed at himself.

Jiang Quan firmly believed in this point, otherwise, since Ning Sheng just started directing movies, he should choose martial arts movies that he is best at, even if they are action movies, they are more suitable than urban comedies.

But now that it has been confirmed, Jiang Quan can only do his best to make this movie well with director Yan Zhengxun. No matter whether Ning Sheng succeeds or fails, as long as they themselves succeed and make money, then it will be fine.

Movies are not TV series, as long as the quality is good, movie fans don't mind watching one more.

Ever since he announced that he was going to release a new movie, Ning Sheng's cell phone has been ringing non-stop.

There were various requests for roles, such as the "thick-skinned" Ding Xuan, who went straight to Ning Cheng's house. Even if Ning Cheng said that the main role was not suitable for him, they always shouted that even if it was a supporting role, he would not accept it. determination to participate.

But except for Ding Xuan, your best friend, everyone else is polite enough to ask if there is a suitable role, such as Jia Jingwen, Li Ruotong, Gu Tianle, Jiao Enjun, etc. who have worked together before, but Ning Sheng said After there was no suitable role for them, everyone just said a few polite words and then hung up.

Ning Cheng also understood that this was because everyone was worried that he would not make a good film for the first time, so they came to cheer him up.

While Ning Sheng was originally full of confidence, after a few days of interviews, he was also a little uncertain, because there was no actor who satisfied him who could play Niu Geng's unpretentious, simple but dead-end appearance.

Among them, there are many second-tier film and television drama stars, but unfortunately, it's been almost a week, and Ning Cheng didn't even keep a single one.

"Xiao Sheng, the role you want is too difficult, why don't you change the character, or invite some powerful first-line stars?" Lin Ling suggested from the side.

Ning Cheng shook his head and said, "In the whole play, this burdock is the core character and cannot be changed. As for the first-line stars you mentioned, which one can perform the characteristics of burdock? It's not just about acting. Sometimes, The appearance of a person is very important to a play."

"Well, tomorrow you go to the place where the group performers gather to see if there is a suitable candidate. If there is a similar one, you can bring it back for me to see. Even if the acting skills are not good, we can try to help him find the feeling. In short, this drama, this burdock is the key!"

Lin Ling nodded and said, "Okay, I see, I'll look for it tomorrow."

The next day, Ning Sheng had just arrived at the studio, and the interview hadn't even started yet when his phone rang.

"Hey, is that Ning Cheng? I'm Lao Liu, do you still remember me as an old friend?"

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "Of course I remember, Mr. Liu from Lotte Film and Television, why are you calling me when you have time?"

"I heard that you stopped making TV series and started making movies?"

"Yeah, the first one is a comedy, why? Mr. Liu is interested?"

"Haha, that's natural. Brother, I have prepared 3000 million. How about it? Can you make me like a share?"

Ning Sheng said, "This is my first movie. There is no guarantee whether it will be good or bad. So far, you are the first one to come to my door to invest in me. Are you afraid of losing money? Movies are not TV dramas. If you lose money, It might be all lost!"

Mr. Liu laughed and said, "But if you make money, you can get a lot of points. I believe in you again. Besides, if you lose money, then help me make a few more TV series and earn everything back." ?"

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "You're paying attention, but my film is a small budget. Excluding my own remuneration, the total investment does not exceed 1000 million. If you want to vote, it depends on your first choice." For the sake of my investment, then take 500 million and let you take [-]%, do you think it will work?"

Mr. Liu said with satisfaction, "No problem, I'll ask the accountant to call you 500 million in a while."

"But let's say it first, you will get [-]% of the investment, but I have the final say on the whole film, and I will also be the producer. You can wait in the office to help distribute it." Ning Sheng added.

Mr. Liu said, "Don't worry, I won't send anyone. I won't ask any questions about the crew except for the payment. By the way, I heard that you haven't found a suitable protagonist yet. I have one here that is similar to your requirements." People, do you want to take a look?"

Ning Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, you can send the person here, I am worried that I can't find a suitable person, if you can help, that would be the best!"

"That's fine, let's do this first. I'll have someone send that kid over there for you. If it's true, then you can help me a lot!" Mr. Liu hung up the phone, and then quickly dialed his brother-in-law's number.

(End of this chapter)