superstar director

Chapter 331
"Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" ended with a Chinese box office of 58.9 billion. After sharing with the theater, after deducting various taxes and fees, as well as other investors' sharing and promotional expenses, Ning Sheng's Xingtong Studio invested 1.5 million You can get nearly 13 billion in income.This movie alone made Xingtong the most profitable star studio in China once again.

And other film and television companies and theater owners who were fortunate enough to participate in sharing this big cake were even more delighted from ear to ear.One movie by Ning Sheng can surpass the income brought by several other movies.

Then overseas box office revenue, and subsequent DVD sales, will also bring Ning Sheng an income of 5 million to 6 million.In other words, this "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" can bring Ning Sheng a total income of 18 billion, or even 19 billion.

Thinking about the huge benefits, it is not difficult to see the attitude of the whole circle towards Ning Sheng.

So at the end of August, Ning Sheng met Emma and went directly to travel through the world of two.Many interviewers and solicitors couldn't find anyone, so they could only rely on Ning Sheng's studio or other leading actors in the movie.

"Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" is a big hit at the box office, not only because the investors have made a lot of money, but also because the director's reputation has skyrocketed, and the actors' popularity and exposure have increased the most.

Of course, the most attractive and most glamorous actor in this movie is Lin Qingxia, who played the role of Dongfang Invincible. The previous "Dragon Inn" directly raised Zhang Manyu's film salary to 8000 million, but this same participation did not Brigitte Lin, who was outstanding in Zhang Manyu's words, only had 7000 million yuan, but this time, the role of Dongfang Bubai directly made her salary exceed 1 million yuan, officially becoming the first actress in the Chinese film industry to be paid more than [-] million yuan!It is also the first female star with the highest salary in the Asian film industry!
When the screening of "Swordsman: The Undefeated East" completely ended in September, director Wang Jing held a press conference and announced that his new martial arts movie "The Legend of the White-haired Witch" with an investment of 30 million yuan will officially launch. The protagonists are all top superstars in China, brother Zhang Rongguo and sister Lin Qingxia. Of course, the salaries of these two are also the top in Asia, each with a salary of 1 million yuan, and if the box office reaches more than [-] billion, my brother will still have [-]% of the box office dividends. .

After Wang Jing, other martial arts movies of different sizes started shooting one after another. Obviously, "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" let people see that the domestic market will never get tired of good martial arts works, especially Ning Sheng's three The domestic box office of the first martial arts movie is at least 30 billion, with an average of more than 40 billion, and the global box office is even more than three with an average of more than 50 billion.

This kind of profit really can't make people feel uneasy.

As for Ding Xuan, the hero of the two series of "Swordsman", his salary has risen to 7000 million, and there are countless scripts, which can keep his team busy for a long time. Of course, endorsement fees and other business Acting income is not a problem.

In addition to these two leading actors, other supporting actors, such as Guan Dameiren and Yuan Jieying, as well as the junior sister Zhou Huimin, are all popular, their salary has increased, their jobs are much more than before, and they are even invited to be actresses if they have less drama appointments. No. [-] or No. [-] female.

Ning Sheng went to a foreign country by himself to live a two-person world with his girlfriend, but the entire Chinese entertainment industry and the Asian film industry were still dazed by the box office bomb of "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" .

Even the No.40 Fifth China Music Awards ceremony in September seems to have lost a lot of attention. The hot topic of discussion is still the super box office of several domestic blockbusters in the summer, and the invincible status of domestic movies in the martial arts category. And the rapid development of domestic animation.

The three of Ning Tong received the three awards of the Teana Award in February, and this time they won three awards again at the Huaxia Music Awards, the best group, the best rock song, and the best pop album.

This time the three little girls walked the red carpet without making a fool of themselves. Although Ning Sheng was not present to accompany them because he was traveling abroad to hide from the reporters, there were other seniors from the same company who looked after them, and they were so popular, the whole awards ceremony was very pleasant.

After winning the prize, the three little girls made a special video call with Ning Cheng to show it to Ning Cheng. Of course, Ning Tong didn't forget to ask his brother to bring them gifts and local snacks in the end.

Ning Cheng had just finished talking to the three girls when Emma came out from the shower, her fair skin was glowing apple red, her eyes lit up when she looked at Ning Cheng.

"Was it Tongtong just now? I heard you say she won the prize?" Emma said as she sat on a chair and smoothed her hair.

Ning Cheng got up and went over to gently kiss Emma on the cheek, then said with a smile, "Yeah, Ning Tong and the others have won three more awards, which is pretty good. After this year's Asian Music Competition, they will release a Mandarin album again." , you can directly advance to the ranks of first-line singers."

"What level do you want them to achieve as singers? Is it enough for first-line singers? Or should we continue to push them to the next level?" Emma asked with a blink of her eyes.

Ning Sheng smiled and said, "Our Chaoyang group disbanded too early, and it was over before reaching the top. This time, I want them to reach the top before talking about other personal development matters. Anyway, it's just about releasing another album. Why bother? I am going to release their third album directly in English and sell it all over the world in one step, so that they can experience the feeling of being at the top of the music world, and then start to become actors without any regrets."

Emma smiled and said, "Your arrangement is really good, and the journey is smooth, especially at this time, the media still don't know about your relationship with Tongtong. If it is exposed, all the achievements of Tongtong will become your brother. Don't you worry about the pressure Tongtong is under? I know how I feel as a family member of a big star."

Ning Sheng replied, "So I have to make them succeed as soon as possible, achieve even more amazing achievements, and then without my participation, they can also prove their strength. Even if our relationship is exposed, people will only I envy Tongtong's good luck, but I don't question her status and strength too much, just like you now, people won't say that your success is all due to your aunt, right?"

Emma rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, when the media mentions me now, they will say that Emma Roberts has a good aunt and a good boyfriend, so her success is more than half easier than her peers!"

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "Then you work hard for that Oscar, and the media won't be able to say that your aunt asked Oscar to vote for you, right?"

"Hahaha——" Emma said with a smile, "If my aunt is really so good, I would have won the Oscar a long time ago!"
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One night was lingering, the next day, the two had breakfast, went shopping together, walked in the shade of Europe, the two stopped and went, shopping like ordinary lovers, tasting food, taking pictures, and being occasionally admired by fans Recognized, after signing a group photo, he flashed quickly.

After dinner in the evening, the two of them were about to go out to watch the night scene when Emma's agent called.In the past, Emma's agent basically had Julia part-time, but then Julia let the agent company take responsibility because of the childbirth.

Now Julia has come back, but Emma's career is going well now, so Julia didn't interfere as frequently as before, and finally let Emma's agent breathe a sigh of relief.However, because Julia, the great god, is paying attention at all times, Emma's agent is still vigilant and working hard, lest she might change Emma's agent if Julia doesn't like her.

The two talked for a while, Emma came over and said to Ning Sheng, "Linda will pass me a script later, please help me to read it together."

Ning Cheng shrugged and said, "Well, anyway, you can watch the night scene anytime."

The two returned to the hotel, and after a while, Ning Tong received the electronic version of the script in his mailbox.

""Hot Mom and Hot Girl"" Ning Sheng saw that the name was a little familiar, and then Emma introduced, "This script is adapted from the 1977 Disney classic of the same name. Its Chinese translation is "Weird Friday". And "Weird Friday" adapted From Mary Rogers' novel, so this "Hot Mom and Hot Girl" can also be said to be an adaptation of Mary Rogers' novel."

They were sitting on the sofa, Ning Cheng was sitting, Emma was leaning in Ning Cheng's arms, holding the notebook, after reading it for more than half an hour, Emma turned her head and said, "How is it? Do you have any suggestions?" Because Ning Sheng's previous suggestions turned out to be quite good in the end, so now Emma has become accustomed to asking Ning Sheng for his opinion.

After reading the script, Ning Sheng finally remembered the original version of this movie in the previous life. The cost of the original version was more than 1.6 million US dollars. In the end, it won a box office of more than 7 million US dollars worldwide, and the score remained above [-] points, so it can be said that It is a double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office.

And now that the movie has fallen into Emma's hands, Ning Sheng thinks that maybe there will be more interesting works.

"I think it's pretty good. Although your character is a middle school student, it won't be a problem for you to play it!" Ning Chen said with a smile.

Emma frowned and said, "You dislike me for being too small and not in good shape, right?"

Ning Cheng became embarrassed at once, and immediately shook his head and said, "Absolutely not, I mean, you look young, and it's perfectly fine to play the role of a middle school student, isn't that what I like the most, hehehe——"

Emma rolled her eyes at Ning Cheng and said, "You're smart." Then she said, "But I'm in my 20s now, and if I play a middle school student, I'm afraid I won't feel it, and will the audience feel bad?"

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about that, whoever came from middle school, besides, the roles you played before were all young characters, the audience won't mind, as long as you act well, who will care about you Is the age the same as that of a middle school student? Besides, when people send the script, isn’t it because they like you?”

Emma nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take another look. I'll contact them tomorrow and ask who the specific director and mother's actor is. If the cooperators are all good, then let's take it."

Ning Cheng nodded, and then hurriedly asked, "When will the filming of this scene start?"

Emma said, "Linda said that it will probably be next spring. Don't worry, it won't affect our trip." Emma put down her notebook, turned her head and approached Ning Sheng and said softly, "I told Linda that the second half of this year If you don’t take any work, you just rest.”

The next day, the two had breakfast in the bedroom, and then Emma contacted the agent to ask about the specific partner of the film, and after a while, Emma exclaimed, "No, why is it Julia? There are so many actors in the United States, why must it be her? And you didn't discuss it with me before?"

Ning Cheng walked in from the balcony, looked at Emma and asked, "What's wrong?"

Emma said to the phone, "Okay, let me think about it." Then she hung up the phone, turned around and threw herself into Ning Cheng's arms and said, "Honey, they hired my aunt to play the mother in my play!"

Ning Cheng smiled and said, "Isn't this great? I wanted to tell you yesterday that it would be even better if you acted in this drama with your aunt. The relationship between the two of you is actually similar to that between mother and daughter. This time you can Wouldn't it be great to work together on a movie?"

Emma lowered her head and muttered, "What's the matter? I watched her act? I didn't act!"

Ning Sheng smiled and comforted him, "Although I haven't worked with you before, working with an actress like Julia is very good for your acting skills. Besides, it's not uncommon for your relatives to act in a movie. Will Smith before Didn't father and son play father and son in "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door"? The effect is very good, the audience likes it very much, don't feel pressured, you are one of the most promising young actresses in North America today!"

Emma was still worried, "But why does it have to be an aunt? Any other female star is fine!"

Ning Sheng smiled and said, "Since any other female star can do it, why can't it be Julia Roberts? You know, in North America, or even the world, there are female stars who can have more box office appeal and better acting skills than your aunt." Really not many!"

Ning Sheng patted Emma and said, "Don't worry, you can communicate with your aunt, I think she will be very happy to play mother and daughter with you in the play, and there are so many opposite scenes."

Although Ning Sheng persuaded, Emma was obviously very troubled by this matter, so she didn't play much all day. In the end, Ning Sheng simply called Roberts directly, and then asked Roberts to call Emma directly. She believed that, Roberts, who grew up taking care of Emma from a young age, will make Emma figure it out.

Ning Sheng went out to buy a big meal for Emma, ​​and let them have a relaxing conversation. After an hour, Ning Sheng received a call from Emma urging him, "Are you flying back to Huaxia to buy a midnight snack? Come back soon, I'm starving to death! "

Hearing Emma's brisk tone on the phone, Ning Sheng knew that Roberts had made sense of Emma, ​​so he immediately bought two dumplings and rushed back to the hotel.

After the sweet meal between the two of you, you feed me one, and I feed you the other, Emma told Ning Sheng that she had agreed to Disney's invitation and was determined to star in this movie, because she couldn't afford Julia Roberts with an investment of more than tens of millions. , so Roberts took the initiative to contribute 1000 million to join the film investment, and Disney also increased the box office expectations because of Roberts' joining, increasing the investment by 1000 million, and finally invested a total of 5000 million as the cost of the film.

Although the cost has increased, Ning Sheng feels that the final global box office will definitely be even higher given that the movie market is more mature now, and with Julia Roberts and Emma Roberts joining in as star uncles and nephews!
(End of this chapter)