superstar director

Chapter 389 Characters
The Starlight Awards in September are over. For many TV works, there is also the TV Golden Cup Awards in October. This award is the most authoritative professional award just like the Golden Tripod Awards in the film industry.

However, Ning Sheng will not be able to participate in this year's Golden Cup Awards, because he will start filming "Taken".

Although the income of "Changing Face" has not been settled yet, it may take until the end of the year, or even the beginning of next year, when it actually arrives. However, the box office has been fixed there, and the income has been confirmed. The various film and television companies participating in the investment are very satisfied.

And this time Fa Ge participated in "Taken", although no one knew about it at the beginning. After all, Ning Sheng hadn't made any moves to prepare a new movie before. However, after the Starlight Awards, Ning Sheng's work team began to fly to Paris in large numbers. Naturally, it was discovered by everyone.

Then, the news that Ning Sheng's new movie was about to start shooting also spread like wildfire!

""Face Changing" has just dropped from the cinema, and Ning Sheng's new movie "Taken" will start shooting immediately. The only thing that is certain about the cast is Fa Ge as the leading actor. Other roles and storylines are unknown!" —— China Sun.

"It is reported that Ning Sheng's new movie "Hurricane Rescue" has a total investment of 2 million Huaxia coins, Xingtong Studio invested 1 million, and the remaining 1 million will be invested by Suoya Films, Huayi Films, Weiyang Films, Lotte Films and Wireless Media. Jointly funded, each family has tens of millions of Huaxia coins." --- China Film Times.

"During the telephone interview with Ning Sheng by our reporter, we learned that more than [-]% of the scenes in Ning Sheng's new drama "Taken" will be filmed in Paris, and besides the leading actor Fa Ge, there will be another There is also no heroine or number two character who plays a big enough role. It is reported that apart from Fa Ge, there are only two or three supporting roles in this movie that need Chinese actors, and the other roles will be played by Western faces! Although Ning Sheng did not say it directly , but judging from the configuration of this film, there is no doubt that this is Ning Sheng's second work to hit the Western movie market after "Changing Face" which just ended!" --- Kyoto Entertainment Express.

"Although Ning Sheng said that in the new play, except for Brother Fa, everyone is a supporting role, but many domestic actors are still enthusiastically looking forward to participating in the filming of this play. In addition to Ning Sheng's magical power in making a popular film, domestic actors The coveting of the Western market is also an undeniable reason!" --Modu Film Weekly.

"Zhang Manyu revealed to reporters a few days ago that she will guest-star in Ning Sheng's "Hurricane Rescue" and play the role of Fa Ge's ex-wife in the movie. The price of being an actress is a decent French meal!" ---Huaxia Entertainment News.

"The latest news, Ti Lung announced on Weibo a few days ago that he will guest-star Zhang Manyu's current husband in "Hurricane Rescue". As for the role, he will have fewer roles than Zhang Manyu, maybe only a few scenes! But I believe many fans Like me, with Fa Ge and Ti Lung, if director Ning Sheng can bring his brother in as a cameo, then a classic trio of heroic qualities will be assembled!" --- Northwest News Express.

Maybe it was good luck at this time. The fans read the newspaper casually talking about something, and in the blink of an eye, it was realized the next day.

"Brother announced on Weibo that he will guest star in Ning Sheng's "Hurricane Rescue" and play a small supporting role in a small role. Classmates and comrades, a miracle has happened. Let's hurry up and buy lottery tickets!" —— Huaxia Entertainment news.

When all kinds of gossip news in China continued, and there was an uproar on the Internet and the media, Ning Sheng had already arrived in Paris.

Before leaving Huaxia, he handed over the ten songs he wrote to Wang Wanning of GZ Satellite TV's "Cantonese Singer Contest". , he is going to be filming in Paris now, but he can't keep an eye on the situation of the participating singers in China.

The TV station and Wang Wanning are naturally very happy about this, so that they can make the most beneficial choice for the TV station with these ten songs.

At this time, Ning Sheng didn't care about any singing competitions anymore. After he arrived in Paris, the assistant director had already communicated with the local government and signed the contract, so he could start filming directly.

Brother Fa was also in high spirits. After several months of preparation, he just waited for Ning Cheng's voice to start shooting.

Of course, in addition to Fa Ge, there are also three big names in the crew: Ge Ge, Ti Lung, and Zhang Manyu. The guest performance of the three of them is indeed an accident.

Because their three roles are almost secondary supporting roles to set off Fa Ge as the protagonist, Ning Sheng originally planned to finish filming the scene in Paris, and then find three random people to film after returning to China.

However, at that time, my brother happened to be traveling in Europe and got together with sister Zhang Manyuman. I happened to hear Ti Lung coming to visit the set to see Brother Fa. Then the four of them chatted about the plot before Ning Cheng arrived, and then they talked about the plot. one? "Face Changing" has a box office record of more than 1 million US dollars in North America, and everyone has more confidence in Ning Sheng's "Taken" hitting Western film and television.

Then when Fa Ge said, "Except for me as the protagonist, most of the actors in this drama are foreign actors. Only one of my daughters, one ex-wife, and one ex-wife's husband are Chinese actors, but they are all supporting roles with few roles. , the whole movie is a game where I play cool and eliminate the bad guys alone! This is completely different from Ning Cheng's last "Face Changing"."

Brother said, "Are you a little worried?" Seeing Brother Fa nodding, Sister Man drew a smoke ring and said, "Don't worry, the big deal is just to fail again. Ning Cheng is not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

Di Long laughed and said, "Xiaoman is right. Although the two plays are very different, they are both written by Ning Cheng himself. I believe that Ning Cheng will not intentionally ruin his own career!"

Brother Fa also smiled and shook his head, "It's not that I doubt how Ning Sheng is, I just failed too badly in Hollywood before, and now I always have lingering fears!"

The elder brother thought for a while and said, "Why don't we all make cameos for a while, even if it helps Fa Ge calm down, how about it?"

The four of them have been friends for many years, and the roles they chose were indeed very few, which did not affect their own affairs. So, soon after getting off the plane, Ning Sheng received the notice of the guest performances of three big names.

For this, Ning Sheng naturally couldn't wish for it, so he invited the four of them to have dinner together that night, and chatted about the movie. Regarding Fa Ge's worries, he also patted his chest to reassure everyone that the box office of "Taken" will definitely not be as good as "Face Changing" is low.

In Ning Sheng's last life, the "Taken" series of films can be said to be the product of accidental popularity. When filming one film, the total investment was only 500 million U.S. dollars, and there were no big names to join. He was just an old star Starring Lamb Neeson, there is no big scene in it, just looking for clues all the way, and then doing human traffickers and drug dealers to save her daughter, a very simple and direct story.

However, what is surprising is that as soon as the film was released, it became popular in North America, earning 1.45 million U.S. dollars and 2.26 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

The second film still has the same cast, but its word-of-mouth is far worse than that of the first film, but it still received 1.39 million US dollars in North America, 2.36 million US dollars overseas, and a total global box office of 3.75 million US dollars.

It is precisely because of the popularity of the first two films that the production company made up a third film. Although the word-of-mouth has declined sharply, the global box office is still [-] million US dollars.

Ning Sheng has no idea of ​​making a trilogy, so in the first part, he will try his best to arrange more selling points to attract the attention of western media and audiences, and concentrate the box office potential of this trilogy in the first part freed!
In the Asian region, Ning Sheng decided that he and Brother Fa alone would be enough, but now that his brothers, Ti Lung, and Maggie Cheung were added, that would be the icing on the cake, it couldn't be better.

In particular, Zhang Manyu and his brothers are also well-known in Europe, which is equivalent to increasing the popularity of the movie among European audiences.

Then there are other characters in the film. Ning Sheng asked the assistant director to find candidates, try to choose second-rate stars who are well-known in Europe, but not well mixed, or even third-rate stars. Anyway, the role of each role It's not long, and it doesn't cost much in total, but it can make the movie more interesting to Western audiences.

Ning Sheng led the crew to start filming his new movie in Paris, and the domestic entertainment industry is still bustling with gossip and conversation every day.

In various news and gossip, the second season of "Cantonese Singer Contest" has finally started. Because of the unexpected popularity and success of the first season last year, it is much easier to invite guests for the second season. Many singers even asked the TV station for Participate, so Wang Wanning can slowly choose the participating singers she wants from the stack of singer profiles.

And thanks to the super high ratings of the first season, the big leaders in the second season of the station attached great importance to it. The production funds allocated were double that of the first season, and they agreed on the sponsorship they got for the show. Taili took [-]% of it, and the remaining [-]% belonged to them.

So, when the total amount of advertising sponsorship in the second season of "Cantonese Singer Contest" reached 3 million, the leaders in the station heard that they accidentally broke the teacup!

However, the rules have been set. Wang Wanning, the chief director, holds great power, has sufficient funds, and guests can choose at will, not to mention the ten songs she bought from Ning Chen. We must win the first place in this year's variety shows!"

At the end of September, the ratings of the first episode of the second season of "Cantonese Singer Contest" hit a record 2.6%, making it the highest ratings TV show among variety shows.

The singers who participated in the competition, because many of the participating singers in the first season became popular again because of the show, and even Zhang Ying, who was about to retire, was re-sent on the popularity list, so this time the contestants, whether they are the singers themselves , or the companies behind them have given great attention, making the works of participating singers very good!
And the most popular and most popular song that night was called "I Like You". At first, everyone didn't pay attention to it, but when the song ended, the audience burst into applause and cheers, making everyone compare this song with other contestants. songs are distinguished.

However, what excited everyone the most was that when a viewer watching the webcast sent a screenshot of the songwriter's name at the beginning of the song, everyone discovered that the song was actually written by Ning Sheng!

Some people couldn't believe it and went to call the TV station to check it out, and they got an affirmative answer.So, the next day, this singer who was also No. [-]'s second season contestant, became the hottest topic of the day along with his song "I just like you".

Of course, Ning Sheng, the creator of lyrics and music, was inevitably mentioned in the topic, but Ning Sheng is now abroad, and the media cannot contact him, so he can only make a fuss about the TV station and singers.

Xu Yaowen is the contestant singer who sang "I Like You" in the second season. In order to get this song by Ning Sheng, the company not only paid two million yuan in copyright fees to the TV station, but also promised to let more artists participate in other TV stations in the future. program cooperation.

It can be said that the company really paid a great price for this song!
However, neither I, Xu Yaowen, nor his music company have any complaints, and after hearing that the program team has other works by Ning Sheng, they are discussing with the program team how to buy another one.

Pay a lot, but get more!
The rules of the second season of "Cantonese Singer Contest" have also been revised. Originally, the eliminated people took off their masks, but now the eliminated people leave directly. No one knows who you are. You have participated in this show before, and every time The winning song king will take off his mask after winning the title of song, and let the audience know who you are!
This is also a good way to create topics, attract attention, and increase the singer's popularity. This is the result of negotiations between the music company and the program group.

For example, the current Xu Yaowen won the title of singer because of the first show, so he can take off his mask, release a single directly, and then prepare a new album, and strive to develop by taking advantage of the surge in popularity because of "I just like you", and wait His popularity has increased, and his participation in subsequent competitions will be good for the program "Cantonese Singer Contest".

It can be said that this is a good way to benefit both parties.Therefore, Wang Wanning did not refuse!
People used to say that as long as you can get a song from Ning Cheng, you will be popular immediately, and now the "Cantonese Singer Contest" is verifying this rumor again and again!

Each performance is one of Ning Sheng's works, and each performance is a song king, and the person who wins the title of song king will always be the one who sings Ning Sheng's works!
This may be that although the person is not here, the legend of Ning Cheng is still circulating here!
At the production site in Paris, just after filming a set of shots, everyone was resting. Brother Fa suddenly came over to Ning Sheng and said, "Director Ning, when will my daughter join the set? I'm afraid it's too late for everyone to cooperate." OK."

Although Ning Cheng patted his chest to assure him, but Brother Fa is obviously still a little worried. He is also strict in the group, and he is afraid that something will not be shot well. But I felt that my acting just now was flawed, so I asked to do it all over again.So under the subtle influence of Fa Ge, the staff of the crew became more serious.

For the role of Fa Ge's daughter, there are not many scenes. Ning Cheng originally planned to find someone to reshoot after returning to China, but now that Fa Ge proposed it, Ning Chen knew that if he didn't find him a "daughter", I was afraid that Fa Ge would God will always be worried.

So he said, "Okay, I'll discuss it with the assistant director at night, and then I'll find someone to come over with you to try to understand the tacit understanding!"

Brother Fa left satisfied. Ning Cheng thought about the young actors in his mind, and suddenly thought of Jiang Yiyan who was on the red carpet that day. This girl is just right for this role!
(End of this chapter)