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Chapter 53 Heroine

On February 2th, Tang An met Xu Jinglei again in a private room of a restaurant in Beijing.

Seeing the haggard look on her face, it was obvious that she had been running around for the past few months.

"How many film festivals have you been to during this time?"

"Warsaw Film Festival in Poland, Black Night Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, Mataburata Film Festival in Argentina, Japan Benzene East Longitude Film Festival, India International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt!" Xu Jinglei spoke of one film festival after another. The names are all international A-category film festivals.

"I'm going to Berlin after the new year, but I guess I'm going to accompany her again!" Xu Jinglei said helplessly, lowering her head and starting to wipe out the food in front of her.

"Didn't you win any awards?" Tang An asked.

"It's all accompanied by running, and there are no Chinese films. Only Liang Chaowei won the Tallinn Dark Night International Film Festival Best Actor for his "2046"!"

"What a waste of time!" Tang An sighed.

Xu Jinglei put down her chopsticks, raised her head, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile, "It's not in vain, at least all the European copyrights have been sold, 120 million yuan, 15 in the United States and 10 in Japan." Ten thousand, more than half of the cost has been recovered!"

"That's good!" Tang An nodded and asked again, "When is the movie going to be released?"

"March, in theaters Friday, March 3th!"

Tang An frowned. He would go to Berlin after the Spring Festival. It would take at least a week, and it would be the end of February.

The release of the film must be accompanied by publicity. "Cruise of Horror" is scheduled to be released in July, so the time is a bit rushed.

Seeing Tang An's expression, Xu Jinglei knew something was up with him, she joked, "Why, didn't you greet me today?"

"Of course I do, I don't owe you a meal, but I just have something to ask you!" Tang An said with a smile.

"Come on, what can I do for you?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the new film wants you to play the leading role, the only leading role!"

"Another one-man show like Shark Beach?"

"Basically, there will be a few supporting roles, but not many roles!"

"Oh, did you bring the script? Let me see!" Xu Jinglei became interested and wiped her hands with a tissue.

"The script has been perfected, and there is still a half of the storyboard. You are playing a single mother." Tang An explained as he handed over the script.

Xu Jinglei nodded, and slowly flipped through the script.

At the beginning, she still had the mentality of reading a novel. After all, although "Shark Beach" is a suspenseful horror film, the whole story is not very scary.

But as she turned backwards, Xu Jinglei's face gradually became brighter.

After more than half an hour, after reading a thick script, Xu Jinglei's face kept changing.

"How about it?"

"It's a bit confusing, I don't think I can understand it after reading it!" Xu Jinglei put down the script and rubbed her forehead.

"It's reincarnation again and again. The heroine keeps killing every group of people on board, until she is knocked down into the sea when she fights with the heroine of the third reincarnation. She goes back to the beach and returns home, killing At home, I finally rushed to the seaside!"

"You don't have to worry about it so much. This is something I should worry about. It's not too difficult for you to act. The difficulty lies with me!" Tang An explained.

"Okay, I'll take this film, when are you going to start shooting?" Xu Jinglei nodded, such a wonderful and complicated story aroused her curiosity.

"The production team at China Film Group has been found. The set crew and art team have already gone to Huairou to build a studio. I plan to release it in early July. It would be best to start it at the end of the month. The shooting cycle will be one and a half months!"

Xu Jinglei thought for a while, "I guess I just came back from Berlin at the end of the month. The premiere will be held on the night of the 3rd. I will definitely find time to promote it in the next few days!"

"Otherwise, if you turn it on on the 1st, I'll be able to catch the heat then, and then I'll shoot other scenes in the first ten days. I'll join the crew on March 3th!"

"Anyway, literary films don't need too much publicity, and if this film costs 2000 million yuan, Huayi won't give too much publicity fees!" Xu Jinglei smiled self-deprecatingly.

"You're still not satisfied with 2000 million? I invested 600 million in this movie, China Film produced 300 million, reserved 100 million for publicity, and it's only 1000 million!"

The investment of 1000 million is three times that of "Shark Beach".

Among them, China Film included the salaries and equipment of the entire crew, the cost of renting the cruise ship, and post-production, and the price was 300 million.

Not to mention that those big directors are all top talents, at least they are also first-rate or second-rate professionals.

The equipment is also the latest in Europe. Don't look at Hollywood as a slinger, in fact, most of the equipment is also imported from Europe. After all, it is the birthplace of movies.

The bulk of Tang Anna's 600 million was spent on the remuneration of several actors, the studio construction fee, and the staff's board and lodging.

"Okay then, let's do business and sign the contract!"

"You're still prepared!" Seeing Tang An take out the contract from her bag, Xu Jinglei laughed.

"By the way, how much are you going to pay me?"

"180 million, this price should not be low!"

"So generous?" Xu Jinglei smiled.

"I'm not a stingy person, okay?"

Although 200 million is a bit of a premium, but last time Xu Jinglei helped her a lot, she wanted to wrap a red envelope, it was too small, and the envelope couldn't hold much.

Zhang Ziyi received a salary of 200 million yuan for the "Night Banquet" last year, which is nothing compared to it.

After signing the contract, the preparatory work for the film is almost done. The other actors Lu Yi is 60, Deng Chao is 30, and Sun Li is 10.
Several of them are TV drama stars, and they have appeared in only a handful of movies, and the total is just over 100 million.

"Take time to study the script more, and watch more similar movies, the whole drama depends on your acting skills!" Tang An reminded.

"I'm really under pressure when you say that!"

"Think about it yourself. The movie has been reincarnated three times. Your expressions and movements should be different at each stage, but it should not be too obvious. The most important thing is the micro-expression of the face, all kinds of inadvertent ecstasy, and even the slightest change in the lips. Open it, and it will look a little dull with your eyes."

After bidding farewell to Xu Jinglei, Tang An made final preparations in the studio for the launch conference.

During the period, several actors were also found together for a simple rehearsal.

There is also the studio of Huairou Film and Television Base, carefully inspecting every detail.

All props have to go through Tang An's inspection.

The house number of the room on the ship in the studio is exactly the same as the house number of the heroine's house.

There are also all the equipment used for shooting. The equipment of this era is definitely different from that of more than 10 years later. He must get familiar with and adapt to it as soon as possible.

In the end, they went to Tianjing to conduct a field survey on the cruise ship that they agreed to rent for a week.

Until March 3st, I went to Huairou Film and Television Base again early in the morning to prepare for the launch conference!

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