Chapter 86: Will I be scolded badly?
In terms of Tangren Film and Television, Cai Yinong originally wanted to promote newcomers through this drama. As for who the newcomer is, it doesn’t matter, what matters is his own.
However, the investment in this project is not going smoothly. With such a large investment, if there is no big star in the market and the investor is not a sucker, how can he make money easily?
As soon as the [Infernal Affairs 3] and [Conquest] fire broke out, Cai Yinong turned his attention to Zhou Xing. For this reason, she also made an appointment with Anli through her former journalist in Xiangjiang, and eventually they became friends.
So with the addition of Zhou Xing, the investor finally let go. With the early start-up capital, the crew of [Legend of Sword and Fairy] was finally built.
The male lead has Zhou Xing in charge, and Cai Yinong originally wanted his beloved general Sun Li to be the role of his subordinates. However, the other party just married Huang Sanshi and even had the intention to retire from the film, but his subordinates did not have an actress who matched the role of Zhao Linger.
So, Cai Yinong focused on Liu Yifei, who has become famous recently. Although Liu Yifei has only been in the industry for more than a year, his popularity is not low at all. His debut work [Golden Fan Family] was broadcast on CCTV Channel 8, achieving a good result of an average viewership rate of 7.68%, and won the CCTV ratings championship for two consecutive years.
In the same year, she played Wang Yuyan in the version of Zhang Dahuzi [The Legend of the Condor Heroes], and for a time, the fairy sister became synonymous with her.
However, when Cai Yinong first came to Liu Tianxian, she didn't want to take on this drama because she felt that the role of Zhao Linger was somewhat overlapping with Wang Yuyan. Moreover, after Liu Tianxian became popular in two TV series, her horizons became a little high and she was determined to make a movie.
Cai Yinong said he had done his mouth, but Liu Tianxian just refused to agree, which made Cai Yinong so angry that he almost swear. In the end, Liu Tianxian took on the drama under his mother's persuasion.
The male and female protagonists have been decided, so the other actors are easier to deal with. Although Sun Li has the consideration of going home to take care of her husband and children, she has not completely withdrawn. So the role of Lin Qing'er, that is, Zhao Ling'er's mother, fell on her.
As for the young man Cai Yinong, who was originally very optimistic and wanted to be praised as the male lead, he could only feel wronged that he would play the second male lead Tang Yu.
Compared with TV series, the film industry is even more turbulent. Since the box office of [Hero] has reached the top, the National Master has become the most profitable commercial film director, which has attracted the attention of a number of well-known mainland directors. Although Xiaogang Cannon won the annual box office championship last year, the box office is only 53 million. In the eyes of the media and the audience, he is still a certain gap between him and the National Master.
Xiaogangpao also understood one thing: Although small-cost comedy is easy to achieve results, the upper limit is too low (in fact, it is mainly related to the audience's viewing habits). He wants to make blockbusters!
Xiao Wang always supports the idea of Xiaogang Cannon making blockbusters. Of course, it is just a comparison. After all, blockbusters mean high costs and high risks. Huayi’s foundation is not thick enough to be tempted casually.
So after the two sides discussed, they thought of a compromise method, making a medium- and semi-comedy movie, and then this movie "The World No Thieves" was created.
Regarding the candidate for the male lead, Xiao Wang always prefers Zhou Xing, but Xiao Gangpao firmly opposes it. Last year, the media disgusted him with this a lot, so naturally Xiao Gangpao had no good impression of Zhou Xing.
"But he has a box office appeal in both Xiangjiang and the mainland." Mr. Wang still insisted.
Xiao Gangpao was secretly unhappy: "He is not the only one who has box office appeal in both places. I think Andy Lau is good."
In the end, Xiao Wang always gave in. There was no way. Huayi at this time relied on the small cannon sign. It was not worth offending him for such a trivial matter.
So Andy Lau received an invitation from Huayi. In recent years, the box office in the mainland market has soared sharply. Andy Lau had long wanted to come to the mainland to film. The two sides hit it off and soon signed a contract.
On the other hand, after a year of silence, the national teacher finally made a move. His new film script has passed the review and the title of the film [Ten-sided Ambush] has been decided in this drama, with Andy Lau playing the role of Constable Liu.
The other male protagonist found Zhou Xing, but after Zhou Xing got the script, he was still hesitant.
If you look at the script alone, it is undoubtedly a bad movie, with no ups and downs at all, and it is the type of person who can guess the ending by looking at the beginning.
When Zhou Xing turned to the last page of the script and found that there was a national teacher in the screenwriter's directory, he realized it.
To be honest, if Zhou Xing changed his script to another director, he would not accept it even if he was beaten to death, but that was the national teacher. Which actor in the Chinese film industry could reject his call?
"Maybe, the national teacher will not follow this script to shoot at that time?" Zhou Xing could only "persuade" himself in this way: the strength of the national teacher is not his narrative technique, but his use of colors and the dispatch of large scenes.
Anli is very happy that Zhou Xing can put the "big picture first" and respond to the crew happily, and then talk about the contract.
Soon, a big news appeared in the entertainment industry, and the national teacher was about to make a new film! For a time, all the front page headlines of the entertainment media were this, and this is the influence of the national teacher.
That's not all, but soon again news broke out that the investment cost of [Ten-Ambushes] reached 310 million. You should know that the investment of [Heroes] of 240 million was already shocking the past year. This time, the investment of [Ten-Ambushes] was even higher than that of [Heroes].
Xiao Gangpao was originally looking at the TV at home, but when he saw this news, he almost smashed the TV. He finally applied for a 12 million investment with Huayi, and was already full of joy. As a result, the national teacher suddenly came here like this, which was a blow.
"Is it so great to be rich?" Xiao Gangpao cursed fiercely, feeling sour.
It’s really amazing to have money. After almost a week, the popularity of [Ten-Ambushes] has not dissipated. The media will report any rumor about it. It seems that there is nothing else in the entire mainland entertainment industry.
Soon, the news that Zhou Xing was confirmed to participate in the [Ten-side Ambush] was also dug out by the media, and the pay of up to tens of millions was also exposed. Not to mention, the influence of the national teacher's films is indeed extraordinary. Not long after the news broke, Zhou Xing's value also increased a lot, and some well-known brands began to contact Anli to discuss endorsements.
Chapter completed!