How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 554 Xu Zheng: Is it so difficult to find a top actress to guest star?

Zhang Nan originally thought that the request he made would make Zhou Xingxing a little embarrassed.

But he didn't expect that Zhou Xingxing only nodded and agreed after thinking for a moment.

This made Zhang Nan a little surprised.

But after thinking about it for a while, I figured it out.

First of all, the first one is that the protagonist uses his people.

For other directors, this may be a big restriction, or even a condition that is impossible to agree to.

After all, the quality of a movie depends on the starring role.

But for Zhou Xingxing, it is a point that does not need to be paid attention to.

Over the years, the actors in the films he has participated in have always been able to be trained.

Of course.

Zhang Nan also valued this point and planned to block people.

After all, even Wu Moufan's acting skills can be trained by Zhou Xingxing. Zhang Nan feels that Hu Ge and Yu Entai are definitely not a problem.

The second one is fixed salary and exclusive profits.

Zhou Xingxing himself is such a person, so he can naturally accept such conditions.

Moreover, at this time, even "囧囧", the first domestically produced mainland film with a box office of over 1 billion yuan, has not yet been released. No one could have imagined that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" could have a box office and profit of over 1 billion yuan.

Even Zhou Xingxing himself.

then……

There is nothing more. Regarding the contract for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the signing was completed in a very smooth atmosphere.

……

Mid to late January or early January.

The box office potential of "The Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" are basically gone.

Then Hua Yi and Yin Huang took advantage of the situation and pushed [Reverse War] up, intending to pick it up and rub the remaining warmth between them.

In the original time and space, the announced investment for the film "Reverse War" was 100 million yuan in production fees.

But that's based on the fact that Jay Chou and Xie Tingfeng starred.

Now that Zhou Jiegun has been tricked by Zhang Nan, he is enjoying his time in North America, so naturally it is impossible for him to star in "Reverse War".

Therefore, the investment in external publicity for the entire film "Reverse War" was much less, only 60 million yuan.

Fortunately, although the number of boos has decreased, the box office potential has not changed much.

In the end, just like the original time and space, between January and February in the mainland, it took in 1.2 million yuan in box office.

If it had been the North American system of splitting accounts, this film would have already paid back its money.

However, given the current situation in the mainland film market, this film still ended up losing about 20 million yuan in production fees.

However, in the current situation of the Mainland film market, not to mention making huge profits on paper, even if there is not much repayment on paper, it is already a situation where small losses are equal to profits.

The reason why Zhang Nan pays attention to [Reverse War] is very simple.

The director of "Counter War" is also the director of "Operation Mekong" and "Operation Red Sea" - Lin Chaoxian.

The box office of more than 4 billion yuan is equivalent to 700 to 800 million dollars in US dollars.

Pay a little attention to see if you can find an opportunity to get involved in Lin Chaoxian's future projects after the small loss in [Reverse War]. Zhang Nan is still willing to do this kind of thing with nothing to do.

But it was obvious that Zhang Nan was taking things a little too naturally.

[Reverse War] Although they lost money, the investors of the project, Hua Yi and Yin Huang, did not show any indifference to Lin Chaoxian.

Without it.

Everyone is not a fool, talent can still be seen, coupled with the large amount of capital pouring into the mainland film and television industry.

Everyone knows how huge profits a capable director can bring.

At a time when other directors, even big ones, would basically lose money on a project.

Lin Chaoxian's project only suffered a small loss, and his ability is self-evident.

The Chinese side is okay, with Feng Xiaogang in charge, but Yinhuang Pictures is really lacking in talent.

If you finally catch one, it's really like grabbing a toad and not letting go, forcing you to squeeze it out and urinate.    …

Early March.

Ye Quanzhen and Xiao Jude were already out of confinement and began to devote themselves wholeheartedly to taking care of their children.

At the same time, Li Jiaxin and Jia Jingwen also got their wish, and the time was about the same.

It’s March again.

The last time Ye Quanzhen and Xiao Jue were pregnant was around March.

This made Zhang Nan feel a little strange.

then……

Zhang Nan's private schedule in March began to be competed for.

It made Zhang Nan feel like he was nodding when he was caught in the middle.

Fortunately, Xu Zheng, who had returned from filming in Thailand, appeared in front of Zhang Nan in time.

……

Still in the living room of the villa.

The guests changed from Peng Yuyan to Zhou Xingxing, and now to Xu Zheng, Wang Baobao and Huang Bo.

"You must not have come to me to solicit investment, right? You haven't finished filming [Thai囧] yet." After Ye Quanzhen put away several cups of tea, Zhang Nan gestured for the three of them to drink tea while talking. road.

Xu Zheng was stunned by Zhang Nan's question. He had been filming "Thailand" in Thailand for a while and didn't know much about the situation in the mainland.

"Promoting investment?"

Xu Zheng scratched his head and continued to ask curiously: "Are they many?"

"Before, there were Jiang Wen and you, and then there were Teng Huatao, Peng Yuyan, Zhou Xingxing... in short, quite a few." Zhang Nan answered vaguely.

When Xu Zheng saw this, he also knew that Zhang Nan didn't want to talk more here, so he quickly stated the purpose of his trip.

"Director Zhang, [Thailand] has basically been filmed. We still need the last shot with some Easter egg scenes. It's a bit difficult. I want to ask for your help."

After hearing what Xu Zheng said, Zhang Nan immediately understood.

Xu Zheng wanted to use his connections to find a few top actresses with weight to make guest appearances.

After all, the last shot of "Thai囧" has a bit of an Easter egg flavor, which is the scene of Wang Baobao taking photos with his idol.

In the original time and space, Xu Zheng was looking for Fan Bingbing. After all, this was the most suitable candidate that Xu Zheng could find.

But now that the "囧囧" series is Zhang Nan's project, with this lens and plot design, we can naturally get better and more famous actresses to guest star.

After all, if other actresses don't say anything, even if they are crazy, they won't give Zhang Nan face.

But some actresses can't help but give Zhang Nan face.

For example: Ye Quanzhen, Xiao Jew, Li Jiaxin, Jia Jingwen, Jun Jixian, Kim Hee, Girls' Generation, Nakamori Akina... and so on.

"What difficulty?" Zhang Nan asked knowingly.

After Xu Zheng was convinced, he didn't dare to talk nonsense and said directly: "We need a high-ranking top actress to make a guest appearance, just to take photos, which is similar to a fashion photoshoot."

"Who do you want to make a guest appearance?"

"Li Jiaxin." Xu Zheng, who didn't pay much attention to the gossip news in the mainland, said his first choice.

Zhang Nan shook his head, "I'm pregnant, so I can't go."

Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment.

After all, this answer is a bit unexpected, but after so many years of scandal with Zhang Nan, it is reasonable.

Then Xu Zheng immediately changed the candidate. After all, Zhang Nan could take many paths. If this one didn't work, then he would choose another one.

"Then...Ye Quanzhen."

"I just gave birth, and I can't go."

"Little Jew Zhou Huimin."

"Same."

(End of this chapter)