director of the millennium

Chapter 103 Who will play the leading role?

Zhang Guorong still couldn't resist Wu Yuan's temptation.

On the third day after the conversation that day, Wu Yuan received a call from Zhang Guorong, who agreed to sign the director's contract with Light and Shadow Times.

From now on, he will be the contracted director of Light and Shadow Times. Without the permission of the company, he can no longer direct plays for other companies.

And he can't wait to make the movie "If Love".

Maybe it's because he really likes this script, or maybe it's because Wu Yuan said before that "time waits for no one" that he deeply agrees with.

Even though "Stealing Heart" is about to be released, he will immediately start the preparatory work for "If Love".

Seeing that his new director is so positive, it is certainly impossible for Wu Yuan to extinguish his enthusiasm.

It’s just that Wu Yuan doesn’t have a lot of money in his pocket now.

The filming cost of "If Love" is not cheap. Even if Zhang Guorong is not Chen Kexin, he cannot afford such an exaggerated budget of 700 million US dollars.

But if you want to hire Zhang Xueyou, the salary is bound to cost a lot more.

Zhang Guorong and Tang Hede quickly made a budget, which is expected to require about 400 million US dollars, which is an investment of more than 3000 million.

Although Wu Yuan had 1000 million US dollars in cash, he prepared this money for "Your Name" and could only give Zhang Guorongyun 300 million US dollars at most.

There was no other way, Wu Yuan had no choice but to go to Director Han again to beg for help.

Director Han was still so easy to talk to. He immediately agreed to make up the 800 million yuan for Wu Yuan and distribute the income according to the proportion of capital contribution.

Wu Yuan didn't cheat Director Han either. This "If Love" should be able to make money. Although it may be difficult to make money at the box office alone, if this movie wins an award, it can sell the copyright.

The movie "If Love" in my dream was made by buying the copyright. The market for this kind of musical film is good. Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries are willing to buy it. Europe also favors Chinese movies at this time.

In addition, this time it is the work of director Zhang Guorong, he is still very popular at the box office in Japan and South Korea!
No matter how you look at it, this movie won't lose money.

And because it is not the main control, the copyright of "If Love" also belongs to the Light and Shadow Era, not China Film.

Unlike Wu Yuan's previous films "The Night the Comet Came" and "The Undertaker", the copyrights are all owned by China Film Group. Although Wu Yuan enjoys 20% of the profits, he cannot decide who can and cannot sell these copyrights to. .

It will be different in the future. From now on, all the movies controlled by the Light and Shadow Era will have their own copyrights.

After replenishing the funds, Zhang Guorong immediately started auditioning for male actors in "If Love".

Zhou Xun and Zhang Xueyou also quickly received role invitations from the crew.

Wu Yuan didn't know what was going on with Zhang Xueyou.

But Zhou Xun's side, after receiving the news, immediately called Wu Yuan.

As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Xun asked straight to the point: "Director Wu, is Light and Shadow Times your company? Is Zhang Guorong's "If Love" a movie you invested in and produced?"

Since Wu Yuan became popular, she no longer calls him "Yuan'er" together with Chen Kun. However, her carefree personality is still difficult to change. There is not much estrangement between her and Wu Yuan, and her style of talking about things is still so refreshing.

"That's right, I gave him the script of "If Love"." There was nothing to hide, Wu Yuan admitted directly.

"Let me just say, this script is very well written, it turns out it was written by someone."

Zhou Xun's throaty laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"I really like this script. The role of Sun Na is very interesting, and it is a musical, so it is very challenging."

"The interweaving of reality, past and scenes within the play in the script makes the entire film structure complex and full. I feel like it will win awards once it is finished."

"But my schedule is really tight recently."

"I still have two films to film with Kuner, I really don't have time."

In the past two years, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun have become really popular.

Since last year's "Orange Is Red", Zhou Xun has dominated the big and small screens.

In the last year alone, she has appeared in three movies, "Beauty in the Rain", "The Flowers Bloom" and "Balzac and the Little Seamstress", and also fell in love with Pu Shu.

At the beginning of this year, the TV series "Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring her was aired. In April, she released a music album "Summer", and there will be a movie and a TV series to be released in July. .

Chen Kun was no less willing to give in. He took over the big and small screen dramas and filmed them one after another.

In the second half of this year, they will collaborate on two movies, "Baby in Love" and "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly".

There is no way, among mainland film actors, they are the two most marketable, good-looking and good at acting.

He also acted in Wu Yuan's movies and is one of the top three actors guaranteed to win box office and word-of-mouth awards.

The two of them also knew that they could be so popular, and Wu Yuan also contributed to it, so as long as Wu Yuan needs it, they will definitely come to help the scene.

But the premise is that you have to tell it in advance, otherwise the schedule will not be moved.

"No schedule?" Wu Yuan frowned.

This time "If Love" was established more than a year earlier than in the dream, it really didn't match Zhou Xun's schedule.

This can't be done.

In "If Love", Zhou Xun is definitely more important than handsome guy Jin.

Without Takeshi Kaneshiro, another actor who is handsome enough can complete this role.

But if there is no weekly news, then "If Love" will lose its soul.

"Brother Xun, which movie are you going to make next?" Wu Yuan asked.

"In "Baby in Love" directed by Li Shaohong, I played the heroine, Huang Jue played the male lead, and Kuner played the second male lead."

"Has the contract been signed? How much is the liquidated damages?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xun understood Wu Yuan's meaning. She hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "The penalty for breach of contract is not high, it seems to be 10,000+."

These days, acting in movies doesn't make a lot of money, and the liquidated damages of actors are generally not high, which is good news for Wu Yuan.

"It's okay, I'll pay you liquidated damages, push this movie, and play "If Love"!"

"Trust me, "If Love" can bring you the best actress!"

Zhou Xun was very moved, she could see that the script of "If Love" was better and more likely to win an award.

Silently struggled for a while, Zhou Xun asked again: "Then who are you going to find the leading actor in this movie?"

"Male lead?" Wu Yuan was also taken aback, this matter has not been written yet, and the decision can only be made after Zhang Guorong's audition.

"It's not done yet. Guorong plans to hold a large-scale audition, calling all mainland male actors who are suitable for this role to try it out."

"Well..." On the other end of the phone, Zhou Xun pondered for a while, and asked tentatively, "Director Wu, what do you think of Kun'er playing the leading role?"

"According to the script, don't you want to find a young and handsome actor to play it?"

"Among the mainland actors, who else is younger and more handsome than Kuner?"

(End of this chapter)