During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 115 Role Selection
  "Mr. Wang, this is the situation. Yes, we have to be friends, so why bother talking about it? I will do it next time, don't worry."

The call was from Fiber Optic King Changtian. He asked about the project in a roundabout way. He learned that the investor had been decided and complained that Wei Jin was not interesting enough. They promised to be good brothers for life, but you stayed and flew with China Film.

Putting down the phone in his hand, Wei Jin felt dumbfounded. He had to blame Han Sanping for being caught off guard.

At the beginning of September, Mr. Han took the initiative to announce the project of "Xiu Chun Knife" in order to mock Huayi's unsightly appearance of eating alone, or to secure investment in the project as soon as possible.

These days, many companies in the industry have called or visited to inquire about the investment status of the project. They all said that funding is not a problem, even if it is a premium, they just want to cooperate with Wei Jin.

The King of Huayi also called, not to inquire about investment. After all, the Sino-US co-production with an investment of up to 7000 million US dollars has firmly locked Huayi's cash flow. He mainly wanted to thank Wei Jin and recommend his own artists.

"Taken" has been released, with a domestic box office of 1.89 million and a global box office of 2.56 million US dollars. According to rough estimates, the box office share for the producers is about 1.2 million US dollars. After deducting the publicity and distribution expenses, the net box office share is 1 million US dollars. Huayi accounts for 10%, and can get 1000 million US dollars, which is converted into 8000 million yuan. Compared with the 3600 million invested, it is a huge profit. I guess the two brothers are now thinking about how to continue to publicize Wei Jin.

The success of "Taken" also completely established Wei Jin as a gold medal screenwriter in North America. For a time, the scripts he registered received many invitations from independent film companies, but Wei Jin was not so generous.

Regarding the actors in "Xiu Chun Dao", Wei Jin also had some headaches. Big-budget movies were too scarce, and it was Wei Jin's project. Not surprisingly, this time it was also robbed by various stars in the industry.

Fortunately, Wei Jin already had preliminary candidates in mind, so there was no need for large-scale auditions.

Thinking of this, Wei Jin picked up the office phone:

"Chen Xi, notify Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wenzhuo, Hu Jun, Deng Chao, Wu Jing, and Duan Long to audition in three days."

Chen Xi is the famous gold medal producer Chen Zhixi in her previous life, and she hasn't changed her name yet.

She came to the company for an interview last month. She used to be an actress, but she seemed to have suffered some injustice on the set and was no longer ready to take the path of an artist. She planned to switch to production. This time Wei Jin simply asked her to be a film director. executive producer.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin fell into deep thought.

The movie screening organized by "The Temptation of Going Home" a few days ago was jointly won by Modu TV and Mango TV. The price of a single episode was as high as 160 million, setting a domestic single-film price record. However, the news has not been announced yet. The two major TV stations This is planned to stir up a wave of popularity when it is broadcast. It can be predicted that it will be a shock to the industry by then.

"Search" has also been completed, but its mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang plans to impact the Berlin Film Festival next year and does not plan to release it this year. After all, if it wins an award, it will get a corresponding bonus whether it is copyright or box office.

Wei Jin directly arranged for the premiere of "Soldier Assault" on Tudou Video, using a click-rate sharing method. In the previous life, after this drama became popular on the Internet, major TV stations broadcast it one after another.

It’s not that Wei Jin insists on being new and different. In fact, this kind of military theme is not easy to sell. Even if it is labeled as a Wei Jin production, the TV station still only offers 100,000 an episode. This is unacceptable to Wei Jin, and the simple cost is not high. , simply put it on a video website. As long as you control the number of episodes played, you are not particularly afraid of piracy.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Xiangjiang, the crew of "Gemini Thieves".

Wu Jing was pleasantly surprised when he received a call from the crew of "Xiu Chun Dao". Unexpectedly, he met him at a cocktail party. Wei Jin actually remembered him and invited him by name to audition. You know, such invitations by name are usually opportunities. It's huge.

Wu Jing was born in 74 and is 32 years old this year. He was at the peak of his career when he debuted in the Mainland. It is not an exaggeration to call him a popular niche in the 90s, but it is a pity that he was too ambitious. In order to switch to movies, he left the familiar Mainland. The TV industry came to Hong Kong alone to make a career.

Wu Jing originally thought that as a national martial arts champion and a popular youngster in the Mainland, he could carve out a niche in Hong Kong and become the next kung fu superstar like his senior brother Li Lianlian.

Unexpectedly, it has been almost 4 years since he came to Hong Kong, but the roles he has played are either supporting roles or villains, and his acting career has made no progress. Although his elder brother Hong Jinbao is very optimistic about him, he cannot give him more help.

Wu Jing also had some regrets about coming to Hong Kong for development, but his strong self-esteem made him unwilling to flee back to the mainland in despair. He has been struggling to support himself, and he doesn't know when the day will come.

But if he can participate in Wei Jin's movie this time, there is no doubt that he will integrate into the mainland circle and return as a winner. Thinking of this, Wu Jing couldn't help but punched and roared.

"Ajing, what did you do?"

Hong Jinbao, who was resting on the set, looked at him looking a little distracted and asked:

"Brother, I received a call from the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife". Director Wei called me to audition."

Wu Jing's voice was still a little excited at this time, which shows how important opportunities are for an actor.

"What? The new film by that great mainland director?"

Hong Jinbao was a little surprised when he heard this. When did Wu Jing get involved with the mainland Palme d'Or director? But then I was happy for him:
  "Then what are you doing here? Go ask the director for leave, silly boy."

Three days later, in the conference room of Wei Jin Fengliu Film and Television Company, after watching the performances of several people, Wei Jin made a decision.

Huang Xiaoming played the role of Shen Lian. On the one hand, after seeing Deng Chao’s costume appearance, he didn’t quite fit the role;
  On the other hand, Wei Jin also had a good impression of Huang Xiaoming, and in comparison, Huang Xiaoming, as a fourth-largest student, was much more famous at this time.

However, during filming, Wei Jin will keep an eye on Xiao Ming's acting skills and will never let him let himself go.

Hu Jun plays the role of the eldest brother Lu Jianxing. He has very good acting skills and is solemn and majestic, very like a big brother.

Wu Jing plays the third brother Jin Yichuan and serves as a martial arts instructor. His acting skills are secondary, mainly his ability to fight, and he can also help train other actors in the early stage.

Zhao Wenzhuo plays the role of the big villain Zhao Jingzhong. Not only can he fight, but his acting skills are also passable. He has also played a relatively tough villain eunuch. He is really the best choice.

Duan Long plays the role of Ding Xiu. This role is very brilliant. Zhou Yiwei did a good job in the original version, but now he is too young and cannot control it.

But Duan Long is different. He was born in a Chinese opera major and has been honed in the theater for many years. He is known as the "drama demon". Naturally, Wei Jin does not need to worry about his acting skills.

After settling on the main actors, Wei Jin explained the action design style of Wu Jing's film:

"Director Wu, the fighting scenes in this film must be cool and crisp, with punches that hit the flesh."

"No problem, Director Wei, I will give you a plan within a week at most."

Wu Jing was actually a little panicked. Although he was an action actor with a martial arts background, this was his first time as a martial arts instructor. However, since the director trusted him, he had nothing to worry about. Fortunately, he had many brothers, so this was not a big problem.

"Xiu Chun Dao" is a qualified commercial martial arts film. Of course, Wei Jin also made some adjustments to the script, laying some foreshadowing for the sequel.

This movie did not do well at the box office in the previous life, but Wei Jin felt that it might have a lot to do with the market environment and publicity strategy at the time.

Because judging from the follow-up popularity, this movie still has great potential. If it can be tapped, it is still expected to become a martial arts movie with both word-of-mouth and box office success.

At this stage, domestic period films, whether they are "The Promise", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Night Banquet", or "Man City", are all very flashy, but they don't tell a good story.

Let’s not talk about other aspects of "Xiu Chun Dao" for the moment. As far as the story is concerned, at least it is clearly explained and the audience can understand it. This is a big advantage.

Wei Jin believes that this version of "Xiu Chun Dao" he has designed will definitely bring different results.
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