New Age Artists

Chapter 382 Who will play the female lead in "Live"? There are no secrets in the circle (13)

Shi Nansheng did not give up his say in casting just because of Shen Santong's dominance.

Talking about the casting of Wu Zetian, he suggested: "Wu Zetian, how about Liu Jialing? If you are sure, I can ask for a friendly price."

Shi Nansheng said what Shen Santong liked to hear: "She only debuted in Hong Kong Island, but she is actually from the mainland. She suffered discrimination in Hong Kong Island back then. You can use her without worry."

If the first place is not given to Liu Dehua, she hopes that the second place can be given to Liu Jialing.

The entire financial management of this play was controlled by Lokomotiv, and she and Xu Ke only received film remuneration.

Xu Ke has the skills of a director, a strong ability to make a living, and a say without fighting or competing.

Relatively speaking, Shi Nansheng himself is close to being the exclusive producer for the connection license.

In terms of crew management, she is better than other mainland directors’ producers, but not as good as Lokomotiv.

Shen Santong's team management became famous in the industry after the "Red Cliff" project, with a peak of several thousand people and a cumulative total of tens of thousands of extras, and the management was well organized.

Shi Nansheng clearly understood that Shen Santong attached more importance to the director's permission, and she was just a bonus to ask for permission.

Being a competitive person, she naturally doesn't want to be marginalized in the project.

Shen Santong didn't really care who would play Wu Zetian, and said, "You guys can discuss this matter among yourselves. There are many actresses with great aura."

"Teacher Lü Zhong, Liu Xiaoqing can be a backup candidate, her acting skills are not bad either."

"Next, we will fully advance the project, and you guys can decide on the smaller matters."

Shen Santong didn't want to meddle in trivial matters.

As long as the plot isn't as dumb as the original.

In the original version of "The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", Liang Jiahui played the biggest villain Shatuo. In order to prevent Wu Zetian from ascending the throne, he built a huge Buddha statue, which was intended to collapse during the coronation ceremony and crush Wu Zetian to death.

Why crush to death?

Normal logic is incomprehensible even if I think about death.

If they had the organizational ability, manpower and resources, they could have just rushed in and chopped off Wu Zetian's head.

The reason for this plot is not to crush Wu Zetian to death, but to destroy the Tongtian Pagoda.

Show this scene.

In order to present this scene, the villain Shatuo was designed to kill Wu Zetian in this way.

What if Wu Zetian escaped when the Buddha statue was about to collapse?
have not thought.

He never imagined that Wu Zetian was shot to death by her men while she was admiring the sky in the square outside the palace.

It is to crush him to death with the Pagoda of Towering Heaven.

It is difficult for actors to perform well in such a plot.

The first and foremost thing about acting is being natural, and bringing the audience into the play, so that there is explosiveness, vitality, and energy.

The plot progression is abrupt, and the audience will subconsciously feel awkward and distracted from the show.

Wu Zetian said to Di Renjie: "The world should know that without Di Renjie, there would be no Wu Zhao."

With lines like this, no matter how good the actor is, it’s useless.

You can use auxiliary means such as lighting, movement, and composition to show the priority of the roles, but you cannot bring the ranking of actors outside the play into the movie.

The same problem exists with Wu Yusen's version of "Red Cliff".

The positioning and interactions in the movie do not take into account the status differences between historical figures, but are based on their actual rankings.

Shen Santong just wanted "The Empire Strikes Back" to be made according to his will, and concluded: "I only take care of the overall situation, and Director Xu can create freely."

"But let me be frank, if you spend money you have to see the results."

“I am not using the money from the China Film Group Corporation’s film fund. I am using my own money.”

After the "Detective Dee" project meeting, Shen Santong left the meeting room and asked his assistant: "What's the next plan?"

The assistant said, "The final review of Red Cliff Part 1, the publicity meeting. Two meetings for Red Cliff Part 2 and The Shallows, the casting of Lost on Journey, and the scenery design meeting for Inception."

"A small meeting of the TV series department, fifteen minutes. This year's key TV series project "The Hidden" will be launched."

“The company’s business department’s year-end meeting.”

meeting.

Endless meetings.

Shen Santong held a high-intensity meeting.

"Red Cliff" had reached the final stage in the later stage, the special effects and music were basically completed, and he wanted to see the final result.

As the highlight of this year, publicity should also be put on the agenda.

Post-production meeting of "Red Cliff" and "The Shallows".

"Lost on Journey" will start filming after the new year, and the female role has been finally confirmed.

He will personally make the decisions at the "Inception" landscape design meeting.

The difficulty of "Inception" lies in the male lead. Shen Santong is making a series and needs to sign a series contract.

He couldn't find the male lead he wanted.

He needs to have overflowing hormones, not only to be handsome, but also to be handsome in a masculine way.

It's not easy to find. The TV series "Proud Boy" has started to be promoted and will be first broadcast on Shandong Satellite TV during the summer vacation.

This year's main TV series is "The Hidden Corner", and finding the original production team also requires planning and advancement.

The male lead is still played by Sun Honglei, and the role of Yao Chen is planned to be played by Fan Bingbing.

It’s just an initial plan, to see the effect.

If it really doesn't work, let Yan Ni come, Tang Yan is also under consideration.

Tang Yan’s problem is that her acting skills are not good enough and she can’t perform with that energy. She may need some early training.

The effects are all bad, so let Song Jia perform.

The original Yao Chen will definitely not be used.

Whether she is bad or stupid, there are many actresses who can play this role and she is not the only one missing.

The TV drama business has fallen behind, and the five great industries of the past, movies, music, games, Dongtian.com and TV dramas, have now become the "Four Heavenly Kings".

It’s really that Shen Santong doesn’t have the energy and time.

He focuses on one project a year and leaves the others alone. He can follow the investment, but there is no guarantee of results.

Moreover, television stations dominate the world today. Shen Santong is used to the rules of movies and does not like the rules of television.

The fact that "Proud Boy" was premiered on Shandong Satellite TV is also related to this aspect.

The purchasing departments of some TV stations dare to ask for anything, to seek favors, to make deals with him, to put people in his movies and to get shares.

Accompanying drinking is a basic requirement.

There are too many rules and regulations in TV dramas, and the film industry also has them, but they are better.

Movies are always aimed at the market and make money from the audience and box office.

Various meetings lasted from morning until five in the afternoon.

After the year-end meeting, Shen Santong thought about the future of the company.

The “Four Heavenly Kings” pattern can no longer be maintained. In two years, music will also fall behind.

The music business made great contributions, and ringtones supported the company's initial cash flow.

The problem is that the first-mover advantage has passed, and it took several years for ringback tones to develop.

After understanding all the rules, each major operator runs its own business, and there are more and more monsters and bodhisattvas.

Shen Santong plans to wait for two years, fully shift the music business to the platform, and merge it with Dongtian.com.

By then, the three giants will be movies, games, and Dongtian.com.

Focus on these three areas, and the rest are secondary department businesses.

Movies and games will be the two major cash cows in the future, and Dongtian.com will be their voice channel.

Compared to movies and games, Dongtian.com makes almost no money.

By grinding out time to open offline stores, paid reading, comic magazines, and membership super membership, we can barely meet the ever-changing equipment requirements.

In this era, there are not many Internet companies that can make money.

If you want to make money, you must connect with American capital and accept massive amounts of US dollars.

In later generations, openAI, superconductivity, metaverse, and digital currency continued to hype these concepts in order to absorb massive amounts of US dollars and maintain expectations.

The Internet had a similar purpose in its early days.

It’s just that in the Internet age, the United States dominates the world, and all other countries play along.

Relying on almost unlimited resources and continuous trial and error, the United States found a way.

The emergence of smartphones and rapid offline and online interaction have allowed this concept to continue to be hyped.

This path did not lead to an explosion in productivity, but only changed the lifestyle.

At least the U.S. productivity has not exploded.

The reason why there is an illusion of an explosion of productivity is that Todai has integrated into world trade, become the world's factory, and provided an inexhaustible supply of industrial products.

Just before getting off work, Shen Santong received a call and was surprised: "I just finished a meeting this morning and I received the news already? That's too fast! Okay, if someone invites me, of course I have to go."

night.

Shen Santong left the company and headed for the agreed club.

Wang Jinghua personally greeted them at the door.

Seeing Shen Santong getting out of the car, he immediately said, "Director Shen, welcome. It's cold outside. Let's go inside and talk."

After Shen Santong went in, he found Director Chen and Liu Jialing were already there.

Shen Santong shook hands with Liu Jialing, who was sitting outside, and said to Director Chen, who was sitting inside: "Teacher Chen, please tell me who leaked the secret to me. I want to kill him."

Director Chen called him in the afternoon to invite him to dinner. How could Shen Santong not know that the news of the full launch of "The Empire Strikes Back" had spread.

Director Chen, Liu Jialing and Liang Jiahui are all under Wang Jinghua.

Liu Jialing pretended to shrink her neck and said, "Director Shen, I'm scared."

Shen Santong pulled his hand out and subconsciously wiped it on the crotch of his trousers. Liu Jialing's hand was wet and she even hooked it.

No, where is your husband?
(End of this chapter)