Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 566 Undercurrent (6K)

Since we are going to film the story of Doctor Strange, finding suitable actors is crucial.

Kevin Feige was thinking about who to choose, and then he saw Chen Linfeng in front of him.

He was moved, Chen is also a star actor.

"Chen, you are also an actor. Are you interested in playing the character of Sun Wukong that you mentioned just now?"

Chen Linfeng shook his head decisively, "I'm not suitable. This role is not something that everyone can play. As for Sun Wukong, we have an actor in China who is more suitable than him. I recommend him to play the role."

The person he was talking about was naturally Zhang Lingtong. When it comes to monkey shows, he is the real Monkey King.

In the previous life, there were always people who were promoting the idea of ​​"two blossoms in one". In this life, Zhang Lingtong's development trajectory is different. No one is promoting it anymore, but he is really going to achieve "two blossoms in one".

But now Zhang Lingtong is about 50 years old, which is quite old.

This is a problem.

But Chen Linfeng changed his mind and thought, Sun Wukong has a face full of hair, so once he puts on makeup, you can't tell the actor's age at all, so the impact is actually not that big.

And it doesn’t mean that one cannot act when he is over 50. Fang Long is five years older than him and is still making action movies.

For fighting scenes other than literary dramas, a stunt double can be used, as was done in previous films such as "The Lotus Lantern" and "Magic Phone".

There are many suitable candidates for action scenes, but there is really no way to play the literary scenes.

It's really pitiful. After so many years, there is still no one who can take over Zhang Lingtong.

Look at other actors who have played Sun Wukong, they don’t even look like a monkey, their level is far behind.

Perhaps if Zhang Lingtong had never played the role of Sun Wukong, it would be acceptable for someone else to play the role.

But there is no if, he couldn't convince himself and reluctantly took on the role of Sun Wukong.

This is also what we call once you have seen the sea, other waters are just not as good as it seems.

Chen Linfeng thought about it over and over again and felt that it would be more appropriate for the veteran to take action.

He told the other party all his thoughts, including Zhang Lingtong's unique acting skills and his age disadvantage, for the other party's reference.

Kevin thought for a moment, "Well, let me see Zhang's performance later and then make a decision."

Chen said it so confidently that he was more likely to believe it.

It’s just that he doesn’t have a clear idea of ​​what the image of Sun Wukong should be, so he still needs to look at it in detail.

Let's put this candidate aside for now.

Kevin Feige said what he just thought, "Chen, are you interested in playing a role in Marvel?"

"Me?" Chen Linfeng pointed at himself curiously.

“Who do you think I’d be suitable for?”

He leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed, "Just a reminder, my appearance fee is not cheap now."

"How about guest starring as Master Ancient One?"

Kevin Feige said with a little excitement, "This is what I suddenly thought of just now. The impression you give people is that you are smart and wise, and you have the unique mystery of Oriental people. This is very similar to the setting of Ancient One. He is an Oriental wizard, and..."

"and many more!"

Chen Linfeng stretched out his hand speechlessly, "Isn't Gu Yi... a woman?"

"Hmm?" "Why do you have such an impression?"

Kevin Feige and Stan Lee both looked surprised.

Stan Lee, who came from the comics industry, immediately thought that Chen might have read pirated books.

Seeing the two people's reactions, Chen Linfeng immediately realized that there must have been a misunderstanding somewhere.

He asked tentatively, "So, Ancient One is a man in the comics?"

Stan Lee said unhappily, "I don't know if my colleagues have ever created a story about a female Ancient One in a parallel world, but in the main setting, he has always been a male."

(Comic Ancient One)

"Sorry, I must have misread something."

Chen Linfeng immediately opened his phone and searched for Ancient One’s setting in the comics.

When he saw the old man with white beard and purple robe and tall hat, he finally confirmed the fact.

The gap between the movie version and the comic version is too big.

"Um, so Kevin, your idea is to change the setting of Ancient One to a younger appearance?"

"Yes, the setting of Ancient One itself is that of a person who has lived for many years and has always maintained a young appearance. It is actually quite reasonable."

Kevin Feige was a little excited again, "The most important thing is that you made a cameo appearance in the movie Avengers 1."

"You were a tourist or a citizen in New York City, your identity was not explained.

Now it can be changed to the Ancient One deliberately opening the portal to observe the alien invasion and the Avengers' team resisting the aliens."

"..."

Chen Linfeng was a little surprised. Kevin Feige's imagination was quite big and it sounded quite reasonable.

"If it's just a guest appearance, I can promise you."

Chen Linfeng hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

The character of Ancient One is quite impressive.

The conversation came to an end.

The two confirmed the time for follow-up communication.

Furthermore, if Disney agrees to Kevin Feige’s proposal, subsequent in-depth negotiations on issues related to film copyrights may be necessary.

Needless to say, these matters will still be left to Sister Mei.

On the way back, Chen Linfeng was reviewing the impact of this incident on him.

For now, everyone should get what they need.

Whether Marvel will take advantage of this to take root in China in the future, or whether he will be able to leverage the influence of Disney and Marvel to launch Chinese mythology movies, it all depends on their respective abilities.

This is an unknown area that has never been encountered in his previous life, and Chen Linfeng does not have absolute confidence.

But people cannot live solely on the little assets they had in their previous lives; they always have to move towards the unknown.

I thought about this heavily all the way.

When he got home, Chen Linfeng saw Xixi lying on the sofa, fiddling with her cell phone, and she didn't even hear him come back.

He quietly walked over and patted the perky buttocks hard, "What are you looking at so attentively?"

"ah."

After a scream.

Liu Qianqian shuddered and dropped her phone in fright. Then she protected her hips with one hand and looked behind her.

When she saw the person coming, even though she guessed who it would be, she was still ashamed and angry, "You... I want to fight you."

After saying that, he pounced on him.

"Haha, I was just kidding. Uh, I was wrong."

Chen Linfeng happily caught his wife at first, but then the flesh under his ribs that was pulled told him that Xixi was going to get serious.

"Oh, you are really cruel, hiss..." Chen Linfeng couldn't laugh anymore.

Is it true that every woman can learn this trick without any instruction? How come Xixi also learned it recently?

"This is what happens when you bully others!" Liu Qianqian gritted her teeth.

Every time this man teased her, he didn't know how to control his severity. Her buttocks are still numb now.

After the commotion, Liu Qianqian was still lying on the sofa, browsing her phone.

Thinking of something, she stood up and asked, "Didn't you go to talk to Kevin Feige today? How did it come out?"

"Okay, Kevin will report this to Disney headquarters. If nothing goes wrong, I can make movies under the Marvel name in the future."

"Ah, really?" Liu Qianqian asked in surprise.

She actually managed to get him the deal, because she knew what her husband was thinking.

"That's exactly what you want."

"hey-hey."

Liu Qianqian asked a few questions and then buried her head in her phone.

Chen Linfeng was curious, so he asked casually, "What big news is there recently that makes you so concerned?"

"Yes, Mr. He Jiong was reported in China."

Liu Qianqian pushed the phone to him.

Chen Linfeng moved over, but felt that the posture was uncomfortable, so he sat on the sofa, picked up Xixi and placed her on his lap.

Now Sissi was lying across his legs.

Liu Qianqian struggled a little, but was restrained by two pairs of large hands and could not break free at all.

I could only adjust my posture slightly and snuggle in his arms so that both of us could see the phone screen more conveniently.

"Well, He Jiong was reported to have been drawing a salary without working at Yenching University of Foreign Studies. He had not been to work at the university for many years, but he still had a position and could receive a salary.

He Jiong is called teacher, and it seems that it is because he is a university teacher that I know this. "

On the mobile phone, there was a Weibo post from a netizen, which showed the list of staff members of Yenching Foreign Languages ​​who were receiving salary. He Jiong's status was shown as "employed".

Xixi looked up and asked, "You are also a university teacher. Do you think this behavior is called eating empty salary?"

When she read history books, she was very sensitive to the issue of ghost employees. In her impression, one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was ghost employees.

Chen Linfeng frowned. This shouldn't happen now.

He recalled in his mind that this incident happened in mid-2015 in his previous life, and now it is only 2013.

Liu Qianqian reached out and smoothed his eyebrows, "Why are you frowning suddenly? I'm asking you."

"Oh, that depends on whether He Jiong is still useful to the school. From the school's perspective, it shouldn't count, but from the public's perspective, it should be inappropriate behavior."

Chen Linfeng reached out and held Xixi's hand, then used his thumb to flick the screen of his mobile phone. Sure enough, many netizens expressed their approval under the Weibo post.

There are also many people who stand on He Jiong's side. He has been in the entertainment industry for many years and has always had a good reputation, so his fans still buy into his ideas.

Fans feel that as a celebrity, the fame that He Jiong brings to the school is enough to offset his salary.

However, the top comment made it clear: "We cannot be indignant about officials and their relatives occupying positions (eating empty salaries), but adopt double standards towards celebrities. Public figures should strengthen self-discipline and do what they should and should not do."

There's nothing wrong with what you said.

The two discussed this melon for a while, and generally agreed with the public opinion that if there is no teaching task, he should not occupy the position.

However, during the discussion, Chen Linfeng always felt something strange.

With his previous life as a reference, he didn't quite understand why this happened so early.

Maybe this is also one of the butterfly effects.

Chen Linfeng didn't pay much attention to it, because Xixi quickly switched to other pages. There were too many melons on Weibo, and this was simply child's play.

The regular filming continued for a few more days.

After Chen Linfeng and Kevin Feige reported the agreement to Disney headquarters, Disney's senior management was pleased to see it happen. Except for some disputes over the specific conditions, they generally agreed to it.

In order to get DC out of the game as soon as possible, Disney couldn't wait to announce the cooperation between Chen and Marvel. The whole Hollywood was shocked.

Wasn't it said that Chen might collaborate with DC?
Why did it change to Marvel again?

For Hollywood practitioners, this is undoubtedly much worse than the previous news from DC.

Marvel was already a dominant force, and now it is even more powerful.

Soon, a lot of pessimistic voices emerged in the industry.

"Chen should not cooperate with Disney Marvel, which will greatly affect his originality."

"Disney is so overbearing, how could it give Chen the right to speak? Chen, you are confused."

"Joining Marvel was a terrible idea, and there's still time to quit."

"..."

Even Rob Friedman, the president of Summit Entertainment, expressed disagreement.

"Boss, if you join Marvel, what will we do in the future? Disney is not a good person."

What he is more worried about is that most of the movies made by Hollywood bosses are produced by their top executives.

Now that we have cooperated with Marvel, we must definitely introduce Marvel Studios.

Marvel Studios has always been so domineering that it hardly tolerates other companies interfering.

Chen Linfeng comforted him, "I am fighting with Marvel for the copyright to shoot my own movie. When the time comes, I will be able to make the decision on the production."

Of course, it is hard to say whether it will be given to Qilin or the peak.

Summit Entertainment’s current production capabilities are already very good.

After experiencing three popular IP series (Twilight, The Hunger, and Hurricane), Peak's company value has soared.

There’s also Pacific Rim waiting to follow.

Therefore, Chen Linfeng considered that it would be better to let Qilin take over the Marvel business.

After all, the films he will produce at that time will basically be related to Chinese heroes, so domestic filmmakers are more suitable.

Rob didn't know he was going to be Britney yet.

Hearing that his boss might be able to obtain some copyrights for Marvel movies, he immediately became excited.
"The boss is wise. I firmly support all his decisions."

loyalty!

Compared to the opposition to Hollywood movies, except for the wailing of DC's loyal fans, the majority of movie fans can be said to be jubilant.

How exciting would it be if Chen were to film a superhero?
It’s really exciting just thinking about it.

Not only that, as soon as the news of Chen Linfeng's joining came out, many media began to report on it.

It is much larger than the previous DC.

Even countries around the world have reported the relevant news.

"Will Chen Linfeng cooperate with Marvel to jointly open a new chapter for Marvel?"

Marvel's strength is further strengthened, and the Avengers team may welcome a Chinese superhero

"Marvel Movies and Chen Linfeng Have a Long-standing Connection"

"..."

Almost all of these reports were published by major global newspapers, including European media such as the Times and Le Monde, as well as East Asian media such as Asahi Shimbun, People's Daily Online and Chosun Ilbo.

Marvel was indeed at its peak at that time, and of course it was also because Chen Linfeng himself was famous enough. The combination of the two was almost like a nuclear explosion.

The crew of "Infinite World".

Many crazy reporters surrounded the crew, trying to get an interview, and they wouldn't leave no matter how hard they tried.

Fortunately, the crew has strict management and is able to prevent outsiders from entering.

But Chen Linfeng still couldn't calm down because many actors in the crew were also interested.

"Chen, are you really going to cooperate with Marvel?"

"Yeah." Chen Linfeng responded perfunctorily.

"Then do I have a chance to play a role in it?"

"Are you sure?" Chen Linfeng looked at her. "Christine, don't you hate Marvel? And I can't afford to pay you."

"Haha, I'm just kidding, but if you, Chen, are the director, I can accept it."

Kristen was rather reluctant to take on Marvel roles, and had expressed this publicly earlier.

But as she said, if Chen were the director, he wouldn't care about Marvel or not.

Chen Linfeng leaned back in his chair and turned his head lazily, "You wish. I won't look for you to direct the movie I'm directing."

"Why?" Christine was dissatisfied. She walked around and stood in front of Chen Linfeng with her hands on her hips, showing off her beautiful figure.

"Don't you think I'm beautiful?"

Her curvy figure and delicate face are indeed very attractive.

But Chen Linfeng just rolled his eyes and waved his hand away in disgust.

"Go away, don't tease me. You know I won't be fooled."

"嘁~"

During the time on the crew, Chen Linfeng and Christine became quite close.

Therefore, he knew very well that Christine had evil intentions.

At first, the woman was indeed interested in him, but after several hints and no response, she seemed to have changed her mind.

He turned his target to Sissi, trying to sow discord between the couple.

Chen Linfen glanced at the camera that was turned on not far away. The director wanted to shoot behind-the-scenes footage, so most of the time, the camera was not turned off.

This could all be evidence.

This double-plug actually wanted to get involved and plot against him.

Don't even think about it!

Lily Collins watched the interaction between the two with envy. In her opinion, Kristen and Chen have a good relationship, like friends.

She didn't know about the intrigue between the two people.

It's not good to always avoid reporters, so in the following days, Chen Linfeng still accepted interviews from several media outlets.

Time quickly came to the end of July, and the box office of "Taken 7" was basically locked in.

Today, the global box office is approaching $8 million, considering the box office potential in the two large markets of Japan and China, as well as some areas in South America, where the film has just been released.

The final box office of "Hurricane 2" should be around 8.3 million, not exceeding 8.5 million US dollars.

The box office information of the movie, mixed with the information about Chen's cooperation with Marvel, spread alternately and became the most public opinion-stirring news in the summer season.

This year's North American film market is obviously not as good as the previous two years, which can be clearly seen from the box office.

The responses to movies such as "Die Hard 5" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" in the first half of the year were not as good as expected.

In the summer season, apart from the battle between "Joker" and "Iron Man 3" at the beginning, the most popular one is only "Taken 2".

Other summer movies, such as "Man of Steel," "The Lone Ranger," and "G.I. Joe: Revenge," to be honest, weren't very good.

In the eyes of movie fans, most of this year's summer movies, except for a few, are really mediocre.

Therefore, "Hurricane 2" took advantage of the release date and became famous because there was no hero at that time.

This has become the main point of view of the media.

Otherwise it shouldn't have such a high box office.

To some extent, this is still some media suppressing Chen Linfeng's box office influence.

In fact, he has already felt this trend since the release of "Joker".

"Inception" was scary enough, but who knew he would follow it up with "Joker".

He alone accounted for two of the top ten global box office movies in history, which had a huge impact on the industry.

Therefore, enemies, or people and forces who did not want to see him in the spotlight, naturally appeared.

In addition to Disney and Warner, major Hollywood studios and many second-tier independent production companies are more or less dissatisfied with him.

For three or four consecutive years, the summer season has been occupied by Chen's films, and now they are even avoiding them.

This affects not only dignity and honor, but also huge interests.

There were many voices in the industry slandering him, and many of them reached Chen Linfeng's ears.

Race, skin color, and ideologicalism are all things that make them unhappy.

There is no need to collect black spots, just emphasize the differences.

In addition to the two waves of DC and Marvel, when Chen Linfeng's movie was released, they were at the peak of their popularity and were able to suppress dissenting opinions.

At other times, some North American media have made remarks unfavorable to him.

These little things add up, and if they continue over the years, the impact will be greater.

In other words, he has a deep accumulation of experience and became famous early, and even in a foreign country, he has many fans supporting him.

These sporadic voices are not enough to shake his base, but the trend is not good.

Chen Linfeng wants to cooperate with Marvel or DC, to some extent, to further strengthen the relationship with Disney or Warner and use their media resources to protect himself.

He is very vigilant in this regard and always pays attention to relevant developments.

Moreover, Chen Linfeng is actually prepared for the current situation.

Gradually shifting the focus back to the country is his way of avoiding related public opinion.

I've been staying in the United States for too long recently, and my presence there is a bit too strong.

Putting aside this year's summer season in North America, the summer season in China is relatively not as hot as in the past two years.

Although "The Accidental Murderer" performed well, it cannot make up for the overall decline of Hollywood blockbusters.

It seems that domestic audiences have suddenly become aesthetically fatigued with these blockbusters and are not as enthusiastic as they were in the past two years.

This has been reflected since the beginning of the year, and became even more obvious during the mid-year summer vacation.

This is not only due to the gradual improvement in the quality of Chinese films and the increase in the number of good films, but also because Hollywood blockbusters are becoming increasingly homogenized and are gradually being recognized by the audience.

In recent times, the domestic film and television circles have gradually noticed this change.

As external pressure gradually weakens, it is natural to start turning your attention inward.

To be precise, it was Chen Linfeng's group of students.

If we continue to allow this group of people who have no moral principles to develop, our predecessors will have no food to eat!

In particular, Xiao Chen is still training students continuously. I heard that he will recruit a new batch of students this fall.

How is this possible? !
Domestic public opinion also began to become restless.

Of course, their excuses and fighting styles are somewhat different from those in foreign countries.

Undercurrents were surging both at home and abroad.

(End of this chapter)