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Chapter 738 Schadenfreude
It will take a while for the crew to enter the stage to meet the audience. Fan Binbin and Wang Xiaoming chatted with each other after they had nothing to do.

Both of them are old acquaintances, and it wasn't a competitive relationship when they were in Huayi, and the relationship on the surface was pretty good.

It is basically no secret that Fan Binbin wants to compete for the role of Daji in the "Fengshen" series. After all, she has played this role and the response has been good.

Moreover, Daji is also the last female character in the whole "Feng Shen". Most of the other female characters are supporting roles who have not played for a long time. Now Fan Binbin will not act as a supporting role for other actresses.

Of course, if Tang An directed it himself, supporting roles would not be out of the question.

As for what role Wang Xiaoming wants to compete for, Fan Binbin can also guess.

King Zhou is definitely not suitable, and there are only roles such as Yang Jian and Ji Fa.

"You want to audition for Yang Jian this time?" Fan Binbin asked.

"Correct."

Wang Xiaoming nodded, and there was nothing to hide. Given his status, there were not many roles to choose from.

In "Legend of the Conferred Gods", Yang Jian was originally scheduled to be. In the entire Conferred Gods story, Yang Jian and Nezha are the most well-known characters of the younger generation.

It would definitely not work for him to play Nezha, the best role would be Yang Jian.

Of course, there are Ji Fa and Bo Yi Kao, but Yang Jian is more famous, the difficulty is great and the risk is high, and at the same time, if he succeeds, the rewards will be huge.

Ji Fa should have a little more role in the role. If you can't get the Erlang God, Ji Fa is not out of the question.

However, Wang Xiaoming didn't have much confidence. He was a little worried, "We haven't had contact with Director Wu, so we don't know him very well. It seems that he decides the casting this time, and Director Tang won't interfere."

Domestic directors like to use acquaintances. The more they know the acquaintances, they are very clear about the characteristics and performance methods of the actors, and the crew is easy to manage.

Or just like those big directors, they prefer newcomers, newcomers mean a blank, and it is easier to adjust.

After all, the performances of most actors have their own characteristics, and once they are fixed, it is difficult to change them.

Fan Binbin shook his head and said with a smile, "How could Director Tang not interfere with such a big project worth more than 3 million US dollars? You have a good relationship with Director Tang, so the chance is better."

Wang Xiaoming shook his head, sighed and said, "During the years in Huayi, you didn't know him well. Friendship is useless, and inappropriateness is useless."

In "The Wind" and "The Chinese Partner", Wang Xiaoming is the actor who has collaborated with Tang An the most besides Liu Ye, and they are all leading roles.

At the same time, these are the only two films that Wang Xiaoming can produce, so he was able to gain a firm foothold on the big screen.

But the following "You Now You See Me" and "Edge of Tomorrow" didn't have his share. The former had to have a stage and comedic effect, which he thought he could do. "The Deer and Ding Tale" and "The Merry Boy Tang Bohu" are not comedies.

During the audition for "Edge of Tomorrow", he failed because he was not tall enough. Fortunately, he also had special training, so he suffered a little bit. If he had known earlier, he should have prepared a pair of height-increasing shoes.

This time, after learning the lesson from last time, Wang Xiaoming has already ordered a pair of height-increasing shoes, which can definitely wear the effect of 1 meters, and it does not seem to be against harmony.

After all, the role of Yang Jian must have a high standard of appearance.

However, Fan Binbin said, "How can Director Tang feel free to let Director Wu decide on a project worth 20 billion yuan? You have already got the audition time, and you will audition before the end of the month. It just so happens that Director Tang is also going to shoot "Operation Red Sea" soon." , Choose this time to audition, it must be that Tang Dong wants to confirm the actors before leaving."

"Operation Red Sea" has long been announced to the public that it will be released in the summer of 2015, and there is still a year to go. It is definitely time for Tang An to start filming "Mystery Superstar" after finishing his work.

The "Fengshen" series has been in preparation for almost two years, and there is no rush at this moment, but it is chosen to audition when Tang An's new film is about to start. It is obvious that Tang An has to personally check it out.

Wang Xiaoming was right when he thought about it. If this is the case, at least he and Tang An have a good relationship, and there is more hope.

Then they chatted about their recent work. Fan Binbin talked about the new film "Big Bombing" he just received, and wanted to take advantage of "Wolf Warrior" to bring up the popularity of military films, plus Tang An's "Operation Red Sea". Keep the heat going, maybe there will be surprises at the box office.

Wang Xiaoming also knows a little bit about a big production with an investment of 8000 million yuan. He asked, "Isn't this a film that was prepared four years ago? After so many years, it's finally going to start shooting?"

Fan Binbin nodded and said, "Originally, there was a big shortage of funds, but Hehe Film and Television came to the door on its own initiative. Not only did it bear the rest of the investment, but it also increased the cost to [-] million."

The original theme movie with an investment of 8000 million yuan was a project led by Yang Buting, chairman of China Film Group at the time, but now it has become a commercial war movie with an investment of [-] million yuan.

With an investment of [-] million yuan, there are no two in the country in a year. Fan Binbin is also very happy to receive this project.

Wang Xiaoming was a little puzzled, such a stupid investor is still rare, and they usually want to reduce the cost as much as possible, but they have never seen such a cost of 8000 million to [-] million, so it must not be a panic because of too much money.

Thinking about it carefully, Hehe Film and Television is behind Kuailu Group, a financial enterprise, and more than a dozen P2P platforms under its umbrella. It is estimated that raising more than 2 million yuan is not a big problem, and the loss is the user's.

The boss looks like he has been in the film industry all year round. When he appears in front of the media, he always wears a white Chinese tunic suit. He loves to take photos with celebrities with thumbs up, and post the photos on Weibo, and then @这个星, even if it is rare Even being answered didn't dampen his enthusiasm.

Wang Xiaoming didn't know much about him, but he seemed to be very passionate about the film industry, so it's not surprising that he could make a lot of money.

Wang Xiaoming is also a little envious of a project with a large investment of [-] million yuan. Except for "Taiping Wheel", the only movie he can get now, none of the other movies have much box office potential, and it is unrealistic to win an award.

Even in order to maintain popularity, another TV series was filmed after "Jing Zhong Yue Fei".

The launch of the "Feng Shen" series, although it has just recruited actors, has already affected most of the entertainment circle.

Not only Fan Binbin, Wang Xiaoming and others, no matter whether they have a film contract or not, they are trying their best to get an audition spot.

The production cost of 20 billion is unique in China.

Some are quite confident due to various reasons, while others wait anxiously for the start of the audition.

However, the summer vacation has to continue. On the new Monday, August 8th, the newly released "White-haired Witch" ushered in an explosive dive. The single box office plummeted from 4300 million last Sunday to 1200 million.

The drop was as high as 72%, which was like a collapse.

Such a high drop in the second week is also rare. "White-haired Witch" only got 9200 million in a whole week, 3.02 million in two weeks, and the follow-up is weak.

Even if the word-of-mouth is bad, such as "Tomb Raiders Notes" and "Little Times", the trend in the early stage will not be so low. It can be said that it has refreshed the cognition of people in the circle.

Fan Binbin, who was expecting "The White-haired Witch" to prove her box office appeal, was also dumbfounded at this time. She knew that the reputation was not good before, but she never expected it to collapse to this point.

Based on this trend, next week's box office will be 3000 to 3 million, which is not bad, and the final total box office will be more than [-] million.

Now the so-called box office appeal does not exist, and Fan Binbin only has the advantage of experience.

Wang Xiaoming was also very disappointed. It would be difficult for any director and investor to use an actor who had just hit the street to act in his own play.

Then we have to rely on our real skills, and impress Tang An and Wu Ershan with acting skills during the audition.

Compared to the disappointment of the two of them, Wang Zhongjun and Xiang Huaqiang felt a little gloating at this moment.

Two films with the same subject matter were almost talked about verbally, and the actors still wanted to audition each other.

Even if this is a very normal thing, it will be uncomfortable for anyone.

Wang Zhongjun said quite happily, "Now I want to see how Fan Binbin took the initiative to come to the door to sign the contract. He just threw himself into a movie, so there must be no hope."

Wang Zhonglei asked, "Do you want to suppress the remuneration and treatment?"

"Of course, if you don't sign the contract when you have to sign it, you don't have to choose now." Wang Zhongjun said without thinking.

When the price can be lowered, capital will definitely not let it go.

Originally, it's normal for actors to have other choices, and it's normal for the movie to hit the market. The contracts that have been negotiated generally don't reduce the actors' salary because of this, otherwise the food will be too ugly.

Even if Fan Binbin went to Wu Ershan's audition and failed in the end, Wang Zhongjun will still count on the previous cooperation for the success of "White-haired Witch" at the box office.

But now that these two situations are still together, the role is definitely not available, and the movie's box office has also collapsed, giving Wang Zhongjun an excuse.

PS: Wo Ri, it was not Qingming yesterday. I made a mistake. I turned off my phone and slept until noon. I wanted to pretend to be sick, but I was called to go to work in the end. . . .

Today is Qingming, that's right, happy holidays, pay attention to fire prevention when burning paper.

(End of this chapter)