Before Cheng Yuan left, he approached Guo Fei for the first time and told him to make a TV series.

Since the film and television department became independent, apart from drama-king-level projects such as "Before Dawn", "Step by Step" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Cheng Yu'an has basically stopped participating in the TV drama department. It is rare to come here to arrange a drama now.

"'Red Sorghum'?" Guo Fei was surprised when he heard that he was going to make "Red Sorghum", "Nowadays, all dramas are about network marketing, and period dramas are at a disadvantage here. We haven't done period dramas for several years.

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Why did Cheng Yuan make "Red Sorghum"? It wasn't because he knew Mo Yan would win the Nobel Prize in October next year.

Now let's talk about the adaptation rights, the price is also cheap, and if we sell it after the filming next year, we will make a lot of money.

The company is not on the same page, so Cheng Yu'an had to convince Guo Fei to make "Red Sorghum": "Look, we are about to cooperate with Zhang Yimou."

"He doesn't make TV series." Guo Fei wanted to ride on the popularity of Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum", but even if Zhang Yimou cooperated with the company, she couldn't direct him.

"Who said he filmed it? You don't know how to ride on the popularity? When the time comes, just say that it will be a benchmark movie version of "Red Sorghum". I will write an award-winning script for Director Zhang next year and give it another try."

"Wouldn't Director Zhang feel disgusted if you do this?"

"No, this is a normal marketing method. We are not people like Zhang Weiping. You should communicate with him in advance and he will cooperate." Cheng Yu'an said.

"Moreover, I plan to ask Mr. Zhou to play Jiuer. Just tell me, will this kind of "Red Sorghum" make money?"

"She hasn't acted in a TV series in ten years!"

"That's why I cast her in a role like Jiu'er." Cheng Yu'an said.

"How much does it cost to hire her?" Guo Fei was a little reluctant to spend the money. The salary for Zhou Gongzi's "Painted Skin 2" has already exceeded 10 million, and the TV series will only double.

"Be prepared for 30 million." The original salary for Zhou Gongzi to play Jiu'er was 30 million. Although the two have a good relationship, they can't lower the price blindly.

"30 million! She only takes 30 million, so the whole show must not cost hundreds of millions." Guo Fei, the boss, is not willing to pay this money. He spends hundreds of millions of dollars to make a TV series. In addition to the Four Great Classics and "The Qin Empire"

For such a historical drama, how can other films capture such a big deal?

"Red Sorghum" is really not a popular IP, otherwise the copyright would not still be in Mo Yan's hands.

"I'll try to talk to Mo Yan first. If we can agree on the adaptation rights, we can do it." Guo Fei finally relaxed, "There are many directors who can make period dramas, but since it's "Red Sorghum" and Mr. Zhou, then

You have to follow the standards of the drama king."

Guo Fei immediately listed several directors who can handle dramas: "Huang Ke, Liu Jiang, Zheng Xiaolong, Zhang Li."

"Red Sorghum" would be good for any of them, but Cheng Yu'an still asked about the other director's schedule: "What is Kong Sheng doing?"

"He is filming "Wenzhou Family", which is Dongyang Zhongwu's first drama. He and Li Xue attach great importance to it. Do you want to hand over "Red Sorghum" to him?"

Cheng Yu'an nodded: "You can't just give money but not the project."

Kong Sheng left Shanying and founded Noon Sunshine, and Yuanyuan is a partner of Noon Sunshine.

"Okay, I'll talk to Kong Sheng later." Guo Fei had no idea that Kong Sheng would refuse.

If Cheng Yu'an takes action, he will definitely be able to win Mr. Zhou, "Red Sorghum" + Mr. Zhou, the king of remote dramas, no director in the country will refuse.

After arranging "Red Sorghum", Cheng Yu'an left: "That's it, you first make an agreement with Xun and let her set aside a schedule. I will tell her the details when I return to China."

"There is no need to stay. She has been resting since filming "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". This movie has given her a lot of trouble. She will have "The Wind Listener" and "Cloud Atlas" next year."

"She still accepted "Cloud Atlas"." Cheng Yu'an had previously advised her not to accept "Cloud Atlas", but it was obvious that Mr. Zhou did not listen to him.

When I tried to persuade her, she said:

"You're not going to film a Hollywood movie for me."

Cheng Yuan was speechless at that time.

But the conscience of heaven and earth is really not that Cheng Yu'an didn't want to film for her, but that he really couldn't find a suitable film for her for a while.

We can't let her play the role of a girl beater.

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Two days later, Cheng Yuan flew to the United States with the group.

Negotiations are a long and arduous matter. Cheng Yuan is just a consultant with the group, and the group also values ​​his right to speak in Hollywood.

The group also knew that he came to the United States with the group and had his own company matters to deal with, so they did not restrict his personal activities.

Cheng Yu'an settled in the hotel and went out to the company by himself.

The "Twilight" series will wrap up with its last installment this year and next, and the two installments will be filmed together and will be released at Daybreak (Part 1) in a few days.

"Twilight" is the highest-grossing series of a major movie company, bringing the company a total of more than 500 million US dollars in revenue over the past three years, and now it still receives 40 to 50 million in payments every year.

The successor to "Twilight" will be the "Hunger Games" series, the first of which will be released in March next year.

Cheng Yu'an rushed to the company without jet lag. Cheng Lingfeng was not around, so Sarah took charge of the company's daily work.

"Keira Knightley has signed a contract with us to cooperate in all four movies of "The Hunger Games". Her salary for the first movie is US$5 million, which will gradually increase later."

Although KK is known as the "British Rose" and "Hollywood's highest-grossing British actress", she actually takes on more literary and artistic films, such as commercial films like "The Hunger Games", and she is also the heroine. Her price has never been high.

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Or it's because there are so few major female protagonists in Hollywood, and major female protagonists who need to carry the box office will basically not look for her.

Cheng Yuan is not worried about "The Hunger Games". The original work has a huge fan base, and Keira Knightley's performance will not be inferior to Jennifer Lawrence.

Mainly here to check out the status of several upcoming and new dramas.

"Sherlock Holmes 2" will be released in December and will be introduced in China in January next year.

The company is very optimistic about the box office prospects of the second film. Downey is now very popular in Hollywood. Everyone in the company admires Cheng Yu'an for casting the drug addict Downey as the leading role despite the objections of the entire company.

But it was also because of this that when the company wanted to launch the third part, Downey hesitated.

Now that he has eaten a full meal in the Marvel car, he is a little reluctant to play Sherlock Holmes.

Cheng Yu'an listened to Downey's complaints and said: "If you don't want to act, just don't act. The first and second parts of "Sherlock Holmes" are independent stories. If he doesn't act, we will just stop temporarily. It won't cost us anything."

Just wait for the first phase of the Marvel Universe to end and Downey get off the Marvel bus.

"Ex Machina will start filming early next year and will be released at the end of the year. Koreans are really rich." Sarah's final addition was a bit funny.

Cheng Yu'an also wanted to laugh after hearing this. It seems that Cheng Lingfeng and Sarah have made SM bleed a lot: "Kill them when it's time to kill them, but don't treat them as fools. Koreans are smart."

While the two were chatting, Cheng Lingfeng came in from outside: "Please adjust Sissy's schedule for the beginning of next year."

"Sissi is currently filming "BJ Meets in Seattle" in Vancouver, and will join the cast of "Pacific Rim" after filming. How can she be free at the beginning of the year? Why are you looking for her?"

"I asked her to film "Now You See Me", in which there is a role of a female magician."

"She is not suitable to play this kind of group heroine right now. Give this role to someone else in the company. Oh, no, give it to Sissi."

Cheng Lingfeng knew what he was planning as soon as she heard what he said: "Do you want Sissi to use this role as a favor?"

"Well." Cheng Yu'an said, "Now the company has internal opinions on Sissi, saying that she has a monopoly on our roles in Hollywood. Let her find her own person for this role."
Chapter completed!