Looking at Chen Desheng on the caller ID, Lin Yuan suddenly thought of the script "Journey" in his hand.
He had left a total of four scripts before, among which the director of the movie "Journey" was Chen Desheng. Unfortunately, this movie is an online movie and will only be released on online video platforms and will not enter theaters, so it is
After reading the movie script, Lin Yuan also directly excluded the movie "Journey".
However, what he didn't expect was that before he rejected the other party, the other party came over to look for him first.
Lin Yuan answered the phone and subconsciously thought that the other party was asking him to film his journey, so he was ready to decline. However, before declining, he politely asked: "Director Chen, I haven't contacted you for a long time. What can I do for you?"
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Chen Desheng's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Congratulations on the box office success of the movie you starred in. I really have something to do with you. You haven't accepted the movie yet, have you?"
Hearing this, Lin Yuan became even more certain that Chen Desheng's search for him must be related to the movie "Journey".
However, it was not easy for him to reject people directly. No matter what, he had to let them explain their intention and find an excuse himself, so that both parties could find a way out.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan also pretended to be ignorant and asked: "Not yet, I am still considering which movie to take."
"That's great. Brother has a movie over there that still lacks a leading actor. Are you interested in trying it?"
As Chen Desheng's excited words came over, Lin Yuan was stunned on the spot.
He originally thought that Chen Desheng came here to have a relationship with him and then asked him to star in the movie "Journey". After all, the two had collaborated before, and the movie's box office performance was very good. It would be fine to ask Lin Yuan to "renew their relationship"
Human nature.
But now after hearing Chen Desheng's words, Lin Yuan was a little confused.
"Director Chen, do you mean that my eldest brother will also appear in the movie "Journey"?"
Chen Desheng shook his head and explained with a smile: "No, how can eldest brother star in my movie? It's "Kung Fu Yoga" directed by Tang Jili. There is still a lack of a starring role. I thought of you immediately. If you are willing
If I want to star in it, I will tell Director Tang Jili immediately and the starring position will be confirmed immediately."
Originally, the starring list of the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" has been finalized, and filming is already scheduled to start next month. However, the lead actor Li Jiyan has participated in too many variety shows. He is not only a regular guest on "Sisters Over Flowers", but also has to
I am participating in the recording of "Running Man", so there is a high possibility that scenes may get mixed up during the filming process.
In order not to delay the filming process of the crew, director Tang Jili had no choice but to change people.
Brother Jackie Chan also casually complained about this matter. As a result, the speaker was unintentional but the listener was intentional. Chen Desheng immediately thought of Lin Yuan.
The reason why he thought of Lin Yuan was because the script of the "Journey" movie he was preparing to shoot had been sent to Lin Yuan. He knew that Lin Yuan had not taken the role yet and there was a possibility of co-production. Secondly, he also knew that Lin Yuan
The possibility of Yuan Yuan starring in the movie "Journey" is not high.
In this case, he might as well do it as a favor and recommend Lin Yuan to his eldest brother.
As expected.
When Jackie Chan heard this, he nodded repeatedly and thought that Lin Yuan was indeed a very good candidate for the starring role. Not only was he very popular, but when he was filming "One Man's Martial Arts", he heard that he could also do some boxing and kicking, so he happened to be able to play the role in this film.
There was room for him in an action movie, so I asked Chen Desheng to contact him to see if he would be willing to play this role.
After listening to Chen Desheng's words, Lin Yuan quickly gave his answer: "Since I have the opportunity to film with my eldest brother, of course I can't miss it, so please tell me, Director Chen."
"I'll send a message to Director Tang Jili right now. He will explain the details to you then, so I'll hang up now."
"Okay, Director Chen."
After Chen Desheng learned that Lin Yuan had agreed, he was ready to tell Tang Jili the good news immediately, so he hung up the phone without being polite to Lin Yuan.
Besides, Lin Yuan, there was a reason why he agreed without hesitation.
First, Jackie Chan is getting older and he will appear in fewer and fewer movies in the future. Maybe in a few years, he will retreat behind the scenes like Mr. Xing. While he can still film, he can follow
It is the dream of many actors to collaborate with such an international kung fu superstar in making a movie, and Lin Yuan is certainly no exception.
Secondly, Chen Desheng contacted him, obviously with the permission of his elder brother. After all, Chen Desheng's own cast has not yet decided on the starring role, so how can he have time to help other crews contact the leading actors!
Of course, the most important point is that Lin Yuan values Jackie Chan's box office appeal!
Even though the reputation of Jackie Chan's movies in recent years has declined sharply, thanks to his popularity, the box office of these movies has remained high. The worst-performing film, New Police Story, also had a box office of 450 million, and this was only in three years.
Former movie market.
So no matter which aspect you look at, starring in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" is very necessary.
After agreeing, Lin Yuan also called Sister Xia.
It was necessary for me to tell my agent about accepting the movie "Kung Fu Yoga". It was not to ask for the agent's opinion, but to prevent Sister Xia from being kept in the dark. She was still helping him screen the scripts everywhere.
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The call was quickly answered by Sister Xia.
Lin Yuan said straight to the point: "Sister Xia, help me push those four scripts..."
"What's going on? Didn't you pick anyone?"
Sister Xia's tone was a little anxious, but this is understandable. After all, Lin Yuan only picked these four out of twenty or thirty movie scripts. If these four scripts were PASSed, then he would have to spend a lot of effort to continue selecting.
A suitable script will do the trick, and I don’t know how much time will be wasted going back and forth.
After hearing Sister Xia's tone, Lin Yuan quickly explained: "You can put it that way, but I have already accepted a movie, "Kung Fu Yoga" co-starring with Jackie Chan."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sister Xia's shocked voice came over the phone: "Filming with Jackie Chan?"
Lin Yuan nodded and said in a calm tone: "That's right, Director Chen Desheng just contacted me and said that the crew there was short of a leading actor, so I agreed directly."
"That's great. I will help you contact the four crews and tell them that you have received a suitable movie. By the way, I will help you push the invitations from other crews."
Sister Xia couldn't conceal her joy and hung up the phone in a hurry after saying a few words.
This is also understandable. Regardless of the star's manager, if he hears that his artists can cooperate with a figure like Jackie Chan to make a movie, I am afraid they will behave like this.
Not long after hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan was about to take a rest when a strange call came in.
"Hello, is this Mr. Lin Yuan?"
Listening to the unfamiliar voice on the other end of the phone, Lin Yuan was still a little puzzled, but he still replied: "Yes, it's me. What can I do?"
"I am Tang Jili, the director of "Kung Fu Yoga". I am very happy that Mr. Lin Yuan is willing to star in our movie. I am here to talk to you about the movie."
After learning that the person opposite him was the director of the movie "Kung Fu Yoga", Lin Yuan also greeted him enthusiastically: "Hello, Director Tang, I have watched many of your movies, but it's a pity that I have never had the opportunity to cooperate."
Tang Jili's happy voice came from the phone: "Hahaha, that's just right. This time Mr. Lin Yuan appears in "Kung Fu Yoga", we can be considered a perfect match."
After a simple business exchange, the relationship between the two suddenly became much closer.
Director Tang Jili also got back to the point: "Brother Lin Yuan, our crew has limited investment and has to shoot in Iceland, India, and Dubai, so the tentative salary for you is 20 million. What do you think?"
If the movie Detective Tang had not been released, the salary of 20 million would be just in line with the current market price of Lin Yuan's movies. But the problem is that with the movie Detective Tang becoming a hit, the salary of 20 million is obviously much less.
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From the fact that director Tang Jili directly stated this matter, it can be seen that he, the director, also knows that the remuneration quote is a bit low for Lin Yuan now.
After Lin Yuan heard about the 20 million yuan salary, he didn't think much and answered directly: "No problem."
For him, if other movies offered a salary of 20 million, he might have to consider it. After all, the purpose of increasing his fame is to get more salary, but "Kung Fu Yuga" is different.
This movie stars Jackie Chan. Judging from Jackie Chan's current box office appeal, the lowest box office of this movie is 800 million, and it is not a problem even if the box office exceeds 1 billion. In this case, starring in this movie
The movie will also be of great help to Lin Yuan to win the title of tens of billions of box office as soon as possible.
Considering this reason, Lin Yuan is also willing to take a little less pay to star in this movie.
Seeing that Lin Yuan agreed, director Tang Jili breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why he didn't contact Lin Yuan to star in this movie at first was because Lin Yuan's popularity is too high now, and the movie will be shot in various countries.
, the cost is too high, so in terms of actors’ remuneration, we can save as much as we can.
Tang Jili called Lin Yuan just for this matter. Since Lin Yuan agreed, he had nothing else to say, so he struck while the iron was hot and decided the matter directly: "Well, if Lin Yuan, brother
If you have free time these two days, let’s make an appointment, come out and sign the contract, and bring you the script by the way.”
"no problem!"
The two agreed on a time and hung up the phone after a few simple polite words.
Lin Yuan was lying on the sofa and couldn't help but sigh. If he had just debuted and was not well-known before, if he wanted to join the crew for filming, he would have to go to the crew to audition first. If the director thought it was suitable, then everything would go smoothly.
Join the crew for filming.
Now that his popularity has increased, he has produced several high-grossing movies, and even won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor, these directors basically don't think much about his acting skills. Basically, as long as the salary can be negotiated, they will directly pay him.
I can finalize the cooperation in filming.
After confirming that he will star in "Kung Fu Yoga" next, Lin Yuan is also planning to take these two days to take a good rest. Otherwise, it will be difficult to take a good rest during the filming with the crew for four to five months.
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During the rest of the past few days, Lin Yuan took the time to have a meal with director Tang Jili.
The movie is expected to start shooting at the end of May or early June. Director Tang Jili also asked Lin Yuan if he had any plans for his upcoming schedule. He was afraid that Lin Yuan would be like Li Zhiyan and have schedule conflicts.
Director Tang Jili also breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Lin Yuan had no other movies or variety shows to shoot.
After all, most of the movie was shot abroad. If something happened in the middle, it would not be unacceptable to delay the work for a few days, but if they were participating in a variety show or filming other film and television dramas, then they would
I don’t know how long the filming process will be delayed.
The film "Kung Fu Yoga" has basically been settled. Originally, the salary mentioned on the phone was 20 million, but I don't know what happened in the middle. When the contract was signed, the salary was raised to 2 million.
However, Lin Yuan didn't ask any more questions. Since they were willing to pay him more, could he politely say no?
While waiting for the crew of "Kung Fu Yoga" to start filming, Lin Yuan basically focused on two things, one was reading the movie script, and the second was Tang Tan's movie box office.
His [Character Understanding] attribute has already reached the level of a movie actor. It can be said that it is easy to play the role of Lee Jones in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga". However, Lin Yuan still maintains his previous habit of preparing for the filming of the film in advance.
Be familiar with movie scripts, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort when you join the crew for filming later.
In his spare time, Lin Yuan takes time almost every day to look at the box office growth of the movie Detective Tang.
Sixteen days have passed since the movie "Tang Detective" was released on April 30. Except for the first three days of the May Day holiday, the box office almost exceeded 100 million every day, and the highest box office in the following days was only 70 million.
But even so, just yesterday, when Tang Tan's movie was halfway through its release, the movie's box office finally exceeded 800 million!
There are still fourteen days left to earn 200 million in box office, and it is basically a sure thing to break through the 1 billion box office mark.
Just on May 19, Wanda Film and Television Media, the investor in the movie Tang Tan, started a discussion on Weibo through its operations: "If you want her to smile, take her to see Tang Tan."
I don’t know whether it’s because the special day of 520 is coming tomorrow, or because the management spends money to operate it, but the topic rushed to the third position on the hot search list that afternoon, and along with the popularity of the movie Tang Detective, it also
It improved a lot all of a sudden.
Lin Yuan also clicked on this topic out of curiosity.
He thought that there would be many girls discussing this topic, but he never expected that the people who commented the most on this topic were not girls, but boys who rarely use social software like Weibo.
Jiangnan No. 1 affectionately said: "Brothers, I want to enhance my relationship with my girlfriend tomorrow. Is there any practical method?"
Big-headed father and little-headed son: "To enhance your relationship, you must always care about her and remember to let her drink more hot water!"
I am your Grandpa Niu: "Brothers who have girlfriends, listen to my advice. If you don't want to go shopping with your girlfriend all afternoon, it's best to take her to a movie. A movie lasts two hours. You don't have to walk. No need.
Carrying big and small bags, the most important thing is that a movie ticket only costs 35 yuan, which is simply the best choice to accompany your girlfriend!"
I really am not 0: "Good brother, I would like to ask if this method is effective for roommates?"
Fish in an ashtray: "I don't have a girlfriend. Will the cinema send me a girlfriend to watch the movie with me?"
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Almost 70% of the boys in this topic are exchanging their dating experiences with each other. If he wants to take advantage of this special day to further his relationship with his girlfriend, it is best if the other party catches him and he can find it.
The other party’s vulnerabilities.
I have to say that the emergence of this topic has given many boys in love a choice. Compared with shopping, eating, and watching movies with their girlfriends, it is the best choice. It can not only enhance the relationship between the two parties, but also pass the time.
, the most important thing is that the cost is cheap.
Many boys who saw this topic have already made a secret decision in their hearts. When 520 tomorrow comes, they will not go anywhere except hotels and movie theaters!
As the topic fermented, more and more netizens paid attention to it. Movies such as "BJ Meets Seattle: Love Letter" and "Dream Partner" also focused on the special day of 520.
Originally, the box office performance of these movies was not very satisfactory. Even under the impact of the movie Tang Detective, these movies have not even earned back the investment capital. How can the director and management not be anxious?
The one-month release period is coming to an end soon. May 20th can be said to be their last chance to make a comeback. If they can't seize this opportunity, judging from their current box office, they can basically declare a withdrawal.
Street.
Especially the distributor of the movie "BJ Meets Seattle: Love Letter", after seeing the promotion of Detective Tang's movie, they immediately followed the trend and directly followed the operation method of Detective Tang's movie and also started operating online.
Related topics: [Wait quietly for love, you and her are like BJ meeting Seattle].
"BJ Meets in Seattle" is originally a romance movie. On this special day of May 20th, it is naturally more likely to attract couples to buy movie tickets than the movie "Tang Detective".
Facts have proven that their strategy is indeed correct.
On the night of the 19th, the pre-sale box office of "BJ Meets Seattle: Love Letter" on the second day reached a terrifying 80 million, directly becoming the movie box office champion of the day.
After seeing this surprising data, the director and distributor of the "BJ Meets Seattle" crew finally had a good night's sleep during the movie's release.
However, on the afternoon of May 20, the movie "BJ Meets Seattle" was reviled by netizens, and its reputation, which had finally been stabilized, took a turn for the worse again.
The reason is very simple. Originally, when couples went to the cinema to buy their movie tickets, they just wanted to watch a beautiful love story and enhance their relationship. But now it is better. After watching the movie in two hours, the relationship between the couple has improved.
, anyway, after the two of them finished watching the movie, they had no desire to even kiss, let alone book a room in a hotel.
How is this a romance movie? It’s clearly a standard fake literary film!
Having learned from the past, other netizens also hurried to avoid the lightning and directly exchanged the movie tickets they bought for Chinatown Detective. Although Chinatown Detective is not a romance movie, at least this movie has comedy elements. It is better than watching such a bad movie.
Much better.
Under such circumstances, Tang Tan's movie box office also exceeded the one billion mark on the same day, directly starting to hit the box office of 1.1 billion!
After the five movies "囧", "心花路", "Charlotte", "Journey to the West" and "Scorched Heart", another movie with a box office of over 1 billion was born, and this one
It is also the first suspense comedy-themed movie directed by Chen Sichen!
This news immediately aroused discussions among many netizens on the Internet.
Even Lin Yuan suddenly became the center of discussion on this topic. The reason is very simple. Among these five movies with a box office of over 1 billion, Lin Yuan starred in three of them, including "The Heart of the Sun" and "Tang Detective".
He is the leading actor. Although he is not the lead actor in "Charlotte Troubles", Lin Yuan's role is equally important.
You must know that before Lin Yuan, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo were the holders of leading roles in high-grossing movies. Although Lin Yuan is quite famous, he is still far behind compared to these two elders.
As a result, now Lin Yuan has starred in the most movies with a box office of over 1 billion!
At the same time that the audience was talking, the official blog of Tang Tan Movie had just released a poster with a box office of over 1 billion. In less than a day, on May 21, with the blessing of the Saturday holiday, the movie Tang Tan had a direct box office
It exceeded 1.1 billion!
This box office speed is even more exaggerated than the growth during the May 1st three-day holiday!
However, as 520, a day with special meaning, has passed, the box office of Tang Detective has finally returned to normal.
In the last week of release, it earned 130 million box office, with a total box office of 1.23 billion!
Although this box office result did not break the box office record set by Charlotte's Annoyance, it also gave Chen Sichen and the Tang Detective crew great confidence.
If the first part can achieve such results, wouldn't the results of the second part of Tang Detective be even more explosive?
At the same time that the box office results of the movies released during the May Day period came to an end, Lin Yuan also received a call from director Tang Jili. The two talked for a long time, but they could only sum it up in one sentence: "Kung Fu Yoga"