Not long after leaving Enlight Media, Lin Yuan received a call from Sister Xia.
As soon as the call was connected, Sister Xia's voice came over: "Have you not finished handling the matter over there?"
Although he didn't know what Sister Xia wanted from him, he could guess from her unconcealed joyful tone that Sister Xia must have received some good news.
"I just finished chatting with Vice President Li." Lin Yuan replied simply, and then asked: "Sister Xia, is there something wrong?"
"What do you think?"
Sister Xia's tone suddenly became serious, and she explained angrily: "You have been doing the Golden Horse Awards and the Magnolia Awards for more than half a year. Those directors call me every day and ask if you have any schedules. I think you
I was busy filming the movie "The God of Medicine", so I put these things aside. Now that your movie is finished, it's time to come over and deal with it."
Even though Sister Xia sounded so serious, she was already feeling happy in her heart.
The profession of celebrities is different from other professions. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "die from drought and die from drought".
In addition, the income of celebrities is extremely unstable. When the popularity is high, it is not a problem to achieve a good annual income. However, if the popularity is low and there is no exposure, it is difficult to connect to commercial performances, let alone to be able to make money throughout the year.
How much money have you made?
Although Lin Yuan is a capable actor and does not need to be like a popular star who disappears from the public eye after a few years of youth, but if he doesn't make money when he can, isn't there something wrong with his brain?
So after Lin Yuan's matter was settled, Sister Xia immediately called Lin Yuan and told her about the matter.
After hearing Sister Xia's words, Lin Yuan didn't think much and agreed directly: "Okay, then I will come to the company tomorrow."
At least judging from the current situation, his next scheduled movie is "Tang Detective 2", and according to Chen Sichen, the movie has to be released in time for the Spring Festival, which means it has to be completed within two or three months.
Photography.
Looking at it this way, his time in the second half of the year is suddenly freed up. If there is a good script, it will not be a problem to start it in advance.
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After hanging up the phone with Sister Xia, Lin Yuan also took the same day's flight and flew back to Shanghai.
Early the next morning, Lin Yuan simply packed up and went straight to the company.
Lin Yuan can now be said to be a legendary figure in Xitian Media Company. The company has been established for such a long time and has not only 100 but also 70 or 80 artists under it.
Among them, there are only about 20 people who are famous, and there are only a handful of stars who can make it to the top.
Under such circumstances, Lin Yuan alone has raised Xitian Media to the top brokerage company in the country, which is enough to show how exaggerated Lin Yuan's popularity is.
Double Best Actor and Best Actor, looking at the whole country, there are only a few artists who can win such honors.
Therefore, when Lin Yuan swiped his card and entered the company, the company's artists immediately gathered around and greeted Lin Yuan enthusiastically. They did not expect to have anything to do with Lin Yuan, but even if they were familiar with each other, it would be inconvenient for them.
Very helpful.
Fortunately, Mr. Li came to the rescue, and Lin Yuan successfully escaped from the crowd.
As soon as I walked into Sister Xia's office, I heard Sister Xia's teasing voice: "You were caught without wearing a mask this time?"
Lin Yuan shrugged, his face full of helplessness.
Who would have thought that the company would recruit such a new group of artists. Besides, he had arrived early enough this time, but he didn’t expect that these company artists would come even earlier than him. Why would he bother being a trainee?
Sister Xia put away the smile on her face and got down to the topic: "Okay, let's get down to business. There are a lot of notices for you this time, including online dramas, TV series, advertising endorsements, and movies."
"By the way, there are a few variety shows that would like to invite you to record one or two episodes. I can only say that the pay is not low..."
As Sister Xia spoke, she pointed the computer screen at Lin Yuan, and then clicked on the document she had written down.
Looking at the dense notices above, Lin Yuan must be lying if he said he wasn't interested.
Judging from the box office appeal of the movie "Mermaid", his current salary is around 30 million at least. The salary for TV series is even more exaggerated. If it is less than 50 million, Lin Yuan basically does not need to consider it. Although online dramas
The cost was low, but Lin Yuan did not dare to reduce the salary much, which was unified at around 35 million.
There are now almost a dozen movies and TV series that he has been invited to star in.
There are also many advertising endorsements, there are 17 advertising agencies, among which the one with the lowest price paid an advertising fee of 10 million.
If he had followed all these business performances, there would have been billions less in his bank card.
To Lin Yuan's surprise, more people came to him for advertising endorsements than for film and television dramas.
Lin Yuan also asked curiously: "Sister Xia, why are so many merchants asking me to endorse advertisements all of a sudden?"
"It's not that the TV series you filmed are too popular." Sister Xia explained to Lin Yuan: "One "Flower Thousand Bones" and one "In the Name of the People", both TV series broke the ratings record, saying that you are now
It’s not surprising that you are a household name. In addition, the main market for advertising is still television. If people don’t look for you to endorse advertising, who will they look for?”
After hearing Sister Xia's explanation, Lin Yuan understood a lot.
However, he has no intention of accepting any advertising endorsements now. Although it saves trouble and time and makes more money, advertising endorsements are risky after all. Once there is a problem with the products he endorses, his reputation and future will definitely be affected a lot.
Influence, some gains outweigh the losses.
So Lin Yuan skipped the commercials and focused on the TV series and movies he was looking to collaborate with.
"Young You", "Ip Man 4", "Shanghai Fortress", "Heroes of Fire"...
Without exception, almost all of the films filmed with Lin Yuan this time have luxurious casts, and the remuneration given to Lin Yuan is also higher than the previous one. Among them, "Shanghai Fortress" paid a full 50 million yuan.
, can be said to be full of sincerity.
However, there is no script, only the story summary of these movies. With a few hundred words of story summary, it is impossible to tell whether the movie is good or bad.
Just when Lin Yuan was watching it seriously, Sister Xia suddenly said: "By the way, there is another movie, it is a movie by a famous foreign director, but because he is not the leading actor, the salary is much lower."
"Foreign director?"
As Sister Xia finished speaking, Lin Yuan suddenly became interested.
As for whether he was the leading actor, he actually didn't care much. After all, let alone foreign movies, it was just domestic movies. Have you ever seen a foreigner be the leading actor?
"The director is Spielberg. He plans to add some Chinese elements to the movie, so he wants to find a young domestic actor to play one of the characters." Sister Xia explained while sending the film from the crew of "Ready Player One"
I opened the email and showed it to Lin Yuan.
Spielberg is obviously eyeing this domestic market, but there are too few domestic young actors who have international influence. Even if Lin Yuan won the double Best Actor in China, he is still not a big deal internationally.
Unknown actor.
Spielberg searched around and finally found that Lin Yuan was not only very popular in the domestic market, but also starred in the movie "Kung Fu Yoga" with Jackie Chan. Although "Kung Fu Yoga" has not been released yet, with Jackie Chan's popularity in
With international influence, after this movie is released, the actor Lin Yuan will definitely appear in the eyes of foreign audiences.
After some thinking, Spielberg finally decided to send an invitation to Lin Yuan to see if Lin Yuan was willing to star in his movie.
It's just that compared to the protagonist, Lin Yuan's role is indeed a little less, which is why Sister Xia didn't tell Lin Yuan about the movie "Ready Player One" at the beginning.
Seeing Lin Yuan lowering his head and thinking, Sister Xia intervened and suggested: "The company actually recommends choosing "Shanghai Fortress". Not only is it a masterpiece adapted from a science fiction IP, but the cast is also very luxurious. Of course, you still have to decide these things yourself.
"
Lin Yuan thought for a long time and finally made a decision: "Help me reply an email to Director Spielberg. I will accept the movie "Ready Player One"."
"Are you sure you want to take this movie?"
This answer was obviously a bit beyond Sister Xia's expectations.
Lin Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, there are not many scenes in this movie anyway. I can finish it in a month. There are no scripts for other movies. I am a little unsure. I will wait until I see the script later."
It’s not too late to choose.”
Hearing this, Sister Xia felt that what Lin Yuan said was quite reasonable.
Anyway, the movie shooting there only lasts for a month at most. Since you can take on one more movie, why refuse?
Sister Xia's mood immediately improved a lot, and she said with a smile: "Okay, then I will help you finish this movie."
We can only handle so much about the movie for the time being. Before leaving, Lin Yuan did not forget to remind her: "By the way, Sister Xia, please remember to send me the scripts of those movies so that I can choose from them."
"Okay, I'll contact you when the time comes."
...
In the past few days when Lin Yuan was selecting the script, Chen Sichen also called and said that "Tang Detective 2" was ready to start filming.
After Lin Yuan received the news, he rested in the apartment for two days, and then followed Wang Baoqiang to the set.
Since the film was shot in New York, the crew had to deal with visa issues, so it took a lot of time.
I don’t know whether Wanda Pictures gave the death order or Chen Sichen got into the state of making movies. In short, he did not waste his time these days. Instead, he rented a studio at the China Film Base and filmed some indoor scenes.
Finished shooting.
By the time the visa was processed, it was already early June.
In the waiting room heading to New York, the leading actors Lin Yuan, Chen Sichen, Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Yang chatted about the domestic film market.
Competition for the May Day slot was fierce this time, but the box office was not ideal.
Neither "The Bomb Disposer" nor "The Memory Master" could hold up the box office banner during the May Day period.
As for the upcoming summer vacation after June, the domestic film market will probably be even more impacted.
The reason is simple. There will be three foreign blockbusters in June, namely "Wonder Woman", "Alien: Covenant" and "Transformers 5". In September, Marvel's "Spider-Man: Homecoming" will be released.
" was released in the same month as "War for the Planet of the Apes".
Judging from the box office appeal of domestic movies during the May Day period, they simply cannot compete with these foreign blockbusters.
To put it bluntly, the box office during the summer vacation may be completely eaten up by these foreign commercial blockbusters.
While chatting here, Chen Sichen suddenly asked out of curiosity: "Lin Yuan, don't you have any movies starring you that will be released during the summer vacation?"
Lin Yuan shook his head and explained: "No, "Kung Fu Yuga" has been scheduled for the Spring Festival. As for "The Ex 3", I guess it will be either the National Day or the Spring Festival. If it is released during the summer vacation, Director Tian should
Say hello to me in advance."
"It's a pity. If your movie was released, maybe we could compete with these foreign commercial blockbusters." Chen Sichen said with some disappointment: "In the first half of this year, your movie "Mermaid" exploded at the box office. Other domestic movies
It didn't make any sound at all."
After hearing this, Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Yang nodded repeatedly.
Although they, the filmmakers, make movies to make money, no one wants that domestic movies will always be overshadowed by foreign commercial blockbusters. After all, only when the reputation of domestic movies rises, will the movies they make be bought by the audience.
Domestic movies have begun to rise in the past two years. First, comedies such as "Charlotte" broke box office records, and then IP adaptation masterpieces such as "The Secret of the Dragon" suddenly emerged, taking the lead in taking over 2 billion in box office, breaking "Speed".
and Passion", and then this year's "Mermaid" movie exploded in popularity, directly exceeding 3 billion in box office, becoming the highest box office record in Chinese film history.
But at this juncture, starting from May 1st this year, domestic movies seem to be a little weak.
All movies have their eyes on the market for next year's Spring Festival. As a result, there is no one during the summer vacation that can compete with foreign commercial blockbusters, which is somewhat embarrassing for domestic filmmakers.
Lin Yuan glanced at the expressions on everyone's faces and said, "But I can call Director Tian and ask when "Exes 3" will be released."
It’s not that he wants to attack the box office of foreign commercial blockbusters, he just doesn’t want all the movies he makes to be released during the Spring Festival.
You must know that "Kung Fu Yoga" has been scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival. Although "Tang Detective 2" has not been finished filming, Wanda Pictures has given a fatal order to be released during the Spring Festival next year. In addition, Huang Bo
There are "A Good Show" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" directed and starred by Lin Yuan. There are four movies starring him here.
If they all choose to be released during the Spring Festival, wouldn't they be fighting each other?
"Okay, then you should call Director Tian and ask."
Chen Sichen and others looked at Lin Yuan with earnest eyes.
They don't know what Lin Yuan has in mind. They only know one thing now: whether the box office of this summer's summer season can be maintained under the impact of foreign commercial blockbusters depends on how big the box office appeal of "The Ex 3" starring Lin Yuan is.