Chapter 232 The Most Anticipated Movie of the Year!
Chapter 232 The most anticipated movie of the year!
Early the next morning, Lin Yuan received a call from director Guo Fan, saying that the producer had agreed to his investment in the movie with his salary. He also made an appointment with Lin Yuan for dinner to get acquainted with him in advance.
, and the second step is to hand over the complete movie script to Lin Yuan. After all, the crew has even rented the studio, so they can't just leave it somewhere and waste money.
After taking care of the matters at hand, Lin Yuan was ready to go to the appointment.
Parking the car in a nearby parking lot, Lin Yuan raised his head and took a look at the teahouse. It was not very big, but he could tell at a glance that it was a place with relatively high consumption.
It's strange to say that in the past, other directors would invite actors to come out to discuss things, either in bars or in coffee shops. It's really rare for directors like Director Guo Fan to discuss things in teahouses. After all, young people nowadays really like to drink tea.
There were so few that even teahouses had to sell other drinks.
The antique decoration inside the teahouse and the aroma of tea that could be smelled when entering made Lin Yuan fall in love with this place instantly.
The waiter not far away came over and was a little surprised when he saw Lin Yuan. He opened his mouth wide. Fortunately, he didn't lose his temper and shouted. He quickly recovered from the excitement. He must have received some coffee.
Low wrist.
"Hello Mr. Lin, are you drinking alone or with friends?"
"I have an appointment, it should be at Longjing Xuan." Lin Yuan said the name of the box.
The private rooms in domestic teahouses seem to be named after the top ten famous teas, such as Longjingxuan, Maofengju, and Biluofang. They all sound like they have their own characteristics, but the interior decoration is the same.
"It's Director Guo Fan, right? He's a regular visitor here. I'll take you there."
Following the waiter slowly up the stairs, I saw from the corner of my eye a girl in a Tang suit walking up to the center of the lobby. She was sitting in Taichung and playing the guzheng. Instantly, she felt a sense of artistic conception.
We went up to the second floor, walked past the antique screen with the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival, and entered a private room.
In the box, a girl scraped off the sandalwood fragments with a sharp tool and smoothed them in the incense burner. Lin Yuan didn't know what they were. Then she lightly spread the sandalwood on top and lit them. Then she covered the incense burner lid and the fragrance filled the air.
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When Guo Fan saw Lin Yuan arriving, he stood up and greeted him warmly: "Teacher Lin Yuan, after I learned that you were willing to star in our movie, I was so excited that I didn't sleep a wink for two days."
Although the words are a bit exaggerated, they are the truest portrayal of Guo Fan's heart.
You must know that most of the investment by the crew of "The Wandering Earth" was spent on special effects. The remuneration they could give to the actors was even lower than that of some low-cost movies. This also destined that the film "The Wandering Earth" could only be used in film production.
Some second and third tier stars.
Without a popular star on board, the movie promotion will definitely not be as good as other movies in the same period.
But now that Lin Yuan has joined, even if it is released during the Spring Festival, Guo Fan is confident to compete with the movies of the same period.
"By the way, Teacher Lin Yuan, I heard that the crew of "Shanghai Fortress" also invited you?" Guo Fan asked tentatively.
"Shanghai Fortress", like "The Wandering Earth", both hold the banner of domestic science fiction movies. The two movies are secretly competing with each other, and it is normal to want to compare.
Lin Yuan nodded and explained: "I have read the script of "Shanghai Fortress" and I feel that the story is still less attractive than "The Wandering Earth"."
Guo Fan was secretly happy and said nothing.
Fortunately, at that time, he specifically discussed the script of the movie adaptation with the original author Liu Zixin, listened to his opinions, and carefully revised the script. Otherwise, given Lin Yuan's requirements for the quality of the script, he probably would not have chosen "The Wandering Earth"
This movie.
Regarding the script of "Shanghai Fortress", Lin Yuan was not in a position to disclose it, so he had to change the subject and asked: "By the way, Director Guo, is it confirmed that Wanda has withdrawn its investment?"
Lin Yuan has a pretty good relationship with the people at Wanda Pictures. After all, they have collaborated on two parts of "Tang Detective" before, and Wanda Pictures now wants Lin Yuan to continue to star in the sequel to "Tang Detective". The relationship between the two parties is definitely
Not too bad.
Now that they have joined the crew of "The Wandering Earth", they are now grasshoppers on a rope. The more investment in a science fiction movie like this, the better. Lin Yuan does not want the domestic science fiction movie he starred in to be criticized by others.
Something like fifty-cent special effects.
If the crew of "The Wandering Earth" lacks funds, he can talk to Wanda Pictures.
Speaking of Wanda Pictures' divestment, the joy on Guo Fan's face suddenly dimmed.
"Wanda has decided to divest their investment. They were planning to invest in "Lovers 2", but ours was directly abandoned." Guo Fan shrugged and said helplessly.
From a business point of view, Wanda's divestment is a normal thing, but if this matter is left to you, you will be somewhat dissatisfied.
Analyzing from Wanda's perspective, first of all, director Guo Fan is not a very successful well-known director.
He has only made two films before, one is "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and the other is "My Deskmate". These two films have average box office and average reputation. These past results cannot prove that Guo Fan has the
Ability to make earth-shattering movies
Secondly, the actors are all newcomers with little appeal.
We have settled on Qu Chuxiao, who was born in the 90s, and Zhao Jinmai, who is still born in the 00s. In addition, Qu Chuxiao has no outstanding masterpieces, and Zhao Jinmai is a novice in the entertainment industry. And the only veteran, Uncle Da, has already
After retiring for many years, their acting skills are still there, but their popularity is long gone. Such a cast does not have strong box office appeal.
The third is that the special effects of hard science fiction movies are expensive to begin with. We have already spent 100 million and still need to invest more. The production cost exceeds Wanda’s psychological budget for the movie.
In addition, although Chinese people like to watch science fiction blockbusters, such as "Transformers" and "Avengers", etc., it is also unknown whether the audience will pay for the science fiction movies and IP created by the Chinese people themselves? This is also unknown.
Judging from the above four reasons, Wanda’s divestment now is a very correct choice.
Looking back at "Lovers 2", which Wanda is planning to invest in, we must know that "Lovers 1" performed very strongly. Although it was a low-cost production, it was a dark horse at the box office that year. It exceeded 200 million in four days, and the final box office reached
659 million, its sequel "The Lover 2" is bound to have good box office expectations.
Secondly, because there are popular celebrities such as box office queen Bai Pai He and national uncle Wu Xiubo, and there is also popular singer Xue Zhiqian singing the theme song, it will obviously support the movie's box office.
It's just that Wanda Pictures didn't expect that, despite all calculations, it still missed the mark: stars will cheat.
"The Lover 2" brought together two cheating celebrities, and its box office expectations were completely bleak, leading the distributor to directly withdraw the film. Of course, this is all a story later.
After chatting for a while, Guo Fan handed the complete script to Lin Yuan, told the crew about starting filming, and the two of them went home.
In the next few days, Lin Yuan basically spent his time thinking about the script.
In the meantime, he also took time to go to BJ to participate in the casting of "My Motherland and Me". The casting of the movie is not important to Lin Yuan. After all, the main actors of the unit drama he is responsible for have been decided, and they have also been cast in the past.
Just going through the motions.
Time flies and it’s early July.
The arrival of the summer vacation has made the domestic film market lively again.
There are domestic movies such as "The Tomato Man" and "Detective Dee", as well as imported blockbusters such as "Jurassic World 2", "Ant-Man 2" and "Doraemon".
But for domestic audiences, there is always something missing.
Actors such as Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Lin Yuan, who have long dominated the big screen, did not appear in this summer vacation, which immediately aroused discussion among netizens.
"As for Lin Bao, will he not make any other movies this year except for the few movies scheduled for the Spring Festival?"
"Isn't it because he went abroad to develop his career? Otherwise, how could he have played a supporting role in "Ready Player One" before?"
"That's strange. Among the domestic movies scheduled for this summer vacation, it seems that only Happy Mahua's movies can be watched. Actors such as Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Lin Yuan don't have any works. They are all waiting for the National Day schedule, right?"
"If you ask me, it must be that Lin Yuan and Huang Bo successively received tens of billions in box office. They stopped pursuing goals and began to relax."
"Brother, what you said makes sense. Why don't we make a box office of 100 billion? Try to get Lin Yuan to make a new movie every month!"
"A new film every month? Isn't this frequency the speed at which actresses from the island country release films?"
"GKD upstairs, come quickly with the mysterious code!"
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In fact, it’s no wonder netizens are so curious.
Lin Yuan released almost five movies last year, and this does not include TV series.
What happened this year? Except for several movies starring Lin Yuan that were released during the Spring Festival, we didn’t see any new movies starring Lin Yuan being released. And it wasn’t just Lin Yuan, but also another actor who had just won tens of billions at the box office.
The same goes for actor Huang Bo.
Not to mention that the two of them have no new works released, they rarely participate in variety shows.
If it hadn't been for the popularity of "Ready Player One" in which Lin Yuan starred, there might not have been many discussions about Lin Yuan on the Internet by now.
Under such circumstances, netizens were naturally very curious about what actors like Lin Yuan and Huang Bo were doing.
Just when this topic was becoming more and more popular on the Internet, major film and television companies began to promote the movie "My Motherland and Me".
First, the list of directors will be announced.
Chen Kaige, Lin Yuan, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Xue Xiaolu, Zhang Baibai, Guan Fu.
Although the seven directors cannot be said to be the most powerful directors in China, they are definitely among the first-line directors.
Needless to say, Chen Kaige, Ning Hao, and Guan Fu are well-known for their masterpieces, and almost half of the domestic audience has seen their previous films.
The films made by directors Xu Zheng, Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu are not bad either.
As for the last Lin Yuan, even though he only directed one movie, "I'm Not the God of Medicine", this movie broke many records in the history of Chinese films. It was even featured on CCTV and received recognition from the state media.
Highly rate and forward.
As soon as this list of directors was announced, it aroused heated discussions among netizens.
"Damn it, if these seven directors collaborate to make a movie, wouldn't that be invincible?"
"I said this is the largest movie in China. No one should be able to object, right?"
"Unless directors like Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Ke, and Zhou Xingchi also collaborate on a movie, I feel that this movie should be invincible."
"No wonder Lin Yuan hasn't had any new works released recently. I didn't expect that he would be cooperating with directors like Brother Chen Kai and Guan Rui to make a movie."
"To be honest, if Lin Yuan can be included in the director list, I feel there is something shady about it."
"I feel the same way. The more I watch it, the more it looks like it's just for Lin Yuan's resume. He's only made one movie in total. Why should he collaborate with directors like Brother Chen Kai, Guan Yu, Ning Hao, and Xu Zheng?"
"According to what you say, what qualifications do Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu have? Which movie they made is better than "The God of Medicine"?"
The more intense the discussion among netizens, the happier the major film and television companies will be. What they want is discussion and attention. As for the things that netizens are arguing about, it does not matter to them at all.
As time goes by, in the discussions among netizens, the popularity of the movie "My Motherland and Me" is getting higher and higher.
These film and television companies have also captured the appetite of netizens.
The director list was announced at the beginning, and the starring list was gradually announced later.
Wu Jing, Huang Bo, Zhang Yi. The names of first-line actors have appeared in the starring list one after another, which can't help but make netizens look forward to it even more.
Even if there are seven domestic first-tier directors working together, there is now a luxurious first-tier cast. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the largest movie in recent years. Every netizen is looking forward to such a luxurious cast and director lineup.
What kind of movie will be made?
At the same time, topics related to the movie "My Motherland and Me" have also sprung up online.
The movie is even in the process of being prepared to start shooting, and it seems to be on the verge of becoming the most popular movie of the year.
