My idol is myself

Chapter 163 The Leading Role Is Confirmed

In Mr. Wang's heart, he believes that Xu Wenruo can create miracles. After all, Xu Wenruo's journey is a miracle. It is inconceivable that a newcomer without the support of a big company can achieve the current achievement.

Therefore, Mr. Wang has reason to believe that Xu Wenruo will succeed again. However, Xingxun Pictures is not Mr. Wang's company. He is just a senior wage earner. Such a large investment must be approved by the head office.

"How about this, Mr. Wang, why don't we continue to maintain the previous cooperation method, just like the last film, Xu Wenruo's studio is responsible for the production of the film, and we are responsible for the promotion and distribution issues, so that we don't have to take too many risks. "

A vice president next to Mr. Wang put forward his suggestion. Of course, compared to the discussion just now, this suggestion is very moderate. It is equivalent to finding a compromise method that can guarantee profits without taking too many risks. , For some people who don't want to take responsibility, this is indeed a good way.

But Mr. Wang sighed deeply after hearing this. He looked around and saw that everyone agreed with this method, so he said nothing more, because Mr. Wang knew that Xu Wenruo would definitely agree with this decision.

Because Mr. Wang took the initiative to ask Xu Wenruo to increase the investment share of Xingxun Films when Xu Wenruo made his next movie, Xu Wenruo agreed to the investment method where both parties contributed a sum of money, but now they have regretted it.

Mr. Wang doesn't know what to say about this kind of behavior that doesn't want to take risks. He is not a strong leader, and he will not forcefully refute the same opinions of everyone.

Xu Wenruo, who was revising the script in the living room of the villa, suddenly received a call from Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wang's hearty laughter rang again in Xu Wenruo's ears.

"Director Xu, where did you get rich recently?"

"Then I have time to make a fortune. I have to start filming as soon as I come back from recording variety shows. I don't have time at all."

"The crew is ready?"

"Well, once I decide on the actors, I can start shooting right away."

Xu Wenruo is not exaggerating, Qi Yue is a workaholic, just after the filming of the last movie, and after hearing that Xu Wenruo has an idea for the next movie, Qi Yue has already started preparations.

Now that the preparatory work has been completed, Xu Wenruo has been urged non-stop to come back and shoot as soon as possible. At this time, it has entered April. If the shooting can be completed as soon as possible, it will be just in time for the summer vacation.

In mid-March, Xu Wenruo's first movie "The Tricky Expert" had just ended. In early April, Xu Wenruo was about to start filming the next movie. None of the donkeys in the production team worked like this.

But Xu Wenruo could feel the anxiety in Qi Yue's heart, so he went along with her, just be busy, be busy.

"Hey, Director Xu, I'm very sorry. After the company's discussion, the decision to expand the investment quota was not passed. I'm very sorry."

Mr. Wang told Xu Wenruo about Xingxun Pictures' decision, and his tone was still a bit disappointed. After all, Mr. Wang believed from the bottom of his heart that Xu Wenruo could succeed. The more he invested now, the more he would earn later. Unfortunately, he believed that Xu Wenruo could succeed. It's useless, the company is not his word.

Xu Wenruo didn't think much after hearing this, because it was a good thing for him. Xingxun Pictures thought it was a risky move, but Xu Wenruo felt that he was giving them money by asking Xingxun Pictures to expand their investment. Since Xingxun Pictures didn't appreciate it, Xu Wenruo had nothing to say.

"It's okay, our funds are still sufficient, and we are completely able to complete the shooting task independently."

"Then it's like before. Fengqi Studio is responsible for producing the movie, and Xingxun Pictures is responsible for promoting and distributing it. How about that?"

"No problem, I'll ask Qi Yue to contact you later to confirm the specific investment amount."

"Okay, I'm personally looking forward to Director Xu's new work."

After hanging up the phone with Mr. Wang, Xu Wenruo got up from the living room, walked to the door of the guest room, coughed lightly, and then yelled inside.

"It's time to go to work. Mr. Wang from Xingxun Films called just now."

Not long after, Qi Yue pushed the door out of the guest room, she looked at Xu Wenruo expressionlessly, without any embarrassment in the morning.

"Oh, what did he call to say?"

Qi Yue's expression was more or less contemptuous, she was very clear about what happened before, the act of Xingxun Pictures not wanting to take responsibility was really dishonest, when they were making money together before, their attitude was very low, and they almost didn't praise Xu Wenruo Go to the sky, but now I took a little risk, so I just shrank my head back.

This is the virtue of capital, to be able to share wealth but not to share adversity, no wonder Qi Yue is so contemptuous, when he heard President Wang calling, he didn't show a good face at all.

"They said to continue to maintain the previous cooperation model, we are responsible for production, and they are responsible for publicity and distribution."

"Okay, then let them be responsible for the publicity and distribution, but the proportion of revenue is definitely not that much. The 5000 million publicity and distribution accounted for up to 20.00% of the investment recently."

Although Qi Yue's expression was very calm, Xu Wenruo knew that she was still very angry at Xingxun Pictures' fleeing, so she ate up 5.00% of Xingxun Pictures' revenue with one mouth.

Qi Yue said that this attitude also means that the honeymoon period between Fengqi Studio and Xingxun Pictures is over. Xingxun Pictures' behavior of escaping from the war this time has created a rift in the relationship between the two parties.

In this regard, Xu Wenruo also understands that no matter how much money he has helped Xingxun Pictures earn, Xu Wenruo is an outsider in their eyes, and they will not trust Xu Wenruo at all. For example, now that Xu Wenruo makes a risky move, they immediately choose to be wise .

Understanding is understanding, Xu Wenruo also agreed with Qi Yue's approach. Since Xingxun Pictures regards interests so important, then it's good to talk about business. They don't want to take risks and want to get benefits. How can there be such a good thing in the world? things.

After going out with Qi Yue, the two of them parted ways at the film and television base. Qi Yue was going to take someone to finalize the contract with Xingxun Films, while Xu Wenruo came to the film and television base to inspect how the scene construction was going.

In addition to most of the scenes in "A Chinese Journey to the West" being in Langya's film and television base, there are also some locations that need to be arranged. Go to the desert to shoot.

Xu Wenruo has already planned several locations. After inspecting the film and television base, he has to go around various filming locations to ensure that he can capture the images he wants.

Two days later, Xu Wenruo came to the desert in the northwest, specifically found the relevant official departments, and discussed with them the development of tourism.

Due to the experience of communicating with Langya officials, this negotiation went very smoothly, not only because of Xu Wenruo's reputation and successful experience in Langya, but more importantly, the resources in the Northwest are too scarce, especially in Mobei where sand is everywhere. , and even poorer and whiter, when someone wants to invest, he must be very welcome.

After finalizing the cooperation agreement in the Northwest Desert and leaving two staff members to supervise the project, Xu Wenruo took the rest of the staff back home again.

When Xu Wenruo returned to Langya Film and Television Base again, he had to finalize the candidates for several main actors. For example, Xu Wenruo had already confirmed the role of Supreme Treasure, Qi Yue played the role of Zixia Fairy, and the roles of the others had not been determined at all.

Xu Wenruo's first consideration was Meng Da. Meng Da is now a contracted actor of Fengqi Studio. Although he is one of his own, Xu Wenruo still has to be cautious when arranging roles. The roles that are more suitable for Meng Da are the two masters and Tang Seng. Characters, although these two characters don't have many roles, their effects are not bad at all.

The only difference is that the second master has a bit of drama in the early stage, and basically starts to play soy sauce later. If Xu Wenruo wants to give Meng Da a better chance to show off, then the second master is not a good choice.

Correspondingly, the role of Tang Seng is impressive. As soon as he appears on the stage, people will remember the image of this long-winded Tang Seng. There are also wonderful performances later, such as singing with Wukong in the prison cell, and on the execution ground. The two little demons were chatted to death.

This is a very brilliant role, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, after much deliberation, Xu Wenruo still puts Meng Da in the role of Tang Seng, Xu Wenruo believes that Meng Da will be able to do it.

Then the second master needs a suitable person to play, and this role is really impossible for ordinary people. He is the main supporting role in the early stage of "A Chinese Journey to the West", and also the source of joy in the early stage. We must find an experienced one. Actors do.

Xu Wenruo screened the actors from his own mind. He didn't know many actors. In the end, Xu Wenruo decided on a candidate, and then Xu Wenruo called him.

"Hi, is that Bogo?"

"It's me, congratulations to Director Xu's box office hit, why come to me when you have time."

"I am preparing for a new movie, and there is a role that other actors may not be able to play. After thinking about it, I think you are the only one who has the ability to handle it, Brother Bo. How about it? Do you have a schedule?"

That's right, Xu Wenruo found Huang Bo as the candidate. If other actors were to play the role of the second-in-command, Xu Wenruo was still worried about whether they could perform that kind of taste, but if it was Huang Bo, Xu Wenruo was really not worried at all.

To be honest, letting Huang Bo play the role of the second boss was really overkill, but Xu Wenruo had no other choice. He didn't know any other actors, so he could only ask Huang Bo shamelessly.

"I asked why I kept hearing magpies chirping in the morning. It turned out that Director Xu came to ask me to film. If someone else came to ask, there must be no schedule, but Director Xu came to ask, I must be free."

When Huang Bo heard that Xu Wenruo came to him for filming, he was very happy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help grinning. However, even though the eloquent Huang Bo wanted to agree in his heart, he still chose to make a small joke with Xu Wenruo.

"As you said, I'll be waiting for you at the film and television base."

"No problem, I'm idle at home recently, where to shoot, I'll be there in two days."

"In Langya, when you arrive, I will send someone to pick you up."

After hearing that Huang Bo agreed to the invitation, Xu Wenruo was also very happy. With Huang Bo joining, Xu Wenruo became more confident in the filming.

"Langya City, I'm not far away, it takes a few hours to drive there, so how about it, I'll go and have a look tomorrow, Director Xu, will you take care of the lunch at noon tomorrow?"

"Of course I'm in charge of the food. Come and try the skills of our chef. This is the person I hired specially. Tomorrow I'll ask him to prepare a few specialty dishes and get some fresh seafood. I won't treat Brother Bo badly."

"That's a good relationship. It made my mouth water. I want to drive now."

After agreeing on a time and place with Huang Bo, Xu Wenruo hung up the phone. After deciding on the candidate for the second head, the two actresses were now the first to bear the brunt. One was Bai Jingjing, who had an emotional entanglement with Zhizunbao, and the other was very important in the early stage. The role of Haru Sanniang.

Xu Wenruo currently has two candidate actresses, one is Wei Ying, who has worked with him before, and the other is Yang Zi, whom he talked about in Mushroom House. Xu Wenruo thought about it carefully, and based on the ages of Yang Zi and Wei Ying Playing these two goblins is somewhat reluctant, but Xu Wenruo has already sent an invitation before, so let the two of them try it.

These two actresses who were born as child stars have more experience on the set than Xu Wenruo. Maybe they can really fulfill Xu Wenruo's request. As for what effect they can achieve, it depends on their abilities. .

In addition to the two roles of Bai Jingjing and Chun Shisan Niang, there is another female role that needs to be filled by a well-known actor. This is Princess Iron Fan, the wife of the Bull Demon King. There is only one requirement for this role, and that is the young wife and wife .

But Xu Wenruo doesn't know this type of actor at all. It seems that there is only an open recruitment, but the requirement must not be to write about young women and wives, otherwise people will think that Xu Wenruo has some bad habits. But an honest gentleman swears that Cao thief will not stand with him!
We recruit actresses who are around 30 years old, with mature charm, great manners, beautiful appearance and graceful appearance.

The other well-known roles are only Patriarch Bodhi. Xu Wenruo intends to hand over this role to Qiao Shan. The role of Patriarch is very suitable for Qiao Shan.

In this way, the main roles of "Westward Journey" have been determined by Xu Wenruo. They are roughly the same people, and the rest are some extras. These people are easy to find, and most of them can be caught at the film and television base.

Now the film and television base in Langya City can be regarded as developed. At present, there are many low-cost online dramas filmed here, and many extras also choose to come here to develop. After all, even if there is no filming, they can rely on tourists in the scenic spots eat.

(End of this chapter)