Superstars start as villains

Chapter 62 The work of saving the market.

Although Zhou Xing has been busy with the new album in recent months, he has never forgotten his "main business". Anli has been helping Zhou Xing find a suitable role.

However, Xiangjiang Films seems to be particularly lonely this year. Many films have fallen into the sand, so many film companies have chosen to cut production, and some scripts with high investment costs have even been shelved directly. As a result, the market is flooded with various films. With low-cost follow-up movies, audiences have even less desire to go into theaters to watch movies.

Even some theaters have suffered large losses. You must know that theaters in the 90s and [-]s were a business that made no losses. This shows how far Xiangjiang Films has declined.

Originally, Anli thought that since there was no good script, making music could make money, so she simply asked Zhou Xing to focus on music for the time being. She never thought about it, but one day, Brother Feng suddenly asked her to meet for dinner. A middle-aged greasy man named Mai Zhaohui.

Then, Anli got a script. Speaking of it, Mai Zhaohui and Feng Ge are old acquaintances. In 95, Feng Ge made a movie called "Tasteless Detective". At that time, Mai Zhaohui was still a fledgling The small role in this drama is just the beginning of stepping into the showbiz.

It turned out that this guy was really talented. After working for a few years, he started working as a screenwriter, and later he started working as a director.

Originally, Anli didn't really want to accept this movie, because the price offered by the other party was too low, 350 million. If this price was a year ago, Anli would be very happy. However, now the box office of the two films starring Zhou Xing exploded , not only won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards in terms of music, but also became a blockbuster at the awards ceremony, 350 million?Almost doubled.

But for Brother Feng's sake, she couldn't refuse outright. She just said that she would show it to Zhou Xing. As for whether to accept it or not, it was mainly up to Zhou Xing himself.

Mai Zhaohui also knew that the film salary was low, but he had no choice, the market was too bad, he managed to convince Media Asia to get 2000 million investment, if he wanted to have enough funds to shoot the film, the actor's film salary must be controlled.

Of course, Mai Chaohui still has a magic weapon, he said to Anli: "For this movie, I have already invited Weizai, Qiusheng, Zhengyu, the three major movie stars to share the stage. The salary is indeed a little lower, but the quality is absolutely guaranteed. .”

"Okay, I'll talk to Ah Xing." When Anli heard that there were three major film stars on the same stage, she didn't feel so conflicted. She has been a manager for so many years, and she still has this vision.

However, Anli didn't know that the first stop Mai Zhaohui was looking for was Brother Feng, why the three major movie stars were on the same stage, and the horoscope hadn't been written yet.

So, Zhou Xing got the script of this character, and he was immediately attracted by this character named Liu Jianming. Although he didn't see the complete script, the fact that Heishi would send someone into the police station as an undercover agent was enough to make people My eyes lit up, how should I put it, this script reminded Zhou Xing of a classic Hollywood movie "Face Changing" also directed by director Xiang Jiang.

Of course, the storyline of "Face Changing" has a bit of sci-fi flavor, but in this drama, it is easier to operate by exchanging identities and going undercover in the opposing camp.

Of course, what attracts Zhou Xing most in the script is that Liu Jianming's role is too malleable. In the eyes of his colleagues, he is a shrewd and capable senior inspector. In the eyes of his wife, he is a gentle and considerate perfect husband. It turns out that he is the most capable helper. Such an almost perfect person actually lives in a different mask every day.

For an actor, the more complicated a role is, the more room to play. Idol entertainers would prefer a role that doesn’t change much from the beginning to the end and only knows how to pretend to be cool and handsome.

What Zhou Xing enjoys is the pleasure of releasing a character's struggle, pain, joy and other emotions one by one in front of the camera, because only in this way can the audience feel that the character is alive.

"I took this play."

Anli sighed secretly, she knew that Zhou Xing would be overwhelmed after seeing this script, alas, it's hard for her manager, she has to coordinate with Warner Records, it's hard!

Mai Zhaohui was so happy that he almost jumped up when he received Zhou Xing's call. Everything is difficult at the beginning, just like digging a wall, as long as one brick is loose, the rest will be easy to handle.

Therefore, Mai Chaohui and another director Liu Weiqiang attacked from all directions, using their resources in the industry to start looking for suitable actors.

Originally, Liu Weiqiang planned to ask Wu Zhengyu to play the role of "Han Chen", but unfortunately he couldn't catch up with the schedule, so he had no choice but to invite Zeng Zhiwei to play "Han Chen", so the role changed from a middle-aged handsome uncle to a short and sloppy Fatty.

Qiu Sheng and Wei Zai soon fell under their offensive to save Hong Kong's film feelings, not only agreed to act, but also directly gave the lowest friendship price for the film.

After finishing a few protagonists, Liu Weiqiang and Mak Chiu Fai were still not satisfied, and found two popular young students of the new generation, Chen Guanxi and Yu Wenle.

Originally, their management company thought the roles were too small and refused to accept them, but Liu Weiqiang and Mak Chiu Fai directly presented the script of the second part, so the two parties quickly signed a contract.

The other is the female lead and the female lead. The female lead, Chen Huiling, was cast as Li Xin Er early in the morning, but the female lead, the second female lead, did not have a suitable candidate. Later, Liu Weiqiang thought: Why don't we ask Zeng Ruowen to play this role?The screen couple image of her and Zhou Xing is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it can also drive a certain amount of box office.

Zhou Xing never expected that he had tried his best to avoid acting as a couple with Zeng Ruwen again, but in the end, these two guys got around him again.

The point is, Zeng Ruowen didn't tell him in advance, which caused Zhou Xing to be completely confused when the final list of actors was confirmed.

However, the two directors cannot be completely blamed. This year's Xiangjiang film market is too sluggish. Most of the films are losing money. They will use any way to improve the box office, because this film is not only It bears their future, and it also bears the hope of Xiangjiang Film's recovery, we can't lose!

There is no impenetrable wall in the entertainment industry, and soon all kinds of news about this film called "Infernal Affairs" leaked out. first-hand information.

First of all, there is a huge lineup of actors. Looking around, they are all big stars. The three major actors are on the same stage. Zhou Xing is also popular at the box office. The box office appeal is not weak at all. Ruowen, two diva-level actresses starred in the first and second female roles, can you find a better replacement?

For a while, almost all Xiangjiang media were rushing to report, and it was difficult for them. During this period of time, Xiangjiang movies were decadent, as if the end was coming, and all the data of the media were completely underdrawn.

Almost all the media have great expectations for this film, so the burden of "Xiangjiang Film's rescue work" rests on this film.

(End of this chapter)