Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

Writing songs for Liu Yifei is very simple, based on her voice characteristics and singing ability.

Lin Ke copied several sweeter songs, including "In My Singing Voice", "Marshmallow", "Hello Tomorrow", "Wish to Get One's Heart", "Love's Offering", "Little Luck" and other 10 songs.

But after he handed the songs to Song Ke and others, Zhang Yadong, who was responsible for producing the album, looked at him helplessly. He had heard Liu Yifei sing, and he could only say that she was better than ordinary people, but far from professional singers.

But it was a pity that Lin Ke wrote so many high-quality songs for Liu Yifei to sing.

If someone else sang, these songs would have a great chance of becoming popular all over the country.

Lin Ke persuaded several people that Liu Yifei was only 18 years old this year and had a strong plasticity in singing. When the company helped her record songs, it could arrange for a music teacher to teach her how to sing. The more times she practiced, the better she would sing.

In order to sell the album well, Song Ke had no choice but to agree.

But a few days later, Liu Yifei complained to Link on the phone, saying that it was too difficult to practice singing. She had to practice for a long time every day, and her voice was hoarse, but the teacher still said it was not good enough.

Link said that she was not a professional singer and did not have much singing skills. If she wanted to sing well and be welcomed and admired by fans, she had to practice more before recording the album and strive to sing the songs to the best.

Liu Yifei agreed and said that the songs he wrote were very good, and she felt very good when she heard the music teacher singing. In order not to waste his good songs, she would also practice seriously.

Link said come on.

"Link, take a look at the script again. You are really very suitable for the role of the second prince."

Director Zhang Yimou said when he put down the phone.

Link looked at Director Zhang, who was much younger in front of him, and felt helpless. Last time, out of courtesy, he personally called Director Zhang and asked him to forgive him for being too busy to perform.

But Director Zhang asked him to take a look at the script again on the phone, saying that he was very suitable for the second prince Yuan Ke. This role was tailor-made for him, even the name was the same.

Link said he really didn't have time.

He originally thought that Director Zhang had given up and turned to Jay Chou to play the role, and changed the character's name to Yuan Jie.

Unexpectedly, the next day Director Zhang came to the Sports University and continued to talk to him about the script. He said that after thinking about it, he still felt that he was the most suitable to play the second prince Yuan Ke.

The role of the second prince is strong, handsome and masculine, with strong martial arts skills and a strong aura. It is very suitable for him. No one else can play it well except him.

"Director Zhang, it's not that I don't want to play it, but I really don't have time."

He counted on his fingers to calculate for Director Zhang.

There will be a competition for the title of boxing champion challenger in May. If everything goes well, he will participate in the World Boxing Champion Challenge in July.

The World Athletics Championships in August, and two sports games in October and November.

In addition to training, he is busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Director Zhang wrinkled his forehead like a terraced field, "June and September are fine, as long as you agree to act, I can adjust the time for you. In addition, the budget of this play is as high as 400 million. We plan to use this play to impact Hollywood and export Chinese culture abroad. This is also a good thing to win glory for the country, just like you participate in the sports meeting. You should think about it again."

Lin Ke was speechless. Is this a gentleman who can be deceived by a method?

He has no interest in impacting Hollywood. When he was in Hollywood, half of the actors in the circle were begging for a living under his hands. Not to mention impacting Hollywood, he has also dominated Hollywood.

In addition, he remembered that the box office performance of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in foreign countries was very average, not as good as Director Zhang's previous two works "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".

It also shows that Lao Zhang's plan failed.

In 2009, Lao Zhang invested heavily in "The Flowers of War" to impact Hollywood, but failed again.

The third time, "The Great Wall" lost a lot of money.

If the director of these three movies was not Lao Zhang, others would have been beaten to death by the investors several times.

Now Lao Zhang is here again.

But Link couldn't persuade him, and he was not qualified to persuade him. He just wanted to stay away from Zhang's movies.

"Director Zhang, I'm sorry, I really don't have time. Although there are no competitions in June and September, I can't miss training."

"10 million! Link, I'll give you 10 million in salary, how about it?"

Director Zhang raised a finger and said while biting his cheek.

Link shook his head. 10 million yuan is a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but it only takes a few seconds for him. The income of a few seconds can't be exchanged for a month of his time.

In addition, when he was filming in Hollywood, the highest salary for a single movie reached 120 million US dollars, and 10 million was not enough to invite him to make a cameo.

"15 million! Link, now even the first-line male actors in the circle can't get this amount."

Director Zhang said while biting his cheek tightly.

Director Zhang is from the northwest, with a thin face. When he bites his cheek, he looks like he wants to eat people.

"Director Zhang, it's not about the pay."

"20 million! How about 20 million pay for doing me a favor?"

Director Zhang said.

Link touched his chin, feeling a bit embarrassed. Director Zhang even used such a killer trick as doing favors. If he didn't act, it would be considered as not giving him face, and there would probably be no chance to cooperate in the future.

"Director Zhang, I don't quite understand what you mean. I'm just a singer and athlete. I've never acted in a play and I don't have any acting skills. At best, I have some fame. There are many stars like me in China, such as Zhou Jielun, Wu Yanzu, Xie Tingfeng, etc., who are all suitable. Is it worth it for you to spend 20 million to hire me?"

Link asked.

"It's worth it! Link, I'm optimistic about you, and I believe you can play this role well. How about cooperating once?"

Director Zhang looked at him eagerly.

Link pondered for a moment and reluctantly agreed.

If all goes well, the Boxing Championship Challenge will be held in July, and he will take some time off after the game. There will be more than 20 days before and after, so filming a movie will not be a big problem.

Seeing that he relented, Director Zhang laughed happily and quickly waved to the assistant, asking him to bring the document over for Link to sign, as if he was worried that he would regret it.

Link shook his head and made it clear to Director Zhang before signing that the time for several games is still uncertain. There may not be time in July, August or September, and the crew should figure out how to deal with it.

Director Zhang said there was no problem, saying that he went abroad to compete to win glory for the country, and everything was as per his arrangement, and he would never hold him back in such a matter.

Link looked at the document and signed it. This is the first and last part.

Director Zhang put away the contract and handed the script back to him, asking him to take time to read it, and also asked him to train hard and try to continue winning boxing matches.

After seeing Director Zhang off, Link returned to the court to continue training.

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Outside the sports gate, after Director Zhang got in the car, he took out the document and looked at it again, and couldn't help but smile.

"Uncle Zhang, this role doesn't necessarily require Link. There are many actors in the industry. If we spread the word about choosing a leading actor for your new movie, the actors in the industry will catch up. You, a big director, have Do you need to come and say good things to Link in person? "

The assistant saw Director Zhang grinning and couldn't help but asked.

"What do you know? Our director team has made a plan and invited Link to act, which is the most cost-effective.

First of all, his appearance is most suitable for the second prince. He is handsome, tall and brave, and his strongman aura is revealed intentionally or unintentionally. No one in the circle can match him.

Also, our film is going to go beyond the domestic market and hit the world film market. Among the current young domestic stars, who is as famous overseas as Link? Jay Chou may be a little famous in Southeast Asia, but he is much less famous in Europe and the United States.

Link is different. I heard from American friends that Link is very famous in the United States. I often see news about him in newspapers. If he wins two more games and gets that belt, his reputation will probably be even greater.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the first among the younger generation of celebrities.

It's worth spending 20 million to sign him. "

Director Zhang patted his knees and said.

The assistant nodded after hearing this, saying that signing Link is indeed a good deal.

"Uncle Zhang, you are right, but Link is a singer and athlete, and he can't act."

"Who told you he can't act? Look carefully at his MV. His performance in it is better than that of many professional actors. He is spiritual, natural and natural. I heard that Link acted casually when filming the MV, almost all of it was One pass shows that he also has extremely high talent in acting.”

Director Zhang said confidently.

The assistant didn't say anything after hearing what Director Zhang said.

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After accepting the role sent by Director Zhang, Link had one more item on his work schedule this year, and his training time was also compressed.

In order not to delay training, he could only spend more time training when he was not working.

I used to train for 6 hours a day, but now I train for more than 8 hours, spending almost all my time in the boxing gym and track and field.

I only take a break every week when I go shopping with Zhang Zilin on weekends.

In late March, Lin Zhilin came over from Taiwan to report to him.

At the end of last year, Link acquired New World Film and Television, an old film and television company in Taiwan through Golden Shell Investment. Using the original company as a framework, he poached five management personnel from other film and television companies to build a new film and television company.

The new company's main businesses include film and television investment, production and distribution, artist management, modeling, advertising, etc.

Lin Zhilin serves as the company's president and is responsible for overall work. Specific work is left to the heads of various departments.

After three or four months of busy work, Lin Zhilin gradually got the hang of it, and the company's work was on track.

Lin Zhilin told him that the company had signed two new actors and invested in a small-budget film. It was the literary film "Summer Light Years" by young Taiwanese director Chen Zhengdao. Last year, the director's debut "House Change" was shortlisted for the International Film Critics Circle of the Venice Film Festival. People Weekly competition unit, considered to have potential.

The company's production department decided to invest in the film after examining the script and investment.

Link looked at the project plan and production budget report submitted by the production department. The production cost was NT$12 million, which was less than 3 million yuan.

The investment was not large, but the planning documents and budget statements produced by the production department were too rough and unprofessional.

Every time Lionsgate Films' production department does project planning, they often submit a thick stack of information and reports. Some project information is as long as more than 1,000 pages, and everything is listed down in detail.

Even though it's a bit complicated, there will never be any mistakes or loopholes.

The information submitted by the New World Pictures Production Department was only 12 pages, and many issues that needed to be explained were not explained and were just brushed off.

There are also several parts of the budget report that are not done carefully. Only a very broad estimate of expenditures on clothing, food, props, etc. is given.

If you're lucky, you'll be able to finish the film. If you're not lucky, you'll probably need to invest more in the middle.

Link took out a pen to write on the document and asked Lin Zhilin to hand the document to the people in the production department and ask them to re-create a professional project plan and budget.

If that group of people is not up to the job, they can be fired and replaced.

"Dear, how can you be so good that you even understand film production planning? I watched it twice last time and could only understand a little bit. I couldn't see any problems at all."

In the study, Lin Zhilin put her arm around his shoulders and said in a soft voice.

"Take your time. I'll go to Hollywood to find a few more professional film project plans and budgets for you to see. You'll be able to see the difference after reading them more and won't be deceived."

Lin Ke continued to review the documents and said.

The film project plan and budget report are the general outline of filming. If you do a good job of the general outline, the rest of the things will be much easier.

Compared with Hollywood film companies, most domestic film companies don't care much about these. The main reason is the difference in investment and the professionalism of the film industry.

Many Hollywood film projects cost hundreds of millions of dollars, which is more expensive than building a building or a cross-sea bridge. This also forces them to be cautious.

The highest investment in the current domestic film is less than 100 million yuan, and the division of rights and responsibilities among the director, producer, and producer in the production team is not clear.

Some directors have too much power, and they want to change actors, add investment, change locations, etc. in the middle of the film, and the film company can only accept it.

This also makes many plans useless.

So they don't care.

As for Lin Ke, he wants his subordinates to prepare all kinds of information reports when they start the company, just like large film companies.

With these materials, the boss is not easily deceived, and it can also encourage subordinates to gradually become professional at work.

"Dear, can you teach me how to read the report? I don't want to be regarded as a brainless vase."

Lin Zhilin sat next to her and said.

"Okay!"

Lin Ke took the limited information in his hand and explained to her the parts that a professional film project plan should include.

It's just that there are too many contents. Without talking about the details, it takes two or three hours to talk about the catalogue in the front, which is more troublesome than a doctoral thesis.

Lin Ke talked about part of it, and when it came to copyright, he dropped the information, hugged Lin Zhilin into his arms, and played with her, exploring in the mysterious garden.

Lin Chi-lin was at a mature age, and her personality was not that tough. Whenever he needed her, she would obey him and meet all his requirements.

When he entered the bedroom, he remembered that Director Zhang's crew needed a lot of beautiful actresses, and those with big breasts were preferred. He told Lin Chi-lin that if she was interested, she could ask the company's artists to try.

Lin Chi-lin said yes with a dazed look in her eyes.

Lin Chi-lin stayed in Kyoto for half a month, and Link took time out to date her several times and talked about some company management issues.

Then he continued to train in the boxing gym and the track and field.

At the end of March, his agent Sean Gibbons called and said that the boxing champion challenger qualifying match would be held in early May, and the media here had begun to promote it, so he asked him to prepare in advance. (End of this chapter)