Superstar is a system

"Since I've been with you, I've gotten more headlines, and I'm no longer the low-key president I used to be." Xue Fei joked to Lin Xin, who had finished filming and had no new announcements for the time being.

Lin Xin, who was slumped on the sofa playing games as if she had no bones, lazily raised her head and glanced at Xue Fei, then continued to play games.

Suddenly a bit pretentious and wanted to say "Who is more important between me and the game?" Xue Fei sighed, and sat next to Lin Xin with a laptop, and Lin Xin played games while he dealt with official business.

Lin Xin naturally leaned towards Xue Fei, using Xue Fei as a pillow.

Feeling the weight on his side, Xue Fei smiled helplessly.

This kind of natural intimacy is not bad, I think it's not suitable for me.

After playing the game for a while, Lin Xin felt tired.He stretched his waist and said to Xue Fei: "Why have there been fewer notices coming to me recently? I think I'm more famous?"

Xue Fei said, "What do you think?"

Lin Xin said: "They think they will spend more money if they are more famous, but they think it is better to hire someone who is more famous? But they don't even ask me, how do they know that I charge a high price?"

Lin Xin couldn't understand this point.Why do you think he asked for a high price when he didn't do anything?He also often brings his own investment, so where does he need the other party to spend?

Xue Fei reached out and rubbed Lin Xin's hair. Lin Xin squinted her eyes, showing an expression of enjoyment: "It's just to judge others by yourself. Moreover, if I ask you the price and don't invite you, I think I will offend you."

Lin Xin still didn't understand: "Why do they think I'm the one who will be offended because of such trivial things when I didn't do anything?"

Xue Fei smiled wryly: "Probably judge others by yourself."

Lin Xin put the computer on Xue Fei's lap on the coffee table, then lay on Xue Fei's lap with her head in her arms and rolled from side to side: "Human beings are really weird. It's obviously just a question to ask someone else's thoughts without authorization."

Xue Fei asked, "What's the matter? Meng Lan didn't have a proper announcement."

Lin Xin said: "Brother Meng still has announcements, and he tries his best to select some announcements with better quality. Although it will not reach the level of winning an award, it should not smash my acting skills. It's just that these announcements are few in number. A lot."

On the contrary, there are many TV series and movies with the nature of idol dramas that need popularity and seek him as the protagonist. Those dramas basically spend most of the investment on the remuneration of the actors, and the finished products are at best unsatisfactory. .

Costumes, screenwriting, textual research, special effects, action direction, post-production, etc. all need money, and publicity needs money even more.Propaganda has already cut off part of the investment. If the actor's salary reaches 50.00% of a work, or even higher, how high is the total investment of this work to ensure the quality of the previous series of work?

Some movies do have a large investment and can afford this kind of consumption, such as some huge commercial movie productions that cost a lot of money.But most of the works are deducted money from other places in concession to the actors' remuneration.

It is absolutely impossible for Lin Xin to accept this kind of work just because of the high salary.

Perhaps as an actor, taking more high-paying movies and improving one's social status is the only way to make money.Therefore, even if he is a famous actor and has the ability to distinguish movies, he still inevitably plays bad movies.

As long as their bad movies are interspersed with good ones, no one will say that their acting skills have regressed or that they are the best at the box office.

It's safer, they participate in some low-quality but commercial films, not only get a high salary, but also a high box office guarantee, even if the film critics criticize this film as a piece of shit, but the audience will be able to participate in high-quality films. Their status at the box office is affirmative.

Lin Xin has low qualifications, but she won the international best actor early.This leads to his positioning in the eyes of many investors, which is not high enough to be low enough.

That is to say, the salary of an ordinary actor cannot hire him, but the salary is too high and he feels reluctant.

After all, although every one of Lin Xin's films is of high quality, the film in which he plays the leading role is only a literary film.Although the literary film achieved the same box office results as commercial films, it did not represent his appeal to the box office.

For other works, Lin Xin is not the leading actor, even if he has a high box office, it cannot prove his own influence on the box office.

Lin Xin urgently needs more works to prove herself.

But now the industry is holding a wait-and-see attitude towards this young actor, and no one is willing to pay the price of an actor to hire Lin Xin, who is too young, to play the leading role.

After all, in the film industry, unless it is an actor's "friendship bonus", there is an industry consensus on film pay, and arbitrarily lowering it will cause negative comments from the industry group.

Compared with movies, there are slightly fewer rules in this aspect in the TV drama industry, and the investment is not as large as that of movies, so Meng Lan's selection of announcements for Lin Xin this time are mostly high-quality TV dramas.

Lin Xin is not short of money, but unless Lin Xin invests himself, he will have to follow the old path that all actors will take when their fame and career rise.

Meng Lan knew that Lin Xin would not give in to a movie with poor quality, even if the movie might be a big commercial gimmick, the box office might not be bad.Therefore, Meng Lan now mostly chooses high-quality TV series for Lin Xin.

But Lin Xin wanted to act in a movie.

It is reasonable for foreign film circles to reject big-screen actors from taking on TV dramas again.The acting skills of movie actors are much higher than those of TV drama actors. This is because the movie screen is bigger, and the subtle expressions and movements of actors can be seen in front of the audience; the second is that TV dramas have compact plots, and they cannot spend too much ink on showing the actors' personalities and storytelling. , It is necessary for actors to clearly explain their characters and the stories they describe in a limited time. This is naturally a test of acting skills.

For example, "Sangtian in the East China Sea" is a conscience TV series. Shang Wenhui joined the play when he played He Tian, ​​which is really rare in TV series.But in the movie, there is not so much time to pave the way for the character, and there is not so much time for Shang Wenhui to deepen the character step by step.They have to complete their roles quickly. The actors who enter the play have to prepare psychologically when they get the script. They enter the crew and enter the play very quickly, instead of deepening their roles step by step on the way of acting like Shang Wenhui .

Movie actors don't have that much time.

Lin Xin is used to the tense atmosphere in movies, and really can't stand the "delayed" progress of TV dramas.

"Besides, I have benefited a lot from playing against two international film stars on the crew of "Mr. Linde"." Lin Xin complained, "But after entering the crew of "East Sea Sangtian", although the opponent is also a well-known and powerful TV actor , but I always feel that they... um... are easily taken away by me, and I need to collect a little bit so as not to affect them."

Lin Xin was very distressed. When he had acting skills, he liked hearty dramas, instead of needing to restrain himself like now.

"I heard that no matter how good your acting skills are, you will be able to take them in and out freely." Lin Xin said, "It won't affect others, but will guide them. I haven't achieved it yet."

Xue Fei said: "You haven't reached it yet? Last time Mingchen told me that Director Shi was full of praise for you, saying that the acting skills of the other two leading actors in the play were brought out by you, and the two leading actors are also very grateful to you." .”

Lin Xin tilted her head in doubt: "Really? I didn't feel it. Anyway, I feel like I'm being shackled, and I'm not happy. I want to join a crew with more courageous actors."

After Lin Xin finished speaking, she continued to fall down and roll around on Xue Fei's knees.

Xue Fei covered Lin Xin with his hands, preventing Lin Xin from rolling to the ground.

Xue Fei thought for a while, and said: "I haven't found any good resources in China, let Meng Lan contact Universal Headquarters, and find them in the United States. Foreign actors need to occupy a good position in a foreign crew, or they are so famous that they invite you to come. Increase your popularity and seize the market in the country where the actor is located; or you need foreign actors to lower their value. You are popular now, but not so big that you need to be hired by the other party at a high price. You can enter a relatively high-quality crew at a slightly lower price. Just ask for the salary of an ordinary first-line actor in the United States. This does not violate the unspoken rules of salary in the industry."

Although Xue Fei is not a member of the entertainment industry, he is a capitalist and an investor. He has many business partners who invest in the entertainment industry.Because of Lin Xin, he also knew a little bit more about these things.So it's easy to guess what those investors are thinking.

Lin Xin thought about it.

Meng Lan did give him several foreign scripts, but they were all supporting roles.He knows that his shortcoming is that there are too few starring roles, but now he is unlikely to play the leading role abroad, so the focus is still on Huaguo.

Now high-quality movies in Huaguo are waiting to be watched. Instead of gaining fame in the TV drama market, it is better to go to a foreign film crew to mix high-quality male second and male third.

He needs more recognition in the industry.

Playing a supporting role, even if it is the main supporting role, will get much less recognition, but the accumulation of small amounts will also lead to quantitative changes.

Lin Xin stood up, dejected.

Originally thought that after getting the actor, he would be able to reach the sky in one step.He played a lot of good roles and instantly became a star in the entertainment industry. It seems that he thought too much.

Xue Fei comforted: "You can search for some good works now, and if you find popular works that are easier to adapt, we will buy them and shoot them into movies. We have money and connections, so it is no problem to tailor-made movies directly for you. By the way, you should also open a studio."

Although Lin Xin didn't intend to go out alone, he could sign an agreement with an entertainment company to establish a personal studio.In this way, he is backed by the entertainment company, but the degree of freedom will be much higher.He and the entertainment company have changed from an affiliation to a partnership.

Although his fame and qualifications have not accumulated to the point where he can start a personal studio, but he has money and a background, it is not too early to come out and work alone.

Xue Fei brought this up this time because Meng Lan had reported to him that some directors in Fengyu complained that Lin Xin didn't bring in new people and didn't create profits for the company.Since Lin Xin is the company's first brother, she should think about the company and bring more newcomers who signed contracts with the company.What does it matter if you don't have acting skills?If you wear more belts, you will have acting skills.

Although Lin Xin's resources are all found by herself or come to her door, it has nothing to do with Fengyu, but has a close relationship with Universal. Even if she complains, it is not up to Fengyu, a subsidiary acquired by Universal, to complain.What's more, Lin Xin still holds shares in Fengyu, and his boyfriend is also the chairman of Universal.But people's hearts are always greedy and insufficient, and they all like to complain.

It seems that if Lin Xin becomes famous, he must bring other people in the company to fly with him. Even if he doesn't contribute anything to Lin Xin's fame, he still hopes to share the glory.

Although this kind of complaint didn't help, and they wouldn't talk nonsense outside, Xue Fei still felt uncomfortable when he heard it, thinking that Lin Xin had been wronged.

At this time, it is the best way for Lin Xin to set up a personal studio.

Lin Xin did not sign the contract with Fengyu, but signed the contract directly with Universal Entertainment. Although the contract was transferred to Fengyu, the actual legal affiliation still belongs to the headquarters of Universal Entertainment.Lin Xin's personal studio is also directly linked to Universal Entertainment.

Those people in Feng Yu no longer have an excuse to gossip about Lin Xin.

Xue Fei is also planning to help Lin Xin collect more odd shares, increase the amount of Fengyu's shares in his hand, so that he can have more say in Fengyu.

In the future, there will still be directors who are chattering, so get out of the board of directors.

Let's not play with the dark and shady ones, let's go straight to the open and aboveboard, either shut up or get out.

Xue Fei plans to transfer the shares to Lin Xin after the acquisition, as a gift.

As for what holiday gift it is, it depends on when the acquisition ends.

Lin Xin thought about it for a while, and said, "The studio...is also possible. Hoard a batch of copyrights in the name of my studio, so that as an investor, it will be better in terms of the main body."

Lin Xin: Finance and network construction will be left to you.

Optical Brain: Little meaning.

Xue Fei said: "It just so happens that I have time recently, so I will accompany you to the headquarters of Universal Entertainment to sign the agreement."

Lin Xin said, "Okay! Let's go to the amusement park by the way!"

The largest fairy tale-themed amusement park!

Xue Fei looked at the childlike Lin Xin, smiled and patted Lin Xin's head: "Okay."

Lin Xin narrowed her eyes happily, and rubbed Xue Fei's palm that was touching his head, which made Xue Fei's heart itch, and couldn't help pecking Lin Xin's mouth.

Lin Xin reciprocated politely, and calmly paid back on Xue Fei's lips.

Xue Fei kissed again, and Lin Xin returned the kiss again. The two of them kissed each other like they were playing a game. In the end, Xue Fei counted and pressed Lin Xin into his arms.

Patience and patience, you must first cultivate feelings, and then do the next step.

But my little Xin is really cute >_<.Xue Fei today is still Lin Xinchui.

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After Lin Xin told Meng Lan about the discussion between herself and Xue Fei, Meng Lan adjusted her strategy.

He originally wanted to increase Lin Xin's popularity through popular and high-quality TV dramas, without causing Lin Xin's reputation for acting skills to decline.But it is also a problem that Lin Xin can't learn more from the TV drama crew.If Lin Xin's goal is not to accumulate more popularity in a short period of time, but to accumulate more experience, going to a foreign film crew to learn from it is a good way.

Foreign production crews have stricter requirements for non-Chinese actors, which makes Lin Xin unintentionally lower her net worth, so that the production crew will not be troubled by the balance between Lin Xin's fame and actual income.

Lin Xin has already participated in foreign blockbuster films, all of which have gained a good reputation. "Mr. Linde" has brought him another Best Actor nomination at the Golden Water Film Festival, because although he is not the leading actor, he is also one of the leading actors. Eligible to compete for Best Actor.

In the end, the winner of the Golden Water Film Festival went to his family.Lin Xin's role in "Mr. Linde" is still too small to compete for Best Actor.

It's a pity, if Lin Xin's character was classified as a supporting role in "Mr. Linde", he might be able to win the Best Supporting Actor award.

However, this is enough to prove that Lin Xin's acting skills are enough to secure the international best actor trophy in his hand, and the last award was not purely due to luck.

Because of the good reputation she has built in foreign film crews, it is easy for Lin Xin to get a non-leading role.

Meng Lan quickly screened out a batch of supporting actors with two males and three males, or supporting actors with interesting roles despite not many scenes, for Lin Xin.

Lin Xin asked Optical Brain to evaluate the script quality of these films and the current preparation status, and selected a few crews with relatively stable investment, and relatively stable levels of screenwriters and directors.

Then Lin Xin once again evaluated the role positioning and the roles he played before, and removed the ones that overlapped too much, and finally there were only three roles left.

For these three characters, Lin Xin used his own hobbies and intuitions to screen out the irrational methods.

Since the birth of self-emotion and the ability to think irrationally, Lin Xin has consciously cultivated her own "intuition" and "liking", which are uniquely human "skills".

In the end Lin Xin chose a villain.

The script that Lin Xin got was only the relevant plot and some lines of the character. This is the need of the crew's confidentiality work. When inviting actors, the actors will not get the complete script before they sign the contract.

However, Guangnao easily got the full text of the script. After reading it, Lin Xin found that the weight of the villain's role was much higher than that of the male lead, and it was also an important clue for the movie.

Playing this role, if the director does not change the script, then his role in the play can be guaranteed.

And the biggest investor and distributor of this crew is Universal Entertainment. As long as he joins the crew, he should be able to guarantee his role.

The script Lin Xin chose is a story with a typical western fantasy background.

The background structure of this story is very large. Demons, elves, humans, orcs, etc. coexist, have established their own countries in different places, and there have been wars between them.

Later, because of the invasion of demons from the abyss plane, these fighting races ended their disputes and united to defeat the invading demons. The most powerful people from each group gathered together to seal the gap in the abyss.

This seal has a key, and the key is a sword.There are tomb guards who guard the sword specially.

But as time went by, the tombkeepers cut off their inheritance for one reason or another, and other races have also undergone many regime changes. Now there are only legends left about the devil's invasion, and the key to seal the devil is gradually contaminated by the devil's breath, turning into an alluring Fallen Demon Sword.

The magic sword is looking for its "master", hoping that the master can replace the devil and set off a bloody storm in the world on earth.If there are enough negative emotions in the world on the ground, the demon power in the abyss plane will be stronger, and the pollution of the magic sword will be more serious.

When enough negative emotions are absorbed, the seal will be broken, and the demons will re-enter the earthly world.

The role played by Lin Xin is a poor creature chosen by the magic sword, a former human hero.

In Western fantasy stories, the battle between demons and other races is an enduring theme.It's just that this subject matter is not easy to shoot, and requires a rigorous worldview structure and huge investment.

The pictures of those fantasy worlds cost money.

Generally, works in fantasy worlds that dare to be brought to the big screen are supported by original works.From the original novel or game, we can see whether this fantasy world is a well-conceived world, whether it has a foundation of popularity, and whether it will hit the street after adaptation.However, original fantasy commercial blockbusters are very rare.Even if there is, it will not focus on the subject of war.

This movie is no exception, he is supported by the original novel.

The title of this novel is "Magic Sword". It has many fans around the world and is known as the aircraft carrier of fantasy novels.The world view and settings created by the author in "Magic Sword" have influenced many subsequent fantasy novels and almost become a common template for Western fantasy novels.

The character played by Lin Xin has a separate side story in the novel "Magic Sword".

It's just a film adaptation of a novel, and it won't be filmed step by step according to the plot of the novel. There will definitely be some choices and emphasis, so Lin Xin only accepted the role after getting the full script.

This crew filmed the first movie in the "Magic Sword" series. In order to let the audience understand the world view and setting of the "Magic Sword" world, they explained the existence of demons by starting with the villain and the reason why the villain fell. And the setting of the abyss world.This is much more intuitive and interesting than explaining a lot of positive characters there.

If the crew didn't take this approach, then this villain could be a soy sauce.After all, as the general boss in the early stage, he will not play many times to fight with the protagonist team.

Perhaps most people didn't expect that the crew would describe the setting from the villain and add the role of villain in the movie, so there are not many capable actors competing for this role. When Lin Xin agreed to play this role, the other crew directly responded. Let Lin Xin sign the contract right away, and don't even need an audition.

Obviously, Lin Xin, as an international actor whose acting skills have been recognized by the industry, made the crew much more at ease than a row of little transparency who signed up for the role.The crew didn't think that Lin Xin would lose out to those actors whose names he had never heard of. Auditions were just a waste of time and money. It would be better to skip them.

When Lin Xin selected a new crew, "East Sea Sangtian" began to broadcast. The TV channel that purchased the copyright of the TV series began to broadcast at [-]:[-] pm, and the Internet TV channel broadcast simultaneously. Expectations for "East China Sea Sangtian".

And "East China Sea Sangtian" did not live up to the expectations of the publisher. When the first episode was broadcast, the ratings were ranked first in the same period.