Chapter 1246 The Dream of Salted Fish

It was Li Mu's compensation for Ning Hao to let Ning Hao go to "Flying Tigers" as an assistant director. As he said, people in the national film and television industry now, except for those who have to pretend to die first, are basically all If I want to get into the film crew, this project is indeed a great opportunity to learn, gild, and become famous overnight. There is no doubt that I should arrange such an opportunity for Ning Hao.

Ning Hao is also very grateful to Li Mu for taking care of him. From being an unknown newcomer to being selected by Li Mu, he has followed Li Mu step by step to where he is today. Almost all of Li Mu's promises to himself have been doubled, although "Crazy Stone" "The release was postponed, but he didn't blame Li Mu at all, he knew that Li Mu must have his reasons for doing so.

Now, Li Mu gave himself such a good opportunity, which made Ning Hao more confident in following him all the way to the end. Before he was ready to become a boss, there was nothing more fortunate than finding a good boss.

At this time, Li Mu said again: "There is a third thing, you say hello to Huang Bo and Tang Wei, I have arranged for them two supporting roles with not many but not many roles, and Huang Bo will play one. A local farmer in Huaxia, Tang Wei plays a Chinese female nurse."

Both of them are contracted actors of Muye Imaging. Naturally, such a good opportunity can't be cheap for outsiders. Huang Bo's peasant image in "Bull Fighting" is insane. With his acting skills, he will be a peasant in "Flying Tigers". She is very outstanding, and Tang Wei is also very suitable for the image of a female nurse, and Li Mu is also very confident in her.

In addition to the two of them, Li Mu also plans to arrange a role for Su Yingxue's cousin Wang Xinran. Wang Xinran is studying at the film academy. She has filmed "Those Years" before, and her performance in it is remarkable, and "Those Years" has a domestic box office. The movie box office has set a new record, which has given her a certain popularity now. It is better to strike while the iron is hot and give her a good chance.

As soon as Ning Hao heard that Huang Bo was cast as a peasant, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Boss, Huang Bo's role as a peasant is amazing. No matter what kind of peasant, I think he can play the role in his true colors!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Are you hurting him or praising him?"

Ning Hao smiled and said, "Half praise and half loss! But he is indeed suitable for the role of a farmer!"

Li Mu nodded and said, "There is a more important matter, which is the choice of the Chinese male lead. Now I have a rough candidate. You can help me with the staff."

Ning Hao immediately sat up straight and asked curiously, "Boss, who is your preferred actor for this role?"

For the film "Flying Tigers", the most important thing among Chinese actors is two leading roles, one male and one female. Ning Hao is very clear about Li Mu's preference for Du Wei, so Li Mu's decision to play the female lead was a long time ago. It is impossible for other people to have any competitiveness, so the male lead has become Ning Hao's biggest mystery. He especially wants to know,

With Li Mu's vision and requirements, who would he choose to play the male lead.

But one thing is for sure, no matter who is chosen by Li Mu to play this role, for that actor, he is a super lucky one! It will definitely make the actors in the entire film and television industry envy crazy...

Under Ning Hao's expectant gaze, Li Mu smiled and said, "Have you heard of an actor named Liu Ye?"

"Liu Ye?" Ning Hao frowned slightly: "I can't think of it, I have no impression."

After speaking, Ning Hao asked nervously, "Boss, are you looking for a newcomer to act in this drama?"

In the second half of the sentence, Ning Hao didn't say it. He felt that the Hollywood lineup in "Flying Tigers" was extremely strong. , the acting skills of Chinese actors are likely to be completely crushed by Hollywood actors.

Li Mu saw that his expression was a little worried, and after thinking about it carefully, he knew what he was worried about, so he said, "Liu Ye is not a newcomer. He has acted in "The Man and the Dog in the Mountain" a few years ago. Do you have any impression?"

"Oh, him!" Ning Hao nodded hurriedly and said, "I know him, he's in the drama, but I don't remember his name."

Ning Hao tilted his head to think about it for a long time, and said, "This young man's acting skills are still good. He is considered top-notch among this wave of young actors, but he is still a little immature. Look at the boss, Du Wei is very young, Huang Bohe Tang Wei is also very young. With Liu Ye, how can he play opposite Hollywood actors? Tom Hanks will not talk about it. Leonardo alone is enough to crush him. If you can't hold back your acting skills, it will look a little embarrassing."

Li Mu nodded: "That's a problem. Even if the young actor's acting skills pass the test, the heat must be much worse, and I'm afraid that if he is playing against a Hollywood actor, he will be suppressed in terms of momentum..."

Thinking of this, Li Mu said: "You can invite veteran actors like Chen Baoguo, Wang Zhiwen, and Chen Zhiming to play the role of military officers. The acting skills of the veteran actors are still very good. Let them go with Tom Han. As for several young actors, the cycle of this film is very long, and it can only force them to accelerate their growth during this period of time.”

Ning Hao sighed lightly and asked him, "Boss, this is still somewhat risky, don't you really think about actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan?"

Li Mu shook his head: "Don't think about it, let's not say anything else, just the accent is a big problem, this movie must be recorded at the same time as the whole film, who can do this? I don't want the Huaxia Flying Tigers in the movie to take off to fight. At that time, there was a Hong Kong-Taiwan accent in his mouth..."

Ning Hao was stunned for a while, and then said helplessly, "This is indeed a big problem. There are not many people who are suitable for this role, and if the standard of Mandarin is required, then there are really not many candidates."

Immediately, Ning Hao added: "However, Liu Ye is not bad either, if this kid can seize this opportunity and perform well, I think it's OK, his acting skills, image, temperament, and voice are all relatively good. The only thing that meets the requirements of this role is the poor heat."

"Yeah." Li Mu nodded and said, "I can't find someone more suitable than him for the time being. You can help me make an appointment with him. If he is willing to play this role, I want him to talk to the current one first. The brokerage company terminated the contract, and then signed in Makino Impression."

"Okay." Ning Hao said, "I'll find someone to contact him."

...

Liu Ye has had a very fulfilling life recently. For a young actor who just came out of school a few years ago, he can be said to have been smooth sailing in the past few years. He played a "Lan Yu", and then won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor. Last year, he played a "Balzac and the Little Tailor", which was even shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award.

The three movies have honed Liu Ye's acting skills to a certain extent, but the more embarrassing point is that these three movies are not commercial films, so his popularity in China has not reached the height that a Golden Horse actor should have, but good He has just filmed the Haiyan drama "What Can I Do to Save You, My Love" directed by Zhao Baogang. The TV series is currently on the air. Although the movie is not popular, the TV series is really popular, which also makes him active and film appointments. Constantly, it has the potential to be a hit.

Liu Ye's agency called him to the company today and gave him a script. A well-known domestic photographer is going to change careers to become a director, and is going to make a literary film about educated youth, hoping that he can play the male lead.

The agency was not really interested in this movie. They just routinely showed Liu Ye the script to let him know in advance. But from the company's point of view, they still hoped that he could take on a commercial movie. Movies are all literary and artistic routines, and they are not well received. The general public may not like some rude things. Originally, the company was worried that the image and positioning of his literary films would be deeply ingrained and affect his future development. Fortunately, a TV series made him finally considered The fire became popular, so the company hoped that he would strike while the iron was hot and make a commercial film with the potential to sell well.

However, Liu Ye himself really wanted to make this movie. Although he is a hard-working actor, he is not very shrewd in judging prospects. He just thinks that the subject matter of this movie is very deep, and he likes it with a certain depth. Role.

When the agent Wang Lan saw Liu Ye read the script, he immediately moved to continue the filming, and hurriedly persuaded him: "This movie will not start shooting for a while, so don't worry about it, the company wants to run it for you recently. It’s a commercial film, and I’ll change your acting path quickly. If you’re a literary film, you won’t be able to get ahead in the film industry.”

The Chinese film industry is still far from commercialized, and the box office market has very little space, but the more this is the case, the more business awareness it gives the agent, because if the market is good, just follow a shoe and you can eat Food, but if the industry is not good, and if you don't have the ability to grab food from a dog's mouth, you will starve to death.

These years, the budgets of literary films are basically low, and the main actors' remunerations are also terrifyingly low. After working hard for several months, getting tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of pre-tax remunerations is not enough for the company to worry about it. And the most important thing is that it is really far away to rely on this kind of movie to come out.

Many directors of literary and artistic films usually invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in the film, hoping to send it to an overseas film festival for an award, and then raise their own worth. Most of the time, such films may not even have a fucking theater line. If you can go, the actors will play more movies like this, and they will slowly ruin their money.

Seeing the manager's objection, Liu Ye smiled and said, "Anyway, there aren't many good commercial films to start shooting right now. If this film can be started in the first half of the year, it will be almost over by the end of the year, so it's alright to start taking commercial films next year, right? "

Wang Lan sighed lightly: "Yes, there are no good commercial films released recently. The shooting of "Flying Tigers" is about to start. This unprecedented blockbuster is here. No one in China dares to start the shooting of a new film at the same time as him..."

Liu Ye also sighed with yearning: "It would be great if I could play a role in "Flying Tigers". If I could play a Flying Tigers member, as long as I showed my face, even if I didn't have a line, I would have achieved my wish!"

Wang Lan said with a smile: "Stop dreaming, I don't know how many people have sharpened their heads and want to play a role. We have nothing to do with Muye Imaging, and we will definitely not play."

Liu Ye laughed at himself and said, "If people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?"