Chapter 253: Film Casting and First Meeting with Liu Tianxian

"Famous" is a project that Wei Yang hesitated for a long time before deciding on.

This movie was released in the original time and space in 2021, and the box office was nearly 1 billion. It doesn't seem much, but considering the cost and the main creative lineup, it is definitely a dark horse.

For Wei Yang, if he wants to make money, the best way is to make a youth film.

With his popularity, as long as he adds a well-known and popular little flower, the box office will definitely not be much worse, and the same is true for love movies.

"Famous" is a comedy and drama with certain suspense elements. It is not his best and currently popular theme.

Moreover, this movie is a group portrait drama, which is not particularly strong for him, which is also a disadvantage.

However, Wei Yang hesitated again and again and still chose this movie because he wanted to make some breakthroughs.

In terms of TV dramas, he has become a representative of idol dramas. If the youth and love films shot in his debut movie are successful again, his acting career will be limited.

Wei Yang is not afraid of being limited in his acting career. He is a producer himself and can tailor other themes, but he is afraid that he will leave too deep an impression on the audience, and the audience will not buy into other themes.

Compared with the box office, in Wei Yang's view, the reputation of his first movie is more important.

To impress people that Wei Yang has some skills, not only is he good at idol dramas, but he is also a good hand at making movies.

But this movie can't be too good. It has to have a good reputation and room for subsequent development.

Otherwise, if Wei Yang first shoots "Dying to Survive" and is praised to the sky, then whatever he shoots later will be exhausted and Director Chen will be the second.

Movies and TV series are two different things. The latter does not cost money, while the former requires people to pay for tickets.

So not only do you have to be able to shout and bring in the audience, but you also have to make people feel that the ticket money is worth spending, so that they will continue to spend money to support you later.

Wei Yang thinks very openly. Making movies is not a one-time deal. Even if the performance of "Famous" is not satisfactory, the word of mouth will benefit subsequent movies.

Wei Yang doesn't plan to shoot youth films anymore. Such films are usually made by newcomers. With his current status and fame, there is no need for him to shoot this theme again unless he wants to promote someone.

There is no need to rush for romance films. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Boss Wei will not be hard on money.

In addition, Wei Yang has another selfish motive, which is that after all, this is his first time as a director, and it is very likely that he will be the only time as a director.

Director Wei has no sense of existence when shooting a youth film or a romance film, and only group dramas and dramas such as "Famous" can make Director Wei shine.

In Wei Yang's view, even if his personal actor bonus is not high in this group drama, it will be another matter if the director bonus is added.

Once "Famous" is successful, even if he does not direct the next movie, but hangs the titles of screenwriter, producer, etc., the audience will still think it is his work, which can also be regarded as a kind of box office appeal.

In the final analysis, the hot popularity and abundant funds have given Wei Yang a certain degree of willfulness.

Even for his first movie, he doesn't have to make money like he did with My Love from the Star, but can mix in some other ideas.

Of course, even so, Boss Wei's business policy of focusing on money remains unchanged.

The first goal of "Famous" is to build word of mouth, but if it can be a double harvest of word of mouth and box office, he can't be happier, so he tries every means to promote the movie.

Since the official announcement of the movie, the crew has started to flirt with popular big names, and Ge Da Ye, Huang Bo, Jiang Wen, and Liang Chaowei have been rumored.

These rumors are true and false, such as Liang Chaowei is false, while Ge Da Ye's crew really sent an invitation.

The character is an out-of-date movie emperor, the role is not weak, and it is also quite colorful. Ge Da Ye doesn't care about the ranking and is interested in the script, but his salary is really not low.

You know, last year Ge Da Ye starred in three movies, "The Orphan of Zhao", "If You Are the One" and "Let the Bullets Fly", and he alone supported the Lunar New Year's Day box office, with a total box office of over 1 billion. He is currently the most box office-appealing actor in the mainland.

The salary of mainland actors is relatively low, and the price should not be less than 5 million if you want to invite him to act.

Ge Da Ye doesn't shoot many movies. On the one hand, he is picky about the script, and on the other hand, his salary is too high, and the box office effect is not ideal for one person, so the cost performance is limited.

For "Famous", whether this price is worth it or not is aside, but it is a bit beyond the budget.

After all, Wei Yang's salary is not low, and it is expected that the salaries of other leading actors are not small.

Fortunately, "Famous" itself is a closed room script, the scene cost is limited, and the bulk of the expenditure is the actor's salary, so it is not impossible to negotiate.

Except for Ge Da Ye, the other few people are pure hype.

No, it's not completely hype. Jiang Wen didn't invite him, but the crew and his brother Jiang Wu sent an invitation, preparing to let him play the role of a down-and-out tycoon.

In addition, the competition for the only female lead vase actress in the movie is particularly fierce.

Most of the popular actresses, such as Xu Cainv, Zhou Gongzi, Liu Shishi, Da Mimi, Fan Xiaopang, and Zhiling Jiejie, have had scandals with "Famous", and most of them are true.

Some of them were contacted by the female artist's team, and some were invited to audition by Blue Whale.

As a person who is likely to become a major publicity point and attract box office like Wei Yang, Blue Whale attaches great importance to the selection of this so-called female lead.

Small actresses in the TV drama circle, such as Liu Shishi and Da Mimi, are just making up the numbers. Blue Whale never planned to choose them from the beginning to the end.

Liu Shishi had known the situation from Wei Yang a long time ago, and had no hope at all. She was ready to join the crew of "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky", but Tangren did not give up and tried hard.

Da Mimi was also told the truth by Wei Yang early on, but she was not willing to accept it. She believed that everything was in the hands of people, so she kept fighting for it.

Xu Cainv did not match the image of Zhou Gongzi, and Sister Zhiling was not considered. Wei Yang's personal favorite candidate was Fan Xiaopang.

This was not a decision he made on a whim. Her figure, appearance, acting skills and influence, and comprehensive condition index made her the most suitable candidate.

However, Blue Whale still introduced another person to compete with her, that is - Liu Tianxian.

In terms of popularity and topicality, Liu Tianxian is not much inferior to Fan Xiaopang, and her appearance and figure also meet the requirements of the role. The only weakness is that her acting skills are poor, but her vase attribute is somewhat similar to this character in the movie.

When "My Love from the Star" was so popular, Fan Xiaopang and Fan Qianqian's topicality of combining people and acting together contributed greatly.

If Liu Tianxian can replicate the original topic and the role is similar to the real person, it will be of great benefit to the quality and publicity of the film.

Not only Liu Tianxian's crew, "Famous" even wants to find Wang Pangzi from Hong Kong to play the role of the bad movie director, who is also the prototype of this role.

You don't have to say that Wei Yang had never considered Liu Tianxian before, but because of this suggestion, he really hesitated.

Although he is more optimistic about Fan Xiaopang, he still asked the crew to send an audition invitation to Liu Tianxian.

Anyway, give it a try, there is no loss, maybe you can meet the curse of 85 flowers who explode when they see him...

The preparation speed of "Famous" is not slow, and the first batch of actors was announced soon.

Rookie policeman-Lin Gengxin

Singer Nightingale-Naza

Military Control Commission Director-Zhang Songwen

Hollywood extra-actor-Wu Jing

The first three are Blue Whale artists, and they will definitely show their faces if their own film projects are suitable.

As for Wu Jing, he has been playing supporting roles in Hong Kong, which is actually a bit similar to the role in the movie where he went to Hollywood and was discriminated against as a minor role.

In the past two years, Wu Jing has been interested in returning to the mainland for development, and even filmed a TV series.

Wei Yang invited him, and his current ambiguous object is an artist under Guangguang, one of the investors, so he was invited to come.

As for Wei Yang himself not announcing the role, it is because he is not sure about the actors for the two roles of screenwriter and murderer.

Now he is contacting actors, and he will play whichever one is left.

The murderer is more outstanding in these two roles, but the performance is difficult, and Wei Yang wants a rough man, so that there is a more iron-blooded tenderness and a contrast between rough outside and delicate inside.

So he prefers Sun Honglei, Liao Fan, Duan Long and others. He himself is likely to play the screenwriter, which has the most scenes and is also his old profession.

In late August, Chef Xie and Zhang Yunv announced their divorce, and the XX Gate that was a sensation a few years ago has a new drama.

In and out of the circle, it can be said that everyone is eating melons, but Wei Yang is busy auditioning in addition to eating melons.

Magic City, Blue Whale Company

Liu Tianxian looked at this company that has been in the limelight in recent years with some curiosity. The office location is more...simple than she imagined.

Liu's mother, who came with her, whispered to her daughter about some matters. She was happy and worried about the invitation from Blue Whale this time.

She was happy that her daughter was still kind-hearted. After returning from the Hong Kong circle, she not only caught the spotlight, but even the famous Wei Yang couldn't help but extend an olive branch for cooperation.

Although Wei Yang had never made a movie before, he was very famous as a Wei girl, and the outside world was still very optimistic about him.

What worried her was naturally Wei's reputation. To put it nicely, he was romantic and suave, and to put it bluntly, he was a sex demon.

It was rumored that all the actresses who had worked with him had been murdered. Her daughter was famous for her beauty and had a clean reputation in the circle. It was hard for Liu's mother not to worry that Wei would have evil thoughts.

Liu Tianxian was instigated by his mother, and she was also a little worried. She couldn't help but think of the revelations she had seen before she came, and the image of Wei Yang in her heart gradually became greasy and wretched.

After staying in the lounge for a while, the Liu family mother and daughter were led to the meeting room by the staff.

Wei Yang was chatting with several responsible persons. Seeing them coming, he stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"Hello, you two have been hard at work."

"It should be, we also want to thank President Wei for his appreciation."

"I don't deserve it. If Yifei can join our crew, it will be like adding wings to a tiger."

"..."

Wei Yang and Liu's mother exchanged greetings and praised each other's business. Liu Tianxian quietly looked at him from the side.

His expression was natural, handsome and handsome, much more refreshing and positive than what she imagined and described by her mother.

After a while of greetings, Wei Yang shook hands with Liu Tianxian again. The latter didn't like to talk much, and he didn't talk much, but he was very emotional in his heart.

Huayu Rebirth was in this period of time. It was almost 800,000 words before I saw Liu Tianxian for the first time. Who else...