After hanging up the phone, Lin Zixuan understood Ge You's excitement.

Being able to play the leading role in Zhang Yimou's movies is definitely a major leap in his acting career. Zhang Yimou's movies are all big investments and big productions, and they are aiming for international awards.

In this era, Zhang Yimou's film awards are not news, but news is not news.

Ge You can completely join the ranks of top-tier Chinese actors with this film, leave the TV circle, and enter the film circle.

Not only that, his pay will also be greatly improved.

When filming "The Strange Lord", Ge You was still an unknown supporting actor with a pay of only 800 yuan. After "The Story of the Editorial Department" was broadcast nationwide, he became a hit and was well-known to audiences across the country.

By the time he was filming "The Great Saba", his pay had increased to 9,000 yuan.

Zhang Yimou's film is not a low-cost movie, but a real big production. Although Lin Zixuan still doesn't know how much Ge You's pay is, as the male lead, he has to at least double it.

When shooting this movie, Zhang Yi used the funds from Xiangjiang, and the investment was three million US dollars.

He talked with Lin Zixuan about the cost of adapting the novel, which was 30,000 yuan. After returning to China, Lin Zixuan participated in the script creation of "Living" and had 20,000 yuan in labor fees.

This is the difference between large production and small cost.

Zhang Yimou has familiar screenwriters around him who know what kind of movie he wants. Adapting a novel into a film and television drama is a process of re-creation. The director does not have to strictly follow the novel, but will add his own ideas and thoughts.

Sometimes it may be changed beyond recognition and is unfaithful to the original work. The key is to look at the director's ideas.

Especially for big directors like Zhang Yimou, they have a lot of say in the filming process, and the producers have very little constraints.

Lin Zixuan is only responsible for providing some reference opinions and will not participate in the production of this movie in depth.

This money is not paid in one go. After he returns to China, he can get the 30,000 yuan in the early stage, and he can only get the other 20,000 yuan after the filming of the movie.

For Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan, this is a huge sum of money and can solve many problems.

The two came to the United States to pay tuition for Mu Shanshan, and basically emptied their family’s assets. Now that they have this income, they are much more at ease, and they can be considered as entering the ranks of 10,000 yuan households.

The 10,000 yuan household was the name of the rich in the 1980s. At that time, workers' wages were only thirty or forty yuan a month, and it was a great thing to have a deposit of 10,000 yuan.

It is no longer uncommon in China today. It is not uncommon for people doing business in the south to have tens of thousands of deposits.

Ge You was indeed recommended by Lin Zixuan to Zhang Yimou.

Because the novel "Living" involves a long period of time and many scenes, it takes a large number of outdoor locations to shoot. Zhang Yimou found a group of people to travel around the country and then took photos to show him.

If he feels satisfied, he will conduct a field visit and communicate with Lin Zixuan about the details in the novel.

For example, what are the characteristics of the town where the protagonist lives, the local architectural style and various business activities, the spiritual outlook of the people, etc.

He is a director who pays great attention to details. The preliminary preparations took a long time. In this era, Chinese directors were not so commercial, but instead treated films as an art.

They all want to win big prizes or leave their names in the history of films, and will not fool things.

During this process, Lin Zixuan mentioned Ge You.

Zhang Yimou was a little hesitant. What impressed Ge You was "The Story of the Editorial Department". While this TV series made him famous, it also limited his acting career.

When others think of Ge You, their first impression is that this is a comedian, and no one knows whether he can act in a good drama.

Lin Zixuan can only win a chance for Ge You. He can't make the decision for Zhang Yimou, and it's not certain whether he can succeed.

Feng Xiaogang is very thief. He has a good relationship with Ge You. When he heard the communication between Lin Zixuan and Zhang Yimou, he secretly called Ge You to prepare and think about the novel "Living".

This is a rare opportunity, and you must seize it.

Feng Xiaogang also used Jiang Wen to stimulate Ge You. Your competitors are very strong and you should not take it lightly. You should do your best.

Ge You didn't dare to neglect when he received the call. He had just finished filming of "The Great Saba". He also heard that Lin Zixuan wrote a novel, which was criticized by many people, but he didn't take it seriously.

It is normal for Lin Zixuan to be scolded for his novel. This is the case with the original "The Stubborn Lord". I didn't see Lin Zixuan.

Ge You felt that Lin Zixuan was a person with a big heart and didn’t care much about such things. There were too many things in this world. If they all care, it would be too tiring and wouldn’t care.

Sometimes, when you have a big heart, things get smaller.

This is Ge You's own attitude towards life and also the place where he feels he's in love with Lin Zixuan.

He heard that Zhang Yimou wanted to adapt "Living", but he didn't think about himself. The gap was too big. Why was the male lead of Zhang Yimou's movie also a top-line actor in the film industry? He still couldn't reach it.

It was not until he received a call from Feng Xiaogang that he felt a little heavy.

It's not a surprise, but it's really a bit heavy. Lin Zixuan recommends that this is the relationship between the two brothers. If he can't even pass the interview, he will even lose face.

Especially Feng Xiaogang was still fiddling with him, saying that Jiang Wen was crying and shouting that he was coming to act, and that Xiaolin was written for you, so you must not let it go.

This put a lot of pressure on Ge You, so he hurriedly bought a magazine called "Hundred Flowers" and repeatedly pondered the character Fugui.

When he met Zhang Yimou, he talked about his understanding of the characters, added his own understanding, and performed several sections on the spot, which dispelled Zhang Yimou's concerns.

After coming out, Ge You called Lin Zixuan, one of which was to thank him, and the other was that he did not lose face to both of them.

"Brother You is going to soar into the sky this time." Lin Zixuan said happily from the bottom of his heart.

He always thought that Ge You had great acting talent and strong plasticity. Not only in comedy, but also in other types.

"Are you so optimistic about this movie?" Mu Shanshan said in surprise.

Lin Zixuan doesn’t care about the situation of "Living" in China, but Mu Shanshan cares very much.

When she called back, she would always ask. She felt uncomfortable knowing the situation in the domestic literary world and thought that those people were really looking for trouble, but she didn't talk to Lin Zixuan.

"I have confidence in Director Zhang. That's our big director in China. Brother You took the bus and his value doubled. He will be more generous when treating guests in the future." Lin Zixuan joked.

Ge You lived a frugal life in his daily life and was reluctant to spend more money when treating guests, because he had no money before.

Mu Shanshan still remembers the first time she met Ge You on the crew of "The Stubborn Lord" two years ago. Everyone became familiar with each other while joking. At that time, no one knew Ge You.

Now Ge You has become Ge Liuyi and is famous all over the world. This is inseparable from Lin Zixuan, but Lin Zixuan never feels so.

Mu Shanshan looked at her husband beside her and wanted to say something, but she felt that there was no need to say it out. It was good. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!