Chapter 653 The role
In early December, "My Savage Girlfriend" held a launch conference.
The most famous actor in the crew is director Lin Xiaoling. Both starring actors are newcomers. Lin Zixuan also found a group of acting actors in the circle to join.
These actors are not big names like Ge You, but they are well-known in the circle.
For example, Feng Yuanzheng plays Gao Yuanyuan's boss and is a strict fashion designer with a feminine temperament, or a feminine spirit among women.
Fu Biao is the boss of Huangbo Company. He is very stylish in front of employees. He is actually timid and has a good mind.
Liang Tian plays the role of the hotel owner. Huang Bo opens a room with the drunk Gao Yuanyuan. He carries Huang Bo a box of condoms, showing the look that even a man knows.
It was this box of condoms that made Gao Yuanyuan, who woke up in the morning, beat Huang Bo.
Originally, some actors in the sequel to "Desire" will also appear, mainly guest appearances.
Like Zhang Kaili, she continues to play Gao Yuanyuan's mother, hoping that her daughter will get married soon, interrogate Huang Bo's family situation, and worry about her children.
With these acting players joining, it can add a lot of color to the movie.
As "My Savage Girlfriend" is going to be the opening film, Haomeng Company has increased its publicity efforts, and the plot is temporarily kept confidential, and only the cast has been announced.
The publicity department has considered the name of the movie.
The word "barbaric" is not easy to accept in China. It is recommended to change it to neutral words such as "routine" or "stubborn" to make the audience less psychologically resistant.
Lin Zixuan did not adopt it after considering it. This movie is aimed at a young audience.
Young people like fresh and personalized things, and "barbaric" attracts their interest more than "straightforwardness".
Even with the signboard of the sequel to "Desire", viewers over 35 will not choose this video.
Only when the word of mouth spreads and the media discusses it can more audiences be paid attention.
You can reveal the relationship between this film and the sequel to "Desire" to reporters, and the rest depends on the reporters themselves to explore.
"This is a love-themed film, which tells the emotional life of men and women in the city." Lin Xiaoling said calmly, "A reporter asked why new actors are used. It's very simple. Haomeng Company has always been willing to provide opportunities for newcomers, whether they are directors or actors."
After years of experience, Lin Xiaoling has long been used to this kind of occasion and dealt with it calmly.
"Director Lin, it seems that this is a commercial film. Does this mean you are compromising against commercial films? Will you still be involved in the field of art films in the future?" the reporter asked.
"As a director, I think I should try different types of films, and don't define them too early. Commercial films and art films are not opposites." Lin Xiaoling responded, "If I encounter a suitable book, I will of course make art films."
Lin Xiaoling became the focus of the press conference.
At the press conference, Yu Dong announced that Gao Yuanyuan had joined Haomeng Company, which was also a promotional point. The press conference followed this line to investigate the inside story of Gao Yuanyuan leaving the original company.
Or, what they think is inside information.
Why does Haomeng Company want to tap Gao Yuanyuan? What potential does this actor have? Is there any private transaction?
This is how entertainment journalists always think about these messy things, which is their professional habit.
What film and television companies need to do is to give reporters some materials and provide appropriate guidance to achieve the purpose of publicity.
Relatively speaking, Huang Bo was neglected.
Huang Bo has starred in several film and television dramas, most of which are supporting roles, but failed to impress the audience.
He has a good attitude. He has been accustomed to the warmth and warmth of human feelings in the bar during the years he sang in the bar. The people around him have become popular one by one, but he is still struggling and can't see the opportunity.
This experience gave him a normal mind and was good at using habitual self-deprecation to resolve embarrassment.
In any circle, you speak by your strength. Once you have good works, you become a first-line actor and become popular all over the country. Naturally, there will be reporters who come to interview you.
This time when he starred in "My Savage Girlfriend", Huang Bo's salary was 180,000 yuan, the same as Gao Yuanyuan.
As a new actor, it's very high. Two years ago, Zhang Ziyi only got 150,000 yuan in filming Zhang Yimou.
Logically speaking, Gao Yuanyuan is now more famous than Huang Bo, and the pay should be higher. However, Huang Bo is the male lead and an old employee of Haomeng Company, so he will definitely give him some care.
If the reporter asks about the topic of pay, it will not be embarrassing.
The supporting roles in the film receive a pay based on the roles, Feng Yuanzheng and Fu Biao both have around 100,000 yuan, and the guest actors symbolically earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.
The pay of actors has increased significantly in recent years, which has increased by three or four times compared with five years ago.
Compared to ten years ago, it was no longer a good idea. Ge You only received a 800 yuan salary when he starred in "The Stubborn".
At the end of the press conference, Lin Xiaoling led the crew to take the intense shooting.
The production cycle of "My Savage Girlfriend" is quite tight, and in less than three months, the company's various departments cooperated fully to provide convenience.
Xiangjiang, Tianmu Company.
Liu Dehua looked at the script sent from the mainland, which was called "Infernal Affairs".
Like what Lin Zixuan told at the beginning, it was a story of two undercover agents, but it felt different. The current story is more detailed, and you can feel the inner world of the character from it.
The undercover policeman is determined to restore his identity and become a policeman again.
The undercover gang members were worried about their identity being exposed, so they did not hesitate to frame their colleagues and kill their former boss. He wanted to keep the policeman's identity and live a normal life.
The two undercover agents are constantly struggling on the edge of morality and humanity.
Especially the ending of the story, the undercover police died, but the undercover gang members survived.
This is different from the traditional police and gangster films in the Hong Kong sense, giving people a feeling of going astray.
The script of "Infernal Affairs" is not complete, and many places are written in a very brief manner. Lin Zixuan does not know the operation of the Xiangjiang police department and the gang. The details need to be supplemented by the Xiangjiang screenwriter.
He is planning to invest 25 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a big production based on the current Hong Kong movie market.
Haomeng Company's funds are not rich, the production cycle of film and television dramas is long, the funds are recovered slowly, and the capital chain is tight
Lin Zixuan took out 20 million yuan himself, and Haomeng Company invested 5 million yuan to jointly invest in "Infernal Affairs".
Although he was not on the mainland's rich list this year, his assets increased significantly than last year, and his domestic and foreign royalties revenue was 40 to 50 million yuan, which was enough for him to invest.
He drafted a list of actors for Liu Dehua, including Liang Chaowei, Zeng Zhiwei, Huang Qiusheng and others.
This is the lineup of the main actors. Since it is a Hong Kong film, it is best to let these Xiangjiang actors play it, but Du Wenze must be replaced and this role will be discussed later.
As for the two undercover actors in their youth, Yu Wenle is fine, and Chen Tuxi needs to consider it.
Lin Zixuan thought about it and wrote down Nicholas Tingfeng's name.
Chapter completed!