Superstars start as villains

Chapter 183 Gift film.

After Bai Xiaonian was finalized, the entire starring role was basically settled, and there were not many supporting roles left, so Gao Qunshu directly handed it over to Chen Guofu.

The next step is to choose the location. [Wind Sound] The scenes of this play are actually very simple. There are only two main ones, one is Qiuzhuang, and the other is Chenghuang Temple.

"There are two options for the Town God's Temple, one is Shanghai, and the other is Jinmen. However, there are not many buildings from the last century that have been preserved in Shanghai. It will cost a lot of money to completely restore the style of the time." Gao Qun wrote on the spot I went to investigate, and in fact, this is not a phenomenon in the city of Shanghai. All first-tier cities are the same. The economy needs to develop, and the times are advancing. Many old buildings have been demolished, and the bathhouses that lined up in the capital are basically gone. .

"What about Jinmen?" Zhou Xing saw Gao Qunshu's expression was troubled.

Gao Qunshu smiled wryly: "There is a well-preserved exterior scene here in Jinmen. It used to be the British Concession and the French Concession. It was called Guozhong Street and Financial Street back then. After Jinmen was liberated, this street was protected. , but it has never been open to the crew.”

"Why don't you apply for a try?" Zhou Xing thought it was a fluke.

Although Gao Qunshu knew that there was little hope, so far he had no other choice but to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"What about the location of Qiuzhuang?" Zhou Xing asked.

Gao Qunshu projected the slides on the conference room curtain: "The audience inside and outside Qiuzhuang has a sense of crisis. There is no ready-made location. I think the cliff in Dalian is more suitable for the location of Qiuzhuang. The only problem is It would take a lot of work to build the exterior scene on such a cliff, and many large machines would not be able to go up.”

"What are you afraid of? What China lacks most is construction capability. If large machinery cannot be installed, it will depend on manpower at worst. Wouldn't it be over if we gave money?" Zhou Xing said with a smile.

The speed of construction in Huaxia = the speed of payment by Party A, no matter what kind of cliffs or valleys, as long as the money is in place, there is no work that cannot be done.

Gao Qunshu thought about it, anyway, the investment of this drama is 8000 million, Zhou Xing is a cameo, and the salary of all the leading actors is only 2000 million, and the remaining money is enough to build the location.

"Okay, I'll find someone to start working."

Qiuzhuang's construction of the exterior scene was quickly contracted out. These days, there is a shortage of bosses who are willing to give money.

However, the application for location shooting in Jinmen was returned without any accident, but just when Zhou Xing was preparing to go to Shanghai to set up a location, an unexpected news came.

"Isn't it the 60th anniversary of Daqing next year? The higher ups are preparing to make a tribute film. Our script has already been selected for the first round. If we can enter the second round, maybe we can apply again and it will be successful?" Gao Qunshu excitedly said.

Zhou Xing shook his head: "Forget it, how many pairs of eyes are staring at me, how could it be our small company's turn?"

"Let's try it, we don't want to spend money anyway." Gao Qunshu heard that the superiors really worked hard this time, not looking at the relationship, only looking at the quality.

Of course, [Wind Sound] is still only focused on the script, even if the script is good, it can only enter the second round first, and the third round of competition can only be entered after the film is shot and submitted for review.

Needless to say, a month later, an internal document was published on the Internet, [Wind Sound] entered the second round of the gift film, Zhou Xing and Gao Qunshu used this banner, and really applied for the shooting permission of the location in Jinmen.

"Filming is fine, but no nails are allowed in any buildings, and no damage is allowed. After the filming, all buildings must be restored." Jinmen's cultural relics protection department stated.

"Definitely, we will take pictures of each building in advance and keep them on file, and we will definitely restore them to their original appearance afterwards." Gao Qunshu quickly agreed.

Unknowingly, the time came to the middle of October. Gao Qunshu went to Dalian to supervise the construction of Qiuzhuang, and Zhou Xing was not idle. [Love Call Transfer 2] is scheduled for November 11, and the publicity plan is also on the agenda up.

In the past, Zhou Xing was on the front line in publicity, but now he has to coordinate the entire publicity process, which is a new experience.

Fortunately, the box office performance of [Love Call Transfer 1] is not bad, and some theaters have signed contracts smoothly. The more troublesome ones are Huayi and Orange Sky. Both of them have their own theaters. Zhou Xing used to be Orange Sky. shareholders, so some resources follow Orange Sky, and the distribution is also through Orange Sky's channel.

But now Zhou Xing has transferred the shares to Wang Jinghua, and this filming of [The Wind], several of the leading actors are artists under Huayi's banner, Orange Sky and Huayi have always been in a competitive relationship.

For this reason, Zhou Xing specially asked Wang Jinghua to have a meal, and Wang Jinghua also readily stated that this matter was on her. After all, she was also the second largest shareholder of Orange Sky, and it was still useful to say something.

"By the way, do you still remember the Bai Baihe I brought to your company for an audition last time?" Wang Jinghua seemed to mention it casually during the chat after dinner.

Zhou Xing nodded: "Remember, a very spiritual little girl, very good."

"That's right. This girl has been acting in TV dramas before. Is there any other character that can show her face in this rumor? It's okay to have no lines, just let her feel the atmosphere of the movie." Wang Jinghua said.

Zhou Xing thought for a while: "It seems that there is a role of a Japanese maid, if she doesn't think the role is too small."

"That's fine, it's her."

Back at the company, Wang Jinghua called Bai Baihe to the office.

"Why? Do you think the role is too small?" Seeing that Bai Baihe had been silent, Wang Jinghua asked with a straight face.

Bai Baihe quickly shook her head, but she felt uncomfortable. After all, she was the second female lead in the audition. How could she be willing to play a small supporting role who didn't even know if she had any lines?

"You, don't be sour. This time you are asked to play this supporting role. The main reason for Zhou Xing's impression of you is to go to the crew and perform well. Remember, in the showbiz, there are only small actors and no small roles. At the beginning, Zhou Xing also came from a background." Wang Jinghua is actually very optimistic about Bai Baihe, not because of her good acting skills, but because she is young, and the older generation of actresses such as Zhou Xun, Gong Li, and Zhang Ziyi are already old. And the new generation of actresses haven't even made it out yet, sometimes that's how life is.

Like Li Bingbing, when she debuted, it happened to be the time when these mainland actresses were shining brightly, so that for so many years, she was just wandering around. If she was born ten years later, with Li Bingbing's acting skills, she would definitely be A new generation of leaders.

"Only small actors, no small roles?" Bai Baihe muttered to herself.

On the other hand, Zhou Xing made an appointment with Li Xue again.

Although Li Xue is in charge of the artist department, but he is in the same company, the manager of the distribution department has to show some face. However, it is a business, and Huayi Cinemas' distribution commission is 58%, which is considered very high.

But there is no way, who will let others control the channel.

In terms of publicity, Tong Lia is the lead actor in [Love Call Transfer 2]. She is not well-known, so she must not be the main character. Fortunately, the actors who acted for her are pretty popular. Of course, in terms of fame, Zhou Xing is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

Therefore, on the promotional poster of "Love Call Transfer 2", Tong Lia, as the absolute leading actor, only occupies a small part, while Zhou Xing and several other popular actors directly account for more than half.

The publicity plan was officially launched in late October, and Tong Lia, who hadn't seen her for a while, also appeared in front of Zhou Xing. This girl seemed to be much paler than before, and I don't know if the cosmetics sent by Zhou Xing played a role.

"By the way, do you still remember my roommate Wang Zixuan?" Tong Lia was lying on the sofa without any image, pressing the remote control one by one, resting her head on Zhou Xing's shoulder, as lazy as a kitten.

Zhou Xing was reading the script of [Feng Sheng], when he heard the words turning over the script, his hand paused: "Remember, isn't that your girlfriend, what's wrong?"

"She actually passed the exam as an assistant to the village official. Instead of acting, she became a civil servant." Tong Lia suddenly sat up straight.

Zhou Xing looked at Tong Lia suspiciously: "Ah, what's the matter? Who stipulates that one must become an actor after graduation from the Chinese Opera? How good is it to be a civil servant, and you can keep your income in drought and flood? Isn't it more stable than being an actor?"

"No, you don't understand, Zixuan has such good academic performance, she can dance and martial arts, and she likes acting so much." Tong Lia suddenly felt a little depressed.

Zhou Xing secretly smiled inwardly. This girl must have just entered the society from the ivory tower of the campus, so she has so many emotions. In fact, there are many ensemble performers in Hengdian, who have performed for more than ten years, and finally gave up?
Compared with survival, dreams are not as important as imagined.

"Ahem, Yaya, I'm a little sleepy." Zhou Xing suddenly leaned into Tong Lia's ear.

Tong Lia's ears turned red immediately, and then her face turned red too. She and Zhou Xing had been together on the night of graduation. Naturally, she was well aware of this kind of hint that novice drivers understood.

"But, I'm not sleepy." Tong Lia still wanted to struggle.

Zhou Xing held her down, then hugged her sideways: "No, you're sleepy."

"Oh, the TV is still on."

"It's okay, lest you can't let go of your throat."

In the next day, in the nanny's car, Tong Lia glared at Zhou Xing viciously, but the latter raised his eyebrows at her with arrogance.

"Hiss~~~" Zhou Xing suddenly called out, and immediately everyone looked at him inexplicably.

"Ahem, I'm fine, I seem to have been stared at by some bug."

Tong Lia heard that Zhou Xing said she was a bug, and she was dissatisfied and sent out threatening signals. Unfortunately, Zhou Xing had already firmly held her evil little hand.

"Humph."

The announcement this time was a TV talk show, and only two people were needed, so Zhou Xing naturally arranged him and Tong Lia together for the sake of public benefit.

In the dressing room, the host brought the script.

"Miss Tong, your voice." Coincidentally, the host had interviewed Tong Lia before.

In front of outsiders, Tong Lia had no choice but to say: "Ahem, sister Jing, I have a cold recently and my throat is a little dry."

"Oh, that's it. I have throat lozenges here, and I'll bring them to you later. You must pay attention to your health during the recent season change, and don't work too hard."

puff.

Well, Zhou Xing's thinking was wrong, mainly because the word "toil" has a lot of connotations.

After Sister Jing left, Tong Lia naturally refused to let Zhou Xing go, and ruthlessly grabbed Zhou Xing's waist to vent her anger.

Finally the recording of the show started.

Sister Jing asked: "As far as I know, Zhou Xing not only participated in this drama, but is also an investor in this drama, right?"

"Well, that's right." Zhou Xing nodded, generously admitting.

Sister Jing asked again: "I remember at the Academy Awards ceremony, you said that you would switch to behind-the-scenes, and it seems that you have no works on the big screen this year. Are you planning to retire from the stage?"

"No, in fact, there is a movie that has already been filmed, but it hasn't been released yet. As for the transformation, it didn't start with this movie. I also invested in [Love Call Transfer 1] before." Zhou Xing shook his head and denied.

"Why did you think of the transformation behind the scenes?" Sister Jing asked a question that many audiences wanted to know. It stands to reason that Zhou Xing had just won the best actor, and it was time to show his ambitions.

"In fact, after so many years of filming, I found that being an actor has too many limitations. If you want to make a good movie, it is not enough to rely on a few people in front of the stage to act there. There are many jobs behind the scenes that require excellence. There will be a good film that will be presented to the audience," Zhou Xing explained.

Sister Jing nodded, and turned the topic to Tong Liya again: "Yaya, I was on our show not long ago, right?"

Tong Lia smiled and nodded, with two small canine teeth showing sharp corners: "Yes, last month, I came with the crew of [Mother Yi Tianxia]."

"That's quite a coincidence, [Mother Yi Tianxia] will also be released next month, does Yaya think there is any difference between making a TV series and making a movie?" Sister Jing asked.

Tong Liya tilted her head and thought for a while: "The difference is quite big. After all, the carriers of movies and TV are too different, and movies are relatively strict."

"I remember that you were a guest star in [Love Call Transfer 1], but this time you became the leading female lead, and you were filming with so many handsome actors, doesn't it feel different?"

“Actually okay”

During the recording of the show, Zhou Xing and Tong Lia hardly had any communication, which made Sister Jing think they were not very familiar with each other. In fact, it was true. After all, Tong Lia was just a young actor, and she was too far away from Zhou Xing's coffee position. She and Zhou Xing Going on the show together is basically just rubbing the heat.

After a series of publicity, [Love Call Transfer 2] has finally gained some fame. According to the usual practice, the annual Lunar New Year file starts in mid-November.

On November 11, [Love Call Transfer 21] will be released nationwide.

The reason why this time was chosen for release is mainly to avoid some big productions.

例如周行主演的【叶问】已经定档12月23号，小钢炮的【非诚勿扰】定档12月18号，陈凯哥的【梅兰芳】定档12月5号。

Undoubtedly, the Chinese-language movies in December will be a fierce battle again, and [Love Call Transfer 12] can only be released early to avoid being cannon fodder, and the final box office can only be left to fate.

"Don't be too nervous, at least there are no strong opponents this month, and the cost of this movie is not high, as long as the box office exceeds 500 million, it will pay back." In the screening hall, Zhou Xing patted the back of Tong Lia's hand to comfort him. .

Twenty five million?Tong Lia still had a bitter face. This was the first time she became the female number one. Can she really get such a high box office?
(End of this chapter)