Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 290 Science Fiction Daji, Cyber ​​Succubus

Li Wentao continued to report:

"'Wu Xin: The Monster Killer' has an investment of 2800 million yuan and has been filming for two weeks."

"Wuxin: The Monster Killer" was intended to be premiered on the Internet, so the investment in this aspect was the least.

But it’s good enough for a web drama.

It is also regarded as Zuibai Entertainment’s second web drama after "The Princess Weiyoung".

And there is also a most important project, "Ghost Blows Out the Light", which was personally supervised by Cheng Xi.

The script has been revised dozens of times, and we are now gradually looking for actors.

The current basis should be "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin", which is also the better adaptation of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series of films.

The original work was directed by Wuershan, starring Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Shu Qi, Angelababy and Xia Yu.

It mainly tells the stories of the last four parts.

Some time ago, my cheap senior brother Lu Chuan heard that I was going to start filming the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" project, and he hurriedly handed over his script.

Cheng Xi finished reading it out of courtesy, but really, it was nothing.

That's what you call working your hardest.

At most, it can be considered the max version of "Nine-story Demon Tower".

A piece of shit, no matter how big it is, is still a piece of shit.

If the core things remain unchanged, there will be no way to turn it over.

So I just refused it straightforwardly.

But Lu Chuan was very persistent and shot down his notebook.

He actually wants to direct his own new script
This left Cheng Xi speechless for a while, and he looked at him with an almost idiotic look.

He replied without hesitation:
"Brother, what do you think of me as stupid?"

After saying this, Lu Chuan was completely stunned as if he had been acupunctured.

He left Zuibai Entertainment in disgrace.

As for the actors in this series of movies, of course the company's mainstay male actor Zhu Yilong was hired to play Hu Bayi.

Fatty Wang asked Qiao Shan to give it a try.

Shirley Yang is a Chinese-American from Taiwan, and she was directly played by Reba.

She has always played the leading role in TV dramas, but has never tried to play the leading role in a movie.

As for the role of Ding Sitian previously played by Angelababy, Jing Tian will play it.

In terms of first love face and acting skills, she is definitely more famous than Angelababy.

I just don’t know if this “Sweetheart” who is always with big stars has any schedule.

Cheng Xi found it quite funny when he thought of this character.

This was originally a film controlled by Huayi.

At that time, Angelababy also won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ding Sitian.

He also made the bold statement, "Actually, my journey has not been smooth. If it had been smooth, I would have won a grand slam of awards."

As for other supporting actors, they just need to give a share to the cooperating company.

"Boss, who will be the director of Mojin: The Lost Tomb?"

Mojin: The Lost Tomb has many special effects scenes, and the cost is estimated to be over 100 million yuan.

Therefore, the director needs to make careful choices.

Of course, Li Wentao hopes to do it himself, which is the safest option.

But Cheng Xi's appetite has grown now, and he will not shoot ordinary non-classic movies himself.

Cheng Xi is only willing to take on movies like "Life Events", "Charlotte" and "Detective Chinatown", which have both good reputation and box office success, and have made certain breakthroughs in the subject matter.

Cheng Xi plans to train Wen Muye to become a feature film director, so that he can make movies that win awards, box office and have good reputations.

Xin Yukun was trained to become an expert in crime and suspense films.

Who would be better to direct this kind of special effects movie?
Wuershan and Tsui Hark are relatively famous, but unfortunately they are both directors who have a good relationship with Huayi.

Special effects special effects, or choose one from the current director staff.

Or go dig one.

The younger ones include Lu Yang, whose "Assassination of Novelist" is not bad, but just good.

After all, we have many IPs of our own, and there will definitely be more and more movies that require special effects and industrialization in the future.

I will also be filming "The Wandering Earth" later.

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The Wandering Earth!

Science fiction Daji, cyber succubus—Guo Fan!
How could I forget my direct senior brother!
I am half a teacher!

If a movie as difficult as "The Wandering Earth" can be completed so well, I believe that making "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will not be a problem.

Of course, it also needs training, and when the time comes, an experienced old director will be arranged to take charge.

Be the producer yourself and contact the best special effects production company.

The script is complete.

Just follow the script and I believe there will be no problem.

And I talked about him with counselor Cao Jinnan last time, and he said that he terminated his contract with Wanda Films last year.

Now I am preparing to start my own business and create my own company.

Now is the best time to take action.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xi immediately took out his cell phone and called Guo Fan.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Brother, how's the filming of your movie going lately?" "Thank you Director Cheng for your concern. The movie has been scheduled and will be released before May Day."

"Don't call me Director Cheng, it'll make things awkward. Just call me Junior Brother. Congratulations in advance on the success of your second film!"

Guo Fan lost money on his first film "The Adventures of Li Xian", so he has now invested about 1000 million yuan and made a low-budget movie "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me".

He is now worried that the movie will lose money.

But Cheng Xi knew that this movie would make a huge profit, with profits of more than ten or twenty times.

What a pity, I didn’t invest in advance.

But then again, Cheng Xi had no idea how to remember the filming time of each movie.

I have an impression of the box office and plot, but that's because I've seen it and it was on the news, but I really can't remember the exact date.

He is also very busy, so missing one or two movies occasionally is no big deal for Cheng Xi.

"Hahaha, then I thank you, Junior Brother. Um, Junior Brother, I wonder if you are free these days?"

"What's wrong? I'm sure I can tell you what you are talking about, brother."

"Well, that's right. I've organized several screenings of my new movie, but I haven't found any problems."

"We're planning to hold the final show the day after tomorrow. If you're free, I'd like you to come and help review it and give me some suggestions."

Guo Fan made this request with some hesitation.

After all, he is now a busy director with billions of box office revenue, and he probably has no interest in a script of 1000 million yuan.

But he was really afraid that the second movie would continue to lose money, and he guessed that no one would invest in him in the future.

This youth film will need at least 5000 million to break even, which is not easy.

Cheng Xi has experience as the producer and screenwriter of "So Young", and with a box office of 8 million yuan, he can definitely see some problems and offer some suggestions.

Moreover, Cheng Xi's arrival can also give investors, film producers and theaters more confidence.

"Well, Senior Brother, please send me the time and place of the movie viewing party."

"I do have something to do the day after tomorrow, but it's okay. I'll postpone it. Your business comes first."

When Guo Fan heard this, no matter whether Cheng Xi really had something to do or not, he was quite touched that he could say so.

The road to becoming a filmmaker is indeed not easy, and I have suffered a lot of cold stares along the way.

My direct junior brother is still the most reliable!
It was worthy of the good relationship I had with him. He sincerely taught me a lot of methods for drawing storyboards.

"Junior brother, you are so loyal. I don't know how to thank you!"

"What's there to thank me for? We are brothers. I was talking about you with Lao Cao last time. Let's visit each other more often."

"Yes, yes, move around more!"

Cheng Xi could hear Guo Fan's excitement. After all, he had not made any name for himself yet.

The industry is generally not optimistic about this youth film he directed.

And Cheng Xi has already achieved success and fame.

After Cheng Xi hung up the phone, he sent a message to Deng Jie:
[The day after tomorrow is free, I have something to do.]

[Got it, boss.]

[Please arrange for Wen Muye to come with me. I will send you the specific time later.]

[Okay, boss. 】

"So Young" was directed by Wen Muye, and it just happened that he was asked to go with him.

Either don’t help, or help to the end.

On the third day, Cheng Xi and Wen Muye set out for Guangjing Ruixing Media Company.

This company is also the producer of "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me".

A small entertainment company.

As soon as Cheng Xi, Wen Muye and Deng Jie got out of the car, Guo Fan and several middle-aged men were waiting for them downstairs.

Cheng Xi went up to Guo Fan and hugged him enthusiastically:
"Brother, long time no see! Your beard is still so handsome!"

"Hahaha, Junior Brother is the handsome young man! Come, let me introduce you, these are Mr. Qi and Mr. He from Guangjing Ruixing."

"Hello, President Qi, Hello, President He!"

President Qi and President He also took the initiative to extend their hands to shake hands with Cheng Xi:

"Hello, Director Cheng. It's a great honor for our company to have you here."

After the greetings, Guo Fan led Cheng Xi and his party to the company's screening room.

It's a rather simple screening room, more like the environment of a slicing class in a university.

But a lot of people came.

Just now in the elevator, Guo Fan had roughly described the people who were present today, most of whom were from the cinema.

I guess this movie watching also involves screening scheduling, so Guo Fan attached so much importance to it and asked me to come.

It can be considered as half a platform.

"Junior brother, our screening room is rather simple. All the money was spent on filming and publicity. We are now stretched to the limit."

"It's okay. When I was filming 'Wan Wan', I had to save even a few hundred dollars."

While chatting, Cheng Xi walked into the screening room.

In the screening room, a group of managers from the cinema chain were chatting noisily. When they saw Guo Fan come in, they all looked towards the door.

When they saw that the person chatting and laughing with Guo Fan was Director Cheng Xi, everyone couldn't help but stand up.

When Guo Fan invited them, he said that there would be an important guest today.

But no one expected that this important guest would be Cheng Xi!

(End of this chapter)