The male god always wants to withdraw from the circle and sell insurance [Entertainment circle]

Chapter 153 Casting

Sang Li thinks that Lin Ya can't get along.

This is not surprising at all. Sangli is a straightforward businessman. Even Smith, who has been criticized by the outside world, is more artistic than him, or in other words, he pursues intangible skills and all kinds of things, while he My purpose is straightforward: money, for such influential media works as movies, usually comes in faster.

Shooting Weng Lou's biographical film is a project he decided to take after careful consideration. It is true that there are also the dream-seeking methods related to the male god in his dream when he was young, and there are also related elements of consuming Weng Lou's feelings.Sangli doesn't like failure, or no one in the entertainment industry likes failure, but Sangli is more absolute. For him, as long as there is no huge profit, it is considered a failure, which makes his investment and planning become difficult. He became more and more cautious, which also made most of his projects extremely detailed.

And his day-to-day is to make sure that he minimizes the possible failure points of each project.

Even so, Sanli has experienced countless "failure" battles that are only barely able to recover the cost, but in the overall situation, he is still a well-known gold medal producer in the circle.He personally negotiated this project with Lin Ya. Later, in order to satisfy Lin Ya, he also found Quanmei Company who was deeply interested in it. Quanmei Company is the father of the "Collapsed Kingdom" series. This film company The style in the industry is quite famous, and the founder is also quite ambitious. In this era of business, he is still very successful in playing the old brand with taste and style, almost forming a kind of company characteristics.

Most of the movies produced below meet two characteristics: they are rich enough, and they are quite good-looking.There are also individual low-budget movies, and none of them are bad.

The United States was first founded by the Federation and the Empire. It is the oldest, largest, and most well-funded film company in the world.The number of films produced each year is quite low, only about ten to twenty films. Unlike Talcum and Calvin, who are constantly breaking through and seeking new developments, they can steadily account for 15.00% to [-]% of the box office market every year. %, judging from the ratio of the number of countless films scheduled to the films they produced, they can be called classics and miracles in every way.

However, due to capital reasons, the most admired or criticized by all American companies is not because of their excellent film abilities, but because their biggest hobby is to wait for others to complete their development, and then directly spend money to recruit people.Basically, most of the company's employees are very well-known talents in the circle, and they are often replaced. However, due to this reason, the elimination rate is quite high, and failure is basically not allowed.

If the entertainment market still allows stars and even directors to fail once or twice, then failure among all-American companies is tantamount to doom.Therefore, in terms of ability, the American company can be regarded as the most demanding place in the industry, with extremely high barriers to entry and extremely low barriers to entry. In addition to business requirements, the founders also have very strict controls on awards. The annual Global Awards also often show their faces, and the name seemed to be taken from Perfect in the past.

The company is notoriously perverted and harsh in the industry. Some people even think that if Quanmei was not rich enough, it would have been finished according to the company's development route, and Quanmei is still thriving.

Privately in the entertainment industry, they prefer to call Quanmei the Miracle DreamWorks, believing that its success and style cannot be copied, and on the road of film development so far, many film companies have fallen or lost news, only Quanmei has stood firm and has been Come to today.Although Hua Shi and Calvin have been working hard to pry the corner of Big Brother over the years, commercialization and entertainment have rushed to the forefront, and the audience has gradually expanded, but they still have not been able to shake the status of the United States.

For example, even though "Light Like Day", which was hit by the talc company this time, completely overwhelmed "Collapsed Kingdom" at the box office, but if you really want to mention the classics and popularity of both parties, the latter may not necessarily lose.

Many film companies were interested in Weng Lou's filming this time. At first, Sang Li also contacted several film companies, but Lin Ya directly chose Quanmei. Part of the reason was because Weng Lou had worked in many film companies. We have been tossed and turned in the past, and there have been a lot of unhappiness, and Quanmei Company is relatively less annoying to Weng Lou—fortunately, it is a super predator like Quanmei Company, if it is a smaller one, Sangli can only feel that women are really emotional creatures up.

In terms of production, Sang Li has proved his ability enough. Even Zhang Zitao, the chief director selected by the United States, has also proved his commercial value and artistic value. question.

Different from the super-high investment and big production of commercial films that win with special effects in the general situation, there are many different departments in the United States, small films with different paths, low-cost assembly lines with small investment and big profits, and there is also no shortage of serial brands with huge investments. Over the years, the income from film peripherals accumulated over the years is enough to crush a small film company.

If Quanmei is described as a billionaire, then he is not only a billionaire who can make money, but also a miser who can make sure that every penny is used reasonably and can dig out the maximum profit and value.

At the same time, he is generous enough, and the due expenses will never be polite.

For example, just because of the name Weng Lou, Quanmei Company invested [-] million yuan in this project. Whether it is Quanmei's brand, or Sangli's reputation, including Zhang Zitao's honor in recent years, it is enough to make all the actors pay attention to this project. For this project, Zhang Zitao stopped a lot of preparation work at hand, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to "The Legend of Weng Lou".

The reason why Lin Ya is satisfied with Zhang Zitao is very simple, because Zhang Zitao did not hesitate to restart the entire process of filming when filming "The Wind and Moon Separation". Art does whatever it takes, which is also her real idea of ​​agreeing with Zhang Zitao to direct the entire film.

A director who can be strict with his own work will not caress about Weng Lou's movie, and his mind is full of money.

And Zhang Zitao did not disappoint her.

The screenwriter is from within the United States, and she is also a very famous teacher in recent years. Lin Ya has known all these relevant main characters one by one, and only those who are recognized and affirmed by her can pass the test.This is also the main reason why Sang Li thinks that Lin Ya is a crazy woman. Usually, selling copyrights or even authorization is not such a troublesome thing. Lin Ya doesn't need a penny, but correspondingly, she has to supervise the whole process of Weng Lou's biography and the participants. She No inappropriate person will be allowed to be involved.

Lin Ya had some status in the circle in the early days, and her husband was also Weng Lou's manager, so it can be said that she can find the person closest to Weng Lou in this world. Now that she is old, she is not short of money, and she is tight Holding all of Weng Lou's "lifetime" property, no one can do anything about her. Since the old lady has a stubborn temper and good spirits, she can only let her go. Fortunately, she is not a messy person. As long as the selected person has no major problems, she won't be too embarrassed, otherwise, according to Lin Ya's pickiness, the two parties would have broken up long ago.

In this world, as long as you are a person, you will inevitably have selfishness. In addition, the movie is a multi-person project. It can be said that as long as the role is not obvious, it is quite normal to put some people. , everyone knows clearly, no one can fish in troubled waters.This is okay, unlike those big bosses who only collect money behind the scenes, Sang Li and Zhang Zitao also want to get along with high-quality actors, but they are limited to the pressure from the market, money, and even investors. There are all kinds of problems, and Lin Ya is now facing them, and they are happy to benefit.

But in the same way, everyone's power is also limited, even Sangli didn't recruit, he can recommend the characters in his studio to the old lady, but as long as the old lady doesn't like it, she just calls back, there is no room for negotiation .Even if it is forced, it can only be stuffed with some insignificant tricks, so it doesn't make much sense.

Right now, the behind-the-scenes lineup is easy to talk about. Judging from the experience of Sangli’s cooperation, their lineup is almost a golden combination, if not invincible. Everyone is almost in the company of success. Added together, they are basically insulated from failure. up.Lin Ya was lenient towards them, and it was the actors who were really stuck in front of the camera who were really stuck. Normally speaking, the character and even private life of the actors had little to do with the work—of course not when the film was released. After an accident, no matter what news comes out afterwards, as long as there are benefits and popularity, no one will care.

But Lin Ya cares.

She must not tolerate a tainted actor playing Weng Lou.

Originally, it was difficult to find an actor to play Weng Lou. Not only appearance, figure, charisma and temperament are all things to consider, but now Lin Ya even cares about her personal character. After getting stuck, Weng Lou was obviously the first to start choosing, but the candidates he could find were always not to Lin Ya's liking. In the end, almost all supporting roles and even secondary roles were settled, and the role of Weng Lou that he was looking for at the beginning was still nothing. audio.

Due to the pressure from the United States, when Sang Li and Zhang Zitao called to urge him, the casting director almost broke down and committed suicide by jumping off the building.

At the very beginning, Sangli also thought about Gu Yunkai as a character, and even thought about sending an invitation to let him try out the role. Later, Gu Jianyue also sent a message to ask, but Lin Ya's firm attitude made Sangli feel helpless. He hesitated to push Gu Yunkai away.

No matter how good Gu Yunkai's personal morality is and how high the quality of his work is, he and Weng Lou really don't have a great fit in appearance, and secondly, his popularity with Jian Yuan and the suspicion of the media will inevitably affect him. According to Lin Ya's judgment, Gu Yunkai's status is good now, and with Jian Yuan's power behind him, it would be embarrassing if he was rejected.

It is common for actors not to pass the audition, and it is also common for a certain role to be unsuitable. Sangli's main concern is that Lin Ya's comments on Gu Yun will make this invitation very embarrassing.As for Gu Jianyue's question, since he concluded in his heart that Gu Yunkai would never pass the audition, there was no need for him to come over and trouble him.

There are no secrets in the circle. Sang Li knows that Gu Yunkai has received many invitations from big productions. Although the project of Weng Lou is one of the best in the industry, it does not fit Gu Yunkai's usual way of acting, and the selection is difficult. I'm afraid He is just casting a wide net on this project, and he will not really pay attention to it.

For the tug-of-war of Weng Lou's actors, not only Quanmei is troubled, but even Lin Ya herself is a little troubled. The more actors she sees, the more she will sometimes think of the young man she met in Glendorby. , the face of the other party was covered by clothes and accessories, so she couldn't see the full face clearly, but the gentle and elegant conversation, the gentle tone of voice and the extremely patient attitude reminded Lin Ya of Weng Lou many, many years ago. .

Probably because of her husband's insight, Weng Lou and their husband and wife have always been like a family. Lin Ya still remembers that her husband treats Weng Lou like a younger brother and his family. Afterwards, she will support any decision made by Weng Lou. He, even Weng Lou decided to quit the circle after performing in the palace, and her husband only thought about it for a while, and agreed to overcome all difficulties for him.

Weng Lou is a person who deserves to be pampered. Lin Ya also remembers the astonishment when she saw him for the first time. His brows were clear and his bones were radiant. No, there is nothing wrong with that.Beads and jades are the first, even if she is looking for a counterfeit, Lin Ya also wants to find the same jewels and jades, it's okay to be a little worse, but she can't use all plastic and glass beads to make up for it.

In this circle, there have been ups and downs for so many years. In the final analysis, it is you who sing and I will appear on the stage. Lin Ya has watched the world for so many years, and there is nothing she doesn’t understand. The circle will change the rules. I was a little lost before Traces, some have been fed by the empire, and some have become old artists. These new actors who have come in are born beautiful, full of tricks, and have all kinds of shapes, but they all lose a little temperament and have no taste.

Those who were notified to come to audition for Weng Lou were not the male actors known as Xiao Weng Lou who looked very similar in appearance; I've seen it, some of them have makeup on, and they look alike when they don't speak, but when they open their mouths and do some actions, they are completely different from each other.

Especially the actor who was called Xiao Wenglou not long after his debut, he was born exquisite and beautiful, and he was also a newcomer in the past two years, but his figure was too thin and long, as if he only had bones left, and he didn't know what to pursue right now. What kind of aesthetic feeling? If you want to show such a skinny feeling, how can you support those costumes and outfits? Seeing his skinny appearance, Lin Ya is almost worried about whether he has enough physical strength to shoot the whole scene.

Not to mention his demeanor, which is almost boring on purpose. Lin Ya may have traveled more roads than he has eaten in his life. That actor may have been praised by others, and he won the name of Weng Lou. The sweetness brought by the head, I want to get more heat, so that I can completely tie myself with the old man like Weng Lou, but I don’t even look at my own capital. I am beautiful, but I have no body and spirit, let alone temperament. .

If only that young man was an actor.

Lin Ya couldn't help sighing. The American company was worried, and she was naturally tormented in her heart. Now that the authorization has been released, she of course wants the film to be produced well. The problem is that the current actors have no quality. How to produce well? If it was possible to make do with it, in the first few years when her husband passed away, Lin Ya was almost mentally exhausted, and she would have sold it long ago. How could she be gritted her teeth and seriously participate in it now that she is older.

Speaking of which, that young man is clearly not similar to Weng Lou at all, but standing there, Lin Ya suddenly reminded Lin Ya of Weng Lou. The two of them have the same temperament and strength of character. It's a face, even the inside is so seven or eight... No, even if it's only three or four points, or even just a little bit of that young man's charm, Lin Ya can loosen her teeth and stop clenching her teeth.

Contrary to what Sang Li thought, Gu Yunkai was very concerned about the follow-up of the Weng Lou project, but because the role of Weng Lou had never disclosed the audition scene from the beginning to the end, he did not ask Gu Jianyue to submit his information. A better way, Sang Li seemed to have changed his mind, or felt that Gu Yunkai was not suitable for any of the roles, so he didn't send any news.

However, Gu Yunkai didn't have time to take care of this matter, so he could only ask Gu Jianyue to pay more attention, and he had to concentrate on welcoming the Global Award.

When filming "The Pianist's Skylight", the leading actor played by Gu Yunkai received a lot of bad reviews, but after the Blu-ray extended version was released later, word of mouth recovered a little bit. Many people think that aside from the dull rhythm, just The narrative and plot, as well as the performances of the male and female protagonists, are at least passable. Even Smith's black fans are rarely aware of their conscience. They probably feel that the big director was too badly blacked out before, so they promoted " The Pianist's Skylight" Blu-ray extended version, I think the castration of the movie theater is too much.

And in the earlier "Light Like Day", the role of Feng Sanlang made Gu Yunkai shortlisted for the best supporting actor in the Global Award in one fell swoop. The strength of "Light Like Day" itself is enough to attract attention. Almost all the movies produced this year are eclipsed in front of "Light Like Day", even the "Collapsed Kingdom" series can't catch up.

"Light Like Day" has received many nominations for behind-the-scenes aspects such as director and editing, but the only one related to the role is Gu Yunkai's Feng Sanlang, who is the best supporting actor role. Everyone else failed to be nominated. During the month's awards ceremony, the production team took the initiative to contact Gu Yunkai. The quota for the Global Award is limited, so the production team also tried to negotiate with Gu Yunkai if there are any relatives and friends that they want to bring along. If not, the quota will be given to others Actors head up.

If you didn't win an award, you didn't win an award, but seeing the world, even participating in the global award scene is something worthy of honor.

Gu Yunkai thought of Jian Yuan and Gu Jianyue almost immediately, so he unceremoniously took the two places. In fact, it was a coincidence that almost all the nominations were revealed just before the awards Yes, the reason why Gu Yunkai was proposed so early in the first place was that, as the most solid backing of the Global Awards, there was an irreconcilable conflict between the Global Film Art Association and the academy members.

That is the movie "Light Like Day", whether the performance in it is eligible for nomination for the Global Award.

Art and business have always been the most controversial point of contradiction, and even the judges are very troubled by this. If you only look at the box office, then many kitsch films will undoubtedly enter the market, but if you choose a film that is too sunny and snowy, it is inevitable. It is questioned by the public, so usually award-winning movies will combine the two, and the outstanding feature of "Light Like Day" is that its box office is too extreme, so extreme that even the judges are a little suspicious of life.

Usually, the scoring standard is to remove the highest score and then remove the lowest score. The Global Award also has the same meaning. In this era of fast food, movies with abnormally high box office are usually not easy to score, because such movies are usually It's not just a problem with the actors themselves - although it's not absolute, it's not far behind.

Therefore, there is no doubt about the nominations for other awards in "Light Like Day", but there is a big difference in the choice of the best actor.

Especially Gu Yunkai.

Some relatively safe senior film critics believe that Gu Yunkai has an advantage in appearance, but his acting skills are not outstanding; there are also academy members who disagree. , the face is good-looking, but the acting skills are natural. An actor can maintain a beautiful appearance to make people enter the play, which is also a part of acting skills.

Later, the quarrel became increasingly fierce. The two parties went from peaceful dictation to trying to persuade each other to almost having a physical conflict. In the end, the members of the academy had a slight advantage and abruptly pushed Gu Yunkai into the shortlist for best supporting actor.

Due to the great noise caused by both parties, it eventually led to the "unfortunate tragedy" leaked in advance, which indirectly slapped the Golden Raspberry Award severely.

Gu Yunkai is very clear about his ability, it is possible to be shortlisted, but it is better to forget about winning. After being with Jian Yuan, he has indeed become more tender and romantic, but he is not so stupid that he has no sense of proportion to himself. He never does it. If you buy and sell without money, you will naturally not invest in projects that are sure to lose. This is the main reason why Gu Jianyue has not put any effort into publicity.

For the Global Awards this time, he was at best a running companion.