The crew of "Big Devil" has been waiting for a long time.
After finalizing Mei Zihan as the leading actor in their film, they began to move around for the film team.
They have never made a movie before, and this time they are making a black and humorous satirical comedy, so if they can't guarantee the box office, they must keep their reputation. As for the members of the film crew, the head of the Qinglong Repertory Troupe used his sharp tongue to persuade them one by one.
By the time Mei Zihan joined the group, the film crew was already very good at watching.
The director is the well-known Guan Yue. Her delicate and exquisite shots once became the favorite of the judges of literary films. It is also lucky to invite her to be the director this time. Because Guan Yue's new film has just been withdrawn.
Alas, literary and artistic films do not make money, and temporary withdrawal of capital is common. Guan Yue has experienced many times, and she is already very calm.
She is also very interested in Mei Zihan, a young actor who is in the limelight. The other party has already been nominated for Best Actor, and she has also watched the nominated roles, and the performance is indeed very good. In contrast, Xiang Xia, another young actor who is slightly older than Mei Zihan, is much inferior to Mei Zihan, but he barely made the shortlist because of his advantages in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles.
It can be said that most of the films directed by Guan Yuelai want to cooperate with Mei Zihan.
What makes Guan Yue feel depressed is that Mei Zihan's current popularity has not even taken over a literary film? As a result, she can only get in touch with this actor who is favored by countless people in this way.
The head of the Qinglong Drama Troupe realized the golden sign of the name "Mei Zihan" when these filmmakers participated in their movie "The Great Devil".
At the beginning, those people heard that it was a film adaptation of a play, and the other party did not have any experience in TV series or film production, so they all waved their hands and shook their heads, unwilling to get involved. Either they asked for a relatively high price, and obviously they were not very confident about the movie.
However, when the team leader told them that Mei Zihan was the lead actor in this movie, everyone's attitudes changed.
The person who originally said that he would consider it called to say that he was willing to join in that night, and the person who proposed a higher price also instantly offered a 50% discount to the donkey.
The five words Qinglong Repertory Troupe are far more resounding than the name Mei Zihan in the movie circle.
So far, Mei Zihan's TV drama or movie has not hit the street. The post about Mei Zihan's possible rebirth has reached the 30th floor. Although everyone knows that this is absurd, it also affirms Mei Zihan's vision in another sense.
If "Big Devil" can invite Mei Zihan to participate, then at least it will have a certain popularity and reputation. It's a completely different feeling for the staff to join a hopeless film and a film that is destined to succeed.
When the team leader smiled and talked about Mei Zihan's appeal to the production staff, Guan Yue also nodded seriously.
"The total cost of "The Shit Shoveler" is less than 100 million, but it has a box office of 1.2 billion. Mei Zihan even won the best actor nomination directly for the role of Elizabeth, which can be said to be a box office reputation Double harvest. In addition, Mei Zihan is also one of the main investors of this movie. Although Mei Zihan had a small workload last year, the money he earned from this movie alone is already comparable to other actors’ struggles Last ten or eight years."
After saying this, Guan Yue continued, "The current box office of "Black and White Detective" has exceeded 1.1 billion. When it is released, how can it get a box office of 1.6 to 1.7 billion. Although it failed to break through the previous Spring Festival stalls However, the records left by several films in the past have already made a good start for this year's film market. If you count Mei Zihan's previous starring role in "Blood Pool Picture", Mei Zihan is already an actor with a box office of 4 billion gone."
In the film industry, either rely on the box office, or rely on word of mouth.
Mei Zihan has both. The three simple movies have already reached the level of 4 billion. If he continues to make more, there is only time to be short of 10 billion male actors.
Under such circumstances, Mei Zihan's willingness to participate in the "Great Devil" movie is a pointer for the entire movie market. At least there is no need to worry about the schedule and schedule of "The Great Devil" when it is released, because Mei Zihan's previous achievements have already made an excellent start for it.
"I have been making movies for many years. But even if I want to invite Mei Zihan to participate in the movies I make now, I have to see if he has a schedule. An actor with online acting skills and box office appeal is rare. Please, I heard that even director Zhou Guojian intends to let him be one of the leading actors in the next co-movie." Guan Yue sighed deeply, "If he continues to be so popular, I'm afraid this movie will be the only movie I can share with him. There is an opportunity to meet."
Hearing that Guan Yue admired Mei Zihan so much, the head of the drama troupe couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat off his brow.
Fortunately, Mei Zihan ignored their difficulties at the beginning, otherwise what they missed was not just an actor, maybe they might not even be able to get the investment.
Rather than saying that this movie was created by the Qinglong Drama Troupe, it would be better to say that this movie was created based on Mei Zihan's popularity and appeal from the beginning to the end.
Without Mei Zihan, there would be no "Big Devil".
The Qinglong Repertory Troupe had never been in the film industry, so they naturally didn't know how profound the magic power of Mei Zihan was.
"Of course, I also read the script. The adaptation of the script is very good. All the content that was difficult for the movie before has been changed, which is more in line with the tastes of the audience. Although it has affected the depth of the movie, it is also Necessary compromise. If you insist on going your own way, you will be stripped of funding for several films in a row like me."
Because of receiving such cognitive feedback in advance, when Mei Zihan entered the group of "The Great Devil", what he felt was unparalleled enthusiasm and sincerity.
Is this the theater troupe he has dealt with before
If Mei Zihan was just an ordinary idol star in the eyes of the repertory troupe before, then the treatment in the repertory troupe is no different from that of a superstar.
"Brother Tong, is the movie's budget overrun again?" Mei Zihan asked while pulling Tong Heng carefully.
The crew was so enthusiastic, the only reason Mei Zihan could think of was that the crew was short of money, and he, the main actor and the largest investor, needed to allocate funds again.
"Nothing, the budget you gave before was sufficient, and there may be a lot left." Tong Heng couldn't laugh or cry, "It's because everyone didn't realize your importance before, but now they know what's good or bad, and they want to make up for it."
"Huh?" Mei Zihan was a little surprised.
"Directors, photographers, lighting engineers, stage managers, makeup artists, and even follow-up marketing companies are almost all here for you. There are also some stars who actively ask to come to guest appearances, and almost all of them are at friendly prices." Tong Heng He patted Mei Zihan on the shoulder, "If you want to be treated like a film king, it's on your level."
Mei Zihan has caught up with the era of the fastest-growing film economy, and he himself is the most outstanding one in this era. Therefore, no matter where Mei Zihan went, what awaited him was overwhelming enthusiasm.
Mei Zihan was a little apprehensive, but fortunately, after working hard to get used to it, she was able to deal with it calmly.
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Mei Zihan V: "The Big Devil" has a good start, thanks to the crew for giving me the fruit basket, and also thanks to director Guan Yue for giving me the beautiful bookmark, I will definitely work hard.
After Mei Zihan posted this Weibo, the official Weibo of "The Great Devil" quickly gained 100,000 followers, and the retweets and comments on Mei Zihan's Weibo also broke through the 100,000 mark one after another. Almost all the people I knew in the entertainment industry and those I didn't know were reposted, and it became popular in the blink of an eye.
The official Weibo of "Black and White Detective" also sent a congratulatory message, wishing Mei Zihan to improve his acting skills in the next movie.
"A movie adapted from a drama, I, Mei, really don't like to repeat the previous drama, and I'm trying something new again."
"Every time I see Mei Zihan working so hard to expand his film genre, I feel that I have to work hard to be worthy of him."
"Director Guan Yue's shots are super beautiful. The documentary film she made before is still the background image of my computer screen."
"It's just after the Chinese New Year and we're going to start filming, which is less than our civil servants. Meimei should pay attention to rest, don't be too tired."
"I watched the second season of "Fu Shen" again. I heard that the third season has been filmed. When will it be broadcast? I really want to watch it all at once."
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Just when Qinglong Drama Troupe began to spare no effort to promote "The Great Devil", Xingyue Drama Troupe also asked someone to secretly hand over the book to Mei Zihan.
"Original movie?" Mei Zihan blinked, and looked at Liu Tianyi suspiciously, "What does this mean? Do you also want me to participate?"
Although I knew that these two repertory troupes were not very good at dealing with each other, Qinglong repertory troupe invited me, and Xingyue repertory troupe's books followed suit.
What is this
Does my own movie play against my own movie
"The quality of this book is also very good. Besides, the Xingyue Repertory Troupe has experience in successful movies." Liu Tianyi also found this quite interesting, "But I can also understand the Xingyue Repertory Troupe's thinking. If you want to play against the stage, there is no more suitable actor than you in the market now. So of course, I can only turn around and invite you again."
If it wasn't for this, Liu Tianyi would not have handed the notebook to Mei Zihan so easily.
"And more importantly, this is the book of the sex scenes you asked me to find for you." Liu Tianyi stroked his forehead and sighed, "It seems that you haven't performed on a large scale in TV dramas or movies yet. The Xingyue Repertory Troupe is interested in this."
Mei Zihan's eyes lit up suddenly.
The author has something to say: Let me explain, the cheongsam that Director Will mentioned earlier is actually the gown and mandarin jacket we are talking about. But the director is a foreigner who can't tell the difference, and in the end it must go through some improvements to make oriental costumes that are gorgeous and Chinese-style in the eyes of foreigners~~~