Huayu started by giving the system to female stars

Chapter 274 273. You who come from the stars

"Congratulations on finishing!"

Fan Bingbing rolled his eyes and said:

"It took less than half a day to start filming. What's there to congratulate?"

As she said, almost two hours after "囧囧" officially started shooting, all of Fan Bingbing's scenes had been filmed and were declared completed.

So at noon, Wei Wu, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, and Huang Bo accompanied them and had a final meal with Fan Bingbing at the restaurant next to the set.

After drinking and eating, the others left one after another with a wink, leaving only Wei Wu and Fan Bingbing to say goodbye.

Wei Wu smiled and reassured:

"Don't worry, no matter what, you are also the first A-list celebrity to come to me, can I still treat you badly?

"This drama is just a tie-in, an appetizer. Didn't I tell you before?

"Next year the company will open two dramas for you, one is "Insidious", and the other is a movie or a TV series of your choice.

"Have you made up your mind? Do you want a movie or a TV series?"

Fan Bingbing did not answer directly, but asked a question first:

"Are you directing both movies and TV series yourself?"

Wei Wu thought for a while and said: "Maybe I will direct and act in the TV series. But for the movie, I will write the script and then give it to others to direct."

If Fan Bingbing chooses a TV series, Wei Wu is ready to produce "My Love from the Star".

If there will be a remake of "My Star" next year, Fan Bingbing should be the best choice for the actor Cheon Song Yi.

Of course Yang Mi and Reba are also suitable, but they are currently too young and their compatibility is obviously not as good as Fan Bingbing's.

If Fan Bingbing chooses movies, then Wei Wu may produce the most award-winning work of her career - "I'm Not Pan Jinlian".

In her previous life, Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Best Actress at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards for this movie.

But "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is a literary film after all, and Wei Wu's signature is that business is king and he does not make literary films, so he will definitely not direct this movie himself.

But if he really wants to make a film, he can first establish the project, then find Jia Zhangke or Wang Xiaoshuai, and then seek investment or invest himself to make the film.

If it were written by Wei Wu + directed by Jia Zhangke + starring Fan Bingbing, there would be no need to worry about investment in this movie.

Mainly now Bad Monkey Pictures, which has no literary and artistic film directors focusing on realistic themes.

And if it is a film that is competing for awards, the more famous the director is, the higher the probability of winning.

If I have to say it, it is not impossible for Ning Hao to make this movie.

But Ning Hao's current influence is not large enough, especially his overseas influence is almost non-existent.

If you want to ensure the success of winning the prize, it is definitely more stable to let Jia Zhangke take charge of the guide tube.

After all, whether at home or abroad, awards are certainly not entirely based on the quality of the work.

After all, the quality of a work is inherently subjective.

Judges are also human beings. In the past, the people who marked the imperial examinations and now the college entrance examinations were still anonymous!

The awards at this film festival are all anonymous. How could the judges not be affected by the director's own fame and qualifications?

Suppose a great director and an ordinary director both produce a movie with an overall score of 85, then the one who wins the award in the end will most likely be the great director.

Even if an ordinary director makes a 90-point film that competes (not a debut film), it is very likely that a great director will win the award in the end.

And like Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai, they are not only Wei Wu's senior brothers at Beidian, but they also clearly supported Wei Wu in the previous spat between Wei Wu and Wu Yusen.

Of course Wei Wu also expressed his gratitude to them in private afterwards, and the two parties could be considered to have established a friendship.

I believe that with Wei Wu's current status, if an invitation is issued, they should give him this face.

After all, Wei Wu has long been "famous", and there are really not many mainland directors who dare not sell his face!

"Then I'd better choose the TV series!"

Fan Bingbing thought for a while and finally chose the TV series.

If the movie was also directed by Wei Wu, then Fan Bingbing wouldn't have to worry about it at all and would definitely choose the movie with his eyes closed.

After all, nowadays, Wei Wu's box office appeal is already second to none among mainland directors.

Especially during Zhang Yimou's break to focus on the Olympics, Wei Wu was unstoppable and almost invincible.

Needless to say, Feng Xiaogang was already defeated by Wei Wu. He was defeated by Wei Wu twice in a row last year.

The box office sales of the two movies "Those Years" and "Silver Driver" are both higher than "The Banquet".

Moreover, the reputation of "The Night Banquet" is still so bad, Feng Xiaogang's next movie will definitely be dragged down; and Wei Wu's last movie "Painted Skin" broke the box office record in Chinese film history, and now his reputation is even higher.

As one goes and the other goes, Feng Xiaogang becomes even less likely to be Wei Wu's opponent.

Not to mention Chen Kaige, whose vitality has long been severely damaged by "The Promise" and is no longer as brave as before.

The new film "Mei Lanfang" has been waiting for more than a year, and after many twists and turns, it finally started filming this month.

Just compare it with Wei Wu. At that time, Wei Wu's "The Journey" was released right behind "The Promise" and was almost released at the same time.

Up to now, Wei Wu has released three movies: "Those Years" + "Silver Driver" + "Painted Skin", and one TV series - "Snow Leopard".

Then when Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" was launched in August this year, Wei Wu's "Thailand" was also launched.

The previous life "Mei Lanfang" was released on December 4, 2008. If nothing else happens, Chen Kaige will probably choose to release it during the Lunar New Year next year this time.

But Wei Wu's "囧" is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year this year, which means it will be released a year earlier than Chen Kaige's.

According to past practice, Wei Wu will release at least two movies next year (one for summer and one for Lunar New Year) and two TV series ("Walking to the West" + "Latent").

In other words, between the release of Chen Kaige's "The Promise" and "Mei Lanfang", Wei Wu has released nine film and television dramas.

Not only is the quality higher, but the output of Wei Wu can turn Chen Kaige into pieces in seconds. Then how could Chen Kaige be his opponent?

The three major directors in the mainland are either temporarily withdrawing, or temporarily dormant, or they have been defeated by Wei Wu. In short, they cannot defeat Wei Wu at this stage.

Since the three of them are no match for Wei Wu, let alone others.

Originally Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" should have been a strong rival, but unfortunately this project has been disabled by Wei Wu.

The new Oscar-winning director Li Yu originally had the potential to compete, but his new film "Lust, Caution" is an erotic film, so he can't hope for it because of its inherent limitations!

At present, the only person who may pose a threat to Wei Wu is Zhou Xingchi.

After all, his last movie "Kung Fu" surpassed Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang to reach the top spot in 2004 and won the annual box office championship.

And his new film "Yangtze River No. 7" is about to compete for this year's Lunar New Year film.

And Zhou Xingchi claimed that this would be the finale of his career as an actor, so naturally everyone paid more attention to it.

This year's Lunar New Year movie has received the most attention, and this movie ranks among the top two.

The most talked-about movie during the Lunar New Year this year is of course "囧" which Wei Wu is currently filming.

The reasons are not difficult to guess. First of all, Wei Wu's last movie broke the box office record in Chinese film history; secondly, this is the sequel to the hit movie "On the Road".

Second only to "囧" in terms of attention, it is Zhou Xingchi's "Yangtze River No. 7" (203 million box office in the previous life); then there is Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly Number" (210 million); and finally there is "Report" (202 million) .

As for other movies, forget about them. Compared with these four movies, there is already a gap in level of attention.

In his previous life, Feng Xiaogang was able to win three consecutive championships. Now that Zhang Yimou is away, even if Wei Wu wins three consecutive championships, it will probably be no problem.

Therefore, if Wei Wu had directed it, Fan Bingbing would have chosen the film long ago without hesitation for a second.

But if Wei Wu doesn't direct it himself, the variables will be huge.

Rather than betting on this variable, it is better to choose a TV series safely!

Anyway, whether it is a movie or a TV series, as long as it is directed by Wei Wu himself, the box office and ratings are guaranteed.

"Are you sure you want to choose a TV series? Once it's decided, you can't change it! Once you've chosen it, I'll start the project!"

Wei Wu confirmed with her again, fearing that she had not thought clearly. After all, movie celebrities are more valuable than TV drama celebrities these days.

Fan Bingbing nodded: "I've thought about it, let's choose a TV series! Mainly, I have already picked up a few movies next year."

"Okay, I'll ask the assistant to bring you the script later." Wei Wu also showed some interest by the way:

"What movies have you accepted?"

Although Wei Wu is the boss of the company, he usually does not interfere when his artists take over the projects.

Well, except Liu Tianxian!

After all, Liu Tianxian is his girlfriend, so naturally she cannot be lumped in with other actors.

Wei Wu was certainly qualified to intervene, but he deliberately chose not to.

If he had to check in with each of his artists one by one, it would inevitably take up a lot of his time and distract him from his energy.

Now there are more than 10 artists under the company, and there will be more and more in the future. By then there will be 20 or 30... So how can we manage it?

Another, and most important point, if he asks questions every time, the artists under his banner will become dependent.

As the saying goes, if you fight for kindness, you will gain hatred for rice.

Under Wei Wu's supervision, they received good film and television drama projects, but they may not necessarily thank him very much.

Because he does this to everyone, what's there to be grateful for?

But if they received a bad movie or a movie that was not a hit, then Wei Wu might have nothing to complain about.

But the question is, how can there be so many well-received and popular film and television dramas that also happen to have suitable roles? This is not realistic!

Even a great director cannot guarantee that every movie will be both a hit and a hit. There will always be ups and downs.

For example, suppose Lu Yang wants to film "Cinema for the Blind" and then finds Yang Mi to play the heroine.

Then Yang Mi asked Wei Wu, and Wei Wu said that the movie had nothing to do and might be rushed, so Yang Mi refused.

This seems to be Wei Wu helping her avoid a risk, but the following situations are likely to occur:

That is Lu Yang's follow-up "Xiuchundao 2" and "Assassination of Novelists". The heroine is no longer a powerful one, and may be replaced by Fan Bingbing or someone else.

Because most directors have the habit of using familiarity instead of rawness, when selecting actors for new films, they will tend to prefer actors with whom they are more familiar.

It is obvious that Lu Yang is like this. The two leading actors of his first movie "Blind Cinema": Zhou Yiwei and Jin Shijie, appeared in his next movie "Embroidered Spring Blade".

The female lead Yang Mi and the male third Lei Jiayin in "Embroidered Spring Blade 2" became the male and female leads of his next movie "Assassination of Novelist".

So many times, Wei Wu can't just refuse because his movie is neither well-received nor popular, because that is equivalent to cutting off a way forward.

When a director invites you to audition, it is a gesture of kindness to you. Even if you are a big star, you can't just refuse casually, because then you may be on someone else's blacklist.

But if you don't refuse and let her take the next role, when the movie is released, the box office and reputation will both lose.

They are not like Wei Wu who has opened his eyes, and they don't know that this is a long-term plan to catch big fish, so they will definitely think that Wei Wu has made a mistake.

So Wei Wu will definitely decline this thankless task.

Wei Wu will take the initiative to give suggestions to his artists, such as suggesting that he take a certain play.

But if anyone other than Liu Tianxian asks him whether he wants to take a role in a certain movie, Wei Wu usually advises him to make his own decision.

Fan Bingbing replied somewhat proudly: "In fact, I have just negotiated two pretty good movies recently, and both are the leading female roles.

"One is "The Besieged City in October", directed by Chen Dehui, starring Zhen Zidan, Wang Xueqi, Liang Jiahui, Nicholas Tse, Zeng Zhiwei, etc.

"The other is "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon", directed by Li Rengang, starring Andy Lau and Sammo Hung."

Wei Wu nodded slightly: "Oh, it sounds like a big movie!"

Fan Bingbing nodded: "Yes, both are big productions, "The Besieged City in October" has a budget of 150 million, and "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon" has a budget of up to 200 million."

Being able to play the leading role in a commercial blockbuster is naturally a recognition of her status in the industry.

Fan Bingbing just mentioned these two movies. "The Besieged City in October" was the fourth place in the box office in 2009, with a box office of 290 million in its previous life.

The most eye-catching thing about this movie is that it is full of big names, including eight movie emperors and one movie queen, and a total of 19 stars.

The "queen" in the "eight emperors and one queen" is Fan Bingbing, who was the heroine of this movie in the previous life.

Of course, the casting of the heroine of this movie has not been a day or two! The reason why it was decided so quickly must have a lot to do with the record-breaking box office of "Painted Skin".

Although the box office of this movie is high, it is undoubtedly a loss! After all, the producer of this movie is Chen Kexin!

However, in this movie, he did not make a straw hat for 6,000 US dollars. He may not be satisfied with small fights, but directly built a city.

It didn't cost much, only 43 million RMB.

Moreover, the total investment of this movie is as high as 150 million, and the final box office did not break 300 million.

Not to mention three times, not even twice, it must have lost money!

Although this movie lost money, at least the box office is still considerable, and the reputation is not bad, Douban score 7.7.

Another film, "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon", was a complete failure in both word of mouth and box office.

The total investment of "Resurrection of the Dragon" was as high as 25 million US dollars, which is about 200 million RMB.

However, in the previous life, the film finally made 63.96 million yuan in the mainland box office, ranking 16th in 2008, and the global total box office was 20.736 million US dollars.

The global box office was only 4/5 of the total investment, so it was naturally a huge loss.

The reason why it lost so much money was, of course, because it was a bad movie, and the Douban score of 5.6 was self-evident.

But the heroine of this movie in the previous life was not Fan Bingbing, but Asian-American actress Li Meiqi.

There is no doubt that Fan Bingbing was able to get this role because "Painted Skin" was a big hit at the box office and is now very popular.

In Wei Wu's opinion, "October Besieged City" can be accepted, but "Resurrection of the Dragon" is really unnecessary.

However, "Resurrection of the Dragon" is a 200 million big production after all, and the leading actor is Andy Lau.

If you ask Fan Bingbing not to take the role now, how can she be willing?

After all, Fan Bingbing is not Liu Tianxian, and her relationship with Wei Wu is not that serious, so she should not speak up and offend others!

Then again, Liu Dehua is the first in this movie, and Fan Bingbing is the second at most.

If she is the first in the box office, Wei Wu will definitely intervene, but there are tall people to support the sky when it falls, and no matter whether the box office is good or bad, it has nothing to do with her.

Even the previous "Kung Fu King" could have been accepted by Liu Tianxian.

But the reason why Wei Wu did not let her take the role was mainly to draw a clear line with Huayi to avoid being entangled by them.