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Chapter 288 287. Liu Tianxian's pay doubled

"I heard that "Left Ear" has exceeded 60 million?"

Wei Wu nodded: "As of yesterday, it has been released for 20 days, and the cumulative box office is exactly 60.42 million."

Fan Bingbing couldn't help but exclaimed: "Liu Tianxian is really amazing now! I heard that someone outside is offering her 6 million to film a movie."

"Yeah," Wei Wu nodded slightly and said:

"There are some, but they are basically youth film scripts. But she has decided not to take youth films in the short term.

"If it is other types of movies, her pay is not so high, usually around 4 million. ”

4 million is also exaggerated!

Compared to before, the pay has doubled.

But it’s not surprising, after all, Liu Tianxian is really too popular this year! All the TV series and movies she starred in were a hit!

From "New Shanghai Bund" at the beginning of the year to "Painted Skin" in the summer, then "Snow Leopard" on Army Day and "Left Ear" on National Day, all of them were annual hits.

Fan Bingbing calculated in his mind that among the domestic entertainment actresses who have higher pay than him, only Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li.

Then Below him is Liu Tianxian, and she is very close to him, with a pay difference of only one-fifth.

Fan Bingbing feels more and more that Liu Tianxian is the biggest stumbling block for his promotion in the future.

The box office success of "Left Ear" further proves Liu Tianxian's box office appeal.

After all, except for Liu Tianxian, the rest of the leading actors in this movie are all newcomers. Liu Tianxian undoubtedly played a great role in achieving such a high box office.

Moreover, the successive success of "Left Ear" and "So Young" this year further proves Liu Tianxian's box office appeal. It has stimulated the market of youth films.

It is no exaggeration to say that flowers are blooming and oil is boiling.

As the most influential star in the field of youth films, Liu Tianxian's salary has naturally risen.

However, Liu Tianxian also knows that her foundation is not deep. If she accidentally takes a bad movie, it may be a big blow to her vitality. Therefore, she is very cautious in taking movies and has not lowered her standards rashly because of the high salary.

Moreover, Liu Tianxian has played two youth films in a row. As an actor with aspirations, she does not want to take youth films for the time being.

As the saying goes, once and twice, but not three times. If you always take this type of film, it may solidify your acting path, which is extremely unfavorable for future development.

For Liu Tianxian today, her goal must be the same as Fan Bingbing, both want to top the domestic entertainment industry. As for making money, it is secondary.

Fan Bingbing was amazed: "Now "Left Ear" is ranked seventh in the year, "To Youth" is ranked eighth in the year, and the Bad Monkey 72 Transformations movie plan has completely taken off! ”

Wei Wu smiled and said: “I can only say that the beginning is okay! But the subsequent "Fleet of Time" and "My Deskmate" probably won't have such high box office! ”

“So Young” can achieve such a high box office because it looks good and it had already achieved super high box office in its previous life.

The reason why “Left Ear” can achieve high box office is, on the one hand, because the original novel is very famous; on the other hand, it is also because the starring role is Liu Tianxian, who has benefited from some of the dividends of “Those Years”.

But “My Deskmate” and “Fleeting Time” are just ordinary youth films, so of course it is impossible for such a good thing to happen again.

These two movies can make money, of course, but it is basically unlikely to be a big hit.

Because of this, Wei Wu has greatly reduced the cost of these two movies, and only approved a budget of 5 million for each.

The main reason is that now that youth films are being made, Weiguo Pictures has gradually standardized and streamlined, so the cost has been greatly reduced, and 5 million is already more than enough.

Relying on the two golden signs of Wei Wu and “Bad Monkey 72 Transformations Plan”, it should not be a problem for these two movies to get a box office of about 20 million.

Fan Bingbing asked casually: “When are these two movies going to be released? ”

Wei Wu thought for a moment and said: “These two movies are almost done in post-production now, but they definitely can’t be cannon fodder in the Lunar New Year period.

“The nearest period is the May Day period next year, and then the summer period.

“So I plan to release “My Deskmate” on May Day, and “Back in Time” on the summer period.”

“Oh,” Fan Bingbing continued to ask:

“I remember that the first phase of this plan, “Havoc in Heaven”, has a total of 7 movies. We will add these four to “Lost in Thailand”, so what about the remaining two?”

Wei Wu replied: “Ning Hao’s “The Victim” just finished shooting yesterday, and Wu Jing’s “The Greedy Wolf” will start shooting in southern Yunnan on the first of next month.”

“The Victim” has already held a press conference, so Fan Bingbing is particularly curious about “The Greedy Wolf”:

“Is “The Greedy Wolf” going to start shooting? Who are the leading actors? ”

Wei Wu replied: "Wu Jing directed and starred in the film, and the other main actors are Tony Jaa, Zhang Jin, Ni Dahong and Chen Baoguo."

The roles of Wu Jing (undercover policeman Chen Zhijie), Tony Jaa (prison guard Achai) and Zhang Jin (warden Gao Jin) remain unchanged.

But the villain boss Hong Ye was replaced by Ni Dahong from Louis Koo, and the uncle and boss of the male protagonist Chen Guohua was replaced by Chen Baoguo from Simon Yam.

Wei Wu did intervene slightly in the casting of this film.

But one thing is for another, the reason why Louis Koo and Simon Yam were replaced was not because Wei Wu had a prejudice against Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, but because they were too expensive and could not be used.

And now Louis Koo and Simon Yam are very popular. If you ask them to play supporting roles, and to help Wu Jing, they will definitely not be willing unless you pay more.

The last movie they worked together was Johnnie To's "Election 2", in which Louis Koo played the male lead Jimmy and Simon Yam played the male second Lok Siu, with a Douban score of 8.3.

You just want them to play supporting roles, why?

Although they played supporting roles in their previous lives, it was because the director of the movie was Cheng Baorui, who had a good relationship with them.

Another reason is that in 2014, they had already passed their peak, so they would occasionally lower their status to play supporting roles.

And at that time, mainland actors had already risen comprehensively, and it was common for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors to play supporting roles for mainland actors, which is completely different from the current climate.

Fan Bingbing was a little surprised: "Is there no heroine in this movie?"

Wei Wu nodded and said: "Yes, this is a pure man's play! Hard bridges and hard horses, punches and flesh, there is not even a vase heroine."

Generally, action movies like this usually add a sexy vase heroine to embellish it.

But "SPL 2" is a hardcore movie, and adding it may affect the overall tone, so Wei Wu decided not to add unnecessary details.

"I heard that this movie has a lot of investment?"

"Yeah," Wei Wu rubbed his forehead and said in a slightly heavy tone:

"This movie has a budget of 30 million, just like our "Lost in Thailand". I just hope it doesn't overspend!"

Alas, if I had known earlier, I might as well invest in "Wolf Tooth", and the maximum loss would be 4 million.

If it was "SPL 2", it might lose more in the end!

The production cost of 30 million means that this movie needs to have a box office of at least 90 million to make a profit.

Fortunately, action movies are still quite popular these days. For example, "Ip Man", which was released in 2008 in the previous life, earned 94.3 million yuan at the box office.

Normally, this movie will definitely be released next year. In 2008, there were 11 movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan.

The difficulty is indeed not low, but compared with the previous two years, it is no longer so unattainable.