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Chapter 336 335. I recently received two scripts. How about you help me with some advice?

Liu Tianxian was just joking. She didn’t really stop Wei Wu from eating. She stood up and walked around the living room, then brought it back.

“Why don’t you eat it?”

“Humph,” Wei Wu crossed his arms and deliberately made fun of Qiao:

“If you ask me to eat, I will eat it? Wouldn’t that make me lose face? Unless you feed me.”

Liu Tianxian rolled her eyes, but because she had something to ask of him, she had to bow her head for the time being. Then she picked up a piece of watermelon lovingly and said with a smile:

“Come on, open your mouth.”

Wei Wu took it when he saw that it was going well. He opened his mouth obediently and took it, squinting his eyes with a smile of success.

Seeing him eating watermelon, Liu Tianxian introduced the topic:

"Um... I just received two movie scripts. How about you help me with some advice?"

Wei Wu was very grateful and immediately replied:

"Well, tell me about it."

Liu Tianxian picked up another piece of watermelon and continued to feed him, and then began to introduce the situation:

"Well, the first script is an action movie about treasure hunting and adventure, the director is Zhu Yanping, and the male lead has already been discussed with Jay Chou."

When Liu Tianxian said this, Wei Wu had already guessed which movie she was talking about.

"The Tomb of the Assassin?"

"Yes," Liu Tianxian was a little surprised:

"Hey, do you know this project?"

"Well, I've heard a little bit about it."

Wei Wu certainly knew this movie. Although this movie is terrible, it is still quite famous because Jay Chou is the leading actor.

The person who handed the script to Liu Tianxian now could only let her play the leading role, which means he was planning to let her replace Lin Zhiling!

In her previous life, Lin Chi-ling was able to be the heroine because she had already starred in "Red Cliff", and was known as "the most beautiful woman in Taiwan", and was a leading figure among young actresses in Taiwan.

But in this life, the heroine of "Red Cliff" has nothing to do with her. With her current status, she is naturally not worthy of partnering with Jay Chou.

Although the hero and heroine of the film in the previous life were both from Taiwan, the box office of this film in Taiwan was relatively poor, only 13.86 million Taiwan dollars, which is less than 3 million RMB.

However, the box office in the mainland was not bad, winning 66.25 million RMB, ranking 24th in 2009.

Even so, this film lost a lot of money, because it is said that the investment in the film was as high as hundreds of millions of yuan, but the global box office was only about 84 million yuan.

The producer Changhong Film and Television lost money because of the investment in "Chilling", and the chairman and producer of the film, Wu Dun, had his house auctioned off to repay the bank debt.

That's right, Wu Dun also mortgaged his property to get a bank loan to make a movie, just like Wu Jing did when he made Wolf Warrior 2, but he was unlucky and lost the bet.

This movie, The Thorn Tomb, can be regarded as a watershed in Jay Chou's film and television career.

Before this, among the three movies starring Jay Chou, Initial D (63 million in mainland China, 7th of the year) and Secret (36.7 million, 13th of the year) were both box office and word-of-mouth successes.

The previous movie, Slam Dunk (112.6 million, 9th of the year), although the word-of-mouth was average (5.6 points on Douban), was a big success with a box office of over 100 million.

However, after the release of The Thorn Tomb, it received a lot of negative reviews, which led to a significant reduction in Jay Chou's box office appeal since then.

In fact, these few years are almost Jay Chou's peak period, so his box office appeal during this period was still very strong.

The Thorn Tomb has a Douban score of only 3.9, which is a big bad movie to put it bluntly!

But such a bad movie can still get more than 66 million at the box office, which shows that Jay Chou's box office appeal is indeed strong.

But after all, his main job is a singer, not an actor, so his box office appeal is relatively weak and cannot withstand any failure at all.

Although the three movies he starred in afterwards: "The Green Hornet", "Reverse War" and "Rooftop Love" all had box office revenues of over 100 million in the mainland, they only ranked 27th, 35th and 55th in the year.

How to say this ranking? It is definitely not to say that no one is interested, but it is indeed not related to the popular movies of the year.

It is precisely because Jay Chou's acting career has been on a downward trend since "The Thorn Tomb", so he basically gave up his acting career after "The Rooftop Love".

Although he has also appeared in some movies since then, they are basically just for fun.

In other words, although "The Thorn Tomb" was not the last straw that broke the camel's back, it was at least the fuse for Jay Chou to give up his acting career.

Even Jay Chou, whose career is currently at its peak, can't hold back, so Liu Tianxian should not wade into this muddy water!

Thinking of this, Wei Wu directly expressed his position:

"Forget about this movie! Movies with treasure hunting and adventure themes have always received mediocre responses in the domestic film market.

"As far as I can remember, the only two domestic films with this type of theme that have been successful at the box office are "Flying Eagle Project" and "Myth".

"But these two movies are starred by Jackie Chan, and the fact that these two movies can sell well is probably more related to Jackie Chan himself, and not much to the theme."

Although this reason was made up by Wei Wu, movies with treasure hunting and adventure themes are indeed a bit unaccustomed to the domestic environment.

The most successful box office movies of this type of theme should be "Ghost Blowing Light: Mojin: The Lost Tomb" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

But the success of these two series of movies is not because of the theme, but mainly because the original novel IP is popular.

"Okay, then I'll ask the agent to find a suitable reason to refuse it later!"

Liu Tianxian was very convinced by Wei Wu's judgment. Since he said so, she immediately passed the script in her mind.

Wei Wu nodded slightly: "Well, what about the other one?"

Liu Tianxian regained his spirits and coughed twice, and continued to introduce another script:

"There is another one about Mulan. The name of the movie is "Mulan". The director is Ma Chucheng, and the male lead is tentatively scheduled to be Chen Kun."

Hearing Liu Tianxian + Mulan, Wei Wu subconsciously thought of the Disney one.

However, the movie in the previous life was not started until 10 years later, so it must not be that one.

And she also mentioned that the director was Ma Chucheng, then it is obvious that it should be the version of "Mulan" starring Xiaoyanzi.

There are 4 versions of "Mulan" that have a certain influence in film and television:

The earliest one is the Hollywood animated film version in 1998, which is also the one with the highest reputation. Douban score is as high as 8.0 and the global box office is 183 million US dollars.

Then there is the 1999 Taiwanese drama version, starring Yuan Yongyi and Zhao Wenzhuo, with a Douban score of 7.5.

Then there is the 2009 mainland movie version, starring Xiaoyanzi and Chen Kun, with a Douban score of 6.2 and a box office of 80.88 million yuan, ranking 20th in the year.

Finally, there is the 2020 Hollywood movie version, starring Liu Tianxian and Zhen Zidan, with a Douban score of 4.9, a mainland box office of 278 million yuan, and a global box office of 67.95 million US dollars.

How do you evaluate Ma Chucheng's version of "Mulan"? Not as good as the best, but better than the worst!

The Douban score is at least passing! You should know that in Liu Tianxian's previous life, at least 60% of the movies starring Douban did not have a score of 6 points.

And the box office was just over 80 million, which is relatively high for a movie with a female lead.

This movie is not a particularly good one, but at least it is a top-notch resource, and Liu Tianxian can still take it.

In the previous life, this movie probably didn't ask Liu Tianxian to audition, and it was most likely that Xiaoyanzi was directly asked.

But in this life, Liu Tianxian's box office appeal is obviously better than Xiaoyanzi.

Moreover, she is younger and more beautiful, and her fighting scenes are better, so it is natural for her to be the first choice for the heroine of the movie "Mulan".

After thinking for a while, Wei Wu nodded and said:

"This one seems okay. If they are sincere, then you can take it!"

Finally, it was passed, and Liu Tianxian said happily:

"Okay, then I'll let my agent have a good chat with them."